Re: [lace] One-handed Lacemaker
Happy New Year all. I have been teaching a one handed lace maker in Spain for a few years now. Her name is Lissette. She had very extensive breast cancer which went untreated because of her fear. Any way she is alive and fairly well but her right arm is only for appearance. It just about moves and her hand does not function. I go to Spain for four weeks in January and three in June and this is when Lissette learns more tricks. She does lots of lace. When I go next week she wants to do a racecourse shaped edging for her table. I have given her three pillows. The idea was when I arrive I can borrow one of them. No chance!! They are always full of Lissette's lace. :-)She is a swiss lady married to a English man, Bob. They live in Spain as it makes there income go further. Lissette hasn't found any lace supplies in her area but as I go regularly it is no problem. She has learnt all the stitches by number, so she does a 1 2 3 4 or a 1 2 3 never half or whole stitch! It really made me think as I don't remember how many moves a stitch takes, I just do it. The only thing we haven't managed to over come is sewings. We have found it impossible to do with one hand. The racecourse edging Lissette will keep for me to do the sewings. We I must go and sort out what I need for her next week. Have a great lace making year and when you say your eye sight is poor, your fingers are stiff or you are too old, remember Lissette who is in her 70's. KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] One-handed Sewings
Thinking off the top of my head while at the office, it *should* be possible to devise a method of one-handed sewings, although I do see it being cumbersome slow. Would it work if the stitch to be sewed could be opened up and the loop held in position while the bobbin was moved through - I'm thinking a 'frame' that could be used to hold the loop open and allow the bobbin thread to be passed through. The initial idea was a frame like that on a champagne cork, but the bobbin would go through the frame and it (the frame) would be caught in the lace. A modification on this would be a C-shaped frame, with the opening at the top to allow the bobbin to pass through the thread loop but not the frame loop. The reason for the opening being at the top is that the frame would need to be stabilised on the pillow, a simple C-shape would fall over at the slightest bump, so it would have to have a 'leg' for balance. This 'leg' could even have a pin-hole so that it could be pinned to the pillow to keep it stable. (A miniature basket-ball hoop on a pole laid on its side, with 1/4 of the ring cut away is the best I can think of to describe this) Once the bobbin has passed through the frame, move the bobbin to one side, slide the frame out from underneath and around the bobbin, use a weight to hold the bobbin still while tightening and tensioning the loop thread. Sounds good in theory - Anyone go any additions/thought/comments or able to try this out? Barbara Sunny Windy Cape Town, South Africa Read our disclaimer at: http://www.picknpay.co.za/email-disclaimer.htm If you don't have web access, the disclaimer can be mailed to you on request. Disclaimer requests to be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] One-handed Sewings
Hi thanks for your interest but Lissette would not be able to put anything in the loop, that's why she cant get a lazy susan or hook in it. You need two hands. However please don't give up on your thinking. Do try yourself but only with one hand. Lissette wouldn't mind how long it would take if she could do it. Thanks again, KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Help
Hello, Can anybody help. A while ago there was an address where you could buy a lace design program . The program was from Germany can anybody please supply me with the address again as I have deleted it by mistake. Thanks, Linda - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Maltese Bobbins Raffle
What an amazing response I had to the raffle 125 entries! Thank you to those winners who have sent me their address details, your prizes are going into the post this morning and should be with you shortly, do enjoy them. I am still waiting to hear from Amanda Richards - Nottingham and Diane Williams - Illinois, they may well have been away over the New Year and not yet caught up with post, but I have been unable to send a direct notification to Diane, (some sort of computer blip), so if anyone has her e.mail address please could they pass on a message to her, thank you. Nicky in an overcast Suffolk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Help on lace program
Here it is the web for the German Lace Program Knipling http://www.knipling.de/knipling/knipling-kn24en.html Hope this helps. Carolina. barcelona. Spain -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/ http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/encajebrujo.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Corrections`
In case anybody surfing around has come upon my needlelace fan Starry Night described as having been made in 1986 (!!! where, oh where did they get that date from? I made it in 2001-2002), and located in the Aurelia Loveman Gallery (what gallery? I haven't got a gallery!), I would just like to set the date and place right. Date: 2001-2. Place: right here in my humble home. And how did all this info, accurate or not, get on the Web? Mystery. -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] One-handed Sewings
In a message dated 1/2/04 5:52:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi thanks for your interest but Lissette would not be able to put anything in the loop, that's why she can't get a lazy susan or hook in it. Dear Lacemakers, Reading this reminded me - the subject of lazy susans and crochet hooks comes up often on Arachne. But, what about magic threads, as explained on page 55 of Christine Springett's The Torchon Lace Book? Christine writes that she has not demonstrated this on her videos; only the book is needed. The book gives instructions for adding a magic thread to: 1. A single starting loop 2. Where two pairs start at the same pin 3. At the start of a ground stitch 4. To a worker loop at the end of a row 5. To join your lace. The book should still be available from Linda Fountain (U.K.) and Holly Van Sciver (U.S.) and probably from other suppliers. ISBN 0-9517157-2-0, 1993, soft cover, 56 pages. I have seen magic threads used very effectively by one of Christine's students. This friend of mine uses it almost exclusively. She has a very efficient way of preparing to make lace, and makes (ties) many of the magic threads in many colors. The magic threads are looped over long pieces of white card, with short diagonal slits cut in the cards to hold the threads until she needs them. It works best to use a variety of colors, not two of the same color next to each other. This friend's pillow is very colorful when she is making a lace requiring sewings. And the way she prepares them in advance makes it possible to pack them with her other supplies when she goes to demonstrations. Might not work for Lissette, but could be a nice alternative for shaky or stiff hands, or the person who is having difficulty visually focusing on tiny loops. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] One-handed Sewings
