[lace] Wire lace book by Heike Muller-Otto
Hi,I just got a wire bobbin lace book on Amazon, Koppeln mit Draht...lace making with wire, butterflies and dragonflies... by Heike Muller-Otto. The projects are beautiful.  The English translation is difficult to understand.  Has anyone done any of the projects? She seems to use a kind of cloth/ linen stitch (cross, twist, cross) for the butterflies, but with lots of extra twists in between. Thanks, Sharon - 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] Wire Lace ID tag
Hello All! Before closing my suitcase for IOLI, I finally finished a tiny sample from Lauran Sundin's class in Sacramento. What to do with a piece of wire lace 1-1/2" x 2-3/8"? Applique with spider of course! My photo is posted to Flickr. Any Arachnean is welcome to a free spider for your name tag. Snag me in the halls--I will have spider inventory & glue stick. See you there! 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] Wire lace mini discovery
Hello All! At the 2014 IOLI convention in Sacramento, I attended Lauran Sundin's wire lace class. One of the techniques she demonstrated in class involved twisting wires together to make heavier cable. She used a cordless drill at low speed. Today I wanted to combine two strands of 28 two strands of 30 gauge wire to create a cable/gimp. The last time I used a power drill, the torque caused a spiral fracture to my ring finger. To avoid another trip to the emergency room, my husband suggested a Dremel drill because it has variable speed control. Unfortunately none of the Dremel attachments allowed me to connect my wire to the drill. That's when I remembered my Spinster! This is a low-tech tool that many embroiderers use to make twisted cording for a finished edge. Using a doubled length of each wire, I attached the wire loop ends to the Spinster hook. My husband twisted together the four free ends held them with a pair of flat blade jewelry pliers while I reeled! under tension. The resulting cable is quite lovely for my first effort I will use this method again. The Spinster was easy to use/control adequate for my 28/30 gauge wire but does require an extra pair of hands. Hope this is helpful to others who are working with wire. If someone else posted this info, sorry for the rerun. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA Sent from my iPad - 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] Wire lace mini discovery
This also works well with a bobbin winder, attaching the ends of the bobbins to a bobbin. When I don't have another pair of hands around I duck tape the free ends to my granite counter top. Kimâ On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Susan hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! At the 2014 IOLI convention in Sacramento, I attended Lauran Sundin's wire lace class. One of the techniques she demonstrated in class involved twisting wires together to make heavier cable. She used a cordless drill at low speed. Today I wanted to combine two strands of 28 two strands of 30 gauge wire to create a cable/gimp. The last time I used a power drill, the torque caused a spiral fracture to my ring finger. To avoid another trip to the emergency room, my husband suggested a Dremel drill because it has variable speed control. Unfortunately none of the Dremel attachments allowed me to connect my wire to the drill. That's when I remembered my Spinster! This is a low-tech tool that many embroiderers use to make twisted cording for a finished edge. Using a doubled length of each wire, I attached the wire loop ends to the Spinster hook. My husband twisted together the four free ends held them with a pair of flat blade jewelry pliers while I reeled! under tension. The resulting cable is quite lovely for my first effort I will use this method again. The Spinster was easy to use/control adequate for my 28/30 gauge wire but does require an extra pair of hands. Hope this is helpful to others who are working with wire. If someone else posted this info, sorry for the rerun. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA Sent from my iPad - 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] Wire lace mini discovery
Would a drop spindle or support spindle work? Sue M Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2015, at 10:22 PM, Kim Davis k...