[lace] out of print books
Hi Arachnids Where out of pring books are concerned I sympatize. If you can borrow an out of print book you can try contacting the author (via the publisher or many can be contacted via Arachne) and ask for permission to copy and how much for the permission; many authors may not even charge. Then keep a copy of the permission with the book in case anyone queries it. We know copying happens and we appreciate being asked. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Antique Bedfordshire tea cloth set ebay
Pretty. But not what it says it is. http://goo.gl/73Meg Claire Kent,UK Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Success!
Hi Beth! Clematis are ordered, will be shipped on Monday. Should be here Wed. or Thurs. Total to be split is $68.96; I think you are $51.72 but we'll redo the math when I get the invoice. I'm going back to bed now! Susan - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Antique Bedfordshire tea cloth set ebay
Too right, looks more like Russian -tape lace with (very nice) fillings-. Joepie, East Sussex -Original Message- From: Claire Allen Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:54 AM To: arachne lacing Subject: [lace] Antique Bedfordshire tea cloth set ebay Pretty. But not what it says it is. http://goo.gl/73Meg Claire Kent,UK Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] OOOPS
Mea Culpa to All! This is what happens when you get up at 5am to order plants. So sorry. Must now redirect to Beth! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace Day on Artisan's Row at Pennsic
Greetings Lady Kyrstyan! This is so kewl! I hope everyone has a fantastic time! I'm saving to go to Pennsic next year. Hugs, Susie Rose My Etsy store: http://www.susierosedesigns.etsy.com My Blujay store: http://SusieRose.blujay.com --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Chris Vail gypsy.v...@gmail.com wrote: From: Chris Vail gypsy.v...@gmail.com Subject: [lace] Lace Day on Artisan's Row at Pennsic To: l...@dont.panix.com Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 6:46 PM This message is aimed at any lacemakers on the list who are associated with the Society for Creative Anachronism, and who may be attending Pennsic on August 8th. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, just ignore this email; I'm trying to get the word out as far as possible, as there's been a change in coordinator, and I'm making up for lost time :) We are scheduled to have a full, fun day of lace making and display on Monday, August 8th in AS tent #5 . To that end, I would like to invite any and all lace makers to join in! The tent will be ours roughly 9-5, and you may come for as much or as little of that time as you would like. This would be a great time to get together with other lace makers, share ideas and questions, put faces to names, and otherwise just have an excuse to carve out some dedicated lace time in what is often an overly-busy Pennsic. If you just want to drop off some samples for display, but cannot commit time, that's fine too; just make sure you come back for your stuff! If possible, I would like to have some idea who might be coming and when, so I can gauge body count and lunch breaks if possible. Also, if you have an area of expertise or interest in teaching something specific, that would be good to know so that we can refer people who may have specific questions or interests to the best people to help. Please email me off-list at gypsy.vail (-at-) gmail.com (obviously, please reconfigure the address appropriately). If you have comments or suggestions, just drop a line to that address as well. Also, please pass this on to any and all lace related lists or friends that you know who may not be on this list. I look forward to meeting as many of you as can come. It was a blast last year, and I'm hoping it will be more of the same this year too. As a note, if you have previously sent information this year to Arrienne of Ashford (lat year's coordinator), *please resend* to me if at all possible. I'm afraid I'm not in a position to get any pre-existing information from her. Kyrstyan Makfall, Middle Kingdom fiber geek :D or Chris Vail, as the rest of the world knows me, in northern Illinois - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Publishing lace books
Dear Peg, The Australians have replied to an American, which was quite a surprise. Many of them are *really isolated*. We write about lace book availability and teachers often on Arachne. If you un-subscribed from Arachne, is it our fault? Some authors of books published in fairly recent years have given Tess permission to scan books into _http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html_ (http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html) In addition, books that are out-of-copyright can be found at this free University of Arizona site. A huge amount of work has gone into making this available to lacemakers, and in my travels I have met lacemakers all over the world who use it! You can also go to _www.Lacefairy.com_ (http://www.Lacefairy.com) - a virtual lace museum, and the first developed for Americans who think they are all alone in the process of wanting to know