Re: [lace] Vermeer's Lacemaker
The one hand especially reminds me of 'pin-putting' although I hold my bobbins heads downwards, whereas the pair she has are angled away from the pillow. A matter of choice or just the way the threads were, at the moment the artist captured/interpreted the movement? In his view via the camera obscura? I looked through the laces in my copy of De Linnenkast 3 where there is one lace dated 1686 which could be similar to what Vermeer's lacemaker had on her pillow, if laces like that were made where this lacemaker is from (Delft?) On 10/17/11, Sue Babbs sueba...@comcast.net wrote: Yes, I thought she was putting up a pin too. It reminded me of the way I hold the bobbins when doing that -Original Message- From: Elizabeth Ligeti One day, as she watched me lacemaking, she said Oh!. She is putting up a pin. Who is? I asked. Vermeer's Lacemaker was the reply. She is holding her hands exactly like you do when you put up a pin! -- 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] Needle Tatting - request for resources
I slso cant manage shuttle tatting due to hands and shoulder problems, so found the Barbara Foster book helped enough to actually achieve a 30 year ambition to learn tatting. I have made several small motifs and have promised myself some time to get back to it and work some more at it to see if I can get it to stay in my brain so I can take tatting out and about to work on without having to cart the book and start from the beginning each time. I am nearly done with my christmas lace (except that I have fallen in love with one of the pieces I have done and want several to hang on my door lace curtain this year:-) but they are quick to make. So if I can do it Chris, so can you grin. Sue T Dorset UK I had problems with shuttle tatting, so I purchased, Learn Needle Tatting Step by Step by Barbara Foster. Still available on Amazon. Used should be fine. Only book I'm aware of for the skill. After that, regular tatting books, especially charted ones, where no problem to needle tat. I understand there are very fancy things that can be done with a shuttle, which might not be doable with a needle for tatting, but there is so much to do with needle tatting I noticed no problem. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, at the end of another beautiful fall day. I could get used to this. -Original Message- From: Chris Brill-PackardHello, I have an new member to the Western Reserve Lace Society who is interested in learning Needle Tatting. We do have one member who will be able to assist her with her skills. I was wondering if any of you have any good recommendations for DVD or books for reference learning with sources for purchase? I have never researched tatting so I am a little out of my league. Thank you all in advance for any and all suggestions. Chris Brill-Packard - 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] Demonstration idea and spread the word
Lyn you ar so right about the US. I have been demonstrating here in the US for many many years and it is fun when people come up to my pillow and a look of awe comes over their face. I have gotten quite a few interested in lacemaking doing demos around the south eastern part of Pennsylvania. The draw back is, it is hard getting them connected to a quild or supplier due to being few and far between and hard for them to find the info online. Even though I know a good bit about lacemaking I stink at teaching it or I would do it. I will hlep anyone with their problems and give them a few basics but to stear them to a qualified lace teacher close to them is very hard. The US is huge and groups are few and far between. And with these hard times right now it is hard on the pocketbook to get to a weekend class. Alas I could not make it to one of my favorite this year in Ithica. bummer... We should have a websight that all the teachers could put themselves on to get the word! out there to teach this beautiful art form. Faye, in Drumore, PA. a beautiful farming community along the Susquehanna River. - Original Message - From: Lyn Bailey lynrbai...@desupernet.net To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:21:24 AM Subject: [lace] Demonstration idea and spread the word Two things. First, I have come up with an idea for demonstrating. It may be personal only to me, but it may be useful for someone else to build on. When we were in Sweden, 2004, I chanced upon Vadstena, sort of between Stockholm and Goteborg. Two stationary lace supplies stores. One store is the national association store, and they sell prickings. I mean, how cool is that. (they are also online) One of the things they sell is prickings suitable for church use. So I bought one. At the time, it looked difficult, now, 7 years later, it doesn���t look that bad. Heck, I���m now learning Binche, so a 6 foot or so edging in 40/2 linen, with Torchon ground is not going to be insurmountable. Just need to take measurements of the altar. This is an Episcopal church, and that always means coffee hour. Making the lace that goes on the altar during coffee hour on Sundays should certainly go a long ways toward at least raising the consciousness of the church concerning lace