[lace] Fw: Lace on Tap
Subject: Lace on Tap Wow Janice that's fantastic! What an imaginative interpretation of 'Cascades of Lace' and so beautifully presented too. Many congratulations. Catherine Barley 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
Re: [lace] The Lace Guild of England
Hi All Mine arrived on Saturday. Maureen E Yorks 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
Re: [lace] Lace Days in the UK!
Bev is so very right! Two hours driving on an open motorway will take you about 140 miles and more if you exceed the speed limit. Two hours driving on the congested roads might only get you 50-60 miles on a good day, 15 miles on a bad day, and on a very bad day you could be sitting in a traffic jam going nowhere for two hours. I still haven't received my copy of Lace 140 yet, but looking at the list of lace days on The Lace Guild website there are a couple that I could get to with a bit of effort (but they are both in Essex so M25 and Dartford crossing to negotiate) but none that I will choose to go to. Brenda On 8 Nov 2010, at 01:32, bev walker wrote: The distance to travel is relative to the route and condition of the roadways, and if travel would have to be by car, bus and/or train. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.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] finished fan with UK lace
Hello All! I posted photos of my finished Japanese fan to www.hand-dyedfibers.com, where I purchased the handles last summer. It's in the gallery section the CQ side features some vintage lace that I purchased from The Lace Guild stash that Sue Dane brought to summer school. When vintage lace was discussed awhile back I neglected to mention this resource for collecting or re-purposing. The guild has small bits of lots of interesting stuff it is reasonably priced. I decided to try designing a bobbin lace piece for my other handle but I will need technical assistance from more experienced lacy friends! One has already sent grid paper doesn't want to hear any excuses G. Maybe I'll be inspired by sashiko motifs, although a dragon would be way cool. Hmmm. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA where it's 50* sunny - 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] Lace Days in the UK!
This can happen in the US too! On Friday night we tried to drive downtown to see our son's opening night in a trilogy of plays by G B Shaw. In 1 hour and 20 mins we went 10.9 miles and still had 11 mins driving to go. We were then 10 minutes late for the start and turned round and gave up, as they would not let us in until the 2nd act, and he was in the first of the trilogy :( We'll try again next Thursday. I have been demonstrating lace for the last three days at the Chicago Botanic Garden during the Fine Art of Fiber. It was fun - and more eventful than usual, with the emergency services called out twice. My Christening gown was much admired - and I was very pleased to have finished it (with more than 12 hours to spare!!) And the best question ever: Is this the tattoo parlour? Work that one out! Lateral thinking needed Sue Babbs - 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] Lace Guild magazine
Mine arrived too this morning - what a bumper issue! Can't wait to sit down and read it with a cuppa. Catherine Barley 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
Re: [lace] Lace Guild magazine
Hi Angela and everyone Mine arrived on Saturday, so the Royal Mail are only just getting to the end of them... Beth in a horridly wet, cold, windy Cheshire On Monday 08 November 2010, you wrote: Hi All For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace this quarter? I have just had a phone call from a friend saying that she and several others are still waiting for their copy, which reminded me that I hadn't received mine either. The Lace Guild say that they should all have arrived by now so will be interested to know if you've received yours or not. Thanks Angela Sussex - 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] Lace Guild magazine
Still waiting for mine. Claire Kent,UK Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. Hi All For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace this quarter? I have just had a phone call from a friend saying that she and several others are still waiting for their copy, which reminded me that I hadn't received mine either. The Lace Guild say that they should all have arrived by now so will be interested to know if you've received yours or not. Thanks Angela Sussex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.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 - 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] Lace Guild magazine
