These are all so beautiful! I have been tempted many times to learn how to make lace... Through bobbin making or tatting, but cannot bring myself to buy another set of craft tools as I have so many already. Thank you for sharing with us these beautiful lace and the reminded about how it is often the peasants and the working class who produce such wonderful textiles. It makes me happy to hear about the younger generation taking up the skill too.
Do you know anything about Tricoteuse women during the French Revolution? It came up recently in a discussion with friends as we are unable to find much about them.
What a wonderful find, so rare. This beautiful handmade lace must be valued by anyone who purchases it, someone after your own heart. The work, as shown clearly by the women in the video, is a connection to another time, and it's so important that it's not forgotten. Thank you for the excellent information in your newsletter. Another very interesting read
I took bobbin lace classes in the early 80s when I lived in Perth. I loved it, and I still have the lengths I made for a blouse, but my ex complained about the bobbins clicking and made me stop. If you can see where the pins held the lace to the pillow it's handmade.
I really should dig out all my supplies and books and start again - there are bobbin lace guilds in most Australian capital cities.
Lace making, spinning, knitting - all crafts that women could and still do in a circle, chatting with each other. I haven't been on a weekend away with other spinners since the pandemic.
These are all so beautiful! I have been tempted many times to learn how to make lace... Through bobbin making or tatting, but cannot bring myself to buy another set of craft tools as I have so many already. Thank you for sharing with us these beautiful lace and the reminded about how it is often the peasants and the working class who produce such wonderful textiles. It makes me happy to hear about the younger generation taking up the skill too.
Do you know anything about Tricoteuse women during the French Revolution? It came up recently in a discussion with friends as we are unable to find much about them.
What a wonderful find, so rare. This beautiful handmade lace must be valued by anyone who purchases it, someone after your own heart. The work, as shown clearly by the women in the video, is a connection to another time, and it's so important that it's not forgotten. Thank you for the excellent information in your newsletter. Another very interesting read
I took bobbin lace classes in the early 80s when I lived in Perth. I loved it, and I still have the lengths I made for a blouse, but my ex complained about the bobbins clicking and made me stop. If you can see where the pins held the lace to the pillow it's handmade.
I really should dig out all my supplies and books and start again - there are bobbin lace guilds in most Australian capital cities.
Lace making, spinning, knitting - all crafts that women could and still do in a circle, chatting with each other. I haven't been on a weekend away with other spinners since the pandemic.
i love your job♥️♥️
so do I !