Marie-Louise, Congratulations ! I think you have done a wonderful lace work. I really hope I will be able to go to lace classes & exhibitions again very soon,...
Hi everybody My name is Joan. I am a new member of this list. I am 42 years old. I live in Denmark in the city Tønder. I have been making bobbin lace since...
Johanna The photos aren't quite clear enough for me to identify the old lace with certainty. It looks like chemical lace, but done on a cotton net background....
Johanna Your lace looks wonderful. Thanks for sharing! Have you really only been making lace since July? Irene Surrey, BC on the west coast of Canada...
Hi Joan Welcome to the group. I live in Canada, my parents are both Danish. I lived in Denmark for a year and attended 5th class in Kolding. I looked at your...
Hello Marie-France I live in Bree, it's a town in the north-east part of the province Limburg. When you follow tennis, you now it's the same town as Kim...
Hello Joan Welkom to the group. your lacework is beautiful. My name is Marie-Louise and I'm from Belgium. With our school we have been in Tonder at the...
Thank you Sue, I went and looked at it, are thoes tallies around the fan edge? I like the pattern, may have to see about ordering that one. ===== Ruth...
I've posted a few more pictures in my photo album. I have now finished the doily, but had trouble working the ends in on the centre part. How does one get...
I enjoyed visiting your site, very much Joan. What a lot of lovely pieces of lace you show there. I see you live in Tonder, so perhaps you can answer a...
Hi everyone I'm finally back home for a while and am looking for instructions on how to do princess lace. I am in the process of making a crazy quilt and need...
Joan I enjoyed seeing your lace on your website, especially the work in colors. And I love the King Christian design. One of these days I'm going to work one...
Hi Sue I live in Tønder all right, but I do not make Tonder lace. I think it is very difficult. And frankly I don't know anything about Tonder lace. I'm a...
Hi Johanna It's amazing how skilled you are. I couldn't make so fine laceworks after 6 weeks. You say you have been neclecting all your other crafts, you must...
Hi Irene I think it is fun you have been living in Kolding. It is, as you know, not far from Tønder. When you come to tønder next time, I guess you come to...
Hello, I'd like to introduce myself. I live in country Australia on a small cattle property, about 12km from the university town of Armidale. I've been making...
Johanna It is possible the headdress is needlerun embroidery on net, but the threads are bunched up and confused. Handwork is usually much clearer, with...
Yes Ruth, those are tallies around the edge of the tablecloth. They are arranged in a fan shape, which I believe is called at Simonas fan. There were 24...
Sue, well after that many tallies, I can understand that. I will have to think about it. I have not done many tallies, but guess I should learn. Thank you...
I have put up a photo of a bookmark I've made from the Pamela Nottingham book. Instead of a thicker thread for the gimp I used a metallic gold thread and it...
Hello all, I had a look at all the pictures and albums on the group photo site, and I'm very impressed with the quality of the work that you ladies have done. ...
Hi everybody! I have just added a bunch of new pictures to my website, on the "other lace" page http://www.loreleihalley.com/otherlace.htm . There are some...
I'll be in The Netherlands from the 15th to the 21st of Sept., mostly in Overijsel but we do plan to spend a day in Amsterdam. Is there a museum I shouldn't...
I have patterns for initials that have a cherry-like motif on them, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to work the cherry. I have loaded a picture of one...
With a 'spijltje' they mean indead a braid. You are making a braid, as wide as is necessary for the gap in the cherry. Then I think you have to hang new pairs...
