[lace] Binche Candle

Hi Sherry, Several years ago, I saw the picture of this little candle, drafted a pattern from the really tiny picture and worked it for a Christmas card exchange (GumLace, not Arachne). When I was in Brugge in 2008, and was telling the story of how much trouble this tiny little project involved,

[lace] Will be meeting someone who wants to learn bobbin lace!

I am so excited. After living in the Myrtle Beach area for over 10 years, I have finally heard about someone who wants to learn bobbin lace. A very close friend met a lady today who happened to mention that she has wanted to learn bobbin lace for years. When my friend told her I make bobbin

[lace] Re: Lazy Loops

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Jane Partridge wrote: > The easy way to enlarge the starting pinholes is to start with a row of > temporary pins behind the first row of the pattern - but you don't want the > loops to remain quite that big, of course. What you do to get round

Re: [lace] Re: Lazy Loops

Thanks for the suggestion Noelene. I will try your suggestion the next time I use some Magic Threads. Helene Ulrich Loris, South Carolina - USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

RE: [lace] Re: Lazy Loops

When I have a lot of magic threads at the beginning of a piece, I make them quite long, and plait them together, in a couple of groups. I also knot the raw ends together. I then pin all the ends together through the loops with one safety pin. When I finally finish the piece, I undo each plait

Re: [lace] Magic threads

I have found you on Facebook and looked at the shawl! *Very* pretty! Congrats! Clay Sent from my iPad > On Apr 11, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Ann-Marie Lördal wrote: > > Hi > I have been off bobbinlace for about 10 years and have not read this list > since then. I have now found

[lace] Re: Lazy Loops

Thank you, Susan. Janet Theaker also suggested you were probably talking about Magic Threads. Rats! I wish there *were* a Lazy Loop - I'm lazy! With Magic Threads I find I have to move the threads and their supporting pins at least once during the work. Is there a way to avoid that? I don't use

[lace] Magic threads

Hi I have been off bobbinlace for about 10 years and have not read this list since then. I have now found the inspiration again and have finished my shawl in silk I started on 12 years ago. Is the list as active as it used to be or has it moved to another place? Now I have to ask about the Magic

[lace] Re: Lazy Loops

You might know these as "magic threads" Sally. A loop of strong thread is "installed" in the beginning pin holes to make it easier to sew out at the end. They are pinned back on the pillow while the piece is worked. At the end, drop one bobbin thru the loop to draw up & make the sewing. The

[lace] Bookmark Exchange Thank You

I would like to take a moment to say I am thankful, amazed and so pleased at the participation in this year's bookmark exchange. Your participation has made this the most active exchange according to Jenny's web pages since 2006. It just is one more example of how wonderful and sharing

Re: [lace] lace: Sara Hadley

Dear Jane, Janice and other Arachne friends, Thank you for your input on Sara Hadley. The more I look at the patterns and look at her other work, the more I think Sara Hadley just sold these bobbin lace patterns. One bundle of 3 patterns has her name on the sleeve. If someone can help me post a

Re: [lace] Lazy Loops

Hi Sally, I think Susan is referring to "Magic Threads." These are loops of color thread that you put through the starting pairs or other places of an edging or motif, to sew the ending pairs once you complete the piece. You can find more information searching the Arachne files. Cheers,

[lace] Lazy Loops

Hello Arachne and Susan, Susan said, " Unfortunately, I failed to install lazy loops on the octagon & the sewings/finishing went badly" I would like to know about these "lazy loops" - I think I may have invented some myself on occasion by either using two pins stuck right beside each other

Re: [lace] lace: Sara Hadley

From Eunice Sein's magazine 'Lace and Crafts' (summer 1991) it says that 'Sarah Hadley won first prize for her Royal Battenberg lace tablecloth at the Chicago World Fair in 1893. Sarah is said to have named her version of a tape lace to commemmorate the wedding of Princess Beatrice of England

Re: [lace] lace: Sara Hadley

HI Karen and All, I was so excited to see Sara Hadley's name that I didn't absorb your question. I don't remember much about her patterns for bobbin lace. She did branch out in 1903 when her magazine started. I know I've seen an ad for her shop that mentions classes in many types of lace, I'll

[lace] Lace collection of Queen Emma in the Hague

Again, going through Wardle's book, I see some references to the lace collection of Queen Emma reputedly at the Koninklijke Verzamelingen, the Hague. Even the wikepedia entry which I had automatically translated confirms that this collection is at the Koninklije Verzamelingen, but it is unclear to

[lace] Alphonse Nossent, reproduction laces

As stated before, I am rereading Patricia Wardle's book 75 x Lace which has a great deal of information that seems to have escaped me on previous readings. On p. 38, she refers to a Brussels lace manufacturer, Alphonse Nossent, "who seems to have specialized in reproduction laces". The reference

[lace] Lace in Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, etc

I have been rereading 75 x Lace by Patricia Wardle, as I am planning a vacation to the Netherlands and hoping to visit the Rijksmuseum. I keep noticing in the footnotes that there are pieces of lace she claims are on loan to the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. The book was published in about the year