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The arizona site is great, there's a lot of interesting books there. Another place to check out is project Gutenberg's Crafts Bookshelf, including a nice version of the Encyclopedia of Needlework.
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- What aspect of textiles are you interested in?
- my special interest is in lace-making, but I'll try everything at least once, and some things I come back to time and again. My blog says more about how eclectic my tastes are.
- Where did you learn your textle skills?
- I started out learning from my mum and grandma, took the required stuff in 3rd and 4th grade in school, and have been at it ever since. While I did do some classes on occasion, I'm largely self-taught.
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- At 5:17pm on January 23, 2009,
Lorelei Terry Halley said… - Textiledreamer
You might like to see Jean Leader's point de gaze rose.
http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/mylace
- At 4:09pm on December 7, 2008,
Lorelei Terry Halley said…
- I saw the needle lace piece on your website tutorial. A very nice piece. You have really good control of your technique. I've tried needlelace (just so I would understand the method), but my workmanship was just too sloppy. Some day maybe I'll post pictures just to reassure beginners that they can do better than me. I hope you get good response to your tutorial. I will be restarting my own website in a few months. The last version had a siginficant amount of space given to needle lace, not because i do it, but because I think it deserves attention from the world, and it deserves more practitioners. I'll let you know when the stuff is ready. I have photos of laces from private collections. Most is not particularly good. There is some point de gaze. I also have photoes from some European lacemakers who sent me their photos to publish on the web.
Have you heard of Irma Osterman? She's an American needle lace teacher who has been doing it for at least 20 years.
I'll be in touch.
- At 4:10am on October 21, 2008,
Maria del Valle said… - Your tutorial about lace is magnificent!! Thanks so much!
Maria del Valle
- At 6:46pm on October 4, 2008,
Jenny said… - Ah yes, but different colours in the one piece can add interest. I'll dig out my autumn leaf to show you.
- At 9:09am on September 28, 2008,
textiledreamer said…
- All the needlepoint lace I've made so far has been white. Of course it could also work in a different colour, but white has that nice, crisp look to me. And I definitely wouldn't like to use different colours in the same piece.
- At 9:04am on September 24, 2008,
Guzzisue said… - I've just checked out the needlelace tutorial and definately want to have a go at this soon, thanks for taking the time to write it. Do you ever work it in colour? or is white your preference.
- At 11:41pm on August 14, 2008,
Miriam Grafer said… 
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