[lace] trip to Brussels

[Jan Tregidgo]

I am going to Brussels for the weekend.. this weekend and I had intended to
visit the costume and Lace Museum.. it is closed for this month.. any
suggestions as to any other lace destinations I ought to go to?

Jan Tregidgo

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[lace] Your story

[jan tregidgo]

I went to the Ideal Home exhibition in London in 1979. I saw (for the very
 first time) a lady making lace on the Townswomen's Guild stand ( I wonder
where she is now?) At the time (I was 29), she looked like a
 'little old lady'... I was mesmerised.. after a few minutes she paused and
 looked up and breathlessly I asked... 'How long have you been doing
 that?'.. she cheerfully replied 'about 2 years!' I instantly thought 'if a
 little old lady can learn in 2 years, I can too!' So I later put my name
 down for a weekend course entitled 'Beginners Bucks Point lace making' at
 Missenden Abbey led by Miss Dawson. . Little did I know that you needed to
 know how to make lace for that course! The requirements list arrived and I
 had no idea what it meant. Luckily my husband knew someone at work whose
 wife does that sort of thing!' so I contacted her, Kathy Corbett, and she
 helped and has been a very firm friend ever since.

 Missenden Abbey ran three classes that weekend, (March 1980) led by Miss
 Dawson, Miss Miller and Margaret Tite. I was in Jean Millers class and she
 got me going.. I did bandage, little fan and even started sheep's head
 during the weekend... I was hooked and haven't stopped since! I warn all
 new lace makers that it needs a government health warning as it is 'very
 addictive.'


 Jan Tregidgo

 www.tregidgo.com/jan

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[lace] spider silk shawl

[jan tregidgo]

The spider silk shawl

The Guardian had a double page spread of a photograph of the cape on Tuesday
24th January... The two metre shawl and the richly embroidered cape are now on
show at the Victoria and Albert Museum London until June 5th. It took the silk
from 23,000 spiders to weave 25 grammes of silk and there are 1.5kg of silk in
the cape. To produce and weave enough spider silk for both the cape and shawl
took 8 years!!!
There is more information with the photograph...

Jan Tregidgo

www.tregidgo.com/jan

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