@wirelace.net wrote: This also works well with a bobbin winder, attaching the ends of the bobbins to a bobbin. When I don't have another pair of hands around I duck tape the free ends to my granite counter top. Kim On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Susan hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! At the 2014 IOLI convention in Sacramento, I attended Lauran Sundin's wire lace class. One of the techniques she demonstrated in class involved twisting wires together to make heavier cable. She used a cordless drill at low speed. Today I wanted to combine two strands of 28 two strands of 30 gauge wire to create a cable/gimp. The last time I used a power drill, the torque caused a spiral fracture to my ring finger. To avoid another trip to the emergency room, my husband suggested a Dremel drill because it has variable speed control. Unfortunately none of the Dremel attachments allowed me to connect my wire to the drill. That's when I remembered my Spinster! This is a low-tech tool that many embroiderers use to make twisted cording for a finished edge. Using a doubled length of each wire, I attached the wire loop ends to the Spinster hook. My husband twisted together the four free ends held them with a pair of flat blade jewelry pliers while I reeled! under tension. The resulting cable is quite lovely for my first effort I will use this method again. The Spinster was easy to use/control adequate for my 28/30 gauge wire but does require an extra pair of hands. Hope this is helpful to others who are working with wire. If someone else posted this info, sorry for the rerun. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA Sent from my iPad - 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/ - 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] Wire lace mini discovery
If one needs to cord four 'threads' (strands of wire) why not hammer a nail into a wooden fence post in the garden, loop the wire around the nail and insert the four cut ends into the chuck of a hand drill? The drill can be wound very easily and with complete control. This seems to work for me when DH is not around to hold the other end. Cheers, Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia where we are impatiently waiting for some warmer weather with spring in a couple of weeks times. On 08-Aug-15 11:52 AM, Kim Davis wrote: This also works well with a bobbin winder, attaching the ends of the bobbins to a bobbin. When I don't have another pair of hands around I duck tape the free ends to my granite counter top. Kim​ On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Susan hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! At the 2014 IOLI convention in Sacramento, I attended Lauran Sundin's wire lace class. One of the techniques she demonstrated in class involved twisting wires together to make heavier cable. She used a cordless drill at low speed. Today I wanted to combine two strands of 28 two strands of 30 gauge wire to create a cable/gimp. The last time I used a power drill, the torque caused a spiral fracture to my ring finger. To avoid another trip to the emergency room, my husband suggested a Dremel drill because it has variable speed control. Unfortunately none of the Dremel attachments allowed me to connect my wire to the drill. That's when I remembered my Spinster! This is a low-tech tool that many embroiderers use to make twisted cording for a finished edge. Using a doubled length of each wire, I attached the wire loop ends to the Spinster hook. My husband twisted together the four free ends held them with a pair of flat blade jewelry pliers while I reeled! under tension. The resulting cable is quite lovely for my first effort I will use this method again. The Spinster was easy to use/control adequate for my 28/30 gauge wire but does require an extra pair of hands. Hope this is helpful to others who are working with wire. If someone else posted this info, sorry for the rerun. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA 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] Wire lace mini discovery
Bespokethreadsandyarns bespokethreadsandya...@gmail.com wrote: Would a drop spindle or support spindle work? I don't believe it would have enough 'oomph' to twist up wire. A drop spindle just has the momentum created by its own weight, which isn't much. I think you would have to keep twisting the spindle with your fingers, like a support spindle. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds) - 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] wire lace bracelet
I had to search the Arache folders, as it wasn't clear from your post which of your folders the bracelet was in. But the search was worth it! This looks great to me. I love the colour! Jill in hot and sunny Milton Keynes - 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] wire lace bracelet
Sorry Jill--I thought it came up in the Photostream section as a recent entry! My computer skills leave something to be desired. Sincerely, Susan Hottle iPhone On May 19, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Jill Hawkins j...@myhawkins.co.uk wrote: I had to search the Arache folders, as it wasn't clear from your post which of your folders the bracelet was in. But the search was worth it! This looks great to me. I love the colour! Jill in hot and sunny Milton Keynes - 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] wire lace bracelet
