[lace-chat] Pleated Gathering

Cartridge pleats is the name, I think. It was used by the Victorians on their crinoline skirts. Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 209 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their

[lace] Takes Patience

Yes, Ricky T, Noelene from Cooma is a Great poet, and there is a poem for just about every lacey happening you can think of, - and some Non-lacey happenings, too!! She seems to be able to produce a wonderful poem almost on demand. I believe she has reprinted her little book of poems recently.

[lace] Bob bob bobbing in lace ;-)

Some years ago, while browsing through some old ? Victorian or early 20th Century Ladies Handcraft books in a little off-beat museum, I found a chapter on Lacemaking, - and there, too, it said to put up the pins, and then wind the threads around them! :)) It seems to be a general

[lace] wedding veils

My very first piece of needlelace was my daughter's wedding veil. It is Limerick lace - the darning/embroidery on net. I had no idea quite what I was doing - but I did it anyway! :)) It is fingertip length. I took a bow pattern from a Carrickmacross design in The Art of Lacemaking by

[lace] 'historically correct'

'historically correct' But didn't they usually just have to work things out for themselves? They did not have books to tell them how to do techniques - and most of the lacemakers could not read, anyway! I know Lace schools taught things a certain way - but the school in the next village

[lace] Magnifiers

A couple of years ago I treated myself to one of these magnifiers, that pin onto the pillow, and find it Great for sewings, etc. I only get it out when I need it, I don't use it all the time. I wear Multifocal specs all the time, and find magnifiers a bit of a problem. The chest one does not

[lace] Sorting lace threads

- all threads aresorted and stored according to the wrap sizes given in Brenda Paternoster's book Threads for Lace (T4L). Now This is a good idea! I have my threads in plastic bags sorted by manufacturer, but I think I will now alter this and keep them in thread size order. It would be a lot

[lace] Carrickmacross Lace

Hi, Jeanette, I never wash my Carrickmacross. Yes, I have worked one small piece on silk net, and it worked up well. Unless you get it dirty I would not bother trying to wash it. If it was cotton - then I would wash the net and the muslin/lawn (whatever) separately first, as they might shrink

[lace] Finished English Garden Sampler!

That Sampler is beautiful. Congratulations. Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 175 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here:

[lace] Music for the Eyes

Yes, Torchon lace is music to the eyes! Lace - ( all, or most, anyway -) is music to the eyes. What a nice sentiment. I Like that!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 162 spam emails to date. Paying

[lace] Half Stitch

Now the question. Do you put an extra twist on the end of the row in half stitch? If so why? It doesn't say to do this in the instructions I am following at present, but I keep feeling I should. What do you suggest? Angela, this seems to be a matter of preference. I Always put the extra

[lace] Binch on ebay/Maltese lace

I have been asked to forward this mesage, due to her Computer problems that won't seem to send the messages through. I offered to forward any messages Christine liked to send to the list, - as we can't let her off with just being a lurker, can we?!!! :)) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL

[lace] ANZAC Day

An ANZAC Day Greeting to all ex-pat. Aussie and New Zealand Lacemakers on this ANZAC Day. Despite a slight fog, there were an estimated 40,000 people at the Dawn Service at the Shrine of Rememberance in Melbourne today. It is now a glorious autumn day, with the sun shining for the traditional

[lace] Hello again

I can vouch for Annette's Honiton Veil - it is absolutely exquisite. I have been watching it's growth for the last 20 years - little sprig by little sprig, and now to see it completed is great. It is a credit to Annette's patience, and masterful skills, too, and although many years ago, she told

[lace] Lacemaker on Channel 7, Chicago USA

Many thanks for posting that URL fus us to see the Article on Lacemaking. Fantastic, Janice. Very well done, and many congratulations from Down Under, in sunny Melbourne, Oz. That is a very pretty piece you are working on. Where does it come from? Is it in a book somewhere? And Yes, you

[lace] Book review Please

Has anyone bought the book 52 designs from Cecil Higgins Museum? If so, can you please give a book review? I have the 3 previous books from there that came out a few years ago - patterns of Lester lace, and pictures in a large folio, etc. What is this latest book like? Is it all Lester Lace,

[lace] Trip to DownUnder

Hi, Pene, I can pretty well assure you that someone will invent a Lace Day for you when you visit over here Within ½ hour of my saying I was going to Canberra for a week, there was a lunch organized at the Botanical Gardens - where about 14 lacemakers turned up to greet my DH and I.

