[lace] Finishing a handkerchief

2011-02-22 Thread Lyn Bailey
I have 3 adult children, 28-35, none married. But I want grandchildren. So, to be prepared in an instant, I began and am almost finished with a wedding handkerchief. Nothing too demanding, Louise Colgan’s very pretty Torchon wedding hankie. But I need to get that scrap of handkerchief linen

Re: [lace] British Symbols in lace

2011-03-01 Thread Lyn Bailey
How popular is lace making in Wales? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, still brilliantly sunny. -Original Message- From: dmt11h...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 8:02 AM To: j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk ; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] British Symbols in lace Thank you,

Re: [lace] British symbols

2011-03-01 Thread Lyn Bailey
I suspect that the only way to know it is a leek is to know the provenance of the lace or have it in the context of other British symbols. Although I must admit that the British Supreme Court symbol would make a lovely lace piece, and everything would be recognized because of what it is next

Re: [lace] Jeri's lace washing advice still available on net

2011-04-08 Thread Lyn Bailey
Thanks, Devon, I've copied it into my Lace folder. I thought someone would have it. Now I've got it in a place where it's hard to lose. Lyn in Lancaster, PA. -Original Message- From: dmt11h...@aol.com Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 5:54 PM To: lace@arachne.com ;

[lace] re: Lace Supplies in Foreign climes

2011-04-12 Thread Lyn Bailey
If I’ve sent this twice, please accept apologies. I have reason to believe that the first message didn’t go through. Whenever I go to a country, I always check lacefairy.com for what they say. I take the paper with me, and I've done my research beforehand to find out where these places

Re: [lace] status report

2011-04-30 Thread Lyn Bailey
Good to know. Thanks for the info. Much appreciated. lrb -Original Message- From: Lorelei Halley Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 2:34 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] status report You all may remember I wrote about a month or 2 ago about a Binche piece I was starting and

Re: Re:[lace] Lace Postcard

2011-05-25 Thread Lyn Bailey
Oops. I went as far south IN FRANCE as Le Puy en Velay -Original Message- From: lynrbai...@desupernet.net Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:37 PM To: Vicki Bradford Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re:[lace] Lace Postcard I agree. Those bobbins are exactly like the olive wood bobbins

[lace] Lace in Fashion

2011-05-26 Thread Lyn Bailey
I have the best DH in the world. Although that could be subject to debate. He was online and called my attention to this article on AOL. http://shopping.aol.com/articles/2011/05/26/how-to-wear-lace/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Re: Doris Southard

2011-05-29 Thread Lyn Bailey
As I mentioned a while ago, Doris Southard was my lace teacher. What I mean, of course, is that I used her book to learn bobbin lace. I had seen lace being made at a craft show in Newnan, Georgia outside Atlanta in September, 1979, and I had to do it. I knit, can crochet, although I don't,

Re: [lace] Floral Bucks Pattern book --copying

2011-05-29 Thread Lyn Bailey
Need to change something here. It should read something like: Feel free to do what you want with your books, tapes, CD's for your own personal use. Use in non-profit education is another big exception to the copyright act. If you want to check it out, it's

Re: [lace] photos of lace stamps

2011-06-19 Thread Lyn Bailey
See why I wear rather thick glasses? Thanks for the nudge. NOW I see it. lrb From: Clive Betty Rice Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 4:30 PM To: lynrbai...@desupernet.net ; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] photos of lace stamps Look at the display again; it was there even though the

[lace] Lace yardage -speed

2011-06-21 Thread Lyn Bailey
I’ve been making lace since 1980, but I’ve never made much. School, children, work, all interfered with my lacemaking. Took my first lace course in 2004, and my coursework has increased since then. My lacemaking experience is limited to small pieces. But for the past few years

Re: [lace] good things are happening lacewise in Maine, USA

2011-06-23 Thread Lyn Bailey
You're stuck with me in Maine from August 16-31. As I mentioned privately. lrb -Original Message- From: tess parrish Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 3:17 PM To: Arachne to post Subject: [lace] good things are happening lacewise in Maine, USA This is the time of year when many people

