On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 12:16 PM Devon Thein wrote:
> Actually, I found the Springett videos to be a very satisfying experience.
> (...) Of course they were VHS, so I doubt I could even manage to play them
> now.
I have them on 4 DVD's (available at VanSciver Lace
students can ask for help
and why the threads go the wrong way.
Lorelei
Subject: [lace] Re: What is the best way to start bobbin lace?
Bev Walker sent the following suggestion, which I am posting in order to
continue the conversation:
"Tell her and others to join the Facebook group Bobbin Lace M
It's a long time ago now, but when I first started learning properly (I had had
a taster day five years before, tried to teach myself from a book and gave up,
by which time I was heavily pregnant) I was in a similar position, my two
daughters were 2 and almost 5. My eldest, Jenny, had been
Gina writes: I taught myself, starting with The Torchon Lace Workbook by
Bridget Cook. I'm attempting to teach myself Beds from books and from
Christine Springett's Beds video series. I have to say, Beds has been more
challenging than the Torchon was. I'm still taking baby steps :) I'd love
to
I am no expert but I would be happy to be part of a group, come down from New
York and work in Pennsylvania to do a series of YouTube videos? I used to teach
Bobbin lace making at the spirit of Crosstitch festival...
Sent from my iPhone and if I'm driving please excuse Siri derived typos.
>
Bev Walker sent the following suggestion, which I am posting in order
to continue the conversation:
"Tell her and others to join the Facebook group Bobbin Lace Makers.
There are a lot of new learners taking part, most seem to be teaching
themselves from books and YouTube videos. They are giving
Thank you Jeri. Always glad to share information and experiences.Â
JillIn rainy and chilly Connecticut
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Jeri & list,
I'm very interested in the discussion of this, and my fellow lacemakers'
recommendations, so I, for one, ask that answers be copied to the list so
some of the rest of us could follow it. Not everyone is interested in
everything on the list, and if people remember to trim their posts
The normal definition is that lace is 'holes surrounded by thread' (whether
that thread be yarn, cotton, wire, or whatever). Crochet fits that definition
and is accepted as being lace, (particularly Irish Crochet) but some people
prefer to think of crochet that is, for example, squares made of
I'm trying to tat or crochet a snowflake everyday. I've also made 2 geek
Christmas gift items: A tatted TARDIS a weeping Christmas angel. (From
Dr. Who)
Merry Christmas!
Robin
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cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no
Hi, Robin.
I'd love to see photos of your snowflakes and the TARDIS and the weeping
Christmas angel. I don't even know what a TARDIS is! Maybe you could post
them on Flickr.
Ruth Lyon
in sunny Dubuque, Iowa USA
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Robin D human.m...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying
Thank you, Adele! (And to Janice, what a blessing to share lace with that
school!)
Best,
Susan Reishus
A little confusion is that the title Bronwen
quotes (SIngulier et nouveaux
pourtraicts ...) is not the title the book was
published under when the
facsimile copy that is on the Arizona website
Just lovely! Thank you for sharing. Have any of you worked Reticella as a
curved piece?
More complicated math, no doubt...
Best,
Susan Reishus
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Yep, reticella!
I love this kind of lace. Your picture is good enough that you could
simply lift the pattern off. If you do I recommend sketching it out on a
graph paper before putting it to something to work on.
Good luck! And thanks for sharing
Robin
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I have. On the flicker site, under Branwyn ni Druaidh, is a unicorn I
did. It's a period piece, from the book SIngulier et nouveaux
pourtraicts first published in 1587. It's supposed to be an edging, but I
did it as a stand alone piece. I learned a lot on that lace -- such as the
more detail,
Hmm. I wonder if Alex will weigh in on this, but I don't recall ever having
seen curved reticella. After all, it works on a base of threads removed from
woven cloth, so unless the cloth was woven in a curve (nope, never seen that
either) how would you do it? You could step the squares around a
Have any of you worked Reticella as a curved piece? Susan Reishus
I don't
recall ever having seen curved reticella (as created) from woven cloth...You
could (the stitches, or) would have made a straight piece and just shaped it
to fit. (If you) laid in foundation threads (then it would) be
I have (worked a curved piece in Reticella). On the flicker site, under
Branwyn ni Druaidh, is a unicorn I did.
