Thursday, 21 September 2023

lace town

 Although Nottingham is know for lace it is machine made lace that put Nottingham on the textile map along with its frame knitting history, we made the trip down to another lace town, Honiton in Devon to visit the lace museum.

I forgot to take any photos of the town so here is the link https://www.visitdevon.co.uk/explore/cities-towns-and-villages/honiton/ to one of the tourist sites.


Reminders of the towns textile history can be found in the tiles set into the supermarket walls on Lace Walk.


and the Allhallows museum houses an amazing collection of Honiton lace and also has a small shop selling second hand items and spools of thread ( I may have restocked )






I would encourage any lacemakers to spend some time there if they are in the area'


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2 comments:

  1. Araignee21 September 2023 at 21:57

    It boggles the mind that anyone could ever have figured out how to do that.

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  2. Monica24 September 2023 at 14:22

    Lovely trip! Probably hard not to spend tons on the second hand store :-)

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