[lace] hello

2012-06-01 Thread Diane Haber
wow this is pretty crazy you should check this out http://www.granews.net/biz/?news=4955302 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

Re: [lace] LOKK necklace pattern

2012-06-01 Thread Laceandbits
And a link back to the original pattern would be helpful too if you want advice, for those of us who didn't bookmark it. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] LOKK necklace pattern

2012-06-01 Thread Laceandbits
Having traced the pattern through google and the archives, I would think that you just didn't tension tightly enough as you pin, to wrap the previous left-to-right row of work over the shoe lace. Basically you are making the bobbinlace equivalent of knitted i-cord (like frrench knitting) and

Re: [lace] Arthritic hands and Picking Up Bobbins

2012-06-01 Thread Nancy Neff
My biggest problem is a gradually worsening tremor--essential tremor, inherited from my father's side of the family. My Dad's tremor is very bad, so I can see where I'm headed and it's scary. I'm already having trouble putting pins in (hitting the hole when your hand is shaking all over the

Re: [lace] Arthritic hands and Picking Up Bobbins

2012-06-01 Thread L.Snyder
And by talking about it, others can let you know what worked for them!!! I also have ET. There is a website for the International Essential Tremor Foundation if you want more info. For me, though,*tinting my glasses green made a HUGE difference!!! *I've had it over 15 years and at onje point I

[lace] Have pillow will travel

2012-06-01 Thread Sue
Back from my travels visiting my ailing mother last week in the fabulous sunshine. I took the travel pillow I bought last year and had set up, with your help, to work a narrow strip of lace. Often when there I do spend some time each day working on my lace, but sadly I only got chance to add

[lace] Proper Subject Lines for Lace

2012-06-01 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lace Friends, especially Newbies: We all have had problems trying to identify if a message is legitimate, or should be deleted without reading. Today there is in my Spam folder a message from d.haber with no relevant lace Subject -- just hello. Hello is a classic word used by

[lace] Off topic and Lacing topic

2012-06-01 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
I was watching CNN this morning and even though I live in the USA...I do follow everything Royal. When I see stuff happening in the UK it takes me back down memory lane to what I saw and did when I visited the UK about 12 years ago. What I saw on CNN this morning was a Queen Elizabeth hand waving

[lace] Check these out!

2012-06-01 Thread Diana Smith
These are for the lace maker who has everything - and doesn't need to walk very far ! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JEFFREY-CAMPBELL-ROCK-LACE-BIEGE-AND-IVORY-CUT-OUT- WEDGE-HEELS-MAKER-LITA-/170852258665?pt=US_Women_s_Shoesvar=hash=item6d7705 356c Diana in Northamptonshire - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Off topic and Lacing Topic Queen's Jubilee - now on topic

2012-06-01 Thread Jean Nathan
Sherry, Is this it from Amazon.com? http://www.amazon.com/Kikkerland-1601-A-Solar-Queen/dp/B003S5S6X2 I assume you already have the Knitted Royal Wedding book. Did think about making a couple of them, but with Kate in a lace wedding dress instead of a knitted one. But then I do a lot of

Re: [lace] Off topic and Lacing topic

2012-06-01 Thread Regina Haring
The Queen bobble doll was a gift promotion for contributing to one of the three PBS stations I am able to receive. I don't know whether it's available elsewhere, but perhaps someone will sell theirs on eBay? Just a thought. Regina NY On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Celtic Dream Weaver

Re: [lace] Check these out!

2012-06-01 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Arachnids, Nice to see lace shoes, but I am delighted I don't have to wear them. Happy lacemaking, Joepie, East Sussex, UK From: Diana Smith These are for the lace maker who has everything - and doesn't need to walk very far !

[lace] Off topic

2012-06-01 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
I know there is alot of celebrating for the Diamond Jubilee...but since I am here in America...I can't see all...so it would be nice if some of you that are in the UK and celebrating could share your pictures of the store fronts...or anything that has to do with the celebrations to come. I would

[lace] Re: Video with Brief Feature of Alencon Lace

2012-06-01 Thread Susan Reishus
Oops!  :) Janice wrote me that the link didn't work (cut and pasted from where I viewed it). This should!   (the Alencon visual is near the end, but you will enjoy the whole thing).  http://www.youtube.com/v/AmrCH0AhbDg?version=3autohide=1 Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] pin under 4 edge

2012-06-01 Thread Kim Davis
Hi! I am doing some research abouot the pin under 4 edge, and can not seem to find any information about where it may have come from. I have consulted with multiple books, seasoned teachers, lace experts, etc. Before giving up, I thought I would post to the group to see if anyone might know

[lace] Design idea?

2012-06-01 Thread Jean Mary Eke
All the recent Jubilee coverage on the TV has caused me to unearth a treasure which is worth a close up look…….. perhaps for a design idea or two. It is a piece of the damask used to decorate Westminster Abbey in 1952 at The Coronation. I have noticed that it has also been used on other

[lace] pin under 4 edge

2012-06-01 Thread Lorelei Halley
Kim I have heard the term pin after 4 edge but not pin under 4 edge. Pin after 4 is just another way of describing the sewing edge. I first heard the term from Flemish speaking lace maker who taught at Kantcentrum in the 1980s. She gave some workshops in the U.S. also. My impression is that

[lace] re Design idea ?

2012-06-01 Thread Jean Mary Eke
So sorry………forgive me…….. a typing error try http://www.jeanmaryeke.com Jean - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] pin under 4 edge

2012-06-01 Thread Kim Davis
Lorelei, Thanks! I have heard a number of terms for it, pin under 4, pin after 4, sewing edge, etc. I just can't seem to find anything relating to where or when it started. I will keep hunting. I suspect it may be a little like Torchon, no one really knows for sure. Kim - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] re Design idea ?

2012-06-01 Thread Cynce Williams
Wasn't a problem. Google knows your web site. Cynthia On Jun 1, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Jean Mary Eke wrote: So sorry………forgive me…….. a typing error try http://www.jeanmaryeke.com Jean - To unsubscribe send email to

RE: [lace] pin under 4 edge

2012-06-01 Thread Noelene Lafferty
I was introduced to the phrase in a workshop with Ulrike Volker several years ago, she said pin before 4 for what I thought of as the standard straight footside edge. The phrase stuck, and now I use it whenever I'm teaching someone bobbin lacemaking. My guess on the origin of the phrase would be

[lace] FWD:

2012-06-01 Thread Donna Fousek
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[lace] got hacked

2012-06-01 Thread Donna
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[lace] pin under 4 edge

2012-06-01 Thread Lorelei Halley
Kim If you are asking a seriously historical question, then my answer is a little different. I have seen that edge in some of the oldest laces that I've seen in the museum (Art Institute of Chicago). Many of the LePompe laces show a winkiepin or pin after 2 edge. But since I haven't seen the