I have a very large collection of old East Midlands bobbins, Compton's being
my favourites because of the connection with Northamptonshire. With many of
the Compton bobbins the spangles are uniform and it my own personal opinion
that some of the old bobbin makers, just like some of the modern
I would agree that the bobbin has definitely been rebeaded, I've compared it
with some of the Haskins bobbins in my own collection and I think it is old.
The spots at the spangle end, which would have been large and colourful on a
Haskins bobbin, are worn down to mere dots, the spangle looks
Unfortunately I haven't got an address for Anita Wilkinson - I would suggest
anyone interested in purchasing the Bedfordshire lace books try contacting the
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information.
Diana in Northamptonshire
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Hello Liz
I believe the books are published privately by Anita Wilkinson, costing
£5.00, £8.00 and £9.00, they are soft backed and ring bound which make them
easy to open flat for copying - no ISBN number - maybe Jean Leader will know
more.
Bedfordshire Lace Motifs (from old unit prickings)
I've just been sent one each of Anita Wilkinson's Bedfordshire lace books -
Bedfordshire Lace Designs, Bedfordshire L... D.. from the Sargeant
Collection and Bedfordshire Lace Motifs from old unit prickings.
Can anyone tell me how much these books cost each as the kind person that
sent
it is also worth getting hold of postage rates leaflets from the post
office
You can also download this from the post office website.
http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/home
I would suggest that you don't list all the items at once as this will just
flood the market - a *trickle* is a better
Hi Diane
You had a very lucky find there I have a copy of that book which retailed in
the U.K. at £36.00. It really is a lovely book with excellent photography.
Diana Smith in Northamptonshire, U.K.
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Yes Sally lilac wood makes beautiful bobbins, we had a tree blown down in a
tornado - yes I said tornado - in the English midlands!
David Davis made me some bobbins and a small vase, he kept the remainder for
himself for bobbins. A couple did turn from lilac to banana but the rest
were lovely.
Different people react differently to crisis and trauma, I personally tend
to
make jokes usually at my own expense I hate people fussing around me
and tend to say I'm fine though maybe I'm not - but that's the way I am.
Thank goodness I didn't have anyone remotely near to the bombing though a
Hello Jean
I also received a reply today regarding the 'table top spinning wheel'.
Guess their working under pressure!!
Diana
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Hello Jean
I saw that and nearly died of laughing at the 'table top spinning wheel' I
think one of the *experts* called it.
I've sent my two pence worth and I also told them it wasn't complete
anyway!!
Diana in Northamptonshire
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I do not subscribe to Lace Chat but there are some Brits on Arachne who
object to the new Duchess of Cornwall being referred to as a breed of dog.
I've not read in any newspapers any criticism of the outfits worn by Camilla
and in my personal opinion she looked beautiful.
I hope they enjoy a long
of any old bobbin inscriptions - amongst other things ;-)
Best wishes
Diana Smith in Northamptonshire where it is bright and sunny but rather
frosty
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As Brian knows, I have several 'lacemakers' lamps, I also disagreed with him
until I acquire an example that still had its wick holder in tact. I have
since found another, one wick holder is metal the other earthenware.
These so called 'lacemakers lamps' appear quite regularly on ebay and I've
I remember way back when Sandi Millikin originally ask on Arachne for info
on Pitsligo lace - I answered her plea and sent her a few items I'd gathered
over the years for which she was very grateful, I'm very sorry to read of
her illness and death.
Diana in a very dull and dismal Northamptonshire
Does anyone have any idea what this ebay item was used for?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=12item=3743621864rd=1
Diana in Northamptonshire
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A rather nice stool for the lacemaker - but take look at the description
;)))
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=1221item=3743725128rd=1
*a little old wizened lady - glasses perched on the end of her nose -
toiling away at her very elaborate but delicate lace making whilst
The pricking for the Paisley Pear design is the centre fold for the book
published by the Lace Guild, written by Pat Rowley for the 'Art, Trade or
Mystery' exhibition on Lacemaking in Northamptonshire held a few years ago.
