[lace] Re: roller pillow and lace
Hi Janice, I do remember some of this but on this occasion chose to use normal pricking card, but have since been reminded that ordinary card without the blue sticky would work well. It was my first try at using the roller pillow and I have a snug fit over the top of the roller as well as a piece of camping foam and then cotton fabric tight around it. It is working pretty well, I am getting on well. Having achieved that I will go for the lighter card next time and the slightly larger roll of card to prevent the pins using the same hole for yards of lace:-) thank you for reminding me of that. There is a little pocket on the back side of the travel pillow bag, but it is facing the side so not good for the lace inside. At the moment I have the lace laying straight over the bag, but have pinned a cotton hanky either side of it, so I just pull it through. I have now worked enough lace so I am going to have to roll it, or fold and pin:-) I am currently adding in new bobbins as I work when they run low (as I am using the gutterman silk thread from a previous project while learning the use the pillow). I expected to find it harder to get the hang of than I have. I will have a play with things to find out the best way to secure the lace to keep it clean and safe while I continue to work. Once I have used up this thread I am planning on designing and making a wider and longer strip of lace for a tablecloth edge which will definately be a longer work in progress and the longest piece of lace ever made by myself in all the 10 years of lacemaking. Thank you to you and all the other kind people for their advice and suggestions. Sue T Hi Sue, There was a discussion on Arachne in the past where it was suggested that if you intend to do yardage on a roller pillow, that you do not make the pricking fit a half inch left over to pin to the back of the pillow, and sewn together. Janice There wasn't room to wrap wool blanket around it, so in the end I have a thin layer of foam with a couple of layers of cotton fabric pulled tight around it and the pattern fits beautifully around that. I am using up the spare left over silk threads left on the bobbins from my finished garter. Sue T Dorset UK Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Hephaestus Books - SCAM ALERT
A friend on another list passed on a warning about these books. She was given one as a birthday present, and discovered that the books are worthless and a scam. Apparently Hephaestus is not so much listed as the publisher as the author - and of many, many thousands of books. These books are printed versions of material 'scraped' from free websites such as Wikipedia. Those which seem to be fiction books by famous authors are actually commentaries. Some authors have already spotted this and are trying to campaign against it, so that their readers are not misled into buying them. [More information here: http://culturewarreporters.com/tag/hephaestus-books/ ] But there are also many non-fiction titles on offer. I have checked by googling for 'Hephaestus books' and 'lace' and found some immediately on Amazon. There is not enough information to decide what the contents are, but the confused titles imply that no real human being would put these subjects together into one book, for example this book for £8.74p: Lace, Including: Tatting, Bobbin Lace, Needle Lace, Crocheted Lace, Broomstick Lace, Cambric, Doily, Chantilly Lace, Armenian Needlelace, Filet Lace, Tonder Lace, Punto In Aria, Point De Venise, Point De France, Alencon Lace, Argentan Lace, Hollie Point (sorry, I can't do the authentic 'o' in Tonder, nor 'c' in Alencon). Here is the 'Product Description': Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Lace.br/br/More info: Lace is an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric. Lace-making is an ancient craft. True lace was not made until the late 15th and early 16th centuries. A true lace is created when a thread is looped, twisted or braided to other threads independently from a backing fabric. Let the buyer beware! And also authors. Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] Re: roller pillow and lace
Sue wrote: Once I have used up this thread I am planning on designing and making a wider and longer strip of lace for a tablecloth edge As someone with a couple of travel pillows might I suggest that you try a wider piece with more bobbins before you commit to making a long length. There is nothing more frustrating than finding that you don't have enoiugh room for your bobbins in the small space. I know that about 22 pairs is the maximum comfortablle on one pillow and the other fold-up to a carrying one it would be less. When you have designed your lace you might want to try a sample to see how it works before committing to a table-cloth length. Malvary on holiday near Bodden Town, Grand Cayman where it is 84f today and no snow. - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: roller pillow and lace
I agree with Malvary about the width. I only came to like roller pillows when I was given a Swedish one, which is more substantial than a foam one, and has a much wider apron, so gives me plenty of space for wider strips. Sue sueba...@comcast.net - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: roller pillow and lace