Got mine lunchtime today Claire. Just to whet your appetite a little more..when you get yours, you may be rather interested in page 40 vbg :-) Jill in Redhill, Surrey -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Claire Allen Sent: 08 November 2010 15:28 To: Angela Cc: Arachne List Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Guild magazine Still waiting for mine. Claire Kent,UK Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. Hi All For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace this quarter? I have just had a phone call from a friend saying that she and several others are still waiting for their copy, which reminded me that I hadn't received mine either. The Lace Guild say that they should all have arrived by now so will be interested to know if you've received yours or not. Thanks Angela Sussex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.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 - 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
[lace] Crochet cotton give-away
I have been given over 60 new reels of bedspread cotton. This is more than I can use in a life-time, even if I teach all the kids in church school to use it! Most of them look as if they need a wash before the finished article can be used, as the outer layer is not brand new in appearance. All are complete balls. So I am offering them to you all. I would like to be reimbursed for the mailing costs, as they will mount up. I am keeping some of the spools, but if you want some let me know. There are: 10 reels of Star crochet / bedspread cotton 4 ply art 40 in bright yellow (almost canary) 9 reels of Star crochet / bedspread cotton 4 ply art 40 in tan leather 3 reels of Star crochet / bedspread cotton 4 ply art 40 in deep pink 1 reel of Star crochet / bedspread cotton 4 ply art 40 in paler pink 1 reel of Star crochet / bedspread cotton 4 ply art 40 in random brown/ yellow and white 2 x 1 oz reels of Columbia Marcelaine 71% virgin wool / 29% rayon in deep blue (sort of cross between royal and French) 1 x 1 oz reel of Columbia Marcelaine 71% virgin wool / 29% rayon in light blue/grey 1 reel of Coats knit-cro-sheen (175 yards) in a pale greeny-turquoise shade 1 reel of Coats speed-cro-sheen (100 yards) in pink 1 reel of Coats speed-cro-sheen (100 yards) in spice (pinky-brown) 1 reel of Clark's ONT 'Brilliant' 100 yards in deep blue 3 reels of Aunt Lyons Giant Crochet art 150, 300 yards per reel, color 221 in random pale green / white 2 reels of South Maid mercerized cotton, 550 yards per reel, color 221 in Christmas red (49c per ball!!) 1lb / 2700yards of Antique Crochet Cotton plain finish (clean as still covered in cellophane) in cream 1lb / 2700yards of Antique Crochet Cotton plain finish (clean as still covered in cellophane) in white Any takers?? These will be being shipped US mail from IL Sue sueba...@comcast.net - 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] Lace Days in the UK!
More perspective - 61.4 million people in the UK. 3.8 million in Oregon. Vancouver Island (where I live) is 1/8th the size of the UK. Population, 0.75 million. To give a perspective to members around the world, Oregon is about the same land area as the country of England. I wonder if the ratio of lacemakers to population is the same in all three jurisdictions? :) I was thinking if I lived on the east coast of Canada or the US, had a bottomless wallet, and I liked airports a lot, I could fly over to the UK almost on the day, to attend a lace day. Or - that might have been possible at one time, maybe not any more. -- 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] Lace Guild magazine
Hi, No, I have not received my copy yet. Joepie, East Sussex, UK -Original Message- From: Angela Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 3:01 PM To: Arachne Subject: [lace] Lace Guild magazine Hi All For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace this quarter? I have just had a phone call from a friend saying that she and several others are still waiting for their copy, which reminded me that I hadn't received mine either. The Lace Guild say that they should all have arrived by now so will be interested to know if you've received yours or not. Thanks Angela Sussex - - 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] Lace Guild magazine
On 08/11/2010 15:01, Angela wrote: Hi All For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace this quarter? I have just had a phone call from a friend saying that she and several others are still waiting for their copy, which reminded me that I hadn't received mine either. The Lace Guild say that they should all have arrived by now so will be interested to know if you've received yours or not. Thanks Angela Sussex Yes, it arrived on Friday. Lesley in cold and miserably damp Cheshire - 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] Lace Guild magazine
No, my Lace magazine hasn't come yet, although the postman has been every day (except Sunday, of course) bringing other stuff. Margery. = margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Hertfordshire, UK = Subject: [lace] Lace Guild magazine Hi All For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace this quarter? snip The Lace Guild say that they should all have arrived by now so will be interested to know if you've received yours or not. Thanks Angela Sussex - 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] Lace Days in the UK!
