My mother taught me to knit, crochet, embroider & sew, & bought the
Golden Hand Series, but the bit about bobbin lace in there didn't
register. My mother was teaching porcelain painting at the Bathurst
College's Winter School, & when I started working I attended a Spinning
class. That's when I
Dear Jane
I am curious about what you see as the problems with the Dryad
lacemaking kit, assuming it's the same one as I got in 1985.
[In 1994 I started teaching because the owner of
our small craft shop, who understood the problems of the Dryad kit,
would only sell them to people she thought w
I saw lace being made in Tonder, Denmark ten years ago where I got
married. I had never even heard of doing lace this way and was
absolutely enthralled with it...stared at the store window every
chance I got! LOL!
For Christmas that year my hubby got me my first pillow and bobbins
and I tau
I was on holiday in Nothingham and there was a demo at the lace museum
. i had a try and thought it was not that complicated ...but once back
home didn't find a teacher till 30 years later in Paris ..
and I am the first to make lace . my mum did some sewing and knitting
and her sister was a rea
Hi All,
The last thing my Paternal Grandmother did in this world was to teach me to
crochet (I turned 10 the week she died). Alice always had a number of things
on the go, and supplied many things to local Fetes and was a major inspiration
for me. Not sure of Northern Hemisphere equivalent - ? F
"Ruth Rocker" wrote
My great grandmother taught me to embroider, crochet, knit, sew, etc. > as
she thought those were the hallmarks of a "lady" and that's what she
wanted me to be. Unfortunately for her, I was a tomboy instead.
Your comment made me smile as it brought back memories of my mat
About 26 years ago I stumbled upon lace at a meeting of the 'Young Wives'
where the speaker was a local teacher of lacemaking - she came, I saw and I
was conquered!! The next day the very helpful speaker loaned me pillow and
bobbins and I was off. I knew straight away that I wanted to make Bucks
I guess you could say lace making is in my blood. I have the lace knitted
bedspread made by my great grandmother (even the steel douple-pointed needles
it was made with), but neither of my grandmothers knitted. Both were
crocheters but I taught myself to crochet and knit at age 12. I've been a
... While looking at Half Price Books (in Austin) for tatting books I did
pick
up three or four books on bobbin lace. Every time I looked into the craft I
was whelmed. Then last August my middle son's God Mother and a good friend
asked if I wanted to join her at a Bobbin Lace class put on by the
My mother was a great teacher, seamstress and a master with a crochet hook.
She was always crocheting. She made these beautiful shawls and sweaters, my
favorites had these shell shaped forms. I haven't seen these in over 30
years.
She tried to teach me crochet while I was in elementary school.
My great grandmother taught me to embroider, crochet, knit, sew, etc. as
she thought those were the hallmarks of a "lady" and that's what she
wanted me to be. Unfortunately for her, I was a tomboy instead. By the
time she wanted to teach me to tat I was more interested in climbing
trees so I ne
I am, as far as I know, the first lacemaker in our family. I remember
my step-father's great aunt tatting, but otherwise no-one else has taken
up this craft. I did learn other crafts from my family - my nanna
(father's mother) taught me to knit when I was about 5-6, and my mother
taught me to
I first saw Bobbin lace being worked in 1976 at a Heritage Fair and thought
"some day I want to learn that". Then some 12-14 yrs. later I heard about
'gold and silver wire lace' and since I was using gold and silver wire in my
jewelry career I thought 'I can do that too' but realized I needed to l
Oh good, a poll!
I found lace on my own, none of my foremothers did such a thing - they
sewed, mended, knitted, as required, during their careers as housewives and
mothers; they were also businesswomen. No lace pedigree in my family, and
none of my offspring or their offspring are interested. There
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