In a message dated 12/17/2004 10:41:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
By the way, lots of people know how to make needle lace. Granted, our numbers are puny compared to the number of bobbin-lace makers. Still, we are here! Of course the question stunned me because Gunnel is an expert needlelacer and I myself am a practitioner of the art. It is true that the needlelacers are fewer than the bobbin lacers in the IOLI. However, I think that the EGA may be the group that they belong to since embroidery and needlelace seem more closely related than needlelace and bobbinlace. I notice that when I go to the EGA everyone recognizes the names Gunnel and Aurelia. I was trying to figure out how someone who doesn't know how to make needlelace or bobbin lace would mend lace, but I suppose you can patch in pieces of net or crepelene. It is not the way we woud do it, ie. adding needlelace leaves to put things right. Probably the only things that people would pay large amounts to mend would be things with special family significance, or possibly items of great monetary value. However in lace that later category almost doesn't exist. The person with the old tatting might be better off buying more old tatting that doesn't require repair, or even buying new tatting. Making something new is somehow more fun and there might be people who would be interested in doing that as a "paying hobby". Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
