[lace] French Fans
Hello Folks, I'm usually a lurker, but I'd like to start a bobbin lace pattern which has, what they call French Fans on the outside. The only trouble is, I've never learned how to make French Fans. There are 10 pin holes on the outside of the fan and 4 on the inside. It's a Biggins pattern (a mat), so maybe Vivienne could help me. Does anyone know if there's a website describing how to make French fans? I've looked through all my books (all 3 of them!!!) and can't find them anywhere. Thanks in advance for any help. Jo Happy Easter! - Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] OIDFA Congress in Prague
Gentle Spiders, It's official! Got my confirmation today :) I will be in the freehand lace workshop (1st choice; have been curious about freehand lace for a couple of years)... Making lace with Peter Rabbit, er... *George* (Juraj) Rabbit (Zajonc) And I will be at both the official "do's" -- the general meeting and the dinner. But I've decided to pass the post-Congress tour; will take a couple of day trips instead *during* the Congress. Just as well I decided to do that, too; got my "investments statement" for the quarter yesterday and, where (on the interest from the same principal) 3 yrs ago I was able to go to Tonder *and* to bring a friend from Poland for a visit, this year I *might* be able to pay for the gas to take me to the airport and back (50 miles). With luck, I'll have some change left to pay for the public toilets in Warsaw and Kalisz (visiting friends and family ahead of the Congress)... Getting involved in a war seems to be an expensive proposition... :( As I also paid for my ticket today, the trip is beginning to look "real", and the time's started ticking very loudly. I may have to expand my "lace time" (on the pillow, at the drawing board, on the 'puter writing instructions...; I move with the light ) to more than the current 8-10 hrs a day (thank goodness for spring and days which are longer at both ends. But Arachne-time may have to be trimmed severely)... I wish I could say I'll appear at the Congress wearing a spider collar (the one on the Irish site *was* stupenduous), but it's bloody unlikely :) Hope to see again/meet many of you there, - 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: Irish Lace
Hi All, Thanks for the Irish Lace site. The spider web collar and cuffs are fantastic! Like Liz I also checked out the Carrickmacross by Mary Shields. She is delightful . I took her class in Ithaca, New York a couple years ago. The fan on the website is so beautiful. Aren't those assymetrical fan sticks? Quite spectacular! Jane in Vermont, USA with tons of purple, white and white with purple stripes crocuses in my yard! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace maker's lamps on eBay
Hi All, I didn't read far enough to see that the seller talked about filling them with oil. If I've learned anything from all of you it's that lace maker's lamps are filled with water! Since they're just like the ones that some of you got from the National Park Service that explains how one seller got three of these "rare" lamps . Jane in Vermont, USA where the sun has peeked out from behind the clouds two days in a row. I've missed it! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Thank you
I must take this opportunity to thank those who gave me advice and suggestions regarding setting up a web site with my lace displayed there. I will pass it all on to my friend who has offered to help me with the setting it up. I appreciate your help. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Spider web BL
OK - that does it. I'm making an Arachne collar. They were STUNNING!!! Clay - Original Message - From: "Brenda Paternoster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 7:24 PM Subject: [lace] Spider web BL > Have a look at to see some "Arachne" lace have a look at > http://www.irishlace.org/bobbinlace.htm > > Brenda > http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ > > - > 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] New IOLI Bulletin
I have had the incredibly good fortune to be Betty's houseguest in Philadelphia when I attended workshops they sponsored... one with Ulrike Lohr, and the other with Michael Giusiana! Not only were the workshops wonderful, but being a member of Betty MacDonald's household for several days (on two different occasions!) were treats that equalled the wonderful workshops. I have seen her lace crab "up close and personal"! It defies description!! The cover of the bulletin manages to give a wonderful approximation of the piece, but in "real life", it's even more breath-taking!! She is a wonderful person, a gifted artist, and if I ever have another chance to take one of her workshops, I'm going to jump on it with both feet - and I recommend the same to anyone else! Clay - Original Message - From: "Jane Viking Swanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 9:09 PM Subject: [lace] New IOLI Bulletin > Hi All, I won't spill all the secrets of the new IOLI Bulletin but I have > to mention the incredible BL crab on the cover. It's by Elizabeth MacDonald > of Pennsylvania and the colors are incredible!!! Some of you will remember > reports to arachne a few years ago about a Lace Retreat outside of > Philadelphia. The students had a picture by their pillows and, using many > colors, they recreated the pictures in lace! > It sounded so intriguing to me and Elizabeth MacDonald was their teacher. > She also has a short article about making this lace. Having a rebellious > spirit I think it's wonderful! > > There are many other wonderful things in the Bulletin including a bit about > a lace history mystery in Devon's article . > > Jane in Vermont, shocked she got the Bulletin before anybody else wrote > about it! That makes up for the freezing temperatures we've gotten - even > hail last night - but the crocuses don't mind. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > 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]
