[lace] learning 's Gravenmoer
Hi everyone, The topic about 's Gravenmoer is timely. I've been working on some samples using colours, of a simple pattern designed by Esther Perry. It is a good way to 'see' where the threads go. As yet I haven't done an accurate enough sample that will bear close scrutiny at 300 d.p.i., but the small image at my blog might help explain the process I used. If anyone is interested, check it out (url in my sig line) at the March 2006 'archive.' -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tambour Lace Interview.
Jo Ann said " I am just finishing up an interview with Greet Rome-Verbeylen for the summer issue of the IOLI Bulletin which will feature tambour lace" Ooooh! Can't wait to read that article! Thank you for letting us know what to look out for.(Only trouble with that is that the 'Summer Edition' means it is mid winter over here! ) Helen,( the Aussie in Denver) - I hope you have paid up my Membership for this year, you dear sweet daughter!! :)) (I have paid up your Aussie one already!:)) ) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tambour lace
Margot said""Instead of a stand to hold the frame, I take a leaf out of my dining room table and lay the frame over the opening. Works like a charm!"" What a clever idea! - but doesn't it bother your back as you lean over it? I have a 14 inch quilting hoop on a U frame which sits on my lap, and that will have to do for starters, - till I decide if I Really like doing it. I know of the frames you are talking about, Margot. Embroidery or tapestry frames are like that, I think. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2006 #65
There's a good description of one style with some pictures on Jenny Brandis's page http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace/bobbin.html along with how she made a block pillow. Helen At 22:34 02/03/2006, Madelin Holtkamp wrote: >having enough bobbins was always a consideration. I had some whittled from >chopsticks and dowell to make up numbers. Having an option to make your own >bobbins can be a help. Google the phrase "paper bobbins." An inexpensive way to get your bobbin inventory up at a reasonable price. I make them on those inexpensive bamboo skewers. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helen, Somerset, UK "Forget the formulae, let's make lace" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 01/03/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace-digest V2006 #65
>having enough bobbins was always a consideration. I had some whittled from >chopsticks and dowell to make up numbers. Having an option to make your own >bobbins can be a help. Google the phrase "paper bobbins." An inexpensive way to get your bobbin inventory up at a reasonable price. I make them on those inexpensive bamboo skewers. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] club listings
It's an old site, and there are other places to post details of your group, the Gazette forum, for one, and if your group has a website. Sharon you could do one for your group in your copious free time ;) On 3/2/06, Sharon Whiteley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm..just took a boo at the listings for lace clubs in Canada. They are > horribly out of date on Vancouver Island. I wonder how many other groups -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tambour Lace
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Miriam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > I'm still trying to >figure out how to handle the tulle in a frame . I don't feel like >buying the whole big frames My claim to fame as being the only UK member of the Canadian Lacemaker Gazette's 5m Club (so what are the rest of you up to???) is that I worked six yards of tambour edging for a wedding veil for my City & Guilds Part 1 (and then ended up having to write an article for the Gazette - Winter 1996 or 7 or thereabouts I think - on tambour lace and how it is worked). The edging is one and a quarter inches wide, so I set up a 12" square embroidery frame (the Siesta type, for those in the UK - they have a "comb" joint at the corners so are fairly stable) in my embroidery stand and attached calico strips to both sides - allowing a gap of about one and a half inches down the centre. I cut the strips of net (the netting was 72" wide, so it needed three strips to be joined to work the length required) a little wider than this, and tacked the net to the calico, removing the tacking to move up as required. The design required two threads strung with (freshwater) pearls, and eight threads for the chain stitches. Beading is worked with the net the opposite way up to chain, as the bead sits on the straight (normally under) stitch, so this meant flipping the frame over each time to work the beaded lines. I was limited on time by the course, and found that I could only work five hours a day without my shoulders complaining. Once the strip was complete, it was joined to the 5ft diameter circle of net by overlapping the raw edges of the circle and edging and zig-zagging (the tambour finishing stitch) over the edges. It is important to work with a frame - you need both hands free to manoeuvre the thread and the hook. For small samples, stitch the net to calico (muslin in the US) and cut away the calico from the working area, using a tambour frame (ie embroidery hoop) and either a full stand or "fanny stand" to support it. Another instruction book was written by Jacqui Hathaway, and forms part of a kit put together and sold by Mainly Lace in the UK. She wrote the book so that her C&G students could continue with their homework during the college summer break, and I found it useful when I was doing tambour for my C&G. One of my students has since bought the kit (again, several years ago), and managed to do some work on her own following the instructions (she did bring the work into class a couple of times, but mostly concentrates on her bobbin lace in class). Mainly Lace have a web site, with a link from The Lace Guild's suppliers page, so it should be possible to check if the book and/or kit are still available. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:tallies and leaves
