Re: [lace] Advent calendar
Dear Brenda, Lovely advent calendar! Where did you find the time to create it? Thank you very much. Good lacemaking, Joepie, East Sussex -Original Message- From: Brenda Paternoster Christmas is fast approaching and time for my Advent Calendar again. When December arrives in your part of the world you will be able to start opening the pages. Please have a look at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/adventcalendar/adventcalendar.htm As before there will be a couple of small prizes offered on 24th. 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] Lace Guild web site and Advent calendar
Just peaked at the Lace Guild web site to see if their Advent Calendar is up yet- it is! Sneaky Jean and David! It's a completely new-look web site as well. I really like what I've seen so far - looks really modern and fresh. Thanks to the two of you for all the work you put in to the Guild and especially the Advent calendar. Got to go back there now and find out what the competition is. We've now got two Advent calendars to keep us busy - thanks to Brenda for hers as well. Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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] Lace Guild website update
A few small changes to the site. Some of you may find it of interest. Jean and David in cold, snowy Glasgow --- Jean and David Leader Lace Guild website: http://www.laceguild.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
Re: [lace] Re: [bobbinlace] Advent calendar
The questions will be easy, it's more down to the luck of the draw. Brenda On 30 Nov 2010, at 15:41, Linda Walton wrote: Me too! And even though I'm no good at competitions - Hurray! Linda Walton Sister Claire wrote: Hurray! I look forward to your Advent calendar every year. =) Sr. Claire On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 13:46, Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com wrote: Christmas is fast approaching and time for my Advent Calendar again. snip - 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
Re: [lace] Help Needed
Hi Karen I don't know how you design BL (computer or hand drawn) but with Adobe Illustrator which I use the circumference of a circular edging is the measurement around the centre of the edging, the outside edge will be slightly bigger and the inside edge/footside will be smaller. If the strip of lace is, say, 6cm wide to get an exact outside diameter of 150cm you would calculate the first ring as circumference of 144 cm half of 6cm taken off each side of the circle). The second ring will have a circumference of 138cm, the third a circumference 132cm and so on. Circumference is ∏ x diameter = 3.1416 x diameter so the outside ring will be 4.5239 metres in length down the centre. With Illustrator it's a case of drawing one full repeat of the pattern and using that as a pattern brush to draw the circle. The software will stretch or squash slightly to adjust the length required but keeps the width. I don't know how 'Lace RX' or 'Knipling' works. For large circle like that it would be a case of printing out just a few repeats to make a pricking with and then make sure that the right number of repeats is worked. Alternatively, if you are thinking of making a fairly fine lace, such as point ground or fine torchon with a proper footedge you might find that the natural curve which that type of lace gets (without adding extra twists to the outside pair to counteract that curve) will be enough to curve the first few rings - just work a long enough 'straight' edging/insertion of the required length. Brenda On 30 Nov 2010, at 20:19, Karen Zammit Manduca wrote: I am planning to design and work a wedding veil in bobbin lace for my daughters and niece to wear if they ever get married - if not it will just be a family heirloom (I hope). My idea is to make this a 1.5 metre circle and to start working in bands from the outside in. You may ask why from the outside in. Well, my reasoning is that if I don't get to the end of it, I would have an outer circle worked and I will just mount this onto tulle. You may ask why in bands and the idea is that it will be manageable, fast and portable. So the question is this: How do I calculate the outer circle size and the size of the grid for that circle? - I can work on a torchon grid. How do I then calculate the sizes of the inner circles as I move inwards? 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] Lace Exhibition in Bochum, Germany
Does anyone know any web-sites where anyone can view the entries to the Germany Butterfly competition displayed at the exhibition held recently in November in Bochum, Germany? Thanks, Penelope Piip in a cold Tartu, Estonia - 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] Help Needed
