Hi Miriam and everyone I think you can safely say 'thousands' of lacemakers throughout the world - not 'tens' of thousands, but 'thousands' should cover it. There are about 500 in Canada, by my guesstimate, but let's say a thousand counting anyone who could possibly have tried bobbin lace.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Miriam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi spiders, > > I'm giving a talk about lace next week. It is women's club (no males > admitted). I'd like to know approximately how many lacemakers there are in > the world. Like how many came up at the Lace magazine census? How many > -- Bev (in Shirley near Sooke, BC on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]