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Poignant article in the Financial Times.

England’s last lacemakers are in a race against time. In lace country, around Nottingham, there are only a handful of people left who know how to operate machines that have run since the 1800s. Soon there will be none.

Does anyone have contact info for Marta Cotterell Raffel (she wrote a book about Ipswich lace)? Hensel Productions are working with Karen Thompson on making an Ipswich video and need to reach out to Marta.

Thanks in advance

Jill

Just sharing! Today I saw there is a new Facebook group in the Hudson Valley area.

Welcome to the Hudson Valley Lace Guild (https://hvlaceguild.com/)

I got really angry about the grifters and the AI lace books. So I contacted a reporter and pitched the story. I think she did a good job with it.

https://www.404media.co/bobbin-tatting-lace-ai-generated-books/

Separately, I expected to launch the Wikipedia project in January, but because of the attention this is getting and because of that guy who is going after Wikipedia, I launched my overview and site today. More to come on that. 

Youtube overview: https://youtu.be/5boV146lm_k

We found one of these in bobbin lace recently too. Be careful out there.

AI Generated Scam Tatting Book-TattingTube #6

Youtube video by Karen Bovard-Sayre.

So I was reading this review of a new exhibit in NYC:

A New Show Takes an Enchanting Look Inside the Estrado, the Opulent But Hidden World of the Spanish Elite

because it came up in my Google Alert for "bobbin lace". I wanted to see the lace they had. It turns out, it's a remarkable painting of lace on a dish. Here's the link to the catalog display of it for a better look.

Salver with Bobbin Lace Decoration [in case the link breaks, it's Accession Number: LE2329]

I wonder if they have laces that we could see on a field trip someday.... 

Has the NELG ever hosted an IOLI convention?

Hello everyone

The Book Sale page on the website is now live!

Have fun browsing (and shopping).

Jill

I just received notice that my application to teach tatted earrings has been accepted! The earrings are created using Stephanie Wilson’s ANKARS-style Hair Clip pattern. Looking forward to giving back a little something to the group that helped me get started with tatting!

Piecework magazine has a podcast series. The current episode is about lace, with Elena Kanagy-Loux.

You can listen from the page or from your favorite podcast app.