making. Who knows, it may result in a place for lacemaking meetings! You have to remember, you non-Americans, that most people do not know what bobbin lace is, they have never seen it done, and they usually don���t know anyone who does it. They have no grandmother or great aunt who did it. Most have never even seen, consciously, hand made lace of any sort in person. Recruiting from that lot is a long row to hoe. The lady in England who had seen lace demonstrated several times before she gathered the admirable courage to have a go is not a common circumstance in the US. Second, On those few times I have demonstrated, I have handed out a half sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper with lists of the local IOLI chartered groups, IOLI url, a few suppliers��� websites, a beginner book I like. I direct them to the next step. It thus behooves ALL chapters to have a website, if at all humanly possible, as that is the most likely way to make contact, AND to keep the website current. Knowing what was going on 2 years ago does not inspire confidence in the existence of a lively, vibrant group. I believe it is much easier to email to a link with a question, than to make a phone call. And the more information you put on the website about the availability of meetings, lessons, demonstrations, along with pictures of members��� completed works, the more likely you are to attract new people. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where I can finally air out my sleeping bag and the good down comforter that kept me so warm in my tent in Ithaca, New York last weekend, where one morning it was 34F, 1C. But I had much more money for books. - 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] Alternative bobbins
Great Idea! I knew someone years ago who did not have glass beads so she took her husbands stash of sinkers from his fishing tackle and his washers from his tool chest. I always say what ever works!! LOL Faye, In beautiful PA, USA where the leaves are starting to turn... - Original Message - From: Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net To: lacel...@frontier.com, lace_arachne.com lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 3:41:49 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Alternative bobbins RE:This discussion reminded me of a man who used to demo lacemaking at the State Fair.� He made a set of bobbins from pencils.. round ones, cut to five inches, and with a thread area cut out.� He wanted to show that expensive equipment was not necessary. L.A.C.E. Fall Newsletter contains a photo of just that. Pencils with grooves cut out and used for makeshift bobbins. I did that for a group lesson and it worked out just fine. �Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA Good friends are like stars, You don't always see them, but they are always there. - 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] bringing in new lacers- Netting the Small Fry
What a great idea Faye - Original Message - From: Kim Davis k...@wirelace.net To: Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:09:01 PM Subject: [lace] bringing in new lacers- Netting the Small Fry I have been following the discussion about the future of lace and the importance of bringing in new membership. I know that here in the states I am usually the youngest person in a class, and I just had my 40th birthday a few weeks back. I see it both locally and on the national level; we are not attracting a lot of new membership. I have been concerned about this and will be facilitating a forum at the 2012 I.O.L.I. convention called Netting the Small Fry. The motivation for this forum is to bring people together and open a discussion about finding, encouraging and supporting new lace makers. It is geared toward bringing in children as well as young adults. I am currently assembling a panel of people who will present ideas. All attendees are encouraged to bring in whatever ideas and/or patterns they have found useful in working with children, demonstrating and intriguing young adults. If you are unable to attend, please consider this an invitation to send something directly to me and I will bring it along to share. I am working with someone on the education committee to bring the results of our forum to a special page on the I.O.L.I website. If you are interested in participating in any capacity, please send me an email off list to k...@wirelace.net Thanks, Kim - 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: Ring Sizer
What is coming into my mind where something with a carved finial each end is concerned, is a bell pull end Are they of a thick diameter for lace as all of the ones I have seen for 40 years, the needle worked item hangs off of a fine dowel, so more of the work is seen and you don't have to sew long extensions to it. When I see an item that thick (the dowel with a finial, lying in a basket of textiles), I assume it needs to be so the center can be routed out and keep it's integrity. So to clarify: when working couronnes, you would lift the lace off the support piece (paper, fabric, etc.) to set the size, then re-set it to finish? I haven't done them to my memory (or this way) so trying to wrap my head around doing this technique with a ring sizer. Best, Susan Reishus - 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: Ring Sizer - Hedebo Technique
