Tamara
Although the task was onerous I appreciate you having let Arachne
(and therefore me) know of the passing of a loverly lady, Jean
Barrett. She will be remembered for her many small kindnesses she
gave to fellow lacemakers and especially a newbie like me.
Jean was one of the first to
Tamara
Thank you for letting us know about Jean, she will be sadly missed.
I have never met Jean personally but have corresponded with her through
Arachne when she has helped me with lacey problems that I have asked for help
with.
It is strange the way that you feel that you know someone even
Pompi has asked me to forward this to the list - at
last a definitive answer on this, at least for one
major type of pg lace.
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Re point Ground with out pins - Downton Lace -there
are a number of prickings with out pinholes in the
ground in the collection of Downton Lace
I have no experience with Bucks at all, but am curious to see some prickings
with the effect described below. I wonder wether the wavy grids of Knipling
meet this feature, or wether the effect is more complex.
... It is a warning against
automatically truing up all old patterns on a totally
Don't be impressed too much by the price of many tools. Most have a cheap
alternative. For example bobbins of wood bbq-sticks and old magazines (as
poited out already), a string as a bobbin winder, the JÄLL laundry bag
with stand of Ikea as a pillow stand.
Well, basically, I have renewed my
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Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:54 PM
Subject: [lace] Lacemaking in Africa
One of the members is focusing on indigo dying in Africa and especially in
Mali. She wanted to know if there is any current, or historical lacemaking
in Africa.
Good Sunday morning! Is anyone else virtual lacing
with me? It's 9:30 a.m. here in the Midwest of US and
I've been sitting at my pillow for an hour hanging in
the bobbins on a new project. Actually it's one I
started in my Ipswich class at the 2004 IOLI in
Harrisburg. I screwed up the Kat
Hello everybody,
This is a french blog about lace :
http://dentelledechristiane.over-blog.com/
Dentellez bien
Sof from France with a lot of snow
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Dear Tamara and all spiders,
I am sure that you are not deficient in friendship and I know that she
would have gained her pleasure from making and sending you those gifts from
her heart, I,like many others that I know get pleasure from giving not
receiving and I know that she would have known that
For all those who have been frustrated by Kris's web site
http://www.handweaving.net/DAHome.aspx or who really prefer the
Professor's old one
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html, the good news
is that the old site is going to remain in business for the foreseeable
future
taught by someone from the lace school there. I am also dying to perfect the
ability to make leaves the continental way (TT, C, TT, C). I have been in
I'm almost certain that if a person analyses the path of the weaver in
making a leaf, thinking in terms of bobbin lace stitches rather
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derful helper during all the trials of the past several months.
The only thing is that if you want to order CDs, you will have to go to
Kris's site... http://www.handweaving.net/Store.aspx
(Please don't consider this a sales pitch. It is most
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Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA
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Years ago, I think it was Steph Peters who introduced us to the hackle plier
which could be used to hold broken threads while repairing, or could be used
when you get to the bitter end of a thread and there isn't enough to hold it on
a bobbin, but there is enough to get to the end of the
In the same vein, Clay, Coming from a non-fishing family..however a medical
one, I use hemostats for the same purpose. Because so many go thru the
autoclaves and then
discarded for surgical use, I have acquired a small one, mosquito, regular
size, straight and curved, and one for clamping on
Sorry to have to tell you this but I've just been informed about
another typo in Edition 3 :-(
Towards the bottom of page 6:
Printed as CC = NeL multipled by 2.8.
Should read CC = NeL divided by 2.8.
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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Hemostats are indespensible!! I use them when I spangle bobbins... It's
almost as good as having another hand!
Clay
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Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA
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In the same vein, Clay, Coming from a non-fishing family..however a medical
one, I use
Oh Tamara, that's very sad, but thank you for letting us know.
I only knew Jean from Arachne and a few s-mails, but I was really
touched to think that her logo of rainbow lace designed for the
CD2000 exhibition was adapted from a pattern that I had published in
Lace Guild magazine some time
Jean will be sadly missed. She sent me the prickings for her rainbow lace
and a piece of fabric with a peacock on it to celebrate my little poem -
I repeat it here in memoriam of a wonderful, friendly lacemaker.
Some people knit wool into blankets
Some crochet with treble and chain
Some people
I've been reading digests for about a month now and would like to introduce
myself as well as tell you about what I use as a pillow stand.
