Re: [lace] Magic threads

[N.A. Neff]

PS, the book Ilske mentions is terrific and worth getting.

Nancy

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 9:44 AM, N.A. Neff  wrote:

> Hi Ann,
>
> Also you can always try looking in the archives: https://www.mail-arc
> hive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html
>
> I think the post you remember may be https://www.mail-archive.co
> m/lace@arachne.com/msg19856.html. (I searched on "magic threads Ilske".)
>
> Happy lacemaking!
>
> Nancy
> Connecticut, USA
>
>
>
>

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Re: [lace] Magic threads

[N.A. Neff]

Hi Ann,

Also you can always try looking in the archives:
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html

I think the post you remember may be
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg19856.html. (I searched on
"magic threads Ilske".)

Happy lacemaking!

Nancy
Connecticut, USA

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Re: [lace] Magic threads

[Jeri Ames]

Dear Ann,
 
Since you have written from the UK: There are very clear instructions in the
2002 38-page "Magic Threads" booklet by Christine Springett (UK).  It has
wonderful photos/illustrations and can be very helpful for people who have to
join lengths of lace.  Perhaps one of your usual suppliers can provide it, or
you can write to the Springetts.  (Please give them my personal regards, if
you order directly.)
 
Or, you might find the instructions by searching Magic Threads at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html
 
There are 130 messages in the file, but you can move through them quickly by
just looking for those by Ilske.
 
You may have to look further, but what you remember may be at 
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg19856.html 
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
 
In a message dated 10/20/2017 7:37:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ann.humphr...@talktalk.net writes:
 
 Many years ago Ilske Thomson gave a very detailed explanation how to put in
magic threads and it worked very well. Unfortunately that was a long time ago
and now I have forgotten. Can anyone help?
Ann  UK

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Re: [lace] Magic threads

[Ilske Thomsen]

Hello Ann, 
do you have the book „Unsichtbar - Invisible“ from M. Wolter-Kampmann? There 
you’ll find on different pages everything you can do with magic threads.
If you don’t have the book I’ll try to explain the special way you are looking 
for.

Ilske

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[lace] Magic threads

[Ann Humphreys]

Many years ago Ilske Thomson gave a very detailed explanation how to put in 
magic threads and it worked very well. Unfortunately that was a long time ago 
and now I have forgotten. Can anyone help? 
Ann
UK

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[lace] Magic Threads - Let's stop using term Lazy Loops

[Jeriames]

There are many memos in our Arachne archives about Magic  Threads.  
 
Lacemakers do not want anyone to think we do anything "lazy".
 
Do you remember how confusing it was when you were first learning to make  
lace, and there were several words for each technique you were trying to  
learn?  
 
If you jumped from book-to-book or teacher-to-teacher, you know what I  
mean
 
Do you remember our many memos explaining language translations, and all  
the work some of our members have done to clarify techniques and provide  
translators?
 
Lazy Loops?  I had no idea what they were when Susan used that  term.  Is 
it being used elsewhere?  If so, don't we have a  responsibility to clarify 
that this technique already has a name - or two?   And not make it into a 
list of confusing names for future lacemakers...
 
On June 11, 2013, I wrote a memo about Magic Threads for Arachne:
 
The first web address given does not seem to work any more.
 
The second address is for anyone working with fluffy or lightly twisted  
threads - you should know there is the 48-page book on Magic Thread technique 
by  Christine Springett, U.K.  It is smaller than many technique books, so  
postage should be more reasonable.  Available in the U.S. from our  usual 
lace book suppliers of Springett merchandise.  Or, have a  look at:
 
http://www.cdspringett.co.uk/acatalog/Lacemaking_Books.html 
 
There are other books, but the 2 I remember off the top of my head are  in 
the German language.  And, the ones I am thinking of are larger and  heavier 
to mail.
 
A friend has a system of using threads of different colors (like the  
rainbow) and arranging them so that the threads next to each other are 
different  
colors.  If you have the Springett book, you can see this illustrated on  
the back cover.  My friend cuts a generous supply, which are  lightly  
knotted by color, to prevent tangles and keeps them together to bring out when  
needed.  She buys spools of colored sewing thread when on sale, so there is  
not much extra cost.  Make sure the sewing thread is not fuzzy.
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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Re: [lace] Magic threads

[Clay Blackwell]

I have found you on Facebook and looked at the shawl!  *Very* pretty!  Congrats!

Clay

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> On Apr 11, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Ann-Marie Lördal  wrote:
> 
> Hi
> I have been off bobbinlace for about 10 years and have not read this list
> since then. I have now found the inspiration again and have finished my
> shawl in silk I started on 12 years ago. Is the list as active as it used
> to be or has it moved to another place?
> 
> Now I have to ask about the Magic Thread, I know I have used it but I do
> not remember how I did it! Do you have an easy explanation or a picture of
> how to do it?
> 
> There is a picture of the shawl (it is pink) at my facebook, I am not sure
> how to show it otherwise. I have pinterest but I do not know how to add a
> picture to it and I can´t find instructions either.
> 
> Kind regards
> Ann-Marie Lordal, Sweden
> 
> knyp...@gmail.com
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[lace] Magic threads

[Ann-Marie Lördal]

Hi
I have been off bobbinlace for about 10 years and have not read this list
since then. I have now found the inspiration again and have finished my
shawl in silk I started on 12 years ago. Is the list as active as it used
to be or has it moved to another place?

Now I have to ask about the Magic Thread, I know I have used it but I do
not remember how I did it! Do you have an easy explanation or a picture of
how to do it?

There is a picture of the shawl (it is pink) at my facebook, I am not sure
how to show it otherwise. I have pinterest but I do not know how to add a
picture to it and I can´t find instructions either.

