Hi Sue,
Just FYI--the site, including seeing the contents page of Alex's
book, worked fine for me. It may have been heavy traffic whenever you were
trying (the Internet is really getting bogged down I think), but I am
surprised that your browser didn't time out, with some message to the effect
Good point, Avital. Either seeing or downloading a PDF can take a while
because of the size of the file, but at least with downloading saving it
most systems show a progress box so you know that something is getting done.
In contrast, opening a PDF in a new browser window may or may not show
Alex,
Nice idea but I don't think it would work legally.
Initially copyright
is owned by the creator of the work (for a limited period of time) or by
whomever the creator sells it to. For example, I owned the copyright of the
text of a book I wrote, until I accepted the payment of the commission
What a neat idea--object-oriented lace programming! Each program using these
classes will produce a specific lace design, yes?
Or no--I just visited your project site and I'm blown away. What an ambitious
goal, and what a marvelous design tool if it can be completed! I have some
ideas about
From: J. Falkink yhgr@xs4all.nl
To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
Cc:
Avital spind...@gmail.com; bobbinw...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Mon, October
26, 2009 3:53:40 PM
Subject: Braid Theory
Nancy
No I never heard about it. I
don't see the relation between
Look at the diagrams in the first section of the article at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_group ! A twist is different from a cross
(we could have told them that!). A twist followed by a cross undoes the
initial twist (yup).
Take a look even if you are allergic to math. The
diagrams alone
Shoot! Yahoo mail appended my exclamation mark to the end of the URL. grrr.
Here's the link (calmly): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_group
Sorry about that.
Nancy
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Yes, I agree that lace is easy compared to the math analysis, but I thought it
was fascinating that there even was a math analysis of something so much like
our bobbin lace. Thanks Margery, I'm not alone out here!!
From: Margery Allcock margerybu...@o2.co.uk
To:
Fellow Arachnids:
Bead Button Magazine have put a good spider pattern on their web site. It's
free to registered users, and it's free to register. Here's the link to the
spider page, which has a link to create an account.
http://www.beadandbutton.com/bnb/default.aspx?c=aid=4087#at
Nancy
Alex -- I'm afraid I can beat you by several years, probably with not nearly
as good a reason. However, I'm not about to admit how old my oldest wip is,
nor how pitifully close to completion it is. Maybe all you hardy souls
tackling long-time wips will give me courage...
Nancy
Lenore--
VERY NICE !! I'm slightly envious because I tried to do needle lace
and found it terribly frustrating, much as I like the result. I do a lot of
different kinds of embroidery so I hadn't expected to find it so
difficult--pride goeth... I've happily gone back to bobbin lace but I surely
Let's also think positive thoughts (and to some of us, that means prayer as
well) for Anny in the days leading up to the surgery as well. I think eye
surgery is one of the most frightening possible surgeries, especially for
lace-makers and beaders whose passion requires use of their eyes. She must
How beautiful, Jean! Thank you to you the Lace Guild.
Nancy
Connecticut,
USA
From: Jean Leader
lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Mon, November 30,
2009 6:40:10 PM
Subject: [lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar
Just a note to say
that
Dear Alix,
All your pieces of lace are gorgeous, especially the mats, but the first mat
is WONDERFUL. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of lace I have ever seen,
in or out of museums.
May I post the link to your photos on my wall on facebook? I'd love to have my
friends see what modern
I agree, Sharon. Besides, altho the outline shape is right, I didn't think
the 17th century lace had leaves??
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
From: Sharon Palmer ranv...@columbus.rr.com
Check out the amazing piece on Ebay 300394960805, advertised as Irish
Crochet for
Thanks, Tamara! That's a lot of useful information--I appreciate your taking
the time.
As I said to Sharon, I certainly still have a lot to learn! :-)
--Nancy
Nancy A. Neff
Connecticut, USA
From: Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.net
I didn't think the 17th
Hi Sue,
Could you post a link to your website with the photos? I'm not clear
how to get to them just from your (very interesting!) email.
