Cynthia Yes, I'm aware of that,and am a member of it. But it doesn't have anywhere near the membership or collection of photos that the old google group did. When it gets older it might. Lorelei
-----Original Message----- From: Cynce Williams [mailto:cyncewilli...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, October 8, 2017 5:38 PM To: loreleiterry Halley <lhal...@bytemeusa.com> Cc: cynce williams <cyncewilli...@sbcglobal.net>; Arachne.com <lace@arachne.com> Subject: Re: [lace] Spanish lace makers Lorelei, There's an international group on Facebook called Encajeras_Bolilleras . I think they're mainly Spanish, but there's some Russian and eastern European work, too, Some of it's really wonderful. Cynthia On Oct 8, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Lorelei Halley <lhal...@bytemeusa.com> wrote: > Devon > > A few days ago you asked about Spanish lace makers and what they were doing. > There had been a large group on google with many Spanish lace makers > participating. A huge number of photos were posted. Unfortunately > google decided to cancel their "groups" feature, I think because > facebook was taking all the traffic. The photos may still be there, > but under the names of the participating members, instead of a group. > I was actively using that group to keep track of what Spanish lace > makers were doing. And I am very frustrated that the group no longer exists. > > > > What I remember is that they were doing torchon mostly (not > surprising), but also a lot of Cluny type laces (including continental > guipure = Cluny with floral or naturalistic designs) and tape laces of > various kinds. Some which were a lot like the Italian, but also some > Milanese, Russian, Idrija, and of course Hinojosa. There was some > Bruges, but more Duchesse (still a small number, but more than we find > on laceioli. Point ground was rare. What surprised me was a fair > amount of embroidered tulle, both needle run and tambour. They seem to > be doing more of that than any other group of lacemakers in the world. > They also do a lot of drawn thread embroidery (threads removed in one > direction and needle weaving and other embellishments). > > > > The internet is wonderful, but when stuff is GONE, it is REALLY GONE. > > Lorelei > > - > 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/ - 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/