Another Old Wise Tree has grown! This time in Finland, a country renowned for its stunning nature with forests covering more than seventy-five per cent of the land area. There must be a lot of old wise trees there! Thanks to Pia Särkänlahti, we get to see one made in lace. And what a wonderful interpretation ot the Old Wise Tree theme it is!…
This year the annual Wire Lace Supplies Christmas Sale started late. And it was all because of the wires! Since the late summer I was having difficulty communicating with the manufacturer, and eventually it turned out they had difficulty with supply chain. After time of uncertainty, I was able to reorder the wire, but on different spools. Which meant that I had to redo…
In June, I received an email from a Canadian lacemaker, Jenny Lyn Albers, from Sudbury, Ontario, with photos of her Old Wise Tree. Like all trees based on the same pattern, Jenny’s lace work is an original and unique interpretation of the theme, and as such was added to the to the Old Wise Tree Gallery on this website. At the first sight, Jenny’s…
I am pleased to announce that lacemakers in Europe can now buy my Fine and Medium Bobbins for Wire Lace directly from the manufacturer, Jan De Maertelaere in Belgium. The bobbins will be added to Jan’s webshop sometime soon. Meanwhile, you can request them by contacting Jan by email: info@bobbins.be Communication in English, Dutch, French and German. For lacemakers ordering from non-European countries, Lenka’s…