Fw: [lace] bizarre...
Looks like a beautiful old candlestick that someone has stuck a p in cushion in to me! Helen, Virginia Beach - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 8:49 AM Subject: [lace] bizarre... Those ebay sellers never fail to amuse me with their interpretation of lacemaking!! Check out the newest old lacemaker item... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=114item=3287405892rd=1 Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. - 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: [lace-chat] Fingering yarn
On 16 Apr 2004, at 20:32, Linda wrote: Today I'm starting a new shawl (knitted lace). The pattern calls for Fingering Weight yarn. I'm using my own handspun, so finding this weight yarn isn't the issue. I've been knitting for over 40 years and have run across this term from time to time. What is it??? Since there is a yarn weight with this name, is there a craft with this name? How do you do fingering? I'm moving this from 'chat' to 'lace' as it's technical, and thus just about lace related. Fingering isn't really a weight so much as a type of yarn. I have a few old knitting patterns which call for fingering yarn: 3 ply fingering required a tension of 8 sts 10 rows per inch (old size 11 needles) on stocking stitch. 4 ply fingering was 7 sts 8 rows (old size 10 needles) or 6 stitches 7 rows (old size 8 needles) I've found two definitions of fingering for you. Tessa Lorrent - Yarns for the Knitter: 1980 'Fingerings is the name given to yarns manufactured for the hand knitter. They're spun on the worsted principle, so they're relatively smooth, and are plied to give them strength without hardness.' George E Linton - The Modern Textile and Apparel Dictionary 1973 (1954) 'Fingering yarn; a worsted knitting yarn in which the lower qualities are not combed, the noil being allowed to remain so as to give fullness to the thread. In many world centres for hand knitting the term fingering is considered synonymous with worsted yarn. A knitter, however, uses the term to mean a firm yarn for knitting socks. The origin of the term may be derived from the hand-spinning days to imply a process of passing the yarn through the fingers to obtain a straighter run of the fibers.' 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]
RE: [lace] Bizarre
I sat my pillow on a table, the same as a lace pillow, but it has no stand. The e-bay 'pillow' would be very high if used this way. Jay -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alice Howell Sent: Saturday, 17 April 2004 1:33 AM To: Jay Ekers Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [lace] bizarre At 06:56 AM 4/16/2004, you wrote: My pillow is rectangular and has no stand but it is just possible that the pictured article could have been used as a pillow for a small round motif. Jay in Sydney, Australia When you used this pillow, where did you put it? The few needlelace makers that I've seen working have had the work above the lap so it could be easily seen and comfortably worked on. The old pictures of lacemakers with the small round ball pillows had them on their laps. This would be hard to hold on a lap, and it seems like it would be too far away from the eyes if it sat on a table. I think this is a pincushion, perhaps for hat pins, that sat on a dressing table. I do wish the seller had shown all the cupid cutwork, though. It is a bit unusual. Alice in Oregon -- where it's a cool wet week following record high temps. And the Vancouver Volcanoes Lace Day is tomorrow! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Argentella lace
Hi All, My fascination with the stitches used in Needle Lace has fueled my recent book buying spree. I also have been pouring over Needlelace by Pat Earnshaw ISBN #1-85391-158-5 which someone else mentioned as a good NL book. I got my copy from Holly Van Sciver (I think) a few years ago for $23.00. That's the one I got before taking a class in classic NL. I got it because it has lots and lots of different stitches diagramed. Now of course I want all the NL books G. In my recent spree I got Needlelace in Photographs by Cynthia Voysey (the dust jacket has one ISBN number and the book has another with cased after it so I'm not including it). Both books have fantastic photographs of Argentella lace and I am in love! I'm not going to make any but it knocks my socks off (I'm gobsmacked) G. Here's the best picture I could find on the 'net, it's not as pretty as in the books: http://www.marquise.de/en/themes/spitze/index.shtml go to the bottom of the page and there is a picture of Argentella lace. It's really gobbed up with stitches like nothing I've ever seen before! However in looking at Santina Levey's Lace A History I see that BLers making Mechlin and Valenciennes sometimes put a lot of Partridge's Eye stitches in and it gives a similar look. No plain ground here! No simple elegance! I think it touches the part of me that came out I was making a soft sculpture dragon covered in red lame (accent over the e) it looked too plain and I sprinkled red sequins (stars, large and small circles) over the whole thing. Nothing succeeds like excess Oscar Wilde? Andy Warhol? Jane in Vermont, USA where it's in the 60sF and the grass is getting greener. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] Tina the Lacemaker
I have published the first 6 chapters on my website and hope to continue as I have time. http://lace.lacefairy.com/Tina.html Thank you very much Lori for the story of Tina. I have been reading it during the Easter holidays, and I am looking forward to reading more: to see why is it that Tina makes bobbin lace so well Many greetings from Antje, Guadalajara, Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Argentella lace
Jane, among all the thrilling NL books, please don't overlook the DMC Encyclopedia of Needlework, which has 40 yes, count them! forty needlelace stitches, with diagrams and instructions. If I have to go be stranded on that desert island, the book I will take with me will be that one. (I hope somebody is putting lace wreaths on Therese de Dillmont's grave)Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Book review
. . . and not only is Cynthia Voysey a marvelous photographer, but she is a fabulous lacemaker, and her needlelaces are a wonder to behold, they are so beautiful. I have pictures of a couple of them from a workshop that I took with her years (and years and years) ago. I should e-mail her, shouldn't I, and tell her that Arachnes are reacquainting themselves with her.Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Rose Libre Lace
Wow, Kathy that is beautiful, I look forward to seeing more of this in the future. Irene Whitham Surrey, BC Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] admin: strange messages?