Hi, tried this for Lissette but too difficult. Do try when you get to the end of a piece of lace doing it with one hand. You will see our problem! KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] one-handed lacing
Hi everyone It is quite possible to do lace with one hand - try it! You have to move each bobbin on its own, at first, and tension carefully. Yes it is slow going, but if you practice, you can get quite good at it, even if your dominant hand is the one that has to recuperate. You might even learn something about technique. The slower pace puts you in a different space, and being able to lace, that's good for recovery, too ;) -- bye for now Bev in sunny, icy Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ghost at Hampton Court
I'm struggling to finish pricking a wide floral Bucks handkerchief edging - I'm coming down the fourth side now. It'll be a relief to start working it, after all this pricking! Hi Ruth, Why do you prick the whole pattern all at once? I start pricking a few centimeters, then I work until the pricked holes are finished, prick again a few centimeters, continue working... This makes the whole process more relaxing. You can have a try next time. Many greetings from Antje, Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Recoded Advent Calendar - last chance for competition
I've re-coded the Lace Guild Advent Calendar page (for next Christmas) so that the cursor should behave correctly in all modern browsers and the page still work in Netscape 4. I've tested it with Mac browsers and Windows IE 6. If you are using any esoteric browsers, especially on Windows or Linux, I'd be obliged if you could check the page for problems (web address in the signature). Remember you still have the weekend to send in competition entries. We'll announce the winners next week and mount a list of credits to the pieces. Wishing you all a Happy New Year, David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] This ebay seller wants to know what it is.
Another item attributed possibly to needlework or lacemaking, but this time the seller admits to not knowing what it is and asks if anyone can tell him. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3264410314category=114 or search for item number 3264410314 Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] This ebay seller wants to know what it is.
I have one of these that I was given in the late 1960's by an Indian goods store owner (I worked there one summer). Its a little bone pomander. It is meant to have a tiny piece of cotton wool inserted inside the channel for the handle on which one can put a drop of sented oil. The whole thing thus becomes a scent holder for a purse, a work bag or even a pocket. Something like a 'vinaigrette' but more humble. Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada Another item attributed possibly to needlework or lacemaking, but this time the seller admits to not knowing what it is and asks if anyone can tell him. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3264410314category=114 - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] one-handed sewings
Hi everyone and Vivienne I have seen needle-threaders at the serger store, the handle is made of brass, and the threading loop is of sturdy fine wire, flexible to go through most needle-eyes, and fairly long. It could work for your student. It would be slow going, but with deliberate placing of the tool so it wouldn't slip out of the place for the sewing while the hand directs the bobbin through the loop. Once through, the bobbin can be let go, and the brass handle grasped to pull the bobbin thread through the hole, put down, pick up the bobbin again to push it through the thread loop, and tension. Yes I've described a sewing, but I wanted to go through the steps, thinking in terms of using one hand. I would test it, but I didn't buy the particular needle threader. I usually use an eyes-out, which might work for your student, too, if she has a means of clamping the tool to hold it for threading - it would be fumblesome I think. hope this might help bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] One handed sewings - Lisette
I don't have a pillow out at present. (Yes, I know that's unusual! But I'm busy drawing designs for a silk screen workshop I'm going to attend on Tuesday; learning how to use the serger I was given for Christmas; and trying to stick the last year's worth of photos in the photo album, so there isn't much free space left for lace!) Anyway, back to the lace content and what sounds as if it would work to me... This would involve unwinding thread from the bobbin and then rewinding it.I realise that this would in itself be difficult, but I presume that Lissette has in some way solved that problem (I can't imagine how, unless she gets someone else to wind all her bobbins and put the hitch on.) Put two or three support pins into the pillow, some distance from the sewing and pattern. These support pins would need to be sufficiently far apart to hold a big enough loop of thread for the bobbin to pass through. Insert your hook into the lace as usual, but draw through a lot more thread than a two handed person would need, and place this loop round the support pins. Pass the other bobbin through this loop and then carefully tighten up, withdrawing pins one at a time. Rewind the excess thread. As I don't have a piece of lace on the go at present, I haven't been able to try this, but I think it might work. Perhaps someone can give it a one handed try and comment. Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] This ebay seller wants to know what it is.
