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2018-06-25 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo hallo to all for your information TEXTURE the new lace and flax museum in Kortrijk is having a STUNNING artshow 14 july till 11 November 2018 Biolace by Carole Collet http://thisisalive.com/biolace/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lac

[lace] Blonde lace festival today and tomorow

2018-05-10 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo hallo for all those of intrest do not forget this please in France Caen Normandie from Friday 11 may till Saturday 12 may salon dentelle et arts du fil all about Blonde Lace http://blondecaen.chez-alice.fr/salon.htm#X - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the li

Re: [lace] 2018 OIDFA Congress in Bruges cancelled

2016-08-14 Thread francis . busschaert
hallo if you say i quote: More posts will follow including an Open Letter to OIDFA recommending changes in the organization. from whom to whom is that letter then exactly? form oidfa towards the belgium delegation i am curious now kind regards francis - To unsubscribe send email to majord.

[lace] answers

2016-08-01 Thread francis . busschaert
my answers to the list 1 c 2 b & c depending on the mood - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] ?

2016-08-01 Thread francis . busschaert
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Re: [lace] Threads

2015-09-03 Thread Francis Busschaert
hoi susan creuse is not a place it is a way to produce a thread it is fully named/called "broche creuse" in english "hollow spindle" it is perfectly for knitting and fat torchon laces it is not good not bad there is for the moment much much more exiting yarn on the markets even in the USA kind r

Re: [lace] OT - Webshots

2012-10-05 Thread Francis Busschaert
hoi avital a couple of years ago the same problem emerged here in this forum i do not remember anymore what the cause was but i stil know this in the time i offered you the free use of a part of my paid webspace and you told us that flicker was still so much better.. i do not have those restri

Re: [lace] removing red dye or set the color

2011-12-28 Thread Francis Busschaert
no offense given but it looks more to witchcraft recepeice there is a very good reason underwear is mostly in "washable" colors we are not made out of sugar and honey…….. goo new year to all francis Op 28-dec.-2011, om 13:41 heeft B Krbechek het volgende geschreven: > I forgot where I found

[lace] NORMAL lace magazine

2010-07-03 Thread Francis Busschaert
for all i care: it is typical anglosakish for the privacy matters or to slack or to harsh never in the middle of it for givng you an example it is also that if we call to the UK the one answering the telephone will not say his or her name but rimram like a well reheasrt lyrick their own telephone

[lace] IOLI portland

2010-06-12 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo to all we will be present at the PORTLAND IOLI lace convention we will bring whit us quite an extended range of special threads threads for lace , knitting, embroidery, tatting , and all you can dream of textielworks but still we do not bring all to the Big USA so if anybody wants anythin

[lace] email problems

2010-06-07 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo to all i see here "panic reactions" of people seeking to contact us well several i have not had any email from we do have firewalls whom do filter out several types of emails and unfortunatly for those using hotmails, yahoo and other kinds of rubish email systems that are the ones wh

[lace] this is a comunication over the KANTCENTRUM

2010-02-24 Thread Francis Busschaert
i just treceived this information of the kantcentrum Chers Fans de dentelle, Depuis quelques mois, le Centre de la Dentelle de Bruges (Kantcentrum) est géré par un nouveau Bureau de direction. Cette nouvelle direction a pu conclure un accord avec le conseil municipal de la ville de Bruges et

[lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Francis Busschaert
polycotton def the best for this count 18 threads per cm and upwards or you can just use innerlining for skirts it is qiute gloss but as smooth as the of a but you do not realy need to tear downyour pillows now it can be simply overcome whit leather all of you know Anni Noben Sleghers?

[lace] Breaking and Twist to Thread

2010-02-17 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo i have been working over this in my head how can i make it more visual to you all? because out of the emails from several from you I do understand that i created more confusion then understanding so i have some diagrams have a look francis http://twists.weefshop.be/#home - To unsubscrib

Re: [lace] Re: Breaking and Twist to Thread

2010-02-09 Thread Francis Busschaert
indeed claire it is you and not the thread it is mostly a chock to see that you are the cause of the cataclism and not the thread but the good part is that it means that you CAN overcome that problem because it is you and not the thread this put aside that there are real catastrophical threads

Re: [lace] Re: Breaking and Twist to Thread

2010-02-09 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo Susan, yes and no is the answer on your answer i was probably not clear enough in this matter YES you are correct if you do talk about handknitting and hand sewing but i must realy say NO to the matter if we talk in terms of bobinlace please make a difference between those techniques firs

[lace] Breaking threads

2010-02-07 Thread Francis Busschaert
i have been following this BREAKING thread also it is a big problem its even an enormous problem but it is seldon a problem due to one factor it is mostly a combination of more then one have a look in depth in the problem someone mentioned it already colouring can do various dammage to threads/

Re: [lace] Rayon

2010-01-28 Thread Francis Busschaert
Susan Reishus schreef: I think of rayon as being made from tree pulp, and though many fibers are being refined to "micro" fibers, and bamboo is also a tree, fibers of refined rayon compared to bamboo, are only close cousins in "hand." there is a BIG difference beteen the old rayone and th

[lace] bam-milk

2010-01-27 Thread Francis Busschaert
i forgot to tell tha tit is not from the imens bamboo you see on the link it is the small srub one whom is used when i find the name i put it in an email francis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to ara

[lace] bambooo ------ milk -----running frensh smelly chees........

