In Galithia, in the north of Spain, there is still handmade-in-Spain lace for sale, including in Santiago de Compostela airport.
In Camarinas I bought a metre of beautiful lace, about 1 1/2" wide, for 8 Euros. I could have had exactly the same design worked in a courser thread, giving a lace (I think) about 2 1/2" wide for 12 Euros! There are several shops with lacemakers working all day, and a wide range of excellent handkerchiefs, clothing with lace and household lace of all sorts. If anyone wants to buy any, I have the addresses of a couple of the shops! When I was there one of the groups was working on a motif (about 3" x 2") for which they had an order of a large quantity (1500 comes to mind) and they were delighted as the rate of pay was higher than usual. They were starting with long ends and finishing in the same way, which obviously speeded up the process. The order was from a bottled water company, and the motifs of lace were to be hung around the necks of the bottles (hence the need for the ends). So, if you are holidaying in Spain and there is lace on the bottles, it could well be hand made. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
