[lace] RE: Writing to the list.

[lizlace]

Thank you Jeri, and Avital, who sent to me privately about the correct address
for the list.  I have always been using the Arachne one, - except for this
once, when the Arachne one was rejected. I have no idea why my email had all
those weird signs in it. I hope it is not a permanent issue.

I am now trying again, to see what happens this time!

 I am using the default system in W.10 for my mail, and I do Not like it. –
Maybe it is because it is so different to what I have been used to, - but this
has everything hidden – no contacts list I can access, and hides messages
– (it seems to sort them into subject order, and hides them behind the first
one, and I miss some of the hidden ones, I think.  This is why I will be
staying with the Digest, - I get them all in order!!

Regards from Liz. in sunny, but cooler (thankfully) Melbourne, Oz.

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Re: [lace] Promoting Lace - "Lace in Fashion" exhibit in Bath

[Adele Shaak]

Interesting that when this silver tissue dress was photographed for the guide 
to the Museum of Costume in Bath, it was pictured with a wide collar of what 
appears to be reticella lace (white), laid over the lace at the sides and back 
of the neckline. The guide was published in 1980 - given that the same dress is 
now shown without the collar, I wonder if they decided the collar would not 
have been worn with that dress, or if they just left it off for another reason.

Adele
West Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)


> On Jan 17, 2017, at 12:07 PM, Nancy Neff  wrote:
> 
> The dress in question:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1660s_court_dress.JPG
> 
> 
>> ...the 1660
>> "silver tissue dress made from fine silk, woven with silver thread  and
>> trimmed with parchment lace"?  This is described as "a rare  survival of
>> parchment
>> lace, a delicate fabric made using tiny strips of  parchment or paper,
>> wrapped in silk and incorporated into the design of the  bobbin-made lace."
>> ... I would like
>> to know more about this:  the thread  and how it was made, the bobbin lace
>> technique, and what the reference to  "parchment lace" really means.
> 
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[lace] Re: Promoting Lace - "Lace in Fashion" exhibit in Bath

[Jane Partridge]

I think Malvary is wishing January away quickly - the next issue of Lace isn't
due to be published until the last day of the month. (Just in case anyone
panics thinking theirs is late).


I'm another of the team of proofreaders, but tend to read and forget what's in
it until my magazine arrives (otherwise as I've already read it cover to
cover, it would make it pointless having the paper copy!) - so yes, I did know
about what was going on, but unless I get to see exhibitions for myself don't
feel I can comment on them; time, travel expenses and other commitments mean I
rarely get to see exhibitions unless they are local and in easy public
transport reach.


Jane Partridge

Jeri will be pleased to know that there is an article about this exhibition
in the next issue of Lace (165), which should be arriving any time soon.

Malvary in Ottawa (who proof read this about a month ago)

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[lace] Digest subject headings

[Avital]

Jeri wrote:

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 5:08 PM,   wrote:
> Avital: reference to a lace-digest number on the subject line does not give
>  a way to look up our lace subjects.  These features are not good for  our
> Arachne archives going forward!!  (I have added Lace Identification to  this
> memo of mine.



I know, I know!

>From time to time I try to remind the digest subscribers that if they
reply to a digest, they need to change the subject heading to
something MEANINGFUL. Sometimes they remember and sometimes they
forget

Avital
Arachne moderator

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Re: [lace] Promoting Lace - "Lace in Fashion" exhibit in Bath

[Malvary Cole]

Jeri will be pleased to know that there is an article about this exhibition 
in the next issue of Lace (165), which should be arriving any time soon.


Malvary in Ottawa (who proof read this about a month ago)

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Re: [lace] Promoting Lace - "Lace in Fashion" exhibit in Bath

[Nancy Neff]

The dress in question:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1660s_court_dress.JPG

Parchment lace:

"Cartisane.--Guipure or passementerie made with thin silk- or gilt-covered
strips of parchment."  --  The Dry Goods Economist, 1917, Vol. 71, Issues
3813-3822

"Guipure lace, Parchment lace:  ...Originally Guipure referred to lace made
of gold and silver cords,...Guipure lace was made either with bobbins or
with the needle, sometimes with both, as when the large flowing pattern was
first made on a pillow with bobbins, and the clusters of flowers, leaves,
and ornaments were filled in with stitches worked with a needle. The
English term for this old Guipure was "Parchment lace," and as such it is
frequently noted in inventories.  This same name was made to cover a
trimming made of twisted silk cords, -- what in modern times is known as
passementerie."  Italian Lace History. Reference List of Italian Laces.
http://world4.eu/italian-lace/#Guipure_lace_Parchment_lace

"The word is derived from guipé, a thick cord round which silk is rolled.
Cartisane is a little strip of thin parchment or vellum, which was covered
with silk, gold, or silver thread. The work of Guipure lace-making was done
either with bobbins or with a ..."  M.F.Jackson, 1950, A History of
Hand-Made Lace, p. 163

And do a search on "Cartisane" -- many of the results are in French, which
I no longer read.