Re: [lace] oya, Hapsburg, the winning scarf employment opportunities

2011-06-30 Thread Lyn Bailey
Living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, I can assure you the Amish do NOT make lace. Oh, and they use computers, but not in the house. In business, especially if they're working for someone else. They're actually rather savvy. Kids with cellphones before becoming members of the church. Lyn in

[lace] Lace boot

2011-07-29 Thread Lyn Bailey
After winding a gazillion bobbins for the IOLI Convention, I needed to do something mindless. So whilst watching a Dr. Who rerun, I looked up lace rain boots, which were mentioned here quite a while ago. There is a new pair, look very pretty. The term to google is chooka lacey lace rain boots.

Re: [lace] record hits at Lace News modern lace

2011-07-30 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Susan et al, I know of no book that teaches bobbin lace by starting anywhere than with what is considered Torchon. It's simplest, and with Torchon under your belt, you can go a long way. Many of the simpler laces add only one or two extras, braids, sewings, picots, and come up with

Re: [lace]storage - conservation concerns (was pillow holder...) -- longish

2011-09-04 Thread Lyn Bailey
I am constantly impressed with the information and expertise this group can bring to almost any question. I wonder what a company would give to have our varied expertise available to it. Wow, Nancy, and everyone else who has waded in on the topic. So another possibility is to line my cheap

[lace] Lace envy

2011-09-08 Thread Lyn Bailey
My first problem came with the announcement of the Phoenix Lace Day. “Oh, wonderful!” I thought. “Phoenix, Arizona! I didn’t know they were so busy, but that might be doable! Maybe I can get a cheap flight! Look at all the vendors!” Then I saw SMP, and I marveled that SMP would

[lace] A suggestion for authors

2011-09-09 Thread Lyn Bailey
I’m getting ready for the Ithaca Lace Day in October. I’m taking Binche, and am all set with sufficient books. But a friend is taking a different course, and scrambling to find a used copy of the preferred book, which is out of print. Used copies are scarce and very expensive, new ones are

[lace] Support group

2011-09-13 Thread Lyn Bailey
As you all know, I am not shy, and write frequently in this forum. My most recent post was about the hope that authors could use modern technology to continue to print books after the initial runs were finished, so that valuable texts would, in essence, never be out of print. This was

[lace] Spreading the word

2011-09-22 Thread Lyn Bailey
I call myself European Camper, from the 4 weeks I spent in France, camping, solo, looking at French lace places. And the 3 weeks we spent camping in Germany, all 5 of us, in 1997, and., well, you get the idea. Anyhow, I have a tent from LLBean, and I decided to write a review of it. I do

[lace] Spreading the word

2011-10-15 Thread Lyn Bailey
So, we have a lot of ways to increase the lace making population. I interject here the significant problem in the US, that most Americans have never seen lace being made, don’t know what it’s about, and don’t know anyone who makes lace. Increase the variety of places where we demonstrate.

Re: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2010 #477

2011-10-16 Thread Lyn Bailey
Thanks so much. Actually, I went online and googled paper bobbins. I must admit to a partiality to unspangled bobbins, and I like the idea of the skewer or 1/8 dowel as the basis. the beads do a good job near the thread. I'll be going to the local craft store and see what can be found to

[lace] Demonstration idea and spread the word

2011-10-17 Thread Lyn Bailey
Two things. First, I have come up with an idea for demonstrating. It may be personal only to me, but it may be useful for someone else to build on. When we were in Sweden, 2004, I chanced upon Vadstena, sort of between Stockholm and Goteborg. Two stationary lace supplies stores. One

Re: [lace] demonstrating lace

2011-10-21 Thread Lyn Bailey
Oh well, I tried. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA Dear Susan, et al, Don't give up yet. The other question is whether there is a place in public where you can make lace. Is there a place at the Flagler that has benches? I can virtually guarantee there are no signs saying, NO LACE

