My friend Luly Mason who lives in Dublin, Ireland, just returned from a Spanish studying trip to Valencia, Spain. During her visit she went to school and stayed with a local family. She says the conversations with the family were the most helpful to her Spanish.

She sent me these amazing photos of her hostess, Toña Peris Raurell working on her hobby:

Tona Peris Raurell making lace

Look at all those pins and bolillos

What a beautiful intricate work

What an amazing work. I wonder how she remembers which bolillo to use next. I can imagine the mess I would have done with all these pins, threads and bolillos.

And I thought knitting lace is complicated !

Thank you Luly for showing me this beautiful work and letting me use your photos to show it to my friends here.