Barron wrote:
after discussion of the four seasons lace patterns I've decided
I'd like to start them - the bucks point ones by Geraldine Stott - but now I can't find them - I thought they were in a loose pattern but now I have a vaugue feeeling they are in the Lace magazine but I've no idea
1.PILLOWS. The plastic foam packaging that comes with electrical goods
etc can be cut with a sharp bread knife. I have a Prestige one, some
30+ years old that sharpens up beautifully for this and it saves using
the other half's saws!I also put some calico around my blocks which
are going
Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Lots of pictures of mangles and other laundry equipment for those of
you too young to remember!
http://www.townfield.doncaster.sch.uk/pages/trips/cusworth_laundry.htm
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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madelin wrote:
I can send you a glossary privately.
Dear Antje and the list,
I usually lurk, but wanted to pipe in that it would make a lovely
addition to our archives, or to the Lace Fairy site, to amass such
glossaries of terms particular to lace in as many languages as
possible, to
Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On Jun 5, 2006, at 20:28, Aurelia Loveman wrote:
I remember the teacher [...] telling us that we should reckon on
making an inch per hour (a square inch? a running inch?).
That is, indeed, an intriguing question, since there's _quite_ a
difference between the two...
Well at long last I am coming to the end of a sideboard mat that will
now fit on a 5' refractory table! The original centre turned out to be
short and I have had to design a centre that will a) fit and b) match
the outside edging. Only 3-4 years in the making.
The original pattern is from
bevw wrote:
Hi everyone
This is a short message about the lengthening lace - my garter project
is now at 60 cm. of a 100 cm. goal.
How about everyone else working on long laces? How's progress?
--
Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
Cdn. floral bobbins
Does anyone know of a British supplier of these books from 'The Luton
Pattern Book 'please. I believe there are now 4 volumes.
Thanks
Sheila in what has now become a very cloudy day, but no rain yet in Sawbo'
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Dear All, are you going to the above in Durham over the first w/e in
April? If you I'm going up with Kate Darvill, Anja Mann and Frankie
Anderson. Maybe we can meet on the Friday evening wearing Arachne
badges. See you there, with thermals packed!
Sheila in sunny Sawbo' where we've had
Pam Nottingham in The Technique of Bobbin Lace,published 1976, page20
numbers the threads 1 to 4;
The Technique of Torchon Lace 1979, this
is repeated on page 24.
Alexandra Stillwell inIllustrated Dictionary of Lacemaking, 1996
Alice Howell mentions this as using 'cross and twist' when teaching..
Pam Nottingham in both The Technique of Bobbin Lace 1976 (p.20) and
The Technique of Torchon Lace(p24) when talking about cloth st. used
numbers 1-4 (L - R). She also described the stitches we use in a diagram
labelled 'a,b
Please ignore first one, the second reads better. Sorry
Sheila,
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The one thing that no-one has mentioned in all the discussion going on
so far,is where do you start when you have a beginner to whom you wish
to explain how to work a stitch
There you are with your threads wounds onto the bobbins in pairs and you
are going to work a bandage. Regardless of
Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Hello Jenny
Just where did you find that gadget?
I have similar fingernails.
Brenda
On 11 Mar 2006, at 19:33, Jenny Barron wrote:
Just discovered a new lace tool today. I bought a needle tugger meant
for pulling needles through thick fabric and spotted the
Veronica Sorenson used to advise making your leaves slightly longer than
you needed so that when you did the 1/2 reefknot with the non-weaver
pair ,or joined the leaf into the work, the leaf would then draw up into
the shape wanted.
Sheila in a very sunny, but cold Sawbo'.
Dear All, while seating at my pillow listening to the radio I heard
about an experiment being carried out on Climate Warming. The
scientists were asking people, around the world, to help them with the
necessary calculations. Apparently the computers available are not
large enough and so
Dear All,
As an Essex Lacemaker(ELM) I once had to make a Schneeberger pillow for
a course with Veronica Sorenson. While at a friend's in Chichester we
started to make the pillows following instructions in Veronica's book.
As we stuffed the sawdust in and rolled it to the edges with a
Helen Bell wrote:
And don't forget to fumigate it in someway to kill off any little
We were always told to cook the straw in the oven to get rid of the
bugs. The other problem is that if you lace in a damp atmosphere, as
can happen if you are demonstrating in halls or churches that when
Alan(DH) has suggested World lace -mail as a title.
Sheila
www.lace-helpandhistory.info
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If I remember correctly, Lace and Bobbins by T.L.Huetson (1973) also
gave a list of these among the long lists of his bobbins. There's one
for sale on eBay at the moment.
Sheila in a dull and cold Sawbo'
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Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On Feb 2, 2006, at 13:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I love the idea of a 24-hour lacemaking relay. But September
seemes a long time to wait! Can we have a trial run first?
Sounds to me like this should be separate from the UK National Lace Day
and become a new,
Jean Nathan wrote:
Liz wrote:
Could someone please explain how the National Lace Day works.
Don't know its origins (Lace Guild perhaps?). It just gets mentioned
in my lace group each year and the date is usually published in 'Lace' .
