Yes Shirley T. and David, I remember the shop called The Lacemaker very
well!!
Goodness! It was about the only place you could get lacemaking supplies. It
was very sad when it closed.
Before that, though, I used to buy cones of linen thread at a little shop in
the city where they kept it on a t
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Strange how this thread has revived so many memories
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I was also taught bobbin lace by Nenia Lovesey in the late 60's
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I was also taught bobbin lace by Nenia Lovesey in the late 60's
1960s aesthetic.
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There is a big difference between either side of the Pond. On the Eastern side
there was frequently a relative who
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I started to make bobbin lace in 1970. Nena Lovesey started me off with a
simple pillow, some Belgian bobbins, and excellent basic i
There is a big difference between either side of the Pond. On the Eastern side
there was frequently a relative who made lace. One knew of its existence,
usually. It was around. You might have had to look for it, but it was there.
In the United States, certainly, one didn't know what it was.
Certainly the craft centre which Nena Lovesey ran received advice from the CAC,
but I don’t think they supplied funding, although they may have done. The
committee which was formed to oversee the centre was chaired by my husband, and
I know he was in correspondence with the CAD, but the centre w
after my memory it was 1987 the year I spent several months in NY.
Ilske
> Am 26.03.2018 um 20:16 schrieb Cynce Williams :
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> There was also the US bobbin lace stamp (well 4 stamps) organized by Mary
> McPeak.
>
> Bu I cant remember what year1980s sometime.
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You would think that someone had written about the Craft revival of the 1970s,
but when I search for this topic, only one article comes up, by Andrea Peach
called Crafting Revivals? An investigation into the craft revival of the
1970s: can contemporary comparisons be drawn? She has made it availabl
Strange how this thread has revived so many memories! When I started making
lace with Nena Lovesey in 1970, with my Belgian bobbins, she not only taught me
to make lace, she taught me all sorts of things about lace. This continued with
talks which she gave to emerging lace groups. So I learned a
I first became aware of bobbin lace in 1975.
It had been a bad time for me having had two miscarriages in the first half of
the year and I had a strong urge to do something creative; if I couldnât
make another baby then it would have to be something else. That August, to
commemorate the Battle
Hi Arachnids
The discussion about how lace spread is most interesting. In England the
handcrafts followed during and immediately after WW2 were knitting and
dressmaking, only those that were useful. Also only products that were useful
were available, know as utility. I remember my parents getting
I started to make bobbin lace in 1970. Nena Lovesey started me off with a
simple pillow, some Belgian bobbins, and excellent basic instruction! I loved
it! When she thought I was able enough, she introduced me to the Swedish
Knipplerscan books. There were two paperback books of patterns, startin
My earliest books were the 1970s version of the Margaret Maidment book, Louisa
Tebbs book (by the same publisher), and the little Amy Dawson book. Then we
got the Pam Notting hamâs mixed laces book, and Pam Robinsons book, and so
on.
I found some classes here in an outer suburb of Melbourne in 1
I remember attending a Towns Womens Guild in November 1970 in Lichfield, Staffs
where we had a talk on bobbin lace with a demonstration on a board using
probably, skipping ropes with wooden handles for the thread and bobbins. I was
one of those who thought it looked too difficult and being heav
My father may have (embraced the melting pot and he sure as heck wanted to be
sure I never visited the “old country” as second and third cousins were going
back to marry extended family members. Sicilian chain migration??) but his
father never really spoke English into the early 1990s. My German
Also in the 1950’s I was a Girl Scout Library aide and found *Bobbins of
Belgium.* Don’t remember the author. The stories of post WWI Belgium were
horrifying but they were trying to make lace an economic craft in the ’20’s.
Cynthia
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My observation is that before the 60s America fully embraced the melting
pot model. My own Grandmother, for example, was not allowed to learn
Norwegian. She was the first in her family born in the US, but expected
to only know English. Preserving heritage from European countries was seen
by man
ally "self-taught". I also learned
from her book. And earlier, from her correspondence lessons.
Lorelei
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>Then there's Doris Southard in Iowa, whose book was published in the '70's.
