On 13/08/2012 21:41, Lorelei Halley wrote:
Alan Cole, who was writing around 1900, wrote some books about lace, but also
wrote reports to the government about the economic condition of lacemakers. I
think he was curator of the V A for a while.
Lorelei
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Since posting to the list a couple of days ago, regarding my need for
bright white thread, I have received offers from all over the world to
send me a reel! I am once again reminded what a great group of people
make up this list. Thank you to everyone who wrote with offers of help.
I have
I recently asked if any one knew where I might find a circle of lace big
enough to fit a clock face about 8 inches diameter. I had seen one on one
of the website links possibly sent in by Lorelli but couldn't remember where
and have never seen a book with that kind of pattern in. Jo kindly
Hi Sue:
My computer skills have prevented me from working out how to change a
straight edge to a circular or oval one using the lace design program so I
have still not managed to find a pattern small enough for my candleholders.
One of these days, maybe, :-)
Wasn't there an exhibition some
Adele,
Wasn't there an exhibition some years ago, of lace-covered CDs? People from
all over made the lace and sent it in, and there were some patterns published.
Maybe those would work for your candleholders.
Does anybody else remember this?
Yes I had 3 CDs in it and they're still on my shelf
Checked Archive.org, and they have Alan Cole's report on the Honiton lace
industry
http://archive.org/details/cu31924055323533
You can download in
pdf, or Kindle and other e-reader versions.
Peg
in Fairview Park OH...where
it's actually pleasant outside.
Has anyone done a Trident edge on their plaited lace? I think it might
originally be from an Early lace.
Question, - is each little plait held in place with a pin between the
pairs, and then worked back and 3 windmill crossings at the same pinhole
between the 3 plaited bits?
One diagram I
After reading emails about the calming effect of green tint on Essential
Tremor I have been trying to research the effect of colour (green and today
blue) on my mother with Parkinsons disease.
I found an incredible youtube clip showing a man with horrendous movement
and the effect putting blue
