Jenny spotted some Russian lace books on e-bay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19158&item=81108970 08&rd=1)
I bought the same two books (well, not these copies or they wouldn't be for sale still!) from the same seller several months ago, so they are not as rare as she is implying. As you can see, they are number 1 & 2; I wonder if this was all that was printed or if there are some different ones stashed away in a warehouse somewhere. I don't remember how much I paid, but not an enormous amount. They are in "as new" condition, and were well packaged and came quite quickly. Very exciting to get a parcel from Russia. They are interesting with typical Russian style designs in. A lot of the contents are self explanatory, but there are occasions when I wish I could speak Russian. No photographs of the lace, only drawings of the type you can see. The close up stitch diagrams are slightly different to "normal". The thread path is shown very clearly, but also have things a bit like "speech bubbles" (like in comics) around bits of them, which I presume is indicating some subtle point (referred to in the text) regarding that stitch. Very frustrating because I don't know if I am missing some skill or technique that would alter the quality of the lace, or if they are just an "idiot's guide" for beginners. There also seem to be more patterns than what I have worked out must be the instructions (bobbins, thread etc) for those patterns. Unfortunately, the cover designs are not included (unless the language void means I'm missing something) but the T-shirt one shown is. Jacquie To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
