[lace] Re: How did you start making lace?

2005-10-29 Thread robinlace
Well, welcome back to BL!!! Let's see; the Cluny de Brioude book (and, I think, the Le Puy book) are co-authored by Fouriscot, right? This is a series of books in French but with excellent (color) diagrams. They're not thick books but I quite like the patterns in them. I have the Cluny de Br

[lace] Re: How did you start making lace?

2005-10-27 Thread auntsis
I went with my sister to a lace day in Virginia Beach. I only went to spend the day with my sister and buy some beads for a costuming project (I had the dubious honor of being wardrobe mistress at the high school where I taught math). That day I learned to whittle a bobbin. When we got back Nanc