Hi all, The lovely bracelet comes up as the first photograph of the photo-stream page. Thank you for putting it on Susan and explaining how you did it. Joepie, enjoying the lovely weather today. UK Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 1:09 PM To: Jill Hawkins Sorry Jill--I thought it came up in the Photostream section as a recent entry! My computer skills leave something to be desired. Sincerely, Susan Hottle On May 19, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Jill Hawkins wrote: I had to search the Arache folders, as it wasn't clear from your post which of your folders the bracelet was in. But the search was worth it! This looks great to me. I love the colour! Jill in hot and sunny Milton Keynes - 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] wire lace bracelet
Thanks Joepie. I guess I don't know enough about Flickr. My link opens to the 'Albums' view and I didn't see that there were other options, including 'Photostream'. Jill On 19 May 2014 at 15:06 J D Hammett jdhamm...@msn.com wrote: Hi all, The lovely bracelet comes up as the first photograph of the photo-stream page. - 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] wire lace bracelet
Hello All! I'm delighted to report that I found the answer to my wire lace finishing dilemma on YouTube! Just love 32-gauge wire (!!), however wearing a lace bracelet made from this material is a bit dicey. In Florida, I discovered a YouTube video, then bought a brass cuff Ultrasuede so I could try the technique. I lightly appliqued the wire lace to the Ultrasuede with color coordinated Nymo beading thread using a Milliner's #9 needle, added a few beaded motifs, then followed the video tutorial. The result is posted on Arachne Flickr--not perfect, but I'm pleased with my first effort! Hope this helps others who want to work with wire need a more robust finishing method. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie PA 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] Wire lace
Hello All! Thank you Cindy for the additional info. I've uploaded two photos to Arachne/Flickr so you Sue can see the pattern. Le Pompe is so Elizabethan that I think some SCA friends should be clamoring for a class with Kim! We discussed compressing the wire lace in class but didn't do so in order to preserve the as made texture. However, for an item that would be worn or otherwise handled frequently, I can see why strengthening the lace is desirable. All those unused glass Christmas ornaments that I have stored might need to be remodeled with bands of wire lace! Mmmm, , good. There's a lot more to know, but as you can see, I'm still agog from two days of intense class work. I probably should have made an extra repeat for my bracelet. My DH tied it on my wrist with Frosty Rays, a needlepoint thread, because my magnetic findings are MIA (missing in action). It fits, but just barely. It could be mounted on a cuff foundation of some sort, so I'll look into ! that later. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA 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] Wire lace
Thank you Susan for sharing, it's a very pretty bracelet, I have not tried wire lace yet but would like to have a go, you have managed the picot edging beautifully considering how hard it is to keep the kinks out of the wire I've been told. Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. Sent from my iPad - 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] Wire Lace with Kim Davis
And are we going to have the pleasure of viewing this piece of lace? Would love to see it. Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. Sent from my iPad On 30 Sep 2013, at 03:18, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: - 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] Wire Lace with Kim Davis
Hello All! I've just returned from a weekend of wire lace with Kim at PLG (Pittsburgh Lace Group) can safely say that a good time was had by all!! As a beginner, I started with a Le Pompe plaited piece--a lace that I would NOT have selected to make in thread. But OMG--in wire--it speaks!! Trudy (Lacy Susan) was our vendor she had ordered some very colorful 32 gauge wire from the UK. Yowza--lime green, hot pink, seafoam, smoke many more stunning colors. Kim provided additional beginner patterns for us to try at home with bobbins on loan--a very generous policy on her part. Usual disclaimers--just a very satisfied student customer. It was certainly an eye-opening experience that other lacemakers might enjoy if given the opportunity. Well worth putting it on your bucket list! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA 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] wire lace with insect pins
Hello Spiders As my old site is too elaborate to maintain, I just started a blog. My first post: http://kantelier.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/wire-lace-with-insect-pins/ Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Wire lace
It is a while since I have done any wire lace but I was lucky enough to have a class with Lenka Suchenak. I do remember that she said to keep the leads to the bobbins very short which gives the wire less chance of kinking, and also that cloth stitch/linen stitch is difficult to tension. Half stitch looks great in wire as do leaves and plaits, so while you are learning, keep the pattern simple. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Wire lace