/ /I live on the east coast of the US in Virginia, don't like airports at all (although once air-borne, I'm fine...), and I definitely don't have a bottonless wallet. But it *is* a nice fantasy! And then there's the issue of the currency exchange, which right now doesn't inspire me to buy a lot! Clay On 11/8/2010 11:03 AM, bev walker wrote: More perspective - 61.4 million people in the UK. 3.8 million in Oregon. Vancouver Island (where I live) is 1/8th the size of the UK. Population, 0.75 million. To give a perspective to members around the world, Oregon is about the same land area as the country of England. I wonder if the ratio of lacemakers to population is the same in all three jurisdictions? :) I was thinking if I lived on the east coast of Canada or the US, had a bottomless wallet, and I liked airports a lot, I could fly over to the UK almost on the day, to attend a lace day. Or - that might have been possible at one time, maybe not any more. - 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] Lace Guild magazine
Hello Angela I received my copy last Friday. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Hi All For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace this quarter? Angela Sussex - 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] Lace Guild magazine
My Lace arrived this morning.very late but worth waiting for!!! Sue. Cornwall.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
Re: [lace] Lace Guild magazine
None of the Lace Guild members in Jackie Barton's class as of this afternoon have received our copies of Lace, Christchurch through to Poole area. Eve Poole, Dorset, UK On 08/11/2010 15:01, Angela wrote: Hi All For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace this quarter? I have just had a phone call from a friend saying that she and several others are still waiting for their copy, which reminded me that I hadn't received mine either. The Lace Guild say that they should all have arrived by now so will be interested to know if you've received yours or not. Thanks Angela Sussex - 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
[lace] right vs wrong sides
I've searched the archives but have not found exactly the info I was looking for, so I'll throw the question out here. In straight laces, are the different types considered to have a right side and a wrong side, with one of the two being uppermost as the lace is worked? For example, I found an older posting that said that Bucks was sometimes considered to have a right side, which was uppermost as worked, because the gimp was more prominent on the uppermost side. Another post said it depended on how the gimps were worked (and led into a very useful discussion of gimps). What about laces such as Old Flanders or Binche that don't have gimp threads? In cases with raised work, such as tallies on top of cloth stitch areas in Beds, the right side is obvious to me. But what about straight laces with no raised work? And is it related to whether the footside is on the left or right as it is worked? Thanks for your help! Nancy Connecticut, USA - 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] Lace on Tap/Needlelace
Thank you for the compliments on my piece, especially coming from such fantastic lacemakers as Catherine Barley and Liz Ligeti. I envy your needlelace work which is shown in the gallery of the Guild of Needlelaces, see below: http://www.guildofneedlelaces.org/Members%20gallery.html I love the Snow Queen by Catherine and the Butterfly by Liz. Today I intend to start on a needlelace flower in Catherine's book Needlelace Designs Techniques. Question for Catherine. Was all the background netting on the Snow Queen picture done by hand or was it machine made? It looks too perfect to be by hand. Wish I could get my tension that good. Janice Wow Janice that's fantastic! What an imaginative interpretation of 'Cascades of Lace' and so beautifully presented too. Many congratulations. Catherine Barley Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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] Lace guild magazine
Hi Thanks for all the replies, it would seem that a large number of people do not have their magazine yet, particularly in the South of the country. The Lace Guild say they are not aware of this so Pat will let them know tomorrow. Let hope however that they all come first post and we won't have to ring them. Looking forward to the bumper edition and Jill you said page 40 was good. Regards Angela - 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] Lace guild magazine
Hi Angela. Jill's comment about page 40 was aimed at me. My lace I entered into the John Bull Exhibition is on that page. I shall be excited to see it certainly. Whether it will have the same draw for anyone else is not for me to say. I hope you're not disappointed ;o) Claire Kent, UK Where it's cold wet and miserable and it took me 2 hours to get home from teaching my class today. (It usually takes 25 minutes) Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 8 Nov 2010, at 19:35, Angela wrote: Looking forward to the bumper edition and Jill you said page 40 was good. Regards Angela - 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] Cabled Gimp