[lace] interesting book

Tamara, I think the 3 plait crossing in the Kliot book, is just what Beds Lace calls a 6 pr crossing , but she has not put the pin in the centre. Regards from Liz in sunny, warm Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace] Lace makers census

Miriam, there are nearly 1000 in the Australian Lace Guild, and quite a few others who are not members, --so I would say about 1500 in Australia, all up. (Gosh! our membership has dropped somewhat recently, I think.) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe

[lace] lacemaking helpers

What a great product those docupockets are. I must look and sse if they are available DownUnder! A friend uses the Scrapbooking pockets for her lace - they are about 12 inches square, I think, so her lace will lie flat in them (and they are acid free). Most available clear pockets for

[lace] swinging young lacemakers

Anneke, What a Great video! :)) Best wishes to both young lacemakers from Australia. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Travel Pillow.

Beth, Wouldn't it be easier for you to reduce a photocopy of the pillow, and just have the instructions to photocopy a +?% rather than hand drawing it out? Alternatively, draw the pieces, with dimentions, and folks can then do it themselves. It sounds as if you have gone to a great deal of

[lace] Elizabethan Ruffs

How many yards were used to make a ruff? I have a feeling I saw it somewhere in a book, but I can't find the reference. It may have been a library book, from ages ago. I am interested to know how many yards would have been required to edge a ruff - the large millwheel ruffs I mean. I know

[lace] Judging Criteria

I rarely come across famed lace, - and then usually, it has had the glass removed - part of the show requirements - No glass. Many shows specify that the lace should only be mounted at the top, so the Judge can access the reverse side. Here in Oz, at the show where I usually judge the lace,

[lace] Judging criteria

I have always understood that knots in lace -( broken threads) should be taken out of the lace - ie, join the broken thread with a knot, then ease the knot to the side (out of the lace) and continue, then trim the knot away afterwards, and maybe darn in the ends. I never leave a knot in the

[lace] Lace Police

not good enough to take a workshop - Isn't this what workshops are for -- to improve one's skills, and learn something new? Thought Police should be a banned group!! :) I am a bit Radical, so they have a 'field day' with me!!! One or two of them have given up on me, - so I

[lace] My Beds Lace tips.

Jean L. Many thanks for that tip on tying off the knots without having to pull them through. I can understand what you say, and will try it next time. Sounds very clever and easy! Isn't this list Great, when we can share ideas so easily from across the world.? Regards from Liz in

[lace] My Beds Lace tips.

Betty Ann asked for the lace tips I sent to Dee. Well here they are! Hope they are of help to someone out there. They refer to my Beds lace, really, but might help with other laces too. Finishing/joining lace at meeting trails -- Throw back alternate threads, and then knot the others

[lace] Rayon threads

I have used polyester thread , and used a polycotton, or polyester thread for the Dress cap, as featured on the cover of a Barbara Underwood book. As my hair is white, I did not want to make a white cap, so used the polycotton in Navy to make it. It never needs ironing! (Beauty!!) the thread

[lace] Inspirations magazine

What number is the Inspirations magazine that has Bjarn Drew's article in it, please? #57 - the next one to come out soon, will have Catherine Barley's parasol in it, and I am watching out for that one,, but would like to see the Drew article. Regards from Liz in Hot, sunny, Melbourne [EMAIL

[lace] RE:measurements Puncetto

I use the fingers to nose measurement for a yard - and fingers to nose turned away for the metric measurement. Turning my head away seems to give me approximately the extra 3inches!! It is a rough measurement, but a good general standby when out and about where there is no handy measuring

[lace] Lacefairy's Other Textile Art

OK, I went back to your site, and voted for you, Debbie, too Some beaut quilts in your section, as well. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 72 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have

[lace] Lace Moire lamp

This lamp is Brilliant! Very well done. I cannot imagine the effort put into making such large pieces of rose Ground - I know I would get bored with it rather early!! However, the whole idea of Moire lace is Fantastic. Who knows - I might try a Tiny bit one day - just for fun I wonder

