"...A friend of mine made a lacepillow with knuckles from sheep's feet as
bobbins, it looked very convincing, but her dog ate the bones before she had
made a photo."
I have some beautiful hand carved and scrimshawed bobbins from Zimbabwe that
cost many . I have one less than I used to have b
> A friend of mine made a lacepillow with knuckles from sheep's feet as
bobbins,
> it looked very convincing, but her dog ate the bones before she had made
> a photo.
> Vibeke in Copenhagen
I had to smile at this one, Vibeke,
our school-children used to tell their
teachers, when their class work h
PINS
The book by Sophie Davydoff 'La dentelle russe, histoire, technique, statistique'(
Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig, 1895) is now available online thanks to Tess
and the Professor. If you look at plate A you will see thorns of wild pear
used as pins in the Minsk area of Russia.
If you look at pag