Re: [lace] demonstrating lace/NY

2011-10-21 Thread Lyn Bailey
Without going to my handy dandy crimes code, the crime of loitering is something like being in one place in public too long, without a legitimate purpose. It is used when they want you to go away, and whatever you are doing doesn’t qualify as another offense. So respectable people who stand on

[lace] Another place to demonstrate

2011-10-24 Thread Lyn Bailey
I have noticed that a very, very large number of lacemakers also knit. The same may go for weavers, but since bringing a loom for handwork isn’t practical, I don’t notice that as much. Anyhow, there are 2 very popular wool conventions in the middle Atlantic states, the Maryland Sheep and

Fw: [lace] Another place to demonstrate

2011-10-24 Thread Lyn Bailey
And then I heard from a friend that the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild used to demonstrate there. I should have known someone would have thought of that long before. lrb Anyhow, there are 2 very popular wool conventions in the middle Atlantic states, the Maryland Sheep and Wool, and the New

[lace] Lace display question

2011-10-25 Thread Lyn Bailey
I was listening to some lace makers discussing the perils of showing pieces of lace. People can’t seem to keep their hands off. To say nothing of the light-fingered. One person suggested putting the lace piece between two pieces of glass. Seems like a winner to me. Might not deter all

Re: [lace] Lace display question

2011-10-25 Thread Lyn Bailey
Thanks Joepie, Cynce and Lauren, Floating picture frame, while not being frameless, which is what I had first contemplated, does fill the bill, and clearly is sufficiently popular (Walmart, anyone?) so I have lots of choices. And with 2 11 x 14 frames for less than $20 at Walmart, it won't

Re: [lace] Lace display question

2011-10-25 Thread Lyn Bailey
Clearly the question of displaying lace has been solved in many ways. Thanks to all of you. I had a half off coupon at AC Moore, (a chain craft supplies store in the US) so I picked up a floating picture frame, 10 x 14 of display, with a black frame, and glass, and a gizmo to make it stand up

Re: [lace] Lace classes

2011-10-29 Thread Lyn Bailey
I think there are two things to be noted here. The first is that we all bring baggage to whatever we do, and such baggage does not necessarily show on the outside. Some women, much, much more so than men, tend to take criticism personally, so in criticizing their lace, you are criticizing

Re: [lace] diagrams

2011-10-29 Thread Lyn Bailey
I think we are 'cheating' a little. On the other hand, we aren't spending time in the convent learning a lace pattern we will make for the rest of our lives, either. Making yardage, you learn the pattern from the diagram, but after some repeats, the number depending on the complexity, you

[lace] lace and jury duty-- the report

2011-11-07 Thread Lyn Bailey
I got to the courthouse at 7:30 a.m., as instructed, went through the security scan just fine. The deputy sheriff who actually looked at the scan didn’t know me. I told him, “In case you’re wondering, that’s a bobbin lace pillow, and those are pins.” He said, thinking for a second,

[lace] Lace projects for children

2011-11-09 Thread Lyn Bailey
So, I demonstrated at a local crafts bazaar, and it was highly successful, in my opinion. I have a little half sheet that I hand out giving the url’s of IOLI, and more local lace groups and two major suppliers. I handed those only to those who really expressed and interest, and I handed out

Re: [lace] Lace projects for children

2011-11-09 Thread Lyn Bailey
to my album on webshots.com, arachne 2003 Lyn Bailey, a picture I took in 2007 at the lace school in Brioude, France, showing the children’s projects. Note the car on the road toward the bottom. And note the color. lrb From: Kim Davis Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:52 PM To: Lyn Bailey Cc

[lace] resend of copyright info on German children's lace coursebook

2011-11-09 Thread Lyn Bailey
I was informed that my message in the email I sent was sadly curtailed. So I am sending it again. Those funny marks are actually apostrophe’s. Dear Devon, et al, I am now removing the bobbins from my fingers and putting on my Lawyer/Barrister/Solicitor cap. Or whatever they wear. If it says,

