February Book Club Meeting

First Saturday Book Club meeting
6 February

What a wonderful time!! Thanks to all (20-plus) who came out to Quail Ridge Books for our Lace focus. We are indeed fortunate to have so many talented lace artists in the group! And, a special thank you to Carolyn and Carole who showed us their beautiful tatting, inspiring all of us to reach beyond our established skills. Also, thanks to all for the many tips shared regarding blocking, error correction, and keeping track of rows.

Here is the info on the tatting group that Carolyn told us about-- "Tri-Tatters" Meeting on Feb 20 at Cameron Village Library in Raleigh starting at 1:30pm.

Also, there is a group, "NC Regional Lacers" -- http://www.dbwebdesign.com/goldenbobbins/ Their website mentions a "Lace Day" in Chapel Hill on April 10. There are also lots of other interesting links at this site. Looks like a great source of info- especially if you want to venture into tatting or bobbin lace.

We had a ton of excellent resources at the meeting. I started out keeping track of everything, but later got too interested in the discussion, and did not write down everything. I was busy admiring all the lovely shawls, too. Please fill in the gaps for me!

Resources (mostly books)-
A Gathering of Lace- Meg Swansen
Knitted Lace Designs of Herbert Neibling
Elizabeth Zimmerman's "Pi Shawl" - Pattern in Knitter's Almanac, by Elizabeth Zimmerman
Knitting Lace- Susanna Lewis
Heirloom Lace- Sharon Miller
Haapsula Shawl- in Estonian (but English edition is offered by School House Press)
Knitting Lace Triangles- Evelyn Clark
Knitted Lace of Estonia- Nancy Bush
Knitted Lace- Sonja Esbensen
Knitted Lace in White- Sonja Ebensen
"Pi-r-squared Shawl"- Pattern in Knitting Around, by E. Zimmerman
"Russian Edging" article in Piecework Magazine, May/June 09 issue
Gossamer Webs Design Collection- Galina Khmeleve
Shetland Lace- Knitting Pattern book 250. (help-- I did not record any more  than this)
Victorian Lace Style-- Jane Sowerby
First, and Second Books of Modern Lace Knitting- Marianne Kinzel

also an encouragement to Google 'random lace'

Next month's topic is Shawls, Scarves, Stoles, and Afghans-- any technique (including lace), on March 6.

Hope to see you then,
Jackie