For my City Guilds Part 1 (back in 1996!) I made a wedding veil with a tamboured edging. The edging is 2 inches wide around a 60 inch diameter circle. Working on the outer circumference measurement, having cut the inner circle from cotton net, I cut three straight strips of two yards (72 inches, the full width of the net) - total six yards - to tambour for the edging. I used ten balls of thread, including two balls with freshwater pearls threaded on, and my frame allowed me to work 11 inches at a time (it took six hours to work 11 inches) before moving up - I could manage five hours a day before my shoulder started complaining! In total, it took four months to finish - about 150 hours. I found that it needed very little gathering on the inner edge of the strip to mount onto the circle of net - to the point that you cannot see that the edge is gathered at all on the finished veil. Six yards is just over five and a half metres, so gained my admission to the Canadian Lacemaker Gazette's Five Metre Club (no, it doesn't have to be bobbin lace!). The finished veil, together with the tatted tiara that my mother made for me to wear at my wedding (nearly 30 years ago) is pictured in the Gazette, Vol 12 No 2 - Winter 1997. As 1.5m is approx 58.5 inches, so very near the 60 I started with, you may find that you can work the outer edging as a straight strip, it will be the inner ones that need more of a curve. Remember also that with bobbin lace, the passive pairs of the footside can be used as gathering threads - easier if you work the passives in cloth stitch (CTC) instead of cloth twist (CTCT), to ease the edge to the length you need. In message a95ec53f-b88f-4220-93f8-bff694c2f...@appleshack.com, Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com writes Alternatively, if you are thinking of making a fairly fine lace, such as point ground or fine torchon with a proper footedge you might find that the natural curve which that type of lace gets (without adding extra twists to the outside pair to counteract that curve) will be enough to curve the first few rings - just work a long enough 'straight' edging/insertion of the required length. Brenda On 30 Nov 2010, at 20:19, Karen Zammit Manduca wrote: I am planning to design and work a wedding veil in bobbin lace for my daughters and niece to wear if they ever get married - if not it will just be a family heirloom (I hope). My idea is to make this a 1.5 metre circle and to start working in bands from the outside in. You may ask why from the outside in. Well, my reasoning is that if I don't get to the end of it, I would have an outer circle worked and I will just mount this onto tulle. You may ask why in bands and the idea is that it will be manageable, fast and portable. So the question is this: How do I calculate the outer circle size and the size of the grid for that circle? - I can work on a torchon grid. How do I then calculate the sizes of the inner circles as I move inwards? -- Jane Partridge - 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 tape as opposed to tape lace!
Wonder if anyone has seen this before: http://www.rockettstgeorge.co.uk/lace-tape-245-p.asp For very special packages only! Andrea - 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 website update
Subject: [lace] Lace Guild website update A few small changes to the site. Some of you may find it of interest. Jean and David in cold, snowy Glasgow - --- Jean and David Leader Lace Guild website: http://www.laceguild.org I loved browsing through the new look website. Well done, but who is the photo of on the first page? I didn't spot a name. Not being familiar with faces of the Lace Guild I was unsure if it is the President. I know it is not Jean. :-) I especially enjoyed the video under Craft of Lace http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/craft/technique.html Very nice, simple directions for new lacemakers of bobbin lace and needlelace. The needlelace one was speeded up so watch those hands go! Wish I could do it that fast. I'm looking forward to more advent calendar pictures. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA where it is snowing, cold and I don't want to go out. 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
Re: [lace] Lace Guild web site and Advent calendar
Jean Nathan wrote: [snip] We've now got two Advent calendars to keep us busy - thanks to Brenda for hers as well. Hurray! Two to play with - and both beautiful: thank you. Linda Walton. - 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 tape as opposed to tape lace!
Yes, sort of. I bought some lace tapes a couple years ago from a scrapbooking company to decorate the scrapbook of my trip to OIDFA. My tapes were smaller, half inch or a bit largernot as large as this one. They were fun to use, and easy. Cut the length desired, pull off the backing, and stick it down. Similar tapes should be found by some searching of scrapbook or decorating companies. Alice in Oregon ... Preparing for Lace Meeting tomorrow with potluck lunch to celebrate Holiday Season. (PS..My driveway is still 2/3 done because of an old pipe found in the way. No one knows what it is.) - Original Message - Subject: [lace] lace tape as opposed to tape lace! Wonder if anyone has seen this before: http://www.rockettstgeorge.co.uk/lace-tape-245-p.asp For very special packages only! Andrea - 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] Re: lace tape as opposed to tape lace!
