Gidday Janice and all, >As the digests seem to be few and far between maybe I can ask everyone what lace related items they received for Christmas?
>From my DH I got 3 bobbins, including a lovely mother & babe (the babe is aluminium), as well as the first in a 6-month bobbin club subscription. >From my MIL in Australia (also a lacemaker of many years) I received a lovely reel of silk thread and a pair of bobbins turned by her friend's husband, and from a lacemaking friend in South Africa a packet of Witwatersrand Lace Guild cards with a picture of a Bucks Point piece on them. We still have some gifts to come as our mail comes once a week via a courier company in Miami, and with the Christmas rush some things just didn't get here in time - and going by the amount that has gone through our bank account marked "Catchpin Lace..." I think I have something else lace-related coming - not complaining either! I subscribed a while back to Piecework but am still waiting to receive any of those, so I consider that lace/craft-related as well. Oh and a few days before Christmas I received the latest Australian Lace Guild magazine, which my mum forwards on from Oz. I have been busy trying to get Miss Channer's Mat done - am down to the last bottom flowers now. I have uploaded several progress shots on to the Webshots site if anyone would like to see how it has been coming along. I have 28 days to finish it before I go to Australia to visit the kids! Michelle an Aussie living in hot, tropical Suriname - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
