[lace] Visit to South America
Hello fellow lacemakers A lace friend is having a South American holiday next month and askeed if I knew of any lacey people or places to visit there. I said 'No but I will ask on the list' She and family will be in Buenos Aires on 17 - 20 August and from 24 - 27 August. In between they are hopping over to Montevideo from 21 - 24 August. Are there any lacemakers or interesting exhibitions or museums within striking distance from there? Thanks in advance Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] where it is midwinter and so sunny and warm (23 degrees) that we are off to Sun City this week to laze in the sunshine. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] 3 pair Flanders
Hello Lacers, we have just received the invitation to the next year Tonder Lace Festival. Among the workshops there is one named 3-pair Flanders with Rosita D'Ercoli. Can anyone tell us what this is? Does anyone know of pictures on the net or of books with this kind of lace? I mean, Flanders with three pairs, it sounds like an impossibility. It is supposed to be a kind of tape-lace, as far as we know, but we have not been able to find any information about it. Best wishes from a windy and rainy Denmark Arne and Aage Hello Arne Aage A week or so ago, I received the latest edition of Lace Express No. 2/03 and it contains a very nice pattern in 3 pair Flanders Stitch, designed by Michela Zongher from Italy. There is also a whole page of diagrams explaining how to tackle it and some close-up photographs. It looks as though it would be fun to do, although peronally I would omit the orange flowers on the corners. Does anyone know if it is related to Ragusa Lace, which is also a kind of pinless braid. Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Celtic cross
Hi Jane I have a nice Celtic cross pattern designed by Jean Horne. It comes from her Little Book of Church Lace I am sure she will not mind if I send a scan of it to you. It was recently reprinted in our Witwatesrand Lace Guild Lace Chatter and I made it with a Milanese braid, and this is one of the pictures in our 2004 calendar. Lace greetings from Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone tell me if there is a pattern in BL of a Celtic cross and where I might find it? Jane O'Connor in New Lenox, Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] heart pincushion
I must also confess to not having an edging on my heart pincushion from Pauline. I started a black Bucks Point edging on my travel pillow as my go-to-meeting lace, but there is so much meeting and greeting and chatting etc at the lace meetings (not to mention the cakes and cookies)that if I put in 6 pins, I am doing well and after nearly 2 years I have about half a metre of it done. I promise to get it finished one day Pauline. Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa where we have just had some welcome rain. I will make that edging, one day Lise-Aurore in Ottawa, Am I the last person to finish trimming my spider heart? I've finally finished - second attempt as I made the first effort too short - I'm quite pleased with the result. Thank you Pauline and the lavender still smells lovely jenny barron a sunny spring day in Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] info please
Hello spiders Can anyone give me the current e-addy for Laura Hooks of LinenNlace? The one I have is several years old and does not work any more. If she has moved away from the Atlanta Georgia area, I am looking for any lacemaker or group near to Macon, Georgia for a friend who has recently moved there from South Africa and is desperately looking for some lace buddies. Thanks in advance Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] where the summer heatwave is cooling down now. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] re: Thread again
Hello Tamara I am looking forward to being able to reproduce your Christmas decoration. Bockens 60/2 at 26 wraps is a tad finer than you ask for but it comes in the same range of colours as 35/2. Maybe an extra pair in the trails would compensate for this? Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The same (24) wrap in linen (that I happened to have on hand) is Bockens 50/2. It works up a *little* finer than Madeira Tanne 20, and would, probably, be the thinnest acceptable. *If* it were available in colours.. So far as I'm aware, it's only available in white. --- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] David's annual picture
Hello all I have just caught up with reading a backlog of Lace Digests and, I don't know if I am the only one with a naughty mind, but I just can't wait to see a picture of David making lace wearing nothing at all!!! Janis Savage in Honeydew near Johannesburg, South Africa where we are having some lovely sunny early autumn days (just right for taking naughty pictures) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clay wrote.. David - Please wear the hat for your annual lacemaking picture in the outback!! (I know - usually you wear nothing at all, but if you decorate the hat as Bev suggested, it would be perfect!!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Help for Jacqui
Jacqui wrote on 16/11 I have a favour to ask. I took up bobbin lace making in May this year and am now trying to teach some friends this art. I am looking for simple instructions, and prickings that do not carry a copyright (I will still reference the source material) as I am trying to get people interested and the books here (in South Africa) are very expensive if you are not going to continue with the craft. I also have a question. In some case messages have been brought over from lace is this another site? Regards and thanks Jacqui Hello Jacqui I am always a few day behind in reading and replying to the lace-digest, so you may have already had all the information you need, although I have not seen any replies on the list. It is wonderful that you are already teaching a new group of lacemaker after only about 6 months of lacemaking yourself. You know that the Witwatersrand Lace Guild has an extensive library of lace books, collected over the past 25 years or so. Many of them have been out of print for a long time too. They also have lace guild magazines from all over the world which have prickings and information in them for all levels of expertise. Most lace teachers start by using a book with instructions and pattern which they like and base their beginner lessons on that. Everyone has to start by learning the basic stitches and grounds and each book/teacher has their own preferred way of introducing them. As you go along you will probably develop your own method of giving information too, with your own prickings. Most beginner prickings can usually be classed as 'traditional' anyway. There are always loopholes in the copyright laws, for instance if you have the book and each student borrows it to make their own copy to work on. or if you write to the author or publisher to ask for permission to use their patterns for teaching, it is not likely to be refused. Once you have got over the initial hurdle and they are well and truly hooked, they can always choose their own patterns - with your guidance - and then you are merely 'helping' them to make the lace. I am not trying to discourage the purchase of books, to deny the authors their minimal rayalties, because I also earn my living by selling lace books and equipment, and sooner or later the students will want to buy some books of their own and you can continue 'helping.' Books are expensive here, but the English Lace Guild basic instruction books are quite reasonably priced and are available for Torchon, Bucks Point, Bedfordshire, Honiton and Needlelace. I am sure that they will gradually increase the range too. I also have Christine Springett's teaching videos available at a nominal rental for various laces. If you go to http://www.lacefairy.com/ you will find links to every kind of lacemaking site, on and off the internet. There are many sites offering free instruction and free patterns. Good luck with your teaching. It will only increase your knowedge and the size of our guild. Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] T
Tamara asked: So... Does anyone have an opinion on which way the downstroke of the T should curl its tail? Left, or right? Having J for an initial, I am always disappointed with the J in any alphabet. It is usually indistinguishable from the I or T . Therefore I would go for a T with a little curl on both sides of the downstroke, like a fishtail to cut down on any misunderstanding of which letter is represented. Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] another UFO becomes a FO
After 3 1/2 years of sporadic work, I finally finished my version of Miss Channer's Mat in time for our exhibitions in October this year. I had it quickly framed for the exhibit in Johannesburg and then straight on to the Pretoria Lace Guild's exhibition. I was not entirely happy with the framing so it then went back to the framer and then on to a second framer before it finally came back home again, where it is now waiting for DH to drill a hole in the wall where I can hang it and duly show off to any visitors who are interested. From the time that I cut off the last of the 350 bobbins till now it has hardly been in my possesion. I am dying to send a picture of it to far flung friends, and a friend took a beautiful photo of it with her digital camera before it was sealed behind glass for the 3rd time. She emailed it to me, but the jpeg attachent is 1.12MB and took 45mins to download. With all of the expertise on this list, can anyone tell me how to make it small enough to send on to other people? Also, how to get a photographic print made of it. Thanks in advance Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Thanks and Season's Greetings
Many thanks to Jacqui from Laceandbits, Cearbhael, Barbara Joyce and Michelle Long, who sent me advice on reducing the size of my picture of Miss Channer's Mat, and especially Patty Dowden who did the task for me. (My antiquated computer could not follow all the advice given - or maybe it was my antiquated brain!) I have now been able to send out all my Christmas emails and brag a bit too. When all the Christmas fever is over I will attempt to put it on the webshots page. May everyone on the list have a wonderful holiday season, whatever your creed, and very best wishes for a New Year with plenty of time for lace and your other crafts too. Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bargain Hunt on BBC Prime
I was idly watching the BBC program Bargain Hunt on DSTV yesterday, while trying to finish one of 4 lace angels for Christmas presents, when DH suddenly sat up in his chair and said 'That's a bobbin-winder! The teams were buying in the Portobello Road market and there were some pretty disparaging remarks about how these miniature table-top spinning wheels did not sell very well. I forget what the original buying price was but it finally sold for five pounds at auction. It was just like the ones pictured on pages 13 14 of Jeffery Hopewell's original Shire Album Pillow Lace Bobbins, so I just had to write to the program and tell the 'experts' what the item was. Don't know if I will get a reply, but I feel better for doing it! Janis Savage Honeydew, near Johannesburg, South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] webshots
Reading Rhiannon's remarks on webshots reminded me that I put some pictures on there in about 2004 when I had just finished Miss Channer's Mat and was very proud of it. I did not want to add to it for quite a long time but when I eventually did, I just could not find my name on there. After a number of tries, I thought that perhaps with so many new users, if one did not use it then you would fall off the end and be deleted, so did not bother any more. Maybe someone can put me right on this. By the way, I have been doing a lot of 'chaotic' lace recently. One of the 'wilder' grounds. If you can find my webshot page for me I will put a picture of it on there. Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa where we are having a rather chilly winter and I am looking forward to a couple of week of summer in Groningen. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Honiton lace wedding veil
Congratulations Annette on a stunning piece of work. Your daughter must be so proud of you and I am sure that it will be a family heirloom to be worn for many generations to come. from Janis Savage In Honeydew South Africa where I have been in the lace doldrums for a while, but I feel some inspiration coming on!! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lacemaking saint?
