I cut the drinking straws - fat ones if the neck is very full - the height
of the neck and then cut a line down it so it goes around the neck and
threads. this keeps it clean and can be easily removed or replaced at
will. you can use colors or clear.
Hugs, Lin and the Mali
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Some might like to look at Louise West's web site. There are a lot of
women by this name, but I am pretty convinced the following will bring you to
the lace maker Sue Harvey has told us about. There are different small
films under different categories. The address below has one about spang
I heard about the impending closure of Sweet Briar College and am
wondering if this year's event will still happen. Any word?
Susan L. Benzer
This year's event at Sweet Briar had been called off in early December,
due to personal reasons, before the thunderbolt about the college closing
struck. A
mary carey wrote:
Must try the narrow cling plastic used by machine embroiderers to stop their
thread from unwinding while not in use. Also used by overlocking/serging
sewers is a type of mesh used on the thread coming off the spool.
Yes, that stuff (in the US it's called 'Wonder Tape')
I heard about the impending closure of Sweet Briar College and am
wondering if this year's event will still happen. Any word?
Susan L. Benzer
sben...@earthlink.net
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Have had a wonderful lace day at the Open Academy. The speaker was a lady by
the name of Louise West and the subject was " from lace to concrete" and boy
did she blow our minds. From taking up lace for City & Guilds she progressed
through to design and actually designed some mind blowing con
Hi All,
Seem like a good idea to keep from having to touch your thread unnecessarily
while working.
What do experienced lacemakers do to keep bobbins (wound with lots of thread)
from unwinding when working a larger project.
Must try the narrow cling plastic used by machine embroiderers to stop t
Hi Noelene and everyone
I think the correct spelling is 'noquet' which means a small covering (for
a roof) in French, but in bobbin lace terms is a little cover, which used
to be of celluloid, that could be slipped over the neck of the bobbin to
protect the thread.
Could be 'noquette' means small
I'll bite, Brian - what's a Noquette please?
Noelene
noel...@lafferty.com.au
Re the exposed piece of thread. Time to re invent the Noquette to keep it
covered.
Brian
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The images I see after typing Vectorised lace into Google look like computer
versions of hand drawn lace. Not photographic images of lace (hand or
machine) and not prickings/[atterns for making lace. In many ways they remind
me of the Johann Hrdlicka design book reproduced by the Lace Guild some
Re the exposed piece of thread. Time to re invent the Noquette to keep it
covered.
Brian
Brian Lemin
Cooranbong. Australia
www.ukulelejass.com
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The lady was Liz Knight who for many years was curator of the Cowper and
Newton Museum in Olney and is an expert on local history and lacemaking in the
area.
What Liz actually said was it would take 'two whole days of continual work',
to produce the piece of lace.
Diana in Northamptonshire
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