My name is Sue. I'm a member of Metro Chapter-IOL and I've been making lace
with Gunvor Jorgensen as my teacher for almost almost two years. Last month
On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:24:09 -0500, Clay wrote:
Years ago, I think it was Steph Peters who introduced us to the hackle plier
which could be used to hold broken threads while repairing, or could be used
when you get to the bitter end of a thread and there isn't enough to hold it
on a bobbin, but
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I once got a homemade gizmo made of two pieces of
plastic held together with velcro.
I also have a collection of crocheted bobbin
holders -- and it seems so
simple/effective, that you take it for granted
and assume
On 3/5/06, Elaine Chock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps
you've invented something yourself to fulfill a
particular lacemaking need. It might be fun to share these.
Not a tool for lace, but a device to hold lace tools - a nicely
finished block of wood, angled at the base like a tiny knife
Another little tool I use and never saw reason to change...
When winding bobbins, I hang the pairs over the edge of a glass canning jar,
one in and one out. I happen to have some with the old (but now everywhere)
metal fasteners..neat 'cause when I am finished and bobbin in use, I close
the
Dear Arachne friends,
What a shock when I read Tamara's post about Jean Barrett. What a loss we
all feel at the passing of such a great lacefriend, lacemaker and designer.
I met Jean quite a few years ago when I was visiting York. We spent a day
together and exchange gifts. As I used
I would like to add my condolences on the passing of Jean Barrett.
Like most of you, I feel you all are my friends. We really are one big
family, and the loss of any one peron leaves a big hole.
On a brighter note - Tamara - I Love your expression of turning a lemon into
lemonade!
I'll add this handy item to your list. A plastic cup, like individual
servings of applesauce come in. It's not too high when turned over to cover
your pins on your lace, and it protects them. There's just a small lip that
you can put a corsage pin through on either side to hold it on your
And I've known people to use mug trees to drape wound bobbin pairs
until needed in the pattern.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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When winding bobbins, I hang the pairs over
I too would like to send my thoughts. Jean will be missed but never
forgotten. I didn't know her that well but on one occasion she helped me with
some lace problems, I told her she was a peach, she replied no that I had the
wrong Jean. I truly meant that she was a peach not trying to confuse
On Mar 5, 2006, at 11:59, Elaine Chock wrote:
Perhaps you've invented something yourself to fulfill a particular
lacemaking need. It might be fun to share these.
Well, I invented the fabric (stuffed with quilt batting or whatever's
handy) sausage roll for winding yardage on :) It's cheap
Hi All,
I use a wadding stuffed sausage for yardage too, actually more like a bon
bon, the end bits allow one to anchor the thing with pins.
Stitch holders sold for knitters is something I use to manage bobbins too,
and they stack as well.
Mary Carey
Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
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In the mid 1980's the Springetts came to Australia (Twice), and gave us
workshops.
When tensioning up carefully, christine told us to Milk Fairy Cows (How do
you do that? - Very Carefully!) I wonder if she still tells students that!!
It is such a silly phrase, - that one Never, Ever forgets
On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:39:28 +, you wrote:
Nope, I'll have to disclaim the credit for that. I learnt about them from
Jacqui Southworth, who lives in a fishing port, so she's a more likely
source. Bought mine from the UK Lace Guild at an AGM.
Thanks for the credit Steph, but I couldn't
God I love this, just installed skype, and just bought a headset, and been
talking to my soninlaw, in Singapore, and all for naut, (nothing), and my
freind to check it in Denmark to, she is mowing to Vietnam this summer, for
a hole year, and I am going to buy a webcam so I can follow me around,
Blond MEN?
The Sheriff in a small town walks out in the street and sees a blonde cowboy
coming down the walk with nothing on but his cowboy hat, gun and his boots,
so he arrests him for indecent exposure.
As he is locking him up, he asks, Why in the world are you dressed like
this?
The
Subject: St Patrick's Day is coming
Two men were sitting next to each other at a bar. After a while, one guy
looks at the other and says, I can't help but think, from listening to
you,that you're from Ireland.
The other guy responds proudly, Yes, that I am!
The first guy says, So am I! And
Love this one... :)
From: R. P.
It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to
time, and this should help get you started.
During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what
the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should be
Very suitable for this time of year :) Though why she couldn't have
chosen a more traditional date, beats me...
From: R.H.
On their honeymoon, the blonde bride slipped into a sexy nightie and,
with great anticipation, crawled into bed, only to find that her new
Catholic husband had settled
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