Re: [lace] Honiton frog patterns

[Clare Lewis]

The answer to this mystery lies in the editorial for Lace #66 where the
following is written:

..the biggest apology of all goes to Kathleen Brandle who was not given
credit for producing the delightful frogs...

Sadly no pattern and no other information.

Clare in cold and damp Hampshire.

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 at 19:21,  wrote:

> There were two worked pieces of Honiton lace on the front cover of the Lace
> Guild magazine issue #65 from January 1992. Does anyone have any
> information on those two pieces?
>
>
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Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

[Clare Lewis]

How about Volume 1 and Volume 2?


On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 16:34, Sue Babbs  wrote:

> Maybe the problem comes in titling the Volumes "Woven" and "Non-woven"
> .  Just a thought
>
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[lace] Lace teachers in/near Idyllwild CA or Long Beach CA

[Clare Lewis]

Hi all,

A friend of mine in CA is looking to try bobbin lace. Can anybody point me
at a possible teacher in the Idyllwild area or the Long Beach area?

I am looking at options at the moment, name and a contact email would be
great, then I can pass that on to my friend.

Many thanks,
Clare

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[lace] Kopeck Spiders

[Clare Lewis]

I have added three more photos to Flickr showing a beautiful Russian Lace
rooster made by Jacqui Tinch from a design in Motieven in Kleur. They show
how colour can be used to great effect in Kopeck Spiders.
Jacqui has this to say about making Kopeck Spiders:

"Kopeck is the term we were taught when studying Russian lacemaking at the
Moscow Institute of Arts.

Normally the basic legs are put in by going straight across from one side
to the other, then along the edge to the next one - this makes a stronger
and less bulky centre than going into the centre and back out again.  The
order needs to be carefully worked out before you start as you have to
finish at the correct place to re-enter the braid and continue around the
design.

When you do the last leg you plait only as far as the centre, pin two
threads very tightly to where the final plait will re-enter the braid and
use the threads as if they are a plait; because they are making a straight
line from the last sewing you did at the edge it is possible to get good
tension on this.  Pins are not necessary in the centre as all the plaits
are crossing at roughly the same place.

Using the remaining pair, you do sewings under each bar in turn (in the
same manner that you would if you are doing a false plait, and always pull
the sewings towards the centre, particularly on the first round or two
where the plaits are being held all to the same centre crossing.  The
bobbins naturally alternate with each other, ie the one which did the
sewing on leg 1 being the one which threads through the loop on the leg 2
and then does a sewing again on leg 3.

Because of this alternating, if you are working in colour you have the
choice of which colours to use for the kopeck.  Assuming your plait was
worked in two colours (Arranged abba to give a pleasing barley twist effect
to the plait), you can pin out both colour a and work around with b, pin
out b and use a, or pin out one a and one b in which case you will have
alternating segments of each colour rather like windmill sails.  You can
change the order as you work to make patterns by swopping threads when you
reach the two pinned out ones.  Use a temporary pin to hold the last sewing
before the swop until it is supported by the next round of sewings.

When your kopeck is as large as you want it to be, put a temporary pin
tight into the right angle made by the pairs doing the sewings and the
pairs pinned out, rescue the pinned out pairs and plait to the edge pulling
the plait very tight for the first few stitches.  The temporary pin will
hold the last round of sewings up tight to the centre."

I hope this helps anybody looking to use this method.

Cheers,
Clare

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[lace] Re: Russian Lace Experts Please Help Us: Kopek/Whirlpool filling stitch

[Clare Lewis]

>
> Jeri wrote:
> The one illustration shows 8 spokes reaching outward from the center.  It
> does not illustrate how spokes are anchored at the perimeter.  Then, it
> looks like a first stitch comes up in the center, goes over a spoke, then
> is taken back under that spoke and brought up and forward clock-wise to
> over the next spoke and back under, repeated for as many rounds as desired.
>

Hi Jeri, I am no expert when it comes to Russian Lace, but the fillings are
worked at the same time as the tape; for each section of filling the tape
is worked until the pin hole that is the last point of contact between the
filling and the tape. The worker and nearside passive from the tape are
then used to work the filling before returning to the start point to
continue the tape. On the larger and more complicated fillings this can
involve an amount of false plaits and there are usually plaits running
along the side of the tape.

