[lace] indeed I did not mean Fiberglass

2011-04-10 Thread J. Falkink
Sorry for the delay, when I did not saw it coming I realized I did not reply to all Jo When we lived in England, I learned that glass curtains were only the sheer fabric that were hung over glass windows. I think perhaps that is what Jo referred to rather than Fiberglass curtains. They

Re: [lace] Clews

2010-01-26 Thread J. Falkink
Clew Likewise, this word comes from an Anglo-Saxon original, and it always seems to have meant rolled into a ball: not just of yarn, but a ball of anything In Dutch we have a word written differently. I only recognized the similarity in sound when I read the description above. Usually we use

[lace] terminology

2009-10-25 Thread J. Falkink
Dear Spiders My question might look a bit weird but perhaps together you are inventive. I have this rather technical diagram with a tree in the centre: http://bobbinwork.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/class-diagrams2.gif Please stay with me, I don't expect you to understand the full technical

RE: [lace] terminology

2009-10-25 Thread J. Falkink
A class diagram! How cool! I work with them but have never seen them used for bobbin lace. Avital If you happen to use them for Java development, you could consider joining my project at http://bobbinwork.googlecode.com Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

RE: [lace] Re: Flowers and stiffner

2009-10-25 Thread J. Falkink
When I used the other wire which is 24 gauge, I wound it around a bobbin which is obviously a huge part of the kinking problem When winding your bobbins, rotate the bobbin around it own axis. Don't let the bobbin make circles aound the fingers that guide the thread. Better for threads too,

RE: [lace] Selling lace (was 18 doilies)

2009-09-23 Thread J. Falkink
I once had had a much less complicated conversation. I was lacing during my holliday in a hotel lobby on a miniature version of Carols Milenese spider. A big version I made previously served as a reference. An interesting staff member took notice Q: could you make me a ...? A: how much are you

RE: [lace] Set of 18 8 Doyleys - Fine Lace ....

2009-09-22 Thread J. Falkink
by Margot Walker Bev may be thinking of: http://www.powerofhandsfoundation.co.uk/ Or http://www.folkartsrilanka.org/PhotoGallery/zphoto.2007-03-13.5391245212/zph oto_view Tsunami recovery assistance http://www.responsibletourismsrilanka.org/whats_new.html

[lace] OT question (about my first name/Joker)

2009-09-10 Thread J. Falkink
Dear spiders On English list I usually sign with Jo, but my full first name is Joke (the Dutch female version of Johny). I'm looking for expressions with the joker in a deck of cards. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

RE: [lace] OT question (about my first name/Joker)

2009-09-10 Thread J. Falkink
Aan: J. Falkink CC: lace@arachne.com Onderwerp: Re: [lace] OT question (about my first name/Joker) You might like The joker is wild. In cards, a wild card is one that can have any value. I believe your name is pronounced with the 'e' - in English 'yo-key' (or do you pronounce the 'j

RE: [lace] OT question (about my first name/Joker)

2009-09-10 Thread J. Falkink
In game shows, the expression play the joker is used in the way you describe. Thanks, I gueas that is what I was looking for, sorry for the detour. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

RE: [lace] lace fence

2009-09-08 Thread J. Falkink
if you have to ask you can't aford... On http://archrecord.construction.com/products/potm/ It sais: The company currently produces a minimum of 2,700 square feet of fencing per month in costs ranging from $17 to $30 per square foot. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

RE: [lace] USA

2009-09-06 Thread J. Falkink
the abay nr is ebay nr 110428639339 I'm not an expert, so just my two cents: Could it be the gimps and seam are hand handembroidered? Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

RE: [lace] threads - sizes and plies

2009-08-25 Thread J. Falkink
But... the 60 is a definition of the size of each ply... so 60/2 is 1/3 smaller than 60/3. 1/3 smaller in weight per length indeed. The difference in diameter is smaller. To skip the mathematics: try for yourself with a set of pearls an sqeeze them in a circle. Take out a third to represent

