Catherine Barley Needlelace
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>From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com
Date : 23/03/2016 - 08:35 (GMTST)
To : lace@arachne.com
Subject : Fwd: [lace] thread for Hollie Point
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>From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com
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To : jsyz...@comcast.net, lace@arachne.com
Subject : Re: [lace] thread for Hollie Point
Hi Julie
Well as you've already discovered, choice of thread for any type/style of lace
is very personal and what suits one per
Dear Julie,
1. Catherine Barley, the author of the book you are using, is a member of
Arachne. There are 329 messages from her in the archives under her name.
So, wait a bit, and maybe she will weigh in with her experience. To
verify I am correct, type her name in the search box at:
While I agree with all the other posters about thread, thread length, etc.,
let me be the first to suggest that your concept of having needle lace be
your "portable" lace may be unrealistic, especially if it is Hollie Point.
Generally people turn to tatting for a portable lace. My colleague has a
Hi, Julie, and Welcome to the very addictive world of needlelace!!
I, too have worked from the Barley book. Hollie point, I find, is not an
easy lace to make!
I worked 2 samples - one in Fincrochet #20, and the other - same pattern -
in Brock 100/3.
I will email you privately, with a scan of the
Hi Julie
Tanner 50 is 39 wraps/cm. Brok 160 is 66 wraps/cm and Egyptian 120 is 58
wraps/cm so they are both considerably finer than the Tanne
Actually Egyptian 60/2 is 39 wraps/cm the same as Tanne 50 and Brok 70 is 38
wraps/cm (very marginally thicker). Any Egyptian cotton with a number higher
What about letting the thread and needle hang free for a while? Won't that
untwist it the correct way?
Karen in Malta
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Hi Julie,
It’s a long time since I worked any Hollie Point but I used Madeira Tanne 50
for the best sample I made (I’ll send you a scan privately). In that one I had
about 8 rows and 15 stitches in a 0.25 in square. By comparison a piece of
Hollie Point in the Glasgow Museums Collection had
Hi Julie:
Just a couple of quick pointers:
About the kinking - you can control this by rolling the needle in your fingers
between stitches, to take off the twist you just put on. Once you learn which
way to twist the needle you do it between each stitch and the movement becomes
easy and
I've completed a Hollie Point needlelace exercise! Great, right? On to the
third exercise! Except, suddenly I feel disenchanted with my thread. It's
Tanne 50, a cotton thread. Should I try a different thread? I guess threads
are either cotton, linen, or silk. Or any of those types right
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