The Dutch lace association had 3000 members a few years ago. The magazine is translated into English, so there might be some duplicates with the Catalan, but my guess 10.000 is a way too low guestimate. > I can say that they exist at least 5000 lacemakers, only here > in my area of Catalunya (Spain). > > Possibly the number raises up to 10.000 lacemakers, all the country > (Spain) (I have not evidence of this, this is only a supposition) > > So, it is not a nonsense to speak of "tens of thousands" all > over the world! > > Carolina.Barcelona. Spain. > > > bevw escribió: > > 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.
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