more about lace. The Lacemakers of Maine are behind these two (above) resources, and up to now we have not had more than 8-10 members at any one time. We know what it is like to be in a remote location, away from museums and lace resources, and have tried to fill information gaps for everyone. Yes! Everyone! All over the world! A third option is fairly-priced lace books/booklets published by The Lace Guild, England (a good cause). These are written by well-known lace teachers. Check out their instruction books from the International Old Lacers library, which has books that are current (in copyright) -- not just out-of-print (as you said in your letter), and then order from lace specialist book sellers in the U.S. (in your case) if they are something you want to own. You can read about them at _http://www.laceguild.org_ (http://www.laceguild.org) A fourth is local library sales of old books that have not been checked out for a long time. Get acquainted with your local librarian! At the least, check out lace books at regular intervals, so they won't be de-accessioned! You live in the Cleveland area. Last time I looked, Ohio had 6 Chartered Lace Guilds connected to IOLI. And there may be more groups that are not Chartered. Go to IOLI website for more information about local lace groups. They often have local lace libraries from which their members may borrow. Select officers, then your regional representative; write to her. _www.internationaloldlacers.org_ (http://www.internationaloldlacers.org) We are not supposed to be too commercial on Arachne. Since you are a member of IOLI, you see the American Lace Supplier ads in the quarterly bulletins. Follow up by looking at web sites given in ads in lace publications. Lace books may be over-priced because they are costly for individuals to produce. Often the authors have to incur travel expenses far beyond what you can imagine. They may have spent years learning what they are finally sharing in book form. Learning is very expensive. Also, they need considerable resources at their fingertips (costly). Then, when their books are published, it is often they who put up the money! It is a huge risk for all our lovely authors and teachers. Please bear this in mind. Buy when a book is new, and you will not pay excessively for a in-demand out-of-print book. Stay subscribed to Arachne, and you will learn much. Have fun, Jeri Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center -- In a message dated 6/17/2011 6:26:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, wytchy...@sbcglobal.net writes: The Arachne archive has been an amazing treasure trove of lacemaking information for me. I was so glad to see that the list is still active. I subscribed last week and already picked up a few good tips One of my biggest frustrations in lacemaking is the availability of reasonably priced books...as in under or around $20. Lace books are printed in short runs and sell out quickly. When they show up on sites like Alibris, Half.com or Amazon, they're usually at least 2 to 3 times the cover price. Some are just plain outrageous...i.e. today, Amazon.com has a copy of Rosemary Shepherd's INTRODUCTION TO BOBBIN LACE MAKING for $372.33...no, that's not a typo. I borrow a lot of out of print books from the IOLI Library, but I feel funny copying patterns out of them. I don't like to infringe on copyrights, but I also don't have a lot of money to spend on overpriced second hand books. And I would like to see the authors get the money for the books, not the second hand owners. I wish more of the authors of lace books would consider, once the first run of the book goes out of print, selling them in either a .pdf format or through one of the print-on-demand sites like Lulu.com. BTW, Lulu currently has 7 bobbin lace titles available and 19 lacemaking titles. Peg - To unsubscribe
[lace] Publishing lace books
I may live in Australia, but I am *not* Australian. And country of origin doesn't come into it - I reply to any person, regardless of their race, if I think I can help with their query. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au Dear Peg, The Australians have replied to an American, which was quite a surprise. Many of them are *really isolated*. We write about lace book availability and teachers often on Arachne. If you un-subscribed from Arachne, is it our fault? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Old repainted bobbins.
Thank you all for your responses to my question about the old re-painted bobbins, and what to do, - or Not do with them. I have passed on your answers to my friend, and she asks me to say thank you to you all. You have given her a lot of good advice, and triggered some new thoughts on old bobbins.Wonderful. You have educated Me too!!! Regards from Liz in 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Floral Bucks Point Patterns
Dear Gentle Spiders, Less than a week from the day I ordered the Jean and Joyce's Floral Bucks Pattern book, it arrived from Scotland. Can't complain about the Royal Mail or the USPS, or for that matter, the rate of exchange. What amazing patterns and beautiful lace is in this book! Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