Hello all, In our yesterday's newspaper, was an article as follows. Lisieux - The parents of a Catholic Saint were beatified in France yesterday at a ceremoney attended by more than 10,000 believers. Louis and Zelie Martin, parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, are said to have miraculous powers to heal children. They are held up as true models for modern-day families. Louis died in 1894 and Zelie, a lacemaker, died in 1877. Does anyone know more about this lacemaking saint? Lace greetings from Janis Savage in Honeydew, Johannesburg, where we are appreciating the first rains of summer when the dust settles and all the countryside suddenly turns green. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] UK Lace Guild AGM weekend
I will be in England visiting family in April and intend to go to the UK Lace Guild AGM weekend at Worcester on 17 - 19 April. Will there be any other spiders there? It would be nice to meet up with some familiar names and faces., especially as I missed the meetup in Groningen. I am also treating myself to a 3 day course on Bedfordshire Lace with Barbara Underwood at Knuston Hall at the end of my trip. Can't wait! Greetings from Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa where we are having a very wet and cool summer. I think that autumn is coming early this year. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re Miss Channer goes Chantilly
Thanks for your kind words Bobbi. I am very proud of my Miss Channers Mat and it hangs in my lounge in a very nice frame. I learned a lot when doing it. Sandra Straughair from the UK helped me get started but I had only done the first inch or so when she returned home and I was on my own then with only the picture of the original mat for guidance. What I learned by studying the picture, trying to see how it was done, is that in Floral Bucks point today we try our utmost to make the passives run vertically and the weavers to run horizontally to make the weaving as even as possible, but in the original the weaving runs every-which-way. The overall effect is impressive but the fine work is not. After a lot of thought I decided to do my own thing and try to get it a even as possible. It probably needed a lot more throwing out of pairs and bringing them in again than the original, and a lot of unpicking of various elements and redoing them as much as half-a-dozen times. There are parts of it that I am not 100% happy with but could not face doing it over again. At the end I counted the bobbins I had used and it was 350, many of them used over and over again. Best wishes to anyone who does it. It is worth all the work and is an education in itself. You will never be scared of a piece of Floral Bucks again. Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa, where summer seems to have made a reappearance after a very wet February. - Original Message - From: Roberta S Donnelly bobbil...@juno.com To: rhiannonm...@hotmail.co.uk Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Re Miss Channer goes Chantilly I've just checked my folder on Miss Channer's Mat and I have a note from Dec. 2004. The lace maker is: Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa lacem...@mweb.co.za Attached to the note is a picture of her finished piece. Which I confess is fantastic! I kept the note as inspiration for when I get around to doing it. David, I'm waiting to keep a photo of your finished piece too! ;-) What do you figure? Next week? ;-) Take care and talk to you soon! bobbi ~*~ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. Quality exterior maintenance. The home and garden directory. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTGBBArH4UnbFO1vSEcAKYM7GzQlho5O3UY9imTJ5r3kF26KtZrK5I/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] stacking bobbins for Miss Channer
When I had 350 or so bobbins on the pillow doing battle with Miss Channer's demanding mat, and ran out of stitch holders, I used shoe-laces to tie up bundles of bobbins. The end of a shoe-lace threads easily through a spangle and tied with a bow, the bundle can be stacked anywhere and released quickly. Janis Savage In Honeydew, South Africa -- An option I find useful with spangled bobbins is a short (maybe 6/15cm) cord with a loop on one end. Lia gave us these in a class--it was made from chain stitch, with the last stitch going into a chain several back from the hook. Thread the cord through one spangle and pull the end through the loop. This anchors the cord to one bobbin. Then you can gather neighboring bobbins by threading the cord through their spangles. The cords are short enough to make manageable units. You can grab a unit by the free end and move it anywhere, stack it on top of other units, etc. A pin through the free end is all it takes to secure things, so they pile up better than hard holders. Robin Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Describe bobbin lace
I love your description of learning to make lace, Devon. If you like puzzles, you'll love bobbin lace. Have other textile techniques ceased to thrill? Is needlepoint boring? Like Sudoko in thread, bobbin lace is a challenge. Working with four threads simultaneously, you will find out why the laces of the previous centuries exceeded any other textile in beauty and complexity. Bring your thinking cap! For me it describes exactly the pleasure I get from working a new pattern. Maybe the invitation should be a combination of the simplicity of the basic stitches and the complexity of what you can do with those 2 stitches. Lace making is two easy stitches, combined in different ways, to create beautiful and inspiring pieces. Come learn how simple and fun the basics can be and discover the joy in creativity, and the bliss in making a timeless treasure! With a few twists and crosses of specially wound bobbins you can create beautiful lace that you can proudly hand down through the ages. Learn the basics of this deceptively easy thread craft in just a few minutes. Devon Best wishes to Alice in enticing a few more people to become dedicated lacemakers. from Janis in Honeydew, South Africa **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] raffle now Luton museum
I have never been to Luton Museum but after hearing such glowing reports of it I hope to get there for a visit during my UK visit this month. I was planning to go to Bedford Museum and the Cecil Higgins one but have been told that they are both closed, for 4 years, for major reconstruction. It sounds as though Luton is a very good alternative visit. Janis Savage in Honeydew South Africa - Original Message - From: Brian Lemin br...@exemail.com.au To: Lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 3:22 AM Subject: Re: [lace] raffle now Luton museum Luton Museum is quite my favourite, whilst Bedford museum has an excellent layout it always seems less personal than Luton. I hoped you managed to find the drawers that have a small but amazing collection of bobbins. Their reserve bobbin collection is very extensive. The Friends of Luton Museum are a great bunch too. Of course for you Honiton folks All Hallows is the place to go. Really we need them all. (and more of them!) - Original Message - From: Sue hurwitz...@supanet.com To: D. Mouzon mouzo...@gmail.com Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [lace] raffle now Luton museum Debbie wrote This is so kind of you! You don't need to add my name to your raffle, but do tell us more about your trip to the museum!! As I said in my original email because I was on my way to visit a very sick aunt whose care home is close to the museum, we called in very briefly for me to buy some patterns, but we did have a very brief look. The lace gallery is quite small, but they have a case of honiton lace pieces, a case with fans in lace, some embroidered on silk, an ivory one, and some very old ones with small painted pictures on, which also has a poem on the reverse side. There was a tableau of figures sitting at different shaped pillows, a man, a woman and at least one child, (cant remember if there were two child size figures.) They have drawers which pull out to show more beautiful laces, collars and other pieces and trays of bobbins, so if you have more time than we had you could spend ages having a really detailed look at all of the lace and the bobbins and a few prickings laying in the cases. Last time we visited the museum, we took Mum in her wheel chair and because she and other members of her family had spent time working in the hat trade (Luton is fairly famous for its straw hats and the industry that was a big part of it years ago), we took her up in the service list to see those on another floor. Next time I go to visit the museum, I will need to go and spend much more time just enjoying the lace these brief glimpses are interesting but I would like to see more. My husband took a great interest in the hand sewn samplers dated in the late 1700's and worked by young girls of 9 and 10 and next to those was what was probably a work box with all the sides covered with beaded decoration. In its day it would have been absolutely fabulous and even now is very pretty. For the sewers amongst you there were stump work pictures. I hope that has wetted the appetite of anyone that could call in and view. They have a small shop in the entrance which sell just a few patterns, books, lots of postcards and other things. The rail station is just a short taxi ride away and the museum is situated on the edge of a well kept park, (grass, flower beds and a lake), Luton international airport is also about 4 or 5 miles away. Sue T Dorset, UK Bobbin Lace and Glass engravings http://www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3984 (20090402) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Use of aficot and laying instructions
Dear Jeri Thank you so much for your information on the use of an aficot and the reasoning behind laying threads. I had heard about these things before but you explained it all so beautifully that I now understand why it is done. I intend to print it out and keep it with my embroidery things. Thank you from Janis Savage lacem...@mweb.co.za in Honeydew, South Africa where I am just recovering from a total hip transplant and once I can sitt comfortably again, I inten to use my recovery time finishing some of those UFOs. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] saving a video
I have been following the thread on the leaf videos. Unfortunately my internet server does not provide enough power to view them, even though we pay for 3G Broadband. It stops and starts all the time and is just too painful to try and watch. If I play it at some time when I do not sit and watch it, and then use one of the methods used to save it, will I be able to view it contimuously or will it still have all the stops and starts in it? Here's hoping that a computer literate spider will be able to put me out of my misery. Janis Savage in Honeydew South Africa - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] saving a video
Thank you Noelene If it works, that means that I will be able to watch other Youtube videos as well. Yippee! While I am recovering from the replacement hip op, I have more time on my hands than usual so can play on the internet. Janis Savage - Original Message - From: Noelene Lafferty nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au To: 'Janis Savage' lacem...@mweb.co.za Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 10:46 AM Subject: RE: [lace] saving a video Hi Janis, I too have a slow download time. I start the download off, let it run, and go and do something else for a few minutes - write an email, play a game of cards. Then once it has finished, I click the arrow on the left hand side of the bar under the video picture (which is now blank) and it starts all over again - without the pauses! Saving it means you will probably be able to watch it without the passes Noelene in Cooma, Australia nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Janis Savage Sent: Sunday, 13 September 2009 6:43 PM To: arachne.com Subject: [lace] saving a video I have been following the thread on the leaf videos. Unfortunately my internet server does not provide enough power to view them, even though we pay for 3G Broadband. It stops and starts all the time and is just too painful to try and watch. If I play it at some time when I do not sit and watch it, and then use one of the methods used to save it, will I be able to view it contimuously or will it still have all the stops and starts in it? Here's hoping that a computer literate spider will be able to put me out of my misery. Janis Savage in Honeydew South Africa - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] saving a video
