Just found PIECEWORK's annual lace issue. WOW!!! Lace from cover to
cover. You should see the lace in the "One Woman's Rebellion" story. It's
incredible. And Carolyn Wetzel has a great tutorial on Frisado de Valladolid
needlelace.
Have to go buy my own copy.
PegIn dreary, snowy, what mont
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace art by Agnes Herczeg
>What lovely pieces! Do you think she uses some kind of stiffening?
>Liz, Raleigh, NC, USA
I own one of the pieces shown in the article... the woman with the sheaves
of grain in the article, as well as another one of a woman looking out a
window.
Th
Hi Susan...
I haven't tried it any other way than what I posted.
The way I posted, you wind your bobbins clockwise, and the string goes around
the bobbin counter-clockwise.Â
Perhaps setting the bobbin under the string and bringing it around clockwise
would work to wind the bobbin counter-clockwise
Yesterday I made a short video on how to wind bobbins using just a piece of
string. Â It's up on YouTube.Â
https://youtu.be/hdbk3mHS2Us
Enjoy!
PegIn a rainy Cleveland, Â Ohio
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Browsing through Pinterest I found pictures of patterns that were signed with
the name Manuela Lopez. Â They were mostly photos of used patterns. Â They're
all Hinojosa.
Does anyone know anything about her? Â Does she sell her patterns? Â Any
internet searches I did all pointed me back to Pinterest
When I first started making lace I remember reading something about tension
and proper use of thread. Â They made mention of lace made in India, but used
a picture as an example of shodfily made lace. Â It was brought to India by
missionaries.
I did find this article about more modern lacemakers in
Has anyone used Pepper Pot brand silks for lace making? Â They're usually used
for needlepoint or embroidery.
Wondering about the quality. Â Thinking of using for a project.
Thanks.
PegIn dreary, rainy Cleveland, Ohio
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Jeri! Â Thank you for posting this! Â I have been looking for heavier silk
threads for a project that took form at the recent Ithaca Lace Days.Â
I took a class from Laura Friesel in design that was wonderful. Â So many ways
to approach lace when designing a picture, and she was full of excellent
i
I am a daily lurker, but don't get to post very often.
Jeri recently posted a link to the cs.arizona archives. There are actually
quite a few archives out there.
To find books on most of these sites, in the search field use any of the
words: lace, lacemaking, lace making, pillow lace or bo
I would definitely include Agnes Herczeg of Hungary in a show like this. Â I
own one of her pieces, and it is beautiful!
Her pieces are a genius mix of needle lace and bobbin lace. Â Check out her
gallery.
Her site is www.agnesherczeg.com
Saving up to buy another piece.
Enjoy!
PegIn hot and humid C
Went to the Library yesterday to check out Patricia Read's MILANESE LACE
book...researching a scroll turn.
New rule...since copies of the book are out on the Internet for around  $200,
they have taken it out of circulation. Â It's now a reference copy only.
Glad they finally got smart about lace
How about these...
Old lacemakers never die...they just keep bobbin' along.
Armed with pins and I know how to use them.
Pegin sunny Cleveland Ohio
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I am a daily lurker on Arachne. It's not very often that I have time to
post. I always enjoy what I read, and have learned so much. A special
thanks to Geri for her input on conservation.which I always print out and
save. The recent thread on blocking a silk scarf prompted this question.
Ov
Never found the source of the bobbin lace angel on TatMan's blog, so I drafted
out the pattern and would like to start to wind bobbins. But the question
is, what size thread?
I drafted it at the same size as the picture on
http://tat-man.net/blog/?p=1210. Approximately 3 inches tall.
I chang
at sort to
lace over a
photo
Sue
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Does
anyone know where I could find the pattern for this a
Does anyone know where I could find the pattern for this angel? Found it on
a Google image search for "bobbin lace angel pattern".
http://tat-man.net/blog/?p=1210
It's a link to Tat Man's site, calling it a Honiton angel, but it's a blog
entry with no mention of the pattern's origin. My
Someone posted this link on a Steampunk Facebook page today. It's from
2011, but I don't recall seeing it here on Arachne.
http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2011/oct/19/a-brief-history-of-la
ce
Enjoy!