[lace] Bowes Museum Lace

A friend was ordering one of the Bowes Museum Lace Catalogues Fine Fashionable 'Lace from the Blackborne Collection,' and ordered another one for me, which I collected at Lace Day on Saturday. What a Feast for the Eyes! How lucky some of you are, to be able to go and see all this beautiful

[lace] Cecil Higgins Museum, Bedford

I have just received reliable information, that the Cecil Higgins Museum in Bedford will be closing, during the summer, for about a year for Refurbishment. Therefore, anyone travelling over there hoping to see the Lester Lace will be unlucky. There is a possibility that the lace will be

[lace] New Ulrike Voelcker book

What gorgeous flowers. They look like some of the Venetian Gros Point Needlelace flowers. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, - just back from holidays, and where we have had some Rain :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace-chat] Visit to Australia

Lise-Aurore, Welcome to Oz!! In Sydney there is the Powerhouse Museum, with a big lace display - and a study room, I believe. (Sorry, but I have never been there - Yet!!) I live in Melbourne, about 1000+ km away! There are lots of Lacemakers in Sydney, with various groups who meet on

[lace] Lace Villages.

That looks like a Very interesting book. The prices the booksellers charge are Very strange. I was checking out a series of books on Amazon, with the thought of buying one for a gift - and 2 of them were 'normal' price, - around $35 +, - and the 3rd was over the $130. Yet in the local

[lace] Innismacsaint lace

As I understand it, Innismacsaint lace is a type on Needlelace that looks like the Venetian Gros Point - but the Irish lacemakers used many more different filling stitches. However, It has the raised cordonette of the Gros Point. I have not been able to find out very much about it - just the

[lace] Inishmacsaint Lace

My 2 references are - http://www.irishlacemuseum.com/inishmacsaint.html Also Plate 89 - page 132 in Lace from the V. A.Museum (I knew I had a photo somewhere.!) Regards from Liz in Hot, Hot Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace] Le Pompe patterns

I find these old patterns delightful, and plan to do some - when I get other projects finished!! On Saturday I bought the Brigitte Bellon book on BL Reticella. Some of the patterns will be able to be worked on my little travel roller pillow, and I can even do some of them in NL! As the book

[lace] lace holding bobbins down for travelling Berry Pins

the pants off a pair of tights [washed of course] to cover the whole pillow. to keeps her bobbins etc in place. This works well, but I also use a knitters stitch-holder through the spangles. Barbara Underwood, taught us the pantyhose trik. Knot the legs and cut them off near the body part.

[lace] Website Withof (Pugot Sound site.)

Wow! What fascinating designs, and so beautifully worked. However, I think I would work then in NL - it would be easier! :)) (I must admit I have not tried Withof lace - yet!) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Winds

Well, we had some R.A.I.N today! :)) We had almost forgotten what it looked like!! It was a light rain that lasted a couple of hours or more - and was able to soak in, not just run off down the gutters. It was not enough, here, to do a lot of good, but every raindrop is welcome.

[lace] New Zealand Lacemakers

Well done, with your web site. I enjoyed browsing through it, and also the photos in the Gallery. I have bookmarked the site, so I will be returning to browse some more another day! Greetings to all NZ Lacemakers from hot Melbourne, Oz. Regards from Liz in MelbournOz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

[lace] aficot

Micki, Have you tried the Needlelace Guild? I seem to remember seeing one on their web site in the Supplies section. However, at the moment, I cannot get their website up - maybe it has changed since I bookmarked it a couple of years ago. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Lace Joining

David said The mistake rarely shows. Isn't this the proof that it is Hand made, not machine made?! :)) (All my lace has that proof in it!! :)) ) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace] Honiton Contest

I, too, can vouch for Judith Markham - a long time teacher of lacemaking. I believe she was one of the founding members of the Australian Lace Guild - or she was there near the beginning, anyway. So her competition is Fair Dinkum that is for sure! Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL

[lace] Holiday greetings

I am about to Unsubscribe for the Holiday , but will be back during January. I would like to wish everyone a Happy Festive Season, and all the best for the New Year. I have my BL pillow ready, and some filet lace to do while in our boat - a 15 ft runabout - while DH fishes! Inland waters,

[lace] Bobbins

Lynn W - Midlands bobbins are the thin ones, with spangles (a ring of beads) on the bottom - there to add a bit of weight, - and to stop them rolling! Continental bobbins have bulbous shanks or bottom ends, and therefore the extra weight is in the bobbin, so beads are not needed. They tend to

[lace-chat] Reactions to eating prawns?