The other thing to consider when working on a roller is the length of the pattern repeat. Because of the curve of the roller, the optimum sweet spot to work on is usually only about 2 inches maximum. If you are doing a wider edging with a longer repeat you will find you have to keep dodging about catching up one bit to the next rather than being able to work as far as possible on a diagonal line (a bit like doing a garter where you have to keep both sides going at the same time, to do the ribbon slot join in the centre). Another reason to sample working it on a roller before starting. Also, Sue, if you are thinking of using the same travel pillow where you have been asking how to store and protect a small piece of straight lace, where are you going to put the bulk of a table cloth edge? Finally, you may have said but is this to be lace for a round/oval cloth, or are you gathering the lace at the corners? If you are working corners you'd be better on a block pillow the whole time. Jacquie in Lincolnshire. Our gas was to be cut off today so DH got up early and put both the central heating and the gas fire on full to warm the house. Half way through the morning a note arrived to say Wednesday is cancelled (really!) and the gas is turned off tomorrow instead. Snow in Drumnadrochit, North of Scotland - first 2011 photos of granddaughter in the snow have just arrived. Hope it doen't get this far south yet. - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: roller pillow and lace
Just remember if you are going to do a wider piece of lace, check that your roller pillow has room for all the bobbins. It can be a little uncomfortable if they are getting in your way. If using blue cardstock, you will still need to cover the ink on the pricking with something unless it is a permanent ink. I don't worry about yardage lace getting dirty, it is probably going to be attached to something washable anyway. I am a firm believer in chucking the finished item with lace into the washer and dryer. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org From: Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com Hi Janice, I do remember some of this but on this occasion chose to use normal pricking card, but have since been reminded that ordinary card without the blue sticky would work well. It was my first try at using the roller pillow and I have a snug fit over the top of the roller as well as a piece of camping foam and then cotton fabric tight around it. It is working pretty well, I am getting on well. Having achieved that I will go for the lighter card next time and the slightly larger roll of card to prevent the pins using the same hole for yards of lace:-) thank you for reminding me of that. There is a little pocket on the back side of the travel pillow bag, but it is facing the side so not good for the lace inside. At the moment I have the lace laying straight over the bag, but have pinned a cotton hanky either side of it, so I just pull it through. I have now worked enough lace so I am going to have to roll it, or fold and pin:-) I am currently adding in new bobbins as I work when they run low (as I am using the gutterman silk thread from a previous project while learning the use the pillow). I expected to find it harder to get the hang of than I have. I will have a play with things to find out the best way to secure the lace to keep it clean and safe while I continue to work. Once I have used up this thread I am planning on designing and making a wider and longer strip of lace for a tablecloth edge which will definately be a longer work in progress and the longest piece of lace ever made by myself in all the 10 years of lacemaking. Thank you to you and all the other kind people for their advice and suggestions. Sue T - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: roller pillow and lace
Corners are possible on rollers :) Lately I've been doing squared edgings on my roller pillows - I took Sally Schoenberg's advice for moving the lace at a corner when working on a D-shaped pillow. Works a treat on the roller. On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:55 AM, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: or are you gathering the lace at the corners? If you are working corners you'd be better on a block pillow the whole time. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada. - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re: roller pillow and lace
I too work corner's on my wide Swedish roller. I work on a bit of fun-foam sheet as I approach the corner, and the pins mainly go in this. Then I bundle the bobbins carefully in cover cloths, take off the weight from the threads, and turn the pricking and lace. Yes, I used to do this on my block pillow, but I like the wider apron that the Swedish pillow gives me so much, that I have moved over to using that much more. Sue sueba...@comcast.net -Original Message- - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Charity lace book sale
From time to time I'm asked if I can find homes for lace books and send the proceeds to designated charities. At the moment I have a box of books which my local lace contacts either already have or not interested in. However, it could be that there is someone somewhere who is looking for one of them so I've put the list on my website at http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/charity.html Please contact me if you'd like to know more about any of them or would like one and want to know what postage would cost. Jean in chilly Glasgow where most of Sunday night's snow has now melted - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] crochet
I think we all know that crochet often makes imitations of bobbin lace or other kinds of lace. On my website I have a few examples of crochet imitating other forms. This piece was just recently posted on stitchinfingers is a remarkable imitation of torchon bobbin lace. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before. http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/crochet-square?context=latest My page: http://lynxlace.com/compare.html Lorelei - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Subject: [lace] Roller pillow and lace
