Re: [lace] Looking for patterns of Bobbinlacer

2004-02-01 Thread Jean Barrett
Good morning Sherry, There is a pattern for a bobbin lace maker in the book Nyplatkaamme, Let's make bobbin Lace by Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti. It was published in 1988, ISBN 951-99922-3-5. I am not sure if it is still available but shoulf be in the IOLI library if nowhere else. It is worked in

[lace] printing designs

2004-02-01 Thread Jean Barrett
Good morning All, Is there anyone out there who can help me? reply privately of course. I am using an iMac machine, scanning prickings to prepare pattern sheets. If I print out direct from PhotoShop I get a clear image. If I put the scan into Word I get a clear image, but it is very awkward to

Re: [lace] Looking for patterns of Bobbinlacer

2004-02-01 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hi All, Just to mention - the Lacemakers' Circle sells a pricking of a lacemaker at work. It is a Honiton pattern, but I am sure it could be enlarged so that lacemakers can see what they are doing! It is designed by Carol Lee, a previous Chairman of the Circle, and if anyone wants a copy, I

[lace] lace display room, Ratti Center

2004-02-01 Thread Alice Howell
At 05:59 AM 1/31/2004, you wrote: Ratti Center is ...still providing the access to our computer data base of 36.000 textiles, 5,000 of them laces, ... I wonder, if we emptied the Metropolitan Museum of Art of all those other things, ., if it

Re: [lace] Communism good for lace? long

2004-02-01 Thread dora.northern
Hallo All. In 1980 Elena Holeczyova came to England and having seen only one or two laces of hers, I was eager to meet her and offered to translate from German into English. We stayed with Margaret Hamer. The big day came when all the crates were unpacked in the presence of the Authorities. Out

[lace] photography

2004-02-01 Thread Needlelace
When purchasing a camera, also consider the possibility of publishing your pictures in a lace publication. As an example, the I.O.L.I. Bulletin (While I do not know, I would not think it would be that different from LACE or any other lace publication.) requires photos to be at least 300 ppi

[lace] lacemaker pattern

2004-02-01 Thread Lorelei Halley
There is a pattern for a bobbin lacemaker in Annelie van Olffen-Spikerman's GUIPURE KLOSKANT. It is part of a larger composition. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Prague

2004-02-01 Thread Janice Blair
Hi Dora, I enjoyed reading about your trip to Prague. I know it was a long time ago now, but if you could give me advice about which museums to visit I would appreciate it. I am going to Prague for a few days towards the end of June with my husband who has a meeting there. I will probably

Re: [lace] Communism good for lace? long

2004-02-01 Thread Clay Blackwell
Thank you, Dora, for sharing your experience with us. I think it speaks volumes about the conditions for lacemakers in a communist environment. It may have been better than starvation... but only just that... Clay - Original Message - From: dora.northern [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

[lace] Lace Quarterly raffle query

2004-02-01 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone and the person doing the raffle for the single copy of Lace crafts Quarterly - could you please e-mail me - ..I have a spare issue as well - if it isn't the same as the one on raffle, and if it is in sequence, it could go to the winner as well. I remember that the draw is on

[lace] Re: Communism good for lace?

2004-02-01 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Feb 1, 2004, at 18:39, Clay Blackwell wrote: Thank you, Dora, for sharing your experience with us. I think it speaks volumes about the conditions for lacemakers in a communist environment. It may have been better than starvation... but only just that... Clay, you confirm my life-long belief

[lace-chat] Afterlife

2004-02-01 Thread Clay Blackwell
This one is too cute not to share... apologies to S.S., who sent it to me (and reads the list...) ~ A couple made a deal that whoever died first would come back and inform the other of the afterlife. Their biggest fear was that there was no afterlife. After a long life, the husband

[lace-chat] special bobbins

2004-02-01 Thread Wildgun004smate
Does anyone know if there is somewhere to order special order bobbins. Just a pair. My oldest child (a son) died, it will be two years in May, and I thought I'd like something special with his name or something. I miss him terriblyhe was 27. Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clarksburg, West