Thanks Jean I will give that one a try. This will open the Youtube door for me. Janis Savage - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan To: Janis Savage ; arachne.com Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [lace] saving a video Janis wrote: If I play it at some time when I do not sit and watch it, and then use one of the methods used to save it, will I be able to view it continuously or will it still have all the stops and starts in it? It should be smooth if you're viewing from your hard drive rather than the internet. Try viewing and saving this one (leaves made on a vertical Spanish pillow) - it's only 1 minute 40 seconds long.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BawCSBaXCFI If that works then you can save larger ones, knowing it's OK. Jean In Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Advent Calendar
Thank you for the advent calendar on your website Brenda. I have just spent a very pleasant hour going back over all the interesting facts and information on each day, to fill in the competition answers. Whether I win a prize or not I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Best wishes to everyone over the festive season. Janis Savage in Honeydew South Africa where we are having perfect summer Christmas weather. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re breaking threads
To all who are struggling with breaking threads. Here in South Africa where we have a very definite wet or dry season, I was told a long time ago to keep my threads in a plastic box or bag in the fridge or freezer. This stops them drying out and becoming brittle when it is dry or growing mould when it is hot and humid. When the air is dry you can also cover the bobbins and thread on the pillow with a lightweight cover cloth (man's hankie) and spray it with water in a laundry spray and then cover with a regular cover cloth so that the pillow does not get too wet. Some years ago, we had a burglary at home. Thankfully we were not there! The burglars opened the small fridge behind the bar. no doubt thinking it would be full of liquor. They must have been very disappointed to find that all it contained was my boxes of lace threads. fortunately they left my threads behind in disgust although we lost some other beongings. Janis Savage in Honeydew, Greater Johannesburg, where we are in a definitely wet summer season. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Lace magazine
Hello Pene I remember from a week or two ago that you said you were entering a design in the Powerhouse Museum competition. I hope that you got it ready in time. I also spent several weeks on a design and just got it entered in time. I wish you luck in getting your entry accepted. I know that if mine is accepted I will be buying an airline ticket to Australia to see the exhibition and also to see my new grandchild in Melbourne. Best wishes from Janis Savage Honeydew South Africa where winter is just setting in. - Original Message - From: pene piip p...@eggo.org To: Arachne Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace magazine My copy of LACE also arrived mid-week and I have a poem published on page 7. My name also crops up again in Pat Matthews article Pat in Parnu Again on page 51 52. Pene in Tartu, Estonia who will be spending the Mother's Day weekend in Tallinn with DH. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2861 - Release Date: 05/08/10 08:26:00 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Lace bangles
Thank you Jean for letting us know about the Poole lace bangle patterns and to Eve Morton for designing them and writing such comprehensive instructions too. I have downloaded my copy and it is just in time to start making lace for Christmas presents etc. Greetings from Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa where it is freezing cold and we are all spending our time in front of the TV watching the Soccer World Cup. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] National Lacemaking Day - Lace on the Train
I remember going on the Porthmadog train about 35 years ago and wish that I could take partin your lace-in on National Lacemaking Day. I hope you all have a great time and wow all the tourists. Best wishes from Janis Savage in Honeydew South Africa where the days are beginning to warm up now and I am really looking forward to spring getting started. - Original Message - From: Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 6:45 PM Subject: [lace] National Lacemaking Day - Lace on the Train A while back we were talking about making lace at railway stations, and I mentioned the idea of Making Lace on the Train (or in the museum) for National Lacemaking Day and asked if anyone within reasonable travelling distance of Porthmadog, North Wales, would be interested. The day is going ahead, even if there are only a few of us, on Saturday 11th September at the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, Tremadog Road, Porthmadog (opposite the main Porthmadog Railway Station - don't get confused with the longer Welsh Highland Railway at Caernarfon!), and families/friends will be welcome to come along too. It will be a normal steam service, and timetable/fare details are at http://www.whr.co.uk - there will be no additional charge but I'm hoping to design at least one pattern to try and raise some funds for the continuing overhaul of Russell, one of the original WHR locomotives from 1906. First train is at 10.30am, last at 4pm. Can anyone interested in joining us let me know off the list, and if you have any friends who may be interested can you pass the word on for me? -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3029 - Release Date: 07/26/10 08:36:00 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re: bloomwork lace edge
Dear Mark I would love to look at your bloemwerk lace and other things on your web-site but each time I do, I only get about one inch of picture at the top of the screen and then am told that it is 'done'. I have tried all combinations of your tat-man address but it is always the same. Is there something unique about your web-site? I do not have this problem with other sites. I use a laptop with WindowsVista Premium /Windows Explorer. Any advice would be appreciated as it is very frustrating to read all the Wow comments and not be able to see it. Janis Savage in Honeydew near Johannesburg, South Africa Thanks. That means a lot :) Here is a lace edging that can accompany the bodice piece. Just took similar motifs of the bodice and worked it in a scallop fashion. http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinburg/BLgallery/BrugesLace_edging.jpg - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Bobbin makers
Hello all Some more South African bobbin makers are Mike Bester - Western Cape Harry Hughes - Johannesburg, much saught after fine midlands bobbins, sadly now deceases. Mary Hughes - Harry's wife painted beautiful bobbins and now at age 80 has macular degeneration and can no longer paint. Paddy Waters - also over 80 and still paints the most exquisite bobbins. Izak Cronje, Western Cape - wonderful midlands bobbins. Beyers Cronje, Graaf Reinet - Izak's son is a teacher and makes very fine midlands bobbins during holiday time. Xavier Stanton, Western Cape, now deceased - midlands bobbins Arthur Bolton, Fishhoek, Western Cape, now deceased - wonderful midlands bobbins. Mr Greyvenstein, Roodepoort - midlands bobbins Sebbald Horne, retired, Johannesburg - fine midlands bobbins Jean Horne. retired, Johannesburg - used to do pyrographed bobbins Ron Fandam, Johannesburg - used to make midlands bobbins Roland Wright, Natal - used to make ivory bobbins and wooden ones. These are the ones that come immediately to mind. I may think of some more tomorrow Janis Savage Honeydew South Africa where I have just come home from demonstrating lace at the new Arts on Main centre in downtown Johannesburg for the Joburg Fashion week. I was also interviewed for the Style TV news and may appear on the feature on the Fashion Week on the enews channel in the new year. They were fascinated by my piece of Torchon using 50 pairs of bobbins. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Thanks for Lace Newa
Dear Laurie Many thanks for all the time and trouble to put in on the Lace News website. I am not into buying things on Ebay but find it fascinating to ssee what is on offer and your expert opinion about it. Many thanks also for all the interesting articles about different aspects of lacemaking. You certainly feed my obsession. Best wishes for a restful and peaceful Christmas holiday and I look forward to reading more Lace News in 2011 Seasons geeetings from Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa where we are looking forward to a sunny Christmas day in the garden with the family. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Maltese Lace History
Original message No Janis - not yet. This is still the history of Europe and how lace started there and moved through Europe and the UK. History of Lace II will be on Maltese Lace only. This is part of a two-year part-time Diploma in Lace Studies at the University of Malta and we've just completed our first semester - well started the second now. Unfortunately since it is being done at uni it is more academic than practical. At the moment we are doing Conservation and Restoration of Textile and soon we will begin History of Needlelace and History of Costume and Vestments..fun Karen in Malta -- Well I wish you the best of luck in your studies. Since my one visit to the Lace Summer School in Gozo, I realise what a lot of history and lace history there is in Malta and Gozo. It will be great to be an authority on it. Maybe you will publish a thesis on it? Janis in South Africa - 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] Card versus photocopy paper
When I took my first lessons in bobbin lace way back in 1977, I was taught to trace the pattern from the book or photocopy and then prick through the tracing onto strong pricking card, then transfer the markings with pencil first and then with a fineliner pen, rubbing out the pencil markings. I prepared all my prickings this way for quite a few years, and passed it on to my pupils too. Then I discovered the see-through matt contact paper and making photocopies became easier when copyshops opened up. I still used card under the pricking whether I covered it with contact or not. Then, in 2007 I went to Gozo, Malta to attend the Lace Summer School. We were taught by Consiglia Azzopardi and she demonstrated how the Maltese prepare their prickings. What a light-bulb moment! They use the see-through blue contact the same as everyone else but sandwich the photocopied pricking between the contact on the front and the backing paper at the back. To add extra strength to the pricking a piece of calico or old sheeting is sandwiched in there too, between the photocopy and the backing paper. It makes a nice strong pricking but is soft enough to make the pins go through easily. I never did master Consiglia's trick of folding the top of the sandwich and sticking that only, and then flipping the whole thing up in the air and it all sticks together in a flash, and I never want to use a hard Maltese pillow again, but I nearly always use the blue contact and it's backing paper to prepare my prickings now. I still preprick so that I can feel where the pins must go, making the lace as accurate as I can while saving wear and tear on my eyesight and my back. I also hate using white thread on a white pricking as I cannot see what I have done or whether there is a mistake there. Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa Where we are having the last few days of lovely summer weather before autumn sets in. - This suggestion has been put to me a number of times and so I'd better confront it. There are a number of reasons why Iwill never copy on to card stock and these include: - I could not stand to have to pre-prick - I get enough calluses and holes in my finger tips pushing thousands of pins through paper - let alone card. - when I decide to make a piece of lace, I want to do it right NOW, and my paper prickings covered in plastic can be ready to work in only a couple of minutes. - of all the hundreds of pieces of lace I've made, both large and small, I have never had the need David in Ballarat - 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] Sweet 16