Could it be some sort of fancy darning mushroom? Ann in Manchester, UK - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 10:38 PM Subject: [lace] This ebay seller wants to know what it is. Another item attributed possibly to needlework or lacemaking, but this time the seller admits to not knowing what it is and asks if anyone can tell him. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3264410314category=114 or search for item number 3264410314 Jean in Poole - 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]
Re: [lace] One-handed Lacemaker
snip.. Happy New Year all. I have been teaching a one handed lace maker in Spain... Thank you for this thread. I, too, have a disabled dominent hand (right) since a break in Sept. The break has long since healed, but I, freakingly,( new word) stretched the radial arm nerve and so my hand is a tad limp. I am told it will repairin some months. 'Nuff on that. I never did make any decision as to whether or not I could lace. I had lots of things I enjoy, like beading, so just did not want to try lacing and be disappointed. Well, in the morning the pillow is coming out. I know I can do it...as I am sure all of us have had to move the pairs with only one hand, for one reason or another. Never thought about sewings...**I can do that.**.as my thumb and forefinger are moderatly useful. ...so I am way ahead. I have filed the messages, in this thread, and I think we should pass on any tricks that we learn. I have learned to accomodate tatting by throwing my thread differently (thanks to another tatter). Knitting by going back to the Continental method, of my childhood. Crochet..well, do-able, but VERY slow. Now if I could just relearn to write...with a pen Anything I do looks like the practicings of my 3 yr old DGDpoor bank ;-) Again thanks for the encouragement that you did not even know you were dispensing. ;-) Big hugs to all. BarbE - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Corrections`
On Jan 2, 2004, at 11:07, Aurelia L. Loveman wrote: In case anybody surfing around has come upon my needlelace fan Starry Night described as having been made in 1986 (!!! where, oh where did they get that date from? I made it in 2001-2002), and located in the Aurelia Loveman Gallery (what gallery? I haven't got a gallery!), I would just like to set the date and place right. Date: 2001-2. Place: right here in my humble home. And how did all this info, accurate or not, get on the Web? I was sufficiently intrigued to Google Aurelia Loveman Gallery, and it turned out to be a part of the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild's website. Specifically, a Gallery of Members (or, to be exact, their work)... http://www.crlg.org/Gallery.html My guess is that Gallery also means they'd like to have more pics of your work, as they have from some other members... Can't say I blame them; the fan is *gorgeous* (though, IMO, not as gorgeous as the Irises in a Storm fan; why don't you send them a photo of that one to put up also?) How they managed to mis-date the fan I have no idea, but as to *where* they got the info... All the tags (when present) look like something that had been typed for an exhibit; have you ever exhibited the fan alongside the work of other members of CRLG? That's when the pictures might have been taken... Since I'm always interested in seing what other people design, especially for smallish publications, I also went to Patterns. What a disappointment! My own designs -- old earrings (reprinted from an IOLI Bulletin), and my own favourite one in the series not even there :) But the schedule of classes -- especially the Loehr's beginner Mechlin -- sounds tempting enough to consider re-joining the Guild (now that I know I *can* drive long distance, anything is possible g)... - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Pricking on the pillow
On Jan 2, 2004, at 13:10, Antje González wrote: Why do you prick the whole pattern all at once? I start pricking a few centimeters, then I work until the pricked holes are finished, prick again a few centimeters, continue working... This makes the whole process more relaxing. I've often been tempted to do it the same way; pricking and winding bobbins are *not* on my list of favourite activities related to lacemaking, so it would be nice to thin it out and fit in some of the favourite bits (like moving bobbins) in-between the less favourite ones. But. 1) You don't view yor pricking from the same angle when you prick on a corkboard set flat on a table and when you prick on a pillow; you're less likely to be *accurate* when pricking on a pillow. Might not matter much if your pins are spaced widely apart but, in a floral Bucks piece (as had been mentioned), where pins are very close together (and lots of them), it's a different story. 