Hello All! Thank you Mark for the delightfully curvy design. Is this a camera
shy snake or has he just begun to dive under the couch cushions?!? Perhaps to
reappear somewhere else, behind you? G Thanks also to Tess for posting a
link to new postings on Ariz. archives. The little buds
Hello everyone
Just got back from an evenings chat with my neighbour who came back yesterday
from visiting family
in Northamptonshire... bringing all her MIL's lace equipment with her. MIL has
given up lacemaking
due to poor eyesight and arthritic hands, and has given Sue the task of
Hi Beth!
I suggest that your friend visit eBay and look at the antique bobbins
which are listed there all the time. Most importantly, she should look
at the sold for... price, not the asking price. This is a very good
indicator of what people will pay for antique bobbins today - unless she
In addition to all of Clay's good advice, isn't there a strong probability
that some of these bone bobbins may actually be ivory? especially if they
are old and beautifully decorated?
If so, there are two points to consider.
1) they are probably more valuable than the same thing in bone (right?),
I am not claiming to be an expert on this at all, and so welcome all who
have substantive knowledge to refute this. But it has been my
impression over the years that since the making of bobbin lace was
relegated to the lower classes (the lace then being bought by the upper
classes), that the