[lace] The Beginning of the End

2009-08-18 Thread J. Falkink
I think it might be better described as the beginning determined by how we're going to do the end This description indeed tells better what the book is about. But Ulrike allways chooses titles with a ;-) The beginning of the end is in Dutch (so I suppose in het native tongue Greman too) a

[lace] French site of rosanna

2009-06-13 Thread J. Falkink
Anny body who knows what happend with the site of Rosanna? The link below shows a partially arhcived version. http://web.archive.org/web/20071124034203/http://www.dentellieres.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

RE: [lace] Odd request-value of lace bobbins

2009-05-21 Thread J. Falkink
This advise sounds like king Solomon To be totally honest, if your husband thinks your bobbin collection is worth $10,000, I think you should insist that he take it as part of the marital settlement, it is the best offer that you are going to get for it. - To unsubscribe send email to

RE: [lace] Another fence by joep

2009-04-06 Thread J. Falkink
I tried to capture one or two screenshots, but it is somehow tecnically protected. The old fence is one on http://www.demakersvan.com/ but imagine it in front of some 10-story building, like http://207.44.228.232/photopost/data//2/5Couwenhoven_flat_20.jpg By the way, wouldn't it be an idea with

[lace] Another fence by joep

2009-04-05 Thread J. Falkink
About 3/4 of the program http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=9256088 It's Dutch but the video controlls speak for themselfs. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

RE: [lace] Describe bobbin lace

2009-03-31 Thread J. Falkink
My mantra usually sounds something like: You can make it as simple and complesx as you want. Not as poetic as the sudoku. Last time I demo'd I did some flanders myself as a (relatively) complex version, and had a 3-pair try-it-your-self fish as a simple version. Teenagers loved the fish. Adults

RE: [lace] Wild Ground

2009-03-15 Thread J. Falkink
The Germans call it schwammgrund, a schwam is a sponge. It is a repeating ct/ctct. I don't remember links to the final effect. It can be quite different depending on the density. http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/chaos.gif The program you can find on http://bw-en.wikispaces.com/ It is still under

RE: [lace] Miss Channer receives a Proposal

2009-03-10 Thread J. Falkink
I guess much depends on how exact you want your bobbins to stay in order, or don't mind to untwist a few. On the details of the congne page you see how they don't mind too much. I saw them working this way. They just touch the bobbins looking at their work to see which thread moves and thus know

RE: [lace] or these instructions?

2008-12-30 Thread J. Falkink
Reminds me how I started. Closely observing a lady in a street fair I had something like this in mind and tried at home. Next action: to the library for a book with instructions. Onderwerp: [lace] or these instructions? http://www.essortment.com/articles/make-handmade-lace_6501.htm - To

RE: [lace] IOLI web back

2008-11-11 Thread J. Falkink
But www.tat-man.net not yet? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [lace] Lacemakers map out of order?

2008-06-15 Thread J. Falkink
The bouncing is another problem, I'll look into that. Thanks for the info. The problem I feared was about new entries. It appears to be no problem at all. Jo Falkink developper of the map page owned by [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lace.lacefairy.com/Map I've just tried to remove myself from the

[lace] Koevoet(je)

2008-06-14 Thread J. Falkink
example of a koevoetje http://www.scharlaeken.be/cms_images/12473_CI1.jpg Without the 'je' it becomes a big heavy burglars tool Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Lacemakers map out of order?

2008-06-14 Thread J. Falkink
The last three weeks there were no new entries on the lacemakers map. It has never been so quiet while it never has been so busy the weeks before, so somehow I fear it is broken. I tried it for my self but I still seem to be able to add a new entry. Could somebody else try? Jo Falkink developper

RE: [lace] Lacemakers map out of order?