Ann, it sounds Very much as if the prawns caused your problems. As you had a reaction so soon after eating them a 2nd time, it sounds Very suspicious, --- and I think in future you should avoid them like the plague!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send

[lace-chat] Australian wildflower photos

Beautiful photos, David. What wonderful colours some of the flowers have. My only thought is that it is a pity he has not named the flowers. He is certainly an excellent photographer. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Lace Guild Web site

Where is the list of 2nd hand books? Please can someone direct me to it. I can't find it anywhere! Many thanks, Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

[lace-chat] Photos of Ballarat

Thanks for the web site, David. Yes they are excellent photos of the marvellous buildings there. Ballarat was a gold mining town about 150 years ago, and the awesome buildings were built when money flowed freely, and no expence was spared. Pity there were not more photos of the Begonia Festival

[lace] Advent Calendar

I don't think you sounded assuming Jackie. - No need to go and hide! :) It sounds like you have had a Very bad year. I just hope Next year will improve, and be a bit happier for you. Just get your head down, and make some lace - that is good Therapy. Hope you health and that of your DH is

[lace-chat] Bobbin Draw

We will forgive you, - this time!!! :)) :)) :)) Providing you have a nice glass of Cider for us Nothing better than a good cider!!! :)) I tried a few glasses on my recent trip to Tasmania - the 'cider country' around this part of the world.!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz

[lace] Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Don't eat too much turkey, and be too full to go back to your Lace pillows!! :)) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

[lace] Book Reviews

Jeri said I hope this information is helpful to our younger, newer members of Arachne. Not just the young one - some of us oldies found it interesting, and learned a bit, too - Well, I did anyway!!! Thank you, not only for the excellent review, but also for this follow-up letter with

[lace] Threads and pins

I worked my table ribbon on my roller pillow, and had a bit of trouble as the pricking 'walked' to the right, I managed to get it to 'walk' back towards the left, and centre, and by then I had completed the lace. I thought perhaps I had not got it totally straight when I started. Pins to

[lace] New Member from Brazil

To Elizabeth Horta Corrêa - welcome to the Lace Group. I am sure you will enjoy it. Yes, your lacemaking is a type of Needlelace. I hope you can put some photos up on the Arachne website, one day,. so we can all enjoy seeing your lace. Your English is good - well, a lot better than my

[lace] Threads and pins

I have never heard of putting cloths at the sides of prickings, either - except in Honiton lace, where they cover everything except a small hole where they are working. That could be a very good idea! :) I just remove any side pins that are annoying me by snagging the threads, and put them

[lace] Leaves

I was taught to tie a single knot at the bottom of a leaf-shaped tally to hold it in place till it was needed. I now find out that that is a Continental idea. In the little blue Cluny book, by Rutgers, (I think), she shows tying a knot with one pair to hold a square tally in shape. The

[lace] Leaves - a Question

Jenny B - No, just use the worker going left to right and then right to left, and tension on the left. Definitely don't change to right-handed!! Being right-handed I go right to left, left to right and tension, - so you just do it in reverse. Your tallies will look just the same, whether you

[lace] Making tallies

Pardon my ignorance - but what is the 'Cluny-de-Brioude' way of making tallies ? I always make them in my hand - holding the 3 passives spread between the fingers of the left hand, and threading the 4th bobbin (worker) under and over with the right hand (using it tail first.) Is this the

[lace] long list of websites that contain lace

Lovely lace, Reiko. - Yes Please, do put an English translation there, so we can all read your text. And please put up some more photos of your lovely Honiton lace. They are great designs. Junko sent me copies of some of the Christmas designs the 2 of you produced for a book. They are So

[lace] Bits Pieces!

