Dear Tess Don't know the picture you have in mind, but there is a photograph of a Miao lady from China woking on a wooden stool with bamboo bobbins weighted with coins (spangles!!). She is making a fine silk braid for use in embroidery - her sleeves are decorated with this work. There is no pillow, but on the facing page is a lady from Oman working a braid in white cotton, using a small bolster (khajuja), which looks very like those we used in Prague, on a practical-looking stand. She is simply using cotton reels with a half hitch to hold the thread - that's what to do if you don't like winding bobbins!
The book is "Braids & Beyond - A Broad Look at Narrow Wares" from a Braid Society Exhibition, by Jacqui Carey. ISBN 0-9523225-4-4. Her website www.careycompany.com sells it. I find it fascinating, with several techniques clearly explained, several with interesting parallels with bobbin lace; one can only speculate as to whether cross-fertilisation or common solutions to similar tasks. Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:57:30 -0400 From: Tess Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [lace] chinese lacemaker (?) There is an early line drawing or perhaps woodcut of a Chinese lacemaker (or maybe she's doing a form of macrame) which I have seen in several books. She is perched on a bench with one foot drawn up, sitting in front of a loom-like structure with her threads attached to weights of some sort. I was hoping to copy it for the Professor, but for the life of me I can't find it now. Does anyone know what I am talking about? I know I have seen it here in something that was on my table, but I had to move everything aside in order to set up rollaway beds, and it will take hours of cleaning out to put everything to rights. So if anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ How much mail storage do you get for free? Yahoo! Mail gives you 1GB! Get Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]