For a Kopek/Whirlpool/etc the two pairs would work a plait of half stitches
to the centre where a pin is placed, then out to the tape edge where a
sewing is made, along the side of the tape to the next point where a leg
starts, make a sewing, back to the centre and through to the tape (make a
sewing), along the side of the tape to the next leg (make a sewing) and so
on. When the pairs are leaving the tape to make the last two legs they are
plaited to the centre and a sewing is made through the entire crossing, one
of the pairs is then twisted up to the tape (should be where they started
from) and the other pair does the weaving of the Kopek/Whirlpool thing as
far as is required. this pair is then used to make a false plait with the
twisted thread of the other pair so they both end up at the start point and
then go on to continue the tape.

Hope that makes sense, there will be a short test later ;-)

Cheers
Clare

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Re: [lace] Kopek/whirlpool stitch

[Clare Lewis]

Hi Susan,

Thank you for your lovely comments but I do have to say the pendant isn't
mine ( I have just realised that I didn't label it correctly on Flickr - I
was so confused by trying to upload the pictures that I forgot to credit
them properly, I will do that at lunchtime when I can get away with opening
the Flickr page!) it was designed and made by Babette Reidy, she has
submitted it to The Lace Guild to go in a book we are putting together.

Cheers,
Clare

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[lace] Re: CORRECTION: Kopek/Whirlpool filling is a Woven Spider's Web

[Clare Lewis]

I'm a bit confused by your email Jeri, are you saying that the Woven
Spider's Web is made with a needle? Kopek filling is made with a pair of
bobbins.

I don't know where the name Kopek filling comes from but I have only ever
seen the filling used in Russian Tape lace and it makes sense for the Kopek
name to have come from Russia. I have been told that Bridget Cook coined
the phrase Whirlpool filling when she wrote Russian Tape Lace but I don't
know if this is correct and if it is I don't know why she did that.

Cheers,
Clare

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 17:46, Jeri Ames  wrote:

> Please tell us where the Kopek/Whirlpool name originated - (Author and
> Book Title, or Teacher).
>
> A sampler of my making dated 1974 contains the stitch called Woven
> Spider's Web.
>
>  This happens to be a stitch made with a threaded needle, with the eye end
> of the needle used to weave.  It can be worked in-the-air (lace) or
> anchored on a pre-existing foundation fabric (embroidery).
>
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Re: [lace] Re: Kopek/Whirlpool filling

[Clare Lewis]

I discovered that a kopek is a heck of a lot of different things in
different languages when I tried to Google for an answer to my question!

Anyway, thanks in no small part to a very patient Sue Babbs I have now
uploaded three photos to the Arachne Flickr page showing the top and
underside of a kopek filling on a wire frame and a kopek filling in a
Russian Lace pendant, so any one wanting to see what this thing is, can go
and look at the piccies.

Thank you to everybody who offered help with Flickr.

Clare L

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[lace] Re: Kopek/Whirlpool filling

[Clare Lewis]

Hi all,

Sorry for replying to myself but I have been asked if I have got an answer
to this yet and yes I have, Whirlpool Filling and Kopek Filling are the
same thing, I am told that Bridget Cook gave them an English name when she
wrote Russian Lace Making.

I have also been asked to upload a photo of this filling for people to see
what it is, can anybody tell me how to upload photos? I'm sure I have been
told but I really can't remember.

Cheers,
Clare

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[lace] Kopek/Whirlpool filling

[Clare Lewis]

Hi all,

Can anybody help me with a terminology query please?
Bridget Cook describes a filling on page 21 of Russian Lace Making as
Whirlpool Filling, is this the same as Kopek Filling?

Many thanks,
Clare

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[lace] Looking for Alex Stillwell

[Clare Lewis]

Hi all,

Happy New Year to you all and apologies to posting to the entire group but
I can't find Alex's email address anywhere.

AS - if you are reading this please can you PM me about a piece of lace for
a Lace Guild book.

Many thanks,
Clare

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[lace] Looking for Catherine Brown

[Clare Lewis]

Hello,

I don't know if anybody can help me but I am trying to contact Catherine
Brown who, I believe, is a New Zealander; she makes excellent needlelace.
If anybody knows Catherine or can contact her please could they either ask
her to contact me or contact me themselves to give them a message to give
to Catherine.

Hope that is not too cryptic.

Thanks,
Clare

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Re: [lace] Activities at Lace, not Lace

[Clare Lewis]

Argh, forgot to trim, sorry all.

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Re: [lace] Activities at Lace, not Lace

[Clare Lewis]

Does anybody hold shares in the historic inn? Looks like they are doing
rather well out of this exhibition.