Hello Alix, because I don't see any difficulties working with wire I need some time to think what I could say to this. I worked with normal and with hooked bobbins and didn't find big difference. Think to move the wire not more than necessarily because if it gets scrimbles it will never become totally straight and wire could break. The patterns should be simple not all stitches are possible to do easily and the material is dominating. Perhaps one could say if somebody has a certain fluency in bobbin lacing it's easy to work with every material. For a beginner it would be a bit more difficult but it will work, I am sure. Good luck Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Wire Lace
It is a while since I have done any wire lace but I was lucky enough to have a class with Lenka Suchenak. By the way, Lenka's URL is http://www.lenkas.com (click on the image to go into the site) She has some great photos on her website, and on some of the very close-up ones you can clearly see the work. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Wire Lace
Hi all, What superb work! So much to be admired. Good lace making Joepie in East Sussex, UK -- From: Adele Shaak ash...@shaw.ca It is a while since I have done any wire lace but I was lucky enough to have a class with Lenka Suchenak. By the way, Lenka's URL is http://www.lenkas.com (click on the image to go into the site) She has some great photos on her website, and on some of the very close-up ones you can clearly see the work. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Wire lace
Here are my thoughts on wire lace making. The number one important thing is to make sure your wire doesn't get kinked. So when winding wire onto a bobbins from a spool of wire make sure it doesn't go boing on you. Once a kink gets into your wire it will weaken your wire. Sometimes it can be saved by carefully unbending the wire back to its original direction. Take your forefinger and your thumb and run them along where the kink was formed and go back and forth. This will also get the waves out of the wire if you find you have to undo your wire lacing. Just take your two fingers again and go up and down the wire to get the wavyness out. Do keep in mind that once a wire is kinked it will be weaker so when working with the wire at that point be really careful about doing too much tugging on it. Do you wind your bobbin from a spool by taking your hand and purposely wind the bobbin but to anchor the one end of your wire in the hole at the bobbin of the wire and bend the wire up the shank neck of the bobbin. roll your bobbin to wind the wire unto the bobbin. When you start to roll your bobbin..the wire will cover the wire end thereby securing the end to the bobbin. Once you get the wire yardage or inches where you want on the bobbin you then feed the wire through the eye hook that is on top of the bobbin. Take the other end of your wire and do the same thing to wind your wire onto your bobbin. When working with wire in your lace you actually bend the worker bobbin in the direction that the bobbin will go before you actually start to weave the bobbin. I am mainly thinking of tallies in wire. After you bend the wire of the worker in the direction you are going you then come back to the right and start to weave your worker through the skeleton frame. Once you get to the left you again bend the worker wire to the right this time and then start to weave. Once a wire has been bent in what ever direction it will have a kink starting to form. You can not take a bobbin and wrap it around a wire and then tight that bobbin. I think doing tallies in wire is so much easier in wire than in thread. You can not rush making lace when using wire. You need to be fully relaxed. You can not pull on bobbins in the same way you would with thread. Wire will break and it does make a pinging sound. I heard that pinging a few times in the wire lace class I took at Ithaca this past weekend. When it comes to a time when you are thinning our your wires like when you are at the end for instance...all you have to do is bend the wire back on itself. You still need to cut the wires and you actually take the wires and sew with them to bring your ends together. I actually overlapped my ending of my braid and then took two ends from each braid and over lapped the braids and then sewed with the wire I left for sewing purposes. Once you are done with your piece you can keep all of your left over wire just by picking up all the wires you have removed off the bobbins and coiling them together in your hand. I have also taught to tatting students tatting with wire. I did this along with Mark Myers a couple of times. In tattng with wire...it is still having to be careful not to have any kinks forming. AnyhoooI am not an expert in lacing of any kind. I am just sharing some of the things I learned in the class I took. I am going right now to put a few pictures on my blog of the wire pendant/Christmas Ornament in progress on my pillow along with a picture of it finished. I will be doing more of this lace definately. Blog address in my signature. You will also see a picture of Josee Poupart demonstrating I did have a real good time in her class and plan to make more lace in wire. Next will be the leaf maybe. You can see also in the pictures the aluminum bobbins my husband turned and made for me to use with wire in bobbin lace making. Enjoy the post! I hope some of my thinking and pictures will help. Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.com/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - Original Message From: Celtic Dream Weaver celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com To: l...@dont.panix.com Sent: Tue, October 12, 2010 4:36:59 PM Subject: [lace] Wire lace I will write something about wire lace making (since I just took a class in it) after my grandchildren go home which will enable me to type with more than my forefinger and thumb. Hang in there. I will be back. Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.com/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.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
[lace] wire lace
As I have seen a couple of references to Susan Lambiris' class at convention this summer, I just wanted to say that the last time I saw the class spreadsheet Susan had only one opening in both her am and pm class, so if anyone is thinking of signing up, they should do it now. Most classes have been filling nicely but there are still a few places in the 's Gravenmoer classes with Susan Wenzel, Tatting with Georgia Seitz, Flanders with Kathy Kauffmann, Romanian Point and Irish Crochet with Sylvia Marariu, Floral Bucks Point with Holly van Sciver (she will take all levels of students), and just one or two spaces with some other teachers. If you are still thinking of coming to the IOLI convention in August contact our Registrar, Sylvie Nguyen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and she will tell you if we can squeeze you into a class. BTW, my house has been inundated with flowers that generous lacemakers all over the US have been sending for us for the convention. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com Check for class spaces, many are full. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wire lace bobbins
Hello Everybody, in my opinion it's not necessaire to use special bobbins for wire work. I use my normal ones or simply my fingers nothing more and it works perfect. And the wire doesn't get any little crinkles, you know wire doesn't forget them. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace bobbins
Having started out with wire lace bobbins from Lenka, I wanted to purchase more. Later I found that Simon Toustou made and sold lovely bobbins; similar, yet with a lovely finish. You might want to try contacting him. Sylvie A. Roy Nguyen in extremely cold Cherry Valley, IL, USA Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wire lace bobbins
Thanks for pointing out Jim's pages. I just love the bat bobbin! and the thumpers made from Corian. I recently received the March catalogue from Trillium lace. Bobbins for wire lace are listed there too. http://www.trilliumlace.ca On 3/30/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After I posted a plea on arachne to be connected with a source for more bobbins http://www.beeutahful.com/store/page7.html - Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wire lace
Hi, Does anyone know where the Silver Pin Studio has gone? I have to be in Vancouver and had hoped to try and fit in a workshop. Thanks, Ruth - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace- Gloriana book
I have become enthralled with wire lace and am aspiring to learn how to make it myself. I believe that the only book on the subject is called Gloriana and I am wondering if it is worth buying it for myself for Christmas. (I never like to leave something as important as the selection of my Christmas gifts to amateurs.) Is this the only book or is there another? Devon in New Jersey, where the 6 inches of snow threatened for today has failed to materialize - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace-Gloriana book
No, The german lace guild www.deutscher-kloeppelverband.de have pupliced a book on silver and gold lace traditionel torchon, by the yards Anne Dyer, has made CopperWire Lace ISBN: 0-9524045-0-8 very modern, jewels etc. Dorte from denmark who just passed the drivingtest for motorbike www.spaces.msn.com/members/MrsTee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wire lace- Gloriana book