Re: [lace] lace shoes men's shoe buttons

2011-12-01 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Susan et al, Not only were there men's spats, there also were women's spats. I know because my grandmother's wedding ensemble from 1908 or 9 included a pair of white spats, because she was married in February, and was afraid the weather would be bad, and she would catch cold from cold

[lace] (lace) knitting from charts

2011-12-18 Thread Lyn Bailey
I am first a knitter, having learned to knit at 5. Only began lacemaking at the hoary age of 30. [no wisecracks please] With charts, I have found copying the chart, making it large enough to be easy to read, is a great help. I then use a pencil and LIGHTLY shade out the row I’ve finished.

Re: [lace] The Christmas exchange

2011-12-20 Thread Lyn Bailey
Janis Savage said: my pricking is a bit rough round the edges but I can ask Jean if I may send you a copy of her original. That one does not have any mistakes in it! Best wishes for a traditional wintery Christmas, from Janis in a hot and humid Honeydew. Dear Janis, That would be

Re: [lace] Fw: A Great Loss.....

2011-12-30 Thread Lyn Bailey
I emailed Carla ( csbow...@cableone.netcsbow...@cableone.net ) who was the lady who notified Diane about Mrs. Southard's death. She said she would be there. I asked her to convey to Mrs. Southard's loved ones how much she has meant to so many of us. Note also that the funeral home is

[lace] Re: lace groups and meeting rooms

2012-01-04 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear All, What a load of responses! Churches and libraries seem to head the list, but coffee shops, restaurants, community centers, schools, which made me think of our local state teacher’s college, art schools, quilting shops, LYS, (local yarn shop) town halls, virtually any place with a

Re: [lace] Half stitch in flanders motives

2012-01-13 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Jo, I do not profess to any real knowledge in this area, other than a beginner's, but if you look on p. 49 of Tierisch Flandrisch book by Inge Theuerkauf, you will see that the foot of the teddy bear is done in half stitch, with gimp and ring pair. It is not diagrammed as such, from

[lace] Lace Fence

2012-01-28 Thread Lyn Bailey
Thank you Liz Baker, for that website. It set me thinking. I’m certainly not going to design a fence and have it fabricated in Bangalore, India. But it occurs to me that one might be able to do that with a square of galvanized fencing if there were a proper wire. Think of the possibilities

[lace] Yardage

2012-02-26 Thread Lyn Bailey
Yardage is a great learning exercise. You learn the techniques used in that piece very well. And you go beyond the learning curve. I think this is a very useful thing. So often we do lace only until we can do it without making mistakes. With yardage, you get to the point where you’re not

Re: [lace] no lace in the coffin

2012-02-29 Thread Lyn Bailey
I started to really think about this. I have handknit sweaters, handmade clothes for all 5 of us, including a 43 year old wedding dress. I find that until it's shredded, I can't get rid of something handmade. I don't have enough lace to think about coffin decorations or additions, but I do

[lace] re: lace in coffins

2012-03-01 Thread Lyn Bailey
I must state the minority opinion. While I wouldn’t want all my lace in my coffin, and nothing if I’m to be cremated, if it’s a standard coffin, then I want a piece of lace with me. Just one. A lace hankie. My lace is my friend, like my sweaters and the handmade clothes. I don’t want

Re: [lace] I'll be off List

2012-03-07 Thread Lyn Bailey
Technically it's not lace related, but could someone who is in contact with Betty and Clive let us know how she is doing from time to time? Once in a long while? Until she is well enough to subscribe again? Lyn Bailey Betty Rice wrote: I am entering the hospital for heart surgery on Monday

[lace] Handkerchief fabric

2012-04-19 Thread Lyn Bailey
I have a Louise Colgan’s Torchon wedding handkerchief edging in linen, and Barbara Corbet’s Flanders “Chain” handkerchief in 70/2 Egyptian cotton. For the linen Torchon, I am assuming handkerchief linen. Is that correct? I have two kinds, one is a couple of Irish linen handkerchiefs

[lace] Fw: Handkerchief fabric

2012-04-19 Thread Lyn Bailey
Sorry, all, evidently the filters take all apostrophes and quotation marks and do weird things to them. Here it is without such marks. Please let me know if there is also a problem with question marks. I will try to do better. lrb From: Lyn Bailey Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 2:04 PM

[lace] Handkerchief fabric, II

2012-04-19 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear All, I forgot to ask what kind of fabric to ask for. Then I remembered some fairy tale where some drops of blood were gathered on a piece of cambric. I think the fairy tale involved swans, not sure. So then I looked up cambric. Wikipedia is such a useful tool. Cambric was a specially

[lace] Handkerchief fabric, II

2012-04-22 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear All, I forgot to ask what kind of fabric to ask for. Then I remembered some fairy tale where some drops of blood were gathered on a piece of cambric. I think the fairy tale involved swans, not sure. So then I looked up cambric. Wikipedia is such a useful tool. Cambric was a specially

Re: [lace] Question about appearance of messages on Arachne?? (was:Re: [lace] To Lynn...)

2012-04-22 Thread Lyn Bailey
Woweee cazoonies! (no clue, but it's not supposed to be off color) All the apostrophes intact. I just changed to plain text on my computer based email, Windows Live email, and it should work. Wonder what this will do to my other email. Lace content, I'm still trying to order from Martha

[lace] Tensioning Flanders

2012-05-09 Thread Lyn Bailey
I’ve been making Flanders, using Barbara Corbet’s book, which I highly recommend, satisfied customer, etc., since last September. I have now bitten off more than I can reasonably chew by tackling # XI in Kumiko Nakazaki’s first volume of Flanders lace patterns. Tensioning increases is

Re: [lace] tensioning Flanders

2012-05-10 Thread Lyn Bailey
Oh, that is a wonderful book. Very satisfied customer, nothing more. Barbar Corbet, Flandrische Spitze/Flanders Lace. At IOLI last year, Holly held it up and told me to buy it. Literally. So I did, and began the house in September. There is a house on the front, and that is the learning

Re: [lace] Mirecourt

2012-05-13 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Lorelei, et al, Very clearly from what I was told, they were making lace when there was a Duchy of Lorraine, and that, I believe, precedes Louis XIV and probably even earlier. But what kind I don't know. It was exported to non-French countries. The ladies in the group were very helpful,

Re: [lace] OIDFA book

2012-05-25 Thread Lyn Bailey
Oh, phew, I only sent this to Sue Babbs without cropping. Lyn wrote: I agree. Merci beaucoup, Madame. Just got my copy, which I wasn't expecting, being a first-time OIDFA attendee. I just had time to look through it, but I found it fascinating. Especially since I've been wanting a flat

Re: [lace] choosing a gimp/laundering lace

2012-05-25 Thread Lyn Bailey
I suspect it depends to a significant amount on the thickness of the thread. I suspect, without any proof at all, that with thicker threads or very dense lace, or lots and lots of cloth stitch, it can be laundered without a lot of care. But for those fine, airy laces, well, for me at least,

Re: [lace] There's never enough room

2012-05-27 Thread Lyn Bailey
I'm sure David will correct us if necessary, but I think David is looking for a way to store bobbins in a project which are not in use in a way that they are safely stowed, but can be retrieved easily. And a way to fit more bobbins in the 'sweet spot' on the pillow, the area where the work is

Re: [lace] There's never enough room

2012-05-27 Thread Lyn Bailey
Gosh. Well, they don’t look it, but if they are that thin, they should do the job. From: dmt11h...@aol.com Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 7:38 PM To: lynrbai...@desupernet.net ; dccoll...@ncable.net.au ; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] There's never enough room Just as a point of

Re: [lace] bobbins

2012-05-28 Thread Lyn Bailey
That is for sure. Lyn Lorelei wrote: Agnes I was thinking, all of them. I know it is wishful thinking. But if you ever get the urge, I think you would have a lot of viewers. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here.

