[lace] broomstick lace

[tess parrish]

Try looking up "hairpin lace."  I imagine the word "broomstick" was  
invented in the seventies when knitting, crochet, macrame, and other  
such handwork became so terribly coarse.  The references I have in the  
older books--and the way it was referred to in my youth--were to  
"hairpin."  I have a tool from the old days, not much bigger than a  
lady's large hairpin, and I imagine that with fine thread and the  
small pin the work could look quite lovely.

Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine USA where spring is in full, glorious  
bloom!

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