[lace] Re: current projects
Lovely to hear about all the different work going on - gives me lots of ideas for what next! I'm mainly working on my large straw domed pillow - through Margaret Turner's Bedfordshire Lace Patterns Butterflies. Fresia no 100 linen. 1 and a half down (on second wing) - 3 more to go. I have a longtime UFO on block pillow - butterfly edging from Pamela Nottinghams' Technique of Bobbin Lace 1st edition. Pella Linen no 100. Comes out for Lace days working evenings so will be in use this evening, and I am 3 repeats from the last corner. I also have a Dragonfly edging on a travel pillow. Louise - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bargain Time
Dear Lacefolk, I don't post very often, usually only when I have a problem with my lace, but I just had to tell you about the lace bargain I got in England. I live in Cyprus and I only visit home (England) about once or twice a year, so I'm always looking out for lace stuff when I'm there. I popped into a local (Somerset) charity shop for a couple of books to read on the plane and happened to nose into a basket (thanks must go to my tall partner who fetched the basket down for me from the heights). To my amazement it had lots of little packets of bobbins in it. The first packet I picked up, I dropped in disgust, as it was a pack of plastic bobbins from Dryad?. But all the others had my mouth watering. There were ebony, mahogany, applewood, laburnum, all different types of wooden bobbins. About 60 in all, and when I asked how much, the lady behind the counter counted them up and said £20 for the lot. Considering most people charge between 30p - 40p for beech wood bobbins, I thought that this was a bargain, which I rapidly snapped up. I'm very happy with them, as they are the first fancy(ish) bobbins I've bought! Best wishes Chuffed in Paphos (Jo, actually!!) - ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Survey
And non-lacemakers think lacemaking's boring because we only make edgings and doilies Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace work and broken wrists
YoAnneke wrote: I enjoy reading all your emails about all the laces in progress. Due to my fractured wrist I am not making any lace at all at the moment, but I am looking through all my lace books, something I normally never seem to have the time for, and making plans for what to work after my piano runner (Withof) is finished. Poor Anneke! I'm glad you found a way of sweetening the pill by reading all your lace books!! I could do with a few weeks of time to read my own magazines and books, and sort through my patterns!! Your current work seems interesting, and on a large scale!! How long have you worked on it? Will it go from one end of the piano to the other? All the best, helene, the froggy from Melbourne Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] survey
Yes, I've got one of those! The Bucks Point insertion that I graphed from a photo of an antique Christening bonnet which was published in Lace and the IOLI bulletin earlier this year has been on my pillow since the end of 1999. I want to make enough to be useable...but I keep getting distracted by more urgent things!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That could be our next question - what's your longest running UFO? what are the chances of it ever being finished? Mine is the huge Bruges flower mat I started on Jan 1st 2000 and haven't finished the central section yet as using the pillow gives me back ache if I use it for more than 20 minutes. Or is that another question - biggest mistake ever started that you won't give up on? jenny barron Scotland UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] knitted lace book
Eileen Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In answer to the question about knitted lace books, many people recommend Knitting Lace by Susanna Lewis. It is a workshop style book that examines principles of construction using a lace sampler as illustration. I like this book, too -- unfortunately, it is out of print, and used copies seem to be as rare as the proverbial hensapos; teeth! When I do see a copy up for sale, it has been as high as USD 90 to 100. I hope the local library's copy never gets stolen. (And if anyone on this list has a copy they would be willing to part with, for a reasonable price I would take it off your hands, that is, NOT $100.) Also, yes, I did write Taunton Press, the publisher, and suggest they reprint it, and they replied they were focussing less on their fiber arts list. Other sources have suggested they might no longer have the reprint rights. Anyone have a contact with Susanna Lewis? Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] survey
This is another interesting question! I think my oldest UFO is a dragonfly from Ulrike Lohr's Bugs book which I started at a workshop in 1999. I loved working it, but it is on an impossible pillow, and once I got home from the workshop, I found other things that were much more seductive (lace-wise!!). So the dragonfly is earthbound, since it has no wings, and is not likely to get any. On the other hand, I have a lovely Tonder length of straight lace from Skovgaard's first book (the one which is OOP) called Great Grandmother's Locket which has been on a roller pillow since 2000, and I go back to that from time to time. It is the piece that I work when I'm between projects, and occasionally it gets my full attention. I don't have a firm plan for the lace, but think it will probably become part of my costume for demonstrations. Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] That could be our next question - what's your longest running UFO? what are the chances of it ever being finished? jenny barron Scotland UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: hazard of lace addiction