[lace] Altar cloths/Ecclesiastical lace

2012-06-02 Thread Lyn Bailey
What a wonderful altar cloth. Does anyone know where she would have gotten the inspiration for all those little squares? Surely the same could be done more modestly for our local churches. It appears that this cloth is destined for Lourdes from the details at the side. And I saw it as picture

Re: [lace] machine made

2012-08-11 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Lorelei et al, My children come from engineering families, on both sides, except that before they were engineers, my father's family were landowning farmers. My mother's family were poor peasants, but did not make lace. But I can identify with the hand lacemakers. Making yardage lets

Re: [lace] All that thread on one bobbin?

2012-08-18 Thread Lyn Bailey
This is a project I want to get right, really right, especially since I will be using it in the church to educate people about bobbin lace by doing the pattern during the ubiquitous Episcopalian (Anglican) coffee hour. They can see how it's going on, and what bobbin lace is all about. I am

Re: [lace] Setting threads

2012-08-22 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Alex, Is there any difference in effectiveness of this procedure between cotton and linen threads? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where the weather continues to be perfect. Cool morning, warm but not hot afternoons, no rain, sun. Alex Stillwell wrote: When lace is made the

Re: [lace] working on my PHD

2012-09-12 Thread Lyn Bailey
I like PHD. lrb -Original Message- From: hottl...@neo.rr.com Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:30 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] working on my PHD Hello Again! Forgot to mention something I found the other day--a gal with a lace blog has a column about her PHD. So I

Re: [lace] Lace greetings

2012-11-01 Thread Lyn Bailey
I looked, and there are no reports from the storm zone, so I take it upon myself to report. I just checked, and Devon is still without power. So she probably has time to make lace in daylight, at a good window, as it is too cool to make lace outdoors. (lace content) I'm sure the folks near

[lace] Altar cloth update

2012-11-07 Thread Lyn Bailey
I hope I have uploaded the second sample of the altar cloth I am working on for church. This is the second sample I made, this time out of the thread for cloth itself. I have since gone on to work on the cloth itself. 2 30 pieces, and one piece 74 or so. I waited until the flickr thing was

[lace] Lace light

2012-11-08 Thread Lyn Bailey
This might be interesting to some. This example uses bought presumably machine lace, but we know how to change that. At first I was thinking of bobbin lace, but the problems of putting lace on a sphere might be solved if the lace were knit.

Re: [lace] New photos from the Fine Art of Fiber

2012-11-08 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Sue, What a tour de force! It's there on so many levels. And you get in a Biblical reference as well! Very beautiful and very impressive. And I see from the website that yours were not the only ones using bobbin lace, which is also remarkable. Well done, well done. lrb Sue Babbs

[lace] Western Sweden lace places?

2012-11-14 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Arachnids, We will be going to Gothenburg/Goteborg for the Christmas holidays. One of our sons lives there. We will be heading north up the coast on the way to Oslo, but not getting that far, and also going to Vadstena, where I am looking forward to some serious browsing at the Svenska

Re: [lace] Quiet?/what lace

2012-11-27 Thread Lyn Bailey
I have things on 4 pillows. I have a Bucks edging on my travel pillow. I've finished 14 inches of 53. This pillow will come with me to Sweden on the 16th to celebrate Christmas with Middle Child. Haven't done that for 5 years. Will be bringing what I can for an American Christmas dinner. I

[lace] Lace at museums

2013-01-06 Thread Lyn Bailey
Museums abound for all sorts of things. Art and history are the most prominent. Art, in my opinion, includes lace. The thing about the average art museum is that those who go there have acquired an education about what is standing there, and what is hanging on the walls. Art history courses

Re: [lace] Yarn bombing and lace equivalent

2013-01-08 Thread Lyn Bailey
I prefer Graffiti Lacing, myself. Break out the yarn bobbins, Get the thin nylon cord from the big box hardware store, do something relatively simple, attach to a tree. Let the local newspaper know what you're doing. Make it the project of a lace group as their community outreach. Put it on