So glad you are OK, Alice in Oregon. We saw on the TV news about your floods, and I was wondering how you were. I hope all other lacemakers in the area are OK. Too. You can send some of that rain over here as soon as you like, and as much as you like!! We are desperate for rain all over the

[lace] Fine and Fashionable: The Movie :^)

Fine and Fashionable: The Movie :^) It's late and Bev and Clay have gone bonkers I, for one, am glad - I am enjoying their convoluted mind-workings!! :)) Devon, I will second the motion to have you race around Europe doing segments on various lace places and their lace -

[lace] Lace Magazine

Tamara - perhaps they start posting with the ones furthest away! Sometimes we get to be first, and sometimes a long 'last'! This time we were the lucky ones!!! :) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace] Lace Magazine

Well, UK Lace Magazine arrived in Australia a couple of days ago, and is a really good read - again. this is such an interesting magazine for every issue. I really enjoy them, with some very different, and interesting items. The Article about the Diss Lacemakers was of personal interest,

[lace] Lace Magazine - duplicate mailings

Ooooh! Is the new issue out now?!! Goody, goody!!! I must watch out for it. I am ready for a good lacey read! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

[lace] Australian Bonnet project

I have just returned home this morning from a beaut trip to Tasmania, where I visited the remains of the Female Factory in Hobart. Although only the 4 stone walls remain - it has a sad feeling about it. We also visited Gerogetown, in the north of the State, and there I discovered more about

[lace] Roller pillows

When I made my Table ribbon I worked it on a roller pillow, with just the start of the pricking pinned down, and the rest hanging out the back. I pinned a plastic bag over that to catch the lace as it came off the roller. The extra pricking just fed through as I turned the roller, and was

[lace] Lace Activities

I am about to start winding some 200 pairs of bobbins for my next project - for UK 7 competition. I just received the thread - a Finca lace thread - white - SO white it almost has a blue-ish tinge to it. I am just hoping it will be the same colour when the project is finished! :) I

[lace] Magnifier Pin vise

Does anyone use a 'Magnifier pin vice'? (As shown in the Holly Van Sciver catalogue p 14.) I have been asked about it, by a friend who feels the magnifier bit might help her ageing eyes! As it is a bit costly ( well, when you convert to Aussie dollars and then add international postage -

[lace] Luton

Re Doreen Fudge. Many Many, Many years ago, when we started lacemaking here in Oz, -( around 1978 it would be,) I was told about Luton Museum and Mrs Fudge, so wrote, and asked if there were any patterns available to us. I received a Large package of photocopies of mainly Beds lace, and a

[lace] Filet lace picture

Please can anyone help me - a few weeks ago, someone put up a web site where there was a picture of a piece of filet lace - The Wedding, or The Wedding Feast, or something similar. It was a pastoral scene. The guy was in frock coat knee breeches, (I think, - or something similar) and the

[lace] Liberty Lacers

Thanks everyone for the information on this great group - but no-one has explained the pearls! (Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, but I am just back from holiday) Are the pearls mandatory to be allowed into a meeting???!!! How did it start? These are the interesting bits about

[lace] Liberty Lacers

Pardon my ignorance, but I have not heard of the Liberty Lacers. Are they a current group, and where abouts are they.I gather they wear their finery, and pearls when they make lace! Sounds Good to me!!! :)) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is Officially the first day

[lace] Piecework Magazine.

What a pity the magazine is no longer available to you. Perhaps you should treat yourself to a subscription, and have it posted to you. That method works quite well. It is not usually at any newsagent here on Oz, either, - that I have found, but they have an office now in Sydney where they

[lace] Tebbs the Art of Bobbin Lace

I have a 1978 copy of this book, and I have all 4 sheets of patterns tucked into the back of the book. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Names Titles

My father had 3 Christian names, and they were such a pain to write out in full on any Official form, that he insisted I only have one - to spare me that problem! One title' I hate is Ms. - However I do use it when I don't know if the person is a Miss or Mrs! But everyone knows I am a Mrs,

[lace-chat] DVD's for UK

Avital - do you know, by any chance - what region Australia is in? Sending/receiving DVDs is another gift idea - and a good one - If they work at the other end!! I did not know about the regions and DVDs being regional. I knew TV and Videos were, but had not thought about DVDs. Regards

[lace] Photos of fans

My little Beds. lace fan is there on the Arachne site, too. In fact it is the front page of my photos. See under Elizabeth Ligeti, on the site. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Footy