>
Very interesting stories in this topic. This is my own version. While in high
school in Denmark, I saw my mother making bobbin lace. I think she learned it
as a young girl in the 1910s. In the 1960s adult education classes were offered
in communities in Denmark, and she finally had a little spar
The Virginia Bath LACE book and also Golden Hands have been mentioned today.
 Not long ago, I reviewed both on Arachne.  The reviews are easier to read
on the New England Lace Group's home page at www.nelg.us
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Select Book Reviews from the menu on the Left.
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When there are no new books I wish
Yes! You are correct. It was Knyppling. I couldnât remember what it was,
even though I picked up a copy at an estate sale fairly recently.
Devon
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Jo raises some interesting insights.
One thing she mentions is the crafts to leisure aspect. Originally there
seemed to be an ethos that one was practicing a âuseful craftâ. For
instance, you made a quilt because you needed a bed covering, or a doily
because every well kept house required doili
Dear Devon,
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Perhaps the book to which you refer was Knyppling, 1964, published (in
Swedish) by LTs Forlag in collaboration with the Swedish Lace-Making
Association. Â Author was Sally Johanson.
Â
It was re-published with the title of Traditional Lace Making in 1974 in the
U.S. in English by Van
My belief is that as it was featured in Golden Hands which I think was
published in UK in 1969 and the older Lacemakers were asked to do more
teaching. The WI used to have craft classes I think. Boredom with commercially
made items and a desire to learn, plus a little more money for hobbies? O
Also, Spring Fling happened annually for many years, then every other year
for many more. Last year was the kast full-fledged version, however.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 2:52 PM H M Clarke wrote:
> Speaking from my familyâs perspective, my grandmother learnt as a child
in
> the 1910s. This was a
Maybe a chicken-and-egg thing? The books inspire the students who provide the
market for more books ⦠but what triggered the interest in the 70s in the
first place - Iâd bet on a backlash from the super-modern 60s. Thereâs
only so much bright yellow and lime green Fortrel a body can take. I r
Speaking from my family’s perspective, my grandmother learnt as a child in the
1910s. This was at some local girls’ club in Suffolk. Then she married and had
a family (obviously!) and lace was put away. When she was sadly widowed in the
early 1960s she went back to making lace. She showed my sis
You will find Mary McPeek who was influential together with Trenna Ruffner
in getting Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux published with her English
translation. GLLGI recently published a compilation of Mary McPeekâs lesson
plans and prickings together with photographs of the pieces worked. Mary
taught f
There were four ladies whose patterns were published but I can’t remember them
all. IIRC Mary McPeak was one and so was Trenna Rufner. Lovely ladies and
lovely lace. The Great Lakes Lace group had a seminar and several European
teachers came over. Exciting times.
C
On Mar 26, 2018, at 1:26 PM,
I dont know for sure, but she had lots of Tonder lace in her book. I think
she also had a pattern by Mary McPeak.
C
On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:37 PM, DevonThein wrote:
> Where did Doris Southard learn to make lace, or how?
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And there was Virginia Churchill Baths book *Lace*. She was from the Chicago
Art Institute.
C
On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:36 PM, DevonThein wrote:
> Adele makes the interesting point that it wasnt until the 1970s that it
> began to be possible to buy books published by mainstream publishers about
Thanks for mentioning the Torchon Lace Company and the Princess lace pillow.
I would relate this to the early 20th century lacemaking ideas which included
trying to make lace for money, rather than leisure. Examples include the Sybil
Carter missions and Italian Lace School (cut work). But, surely t
Yes! Thanks. I just looked it up. 1987. I think Trenna Rufner was also
involved in the lace postage stamps.
Devon
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St Louis had the Torchon Lace company. They sold bobbins, the Princess lace
pillow and booklets of patterns. We found them in 1904 sources but couldnt
find any other information about them. The Princess pillow was in the Missouri
Historical Society collection.
Cynthia
On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:13 P
I learned in 1981. Missed a class and learned several grounds from the DMC
book. Also found bobbin lace in the Readers Digest handwork book. Crown and
Triangle from Doris Southards book was originally from Family Circle (or was
it Womans Day?) One of those grocery store magazines.
Cynthia
On
I consulted my notes which consist of a few writeups of Doris over the years.
