Liz wrote:
She might have just held the bottom tip, - or the spangle (a definate
No-No!!)
If I didn't hold bobbins by the spangles I would be able to make lace at
all, so it's too bad if it's a No-No!!, I'll continue doing it - I have no
intention of giving up the one of the few remaining
Dear Arachnids
I was once given a lot of bobbins that would have been very cheap when
purchased but were very grimy and rough. As they were not valuable I smoothed
them with some very fine, 00 or 000 flour paper (a very fine form of sand
paper) smoothing them with the grain where possible, and
Some of the commercial bobbins made in Gozo tend to be rather rough, but
sometimes people just have to purchase those if they need bobbins in a hurry
for a new project. What we do to give them a quick fix is to get two or
more bobbins and hold them between the palms of our hands - sort of hands
Thank you all for your replies. I think that as they are very plain
bobbins I might take Clay's advice and keep them for emergencies. I was
very disappointed when I bought them but I'd already left eBay positive
feedback as I got the purchase mixed up with another I'd made at the
same time,
Why is holding the bobbin by its spangle a no no???
Surely how you hold a bobbin to make lace is immaterial.
Making lace is the important bit is`nt it???
If you still can make lovely lace by holding a certain part of the bobbin then
do so.
Why should we give up lacemaking because of
I agree if the choice was hold them by the spangle or not lace I would do
just as I needed to. Much more important to make lace and enjoy making it.
Mostly making lace is quite good for the blood pressure too, when its
working well and I am enjoying the rhythm of the bobbins.
Sue T, Dorset
In message c5e.5281b8cb.37111...@aol.com, dmt11h...@aol.com writes
In Aileen Ribiero's book about 17th century fashion, and in other books
there is reference to one Ann Turner who went to her hanging in yellow
starched
lace.
As I emailed Devon last night, I remembered quoting the passage
I often pick up the bobbins by the spangle, as I find it a lot easier.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
Daphne Martin wrote:
Why is holding the bobbin by its spangle a no no???
Surely how you hold a bobbin to make lace is immaterial.
Making lace is the important bit is`nt it???
If you still
As far as I can see, there are two reason why I wouldn't 'encourage' a new
lacemaker to move bobbins by picking up the spangles.
The first is that the spangles need to be replaced more frequently. This I
know as I went through a phase as a new, self-taught lacemaker of moving my
bobbins in
First of all, a sidestep. Can anyone tell me the origin (and meaning) of
the saying For two pins..
Now to the point (pardon the pun) of the post. We have been discussing
moving bobbins with arthritic hands but one of my students with very bad
arthritis and bad, cracking eczema on her
I think I know why picking up bobbins by the spangle is - from a conservation
point of view - a no-no. Over the last couple of years I've had an ever
increasing number of spangles break while working - at first I thought it was
just on a few bobbins I'd spangled with finer than usual wire, but
I got DH to give me two numbers from 1 - 41 (the number of names held for
this pattern raffle) and although there are names from various countries in
the world the two lucky names drawn are both in the UK.
I listed all the names that came through to join this raffle, in the order
they came in
On 11 Apr 2009, at 10:14, Beth Marshall wrote:
I don't think it ought to stop those who can't comfortably handle
bobbins by
the shaft making lace - it takes a long time to break a spangle,
and spangles
can be replaced/rewired when they break
I don't hold my bobbins by the spangles.
In a message dated 4/11/2009 7:41:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk writes:
In message c5e.5281b8cb.37111...@aol.com, dmt11h...@aol.com writes
In Aileen Ribiero's book about 17th century fashion, and in other books
there is reference to one Ann Turner who went to her
It's very interesting to read what experience you made and heard about
metall and arthritis. Here in Germany they don't believe in copper but
in magnetism. And there excist extremly expensive methods to get such
radition treatment, nine times for 980 Euro only for the hands. My
doctor told
Being a newbie to this beautiful skill I'm always on the lookout for helpful
hints and as soon as I post this I'm going to go get a nice size safty pin to
put in my kit. Thanks!
Norma
http://normasneedlez.blogspot.com
http://sistersstitching.blogspot.com
NATA #847
The new Internet
A couple of musings - was Yellow Starch simply the name of the stiffening
agent; the agent itself was the issue, rather than the yellow colour - given
that other *vegetal* products could dye textiles yellow. Did it in fact turn
the textile really yellow, or was it a mere tinge of yellow - enough
On 4/11/09 10:06 AM, Diane Zierold wrote:
Crochet Bicycle Basket
http://aplusrstore.com/product_detail.php?show=productpid=314cid=57
I'm really partial to the black basket for my red bike
-- but $70 US might be a bit much.
Particularly when they refuse to say what it's made of.
--
Joy
Margot
What is a surgeon's knot, please?
Patricia in Wales
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If you choose 'plastic' on the side bar, the bicycle basket comes up.
Lucie
Ottawa Canada
On 4/11/09 10:06 AM, Diane Zierold wrote:
Crochet Bicycle Basket
http://aplusrstore.com/product_detail.php?show=productpid=314cid=57
I'm really partial to the black basket for my red bike
-- but $70
gum arabic is available at art stores that sell water colour supplies
Lucie
Ottawa Canada
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It's sort of a double reef knot: right thread/fishing line/what-have-
you over the left and under and over the left and under again. Pull
tight. (The knot won't slip while you do the second part.) Then
left thread over the right and under and over the right and under.
