[lace] better than a wreath box
Hi everyone I found something that is better for me than a hard plastic wreath box for storing pillows. Again this season I missed out on any stock available in the 'wreath box department' except for a huge 24 inches square bathtub of a thing made by Sterlite and sold at Michael's, complete with a lid that had a nail-breaking seal. For the record, it was $24.99. I haven't given up on the Canadian Tire variety, and perhaps next year will be my year to hold a wreath box in hand - I like the way the lid of the R/maid container has latches. However: it was while browsing for something at Ikea that I found their zippered storage bag, called 'Dimpa' and there being a family member heading to Vancouver to the nearest Ikea, I begged them to pick up one of the bags for me. It cost about $7 - v. serviceable, looks like clear tarp plastic. Will easily serve my two block pillows to keep off the dust, if stored flat, or several cookie pillows stacked, and the unit could be hung out of the way. I hope the zipper is strong; time will tell. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Z and S spun threads
Date: Sat, 23:31:25 - From: "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: On 7 Jan 2006, Micki from Scotland wrote: .I thought it would be great if you could make a strip of lace and have it curl naturally. Another way to get a "Natural spiral" to a strip of lace is to make it on a round d'olley pattern, but when you approach the point where the join would be, unpin partway and keep going around and around. this ruffles very well and I think would hold a spiral better than a straight piece. Just my 2 cents Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Chinese Needlelace
> From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've just put a scan of my piece of Chinese needlelace onto > http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/chinese_needlelace.htm > Do you think it's entirely hand made or just had assembled? I say handmade. If you look at the closeup, there are two things that convince me, aside from whether machines can or can't make buttonhole stitch (I was told they can't, but some Arachneans seem to think they can). 1. Look at the ground as it curves around the brown buttonhole ring. There appear to be compensating stitches in the ground to accommodate the curve. Some of the knots are closer together, to fit into the gradually changing width of the ground region. 2. Also in that ground, there appear to be mistakes! The first row of stitches to the right of the picked-apart region are tatting double stitches--two half hitches in opposite directions. But elsewhere in the ground you can find pairs of half hitches in the same direction. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Chinese Needlelace
Hello Angela I agree with you, this needle lace is hand made in sweated workshops and the tension is so regular because they are doing it all day, every day. From what I've read in Pat Earnshaw's books, the handstitch machine is based on a pantograph; there are lots of double ended needles each with a pincer at either end to alternately hold the needle. The master needle is guided and all the others follow mechanically. Yes it can do in and out embroidery stitches, and even buttonhole scallops at the edge of fabric but it's not accurate enough to work buttonhole stitches through buttonhole stitches without piercing the threads sometimes. It's not used for Limerick type embroidered net for the same reason, it's not accurate enough to go in and out of the holes of the net without splitting the threads of the net. Brenda On 8 Jan 2006, at 12:43, A Thompson wrote: I do not know of any machine that can produce 'real' needlelace stitches. A Chinese KNITTING machine cannot produce real button-hole stitches. The Handstitch machine, Joshua Heilman 1826 - I think the date is right - can make a very good copy. However, on close inspection with a magnifying glass, the stitches are all based on an in-and-out weaving stitch, but in various combinations. I have a Handstich machine copy of Venitian Gros Point, that from a distance would fool anyone. I will write more about the Handstich machine when I have time - I am busy proof-reading the final colour proofs of my new book on Central and South American Textiles - very exciting. I believe that all the Chinese needlelace is made by young girls in sweated workshops. They make everything in sweat-shops, shoes, clothing etc - that is why their goods are so cheap and swamping the rest of Europe, I do not know if they are exported to USA. I remember seeing a whole pile of lace mats for sale at a Craft Sale stall, looking down the pile they all looked identical - but the vendor assured me thay were all handmade. I bought two. There is a certain 'stiffness' to the design of these pieces, making them immediately identifiable as Chinese. The same can be said for their white-work embroidery produced in similar circumstances. Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wool for bobbin lace SILK
Dear Tess and All, I have been very happy with the Treenway silk from British Columbia. http://www.treenwaysilks.com/yarnsus.html I have been happy with the natural silk (which is great to dye if you're into that) and their shipping. I see now that they sell dyed product, but the amount I purchased is so large I won't get the chance to use any. I had a commissioned piece of yards and yards of cluny with a raised tally within each motif and the 120/2 bombyx silk worked wonderfully! The skeins are a great value, but you need a swift (umbrella-like item that you place the yarn around) to wind off to bobbins. I also used a heavier yard for the gimp, but the size escapes me now. It was a yummy thread to use, though. I'm contemplating a dyed order for a vest top using a heavier thread. I'm just a little chicken to start. Guess if I keep losing sleep over it, I'll just have to start and quit planning on it! I'm not affiliated with them, but loved their silk. Happy New Year! Laura Sandison Lace! in New Mexico, USA Tess Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would like to suggest an alternative to wool for bobbin lace projects: tussah silk! I have made two garments so far and am working on a third. It is about the thickness of a lace wool or a very fine fingering, and the colors are marvelous! There is a problem, though, especially for us here in the US. It is only available, as far as I can find, directly from the manufacturer in Switzerland (iffy, because they don't always answer their mail) or from Christine Mirecki in Germany (she answers hers very promptly!). Christine uses this silk in her beautiful designs and sells her patterns as well. Expensive, but so beautiful! You can also use regular silk, of the kind that Halcyon here in Maine sells as Gemstone 2/12, but I haven't tried it on anything but a sample, where it works up at the same gauge as the tussah, but with much higher sheen. All of this is just to let you consider an alternative to wool: I'm a satisfied customer, not a salesman! I suggest you contact your favorite supplier for further information. Tess in Maine, USA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Tussah-silk