Re: [lace] Making lace in public places

2013-01-21 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear All, When we are at home, it is easier to make lace at home than lug the stuff all over, but clearly from the responses, making lace in public seems to draw questions from onlookers. How much interest could we get for lacemaking if we simply spent some time in our home town making lace

Re: [lace] Making lace in public places

2013-01-21 Thread Lyn Bailey
I have an InStand which I use as a lace table. As minimalist a lace table as I have every seen. Satisfied customer only. InStand.com, or Amazon. I’m thinking of a place like Union Park off Union Square in New York City, lined with benches. Such a thing would not take up much room. At the

[lace] Lace in Public Places

2013-01-21 Thread Lyn Bailey
Until this cruise, my thoughts about demonstrating lace ran to official demonstrations, with a brochure, probably more than one person, a display, perhaps something on the wall. And such things certainly gather a lot of attention to what we do. But with this trip, and the small pillow drawing

[lace] Thanks to the helpers

2013-02-10 Thread Lyn Bailey
The internet, with all its technical advantages came at an opportune moment for lacemaking. We are relatively few, but mighty. Information is power, and information about lace is readily available in abundance on the internet, and increasing. And now distance teaching is being explored. And

[lace] warped bobbins

2013-03-02 Thread Lyn Bailey
I've seen pictures on the internet of very old bobbins. They are bent and warped. OK, they're old. I am working on a project with 40 pairs of 40/2 linen. So the thread is thick. After about 25 inches of the edging, I noticed that two passive bobbins in the footside cloth stitch band were

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory

2013-03-12 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Noelene, This is exciting. I actually know the answer. It sometimes happens as in making a clothstitch frame around something, that you're ending up putting your pairs of bobbins with one bobbin pointing right, and the other bobbin pointing left, instead of both bobbins pointing in the

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory

2013-03-12 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Noelene, Good point, but since I do know what the wooden bridge does, having used it, and since the description is exactly the same, I suspect it has the same purpose. Also, the translation for part of the description for the wooden one is, the refined variant. Maybe the curve helps to

[lace] Oops

2013-03-15 Thread Lyn Bailey
I may have sent the same long message twice. Not as bad as failing to trim but I hope you will excuse the gaffe. Didn't mean to bore you folks twice. lrb - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] cover cloths

2013-03-16 Thread Lyn Bailey
I have two sources for cover cloths. I have a sewing machine, so I can hem fabric quickly. The first source was a duvet/comforter cover from Lands' End (clothing and bedding in the USA) which, after over 10 years constant use, shredded in the middle, but had usable edges. Only problem was it

[lace] Translating the Language of Lace

2013-03-18 Thread Lyn Bailey
Two things, first for those where English is not the first language, may I suggest doing what my cousin Ellen and I do. My German is poor, and her English is worse. So she speaks and writes to me in German, and I speak and write to her in English. We each have our little yellow dictionaries,

[lace] Let's hear it for the Lurkers!!

2013-03-20 Thread Lyn Bailey
Arachne has seldom been more active in the 4 years I have been reading. Wow. You Lurkers are really making a difference. Even when the same thing is said, it's not the same, there's a difference to it. New, fresh ideas have been aired, always a good thing. We have been taken in new

Re: [lace] French Chateau Lace

2013-03-21 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Lorelei et al, I got the first message. It is an amazing collection and a lovely article. I spent some time last night looking at them. They are amazing. I am not a needle lacer, and so I don't think I can fully appreciate the enormity of the work, but still it is breathtaking. And it

Re: [lace] French Chateau Lace

2013-03-21 Thread Lyn Bailey
I ended up answering my own question, because I wanted to know. I’ll do it both ways. All but one of the chateaux are in northern France. Most are in the Loire Valley, more or less. Chambord, Chaumont, Maintenon (actually close to Chartres, which is not in the Loire Valley, but close),

