Re: [lace] Re: Regarding spangling.... the Question Why?

2010-10-19 Thread Susie Rose
Hello to One All! This makes sense to me. As one who used to dance the Native American pow wow circuit, my son's bustle was pretty light. (That's the piece the men wear that has a dovble row of bone that hangs down the chest. The beads weighed more than the bone pieces.) I use spangled

[lace] Re: Regarding spangling.... the Question Why?

2010-10-18 Thread robinlace
Brian Lemin brid...@bigpond.com wrote: I think Arnes contribution raises what I see as the most puzzling question... Why(?) did the East Midland lace makers decide to spangle their bobbins. One theory I was taught (and I haven't seen it posted yet) has to do with using bone instead of