Good light is always critical especially for us sensible and mature ones who are frequently the lace makers. Susie Johnson, the excellent Withof teacher, spent some time with us showing the advantages of an incandescent light bulb as opposed to a florescent light bulb, the incandescent being far superior. However, incandescent is going the way of other things. My interest switched to LED lights, and I finally asked one of my engineering children, forget which one, about how light was created in an LED, and he/she told me that LED's light is not created by vibration, indicating that it would be as good as an incandescent light source. To that end, I have put on my Amazon wish list the following...
http://www.amazon.com/Verilux-Travel-Natural-Spectrum-Rechargeable/dp/B001A0M32C/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3F4EGIX8FNOR9&colid=2ED585KZHTBFE figuring it would do the job. Haven't bought it yet, so I cannot vouch for it, but it seems to fill the bill. You probably have something similar on Amazon.co.uk, or elsewhere. If it doesn't pin to a pillow, I bet small holes could be drilled in the base to hold the pins, my intention. Please let us know your choice, as this is the second discussion I recall, and I've only been with arachne since the fall. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where the high is going to be obscene today, but my cleaning lady is coming to work magic on the house, and peaches are in full swing, so it's time for peach ice cream, after the peach pie. Went to Market, (Central Market, historic, yada yada) for the cream before 6 a.m. -----Original Message----- >From: Sue <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 10, 2010 7:11 AM >To: Arachne <[email protected]>, [email protected] >Subject: [lace] Lamp ideas please > >After two months of not making any lace (mostly due to the difficulty of >getting lace stand close enough due to legs and having to get my DH to lift >in and out of the cupboard, and find everything else I might need as well as >all the other things he needed to do instead of me, or for me, <g>), but as >I am now managing to get about with one of the crutches or none so was able >to drag out my lightest pillow and put together things to take away with me >this weekend. >I spent an evening plus a couple of hours the next morning finishing winding >bobbins and working one of my small pieces. >Apart from the fact that I am not really happy with the dark dull thread I >used, what I found incredibly difficult was working away from home where I >use my angle poise lamp all the time. I need a lamp whatever colour I use, >but certainly was needed for dark green, :-( >We have limited space in our trailer caravan also often without mains >electric so now I am on a quest to find a suitable lightweight lamp to use >in future. I found an advert for a clamp on one which would do, but would >prefer something I can maybe pin to my pillow, so wonder what others in the >UK use? > >Sue T Dorset, UK >Bobbin Lace and Glass engravings >http://www.hurwitzend.co.uk > >- >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]