2008-06-14 Thread J. Falkink
No problem. As a moderator I deleted the duplicate. I just added myself Jo, trouble is I seem to be there twice! jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [lace] RXP User Group

2008-06-03 Thread J. Falkink
And the forum is added to the overview of lace design software: http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/SoftKlos-EN.html Jo Ian has now set up the forum for RXP owners. If you'd like to join up, go to www.lacerxp.com/forum and sign up. ... Ruth - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] Schamm-schwamm (was: Wilder ground)

2008-05-23 Thread J. Falkink
Sorry spiders, I made a typo: the book reads Schwamm. And Tamara's dictionary proved my German is a bit rusty. Jo a sponge is a Schwamm in German Schlamm is in English as Sue mentioned mould - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

RE: [lace] Wilder ground

2008-05-22 Thread J. Falkink
The ground is also in Viele Gute Gruende III, almost in the back: D4.1 she calls it Schammgrund. It looks quite regular. Some other eamples http://www.lokk.nl/kbarchief/kb12007/kb1a02%20met%20kleur.jpg http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/GrannyLaurin/omenominkoperkleur.jpg Jo - To unsubscribe

RE: [lace] Wilder ground

2008-05-22 Thread J. Falkink
calls it Schammgrund What does Schwamm- mean. Schwamm is close to a dutch word for muschroom, or perheaps what grows on fruit and vegetables when you keep it too long. I'm too lazy to get a dictionary. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] As the author intended

2008-05-20 Thread J. Falkink
But certainly first time around I'd like to make the patterns as the author intended There are different types of authors. On one extreme you have those who are almost religious in doing things the traditional way. Other authors rather think have fun and only give the details because they know

RE: [lace] Gravenmoerse - translation please

2008-05-20 Thread J. Falkink
right side? rechte is right (as opposed to left). Rechte rand is 'straight edge', opposed to 'left side' it would be rechteR KANT. Kant is both lace and side ;-) (and a philosofer, so have fun when googeling) From the linguistic/etimology point of view: knipschaar is a funny word: schaar is a

RE: [lace] Variegated thread

2008-05-18 Thread J. Falkink
Perhaps even more accurate: copy the pricking slightly larger and sling the worker around its pins. Jo So, hot tip for using variegated thread - wrap the thread around various widths of card to test the limits of the colour sequence. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [lace] lace rose

2008-05-10 Thread J. Falkink
If I'm not mistaken the thread is about the following page http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinlace/Schneeburg_flower.html And I found page 104 in de techniek van het kantklossen van Anelie van Olffen http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/tmp.png Jo According to the pattern I have, it is a desigh by Mira

[lace] Glossary (was: Torchon vocabulary)

2008-05-07 Thread J. Falkink
Maybe add the names to http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqBZkXTYrukMmT23E8JxQVQ Achim, would it be possible to add pictures or links to pictures Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [lace] Spiral (self-threading) Needles The Gift of Time

2008-04-25 Thread J. Falkink
I'm afraid all these solutions are for the thicker needles while the thinner needles cause the most trouble. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] RE: [bobbinlace] pattern ID

2008-04-25 Thread J. Falkink
It is on page 164 of the folowing book http://www.librarything.nl/work/4002857 I suppose it is from the author see it here on my blog: http://www.tat-man.net/blog I had downloaded the pic a long time ago and don't recall where it came from. If any of you know the creator, I would

RE: [lace] Looking for lacemaker in Slovenia

2008-04-11 Thread J. Falkink
You can find 2 on the lacemakers map of our lacefairy http://lace.lacefairy.com/Map Jo http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/eval-EN.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Ground generator

2008-04-02 Thread J. Falkink
Hello spiders At last some visible changes in my free program for working diagrams. It generates a few more grounds and should be easier to launch/install. You can find the program and everything about it when you start at http://bw-en.wikispaces.com/ Unfortunately it still takes a few seconds to

[lace] RE: [lace] Unicorn in Russian lace - book by José va n Pamelen-H.