Hi Helen, sounds like you and I do this the same way. When I first started the only picture I had was in the Caulfields Dictionary of Victorian Needlework, under lace (I think). I hold three bobbiins in my left hand and literally weave in and out. I have tried other ways but never got the hang of it. I agree, Helen, the length and position are critical and seem to differ with the size of the thread. BarbE just my ha'penny - Original Message - From: Helen Bell To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:32 PM Subject: [lace] RE:tallies and leaves I'm an in-hand worker of all my tallies and leaves (flat and rolled), and I don't have the problem of uneven curvatures, but I do find that sometimes my leaves suddenly narrow at the bottom. I'm much better at making them now, but early on it was noticeable. I tried the method on the pillow, and just couldn't figure it out. Funnily enough I have small hands, so it's not easy to get the spread for a perfectly shaped leaf, but I find if I have my threads just a little longer and hold the bobbins a little higher up the shank I seem to manage OK - except when the spangle on the weaving bobbin is long or has a charm/dangley doo-dad on the bottom, and then it slows me down. I forget which edition of Australian Lace it was (one from the 1980's), but someone had drawn some cute little caricatures of the different sorts of tallies/leaves people make. One I remember is Miss Annorexic (a very long thin leaf/tally), and I forget the other names (can see some of the pics in my minds eye though). Leaves and tallies (same thing to some of us, with square ended tallies and rolled tallies differentiating them) just require patience and practice - like any new technique. ... And some are more perfect at making them than others (and I'm one of the less perfect group :-) ). Cheers, Helen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 3/1/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] club listings
On Thursday, March 2, 2006, at 02:55 PM, Sharon Whiteley wrote: Hmm..just took a boo at the listings for lace clubs in Canada. They are horribly out of date on Vancouver Island. I wonder how many other groups have checked in the last few years to update the information? I went to the page where you register one's group but nowhere is there a spot to upgrade info :( I suppose you can just re-register but I would like to see an area for comments...like exactly where we are, where we meet etc. :) Anyway, this has been a good reminder to upgrade your club's information. Can't be done. I tried everything I could, including reregistering, 2 years ago and nothing was changed, nor were my emails acknowledged. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] club listings
Hmm..just took a boo at the listings for lace clubs in Canada. They are horribly out of date on Vancouver Island. I wonder how many other groups have checked in the last few years to update the information? I went to the page where you register one's group but nowhere is there a spot to upgrade info :( I suppose you can just re-register but I would like to see an area for comments...like exactly where we are, where we meet etc. :) Anyway, this has been a good reminder to upgrade your club's information. Sharon on Vancouver Island - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RE:tallies and leaves
I'm an in-hand worker of all my tallies and leaves (flat and rolled), and I don't have the problem of uneven curvatures, but I do find that sometimes my leaves suddenly narrow at the bottom. I'm much better at making them now, but early on it was noticeable. I tried the method on the pillow, and just couldn't figure it out. Funnily enough I have small hands, so it's not easy to get the spread for a perfectly shaped leaf, but I find if I have my threads just a little longer and hold the bobbins a little higher up the shank I seem to manage OK - except when the spangle on the weaving bobbin is long or has a charm/dangley doo-dad on the bottom, and then it slows me down. I forget which edition of Australian Lace it was (one from the 1980's), but someone had drawn some cute little caricatures of the different sorts of tallies/leaves people make. One I remember is Miss Annorexic (a very long thin leaf/tally), and I forget the other names (can see some of the pics in my minds eye though). Leaves and tallies (same thing to some of us, with square ended tallies and rolled tallies differentiating them) just require patience and practice - like any new technique. ... And some are more perfect at making them than others (and I'm one of the less perfect group :-) ). Cheers, Helen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Introduction
