Ann Day

Northdowns Lacemakers President

I had wanted to make lace since I was quite small. I could crochet, knit lace and learnt to tat when I found a mixed crafts class in Weymouth, where I lived some 30 years ago. I learnt enough bobbin lace there to continue to teach myself. When I came to live in Camberley, I saw an advertisement in a local paper for a lace teacher, and I have been teaching at the adult Education Centre ever since. I have been teaching City and Guilds Lacemaking since its inception.

I am a founder member of The Northdowns Lacemakers. I have served on the Executive Committee of the Lace Guild and several of the sub-committees. I am an Assistant Curator of The Guild museum. I am a member of OIDFA and love going to the congress.

I cannot say which kind of lace I like most because it changes. I am an advocate of modern lace as I think tradition should evolve, but at the same time I love antique lace.

"A Precious Moment"

Coloured Carrickmacross celebrates bringing my baby son home from hospital in 1971 and seeing the polyanthus my father had planted in my front garden for me.

A Fritillary group project.

Butterfly

One of triptych of 3 butterflies based on the same design and worked in Bedfordshire, Braid and Torchon lace. I made them around 1980.

Orchid

I made this for John Allen's challenge for the Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace 2004. Made from 3 scarves cut up and dyed.

Updated: December 2004

Member Profiles

Ann Day	Anne Heinrichsons
Mary Hocking	Margaret Bradly
Phil Spong	Sue Martin
Pauline McLeod	Eve Corrall
Jane Rowton-Lee	Jean Rooke
Catherine Barley