[lace] IOLI Bulletin problem
I've just received my Summer IOLI bulletin, but there's a problem with it - I've got pages 1 - 8 twice and pages 25-32 twice, with pages 9 - 24 missing. Is there someone I can contact by email to get a replacement? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] 'Bargain Hunt' misidentification of a bobbin winder
I've finally had a reply to the email I sent to the BBC about the misidentification of a wooden bobbin winder as a 'fancy spinning wheel' in a TV antigues programme caled 'Bargain Hunt'. They've acknowledged the mistake and apologised for it, saying they've passed the comments on to the scripting team to try and will try to avoid the same mistake again. I should hope so! Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] how to make a bobbin winder (cheap)
Besides using your husband and kids, there is a cheap way of winding your bobbins. (I can't seem to master the string method) Start with from the hardware store plastic tubing - 3 cm long x 6mm (1 1/2 inch long x 1/4 inch) plastic tubing - 5 cm long x 8mm (2 inch long x 5/16 inch) 1 x red 6mm plastic expanding plugs used in plaster walls to hold screws (1/4 inch) hand drill G clamp bulldog clip Instructions on making insert the red plug inside the 6mm tubing, leaving 1.5 cm (1/2 inch) out insert above into the 8mm (5/16 inch) tubing, leaving the exposed end of the red plug uncovered Insert the uncovered end of the red plug into the drill Using a sharp knife cut 2 slits the length of the tube(s) clamp the drill to the tabletop, with the turning handle upwards Instructions on winding Insert the bobbin inside the slit tube with the spangle going out the slits and over the outside of the tube clamp top of split tube to bobbin to prevent it falling out or wobbling Tie on the thread, tension with one hand, turn the handle with the other until bobbin is full NB I would think the same technique would work with electric drill but I rather like the idea of being able to stop the turning quickly. Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: 7/4/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bargain hunt
Hello Jean I also received a reply today regarding the 'table top spinning wheel'. Guess their working under pressure!! Diana - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin problem
In a message dated 7/5/05 6:24:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've just received my Summer IOLI bulletin, but there's a problem with it - I've got pages 1 - 8 twice and pages 25-32 twice, with pages 9 - 24 missing. Is there someone I can contact by email to get a replacement? Dear Jean, I remember complimenting Debra Jenny (Editor) for putting the web address for IOLI on *every* page of the bulletin, so we could look up pertinent information at any hour of the day or night and from any nation. If you have kept past issues, you will see: www.internationaloldlacers.org If you go to the web page, you will find *IOLI Bulletin* as a choice about half way down the menu on the left. And when you go to this page, you will find the address to click on to write to the editor. It is a lot easier (to me) than looking up eBay listings, and searching for other sorts of information on the internet! Debra is one of the nicest and most reliable officials at IOLI. She will be horrified that there has been an error at the printer's. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Brugge Tie-Off Question
To add 2 cents to what Nicole and others have said on this topic: 1) it doesn't matter which side you start from 2) start from the side that will best hide the last end (usually the inside) 3) it DOES matter how you start the knot in the Brugge Tie-Off: If you're working left to right, start with left over right If you're working right to left, start with right over left Parenthetically, it DOESN'T matter how you start the knot if you're just working a square (reef) knot, (L-over-R or R-over-L) as long as you do the opposite thing with the second row. I always start with L-over-R because I'm left handed, and I can remember it. Just pick something, and do it the same way all the time, that way you don't have to go through a big puzzle each time as to what you need to do. As to getting the knots to be even and roll under beautifully, I've noticed two big contributing factors: 1) The evenness of the tape being ended 2) Tension 1: If the tape is a straight run of cloth stitch, the roll behaves more nicely than if it is a mix of stitches. The Rosalibre flower ends with mostly cloth stitch, but there is a gap in the center of the petal due to a twisted worker. This causes a little bit of unevenness, because all of the threads are not coming into the knots with exactly the same tension. 2: Tension is most of the art of this. Being firm but gentle with the tension, and trying to set each knot carefully and evenly is the biggest contributor to having the second row sit nicely. As you're tensioning, you'll observe that the threads coming over the last weft thread will allow themselves to be tensioned more than the threads coming under the last weft thread. The goal isn't to tension them all as much as they can go, but to tension each thread in such a way to create one even straight line. So over threads get a little less tension than under threads. Also, when you work the knots, be sure to roll the bobbins in your hands in such a way that you eliminate any twists in the thread, and that the knot lies evenly distributed across both threads--not one thread twisted around the other. This, more than anything else, will give you good results in doing any square knot. Now, with all that said, I'd like to remind you (this means you, Tamara) that this on the BACK of the lace, and DOESN'T SHOW, so don't worry so much about it Cathy Belleville Enjoying the mild summer that has finally arrived in Los Altos, California - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Bulletin problem (2)
I got an instant email response direct from Debra, who is sending me another copy of the bulletin. The reason I asked who to contact was because I wasn't sure who actually arranged to post the bulletins - it might not have been the editor herself. Thanks to those who told me how to contact her. As usual, an immediate response from Arachneans with the right information. Jean in Poole. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ebay book, IOLI Bulletin
Simon, the book: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=8202985060; rd=1 by Rosemary Parkin in an excellent beginners book. BTW she is now called Rosemary Shepherd, and some copies of her book are under that name. If you can buy it - go for it. It is as good a way to start as any. I just wish it had been available when I started lacemaking! IOLI Bulletin, - I got my copy today, here in Oz!!! :)) I have only had a very quick glance through it, but all the correct pages are there - with what looks like a Most Interesting article by Devon, that I am anxious to read. It has some beaut lace photos with it. Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] quiet
My Goodness we are a quiet lot! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] quiet
Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Goodness we are a quiet lot! must be the 4th July weekend effect, I'll start the ball rolling - my bulletin (IOLI) has just arrived and it's yummy, I especially like the milanese heart pattern, maybe if I start it now I'll finish it for next Valentine's day? jenny barron Scotland - very glad not to be visiting Edinburgh just now, friends are going today for their daughter's graduation and are rather worried To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
