Dear Alix,
All your pieces of lace are gorgeous, especially the mats, but the first mat
is WONDERFUL. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of lace I have ever seen,
in or out of museums.
May I post the link to your photos on my wall on facebook? I'd love to have my
friends see what modern
I wrote to my local British group about when the tv show Lark Rise to
Candleford was on locally and I received this reply from one person. I had
mentioned I watched it because it had been talked about on Arachne and there
was a lacemaker in it. Here are a couple of replies. I didn't know
I was just browing the web and came accross a reference to Arachne's Web
that read:
Arachne's Web: a guild of lacemakers recognized by the kingdom. Membership
is given to those who have shown excellence in the art; there are many ranks
within the guild. The guild presents lace napkins to the
This is a lace making guild within the Society for Creative
Anachronism, (SCA) . How active the guild varies depending on
interest and the region. Not currently active in my area.
Ellen
At 7:11 PM -0700 1/24/10, Laurie Waters wrote:
I was just browing the web and came accross a reference
Due to the wording, it looks like it's talking about one of the many lace
guilds in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism).
There is an SCA wide lacemaking guild called Arachne's Web and then at
least 3 different Kingdoms (geographic locations) have guilds also named
Arachne's Web or
Dear Bev,
The original meaning for orts was table scrap. Or, I suppose,
crumbs. It is often found in crossword puzzles.
However, for over 40 years I've belonged to Embroiderers' Guild of America,
embroiderers have been collecting orts, which they often use to fill pin
cushions.
Hello Jeri and everyone
Thank you! One learns something new every day.
I don't think that putting threads out, wool or otherwise, is a good idea
for nesting material. We have had this in discussion a while back, the
naturalists warned against it. For stuffing pincushions, my preference any
time
