Just found on http://winterthur.org/embroidery
There are two items of interest:
1. Definition of the word art and the word craft - this is one of the
best (my humble opinion), and confined to one paragraph.
2. Click on the second item on the right, and view a larger image of a
1795 need
I've completed a Hollie Point needlelace exercise! Great, right? On to the
third exercise! Except, suddenly I feel disenchanted with my thread. It's
Tanne 50, a cotton thread. Should I try a different thread? I guess threads
are either cotton, linen, or silk. Or any of those types right
Hi Julie:
Just a couple of quick pointers:
About the kinking - you can control this by rolling the needle in your fingers
between stitches, to take off the twist you just put on. Once you learn which
way to twist the needle you do it between each stitch and the movement becomes
easy and natura
Hi Julie,
It’s a long time since I worked any Hollie Point but I used Madeira Tanne 50
for the best sample I made (I’ll send you a scan privately). In that one I had
about 8 rows and 15 stitches in a 0.25 in square. By comparison a piece of
Hollie Point in the Glasgow Museums Collection had abo
What about letting the thread and needle hang free for a while? Won't that
untwist it the correct way?
Karen in Malta
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Thanks Jeri
That context is helpful. What a delightful sampler and a little different to
others that I am familiar with.
Annette Meldrum in a cool but sunny south coast of NSW Australia
Where autumn has suddenly arrived and I miss summer already.
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Hi Julie
Tanner 50 is 39 wraps/cm. Brok 160 is 66 wraps/cm and Egyptian 120 is 58
wraps/cm so they are both considerably finer than the Tanne
Actually Egyptian 60/2 is 39 wraps/cm the same as Tanne 50 and Brok 70 is 38
wraps/cm (very marginally thicker). Any Egyptian cotton with a number higher
Hi, Julie, and Welcome to the very addictive world of needlelace!!
I, too have worked from the Barley book. Hollie point, I find, is not an
easy lace to make!
I worked 2 samples - one in Fincrochet #20, and the other - same pattern -
in Brock 100/3.
I will email you privately, with a scan of the