2008-03-29 Thread J. Falkink
I started the first band forming the head/face of the unicorn and got stuck at the nose. How do I have to work the relief? Does anybody know the pattern? I could scan it if this helps. I forwarded your request to http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=33270 I hope one of the

Re: [lace] Re: Lacemakers on Malta

2008-02-27 Thread J. Falkink
Are there any arachne members, lacemakers on Malta? Don't know whether they are on Arachne but http://lace.lacefairy.com/Map/ has 4 entries, one with an e-mail address Jo http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/eval-EN.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace] Oops RE: Japanese lace sites

2008-02-27 Thread J. Falkink
I read on Arachne that you added some Japanese sites to http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/linknew-EN.html but I can't find them there. Could you please tell me where I can find them? Thanks for telling, I forgot one step in the update sequence. Should be ok now. Scroll down a little to

RE: [lace] Larkrise to Candleford on webshots

2008-02-25 Thread J. Falkink
Hummm - the homepage doesn't recognize the password - honiton. Any suggestions? http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [lace] Census / Japan

2008-02-25 Thread J. Falkink
I skimmed the first 10 pages of googling with bobbin lace site:.jp and added the most interesting to http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/linknew-EN.html It is still an unorganised mess Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace] Graphical design for lace software

2008-02-25 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Spiders I'm developing open source software for bobbin lace makers. To keep this message short you can read all about it on http://bw-en.wikispaces.com/ open source means you don't need to wait for me for improvements. You can do it yourself or ask someone else and share the result with the

RE: [lace] Lace makers census

2008-02-23 Thread J. Falkink
The Dutch lace association had 3000 members a few years ago. The magazine is translated into English, so there might be some duplicates with the Catalan, but my guess 10.000 is a way too low guestimate. I can say that they exist at least 5000 lacemakers, only here in my area of Catalunya

[lace] Errata (was: Mat pricking)

2008-02-19 Thread J. Falkink
Being just a happy user I would recommend LibraryThing to register errata and other details about (lace) books. The site lets you link messages to books and the other way arround. See for example http://www.librarything.com/work/1190846/conversations

RE: [lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-19 Thread J. Falkink
Don't overlook a detail: I used it on a bolster pillow, not on a flat one http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/hang-EN.html But if anyone also sees its use on a flat pillow I'd be curious. Jo wrote: scrapbook spines to keep the bobbins in a row What a smart idea! I will try the scrapbook

RE: [lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-18 Thread J. Falkink
I use drinking straws to protect the thread on the bobbins, and scrapbook spines to keep the bobbins in a row on a bolster. Demonstrated at http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/hang-EN.html Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [lace] OIDFA Congress -- not

2008-02-08 Thread J. Falkink
blow: the hotel I wanted to stay in for the Congress itself was uavailable (fully booked, I guess) and the only Don't focus on Groningen. Heerenveen, Leeuwarden are not farther away from the course centre. Or rent a cottage in a cetre park with a few friends. You are used to much longer

RE: [lace] Tonder

2008-02-04 Thread J. Falkink
Last summer I spent a full (rainy) day in Tonder and Mogel Tonder (with a pitoresque main street, church and more). Lacewise there is the dependance of the museum in Tonder with a permanent and a changing exhibition. I also visited open air museums (free of charge) with lace classrooms: Odense

RE: [lace] New lacemaker

2008-01-27 Thread J. Falkink
Is there anyone out there that might know of a teacher or group for her? She lives in Spearfish, South Dakota. Not much on the lacemakers map in that area :-( Jo Falkink developper of the map page owned by [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lace.lacefairy.com/Map

RE: [lace] Lace terms spread sheet

2008-01-12 Thread J. Falkink
Spiders It appeared that the public version of the lace Glossary (the one that should visible without a google account) didn't reflect the latest updates. I tried to fix that. It is available in the following formats: HTML (to view online)

[lace] promise

2008-01-11 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Spiders Some days ago I promised to be busy with something more interesting. I took me several weeks of research, rework and other preparations. But at last the BobbinWork project is published as open source software. That means further development no longer depends solely on my spare time

[lace] Lace glossary (Google Docs)

2008-01-08 Thread J. Falkink
Achim, I wonder if it is a good idea that anyone who signs in to Google can edit this spreadsheet. Esther If you are not on Arachne you've missed I started it as a wiki a few days ago. No I'm lying, I started it the first of August 2006 as a database in the yahoo group bobbinlace. I'm glad

RE: [lace] A few German terms?