I have both Gloriana books and Copper Wire Lace by Anne Dyer and I think they are all very good. Another I would recommend is Textile Techniques in Metal by Arline M Fisch. ISBN 0-7090-6007-6 On the back cover it says Applying the techniques of fibre arts to gold, silver, copper, and brass. Weaving - Knitting - Machine Knitting - Crochet - Basketry - Braiding - Bobbin Lace - Knotting It is a lovely book and well worth a look. Dee Palin Gloucestershire - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: [lace] wire lace- Gloriana book I have become enthralled with wire lace and am aspiring to learn how to make it myself. I believe that the only book on the subject is called Gloriana and I am wondering if it is worth buying it for myself for Christmas. (I never like to leave something as important as the selection of my Christmas gifts to amateurs.) Is this the only book or is there another? Devon in New Jersey, where the 6 inches of snow threatened for today has failed to materialize - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wire lace- Gloriana book
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have become enthralled with wire lace and am aspiring to learn how to make it myself. I believe that the only book on the subject is called Gloriana and I am wondering if it is worth buying it for myself for Christmas. Actually, there are two Gloriana books (entitled Book I and Book II, aptly enough). I liked one a lot more than the other, but it's packed away so I can't describe anything from it. Nor do I remember which one I have! I haven't done anything from it yet, either. I don't know of any other wire BL books. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I had the great fortune of taking a workshop with Arline Fisch last year. She said she learned just enough bobbin lace to write the book and make the samples. She didn't enjoy it. But the book is still very inspiring and I had a great weekend. Cherry Knobloch Chesapeake, Va USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wire Lace
Dear Susan, What BEAUTIFUL work! Truly amazing! I am hoping to get back into lacemaking again and wire lace just might do the trick! Are you planning to write a book about your creations? Best Wishes, Trish Fisher a fellow spider! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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In a message dated 4/28/05 12:59:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is a brief article and several pictures of wire lace in Ornament magazine (Spring 2005 issue), made by Silvia Ferdova. The article is entitled Gallery X, Bratislava, Slovaka. She is apparently talented in many fiber arts, but the article states her main technique is Bobbin Lace. Not alot of info, but worth a look if you are interested. Yes! Yes! Just this noon, I read this magazine while dining out alone. The lace is on page 36. Anyone with basic knowledge of using metal threads and the special bobbins for making metal lace could easily make a very dramatic coiled necklace (quite large and bold, yet delicate) just by looking at the picture. Really! Devon, this will attract attention. It says that the necklace was made of recycled plastic bags, silver and copper wire, nylon thread. However, I cannot see how the plastic bags were used, and think they could be ignored. Ornament could be used by lacemakers for design inspiration - to make original laces. Published in California since 1974, it only gets better with the passage of time. This magazine is sold by subscription or in large book store chains in the U.S. and is usually in the magazine section for either needlework or art. The cover of this issue - Vol. 28 #3 - is bright yellow with orange lettering and has a model dressed in those colors. The skirt fabric is said to be composed of lace medallions, but lacemakers would probably beg to differ with the description. The large bookstores have chairs where you can sit and read. I recommend you look also at the remainder of the magazine, especially the beadwork on pp. 44-47. There are listings of interesting exhibits in museums and galleries, starting on page 19. Now, for the ladies in the U.K.: I think I've seen this magazine in very large bookstores. In London, and in York. Might also be in the book department at Harrod's, where they do carry some American publications. Worth asking. Jeri Ames in Maine USA - on a bleak and rainy day, with flooding predicted - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wire lace pendant--some questions answered
I borrowed the twined gimps from (I think) Russian peasant laces, where they often run down the center of cloth stitch tapes, being passed over and under twisted worker pairs rather than being enclosed in the workers. Since the space between the ring pair and the cloth stitch in Binche is also formed by twisted worker pairs (and twisted passive pairs) it was easy to envision that space filled with a pair of twined gimps. By doing it after the lace was finished I was able to treat each outline as a single loop without worrying about changes in the direction of work. For side branches (where there were decorative rows of holes defining the wing details, for example) I took one of the gimps and wove it up and back through the line of holes, making sure as I returned to the main outline that