Peg
In chilly Cleveland Heights, OH
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I went on G**gle.FR and put Brittany dentelle in the search box.
First entry
is from Trip Advisor. There's an exhibition of Brittany Lace Makers Art at
the Musee de Normandie. Not sure of the date of it though.
Whenever I can't
fid something lace related on G**gle I go to the respective count
Saved my pennies and splurged on a wonderful book called DIE LETZTEN IHRER
ART. It's about types of laces made in the former Sudetenland after the
war, and it's a beautiful book
The style of the lace in the book, to me, looks like a cross between Idrija
and Lepoglava laces.the winding clo
Someone replied to my September 1st post about Ithaca Lace Days saying they
were coming, too. Can't find the message.
Would you please resend?
Thanks.
Peg
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I'm going. Camping at Robert Treman state park.
Taking the Rippling Circles
in Contemporary Lace class. Looking forward to learning a more free-style
lace.
Counting down...
Peg
In sunny Cleveland Ohio
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I have spent the past week reading the diaries of Anton Zakelj. Fascinating
material.
He was Slovenian, and came from a village called Ziri. In the 1943 diary he
mentions German soldiers passing through their village on the way to Idrija.
There are many entries in the diaries about lacemaking.
Thanks for getting a better link, Dagmar.
I typed in the URL on my cell rather than a cut and paste. Â Sometimes it
tweaks.
Enjoy!
Peg...who is heading for bed...long day
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One of the joys of the Internet are the hidden gems that come to light.
Doing an image search for Croatian bobbin lace, I came across a photo of a
pattern that intrigued me. The blurb with it mentioned 1947, so I went to the
page. It turned out to be a diary of Anton Zakelj, who at the time, wa
It paid to contact them. Out of the 3 sellers I contacted, 2 didn't know
they were used in pairs. Both are going to update their listings to make
them 6 bobbins instead of 5. Waiting to hear back from the 3rd seller, who
is in France.
Clay...good advice is always a good thing for new lacemakers
Looking at Etsy today and found some antique French bobbins from various
sellers...all in lots of 5 bobbins.
Wrote to 2 of the sellers explaining
that lace is worked in pairs, and I would be interested in a lot of even
numbers.
We'll see if anyone comes back with an offer.
Peg
In sunny an
Wonderful, Jenny! Thank you!
What size are the pages of your documents?
A4 or 8.5x11 inches? It will make a difference when printing.
As a rule I
use the "Actual Size" option when printing pdf's of lace patterns. But I like
to print A4s on legal size paper so I don't cut anything off.
Th
Found a bobbin lace dog while looking for something else.
http://3hourspast.com/2012/03/25/guest-writer-hana-bobbin-vs-crochet-lace/
Scroll down a little way.not a pattern, but perhaps the writer of this blog
would have one.
Enjoy!
Peg
In rainy Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Hi Malvary,
Beloved was an archivist for many years, and said most of the advice given
is sound.
Fresh air is the best. Keep the book open and flip the pages every few
days. Make sure it's in a place that has low humidity. He liked the idea
of the fan close by to keep the air moving.
Susan,
A few years ago I made a bolster pillow out of ethafoam. It worked
beautifully.
Start with an ethafoam pool noodle.make sure it's hollow. With a razor
knife, cut a piece as long as you want the bolster to be.
Home Depot sells rolls of ethafoam sheet underlayment.the brand is
Tr
Check the cdspringett.co.uk website under patterns. There's a pattern of
forget-me-nots edgings.
Peg
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Thanks Jacquie. I have the Hinojosa book and took her Hinojosa class a few
years ago. Looking forward to more books from her.
Hope you are well.
Peg
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Subject:Re: [lace]
Candida's lace
Mariña's book
I have been an avid lurker for the better part of the past year. Spent most
of that time getting my house ready to sell. It sold, and I'm now in my new
abode...digging myself out. Most of the boxes should be labeled "what the heck
did I bring this for?".
I wasn't able to make it to Ithaca last
Haven't posted for a while, but I read the on-line archive every day. Making
lace vicariously through you all...still working on getting my house ready to
sell, and still not working on my own lace. SIGH
I recently came upon a
pattern of Vologda lace on the internet called "The Singing Tree"
Happy New Year, everyone!