'The footy' - is the ball, but just plain 'Footy' is the game - and here in Victoria it refers to Aussie Rules football. This is a game something like Gaelic football, but the Irish play with a round ball, and the Aussies play a different version with an oval ball. In other areas of Oz, I

[lace-chat] War over here

Avital, how very sad. I am so sorry. I am glad you are safe. Please stay that way! We get so sad, every evening when we watch the news on TV. Things seem to be going from bad to worse - if that is possible. I hope it all ends very soon. All this madness is just unbelievable. Regards from

[lace] Newspaper story on Line

Congratulations, Alice, on getting such a great article printed. Thank you for sharing the On line link with us so we could all enjoy it. What a pretty piece of lace you are making in the photo. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] Safety

So glad to hear you folks in Israel are safe. The world has gone mad, I think, - so just keep your heads down, and Make Lace and Stay Sane!! Best wishes from DownUnder. We are thinking about you. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] IOLI ribbons

Helen said:- I thought her filet lace one was superior. Maybe she'll give that one to me one day, and the beds/NL one to Katie one day :-) (I can only hope and not hold my breath.) No, Helen - Don't hold your breath waiting!!! (Cheeky daughter!!) :)) [I am Always suspicious when she

[lace] Mangling lace

I wrote to Sally about mangling lace just as the convention was about to start, but today received her reply, - and asking me to pass it on to Arachne in case others have the same questions about it, so here is her reply with my questions, too:- 1)Will it work on cotton lace? Yes, I've had

[lace] IOLI Ribbons

Many Congratulations, Janice. What a beautifully worked piece - and OH! those Tallies - they are fantastic - I wish I could make tallies like those. Very Well Done. I am so excited about gaining a 2nd place. This was my first ever entry to an IOLI competition, so I am Very Happy! :))

[lace] RE:tree shadow

Also, when lacemaking outside, and folks come to see what you are doing, - make sure the don't try swattring mosquitoes or flies on yout pillow! A Well fed mozzie - squashed on the lace part of your pillow is Not Good news :(( Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL

[lace] Lace magazine

Oh, the post has Just arrived - and there is athe latest UK Lace magazine! What a nice surprise on the freezing cold, wet day here. We have an Icy blast straight off Antarctica today. There appears to be a lot of coloured photos of lace in this edition - so I will have some good bedtime

[lace] Needlelace.

I've had a book on the 'technical history of needlelace' in progress for years. Maybe I'll finish it now. Laurie Oh! I Wish you would get it finished and published, Laurie. I now do the Pt. de Gaze ground needle away, and after a while I found I got used to working that way, and it just seemed

[lace] Only the Lonely Needlelace theory

Jill, I think I would start with the piece that is closest to being finished - so I could free up a pillow, and work through them that way. Then I would have pillows for starting other projects - there is Always something Urgent coming along, that just Has to be started immediately :))

[lace] Mangling lace

Does the Mangle idea work for Cotton lace too? Regards from Liz in frosty Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Knitting machine

I have an Empisal Knitting machine - which company was bought out by Brother, I think. I haven't used it for many many years, though. However, I do remember that you need to wind the balls of yarn so that they feed from the centre of the ball. I had a special yarn winder come with the

[lace] Sewing Machines

I'm with you on this one, Tamara. My mother was a dressmaker and tailoress by trade, too and she did all her sewing on a plain singer treadle machine. When she went out to West Africa during the war as my Father worked out there (with 5 year old me in tow!) she swapped her treadle with her

[lace] Lace Study Group

Yesterday I went to the Victorian National Gallery with 11 others to a Lace Study that the Guild had organized. We had a 2 hour session on the Pollen Collection. The young lady in charge was beaut - she had laid out on the large table a Victorian black chantilly shawl - which was thoughtful of

[lace] Contacting a tatter

Help, please:- I have been asked to find out if anyone knows of someone in Fayetteville, NC. or nearby, who could start off a lady who would like to learn tatting. I have no other information about her, - and I have no idea where Fayetteville is, but I am sure there is a Gentle Spider out

[lace] IOLI table ribbons

Alice said - -- who just mailed in her IOLI table ribbon entry. You have three more days. Is yours in the mail yet? Yes, mine are already there with Debra!! I have one in each class!! My first ever entry, as I always thought the competition was for Convention people only. It was only last

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