Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
“Somewhere I read of some old men on the continent,(6 or 7 of them, I
think.) who taught lacemaking at a lace School - and their beards were
so long they had them tied up in little bags to keep them out of the
way of the pins!”
Do take a look at Tønder in Mrs.
In my history research on lacemaking in the East Midlands there are numerous
mentions of men in the area making lace during the 18/19th centuries. The 1777
militia list includes a number of lace men, dealers and workers below the age
of 45years.
An article from the Northampton County
That is absolutely beautiful work, David.Vaga, vaga ilus, as they say
in Estonia.
And while you are at this web-site click on Men n' Lace at the top of
the page,
then click on the name Priit Halberg just under David Collyer. Priit
is Estonian.
Make sure that you also look at his photos on
At 07:15 PM 10/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:
I don't think anyone has mentioned an American man who tats, Dan
Rush-Fischer . When he lived in California, he won the
tatting prizes at the county fairs
The winner of the top tatting award at the Oregon State Fair is a man,
every other year.
Scoff not! Iain makes lace when we are on holiday which is 7 weeks a year. He
thinks it helped him re design our bobbins and to understand more when
talking to the ladies in our business. :-)
KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS
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I seem to have created the impression that I think it's odd for men to make
lace - I don't. I know at least three male lacemakers personally, and they
all make superior lace to me. It was the expression 'man made lace' that
tickled me, putting a gender on the maker
(so there should obviously also
What a sensible man Iain Biggins must be! Good on Him, I say!
I can understand his idea that it should help him with the business. I am
sure the customers think the same.
Long may he make lace.
from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is cold and wet!
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