Dear Brenda,
Thank you for your reply about lacemakers in Scotland. I have just spent
about three hours on the computer looking up the site and links you gave me.
I haven't made a break-through but it has been most interesting - watch this
space if I do!
Ina
From near Byron Bay, Australia
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Dear Liz,
I have a similar story to you - my Great grandmother made lace but she was
born in Kirkmabreck, Scotland about 1835 and at the time of the 1851 census
she was listed as a scholar aged 16. I would dearly like to know if she
made lace as a living or just indulged as we do. Please, is
To the looong lace ladies,
I have often made garters for relatives and friends and on completion
admired my handiwork. However when I think of the fate of the garters, I
make another from bought lace. I clearly label each garter, as the garters
are usually for non-lacemakers who wouldn't know the