Here is a link to explain some of the Hedebo technique, which most of you likely know already: http://www.bobbinmaker.com/hedebofaq.html I have done the same effect in cutwork, where I draw a design, do running stitch for the base, and decorate/strengthen with buttonhole stitch, etc. but not a Hedebo stick. Fillings (like wraps on the Hedebo stick) would be have been done to fill for decoration or to cover the foundation running stitches, create relief, etc. It is fun to learn new techniques. The item in the picture was of the same diameter for at least half the length (excepting the finial), so one would have to be making the same size circle, and sans finial at the other end. Best, Susan Reishus - 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] Vermeer's Lacemaker
Hi Everybody: I've always had two thoughts about this picture. First of all, that she was putting up a pin. The second one is that she is peering at her pillow because she has just discovered a mistake. I think the pin-putting is the most likely scenario, though. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) The one hand especially reminds me of 'pin-putting' although I hold my bobbins heads downwards, whereas the pair she has are angled away from the pillow. A matter of choice or just the way the threads were, at the moment the artist captured/interpreted the movement? In his view via the camera obscura? - 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] Re: Ring Sizer
On 10/18/2011 4:47 AM, Susan Reishus wrote: So to clarify: when working couronnes, you would lift the lace off the support piece (paper, fabric, etc.) to set the size, then re-set it to finish? I haven't done them to my memory (or this way) so trying to wrap my head around doing this technique with a ring sizer. Hi Susan; Couronnes are worked separately and then sewn down to the needlelace. If the ring appears to go around and behind the lade, then it is done ON the lace and no stick is used. Lauren - 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] Demonstration idea and spread the word
Faye wrote --- it is hard getting them connected to a quild or supplier due to being few and far between and hard for them to find the info online. Even though I know a good bit about lacemaking I stink at teaching it or I would do it. I will hlep anyone with their problems and give them a few basics but to stear them to a qualified lace teacher close to them is very hard. I agree with Faye. I also am not a teacher - I can get people started but then they are on their own. A page of teachers for every state would be sooo great!! We lose so many 'possibles' due to no teacher in the area. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA Good friends are like stars, You don't always see them, but they are always there. - 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: Lace Exchange Question
The Exchange is an Arachnian activity. Participants should be part of the Lace List, at least one section. They can sign up for Chat if they don't want the main Lace list. Technically, they shouldn't even know about the starting announcement if they are not on the List, nor where to sign up. Most outsiders usually hear about it only after the fact, when we show off the cards we have received. Alice in Oregon... with the last sunny, warm day we are to have for perhaps the whole winter. - Original Message - I have been contacted by some lace makers who are not part of Arachne who want to participate in the exchange. Is that acceptable? - 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] Vermeer's Lacemaker
Dear Spiders, I have a giclee of Vermeer's Lacemaker and I just went to my living room to check. She is putting up a pin while holding a pair of bobbins in her left hand separated by her forefinger. This is a treasure that Friend Husband bought for me when he got himself a Civil War print. It also holds a place of honor in my living room! Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA On 10/17/11, Elizabeth Ligetilizl...@bigpond.com wrote: (snip)...It holds pride of place in my home. One day, as she watched me lacemaking, she said Oh!. She is putting up a pin. Who is? I asked. Vermeer's Lacemaker was the reply. She is holding her hands exactly like you do when you put up a pin! So there you have it - The Lacemaker is putting up a pin for eternity!! Regards from Liz in sunny, warm, Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - / DIV - 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] Vermeer's Lacemaker
She's putting in a pin... and lifting the left pair up and to the left to clean the visual pathway to the pinhole. I do this myself when the pinhole is obscured by the threads since the pin is in my right hand. Alice in Oregon... where we have put 500 miles on our new electric car in it's first month. That's 500 miles less of gas (petrol) that we had to buy and it cost us under $20 in electricity.) - Original Message - From: bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com The one hand especially reminds me of 'pin-putting' although I hold my bobbins heads downwards, whereas the pair she has are angled away from the pillow. A matter of choice or just the way the threads were,... - 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] Vermeer's Lacemaker