2010-01-27 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo to all i had an email from several of you conserning the bamboo i have multiple reaction a few remarks ùmost what you will find id the stuff all of you are talking of so in this regards the bamboo you have to list as regenereated celulose from bamboo origine BUT BUT BUT be aware ladys

lace@arachne.com

2010-01-14 Thread Francis Busschaert
halo to alll arachneas, a hap and threadtastic filofabultastic 2010 may we live all happily, long, and healthy. i email here for 2 reasons as most of you know we have our open door days the last weekend of Jan, to be exact the 30 & 31 jan 2010 from 9.3o--16.30 on the

Re: [lace] Re: Accomodation in Tonder 2010

2009-11-03 Thread Francis Busschaert
whatever you decide book now there is not a lot of accomodation anyway and it is of poor quality for danish prices that means much to high priced for what it is and do not forget the devide the numbers of stars by 2 if you have a car do as most of the non-scandinavians do go to look for a hotel o

Re: [lace] Mechelen Lace

2009-10-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo, there is a group specilised in the art of "Mechelse Kant" they have a enormous collection of mechelse kant and also a 20 or more original pattern books from the old days and i mean real patternbooks from the 1800 i beleve it was about to be trown into a fire when someone nearby happend t

[lace] coloured old lace knitting?????

2009-09-16 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo to all i know it is not realy lace so i will AGAIN walk on the sharp edge of a knife, but jaaa thats meee i have seen now a lot of very nice to wonderfull lacesjaals made in knitting from estonian to islandic to shetland etcetcetc very nice very perfect in technical outworking BUT is ther

Re: [lace] lace edges

2009-09-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
n my church these are definitely single cut threads, not at all like a worker thread going around a pin. Any information or resources would be most appreciated. Thank you, Pat T. ------ From: "Brenda Paternoster" Sent: Sunday, September 06,

[lace] USA

2009-09-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
I have an other question on this matter do sellers not have the OBLIGATION to tell the truth that it is not handmade, machinemade, etcetcet or is this obligation only a fague notion? i have looked a bit further on ebay and i was ashamed for some of these sellers to even try to pass on piecec wh

[lace] USA

2009-09-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo to all, dont panic i will not write of my journey of the USA that will come later i will condense all in one verryyy long email and post it but i have a question i have seen a so called blonde work on ebay i m not an expert but if i see those fotograps my little alamr senors in my h

[lace] our USA ioli adventure part 1

2009-08-09 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo to all So we went to the USA I finaly did not take knitting needles on the plane because i all to well remember that custums and airportsecurity peolpe lac any kind of "polite" and "frindly comprehensive" caracter i beleve they are specialy trained in beeing a in the . it is at y

[lace] The USA seems to have a problem whit me

2009-07-07 Thread Francis Busschaert
Mrs alice howel send me an email for buying threads at the ioli convention but her emailsystem sends it back as impossible to diliver i am seen as unwanted spam by the system you seee i am even seen as a danger by USA email provider so sorry to do this here but i have no possibility of contacting

Re: [lace] real danger comming to the USA???????? or just a fluffy knit

2009-07-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo Mrs Irene, yes i will be there for the IOLI Lace guild convention we are making the whoe trip towards you specialy for you and we bring a lot of gooodies whit us as you know i m a real thread-aholic a yarn-maniac a textile obsesed creature yo have no idea. welll you will see fo

Re: [lace] real danger comming to the USA???????? or just a fluffy knit

2009-07-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
Washington - Original Message ----- From: "Francis Busschaert" To: Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 1:08 PM Subject: [lace] real danger comming to the USA or just a fluffy knit hallo dear Arachnes, i have a question i will be in a plain towards the big USA (brussels ---chicago-

[lace] real danger comming to the USA???????? or just a fluffy knit

2009-07-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo dear Arachnes, i have a question i will be in a plain towards the big USA (brussels ---chicagolosangeles) and i was wondering to "kill" the time by knittning on the plane but . it is towards the BIG USA so there will be probably problems ahaed .. has anyone reacently

[lace] k

2009-05-01 Thread Francis Busschaert
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[lace] lutac

2009-04-01 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo, does any one know were lutac lace originates? and when? and can anyone show me a website were i can find new inspirational lutac works kind regards an extremly sunny day - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For hel

