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Hi David et al, I had to chuckle - but with great sympathy! Some years ago, I was finishing off the border lace for a chalice cover, with my (antique) wig hook gripped formly in my teeth as I tied off the threads. I lifted my hand, to retrieve the hook, only to bury it into the flesh between the last two joints of my right hand ring finger - I should think it was as painful as your experience! To add to my woes, I didn't want to cut the hook off a lovely ivory piece of equipment, my husband was entertaining a client, and the only person available was my daughter, who hadn't passed her driving test at that point. So - I muffled my anguish, and set out with her driving me to the AE - where the nurses laughed at my plight.When I got to be seen, the doctor was mystified as he didn't have a clue what a wig hook or crochet hook was, so asked me to draw one. When I complied - and NOT to scale - he was even more confused, but when he attempted to push the hook out of the flesh further down, to cut the hook bit off, I really rebelled, as I loved the wig hook... So he just pulled with vigour, the hook came out intact, I fainted as I was bleeding quite well, and I am extremely squeamish. What fun we do have as lacemakers ... Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 4:57 PM Subject: [lace] Accidents Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. Have you ever pushed in a pin really hard, only to discover to your peril that it was upside down??? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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My worst accident was one day when I had gone away for a weekend break and I was carrying my pillow complete with tools etc into the hotel. I was waiting for the elevator while my friend was at the counter asking a question. I could feel that I was losing some of my load, so hitched it up against myself so that nothing fell off. I felt a sharp prick on my lower stomach and thought that perhaps I'd snagged a pin. When we finally got to the room, I discovered that what I had snagged was in fact my very fine crochet hook. It was firmly imbedded through my skirt, slip, underwear and tum. I can't remember how I got it out, but I do remember it was very sore and I had a large bruise for quite a few days. Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's Capital), Canada where I have been retro lacing all week because I have done a big, big error on the curtain I'm making and I'm having to undo about 3 weeks of work. I've carefully cut out some of it, but I need to undo the rest. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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Dear David Yes I think we have all been there. The worst thing, I think, is to cut off a pair of bobbins that you thought were another pair, only to find that they are the workers. But then these are the jhoys of being a lacemaker. !!! Maureen E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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Nancy And the weaver pair threads broke--both of them, right at the point of the sewing. I still have that little scrap of Honiton, and am concentrating on my Flanders!! You're telling us that there was no way to fix it - h. No chance of using a pin to undo a couple of passes then something like Hackle Pliers to tie tiny knots on the wrong side. I think I would have tried something like that after all the work involved. David - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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Oh Claire While sewing the flower on to the band trying to push the needle through a stiff piece of fabric I managed to force the eye of the needle completely inside the top of my finger right alongside the nail. Ow ow ow! Nail beds are the pits for that sort of thing - and the pain seems to last for days. Sorry David - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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David, Yup, I could have fixed it once I got home (certainly not in the 15 minutes left in class), but I was too much of a wimp at that time to try. I don't think I even had reverse forceps yet, much less hackle pliers. Now I'd rather start a fresh piece and keep this one as a souvenir! Nancy From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com; lace@arachne.com Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 9:13:56 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Accidents Nancy And the weaver pair threads broke--both of them, right at the point of the sewing. I still have that little scrap of Honiton, and am concentrating on my Flanders!! You're telling us that there was no way to fix it - h. No chance of using a pin to undo a couple of passes then something like Hackle Pliers to tie tiny knots on the wrong side. I think I would have tried something like that after all the work involved. David - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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Dear Arachnids I think we have all found the wrong end of a pin at some time, I ceertainly have. Having cut off many pairs of bobbins that should have remained in use I now always leave at least 6 inches (15 cms) of thread when I cut off a pair. Then if I find I have made a blunder, I can tie bobbins on the ends and continue making and deal with the knots when I meet them. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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Yes David, been there, done all that too Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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Oh dear! Been there, done that!!! Not only have I pressed on the wrong end of a pin , and run the eye end of a needle into my finger, but I have also stitched myself to some fabric! Ouch!! Re broken ends in lace - I don't do much Honiton, as I find it too fine and fiddley!, but I did a nice flower, worked the fillings, and knotted off, and cut the threads. - except I cut a couple too close, - and cut the knots!! Grrr!!! I had to undo the whole section of filling, and re-work it - leaving whiskers on the knots this time! Better than being too close to the knot!! I think your way, David, - extra twists here or there, or omitting them gives me the look I want, which is the important thing. After all, that was the traditional way - make it work, and get it to look how it should. There were not any books to tell them how to make the lace, they just made it up themselves as they went along. I do all sorts of things that would make a Purist shudder, - but if it means I get the look I want, - then that is OK with me. I think we all get too bogged down with rules, etc. Regards from Liz in Melbourne lizl...@bigpond.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
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Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. Have you ever pushed in a pin really hard, only to discover to your peril that it was upside down??? I did it this morning and am sure it scraped the bone. Any other interesting accidents out there? Like cutting off a pair of bobbins you had thrown out, only to find they were supposed to be still attached!!! David in Ballarat - typing on all 9 fingers. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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Hello David and everyone ow, ow, ow. I've done that to a finger, but not as dramatic a push (can I say you get a 'point' for that?). Yes the ol' cut off the pair before they're finished trick...done that too. In my Honiton days I had a glass bobbin slither off the pillow pointy-end down to my foot. It is tempered glass and not all that sharp except with the relative speed of fall caused a bit of a puncture and words. On 9/17/10, David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote: Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, 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
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Oh yes, David, the same happened to me some time ago. And it wasn't only to push very hard it was, I couldn't see it, the point where two parts of the pillow came together what means I pushed on the wooden part. Awful! Good luck for the next lacing day. 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
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On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:07 AM, bev walker wrote: Hello David and everyone ow, ow, ow. I've done that to a finger, but not as dramatic a push (can I say you get a 'point' for that?). Yes the ol' cut off the pair before they're finished trick...done that too. In my Honiton days I had a glass bobbin slither off the pillow pointy-end down to my foot. It is tempered glass and not all that sharp except with the relative speed of fall caused a bit of a puncture and words. On 9/17/10, David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote: Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, 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 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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yeoowww! My worst accident was in the last 15 minutes of the last day of the week-long (mornings) Honiton class at the Arachne convention in Nottingham. It was my first attempt at Honiton. I had struggled with the fine threads, had finished the first leaf and the circle of the flower, and was finally doing my first sewing, glad that I was going to do that at least before the class ended. And the weaver pair threads broke--both of them, right at the point of the sewing. I sat there with the two bobbins in my hand, thinking hard to myself that I was grown up and would not, WOULD NOT, cry over a couple of broken threads. As I sat motionless, the lacemakers on each side of me noticed my stillness, looked over, and gasped. The pair of gasps attracted the attention of the lacemakers on their far sides, who looked around them at the broken threads in my hand and gasped. Those gasps attracted the attention...and so forth all the way around the circle until everyone was looking at my broken threads in horror! At that point the combination of drama and sympathy cured my despair and we all had a good laugh at such a dramatic ending to the class. Not physical pain, but oh it was heartbreaking for a minute there. I still have that little scrap of Honiton, and am concentrating on my Flanders!! Nancy Connecticut, USA From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 11:57:21 AM Subject: [lace] Accidents ...Any other interesting accidents out there? Like cutting off a pair of bobbins you had thrown out, only to find they were supposed to be still attached!!! ... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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On 17/09/2010 16:57, David C COLLYER wrote: Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. Have you ever pushed in a pin really hard, only to discover to your peril that it was upside down??? I did it this morning and am sure it scraped the bone. Ooh, that sounds painful. Any other interesting accidents out there? Like cutting off a pair of bobbins you had thrown out, only to find they were supposed to be still attached!!! Just done that. Were you watching? Lesley Marple UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
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I had a similar experience to Nancy's. But at the point where everybody in the room saw my broken threads, the teacher said does anybody have any glue? I cracked up, laughing so hard I forgot all about the tragedy. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
