----- Original Message ----- From: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I suggest you go to Lacefairy on the web. She has > four sources listed with the one in the USA being John > Aebi of Indiana. He does not have a webpage that I > can find, but there is an email address listed.
He makes lovely fansticks, like his other wood products. They're not super fancy like some makers, the inner sticks are plain. But he uses beautiful wood for the guards and it's sanded to the feel of bridal satin. I have a set with birds-eye maple guards, waiting for the time I tackle making a "real" fan. I made one fan many years ago when I was a beginner. It was a kit from Snowgoose and the fan was made in two parallel strips so you weren't dealing with huge gobs of bobbins (only 30 or so pairs each strip, as I remember). And it was a really easy pattern--torchon ground with diamonds of rose ground. When I started BL, my mom asked me when I was going to make her a lace fan, so I did. She was thrilled, even though I'm a bit embarassed now to call it a lace fan. Now I'd like to try something less simplistic, so I bought Aebi's fansticks to someday give it a try. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
