Hello Marianne and everyone I haven't much to add to the excellent site that Lorelei mentioned, but a few little things came to mind: I you don't have this one, and really like Buckspoint, it is reasonably priced and an excellent challenge to manage without diagrams :) http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/publications/floralbuckspoint.html
I understand that Vera Cockuyt's books were published to accompany her workshops, so they might not seem as thorough as one would like for self-teaching. However, they are useful to have with other books on the same laces. You might like to give the Niven book another try, for Flanders or invest in the one by Barbara Corbet which has a lot of information and a handsome sampler and other patterns, with excellent diagrams. If you can follow those, you can make the lace :) Despite our poor dollar, you would be saving by purchasing books from B. Fay Verlag as Jeri has mentioned. The Barbara Fay company has a flat shipping rate for overseas. The book prices work out about the same as if purchased here at home if being able to shop in person. By saying so, I don't like to undercut our only lace book seller but if you are watching pennies, and having to mail order anyway, then it is an option to purchase from B. Fay (Atelier MB also has a flat overseas rate). As you know within Canada, domestic parcel postage is calculated on size, weight and postal code - i.e. distance from domestic sender, It is a situation out of our hand, just like the up-and-down dollar. We work with what we have eh. Happy lacemaking, regardless Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/