Re: [lace] cotton and linen

2009-03-24 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo to all, what is pin stitched? francis joanne scowcroft schreef: On the topic of hanky fabrics, (i)Copelands in Ireland no longer keep hanky linen. They tell me that most of the Irish weavers are closed and they cannot source it. (ii)Yes, Lacis still sell pin stitched cotton

Re: [lace] Laceweight Yarn vs. Thread Thickness

2009-03-03 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo, what is this? I have a great love of Sanquhar (and also Selbuvotter, which is less 3 ply specific). it sound very Nordic or Irisch or does it make part of some other ancient knitting slang? it even sounds to me like part a figure from "lords of the ring" furthermore i want to s

[lace] Re: Lace weight wool in NM

2009-03-01 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo mr Bazar, yes that is what i was realy looking for those numbers do say me a lot and now all fals into perfect place many many thanx and congratulations whit you perfect legs unfortunatly mother nature was not so kind to me... i now do need to pink a tear away francis Leonard Bazar

[lace] measure problems

2009-02-28 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo to all i have an other question it is also knitting related on that knitting event in Holland were i found those lovely knitting needles i was also there as an seller of our threads and quite often we were confronted whit a question i did not directly had an aswer for they asked if it was

[lace] Chinese Panda chewchew

2009-02-24 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo to all i want to thank aal wo hellped me in the wooden needle question i was on a textile event this weekend and we could sample all possible and unpossible wooden needles as i was not aware of the difference before i can only say that i am asstonished about the difference i have to re

Re: [lace] numbers of knitting needles

2009-02-09 Thread Francis Busschaert
Partridge schreef: In message <498fbf69.3070...@telenet.be>, Francis Busschaert writes hallo mrs Isabel, why do you say that? i m intrigued now because you are the first of a long list sayning this Isabel Wear schreef: Of all the purchases I have made for knitting over the years, the bes

Re: [lace] numbers of knitting needles

2009-02-08 Thread Francis Busschaert
ny knitter. Isabel Wear Realtor Sutton Group - West Coast 7547 Cambie Street Vancouver, BC V6P 3H6 Mobile: 604-377-3475 E-mail: isabel.w...@shaw.ca -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Francis Busschaert Sent: February-06-09

Re: [lace] wooden knitting needles

2009-02-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
e do think differend it is even written in a bad book men mars woman venus c'est la vie kind regardss ajrd barron schreef: I like knit picks, see here, sorry I'm not sure where you are, this is a UK site http://www.getknitted.com/acatalog/Knit_Picks_2.html jenny On 6 Feb 200

[lace] wooden knitting needles

2009-02-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
ok, now i know i was not sure but.. better to be sure then to be sorrow afterwards thanks to all for the fast help an other question does anyone know a good label of high quality wood knitting needles and please no bamboo ones i "hate" them for not using other words... until now i have f

[lace] numbers of knitting needles

2009-02-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo to all i need a fast answer is the knitting needle numbering from USa "american " needles the same as the numbers we use in europe here a number 10 is 10mm dimameter is this the same in the USA or is there quite a difference many kind regards francis - To unsubscribe send email to majo

[lace] opendoor days

2009-01-26 Thread Francis Busschaert
hallo to all i dare to put this on the arachne chat because it is not just me selling but also a marvelous, i even will tell you a more then fabulous exposition whit works from Mariet Visser a dutch queen of modern lace specialised in 3-dimensional multi layer laces you just have to see it w

Re: [lace] lemongrass Obama dress

2009-01-23 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo to all I m a bit lost now ok i might be lightly blond but still.. even then i can not follow anymore could one of the smart ones enlighten me what it is? is it lace net basis uesed for the felting of the wool merinos elements? or what is it now and how does retournac fit in all of this?

Re: [lace] Thread Identification

2009-01-19 Thread Francis Busschaert
hi hallo, an other small test is fire just burn a bit and smell if it smells like paper it will be cotton or linnen or hemp (could be hemp if you say it is that old, hemp was sometimes trangly more available then linnen) then you do the Brenda magnifying test for making the difference to long

Re: [lace] Mixing fibres and gimp question

2009-01-03 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo to all, hi Jane, that idea of handing down the washing instructions is a real marvelous idea i think it might be even a perfect part of the design why not embroider the washing instructions on the gown? I think it is a real good idea and a modern touch to the total work besides the probl

Re: [lace] other chat groups like ours?

2008-11-30 Thread Francis Busschaert
://groups.com/group/hand-embroidery/ We'd love to have you join us! Norma http://normasneedlez.blogspot.com http://sistersstitching.blogspot.com NATA #847 --- On Sun, 30/11/08, Francis Busschaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Francis Busschaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [lace] other

[lace] other chat groups like ours?