On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 16:29, Devon Thein  wrote:

> It has been a busy week in Clinton, NJ. On Thursday, Greet Rome,
> Martin Bruggeman, Wally Thoma and Veerle Merschaut visited the exhibit
> at the Hunterdon Art Museum, having come from Belgium. In honor of
> this international visit, a town councilwoman was sent by the mayor to
> greet them, and a Hunterdon County Freeholder also came, welcomed them
> and took the tour with them. The Freeholder had to leave before the
> end of the tour, because the tour took about 2 hours. The duration of
> the tour varies with the interest level of those on the tour. After
> the tour we went across the historic bridge and had lunch at the
> Clinton House Inn, an historic inn which was established in 1743 and
> was once a stage coach stop.
> On Friday, we had a viewing at the Ratti of War Lace and other Belgian
> lace with the four Belgian  ladies, and we were joined by Karen
> Thompson who journeyed up from Washington, DC, and Loretta Holzberger,
> President of the IOLI and Lee Daly who was graciously acting as
> Loretta's hostess for the visit.
> On Saturday, Loretta, Lee, Trenna Ruffner, who had come from Michigan
> to see the show, participated in a ticketed tour that was organized by
> the museum. There was one lady at the tour who had made bobbin lace in
> the 1970s and wanted to get back into it. I noticed that Lee was
> giving her all the details of how to connect with lace in NJ. There
> were about a dozen people on the tour. It seems like the more people
> there are, the shorter the tour is, so this tour was only an hour
> long. Although this may seem counter intuitive, it actually makes
> sense because when there is only one person or a few people they enter
> in more freely with their observations about the works on display. So
> far the record length of a tour is 2 hours and twenty minutes. After
> this tour, a small group of us walked across the historic bridge to
> the historic inn and had lunch. The inn had thus been subjected to two
> times this week when a group of 7 people who had not reserved in
> advance walked in demanding food. They seem to prefer to have
> reservations made, but as I learned at the time of the opening, they
> don't like reservations that are for a yet to be determined number of
> people at a yet to be determined time.
> On Sunday, we picked up Elena Kanagy-Loux at the Newark train station
> and drove her to Clinton for her to give a beginning bobbin lace class
> to 10 people. The class was completely subscribed. I stayed to assist.
> The students completed a sampler of cloth stitch, half stitch, whole
> stitch, and in some even did torchon ground. Everyone seemed to enjoy
> the class and several people wanted to know how to continue. I
> directed them to the IOLI website to have the regional director match
> them with the nearest lace opportunities. Several people seemed to be
> interested in returning this coming Sunday for "Drop In Lacemaking"
> with Pat Morris.  After the class Elena and my husband and I crossed
> the historic bridge and walked into the historic inn without a
> reservation for dinner.
> Devon
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[lace] Ebb and Flow

[Clare Lewis]

Hello all,

I went to the Ebb and Flow exhibition on Sunday, I loved it but there was
one problem, the exhibition is split between Walford Mill and the Priest's
House Museum in the centre of Wimborne Minster and the Priest's House is
not open on Sundays so I didn't get to see the part of the exhibition that
was there.

If you are travelling from a distance you would definitely want to visit
between Tuesday and Saturday to ensure you see everything. The mill is
closed on Mondays.

Clare in Pompey where the rain has stopped.

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Re: [lace] re: Ebb 'n' Flow

[Clare Lewis]

Hi Karen,

You asked "I will be in London on the last weekend of the exhibition and
hope
to somehow get there. Is it possible with public transport?'

Technically yes it is possible but you are looking at a 3 hour journey each
way on the Saturday according to Google.

Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouth or Poole and then get a
bus to Wimborne

Alternatively a Sunday journey will take around 4 hours each way.

You may also find that you are on a Rail Replacement Bus Service as Network
Rail tends to do repairs at the weekends.

Sorry to be so negative!

Clare in windy but sunny Pompey (it's a good drying day).


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Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin

[Clare Lewis]

 Further to Jane's email regarding The Lace Guild electronic membership,
e-Lace is not sent as a pdf, there is an e-members only section of the
website where the e-magazine is accessed.

I would echo Jane's call for patterns, articles, photos etc., etc.;
publications can't survive without them.

One area we do often have a problem with is items for the Young Lacemaker
magazine; while the readers may be young (mostly) they are not necessarily
beginners. More challenging patterns with a 'trendy' (or whatever the
current terminology is) theme and application are always welcome.