I hope my knowledgable Arachne friends can help. I've just come across an instruction that says The gimp is cabled which has defeated me. I can't find anything about this in any of my books or on-line. I've found one post in the Archives, but am not sure if this is what I need. So, how do I cable a gimp? Lesley - 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] Cabled Gimp
Is the gimp comprised of two pairs? If so, try looking up chevron gimp. If one pair, it is likely twisted twice between rows. Does this help? On 11/8/10, Lesley Blackshaw lesley.blacks...@ntlworld.com wrote: I hope my knowledgable Arachne friends can help. I've just come across an instruction that says The gimp is cabled which has defeated me. I can't find anything about this in any of my books or on-line. I've found one post in the Archives, but am not sure if this is what I need. So, how do I cable a gimp? Lesley - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com -- 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
[lace] lace mag
come home after a busy day at work, lace mag was delivered, so i can sit down with a cup of tea and unwind with lace mag good way to end the day, - 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] Cabled Gimp
On 08/11/2010 20:05, bev walker wrote: Is the gimp comprised of two pairs? If so, try looking up chevron gimp. If one pair, it is likely twisted twice between rows. Does this help? Thank you. It is one pair. Lesley - 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] Irish lace
Thanks to John Cropper and the helpful people at the University of Arizona, this email has just arrived to me, concerning Irish lace. I am hoping that there will be people on the list who will write Sorcha with encouragement and information. Two subsequent emails from her have let me know that she may be planning a lace exhibit in the near future from the holdings at the university of Kansas, and I have suggested that she scan and send me some examples of what seems to be a nice collection of laces there. I went through the library holdings and found a couple of books that I haven't scanned, so am hoping to find them somewhere and to add them to the Archives. Sorcha sounds like a lovely lively young woman and I hope she discovers for herself not only the history of lace in Ireland, but the fun of giving it a try! Thanks to any and all for your help. Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine USA, where all the pretty leaves have fallen and been raked up. A new season begins! --- Good Afternoon University of Arizona, I found this PDF file online, with your name and Computer Science department associated with it in the url: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/cas_ilce.pdf I am an Irish Citizen, from a part of Ireland referenced in this article, currently researching the origins of a large quantity of unidentified lace objects in University of Kansas' Spencer Museum of Art collection. I am, without being an expert, quite confident a sample of the lace comes from New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. I would like to enquire about where the above PDF was scanned from, or what the origins of this document may be. It looks like it was published in a book, in which case I am curious to know if you could send me any information on the title, author, publisher etc? It could help me (as it contains photographs of Irish lace) identify or eliminate where this lace is from. I am also in the process of curating a small installation, where I hope to feature some of this lace - and ideally another copy of this book, or with permission, this PDF file to accompany the lace display. The exhibition focuses primarily on Irish literature and art, but the lace would be a great addition - especially if I can validate its origins, or even pose a possible origin. Any information you are willing to share, or if you have a standard protocol for sharing texts such as this one, I would like to hear more. Thank you in advance for any assistance - or forwarding contact information - you can provide. Sincerely, Sorcha Hyland (Youth Family Outreach Coordinator, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS). - 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] Cabled Gimp
If it's one pair, it's most likely a twined gimp: http://tinyurl.com/253wxya Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au Is the gimp comprised of two pairs? If so, try looking up chevron gimp. If one pair, it is likely twisted twice between rows. Does this help? Thank you. It is one pair. - 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] right vs wrong sides