It looks like a fairly small roller to me, so definitely try a small sample of lots of bobbins first. Looks like a nice pattern to work for demo'ing. BTW, where did you get the little glass angel that you put the lace skirt on? I have not seen those before. I wonder if anyone carries them in the US. Janice Subject: [lace] Roller pillow and lace MY DH has taken a photo of the roller pillow (just as I was putting it to bed the other evening, so I have uploaded it onto the webshots site in the hurwitzend album. He was the other side of the pillow, so has the finished lace, and the roller. the bobbins are pinned up inside the cover cloth the other side of it. Sue T Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] Re: roller pillow and lace
Lyn wrote: As I understand it, block pillows are a recent invention. It deppends what you mean by recent. Some of the Ottawa Lace Group recently had the opportunity to visit a local lace collector to see some of her beautiful lace. She showed us a block pillow which I think was dated about 1880. It was French, but whether French from France or from Quebec or other part of Canada it wasn't clear. - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Card exchange and free pattern
I mailed my cards just after Thanksgiving and have already received one back from Trenna Ruffner. A very nice point ground motif. The card is on my mantlepiece at the moment. My card is a simple pattern which I designed to make a star for next years IOLI convention in St.Paul, Minnesota. You can find the pattern in my Pattern Gallery on www.jblace.com I was just asked for permission to use one of my old Christmas tree patterns for a booklet and it reminded me that I meant to post the link on Arachne. This year we did not get our partners email addresses so we will have to post our acknowledgments here. Thanks Trenna. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA but sitting in a 9th floor room at the famous Drake Hotel in Chicago, overlooking the beach and lake and watching the lights of the rush hour traffic. Did about an hour of BL this afternoon but in the privacy of our room. During the Christmas season there is no place to sit in public because of the huge tree and decorations and the fact that the lounge is taken over for expensive afternoon tea. www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Travel Pillow
Sue, I have had a look at the photo of your travel pillow. The first thing I noticed is that the little pouch on the back flap seems to me to be set at the wrong angle - facing the wrong way. On my travel pillow the pouch opens towards the roller, so the lace comes off the roller and feeds into the pouch where it is kept safe. I tried using a rolling pin to secure the lace as it was made, but found that it sat in the hinge of the back flap, and was in the way/annoying, so I went back to just stuffing the lace into the pouch. It will press flat if ever I get enough done to use on something!!! I can pull it out easily, if I am at a demonstration to show people, and push it back into the pouch to keep it clean at other times. My pillow bows in the centre a bit, as I have used up to 28 pairs on it, and they were really too many! I have a (new!) folded Chux wipe (throw-away cleaning cloth) under the dressing cloth to try to level out the dip when I am working!! Regards from Liz in hot, sunny, Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] roller pillow and lace
Lyn The issue of turning corners only arose in the mid to late 19th century. Turned corners did not exist earlier. Instead only flat edgings or insertions were made, and these were folded or gathered to make hankie edgings or collars. If you look at the portrait paintings in Levey, for instance, the painters often represented these folds and gathers quite realistically. So your question would have to be revised to: what kind of pillows were they using in the last half of the 19th century? My understanding of Bedfordshire lace is that it was made on a very large, almost spherical pillow as much as 18 - 20 inches in diameter. It is possible Bucks was also made on the same type of pillow (although I don't know this for certain). And I have seen mid to late 19 th century Bucks prickings which have corners. I don't think I have ever seen a LePuy guipure with a turned corner, except for the modern ones published just recently (where the author has devised turned corners which didn't exist in her exemplars). I have seen many Maltese silk pieces with turned corners, but these also would be mid 19th century or just a little earlier, and I have no idea what shape of pillow was used on Malta. Lorelei Halley - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fwd: Re: [lace] Re: roller pillow and lace
I meant to send this to the entire list as well... Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA. USA Original Message Subject: Re: [lace] Re: roller pillow and lace From: Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net To: lynrbai...@desupernet.net CC: Hi Lyn... I'm not an authority on pillows, by any means, but I think that block pillows have probably been around for a very long time. According to Kloppel, Kissen, Stander, the lovely book published by the German Lace Guild in 2002 (now OOP), the Swiss in the Neuenburg region used a lovely pillow with sloping sides on the left and right, and blocks that fit vertically in between. It had a wedge-shape bottom that raised the back of the pillow, and the sides and back of this wedge were often fitted with drawers... to hold spare bobbins and perhaps the roll of finished lace. Unfortunately, the book does not give a date for this pillow, but it is very old. The Belgians had a similar pillow, but it did not have the moveable blocks. I do wish they had given some dates... our best information for the *very* old pillows (18th c. and earlier) must be through paintings of the period in question. Still, the roller pillows in this book seem to have been more widely used in all other parts of Europe for a very long time. Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA. USA - 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: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
