I messed up the names.....40 lashed with a wet noodle for me!!!! Sorry Barbara..... the pix are of your angel. So cute....my order for the book was just confirmed. Time to haunt the mail box!!! (VBG) BarbE ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Joyce To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [lace] New(ish) book and a question
Bragging time! I have this book, and made some angels. Taking the author's advice to have the angels hold symbols of our hobbies, last year I decided to create angels who make bobbin lace. I'm a member of a small group of dedicated lacemakers which meets twice a month at the home of one of the women (she is 92 years old, by the way, and still making lace!). Each year we exchange small Christmas gifts, and in 2003, my gift to each of the members was an angel. Fortunately, I took some pictures: http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/bandofangels.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/angel2.jpg For the lace equipment, I made small round cardboard circles, glued a cotton ball onto each one, and then covered them with red cloth. I bought some fancy wood toothpicks, and my husband cut them down and smoothed them off. A little sewing thread to attach them to the pillows, and then I stitched the pillows to the angels' hands. Patricia, if you will send me your mailing address, it will be my pleasure to ship a ball of this cotton knitting yarn to you! Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA, USA > this morning I collected a book I had ordered after seeing a small photograph > of the front cover and, fortunately, I am not disappointed. It is new to me > although it was published in 2002. It is: Angels: a knitter's dozen by > Gerdine Strong, published by XRX Books, 2002. 1-893762-12-2. 13.99 GBP. The > patterns are mostly for standing angels (which can also be hung) with ball > shaped > dresses in different lace knitting designs, many of which are named. They are > all indulging in a textile craft - knitting, crocheting, ball winding and > skein holding (these two go together).rug hooking, spinning, weaving, > embroidering > and quilting. The last two are tree top angels doing nothing and there are > instructions on how to turn three of the skirt patterns into bells. The > originals were made holding musical instruments and the author says it is > probablt > possible to find props in craft shops to produce all kinds of activities - > golf > is the one she talks about. > > The instructions are given in the usual words/abbreviations and in charts and > there are general instructions also included. The yarn given is Coats & Clark > Knit-Cro-Sheen - a North american name. They are knitted on 2.25mm needles. > Given the paucity of good knitting/yarn shops in my area I have no idea > where to start looking - or what to look for. Can anyone tell me what the > equilavent yarn is in the UK? This name is not in the cotton section of > Brenda's > book. > > Patricia in Wales > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