2) A well-made pillow is likely to be a good deal harder than a corkboard; depending on the kind of pricker you use, pricking on a pillow might mean more wear and tear on your pricking hand. Also, you can put the layers of waxed paper (to make your pricking needle slide in and out easily, without getting a wax build-up) under a pricking and over a corkboard more easily than under a pricking that's on a pillow. 3) The covering fabric and the pillow itself (especially those made from different foams) take enough beating from having the the pins stuck in and pulled out during lacemaking; it's unkind to treat them as pricking boards in addition to that :) So. Every time I'm tempted to prick on the pillow, I think about the above, go fix myself a cup of tea, go smoke a cigarette, read a few pages from a book, wind a few pairs of bobbins... And go back to the corkboard :) - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] one-handed sewings
Hi everyone and Vivienne Today I tried one-handed lacing on my Russian tape lace project. Oddly enough I used my lefthand, even though I'm otherwise righthanded. I was able to do sewings with a hook - what I found interesting was the number of stops and starts required, and that large-headed pins come in handy to stabilize loops (pin them under tension, so that the bobbin can be slipped through). If anyone wants my step-by-step procedure, I'll share it - but I'm aware that what works for me might not work for someone else. I also made picots with one hand (knotted picots). That was interesting, especially as the picots are made to either side of the braid. I did find that it helps to have strong thread, bobbins that hang from their tethers nicely (i.e. a gentle slope to the pillow, sufficient to give tension to the thread, but not so steep that the bobbins roll around - and I was using continentals) and a hook that is comfortable to hold as well as able to scoop the thread once it is placed in position for scooping. It is also a help to have a work surface on the pillow to permit these manoevres, e.g. a place to rest the hook in waiting, and a means to keep it in position during the procedure. If the only sewing in that one is doing is beginning to end, perhaps a variation on the magic threads can be employed - one that wouldn't require the knotting of any thread. I have something in mind but would test it first. bye for now Bev with lots to think about in Sooke, BC (chilly, green west coast of Canada not far from chilly white mainland BC) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Help on lace program
The problem seems to be to get an answer to emails about buying the progrramme. A couple have tried to no avail. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Carolina G. Gallego [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here it is the web for the German Lace Program Knipling http://www.knipling.de/knipling/knipling-kn24en.html Hope this helps. Carolina. barcelona. Spain -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/ http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/encajebrujo.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Question
Thank you, Gentle Spiders, for all your suggestions of sources for thread nets/Nifty nets. One thing is for sure, You've got questions? Arachne has answers! I visited my local Viking Sewing Machine dealer today and found that she has two sizes - *very* reasonably priced. There are also a couple of mail order sources that I will investigate - less expensive than locally and a good source for goody bag favors. Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: New year greetings
G'day T, It's now 1:05 a.m. here in 2004. So, if my math is correct, it's a 16hr difference between you and the East Coast of the US, 19 between you and the West Coast. How many time zones does Oz have? It varies throughout the year as some States don't go on to Daylight Saving time. Right now we start with the Eastern Summer time: New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria; Queensland is 1 hour behind (no daylight saving); South Australia (although further West) DOES have daylight saving and so if half an hour behind Victoria. THe Northern Territory does NOT have daylight saving and so is one and a half hours behind Victoria. Western Australia does NOT have Daylight saving and is 3 hours behind Victoria (I think) Figure that lot out - remembering that Australia is about the same size as the USA David All the best -- lace in peace -- for the New Year to all the Spiders everywhere T - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
We are planning a trip to England in the spring and I remember someone mentioning the Bowes Museum having lace to view. I would like to talk to someone who has visited the Museum and can suggest some things we should ask to see when visiting the museum. If you could reply off list I would appreciate it. Dianne, Regina, Saskatchewan Dianne Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
