Hello Folks,
Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome to the list, to those who emailed me
off list, and to Tamara and to those other newby's who were brave enough to
ask questions, so I don't feel so alone.
I so look forward to my digests. Ive giggled and laughed and visited some
of your web
Hallo Lacefriends,
Coming back from the congress of Deutscher Klöppelverband I found in my
mail-box some strange mails. Often saying failed messages. Some of them
have adresses from people who are on the list others have adresses I
never saw before. Since yesterday I get some only with the
hi Mary
I have been making lace for 16 years, so can give you some help with your
questions. I also teach weekly classes for children to make lace.
I'm practicing Bruges braids - tight curves. Yikes! The instructions say
to
do a whole stitch and twist at the beginning and end. Okay, do I do
Hello
I have been sending strange mails. At least someone in Finland that has my
email-address in the addressbook has. I sent ont of the messages that
appeard on one list to my support and they saw that the mail that were
sent from me originated from someone in Finland. It is very strange how
I think Candace meant this to go the list, not me directly
Sue
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From: candace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:30 AM
Subject: Teaching lace to children: question
Hi Sue,
I have a niece (a mature 9-year-old) who
Last year I wrote of the trip my friend Pauline and I made to Poland where we
stayed at Czorstzyn in the Pieniny maountains in the southern area near to the
border with the Czech Republic.
Ours was an embroidery and lace tour and Pauline joined the Bobowa lace class
and made a lovely lace mat.
Mary
1. thread. If your pattern calls for 40/2 linen, then pearl cotton #8 is
too thick, a pearl #12 would be closer. But because pearl is so slippery, a
thicker thread may fit tightly into the space. You could try throwing out
one of the central passive pairs. Ideally a tape should have 6 or
Mary wrote:
But, if I place them straight up and down, my lace kind of climbs up the
pins.
What type of pillow are you using? I can't get on with the high-domed
mushroom ones recommended for beginners at all. I got on fairly OK with
quite a low domed one for edgings and small pieces, but the
Mary wrote:
But, if I place them straight up and down, my lace kind
of climbs up the
pins.
And Jean responded:
What type of pillow are you using? I can't get on with the
high-domed
mushroom ones recommended for beginners at all.
I have found that the domed pillows work fine for straight
Welcome to all our new members, your newbie questions
are great.
Somewhere in the depths of my addled brain I recall when
discussing this topic before, someone mentioned that if you
use too large a needle in your pricker, that your lace will
ride up the pins? Is this right?
I used to have this
I used to have this trouble, but not recently. But a friend
of mine has just finished a wide edging which seemed to want
to climb right up to the top of her pins, and we really can't
figure out why. Flat pillow, side angled pins (maybe not
angled enough, but the work really did want to fly
I've really got better things to do this morning than this, but
thinking about our new members, I started (and I think
finished) this:
For Newbies.
It caught my eye right from the start
Come and see me, come and see!
A pillow full of thread and pegs
All tossed about so gleefully.
The lacemaker
Noelene wrote:
Somewhere in the depths of my addled brain I recall when discussing this topic before,
someone mentioned that if you use too large a needle in your pricker, that your lace
will ride up the pins? Is this right?
I used to have this trouble, but not recently. But a friend of mine
Hi Jeri,
That's an interesting point. Actually, I use all kinds of card for my prickings. I
just finished a pattern from the Swedish Bobbin Lace Association that was printed AND
pre-pricked on card that is almost 2 mm thick. THAT pricking did not rise (or bend,
either). On the other hand,
Hello everyone,
Yet another beginner's question. Thank you all for being so patient and
helpful with me.
I tried to make a braid (also called a plait, I think - anyway, what I
mean is when you take two pairs and just CTCTCTCT... straight without
pins, to get a neat thin braid). I failed
At 05:32 PM 4/21/2004, you wrote:
I tried to make a braid...
Even if I pull it
up after every CTCT, it comes back down when I work on the next one, and
then when I try to pull the next one up the whole thing becomes a nasty
irregular knot.
Hi,
Don't despair. It will come.
When doing a
Hi All, I'm just seconding Geri's comments. I wash my hands
a LOT when making NL. Makes me look forward to the time
when I have a bathroom on the same floor as the studio. And
I will continue to wash my hands a lot. I made a number of
NL flowers for gifts for Christmas. While making one I
Weronika wrote:
I tried to make a braid (also called a plait, I think - anyway, what I
mean is when you take two pairs and just CTCTCTCT... straight without
pins, to get a neat thin braid). I failed miserably. Even if I pull it
up after every CTCT, it comes back down when I work on the next
On Apr 21, 2004, at 18:27, Patricia Dowden wrote:
I like rollers because they almost automatically get you to place your
pins correctly.
Depends on the roller, and on the lacemaker :) I've had lace trying to
go to heaven even on a roller (while I wished it you-know-where).
Eventually, I
On Apr 21, 2004, at 20:32, Weronika Patena wrote:
Yet another beginner's question. Thank you all for being so patient
and
helpful with me.
Just keep asking; we all love to strut a bit g
I tried to make a braid (also called a plait, I think
Yes, it's one of those instances of confusion in
If this appeals, you might also do a search on the museum name to gather
more information.
My apologies to those of you who wrote to let me know you have no
interest in history or historical laces
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
Hey, Jeri Ames, why bother
If you don't have a double headed bobbin and have to put your half hitch on
the thread itself, there is a way to help prevent the hitch from digging into
the thread. When winding the thread onto the bobbin, I wind from top to
bottom very closely and then take the thread from bottom to top in a
Here's a quiz to delight Tamara!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3645451.stm
test your knowledge of Poland.
Sue
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I don't think we have seen this one before and it is interesting how
these work.
Lee Daly
in New Jersey USA where theApril showers have arrived
This is cool chocolate math!!
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute...Work this out as you read.
Be sure you don't read
On Apr 21, 2004, at 8:23, Sue Babbs wrote:
Here's a quiz to delight Tamara!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3645451.stm
test your knowledge of Poland.
Thanks, Sue :) I got 9 right, which isn't entirely surprising (though
one was a guess). But, as the -- self-appointed -- Queen of Cliche (if
I only got two! Solidarity I knew and cracking the Nazi code I
guessed. I thought I knew one or two others but I guess not : (
I did learn some things!
Jane in Vermont, USA where the magnolia tree across the
street is in bloom!
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On Apr 21, 2004, at 20:41, Jane Viking Swanson wrote:
I only got two! Solidarity I knew and cracking the Nazi code I
guessed.
Cracking the Nazi code was the one I guessed too (the theatre in Gdansk
was another guess, but a more logical one, not sucked out of a
finger). On the matter of key
I had to share this, my DH sent this to me.
Lynn
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:17:21 EDT
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From: M. A.
Joe's wife bought a new line of expensive cosmetics guaranteed to make
her
look years younger. After a lengthy sitting before the mirror applying
the
miracle products, she asked, Darling, honestly, what age would you
say I
am?
Looking over her carefully, Joe replied, Judging from
Not a new one, but still funny...
From: M.A.
On the first day God created the cow.
God said, You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and
suffer
under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will
give
you a life span of sixty years. The cow said, That's kind of
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