2008-11-30 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo, Spiders, deos there exist a "Embroidery" chat or an other equvalent of us in other textile groups? many thx francis kortrijk other chat groupsbelgium - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROT

Re: [lace] re: horsehair in lace

2008-11-07 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo to all, horsehair is my DADA, my thing of intrest if you want to clean horsehair you will use of course kerosine it is the fuel of arirplains not so easy to get at but it is that what we use for affimageoil = you could say the same as cremeshompoo for hair it gives a second third or more yo

Re: [lace] hitches & straws

2008-09-19 Thread Francis Busschaert
den moglichheit fur shon weiter su arbeiten mit glates materiaal grusse francis Achim Siebert schreef: Hello Francis, Am 20.08.2008 um 09:30 schrieb Francis Busschaert: their is a special silk-knot i learn all people wanting to see it i promise to put it as fast as possible on the

Re: [lace] Re: Mixing Threads

2008-09-08 Thread Francis Busschaert
this is the first text but it diod not pass sorry francis *De ware uitdagingen van het creatief zijn* *Verschil tussen kunst en ambacht?* In het verleden is zelf nu nog word heel veel geschreven over het verschil en wat kunst nu echt kunst maakt. Een eenvoudig antwoord is er niet. Wel kunn

Re: [lace] Re: Mixing Threads

2008-09-08 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo mrs Clay and Mrs Jeri, i do agree for a big part what Mrs Jeri says and i also do agree very much what you Mrs Clay say i have a certain ambiguity about this subject why? well.. some tempted to experiment only for experimenting i am completly against it i have an academic beckground i

Re: [lace] Re: Mixing Threads

2008-09-08 Thread Francis Busschaert
I have an other text in my mothertonghe it is about my own work and my motivations for doing it it took a wile for making it in my own language i parcialy explain why i do some experiments and to what cause i do them this is about weaving but it could be knitting, lace, crochet frivolite (i sill

[lace] hitches & straws

2008-08-20 Thread Francis Busschaert
Be aware of straws ! for the USA people under us their should be reading now under the text "do not do this at home"! SO be aware of straws!! they can cause more dammage then doing any good to your work mostly it is of fine plastic/plastoïde material whit extra hardi

Re: [lace] tatting ytube

2008-08-14 Thread Francis Busschaert
treet Vancouver, BC V6P 3H6 Mobile: 604-377-3475 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Busschaert Sent: August-11-08 12:35 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] tatting ytube Hallo to all, does anyone know a ytu

[lace] tatting ytube

2008-08-11 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo to all, does anyone know a ytube-link were you can follow very easy and understanding the movments for tating? I do not seem to get the transfer movement correctly done my flowers looks like horrible thissels-thinghs many thx in adv francis - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace] very large tatting needle?

2008-07-15 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo to all i have a question You all knwo that one can do frivolite (tatting) with needles i have seen somewhere in the past a website were you could buy large (very large) tatting needles say about 2milim diametre or even more does anyone knwo about were i could find this? why? i have a very

Re: [lace] Orvus - question

2008-07-13 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo, there is a big difference it is all in the number of carbon-end(atoms) on each Nat-Lau-Sul-molecul the more of them on it, the more it will work for animals they use the less carbonfree atoms for special uses like antique cloth washing they use the more/higher number of free carbon atoms a

Re: [lace] Another OIDFA clip - with ME

2008-07-06 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo to all, it just works fine no problem what so ever for those not speaking dutch: it is the general bla bla bla of an newspaperboy asking do you not become confused of all those bobins she says no it is easy it is relaxing. and then some comment of the general age over 60years old perso

Re: [lace] Threads for Thomas Lester lace

2008-06-01 Thread Francis Busschaert
Dear Mrs Sally, please do not compare the products used for weaving towards lace. The reason way is that in weaving you have a lot of fibres and such possible attachement fibres for making the products kling to it in lace you have almost no cloth, you create openings rather then weaved colsure

Re: Subject: RE: [lace] Bobbin Lace Jewelry in sterling silver??

2008-05-27 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo, i am still a bit "starteled" unfamiliar whit the problems concerned in "silver"-lace? is it the thread/wire? is it the bobbins? is it the patterns? what else? or is it just a problem for looking to find teachers giving courses in this matter? furthemore i have worked more the 10 ye

Re: [lace] Variegated thread

2008-05-16 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hallo, because of that "striping" effect this kind of varigated thread is seldom uesed in industry if fo any reason what so ever we realy need a varigated thread we will do it a bit differend we then use a gimped thread the core yanr is then an even coloured thread which matches the most common g

[lace] Bart and Francis

2008-05-05 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hello to all, it's me francis from Bart & Francis I just wanted to let the UK'ers on the list know, we will be in the lace event next sunday 11 may 2008 at Peterborough. we see it as a great opportunity for all whom have visited our website and were wundering of the very funny and bizzare thr