Re: [lace] anniversary logo

2013-03-22 Thread Lyn Bailey
I think logistically we can do all sorts of things, although it would be nice to have a unifying logo. Who will come up with this logo? And if there is more than one suggestion, how will it be chosen, or will we again have a choice. With all the creative talent on this list, I am sure there

[lace] Types of lace worked and other needlearts

2013-03-27 Thread Lyn Bailey
The first lace I ever did was shuttle tatting. That soon ended when I discovered that I couldn't go back and fix mistakes. One of the 'joys' of bobbin lace is that if you make a mistake you can retrolace and fix it. Much later I discovered needle tatting, and I enjoy that for Christmas

[lace] Lace and bad eyesight

2013-03-28 Thread Lyn Bailey
My father was legally blind. His 20/20 was right up at his eyeball. He went to blind school for a couple years as a child. Yet he drove a car, was a thermonuclear physicist, and did everything anyone would do, except bird watching and art appreciation. Before we went someplace new, he

Re: [lace] eyesight

2013-04-02 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Alex et al, This is exactly what I thought would be out there. Thank you so much for sharing. I have met people who lost eyesight, and ended up just sitting, or something close to it. That does not to happen. I especially like the video camera option. One eye, if the sight is ok,

Fw: [lace] task lighting for lace

2013-04-04 Thread Lyn Bailey
The replaceable multiple multiple LED light will inevitably be coming to American electricity. It works extremely well, and it's green. In the meantime, my Withof teacher, Susie Johnson, always recommends the cheap IKEA one incandescent bulb articulating arm lamp that sells for something like

Re: [lace] What kind of lace is this?

2013-04-07 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Peg, We are to get your weather tomorrow. We have plans to weed the strawberry patch. Not fun, but needed. I think you should make the lace near the picture whether you know the name or not. I love to make lace in beautiful places. By a lake, in view of a mountain, by a river, in a

Re: [lace] What kind of lace is this?

2013-04-07 Thread Lyn Bailey
I was looking at the picture. I suspect one could copy the lace from what is in the picture, although I don't know enough about needlelace to be sure. If the artist was so concerned with the lace that he paints it so exquisitely, it must have been important not only to him, but to his subject

Re: [lace] David Hopkin's lecture

2013-04-16 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Jere, et al I just bought a copy of The Prospect Before Her for 1 cent on Amazon. $3.99 shipping. There are a number of used paperback copies, so I suspect this was a college text. We have an opportunity here. This man is writing about lacemakers. I am slow to judge. In today's

[lace] IOLI convention

2013-04-22 Thread Lyn Bailey
Once you get beyond one styrofoam pillow, beginner bobbins and a manual, lace can get pretty expensive. I cannot speak to needlelace, as I don’t do it. There are other pillows, decorated bobbins, the gorgeous Midlands bobbins, and, above all, books. And taking classes, especially in the US,

Re: [lace] IOLI convention

2013-04-22 Thread Lyn Bailey
Doable with the right equipment. Never a tornado. Well, OK, a warning in Kansas, Dorothy's home, but we went into my cousin's house, then to her basement, which was what she did, too. Heatwave was over by the evening. Mosquitoes are nothing, even in Maine. Screened porch to the tent.

Re: [lace] IOLI convention

2013-04-22 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Lorelei, We got our wires crossed. I was referring to camping for accommodation, not for the full convention. Under no circumstances do I think the IOLI convention should be held out doors. Too much could go wrong. Fine for some for accomodation, not fine for any other aspect of IOLI.

[lace] Conventions - where's the data?

2013-04-23 Thread Lyn Bailey
You can’t please everyone with a lace convention. People have different priorities. When these are not met, they vote with their feet, and don’t show up. I have never actually helped organize a lace convention, so I don’t really know what is involved, except that it seems to be filled with

Re: [lace] Conventions

2013-04-23 Thread Lyn Bailey
Then we need to know whether the two day class option created greater attendance, and if so, whether an AGM on either Monday or Thursday night would have resulted in a quorum anyway, and if not, how to deal with this situation. Which is more desirable, the rule concerning a quorum, or greater

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