I always thought that mangling laundry was to squeeze it! Karen in Malta -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tamara P Duvall Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:58 AM To: Lace Arachne Subject: [lace] Re: aficot
On Jan 16, 2007, at 10:52, micki cameron wrote: > I have been trawling the internet for a lace supplier who sells > aficots. And trawling I still am, have been reading interesting bits > and pieces about other items used to polish needlelace 'rolls', OK, not a "real" aficot or even a lobster claw, but... While in Montreal for the IOLI Convention, I picked up, at a stand which carried needle arts supplies, a narrow, longish, very plain (un-painted, no carving, etc) *bone tatting shuttle*. I got it to smooth out wire lace but I should think it would work as well on thread lace. It's easy to hold (easier than a cow's tooth, I suspect <g>), it has nice, smooth points (to slide in-between beads, for example) and it has two useful sides, which, I expect, would make it longer lasting than a lobster claw. The "funny" thing about it (and the two bone needles I picked up at the same stand) was that, although it was in Canada and the vendor was defiitely Canadian (very little English), the shuttle was in a package marked Lacis, with California address. Same Lacis which peddles those BL kits from the very dark and hot place... :) So, if you don't get a better tip (ie for the real thing), you might consider checking with Lacis; they might have more of those things. Or some other vendors who carry tatting supplies might -- perhaps closer to your chilly Scotland. > am toying with the idea of mangling it (as per Arachne discussion many > moons > ago). Would the silk tolerate mangling? Well, Sally Schoenberg is our resident specialist on mangling and I hope she'll give you a definitive answer, but I wouldn't. Silk when wet, is at its weakest (unlike linen); mangling might damage it.. Karen, in Malta. Mangling is a laundering process, done after washing, which replaces ironing. Your object should be damp (not sopping wet) and a hard roller (Sally uses a rolling pin for lace, for things like bedsheets -- what I'd seen done as a child the rollers are huge) is rolled over it. It both polishes and gives a nice, crisp but soft, hand to the textile. -- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.13/632 - Release Date: 16/01/2007 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.13/632 - Release Date: 16/01/2007 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
