On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 02:29 AM, Dora wrote:
What is the tex or deniere size of Madeira tanne 80 thread?What system
exactly is it Madeira uses? I have tried asking them - getting everything
but the answer! In fact, it sounded as if the salesman had never head of
a
thread size.
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 05:45 AM, lace-digest wrote:
There is something very peculiar about this book, and I'm glad to find
that
it's not just my copy!
It doesn't matter where I put it, when I go looking for it next, the
book has
walked off somewhere else. I spend my whole life
I had 56 names in the shopping basket for the pattern booklet raffle, and
Paige picked out the following winners:
Pam Thompson in USA
Jeanette Fischer is South Africa
Jill Treeves in Heathrow UK
Sorry there couldn't be more winners.
Would those three people please send me their postal
On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 02:10 AM, Lynne wrote:
I have sitting in front of me two reels of Madeira Metallic thread. One
arrived this am by post (no 2) and the other (no 1) in a similar fashion
the day before. They are meant to be identical ie same number but the
threads look totally
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 11:35 AM, Noreen wrote:
I'm looking for a source for true linen thread, preferably colored.
Any links or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Moravia linen marketed by Jana Novak in Denmark comes in about 45 colours
in sizes 40/2and 50/4.
Atelier Moravia, Mejerivej
On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 04:09 AM, Karen wrote:
I wish to purchase a copy of Suzanne Thompson's Further Steps in Honiton
Lace, which is currently out of print.
I've managed to borrow a copy from my local library (and have had it out
on
loan since March!), which I am working through. I
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 09:18 PM, Miriam wrote:
I would like to
make the pattern by Margaret Flux published in the Logarithmic lace book,
from the Lace Guild in the UK. It says in the book that the pattern was
reduced in size from the original.
Does anyone of you know by how much I have
Dear Spiders
Last term I had a new BL student. She's young (late 20s), keen to learn BL
and is having a few private lessons now that classes have finished for the
summer. However she's in England studying for an MA in Fashion Design and
will be returning to her native Hong Kong in September,
On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 12:24 PM, Lori wrote:
Mr. Dodge was making a note to remind himself that lace was owed to him as
payment for the debt. What is even more interesting about this entry is
that the gentleman purchasing the chintz needed five weeks to return with
the lace in hand. In
On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 03:47 PM, Alice wrote:
I believe that both of these lace items are machine made. It is very
common for lace sellers (who often don't really know much about lace) to
label any lace item as 'handmade'. As is often said, let the buyer beware!
It's not only eBay that
On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 03:47 PM, Heather wrote:
Does anyone know of a good source for hankie blanks, preferably
linen, and ideally in Canada? Shipping from anywhere else, and exchange is
starting to prove expensive, but I might have to cave on the Canadian
angle.
The lace isnt finished
I have to confess that I've done very little BL all summer! Nothing of any
consequence since finishing Lucy's wedding garter, though I've been
thinking about my Lace Guild luggage tag, and yesterday I got the bobbins
out to make a short length of torchon edging to put on a friend's 40th
On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 02:41 PM, Clay wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2339278080
The seller has listed what appears to be a paperback book by
Pamela Nottingham on Bobbin Lace Making. The cover
suggests that this is an older book, although the lister
doesn't
On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 02:41 PM, Jane wrote:
My understanding is that gum arabic is a traditional paste used for
paper and fabrics.
Gum arabic is also the main binding agent in watercolour paints.
Brenda - who's been in Gravesend all day; officially the hottest part of
the country
I've just added three pictures to the arachne Webshots community gallery.
They are the three pieces of lace I made for each DD 's wedding - more on
my own website if you are really interested!
Thank you Avital (?) for setting it up.
Look at http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date
On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 05:18 AM, Jeri wrote:
If you have Doreen Wright's book, it would be nice to print and put in
the book:
http://www.laceguild.org
Thanks Jeri for that suggestion; I've just printed it off; now to find the
book! I think I know where it is.
Brenda
I've just found my copy of her book to add the print out of The lace Guild'
s website obituary, and it's signed by her - on 28 August 1981, 22 years
ago today!
