For those interested: The 68-page 1884 book by Sara Rasmussen - Kloeppelbuch: Eine Anleitung zum Selbstunterricht im Spitzenkloeppein (Book of Bobbin Lace: Self-instructions for Bobbin Lace Making) - is available for reading. Select "Books" and then scroll down to Rasmussen at: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html Karen, your blog captures so much of the history of the Princess Lace Loom, and so I am repeating the address where our members can learn from it. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/torchon-lace-company-fine-line-between-en trepreneurship-and-fraud
When reading Karen's blog, I was thinking Sylvester G. Lewis profited by abducting centuries of ground work done by lace makers (mostly female). That then made me think of our current lack of adequate leadership to promote public awareness of lace. My gut says that if a guy could make it profitable, he would probably have taken at least one of our suggestions these past 2 days, and run with it. A century from now, people would be reading about him, and never the few of us struggling to keep all aspects of handmade lace alive! Jeri Ames in Maine, USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center -------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 7/23/2016 8:07:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, karenhthomp...@gmail.com writes: Dear Antje and arachneans, Mr. Lewis copied most of his material, including the lace pillow from the Danish author Sara Rasmussen's Knipling (also published in German at the same time). And maybe the Swedish lacemaker he saw was using a Danish style pillow. -Karen ----------------- On Jul 23, 2016, at 3:35 AM, AGlez <antje.gonza...@gmail.com> wrote: What an interesting article, Karen! I had heard in Arachne about the Princess Pillow, but didn't really know what you were talking about! Now, a question arises after reading your article: here in Europe I have seen the Danish pillows, which are so similar to this "machine". Did Lewis copy it or, at least, get a lot of inspiration? Thanks a lot for sharing your article! Antje Gonzalez, in Spain - 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/
