On Feb 28, 2006, at 11:15, Carol Adkinson wrote:
the tutor also told me that, when the leaves are
done 'in hand' it is more difficult to keep to a symmetrical shape, as
one
tends to favour one side, so the leaves turn out fatter on one side.
I
didn't try the method for long enough to find
On Feb 27, 2006, at 2:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
when I was doing Russian lace with Bridget Cook she
taught me that the Russian tallies are worked with an extra turn
around each end
thread. In other words if you work your tallies as ctt, it would
actually be
ctt,tt.
I've heard of doing
On Mar 24, 2004, at 22:39, Beth Schoenberg wrote:
Many years ago, my lace group (the Lost Art Lacers, in NJ, USA) held a
theme pillow contest. [...]
My entry was a pun pillow, which was not just a cookie pillow, but a
*chocolate-chip* cookie pillow; with bobbins ranging from a
bobbin-shop
On Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at 04:05 AM, Ann Genest wrote:
- It take only practice so, when you have a lace done and you still
have thread on your bobbins, practice on your little pattern with
tallies (only tallies continuously - one after one - if you don't
have one - create it).
Dear Ann,
Just few words about the tallies. There aren't so bad at all when you realize which
tread to pull. I use to have the worker thread a little bit longer or shorter to
remind me Don't pull it without holding the others tight.
As I use to say to my students:
- Don't avoid it because you'll
Oh Ann - I wholeheartedly agree with what you say!!! I also find that some
people find tallies easier with finer thread, but the main message is: don't
give up if the first few look a bit deformed...keep trying!
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
--- Ann Genest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just few
Sally Schoenberg asked about crescent tallies. I used them in a couple of my designs
in the past. If you go to http://www.lace.lacefairy.com/ and Google my name Janice
Blair, remembering to check the Lacefairy site you will get a list of some of my
stuff. Choose the Swan Mask and scroll down
Hi everyone,
I've always been intrigued by the crescent and circular shaped tallies on
page 105 of Bridget Cook's Practical Skills. Have any of you tried these?
Sally Schoenberg
Anchorage Alaska
After 14 years of careful, strictly according to the book maintenance, our
furnace suddenly and
On Mar 19, 2004, at 12:12, Sally Schoenberg wrote:
I've always been intrigued by the crescent and circular shaped tallies
on
page 105 of Bridget Cook's Practical Skills. Have any of you tried
these?
VBG There's a scene in one of the Winnie the Pooh books, where
Winnie, wanting to pinch some