There is also a photograph of Betsy Gibbing of Paulerspury,
I acquired my Miles Weatherill at a local auction house and believe me Carol
there were a few bruised ribs about ;)))
Best wishes from a rather hot, sticky Diana - phew!
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. My Joseph Castle hanging
bobbin is the one illustrated on page 161.
Diana
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Subject: Re: [lace] Hanging bobbin
Thank you
Hi Carol
Hanging bobbins are not nearly as rare as people think in fact the
Castle/Bull/Worsley ones are common probably because their crimes were
committed in the lacemaking area lots of these commemoratives would have
been sold and because of their oddity value would have been treasured.
The
You could smooth off the broken end of the bobbin at the shank and use it as
a pin pusher - just a suggestion!
Back to lurkdom ;))
Diana in misty, steamy Northamptonshire
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I would agree with Brian that this is probably a poorly inscribed rather
worn 'William Bull'. The 'Blunt End Man' was not known for the neatness of
his writing :-))
In my collection I have a Castle, Bull, and Worsley plus another hanging
bobbin not listed by Huetson which is 'MILES WEATHERHILL
I'm ashamed to say I cannot claim to be working on anything at the moment
but lurking up on the shelves in my computer/lace room there are three
pillows with work in progress.
A floral Bucks handkerchief edging, the corner of which I designed, from the
Sivewright/Pope book published by Springetts,
Thank you for the birthday wishes - I had a really lovely day. My home has
turned into a florists shop and I had a splendid cake complete with a lace
pillow, bobbins, pins and lace (almost all edible).
Diana
I may have to grow old but I don't have to grow up!
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As you may have guessed by now the visit will be after lunch.
See yaa
Diana
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I must apologise to everyone on the list for the message I sent earlier
which was a private mail to a friend with a similar addy.
I will add as an excuse that I celebrated my 60th birthday yesterday - I
rest my case!!
Diana on a warm sunny evening in Northamptonshire
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Here's an item for the very committed spider ;))
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=58430item=5303049043rd=1#ebayphotohosting
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Evening everyone
I think the clue here is the fact that these lamps are called *oil* lamps
and were actually used to hold oil and wick. I should imagine that the wick
holder for many of this type have been lost or broken over the years, I have
two still complete with the holders, one wick holder
Dianne, you could try this http://www.ruskinlace.org.uk/
Diana
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Once when demonstrating at a craft fair with some of my beautiful old
Midlands type spangled bobbins on the pillow I was told by a very
knowledgeable gentleman spectator that *did I know that the bobbins were
send home by the soldiers to their sweethearts during the war with messages
in code on
My 'Lace' magazine arrived this morning - like 2 minutes ago - haven't
opened it yet - so must dash ;))
Diana, Northamptonshire. U.K.
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Hello Ruth
I think it was Mrs Winifred Millar who said something to the effect that a
piece of lace when laid over the palm of your hand should remain relatively
horizontal and not *droop* over the edge.
Diana
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I've found that DMC threads tend to get a bit fluffy after a while - my
favourite fine Floral Bucks Point thread is Kantklosgaren Egyptian Cotton
70/2, which when worked has a nice sheen.
I almost always use ecru but that is a personal preference.
Diana
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When cross stitching with a sore finger I use a product called *Thimble
It* - very small adhesive pads which stick to the finger but when removed
leave no residue, I have the oval shape but there is a small round. I bought
mine from J J Ford in the UK though they are from US, the info on the pack
Mine is a 1919 impression published in London by T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.,
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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I have found in recent years that traders are more and more supplying the
needs of other crafts i.e., patchwork, cross stitch, card making etc., and
also people attending lacedays appear to be participating in other craft
taking along not a lace pillow but sewing, knitting, crochet amongst others.
