Re: [lace] travel pillow

[lynrbailey]

Dear Irene,
I had a similar problem with a lace class in Peterborough, England, a few weeks 
ago, and also the Belgian/Netherlands bonanza in 2018.  I ordered an end cut of 
3/4 inch 7 wool felt from 
http://www.thefeltcompany.com/clearance-and-closeouts/  (satisfied customer 
only)  I then cut the felt into regular squares, about 6" square, covered them. 
 9 squares, about 20" square total.  For the base I used 1/8 inch plywood, a 
scrap from the builder's supply, and cut 2 pieces, for a total 19" square.  I 
used duct tape to make a hinge.  Put the edges together, put the duct tape on 
the crack, and presto, a hinge.  And a board that fits in the suitcase.  The 
squares can go anywhere in the suitcase.  On the underside of the board I 
drilled 1/16" 4 holes per felt square, and then drilled the hole with s common 
cone shaped drill, whose specific name escapes me.  Then I used regular glass 
head dressmaker pins, a tad over an inch long, put in at a 45 degree angle from 
the bottom into the felt, !
 squishing the felt squares as together as possible, and there we are.  Worked 
very well, although the  felt is rather hard, but better than too soft.  For 
Belgian laces like Flanders, I like to use the really long thin pins, but for 
this class I used the thin pins that are much shorter.  Worked quite well.  Now 
all I have to do is finish the Flanders handkerchief edge before summer, 2018, 
and I'm good to go. 

In my opinion, the problems with ethafoam in a suitcase is that regular 
ethafoam is quite thick, and it doesn't fight back well in a really packed 
suitcase.  

You could always rent a foam pillow from the Convention. 

Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it's sunny but unseasonably cool.  
High only 60F 14C


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>Irene Witham wrote:
>I'm thinking ahead to convention in July..I need to take a pillow for Louise
>Colgan's fan class.  I like a big area to work on..

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Re: [lace] travel pillow

[Kim Davis]

Irene,

 The thinner stuff can bow a bit in the middle, I would go with 1.5" if
you can get it.

  Kim

On May 9, 2017 12:37 PM, "Irene & Steve Whitham"  wrote:

> Hello lacemakers,
>
>
>
> I'm thinking ahead to convention in July..I need to take a pillow for
> Louise
> Colgan's fan class.  I like a big area to work on..
>
>
>
> I'm thinking about making an ethafoam pillow to fit the complete base of my
> suitcase which will be about 20 x 24 inches.  Would 1 inch thick ethafoam
> work or should it be thicker?
>
>
>
> Another question, has anyone had luck with making an extender for the
> pillow.a cover cloth (?) with some body, possibly quilted that the bobbins
> can lay on to give more working room?
>
>
>
> Your thoughts are greatly apprecieated,
>
>
>
> Irene Whitham
>
> Surrey, BC
>
> Where I think Spring has finally sprung
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Re: [lace] travel pillow

[Jo]

For traveling I use a pillow just big enough for the pattern. The apron 
contains a stif layer of undercarpet an a softer layer on top to grab 
the honiton bobbins. Covered on both sides with a cloth to keep it 
together. Towels, gloves, t-shirts or whatever beneath the apron can 
adjust the height.


Jo



I'm thinking ahead to convention in July..I need to take a pillow for 
Louise

Colgan's fan class.  I like a big area to work on..


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Re: [lace] travel pillow

[Adele Shaak]

Hi Irene:

The block pillow I am making for IOLI is 1” thick ethafoam; I think it will be 
fine. 

I think you will have plenty of room on a 20 x 24” pillow to make Louise’s fan. 
With the Milanese you keep turning around and going the other direction, so 
even when you get close to the edge the difficulty doesn’t last all that long. 
But do let me know if you make a successful apron; I keep intending to make one 
and then deciding that I don’t need to. 