Then I wonder how long did she have to keep this pose in order for the artist to capture it. The bobbins and other wooden objects are carefully done. The facial features are less clear - would one of her sisters have sat in, as required? Or if just one sitter, with this being painted by natural light, possibly morning, how much time would that have been available? So - several sittings required? (I fictionalize...did the artist tell his sitter to 'do that thing you do with your hands again' g ). Other things that occurred to me: Did Vermeer call this 'The Lacemaker' - was it ever known by another title. What is 17th C. Dutch for 'lacemaker' (I can look that up). If he used the camera obscura his back was to his subject, if that means anything. On 10/18/11, Adele Shaak ash...@shaw.ca wrote: because she has just discovered a mistake. I think the pin-putting is the most likely scenario, though. -- 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] Re: Vermeer's Lacemaker on Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
We are talking about an interesting period in Dutch life here. Simon Schama in his book 'The Embarrashment of Riches' looks at the issues of hard working people suddenly having money (and with money comes leisure time) as they reaped the rewards of trade and investment. Vermeer, Frans Hals and many of the other painters of this period show middle class people with outstanding interiors to their houses - tooled leather 'wall paper' for want of a better word. If we accept that even in England in mid 1800s women who were middle class still made shirts for their men as both a way of showing love and economy (see Cranford by Mrs Gaskell) it would not be unreasonable for sewing and crafts to be so in this period in the Netherlands. We know that stump work (incorporating needle lace stitches) was a gentlewoman's craft at this time (some outstanding examples in the VA). Some thoughts for you Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ From: bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com To: David Leader lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, 17 October 2011, 22:57 Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Vermeer's Lacemaker on Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum For her hope chest? (or that period equivalent). Narrow lace inserts were used to join pieces of cotton fabric for bed sheets, and modest trim was made for clothing. - 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] Demonstration idea and spread the word
Three other lace makers and I demonstrate lacemaking -bobbin lace and tatting - in the public area of the American History Museum in Washington, DC one hour per month. There is always lots of interest in both watching and trying our hands-on-pillow. Often well over 100 people stop by to watch and ask questions in that hour. People come from all over the US and the world. Many would like to find a local teacher, but we feel somwhat limited in what information we can give. The IOLI website is one source, but I wonder how many could find a teacher from that? Giving out individual addresses of teachers or groups listed in the IOLI Bulletin might not be very safe. I would love getting ideas for making a useful handout with websites listing teachers, as well as beginning techniques, in the US as well as in other countries. When demonstrating I always wear some of my bobbin lace jewelry that I have designed and made, just to show that one can have fun with lace and lace can be worn today. Since I generally demonstrate on an Ipswich lace from 1790 I have reconstructed, I feel it is nice to show the contrast. -- Karen in Washington, DC, 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
[lace] Vermeer
Hi Arachnids, A lace maker in Dutch is a âkantklosterâ (kant=lace; klos[je]=bobbin; kloster=[female] user of bobbins). Could the girl be peering at the work to see the pricking better if she is myopic? I am myopic and if I want to see really fine work my glasses come off and I get close to the work. I can then see the work better than any of my students who are not myopic. Joepie, East Sussex, 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
[lace] Tutor lists