My copy to has rippled pages too - shame :(
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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The picture of 'part of a cope', lent by Miss Pope, is on Plate 13 facing
page 65 of Thomas Wright's book Romance of the Lace Pillow.
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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Torchon was being made in the East Midlands at that time but 'Torchon
Bedfordshire' I don't know and I'm not sure about the 'Buckinghamshire
spider pattern bobbin lace' either!
Another *mistake* is she mentions Nottinghamshire when I'm sure she must
have been referring to Northamptonshire, a
I have a copy of a book called Dentelles Normandes - La Blonde de Caen by
Claudette and Michel Bouvot, published in 1997 I think, by Editions -
Charles Corlet, soft back ISBN 2-85480-695-6. Pre euro 220F. Lots of
coloured illustrations, old lacemakers, old lace, some polychrome, and
prickings -
Aurelia you will find the pattern on page 113/4 of Barbara Underwood book
'A Bedfordshire Lace Collection' published by - yes you guessed it Ruth Bean
;))
I too saw Christine Agambar working the hankie on a course at the college, I
was also lucky enough to see the completed piece on display with
I can only agree with, I think it was, ?Aurelia who said why not take a look
at the Sivewright/Pope book published by Springetts which includes some
really beautiful 'fine' Bucks, which the Channer mat is not unless it is
reduced considerably, when I made it 10 years ago I used a Mimosa 60 thread
I wonder if Ruth Bean realises that many of the lacemaker desperate for the
mat pricking are not interested in the book which was sold separately. So
printing the pricking and accompanying sheet should not be such a problem.
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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As far as I am aware Miss Anne Buck is alive (and I hope well), she wrote
the book that accompanied the pricking but did not adapt it, that was done
by Mrs Patricia Bury.
'Miss Buck is well known for her work in the fields of English costume and
lace. As a young assistant at Luton Museum she took
The photograph of the mat which appears in the book In the Cause of English
Lace I quote:
'Point ground lace designed by Miss Channer worked by Mrs Dixon of Clapham,
Bedford, at one of the classes of the Bedford Technical Institute, c.1926.
Actual size 340mm x 250mm. (Cecil Higgins Art Gallery)'.
Miss Channer died in March 1949. A picture of the lace does not appear in
her little book 'Lace-making in the Midlands' published in 1900 but does
appear in 'Practical Lacemaking' published in 1928, there is not a pricking
in either.
Interestingly in my first edition 'Practical Lacemaking' the
In the last couple of weeks there was a copy of Christine and David's book
on offer on ebay - though gone now it does appear occasionally.
The two spiral inscription bobbins numbers 29 and 30 were both made by Jesse
Compton of Deanshanger, Northamptonshire.
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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Maybe I'm preaching to the converted here but when pricking using a cork
board or polystyrene after every few pricks run your thumb and fore finger
down the point, this makes it easier by removing the static which makes the
needle cling.
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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I have both types of old East Midlands pillows, the large bolster and
square, using them mostly for demo's, I find them a joy to use, there is
plenty of area for working on, the only problem for the modern lacemaker
being the weight, they are extremely heavy for transportation.
A bow fronted horse
I believe the book Marjory is quoting from is 'Country Relics' Described by
H.J. Massingham, published in 1939 by Cambridge University Press. It is a
delightful chapter with line drawings of a lacemaker working at her pillow
another of assorted bobbins and a third of a pillow and horse, winder and
Morning everyone,
My soft back copy of this book was published in 1983, the cover is a
different layout to the one on ebay.
Its a beginners book covering *equipment and materials, preparation, basic
stitches, tape lace, adaptation and use of tape lace, torchon lace, plaited
laces, braids and
I thought maybe everyone's reading the new Harry Potter book ;)))
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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Recently at a local auction I bought a 'lot' of 29 inscribed bone bobbins
which included two hanging bobbins - a William Bull and another which is
virtually unknown - 'MILES WEATHERHIL HUNG 1868'. I know of the existence of
one other.
When I went to the view the first bobbin I picked up was the
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