Clare (no longer any connection to TLG Exec!)

In sunny Portsmouth where my garden is wilting and I want rain.


On 13 July 2018 at 10:23, Jane Partridge  wrote:

> We're just in the beginning stages of receiving the journal of the
> preserved railway where I volunteer in electronic format. What is being
> done there, and I suspect with The Lace Guild as well, is that the
> electronic pdf file that is sent to the printers is also the file that is
> being sent out to members by email.
>
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Re: [lace] The archetype of the lacemaker

[Clare Lewis]

My great, great grandmother was a lacemaker; on the 1861 census she was
aged 20 and her trade was described thus - 'Farm labourer's daughter'. I
always thought this was because her parents were trying to make her look
like a good catch (i.e. 'our daughter doesn't have to work we have the
funds to keep her') but now I am wondering whether they were actually
trying to pretend she was not a drug addled whore.

I suppose that's better than the acquitted murderer allegedly on my
maternal side!

On 25 May 2018 at 13:30, Devon Thein  wrote:

> One concept that I seem to have gleaned from my reading is that the
> lacemakers in England did well during the Napoleonic Wars because
> trade with the continent was cut off. Then after the Napoleonic Wars
> things became much worse for them. Perhaps their number swelled during
> the period when people had to buy English lace. After the wars the
> English were able to buy European lace which they preferred.
> Devon
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Re: [lace] Geraldine Stott, Bridget Cook contact info?

[Clare Lewis]

Hi Devon,

I have forwarded your email to the office at The Lace Guild. I am not sure
if Geraldine and Bridget are Guild members or not but, if they are, I have
asked Sharon to pass your email on to them.

Clare (Lace Guild mode)

On 3 May 2018 at 14:37, DevonThein  wrote:

> Does anyone know how to contact either Geraldine Stott, or Bridget Cook?

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Re: [lace] Re: Lace (magazine)

[Clare Lewis]

That's worrying Sue, we changed how we send out Overseas mags a while ago
because of problems with deliveries. Are you regularly not getting your
copy or was this a one off?

Clare (in her Lace Guild mode)

On 26 April 2018 at 14:42, Sue Babbs  wrote:

> I recently received the end January edition of "Lace" - after 3 attempts
> from the Lace Guild to get it to me
>
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[lace] Newsletter of Bizzilla (Malta Lace Guild)

[Clare Lewis]

Does anybody know if Is-Seher tal-Bizzilla is still being published? The
Lace Guild library received newsletters up to Spring 2017 but nothing since
and our librarian hasn't been able to get hold of anybody to find out if it
is still published.

I have tried Google to no avail and haven't had any luck with the Book of
Face. I even got my University's library team involved and they couldn't
find anything either.

Any helped would be much appreciated.

Clare in grey, wet and cold Portsmouth.
(VC, The Lace Guild)

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[lace] The Lace Guild advent calendar - waiting, waiting...

[Clare Lewis]

Happy Tanders one and all!

I have just received an email from Jacquie about The Lace Guild advent
calendar, they saw a preview of it at the Executive Committee meeting last
weekend which I wasn't able to attend. I am very jealous but I'll just have
to wait until tomorrow.

Apparently Malvary has been quite fiendish with the competition as there is
more than one possible letter for each picture, so that is one for the
family after Christmas dinner. The competition has two prizes; for
non-members an eMembership and for members a £20 credit against Lace Guild
sales.

Waiting, waiting and drumming fingers impatiently...


Clare in the UK where it is cold and sunny.
(VC of The Lace Guild in case you need to know)

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Re: [lace] IOLI Magazines - a Review Flax

[Clare Lewis]

I never saw the old museum but Vernon and I visited Texture on our way back
from Krakovany earlier this year, it is an amazing place and well worth a
visit. Watch out for all the pigeons, they are everywhere and you can even
buy one to take home with you.