Dear Lacefriends, Zürcher-Stadler in CH-3422 Kirchberg Switzerland has this silk and and other and is willing to send everywhere. If I am right you find them under: dentellieres.com/Materiel/materiel.htm The e-mail adress is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RE:cleaning pillows
You could also try a clothes brush. Some have a dual side - one stiffer and one with a pile. Cheers, Helen, Aussie in Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wool for bobbin lace
Dear Arachnes, Another place that sells tussah silk is Treenway Silks in Canada: http://www.treenwaysilks.com/yarns.html I have some of the Bombyx silk (60/2 and 120/2) and it is quite nice. Also Webs in the US sells various knitting and weaving silks - they have 60/2 silk in quite a variety of colours: http://yarn.com/yarns/silk-602.html Cindy in Wisconsin where it has been a very mild winter so far. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Piper Silks
This is a cry for help, having wound twenty six pairs of bobbins to begin a project with I now find that I need twenty eight pairs so looking in my Pipers Silks catalogue (2003) I see that they no longer stock 140/2 linen in white, is there anyone that has a reel that they would be willing to sell to me I will of course refund postage also. Thankyou in anticipation. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wool for bobbin lace/tussah silk
Have a look at the silk yarns sold by Texere, some of these described as tussah silk, there are several pages of assorted silks and silk mixes. Not so many in colour, but it is easy to dye, either as yarn or finished lace. I use their Regency silk for fine-ish lace, and this does come in colours. This link should take you through http://www.texere.co.uk/cgi-bin/SHPLoader.cgi?yarns.php?category=4 Also just spotted they have a viscose machine embroidery thread at a good price and lots of colours. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wool for bobbin lace
--- Tess Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to suggest an alternative to wool for bobbin lace > projects: tussah silk! i've given up on the idea of using lace wool thread unless i am knitting or crochetting a shawl, other warm garment, or over garment. it is very fuzzy and can never be used in place of cotton or linen. > There is a problem, though, especially for us here in the US. It is > only available directly from the manufacturer if you are really die hard for silk like i was for linen, you could learn to spin your own thread. it is very easy and i'm sure once you get the hang of it, it would be very cheap compared to the manufactured types of threads. you could spin it as thin as you want and ply it as many times you want, also you can dye it any color you want. i think i would rather dye the finished thread than dye the roving because the dye doesn't seem to set right on the whole roving. you will need to mix and match the skeins every 3 rows because of the differences. each skein will never be alike unless you dye the finished thread! > > All of this is just to let you consider an alternative to wool: I'm > a > satisfied customer, not a salesman! I suggest you contact your > favorite supplier for further information. silk would be a much more preferred type of thread being that it is much stronger, warmer, and has a much better luster than wool. it has no fuzzy ends to deal with as apposed to wool which will always have fuzzy ends regardless of how you mercerize, twist, or ply it. > > Tess in Maine, USA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wool for bobbin lace
I would like to suggest an alternative to wool for bobbin lace projects: tussah silk! I have made two garments so far and am working on a third. It is about the thickness of a lace wool or a very fine fingering, and the colors are marvelous! There is a problem, though, especially for us here in the US. It is only available, as far as I can find, directly from the manufacturer in Switzerland (iffy, because they don't always answer their mail) or from Christine Mirecki in Germany (she answers hers very promptly!). Christine uses this silk in her beautiful designs and sells her patterns as well. Expensive, but so beautiful! You can also use regular silk, of the kind that Halcyon here in Maine sells as Gemstone 2/12, but I haven't tried it on anything but a sample, where it works up at the same gauge as the tussah, but with much higher sheen. All of this is just to let you consider an alternative to wool: I'm a satisfied customer, not a salesman! I suggest you contact your favorite supplier for further information. Tess in Maine, USA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Chinese Needlelace
Brenda wrote: Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:31:26 + From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace] Machine made needlelace -- ??? I've just put a scan of my piece of Chinese needlelace onto http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/chinese_needlelace.htm or http://tinyurl.com/7qpav Do you think it's entirely hand made or just had assembled? Brenda About 20 years ago I purchased similar Chinese Needlelace mats from D H Evans department store in London when they had a Chinese Exhibition. Since then I have bought several others. I do not know of any machine that can produce 'real' needlelace stitches. A Chinese KNITTING machine cannot produce real button-hole stitches. The Handstitch machine, Joshua Heilman 1826 - I think the date is right - can make a very good copy. However, on close inspection with a magnifying glass, the stitches are all based on an in-and-out weaving stitch, but in various combinations. I have a Handstich machine copy of Venitian Gros Point, that from a distance would fool anyone. I will write more about the Handstich machine when I have time - I am busy proof-reading the final colour proofs of my new book on Central and South American Textiles - very exciting. I believe that all the Chinese needlelace is made by young girls in sweated workshops. They make everything in sweat-shops, shoes, clothing etc - that is why their goods are so cheap and swamping the rest of Europe, I do not know if they are exported to USA. I remember seeing a whole pile of lace mats for sale at a Craft Sale stall, looking down the pile they all looked identical - but the vendor assured me thay were all handmade. I bought two. There is a certain 'stiffness' to the design of these pieces, making them immediately identifiable as Chinese. The same can be said for their white-work embroidery produced in similar circumstances. Thanks Brenda for the lovely scans of your mats - we are all very grateful to you Angela in snowy Worcestershire UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
