We at Biggins used to make and sell strivers. Short pins with seed beads covering most of the body. I was told by a very old lacemaker who,is no longer with us, that when lace was being made by families that was often ordered it was to check on and speed up the lacemaker who was slacking! Vivienne
> On 15 Jun 2016, at 06:48, Brian Lemin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks to members I have some good pics for this pin. > > > > We can take Divider off the list. > > > > Great stuff. > > > > Brian > > I should add that many who wrote to me had no idea there were so many > functional pins in our history. Me too, it is surprising list. > > > > Diana has helped me (or my memory.) I will be able to knock off more names > from the list > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
