[lace] Bobbin Lace mascot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "The same can be said of the hedgehog, the mascot of bobbin lacemakers. There are BL people who have no interest in hedgehogs. There are no curators who pay attention to the BL mascot." I didn't know that the hedgehog is meant to be the mascot for bobbin lacemakers. Have I had my head in the sand for 25 years or is it only the mascot of American bobbin lace makers? But this has explained a small mystery to me that I had been vaguely curious about! In other words, why there is a cartoon about a hedgehog in the IOLI Bulletin. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay
This is an intriguing description for an item on ebay. Firstly does the seller really mean "pillow maker"? Secondly, where in England would it have been used? I always thought it was the large bolster for Bucks point or Bedfordshire, or the small ball-shaped Honiton pillows that were used - any cloth and stuffed with readily available straw so it was cheap and easy to make. And I'm sure the "original" retail wouldn't be $350.00. For a start, sold in England, the price would be in pounds or guineas (1GBP 5 pence), and it certainly wouldn'd have started ife at that kind of price. Rare antique English lace pillow maker. 9 3/8 inches x 12 inches x 7 1/2 inches tall. Original retail $350.00 And what is that around the roller? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEWING-COLL-RARE-ANTIQUE-ENGLISH-LACE-PILLOW-MAKER_W0QQitemZ6283457875QQcategoryZ38067QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem or tinied: http://tinyurl.com/fcmw5 or search for item no 6283457875 Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay
--- Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > This is an intriguing description for an item on > ebay. It is a spanish "mundillo", a pillow based on the french pillows, not used by professional lacemakers, but by ladies who made lace for their dowry or the church. Original retail $350.00 350 pesetas??? > > And what is that around the roller? Somebody's strange idea of decorating? The very top is a pincushion, lace is made on the roller (here, there is not even a pricking underneath) and the bobbins are supported by the padded square underneath. There are several different types of mundillos - in this one, the finished lace falls into the box, some have drawers in the back for the lace and a drawer in front for extra thread, pins, bobbins etc. This one is very simple compared to most, and most probably homemade. Greetings from sunny Spain - please send rain - Eva ___ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay
Thanks Eva. I see someone has told the seller because it is now described as a "RARE ANTIQUE SPANISH MUNDILLO PILLOW LACE MAKER" and the description has been altered. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace pillow .../mundillo on ebay
On 5/26/06, Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is an intriguing ... http://tinyurl.com/fcmw5 This pillow is absolutely adorable. I'm not bidding on it, but I've enjoyed the pictures. thanks for posting the link :) -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay
>This is an intriguing description for an item on eBay. Firstly does the >seller really mean "pillow maker"? I think it should read - Lace maker's pillow. > And what is that around the roller? It's a piece of Irish crochet. Well it's lace, and it's on a lace pillow. Could have been tatting instead. You know, they make tatting with bobbins on a pillow!!! I've met dozens of people when I've been demonstrating bobbin lace whose grannies did tatting "just like you're doing. She made alter cloths and table cloths too." As lace makers our mission in life must also be to inform as well as to educate and entertain. Does this sound a bit like the remit for the BBC? Liz Pass (in Poole, Dorset) ___ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.1/348 - Release Date: 25/05/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.2/349 - Release Date: 26/05/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay
> I've met dozens of people when I've been demonstrating > bobbin lace whose grannies did tatting "just like you're doing. Evidently a universal problem: Last summer when I was demonstrating bobbin lace at the Washington State Fair, a woman came up to me almost breathless with enthusiasm. "Look," she said to her friend, "My father used to do that!" I replied, "Your father made bobbin lace?!?!" She said, "No, he tatted!" Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace pillow maker? on ebay
On 5/26/06, Barbara Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Last summer when I was demonstrating bobbin lace at the Washington State Fair, a woman came up to me almost breathless with enthusiasm. "Look," she said to her friend, "My father used to do that!" I replied, "Your father made bobbin lace?!?!" She said, "No, he tatted!" aw that's charming ;) My favourite was the guy in work gear who watched me for awhile when I was demonstrating at the community museum. We chitchatted about the weather then he said, "well, I'll leave ya to yer knittin' " - I just chuckled. He came by again and in passing remarked that his great-aunt used to knit too. She used a needle and thread. :))) I know what he meant - a task involving stringy yarn and some sort of tool by a female member of the family was "knittin' " I think a lot of people define tatting broadly, like that, as well ;) -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