Catladyjust to show you how aeach lacer must decide for themselves. I like the Belgian bobbins because they DO roll Nice, plain and not diddly. Some like a tilted pillow, I like mine nearly flat. ..and so it goes in just about every aspect. None are wrong or the only way..take you time, improvise where you can until you get the hang of this. ..the treat yourself to a really good pillow and just the perfect bobbins. Happy Lacing. Barb TexasI am down to three kitties...and generally they leave the lace pillows alone. But I do cover, very well, so they have have a comfortable nap when it suits them ;-) - Original Message - From: Janice Blair To: lace-digest Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:41 AM Subject: [lace] Introduction Hi Catlady, I have only one cat at the moment but most of my lace ends up with a little fur in it even though I keep the pillows covered at most times! I am sure Bev will chime in as she is the Editor for the Canadian Lace Magazine. Do try to contact the local lace guild as you might have a neighbour who makes lace. Most of us have to purchase our stash from vendors but do ask the group advice about types of bobbins, pillows, etc., to purchase so that you don't make a mistake. I bought cheap Belgian bobbins to work with but hated the way they rolled on my domed pillow. I much prefer the newer International ones with squared off sides but not many twiddly bits that get in the way of sewings. Check out the types of lace that appeal to you as some use specialist bobbins such as Honiton which are not much use for other heavier laces. Do ask questions that you might think are stupid, its amazing how many of us learn something else from the answers. I am also from Manchester (Stretford), but have lived in the US now for 24 years. Welcome to Arachne. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 3/1/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RE: bat pattern
Just skimming my digest quickly, and I have a notion that Penny Boston designed a bat pattern one year that we published in the RMLG Newsletter. I think it's an edging (but I could be wrong and it's an insertion. I just don't remember.). I can't find the original request/question about bat patterns on my last 2 digests, but if the person who was asking wants a copy, they should email privately and I'll see what I can find for them. Cheers, Helen, Aussie in Denver RMLG Librarian. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lorelei Halley
Sorry to post to arachne but the email addresses I have for Lorelei aren't working. Lorelei - one of my pupils would like to buy your instruction book. Please could you get in touch with me, so that I can put you in touch with each other Thanks Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Montreal convention
Reminding you that March 1 is now past. I sent in my application yesterday. Also I found out that Holly VanSciver and Lacy Susan will not be attending as vendors. Probably other US vendors do not want the hassle of customs. Do any of our Canadian IOLI members know who the vendors might be and whether they carry threads such as Pipers silk? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Introduction
Hi Catlady, I have only one cat at the moment but most of my lace ends up with a little fur in it even though I keep the pillows covered at most times! I am sure Bev will chime in as she is the Editor for the Canadian Lace Magazine. Do try to contact the local lace guild as you might have a neighbour who makes lace. Most of us have to purchase our stash from vendors but do ask the group advice about types of bobbins, pillows, etc., to purchase so that you don't make a mistake. I bought cheap Belgian bobbins to work with but hated the way they rolled on my domed pillow. I much prefer the newer International ones with squared off sides but not many twiddly bits that get in the way of sewings. Check out the types of lace that appeal to you as some use specialist bobbins such as Honiton which are not much use for other heavier laces. Do ask questions that you might think are stupid, its amazing how many of us learn something else from the answers. I am also from Manchester (Stretford), but have lived in the US now for 24 years. Welcome to Arachne. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Introduction
On 3/2/06, Sue Babbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a Canadian lace guild and magazine, but I can't readily find info > on that While there isn't any Canadian lace guild there is a chatty little magazine! www.lacegazette.com -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re Introduction
Dear Anne, While having a teacher can be a help, it is perfectly possible to learn bobbin lace without a teacher. I did, using various books. What works for one person instruction wise, doesnt for another so having more than one book available when you start can be a help. Of course, do ask here. If obtaining equipment is difficult, it is possible to start off making your own pillow and bobbins. On this site, Brenda gives instructions to make paper bobbins (listed under the Lacemaking heading). HYPERLINK "http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html"http://paternoster.orpheuswe b.co.uk/index.html and there are links to descriptions of how to make a pillow at HYPERLINK "http://lace.lacefairy.com/PillowsBobbins/BobbinPillows.html"http://lace.lac efairy.com/PillowsBobbins/BobbinPillows.html Even if you get some bobbins, in my early years as a lacemaker, having enough bobbins was always a consideration. I had some whittled from chopsticks and dowell to make up numbers. Having an option to make your own bobbins can be a help. Thread was always a problem, until I discovered mail order. I am sure fellow Aracneans in Canada will let you know the best places to go for resources to get started, including those which will take money orders. Best of luck Karen in Coventry, where it is snowing heavily, and the world has turned white while I have been writing this. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 01/03/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tambour