I always went down to the left of the outgoing gimp and came up to its right. The thick outline is worked at the same time as the rest of the lace, but uses its own pairs. It is based on a normal footside, but when I work in wire I use half-stitch for the exchange between the outer passive pair and the worker, so one of the passives (which is a thick wire) always remains in the outer pair. I also use another thick wire as a gimp to replace the usual passives in the footside, which not only is better looking than a narrow band of cloth stitch would be but also adds to the firmness of the edge. Finally, when I wanted to use colored pairs in the frame but not the central lace, I stopped carrying pairs into the footside from the central motif. Now I work a turning stitch with the frame workers into which I either mount new pairs to add to the central motif or twist the pair from the motif that needs to reverse direction. This way all the pairs in the frame are independent of the central lace. Hope this helps! Sue from Raleigh Sue Babbs wrote: The coloured outline really does make the peacock standout better. I was wondering how you put in the twined gimps? Did you pass them through the Binche pairs as you would if you had worked them with the lace or are they wrapped around the pairs (which would seem to me to be the easier option)? Was the thick outline added afterwards also? And do you finish off the ends of the thick outline in the bail of the piece? Sorry to ask so many questions, but I am always looking at pieces to see how they were made. Susan Lambiris Raleigh, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Balinese lace, wire lace
Dona, thank you for posting the web site regarding Balinese lace. While I found it to be interesting and attractive, I would like to know a bit more about it. I hope that your next trip there, to make lace, will be very pleasant. The web sites containing photos of the wire laces are also very interesting and inspirational. While I don't have plans to make a wire fence, the ideas could be expanded to create yard items, such as trellises. Sylvie, in cold Cherry Valley, Illinois, USA __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wire lace with hammer and nails
Two years ago I met a Finnish lacemaker who made lace whith a hammer and nails too, not with wire but with very thick linen thread. The result is beautiful. You can see her on my website : www.athdentelle.be . Click on activités on the left side, then on Les 25 ans de l'Académie de dentelles de Marche-en-Famenne and there on la salle étrangers, you'll see her work on the pictures nb 61-62-63 and 64. Liduina, from a cold windy Ath in Belgium. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace
Hi Liz All, Well, I wish I could say I was more productive Liz - but only 1 more pyramid has been completed :( It is quite frustrating, as the wire tends to break unless you are REALLY REALLY careful. There is a battle between wanting to keep the buttonhole stitches quite close together (my natural tension tends to be a bit too firm) versus the pliability/breaking point of the wire (100 micron, sorry don't have Patty's info re gauge numbers with me here at work). You know when you kind of get into that zen flow, where you strike the right rhythm and touch, and the stitches seem to appear without effort? Well that point doesn't come easily with wire g. So instead I have finished my lace census tag and have been playing around with some hollie point sample squares (as in Catherine Barley's wonderful NL book), trying out the 3 different methods to produce hollie point. Guess I'd better try to get some more of the wire reticella completed before the next lace day! Jen in overcast Melbourne, Australia. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vegetarian pillow - was RE: [lace] wire lace with hammer and nails
Still laughing. When demonstrating we often suggest that lace can be made using inexpensive tools to see if this is a hobby you are prepared to invest much time and money in. But we suggest pillows made from discarded polystyrene fruit or vegetable boxes, not the contents! Follow the links below but choose la Salle de Marche. At the bottom of the page is a work in progress - the pillow is a watermelon and the bobbins are carrots!!! Jay Sydney, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Liduina Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 3:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] wire lace with hammer and nails Two years ago I met a Finnish lacemaker who made lace whith a hammer and nails too, not with wire but with very thick linen thread. The result is beautiful. You can see her on my website : www.athdentelle.be . Click on activités on the left side, then on Les 25 ans de l'Académie de dentelles de Marche-en-Famenne and there on la salle étrangers, you'll see her work on the pictures nb 61-62-63 and 64. Liduina, from a cold windy Ath in Belgium. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wire lace art!