Alice brings up another good thread... storage of all the stuff! We've done this one before, but for the newbies, it might be interesting... I sometimes almost envy the lacemaker who has just one pillow and enough bobbins for that pillow, and is very happy. They don't have to figure out how to store all those pillows and bobbins when not in active use. G Loving every minute of it... Alice in Oregon I have two tricks which I have found to be really helpful. I make a carry bag to fit each of my pillows, and of course that protects the bag when I'm not using the pillow. But I've purchased those handy wreath hangers which are sold during the Christmas season, and one hangs on the back of each of the doors in my lace room. Each hanger holds a bag by the handles, and the pillows are out of sight, and safely stored. For my bobbins, I found a wonderful chest in Sam's Club (AKA Price Club, etc.,) which is an inexpensive imitation of those wonderful chests made for clocksmiths, and other craftsmen who use small, precision tools. It is made of oak and lined with felt, and my entire collection of bobbins (and bobbin rolls) fits in it nicely. It is also attractive to look at, so I don't feel the need to hide it. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] New Tonder book...
After the Royal Wedding in Denmark, we were all excited about the lace, and especially the handkerchief which had been made by Astrid Hansen. We learned that her new book, Femten Bredere Tønderkniplinger has been released, and many members got copies in Tonder. (Although I understand that the Great Hearts pattern is not in the book.) When I wrote to Barbara Fay to see if she had the book, she responded that she did not, but was working on it. I just learned today that she has the book in stock and so I have a copy headed my way! I thought others might like to get their own copy as well. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Camp
Hi Madelin Lace Camp is now in it's 12th year and is a wonderful opportunity for lacemakers to get together! Gore Bay is a small community at the western end of Manitoulin Island (the largest freshwater island in the world) - we mainly stay in B B's, rented cottages or homes. Basically, everyone brings whatever they are working at so there are lots of different laces on the pillows! Quite often, someone will offer a little mini class in a speciality of their's but generally, we do our own thing. This year, Julie Nicholls, who comes every year from England (was born and grew up in Windsor, Ontario), is giving a mini class for 8 in Schneeberger lace. There are about 40 of us that attend and usually, there are some newbies. We meet in the basement of the Legion, free of charge, and every afternoon, we welcome visitors in to see our work. Tini Pel and her little group of lacemakers organize this every year and do a wonderful job. If you were interested, email me and I can give you her email and phone number. A week Sunday, we'll be on our way down to beautiful Manitoulin for a glorious week! Jane in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario where it's sunny again but only 10' at the moment! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Survey - ancient UFOs
I have just (last week) finally removed from a pillow a large piece (about 2ft square) of Torchon, made in yarn about 4ply thickness. Mum bought it as a T-shirt kit in the middle 1980s and gave it to me to make. As she is now nearly 90, I think (hope) she has forgotten all about it. As someone else said, I could only work on it for a few minutes at a time because of the pillow size, and it wasn't really big enough either as it was only slightly bigger than the lace. The bobbins fell off the edges so I used to work with piles of books on either side, all very makeshift and unsatisfactory. Over the years I had scavenged bobbins off it so many ends were loose, and finally I don't think there was actually enough yarn to finish even one square let alone the two needed to make the garment. It was only guilt keeping it on the pillow. I am trying to remember exactly when I started it. I think in 1984 or 85. Does it still count as a UFO? It's certainly unfinished and it's certainly an object! I *could* pin it back (but on a custom designed block pillow this time - so I don't have to stretch across and so there is somewhere for the bobbins to rest) and finish it, so long as the yarn lasts anyway, but in reality don't think I ever will. A piece of lace started only 4 or 5 years ago sounds like work in progress to me, not a UFO g Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] survey UFO