[lace] Re Rare Lacemakers Oil Lamp
Evening everyone I think the clue here is the fact that these lamps are called *oil* lamps and were actually used to hold oil and wick. I should imagine that the wick holder for many of this type have been lost or broken over the years, I have two still complete with the holders, one wick holder is made from metal the other ceramic/pot. Some years ago I experimented by filling one of these lamps with water then lined up candle, lamp and pillow - couldn't see a thing ;))) Though they are often called *lacemakers* lamp they were used by other trades and professions, and the candle stool as seen on the postcard on ebay was also used by Northamptonshire shoemakers on their workshops. Bests Diana in Northamptonshire, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP
I love this picture too!! That's just how I feel when I'm busy at my pillow!! (And I don't look much different either, truth be told!!) Clay P.S I'm back to the 21st century, home with my email!! A week with two small boys and we all survived! I sent DD's computer out to be repaired, and it was returned to her this afternoon, so all is right with the world. - Original Message - From: "Adele Shaak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP > Alice Howell wrote: > > > There is a real lacemaker's globe on the postcard on this auction: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2237591905 > > Alice, I *love* this picture! Not only seeing a lacemakers lamp setup > as it might have been used (though her candle is burnt way too low to > be effective) but for the big grin on her kindly face! Most of the old > lacemakers look so solemn, if not downright grim, in their old photos. > > Adele > North Vancouver, 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] More shows
I found out last night that I have won first prize at the Montague Arts and Craft's annual show at Narooma in the craft section (no special section for lace) for my Russian tape lace Lacemaker (complete with miniature bobbins). This has sure been my year! Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] penguin pattern needed
Elaine wrote: The Lace Museum here in Sunnyvale, CA has had an urgent request for a lace pattern of a penguin. I think the English Lace Guild published a Penguin Pattern Book a couple of years ago. If anyone has a copy they would like to sell, please contact me privately. Or if someone has a pattern for a penguin and wants to send it to me in a PDF file, that would be great. The Penguin Pattern book is still for sale from the Lace Guild (£5.95 to the US). Just check the 'Guild Publications' section of the web site (address in the signature below) under the sub-section 'Pattern Books'. Buying from The Lace Guild or from authorized US distributors means that the profits are used to further lacemaking. David (Webmaster) -- 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]
Re: [lace] penguin pattern needed
I have a new keypad and it simply cannot spell any better than the old one. .still sending messages in Typonese!!! BarbE - Original Message - From: Barb ETx To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [lace] penguin pattern needed Elaine I have just scanned and sent a picture to you. Honesly I have so many patterns Ido not remember themall. this is from a collestion put together by the Lace Guild.more that a couple of years ago. ;-) I have a similar coeection that I recevied about the same time dated 1982. Hope this is what you want. BarbE - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] penguin pattern needed
Elaine I have just scanned and sent a picture to you. Honesly I have so many patterns Ido not remember themall. this is from a collestion put together by the Lace Guild.more that a couple of years ago. ;-) I have a similar coeection that I recevied about the same time dated 1982. Hope this is what you want. BarbE - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 1:09 PM Subject: [lace] penguin pattern needed The Lace Museum here in Sunnyvale, CA has had an urgent request for a lace pattern of a penguin. I think the English Lace Guild published a Penguin Pattern Book a couple of years ago. If anyone has a copy they would like to sell, please contact me privately. Or if someone has a pattern for a penguin and wants to send it to me in a PDF file, that would be great. Many thanks, Elaine Merritt The Lace Museum 552 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 tel: (408) 730 4695 - 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] Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP
Alice Howell wrote: There is a real lacemaker's globe on the postcard on this auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2237591905 Alice, I *love* this picture! Not only seeing a lacemakers lamp setup as it might have been used (though her candle is burnt way too low to be effective) but for the big grin on her kindly face! Most of the old lacemakers look so solemn, if not downright grim, in their old photos. Adele North Vancouver, 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] breaks at sewings
> I think my sewing skills were not what they should be > when I did it because almost all the breaks were at sewings. Push the crochetneedle horizontal as soon as possible. Push it further through the loop until the thread is on the shaft. Only then start to pull with the crochet needle still horizontal. The hook is sharp and cuts the thread I discoverd when experimenting with stripped electical wire. Jo Falkink http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/intro-EN.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] penguin pattern needed
