On 17 Nov 2004, at 19:47, Alice Howell wrote:
In my reading and study of lace history, the commercial viability of
very fine linen thread was lost in 1790 when the cotton gin was
developed, making cotton thread commercially viable and much cheaper
to produce than the linen. The linen supplies
This is very interesting information. Do you have a book that you got this
information from that one could cite if one were trying to footnote it.
(Although I enjoy the challenge of footnoting in the new era, a citation to an
internet list and Alice in Oregon might draw raised eyebrows in
Hello Devon -
In 1999, I attended my first (and, to date, only...) IOLI
Convention, where one of the highlights was a presentation
by The Lares - a husband and wife team who presented The
Story of Flax. Unfortunately, the program for the
Convention does not provide any more information about