Happy birthday to arachne and long may it continue to inspire lacemakers all over the world. I do not often post to the list but I read all the posts that come every day, and feel that I know all the members even though we have never met. Thanks to Liz and Avital for helping us all to share our obsession. Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa where summer is coming to an end and all the leaves are falling. - 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] Exhibition
Hello all I just thought I would let you know that the following exhibition opens on Easter Saturday 23rd April and it contains a piece of lace which I made for the artists Sharon Lombard and Heidi Chisholm., and yes, I did get paid for it. It worked out at about $2.50 per hour! They are ex-South Africans and wanted it made in South Africa. Just finished it and got it there in time. Theexhibition is on until June 4th. Mr Somebody and Mr Nobody's Afro Pop-up Shop at Amelia Hyde Gallery | 521 6th Street | LOFT | San Francisco | CA | 94941 For more information see http://www.ameliahyde.com/current_shows_new_21_4072440769.pdf Janis Savage in South Africa - 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] German Lace congress
Thank you Sof for the pictures of the lace at the congress. I wish I could get there one day. I just love the Milanese lace and the 2-pair pictures and the different grounds and the fans and, and. and. I am full of ispiration now. Janis in South Africa - 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] Exciting News
Congratulations David. Can't wait to see the pictures. I looked at the 'clog' site and there was certainly a lot of competition. How far is Geelong from Melbourne? Maybe I could get there to see the actual masterpiece while on holiday there. Janis Savage In South Africa where it is really freezing at the moment. - Original Message - From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 5:07 PM Subject: [lace] Exciting News G'day Friends, Had to pop down to Geelong tonight (100km) for the opening of the National Scarf Festival at the Wool Museum. My Toender Point Ground Lace scarf in Vietnamese silk won the Thematic Category (Rhythm of Life). It took about 4 months to make and was 2200 hours' work. It's up for sale at AUS $2000 - wonder if it will go? The organizers had gone round the Op Shops and bought up a heap of old LP records which they then bent at right angles. Each of the 250 or so scarves were then draped over a record which hung from the ceiling on a slender cord, to show it off to its best advantage. I was duly interviewed by the Geelong Advertiser newspaper and photos were taken. Not sure whether it will be in tomorrow's or Monday's issue. I didn't even know what the prize would be, but it turned out to be $100 cash plus a certificate which had been personalized on a CD label that was then stuck on to an old 45rpm EP record. Mine happened to be the David Bowie hit Amsterdam - appropriate some might say. I believe the exhibition runs till some time in August and would be well worth a visit if you can. Just thought you'd like to know David in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3722 - Release Date: 06/23/11 20:34:00 - 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] My new blog
Hello all I am in Australia, visiting my No. 2 son and family until 31st July. An extra bonus, apart from spending some time with my grandchildren, is that he has set up a blog for me. So have a look at http://janis.savage.org.za/ where I am going to write about the lace on my travels. I have been to visit David in Ballarat and hope to meet some other Melbourne lacemakers before ending up at the LoveLace exhibition at the Powerhouse museum in Sydney. After that I will just have to go home again. Janis Savage Normally from Honeydew in South Africa - 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: visit to Australia
Thanks for the offer of a cup of tea, Shirley but Adelaide is a bit off my route this time. All being well and if my bank balance will allow, I want to come to Adelaide in 2014, when the OIDFA Congress will be there. You can put the kettle on then. Janis Blog http://janis.savage.org.za/ - 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] My new blog
Hi Shirley Yes, I will be at the Lace Meeting and am looking forward to it. What an exciting holiday! See you there. Janis in Melbourne -Original Message- From: Shirley Meier [mailto:sme...@iinet.net.au] Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2011 7:21 PM To: Janis Savage Subject: Re: [lace] My new blog Janice will you be coming to the Victorian Lace Meeting in Melbourne? It will be on Saturday 23rd July at Briphil House, Gardenvale. Would love to see you there, Shirley Meier. ( usually working on the Guild table ) - 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] One Year Anniversary of LaceNews
Thank you for all your hard work on our behalf Laurie. It is wonderful to have all the latest lace news in one place and to learn all about different types of lace and artefacts.. Janis in Honeydew, South Africa August 29th - it's been exactly one year. My deepest thanks to all the LaceNews readers - I'm so grateful for your support. I just put a little summary of the year's activities on the site. Laurie http://lacenews.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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3865 - Release Date: 08/29/11 08:34:00 - 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] my newest needle lace
Congratulations on such a lovely piece of Reticella, and on your website page - Introduction to Needlelace. I had not looked at it before and have not done much needlelace but after looking at your page I am now inspired to take up needle and thread again. A local embroidery group is now busy doing Reticella embroidery as well. Janis in South Africa where the spring weather is just wonderful. -Original Message- From: Lorelei Halley Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 12:48 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] my newest needle lace I just want to brag a little. I've finished another piece of needlelace. This one is in the reticella style, but made as pure needlelace. I took 2 small motifs from C.M. Ricci (available on http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/index.html ), and added a looped edge. It was great fun to do, almost addictive. To see it go to http://lynxlace.com/needlelaceintroduction.html and click on MYNEWEST. 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.914 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3918 - Release Date: 09/25/11 08:35:00 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] UK Lace Magazine
Hi Pene I have just received my Lace magazine today and on a quick perusal it looks like a good read. I must find a nice quiet time with no chance of interuptions to sit in a deckchair in the garden and enjoy it. Hope you have received yours too. Janis in Honeydew, South Africa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] Christmas card recieved
Hello Janet I received your Christmas card today with the beautifully made Gold Lace Bell on it. It is only the 3rd card I have received so far this year so it has centre stage on my chimney breast. Thank you very much. I only posted one to you on Monday this week so I hope that it arrives in time for Christmas. Lace greetings from Janis Savage in sunny Honeydew, South Africa, although rain is forecast for next weekend. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] Linen centres Raffle Restuls
What a lovely surprise for Christmas, David and thanks to your partner Lindsay for doing the draw. I can't wait for the New Year now to choose a very special edging for the linen hankie. I am busy being grandmother at the moment so my lace pillow does not get much of a look in, but I can dream of what to do in 2012. Maybe you should hold off on the posting until the Christmas postal rush is over. I would not like it to get lost in the post. Best wishes for the Festive Season from Janis in Honeydew South Africa where we are having some much needed rain today. Subject: [lace] Linen centres Raffle Restuls today during my lunch time assignation, I got my partner Lindsay to draw the 9 names of those who are to receive an Irish linen spoke-stitched handkerchief. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] Shawl finished
What a beautiful shawl Agnes. It is amazing how exciting torchon can be when itis enlarged and made with colours and texture. Have a happy and restful Christmas. You deserve it. Janis in Honeydew, South Africa, where the weather is beautiful. Subject: [lace] Shawl finished Last night I finished a Torchon shawl for my daughter for Christmas. When I started it 2 moths ago, I was not sure whether it would be for Christmas 2011 or 2012, but I did it, and am quite pleased with the result. The material was a mixture of alpaca wool, silk and rayon in lace weight. Not the easiest to work with at it is very slippy and I used standard English bobbins with spangles. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] Nativity scene
To Lyn Bailey Hi Lyn, I have sent a scan of Jean Horne's pricking to your private email address but my server says that it has not been able to deliver it for over 24 hours now. Please can you let me know if I should try sending it again or, have you switched your computer off due to the pressure of the Festive season? Janis Savage in South Africa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] linen hankie
Hello David DH went to the post box today and came back with a small box which he could not figure out what was inside. As soon as I saw it I knew that it was the linen hankie from you. I did not believe that it would arrive before Christmas but, thanks to a lot of posties working overtime, it did. It is a beautiful hankie in fine linen and I will make sure that I make an edging worthy. Many thanks from Janis in Honeydew, South Africa where it has been 29C all week but rain is forecast for Christmas day. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] David
Hello again David I forgot to add that it was lovely to meet you this year and I hope you have a sumptuous Christmas in your cosy home. from Janis -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] Fw: Nativity Pricking
From: Janis Savage Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 10:42 AM To: Lyn Bailey Subject: Re: Nativity Pricking Hi Lyn I don’t understand why you have not received my email. I sent it to this address but I keep on receiving messages from mailer-daemon to say that it is still in the queue. I have sent the attachment to Sue Babbs and to Sallie in Wyoming and they seem to have received it OK. So I have asked Sue Babbs to forward it on to you. The emails re David’s hankie, I sent to david’s email address and to arachne. I did not sent the pricking scan to arachne as it is unable to receive attachments. I hope you will receive it via Sue. Christmas greetings from Janis From: Lyn Bailey Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 1:15 AM To: Janis Savage Subject: Nativity Pricking I have not received anything yet. I have made sure I added you to my contacts, but have not seen any email from you with an attachment. Just the ones re David’s hankie. I will certainly let you know when I receive it. lrb - --- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.925 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4098 - Release Date: 12/23/11 09:34:00 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] making lace with my granddaughter
