Hi Arachnes All,
This reminded me of a talk to Essex Lace Makers (UK) given
some years ago by Veronica - it was so interesting, and the items she brought
with her were wonderful. She did say, however, that the straw plaiters had
to wet the straw before being able to plait it, and this was done
Dear Friends,
many thanks for so many such informative replies. I'd known nothing
about the Straw Plaiting industry and had assumed it was corn dollies
rather than braids for hats.
thanks again
David in Ballarat, AUS
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I was not quite there at the the beginning. as I did not start making lace
until about 2004/5, though I had a short period of a couple of months trying
about 10 years earlier.
Through another member on the list, Sue Duckles, told me about it, and I
subscribed. So she has been a member longer than
This thread reminded me of a lacemaker in my research. I've pasted the
passage below.
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Born circa 1829 at Northill in Bedfordshire, Mary Tingey
was the daughter of Thomas Sarah Tingey. Mary spent most of her life in
Bedfordshire being mainly employed as a house servant. In the 1851 census she
I was born and brought up in Luton during the 50s and hat making was a
fairly big industry at that time.
My Mum did some piece work in some of my childhood years.
We took my mum for a trip around the museum a couple of years ago, firstly
on the ground floor to see the lace and then upstairs to
Hello Agnes and everyone
Interesting idea about a lace panel. Where would it go when finished?
Early on we did commem. bobbin sales and other lace-at-arachne goodies
kindly organized by one of the list members at the time.
To Jenny, Avital can be reached at the moderator e-mail addy at the
Good questions/ Should have had my brain in gear.
Agnes Boddington
Hello Agnes and everyone
Interesting idea about a lace panel. Where would it go when finished?
Early on we did commem. bobbin sales and other lace-at-arachne goodies
kindly organized by one of the list members at the time.
Dear Friends,
As we have 2 years or so to go until the 20th anniversry, we have plenty of
time to think about how to celebrate it.
As mentioned, a commemorative bobbin is pne option. We could e.g. ask Stuart
Johnson, as he does inscriptions, as does Mike Bester in South Africa and
probably many
The panel would be my preference. And to answer David's question we should give
it to the lady who runs our list. And the person/s joining the panel make a
good picture which each of us could download.
Ilske
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I'll second that for doing a panel for our moderator Avital, Ilske . Good
idea.
And it would be wonderful to have a commemorative for our 20th birthday.
I've got all the commemorative bobbins, and the outstanding ones for me came
from Chris Parsons. He also supplies tatting shuttles made by
Even though I don't need more bobbins I would be interested in a
commemorative bobbin. I joined Arachne in 1996 when the OIDFA Congress
was happening in Finland. A lace panel could be donated to the Luton
Museum for all lacemakers to have access to - via the internet.
Cheers,
Shirley
At 05:34 AM 15/03/2013, you wrote:
The panel would be my preference. And to answer David's question we
should give it to the lady who runs our list. And the person/s
joining the panel make a good picture which each of us could download.
That's a nice idea Ilske, but there are really 2 ladies:
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