HTH.
Nancy
Connecticut, USA


On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:34 PM,  wrote:

> ...the 1660
> "silver tissue dress made from fine silk, woven with silver thread  and
> trimmed with parchment lace"?  This is described as "a rare  survival of
> parchment
> lace, a delicate fabric made using tiny strips of  parchment or paper,
> wrapped in silk and incorporated into the design of the  bobbin-made lace."
> ... I would like
> to know more about this:  the thread  and how it was made, the bobbin lace
> technique, and what the reference to  "parchment lace" really means.

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[lace] Lace in Prague

[Maureen]

Hello

 

Cindy you raised a question on 11th January about touring with beaders and
you asked for details of places in Prague and Dagmar, on the 16th January,
you kindly answered her questions.  

 

.Cindy, 
if you can make it to the city of Vamberk, there is a beautiful lace 
museum. I am assuming that when you mention beads and blown glass that 
you'll be traveling to Jablonec. Vamberk is only about 2 hours from there, 
so you might be able to swing it. 
In Prague itself, there are often small exhibitions taking place in local 
galleries and the fiber arts tech school. If you reach out to me closer to 
the date, I can check on what's available. 
>From the ongoing exhibits, I'd recommend the jewish museum in Prague which 
carries some amazing golden wire lace and I also hear that the museum of 
industrial design is reopening and will likely have some lace on exhibit. 
The folk museum (Naprstkovo muzeum) tends to have folk costumes on display 
which feature variety of lace. 
Hope this help, feel free to reach out to me direct for details. 
Dagmar, a Czech transplant to Wisconsin..  

 

I have been asked to add/verify the following information by a friend of
mine who says:

 

.Just one mistake: Czech folk culture is displayed in Ethnographic Museum of
the National Museum

http://www.nm.cz/Historical-Museum/Long-term-Exhibitions-HM/Czech-Folk-Cultu
re.html

Naprstek Museum (Naprstkovo museum) has other collections (Asian, African
and American Cultures)...

 

Maureen

E Yorks UK

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[lace] Promoting Lace - "Lace in Fashion" exhibit in Bath

[Jeriames]

Did anyone read my reply to Robin in Canberra on the  9th that included the
"Lace in Fashion" exhibit that will be at the  Fashion Museum in Bath
England for a year?  You'd think there would be  some excitement.

http://bit.ly/2j7AG9Z

_https://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/news/fashion-museum-bath-stage-%E2%80%98lac
e-fashion%E2%80%99-exhibition_
(https://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/news/fashion-museum-bath-stage-‘lace-fashi
on’-exhibition)

No pictures?  Does anyone have a website address of a photo  of the 1660
"silver tissue dress made from fine silk, woven with silver thread  and
trimmed with parchment lace"?  This is described as "a rare  survival of
parchment
lace, a delicate fabric made using tiny strips of  parchment or paper,
wrapped in silk and incorporated into the design of the  bobbin-made lace."

A g**gl* search for "parchment lace" brought me to a  craft magazine.  Our
own archives brought me to parchment lace  prickings/patterns.  I would like
to know more about this:  the thread  and how it was made, the bobbin lace
technique, and what the reference to  "parchment lace" really means.  It
would be an interesting  subject to discuss on Arachne, and for you to share
with your lace  friends.

My source for this lace news was an American.  Did 1,000  of our members
hear about this exhibit already?  Is my AOL  service so bad that I did not
receive the news earlier, and you did?   The article says they had assistance
from some expert volunteers from  *The Lace Guild*.  Are those volunteers
reading this memo?   Article also mentions Australian input.

It is troublesome that after 20 years of trying to "show by  example" when
it comes to distributing lace news as soon as possible, I have  failed.

Efforts to bring more Arachne members into the "lace conversation"  has
bombed.

There is no viable industry for handmade lace in the 21st  C.  It relies on
those of us with a love for this textile to promote it in  whatever
platforms exist, or ones we create.  Thank you again, Liz, for  Arachne.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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Re: [lace] Egg cup for Binche support pins

[Malvary Cole]

Vickie wrote:

I often use beautiful antique little dishes for my pins rather than a pin
cushion.  We all need a little more beauty in our lives!

I had a local potter who's work I admire, make me some with a hole in the 
bottom so I could pin them to my pillow.  She wasn't sure about the hole as 
she thought it would fill up with the colours, but they turned out very 
well.