Dear Rose and spiders I just have to join in and tell you that I also have a 7 year old granddaughter (she will be 8 in February) who has just become a lacemaker. She and her little sister came to stay in early December and I took them to a lace day with me. I did not get any of my own lace done that day as we started a multicoloured snake and everyone made her feel very special and admired it. It was not finished that day but next morning when I got up at about 6.30am, I found her already up and sitting at the lace pillow determined to finish her snake before leaving, which she did. I promised to make up her own lacemaking kit for Christmas and on Christmas day her face lit up on receiving it. Today, New Year's Eve I have the girls to stay again and we made a fish (from the Lace Guild website) in 1 hour. Maybe we will make anther one tomorrow so that she will remember how to start the next one herself. I am as pleased as punch. It is now just 2012 and I have just finished watching the Royal Variety Show. It is time I went to bed so that I can be a wide awake granny tomorrow. Happy New Year to one and all. Janis in Honeydew South Africa Dear Spiders I very rarely post but I had to tell you... I've had my 7 year old granddaughter to stay and I was delighted to get her making bobbin lace. We made a highly prized silver snake with a purple strip down its back and golden bead eyes. Rosemarie Peel Nuneaton UK -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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] making lace with my granddaughter
Hi Rosemarie, I just realised that I forgot to send congratulations to you and your granddaughter for getting a new generation of lacemakers started. It was late at night when I posted and my manners were already asleep. I think little girls often overlook what their mothers do and want to copy their grandmothers. Let's hope that the enthusiasm continues. Greetings from Janis in Honeydew, South Africa where it is a lovely sunny (30C) day and I am just about to get my lace pillow out and sit in the shade. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] A New Princess and Bobbin lace!
Dear Ewa Thanks for the news of the birth of your new princess. When the news is always full of doom and gloom all over the world, it is so nice to hear some good news for a change. I can sense how excited you are about it and I am sure all other Swedes are too. I hope that Princess Estelle will take an interest in the lace of her very own county. Greetings from Janis Savage in South Africa where it is still sunny and warm but there is a hint of autumn in the evening air. -Original Message- From: Ewa Eskilsson Sewden has got a New Princess! Our Crown princess Viktoria and her husband Prins Daniel were blessed with a little and very pretty Princess last Thursday 23 Febr.! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Re Honiton in ITV
I have been trying to send this email for about 3 days now but have finally managed to change Arachne to my new email address. Thanks for the link Louise and Sue. I enjoyed watching Pat Perryman demonstrating her Honiton Lace and telling the story of it. It was also interesting how they linked it to the modern textile factory using old machines. I also enjoyed watching Betty Boothroyd wearing her Honiton jabot and walking hand in hand with Nelson Mandela. It is his 94th birthday on July 18th. Has anyone made him a piece of lace yet? Greetings from Janis in Honeydew, South Africa. Where we are having a really cold snap with some areas under snow. Luckily not here. - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Dora Northern
Thank you for the information Agnes. The email address is not the one I had so will give it a try. I did have her postal address and telephone number a long time ago as she was my bookmark exchange partner one year. I had not realised she was missing from the list until I wanted to get in touch with her again. Of course, she could be on one of her long holidays to far flung places! It is your summer holiday time after all. Thanks anyway. Janis Savage -Original Message- From: Agnes Boddington Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 8:56 PM To: Janis Savage Subject: Re: [lace] Dora Northern Hello Janis I have sent several emails to Dora, but no reply. A couple of weeks ago, I did get read-receipts, but no further response. This is the email address I have for her: doranorth...@tiscali.co.uk Also have her address and tel nummer, if you'd like to email me privately, I can give you these. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Being so far away from the centre of lace civilisation, I may have missed some important news but I am sure that there is someone on this list who can help. I have not seen any post from Dora Northern for a very long time and her email address does not work any more. Can anyone tell me if she is OK or perhaps has a new email address. - 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/albums/most-recent - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Re: Margaretenspitzen is in South Africa! - 2
Dear Jeri I am sending this to Arachne as well as personally as it has quite a bit of lace content. (I hope it will be OK Avital, to keep the previous posts in). My friend Luise has worked the samples in the magazine but it has only whetted her appetite to know more. She is like that! Feel free to send the museum info to Devon Thien. She may be able to apply some pressure through the connection of museums to at least preserve correctly all the ‘colonial’ artefacts. We do have some very good new museums like the Apartheid museum and many apartheid era sites like the Mandela House and Lilliesleaf farm are being turned into museums. It is the older history that is at risk. The War Museum in Bloemfontein commemorates the Anglo/Boer War and the concentration camps. It has been closed this year for a major refurbishment and is due to re-open next March, for the centenary of the Women’s monument which is in the grounds of the museum. We can only wait and see if it has been changed at all when it reopens. I must tell you though that 2013 has been designated ‘The year of Lace’ by the museum in honour of the Koppies Lace School and Emily Hobhouse. Thanks to the tremendous amount of work in organising it by our chairman Louis Oosthuizen, our guild, The Witwatersrand Lace Guild, is now making a large lace banner to be presented next March at the centenary celebrations. As nobody else volunteered, I have been delegated to make the monument itself in lace. It is a tall obelisk with 2 women and a dead child at the base and lower levels at each side depicting war scenes. It is quite a challenge. I have done the obelisk and plinth and am now taking a few deep breaths before tackling the female figures in Withof techniques. Other members are making individual flowers of the veld to surround it. I will send more information as it unfolds nearer to the time. Greetings from Janis Subject: Re: Margaretenspitzen is in South Africa! - 2 Dear Janis, Marji is a close friend of Tess Parrish here in Maine. Therefore, we have had information about Margaretenspitzen for quite some time. One member of the Lacemakers of Maine has been experimenting with it since early this year. She is not very experienced in the needlearts, but has had success. So, your friend should be able to work from the magazine. Yes, a book is in the works, but I do not want to add pressure to the matter of Marji's publishing that, so did not mention it. It seems that you are going through what Eastern Europe experienced in the 20th C. It is most unfortunate. I hope that your lace organization can request special access to the lace collection, or maybe even have some say in where it is housed in the future so that it can be accessed and studied. I am familiar with the history of South Africa. Mary Gostelow of England wrote a very informative book, published in 1976, Embroidery South Africa which included the history of the Boers. My library also has 2 books on whitework embroidery by Hetsie vanWyk of South Africa, from the 1970's. Very difficult to obtain at the time, but even back then I was a persistent book collector. Would you mind if I sent the museum information to Devon Thein? She works as a volunteer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. I think they would be interested in what is happening in South African museums. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 8/22/2012 4:28:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za writes: Hello Jeri Thank you for taking the trouble to write to me about the Piecework magazine. Actually, my friend Luise who is wanting to learn more about Margaretenspetzen was sent a copy of the article by a friend of hers and gave a copy to me. She has emailed to Maji Suhm and I believe that there will shortly be a book about it. I then remembered that Dora was trying to promote it some years back and sent me a knotted Fox in our bookmark exchange. I had it for quite a time but then gave it to my grandson as he took a fancy to it. I stick mainly to bobbin lace but Luise is crazy about all the more obscure types of lace and other crafts. Wish I could have gone to Caen too but I am saving hard to go to the next congress in Adelaide as I can visit my son and grandchildren in Melbourne on the same trip. In South Africa, we lacemakers are quite a close knit ‘family’ as we have a government that is not interested in anything that is ‘Eurocentric’. Our president even gave a speech very recently, saying that we should ‘decolonialise our museums’! I was at the Johannesburg Art Gallery recently and all the Dutch old masters have disappeared (hopefully in correct storage) as well as the lace collection. All have been replaced by African art. We are having a lace convention in Bloemfontein in October though, in honour of Emily Hobhouse. She started the first lace school in South Africa and did a lot of good works to help the destitute Boer
Re: [lace] newest lace
Congratulations Lorelei. I love your idea of making, and publishing, your examples of so many different types of lace, Non lacemakers have no idea of just how many interesting types of lace there are. Janis in South Africa. - I just finished another lace from Barbara Underwood's book, #9. http://lynxlace.com/bobbinlacenewrevival.html It is the first one on that page. 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Fibre Optic cable
My lace life is very busy at the moment with several projects on the go at the same time and here comes another one. I have been making lace for a conceptual artist, and teaching her to make lace as well, for several years now. Neither of us make a lot of money at it but it is getting lace out there into the main stream of the art world. After I told her that lace has been made with fibre optic cable, she now has an idea of doing a project with it. The trouble is that I have never used it. Is there someone amongst you clever spiders who can give me some information on the properties of fibre optic cable and how it can be used for a bobbin lace project. Are there different thicknesses and if so what is the easiest one to work with? I cannot imagine winding it onto bobbins, so how does one handle it while working? Does the pricking have to be a rather large scale? Any information will be a great help to me. I am quite excited about trying it out. Janis Savage in sunny South Africa - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Fibre Optic cable