Kind regards
Ann-Marie Lordal, Sweden

knyp...@gmail.com

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[lace] Magic Threads

[Sue Fink]

Forgive me for making a suggested refinement for a technique that I have not 
yet tried myself!!!  I have really appreciated the notes on Magic Threads as 
this is something I do intend to try at some stage.  I note that someone 
suggested pinning the threads behind the work to keep them in order etc.  I 
wonder if it would help to pin them into a strip of styrofoam.  It seems to 
me that it would then be an easy matter to move them around the pillow as 
the work progressed!!  Does this sound a good idea?  I would appreciate 
comments.


Sue Fink
Masterton
New Zealand, where finally we are having hot days and nights; well three in 
a row!  Is this our summer for 2007?


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[lace] Magic threads

[Jane O'Connor]

Sue wrote - I note that 
someone 
suggested pinning the threads behind the work to keep them in order 
etc.  I 
wonder if it would help to pin them into a strip of Styrofoam.  It 
seems to 
me that it would then be an easy matter to move them around the pillow 
as 
the work progressed!!  Does this sound a good idea?  I would appreciate 
comments.

   
  That works if you don't have too many magic threads to deal with. Currently I 
have far too many to be moving a piece of Styrofoam around so have threaded the 
ends, in order, onto a nice big safety pin. There is no bulky foam in my way or 
too much weight on the threads. If anyone still has diaper pins from waaay back 
when, they work marvelously.
   
  Jane O'Connor
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  Where we are expecting freezing rain after weeks of lovely mild winter 
weather.

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Re: [lace] Magic Threads

[Alice Howell]

The styrofoam would probably work, if the bulk and
weight of it is not in the way.

When I did a piece where the beginning was not kept
pinned to the pillow the whole time, I slipped a small
piece of fabric under the start of the lace.  Then the
lace and the magic threads were pinned to the fabric,
which then was folded up into a little packet, with
pins securing the packet.  If safety pins are used for
the final pinning, people are safe from bumping into
pins,  The fabric keeps all the magic threads in place
until needed again and is not bulky.

PS -- I use longer magic threads than was described. 
I start with about 20 of thread, folded to 10 so I'
have 4-5 on each side of the pinhole.  I'm always
afraid of pulling one out too soon.

I also use several colors of threads in rotation when
threads have to be very close together.  It's easier
for my eyes to locate the correct thread.

Alice in Oregon

--- Sue Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I note that someone 
 suggested pinning the threads behind the work to
 keep them in order etc.  I 
 wonder if it would help to pin them into a strip of
 styrofoam.  It seems to 
 me that it would then be an easy matter to move them
 around the pillow as 
 the work progressed!! 

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RE: [lace] Magic Threads

[Noelene Lafferty]

I often use magic threads at the beginning of a piece, and at a place of
multiple crossings in Russian tape lace or Beds.

With the bunch at the beginning, I use (as has earlier been suggested) very
long threads, and twist them or plait them together, twist the end around a
glass headed pin, and, pulling them firmly, anchor the ends with the glass
pin to one side of my work.   There they remain.   They never seem to get in
the road of my ongoing work.  And if it is a large piece and the beginning
is going to be unpinned as you move the work up, then the plait is a better
idea, then the threads don't get tangled up.  I got the idea from seeing
European samples started and finished with plaited threads to keep them
tidy.

Having used magic threads in tatting for many years before I moved on to
bobbin lace, I was already keen on them, and immediately saw their value
when I first heard of using them in bobbin lace.

I also use a magic thread when doing fillings in Russian tape lace, when I
want to do leaves in the gimp colour and don't want to bring a gimp thread
in to the filling area.   I clip two of my working bobbins together with a
tiny rubber band, and introduce a new bobbin with the gimp thread on it at
the top of the first leaf.   The tail from this bobbin gets tucked into
the rubber band and worked into the first leaf.   For the final leaf, I lay
in a magic thread with the centre bobbin, and use it to pull the coloured
gimp thread back down the centre of leaf when I've finished using it.

Noelene in Cooma - where we've finally got a spell of real summer weather
(hot, dry, bushfires).  Cooler today, but another week of 30 degrees plus
forecasted next week.
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 Forgive me for making a suggested refinement for a technique that I have
not
 yet tried myself!!!  I have really appreciated the notes on Magic Threads
as
 this is something I do intend to try at some stage.  I note that someone
 suggested pinning the threads behind the work to keep them in order etc.
I
 wonder if it would help to pin them into a strip of styrofoam.  It seems
to
 me that it would then be an easy matter to move them around the pillow as
 the work progressed!!  Does this sound a good idea?  I would appreciate
 comments.
 
 Sue Fink
 Masterton
 New Zealand, where finally we are having hot days and nights; well three
in
 a row!  Is this our summer for 2007?

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Re: [lace] Magic Threads

[Lorri Ferguson]

Sue,

I have used magic threads.  And I don't think I would like the 'excess' of a
piece of Styrofoam on my pillow.

What I did was use threads in the color of the rainbow:  red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, indigo, violet  or
'Roy G Biv.  By just remembering the 'Roy G Biv', you know the order they
should be worked no matter how many times you need to move the anchor pin and
threads as you proceed around the design.

If necessary (you need more than 7 threads, just repeat the sequence.  I used
pale shades of the colors to avoid 'lint' build up.  I learned this 'rainbow
sequence' many years ago in some other craft.

Lorri
Graham, WA  USA  where it is very cold and some locations are getting snow.

   I wonder if it would help to pin them into a strip of styrofoam.  It seems
to
  me that it would then be an easy matter to move them around the pillow as
  the work progressed!!  Does this sound a good idea?  I would appreciate
  comments.

  Sue Fink

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