Thanks so much
for all the description of what you saw, plus for posting your photos--I look
forward to seeing them!
Nancy
Nancy A. Neff
Connecticut, USA
Sorry digest readers: I forgot to clip Sue's message! Mea culpa.
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Alix,
Your work is so beautiful! And you are very skilled to be doing both
needlelace and bobbin lace so wonderfully.
I loved your Binche pieces, which
I hadn't seen before. Where are the patterns from? I recognized only one of
them.
--Nancy
Nancy A. Neff
Connecticut, USA
Google gives their web address as www.poshbagsuk.co.uk.
Is that the one you
want?
Been a little while since I posted. Are Posh Bags still going?
If so, does
anyone have a web or postal address for them?
Thanks in
advance
Liz Baker
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Thank you, Jane! What an informative long post. I'm saving the most useful
posts in files, and yours is definitely one to keep!
Thanks again for the
work in putting all this together and out there for the rest of us.
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
From: Jane Partridge
I like a curiosity of lacemakers as a collective noun, as in a herd of
sheep, a murder of crows, a business of ferrets.
Is that what you meant, Jacquie?
So Arachne is a curiosity of lacemakers.
Jacquie in Lincolnshire
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Hi fellow spiders,
I have purchased a length of beautiful needlelace that the
folks on Needle LaceTalk have identified for me as Rose Point. However, there
is disagreement over the likely age of the piece. I am hoping that some of the
experts on this list would take a look for me.
Four photos
if
necessary.
Thanks. NN
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Hi fellow spiders,
I have purchased a
length of beautiful needlelace that the
folks on Needle LaceTalk have
Here's a tiny URL to go to the photo album.
http://tiny.cc/kyhre
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Subject: [lace]
needlelace
Hi fellow spiders,
I have purchased a length of beautiful
needlelace
Many lacemakers, especially in Europe, make stunning 3-dimensional pieces.
Therefore I think this post is not off-topic because it will be of interest to
anyone on the list interested in 3-D textiles, plus the significant number of
us interested in math.
Daina Taimina's book called Crocheting
But no BOBBIN LACE !! :-((
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Ferguson lorri...@msn.com
To: Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com;
post to Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Thu, April 29, 2010 1:40:54 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] New Piecework on Lace
It is the annual 'Lace Issue'.
With
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Sorry all, Yahoo did something odd with my previous post.
Just a comment
that it was interesting how different some of the bobbins were from the others
in the photos.
Thanks for posting the link, Claire!
Nancy
(Connecticut, USA)
... she uses lace made by ladies in Sri Lanka through the charity
Lovely, but yet something else I dare not have because of CATS! *sigh*
From: Sue 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk
To:
lace@arachne.com
Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 5:35:50 PM
Subject: [lace] lace
bedspread
Check out item no: 120564598612 on Ebay â a double bedspread
measuring
yet another possible lace bobbin on ebay: # 130391486006
It is asymmetrical so it doesn't seem quite right to be a roller for straight
lace. Is that what it is?
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
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If I may put my two cents in: first, I have written and published two books,
both extensively illustrated, in addition to writing and illustrating a long
dissertation, so I am very familiar with how much work goes into producing and
publishing a non-fiction work. Given that experience, I argue
In addition to all of Clay's good advice, isn't there a strong probability
that some of these bone bobbins may actually be ivory? especially if they
are old and beautifully decorated?
If so, there are two points to consider.
1) they are probably more valuable than the same thing in bone (right?),
(with an untrained eye)
that the ground was old Flanders 4-pair whole stitch ground, which is why I
bought it. Now I am puzzled and don't have my lace identification books with
me.
TIA for your help!
Nancy Neff
Connecticut, USA, in the SW section of CT
that was nearly blown away Thursday-tornados
Wow, am I ever embarrassed. As soon as I started taking detailed pictures for
Devon, I could see that it is indeed Old Flanders ground (pre-WWI). It's just
so much tighter and neater than anything I do that without magnification I
thought it was Torchon. *blush*
So I think the question is: when
I've posted an album with some photos of the flanders with gimp lace I
was asking about. Any ideas you have about what type of lace and its age
would be appreciated.