I donated one to the Lace Guild Convention as a door prize a couple of years 
ago, and I hope it was well received.


Malvary in Ottawa where it is 0c and I managed to clear about 3 square feet 
of ice off my drive today (drive is about 500 square feet, so it is a long 
job, especially when the ice is about 2.5 inches thick). 


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Re: [lace] posting issues and a new lace adventure

[Karen ZM]

Cindy from Dallas wrote: "when I have added Jeri’s e-mail address to the
contacts section on the Gmail website interface, I finally started receive
her e-mails again!"
You're lucky Cindy. My gmail still doesn't like Jeri's address and I have
to keep checking my spam box to read her (very interesting and informative)
messages.

Karen in Malta




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[lace] posting issues and a new lace adventure

[Cindy from Dallas]

Something I just discovered, is that when I have added Jeri’s e-mail address to 
the contacts section on the Gmail website interface, I finally started receive 
her e-mails again!  I have tried a hundred other things, and I still do not 
think Gmail should ban any e-mails from AOL when the address is not in 
contacts, especially since I do not automatically know who it is we are not 
receiving e-mails from!  I did complain to Gmail about it, but I do not expect 
that to make much of a difference.  I guess I should check the archives to see 
if I can identify any others.  I did miss Jeri’s informative e-mails, and I 
have this feeling I am missing some others that I used to see on an almost 
regular basis.  

I have started on a new lace adventure in this new year.  I taught myself to 
shuttle tat.  Or maybe I should say I am working on teaching myself to tat, and 
it has been fun so far, I have learned lots of different parts of tatting, 
rings chains, split rings, joins, picots and double stitch of course.  When I 
get my first piece finished I will post a picture.  

Cindy from Dallas
Ravelry ID:cinhad
knittingyards.wordpress.com

> On Jan 17, 2017, at 9:08 AM, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Dear Liz and others with posting problems,
> 
> First, I wish to share that I called AOL techs three times between
> Saturday and Monday about a new problem, and to complain about undelivered
> mail.
> All were in the Philippines.  It is not a good way to reach a manager  with
> my complaints about undelivered mail.  I demanded an American manager  call
> me this morning, but the phone does not ring

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Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #11 Lace Identification

[Jeriames]

Dear Liz and others with posting problems,

First, I wish to share that I called AOL techs three times between
Saturday and Monday about a new problem, and to complain about undelivered
mail.
All were in the Philippines.  It is not a good way to reach a manager  with
my complaints about undelivered mail.  I demanded an American manager  call
me this morning, but the phone does not ring

My senior center guru who comes to the house when computer problems arise,
has strongly recommended I not use Windows 10.  And, I can see all  these
funny characters in Liz's and other's memos.  It is getting  worse and worse.


Avital: reference to a lace-digest number on the subject line does not give
 a way to look up our lace subjects.  These features are not good for  our
Arachne archives going forward!!  (I have added Lace Identification to  this
memo of mine.

Liz mentioned the adaptations lacemakers made to 19th C. laces, a  subject
Devon introduced a few days ago.  A long time ago, I wrote to  Arachne how
difficult it would be to satisfactorily identify 20th C. laces -  since many
of you are creatively branching out and mixing lace  techniques in your
work.  This creativity is a very good thing, but -  whenever possible - please
write about your laces and how they came about,  whenever possible to keep
with your collected laces.  Your own  documentation will be welcomed - in the
future.

Whenever I trim messages, I use ... to indicate text has been removed,
as you can see in Liz's message below this.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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In a message dated 1/16/2017 9:57:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
lizl...@bigpond.com writes:

I have a  new computer, and am doing the mail though the Windows 10 section
in
it.  (Yuk!) I am gradually finding out how things work.
Grr!! Computers!  😊 Still, they keep us in touch, so I must not
complain!!

As to  the changes in various laces over time – well, they did not have
books
to  tell them  what to do, and how to do it, -- and few of them could
read,
anyway, - so they just invented their own way to overcome problems.  Then
they
may have shown someone else what they did, and it became  “law”!!

Liz. In Very hot Mellbourne,.  Oz

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Re: [lace] Black Tie

[Sue Babbs]

I spent ages looking for question marks before realising that the jumble of 
coloured lace on the right were what you were talking about, Malvary!! I had 
wondered why that multi-coloured piece was given such prominence.  Now I 
understand!


I'm looking forward to both magazines, neither of which have yet found their 
way to Illinois



Sue

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[lace] Black tie

[Susan]

Thank you for the clarification Malvary--unfortunately that interactive feature 
doesn't work on my iPad.  Will look into that the next time I use my laptop.  
Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA

Sent from my iPad

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