Can I just say that the Education Subcommittee of The Lace Guild is in the process of updating its lists of tutors and groups, and there is a form for tutors to complete on the Guild's website - http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/guild/tutorList.html There will be a form for groups to complete in the next issue of Lace, due out at the end of this month, and I believe that will at some point also be accessible via the website. Teachers/tutors do not have to be members of The Lace Guild to have their details included on the new lists. I am assuming the same will apply to groups. The idea is to change the details we hold from where the tutor/group contact lives to where the classes/groups actually meet, which is the information we need to be able to give people. There is a section to opt in or out of having your details passed on to other people, which is required under UK Data Protection law. If you know a tutor who may not be aware of this form, please pass the details on to them - tutors both in the UK and elsewhere in the world are most welcome to complete and return the form. In message canc-kozcuna+uesurpnqxvms0fcur2mu6q9rufve79gc2ip...@mail.gmail.com, Karen Thompson karenhthomp...@gmail.com writes Many would like to find a local teacher, but we feel somwhat limited in what information we can give. The IOLI website is one source, but I wonder how many could find a teacher from that? Giving out individual addresses of teachers or groups listed in the IOLI Bulletin might not be very safe. I would love getting ideas for making a useful handout with websites listing teachers, as well as beginning techniques, in the US as well as in other countries. -- Jane Partridge (Exec Committee Member, The Lace Guild) - 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] Needle Tatting - request for resources
I can't shuttle tat due to arthritis in the joints of my thumbs, particularly the left one (can't hold/manipulate the thread round the hand) - do you think needle tatting would be easier/more comfortable in this respect? I can't sew or embroider any longer due to said arthritic thumb, so would like a portable craft for train journeys (bobbin lace is definitely not manageable on the sort of crowded commuter train I use daily) Beth In a rather chilly Cheshire, NW England Sue T wrote: I slso cant manage shuttle tatting due to hands and shoulder problems, so found the Barbara Foster book helped enough to actually achieve a 30 year ambition to learn tatting. Lynn wrote I had problems with shuttle tatting, so I purchased, Learn Needle Tatting Step by Step by Barbara Foster. - 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] Demonstration idea and spread the word
I'm not sure how many lace teachers would be comfortable with their contact details being listed on an open-access webpage, but could web- addresses (and email ones if the group has a general email address for enquiries) for lace organisations like IOLI, Lace Guild be on the hand-out? Then anyone interested could look up or contact the nearest organisation to ask for teacher info. - I'm sure most regional/national lace groups will try to answer requests from non-members for info on lace classes/teachers/groups in their catchment area, although smaller groups may not have the ressources to deal with a large volume of enquiries promptly. Beth Cheshire, NW England On Tuesday 18 Oct 2011, you wrote: Three other lace makers and I demonstrate lacemaking -bobbin lace and tatting - in the public area of the American History Museum in Washington, DC one hour per month. There is always lots of interest in both watching and trying our hands-on-pillow. Often well over 100 people stop by to watch and ask questions in that hour. People come from all over the US and the world. Many would like to find a local teacher, but we feel somwhat limited in what information we can give. The IOLI website is one source, but I wonder how many could find a teacher from that? Giving out individual addresses of teachers or groups listed in the IOLI Bulletin might not be very safe. I would love getting ideas for making a useful handout with websites listing teachers, as well as beginning techniques, in the US as well as in other countries. When demonstrating I always wear some of my bobbin lace jewelry that I have designed and made, just to show that one can have fun with lace and lace can be worn today. Since I generally demonstrate on an Ipswich lace from 1790 I have reconstructed, I feel it is nice to show the contrast. - 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: Needle Tatting - request for resources
Beth, I once taught a group of beginners how to tat, not knowing some of their limitations when they signed up. I brought both shuttles and needles with me to the class in case if the shuttle didn't work with some, then needle might. One of my students had bad RA in both hands and it was obvious that the shuttle wasn't working for her. Bless her heart, she tried. So I showed her needle tatting and she grasped the concept and really liked it. Her RA (quite knarled up)fingers were able to grip/wind the thread around the needle to form the double stitches. Do give it a try!! -- 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 On 10/18/11 3:19 PM, Beth Marshall b...@capuchin.co.uk wrote: I can't shuttle tat due to arthritis in the joints of my thumbs, particularly the left one (can't hold/manipulate the thread round the hand) - do you think needle tatting would be easier/more comfortable in this respect? I can't sew or embroider any longer due to said arthritic thumb, so would like a portable craft for train journeys (bobbin lace is definitely not manageable on the sort of crowded commuter train I use daily) Beth In a rather chilly Cheshire, NW 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] bringing in new lacers- Netting the Small Fry
