[lace] more Ripon info
Devon very kindly sent a link to her home away from home--The Met! http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?PerPage=20=0=Lace=Ripon=Bobbin%20lace The photos are also posted in my album on Arachne Flickr. There are some interesting features such as Copenhagen holes & something that reminds me of an upside down fir tree. The experts will know what these things are. I'm just amazed that the lozenges are treated sort of like a ground, with the other features emphasized. Four-penny spot indeed! Perhaps if Agnes has a spare moment, she can tell us if her book has these patterns? The book is not available thru IOLI library. According to worldcat.org, there are copies at various libraries in Dublin, Edinburgh, Northallerton, Cambridge & Oxford. Sincerely, Susan Hottle 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] New Pitsligo lace, Lady's Fan
Hello All! Another sample of Scottish lace is finished for our LOL lace exhibit next month. This pattern was sent to me by Lorri Ferguson. Thanks again Lorri! Sheila Joss in NP told me that this is a companion pattern to Queen's Fan that was made for Queen Victoria. Lady's Fan was for her lady-in-waiting. Way cool. Lorri kindly suggested Mako #28 cotton thread but I don't own it so I used Idrija #30, a similar thread per Brenda's book. If anyone has a suggestion regarding swapping out threads, I would appreciate it. When I ran out, I tried to hide the newly joined thread in the half stitch ground triangles. Now that it's off the pillow, I can see that it muddied the crispness of the ground so would like to find a better hiding place. I was reluctant to swap threads in the cloth stitch fans because of the vertical center rib. Several NP patterns that I've worked have vertical lines of pins in the center of a motif & there must be a learning curve on those, in orde! r to get it to lay flat. Other than that, I'm pleased with my first effort. It's a sweet edging & I can see it on a hankie or personal garment. Sincerely, Susan Hottle 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Ripon lace
Diana Smith wrote: > Included among the samples were these two marked as being 'Old Ripon’. When I looked at the photo in the Flickr album I thought I’d seen the lace on the left before and have now found it - it’s in the Antique Lace Sample Book which is part of the Lace Guild’s Collection. The original label in the book says “Piece of lace Old Ripon Lace 18th century”. I don’t really believe the 18th century part but the lace is definitely the same. Jean --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - 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/
