Hi spiders, and welcome back all the delegates from Montreal - we missed you. Last week I did my annual treat of Honiton lacemaking with Pat Perryman at our local residential college, and I have brought back a few items for a raffle. First prize is a beautiful tea towel in royal blue covered with pictures of honiton lace motifs - it's would make an excellent cover cloth if you couldn't bring yourself to use it for drying pots. Pat also gave me three packs of 4 x A3 size photocopies of part of a honiton lace flounce that is owned by the Allhallows Museum in Honiton http://www.honitonmuseum.co.uk and these will be 2nd,3rd and 4th prizes. There is a short explanation of the provenance of the lace in each pack - it's called the Esther Clarke Flounce and was made for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The details and quality of the lacemaking can be clearly seen in the enlargements. For anyone who makes Honiton lace it is a wonderful resource for techniques etc, and for anyone else it's just lovely to examine and admire the skill involved. So names to me please - just email addresses will do until I draw the winners, and the prizes will be sent post free, wherever you are. Closing date will be Midnight my time (UK summer time) on Monday next, August 7th Good luck everybody. ttfn Jacqui
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