At the Tønder Lace Festival I got three books new to me about Tønder lace. First book: "Femten Bredere Tønderkniplinger" by Astrid Hansen, has a fine selection of 15 patterns, roughly half take under 30 pairs, the rest over. Good photos, patterns, and colored diagrams. I bought the book for the wonderful wide lace patterns that I've never seen available before. I got it at the Tønder Museum and was told it was just published. Next, "Tønder/Tyl 17 mønstre med arbejdstegninger" by Knipling i Denmark, patterns redrawn by many Danish lacemakers, I think! I don't know any Danish so I'm guessing. Profuse apologies if I've made any mistakes as I'm certain I have. Again, well drawn patterns, great colored diagrams, nice selection running from simple to wide. My third new book is "Tønderkniplinger og deres navne" by Jette Petersen. It is in Danish like the first two, published by the Tønder Museum, and has very little writing. It's mostly photos of 138 different patterns of tonder lace, each of which is named. The photos are good enough to use as a starting point for drawing a pattern.
I enjoyed the festival a whole lot. At first I was dismayed to find out how far my Tourist Bureau assigned accomodations were from everything, but I found a bicycle shop renting bicycles. As soon as I had some wheels, I was able to get everywhere fast on the beautiful Danish bicycle trails, and I didn't miss a single lace event. The crowds of lacemakers were impressive. On the last day I went on the bus excursion to Rømø. We stopped first at a mill in Højer. The miller had been a lace merchant as well as a miller, and his ledgers, lace sample book, a pillow if I remember correctly, thread, many lengths of fine Tonder lace, and photos of the miller and his family were on display. Some of us also climbed several levels in the mill and admired the huge wooden gears inside. Next we stopped at Lorenzen's Gård in Bådsbøl-Ballum. It is an old family farmhouse preserved as a museum by the Lorenzen family. It has a very fine collection of long lengths of Tønder lace collected by Hansigne Lorenzen who lived at the farm with her husband from 1890 until she died in 1952. Hansigne's daughter Cathrine continued her mothers interest in preseving Tønder lace, she made lace and taught lacemaking at the farm which she inherited. It says in the brochure that the school and farm are open to the public every July 2pm to 6pm and weekend courses in Tønder lacemaking are held at the farm every spring and autumn. There's a website: www.lorenzensgaard.dk The third place we visited was The National Museum Commodore's Farm on Rømø. It's a farmhouse built in the 1700's and hardly changed since. Only a tiny bit of lace was displayed, on a woman's costume, if I remember correctly, but the house and barn were very interesting. My only regret about the excursion was that I didn't take "Tønderkniplinger og deres navne" with me. That's the book with all the photos of Tønder lace. It would have been nice to note in my book where I had seen displayed the lace pictured in the book. Another regret, I didn't take with me my list of participants so I could note down who I met. What with all the crowds, and the different languages, my memories now resemble a whirlwind. One thing is certain, lacemakers are such nice people all over the world. Sally Schoenberg Anchorage Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mary L. Tod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Arachne (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 8:31 AM Subject: RE: [lace] Sally Barry's books and lace > In an article about Drøhse's House (about > half-way down...) it says that there is a retrospective exhibit featuring > the work of Astrid Hansen (who made the wedding handkerchief). It goes on > to say that the Tønder Museum is publishing a book in conjunction with the > exhibit which will have 14 lace patterns with prickings and diagrams, will - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
