In a message dated 14/09/2003 01:55:30 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I would greatly appreciate any further information anyone can provide to
assist me in learning more about this antique winder.
Ruth,
Any chance you could post a photo of the winder so we could have a better
In a message dated 14/09/2003 02:55:35 GMT Daylight Time,
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This particular lady will not accept No for an answer, and she keeps
pestering me. She is an artist who sells her pictures - and having seen
them
in the shop, I know how much she's charging. However, her
As Binche is a Belgian lace, 'Witches Work' must be an English translation?
Finding the original words in their original context, and having a lacemaker
fluent in French look at them might provide a more detailed answer.
Jean in Poole
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Hi Hannah,
Brenda Paternoster's book on threads gives several alternatives for
Cordonnet 80. Just from the cotton threads there is DMC Special
Dentelles 80, Fil a dentelles 70, BROK 36/3 Anchor Fil a Dentelles 70,
Anchor machine embroidery 30, YLI quilting Thread.
I have just used this last one
A further thought.
Jeri quoted:
Once you have mastered this technique, you can design your own Point
de Fees, the fabled *Witches Work* which is the finest achievement of Binche
lace.
A quick goodle search came up with:
http://www.art-estherbrassac.com/anglais/tech_a/lace4.html
mentions
Hello all
After weeks of hard work I finally caught up with the digests ;) and lo and
behold, there was a question waiting to be answered and I knew the answer.
This must be fait so I will answer this question ;)
I've never heard of witches work before but point de fee and
toveressewerk sounded
Of course, if one did not want to enjoy the pleasure of seeing the inquirer
stroke out at the probable price of a piece of commissioned hand made lace, one
could direct the questioner to the antique market. Lace dealers are selling
pieces of lace that took hundreds and hundreds of hours of work
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Subject: [lace] witches work
toveressekant this is the flemish word for witchcraft, refering to the
very intricate and difficult designs (for which you
toveressekant this is the flemish word for witchcraft, refering to the
very intricate and difficult designs (for which you need magic fingers,
haven't we all ???).
Should this not be called magician's lace instead of witches lace? I
would
translate toveresse as a fairy godmother like the
Dear Madge and Others,
The book is:
Busch,Ebba:
Mønstertegning til kniplinger
et øvelseshæfte fra 1700-tallet.
Nationalmuseet, København, 1980, ISBN 87-480-0308-5 (144 s.)
The title is in English:
Pattern drawing for lace, an exercise book from the 18th century.
The book
I MOVED MY LACE
...and it worked! After having this in the back of my mind all week, I sat
down and did it today. Didn't have any choice...I couldn't work any further
until I moved my pricking. And since the pillow I'm using is on a stand (I
probably didn't mention this before, but it's my
Tamara, about 3 years ago in the IOLI bulletin there was a discussion (with
diagrams and photographs) of a basketweave pattern (very much like a doubled
half-stitch or a linen stitch version of kat stitch) which is called bruja
or witch's stitch, at least in some hispanic lace traditions. I
Ladies Gents - sorry for the bandwidth, but would Jeri A please contact me
privately. Thank you. And now back to your lacing, or working lace around a work
schedule...
Beth McCasland
Metairie, Louisiana
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On Sunday, Sep 14, 2003, at 19:51 US/Eastern, Susan Lambiris wrote:
Tamara, about 3 years ago in the IOLI bulletin there was a discussion
(with
diagrams and photographs) of a basketweave pattern (very much like a
doubled
half-stitch or a linen stitch version of kat stitch) which is called
I wonder how much a *rare* Romany lace pillow is worth - it would look
better the right way up!
jenny barron
Scotland
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I didn't make myself very clear. I'm only fed up with sellers descriptions
of lace items on ebay, insofar as I can't be bothered to contact sellers and
put them right. Most people on Arachne who are interested now look for
themselves, and know what they want to buy and what they don't, regardless
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