I like the idea of spiral binding when it comes to
being able to open the book to work from it or to copy a pattern.
I also see
the problems with not being able to see what the book is. We use binding
systems at work, so I'm somewhat familiar with them. You don't always
For US lacemakers...
A good source for A4 binders is Amazon. Wilson-Jones is
the brand I've purchased. They're sturdy and well-made and have pockets.
Ulrike's Torchon series fits in the 2" binder. The 1" isn't quite big enough.
Another source is Staples. They have them on-line, but you might b
I had an experience recently on Amazon while looking for a copy of Geometrical
Bucks Point. They had a copy listed for $2,465.00. I sent the seller a message
asking about it. THey said it was a glitch with Amazon and they were trying to
take it off the listings. Exchanged a few more emails wi
A few months ago I posted a link to a picture I found at the Cleveland Museum
of Art that had incredible lace detail. The picture is Portrait of a Woman by
Cornelis Janssen van Ceulen. (Google it and find the Wikimedia page...you'll
be able to zoom in on the picture.) Thanks to the help of peopl
I went on Amazon to buy 2 books on Reticello by Laura Mazaroti two days ago.
Something glitched with our server, and I couldn't complete the transaction.
Suffice to say they were affordable and not too much over the original cover
price.
Today I went on to buy them from my home computer and th
Finally had a chance to sit down and comment on this past week's thread on
Kindles.
Love my Kindle because I have problems with my neck, and carrying large, heavy
books around makes it hurt. I have the old keyboard style. Haven't upgraded
to
Fire and don't have a tablet, so I can't vouch for
>Do any of you have any experience with LED lights in your home, good or bad.
I recently bought an LED light bulb that's the equivalent of at 60 watt bulb
that I used in the bedroom for reading. It's shaped like a regular light
bulb...here's a link...
http://genet.gelighting.com/LightProduct
Home today...neck is doing the nasty painful thing it sometimes does. Laying
on
the couch with an ice bag watching youTube videos on lacemaking.
Saw a wonderful video on Croatian laces...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMHTNeUDrI
I was very much taken with the Lepoglava lace and did an inter
There have been a few posts about airfares and how expensive they can be. The
New York Times ran an article on how to save money on fares.
Check out flights that have more than one stop, with one stop being your actual
destination...i.e. this year's IOLI convention. Say you live in Cleveland,
I was looking for information on punto in aria lace, and came upon this
poignant
gem...
Punto in Aria: The Lace-Maker's Lament*
By Mary Rohrer-Dann
>From her needle, butterflies tumble,
lilies unfurl, willows bend and lift
to the nightingale’s voiceless song.
Had the pox not shut her ear
Lorelei wrote: "At that time period Genoa was making bobbin lace, similar in
style to reticello. And some of those leaf shapes and triangles in the painting
seem to have 3 raised ridges in them, not 2. For needlelace you would expect 2
ridges. But for bobbin lace one would expect 3 ridges."
Yesterday Beloved and I went to the Cleveland Museum of Art. They have been
remodeling for the past few years and little by little are opening new
sections,
and revamping their displys. As we wandered the galleries I looked for
pictures
with lace in them. Unfortunately, a lot of the picture
Catching up on the Arachne archive and came upon your mention of a horseshoe
shaped cover cloth. I'm intrigued.
What exactly does it look like?
Peg
in
Fairview Park OH, and despairing of Spring ever getting here.
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I haven't been able to post for a while, but I read the mail archive every day
before work starts, and at lunch time. It's bookmarked on both my home and
work
computers.
I'm set up to get the digest, but since I don't have access to home e-mail at
work, it's always great to be able to read
Susie Rose wrote:
Today my DD Leah turns 16. I want to start making the
lace for her wedding gown.
The very first time I saw someone making bobbin lace was at a cultural fair.
