The mat was designed by Miss Channer, the original was made by Mrs Dixon of
Clapham, Bedford in a class at the Technical Institute in Bedford around
1926.
It was not part of the lace expo at Northampton in 1999.
I think I have some info on the Warren sisters somewhere - now where is
Have now found the book. There is no indication of her age, however, I
would suspect that the Miss Warren was in the original edition which was
printed in 1909. There is a picture of a class but that is dated 1918 so
would not have been in the original.
Another signal that perhaps she was
I assume we're referring to the picture on the dust wrapper of the Ruth Bean
reprint dated 1982, as my two earlier editions don't have wrappers. Possibly
Ruth selected a picture which isn't relevant to the 1919 original date of
publication.
In the text (page 222) Wright refers to 'There was
The picture on the dust wrapper is also plate 47 facing page 245.
There are several Warren families in the 1901 census for Stoke Goldington.
Page 239 of the same book says that 1906 was marked by the establishment at
Stoke Goldington by Mr. Armstron of what is known as the Bucks Cottage
I did a quick search for Dr Habberton Lulham who it turns out was an English
physician and poet (1865 - 1940). Doesn't seem to be any connection with
lacemaking.
Diana
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Clay wrote:
As far as our own Lace Day events go... (and this was also brought up
just a day or two ago...), I suggest that as we are at the mercy of
venues which also bring in the public, (and who knows... perhaps our
own members?), we need to be careful about how we display our hard
work.
Janice, the display room was just beautiful, and I never even noticed
that things had been pinned in place!! I was too busy admiring the
amazing array of lace!!
Clay
Janice Blair wrote:
Clay wrote:
As far as our own Lace Day events go... (and this was also brought up
just a day or two
I have heard of a few items disappearing at lace days, - and I think it is
dreadful that another lacemaker would do such a thing.
When I am demonstrating, I have lace on display - but aways pinned up on a
display board behind me.
I was doing kit piece at a Stitches and Craft show many years ago
I have just downloaded some free knitting patterns from the internet, and some
of them are from America. I think I have heard somewhere that Sport Weight is
UK's Double Knitting and the tension seems to be about right, but could anyone
please tell me what Worsted Weight yarns are?
Thank you.
Hi Dee
Worsted weight is the same as Aran weight. See this chart:
http://www.yarnstandards.com/weight.html
Lindy in very wet Ireland
Subject: [lace-chat] Knitting Yarns
I have just downloaded some free knitting patterns from the internet, and
some
of them are from America. I think I
On 9/14/08 9:23 AM, Dee Palin wrote:
. . . could anyone please tell me what Worsted Weight
yarns are?
Yarns about the thickness of 4/8 worsted yarn.
4/8 worsted was so common in the first half of the twentieth
century that knitting worsted was the only label needed.
--
Joy Beeson
Hi Lindy,
Thanks for the chart. I always have trouble deciding on what weight yarn to
use when I am converting English patterns to American yarns. This will be
helpful.
Janice
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
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