At 12:48 AM 7/1/2004, you wrote: has been on that pillow 80% done since 1990. ... That could be our next question - what's your longest running UFO? what are the chances of it ever being finished? Or is that another question - biggest mistake ever started that you won't give up on? Same project -- both questions. G I can't equal Lorelei because I learned bobbin lace in '93, but that Torchon Mat project was started in 94 or 95. I keep saying that I'm going to finish it, and then reach for a different pillow. ( I remember a competition at IOLI one year for the oldest UFO that one intended to finish. The winner was 23 years. However, the lady sitting next to me was muttering at herself. She said she had one 24 years old that she had finished just before the IOLI meeting. If she had waited a week, she would have won the prize.) Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon -- getting ready to go to lace meeting picnic. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Survey - ancient UFOs
I don't think I have ever seen this piece of Jacquie's/my mum's lace. Now, Jacquie I would ask how come this pillow wasn't in the back of the car that got torched, instead of some of your better pillows? I expect if mum had asked me to make it instead of Jacquie it would still be in a similar state. I have some ancient UFOs too. A piece of Cantu that I started on my first time visit to Finger Lakes Lace weekend, many, many, many moons ago. I still want to get back to it, love it. Malvary (sister of Jacquie - it must be genetic) in Ottawa. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just (last week) finally removed from a pillow a large piece (about 2ft square) of Torchon, made in yarn about 4ply thickness. Mum bought it as a T-shirt kit in the middle 1980s and gave it to me to make. As she is now nearly 90, I think (hope) she has forgotten all about it. As someone else said, I could only work on it for a few minutes at a time because of the pillow size, and it wasn't really big enough either as it was only slightly bigger than the lace. The bobbins fell off the edges so I used to work with piles of books on either side, all very makeshift and unsatisfactory. Over the years I had scavenged bobbins off it so many ends were loose, and finally I don't think there was actually enough yarn to finish even one square let alone the two needed to make the garment. It was only guilt keeping it on the pillow. I am trying to remember exactly when I started it. I think in 1984 or 85. Does it still count as a UFO? It's certainly unfinished and it's certainly an object! I *could* pin it back (but on a custom designed block pillow this time - so I don't have to stretch across and so there is somewhere for the bobbins to rest) and finish it, so long as the yarn lasts anyway, but in reality don't think I ever will. A piece of lace started only 4 or 5 years ago sounds like work in progress to me, not a UFO g Jacquie - 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:longest running UFO
I have an edging from Anna magazine that I started in the summer of 1989, to edge a 1 metre square supper cloth (which I have yet to embroider). So far, I have done about 1/2 of 1 side, and a corner, and about 2/3 along the 2nd side. I know hate the edging (has redundant pin holes, IMHO), and is in white linen. It's on my travel pillow, so get opened rarely. I do have some embroidery on the go from about 1979 - a pretty table cloth with big yellow roses (I remember agonizing over the choice of yellow or pink roses), and I'm tatting an edge to go around it. The cloth is about half embroidered, and the edging is about 1/2 done too. Cheers, Helen, Aussie in sunny Denver, where we've enjoyed some lovely refreshing, steady rains the past several afternoons (well, we have in my part of town - other parts have had deluges). - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] UFO's and Tonder Book
Last year or maybe in 2002, I finished a smallish Bedfordshire project I started with Christine Springett in ?1993 - it was a handkerchief corner that you could almost imagine was butterfly-shaped. (Don't ever be tempted to lend me bobbins; this project was done using borrowed bobbins and my friend was so used to them being at my place, she lent them back to me only 3 months after they finally went home to her). There are 3 other Bedfordshire samples still waiting (probably for eventual cutting off rather than finishing, but I haven't conceded defeat yet) - the oldest of these would date from the 1994-1995, now that the corner is finally off the pillow. And, only last night, I tied off some samples I made for Pat Milne's invisible joins workshop in ?about 1992. I'm delighted to hear that I'm such a long way short of the record! Thank you for the information about Barbara Fay stocking the Tonder book, Clay. I'll be in Denmark very briefly in 10 days time and have been agonising over being so close but it being likely impossible I would be able to obtain the book then. If I send to Barbara Fay for it, my bobbin-lending friend will get to open another one of my new lace goodies while I'm away. (So far, she's getting Sally's new book, the set of 4 CD's, the Devon Trolly Lace book and, if I can get it organised before I leave, Beryl Maw's pattern pack. Come to think of it, would anyone else like to lend me bobbins...?) Christine J (And Perth is still the best kept secret in Australia even if I'm leaving it soon). - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] WINTER Lace Making!!!
