Yes, it looks like a lifting stick for needlelacers.
The Guild of Needlelaces sells them for £4.50!!
Contratulations, Pene, for your 2nd prize. What a teriffic display of lace
you had. Well done to the whole group who participated. Thanks for the URL
so we could enjoy the diplay, too.
Regards
Yes, you're quite right that oya = lace to Turks, but to the rest of
the world, oya has come to mean the tiny flowers and birds made with
knotted needlelace. In the article, she clearly used the word that
way, and only referred tangentially to crocheted and tatted "oya."
Avital
On Mon, Aug 3, 200
Thanks for posting the pics from Niplispitsi! Checking out the other links
turned up a charming pair of ballet slippers on 2007 Narvas. Delightful.
Susan, Erie PA
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Several times in the past, I've reviewed and listed all the Turkish oya
(lace) books in my library. To them, "oya" is like the word "lace". It
covers a number of techniques. In my modern Turkish lace books "Oya" refers
to
the delicate knotted lace, but also crochet and tatting.
Jeri A
Hi Spiders,
I just met a lacemaker who studied with the same teacher I had at the very
beginning of my lacemaking days.
She is mostly making Czech "style" lace with rather coarse linen threads.
Her son will be going to Madrid to study and she was wondering if there are
any lace courses in Ma
Knowing about the gas problem we took it outside and were done very quickly
and it made a very good job of it, very little mess either.
We downloaded instructions including pictures to make sure we understood
what we were doing, from the internet. Most people do use a knife, but this
was just
Dear Laurie
I would also say that it is a lifting stick used in needlelace, when you are
using a needlelace pillow.You can still buy them new from Needlepaws,
based near Tamworth. Bob Weston makes them, his wife, Anne Weston was
formerly Chairman of The Guild of Needlelaces.They a
It looks like it could be something to slide under the needlelace while
working to raise a small area. Springetts used to give away a small
inscribed 'rolling pin' on their needlelace courses for this purpose.
Of course I may be wrong!!
Diana in Northants
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