Are the digest subscribers still getting the Inbound attachment removed messages? Avital - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] beads in lace?
I've seen beads in wire jewelry pieces, and I tried to put some on my linen pieces - is this sort of thing done at all, or am I committing sacrilege of some sort? ;-) And how do you do it, for either wire or linen? I tried putting them on a pair in the same way that's used for sewings, but then of course I have thread on the sides. I tried adding a single bobbin with beads on it to the normal bobbins and moving it around the pattern to where I want the beads to be, but it's hard to do if I want beads in different sections of the lace which are made about at the same time - hard to get the bead bobbin across to them. Are there any good methods for this? Weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :-) Another (but not political) one for Tamara
A Polish man married a Canadian girl after he had been in Canada a year or so and, although his English was far from perfect, they got on very well. Until one day he rushed into a lawyer's office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him-very quick. The lawyer said that the speed of getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances and asked him the following questions: LAWYER: Have you any grounds ? POLE: JA, JA, an acre and half and a nice little home with 3 bedrooms. LAWYER No, I mean what is the foundation of this case? Pole: It is made of concrete, brick and mortar, he responded. LAWYER: Does either of you have a real grudge? POLE: No, he replied, We have a two-car carport and have never really needed one. LAWYER I mean, What are your relations like? POLE: All my relations are in Poland. LAWYER: is there any infidelity in your marriage? POLE: Yes, we have hi fidelity stereo set DVD player with 6.1 sound.We don't necessarily like the music, but the answer to your questions is yes. LAWYER: No, I mean Does your wife beat you up? POLE: NO, I'm always up before her. LAWYER: Is your wife a nagger? POLE: NO, she white. LAWYER: WHY do you want this divorce? POLE: SHE going to kill me. LAWYER: What makes you think that? POLE: I got proof. LAWYER: What kind of proof? POLE: She going to poison me.She buy a bottle at the drug store and put on shelf in bathroom. I can read - it says, Polish Remover. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] costume help
I know there are quite a few out there who indulge in historic recontructions. I am taking part part in a medieval street fair soon and while costumes have to just look 'medieval' I like to be fairly accurate! I've altered a dress which looks OK according to my historical costume reference book but I need a headress. I've bought some voile and intend making a band to hold this on my head. My question is how do I cut the veil? Should I have a square, rectangle or circle? It won't be too large but I can't face making up one of the headresses in vogue at the time the dress matches too! Wearing specs does not improve things but I'll fall over things otherwise! All help gratefully received! Lynne. Lynne Cumming Baldock, North Herts, UK email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Laugh for today
The elderly priest, speaking to the younger priest, said, It was a good idea you had to replace the first four pews with plush bucket theater seats. It worked like a charm. The front of the church fills first. The young priest nodded, and the old priest continued, And you told me a little more beat to the music would bring young people back to church, so I suppose the rock 'n roll gospel choir you brought in was another good idea. We are packed in to the balcony. Thank you, Father, answered the young priest. I am pleased that you are open to the new ideas of youth. Well, said the elderly priest, I'm afraid you've gone too far with the drive-thru confessional. But, Father, protested the young priest, my confessions have nearly doubled since I began that! I know, son, replied the elderly priest, but the flashing neon sign, Toot n' Tell or Go To Hell cannot stay on the church roof! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Fingering yarn
At 12:32 PM 4/16/04 -0700, Linda wrote: Or is this is one of the Greater Mysteries? According to two of my dictionaries, it's one of life's minor mysteries, but fingering *might* be from a french phrase meaning fine grain. One says that it used to be fingram, and goes on to define fingering as a *worsted* yarn. All the fingering yarn I've run into has been woolen, but I stopped using it at least twenty years ago because it wore out too fast, and do my fine knitting with embroidery yarn and 3/12 worsted. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's sunny and warm. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] New Choir Arrangements
Dear Friends, It's almost 2:00 a.m. here in Australia and I've just now finished the very last of the arrangements for our choir's next concert. Tonight was the finale - which is How Great Thou Art arranged for S.A.T.B. plus Sop solo and descant. If anyone wants a copy of the midi file to listen to - or even perform - just ask. I don't put copyright on this stuff - just mention my name occasionally. That'll do. Other arrangements done in the past month or so which you might like are:- - And Can It Be - S.A.T.B. Solo - O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing - S.A.T.B. Solo Love David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Trip to Aus
Hi spiders. I am traveling to Australia next Saturday for a week, and will be in the Nerang/Gold Coast City area. Are there any shops in the vicinity where I would be able to get a souvenir bobbin or thread?? Maxine, in a lovely autumnal N.Z. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] costume help
Hmm, a message I might be able to help with. All the Pictures that I have looked at over the years tends toward oval and round veils. These tend to drape nicely. Mind you, different places and years had different looks, but if you are just going for the basic medieval look, this should be fine :) Good luck :) Mikki Griffin Fairbanks Alaska | I know there are quite a few out there who indulge in historic | recontructions. I am taking part part in a medieval street fair soon and | while costumes have to just look 'medieval' I like to be fairly accurate! | I've altered a dress which looks OK according to my historical costume | reference book but I need a headress. I've bought some voile and intend | making a band to hold this on my head. My question is how do I cut the veil? | Should I have a square, rectangle or circle? It won't be too large but I | can't face making up one of the headresses in vogue at the time the dress | matches too! Wearing specs does not improve things but I'll fall over things | otherwise! | All help gratefully received! | | Lynne. | To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
