Possibly the most well known teacher of lace in India was Miss Catherine C. Channer, at Scots Mission at Kalimpong, she was in charge of the lace school there for four years. She began giving lace classes in the early 1900's, unfortunately having to return to England in 1909 for health reasons.
Staying with her brother, a forestry officer, she wrote to the editor of the Northampton Daily Chronicle "Though away from the lacemaking counties, I still make lace, and find it is a splendid occupation for jungle life. When we move to another bungalow or pitch our tents in a fresh spot my pillow is rolled in a hold-all and strapped to the back of a camel or dumped into a bullock cart. The luggage goes in the night, and when we arrive next day there is pillow and lace-horse set ready for me by attentive turbaned servants." Diana in Northamptonshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
