Re: [lace] Accidents

2010-09-19 Thread Maureen Bromley
Dear David Yes I think we have all been there. The worst thing, I think, is to cut off a pair of bobbins that you thought were another pair, only to find that they are the workers. But then these are the jhoys of being a lacemaker. !!! Maureen E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] purists, was accidents

2010-09-19 Thread Clay Blackwell
The longer I make lace, and the more I study with people who know what they're doing, the more I realize that the reason we became hide bound with rules about how to make lace was that someone wrote a book or taught a group of people, and the rules they gave became the standard. The fact is,

Fw: [lace] pattern re-sizing

2010-09-19 Thread Sue
Yes thank you for that line Caroline, need to understand better how it works but hope it will be of help in the future sometime. Mind you I do find the arachne mail easier to understand then charts, but thats just me:-) Sue T caroline Ingle cajin...@me.com wrote: I would like to suggest

Re: [lace] thread sizes and pricking

2010-09-19 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Sue, I have just found a nice little motif pattern I want to make for my Mum and the pattern quotes madeira tanne 50 (which is 39 wraps and is 2Z) in Brenda's book. I want to use my gutterman silk which says it is 27 wraps and 3Z). Would it be sensible to print the pattern out slightly

Re: [lace] thread sizes and pricking

2010-09-19 Thread Sue
Thank you David, Have scanned and printed the pattern at 140 % which is much larger than I expected it to be but will certainly be easier to work than the original size, g. While I was there I copied it at several different sizes to see what they looked like. One of them I will pencil in

[lace] Re: Unwritten Rules - Spangling

2010-09-19 Thread Susan Reishus
spangl(ing) ... I've tried wire (eventually breaks); fishing line (same); and double threading through one way and back the other: all of which took ages to do and I hated it ... (tried) beading thread from the embroidery shop: it's quite sturdy and has a slight waxy feel to it ... thread the

[lace] help starting a pattern

2010-09-19 Thread Arlene Cohen
Hello, all - I am glad that I found this list. You all seem like such friendly, helpful lacemakers as I have read back through some posts. I have been doing bobbin lace for a number of years, but mostly in solitude since there are no lace groups or lacemakers that I know of near me. Each

[lace] Lace in the State of Maine USA

2010-09-19 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lace Lovers, Recently, a member wrote that she found no lace of consequence in Maine. Lacemakers of Maine have been active on Arachne since the beginning, 15 years ago. We continue to contribute a body of information that is available to lacemakers at no cost. The

[lace] Bobbin Lace Group or Individual in the St Louis, MO Area

2010-09-19 Thread bertrans1
Is there someone in the St. Louis, MO area who would be willing to work with me. I am still learning and really need someone willing to work with me. I live near St. Louis. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

[lace-chat] Fw: New product sweeping the nation!

2010-09-19 Thread Janice Blair
I know we cannot advertise on Lace, but not sure about protocol on Chat, and I am not profiting from this post. My DD, Judy, has started a new business online selling a holder for your earbuds that you use with ipods, iphones, etc. You can see the information at: