Re: [lace] Book recommended

[Adele Shaak]

Hi Jeri:

I searched the title and author and immediately came up with the publisher’s
page for the book:
http://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Lace-Weaver/Lauren-Chater/978192
5596335


As you can see, this book is published by Simon & Shuster Australia, in both a
trade paperback and an electronic edition. Given that the trade paperback's
price is only listed in $AUS and $NZ, I suspect that the “real" book is
readily available in Australia and New Zealand but not, perhaps, in other
countries. The electronic edition can, of course, be downloaded anywhere in
the world, which is most likely why you only found the Kindle listing if, for
example, you searched Amazon US.

However, The Book Depository also has it and as you probably know, The Book
Depository ships free worldwide. Their website says they it will be dispatched
from Australia within 4 days.
You will find their listing here: https://tinyurl.com/yapnjfon


Hope this helps.

Adele
West Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)

> The Subject line of David's memo says "Book recommended".  Searched, and
only
> found Kindle references to The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater.  Please
forgive
> my ignorance, but can it be purchased as a REAL book - by my definition?
>  Thankfully, this is a work of fiction.  If any of you want to have
> something of substance that you wrote available to read in a dozen years,
> consider paper and ink.  It will be copyright-protected for years to come.
> Jeri Ames in Maine USALace and Embroidery Resource

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RE: [lace] Book recommended

[David C Collyer]

Dear Jeri



The Subject line of David's memo says "Book recommended".  Searched, and only
found Kindle references to The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater.  Please forgive
my ignorance, but can it be purchased as a REAL book - by my definition?



I’m sure it’s a paper back because I’ve seen the cover photo. I do still
enjoy reading “real” books but mainly use kindle as they are so much
cheaper – usually one third the price in Australia



David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS

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Re: [lace] Book recommended

[Jeri Ames]

Dear Lace Book Readers,
Books that are printed on paper are my preference.  Even Devon Thein's
catalog for a very modern lace exhibition that opened last Sunday is a printed
book: Lace, not Lace - Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques. 
This form of book will not become obsolete when new technologies replace
Kindle in the relatively near future.  Devon owns the copyright.
The Subject line of David's memo says "Book recommended".  Searched, and only
found Kindle references to The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater.  Please forgive
my ignorance, but can it be purchased as a REAL book - by my definition? 
 Thankfully, this is a work of fiction.  If any of you want to have
something of substance that you wrote available to read in a dozen years,
consider paper and ink.  It will be copyright-protected for years to come.
Jeri Ames in Maine USALace and Embroidery Resource
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9/27/2018 11:28:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, dccoll...@ncable.net.au writes:

Dear Friends
Last night I bought a book on kindle which has been highly recommended.
It'scalled "The Lace Weaver" by Lauren Chater.
It'll be a while till I get to it but I'm always a bit wary when the
authorcalls it weaving. I don't know any lace makers who do.
We'll see
David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS
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Re: [lace] Book recommended

[Ann Blunden]

I have read this book and it is about lace knitting in Estonia.

The Author consulted at least One Estonian Lady.

Ann B in Brisbane  Australia

-- Original Message --
From: "Ilske Thomsen" 

Hello Adele and David,
could it be as it was in Germany still 70 years ago. Works done in very 
fine threads,  wool or cotton or silk, in what ever sort of handicraft, 
knitting or crochet, named lace more exact Strick-spitze, Häkel-spitze. 
And the author uses the word lace in such sense?


Ilske

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Re: [lace] Book recommended

[Adele Shaak]

Hi Ilske, 

Good suggestion, but our problem is the other way around. It’s not the word 
lace, it’s that the author uses words associated with weaving, knitting and 
embroidery - all very different things - to describe the same thing. So, in 
your example, your Spitze is either Strick- or Häkel- but it isn't both. And 
neither your Strick-spitze nor your Häkel-spitze is gewebte!

Adele

> On Sep 27, 2018, at 9:27 AM, Ilske Thomsen  
> wrote:
> 
> Hello Adele and David,
> could it be as it was in Germany still 70 years ago. Works done in very fine 
> threads,  wool or cotton or silk, in what ever sort of handicraft, knitting 
> or crochet, named lace more exact Strick-spitze, Häkel-spitze. And the author 
> uses the word lace in such sense?
> 
> Ilske

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Re: [lace] Book recommended

[Ilske Thomsen]

Hello Adele and David,
could it be as it was in Germany still 70 years ago. Works done in very fine 
threads,  wool or cotton or silk, in what ever sort of handicraft, knitting or 
crochet, named lace more exact Strick-spitze, Häkel-spitze. And the author uses 
the word lace in such sense?

Ilske

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Re: [lace] Book recommended

[Adele Shaak]

Hi David -

I’m with you. Weavers have a few techniques they call lace - in which they
create regular patterns of holes in the cloth as they weave it. So there are
weavers who weave lace.

However, that’s not what Lauren Chater is talking about in her book. I
looked up her publisher’s (Simon & Shuster) website and saw this:

"Katarina battles to protect her grandmother’s precious legacy – the
weaving of gossamer lace shawls stitched with intricate patterns that tell the
stories passed down through generations”

So, let’s get this straight … her woven shawls are said to be
“stitched”, which would suggest embroider … except that they’re made
from gossamer wool, and given that the story takes place in Russia I have a
feeling that these shawls are actually Orenberg shawls (very fine knitted
lace). Another quote that suggests they’re knitted is “every shawl starts
with a circle”

It may be an excellent book, but the author definitely doesn’t know her
techniques and her vocabulary!

Adele


> On Sep 27, 2018, at 8:27 AM, David C Collyer 
wrote:
>
> Dear Friends
>
> Last night I bought a book on kindle which has been highly recommended.
It's
> called "The Lace Weaver" by Lauren Chater.
>
> It'll be a while till I get to it but I'm always a bit wary when the author
> calls it weaving. I don't know any lace makers who do.
>
> We'll see

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