Hi Mark,
A lucky find! A pretty piece - interesting to see the 'deliberate' mistake in the rose ground where, on one side of the triangle, the half stitch to finish the rose is omitted. Andrea Lamble Cambridge, UK - (but currently in Prague where the weather has been wintry. Returning to the UK tomorrow). > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:05:11 -0600 > Subject: [lace] Rescued piece of lace > From: tatmant...@gmail.com > To: lace@arachne.com; bobbinl...@yahoogroups.com > > Dear lacers, > While we were out shopping for last minute props and costumes for the HS > musical this past weekend, we were at a flea market and I always hastely > glance for any lace paraphenalia. I managed to rescue this cluny lace > insertion. It measures 52 inches long and 3 and 3/4th inches wide. I > believe it is handmade because the leaf tallies are pointed on both > ends(unlike barmen machine lace as referenced to me from a previous post) > and you can see where the starter pins were and the lacemaker had tied the > thread ends together in knots on the other end. It desparately needs a good > washing! If you know of the pattern or think it might be some other type of > lace, please let me know. Below are some closeups of the lace: > > http://tinyurl.com/ba55hc > > http://tinyurl.com/bacf84 > > http://tinyurl.com/bmac4y > > You can also see my post of it on my blog: http://tatmantats.wordpress.com > > -- > Mark, aka Tatman > Temporary blog: http://tatmantats.wordpress.com/ > email: tatmant...@gmail.com > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail, Messenger, Photos and more - all with the new Windows Live. Get started! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
