[lace] No News, here is some
Finally I got a digest today and I noticed that the first email in the digest was sent six days ago.Yes, Jeri, we do need more postings to keep the digests popping up. You mentioned the Spring issue of the Bulletin. Mine has yet to arrive!  I hope it is not as long as some of the past few issues have been in coming.  I know my convention entry from last year is being featured because the editor sent me a copy of the page for approval.  I am not going to mention it to my hubby as last time he got more anxious about it arriving late than I did.  Every day he would go to the mail box across the street and come back and complain about it not being there.  For those folks who are not members of IOLI, you can see the visor I made (which didn't place), at the bottom of my Milanese gallery on my website www.jblace.com I did receive an email from the convention registrar this week, and do have my class with Holly Van Sciver in Lester Beds.  I do hope that she is able to complete the ostrich picture that I want to make.  What classes did everyone else get?  My guild, Silvergate Lacers, who meet in Rancho Sante Fe, near San Diego have all been working on bobbin lace flowers.  We are assembling a banner of colorful flowers and insects to hang at the back of the booth that we will share with two other lace guilds at the San Diego County Fair.  The fair lasts for the month of June, and just into July, and we hope to have demonstrators there almost every day that the fair is open. I got tired of making flowers and have been working on a needlelace dragonfly.  Got lots of compliments this morning when I took it to my knitting group for show and tell. What are your lace guilds doing these days? Come on folks, have you any questions or reports to send to us, don't send it all to FaceBook. Janice  Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, www.jblace.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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lacemakers' Hands
Noelene, What a lovely poem. Thanks for sharing. Cindy in Virginia where it is wet and still a little chilly for Spring. Yvette Slabbert in New Zealand has a wonderful blog size with some really good articles about lacemaking: https://letslace.com/. Her latest project is to document pictures of lacemakers' hands making lace - see her blog site for more details. So I wrote her a poem to go with the display: Hands above the bobbins Hands with bobbins held Move with speed to place a pin Move slow to tension thread Old hands, young hands Hands both dark and fair Hands young and plump with gift of youth Hands lined with time and care. Some with rings or bracelets hung And nails of polish bright Others show the scars of time In the lamp's exposing light But underneath's the product fine With twisted thread in place A joy to work, a joy to see The delight of making lace. Noelene at The Angle noel...@lafferty.com.au - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Keeping Arachne a Vital Lace News Resource- comment on 'Piecework'
Hi All I'm taking the opportunity to have a whinge about 'Piecework' May June 2016 issue I get this as an emagazine through my local library. There is an illustration of a beautiful piece of gros point lace labeled as crochet, it is on page 12. The rest of the magazine is simply beautiful eye candy with lots of projects, especially knitting, crochet and even 2 tatting patterns (very basic but lovely). A great article on Oneida Lacemakers. Anna from a beautiful Sydney, sun is shining temps are still in mid 20s I really love our weather at present! - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Ithaca Lace Days Classes available
If you go to Holly Van Sciverâs website, http://vansciverbobbinlace.com/ in the upper left corner there is a link to the classes. I mention this because there were questions not too long ago. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where the lack of sun, drizzle, clouds, cool weather weâve had for almost 2 weeks can leave any time it wants to. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Lacemakers' Hands
Yvette Slabbert in New Zealand has a wonderful blog size with some really good articles about lacemaking: https://letslace.com/. Her latest project is to document pictures of lacemakers' hands making lace - see her blog site for more details. So I wrote her a poem to go with the display: Hands above the bobbins Hands with bobbins held Move with speed to place a pin Move slow to tension thread Old hands, young hands Hands both dark and fair Hands young and plump with gift of youth Hands lined with time and care. Some with rings or bracelets hung And nails of polish bright Others show the scars of time In the lamp's exposing light But underneath's the product fine With twisted thread in place A joy to work, a joy to see The delight of making lace. Noelene at The Angle noel...@lafferty.com.au - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Honiton With Rectangles?
While the list is quiet, I would like to ask a question. A member of my lace club brought a beautiful lace collar into our last club meeting. It is an heirloom, coming from her family in the English Midlands, and is 100 years old, if not older. The lace is very finely made - beautifully made - in a sophisticated design of flowers and birds in very fine white cotton, with extensive raised and rolled work. Given the provenance, I would say it might be a very well-made, well-designed Honiton. Or it might be Duchesse. But this beautiful lace has a feature that I have not seen before and cannot find in any of my books. The flowers and leaves are held together with fine braids, but they don’t zig-zag back and forth in the usual way. Instead, the picoted braids make a background pattern of rectangles, about 1 cm x .8 cm or so. Has anybody ever seen anything like this? I’m sorry I didn’t have a camera with me at the meeting, so I cannot post a picture, but I’m hoping someone might be able to recognize it from my description. Adele West Vancouver, BC (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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Miss Channer's mat
If anyone is interested there is a used copy of the mat pattern on eBay at the moment. Listed under 'Bobbin lace making patterns' starting price £3.00. Sent from Diana's iPad - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Keeping Arachne a Vital Lace News Resource
Dear Lacemakers, We have hundreds of members in various countries who do not read any other lace publications. We know hundreds of lurkers are subscribed to Arachne. Many days, there is nothing in my inbox. How can that be? It is time for some of you who are younger to participate. There IS Lace news!!! And this is a safe place to practice your reporting skills. Please - *someone who has never written to us* - write about one of the following: 1. The May/June 2016 9th annual Lace issue of PieceWork magazine. (Arachne archives contain what has been said about past issues.) 2. The Spring 2016 IOLI (International Organization of Lace Inc.) bulletin. Front cover is bobbin lace made by our member Devon. Another member - Jean Leader, of Glasgow Scotland - has been nominated for President of IOLI. There is a long educational article by Jane Atkinson of the UK. And there are other lace experts represented who are Arachne members. Do you know these people with magical abilities? At the least, you might publicly thank them for sharing so much time and talent. 3. What is in the most recent Lace Guild (UK) bulletin? 4. What is in the most recent OIDFA bulletin? 5. What is the Lace news from Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia? What are the Slovenian hosts of OIDFA up to in the weeks leading up to the 2016 Congress? What do you mean? NO NEWS? Please write. Keep Arachne vital and relevant. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