It's a period piece, from the book
Singulier et nouveaux pourtraicts
first published in 1587
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html
I am happy to hear
this! I just
Arizona lace books are listed in alphabetical order of author.
A Google search reveals Singulier et nouveaux pourtraicts to be written by
Vinciolo, Frederico, the search will also give you a direct link to the
actual book on the Arizona site.
Noelene in Cooma
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I am happy
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/vinciolo/
This is it in a different site.
Bronwen,
who wishes the weather change would just finally happen so the stupid
headache would go away!
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.comwrote:
I just can't find the book on the
Arizona lace books are listed in alphabetical order of author.
I realize
that, as I have ventured into that venue for at least 16 years.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find it after a couple of runs of the whole list of
offerings when the alphabet failed. Perhaps vision issues. I went quickly
Hi Everybody:
A little confusion is that the title Bronwen quotes (SIngulier et nouveaux
pourtraicts ...) is not the title the book was published under when the
facsimile copy that is on the Arizona website was made. You can find it under
Vinciolo in the alphabetic author's listing, and the title
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I agree with Devon Lorelie on this. I realize Arachne is text only, but I
don't see why we can't change that. ...
I'm going to speak up again for the sake of new people to this list who may
not understand what Arachne is.
Arachne is a GIFT to the
Hi Arachnids,
I agree with Alice and am thankful to Liz for facilitating Arachne. And the
mental exercise needed keeps the old brain-cells going. Use it or lose it,
both the brain-cells and Arachne (perish the thought). Not everyone wants
to specialise and be compartmentalised; Arachne has a
Greetings, Gentle Spiders!
For the past four weeks, I have been down for the count. I attended the Fall
Lace Day in Gold Hill, NC on Oct. 1, and had a delightful time. By the
following Tuesday, I was in bed with a horrendous respiratory flu that is only
reluctantly letting go this week. I
A truncheon, baton, cosh, Paddy wacker, billystick, b'tawn, billy
club,
nightstick, sap, blackjack, stick) is essentially a stick of less than
arm's
lengthâusually made of wood, plastic, or metal.
Police are often referred to
as 'Bobbies' (singular: bobby) or 'Peelers' after
Sir Robert (
So sorry to read about this happening to you, and for that matter any
lacemaker who has had similar experiences. I haven't yet had the incident
happen to me(crossing fingers and saying a prayer). But my time may come
that I may have reacted just as you calmly have. In a public place and
girl...about14/15 - had undone the elastic, and was fiddling with the bobbins.
I asked
her not to touch...took offence...the woman 'accidentally' knocked the pillow
and
table, whereupon the pillow fell. Carol in Suffolk
Here is where they say No good deed goes unpunished! You bring
Hi Everybody:
An elderly lacemaker told me this story back in 1981. She was interviewed by a
reporter for a special interest article on her lacemaking and had her biggest
work-in-progress on display, a Beds piece with hundreds of bobbins attached.
The pillow had to be moved for a photo, and
I'm not sure what I would have done, but.
As an adult with Attention Deficit Disorder, and a parent of 3 children
with ADD, I must point out that ADD is not an excuse for bad behavior. Nor
can it be considered a mental illness. Sometimes people will have other
issues and ADD.
One of
Thank you, Cherry!
As a (former) Mental Health Therapist, I emphasized that with my
patients. To do otherwise is an disservice to them. I also worked for
quite a few years with persons with developmental disabilities, and only
the most profoundly affected individuals were unable to
...One of the criteria looked at in the diagnosis is how many projects a
person starts and doesn't complete!
Cherry Knobloch
Oh dear, this just confirms my suspicions - I have ADD but definitely NOT
ADHD :-) Actually my daughter and 4 of my grandchildren have been diagnosed
with ADD and I fear
. . . Usually, men made plioirs for women when they was engaged. They
carved
it with knife. . . . Sof from France
Similar customs of woodworking in other countries, showed endearment, but also
were indications of what kind of provider a man would be as per his skills.
