RE: [lace] Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux

2006-12-24 Thread eva schaefer
I recently lent my copy of this wonderful little book to Tess to scan for the CD's. I don't know if it made the last scan or not. Tess scanned it before she left for the holidays. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/weavedocs.html Click on 'This month' No translation, but most

Re: [lace] Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux

2006-12-24 Thread Lenore English
This must be the book I have, except I have no translation. The stitch by number method is difficult to follow, but I plan to pick a pattern, and see if I can puzzle it out. A little bonus in my copy of the book is an advertisement for the Princess Lace Pillow from April 1905 Modern Priscilla.

[lace] Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux

2006-12-23 Thread Lenore English
We had our Christmas early, and my daughter gave me a book she found in a second hand shop. It is a 1974 reprint of a bobbin lace book, all in French. In the back of the book are cards with prickings, complete and not ever used. The Title page says: Bibliotheque DMC Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux

Re: [lace] Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux

2006-12-23 Thread Adele Shaak
Lenore wrote: Wow! Can anyone tell me more about this little book? Any suggestions as to where I could find the English translation? Since Les dentelles aux fuseaux just means Bobbin Lace, I suppose there could be two books with the same title, but in the foreword to the translation of

Re: [lace] Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux

2006-12-23 Thread Alice Howell
Greetings, I have a copy of the 1974 reprint of Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux. It's not the Paulis book. It was originally written by Theresa de Dillmont who lived from 1846 to 1890. It was published by the DMC company, and probably reprinted more than once. The notes I've written in my book say