[lace] Burano museum
Hello, Burano museum is open!! Have a look to a video In french : http://fr.euronews.net/2011/08/02/le-musee-de-la-dentelle-de-burano-rouvre-ses-portesa/ In english : http://www.euronews.net/2011/08/02/venetian-lace-museum-proudly-reopens/ Dentelez bien Sof in France with sun - 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] Arachne Lunch
Clay Blackwell wrote: Nahhh. hair dye is for people who have no self-confidence at all. Ouch, there goes the last bit of self-esteem I had!! Out with the hair dye!! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - 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] Arachne Lunch
Oh drat... I did it again! Engaged mouth before engaging brain! Actually, some people look better au naturel than others, and coloring your hair should always be an option. Sorry if I offended anyone. But Devon... you look great with a little bit of not so dark hair! Clay On 8/10/2011 8:42 AM, jeanette wrote: Clay Blackwell wrote: Nahhh. hair dye is for people who have no self-confidence at all. Ouch, there goes the last bit of self-esteem I had!! Out with the hair dye!! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - 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
[lace] Re: Arachne Lunch
What a great convention! Janice, thank you for posting the photo! What a great idea to get a group picture and the staircase was perfect. I just need to make a small correction. I am Anita Hansen (not Harris) that is next to you in the front row on the right. Jeri, I loved meeting you and your spider hat was the *perfect* Arachne luncheon accessory! I was all set to work on my Tonder class project this morning when I realized that I had packed my pins in the box I shipped home. No problem, I have more pins. But now I realize I also packed my class notes and diagram in the box too! Hopefully it will arrive this afternoon. I guess I will be stalking the mailman! LOL! I will also try to post more often and not just lurk. Anita Hansen already looking forward to the 2012 Minnesota convention Cedar Rapids, Iowa - 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] Valentino couture
Hello All! Check out http://plays-with-needles.blogspot.com, scroll down about 2/3 to the gold lace appliqued on silk organza by Valentino. What a gown! Other nice frocks are shown as well. Have fun. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA 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
Re: [lace] Arachne Lunch
Yeah, Clay! grin Actually it also depends on what industry a person works in. Lacemakers and many others look experienced and wise with grey hair, whereas software engineers are often assumed to be out-of-date and with not long to last in the industry. Nancy, gently dyed software engineer in Connecticut, USE From: Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net To: jeanette jeane...@maxitec.co.za Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Arachne Lunch Oh drat... I did it again! Engaged mouth before engaging brain! Actually, some people look better au naturel than others, and coloring your hair should always be an option. Sorry if I offended anyone. But Devon... you look great with a little bit of not so dark hair! Clay - 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] Demonstrating Bobbinlace at county fair
Had a good three days of demonstrating bobbin lace at the community building where the handicrafts exhibits were located at our local fair. I am working on Bucks Point Lace in black thread. I know.not traditional for Bucks, but I like black lace! I a using a Danish style roller pillow that I had made and using midland spangled bobbins. Below is a couple of videos of me demonstrating bobbinlace: http://youtu.be/niroI-RHV0k -- 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/TatmanBobbin - 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] Arachne Lunch
Hi Devon and other Arachnids, Don't dye your hair; GROW OLD DISGRACEFULLY! Enjoy it! Have fun! Enjoy the fact that there -probably- is more time for lace making. Think about the time you are not spending sitting around with gloop in your hair :-D. Happy lace making, Joepie, unashamedly white haired in East Sussex, UK -Original Message- From: dmt11h...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:00 AM To: ilske-peter-thom...@t-online.de ; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Arachne Lunch The picture is at _http://community.webshots.com/album/85972876GuqKKW_ (http://community.webshots.com/album/85972876GuqKKW) I am at the back, second to the last, on the left in a green shirt. I don't think it is the lighting that is the problem. I think I am considerably grayer. Perhaps it is time to think about hair dye. Devon In a message dated 8/9/2011 1:35:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ilske-peter-thom...@t-online.de writes: Devon, that happened if the light is not so good or if on the camera isn't prepared for the light on the place the picture is taken. Question - where is the new picture? 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] pattern and thread size
Hello Spiders, I have a pattern I like and want to make, its bucks but the original calls for Brok 100/2 which I dont have or anything else that fine. I dont mind using Egyptian 60/2 so can anyone tell me how much bigger the pattern might need to be, to take the difference. 39 wpc rather than 56 wpc. Many thanks Sue T Dorset UK www.hurwitzend.co.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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Arachne Lunch