On 19 September 2017 at 00:23,  wrote:

> I am dragging DH to Belgium next year, and plan to show him the Flax and
> Lace Museum.  I was there with my son Tom in 2009, and it knocked my socks
> off.  I understand the museum has moved from out of town to central
> Kortrijk, so I'm sure the displays will not all be the same.
>
> Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where the temperature is pleasant,
> shorts weather, no rain, but far too many clouds.  And my Newfoundland dog
> has cancer, had a leg amputated, and now isn't eating.
>
>
> "My email sends out an automatic  message. Arachne members,
> please ignore it. I read your emails."
>
>
>
> Devon wrote:
>  Regarding the one about the Flax
> >Museum. I know I took photos of this geneology and now I cannot find any
> of
> >the photos from that visit to the Flax museum,  I do not even know if the
> wonderful display is still up. I
> >looked at some photos of the Flax museum and it seems it may be in a
> different
> >building, or possibly remounted with newer museum techniques. Maybe
> someone in
> >the vicinity of Kortrijk could check it out. It was a great didactic
> display.
> >Devon
> >
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Re: [lace] Lace magazine

[Clare Lewis]

Wow, I haven't had mine yet and it doesn't have to get across 'The Pond' to
reach me. Looks like the office staff are ahead of themselves with sending
out the overseas copies!

Now all the UK types get to find out how our overseas members feel when we
post about things in the new magazine.

;-)


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[lace] Fwd: Authentic Handmade Laces for Sale - England

[Clare Lewis]

Hello all,

Currently The Lace Guild has a number of lace collars and cuffs for sale,
donated by the estate of one of our volunteers, Pauline (who was
affectionately known as Auntie Wainwright for her marvellous efforts
running the second hand stall at Convention). These are predominately Beds
but there are a few Maltese as well

The collars and cuffs have been on their travels to Camarinas, Krakovany
and Dorset but will be back at The Hollies from mid-July. Please see the
website ( laceguild.org ) for opening times and how to find us.

The Hollies always has other items of lace and lace equipment for sale,
pre-loved items which have been donated, as well as new stock and you will
also be able to see the latest exhibition in the exhibition room while you
are there.

As an aside while you are at The Hollies it is worth popping up the road to
the Red House Glass Cone (about a quarter of a mile away) to see the glass
display, including what looks like a pair of billowing lace curtains which
are made of glass.

Clare (in sunny, rainy, sunny, rainy, sunny, rainy and very windy
Portsmouth)

Vice Chair of The Lace Guild

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[lace] Lace Magazine

[Clare Lewis]

Thank you to everybody who has responded, we seem to have found a better
postal system as we have not had any reports of magazines going astray this
time.
Long may this continue :-)

Clare from Portsmouth (UK) but I'm actually in Kortrijk (Be) at the moment.

Vice Chair,
The Lace Guild,
The Hollies,
53 Audnam,
Stourbridge,
UK

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[lace] Re: Lace magazine

[Clare Lewis]

My apologies for the second email, unfortunately my original wasn't very
clear.

Can overseas members of The Lace Guild (the UK one) please let me know when
they receive their copy of Lace magazine.

Kind regards,

Clare in Portsmouth (UK)

Vice Chair, The Lace Guild.

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[lace] Re: Lace magazine/ official email addresses

[Clare Lewis]

Hi Jane,

"I'm sure it would be lovely for the Guild to be able to afford time, money
and expertise to set up official accounts for those working outside The
Hollies"

I hope not, that would just be another address and password I'd have to
remember. This Luddite is happy with the way things are ;-)

Clare

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Re: [lace] Lace magazine

[Clare Lewis]

Hello Jeri,

I am a member of the Executive Committee of the Lace Guild. If anybody
wants to contact the Exec Committee then holl...@laceguild.org is the best
way to do it as your question might be best answered by one of our paid
staff, somebody on the Museum's Committee or a member of Exec.

I hope that when I have been promoting the Guild it has been helpful to the
person I replied to (for example when somebody was looking for second hand
books).

The reason I asked people to let me know when they got their copy of Lace
was because I didn't think Arachneans wanted to get loads of messages from
people says 'Yes mine arrived on ' and it is easier to just hit [Reply]
to my post than remember to send an email to holl...@laceguild.org.

My email address is the one I use most and therefore the one I look at most
often, I am not in the process of collecting addresses, I have enough
clutter in my life already ;-)

Clare

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[lace] Lace magazine

[Clare Lewis]

Jean's message has reminded me, can overseas Guild members please let me
know when the get their April magazine, we have changed the postal method
for overseas members and would like to know if it works better.

Thanks,

Clare

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Re: [lace] Books/ out of print books

[Clare Lewis]

Hi carrie,

You can email libr...@laceguild.org but be aware that Sara, the librarian,
works part time so you may not get a reply the same day.

On the library page of the Guild website there is a link to as pdf of
current s/h books for sale ( https://www.laceguild.org/museum/library.html
).


