Dear David, I'm taking a stab here, but millinery straw braid would be my guess. Straw hats were common for summer use, and at least some were made of straw braid, perhaps a half inch wide, although I'm sure it varied, which was then sewn together over a form for the proper shape. Such a straw hat uses a lot of braid. It can be coarse or fine. I once saw a Shaker lady's straw hat, in a museum, and it was very fine.
Lyn from Lancaster, where it's cool but nice and sunny, 41F 4.5C David wrote: >I'm currently doing some family history research for one of us, and >find that IF her female relatives were not Lace Makers, then they >were Straw Plaiters. > >Can someone please tell me exactly what they produced? Some of these >were as young as 5 and 7 years of age on the censuses!! >I'm sure it wasn't all macrame hanging baskets!! > "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