I agree! And then I have to confess... I began coloring my hair in my late 20's because I started greying prematurely!! (Honest!) So, by the time I was 50, I had no idea what color my natural hair was. Finally, my hairdresser said that I had more grey hair than auburn, so I finally let it grow out. I looked like Ronald McDonald (the McDonald's clown) for a very long time... it was awful! Turns out, I had a nice mix of dark and white, (salt and pepper) and once the dye had all grown out, I got loads of compliments about my hair. Now, the dark has mostly gone, I'm mostly white/grey, and it's not drawing the compliments any more, but at least I don't have to spend an hour a month getting it colored, and the money I save is definitely better spent on lace books!!! Clay On 8/10/2011 1:16 PM, J D Hammett wrote: Hi Devon and other Arachnids, Don't dye your hair; GROW OLD DISGRACEFULLY! Enjoy it! Have fun! Enjoy the fact that there -probably- is more time for lace making. Think about the time you are not spending sitting around with gloop in your hair :-D. Happy lace making, Joepie, unashamedly white haired in East Sussex, UK -Original Message- From: dmt11h...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:00 AM To: ilske-peter-thom...@t-online.de ; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Arachne Lunch The picture is at _http://community.webshots.com/album/85972876GuqKKW_ (http://community.webshots.com/album/85972876GuqKKW) I am at the back, second to the last, on the left in a green shirt. I don't think it is the lighting that is the problem. I think I am considerably grayer. Perhaps it is time to think about hair dye. Devon In a message dated 8/9/2011 1:35:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ilske-peter-thom...@t-online.de writes: Devon, that happened if the light is not so good or if on the camera isn't prepared for the light on the place the picture is taken. Question - where is the new picture? 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. 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
[lace] Very smart at making mudjas
Dear Friends, I finally reached my own bed at 0230hrs yesterday after an exhausting trip home from Fiji - better tell that story on chat. I spent a lot of time there knitting socks for the very poor and am now known locally as the man who is very smart at making mudjas! Mudja is the Hindi word for socks. I am writing this to lace in the hope that someone here can solve an annoying problem for me. I've knitted Granny's socks for many years now and to finish them off requires grafting 2 needles of 10 stitches in stocking stitch. No matter how hard I try my grafting always comes out as a purl row (knitters should know what I mean). I've followed exactly the directions in the Readers Digest book as well as Mrs. Beaton and must be doing something wrong. If someone could clearly explain the correct method I would be eternally grateful. Granny never had this problem!! Many thanks 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] pattern and thread size
Hi Sue If you have one of the later editions of Threads for Lace have a look at the thread wraps per space - page 8 in Ed5. The finer the thread the more leeway you have in the number of wraps/cm you have, but. for a Bucks (point ground) pattern using a 58 w/cm thread (slightly finer than Brok 100/2) the ideal space between footedge pinholes is 1.8mm. For a 40 w/cm thread (slightly finer than Egyptian 60/2) it's 2.5mm which is quite a bit bigger. 100% / 1.8 x 2.5 = 138.88 so you need to increase your pattern by 139% which is a lot. A4 - A3 increase is 141% which is only marginally bigger. Brenda On 10 Aug 2011, at 20:13, Sue wrote: I have a pattern I like and want to make, its bucks but the original calls for Brok 100/2 which I dont have or anything else that fine. I dont mind using Egyptian 60/2 so can anyone tell me how much bigger the pattern might need to be, to take the difference. 39 wpc rather than 56 wpc. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Very smart at making mudjas
Hello David and everyone The search terms would be Kitchener stitch socks - one U2B video is here, www.youtube.com/watch?v=uENl_86HkTc Knit on! On 8/10/11, David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote: I am writing this to lace in the hope that someone here can solve an annoying problem for me. I've knitted Granny's socks for many years now and to finish them off requires grafting 2 needles of 10 stitches in stocking stitch. No matter how hard I try my grafting always comes out as a purl row (knitters should know what I mean). -- 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Very smart at making mudjas
Yes, David... the term is kitchener stitch. It solve that problem at the end of the sock. However, if you're feeling adventurous, you may want to try knitting your socks toe-up! Use Judy's Magic Cast-On (see it on YouTube), and your start is invisible. Knit the sock to the top and bind off!! A number of other advantages as well... It's the sock I teach at our LYS!! And have you used the Magic Loop instead of double points? It's not your Gran's sock world any more! Clay On 8/10/2011 7:43 PM, bev walker wrote: Hello David and everyone The search terms would be Kitchener stitch socks - one U2B video is here, www.youtube.com/watch?v=uENl_86HkTc Knit on! On 8/10/11, David C COLLYERdccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote: I am writing this to lace in the hope that someone here can solve an annoying problem for me. I've knitted Granny's socks for many years now and to finish them off requires grafting 2 needles of 10 stitches in stocking stitch. No matter how hard I try my grafting always comes out as a purl row (knitters should know what I mean). - 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] Very smart at making mudjas
Dear Clay, Yes, David... the term is kitchener stitch. It solve that problem at the end of the sock. It's not your Gran's sock world any more! I know there are heaps and heaps of varieties of sock patterns, but I'm afraid I'll always knit Granny's 'cos she taught me, and I love them. Just need to get the by toe right!! thanks 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Grafting help
Many thanks to all those who helping with my question re grafting stocking stitch. I have saved all your replies and will use them next time I knit a pair of sox, which, hopefully, won't be for a while now that I'm home again to my beloved lace making thanks again 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
