Margaret's boxes contained a varied assortment of lace pieces. It was the unusual ones that attracted me the most. A strip of horse-hair lace, machine copies of black wool Yak lace (the give-away the thinner threads supporting the thick ones), a few examples of East Devon lace (Honiton). A pair of very nice point-lace cuffs, needle-lace borders and several doileys in knotted lace technique.
A large stole, worked in a fawn silky thread, is not particularly elegant, being rather heavy. It is constructed with a machine braid-tape with all the ground filled with hand-worked needlepoint fillings. I somehow feel that an early 20th century Edwardian lady with too much leisure time, undertook this massive project. Pauline insisted that I should be the one to have it as it was such an unusual example. I was happy to have it even though I am running out of drawer-space. The best object was given to me by Margaret's sister Kathleen, before we divided the lace. It is a beautiful little parasol with a faded pink lining, covered with black Chantilly bobbin lace. I shall always treasure it, not just because it is such a delightful article, but because it reminds me of a lovely lady who devoted so much of her life to needlework of all kinds, but more especially, to the promotion of both needle and bobbin lace. Angela Thompson, Worcestershire UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