Liz asked about Tambour. I am just finishing up an interview with Greet Rome-Verbeylen for the summer issue of the IOLI Bulletin which will feature tambour lace. Lier lace is one of the tambour laces - English Coggeshall and Irish Limerick laces are also worked with tambour techniques. (The needlerun version of Limerick lace is worked with a needle.) Lier lace originated in Lier, Belgium. Greet's book, Lierse kant oud en nieuw, has excellent technique diagrams and photographs of the lace. Several of the filling stitches are also documented. In my opinion, the trick is to have a good hook - proper shape, no rough spots, etc. I had a "not so good" hook in the beginning for my class in Denver and I had all kinds of problems. Once I got a better one, the stiches were much easier. Jo Ann Eurell Urbana, IL - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Introduction
Hi to the Catlady & anyone else interested, I just looked through my Canadian Lacemaker Gazette & there is a group of lacemakers in Winnipeg. It might be worthwhile contacting them. Winnipeg Lace Ladies Meeting: 2nd & 4th Thursday morning Contact # 204-255-3299 # 204-883-2957 Hope this helps Joan in Ontario -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sue Babbs Sent: March 2, 2006 10:07 AM To: Catlady Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Introduction > Anyway, I'm in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canadian suppliers that spring to mind are: http://www.victoria.tc.ca/~wt912/ http://www.trilliumlace.ca/ US suppliers http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/ http://www.lacemakerusa.com/ http://www.lacemaking.com/ http://www.lacysusan.com/index.html http://www.snowgoose.cc/ This is not a comprehensive list, just what I can think of without too much effort! I don't know about their policies on payment, you'll have to check the sites for that. Oh! I've just stumbled across the Arachne page for suppliers ( I don't know how up-to-date it is): http://www.arachne.com/suppliers/lace_sources.us.html and list of Canadian lace guilds (dated 1996!!!) : http://www.arachne.com/guild/canada.html There is a Canadian lace guild and magazine, but I can't readily find info on that American Lace Guild: International Old Lacers Inc http://www.internationaloldlacers.org/ Lori the lace fairy has collected lots of sage advice for beginners on her pages: http://lace.lacefairy.com/BeginGuide.html Hopefully soon - others will chip in with more info. I'd better go out and stop playing on the computer for now.!! >> Sue Babbs >> (an Englishwoman living in Chicago) >Cool My family came from Manchester I'm first generation >Canadian I come originally from the Wirral (across the Mersey from Liverpool). My first job after university was in Manchester, and that is still my preferred airport for flying into the UK - lovely early morning flight along the coast of North Wales. then I know I am home! Sue - 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]
Re: [lace] Introduction
Anyway, I'm in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canadian suppliers that spring to mind are: http://www.victoria.tc.ca/~wt912/ http://www.trilliumlace.ca/ US suppliers http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/ http://www.lacemakerusa.com/ http://www.lacemaking.com/ http://www.lacysusan.com/index.html http://www.snowgoose.cc/ This is not a comprehensive list, just what I can think of without too much effort! I don't know about their policies on payment, you'll have to check the sites for that. Oh! I've just stumbled across the Arachne page for suppliers ( I don't know how up-to-date it is): http://www.arachne.com/suppliers/lace_sources.us.html and list of Canadian lace guilds (dated 1996!!!) : http://www.arachne.com/guild/canada.html There is a Canadian lace guild and magazine, but I can't readily find info on that American Lace Guild: International Old Lacers Inc http://www.internationaloldlacers.org/ Lori the lace fairy has collected lots of sage advice for beginners on her pages: http://lace.lacefairy.com/BeginGuide.html Hopefully soon - others will chip in with more info. I'd better go out and stop playing on the computer for now.!! Sue Babbs (an Englishwoman living in Chicago) Cool My family came from Manchester I'm first generation Canadian I come originally from the Wirral (across the Mersey from Liverpool). My first job after university was in Manchester, and that is still my preferred airport for flying into the UK - lovely early morning flight along the coast of North Wales. then I know I am home! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tambour Lace
On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at 09:39 PM, Miriam wrote: I'm still trying to figure out how to handle the tulle in a frame . I use an embroidery frame which has rollers. I sew the net to the tape on the 'rolling ends' and use a cloth tape/grosgrain ribbon or the like, which gets pinned to the net and wrapped around the other sides of the frame. It's hard to explain, but you pin to the net, wrap around the frame, pin, wrap, etc. That's how my Coggeshall lace teacher showed us how to do it. And I've seen another Coggeshall lace teacher's work and she doesn't attach the sides at all. Instead of a stand to hold the frame, I take a leaf out of my dining room table and lay the frame over the opening. Works like a charm! Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Introduction