Clare, still in Portsmouth where it is even wetter and windier than last
time I posted.

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Re: [lace] Books/ out of print books

[Clare Lewis]

At The Lace Guild we regularly get boxes of books sent to us by families
who are dealing with loved ones estates. If these are duplicates to ones we
already have in the library we sell them as second hand books.

This is a blatant advertising email because we have boxes and boxes of
books which we would love to get out there in the wild again. If you are
looking for a particular book it would certainly be worth dropping the
librarian an email to see if she can help.

Clare, in wet and windy Portsmouth

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Re: [lace] Guild Magazine

[Clare Lewis]

Hello Liz,

I am glad you have got your copy. We are talking to the mailing house to
try and solve the delays.

First we need to pinpoint what is causing them...

Regards,

Clare in sunny Portsmouth, UK

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Re: [lace] 2017 Lace Guild Calendar

[Clare Lewis]

I just got a response from Janice, unfortunately she did not take any
photos of the work in progress.

Now, who can we persuade to make the Flander's rose and take a WIP photo?


On 6 February 2017 at 16:13, Celtic Dream Weaver  wrote:

>  I just got my Lace Guild Calendar and it has some wonderful lace design
> with
> Patterns. When I opened the Calendar was ...wait for it...a "DRAGON'
> pattern
> designed by Jan Gardiner. I love dragons...and here is another dragon
> pattern
> for me to make. "Happy" the dragon sure made me happy. There is also a
> beautiful Snow Drop Bucks Point pattern. There is also a beautiful
> Carrickmacross deisgn by Ann Day that is just so wonderful. This will be
> on my
> to make list.Then for the Flanders Lover in you there is a really
> pretty
> Flower pattern designed by Janice Gardiner which takes 179 of bobbins. I
> would
> have loved to see her pillow with all those bobbins stacked up. Sara Ruks
> has
> a cute bird design that is really cute.  Janet Peer has a beautiful Honiton
> pattern that is a design of pumpkins. The design is so beautifully
> designed.   Anyhow these are just some of the wonderful designs that I
> found
> inside the calendar. I am so glad I got it. There is also a cute needlework
> "package" design too that would make a wonder Christmas Tree ornament or a
> gift tag on a present. The calendar made me smile all over. Wind To Thy
> Wings,SherryNew York, US of
> Americacelticdreamweave@yahoo.comhttp://celticdreamweaver.
> com/http://celticdr
> eamweave.blogspot.com/Nata 616
>
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Re: [lace] 2017 Lace Guild Calendar

[Clare Lewis]

I'm glad you like the calendar but I should just point out that the
Flanders rose was designed by Janice Murphy (formerly Garside). I'll ask
her if she has a photo of the work in progress with all those bobbins.

Clare

On 6 February 2017 at 16:13, Celtic Dream Weaver  wrote:

>  I just got my Lace Guild Calendar and it has some wonderful lace design
> with
> Patterns. When I opened the Calendar was ...wait for it...a "DRAGON'
> pattern
> designed by Jan Gardiner. I love dragons...and here is another dragon
> pattern
> for me to make. "Happy" the dragon sure made me happy. There is also a
> beautiful Snow Drop Bucks Point pattern. There is also a beautiful
> Carrickmacross deisgn by Ann Day that is just so wonderful. This will be
> on my
> to make list.Then for the Flanders Lover in you there is a really
> pretty
> Flower pattern designed by Janice Gardiner which takes 179 of bobbins. I
> would
> have loved to see her pillow with all those bobbins stacked up. Sara Ruks
> has
> a cute bird design that is really cute.  Janet Peer has a beautiful Honiton
> pattern that is a design of pumpkins. The design is so beautifully
> designed.   Anyhow these are just some of the wonderful designs that I
> found
> inside the calendar. I am so glad I got it. There is also a cute needlework
> "package" design too that would make a wonder Christmas Tree ornament or a
> gift tag on a present. The calendar made me smile all over. Wind To Thy
> Wings,SherryNew York, US of
> Americacelticdreamweave@yahoo.comhttp://celticdreamweaver.
> com/http://celticdr
> eamweave.blogspot.com/Nata 616
>
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[lace] The Lace Guild website

[Clare Lewis]

Hazel has asked me to post this message as she is not a member of Arachne:


On  behalf of The Lace Guild and all our members I would like to say a big
thank you to David and Jean Leader for all their hard work on the website
over many years.

Hazel Calcott
Honorary Chairman

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