Brenda
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On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 04:41 PM, Sherry wrote:
I was wondering what those of you that have Doreen's book think of
it. Can anybody tell me what the copywrite date is and is it still in
print?
I think it's fair to say that it's not the best BL book around, but it was
the first of the
On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 10:35 PM, Irene wrote:
I found a pattern that I want to do, it is a pattern by Karen Trend Nissen.
On the pattern it has a note: 24 par tr. nr. 80/3 B. I think it means
24
pairs, thread # 80/3 Bomuld (cotton). Is this correct? Could anyone
please
tell me what
On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 10:34 AM, Jean Barrett wrote:
I wonder if the thread used in your pattern is the DMC Special
Dentelles 80? This is the same thickness as the DMC Fil a Dentelles 70
and comes in small balls and lots of colours. That is the only thread I
can find listed in Brenda's
I wrote:
80/3 means three of those threads plied together, so 840 yards of cotton
80/3 weigh 3lbs.
Should have been
*80 times 840 yards of cotton 80/3 weigh 3lbs*
snip
Also:
The Goldschild thread you have is NeL 80/3, Nm 50/3.
That means three plies of linen thread.
On the Linen number (NeL)
On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 05:39 PM, Liz wrote:
Spiders - this has made me think - how many of you who design use computer
programs and which do you use
I use an old Acorn RISC OS computer and !Draw which comes with every RISC
OS machine for the straightforward grid laces (torchon etc) and
On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 08:43 AM, lace-digest wrote:
Someone from the states was amazed that I wouldn't drive to Birmingham, UK
for a meeting - which is only 170 miles away.
They told me that it would only take them 2 1/2 hours
2 1/2 hours would mean going at 70mph all the way which is
On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 08:43 AM, Jean wrote wrote:
I keep thinking about using a computer, but still haven't made up my mind
which way to go. I've got CorelDraw, but until someone tells me how to make
the page full size and put a dot on it (and I used to teach computing!!)
just to get
On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 08:26 AM, lace-digest wrote:
While leafing through some of my books this weekend, I came across a Lace
Pattern Book published by the Lace Guild. Don't have any idea how old it
is; the cover is Dk. Blue and the first page pricking is Janet McGoldrick'
s
On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 07:53 PM, Sally wrote:
She's been looking over my books and loves the peacock handkerchief edging
in Michael Guisana's Binche I book ( I'm not sure about the spelling or
the title, because Cathy took the book home with her tonight promising to
guard it with
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 03:15 AM, Julia wrote:
As part of my degree I have to write a 12,000 word dissertation, related
to
marketing, on a subject of my choice.
snip
Over the past 11 years I have witnessed a growth not only in the number of
lace-makers around, but also the number of
On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 01:20 AM, Joan wrote:
I just completed a Torchon wedding garter would like to do another
preferably in Bucks. Any suggestions where to find a nice pattern?
Joan
All you need is a Bucks edging that you like. Make two copies of that
edging and place them side by
On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 02:42 PM, Christiane wrote:
She wants to make a collar designed by Ulrike Loehr (shown in the book
Kloeppelkurs). In this book the used thread is Linen 50/3, 60/3, 35/2,
40/2 or
Silk 40/3. But - which silk is 40/3?
First of all you have to decide which Linen 50/3,
On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 07:59 PM, lace-digest wrote:
Did anyone go to The Knitting and Stitching Show at Ally Pally this
weekend?
Yes, I went on Sunday - and spent a fortune on a huge amount of new threads.
I'd hoped to find one or two but I've just added about 40 to the
Addendum2
On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 07:59 PM, Dina wrote:
My lace class is making a group entry for the Lace Guild's Myth Mystery
competition and our piece is a freestanding totem pole.
Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols
for
earth, air, fire and water which
On Sunday, October 19, 2003, at 12:18 AM, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
I don't know about the Atelier Moravia *kits*, but the bodies I bought
from Mayra Petretti (who may be carrying more than just Atelier Moravia
stuff at the Convention) were definitely identical to the ones I got
with the other
On Sunday, October 26, 2003, at 02:29 PM, Rose-Marie wrote:
Speaking of bookmarks, I'm in the process of making some for Christmas
gifts. I've used one pattern from Gillian Dye's book on Lacemaking for
Beginners, and I would like to know if there is a way of figuring out in
advance how much
On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 03:30 AM, Jane wrote:
I imagine I'll have to make my own varigated to get
the effect I'm after but I'm wondering if there are some thicker threads
(I
think I'm using #80 tatting cotton, it's downstairs) with a short change
in
color. And what does everybody else
On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 12:48 PM, Shirlee wrote:
As far as threads go, I seem to remember someone telling me once that if
you
want to tell if a thread will work for a particular pattern, double it
over
hold it up to the pattern see if however many pins' worth of this thread
will
Helllo all
Jean and Patty have answered Shirlee's query about substitutes for tatting
cotton - what a lot of people call tatting cotton is DMC Special
Dentelles 80.
Re: Janice's question about stockists of Oliver Twists Piper's silk; I
don't know who the traders at Havant will be. I *think*
Dear spiders
Does anyone know of a trader who stocks Altin Basak thread? This is in
response to a query from the Netherlands. I have an old price list
from Allan Rout of Heathside Crafts which includes it, but his website
isn't se up (just a message that the URL is reserved for Heathside
On 11 Nov 2003, at 03:18, lace-digest wrote:
When I was in our local needlework shop today, the owner suggested
that I
try Wildflowers thread by Caron for tatting. Has anyone tried this
and how
does it work up?
It's a softly spun thread, similar to Perle 8 in other makes, not at
all like
On 15 Nov 2003, at 02:47, Tamara wrote:
So. If we used just three (which is all that's really needed, if one
uses other means to supplement) colours in our diagrams, even a
*totally* colour-blind person could follow them...
Red (interpreted as dark grey) = cloth stitch (CTC, or \ // \) (where
//
Dear Spiders
I'm in the process of re-vamping parts of my website and at the same
time I'm experiencing problems accessing it myself (via the internet).
As part of the updating I've changed all the filenames to lowercase.
If you enter the site via the home page and click through the links it
On 12 Dec 2003, at 04:07, Tamara wrote:
I've been making that piece as I'd been told to (by several
Arachneans): lift the left for the gimp to pass. I expect that's how
your friend had been taught also. That method makes the gimp ride up on
the side facing you.
But what if, instead of lifting the
On 13 Dec 2003, at 04:59, Roslyn wrote:
I read this week a filler in the paper that said all the famous
lacemakers
were men.
Now I don't know famous lacemakers nor if they were men or women, but
I had
always thought that the men associated with lace were more like
middlemen.
They would buy
On 14 Dec 2003, at 20:19, Sulochona wrote:
I should have mentioned, the gimp pair is given alongside 13,5 as 1
paar No.
8
So I don't think it means that. Can't follow it in the diagram either.
Could the pattern include a Venetian braid? - worked a bit like a long
tally but with one worker and
On 16 Dec 2003, at 08:14, Aurelia wrote:
I learned picot-making from -- of
all people -- Doreen Wright, and I would certainly have been too
scared to
fail!) I do make them, as Tamara says, with five twists before and two
afterward. There is just this one other thing, which Doreen stressed
On 21 Dec 2003, at 21:07, SueW wrote on (Lace-chat):
I'm looking at a pattern in Birds, Bees Butterflies for a Bruges
Cocral.
The thread called for is Gutterman machine. Is this regular sewing
machine
thread?
I don't have that book, but it *probably* does mean Gutermann polyester
machine
On 4 Jan 2004, at 18:01, lace-digest wrote:
They're listed as lace making bobbins, they've got thread wound on
them and
they could be used as lace bobbins. But if they are lace bobbins,
where do
they come from? If they're not, what are they? The only impression of
scale
is the thread.
My
Dear spiders
A bit later than expected, but I've finally got the technical problems
sorted and have updated my website and changed the lace pattern. There
was only one vote for the rose hankie and the other votes were 2:1 in
favour of the spiderweb oval edging so that's what it is now.
I've
On 29 Jan 2004, at 04:24, Jeri Aimes wrote:
Last Summer, some of the mystery of the missing laces was explained
when a
current officer told me there was a connection between the missing lace
collection and a booklet to the memory of E. Lolita Eveleth, Chart
for Lace
Identification and the
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On 6 Feb 2004, at 03:58, Viv wrote:
Has anyone got their January Lace yet?