Dear Friends, We ought to try and remember that the world is a globe and that while many of you are busy making your lace in Summer, just as many of us are busy making ours in Winter :) We just happen to walk upside down, that's all - or is it you mob who do that This week I have finally finished my Petit Point of Mum Dad's wedding photo at 60 sts per inch on silk gauze in 50 colours [200 X 100 rows]. As I plan to tackle a very complex Toender edging as soon as I feel like it, I thought I'd better whip out a couple of smaller Point Ground pieces to brush up on technique. Soo. I am now half way through that lovely Floral Bucks Point design called Red Flowering Gum by Elwynn KENN. I'm glad I chose this one as it incorporates a lot of incidents of the looper technique with the gimps. I'm using some beautiful fine white silk which was sent to me from Spain (thanks Eva) with a deep cherry red Ristal Glory thread for the gimp which surrounds the actual gum flowers. It's coming up beautifully I'm also knitting myself a new jumper. Came across a design I'd drawn about 10 years ago of a complex maze. The weather's been so frigid lately that I went down to the Op Shop and bought enough 2nd hand wool for about $20. Love David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] survey UFO
( I remember a competition at IOLI one year for the oldest UFO that one intended to finish. The winner was 23 years. H... that's the age of my oldest UFO - a Honiton piece that I started in 1981 after I got Elsie Luxton's book. I was quite new to lace at the time and needed far more direction than was in the book, but I did manage about 1/3 of her large sampler. And there it has sat ever since. I still intend to finish it. In the meantime, I am busy making a travel pillow based on one I saw at my last lace meeting. Some of the Vancouver Island lacemakers made them, though I don't know who did the design. I made my own design. A small bolster sits inside a box and a large front back apron folds up to make something that looks like a rather tall handbag. 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] biggest mistakes
Jenny The project I'm working on now might be called a mistake. I set it up on my smallest roller pillow and then discovered that it had substantial sections where the weaver had to go all the way across the entire lace -- 29 pairs -- as is common in Binche. It drove me nuts, no room to spread out the bobbins. So after working 3 inches I moved it onto my largest roller pillow. A big improvement! Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] survey UFO
Hi everyone and LOL how the survey evolves ;) (by the way you can respond any time and where-ever you are in the world, any season - this is for us at-home while 'the others' are on their lace travels vbg) and a note about storage: in my workroom (big room with glorious piles of books and Stuff) there is a particular stack of O's (objects) = my cookie pillows. On a shelf are the several roller pillows; the bolsters have their nooks here and there, and the party piece, the crowning glory, is a slab of builder's foam replete with UFO, a tape lace pattern 'Songbird' from Cook and Korableva. I could swear it has been there for 10 years - and I remember how thrilled I was with the setup because the foam plank, with only the few pairs was so *easy* to store - upright, or flat (and stuff piled on it) - the easiness has been its bane (= out of sight, out of mind!) - but it could only have been 5 years because the book was published in 1996, and I would have bought it at a lace day in 1998 (etc. etc.). I remember finding the filling tedious, but have since changed my mind - fillings in Russian tape lace are fascinating to do - puzzle out their pathways on a spare copy of the pricking, and away you go. The question is - will this be the season the Songbird becomes a FO ? -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) getting ready for a Canada Day bbq - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] survey
I am currently working an edge for tray cover, this is one of the 10 patterns that will be included in my second book of Witch Stitch Lace, there is no date yet to be published, maybe January 2005. I usually work only a pattern at a time. Some time ago, I had 2 patterns in different pillows and it was stressing for me to decide what pattern I was going to work on every day, I wanted to work both! So, I said: first one and then the other. This way I am always motivated to finish one to begin the next. Best regards. Carolina. Barcelona. Spain. -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/ Private apartments rent in Spanish Coast http://www.winterinspain.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] projects survey
