Re: [lace] Lace demonstration piece

2014-01-02 Thread Beth Marshall
Thanks Leonard - I can really see just how good that is as a demonstration piece now, few enough bobbins not to daunt potential recruits but spectacular enough lace to catch their imaginations... Beth Leonard Bazar wrote: Dear All Sue (Babbs) has kindly posted a picture of the

RE: [lace] Lace demonstration piece

2014-01-02 Thread mary carey
The history of Leonard's cloth is interesting too. The pics of the cloth in Anna made by a lacemaker well into her 80s when she worked it, pricking much older, possibly from the Vogtland. Mary Carey - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Lace demonstration piece

2014-01-02 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Leonard, Yes, I found this an ideal demo piece as well as it is showy as well as relatively easy. I got the pattern from an 'Anna' magazine many years ago and used it over a period of about 5 years for demos and reckon that approximately 550 people -ages ranging from 4 to 86 year olds and