Thanks! --Nancy
Nancy A. Neff
Connecticut, USA
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that I've seen in
the entire length) that it could have been made yesterday--I can hardly
believe my luck in getting a piece that old in that condition.
Thanks for
giving me the opportunity to clarify about the seller. I too am merely a very
satisfied customer.
Nancy Neff
Connecticut, USA
Lorelei,
Thank you so much for the long helpful post! I don't have my Santina
Levy here and what I read was too long ago for my memory these days.
Especially helpful is your comparison between the historian's viewpoint and
the lacemaker's--one that I really hadn't thought about and yet is
Hi Ilske,
Thanks for your comments. The relative thickness of the thread is
part of why I was wondering how certain we could be about the age of the lace.
The thread is thinner than it perhaps appears in the pictures, however--the
width of the lace is 5 cm, if that helps when viewing the
Here's a handkerchief/veil with a lace edging, with the most interesting
crenellation on the interior border of the edging: http://tinyurl.com/2unz46p
I've never seen such elaboration right-angled shaping and wondered how common
it was--it is a particular style?
Thanks.
--Nancy
Nancy A. Neff
Clay, I'm glad to hear your comments about the age of the lace. (With regard
to type, yes--Flanders to lacemakers, Mechlin to historians, per Lorelei's
explanation. Not Binche in any case.)
Because the crenullated footside seemed
rather Art Deco to me, I wondered if it might have been made right
I think it may be an old writing desk, since the open side is at the hinged end.
From: Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com
What will they think of next to describe as a lacemakers' xx
This one looks like the lid of an old school desk!
Another
Hi gentle spiders,
I have just uploaded to Arachne2003 webshots
(http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date) an album with some
photos
of the piece of lace we recently discussed on ebay.
The more I
looked at it, the more I thought it was an interesting and beautiful
piece,
Hah! I'm in such denial over my lace problem that I can't even spell
'addiction'!!
From: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
...
The more I looked at it, the more I thought it was an interesting and beautiful
piece, especially with the unusual footside, that I
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copy at least:
From: Nancy Neff
nnef...@yahoo.com
To: Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk;
Sister Claire
quietasa...@gmail.com; lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sun, July 25,
2010 10:09
Sorry to cite my Dad as my authoritative source but he is an organic chemist
and
materials engineer, so... The following information is from him.
Polyethylene is a specific type of plastic, made from a specific and distinct
polymer. Polyethylene plastics can be produced in many different forms,
Bobbin Lace: Contra Dance in Thread
From:
dmt11h...@aol.com dmt11h...@aol.com
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Tue, August
10, 2010 3:10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Fiber familiarity
Bobbin Lace: The
Fiber Art for Puzzle solvers
Bobbin Lace: Puzzles in thread
Bobbin
Mark -- Please include long-sleeved t-sheets in your production run. I would
like to order two, long-sleeved, size large (uni-sex), white background.
Please
inform of cost and shipping charges.
;-)
--Nancy, Connecticut USA
...
Having read the other positive comments, Mark... I suggest you scout
Sorry all! Catching up on email after a week and hadn't gotten to Mark's shop
yet. Wow is he every efficient and productive!
From: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
To: Clay
Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net; Tatman tat...@tat-man.net
Cc: Lace
list lace@arachne.com
Laurie,
Two things: first, I too would rather that the lace events and other
lace-related info be posted to the Arachne list instead of to a separate site,
but as Claire says, to each his own.
Second, I didn't see a privacy policy
from the host of your blog. If we sign up
for email
Avital--
Thank you for taking the time to write such a long and
informative
(and well organized!) email about Laurie's new
LaceNews blog.
Jacquie's
points about the value of a blog in addition to
Arachne had already changed
my mind about it; your points
have totally convinced me. Plus I
I love his name -- Mr. Farce ??