I'm not doing too much lace at the moment as I'm working hard to finish an afghan for my cousin's wedding on the 24th July. Squares are all done, I'm sewing it up and then I have to crochet the border. Lace - most recent piece was trying out a pattern for a fellow lace-maker who was having a problem (I can see why), so I made a couple of alternative suggestions to change the pattern without having to re-do the pricking. Malvary in Ottawa - and happy Canada Day to all fellow Canadians. Happy 4th of July to those a little south of here. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] survey
Lorelei, This part of your mail remind me on my beginning with Binche I finally decided I had done enough Flanders preparation, and moved on to Binche (which had always been my goal). There were once three of us who wished to go to Kerkrade for a Binche-class with Annemarie Verbeke, it was in 1989 and we weren't much experienced in lacemaking. Two of us had started in 1887 and the third one a bit earlier. So we wrote to Martje. She answered some time later that normaly one starts with Flanders (3 courses), then Point de Paris (2 courses) and then Binche (3 courses). - You are allowed to laugh very loudly about my naivity- So I believed her and started as she mentioned and it was ok. Annemarie is such a wonderful teacher I liked every minute I spent with her and in the peaceful atmosphere of the cloistre of Kerkrade. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: hazard of lace addiction
You are now duly warned -- making lace is addictive! The more you learn, the more you want to learn. This I can underline with both of my hands, it is a wonderful addiction and I hope I still have lots of years to learn more and more and more Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] tape lace
Hello Lorelei, Devon, Ilske, I have been delayed in replying as I have been compiling information from different sources. Ilske wrote: Could you find out a bit more precise since when the Witch Stitch Lace was made in Spain. Could this lace belong to the laces they invate at the end of the 19./beginning of 20.cent.? As far as I know, there is evidence of a revival of this numerical tape lace late 19th. cent. and first half of 20th., in the South West of Spain. Whereas it is known too, that during 16th. and 17th. century there were worked very near this part of Spain numerical multi coloured laces, very similar to slovenian (Dalmatian laces). We know too, that during 16th. cent., did exist a great exchange with Italian art, and Genoes people established in this part of the country, so reticella and cut point was worked and influenced over the Spanish embroideries that were made since Middle Ages. Lorelei wrote: What possible connection is there between Spanish and Flemish political links (which did exist, although I'm fuzzy on the dates) and these political links may have made it possible for the Flemish tape lace tradition to transfer to Spain. Spain, geographically speaking is strategically located has been since ever influenced by different cultures as Byzantine, Arabic, Moorish in the first centuries to European since 14th. century in advance. Marriages among european monarchies produced an important cultural exchange and laces were a sign of luxury and competitiveness. During the reign of Catholic Kings (15th. century), they married their 5 sons with different european princess and princes (Portugal, Austria, England) and connected with Flanders, Brussels, Italy and England. On the other hand, commerce was very important among Spain and Amber's and in the second half of 17th. cent. Spain imported great quantities of lace from Flanders and late in the 1700 from France. At that time the french cravat (lace made) was the new fashion among the men in the court. Although important quantities of lace were imported, here in Spain a great tradition of textile arts have been alive: Gold and silver passementeries, moorish fringes, macramé, Point de España (gold and silver bobbin lace)and later in the 19th. and 20th., the Catalonian Blonda. Spain is a great unknown, because the most finest embroideries and laces have been made some times by the ladies in the courts, many other by peasant in their homes, for their own use, and nuns in the convents for church purposes. No patterns or books were published, so we have evidences by literature: The Quixote, or ancient royal manuscripts. devon wrote: I have heard it said that the Italian tape technique traveled into Eastern Europe where it became part of the folk costume Last week I had the opportunity to read the Italian book: Fili e Parole Merletto a fuselli tradiziones e innovazioni (Bobbin lace, tradition and innovation) 1999 Published by the Commission to the promotion of Cantu Lace. The book is an interesting research among all Italy locations were the bobbin lace has been made for years, the different names given to lace tools, comparing stitches and the way they are made. I do not know if the book has some english translation, I have no problem reading italian as it is similar to spanish and is being delightful to deep in history. It includes nice lace pictures describing the different types of lace worked in Italy. There is a website where you can find information: http://www.merletti.it Regards. -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/ Private apartments for rent in Spanish Coast http://www.winterinspain.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Beryl Maw's Binche Pattern pack