No. I'm still waiting for mine to arrive
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On 17 Feb 2004, at 03:49, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
Of all the *2-ply* linen threads listed in Brenda's little book, in
the 21-24 wrap range of thickness... *Which* are available in
colour? And *where* can I (or anyone reading the IOLI Bulletin) get
them?
Jean replied:
As well as the Moravia
On 18 Feb 2004, at 18:30, Ann-Marie Lördal wrote:
Hello
I got the danish lace magazine Kniplebrevet today and on the last page
there
is a lovely scarf. It is made in 2-ply Bourette silk, 10.000 m/kg and
Pagoda
silk.
I have looked in Brendas book and can´t find those threads. Does
anyone know
On 19 Feb 2004, at 01:00, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
Ann-Marie and Brenda,
Claire Burkhard's 50 New Bobbin Lace Patterns has two patterns which
use Pagoda silk; both are worked in strips, later on joined to form a
wider scarf. Both are Torchon-esque in appearance, so I assume
Torchon rules
I think you mean S.M.P. not S.P.L.
Brenda
On 20 Feb 2004, at 06:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Last week someone was asking about a pricker with a wooden head
(smile).
It was called wood handle pricker. I explained I wanted one easy on my
hand
because I had rheumatism in my hands. It cost
Hello Noelene
I have both the printed book and the CD. It's the best book on lace
design around.
Your query has had me intrigued and I've just spent a pleasant couple
of hours trying to figure out what goes on in the CD.
Has anyone ever worked Pattern No. 40 from Pattern Design for
Torchon
Hello Samrah
I am really new to lacemaking, just started in December, and just got
on this list. I do a goodly bit of sewing, and lots of
embroidery~Palestinian in particular. My lace teacher is about 5 hours
away so I don't see her nearly often enough. I guess I am a bit odd as
I tend to
I remember hearing Tim Parker speak about threads at a lace day a few
years ago. At one point he was talking about the different types of
cottons and how good or bad growing seasons can affect the finished
product etc.
I can't remember which brand it was (if indeed he said), but one one
year
Susie
Cotona *is* Tanne; just wound onto smaller reels, and only available in
the paler colours (that they think lacemakers want!)
I have just checked the Madeira website
http://www.madeira.de
and Cotona 30, 50 and 80 are in the retail list. On the industrial
pages it's Tanne on medium or
On 25 Mar 2004, at 19:20, rick sharon wrote:
I must know...what thread was Miriam using to do colour in her
Honiton? :) I've always thought honiton screams for very subtle
colouring..is there coloured thread out there that is fine enough? If
there
is, I wants it!:)
The finest coloured cootn
On 28 Mar 2004, at 10:29, Ann-Marie Lördal wrote:
Hi
I am making a roller pillow as the ones I have are not wide enough. I
have
started with a swim noodle and added extensions of the same kind to
make it
thicker. But I need to make it even thicker! What is the best way to
do? I
have a lot
There are pictures of a mother babe bobbin, a cow-in-calf bobbin and
a jack-in-the-box bobbin in my website.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/lace/bobbins/specials.html
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My *educated guess* is that DMC use Brilliante/Retors 30 to make their
six stranded embroidery floss.
Some years ago I heard a lace day talk my one of the top marketing guys
from Madeira and he definitelly said that Madeira use Tanne/cotona to
make their six stranded embroideryfloss, and it
Hello Lee
If this company are asking for hand made Raschel lace they are asking
for the impossible! Raschel is WARP KNITTING which is very different
from hand knitting or domestic machine knitting, both of which are weft
knitting.
Weft knitting takes one yarn/thread backwards and forwards
Lorelei
I agree with you!
Until now I've never properly looked at DMC's Retors and stranded floss
together, but the floss does have a much looser spin, and is S spun
whilst Retors is Z spun.
Strange thing is, Tanne is very similar to Retors and is Z spun whilst
my records (the book) say that
Either they use the same
machinery running in
reverse or he plain got it wrong!
Don't know that this is the answer, but once on a time
I got some wonderful large spools of cotton thread
that had come from some old industrial sewing place.
