Pat Earnshaw was a scientist, not a lacemaker. She did however make a huge
contribution to the study of lace and how it was made and had a good eye for
lace identification.
Marie Laurie who wrote the only instruction book on Halas Lace, wrote to Pat
correcting Patâs notes on Halas Lace in her
Weaver person here. A diaper pattern is a small pattern arranged in a
half-drop repeat. A birdseye twill makes a nice diaper pattern. Hence in the
US we had Birdseye diapers (nappies) which were woven in a birdseye twill.
Cynthia
On Apr 3, 2018, at 5:10 PM, DevonThein
No I don't think diamond would be a preferred term, since diamonds can
be any size. Diaper patterns are a very common term for weavers, and is
understood as being a small repeating pattern, not even necessarily in
diamond shape
*Marianne*
Marianne Gallant
Vernon, BC Canada
m...@shaw.ca
Continuing from Adele's message, diaper (cloth) was woven with such a
pattern built-in, for absorbency and so became the name for the cloth used
for babies. In weaving terms, I believe it was called a 'rosepath'
threading, cf. 'roseground' in lacemaking.
For those interested, the word origin is
I find it staggering to learn that Pat Earnshaw didnât make lace. Although I
suppose it is possible that you could draw stitch diagrams from observation,
the Merehurst Embroidery Skills book Needlelace has a great many photographs
of the stitches and the processes which is part of its charm. Did
I’ve always understood that those patterns - very popular in medieval times -
where there’s a matrix of diamond shapes, are called diaper patterns. So, a
repeating shape, usually in a diamond form. I think the North American use of
“diaper” for baby’s nappies comes from the traditional
I think where Pat Earnshaw was concerned, it would have been through study - on
a visit to London, I met up with Elaine Merritt and we attended one of Pat's
Tuesday afternoon talks at the V Afterwards, we had tea with her in the
museum's tea room. During our discussion I discovered that Pat
Hello arachnians,
to the question why *black embroidery on shifts in Elizabethan times*: I
read in several English, German and Spanish books that
the black silk embroidery was introduced in England by the first wife of
Henry VIII who happened to be a Spaniard (Katherine of Aragon).
One of the
Cynthia makes an interesting observation, that in 1974 needle lace was
considered needle-work or embroidery.
Do you think it would be an accurate observation that the early contemporary
needle lace books from the 1970s, such as Jill Nordforsâs Needle Lace and
Needle Weaving and Bathâs book,
At that time I was a member of embroidery guilds and needle lace was
considered needle-work or embroidery.
Cynthia
On Apr 3, 2018, at 12:53 PM, DevonThein wrote:
> published in 1974 by my side. (I am now
> reading these books as historical documents of the 1970s lace
On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 7:29 PM, wrote:
> Linen shifts and shirts were the next to the skin layer, and were meant
> to be washed, so white would have to be the color of choice. Remember that
> in Germany clothes have been boiled in recent memory. How this explains
>
Every so often, I write a book review for an old book that is still relevant
and useful. Â November 2016, I sent a review of Virginia Churchill Bath's 1974
LACE book to Arachne. Â You can very easily locate it on the New England Lace
Group's web site by selecting Book Reviews from the menu on the
Thanks to Doris for her observation about the cover of Virginia Churchill
Bathâs book. I have this book, published in 1974 by my side. (I am now
reading these books as historical documents of the 1970s lace revival, whereas
I first read them as contemporary âhow toâ books.)
Does anyone know
The original jacket cover on Lace by Virginia Churchill Bath (published 1974)
is of a fragment of colored lace flowers, identified in the book as from
Italy, 19th century. The author once remarked to a group of us that she
wondered why we were so awestruck when we saw the actual tiny piece
Dear Friends
Dyes have not been known for fastness until recently
I vividly recall that back in 1979 at an auction in Melbourne my friend bought
a beautiful bright scarlet velvet dress from the 1860s. We placed it gently in
the back of her car and by the time we got home to Belgrave (about 90
Although I did not know her personally, I also have a nice story to tell
about her. When one of my daughters was an Erasmus student in Norway, in
2009, she visited Estonia, and bought one of Lia Looga's jewellery books
for me! I did not even know there was lace in Estonia, but she found it
out!
Kathleen wrote:
Some years ago I visited a village in southern Belgium which had specialised
in making black Chantilly lace. Itâs name escapes me. The lace we saw was
fantastic, but we were told that there was little of it left, because the
black dye used to colour the thread, (or maybe the
I met Lia at the OIDFA congress in Prague, she spoke very little English
and tried to figure out how to use a public telehone and asked for my
help. Since then we have been in touch . I have one of her books which I
used several times. She was a wonderful lace maker and a wonderful person.
May
Yes I've heard that too Kathleen - Perhaps it was Nenia Lovesey who told us?
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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Some years ago I visited a village in southern Belgium which had specialised in
making black Chantilly
Some years ago I visited a village in southern Belgium which had specialised in
making black Chantilly lace. It’s name escapes me. The lace we saw was
fantastic, but we were told that there was little of it left, because the black
dye used to colour the thread, (or maybe the process used)
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