I would just like to say Thanks to Claire, Sue, Kate, Cherry and Jennifer for their response to my query on using Fibre Optic cable for bobbin lace. All your snippets of information will be very useful but I think we will have to do some experimenting of our own. I will let you know if anything comes of it (probably next year). Greetings from Janis in springtime in sunny South Africa. - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Fibre Optic cable
Thank you Sue for this extra information. I am sending it all on to Kim to mull over. She has a contact who supplies Fibre Optic cable and is willing to sponsor the work, and may have more info about the properties of it. I am busy at the moment getting ready for 2 more conventional lace exhibitions. One this week in Johannesburg and one at the end of October in Bloemfontein, so I hope that Kim will do the research and designing so that I do not have to start until the new year. These weaving sites will be very useful. I do seem to remember that the 98 group did something in F/O a while ago. I will post to arachne when there is something worthwhile to report. Greetings from Janis - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Fibre Optic cable
Thank you Jennifer. Every bit of info will be useful. Kim has someone here who supplies F/O cable and is willing to sponsor her work, so we will see what happens. Greetings from Janis -Original Message- From: Jennifer Audsley Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 12:48 PM To: Sue Babbs Cc: Arachne ; Janis Savage Subject: Re: [lace] Fibre Optic cable I purchased small quantities on Ebay from a seller The FiberOpticStore. That was end emitting, but he may be able to help with side emitting. Side emitting is much more expensive, and bear in mind that end-emitting does leak some light along its length. Worth having a play. All fibre optic cable is cheaper the more you buy (a full reel is always cheaper), but the Ebay guy is reasonable for shorter lengths. No affils etc, just a satisfied customer. Do upload progress pics. You will need an LED power supply to light it up. My ex-husband is an electronic engineer has lent me a little test rig. I suggest you keep the individual fibre lengths long to make it easier to connect to the power supply. Have fun!! Jen in Melbourne, Australia. - 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/albums/most-recent - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2012 #112
Thank you Jane for the link to www.loop.ph Being far away from the centre of design we miss out on these innovations. The images of their Luminous Lace are so inspiring. I have forwarded it on to Kim as, luckily, I do not have to think of a design. That is her job. I just advise on how to do the lace. i.e. what is possible and what is not! I know what I will be going to look at if I ever get another trip to the UK. Many thanks from Janis in springlike Johannesburg (Honeydew) --- Dear All, I've just seen the thread on light-emitting lace. Its best exponents are www.loop.ph, whose amazing creation at Kensington Palace can be googled by putting in 'Kensington Palace lace'. It's not just a question of making it (although that is staggering) but you also have to know about the electronics that light it up. Cheers, Jane Atkinson - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] lace photos
Wow, her lace is amazing, and I love her use of stitches in the swan and the ferns. Does Pene Piip, perhaps, know who Helene Kuma is and something about the Museum of Amandus Adamson, Paldiski, Estonia Janis in Honeydew South Africa where we are promised the first rain of the season today. -Original Message- From: Lorelei Halley If you love ferns, you will love this lace: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bobbinlace/pool/with/7886470258/#photo_7886470258 - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Doreen Wright
Yes, Diana This book is about Doreen Wright who started the Lace Guild. Her son, Bill, contacted me a year or more ago to ask for information about her visit to South Africa in the early 1980's. I don't know if the book goes as far as her lacemaking activities. Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa Can anyone confirm that this is the Doreen Wright who was a lacemaker and author, and was the chairman at the time when the English Lace Guild was formed? There was an article in today's Daily Mail newspaper which got me thinking. After a search I found the link below. http://www.doreensdiary.org.uk/ Diana Smith in Northamptonshire - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Arachne Christmas Card Exchange
Sorry not to be taking part in the Christmas card exchange this year. I have much on my plate that I would not have time to make lace for a card. I will take part next year. Greetings to all anyway. from Janis Savage in South Africa where we are in the final countdown to the lace convention in Bloemfontein next weekend. -Original Message- From: lac...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:37 PM To: lace@arachne.com ; lace-c...@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Arachne Christmas Card Exchange ? Good morning everyone, ? Pairing are taking a little longer than planned. I unexpectedly was called into work last night. I will send them out later today, as soon as I have had some sleep. Sorry for the delay. ? Amber Forest, Va - 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/albums/most-recent - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] lace page with patterns
Thank you for posting this site Liz. Claudine must be a very generous person to share all her patterns and other lace info. Janis in South Africa http://dentelle-fuseau.pagesperso-orange.fr/carton.htm Liz in chilly Missouri, 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Quiet?/what lace
I am working on a picture of the National Women's Monument in Bloemfontein for it's centenary next year. Part of the actual monument is done but the figures of the women on it have to be done in No. 180 thread in Withof techniques. Well, after at least 6 attempts to get started and taken off again, I think I am at last making some progress. It has to be finished by March. I have a torchon runner and a coloured bookmark on other pillows for when I need some light relief but Christmas lace is taking a back seat this year. Janis in South Africa where we had a very hot spring but summer is struggling to get started at the moment - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Jean Horne nativity help
I have loaded the pricking of Jean Horne's nativity pricking to Flickr under my name. I have not had an arachne photo site before so it was a new thing for me to do but it was fairly easy. I asked Jean last year if she was willing to share her prickings and she said they were for everyone to use. The patch under the nativity scene is made just as Sue Babbs described except that the cloth stitch is worked there and back before doing the CTCT with pairs between. so as to continue the diagonal lines of the ground. I don't have my lace made from the pricking as I sent it last year in the Christmas Card exchange. You can see it on the 2011 Christmas card website. Seasonn's greetings to all from Janis Savage in South Africa - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Jean Horne's Nativity scene
Hello all I have had several requests for the pricking for Jean Horne's Nativity scene and have sent a copy. If anyone else wants it, just ask and I can send it all in one go. Season's greetings from Janis in South Africa - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Christmas Greetings
Thank you for you Christmas greetings Noelene. Somehow the rhyme gives it a special meaning. May you also have lots of good things ahead in 2013 and Season's Greetings to one and all. Janis in South Africa - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] exchange/friendship
Thank you for the mention Mary. I am one of the guilty lurkers who do not post to Arachne very often but I have just spent a very pleasant hour reading about 50 Arachne emails on the importance of internet lace friendships amongst other things. I agree but, all the regular contributors seem to be so quick off the mark in replying to a query that I usually think that my two-pennorth is not needed. Being suitably chastened after Jeri's original post on lurkers versus volunteers, I will try to send my opinion a little more often now. By the way, Jenny Koops has now published a book on 25 Bookmarks. Maybe I will put some in my suitcase when I (hopefully) come to Adelaide in 2014. I will need to make some extra money to buy dinkum Aussie lace goods like your cover cloths and aluminium bobbins from Shirley's DH (as if I needed any more bobbins). Unfortunately, Mary Hughes who painted those lovely bobbins is not able to do it any more due to advanced age and macular degeneration of her eyes. She still manages to make lace though in an enlarged version using Perle No. 12 and her memory of many years of making lace. Janis Savage in Honeydew South Africa where I have just come back from a birthday lunch with the family and sent the grandchildren away with excess birthday cake to take to school tomorrow. -- Must be 15 years ago that a self-published booklet 15 Lace Patterns of Crosses by Jenny Koops of South Africa was mentioned on the list. Janis Savage arranged for friends of hers to carry a copy to Sydney and sent two very nicely painted bobbins for me. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] exchange/friendship
Wish I could Sue. I don't think the sale of a few books would pay for the airfare though. I did go to the lace Guild AGM weekend a few years ago and enjoyed it very much. If you are going, have a great time. Janis Savage Now Janis never mind going to Oz and taking those books with you come to the UK and bring them here!!! LOL We like books over here as well Sue in a rather damp East Yorkshire - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Jenny Koops books - Distribution suggestion
Thanks for all the suggestions for distributing Jenny Koops books. There are one or two other small South African Books too including Jean Horne's. It is a difficult time to speak to Jenny at the moment as her husband has just had a stroke and is still in hospital but I will follow up on your suggestions. Janis Savage www.thelaceplace.co.za -Original Message- From: jeria...@aol.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 4:16 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Jenny Koops books - Distribution suggestion Barbara Ballantyne, Australian expert on historic crochet, has her books distributed by Lacis in the U.S. She has at least one distributor in Europe, I think in the U.K. You might ask her how this works and find out if it is feasible for the Koops book. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] anniversary logo
I think that is a lovely design Carolina. It is maybe a bit big to go onto a bobbin, pin, flash drive etc., but I like it. Janis in South Africa Where the leaves are starting to fall from the trees but this autumn is just as hot as the summer has been. -- This put my mind to think about designing something in Witchstitch lace ( also called Hinojosa lace) I shared it with the list and this was the result: http://carolgallego.com/arachne.html - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Jean-Marie Leclair
Yesterday, DH was listening to Classic FM on the radio and heard a piece of music whose composer was a lacemaker. Being a good sort, he emailed to the presenter to ask for more information and got a reply today. It seems that the composer Jean-Marie Leclair (1697 - 1764) came from a family of lacemakers. His father was a lacemaker and his mother a cellist and he was considered a master of both the violin and his father's lacemaking trade by the time he reached adulthood. He was born in Lyons, France, and h is 3 younger brothers were also musicians. I expect that David Collyer would be able to give more information on the musical side and I don't know what lace would have been made in Lyons around 1700 but I thought that it would be of interest to the list. Greetings from Janis in South AFrica - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] How many types od lace?
