Hello, Laurie...
I was really interested in what you said about the seller who attributed
certain bobbins to specific bobbin makers. I agree that the Springetts have
contributed tremendously to our body of knowledge about antique bobbins.
My undergraduate degree is in Art History, and there is
I totally agree that that the International Lace Dictionary is absolutely the
most useful thing you can have... even in the company of people who have
studied - or been brought up with with a language as their native language!!
When trying to translate, it takes the dictionary, the native, the
Understanding lace terms in another language is certainly frustrating. I have a
German SIL to whom I sent a page of terms to decipher. Her return page was
funny once I got over the disappointment of not seeing what I thought I'd be
getting. She did help with about 3-4 words and with the help of
n 8/12/07, Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Every area of life develops its own jargon, hermetically closed to
> everyone else; quite often, you won't understand a speaker or writer,
> even if they're using your own language... :)
>
Case in point, our own basic lacemaking terms of
On Aug 12, 2007, at 18:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It did not take long for both of them to realize that the language of
lacemakers in Germany is like a secret code!! The American (woman)
translated things literally, explaining various "options", and between
the two of us, we were able to s
I want to chime in here with my experience regarding German translastions
About five years ago, a new couple bought the house next-door. My DH quickly
learned that *he* was a German citizen, while *she* was a US citizen who had
majored in German in college and had had several jobs as a tran
Dear Clay and Others Interested in Cone Pillows,
Your questions are below this reply.
The first needlework gift book I received, which was the start of my lace
passion and library (though I did not know it at the time), was presented to
me in 1949. In two years, that will be 60 years ago.
Laurie,
I have bought dozens of bobbins from this seller and she is a
wonderful dealer who always says that she relies on Springett's book
in the description of each bobbin.
I have no complaints about her whatsoever.
David in Ballarat
There is a nice bone bobbin on ebay 220138516687 which i
There is a nice bone bobbin on ebay 220138516687 which is attributed to maker
David Haskins. The seller has several other bobbins up for sale attributed to
specific old makers. I just wrote to her asking how she could be so sure of
the maker, and she said that she's relying on the Springett book "S
I haven't seen a lot about he convention this year, so I thought I'd give
you one account.
Susan and I arrived about 5 minutes too late for early registration on
Saturday. The airlines had lost my luggage and her plane was late. She was
stuck in Chicago with Susie Johnson and several other lacer
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:48:55 +0100, Carol wrote:
>I have also boughtthis book, and love the prickings. But - although there
>is a list of suppliers of the metal shapes into which to place the lace, at
>the back of the book (at least, I think that's what it is!) my German is
>practically non-ex
Hi All,
I am hoping you can help! Last year, I had an eMail from a lace-makker in
North Wales, telling me about a group which meets in Gronant - the details of
which I faithfully kept but, as is usual, life intervened whilstw e were on
holiday, and unexplained warning lights in the car needed
Hello Ann-Marie
My advice is to order from a UK trader who takes plastic:
SMP, Roseground, Larkholm Lace or Biggins/Presencia.
It would be stupid to get a UK publication from USA, that would mean it
crossing the Atlantic ocean twice instead of just one trip across the
North Sea.
On 12 Aug 2
The Pretoria Lace Guild South Africa is trying to contact Gillian Dye. They
tried through her publishers but did not get an answer. This is in connection
with one of her patterns.
If you can help, please e-mail me privately.
Thanks
Linda Greyling
Helderkruin near Johannesburg
South Africa
L
I think I bought the Edition 1 from the US too though I live in Sweden
as I could pay by credit card. I have then printed the Addenums from the
homepage. I do wish I could have Edition 4 but as the flat rate
envelope from US is $10 (at least the sizes I have gotten before when I
have ordered
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