2008-01-06 Thread J. Falkink
Jo, could you go in and add indications of which words are the verbs and which are the nouns. I could, but I don't, you can do it yourself. Not to be unfriendly but I'm preparing even greater things. The more people co-operatively work on a wiki, the better it becomes. I laid the foundation,

RE: [lace] Myth or Mystery CD

2008-01-05 Thread J. Falkink
CorelDraw indeed has its own format. I guess the Lace Guild should be able to help you, they should open the photographs one by one and then sava them as jpg. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

RE: [lace] A few German terms?

2008-01-05 Thread J. Falkink
and hope that anyone replying to Amanda's email will post to Arachne as well so that I can store the translations away for future reference. I just created http://laceglossary.wikispaces.com/ Anyone can improve it, rearrange, add language, split or combine lines. You don't need to join it

RE: [lace] A few German terms?

2008-01-05 Thread J. Falkink
First thing - German Ganzschlag is a cloth stitch and twist, I feel twisted stitch doesn't describe it enough in English. Our old bugbear of the difference between cloth, linen, etc. Is it ok for me to change this? Kind regards, Noelene in Cooma Again the answer is on

RE: [lace] Steel lace / dirt works

2008-01-01 Thread J. Falkink
www.callane.com - dirts works Remind me of old Dutch habits. Created on Saturday evenings to prepare for Sunday. Never seen it life though. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [lace] Nativity Scene

2007-12-31 Thread J. Falkink
The website is not of the the lacemaker, but of someone who photographed the lace. Type a few letters of Montse in the search field of the buddymap and you can contact the photographer. Jo Falkink developper of the map page owned by [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lace.lacefairy.com/Map

[lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2007-12-30 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Pat My apologies for writing to you directly, but I could not figure out the email address of the lace-digest group. There is no lace-digest group. If you recieved the original message you could have just replied to all to get to lace@arachne.com If the message got to you through a

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2007-12-23 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Spiders This weekend I managed to get the map working on some mechanicaly translated versions. You can select a language in the right upper corner of the page and fetch the url from your browser for your friends. The update allready works for google translations, it might take weeks or

RE: [lace] Buddy Map- Jo Falkirk

2007-12-19 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Jo, Please would you take me off the Buddy Map, many thanks, I don't want to interfere with moderator tasks/opinions of Lori. Please see the instructions on the map page. Jo *Not* the Lacefary, just the developper of the map page http://lace.lacefairy.com/Map

[lace] Buddy map / privacy

2007-12-17 Thread J. Falkink
When I put myself on the map, I wasn't aware that it was linked to the Google maps. If I had been, I wouldn't have put myself on it. The personal data is in fact less visible by Google than on ordinary pages. To explain I need to become quite technical. The list with personal information is

RE: [lace] Buddy map: another bug solved

2007-12-12 Thread J. Falkink
Sorry folks, by solving the IE-mailto bug, I destroyed adding new entries. It should be solved again. I hope I didn't overlook something else again. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] RE: Buddy Map

2007-12-12 Thread J. Falkink
That part wasn't broke (the add requests are processed automatically, that got broke and repaired), and don't confuse me with the Lacefairy who gets the delete request and honours them maually. I'm the developper of the current map, Lori is the owner and moderator. Jo After reading your mail

RE: [lace] New buddy map / mailto on MS-IE

2007-12-11 Thread J. Falkink
Hello spiders I installed a quick-and-dirty solution for the MS-IE mailto problem. The dirty aspect you'll notice by the needles empty page that comes along with popping up a new e-mail. But at least it works now. Thank you all for your patiente. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

RE: [lace] Buddy map

2007-12-11 Thread J. Falkink
You can't edit, but re-enter and follow the instructions, that is: drag the green marker to the correct position. Then click the 'report abuse or mistake' in the old bubble and convince the moderator to delete the old entry (as I mailed on Arachne before, at least I intended to). I suppose the