I have been reading about all the different types of lace that you all do and am amazed how you all find the time. I must say that my first passion is bobbin lace. I don't mind what type of bobbin lace it is, I just love it. I have done a bit of most types and find that after 35 years, I can teach most types without actually having to make it myself. Then I feel jealous of my pupils because they do such wonderful work. At the moment I have on my pillows a torchon runner and a withof picture, apart from a string of bookmarks on my travel pillow. I am also helping an artist to make lace installations using 8mm thick plastic coated wire. It is a series of circles in different stitches, each one 2,5m in diameter. The pricking is on supawood on the floor and we have to crawl about the floor to do it but I have just taught my gardener to make lace so that I only have to set each new one up and then sit beside him and supervise. He is getting very good at it. As for other types of lace, I have dabbled in needlelace, tatting, carrickmacross, greek fingerlace (macrame), Battenberg, but I keep on going back to my lace pillow. Janis Savage in Honeydew South Africa, where the Easter weekend promises lovely warm weather. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] New poem
Thank you for another inspiring poem Noelene. You seem to put into verse, just what we are all thinking. Congratulations. If I manage to get to Adelaide for OIDFA I will look forward to getting a copy of your proposed book. I will also look through my few original designs to see if thee is anything suitable for you to include. Janis in South Africa where we are having some very welcome rain before the dry winter starts. ...Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au Lacemaking is such an adaptable skill It can suit many levels and ages. And with internet access to help show the way Just tackle each problem in stages. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Where can I buy this pattern?
Thanks for the tiny URL Sue. I don't know where that pattern comes from although it looks familiar, but I took the opportunity of looking at the whole gallery of pictures. What inspiring laces there are! Wish I could go to a Spanish Lace Day. I will keep the URL so that I can drool again another day. Janis in South Africa Subject: Re: [lace] Where can I buy this pattern? Here's a tiny url for it: Sue - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Bookmark
Dear Amber Thank you so much for the lovely bookmark which arrived today. Thank you also for the pricking. I shall enjoy making a bookmark from it one day. Greetings from Janis in Honeydew, South Africa, where we have only had a couple of days of winter so far this year. With temperatures up to 24C in the middle of the day, spring flowers are blooming already. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] William Hall Yarns
Hello all. I have been very quiet for a while as I have been very busy with a lace project, but now it is coming to an end and I have a query that I hope someone can answer. What has happened to William Hall Yarns? I have been buying Bockens linen thread from him for about 20 years and now both email addresses do not work. Is he still in business. I have also emailed to Holma in Sweden, home of Bockens linen, and had no reply from them either. It is difficult to keep up with happenings being so far away from the centres of lace civilisation, but I am hoping that a helpful spider will come up with the answer. I need to replenish my stock for the lacemakers of South Africa -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place Honeydew, South Africa, where summer has arrived with temperatures of over 30 degrees and thunder storms to go with it. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] suppliers
Thanks Lorelei but I am the South African lace supplier. I need to replenish Bockens stock from either UK or Sweden Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa www.thelaceplace.co.za On 2013/11/14 11:54 PM, Lorelei Halley wrote: If you look about 3/4 down this page, she has a board with South African suppliers. Don't know if they will help. Lorelei http://www.pinterest.com/LaceNews/ -- - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] William Hall Yarns
Thank you one and all for the responses to my question about William Hall Yarns. I had already tried the email address on the website and the one that I have had for a long time. Neither get a response. The Holma Helsingsland email address does not get a response either so, I will try the telephone number on Monday. I prefer email addresses as it is quite expensive to phone from this side of the world, but needs must! I will let you know if I am successful. Thanks from Janis in South Africa where another thunder storm is just starting. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] William Hall Co
I just thought I would let you know that I have managed to contact William Hall Co via telephone and after a nice gentleman named Philip sent me an email, whatever blockage there was in the airwaves seems to have disappeared so all is well. I can get my Bockens linen lace thread from him. Thanks to everyone who sent addresses for other lace suppliers. I will look at them all in due course. Lace greetings from Janis Savage on the outskirts of Johannesburg -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Prickings
When I first learned to make lace at Kempston School's evening classes, near Bedford, UK We had to first trace the pricking from the original, then prick through onto brown pricking card, mark in the relevant lines with pencil(which could be rubbed out in case of a mistake) and then go over it with ink and rub out the pencil lines. I also still have my piece of heelball for taking a rubbing of a pricking too. When I first started to teach in the early 1990's, I taught the same method, until I realised the benefit of the photocopy machine. Blue contact was cheap then so we used it to cover the white photocopy but still used pricking card underneath. Now I still recommend using glazed pricking card for a pattern that is going to be used more than once, otherwise I have learned to print onto regular coloured project card and only use clear contact if the lace is going to be starched. I still preprick a pattern to save on eye strain trying to get pins in accurately and to prevent backache trying to see where the pin-holes are. When in Malta I learned to use the blue contact with the pricking sandwiched between the blue front and the backing paper. No cardboard needed. Mind you the Maltese pillows are so hard that I never want to use one again. I still cannot bear to see lace being made on a single sheet of photocopy paper. -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place www.thelaceplace.co.za - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] heelball
I had never heard of heelball until I needed some to copy lace prickings by taking rubbings on the back of the pricking. I got ine from my next-door-neighbour, who was a cobbler. -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] The Lace Place
When I moved to South Africa in 1979, it was almost impossible to obtain anything for bobbin lace. The number of lacemakers was steadily increasing though, so only in 1988 did I decide that if no-one else was going to import lacemaking things then I would have a go. I knew nothing about business but I wrote to all the overseas suppliers and they were all very helpful and I had many an argument with customs officials trying to explain what bobbins etc. were used for and that linen thread was not the same as bed linen. It was only when the local agent for Batsford Books said that I had to have a proper business name for them to supply me, that I thought I was being incredibly original in choosing The Lace Place as my business name. It was a few years later that my friend Mary Hughes visited her family in Perth and from there visited The Lace Place in Hyden, that I realised that I was not original at all. She brought me back a souvenir leaflet and a pair of bobbins. I would love to visit myself. My own Lace Place though continued to take over my life and at one time was the only supplier in Southern Africa. I don't know what I would do without it now. I think they will have to carry me out feet first clutching my lace pillow. Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place Honeydew South Africa www.thelaceplace,co,za - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bull Brand Irish Linen
Treasure it Noelene. Today's linen thread will never be as smooth and strong as this. I do not know the Bull Brand linen but I recently acquired some 'Square Sail' linen 60/2 and am using it at the moment for a torchon runner. I wound it from the wooden reel into a hank and washed it first and it did not shrink one iota. I don't know when they stopped harvesting and processing flax into linen by hand and started using machines but the old linen is spun with lo-o-ong fibres which makes it so smooth and strong, whereas todays flax is chopped up by the machines so can never be as smoothly spun. On 2013/11/26 12:33 PM, Noelene Lafferty wrote: I have just acquired from a deceased estate a quantity of reels of Bull brand Irish Linen, 100/2 - Brenda's book says it is 33 WPC. I gather it is no longer available, a Google search did not turn up any hits. It is a very smooth thread, no slubs, compared to the 100/2 Fresia I have been using for Christmas decorations. Warm greetings from Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place in South Africa - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin Lace Animation
Thank you for Christmas concert Jean Mary. I really enjoyed it and it started my day with a smile on my face. Season's greetings to everyone. Janis Savage in a sunny South Africa On 2013/12/05 09:38 AM, Jean Mary Eke wrote: Dear Fellow Spiders We have animated my bobbin lace rabbits and you can see the result best on my Website. http://jeanmaryeke.co.uk/Christmas_Concert.php http://jeanmaryeke.co.uk/Movie.html thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] uploading photos
I am really impressed with the Christmas cards on Jenny Brandis's site and wish I could have taken part this year. I want to upload some photos onto the flickr site showing what I have been up to lacewise but, having only done it once before, I have forgotten how to do it. I have printed out Lorelei's instructions from 1/11/2012 but it keeps on asking for a Yahoo ID and password and I cannot get past this stage. Please will someone send me instructions for dummies. Season's greetings to everyone and may you have plenty of time for important things, like making lace, in 2014 from Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] This year's project