In Norway the man would
...this is a set-up basket for a vintage circular sock knitting
machine...continuous sausage Jacquie
Thank you for the comprehensive explanation! I would add that all I know, do
afterthought heels, taking out 50-60% stitches and placing short row heels,
etc., rather than wearing a tube. They
On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:09, Jenny Brandis wrote:
I have heard of and used magic thread when I start/end torchon lace
but what is a darning magic thread? Can anyone tell me how it is
different to the first or is it the same thing with a different name?
My guess -- but *a guess only * -- would be
On Dec 11, 2008, at 20:20, Cindy Rusak wrote:
With my limited French, I think the seller is suggesting that the
machine was used to measure lace. However, I wonder if it is a
mangler?
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Laurie Waters
lswaters...@comcast.net wrote:
Anyone have any idea what
I live just a few miles from the village of Worstead the place where
the fabric originated, every year they have a festival and we always
attend to see the weavers that set up their weaving frames in the church
along with lacemakers and other crafts. The festival was started up
some thirty years
Re the 's Gravenmoerse lace - Managed the diagonal half stitch for the first
time yesterday without having to reverse a few times!!! The German plate
was correct first time around. Life is looking up!
Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa.
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the list sure is quiet. S, I thought I'd ask what you are doing this
week lace-wise.
As a sign of my very unsettled mind (noisy neighbours upsetting our normal
relaxed self), it is also affecting my ability to make lace. Also
undertooth abscess and the need of my physio (oh dear what a
's Gravenmoerse lace! I did a course at OIDFA and finished the set piece but
now the teacher is far and I have to read the instructions - not my strong
point. It is so much easier if someone shows me what to do! I really have
to concentrate when I do the diagonal half stitch. How long does
Like Jeannette I am finishing the work we made in Bakkeveen before
OIDFA congress. But the last week we had our summer heat which
wasn't fine for lacemaking.
After that I have to do some work from another class I visited and
which shall be exhibited on our next congress. Both works a bit
This was sent to me but was obviously intended for the whole list.
Vicki in Maryland, still having fun playing with Tønder samples after Lace at
Sweet Briar
In a message dated 08/05/2008 7:22:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Subj: What are you doing instead of IOLI
I am doing a long pricking for a narrow Bucks border for a large pin
cushion.
Then have to wind some bobbins and gimps, and I'll take the whole
shebang to demonstrate at a couple
of upcoming craft fairs.
I am also still working on my Beds butterfly which I started in May when
I was on a
Carolyn,
Nice topic for those that are not at convention. Last Saturday my wife and
I took a shift at watching the community building at the county fair.
Thanks goodness it is air conditioned!!! This midwest heat and humidity is
unbearable. Of course we can't just sit there looking at people
Trying to meet the Aug 15 deadline for the IOLI Bulletin. The incoming
Editor had been warned (or, so I'm told) that I do deliver if not
always in a timely manner but it wouldn't do to start her tenure with
a headache and, perhaps, scare her off :)
Since it's for the October issue -- the last
Hello everyone
I'm among those who don't go to many lace conventions - too far or too
difficult or too something that I can't go - so can't miss what we don't
have ;)
What I'm working on is a Flanders piece, taking some letters from Ulrike's
ABC in Flanders and turning them upright (so that they
I suppose my everyday life is nunsense g
I'm still plugging away on my first learning piece in Cantù. Those long
cloth stitch bars look easy, but I'm finding it surprisingly difficult to
maintain a good, even tension going in to and coming out of the 90 degree
corners. (This is a cross design.)
When Agnes says it's a long pricking she means it!! There isn't a
pillow long enough (unless David can find one) My tablemate is
still in the car. mainly because I have no lace on the pillow at the
moment... too busy with other things! Will be starting Louise Colgans
humming bird on
Thank you to Jean, Beth, Janet, Diana, Adele, Bev and Claire for your
comments which I have passed on. The general opinion is that the
bobbins are stilletos or awls used for broderie anglais or Ayreshire
work and that the rings were either curtain rings or button forms.
