Photos of the accessioned knitting

Katherine, I want to thank you also for posting the pictures!! I am kind of a dingbat when it comes to computers and I must say I don't know how to post pictures. You did a fine job and your photos also were lovely!!! You are very talented, and should be very proud!!! Thank you again!! All the best, Fairwinner

Thanks, Fairwinner. I don't know which I like more - knitting or taking pictures!

Katherine

Katherine in the end I did get through, little hick-ups in an amazing cyber space world.,,LOL

Els

Good!

Katherine

You are most welcome:)

My pieces came from a place called Holytown in North Lanarkshire. Two sisters owned a shop at the end of the 1930s and I think they made the lace to sell. It was a general shop and they did dressmaking too. The last sister died c1940 and the shop was left to a nephew who simply boarded it up. When he died a year or so ago it came into lawyers hands and they opened it up. It was a true time warp:)) The place had been in total darkness for all those years and everything had its colour as though it were new:)) Fortunately for us, they offered the contents to our Museums Service which is how I came by them:)

Ooooopsss

That would be the 1920/1930s that the sisters owned the shop:)

Everything was very dusty too but not spoiled by light:)

Ah. Just to see that. I envy you.

JaneB

Ophelia, what a wonderful story. It could be used in a novel for sure. Great that it all went to a museum and now the patterns are available to use again. I wonder if there is anyone still around who went to that store, before it closed.

Els

I agree with Els, Ophelia came across a rare and wonderful place indeed. I don't think a place like that would exist in the US. As for a novel, perhaps Monica Ferris (author of the needlework mysteries) could send Betsy over there to solve a murder in the shop. And after seeing the photos, I feel I should start knitting some lace. Ophelia, I'm curious to know where North Lanarkshire is.

Oh, yes, sounds good!

Katherine

Jan thanks for mentioning that author, I think that Roger from Yarn forward spoke of her as well, and I fogot to write the name down. I will do so now.

I am curious as well, and will look at my map of Scotland, or ask my son in law, who was born in Scotland.

Els

Hi \Ophelia

here is one of many links that allow you to put up free pics..

hth.....Cher

Thanks. Lots of good info there.

Thank you Cher:))