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I make lace for gifts for friends who will appreciate it. When I first started I made a lace owl and put it in a brooch for my daughter. Smeone saw it in a shop and when she discovered I'd made it asked if I would make her one. It snowballed and I ended up making 18 of them. One a day. I'd make one and leave it on the pillow for 24 hours, then I wound the bobbins for the next one ready for the next evening and mounted the one I'd taken off the pillow onto felt and put into a brooch mount. I asked for enough to cover the cost of the mount and a small donation which I gave to my church - charging nothing for my time or the thread. I was sick of that owl by the time I'd finished and was most unimpressed when someone complained that the pin had bent when they tried to put it onto a thick wool coat. I had to exchange the mount which left me with a duff brooch that I couldn't use. The best thing I've done was when we did a demo we did a competiton to win a brooch with a piece of Bucks Point in it. I made the lace and when I'd finished I counted all the pins and alongside the brooch I displayed the pricking. The question to be answered was 'how many pins were used in the pricking?' We supplied a list of numbers for them to sign off against from about 50 to 600. The actual number was about 450 if I remember correctly. It was interesting to see what people guessed. Most of the lacemakers underestimated wildly. Great fun, a bit of a fundraiser and made people think about the actual making of the lace. The nearest guess won the brooch. Lynne Baldock, North Herts, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where it's very cold and I've just walked back from town where we had our lace class Xmas dinner at the fish and chip shop. Great fun! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