RE: [lace] Buddy map

2007-12-11 Thread J. Falkink
Please do read everything below the map. I wrote it for that purpose, but if its clear as mud please explain what needs more explanation. After all English is not my native tongue. Fill in the form between the map and the horizontal line, hit the go to step 2 button and continue to read all

RE: [lace] Buddy map

2007-12-11 Thread J. Falkink
Sorry for not counting to ten and reacting a bit impatient. It has been a weird day and still is. All your questions slowly teach me what I should have put on the map page and didn't. There is allways a struggle between telling too little, or telling too much. Shortly after my impatient reaction I

RE: [lace] New buddy map / golf course

2007-12-10 Thread J. Falkink
I've been more amused how the buddymap used to combine people living close together and making a total mess of Holland. Some travelled from place to place, each time new members joined and people from the same city landed in different corners of the country. But the original lattitudes/longitudes

[lace] New buddy map / IE

2007-12-09 Thread J. Falkink
Bug found: I'm sorry folks, it appears with Microsoft Internet Explorer it is not possible to send emails. With Firefox you can. Please report other browsers that can't too. I don't know when I get that fixed. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] New buddy map

2007-12-08 Thread J. Falkink
Hello spiders As some might allready have noticed, the buddymap has changed. You can find it on http://lace.lacefairy.com/Map Irritated by unattended bugs in the BuddMap I thought I could do better. I underestimated the challenge, learnt some new IT techniques on the flight and my hard disc

Re: [lace] Pillow maker

2007-04-06 Thread J. Falkink
this looks like more details with prices http://www.arpuu.fi/web-content/verkkokauppa.html this looks like an address http://www.arpuu.fi/web-content/yhteys.html Jo from the Netherlands The web site shows the pillows but I am unable to read it and can not work out the address. They are in

Re: [lace] Replying to messages

2007-01-18 Thread J. Falkink
But with replyig threads are nicely grouped in the archive http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/ Your own mail client might also have an option to group threads. Jo Falkink paste into a new message and have to type in the subject yourself. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Lace corners - circular lace

2007-01-11 Thread J. Falkink
Dear Spiders I remember a note by L.A. Viddeleer in her book about lassen (joining lace) that circular laces should stay on the pillow/pricking until the joining took actually place. If the lace had been lying around for a while, it would not lie flat anymore and would be impossible to join and

RE: [lace] Graph paper

2006-11-12 Thread J. Falkink
The comma (,) should be a dot. If that doesn't work somehow you ca try the working diagram link in the menu on the left. Same program, just another way of launching. Jo I was wondering about the bobbinwork viewer. It goes to a page can't be found. I do have Java. - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] plied wire / wire bobbins

2005-06-24 Thread J. Falkink
I did a few small (6 pairs) torchon projects with wire and discovered that 3 plies of .1mm works about the same as 1 ply of .2mm. The 3-plies however looked much better for the cloth stitch areas. The 3-plies also behave more like normal threads. I don't use hooks on the bobbins. Thicker wire

[lace] overlapped sewing / joining loops

2005-02-07 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Spiders On http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/striklas-EN.html I show how I interpreted two techniques of the beginning of the end. It proofs you can do overlapped sewing of CTC. http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/vl-afw-EN.html shows the back sides of some Flanders projects linking to the

re: [lace] Organizing bobbin pairs on a bolster

2005-01-28 Thread J. Falkink
The spiral idea is already some years on my web-site (www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/hang-EN.html) an invented by myself after some other disgarded attempts. You also can wind some wire around a stick. I don't know whether your teacher copied my idea, or we both invented the same. The page links to

[lace] double/half (retry)

2005-01-27 Thread J. Falkink
Funny how my messages do not always reach the digest. Yesterday I wrote two, with only one or two minutes interval. Both are in the archive, but http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg10234.html didn't appear in the digest. So here it is again: In Dutch we also have name variants for

[lace] half/double

2005-01-26 Thread J. Falkink
In Dutch we also have name variants for the same stitches. But it are consistent and logical sets that are never mixed. set 1: netslag (ct/tc) - dubbele netslag (ctct/tctc) set 2: halve slag (ct/tc) - hele slag (ctct/tctc) In both sets linenslag for ctc halve = half hele=whole dubbele=double

