[lace] Re: terminology

2008-08-12 Thread Jane O'Connor
Thank you one and all!!! The new words threw me into a tizzy but now more than just myself have been helped and we appreciate it.   Jane O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Lenox, IL USA Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes. So have fun, think 'good

Re: [lace] Re: terminology

2008-08-11 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hi Jane - I have studied s'Gravensmoer lace with Susan Wenzel, who has taught this lace for a number of years now. She was trained in the Netherlands, and has helped translate the Dutch books on this lace. In the materials I received in 2007, during a workshop, there was this explanation:

[lace] Re: terminology

2008-08-11 Thread Jane O'Connor
Brenda, Alexandra Stillwell's book also says it is the simplest of rosegrounds. How can we argue with all this proof that fond de vierge is other than a simple roseground. If anyone from the Netherlands familiar with 'sGravenmoer can come forward and say otherwise, we will go with plain roseground.