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That will depend on your printer though.
My previous Epson one wouldn't print at all if any cartridge was empty. Not
even in black only if that one was full but one of the colours was empty. When
one was empty, the whole thing stopped.
And on my current HP, although it will go on printing,
Please PM me the answers as I am not currently subscribed to Chat Digest.
I'm sure there must be someone on Arachne running on Windows 8 and AOL who
might be able to help me. I've just bought a new lap top and although I have
now worked out how to access my AOL account and emails, I have
Well, I'm glad you told me it's a lace pillow. I can see it now you've said,
but still don't think it's obvious. Especially as the bobbins aren't joined to
it.
Very pretty though.
Jacquie in Lincolnshire.
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The 'problem' with the two sets of instructions by McPeek and Cockuyt are that
they show two different ways of working, particularly concerning the techniques
of taking the roll of threads away from and back into the main stem. .
Similar but not the same, as is often the case with bobbin lace,
Hi Susan
We are going to Belsey Bridge in Ditchingham on the Norfolk/Suffolk border,
from 15th to 22nd of August. The tutors are Claire Allen tutoring English and
Continental laces, Sue Dane with Decorated nets and Mariña Regueiro and
Hinojosa Lace.
All the details are in October's Lace
Hope
Maybe *some people* don't read what you write on Arachne but I'm sure there are
enough of us who do to justify asking you to continue.
Jacquie in Lincolnshire.
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Dear Lyn,
Is this the same as Little Heart of Denmark,
But don't forget that even the middle, straight cloth stitch passives use more
than the length of the braid, as they are going up and down through the weave.
The edge passives are used along with the workers for any plaited/leaf fillings
so they can need a lot more thread.
The cable or chain
I'm on aol and as far as I know, see all the messages. Certainly all of Jeri's.
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I see that both Antje, Karen and Adele have gmail addresses and Patricia is
with AOL, all of which seems to
May I just add that, unless things have changed a lot, Christine's comment that
the lace trail booklets are 'handed out' is not quite accurate.
They are free but the visitor has to find them. They are usually available on a
large table in the first room proper of the tour, underneath a large
Russian lace one in one or the other of Bridget Cook's two Russian lace books.
Honiton one in Caroline Biggins book.
Jacquie,
Just getting ready for The Lace Guild Convention this weekend.
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On 10 Apr 2014, at 03:32, Charlotte Moore nhsmo...@cox.net wrote:
I need a
Many thanks Bev. I'll pass that on.
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Although it might be convenient for us English speaking nations if all the
books we are interested in were written in our mother tongue, why should the
author bear the cost of translation. And unless that author already has some
English, the additional cost to get an independent review of the
Sort of related. Our cousin has a large handmade table cloth/bed spread bought
by her DH in Bruges. It has on it (I think, but Malvary will confirm) cherubs
and deer. The former alone would make it a bed spread, the latter a table
cloth, the connections being fairly obvious.
Not sure if there
I was looking at this last night and the link was a yahoo one, which led to a
photo album in which I couldn't even find the photo of the angels, or any
connection to Sherry's website.
I had found the photo by doing a search in Pinterest under 'bobbin lace angels'
and the copy of Sherry's
Seconding Jeri's point about relevant subject descriptions to facilitate using
the archives, may I also ask you to all check you are using the correct email
address to send your posts to Arachne.
There are two which work, and both will get your contribution to both
individual and the digests,
It would be perfectly legal to draft the pattern from scratch working from the
photo of either the Ruth Bean version or the older pre Bean print runs. In the
process some differences would creep in anyway. Particularly if the lacemaker
freely acknowledged the original source material.
But if
I should have made clear I meant perfectly legal to use the photo in order to
be able to make a pricking for your own use. Not to sell. And assuming you own
or have a copy of the book all the time you are making the mat (see below).
I seem to remember in an earlier Channer mat discussion some
But
Orange is a lovely colour to work on and not at all tiring to the eyes. It and
red are commonly used as the pricking colour in Spain, which is where I first
tried it, and I brought orange film back to the UK. Everyone of my students who
has tried it prefers it to blue or even the
Although I don't agree that you *have to be* a mathematician or scientist etc
to be a good lacemaker, I am reasonably confident that a high percentage of
those people who are bobbin lacemakers do have those inclinations and this may
have been what Alex meant.
Many times I have asked around a
Another set of books available on this site--click on Bibliography to the
left.http://www.cipkarskasola.si/ANG/index.html
I couldn't find them to make sure before I wrote, but if by set you mean two,
it might be the two newish broad-tape books.
If you are expecting typical narrow tape
And with my Lace Guild hat firmly in lace, don't forget that The Lace Guild has
all of those out of print books in the library, along with all the new ones,
(and ones you have never even heard of) and that they are available for loan to
UK members. One of the best reasons to belong to the
From Brian:
May I suggest that Antje, request the magazine publishers to disable the copy
function for their patterns when they publish it on the web, their IT people
will certainly know how to do that.
I think that Antje means that it is one of her subscribers scanning the
magazine and
If one is talking about the current year's issues, the yes The Lace Guild would
probably prefer people not to give their copies of Lace away (we would hope
that they want to keep them for a while anyway) as that may make someone feel
they don't need to belong themselves, especially if they
Regarding the Lace Guild's Milanese Lace book, Janice asked:
Is there anything more in this book than is in both Milanese books by Pat
Read?
I am lucky to own both books with braids but always looking for more.
It's a reprint of the four articles by Pat from the Guild's magazine 'Lace',
Although I am willing to be corrected if I am wrong, as far as I know the only
legal copies of Pat's Introduction to Milanese Lace are in paper form as either
the hard or paperback books. Although she would be delighted if the publishers
would agree to another reprint, she hasn't given
Sorry, I didn't mean to mislead anyone.
