From Liz TheLaceBee
...What I did say was she had to choose patterns to get herself to the
biggy. Her response was that unless she made something that big then people
at our living history events would be more impressed with what I was making.
I suggested that she got another lace teacher...
Hi Alice
Thank your for that link. I enjoyed reading the article and watching the
video.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
A friend gave me an article from Thursday's Wall Street Journaltitled
New Life for the Historic Art of Lace-Making.
The story and most of the pictures can be
Thanks, Alice, for pointing this out to us!
Can we say, with pride, that our own Devon was responsible for this with
her Campaign for wearing lace a couple of years ago!! VBG... it
would be fun to think so. But since she's in New York so much, it isn't
such a far-fetched idea after all!
Dear Jeri,
It has occurred to me, though I have never met him, that David may be a
good deal taller than most of the women on Arachne, and he may be looking at
his pillow from a different vantage point.
5'9 (175cm) and stable - if it's any help.
However, I do sit in a low recliner chair and
H. I'll have to make note of it next time I'm working! Gives
new meaning to making lace 'til you're blue in the face!!
Clay
On 4/4/2011 8:17 AM, David C COLLYER wrote:
As a side line, it has come to my realisation lately that every time I
put a pin in, I am actually holding my
Hi everyone
Long ago: I was thinking from what I've read here and there ... it
used to be that lacemakers didn't make their own prickings.
Someone else did do it for them on parchment ( and didn't they use a
tray full of lead for the work surface?).
Forward to the present day:
I am puzzled if
could it also have been that she was wearing flat shoes in later life? Brenda
Valid point. The average woman shrinks about an inch with aging (and also
men),
though the smaller a woman's frame and less physically active, the more prone
to
osteoporosis, facilitating loss of height. Most
snipped
As a side line, it has come to my realisation lately that every time I put a
pin in, I am actually holding my breath. Has anyone else noticed this? It only
really affects me when I'm putting in a line of 7 or so - LOL
David in Ballarat
Hubby has suffered in the past from melanomas and
Hello All! Quick daily check of www.needlenthread.com revealed a link to a
cyber expo that is worth visiting. I visited for the embroidered eggs (!!!)
but quicky found lace on the site. Have fun. I'm still at EGA seminar so will
follow up on other matters next week. Sincerely, Susan