Nancy, in Connecticut USA
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To: Lace
list lace@arachne.com
Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 10:51:31 AM
Subject:
[lace] Re: Looking for a lace-reporter in Ohio
On 9/1/10 9:53 PM, Tamara P
Duvall
Yes! the Die Linencast series have a few of this style. Also
one of Monika
Thonhauser's folios of lace in the Salzburger
Museum has patterns in this
style--Folge 4?? (I don't have
them to hand here.)
Nancy
From: Patty Dowden pat...@netwiz.net
To:
Arachne.com
Although it may be presumptious of me to agree or disagree with someone who
knows a lot more than I do about lace, I really do agree with Devon. I think
there are figures that are almost snowballs, as someone else commented. Also I
have patterns and one piece of lace very much like this piece that
yeoowww!
My worst accident was in the last 15 minutes of the last day of the
week-long
(mornings) Honiton class at the Arachne convention in Nottingham.
It was my
first attempt at Honiton. I had struggled with the fine threads,
had finished
the first leaf and the circle of the flower, and was
!
Nancy
From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au
To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com; lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 9:13:56 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] Accidents
Nancy
And the weaver pair threads broke--both of them, right at the point
Hello fellow spiders,
I am trying to track down an article that appeared in Vol 41 of LACE Magazine
International (Spring 1997). If anyone has this issue, I'd be grateful to hear
from you.
Please contact me off-list.
Thank you!
Nancy
Nancy A. Neff
nnef...@yahoo.com
Connecticut, USA
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Wow, is this list a great resource, and FAST. I've got the info I was looking
for.
Thanks everybody.
Nancy
From: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
To: Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 5:27:46 PM
Subject: request for info
Hello fellow
Janice,
I believe that Kate Henry is threadthing on ebay; you could
probably send her
a message there.
Nancy
From: Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net
To:
lace lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 5:32:08 PM
Subject:
[lace] Kate Henry and Elizabeth
First let me apologize for not making it clear that I was not inviting
criticism
specifically of the vendor mentioned below, especially since most
(all?) of her
lace appears to be machine-made. I have no qualms about cutting
samples from
machine-made lace in almost all cases.
Offering samples
No, Jean! You were not alone--your posts (this and the later one in response
to
Jacquie's question) have been very enlightening for me. Thank you!
Nancy, in Connecticut USA
From: Jean
Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk
To: Lace lace@arachne.com
Sent: Thu,
Hi Lucie Jeri,
Just a note to say that I agree with you, Lucie, absolutely,
and that your
comments are excellent. I think you make many good points,
right down to the
important parallel with biodiversity.
I have a book that I
wrote 30 years ago digitized on a big computer tape that,
even if
In the recent discussion about copyright law and practice, I mentioned that the
beading world faced many of the same issues that the lace-making community
does.
Therefore, some might find the articles at this link of interest:
http://tiny.cc/2bsqc
Nancy
Connecticut, USA, where it was
Sorry, made the wrong URL tiny. I think this is right.
http://tiny.cc/guu5ta6thq
NN
From: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
To: Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 10:17:54 AM
Subject: [lace] copyright articles
In the recent discussion about
Hi Janice,
I've been searching on etsy for Richard Worthen, and hackle pliers, and even
did
a google search for him, without success.
Do you think you might have some other contact information for him? I bought a
swivel hackle from a fishing outfit, and one of my ferrets promptly stole it
Thank you Sue!
From: Sue Babbs sueba...@comcast.net
To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
Cc: lace lace@arachne.com
Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 5:44:54 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] thread clamp... was tying thread on bobbins
Try :
http://www.etsy.com/listing/25868616
Hi Sue,
Yes, I bought some modern ones in England, although I can't remember
where--the
Arachne convention in Nottingham in '98 perhaps--and was told they
were Bucks
Thumpers. I use them for gimp when doing Bucks, although I don't
know if that
is their correct use or not. I'm afraid I use
Has anyone worked pattern #23 from Nora Andries' pattern pack entitled Onder
de
loep? I'm having some problems and hoped there might be someone out
there who
could help.