Adele

> On May 9, 2017, at 12:37 PM, Irene & Steve Whitham  wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking ahead to convention in July..I need to take a pillow for Louise
> Colgan's fan class.  I like a big area to work on..
> 
> I'm thinking about making an ethafoam pillow to fit the complete base of my
> suitcase which will be about 20 x 24 inches.  Would 1 inch thick ethafoam
> work or should it be thicker?
> 
> Another question, has anyone had luck with making an extender for the
> pillow.a cover cloth (?) with some body, possibly quilted that the bobbins
> can lay on to give more working room?
> 

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Re: [lace] Travel Pillow (how to work one)

[Sue Babbs]

I never really liked roller pillows until I was given 2 Swedish ones. These 
have much wider, sturdier, higher rollers, and also the apron is much wider 
than my ethafoam roller pillow and my travel pillow. I know use them much 
more than a block pillow when making yardage.




Sue

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Re: [lace] Travel Pillow (how to work one)

[Sue Babbs]

read now for know!

Sue

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 I know use them much 
more than a block pillow when making yardage.


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Re: [lace] Travel Pillow (how to work one)

[robinlace]

- Sue T hurwitz...@talktalk.net wrote: 
Now I might have to practise with the roller and see if I can make it work, I 
know lots of you use them.
Do you work the bit at the top of the roller or slightly forward of that mark?

Yes, you work mostly at the top or close to it.  You want the lace to stay 
against the pricking, but the bobbins' weight will pull it away from the 
pricking if you go too far down the front of the roller.  And it's too hard to 
see what you're doing if you try to work on the back side of the roller.  

For this reason, the bigger the diameter of the roller, the better.  I've 
worked on skinny rollers and you very quickly reach the point of having to roll 
it up.  On a narrow piece (less than 15 pairs), you will be working just a few 
minutes before having to pause to roll the work.  On the other hand, a wide 
piece is also problematic.  A piece I'm working on now is 50 pairs wide, 
torchon, and I can't finish many of the elements (diagonal bars, diamonds, 
larger fans) without advancing the roller.  Then I have to roll it forward 
again to work the next element to the right or left.  The roller width (the 
height of the cylinder) and the pillow itself are big enough for the pattern, 
but the diameter isn't.  This is something to keep in mind when shopping for a 
roller.

Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Re: [lace] Travel Pillow

[Sue T]

Great idea Liz, I might have to work on my skills with a roller pillow.I 
have a small one for my small block pillow but have tried it a couple of 
times but much prefer the flat blocks, it feels really unnatural to me at 
the moment..  I have taken that particular pillow with me lots of times and 
actually might take that again this time.  I got inspired on a couple of 
small things I could work while away and now our itenary is coming clearer 
there should be enough evenings for me to work an hour or two at a time, 
making it worth the space and effort to pack all the bits.  I had been 
thinking of a longer straight piece of lace but there is nothing in the 
pipeline at the moment.
Thank you for your suggestion.  Now I might have to practise with the roller 
and see if I can make it work, I know lots of you use them.


Do you work the bit at the top of the roller or slightly forward of that 
mark?


Just to show you how ignorant I am on roller, before I started taking 
lessons we visited the lace shop in honiton and spent birthday money on a 
roller thing!!  No idea how it was meant to work or even if it was for 
bobbin lace or another type?
Perhaps I ought to take a photo of it (it still lives in the back of my 
cupboard and has never been used), some of you are bound to know, LOL.

Sue T



Sue T. you obviously need a small travel pillow!  Mine is the size of a
handbag, and folds up with 2 small carry handles.

As it is a roller pillow, I can only do straight lace, - but it is
invaluable for taking out and about, and takes us very little room - even 
in

a caravan. (Been there, done that, for many years!!!)

Currently I have a piece of Early Lace from the newest Rosemary Shepherd
book on the go.  I only work on it about every 6 months or so, - but it is
always there, waiting for me to pick it up and go travelling.  I have a
working diagram pinned to the inside flap, - to refresh my memory when 
next

I open it up to have a go!

Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz.

lizl...@bigpond.com


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Re: [lace] Travel Pillow

[Nancy Neff]

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 parking
lot into work. Spring is wonderful!





From:
Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Thu, April
21, 2011 11:30:51 PM
Subject: [lace] Travel Pillow

Regards from Liz in
Melbourne, Oz.

lizl...@bigpond.com


Sue T. you obviously need a small travel
pillow!  Mine is the size of a
handbag, and folds up with 2 small carry
handles.