Nancy I think you are right, that the only time a right and wrong side occurs in straight laces is if there are tallies lying on top of a cloth stitch or half stitch section. I suppose it is possible to have a right and wrong side with gimp, if the gimp is handled in such a way as to make it more prominent. The way to do that would be to pass the gimp through the weaver going in one direction, but to just lay the weavers on top of the gimp, without stitching the gimp, when going in the other direction. In this case which is the right side would be the side where the gimp lies on top of the weaver pair for part of its journey. But I am not aware of a straight lace where this is regularly part of the work. But I don't claim to know everything. I have seen a part lace collar with a very raised gimp of this type, I thought it might be related to Bruges. http://lynxlace.com/bobbinlacerevivalerapart.html Go about 2/3 down that page to the collar #180. Unfortunately my photo isn't close up enough to demonstrate this clearly. But I remember studying the piece as I photoed it. That thick gimp, like packing twine, was prominent on the right side, but scarcely visible on the wrong side. And this effect was achieved in the manner I described above. It occurs to me that there might be another reason for a wrong side in straight lace. If you have gimp outlining parts of a floral design, the motifs will end periodically and the gimps will be crossed underneath the motif and cut off (to be restarted at the top of the next repeat). You would want those cut crossed gimps not to be too visible on the right side. Therefore in this situation the side which faces you as you work would be the wrong side, because that is where the crossed gimps are cut. From the other side the crossed cut gimps would not be so visible. But it wouldn't matter which side the foot is on. It would be the crossed cut gimps. The foot goes with English or continental working methods and is not the important factor here. Lorelei Halley - 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] cabled gimps
Lesley I have not heard the term cabled gimp but I have seen something which might be described that way. In Russian tape lace gimps are sometimes run down the center of the narrow tape and there are several ways of working them. Sometimes they are twisted or crossed over each other, or the weavers go through them in an unusual way, and this creates a sort of cabled appearance. I found photos of this in DMC's DIE KLOEPPELSPITZEN, the 2nd volume of their bobbin lace, and in entirely on tape lace (braid lace). The book below is the one, and it is available from the website below as a free download. I don't know exactly what part has what you need. But it is in there. I have the book on my shelf. Dillmont, Thérèse de. Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux IIme Serie [Bobbin Laces, Second Series ] http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html#D 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] right vs wrong sides
Hi All, Mirecourt lace carries a gimp prominently on one side. I took a course at the IOLI convention in Rockford, IL with Deborah Beever on Art Nouveau tile laces using some Mirecourt gimp techniques. We caught the gimp with the weavers going one way and skipped it going back. I used this same technique recently when making dragonfly wings for a piece of lace being put on a corset I made for the Needlework Festival in Toronto. Cindy - in sunny but cool Bracebridge, Ontario On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.comwrote: I have seen a part lace collar with a very raised gimp of this type, I thought it might be related to Bruges. http://lynxlace.com/bobbinlacerevivalerapart.html Go about 2/3 down that page to the collar #180. Unfortunately my photo isn't close up enough to demonstrate this clearly. But I remember studying the piece as I photoed it. That thick gimp, like packing twine, was prominent on the right side, but scarcely visible on the wrong side. And this effect was achieved in the manner I described above. - 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] right vs wrong sides
Thank you, Lorelei! Your explanations make a lot of sense, especially the bit about ending gimps crossed and cut-off. In laces without gimps I couldn't see what any difference there'd be, but I still have a lot to learn. You mention that the side the footside is on goes with English or continental working methods--it this true even for all the various point ground laces? that Bucks, Downton, etc. would all be worked with the the footside on the right, and even similar continental laces such as Tonder or Lille would be worked with the footside on the left? That English channel is a lot wider than it looks, isn't it!?! Thanks again. I always appreciate the thoroughness of your answers! Nancy From: Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 6:13:40 PM Subject: [lace] right vs wrong sides Nancy I think you are right, that the only time a right and wrong side occurs in straight laces is if there are tallies lying on top of a cloth stitch or half