I've just spoken to Beryl and the postage for her pattern pack within the UK is £1.50 (one pound fifty pence), and for the rest of the world £4.00 (four pounds). Payment in sterling only at this stage. If you can't pay her in sterling, there is hope. When she gets back from Prague she's going to see if she can get suppliers in other countries to take it on a commercial basis (obviously the details will be between her and the suppliers), but she'll still be donating everything she receives to MacMillan Nurses. She won't do anything until after Prague because she's absolutely exhausted having just finished an exhibition of lace and dealing with the pattern pack here. I received my copy of Carol MacFazdean's Devon Trolley Lace book this morning - I've only read the introduction, but I was quite emotional reading about the discovery of the samples. 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] survey
What lace am I working on at present? It can hardly be described as working - but I'm adding a few repeats to a simple Bucks edging. It's Cat's Face from Dorothy Cox's Making Lace With Little Grey Rabbit. Although this is a traditional pattern, (according to the book, that is, I wouldn't know), it's been made with corners as a handkerdhief edging. There in the shop, watching him, sat a fine tabby cat is the quote and picture to go with it, and my own fine tabby cat watches me until he slips into sleep, (and, often, so do I). This is probably also my oldest piece. About three years ago, we were going on holiday and at the last minute I decided there was room for a travel pillow, and threw the makings into my suitcase. The holiday - on a Greek island - was quite wonderful, and I think I captured some of the joy and serenity among the threads, because this piece is always the one I pull out whenever I feel the need for something soothing and relaxing. So far, I've manufactured about two yards, (no corners), and I haven't much idea what I'm going to do with it: the making seems to be more important than the completion. And I suppose it's a pity I accidentally threw in cream linen thread and a white cotton gimp . . . But as Mehitabel (another favourite cat of mine) always says:- wotthehell wotthehell (reference - see below). Best wishes. Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., with gratitude to all the list members, whose daily messages remind me that there's normal life still going on out there, somewhere). my youth i shall never forget but there s nothing i really regret wotthehell wotthehell there s a dance in the old dame yet toujours gai toujours gai from the song of mehitabel by Don Marquis, in archy and mehitabel, 1927. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Survey - ancient UFOs
I think this one is certainly is a contender!! Dlay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have just (last week) finally removed from a pillow a large piece (about 2ft square) of Torchon, made in yarn about 4ply thickness. Mum bought it as a T-shirt kit in the middle 1980s and gave it to me to make. As she is now nearly 90, I think (hope) she has forgotten all about it. [snip] I am trying to remember exactly when I started it. I think in 1984 or 85. Does it still count as a UFO? It's certainly unfinished and it's certainly an object! I *could* pin it back (but on a custom designed block pillow this time - so I don't have to stretch across and so there is somewhere for the bobbins to rest) and finish it, so long as the yarn lasts anyway, but in reality don't think I ever will. Jacquie - 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] Macrame Crochet Lace - longish