The Lace Museum here in Sunnyvale, CA has had an urgent request for a lace pattern of a penguin. I think the English Lace Guild published a Penguin Pattern Book a couple of years ago. If anyone has a copy they would like to sell, please contact me privately. Or if someone has a pattern for a penguin and wants to send it to me in a PDF file, that would be great. Many thanks, Elaine Merritt The Lace Museum 552 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 tel: (408) 730 4695 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #104
In a message dated 4/7/2004 12:33:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Michelle writes: > Paramaribo is the capital of Suriname..not that I've been there yet > but I have seen photos. I have been informed this afternoon that we are to > be out of our unit by 26th April (cos' I'm flying to Melbourne on 27th, for > a month with the kids before going to Suriname!) so the next couple of weeks > is already starting to be hectic and I have spent the last half an hour > scanning passports, birth certificates, wedding certificate etc and have to > track down a "certificate of good conduct" from the police station of a > country (here) that I am not even a resident of...not to mention > packing, cleaning things out and selling a car in a hurry/closing a bank > account/arranging tax papers and all the other garbage things that go along > with moving to another country in 3 weeks time! > > Michelle > an Aussie living in Richards Bay, South Africa but soon to be going to > Suriname Dear Michelle, This sounded so familiar. I moved from country to country in the '50's, '60's and '70's, sometimes making lace, sometimes making babies. I know it's a hectic time, made difficult by the demands made by various immigration authorities, but you will survive, and one day, be able to look back on the experience with pride. In spite of the current problems, you know you're lucky to have the opportunity. Learn all you can, take pictures, save ethnic bits and pieces and above all, and if you have children, try to make sure they are happy too. Elaine Merritt now at The Lace Museum 552 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 tel: (408) 730 4695 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP
At 06:48 PM 4/8/2004, you wrote: Lacemaker's Lamp, 19th century ? lace maker's would use this type of oil lamp as a light source behind their magnifying flask to make lace, pontil marks can be seen at bottom There is a real lacemaker's globe on the postcard on this auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2237591905 Alice - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE:[lace] a good beginning Bobbin Lace Book
On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:25:26 -0600 Janet Anderson wrote: I am very new both to this list and to the craft of lace making. I am interested in learning bobbinlace techniques especially ones from the Renaissance and Elizabethan eras Dear Janet as you are particularly interested in Elizabethan and Renaissance lace, I would recommend a little book called ELIZABETHAN LACE by Gillian Day. She concentrates on plaited bobbin lace, which is the basis of the Elizabethan style. She also gives basic instructions for simple needle-lace, reticella and lacis. There's a lot in a small space! I don't alas know whether it is still in print, but do get hold of it if you can. Published in 1995 by the Elviston Press, Boston Spa, England. ISBN 0 9522709 35 Good hunting! Bridget Marrow, in Watford, England. _ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Cooma show piece
Wow! That is beautiful, you must be very proud! Janet Fort McMurray, Alberta - Original Message - From: "W & N Lafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 2:17 AM Subject: [lace] Cooma show piece > Been able to put a picture of my Cooma Show prizewinner on > my website - go to "more pages" then "Cooma Show". > > Noelene in Cooma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ > > - > 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]
[lace] Normandy Lace, etc. from the Ringling Collection
Hello all, DH and I have just returned from Sarasota, Florida where we visited the Ringling (of circus fame) mansion, Ca' d'Zan, and the Ringling Museum of Art. For anyone traveling in the area, do visit the mansion to see a nice example of Normandy lace as a bed covering in Mable Ringling's boudoir. In the museum, there was a nice collection of 9 lace fans, including two very nice Chantilly examples, and others in Brussels lace and needle lace. There was also a very nice large Venetian needle lace tablecloth on the dining table in the mansion. The Ringlings were very fond of Venetian style and the mansion overlooking the bay was designed to resemble the architecture they had admired in Venice. The furnishings include many items collected on visits there as well but I was surprised by the unexpected lace sightings! Vicki in Maryland where the sun is shining brightly and everything is in blossom - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Cooma show piece
At 6:17 PM +1000 4/9/04, W & N Lafferty wrote: Been able to put a picture of my Cooma Show prizewinner on my website - go to "more pages" then "Cooma Show". Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ That's lovely, Noelene -- thanks for sharing. -- Mary, in Baltimore, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Cooma show piece
Been able to put a picture of my Cooma Show prizewinner on my website - go to "more pages" then "Cooma Show". Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