The place I bought from said (I'm paraphrasing)
industrial
Have a look at to see some Arachne lace have a look at
http://www.irishlace.org/bobbinlace.htm
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On 16 Apr 2004, at 20:32, Linda wrote:
Today I'm starting a new shawl (knitted lace). The
pattern calls for Fingering Weight yarn. I'm using my own handspun,
so
finding this weight yarn isn't the issue. I've been knitting for over
40
years and have run across this term from time to time.
On 18 Apr 2004, at 05:27, Weronika Patena wrote:
I've seen beads in wire jewelry pieces, and I tried to put some on my
linen pieces - is this sort of thing done at all, or am I committing
sacrilege of some sort? ;-)
Of course not. If you want beads in your lace put them there.
And how do you do
On 16 Apr 2004, at 16:30, Debra Hilton wrote:
Can someone recommend a thread which has a bit of stretch but will
hold a
knot - I'm thinking probably rayon or silk - for an interim orthodontic
repair?
An interim orthodontic repair! Do you mean that you need to tie some
dentures together
On 8 May 2004, at 15:29, Whitham wrote:
Is DMC Mouline the 6 stranded embroidery thread, that we call
embroidery
floss?
Yes
Am I right in thinking that Russian tape lace done is usually done in
white?
No
There were several large pieces of coloured Russian lace on display at
Scarborough.
On 2 May 2004, at 08:53, Jean Barrett wrote:
Good morning All,
On the subject of fine threads; I was at the Lace Guild AGM in
Scarborough, North Yorks. ( remember Scarborough Fair?) last weekend
and I found on the sales table a reel of Knox's Linen Lace thread size
350/2! It doesn't appear in
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Brok 36/2 is just about mid way between the two sizes of Tanne that you
have. Egyptian cotton 60/2 is very similar to the Tanne 50. The
tatting cottons are marginally thicker, but if they are double spun
(DMC Special Dentelles etc) the lace will be crisper and won't fold so
well as with
On 19 May 2004, at 00:07, Samrah wrote:
I know I need Brenda's book, but as I am just starting the book list
is really long. How does Brok 36/2 compare to Brokman's 35/3? I know
we are dealing with 2 ply vs. 3 ply, but are they close in size?
Assuming you mean Bockens 35/3:
There's quite a lot
Ann-marie
I bought the Fantasy Flowers book at Upchurch lace day on Saturday from
Church Meadow Crafts who told me that they have exclusive distribution
rights in UK.
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To add to what Jacquie wrote:-
It doesn't have to be a fibretip pen, mapping pens or a fountain pen
can also be used providing the nib is fine. The thing that does matter
though is that the ink MUST be waterproof, smudgeproof and not of the
biro/bic/ball-point pen type. Waterproof Indian ink
On 4 Jun 2004, at 06:51, J.Falkink-Pol wrote:
As for the 12/24 hour system:
In the Netherlands we write the 24 hour system with a dot between the
hours
and the minutes. But we speak in the 12 hour system. To make things
more
complicated 10.30 pronounces as 1/2 11, dropping the 'before' where the
On 15 Jun 2004, at 09:18, Bridget Marrow wrote:
Dear Spiders
I've just got my requirements list for the workshop I'm doing in
Prague before the OIDFA Congress. The thread they've asked for is
Linen 33/4. I've never come across this, and it doesn't seem to be in
Brenda's Threads for Lace book.
On 17 Jun 2004, at 22:34, W N Lafferty wrote:
It's d. or possibly e, if you have a fairly large hankie and a
not-so-large edging.
Making the fabric fit the lace and not trying to make the lace fit the
fabric is something I've been banging on about for years.
Brenda
Okay, here's a newby
On 20 Jun 2004, at 12:08, Karen wrote:
I have a torchon pattern which I would like to redraft. The original
has
some distortion and needs enlarging, so starting from scratch would
probably
be easier and safer.
The pattern is a five pointed star, and is worked as 5 segments, like a
pentagon.
Hello Spiders
I've finally got broadband up and running so have been surfing around
without thinking about the 'phone bill! Mostly from some of the links
on my own website, and I found Jo Falkink-Pol's Flanders mesh
Generator.
