Thank you Jeri I have enjoyed reading about the Constance Howard mural and well remember the days of 'make do and mend' as a child. I recall when as children we had worn holes in the elbows of our woollies, that my mother would pull a thread from the elbow area, unravel the lower portion from elbow to cuff, pick up the stitches and re-knit the sleeves from elbow to cuff, giving our woollens new life! Clothes were rationed and we had clothing coupons as well as Ration Books for food supplies!
Many years later of course, I taught needlelace to the students at the RSN when it was still at Prince's Gate, travelling up to London one day a week for six weeks. I also recall some years earlier, when Nenia Lovesey used to teach there, demonstrating bobbin lace at Prince's gate. A gentleman came and stood in front of me and stood for some considerable time watching me work on my pillow. He didn't comment at all but was clearly intrigued by the process, so I asked him if he had seen bobbin lace being made before? He replied that he hadn't, but volunteered the he was a telephone engineer and could clearly follow the paths that the threads were travelling! Catherine Barley UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com ----Original message---- >From : [email protected] Date : 01/06/2018 - 17:00 (GMTDT) To : [email protected] Subject : [lace] The Country Wife by Constance Howard, Comments 2 and 3 Are any of you in the U.K. interested in further comments about Constance Howard's mural? If there is no response I will stop sharing Ann Bernard's postings. Her second posting is at: http://annbernard.com/2018/05/29/the-country-wife-mural-2/  Ann was a student at the Royal School of Needlework about 60 years ago, and now lives in Canada. She is seeking input about lives of women in the post-WWII period. Perhaps someone has comments about the Lacemaker in the lower right corner for her?  Back then, many of us made nearly all our clothes. - 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/
