[lace] Re: Is Lace Declining?

2003-09-30 Thread Madelin Holtkamp
Dear Devon and lacemakers all-- >I think a marketing campaign on MTV or in the kinds of magazines young people >with discretionary income read might be a good idea. > I think Devon is right about this, but it sure brought a giggle to picture the MTV promo for lacemaking! Regards-- lurker Madeli

[lace] Re: Is Lace declining?

2003-10-01 Thread Ilske und Peter Thomsen
Dear lacefriends, I will try to tell you about our country. In Deutscher Klöppelverband we are meanwhile about 4 500 members of about every age. We try in our organisation to do something special for children, for example design for them, a class only for them on our convention. There are several t

[lace] Re: Is lace declining?

2003-10-02 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, What an interesting thread! I'll add some things that I know and some guesses. My main interest is tape lace/Battenberg lace and most of my information is from the US. Tape lace in the US was most popular from 1890 to 1910. There were a number of needlework magazines published then an

Re: [lace] Re: Is lace declining?

2003-10-02 Thread LaceSpinner
Jane: Lacis still has their storefront. 2982 Adeline St, Berkeley, CA 94703 where it has always been located (well for the last 15-20 years at least!). Yes, it is sad that Kaethe passed on, but Jules and their children still run a thriving storefront and distributorship. Lacis was always on

Re: [lace] Re: Is lace declining?

2003-10-02 Thread Emma Crew
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Lacis still has their storefront. They do, indeed. And I love going there (and make a point of it nearly every trip to visit my mom, who lives in the area). But it's not all that exciting a bobbin lace shop. It's great for other forms of lace, and I've made many h

[lace] Re: Is Lace Declining?/demos and after

2003-09-30 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Tuesday, Sep 30, 2003, at 20:11 US/Eastern, ann DURANT wrote: [...] I suggested he had a go at the snake, and after demurring for a few moments, he agreed to have a try. So I talked him through one "row" of the snake as it very gradually dawned on me that I had detached him from his group of