On 3/2/06, Sue Babbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Anne > welcome to Arachne. You'll find we are a bunch of very friendly people who > love to help! Many of us are also into a variety of other crafts as well as > various forms of lacemaking. Thanks for the welcome :) > As a cat lover probably the most important rule, is never to leave your > bobbin lace pillow without a cover cloth on it! (snip) It reduces the tangles > and snapped threads when the cat uses > the pillow as a launch pad. Thanks for the tips - with the little "helpers" I have, I would hate to think of the new design elements they would add to any project, lol > I am not sure whether you have got as far as buying lace pillow and bobbins, > finding a teacher or a beginner's book. Can you be a bit more precise about > your needs so that we can answer the right questions? Well, basically, I have renewed my interest in learning by joining this group Don't know where to find the pillow or bobbins, (should note here: I CANNOT order online...at least not from most websites. Very few that I can - have to use money orders.) As for teachers - can't afford classes. No extra money in the budget for that at all. And our library is well stocked with books on bobbin lace, I've discovered - some 20 titles, if I recall, a lot of great beginner books. I'm working my way through the list... :) > I see from your cat blog that you are in Canada. It would probably help if > you were more specific than that, so some of our Canadian members can advise > you on teachers and suppliers. having taught myself many other crafts from > books, I do feel that bobbin lace making needs a teacher or mentor - at > least to start off with if at all possible. Yes, I'm self taught in most crafts, too I live in a very uncraftfriendly town... We are losing three of our craft stores all in a short time frame... Not sure if it came up on this list yet (haven't read ALL the messages since joining,) but Lewiscraft across Canada is closing, then another local yarn store is going the end of this month, and another yarn store will be gone the end of winter... A look through our phone book under various headings yields little or no shops Anyway, I'm in Winnipeg, Manitoba > Sue Babbs > (an Englishwoman living in Chicago) Cool My family came from Manchester I'm first generation Canadian Anne C. Crafting is my passion, Cats are my obsession! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/catwoman_ac/my_photos http://catsrmecrafter.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tambour Lace
Hi Liz, I have the good intention of trying tambour lace but didn't get to it yet. Anyway, I have seen the book by Foukoyama and I have the book written by Greet. I wasn't impressed by the Fukoyama book, there is very little you can use in it, on the other hand I love the book by Greet although I haven't done anything with it. I'm still trying to figure out how to handle the tulle in a frame . I don't feel like buying the whole big frames (Ken van Deeren has them) for one or two experiments I want to make. I have seen the lace been worked both in Ghent and Nottingham at the OIDFA congresses. Greet has started to introduce coloured threads into her work and it is beautiful. I have a few pictures of her lace which I have taken in Nottingham. I wish I would just get the courage and start trying this lace. In the meantime I do more Carrickmacross lace. It is a tulle and it does have a lot of similar fillings. Miriam in Israel - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Introduction
Hi Anne welcome to Arachne. You'll find we are a bunch of very friendly people who love to help! Many of us are also into a variety of other crafts as well as various forms of lacemaking. Ok, enough of that stuff I joined this list hoping to learn more about the how-tos and where-tos of bobbin lace making, as well as refining my other lace making abilities. As a cat lover probably the most important rule, is never to leave your bobbin lace pillow without a cover cloth on it! They have a strong magnetism for cats! Also don't leave the pillow in a place where the cat(s) can knock it off. They've done it to most of us at some point - so beware! Pinning down the bobbins under the cover cloth is a good idea if you are leaving it for a while. It reduces the tangles and snapped threads when the cat uses the pillow as a launch pad. I am not sure whether you have got as far as buying lace pillow and bobbins, finding a teacher or a beginner's book. Can you be a bit more precise about your needs so that we can answer the right questions? I see from your cat blog that you are in Canada. It would probably help if you were more specific than that, so some of our Canadian members can advise you on teachers and suppliers. having taught myself many other crafts from books, I do feel that bobbin lace making needs a teacher or mentor - at least to start off with if at all possible. Have fun - and ask lots of questions! Sue Babbs (an Englishwoman living in Chicago) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Introduction