Try to hook new lacemakers of all ages! On 10/17/11, Kim Davis k...@wirelace.net wrote: will be facilitating a forum at the 2012 I.O.L.I. convention called Netting the Small Fry. -- 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
[lace] promoting lacemaking, making bobbins Sajou bobbins
Hello All! Recent threads have confirmed my thoughts regarding learning to make lace. As I've mentioned before, I came to this art from the embroidery arena--crazy patch specifically. I wanted to make lace to embellish my work allow myself to use colors motifs that are not commercially available. More control, more creativity. It's part of the reason I asked, earlier this year, why we start out in Torchon. Frankly I got it right away at the Honiton workshop, i.e. if I could draw/follow a shape, I could make lace. No pesky angles to calculate to persuade a motif to fit a pre-determined grid. And of course it's always easier to learn something to which you are naturally attracted! And when you think of it, I made several small motifs (Honiton big bold) with 15prs so it was reasonably inexpensive. As to making bobbins, members of The Lace Enclave did just that at one of our guild events--fun, easy inexpensive. We also made kumihimo sleeves for larger gimp! bobbins--way cool. On another note, would you believe that BagSmith is selling Sajou bobbins? I found them at their internet booth for the upcoming www.needleworkshow.com So ladies, you may get your wish! Thousands of embroidery customers will be exposed. Let the osmosis begin! 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
[lace] Vermeer's Painting
Someone gave me a copy of a painting (just on A4 glossy paper) of a mother teaching her small child lacemaking. She has a bolster pillow on a stand, and the bobbins are spangled. There is no name or painter marked, so I have no idea who painted it , and where it came from, but it is a lovely picture of the passing down of the skills of the craft. It looks to me to be a bit early Victorian - hair parted down the centre (both mother and child,) and the mother is wearing a bonnet cap with a small frill around the front. It is untied, as there is a string/ribbon falling from the cap down her front. She is leaning over the child, one arm over the child's shoulder to move a bobbin, and the little girl has her hand up and away from the pillow. They are both concentrating on the area of work. The lace coming off the pillow is wrapped in a pink cloth or bag which hangs down the back of the pillow. They appear to be wooden bobbins, and definitely have spangles on the bottom of them. It is a very 'dark picture - very dark background, and the mothers clothing, so you can't see much behind the faces and pillow, - except for a wooden chair to one side. I have often wondered about it, and would love to know more, but don't know where to start looking. 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] GaGa lace
If you watch the video of Lady GaGa performing at the Clinton concert, it looks like her hat is made in a roseground pattern! Cherry Knobloch Chesapeake, Va 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] Vermeer's Painting/image searching
Hello Liz and everyone If you can do a scan of your picture, you can use the digital image to do a google search. Check it out by selecting the google Images search from a google home page. This might give you a lead. On 10/18/11, Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com wrote: Someone gave me a copy of a painting (just on A4 glossy paper) of a mother teaching her small child lacemaking. She has a bolster pillow on a stand, and the bobbins are spangled. I have often wondered about it, and would love to know more, but don't know where to start looking. -- 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] Goth lace
Devon wrote: What is cosplay costuming, and what is a Lolita dress? My kids are big into anime (aka Japanese animation), and like to go to anime cons...it's a whole sub-culture all its own. Cosplay is short for costume play. People dress up like their favorite characters...some of the costumes are absolutely amazing! They have a cosplay competition...each person is allowed a few minutes on the stage to show off their costumes and do a short skit. More info here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay Lolita dresses originated in Japan. They're usually short and bedecked with lace and net, made out of satins and silks and velvets. They can also be long. They're somewhat goth/victorian looking...akin to the steampunk look. There's a better description here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_fashion Enjoy! Peg in Fairview Park OH...just got back from a massage and not only are my muscles mooshy, my brain is, too. - 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] Goth lace
Thank you Devon for asking and thank you Peg for answering :p I investigated the term/name Lollita - it is an English-like Japanese word made in Japan. On 10/18/11, Witchy Woman wytchy...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Devon wrote: What is cosplay costuming, and what is a Lolita dress? Cosplay is short for costume play. -- 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
