[lace] Sisters
Malvary's posting mentioning that Jacquie is her sister raised in my mind, how many of us have sisters who make lace? I do!! My sister Margaret is in Guernsey, Channel Islands and I am in Masterton, New Zealand. We both started making lace in our winters, 6 months apart (see if you can work out which one started first! She did!) and unknown to each other. While it has become an addiction for me, Mag only makes it occasionally, though following her visit to me last year she has been making more of it! Sue Fink, Masterton, New Zealand - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Sisters
And the connection is deeper still - our Mum was the first one to start classes, but at the same time without knowing she was going to classes, I started teaching myself from a part work, Golden Hands Crafts (still one of my favourite reference "books", everything you can think of is in there). After a couple of weeks I found out about Mum going to class, and we both bought the only lace book we could find, Margaret Maidment's "Hand Made Bobbin Lace Work". Having finished the lace in Golden Hands, I then ventured into Maidment and can remember crying tears of frustration at not being able to start a new piece. I would phone Mum and she would take her book to class and tell her teacher that I was stuck just *there*, and the poor teacher would try to think up what I might have done wrong, and then Mum would try to explain it to me over the phone. We only discovered afterwards that the teacher was only half a page ahead of her class! Mum was an adult education teacher (dressmaking, knitting, crochet and general handicraft classes) at the same centre as Pat Read, and got the last place in her class. After a year she pursuaded Pat to consider me (as an extra student in a full class) and I had to talk myself in. When Pat asked who I had studied with and I told her I had taught myself so far there was an ominous silence, but she let me join and the rest, as they say, is history. On her next trip home, Malvary saw both Mum and me making lace and there was the third one hooked. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Sisters
Hi, I am a bit behind on digests but I thought I would add my bit on lacemaking sisters (and other family members). My grandmother was a lacemaker (for pleasure) having learnt in her childhood. She taught my two sisters the basics when they were about 9 and 8, though by the time it was my turn she wasn't interested in teaching any more :-(. The eldest (Sarah) made lace for a while in her late teens/early twenties but has done little since. The middle sister (Susan) got back into lacemaking about the same time and has avidly continued, specializing in Honiton, Beds and Bucks (mostly self-taught). As she says, having learnt tallies at a very early age, she never thought that any aspect of lacemaking would be tricky and therefore hasn't had the mental barriers some of us have faced. She is by far the most proficient lacemaker of the family and regularly contributes patterns to Lace as well as reviewing books for them. She has also come out to Vancouver to teach a Honiton class which was very successful. Then there is me (the baby!) I started trying to make lace in my late twenties when I found evening classes near where I lived at the time (my sisters were too far away to use them). I managed to get to about three lessons before they stopped but I had learnt enough for me to then pick up the basics from some books I was able to buy. Susan has now started teaching our niece (Sarah's daughter, aged five) the basics of Honiton so another generation has become involved. In addition, my Dad makes many of our bobbins and also made my first roller pillow based on one my Grandmother had (which Susan then inherited). I don't know of any other lacemakers in the family as they were pretty much all tenant farmers on both sides. Best wishes, Helen ([EMAIL PROTECTED] in windy but sunny Vancouver, BC, on the west coast of mainland Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Sisters
>>>From: Sue Fink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Malvary's posting mentioning that Jacquie is her sister raised in my mind, how many of us have sisters who make lace? <<< I don't have a sister of any sort. However, my mother and I both learned bobbin lace at the same time. Well, she took a class, and I visited her class and got started, then took a class a year or so later. We both got the bug watching a demonstration, and she found a class before I did. Since we're good friends and since I didn't learn from her, does that count? Robin P. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Sisters of Charity - Ottawa Canada - Photos
I have uploaded an album of photos I took at the Sisters of Charity museum in Ottawa, Canada. All are mine except the first two: the sun dial on the Mother House wall and the memorial card for Mere d'Youville. Those are from the Sisters' webpage. Look under 'Lucie DuFresne - Sisters of Charity' folder at: //community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date enjoy! Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Sisters of Charity - Ottawa Canada - Photos
Thank you for sharing these lovely pictures! Sr. Claire On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 21:50, wrote: > I have uploaded an album of photos I took at the Sisters of Charity museum > in Ottawa, Canada.<...> - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
