Re: [lace] continueing on with Miss Channer discussion...how about other....

2014-01-05 Thread Sue
I also have one of Alex Stillwells books which goes through stages of explanation and pattern building, reading, understanding. It is a lovely book and if I had more time to spend on Bucks I would have achieved several masterpieces by now:-) I have achieved some pretty minor pieces though.

RE: [lace] continueing on with Miss Channer discussion...how about other....

2014-01-05 Thread Agnes Boddington
Oh yes, very nice book. Just got it for Christmas. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Diana Smith Sent: 05 January 2014 07:44 To: Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] continueing on with Miss Channer

Re: [lace] continueing on with Miss Channer discussion...how about other....

2014-01-05 Thread Nancy Neff
I can second (third?) the praise for Alex Stillwell's books on Bucks, but I want to be sure that it is clear, in answer to the original query, that there are two books, the first on Geometric Bucks Point and a second on Floral Bucks. The second builds on the first, so you need to get the first

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2014-01-05 Thread corinne
I agree the two books on Bucks Point lace by Alex Stillwell are the best books to learn form. They are so well organised that it is possible to work the patterns without a teacher - although a teacher does help. You do need the Geometric Book as well as the Floral Book as the Floral book does

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2014-01-05 Thread Nancy Neff
Sorry, Yahoo added some extra characters to that link to Alex Stillwell's books. this should work: http://alexstillwell.wordpress.com/books/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

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2014-01-04 Thread Marianne Gallant
On that same note, how about some book reviews on Bucks or other point ground books? I am looking for more intermediate to advanced instruction, I know the basics, and can follow charts if they have a thread path diagram with it, but is there anything out there that will teach you how to read just

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2014-01-04 Thread Diana Smith
What about the superb newly published book by our very own Alex Stillwell. Diana Sent from my iPad On 5 Jan 2014, at 01:55, Marianne Gallant m...@shaw.ca wrote: On that same note, how about some book reviews on Bucks or other point ground books? I am looking for more intermediate to