Quite a few years ago (25 or more!) my daughter Helen and I were demonstrating Lacemaking at a local âCraft Happeningâ, and an elderly gentleman came by, and stopped and had a good look at the lace on display, and watched us working. Then, when we spoke to him, we found out he had come to Australia from Britain, in the 1950s, from Notting ham, as they had sent some lacemaking machines out here, and he was sent with them, to set them up and teach the Aussies how to operate the machines. It was very interesting to hear about it.
A few years later, the Guild organized a visit to the Lacemaking factory â where machines were turning out the narrow, edging, lace by the yard, - and they still used the punch card system. Gosh! It was a noisy place! There were other machines â adaptations of the lace machines, I think, that were churning out Knicker elastic â the menâs type with the brand name worked into it! Some wider elastic was for boots & shoes! It was very interesting to see, - but I will stick to the hand made bobbin variety of lace â it is much quieter, - and nicer!!! :) Regards from Liz. In Melbourne, Oz. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
