[lace] Christmas 2018 Exchange
I received a card from Lin back in November and it was filled with small pieces of lace she had made in tatting, Romanian Point, crochet, etc., plus a nice wire Christmas stocking on the front.It is on my card wreath over the fireplace in the family room. Last week I received an ornament from Mary Carey from Australia. That is hanging on my tree in the living room. It is not in usual Christmas colors, being orange and cream.Thanks to Lin for organizing the exchange again and both of them for exchanging with me. I enjoy taking part in this exchange and have been doing it for many years. Happy Christmas to all of you.Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 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] Armenian Lacemakers?
Elena The online network http://needlelacetalk.ning.com includes Armenian needle lace in its subject matter. We have quite a few members who do Armenian/Turkish knotted needlelace. http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/group/oyaturkisharmenianmediterraneanknottedn eedlelace We also have several albums of work by our members. http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo/albums/oya-bebilla-armenian-turkish-ken e-igne-oyalari-needle-oya http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo/albums/oya2-edgings http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo/albums/oya3-flowers Lorelei Halley Administrator needlelacetalk -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com On Behalf Of Elena Kanagy-Loux Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:45 PM To: Arachne Subject: [lace] Armenian Lacemakers? Hello everyone, I hope you're all having a wonderful week! As many of you know, I started a new job in October as the Collections Specialist at the Antonio Ratti Textile Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My job mainly consists of holding viewings of textiles with curators, conservators, and members of the public. I am also responsible for pulling things in and out of storage and carefully unpacking and repacking them. This means that I get to see a lot of incredible lace, as it makes up 5,000 pieces of our 33,000 piece collection! Today we had a visitor from California named Deborah Valoma who is interested in meeting other Armenian lacemakers in the U.S. and beyond. She is the former head of the Textiles Department at the California College of Arts in Northern California, and recently inherited a collection of over 200 pieces of lace made by her Armenian grandmother. Does anyone know of any Armenian lacemakers that I can connect her with? She would be so thrilled to get in touch. She also has a young student in her program who makes lace that she's going to put me in touch with. She was really intrigued by the "Lace, Not Lace" catalogue that was sitting out in the Ratti Library so I gave her a copy that Devon had left for us to share. How nice to be surprised with a visiting lacemaker! Thanks in advance everyone for your help! Any and all information would be great. All the Best, Elena - 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] Armenian Lacemakers?
Hi Elena The lace that we call Armenian lace is also called Oya in Turkey and is also practiced in Greece and that part of the Mediterranean. There are a number of authors who have produced books on the technique. Widen you search to Mediterranean Lace or Greek lace or Oya. I know of one author who is of Greek origin who lives in Australia. Sadly all the Armenian neighbours I have do not make lace and when I asked to see their laces all I was shown was knitted lace. Anna from a humid Sydney - 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] 2018 christmas exchange
Hello to everybody, I just want to tell you that I received a splendid card with lots of suprises from the US. Firstly let me thank Lin for all the efforts she put in this wonderful exchange, I hope it's not the last one. Then I want so send a big thank you to my this year's partner Stormy Lee because she has touched me very deeply with the card and the bobbin lace she did for me. Once again: thank you !!! Let me wish you all a merry christmas and a happy New Year !!! Best regards Maria Greil - 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] Expanding cloth stitch with weaving techniques
Just to add to the topic, Half-stitch is a three-way weave! On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 1:15 PM Devon Thein wrote: > An interesting idea. > -- Sent from my iPod - 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] Expanding cloth stitch with weaving techniques
An interesting idea. Whereas linen stitch is double weft weaving, tallies are single weft weaving. I have seen some pieces that are made entirely out of Talley like weaving. It is quite tight. I wonder if it would be possible to incorporate fancier weaves if you converted to Talley type weaving for those areas. Or perhaps it wouldnât work at all because tensioning is so critical with tallies. Devon - 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] Armenian Lacemakers?
Hello everyone, I hope you're all having a wonderful week! As many of you know, I started a new job in October as the Collections Specialist at the Antonio Ratti Textile Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My job mainly consists of holding viewings of textiles with curators, conservators, and members of the public. I am also responsible for pulling things in and out of storage and carefully unpacking and repacking them. This means that I get to see a lot of incredible lace, as it makes up 5,000 pieces of our 33,000 piece collection! Today we had a visitor from California named Deborah Valoma who is interested in meeting other Armenian lacemakers in the U.S. and beyond. She is the former head of the Textiles Department at the California College of Arts in Northern California, and recently inherited a collection of over 200 pieces of lace made by her Armenian grandmother. Does anyone know of any Armenian lacemakers that I can connect her with? She would be so thrilled to get in touch. She also has a young student in her program who makes lace that she's going to put me in touch with. She was really intrigued by the "Lace, Not Lace" catalogue that was sitting out in the Ratti Library so I gave her a copy that Devon had left for us to share. How nice to be surprised with a visiting lacemaker! Thanks in advance everyone for your help! Any and all information would be great. All the Best, Elena - 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/