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Re: [lace] travel pillow on eBay

[Malvary J Cole]

When I was at Lace Convention in Bristol in April, the lady sitting next to 
me had a pillow almost identical to this one.  The main modification was 
that her husband had made a tray with a cutout hole to fit over the working 
surface so that she had more room to work.  When she packed it up for 
travelling, the tray came off and fitted down the back of the specially made 
pillowbag.  It had been home-made and the sides were made from the bottoms 
of the boxes that dates come in (usually around Christmas and from the time 
when the bottoms were actually made of wood).  The support on hers was also 
made from the bottoms of date boxes.  It worked very well and packed up very 
nicely and fitted into the travel bag she had specially made for it.  I took 
note of it at the time so that I could make one sometime.

Malvary in Ottawa
Here's a funny-looking little travel pillow:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=8191702313rd=1
Do you think it would be useful?
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Re: [lace] travel pillow on eBay

[Barb ETx]

Isn't that the cutest little thing.  I have no use for another pillow, but it
is tempting, if only as a curiosity.  Thanks for sharing the link
BarbE
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  From: Weronika Patena
  To: lace@arachne.com
  Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:09 PM
  Subject: [lace] travel pillow on eBay


  Here's a funny-looking little travel pillow:
  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=819170231
3rd=1

  Do you think it would be useful?

  Weronika

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Re: [lace] travel pillow on eBay

[Alice Howell]

At 10:09 AM 5/16/2005, you wrote:
Here's a funny-looking little travel pillow:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=8191702313rd=1
Do you think it would be useful?
I vote for No.  The working area for bobbins in only 10 wide.  It is 
awkward to have bobbins hanging off the edge of a working surface, so you 
would be limited to six or eight pair that would fit it.  This means an 
edging of 1/2 inch or less.

The roller doesn't sit way above the bobbin surface for continental bobbins 
to be properly used.  In fact, from the picture it looks like the roller is 
the same level or lower than the bobbin surface.

It think this is a novelty -- someone's attempt to make a travel pillow 
which is cute but not practical.  I've been through this myself with a 
couple pillow designs.

This design with a rotating handle/support is interesting, and the idea 
might be developed into a more usable product.  Thanks for mentioning it.
Alice in Oregon 

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Re: [lace] travel pillow on eBay

[mimi23boyz]

Hi Weronika -

I agree with Alice.  My first reaction was the the roller was lower than the 
work surface, which would be a problem.  And even if you bundled your bobbins 
and hung them off the side as you worked, the work area is too high, not wide 
enough, and puts your hands at an awkward angle.

But I agree that the idea might be worth working on to make a better 
mousetrap.  

Clay  

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Subject: Re: [lace] travel pillow on eBay

At 10:09 AM 5/16/2005, you wrote:
Here's a funny-looking little travel pillow:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=8191702313rd=1

Do you think it would be useful?

I vote for No.  The working area for bobbins in only 10 wide.  It is 
awkward to have bobbins hanging off the edge of a working surface, so you 
would be limited to six or eight pair that would fit it.  This means an 
edging of 1/2 inch or less.

The roller doesn't sit way above the bobbin surface for continental bobbins 
to be properly used.  In fact, from the picture it looks like the roller is 
the same level or lower than the bobbin surface.

It think this is a novelty -- someone's attempt to make a travel pillow 
which is cute but not practical.  I've been through this myself with a 
couple pillow designs.

This design with a rotating handle/support is interesting, and the idea 
might be developed into a more usable product.  Thanks for mentioning it.
Alice in Oregon 

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RE: [lace] travel pillow

[C. Johnson]

Sylvie of Cherry Valley, IL USA wrote:
It would be interesting to know who uses travel
bobbins.





I do. Sylvie, -- travel bobbins made by Max Meier in Geelong, Australia are
quite lovely and work very well.
I did weight them with heavy spangles, as that helps a lot on my Australian
Travel Pillow.  The Roller is up higher than on my One-and-Only pillow.

Happy Lacing.

Susie Johnson
Morris, IL

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