Hi all Sue Babbs has very kindly uploaded 3 photos on to my Flickr set. This is the project I have been busy with for the whole year. Following the Witwatersrand Lace Guild's convention in Bloemfontein in November 2012. They were asked to submit an entry for the exhibition this year commemorating the centenary of the Women's Monument at the War Museum of the Boer Republics in Bloemfontein. Well, somehow I got delegated to make the actual lace! The monument is 37 metres high and is made in the local sandstone. The bronze figures of the women and the dead child was from a design by Emily Hobhouse and constructed by Anton van Wouw. My lace monument is 53cms high and 59cms wide. It took 2 reels of Filato per Tombolo di Cantu cotton thread No. 50 and Egyptian cotton 180/2 for the figures. It was made in sections, rolling the edges as with Withof Lace and took approximately 430 hours from September 2012 to September 2013. This included a lot of practice pieces and undoing and redoing, especially in the figures. When doing the actual monument, every evening when I sat down with my pillow and 100 or more bobbins on it, my husband would say I was putting another brick in the wall or laying another row of bricks. To keep the figures of the women and child to the correct scale of the monument, they are only 7cms tall, so an enlargement is provided for you to see the actual hand-made lace. The wreath is composed of white flowers made by members of the Witwatersrand Lace Guild. The Women's monument was erected tin memory of the 4177 women and 22074 children who died in the concentration camps during the second Anglo-Boer war, 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902, and was unveiled on 16th December 1913. A repeat of the unveiling ceremony was enacted on Dec 16 2013. It was rather overshadowed though, by the passing of Nelson Mandela and the 10 days of National mourning. We drove the 4 hours to Bloemfontein to deliver it to the museum when it was all framed, and spent some time with the new lace group in Bloem - Rosestad Kant (Rose City Lace). The exhibition will be open until the end of February 2013 and I hope that the museum will keep the lace monument on show. It was a mammoth task and took up most of my lacemaking time this year. I hope that I can get back to doing some more conventional lace this year. Season's greetings and best wishes for 2014, with lots of time to practice and perfect our lacemaking skills. from Janis Savage in midsummer in Honeydew near Johannesburg. -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] UFOs
After spending most of last year on such a big project, I am now going to make butterfly mobiles for each of my 3 granddaughters. I am now halfway through the first - a Brigitte Bellon one. I also have to brush up on my Flanders course for when my lace group come back at the end of next week. they requested it and it is a while since I did Flanders. The theory comes back easy but I have to get my hand in again. New Year greetings from Janis in Honeydew, South Africa where after a very wet Christmas, the sun is shining again and I hope to do my lace in a nice shady spot in the garden. On 2014/01/02 12:37 AM, Sue Harvey wrote: Happy New Year to all fellow spiders, have you made any resolutions? Mine is to finish all UFOs before I start any further new ones, to date it is:- 1 almost finished Honiton tortoise sampler, 1 very large tablecloth edging ( just 10 repeats to do) 1 Multicoloured dragon (very large) 1 Bucks Point snowman (started for Christmas but not completed in time ) 1 braid glove in black , oh and 1 cross stitch of 2 Chinese children started about 3years ago I'm ashamed to say but put away and forgotten. Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] FW: Channer's Mat
Just for the record, neither of the 2 pictures of Miss Channer's Mats is mine, even though I did send a picture of it. The top one is from the Poole Bobbin Lace circle and the lower one is made by Diana Smith. Janis Savage On 2014/01/05 06:19 PM, Rosemary Horr wrote: Lace Fairy has two mats for view. One is Miss Channer's original and the other done by Janice Savage. http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/Gallery/Channersmat.htm Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
I looked at the photos of the veil and in the picture with the coin it is possible to see that the lace is Princess Lace. This should make it easier to find a redundant piece of princess lace to be able to mend the net or make a new flower sprig to cover the tear. Princess lace often seems to turn up in charity shops or suchlike. It is made from fancy tapes. No bobbin lace required. Best wishes for finding a way to repair it. Janis Savage in South Africa On 2014/01/06 01:38 AM, Sue Babbs wrote: A friend's granddaughter is getting married in September, and thinking of wearing the Brussels Lace veil, which has been worn by 50 or so brides in the family. So it has been brought out for inspection, and a jagged edge tear discovered in it. I was sent photos today to see what I thought could be done with it, and don't really know what to suggest. I have uploaded these photos to Flickr, and am hoping that someone can give me advice on what to tell them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/72157639451992576/ This looks like it's outside my needlework skills. Making new bobbin lace is so much easier than repairing tears!! They put a coin on it to give an idea of scale of the hole. I think it is a U.S. dime and so is about 3/4 inch or 2cm in diameter -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] What is the biggest and the hardest piece of lace you have ever done?
This is quite beautiful Vila. While on Flickr, I took the opportunity to look at your other photos of your lace and weaving too. It is all quite inspiring. Janis in South Africa On 2014/01/14 04:37 PM, Vila Cox wrote: This is my most challenging lace project so far. http://www.flickr.com/photos/warpedandwonderful/8310332097/ overall it is 20 x 33 there are 8 strips sewn together to fill the center took about 9 months to complete. -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Long Live Lace!
Thank you for another so appropriate poem, Noelene. We are all so lucky to have a wonderful craft to, not only, bring us pleasure but keeps us in contact with so many like-minded friends. from Janis Savage on a lovely sunny morning in South Africa As old age encroaches things start going wrong That medical treatment can't help. There are twitches and spams, and all sorts of aches And just to bend down brings a yelp. But if one has an addiction to something as nice As lacemaking and all of its treasure There's no time for self pity or to fret about pain There's too much to do that is pleasure. -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace App questions on Bruges Duchesse or Bruges Flower lace
I think that Bruges lace is a very suitable lace for a beginner. A simple tape lace pattern is much ore interesting than a 'bandage' to learn cloth stitch and half stitch. A slightly more complex pattern can bring in a double stitch edge and sewings. Depending on how the student copes with that a simple Bruges flower can be introduced and hey presto, she (or he) can have a pretty doiley or even tablecloth with limited skills. I usually find that when the student finds out that it is not a difficult as she thought and sees what other people are doing she is then willing to learn more skills such as in Torchon lace. I say let her start with Bruges lace and be happy with her efforts. The rest will come later. Janis Savage in South Africa. On 2014/04/24 05:29 PM, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Since my friend is just starting out was drawn to the Bruges laces, must she start with Torchon? Should I encourage exploration? Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Oldest dated bobbins
Dear Brian I just want to say congratulations on your continuing obsession with the history of lace bobbins. We need more mad people like you in this world! I look forward to hearing more about your investigations. Janis in South Africa On 2014/05/14 12:27 PM, Brian Lemin wrote: As a preliminary communication I need to tell you have pictures of two Downton gimp bobbins, both of which are older than the Salisbury museum dated bobbin (1693) ( see my article on webdocs Arizona. England's Oldest Bobbin. -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Christmas Card Exchange
Hello Janet and Sallie I intended to join the Christmas Card exchange this year but life has thrown rather a lot of curved balls at me this year. My DH suddenly passed away at the beginning of July and I did not realise what a lot of legal problems I would have to deal with and they are still going on. As if this were not enough, our postal workers have been on strike for 10 weeks now and it does not look as though any settlement will be reached soon. I dont think there will be any Christmas post in South Africa this year. I don;t actually remember if I put my name on the list but if I did I think you had better remove it. I hope that by next Christmas my life will have settled down again. I am so grateful for my lacemaking friends who are helping me to get through this difficult time. Seasons Greetings to all Arachneans. From Janis Savage in Honeydew South Africa where we are desperately waiting for the first rain of the season. On 2014/10/13 06:00 PM, Bertrans1 wrote: We are getting ready to send out the pairings and thought we should send out a last minute reminder to those who forgot to send us your name, address number of ornaments you want to makeup. So if you forgot or misplaced the details, please send your name and address. If you need the details again, please e-mail us and we will send them to you offline. Thanks to all who have already sent your info. We hope those who have joined will enjoy their surprise ornaments as much as we have enjoyed making this happen. Janet in UK Sallie in WY 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Retirement
I agree Noelene 100%. Another great poem. Thanks from Janis Savage in Honeydew, South Africa On 2014/11/08 05:22 AM, Noelene Lafferty wrote: Retirement. They all promised me when retirement was due, I'd be doing so much with my lace. I'd have oodles of time To plan and create, And have projects all over the place. But then the day came, And I planned to sit down With all of that thread that I'd bought. With pins and my pillows And bobbins galore And great piles of books just to sort. But where does the time go? I really can't say The days seem to disappear fast. As the days now fly by I seem to do LESS Just where did I find time in the past! -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
