It was seeing one of those panels displayed in a shop window forty years ago that first inspired me to join a lacemaking class.
I saw it in the window of a department store (Chiesmanâs) in Gravesend, Kent in 1985 and stood looking at it for as long as my 3 year old daughter would allow me to. I could see that it wasnât knitted, it wasnât crocheted and it wasnât conventional weaving, but I didnât have a clue as to how it might have been constructed. I had just had the second of two miscarriages that year and desperately wanted to do something creative. The local adult education service was offering bobbin lace classes so I signed up. If I couldnât make another baby then Iâd make some lace instead! I didnât quite learn how to make Nottingham lace but by the end of the first year in classes I was pregnant with the twins, and the rest is history. I think that the panel I was was probably the one now in Sheerness http://www.visit-swale.co.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/battle-of-brit ain-lace-panel Brenda > On 19 Sep 2015, at 13:59, gil...@aol.com wrote: > > I know many lacemakers are interested in the Battle of Britain > Commemorative Lace Panels, despite their machine, rather than hand, origin, Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - 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/