Pull tight.
or Gum Acacia is used commercially in foods and by artists doing water
colour painting. You can buy it from an art shop in liquid form or sometimes
from cake decorating (sugar craft?) shops as crystals. It is literally the
gum exuded by some Acacia trees
I was also told (by Pat Read, many
I handle bobbins by the spangle. The pins aren't vertical and I'm happy if I
hit the hole - they go into the pricking at any angle so long as they go in.
I can't feel the tension, so I judge by eye. I can't draw a design with a
pencil because the dots would be all over the place even on graph
In a message dated 4/11/2009 12:20:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
walker.b...@gmail.com writes:
A couple of musings - was Yellow Starch simply the name of the stiffening
agent; the agent itself was the issue, rather than the yellow colour -
given that other *vegetal* products could dye
bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Did it in fact turn the textile really yellow, or was it a mere tinge of yellow
- enough to associate the colour with the product, or was it white anyway,
given that 'white' can be many shades
Bev makes a good point. Blueing looks blue, and it
On Apr 11, 2009, at 8:54, laceandb...@aol.com (Jacquie) wrote:
First of all, a sidestep. Can anyone tell me the origin (and meaning)
of
the saying For two pins..
Don't know the origin but, the way I've always heard/seen ithe phrase
used, meant without much encouragement or for a small
In message cd0.3cf25dd3.37124...@aol.com, dmt11h...@aol.com writes
It would appear from the texts that the
saffron was in the starch. But why they didn't simply dye the lace saffron,
rather than it being part of the starch, I don't know. Also, why do you never
see lace of that era in the
That was what I thought, but I've been wondering about this for quite some
time (intermittently, you understand, not continuously) and in the process I
had got to the stage where instead of Oh, for two pins I'd just do it
myself I was wavering that it was more derogatory of what ever the task
Hello Sue
That sounds similar to what I'm doing with my raffle. I'm filtering
all the entries into a separate mailbox and then I'll re-arrange the
list alphabetically by the email addresses - that way there can be no
advantage or disadvantage to the early or late entrants - and I'll ask
So long as she's not trying to make very fine lace the glass headed
pins are good.
I tip I picked up from Jacqui Barber is to use glass headed pins when
working with the very thick threads in a scarf or similar as they help
stop the thickest threads from jumping over the top of the pinheads.
But if you are looking to find that bib/necklace it doesn't come up on
any of the materials in the list on the side bar. I would have
expected to see it under 'fabric' especially as they describe it as
silk cotton lace which isn't bobbin work.
The store also offer a black needlepoint neck
If you have several hundred pounds to spare and can wait eight weeks or
more for delivery go to
http://www.within4walls.co.uk/tempsite/view_items.php?sub=49
and scroll to the bottom.
Some of the lace names are a bit suspect but otherwise it's the real
McCoy
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
u. looks like a plastic storage box to me!
Clay
Joy Beeson wrote:
On 4/11/09 10:06 AM, Diane Zierold wrote:
Crochet Bicycle Basket
http://aplusrstore.com/product_detail.php?show=productpid=314cid=57
I'm really partial to the black basket for my red bike -- but $70 US
might be a
Yay, JEAN!!!
You have expressed exactly what I tell everyone when I'm
demonstrating!!! And... the fact that you have disabilities to factor
in doesn't change things at all!!! I always tell people that, for me,
making lace is about the journey, not the destination. I enjoy the
process.
Thanks for that Noelene
I've been playing with it and I think I will actually use it for the
raffle!
Brenda
On 11 Apr 2009, at 23:30, Noelene Lafferty wrote:
Hi Brenda,
If Terry is unco-operative, there's a random number generator at
http://www.random.org/
Noelene in Cooma
Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.net wrote:
Don't know the origin but, the way I've always heard/seen ithe phrase used,
meant without much encouragement or for a small price. It's always used in
the same way: for two pins, I'd... (do something or other). Must have been
invented once the
Would it help to use just a plain paper photocopy for the pricking, rather
than stiff card. No need to pre-prick, the large-headed pins will go easily
into the paper.
If aiming the pin is itself a problem, then the lacemaker is of course
better with a pre-made pricking.
I have almost abandoned
Re holding a spangle to use the bobbin.
Sorry - No offence was meant. I was taight that it was a Terrible Crime to
hold the spangle, not the shank of the bobbin, as the spangles can break, -
but if it is the difference between making lace, and Not making lace - then -
Go for it. I heartily
My calendar says that we started our friendships on April 12, 1995. Thank
you Liz, for your generosity.
Jeri Ames
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
**Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10
or less.
In 19th century USA, pins were used as an informal monetary unit. Remember
stories like Tom Sawyer... admission to the performance the kids gave was a
pin (or two). Back then our coin money was worth something, and for values
less than a penny they used pins. I don't remember how many pins
Yes... the 12th of April, 1995, is the day Arachne came on line. Liz Reynolds
is the creator (and owner) of the Lace List. Thanks so much, Liz, for thinking
of this and having the knowledge and access to a computer that could handle the
List. Even though Liz is no longer a regular
There's more than one story from early USA history of people sharing a single
needle. It was passed from person to person in a set rotation. Each lady
saved her mending until the days she got the needle.
To keep the needle safe during transport, it was inserted in a potato. A
potato was
Yes... the 12th of April, 1995, is the day Arachne came on line. Liz Reynolds
is the creator (and owner) of the Lace List. Thanks so much, Liz, for thinking
of this and having the knowledge and access to a computer that could handle the
List. Even though Liz is no longer a regular
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