[lace] Donations of books and lace
July's Lace arrived today, and obviously I most enjoyed the picture of ME holding (someone else's, I'm afraid) knitted table cloth. Fortunately, there are other things for those who prefer the aesthetically pleasing! In addition, the Chairman's letter does give the Lace Guild's general policy on donations, which is made clear to potential donors before anything is accepted. If books are duplicates of common books already held, or similar, then they may be sold, the proceeds going to fund new purchases. The books available are of course listed on the Guild's website. This gives the lace world a double benefit - the books do go to a lacemaker who wants them, and the Guild can acquire other books and make them available to members to borrow. Lace for the collection is accepted on similar terms, with the same effect. Once in the Guild's collection it is protected by the UK's laws governing museums - the Guild has museum status - and these seem to be far more strict and effective than the US's (one reason why more care is needed in deciding what to take into the collection). [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] waxing thread for bobbin lace
i was reading up on handspun sewing thread and it suggests to run it through bees wax before they start their sewing. does any one think it would have a bad affect to run the lace thread through the wax? it might stop the unwinding and unrolling of the thread. from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] netting
this is a nice website for making netting. they use a wierd needle that does the same job as a tatting shuttle. net making would be a nice use for a shuttle. i don't know how much thread a shuttle will hold, but this needle holds quite a few rounds. http://knotsindeed.com/learn/t-fill.html from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] netting
I do both netting and tatting. A netting needle doesn't hold nearly as much as a tatting shuttle. You can't fill a netting shuttle too full because then it won't go through the holes of the netting or it will stretch the holes while you're forming the knots. Netting needles only hold a couple yards. A reasonably large shuttle can hold quite a bit more. It would be extremely difficult to make netting with a tatting shuttle because it's too large to fit through the holes. You really need something long and narrow. I have seen examples of netting in which the lacemaker used her netting needle as a shuttle and tatting a round of a doily. I've done some experimenting with Celtic tatting using a netting needle because it could fit through closed rings, unlike a tatting shuttle. Avital -Original Message- this is a nice website for making netting. they use a wierd needle that does the same job as a tatting shuttle. net making would be a nice use for a shuttle. i don't know how much thread a shuttle will hold, but this needle holds quite a few rounds. http://knotsindeed.com/learn/t-fill.html from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] waxing thread for bobbin lace
thanks. now i have a brand name to look for next time i shop for thread. --- Mic and Donna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Susan, I used to use beeswax, but now love Thread Heaven for all my threads. Bee's wax can melt or get brittle after a few years, but Thread Heaven conditions the thread without leaving a deposit on the thread. Hope this helps. Thread Heaven can be found in the sewing department of many stores, and comes in a little blue box about 1' X 1 X 1, usually on a card because it is so small. I love it. Smiles, Donna - Original Message - From: susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:42 AM Subject: [lace] waxing thread for bobbin lace i was reading up on handspun sewing thread and it suggests to run it through bees wax before they start their sewing. does any one think it would have a bad affect to run the lace thread through the wax? it might stop the unwinding and unrolling of the thread. from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] waxing thread for bobbin lace
i think it would be good on practice patterns. something you plan to take apart a few or more times would benefit from it. i wonder if it leaves gaps in the lace when it wears off and loosens the thread. it should keep the thread cleaner too. i am pretty sure they sell it like that, unless my memory is just off. i'll have to check it out. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I REALLY dislike this idea. When I've waxed thread before it feels different (of course, it's been rubbed in wax). It makes the thread stiffer. One of my lace teachers has told me that you should attempt to touch your threads as little as possible while you are making the lace, to try to keep the oils on your skin from rubbing off on the lace. I'm not sure I agree with this either, but I'm sure that I wouldn't want to add anything to my threads that will need to be washed off when the lace is finished. Orla On Wed Jul 27 9:42 , susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: i was reading up on handspun sewing thread and it suggests to run it through bees wax before they start their sewing. does any one think it would have a bad affect to run the lace thread through the wax? it might stop the unwinding and unrolling of the thread. from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] netting
that is something to think about when making your own tatting shuttle. i will have to buy a netting needle to get a better look at it. a thin dowel wrapped in thread would do the trick. dowels come in very thin sizes. it would also save adding on a new thread in the middle of netting. knots are the last thing you need unless they are put there by the design. i would love to try needle laces from netting. it would be no fun to make hand made lace on machine made netting. it takes the whole fun out of the job. net needle lace is much more versatile and you don't have any fancy procedures or number of bobbins to add to put the picture or design in. not to mention the equipment is much cheaper. --- Avital [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do both netting and tatting. A netting needle doesn't hold nearly as much as a tatting shuttle. You can't fill a netting shuttle too full because then it won't go through the holes of the netting or it will stretch the holes while you're forming the knots. Netting needles only hold a couple yards. A reasonably large shuttle can hold quite a bit more. It would be extremely difficult to make netting with a tatting shuttle because it's too large to fit through the holes. You really need something long and narrow. I have seen examples of netting in which the lacemaker used her netting needle as a shuttle and tatting a round of a doily. I've done some experimenting with Celtic tatting using a netting needle because it could fit through closed rings, unlike a tatting shuttle. Avital -Original Message- this is a nice website for making netting. they use a wierd needle that does the same job as a tatting shuttle. net making would be a nice use for a shuttle. i don't know how much thread a shuttle will hold, but this needle holds quite a few rounds. http://knotsindeed.com/learn/t-fill.html from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: waxing thread for bobbin lace