stitch section. I suppose it is possible to have a right and wrong side with It occurs to me that there might be another reason for a wrong side in straight lace. If you have gimp outlining parts of a floral design, the motifs will end periodically and the gimps will be crossed underneath the motif and cut off (to be restarted at the top of the next repeat). You would want those cut crossed gimps not to be too visible on the right side. Therefore in this situation the side which faces you as you work would be the wrong side, because that is where the crossed gimps are cut. From the other side the crossed cut gimps would not be so visible. But it wouldn't matter which side the foot is on. It would be the crossed cut gimps. The foot goes with English or continental working methods and is not the important factor here. Lorelei Halley - 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] Question for Liz Ligeti about her needlelace
Liz, Just went to the Guild of Needle lace site. Just loved your lovely pieces. Your two oval pieces really caught my eye, with the way you had framed them. I thought the braided ribbon around the outside edge was very clever. Are there instructions for this braid someplace? I'm really fasinated by this and would like to try it -- Patsy A. Goodman AKA Queen Tat Pat Red Hat Lacers Pres. Chula Bobbin Lacers Chula Vista, CA, USA - 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] Irish lace--addendum
Sorry, I forgot to include Sorcha's email address when I wrote suggesting that some people might like to write her about Irish lace. It is hyland.sor...@gmail.com and she is in Kansas, USA. Tess (tess1...@aol.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] Lace on Tap/Needlelace
Janice, the net background on Catherine's beautiful piece was All Hand Worked.!! Amazing!! She sets the standard SO high!! I have not seen the actual piece, but I have a post card with it on, and so I can see the ground clearly. It is even and just about perfect! Awesome (In the proper meaning of the word!!) And I believe the piece is about A4 size, if I remember correctly. Regards from Liz in warm, sunny, Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@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
Re: [lace] Lace Guild magazine
On 9/11/2010 1:57 AM, Claire Allen wrote: Still waiting for mine. Claire Kent,UK So am I. :-) Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia - 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-chat] Dishwashers soap
Please beware when you buy any washing machine that has a back pipe emptying system ( the type where the water outlet pipe just sits in another outlet to the outside drain) because I have recently had a flooded kitchen , on investigation where the water was coming from my husband discovered that the pipe was almost completely clogged with soap powder residue and pieces of towelling thread etc.We have now replaced both pipes and I will be checking them regularly from now on. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Baby Boomer Quiz - 15
The Milky Bar Kid is a long running advertisement in Britain for a chocolate bar - Milky bar by name! While the child playing the part changes every few years he is usually fair haired with specs and is wearing a cowboy outfit. That last probably best demonstrates how long the basic idea has lasted. As far as I can tell little boys do not play cowboys and Indians any more. Patricia in Wales scotl...@aol.com To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Baby Boomer Quiz - 15
David wrote: I too, have never heard of Dorrie Evans. A quick google search revealed that she was a Marvel Comic Book character http://marvel.wikia.com/Doris_Evans_(Earth-616) Dorrie Evans was once a reluctant girlfriend of the Human Torch, she would constantly take second place to Johnny's adventures with the Fantastic Four. After their break-up she would get married and have children. I'd never heard of her either - only very occasionally had 'American' comic books if they were included in our Christmas parcel from my aunt who lived in Canada. I think I got about 14, but I'm too old to be a baby boomer ;-) Malvary in Ottawa where it is a bright day, but quite cool (but after all it is November). To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
[lace-chat] Re: Baby Boomer Quiz - 15
Although I am shy by a couple months of being on the Baby Boomers list, I still consider myself on the boomers list because I remember most of what this generation is talking about and have seen. I got 14 of the 19 right. The 5 remaining were guesses because they must be ads for Australia or something obscure. Thanks for the fun quiz!!! -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
[lace-chat] Cranford
I know recently there was some discussion of the series Cranford on UK tv, I have just looked on Amazon and they have a sale and the series is included for only £4.83 for those interested. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