Deb was from Finland, and told the story of how in her country, when a young
woman becomes engaged, the other women
Great idea. I'm working on Hinojosa now, and I've taken Marina's book to show
what I aspire to. : )
Peg
in an even chillier Cleveland, OH...where it will be in the single digits (F)
tonight. BRRR
--- On Tue, 1/22/13, mary carey wrote:
From: mary carey
Subject: RE: [lace] Making lace i
Over the past few years I have made lace at te library. During the summer I
sit in the reading garden near the entrance. In inclement weather I go
inside...alternating between the Sci & Tech department...where they keep the
lace books...and the Children & Young Adult section. Lots of interest
There are designs in Celtic knotwork that don't cross and weave.
If you go on Google's Images page and use "knotwork" and "triskele" for search
words you can find a lot of beautiful variations on the design.
Peg
in a very chilly..but seasonably chilly...Fairview Park OH
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Some time this year I'm planning to take my current work in progress to the
Cleveland Museum of Art, plop myself near a painting that has lace in it, and
work on my lace.
Can't exactly call it a bombing...more along the lines of a little
firecracker...
Peg
in an unseasonably warm Fairview Par
I have been perusing Google.es for books and pages on Hinojosa and numerical
laces. I have found some wonderful pictures and sites.
Thereare two books that have piqued my curiosity...
Encaje Numerico Sevillano by Isabel de Olmedo Fernandez
Encaje Numerico Extremeno en la Garriga from the Assiacio
Setting up my pillow to do an Hinojosa Christmas tree that I designed.
It's also a piece to help me practice smooth, rounded corners and sharper,
pointed corners.
Peg
in chilly Fairview Park OH
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According to the blinking numbers on the electric alarm clock, the power went
back on around 4:15 p.m. yesterday. It was SO good to come home
to light and heat again.
Beloved has to work this weekend - he's supervisor
of the early voting at our
local BOE, so he'll be busy. Playing
t
hi everyone
it has been raining since last friday. temps have been in mid-40f range since
then. we lost power aome time around 1 a.m. tuesday morning...when i left for
work this morning it was still out.
luckily we have lots of candles. beloved's water gas heater is an old one and
doesn't rely o
I had the wonderful experience of taking a class in Hinojosa Lace from Marina
Regueiro at Ithaca Lace Days this past weekend. Not only was she a good
teacher, but she was also a wonderful storyteller. It makes the lace come
alive
when you know its stories and history.
It occurred to me that I'm
Found this on one of the other fabric arts digests that finds its way into my
e-mail.
http://frenchoddities.blogspot.fr/
I like posts like this because they contain good resources...and it's nice to
know that I'm not the only one who doesn't get things to work perfectly on the
first go-arou
Hi Robin,
I made a block pillow out of ethafoam planks from Hollister Metal
Edge, an
archival supply house...it's the dense kind that they use for
archival
storage...2.2 lbs/cubic foot. The pins go in easily and are held
firmly.
http://www.hollingermetaledge.com/modules/store/index.html?dept=1
Warning...when I clicked on the pattern a very x-rated ad popped up. Not sure
what that was all about.
Peg
in cool and breezy Fairview Park OH
From: Lorelei Halley
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sat, September 8, 2012 3:36:38 PM
Subject: [lace] lace shorts
You h
Does anyone have an e-mail address for Jenny Brandis?
Need to contact her.
Thanks.
Peg
in sunny Fairview Park, OH
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Checked Archive.org, and they have Alan Cole's report on the Honiton lace
industry
http://archive.org/details/cu31924055323533
You can download in
pdf, or Kindle and other e-reader versions.
Peg
in Fairview Park OH...where
it's actually pleasant outside.
Fr
The link worked beautifully. Thanks, Louise.
Sent: Thu, July 12, 2012 5:53:23 AM
Subject:
[lace] RE: Honiton in ITV
Many Thanks for posting this, Sue,
I found a link
(eventually) to it on ITV, silly me assuming it would be on BBC.
I don't know
if it will work
Thanks, Robin, and to all who answered my inquiry about Spanish or Idrija
bobbins. There are a lot of beautiful bobbins out there.
I found what I was
looking for at Realce, very reasonably priced. Of course the
air shipping
was a lot, but the total price was still reasonable.
As always, this
Does anyone know where I can get the larger type of bobbin that is used in
Spanish or Idrija lace? Been searching the internet, but no luck.
