Catherine, I didn't see an answer to your question about Alencon lace, but I don't get all the [lace] messages, so everybody forgive me if I duplicate someone else's answer.
Yes, it is apparently still made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hI1uz0p9sk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_7lwhYEUCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBws14YwHgw My French is close to non-existent, so I don't know if there's enough info in those to provide a lead to find out what thread they use. Maybe write to the Tourism Bureau to see if they could put you in touch with someone? http://www.holidays-alencon.com/discover/point-dalencon-lacework (The page cracks me up, however--maybe I'm losing it, but the lace in the heading on their page is not Alencon needle-lace but rather is Belgian bobbin-lace, if I'm not mistaken.) Nancy Connecticut, USA On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 3:17 AM, Catherine Barley < catherinebar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Does anyone know what brand of thread is currently used in France to make > their Alencon lace or even if anyone does actually still make Alencon lace? > - 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/