It's Flanders ground (cane-ground or rose-ground with just one
On 30 Jun 2004, at 14:00, Christine Johnson wrote:
I'm also knitting scarves and beanies in front of the television at
night for
the trip to Greenland / Iceland etc that I am leaving on in 10 days
time.
Christine J (Perth, Australia, where winter is warmer than summer in
Greenland
and Iceland)
A couple of weeks ago a former Secret pal of mine (who sent to me)
emailed to say that she had made a successful bid on Ebay for a small
tablecloth - and because it was on my side of the Atlantic she had
arranged for it to be sent to me!
It arrived a couple of days ago - a bit crumpled and in
I have received this message from Anka Pelhan - can anyone help please?
My guess is that she is referring to a jabot, but my knowledge of
Slovene is absolutely zilch.
Brenda
I am a translator from Idrija (a town of lacemaking), Slovenia and I am
currently working on a translation about
On 23 Aug 2004, at 18:51, Elizabeth Pass wrote:
It appears that quite a few Arachnes have judged at various fairs and
competitions. What do you look for when judging? I'm sure that lots
of us
would like to know. We may be able to improve our lace and also have
more
confidence about entering.
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your pal.
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Diane
Does the thread have a tight Z twist? (Au ver au soie is Z spun)
If so that is probably the cause of your problem.
Ipswich lace, as part of the point ground family has a lot of half
stitch plus extra twists (right-over-left = Z) than crosses
(left-over-right = S) which means that all the
My understanding of copyright is that you are not permitted to
*reproduce* something which is in copyright without permission. In
UK, if you own a book, you are allowed to make copies for your own
personal use, which means that if the book shows a short length of lace
pattern you can make
Tamara
You obviously haven't defaced your copy the way my own personal copy is
with scribbled notes of all the extras added in more or less the right
places. I couldn't work with loose pages either. It's a working
reference tool, not a work of art!
Brenda
On 29 Aug 2004, at 00:22, Tamara P.
At last I've got around to changing the pattern on my website - it's
now the oval daffodil mat edging.
Thank you to everyone who voted last time, the daffodil mat took over
50% of the total votes.
Please have a look at:
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/lace/pattern/lacepattern.html
Thanks Robin
With that in mind I've added a larger image of the mat behind the small
one, big enough to see the detail of using the pins in the zig-zag
twice - but also shows the join :(
Brenda
On 1 Sep 2004, at 14:18, Panza, Robin wrote:
From: Brenda Paternoster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED
On 19 Sep 2004, at 00:53, Weronika Patena wrote:
My Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches just arrived! It's a great book!!
I'm so happy
I just had to tell people about it.
One funny thing - mine has 207-222 repeated. Is this just my copy, or
are
others like that too? It's the new revised 2002
On 14 Oct 2004, at 13:59, Sandi Woods wrote:
The book suggests Pipers silks - 90/2 80/3 etc as the correct threads
for the prickings as printed. In Sandi's earlier book - Special Effects
in Bobbin Lace - the pricking guides say that if you use the Piper's
threads you should use the prickings at
On 14 Oct 2004, at 14:03, Jazmin wrote:
Yes, mistakes involve picking back (tinking in the knitting world..
tink is knit backwards. ;)
Ah yes! I guess that most BLers are pretty competent at ecaling.
Brenda
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Alice
Jugendstil = Art Nouveau; the decorative style that was the hight of
fashion at the turn of the 19th/20th century. Characterised by
stylised floral designs with lots of swirly stems and tendrills and
coming between the heavy over-ornate late Victorian style and the more
geometric Art
Some of Joanne Hrdlicka's designs (for lace) are/were published by The
Lace Guild, Designs for Modern Lace; A facsimile of Entwurge fur
moderne Spitzen first pub. 1902. Is the book still available? IMO
it's one of the best lace design sources around. They are not
'patterns' as such with
On 4 Oct 2004, at 08:05, Barbara George wrote:
Please reply to the list - I will be in London for a week in December
too.
I'm also looking for Egyptian Cotton thread, as fine as possible. Any
ideas welcome.
There's very little of anything lace related in central London, other
than the VA museum,
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