I want
to learn the "palms up" method on a bolster pillow. I've tried Honiton,
Midlands, Binche and Danish bobbins...they're a bit too small to manipu
Since Lacy Susan changed hands, they've stopped carrying the square binche
bobbins. The only place I can even find square binche is Provo Lace, but all
she has are the guatambu wood. I need 3 dozen of the rosewood or darker
wood.
I'm picky. : )
Does anyone know a source in the US? Someone
Just found a better videoshe demonstrates it a lot slower.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=xDTwiX9r_rw&NR=1
If you go
to her main page, there are a few more showing the palms up
technique...scroll all the way to the bottom to find them.
Peg
in Fairview
Park OH...finally ab
A few months ago someone posted that they were having trouble picking up
bobbins
because their hands were getting arthritic. They were asking about
other ways
to make lace.
I found this on YouTube. It's the way I've
seen Spanish and Slovenian laces
made. Unfortunately, she doesn't
demonstrat
It's strange that they call it knitting in the article. The studio makes
their
fences using bobbin lace techniques.
Peg
in Fairview Park OH
From: Margery Allcock
To: Arachne
Sent: Wed, May 9, 2012 10:09:14 AM
Subject:
[lace] Lace fences
More interesting than
I had the pleasure of seeing the Rembrandt in America exhibit at the Cleveland
Museum of Art this week.
http://www.clevelandart.org/visit/exhibitions.aspx
If you click on the
Rembrandt in America link, pictures 3 and 6 have lace in
them...there were
more exhibited that are not included here.
It
My favorite is when you hand them your bags, and they still put your
groceries in the plastic bags, then put the bagged groceries in your bags.
AARRGGHHH!!!
The other fun thing is the self-check out at the local grocery...it has a
weight sensor in the bagging section, and when you put one of your
Sorry to anyone who got an e-mail from me this morning. Someone hacked into
my
web e-mail and sent messages to all of my contacts.
If you clicked on the
link, please run a virus scan right away. This kind of
e-mails usually carry
a virus or something that can cause problems with your
comput
Passion and satisfaction will make your life more interesting..
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Thanks for posting! Looks like it will be a great resource once it gets
going.
Peg
In snowy Fairview Park OH where it actually looks like winter
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learned so much, but realize there is
also so
much more to learn.
Peg
who should really be getting dressed and
going grocery shopping...but this is
more fun.
From: Jacquie Tinch
To:
Witchy Woman
Cc: "lace@arachne.com"
Sent: Sat, January 7, 2012 4:29:28
started working.
I like the beeswax
idea for the passives. Since I do tape laces right now, it
wouldn't be all
that tedious. I've got a chunk around here somewhere.
Thanks.
Peg
in sunny
Fairview Park OH
From: Brenda
Paternoster
To: Witchy Wo
When I finished the Isis Heart piece I started during my Milanese class in
Ithaca I had a problem with the passive threads. By the time I got to the end
of the piece they were seriously fraying. I was using Brok cotton...I think
size 40. This made a smooth and invisible join pretty much impossib
the funeral home has a page where you can leave a message
You can leave a message here...
http://www.dahlfuneralhome.
sending from my kindle...no caps on the keyboard.
very nice neckline insert on carolina's site
http://www.carolgallego.com/neckline.html
Merry Christmas to everyone.
May your Christmas be happy and may your New
Year bring good health and
happiness.
And a special thank you for the
friendships made and the knowledge shared.
Here's my favorite Christmas
carol...John Gorka's version of the tune...enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watc
Look into the lace When the eyes begin to fill with tears
and the
patience is long exhausted, there will appear a glimpse
of something not
quite seen In this moment, an image will
begin to form...in the space
between what is real and what is
only imagined.
Walking through Big Lots...a closeout store...yesterday. Saw some molded
plastic cases for storing Christmas ornaments...molded to hold 12 balls, with
a
snap-shut cover. Brain slipped into lace mode. What a great storage case
for
thread that comes in balls!
Been working on needle tatting over
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about SCMR's. Found out that
they're the same as a ring done off the ball. The learning curve is steep,
but
I'm climbing...
Working on TotusMel's necklace, learning split rings and
Josephine chains. I
like the fact that her tutorials also yield
Lyn suggested that I post the sites I mentioned in my post. Here they are...