Brenda
I have been
Evening All
I would agree with them too Brenda. Definitely stilettos and dorset
button edges! (Least that's what Mum would've used them for!)
Sue in East Yorks where we had an amazing thunderstorm last night!
On 1 Aug 2008, at 22:36, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Thank you to Jean, Beth,
My BL teacher, Christy Holtkamp, started me on torchon because of all the
basic skills it gives and the features in it gives me a good ground to work
with for experimenting on other types of lace. I have moved on to others
since. Currently working on Bruges Flower Lace. Christy always worked on
I have a B.A. In Art Studio. So I did(and still do when I devote the time)
drawing and painting(mostly watercolor now) and sculpture. I tried all
medias from throwing pots on the wheel to wood sculpture to acrylics and
oils. You can see some of my 2-D work here:
Part of my love of lacemaking is that it is a form of weaving that can be
done in a small appartment. I still have some small looms, including a
folding one patented in Scarborough, Ontario Canada in the 1920's. That
one is too odd and wonderful to part with. Its also my first ...
I've knitted
Having always (and still) been a stringaholic, I have and still do:
needle lace, tatting, crochet, macrame, embroidery and anything else
that comes along. I am seriously considering needle lace in wire. I
think it would work. Tatting does!
I recall my older brother at about age 8, tying
Jean in Poole wrote:
I have a wooden handled pin vice in the same style as this one. I bought
bent needles for a lazy susan to clamp them in from Tim Parker. Every time I
tried to bend my own they broke.
You need to heat the needle in a flame to soften it and bend it, but that
heat discolours
I have a wide three ring binder, with those acid-free clear plastic (not
actually plastic, maybe acetate?) sleeves. From the beginning (with the
advice of my first lace teacher), when I worked a pattern, I put the
original drawing, pattern, any written info gleaned from working the
pattern
What do I do with prickings?
Several fat three ring binders. Each lace I try goes into the binder.
Drafts, sketches, actual pricking, 6 inch piece of the lace, notes. I like
some when I'm making them, others not. Some are too much work for the
effect. Others are simple to work and gorgeous.
On Feb 23, 2008, at 3:56, Jenny Brandis wrote:
What do you do with your prickings?
Pretty much what Debbie in Florida does: keep them in binders, in those
clear plastic sleeves/pockets. By now, I have several binders: Point
Ground, Flanders, Rosalibre, Wireworks, 2 Miscellaneous (probably
On Oct 1, 2007, at 14:22, Cherry Knobloch wrote:
This is possibly more than you wanted to know.
Not for me. I've saved the message and will print it out and stick it
to the back of the box, once I get my pieces framed. That way, there'll
be a proper record of what it is and how it's done;
On Jul 28, 2007, at 17:52, bevw wrote:
An ell is about 45 inches. Does that help?
It is an English measure. Perhaps there is a French measure which the
wooden
piece would represent.
On 7/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Assuming it has anything to do with lace at all,
As a long-time sock darner, this is too small and too
curved for most darns. It might work in the very end
of the toe on a small hole, but no efficient darner is
going to take time to change the egg when the regular
egg is already in the sock.
Besides, there isn't a single needle scrape on the
OK... how about that thingie that the doctor taps your knee with to check
your reflexes...
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I think we
need to explore non-sewing uses.
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Hi Rochelle and everyone
Well that is really interesting! Good sleuthing.
Thanks for this, and to the person who first asked, it has been an diverting
poser :)
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I spoke to Mum last night who did her tailoring certificates. She has used
Going back to Avital's suggestion of a darner... but instead of gloves,
what about socks?
Debbie in Florida
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I blew the pictue up in ms word it looks like a tiny box with the lid open.
Looks sort of like a modern day mint tin.
Mandy
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Hello All,
I want to make my contribution on this subject.
Apart from a few pillows with different laces on them (one of them a design
from a Japanese lace group) I want to tell you that I am busy trying to
finish a travel pillow, which is a bag at the same. Not at all similar to
the one Robin
Hello Barbera
Beautifull absolutely beatifull!!