As usual - I am behindhand with reading the Digests, so hope it is not too late to contribute to the Romanian Point Lace 'thread'. My life is overfull at the moment, which of course is better than being bored. I have just finished one year of my City and Guilds Creative Computing and am now writing a new book on Textiles from Central and South America which is proving very time-consuming. Also I am preparing for the IOLI convention at the end of THIS month when my daughter Jane and I come to teach the Romanian Lace.I have scanned the relevant piece out of the front of my Romanian Point Lace book which may help. I can do this as it is mine. The original Coats booklet, Doilies in Coats Mercer-Crochet No. 525, published in the late 1960s, gives a pattern for a 'Braid Lace' mat with instructions for making the crochet braid. Anna Burda magazine published a series of articles entitled 'Macrame Crochet Lace' during the 1980s. Clearly, there is confusion over the names. The Romanian Lace Group imports a strong cotton macrame thread from Turkey to make their lace. The crochet braid has a slight resemblance to macrame, which has a knotted structure. During the early 20th century, the term 'macrame crochet' was given to a heavy thread lace similar to Irish crochet. The hem edges of this lace were decorated with fringing, thus linking the word 'macrame' to the Turkish word makrama, meaning fringed towel. A traditional braid is plaited. The longitudinal threads interlink with one another to give a pliable result to the structure. Bobbin lace workers will be familiar with this effect, which is found when working half-stitch patterns. A tape is a narrow woven band. Sideways weft threads are woven between the layers of the long warp threads to make a firm structure. Tape does not bend to fit a curved pattern; instead, it must be pleated or gathered. Technically, the crochet braid used in the Romanian point lace is not a true braid, being a looped structure. Llowever, it has all the properties of braid, in that it is pliable and can be turned in either direction. The crochet braid is worked to form little picot loops at either side. These are essential for linking the foundation threads that hold the filling patterns. In Romanian lace, the crochet braid is sewn to the curved pattern outlines. The spaces in between are filled with either needlelace or needle-weave stitches. The word 'point' means stitch. So 'needlepoint' means needle stitched, whether it refers to lace or embroidery. Needlelace stitches are looped stitches that are worked into each other in different combinations. Needle-weave stitches are woven in and out of foundation threads that are first laced between the pattern outlines. Angela in sunny Worcestershire UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Knitted Lace Book
Dear Spiders, In reply to someone's question about a recommendation for a lace knitting book, I like Marianne Kinzel's *First Book of Modern Lace Knitting* ISBN 0-486-22904-1 This book has excellent illustrations and technique descriptions. For the patterns in the book, she has charts as well as written instructions. I bought my copy from Amazon last year for a pittance. The 1972 edition that I have is a Dover book and written on the copyright page is, This Dover edition, first published in 1972, is a corrected republication of the work originally published in 1954 by Artistic Needlework Publications in England. It also contains a new Preface by the author. A Dedication (by the author), To England refuge through centuries of the persecuted, the proscribed, the people without a country, where my husband and I sought haven in exile and found most happily a welcome, a country, and a home. This is enough for me to love this book! I wonder if Mrs. Kinzel is still with us Happy Knitting, 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]
[lace] survey
Hi Spiders, I am very much a beginner, and at the moment I'm working on a Reticella square that was designed by Liz Ligeti. This is my 3rd needlelace piece, and one day I hope to actually have some ufo's!!! There are a few plans I am daydreaming about, but currently don't allow myself to start more than one project at a time. Jen in Melbourne (grey, overcast school holidays). - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Knitted Lace Book
Thanks ladies for reminding me I *am* a lacemaker even though I haven't been able to buy the bobbinlace supplies yet pout. I have a couple of Mary Schillerman's (I am not sure if I have the name right as I don't have the book out) lacy knitting books that I adore. However, right now I am down to basics in the middle of a Fan and Feather patterned shawl in fingerling-weight natural black wool. I waffle between keeping it and giving it away every pattern repeat. :-) Thanks for sharing your projects and resources ladies! I may not post much but I love this list! Janet - Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Second SP packages
Just a quick reminder to all those taking part that it's now time to be mailing the second package to your pal, and please when you receive a package post an acknowledgment promptly; either to this list or to me personally to forward. Brenda Paternoster in Kent England Arachne Secret pal administrator www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