There are the usual occasional missing pin holes on
the diagram and such, like
almost any patterns out there. However, in
I've searched the archives but have not found exactly the info I was looking
for, so I'll throw the question out here.
In straight laces, are the different types considered to have a right side and
a
wrong side, with one of the two being uppermost as the lace is worked? For
example, I found
Thank you, Lorelei! Your explanations make a lot of sense, especially the bit
about ending gimps crossed and cut-off. In laces without gimps I couldn't see
what any difference there'd be, but I still have a lot to learn.
You mention that the side the footside is on goes with English or
that reported that
the continent is cut off by fog--apocryphal no doubt but wonderful. I'm an
anglophile so it was meant affectionately :-)
Nancy
From: Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com
To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
Cc: Lorelei Halley lhal
clayblackw...@comcast.net
To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
Cc: Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.com; Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 7:31:02 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] right vs wrong sides
In Flanders and Binche, the lace is worked with the wrong side up. In
Binche
Gotta see these:
http://www.interweavestore.com/Knitting/Patterns/Betties-Lace-Stockings.html?a=iwst101119
(tiny: http://tiny.cc/v5psr)
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
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I may be misunderstanding something in this discussion, but may I add that I
also have read various places that padding the calf was common for men to do,
even as late as the 18th century. In the link referenced below, the sentence
reads At the time of King Henry VIII of England, such was the
My favorite bobbins are some very fine Binche bobbins, lighter and smaller than
the 3.75-3.8 ones--only 3.4 (87 mm), with a very delicate head and neck. They
handle very fine threads beautifully. The problem is that the US lace supplier
(Holly Van Sciver) doesn't carry them (can't get them)
for
Duchesse--fine. (They don't have the little nub at the end of the bulb
typical
of Belgian or Binche bobbins.)
Thanks again for everyone's help!
Nancy
From: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
To: Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 9:24:04 AM
Subject: Re
I haven't been able to see the paper in Science discussing the database and the
methodology--bias in the selection of books scanned for example--but Science is
one of the 3 or 4 leading and peer-reviewed scientific journals in the world.
That doesn't mean that everything they publish is
My understanding of the terms is the same as yours, Joepie. Also I think the
term pillow lace is more common in England than in the US--anyone: is that so?
Nancy
Connecticut--about to get snow but nothing like England has! (I hope)
From: J-D Hammett
Okay I give up.
My apologies--I don't know how to fix the formatting. Sometimes it's okay and
sometimes it's horrible...
Nancy
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Lorrie Laurie,
I have an old Princess Lace Machine, although of what date
I'm
not sure. However bobbins did come with it/on it, and they
matched the
bobbins pictured in the advertisements for the
Torchon Lace Machine in
needlework magazines of the early
1900's--which are more like Lorrie's
No, I don't think the mentions of lace in her book ring true. I do,
however, get
the impression that she is very knowledgeable about
needlepoint--yarns,
canvases, techniques, etc.
Nancy
wishing a safe,
prosperous, and very happy 2011 to all fellow lace enthusiasts!
Oh good question, Jeri!
My wish is for a book teaching one to design lace in
the style of Old Flanders
or early Binche. There are a few about modern lace
design or torcon-type, but
I'd like to see one specifically take on the
questions of taking pairs from a
ground into and out of motifs, and
I know that Battenburg lace isn't considered real lace by some purists, but I
have to admire the wonderful overblouse worn by the matriarch in the PBS (BBC?)
4-part show Downton Abbey. I know she has worn it in both episodes 2 3; I
have not seen episode 4 yet.
It is both a handsome piece, and
I agree with you Achim, tambour work, but even that (not just the net) looks
machine-made to me. Do you think the tambour work hand-done in this piece?
It's a spectacular piece in any case, although I also agree that the price is
plenty high!
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
Now THAT is a hubby to treasure!!