Lynn said:
See the unscrupulous vendor of a memory stick with 20 scanned books on it. In
this situation it only takes one.
It wasn't a vendor, it was a student offering it to me as a gift. That was why
I specified it was offered to me, not that I saw
Have a look on eBay as there are LED bulbs for sale there at much lower prices.
They are sent straight from China I think, so should be equally available
worldwide. DH got some for the car but said they had bulbs for all purposes.
Jacquie in Lincolnshire.
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If you changed the bylaws like Clay suggested (all member vote instead of
quoram) you could concievabley have two smaller conventions a year.
If US non-profits are anything like UK charities then having the AGM and
needing a quorum may not be a choice that IOLI made. Here it is the law imposed
Of course the other way to get a darker-than-the-usual-lace-blue plastic would
be to draw the pattern onto the right shade of blue paper and cover it with
clear matt sticky plastic.
On previous trips to Canada we have found this quite easily in the dollar
stores.
For bobbin lace I have
I suspect that it is a combination of things, and the lack of organisers is
almost the least.
One of the main problems is that there are far fewer suppliers, and with the
cost of transporting their goods most of them are not willing to/can't afford
to attend lace days and fairs where they are
Dear all
I have been working on the updated teacher list this weekend comparing the
existing list to the new forms which we have received since 2011. The new list
will show only those teachers who have sent in a new form over the last couple
of years.
However, as I run down the old list there
.while side emitting would be the duds since they would lose all their
data before it could be utlised.
Perhaps that's why it's more expensive. Because it's not made. So it only
happens when there's a faulty batch.
In the same way a sheet of postage stamps is worth a fortune where there
The Lace Guild has taken the overseas postings back in-house as the late and
even non-arrival of the magazines being sent from the mailing house, allegedly
by airmail, was just not acceptable to us any longer.
As used to be the case, the overseas magazines in future should be arriving at
much
Could whoever it was that posted about classes in the UK with Yvonne contact me
off forum, please. I can't find it in the archives.
Jacquie.
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Although Milanese 'can' be made with 120 thread, it is more usually made with
80 or even thicker.
My first two bigger Milanese pieces were both made in 120. The first is hybrid
Honiton/Milanese bird, started with Pat Perryman but using Milanese braids to
relieve the tedium of many lengths of
I was taught Never to pick up the bobbins by their spangles as that
can wear and break the wire or thread
The main reason to be taught not to handle the bobbins by the spangles is that
there is a limit to how quickly you can work that way but if you are like Jean
and have dexterity issues, it
The obvious thing to do if there are questions regarding anything appearing in
issues of either 'Lace' or the 'Young Lacemaker' magazine, is to ask The Lace
Guild.
If you let me know which issue of YLM this was in, I will find out for you if
this pattern is still available.
Jacquie in
The polystyrene in your old pillows is the problem. I would not recommend
buying another like that. Do look for one which is poly ethylene.
But as Brenda has already said, Sue is in the UK and (as far as I know) we
don't have poly ethylene pillows on sale here. Are they the ones that
Yes, I have tried using hooks with handles of all sorts, and found the weight
of the handle ( whatever it's made of) unbalances the hook so I can't use my
usual method for doing sewings.
Let me explain. The hooks which I use, (and which I gave to the students in
Peg's class,) are custom bent.
It's often done, if only where coton perlé is used as a gimp with linen threads
for the rest. Shrinkage doesn't seem to be a problem here or it would by now be
in the list of lace don't
-do's.
A friend recently made a cake frill combining a thin cotton and thin linen
thread on each pair
As Peg's teacher for the Milanese class I'd like to say a couple of things.
I suspect the threads weren't 'wearing out', just untwisting. This was one of
the things I told the class to watch out for (and if they saw it happening to
retwist any affected threads), but I was giving out a lot of
I didn't know that. Tell us more please.
Jacquie in Scotland.
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On 1 Jan 2012, at 07:46, Ruth Budge thelacema...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
Or you can buy a disc of the motifs, already drawn up, neatly filed in
folders which automatically installs into your RXP programme.
Contact The Lace Guild to ask?
Also please, can I use this as a reminder to everyone to send in both the
updated teacher's and group's forms to The Hollies, so we have the most up to
date information. There are more details on the new forms You don't have to be
a member to do this; we would
I print my dot paper for free from the computech website, which I also use for
all sizes, shapes and colours of
graphs and grids. If anyone wants the proper link I can send it when I'm on my
'puter.
Cheers, Jacquie.
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On 1 Dec 2011, at 15:10, Lora
Actually I think she must have been left handed because that is the hand
that appears to setting a pin.
???
If I am placing a pin on the left of the lace, my left hand is twisting, then
holding the workers out of the way and my right hand collects and places the
pin.
On the right hand
A proper tambour hook doesn't have a latch! That's what makes it hard to use.
But because it doesn't have a latch, you don't have the problem of the latch
closing when you are using it in a point down/handle up direction, (as you do
on net,) and is why an experienced tambourer can work
It is probably more accurate to look at finished eBay auctions to see how much
the books actually *sold* for.
Just because a book is on sale for a silly price, it doesn't mean that anyone
will be desperate enough to buy it.
Don't forget the copies of these hard-to-find books which are
You need to test wash your lace in the same state as it will be used on the
garment.
You can at least partly pre-shrink the lace by putting a very damp cloth over
it and steaming it with a hot iron using little pressure. Also pre shrink the
fabric or garment.
Sew the sample of lace to the
Robin said something like it's the work, not the finished thing that is the
satisfaction.
Me too. That's why I'd like to be able to work more quickly, so I can get a
bigger fix of solving the problems, which is the pleasure of lacemaking ahead
of other arts and crafts for me.
That's also
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