Hi everyone... I just joined a few days ago, and life decided to prevent me from introducing myself before today :) I am very interested in learning all about various lace making techniques :) Years ago, I wanted to learn to tat, and tried via library books. Looking up "lace", I discovered there were many ways to make it, rather than just tatting. (Or knit or crochet lace, both of which I also do) Anyway, I had bought myself a "beginner" kit/tools for netting, but at that time, I couldn't locate any bobbin lace equipment. I also couldn't get the hang of tatting. It all ended up "on the back burner" for several years, as we moved from one house to another. Since moving, I picked up tatting again, and this time, everything clicked. I also got into crocheting doilies and such, previously only crocheting with yarn. This past year, I finally got around to knitting lace. Through various internet and email groups, I've learned about all sorts of different lace techniques - having "met" a few people who are into SCA and RenFairs and such. I've always had an interest in Victorian times, myself, and I tend to favour traditional things. Sometimes, I feel like a "walking anachronism" myself, having been brought into the 21st century kicking and screaming, lol. Though I must admit, I wouldn't want to give up my computer now for anything ;) Ok, enough of that stuff I joined this list hoping to learn more about the how-tos and where-tos of bobbin lace making, as well as refining my other lace making abilities. I am a multicrafter, primarily in fibre arts, I am a stay at home wife, have a grown son and DIL, four grandkids, two dogs, and three cats. More details about me and my crafts can be found (for those interested, instead of taking up list space) in my blog and my photo albums. Thanks for letting me join :) and I'm looking forward to "meeting" new friends Anne C. Crafting is my passion, Cats are my obsession! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/catwoman_ac/my_photos http://catsrmecrafter.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] 'sGravenmoer
At 7:37 PM -0700 3/1/06, Carol Melton wrote: Hello All, I am a little behind in reading my lace news so this is probably at the tail end of the discussion of 'sGravenmoer lace. On the weekend of Feb 17 - 19th, the Lacy Ladies of Arizona hosted a workshop with Susan Wenzel (Lacy Susan) teaching 'sGravenmoer. Everyone felt the workshop was very successful and we all agree Susan is a wonderful teacher. I don't know the technique of the half stitch well enough to quote how to do it right off the top of my head but I have finished my bookmark that we started in the workshop and it is beginning to come together in my head just how it is done. I think it is quite interesting how the pin is not closed until the next row worked and then it is not closed in the manner we have been taught. It takes a bit of looking at your lace while you are working it to begin to recognize how the threads lay on your pillow. I am fixing to wind some bobbins with colored thread (my first bookmark was in white and gold GoldRush) and try a new pattern. If any of your local guilds are thinking of having a workshop in s'Gravenmoer, do keep Lacy Susan in mind. I want to echo Carol's endorsement of Lacy Susan to teach a workshop in 'sGravenmoerse lace. We had her teach at the CRLG last weekend in Maryland, and all enjoyed the workshop very much. Susan was patient about explaining and demonstrating the diagonal half-stitch several times, and showed us several other tricks as well, such as how to start and stop a variegated thread for the workers in a linen stitch trail. The workshop was a wonderful way to spend a chilly weekend, and two of us finished our bookmarks on the second day (I was one of them). I am starting a new pattern this morning at my local lace group meeting. I plan on practicing this technique enough to be able to work the necklace that is in the 'sGravenmoerse jewelry book later this spring. -- Mary, in Baltimore, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace]Bat pattern
Hi everyone, Ann Dyer designed a bat pattern for the members of the Lace Executive Committee when I was a member and I have the pattern but I do not have Ann's email Address to check if I can pass the design on. Maybe check through the Lace Guild. Sue Martin Farnborough, Hants, UK where it is cold and icy and I fell off my front door step and flattened my Daffodil bulbs which were just coming up - Drat!! I now have a swollen ankle for my carelessness. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bargain hunt-lacemaking lamp
Greetings gentle spiders I am sorry to say that I have been a 'lurker' for some time. However, I thought you may be interesting in my experience regarding using a lacemakers lamp. In 2004 I visited Cruelly in France for a lace event organised by the Association Dentelles et Blondes Caen et Courselles-sur-mer. www.blondecaen.chez-alice.fr . The exhibition was set in the Chateau. There were lacemakers from all over Europe. In a 'dungeon' a lace pillow was set up illuminated by only one candle and a globe lacemakers lamp. I really didn't believe just how good the light was. The room had no additional light other than the candle. By focusing the beam from the globe onto the area of work on the pillow, about 1 square inch, it was very easy to see well enough to make the lace. In this case, fine point ground. One of the laces I make is Honiton and I believe that I could have used this lighting system work on my Honiton pillow in the dark. Needless to say the electric lighting we are used to is brighter but the focused light from one candle was just amazing. Jan Gardiner In sunny, cold Wiltshire UK. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
