Monthly Archives: August 2013

Breaking News! The first Lace iPhone App

Jean and David Leader have just released what they believe to be the first lace iPhone app of its kind (yes, it really is the first!), appropriately entitled “Lace”. The Lace app is designed to provide a quick reference to … Continue reading

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Ebay Alerts – Nineteen items – August 4, 2013

http://tinyurl.com/nxnotmf Antique Drawn Thread h/made 2 Antimacassars linen w double head Eagles Russian ? Size: each 25″ x 31″ Starting Price: 39.99 GBP Auction ends: Aug 05, 2013 08:38:38 PDT Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom Comments:  A modern … Continue reading

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Lace Event Spain: III Encuentro de Encajeras de Bolillos en Rodonyà – August 11, 2013

III Encuentro de Encajeras de Bolillos en Rodonyà (Tarragona, Catalonia) Sponsor:   L’Associació de Dones “El Taller de Rodonyà” Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013 Time:  10:00 to 13:00 Place:  la Sala del Cafè del  la Cooperativa, carrer Sant Roc, 2, Rodonyà Email: … Continue reading

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Lace Event Spain: VIII Encuentro Encajeras Chavaler – August 4, 2013

VIII Encuentro Encajeras Chavaler (Soria, Castile y León) Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013 email:   asociacionchavaler@hotmail.com Website: http://tinyurl.com/ku43pxm Agenda: 10:30 Reception for the lacemakers 11:30 Lunch for attendees and the general public 13:00 Presentation of gifts to the participants 13:30 Encuentro … Continue reading

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Lace Event Spain: Encuentro de Encaje de Bolillos, Mahora – August 4, 2013

Encuentro Encaje de Bolillos, Mahora (Albacete, Castile-LaMancha) Sponsor: Ayuntamiento de Mahora Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013 Time: all day Website:   http://tinyurl.com/m72qgcj Contact: Ma Dolores, 967494320 Servicio de Cultura de Diputación de Albacete (967 595345// 967 595300 ext. 14719) There is … Continue reading

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Lace Event Spain: VIII Encontro de Palilleiras de Cambados, August 11, 2013

VIII Encontro de Palilleiras de Cambados (Pontevedra) Sponsor: Agrupación de Palilleiras de Cambados Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013 Time: 10:00 to 20:00, with lunch break from 14:00 to 16:00 Place: Plaza de Torrado, Cambados Email: doracambados@hotmail.com Phone: 986 521 069/667 … Continue reading

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Lace Event USA: 11th Annual Tat Days – September 6-7, 2013

11th Annual Tat Days 2013, “Tatting Takes Wing” Sponsor: Palmetto Tatters Guild, PO Box 1597, Lexington, SC 29071 Date: September 6-7, 2013 Place: GA Baptist Conference Center 462 Sonrise Way, Toccoa, Georgia, USA Web site: http://tinyurl.com/mj77wkt Registration form: http://tinyurl.com/lpu6aft Late … Continue reading

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Lace Event Estonia: II Haapsalu Lace Day – August 25, 2013

II Haapsalu Pitsipäev Sponsors: Haapsalu Käsitööselts, Kohaliku omaalgatuse programm, Kultuurkapital ja Rahvakultuuri Keskus Date: Sunday, August 25, 2013 Place: around the Prominade Information: info@haapsalusall.ee Website:   http://tinyurl.com/ne6pdrs Past events: http://www.tettidesign.net/2011/08/haapsalu-shawl-day.html Haapsalu, Estonia is famous for knitted shawls, and much of the … Continue reading

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Lace Event Spain: X Encuentro de Encajeras, Ciudad de Peñaranda – August 3, 2013

X Encuentro de Encajeras, Ciudad de Peñaranda de Bracamonte (Salamanca Sponsors: Asociación de Encajeras de Peñaranda Ayuntamiento de Peñaranda de Bracamonte, Centro de Desarrollo Sociocultural Exemo, Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013 Time: lace demonstrations begin at … Continue reading

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Ebay Alerts! Eighteen items – August 1, 2013

http://tinyurl.com/qxfkb7p mid-18th Century Old Flanders Bobbin Lace Study piece Size: 2.5″ x 33″ Starting Price: $55.00 Auction ends: Aug 02, 2013 10:25:03 PDT Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States Comments:  An interesting continuous mid 18th c bobbinlace with … Continue reading

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