From:
The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com
To: lace@arachne.com; Carol
nestalace.ca...@btopenworld.com
Sent: Sat, February 12, 2011 8:09:38 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] What would YOU do?
BTW hubby has just come back and is
Excellent LED head lamps at Home Depot. I expect also at Lowe's. (or further
west, Andersons' or Menards?)
From: Pat
T tinn...@austin.rr.com
To: Kim Davis k...@wirelace.net; lace@arachne.com
Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 10:21:13 PM
Subject: Re: [lace]
Liz,
I'd like to think that Pragmatists, in your example, might find a
teacher and
start riding with training wheels or someone to steady them. I
don't think that
only Activists would actually get on the bike--even
Theorists and Reflectors
might eventually! I say this because I might be
; Clay Blackwell
clayblackw...@comcast.net; Nancy Neff
nnef...@yahoo.com
Cc:
lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sun, March 6, 2011 1:15:27 PM
Subject: Re: [lace]
Bobbin Lace Instructions - Written Out for the Teacherless
...
Now, here is
another one for you all. The Dunning Kruger effect. This theory
Lyn -- well said!
Devon once told me that she had heard lace-making called
the Mensa of crafts.
Nancy,
trying not to be TOO smug, in Connecticut, USA
;-)
From: lynrbai...@desupernet.net
lynrbai...@desupernet.net
To: Jean Eke jeanmary...@me.com
Cc:
I've been finding this discussion fascinating. I'm doing old Binche and Old
Flanders patterns, so I wouldn't dare try them without pre-pricking--pins are
too close together, and my old eyes need magnification to do the pricking. If
I
pre-prick then I can make the lace without magnification,
My apologies to the digest subscribers:
I forgot to trim my last post, and it really
needed it. Sorry.
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
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The ceiling tile idea was smart!
My first lace pillow was an insect
pinning board (way
too hard to push any but the finest pins in, whereas I
was using sewing pins), with crochet thread wound
around the top of 4 1/2
wood screws. (Instead of
clicking pleasantly as I worked, they clanked!) I
Hi Liz,
Your travel pillow sounds great. Where did you get it--I want one!
Nancy
Connecticut, USA,
where I have phoebes building a nest on the ledge
over my front door, cardinals
courting in the bush outside my home-office
window, and juncos and a mockingbird
greeting me on the way from the
If you want to see some really mind-boggling prices, check out the listings
for
Bridget Cooks' The Torchon Lace Workbook:
http://tinyurl.com/676f45v,
which is amazing enough,
but the prices on USED copies go up to $688.88 !!
http://tinyurl.com/69em8tz
Nancy,
somewhat stunned in Connecticut,
While browsing, I discovered that the latest edition of the Reader's Digest
Complete Guide to Needlework has bobbin lace on the cover--the biggest
picture
no less. Who'd a thunk it?
http://tinyurl.com/3jah53h
Nancy,
who
had better stop looking at the books!
Connecticut, USA
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The BBC article said while her something old was the traditional
Carrickmacross craftsmanship used to create the bridal gown. Does
Carrickmacross apply to some other type of needlework besides the lace?
Some
other references to applique also suggest Carrickmacross lace, and if
so,
implies
Hi Clay and other Arachnids,
I've lost the posting, but Clay talked about
using transparent arrows to mark
her place versus a ghost pillow. (I refuse
to call it an idiot board--no one
who can successfully make bobbin lace at
any level is an idiot!!)
I just wanted to note that I started with
Lorelei Patty,
I agree with what Lorelei has said, and Patty--you listed
all the pattern
sources I've completely fallen in love with! I'm certainly no
expert, not having
had time to work very many of them yet, but I've found
some of the older
Binche/Old Flanders patterns to be as complicated
I'm not sure where one would draw the line--do the seams have to be handsewn?
The cloth hand-woven? The thread hand-spun? The fibers hand-harvested or
carded?
The cotton hand-grown or the sheep hand-reared and shorn?
The reason
I take the question to such a silly extreme is that we can all agree
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