Hello Jo,
You are right, some do have special meanings, but I am not the right
person to answer. Perhaps our danish and english members could and will
do so.
Greetings
Ilske
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Hello Jo and lace list
I think it's safe to say that overall we don't attach any meaning to the
spangles, they are for weight only (and of course we like them to look
nice). Individual lacemakers might have a particular bead or button for
luck. Having a black button on your lace pillow is a good
And I heard a shoe button was for luck. Interesting to see the
similar-but-slightly-different legends.
Lorri
luck. Having a black button on your lace pillow is a good omen, according
to an English lacemaker I met - which might have been a regional
superstition from some time ago.
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Hello lacemakers
Someone collecting beads asked me whether the beads in a spangle may have
some meaning. I guessed not, except adding weight to the bobbin and being
fancy. But as a continental lacemaker I don't spangle and don't know about
the history of spangles.
Can anybody enlighten me?
Jo