For the past few years, a representative of Poole Bobbin
What an interesting afternoon, I hope it didn't stop you- Margot- making
lace. It was nice to hear from people who don't usually take part in
the discussions online, maybe because it was on the Atlantic rim. Both
Margot and Bev have to be congratulated for the idea
I think that a month would
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Sheila's post gave me the idea that perhaps sometime we coild have a lace-in
relay - perhaps on the UK National Lacemaking Day in September. With several
organisers around the world we could keep it going for the full 24 hours until
it comes back home.
The idea is
I'm as near as can be on _*0*_. Sheila
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I think that what has to be considered about these is that lacemaking
was 'work' , a trade. Possibly some ladies indulged themselves in the
craft, but by and large it was a working class occupation and therefore
you bought the cheapest bobbins available. Even husbands etc could not
afford
Helen Tucker wrote:
Ah, there is one type of English lace that is back-to-front :o) Downton lace
(from the Dorset/Wiltshire area) is worked with the footside/headside swapped
compared to other English laces. Don't ask me why though, 'cause I couldn't
tell you!
I think this is because
Well, you'll all be pleased to know that there aren't as many as I
thought. Most were in Muriel and it's a long time ago -senior moments
and all that.
Page 57:- Bobbins 18 pairs Gimps 2pairs + 1
single PIXIE
Page 77:-
Janice suggested that I put the following online so everyone could make
the changes in their book:-A Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace.
When the book came out in 1983 there were a number of errors, proof
reading, if you would like the complete list of changes as given to us
by Geraldine
This is especially for British lacemakers. Have you bought next week's
copy? On page 34, there is a piece on lace bobbins. His valuations are
a little low, especially the hanging bobbin.But look at his reason for
no spangles on Honiton bobbins. As with 'Flog it' they should check
their
Annette Meldrum wrote:
Devon,
Your talk on the Robber Barons sounds very interesting? How about planning a
holiday to Australia and while your hear give us this talk (LOL)? In the
book, Chats on old lace there are some great references on this topic. Are
you familiar with them?
Is your talk
Spurred into action by Margot, as Jacqui Barber is away, I've searched
and found the teacher in Coggeshall. Her name is Sue Gann. If anyone
is interested reply to me and I'll give you the details.I'll also
try and post some photos in the webshots. Problem is we have a new PC
and
I have given my antique lace collection to The Manor House Museum in
Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk,England. Why this museum?
Because they have a very good textile collection of costumes etc.;They
have a display from these collections that changes at least twice a
year; if any textiles need repair
My daughter has worked this as a cross-stitch pattern for us.The
printing onto the canvas was not good, the bobbins in particular, which
makes it difficult for a non-lacemaker. However, the finished product
is lovely and hangs proudly on our wall.
A British supplier used to sell it, but I
The lace that I have made over the years has been to decorate our walls;
pictures for Xmas/birthday presents; Xmas cards for friends and
family. These have ranged from bookmarks- always useful if one is away
and need to give a thank you to someone as they are always with you-
paperweights,
1.In general, videos and dvds from Canada or USA are not compatible
here, unless the latter have been specially programed.
2. Keep your old video players. Tapes, we have found,if looked after
will last 20+ years. Home recorded dvds whether audio or video are not
stable and may only last
Hi there, nice to know you will be at Bristol. The Friday evening
'Lace-in' would be a good time. If you like I will put a spider
picture on our table as there are a number in our group who subscribe.
Maybe other Guild members could get in touch before Ap. so we could
arrange something
Dear All, May I as a sometime author answer this question. NO, you do
not get any money from the sale of secondhand copies of your books.
Sheila (Brown) in a dull E.Herts.
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Dear Arachnions, Whilst talking about the wonderful, but very tiring
tour in the Czech Republic this summer at OIDFA 2004, the question of
the length of time we spent sitting in the coaches came up. A fellow
lacemaker said did you take your support stockings with?. My reply
was of course
Having finished the lace I wanted for Prague i.e. a collar and motifs
for T-shirts, I've a) gone back to a sideboard runner - 5' x 18- worked
as an edging and centre piece;and b) to make a jacket to match
collars and stole (see webshots).
As this is too big to carry around I'll get on
I was so amazed that I had managed to set up the webshot album that I
forgot to mention in the orginal note who sheilabucks is, I must
explain that it is the new name for Sheila Brown of
Sawbridgeworth,E.Herts. for use with the photo album. I didn't want to
be Sheila Brown 116! Never
To everyone, please ignore the previous 2 messages, I've done it all
wrong. This should teach me a lesson. Sorry
Sheila in E.Herts.
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I haven't seen mention of these as yet:-7 Labours of Hercules; 7
Lamps of Architecture ; 7 Sages of Greece/Rome; The 7 Sisters -
Pleiades; The 7 Sisters (rocks off The Isle of Wight, GB); Sevenoaks (6
replaced after the Great Blow 1987 ); Sept Iles -Canada. My 7 Labours
of love !!!
I think we can beat this in England - hot cross buns before Xmas, and
eggs as you went in after. Any one else for pole position?
Sheila in Sawbo' where it is stil lraining
Ruth Budge wrote:
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rash of bad temper when you see
A French lacemaker is trying to find this 'old' lace friend.
Anne-Marie's surname was Minon before marriage. They last saw each
other some 25 years ago in the E.Midlands where they both learnt to make
lace. The friend is Chantal Harrison, and she was taught by Christine
Springett for a
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