[lace] CT/KD

2005-01-26 Thread J. Falkink
KD for CT works not only in German but also in Dutch (German: Kreuzen drehen; Dutch: kruisen draaien) Tamara wrote: While it all could be taken care of via a single colour and the appropriate number of cross-hatches ... That works for Milanese lace as it doesn't use half stitches. I wouldn't now

[lace] design software

2005-01-13 Thread J. Falkink
I can't help but to react on some old messages, I stumbled on them in the archive. No affiliate on any, I only bought Knipling once and get free updates for exessive comments and sugestions on what could be done better in a next version. Ilske und Peter Thomsen Mon, 01 Sep 2003 But if you, like

[lace] cheap looks

2005-01-13 Thread J. Falkink
In stead of pointing to others why don't they appreciate our work? we could also look at our self and wonder what we are doing wrong. On some occasion I heard a peace of lace was identified as an application of orange-net. If it had been my own work, I would question myself: why doing so difficult

[lace] color charts

2005-01-03 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Brenda and all color loving spiders I just found site with many links to many color and conversion charts! http://users.rcn.com/kdyer.dnai/conversion.html Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

[lace] demonstrations

2004-12-16 Thread J. Falkink
Many years ago I demonstrated lace at a Craft Fair in my hometown Betty Ann in Roanoke Virginia Me too. During the rain people took shelter under my roof with their back turned against me and what I was showing. But more showed interest, some sighed they would never ever have the patience, but

[lace] 4000 pinholes

2004-11-17 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Spiders This weekend I started a Torchon sampler with the boring task of pricking more than 4000 pinholes. I vaguely remember a remark on a Spanish site (must be between http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/linkovz-EN.html but I don't remember which one) about a device making prickings.

[lace] lassen /joining

2004-10-25 Thread J. Falkink
On our side ofe the pond, you have the possibiliy to let some professional sew your lace. Yes, we know, and envy you with all our hearts :) Though I've heard of some Americans who did send - at a great expense - their lace off to Belgium to be joined and mounted, and received back a mess

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #256

2004-08-10 Thread J. Falkink
... As I say, if you can't speak it, don't write it!! ... Why bother, unless you get it right? Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, still enjoying the rain. I knew a French speaking Swiss, living in Zurich who never really mastered German because of such an attitude. He confessed he even

[lace] Oops: V2004 #256 - punctuation

2004-08-10 Thread J. Falkink
Sorry wrong subject. Couldn't unpress any more. Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Martine Bruggeman

2004-08-04 Thread J. Falkink
Martine doesn't use a specific traditional style of any kind. You'll have to find youre own way and use your fantasy. I googled up some work made after designs by Martine Bruggeman. May be that gives an idea. http://www.geocities.com/ieperse_huiskant/sneeuwwitje.html

[lace] lace link

2004-08-02 Thread J. Falkink
Tamara, http://www.cipka.sk is already in my collection, well, at least a sub-page. Linky may not be difficult to understand and anicka is an asset, but wether the easter-eggs, uluv, stonline, the museum and stenly have something hidden somewhere about bobbinlace? Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe

[lace] top/edge sewing

2004-04-26 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Spiders Im busy with the Palm tree from Milanese Lace: an Introduction. I did the first one-and a half leaf, did other things for a few month, then finished the second half of the second leaf. But... I forgot I did the first leaf with top sewing and did the second with edge sewings. I don't

[lace] archive of cd 2000

2004-04-16 Thread J. Falkink
I've found an archive of whatever on the web. Also containing copies of the CD 2000 galery: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/cd2000.htm May be you need to glue together the link, or go to http://www.archive.org and fill in

[lace] lace CD 2000 pages

2004-04-14 Thread J. Falkink
Hello Deborah I'm afraid the link to the lace guild on http://freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/cd2000.htm is not correct any more. Same for the email address on the homepage of that site. Somewhere there used to be a gallery of all the CD's. I can't find it any more. Is it removed or