Tat-a-Renda's snowflake
http://tatsaway-patterns.blogspot.com/2009/10/featherline-snowflake.html
While you're there, check out her site. She has some wonderful tatted lace.
TotulMel's needle tatting how-to...
Written...
A while ago on Arachne there was a thread on needle tatting. I tried shuttle
tatting, but my hands just can't do it.
Picked up Barbara Foster's LEARN
NEEDLE TATTING STEP-BY-STEP and last week set
out to try it. Companioned
with TotusMel's videos and how-to's on
Instructables.com, I was suc
Beloved and I both had a day off on Friday so we went to the movies to see
ANONYMOUS. It was an interesting movie about whether Shakespeare actually
wrote
his plays. While it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, it was pure
eye candy
as period pieces go.
I found myself focusing at the laces o
Picked up a book from the Library called LACE IN TRANSLATION. Very cool lace
that people have made using different techniques and materials.
My favorite is the lace fence...
http://www.lacefence.com/
It's bobbin lace made with wire, with chain link fencing used for the ground.
The book showed t
I learned to make lace in the mid-90's. The syllabus my teacher, Lynn, used
to
teach lace was put together by Arlene McKinnell and spelled out each cross
and
twist. It wasn't until the 6th lesson that she brought out the
diagrams. That
lesson had the piece both spelled out in CT by Arlene, an
Wow! After reading these horror stories, I feel doubly blessed to have had
such
a good teacher.
There were supposed to be two of us in the class,
but the other woman dropped
out due to having to work. So I got the benefit
of having a one-on-one
experience. My teacher, Lynn Swedenborg, was
Last Thursday I finished the Isis Heart I started in Ithaca. GEEZ!!! Are the
mistakes ever glaring. But it was a VERY good learning piece. Thanks,
Jacquie!
Doodling while waiting for Beloved to get off work yesterday I came
up with a
tape lace heart that spirals in on itself. Thought it would
I was on jury duty about 6 years ago, and brought my lace with me. At that
point, I hadn't touched it for literally 10 years...spent most of my time
undoing the mistakes I kept making, rather than progressing. But it was fun.
I
didn't have scissors, as I was in the middle of a piece, so didn't
All of the recent messages about young lacemakers got me thinking...and
inspired. It's all about going public with lace.
Most of my lacemaking is done during my lunch hour. In the summer I take it
and sit in the reading garden of the Library. I've enjoyed the comments and
conversations the lace
Devon wrote:
What is cosplay costuming, and what is a Lolita dress?
My kids are big into anime (aka Japanese animation), and like to go to anime
cons...it's a whole sub-culture all its own. Cosplay is short for costume
play. People dress up like their favorite characters...some of the cost
I've been reading the threads about the Steampunk costumes. I've seen
them...very beautiful.
There's also a big market for lace in goth clothing. I don't know if she's
still there, but for a while there was a lacemaker on eBay who specialized in
handmade bobbin laces for goth clothing. The last
I've been reading the messages about the demise of Lacy Susan and The
Lacemaker Shop.
I'm particularly sad about The Lacemaker Shop because it's about an hour away
from where I live. While it's nice to order things like thread and bobbins
online, I hesitate to buy books sight unseen. Every time
Lorelei wrote:
I've often thought of just hanging them up in a bunch giving them a whack
as i
walk past, so I could hear all the tones.
A few years ago I bought a packet of unfinished wood Midlands bobbins. I
strung them on a piece of fishing line and hung them up so I could spray
them with
At an estate sale I picked up some spools of linen lace thread, but they
weren't
in a box, so I'm not sure what brand they are.
There's a paper
sleeve around one of the spools with a bull's head. The word
"trade" is to
the left and the work "mark" is to the right of the picture.
Below it is
"
>I would like to make a roller to go in it and I have wool, but I'm not sure
how
>tightly the wool should be wound on the dowel.
Be sure to shrink the
wool first. Easiest way is put it in the washer on the
hottest cycle and run
it through once or twice. Then put it in the dryer on the
hottes
I've been following these two threads with great interest. A few things I'd
like to contribute...
I'm hoping that some of the current authors of lace
books are reading this
thread and will consider the things we have talked
about. As has been already
brought up, I think it's important for the
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