[lace] Decorated East Devon... Honiton Bobbins New Request THE VIRTUES.
Many thanks for a small harvest of Maritime bobbins. :) Most helpful. I wondered if perhaps one of you might raise my Maritime request on Chat. ( do people only subscribe to chat like I have only subscribed to lace?) The next group I would love to see more of are the Virtues They are Faith, Hope, Charity and possibly even Peace. They are mostly represented as: hair flying in the breeze maidens, in long gowns. Sometimes the hair is well done! :) They usually have the virtue they represent printed above them. Just one on each bobbin. Do you have one or a few of them in your collection? If so would you be kind enough to share them with me please? Many thanks. Brian From Brian and Jean Cooranbong. Australia brid...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Accidents
Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. Have you ever pushed in a pin really hard, only to discover to your peril that it was upside down??? I did it this morning and am sure it scraped the bone. Any other interesting accidents out there? Like cutting off a pair of bobbins you had thrown out, only to find they were supposed to be still attached!!! David in Ballarat - typing on all 9 fingers. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Unwritten rules
Dear Friends, As I was making lace today I noticed myself doing a few things which I've discovered work for me but would not be mentioned in books necessarily. Then I began to think, I bet most of us do such things. Now these could be the very short cuts, handy hints etc. which would be of great benefit to newer lace makers. So how about telling us all here. I know you might have to think hard and analyze what you do, but I'd love to hear about such innovations. One of my favourites (which I noticed today) was that when I am taking a pair of bobbins from the point ground into a region of half or whole stitch, I do not give them any twists at all. By doing that I find that the filled-in area will then come right up to the edge of the gimp, and as such, I reckon it looks better. If I feel it necessary (rarely) I might add an extra twist on the ground side of the gimp. I did also come across some really sticky problems when using the looper technique as well, but will try to remember to ask about them tomorrow. Bed beckons at 0200hrs. David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Accidents
Hello David and everyone ow, ow, ow. I've done that to a finger, but not as dramatic a push (can I say you get a 'point' for that?). Yes the ol' cut off the pair before they're finished trick...done that too. In my Honiton days I had a glass bobbin slither off the pillow pointy-end down to my foot. It is tempered glass and not all that sharp except with the relative speed of fall caused a bit of a puncture and words. On 9/17/10, David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote: Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Accidents
Oh yes, David, the same happened to me some time ago. And it wasn't only to push very hard it was, I couldn't see it, the point where two parts of the pillow came together what means I pushed on the wooden part. Awful! Good luck for the next lacing day. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Popes lace vestments
Hi, I am watching the service from Westminster Abbey on tv at the moment and wondered if anyone else is watching and has noticed the beautiful lace vestments that the Pope is wearing? Anne Nicholas Middx England - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Accidents
On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:07 AM, bev walker wrote: Hello David and everyone ow, ow, ow. I've done that to a finger, but not as dramatic a push (can I say you get a 'point' for that?). Yes the ol' cut off the pair before they're finished trick...done that too. In my Honiton days I had a glass bobbin slither off the pillow pointy-end down to my foot. It is tempered glass and not all that sharp except with the relative speed of fall caused a bit of a puncture and words. On 9/17/10, David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote: Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Accidents
yeoowww! My worst accident was in the last 15 minutes of the last day of the week-long (mornings) Honiton class at the Arachne convention in Nottingham. It was my first attempt at Honiton. I had struggled with the fine threads, had finished the first leaf and the circle of the flower, and was finally doing my first sewing, glad that I was going to do that at least before the class ended. And the weaver pair threads broke--both of them, right at the point of the sewing. I sat there with the two bobbins in my hand, thinking hard to myself that I was grown up and would not, WOULD NOT, cry over a couple of broken threads. As I sat motionless, the lacemakers on each side of me noticed my stillness, looked over, and gasped. The pair of gasps attracted the attention of the lacemakers on their far sides, who looked around them at the broken threads in my hand and gasped. Those gasps attracted the attention...and so forth all the way around the circle until everyone was looking at my broken threads in horror! At that point the combination of drama and sympathy cured my despair and we all had a good laugh at such a dramatic ending to the class. Not physical pain, but oh it was heartbreaking for a minute there. I still have that little scrap of Honiton, and am concentrating on my Flanders!! Nancy Connecticut, USA From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 11:57:21 AM Subject: [lace] Accidents ...Any other interesting accidents out there? Like cutting off a pair of bobbins you had thrown out, only to find they were supposed to be still attached!!! ... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Accidents
On 17/09/2010 16:57, David C COLLYER wrote: Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. Have you ever pushed in a pin really hard, only to discover to your peril that it was upside down??? I did it this morning and am sure it scraped the bone. Ooh, that sounds painful. Any other interesting accidents out there? Like cutting off a pair of bobbins you had thrown out, only to find they were supposed to be still attached!!! Just done that. Were you watching? Lesley Marple UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] accidents
I had a similar experience to Nancy's. But at the point where everybody in the room saw my broken threads, the teacher said does anybody have any glue? I cracked up, laughing so hard I forgot all about the tragedy. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Claire's lace
Claire Your flower is pretty, but your waterlily mat is amazing. Thanks for posting the link. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Claire's lace
Thank you so much for your kind compliments. I am looking forward to seeing it again tomorrow. I have quite missed it. Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 17 Sep 2010, at 21:44, Lorelei Halley wrote: Claire Your flower is pretty, but your waterlily mat is amazing. Thanks for posting the link. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
