[lace] Apology

I want to apologise to all spiders who may have sent me an email and had it bounce in the last 2 days. A stranger sent me an email with an attachment that was so large it filled up my inbox and all subsequent emails were 'bounced'. All is well now Anna from a cool Sydney - To unsubscribe

[lace] Yaspe silk scarf production

The fringe twister is a very clever variation on an electric or hand cranked drill and a door handle. The only thing I'd do differently for a long cord that I'm going to double and allow it to twist on itself is to have the twisting going on over a space with the strands threaded through one of

[lace] Btinternet.com emails hacked

Once again my personal email has been hacked and after doing some research it appears that many of the btinternet.com addresses have been hacked in the past few days (the daily telegraph reported that over 6 million) I've changed passwords and security protocols with all my accounts but what is

[lace] Threads

During my visit to Berlin last month I bought a very nice pattern at the small lace shop there. The pattern recommended Aurifil 12/2, so I got it also and started making the pattern right after I returned home. This was especially so that the pattern doesn't get filed as a to do project which

Re: [lace] Threads - Magic Threads for Sewings

Dear Miriam and Others with the crochet hook problem, Do you know the Magic Thread technique? It's about the third item at http://www.make-lace-with-us.com/lacemakers.html Anyone working with fluffy or lightly twisted threads on their bobbins should know there is a small 48 page book on

Re: [lace] Threads

Hi Miriam First of all, Aurifil is a Z twisted thread; you may be a lacemaker who gets on better with S twisted threads - which most traditional lace threads are/were. Secondly, Aurifil are 2ply threads which mean that they flatten more than three ply thread and are less strong. I personally

Re: [lace] Threads - Magic Threads for Sewings

Jeri is right that using several colours of magic threads is better than all one colour, especially if your lace is made of very fine threads where all the pins are close together. When using magic threads, I find it even easier if I use silk threads (e.g. Piper's 90/3) rather than cotton.

Re: [lace] Threads

Hello Miriam and everyone How perfectly frustrating about the thread splitting and difficulty with sewings . Others have mentioned magic threads but I think in the context of putting them in ahead of time (thus this rainbow of colours to keep them organized). Using a short length of sturdier

[lace] Honiton book help

Hello everyone I have a pricking for a Honiton leaf sampler that has become separated from its source notes apart from what someone (me) wrote on the back. It is Pattern 51 referring to a Chapter 8 Leaves - probably from an Elsie Luxton book I no longer have. All the same, I would like to know

[lace] Threads

Thanks to all of you who answered my mail. The fact that I had trouble with my sewings doesn't mean that I didn't find ways to solve the problem. Putting in a magic thread was really not practical and would have put me off completely from finishing this piece of lace. I often use a magic thread

[lace] lace authors/OOP Books/Publishing

I went back to clean up my inbox and realized that I had completely missed the thread about republishing and 'call for lace authors'.    As a relatively new author 2012, I have very recently traversed the publishing world to get my book Fun with Split Ring Tatting into print/book form.  It was a

[lace] No lace content apart from the location - Honiton in Devon

There is a YouTube video of the teachers of Honiton Community College playing a prank on their final year pupils. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vUmjzQyCcw If the link doesn't work search for Honiton Community College teacher dancing behind students. All I can say is, my teachers were never

Re: [lace] Honiton book help

Hi Bev- I have Elsie Luxton's The Technique of Honiton Lace, and chapter 8 is Leaves. But oddly enough, there isn't a pattern 51 in the book. Looking further, I found, Honiton Lace Patterns (also by Luxton), and chapter 8 also addresses leaves, and pattern 51 is there... A Leaf Sampler.

Re: [lace] Honiton book help

Hi Bev,for theChapter 8 bit I think the title is The Technique of Honiton Lace by Elsie Luxton but the pattern 51leaf sampler comes from her book called Honiton Lace Patterns Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Pizzo di Cantu

Hello All! The blogger athttp://olderrose.blogspot.com/ received lace gifts from a friend. Here's your chance to comment before they are cut up for a crazy quilt project! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] Honiton book help

I see Pattern 51 now - it is under Chapter 6, Raised and Rolled Work, page 62. I was looking under Chapter 8 (leaves) before. Sorry! Liz -Original Message- From: Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net To: Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Tue, Jun

[lace] Pattern drawing software

I will have a great opportunity through my employer to explore/learn any of several hundred different computer software programs over a week's time. Besides Excel (and its formula mysteries) I thought I would check out any possible programs that could be used for bobbin lace pattern making. Does

[lace] Honiton book help thanks!

Thank you everyone for the many replies I got pointing me to Honiton Lace Patterns by Elsie Luxton! -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here.