On Jul 27, 2005, at 12:42, susan wrote: i was reading up on handspun sewing thread and it suggests to run it through bees wax before they start their sewing. does any one think it would have a bad affect to run the lace thread through the wax? it might stop the unwinding and unrolling of the thread. I would think waxing the BL-ing thread would have the opposite effect; since it makes the thread stiffer and slicker, it would hold the hitch less securely, no? You wax the thread for hand sewing to strengthen it, and to make it glide better through the fabric. But in BL, the thread is going through a totally different set of challenges - it doesn't have to go in and out of fabric countless times, rubbing against it, and getting fuzzy and weak in the proccess. In BL that doesn't happen, unless you do a lot of retro-lacing. And I agree with Orla - the less goop the better :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] netting needles on lacis
here are netting needles in just about every size color and shape. i wonder if the norwegian style works with small lace net making. the advertisement says this style holds more thread. http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/n_lacenettingfilet.html#LC04 from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: waxing thread for bobbin lace
that would probably work like you said, but i will try it for one project and see how bad it does. it isn't the problem with it slipping out of stitch while the piece is still being worked. it is the loosening of the stitches once the wax has faded that i am worried about. once the lace is washed a few times and the thread becomes thinner, it will slip a little. this would defintely mess up a picot. --- Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 27, 2005, at 12:42, susan wrote: i was reading up on handspun sewing thread and it suggests to run it through bees wax before they start their sewing. does any one think it would have a bad affect to run the lace thread through the wax? it might stop the unwinding and unrolling of the thread. I would think waxing the BL-ing thread would have the opposite effect; since it makes the thread stiffer and slicker, it would hold the hitch less securely, no? You wax the thread for hand sewing to strengthen it, and to make it glide better through the fabric. But in BL, the thread is going through a totally different set of challenges - it doesn't have to go in and out of fabric countless times, rubbing against it, and getting fuzzy and weak in the proccess. In BL that doesn't happen, unless you do a lot of retro-lacing. And I agree with Orla - the less goop the better :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] unsub-ing
I'm temporarily unsubscribing while we finish up our move. I hope to be back on by mid-August sometime. For the time being.I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy lacing all, Dona in Asan, Guam soon to be in West River, MD - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] netting needles on lacis
The Norwegian-style needles are not intended for lace net and will not work. They're for shopping bags, tennis ball holders, basketball hoop nets, lobster traps, and other coarse nets. I think it would be a good idea for you to go back to Rita Bartholomew's site and see how netting is actually done. The needle must be small enough to go through the holes of the net. Avital -Original Message- here are netting needles in just about every size color and shape. i wonder if the norwegian style works with small lace net making. the advertisement says this style holds more thread. http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/n_lacenettingfilet.html#LC04 from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] If you have no web site
Joy wrote: So if you don't have a digital camera or a scanner, you *don't* need a Web site. We've got two scanners and two (soon to become three) high quality digital cameras -DH seems to be buying the latest every year. But they're no reason to have a web site. Both the scanners and the cameras are used a lot - DH is currently going out on whole-day photographic trips once a week, and has taken some fabulous photos, but they're of no interest to anyone but him. I use the scanner for lacemaking and other crafts. I've been involved in the production of a couple of web sites for schools, so I've got no problems in actually doing it. All my stuff is backed up regularly on DVDs, and done twice in case one corrupts. Hadn't thought of backing up to a web site, but then I don't think I like the idea - it's out of my control then. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Donosy #4020, 2005-07-27 21:47 GMT
I thought the following, while not a joke, was really funny... Donosy, BTW, means secret reports/denunciations and is an e-newsletter written at the physics dept of the Polish Academy of Science in Poland Statystyczna Polka czyta miesiecznie 2.7 ksiazki, Polak tylko 1.5, srednio - dwie, jednak 48% nie przeczytalo w ostatnim miesiacu zadnej ksiazki. Mniej wiecej 1/4 z tego to poradniki i podreczniki. Wbrew wyrazanych czasem obawom internet nie zabija czytelnictwa, przeciwnie - uzytkownik internetu czyta 3.2 ksiazki, pozostali - 1.5. Statistical Polishwoman reads 2.7 books a month, a Polishman only 1.5-two. However, 48% have not read any books in the last month. About a quarter of the read material is in the advice/textbooks category. Contrary to the often expressed fears, the web does not kill reading; quite the opposite - those who use Internet read 3.2 books, the others 1.5... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: TEXAS PREACHER
So good to have DC back among the puterised :) I think I've seen this one before, but it's always been one of my favourites... From: D.C. Someone in this congregation has spread a rumor that I belong to the Ku Klux Klan. This is a horrible lie and one which a Christian community cannot tolerate. I am embarrassed and do not intend to accept this. Now, I want the party who did this to stand and ask forgiveness from God and this Christian family. No one moved. The preacher continued, Do you have the nerve to face me and admit this is a falsehood? Remember, you will be forgiven and in your heart you will feel glory. Now stand and confess your transgression. Again, all was quiet. Then, slowly, a drop-dead gorgeous blonde with a body that would stop traffic rose from the third pew. Her head was bowed and her voice quivered as she spoke. Reverend, there has been a terrible misunderstanding. I never said you were a member of the Ku Klux Klan. I simply told a couple of my friends that you were a wizard under the sheets! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