I did a search for more lace tapes and came up with quite a few. The links may be long, so you might have to copy and paste into your browser. I didn't take the time to tinyurl them: http://www.butterflyfusion.com.au/p/529449/white-lovely-lace-tape.html http://www.etsy.com/listing/18616084/elegant-lace-deco-tape?ref=sr_list_20 http://www.amazingpaper.com.au/cat/index.cgi/shopfront/view_by_category?cate gory_id=16327 http://www.papermash.co.uk/collections/tape-and-string/products/wide-lace-ta pe http://www.amazon.com/Black-Lace-decorative-packing-tape/dp/B002V7OHWW http://www.tapeswell.com/decorative_packing_tape_patterns.php -- 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 y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
RE: [lace] Help Needed
Thanks for your advice Jane and Brenda. I'm saving all the replies for now until I have time to try drawing again. Must be soon. Karen in Malta - 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] Edwardian Farm
I watched Edwardian Farm on BBC 2 this evening at 8pm, at the end of the programme they gave a trailer of next weeks episode and one of the items was lacemaking, hope you will be watching. Sue M Harvey Norfolk 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] Bobbins and Christmas preparations
I am still painting and listing bobbins on ebay. I am selling under fortheloveoflace if you are interested. The latest bobbins are one a sleigh being pulled by a horse through the snow to a red house that is nestled in pines with smoke coming out of the chimney. I have also painted a pink bobbin with holiday flowers on it. My daughter Michelle saw the bobbin and thought it was very pretty. I am planning on painting a limited amount of bobbins when I can. For to tel you the truth I would rather be making lace than painting. I also babysit my Grandchicklets ( GrandChildren) so I can only paint when they are not here. Right now I have lots of house work that needs doing. I am hoping after another week getting my house to look like Christmas. I also plan on doing this again when the children are not here. My little Granddaughter (Girlie Girl, aka Movie Star aka Kiara) is less than two years old so when she is here I can't do too much. I do plan on my making some lace too. I do have a pattern for a Russian Reindeer that I keep saying I want to make ...and I say this every year and it doesn't happen. I am really going to push myself to make that reindeer this year. The deer is next to a pine tree. Maybe you are familar with the pattern. There is so much lace I want to make...and there is so little time...do you all feel that way too? I also have my Bedfordshire bookmark designed by Jean Leader that I want to get done too. It seems like the more time flies the faster it flies. What is your favorite Christmas lace pattern and have you made it and is there a picture of it on the internet somewhere that one can go to to look at it? I love looking at all kinds of lace. Lace is so pretty...hence...it is why I learned to make it. Lace is a passion. Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.com/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - 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] Wetherill Hanging bobbin. Dezeky hanging bobbin
Of course we have all depended on the Springetts to tell us all about our lace bobbins, but as time goes by more and more is revealed. They did not document the Wetherill hanging bobbin and I am trying to find out how many there may be out there. So far I have only discovered two such bobbins. If you happen to have one would you be good enough to drop me a note ( I will not tell anyone who you are.) Also the Springetts did not manage to find an actual Dezeley hanging bobbin, even though it appears to be documented to have existed. If you have this bobbin or know if it is in an institution or other whereabouts, I would love to know please. If you happen to be the owner of a Dezeley then I suspect you could become quite rich should you choose to sell it! I would rather own it than sell it! From Brian and Jean Cooranbong. 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] To bring you a smile in the snow! A crazy bobbin guys ideas!
Naughty, Naughty, Brian... Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA Dec 2, 2010 01:08:53 AM, brid...@bigpond.com wrote: Just to prove to you all how crazy I am, I have come up with this idea about the symbolism of one of the bobbin style genres. I have just been reading some French articles on old time wedding symbolism. In French (that makes you think I can speak French... well yes I can... all the rude words only!) :) (snip) Now I start to get really wicked.. What if he gave her a secret bobbin (what can be called a Jack in the Box or a Cow and Calf, but a secret bobbin all the same) Did this mean he would like to have a secret fling with her no strings 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
[lace-chat] Edwardian Farm
I watched Edwardian Farm on BBC 2 this evening at 8pm, at the end of the programme they gave a trailer of next weeks episode and one of the items was lacemaking, hope you will be watching. 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.
