**raising my hand**
I am a Doris Southard student. Not physically per se. But my bobbinlace
teacher was a dear friend of hers and she taught me using Doris' book. So
it too has a good place in my heart. I have emailed Doris a few times to let
her know how much I appreciate her and to know that
I also learned from Doris Southard's book. Some 10 years ago I found her
book at a Chapter's store and since I had wanted to make bobbin lace for
some time and had already bought some bobbins in Holland I was thrilled to
finally find a book. Doris explained it all very well and it was not
difficu
I also taught myself from the Doris Southard book. I had a difficult time as
it
is very wordy and I work better from diagrams, but I persisted and before I
found a lace group in this area I had taught myself the basics. It is still on
my shelf and I would not part with it. I got my first cop
As I mentioned a while ago, Doris Southard was my lace teacher. What I
mean, of course, is that I used her book to learn bobbin lace. I had seen
lace being made at a craft show in Newnan, Georgia outside Atlanta in
September, 1979, and I had to do it. I knit, can crochet, although I don't,
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