Dear Lacemakers, Collectors, Researchers, In the U.S., we have been waiting for this issue to come. It is now in mailboxes, and possibly in stores. Table of Contents are: 1. How Did They Do That? (Double half stitch - macrame? Cavandoli?) Includes brief illustrated instructions. 2. Russian Lace Scarf to Knit by Galina A. Khmeleva (picture on cover of magazine). With instructions. 3. Doily to Filet Crochet based on a Mary Card pattern. With instructions. 4. Nicolaides Shuttles & a Ruffled Edging to Tat by Mary Nicolaides. With instructions. Collectors: If you have old shuttles with two posts, read this. 5. Esther Oldham: Collector of Fans and Lace Extraordinaire (Collection of the Wellesley Massachusetts Historical Society). _www.wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org_ (http://www.wellesleyhistoricalsociety.org) The best of Oldham's fan collection was donated to Museum of Fine Arts - Boston. All the rest was donated to historical society, which is raising funds to conserve this lace collection (photos of laces laid on construction paper with plastic cover sheets gives confirmation as to need for conservation). Researchers, please take note of this collection and two locations.. 6. Lace Fan to Knit instructions & Knitted Lace Fans by Deborah Robinson of U.K. Article has interesting commentary on fan sticks. 7. Many Lives of Old Lace article by Elizabeth Kurella and a simple Lace Bridal Purse to Make (uses old handkerchief corner) by Suzanne Rosser. With instructions. 8. Lace Socks to Knit by Ann Budd. With instructions. 9. Lacemaking in Ipswich Massachusetts article by Karen H. Thompson. With pricking and instructions. On the Web (not in magazine) PieceWork has added 2 entries. I recommend PieceWork site for many free patterns: 1. Buttons to Embroider and Needle-Tat by Christen Brown. Suggest you copy and put with information you have about lace buttons. pieceworkmagazine.com/go/projects/embroideredtattedbuttons.asp 2. Textile Travels: Part I by Gwen Blakley Kinsler, founder of Crochet Guild of America - textile treasures collected in Honduras and Guatemala. I copied and placed in Arachnid Angela Thompson's 2006 book "Textiles of Central and South America". More to come in future months. pieceworkmagazine.com/go/articles/textiletravels1.asp Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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