I remember someone once mentioned doing a bobbin lace demo, and having an old farmer remark that the ground was just like chicken wire fence. On a similar note: http://www.kantopleiding-nko.nl/Aktiviteiten/Aktiviteiten.html Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace with hammer and nails
Wow, that's some fence. Wish I could read Dutch. On Saturday, February 12, 2005, at 06:00 PM, J.Falkink-Pol wrote: http://www.kantopleiding-nko.nl/Aktiviteiten/Aktiviteiten.html by Joep Verhoeven, Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wire lace with hammer and nails
In a message dated 2/13/2005 2:54:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.kantopleiding-nko.nl/Aktiviteiten/Aktiviteiten.html That is a beautiful fence. I can't imagine why anyone would settle for anything less after they had seen this. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wire Lace
Jen, from Melbourne, is doing a Reticella NL pattern of mine in very fine copper wire! How is it going, Jen? She has a huge roll of this very fine wire, and is doing a 2½ inch square design. Awesome! When I saw it a Lace Day in January, she had completed one pyramid in buttonhole stitch. It looked Great! I don't think I am That adventurous!!! - But I really admire those who are. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace with hammer and nails
Hello Spiders http://www.kantopleiding-nko.nl/Aktiviteiten/Aktiviteiten.html by Joep Verhoeven, student of the Design Academy in Eindhoven with the help of the NKO. We have a TV personality called Joep van 't Hek. So this Fence of Youp is a word play. Speaking of promoting lace without remebering the youg of their great-grand-ma's... What about armoured glass? Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace
Hi all, hope you have all had a happy holiday and are gearing up for Hogmany (New Years Eve) for all of you unlucky enough not to be native Scotsvbg. Anyway back to the important stuff - Lace specifically wire lace - what was the gauge of wire recommended a few weeks ago when this was under discussion? Was it 24 by any chance? If it was, for any UK lacers interested in buying wire of this gauge Lakeland (a UK kitchen/craft/household catalogue) are selling a box of 12 different colours for £15. I ordered a box then immediately started to doubt my memory - senior moment - hopefully I've remembered right. jenny barron NE Scotland where all the snow is gone but we had a white Christmas - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wire lace pine needles
I have never heard of pine needle baskets before. They are great! Very well done. And the wire lace is fabulous. You are one very clever lady. Congratulations. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a glorious spring day. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace brooch
Hi smart spiders! Please help me if you can. I am about to start the Poinsettia Brooch from Dianna Stevens. The directions for the amount of wire to add onto the bobbins have me confused. I am mathematically challenged, being an art teacher. The directions are as follows. Brooch base: make 1 10 pair 32 gauge [ which I am using] 5 feet divided. In the workshops with Lenka, she was right there to clarify the amounts per bobbin. I have looked all over the booklet and there really is no comment on the length rule. I am sure these instructions are very clear to everyone but me but right now pride goes before the start of the project! Help, I need clarification. Thank you very much, Confused, Laura in NJ where it is still raining - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wire lace brooch
Laura: I haven't seen Diana's pattern, but I would think that 10 pair 32 gauge 5 feet divided would mean 10 pairs of bobbins, each pair wound with a total of 5 feet of 32 gauge wire. I would interpret the divided to mean that some of the 5 feet of wire is on one bobbin, some on the other bobbin of the pair. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace
Helen and Arachne members, I quite agree with you, in that wire is a very nice medium for making bobbin lace. While I unfortunately didn't take one of Lenka's classes, several of my lace friends did. With my friends' help, reading, and having talked to Lenka, I am really enjoying making wire lace. My recently finished projects include a bracelet, choker, an egg, and Lenka's mermaid. Yesterday a wire lace book arrived, which I had ordered from Canada. While I must wait a few days to start, I look foward to my next wire lace project. Sylvie Nguyen Cherry Valley, IL USA __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