She actually wrote on a 2005 Arachne thread âHow I Started lacemakingâ
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg14763.html
She was an avid weaver and knitter when she first discovered bobbin lace in
1950âs
Lyn made a comment, that perhaps only I got, that she thought that the Back to
Earth movement had a lot to do with it. She discounts the Bi-Centennial.
However, there was a huge call for crafters during the Bi-Centennial. I
participated in the making of a quilt to commemorate Rockland Country (New
There was also the US bobbin lace stamp (well 4 stamps) organized by Mary
McPeak.
Bu I cant remember what year1980s sometime.
Cynthia
On Mar 26, 2018, at 9:59 AM, DevonThein wrote:
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> I began to make lace in 1971, but I was not a very objective observer of
what
> was going on and how it fi
Just chiming in to say this is all very interesting and I look forward to
reading this all more carefully later!
Best,
Elena
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<< Shortly after I started in England in 1971 I bought a copy of Maidment
Bobbin Lace Work printed in 1971. >>
So interesting to see this cluster of books being published and republished in
the 1970s. But why?
Devon
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I too started in the 1970's as a teenager. Saw a demo on a local nostalgic
summer fair. Being crafty I wanted too try. Found a few books in the local
library, the local craft store happened to have bobbins in stock, improvised
a pillow and got hooked.
Those days some crafty Dutch magazines publis
One other factor in the 1970's is that airfare to Europe was getting cheaper.
In 1960 when my parents and I took a ship ten days each way, to Europe, that
trip cost as much as airfare to the same destination. In 1974, my husband and
I took a month trip to Europe and did an illegal charter flig
Shortly after I started in England in 1971 I bought a copy of Maidment Bobbin
Lace Work printed in 1971.
Maureen
E Yorks UK
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Devon
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Adele makes the interesting point that it wasnât until the 1970s that it
began to be possible to buy books published by mainstream publishers about how
to make bobbin lace.
She observes that her lace club actually started in 1955 but had huge
impediments due to the lack of instruction and books.
Devon,
Doris Southard, an Iowa farm wife, was teaching bobbin lace in the 1970’s. Her
book “Bobbin Lacemaking” has a 1977 copyright.
Anita Hansen
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Sorry, I forgot to crop.
Maureen
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And I should, of course, mention needlelace as Nenia Lovesey wrote her first
book in the late 1970s, she signed my copy at a lace day in Essex in 1982.
Although I didn't try needlelace until after then.
Maureen
e Yorks UK.
> On 26 Mar 2018, at 17:42, Maureen wrote:
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> I too started lacemak
People are contacting me privately with observations which are very
interesting.
One correspondent believes that post war immigration of Europeans to the US
was a factor in the development of lacemaking here.
This is an interesting observation because there were a number of people who
were major fi
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>Dear Devon, read your email the first time I woke up at 6. Now 9:20 and my
>coffee is brewing. Decadent hours. I was thinking about lacema
Hi Devon:
The lace club I belong to (Vancouver Lace Club) started in 1955 but it was
slow going at first because the ladies could only get instruction from a
lacemaker who lived up the coast and only visited Vancouver once a year, to
demonstrate lace at the Pacific National Exhibition. She would
I too started lacemaking in The early 70s but I had seen it in Golden Hands and
found a local handicraft group that were putting a class on. Well I was going
for embroidery classes at the time, but moved over to the lace class,
supposedly for one term but which continued for a lot longer, to le
Sue, your observation about taking a class in an adult school in England is
interesting. I think there was more of that in Great Britain than in the US at
the time. But, Holly van Sciver took an adult school class in England while
there for a college semester abroad. Eventually she was a large spur
Sue, your observation about taking a class in an adult school in England is
interesting. I think there was more of that in Great Britain than in the US at
the time. But, Holly van Sciver took an adult school class in England while
there for a college semester abroad. Eventually she was a large spur
I too started making lace in the 70s my interest was sparked purely by the
chance sighting of lace making classes starting at our local night school and
at the fact that I liked anything " crafty" after the first lesson I was well
and truly "hooked"
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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I am attempting to write a catalog for the Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber
Art from Lacemaking Techniques.
The exhibit will include the work of Ros Hills, Lieve Jerger, and Jill
Nordfors Clark who I consider to have begun their activity during the lace
revival of the 1970s. If I were to try to e
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