Re: [lace] How 'Lace Police' breed . . . Noelene's poem

2015-04-20 Thread Linda Walton
On 20/04/2015 10:54, Noelene Lafferty wrote: Will this do? Oh yes, Noelene, it certainly will ! It's absolutely brilliant, and absolutely to the point. I went to a lace day school once, after I'd been teaching myself to make lace with books and a video, and ran into the lace police. As it

[lace] Dickey Pots - written sources please? and cherry blossom pattern?

2015-04-20 Thread Linda Walton
Recently I was looking up 'tralaticious' in the Oxford English Dictionary Online, and found myself looking up 'dickey pot'. (Well, you know how it is, as you get older?) There was no entry for 'dickey pot', but there was a collection of quotations explaining how one meaning of dickey, (or

Re: [lace] Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread J-D Hammett
Hi fellow Arachnids, Another lovely poem from Noelene and very much to the point. Thank you. Happy lace making, Joepie, in sunny but still chilly (a glorious day really!) East Sussex, UK. From: Noelene Lafferty Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎20‎ ‎April‎ ‎2015 ‎11‎:‎07 To:

Re: [lace] Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread sueat
Brilliant as always and is it right of course. We know there are various lacemakers belonging to organisations for those who really enjoy learning every one of the rules and can make every stitch how it should be made. It is beautiful to see, but there are many of us out here who love making

Re: [lace] Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread The Lace Bee
I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and they are available on my website to download. http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html go to the acrachne page and scroll down to the bottom, click on the image you like to get the full size and then right hand click the

[lace] (Lace) Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread Daphne Martin
Noelene The poem is lovely as always. Daphne Martin Norfolk UK Sent from my IPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

[lace] Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread Noelene Lafferty
Will this do? The world is full of rules and laws Controlling all we do. We must do this, we can't do that Our freedoms are so few. But when it comes to making lace There's guidelines there, not laws. We don't need fussy Lace Police You can't do that, because . So if you make your lace for joy

Re: [lace] bobbin weight

2015-04-20 Thread AGlez
I think we tend to work best with the bobbins we are used to work with. In my case, Spanish continentals, which most of you may find too big. Mine are 10,5cm long and woodbox. The first course I did of a technique different to torchon (many years ago) was a Tonder course. I had been told that

Re: [lace] Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread J-D Hammett
These are fun and would make lovely greeting cards for lacemakers. From: The Lace Bee I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and they are available on my website to download. http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html go to the acrachne page and scroll

Re: [lace] Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread Barbara Engle
These are SO great..NEVER could I think of doing this! I, also, thank you for sharing, These will be fun to use. Happy lacing BarbE On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:46 AM, The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and

[lace] Torchon Purse Pendants

2015-04-20 Thread Clay Blackwell
I have a copy of the book, TorchonLace: Purse Pendants by Susanne Thompson, Lacet Publications, 1998. It has lovely patterns which I know my two (new!) students would love to work. I tried to find copies of the book on-line, but had no luck. Does anyone know if the booklet is still in print

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread The Lace Bee
I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and they are available on my website to download. http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html go to the acrachne page and scroll down to the bottom, click on the image you like to get the full size and then right hand click the

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread J-D Hammett
These are fun and would make lovely greeting cards for lacemakers. From: The Lace Bee I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and they are available on my website to download. http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html go to the acrachne page and scroll

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Lace Police

2015-04-20 Thread Barbara Engle
These are SO great..NEVER could I think of doing this! I, also, thank you for sharing, These will be fun to use. Happy lacing BarbE On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:46 AM, The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and