Daphne Sunny Norfolk England
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Barbara, your Binche Campanula is coming along very well. It is a lovely piece
when complete.
As for me, I recently finished the Campanula before returning home from Japan,
just in time to give to my mom for Christmas. (she is a VERY special person in
my life.)
I have a Binche corner
I've certainly taken leave of my senses, and started on my first Binche
piece (other than little samples), Campanula, designed by Kumiko Nakazaki,
from her Collection 1. It has become an addiction--I don't want to do
anything else, except maybe sleep and eat!
Here's a scan of my currrent
I'm not surprised you don't want to do anything other than sleep eat - it
is a beautiful piece you are working there
Sue
Here's a scan of my currrent progress, about halfway done (the harder
half!).
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/campanula.jpg
Barbara
Snoqualmie, WA
USA
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Hello Barbara,
your lace looks great. You have progressed very far!
Martina
Germany
On 22 Feb 2007 at 13:34, Barbara Joyce wrote:
I've certainly taken leave of my senses, and started on my first
Binche piece (other than little samples), Campanula, designed by
Kumiko Nakazaki, from her
I'm halfway through Jumbo's Pride, by Anny Noben-Slegers (part of Pride of
Africa, I think). Got it from Anny at teachers' night at IOLI in Denver,
because it shows elephants which my mother collects. I'm hoping to finish
it to enter in the biennial Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta in May, but
Hi All
I would love to be able to say all 4 of my pillows have lace on them,
but it would be a definite fib!!
The 12 inch round has a tiny piece of miniature lace on, just plain
cloth stitch, so I can practice corners! My 'all singing' pillow has
nothing on it because it needs covering
Well I'm one of the lace knitters, but sigh there has been precious little
knitting in my world. I've done something mysterious to my elbow (still
waiting on test results to know which specialist I go see next), and
knitting is downright painful for anything longer than a row or two. Quite a
Currently I am trying to get a project done for the class I will be teaching
at the April workshop in Grand Rapids, MI sponsored by the Great Lakes Lace
Guild. It is a cellphone pouch with a tatted wide multi colored edge to
decorate on top and also a 3-D flower. Gotta hurry on this project!
Beautiful heart and a lovely adaptation from another type of lace. You get
the prize for most romantic blog entry I've seen ;). I hope there were
eagles, if not, stars for you and your beloved.
But I did just finish a project for Valentine's Day that you can see on my
blog:
Hello,
I work a Valencienne from Bailleul edging.
I just begin a Binche : Sagittarius from Annie Nobens in silk soies de
Marie
I hope finish soon Catherine Barley swann in needle lace
I work a butterfly in contemporary bobbin lace.
I beguin a flower for beguiners in french run lace.
I beguin
On 2/19/07, sof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And I have about ... 50 pieces to finish!! bobbin lace, needle lace, run
lace or tape lace.
But I decided I not beguin a new project before may!!
LOL - do you ever cook?
--
Bev, working on a 's Gravenmoerse lace and some research in Sooke BC (on
bevw a écrit :
On 2/19/07, *sof* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And I have about ... 50 pieces to finish!! bobbin lace, needle lace, run
lace or tape lace.
But I decided I not beguin a new project before may!!
LOL - do you ever cook?
--
Bev, working on a 's
I'm glad this thread was started... It's fun to connect with other lacemakers
by hearing what they're actually doing ...
From what others are saying, I will sound very dull and un-adventurous. I
tend to work on one project at a time, and am not happy until that project is
either finished or
Hi, everyone
I've just started a new piece, a fine Torchon edging (Margaret Allen's torchon
edging no 7) in ecru Finca 80 cotton (thanks for the thread, Jenny!) - it's a
complete change from the thick linen thread and beds/cluny of Les Lauriers;
the thin thread felt very strange to work with
Thanks! I used a portable pillow, no movable parts and the lace is Krenik
metallic 002 Japanese gold #8 braid.
Robin
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Awesome costume!
Just out of interest, what style of pillow did you use to make the
gold lace? Is it metal or metallic thread?
On 5/18/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
, this is
one shot of me and my lace trimmed dress from a site called Robyn's Roost.
Justin takes all sorts of
You ladies have made me feel tired just reading all you have been doing:-)
Well after abandoning using a piece I tried to design and make (did both of
those). Found my mistakes in the designing stage so have learned some very
valuable lessons. That is now in my file to record what looks fine
Like Alice, I'm also in preparation for the PNWC lace conference in
June. I'll be taking the Tonder class, and I've got a big pile of
bobbins to wind.
I also have to find a lace pillow to use, and since they're all already
in use my choice is to finish an old project or make a new pillow.
Hello all spiders,
Usually lurked, now that the list is quiet I would like you to know that
the Annual Lace Day Event in Catalonia (Spain) will take place next
24th. June in Arenys de Munt (location near Barcelona).
I shall be there though I shall not participate demonstrating.
On the other
Dear Lacemakers,
Does anyone have any ideas for a 50th Wedding Anniversary lacey present for
some very good friends of ours. I only have until the first week in February
to finishing it, but I do work better under pressure. We have been invited to
celebrate with them and family with in
Clay asked what were we up to? Well I do not post often but do try to keep up
with the postings. At the moment I am making a rose motif in Chantilly lace
in a thread which is a pale blue/grey colour and is unboiled 3 ply silk 250
thickness (very, very fine). I got the thread from Leif
Clay asked what were we up to? Well I do not post often but do try to keep up
with the postings. At the moment I am making a rose motif in Chantilly lace
in a thread which is a pale blue/grey colour and is unboiled 3 ply silk 250
thickness (very, very fine). I got the thread from Leif
When you started teaching
- did you make more lace than before?
I made more lace before I started teaching. Now, I spent more of that time
preparing patterns for others, writing instructions, writing books, proofing
patterns, researching techniques, teaching classes, preparing traveling to
On May 24, 2005, at 9:08, Linda Greyling wrote:
My questions is directed to all lace teachers.
When you started teaching
- did you make more lace than before?
- did the quality of your work improve?
- did you try new kinds of lace to accommodate students?
- did you become more creative in your
On Sep 2, 2004, at 11:49, C. Johnson (Susie) wrote in response to Robin:
This brings up the question of purity and naming. If I use some
Cluny
techniques on a Beds pattern, is it still Beds? If I use torchon
ground on
a Bucks grid, is that Bucks point lace? If I mix crochet stitches in
with
On Aug 4, 2004, at 9:19, Jean Nathan wrote:
There are three more lots of different bobbins (quite big and
chunky) with
just over a day to go on:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItemrd=1item=8121630093ssPageN
ame=STRK:MEWA:IT
Item number 8121630093
This lot looks *exactly* like the
Aside from Bobbin Lace, I am also a tatter. I run across this same
dilemma and I just wind it up on empty spools or floss cards and save
them. Like to be frugal ;) I use the little bits of thread to load on a
shuttle or finger tat a small butterfly and then use that to paste on a
card or give
The butterflies sound like a good idea - maybe I should try to learn tatting
g... It's hard to make really small bobbin lace pieces out of thread
scraps. Or maybe I just can't come up with anything sufficiently small.
Weronika
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 02:50:10PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 01:15 PM 7/29/2004, you wrote:
.. It's hard to make really small bobbin lace pieces out of thread
scraps. Or maybe I just can't come up with anything sufficiently small.
Just start with the threads long for a fringe at the top, work only 2-3-4
repeats of a bookmark, and plait a long tail with
On Apr 24, 2004, at 23:42, Weronika Patena wrote:
Now that's a confusing list for a non-native speaker...
What's corsage, a door finger plate, a UFO candle holder, a coaster, an
alice band, and a mobile?
g I'd have written you off list with translations but, as far as I
know, almost none of
or search for item number 3278249569 on ebay
Hi Jean ,
hey are definitely no bobbin-lace bobbins. The little artefact with a wheel
is like our modern pizza cutter (sorry for this stupidity). No, now
seriously, it is like the wheel used to copy and mark the patterns in
sewing.
The little black
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