Any thread left on the bobbins at the end of a project: I throw away any
thread that's less than about 15 inches. Those longer than that I wind the
bobbin on to an empty thread spool (I always keep the spools from sewing
thread whem they're empty), tie the next length to the first and so on
The only thing I have with a hook like that is a pair of stainless scissors
that I acquired when the hospital I was working at was disposing of sample
tools - they were bowel and post mortem scissors! How they were used, I
can only imagine (or rather I'd prefer not to imagine.) The hadn't been
I recently lent my copy of this wonderful little
book to Tess to scan for
the CD's. I don't know if it made the last scan or
not.
Tess scanned it before she left for the holidays.
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/weavedocs.html
Click on 'This month'
No translation, but most
This book has indeed been put on the web site, thanks to Lori's generosity in
lending it to me for scanning. (You can't imagine how many of the old books we
have made available to us by generous lacemakers willing to lend me their books
to scan.) It has been posted on the This Month's section
This must be the book I have, except I have no translation. The
stitch by number method is difficult to follow, but I plan to pick a
pattern, and see if I can puzzle it out.
A little bonus in my copy of the book is an advertisement for the
Princess Lace Pillow from April 1905 Modern Priscilla.
Since posting this morning, I've found several web sites with instructions
for these dolls. Slight variations, but all basically the same thing. The
main difference between these and the ones I make is that I cut the tops of
the loops of mine for hair and make the hanging thread from the thread
To Everyone
I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a lovely New Year!!
Best wishes
Daphne Norfolk England
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When my mother was alive, we used to make these dolls in white acrylic wool
over a framework of a pipe cleaner, then dress them with a crocheted skirt,
shawl and brimmed hat, stiffened with starch. We would stuff the skirt with
polyfill, sometimes mixed with some dried lavender, and stitch a
I would like to wish all you spiders out there a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year
From
Diana in Northamptonshire
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...I see thread people...
Sorry! :-) Couldn't resist the opportunity for a pun
Cheers, and thanks for the great info on using leftover thread or joining
thread to do other projects.
Debora L.
...still not snowing around here...
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We made those too, when I was a child in Poland; they looked a bit like
the ones on the Rumanian website (thanks, Jean, for posting those) --
we didn't dress them ans,usually, they didn't have any hair, either.
But I remember having a pair attached to the string which held my
mittens together
Greetings, and Merry Christmas to all
from Northern Illinois; where it will not be a white Christmas I am afraid.
We have been selling the thread dolls at the Goose Lake Prairie State Park
Visitors Center for years as we have thrums left over from weaving. (Thrums
are the loom waste left over
Dear lace friends,
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and find some time to make lace.
Judy Bongiovanni
In warm Niagara Falls USA
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Oh my goodness!
Until I went to some of these websites, I had no recollection at all of
these dolls, but sure enough... I made them too, as a child!!
I remember that the head of the doll was shaped over a styrofoam ball
which was about an inch in diameter. It did end up as a cute little
Hi All, I must be fast but I had to write since Thread Dolls appeared! I
got one for the Holiday Exchange!! Lynn in WV is learning to tat (and doing
beautifully!) and she sent an angel. The angel body and head is a tassel
and then she has a tatted halo and tatted wings! She's quite charming!!
Not one of my best-organized years for holiday preparations--still, it's not
quite Christmas yet (at least in North America) and I *am* getting out my
holiday e-mails! As usual, the card (and a longer letter) is online at my
personal website:
http://home.mindspring.com/~skl58/2006.htm
Best
As this is on both lists, here's the reply I sent to 'lace' - just to cheer
your Christmas:
The only thing I have with a hook like that is a pair of stainless scissors
that I acquired when the hospital I was working at was disposing of sample
tools - they were bowel and post mortem scissors!
Dear Friends,
Yesterday I went to a fabulous 60th birthday party at the Oakdene
Winery at Wallington near Geelong and had THE most gorgeous entree
which is so easy to make. Of course the serving was way too small,
but the one I made at home later certainly wasn't :)
For each serving:
- Cut
Have just had a phone call from no. 2 son who's in his 2nd year of
travelling around Oz - he MAY be able to
join us when we visit no.1 son in Vancouver in September 2007
We haven't been together as a family for nearly three years since Andrew
went off on his travels - thank God
for email and
Thankyou for this recipe David. The combination of melon, goat feta and
the hot dressing is mouthwatering. I think Ill break my resolve to buy
only fruit and veg. that are in season, and purchase imported, to make
this ;)
--
bye for now
Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of
On Dec 24, 2006, at 11:01, Ann McClean wrote:
Have just had a phone call from no. 2 son who's in his 2nd year of
travelling around Oz - he MAY be able to
join us when we visit no.1 son in Vancouver in September 2007
Wonderful! I hope this family gathering comes through for you. My own
son
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