Re: [lace] lace gallery at handweaving.net, do join in (long)
Dear Bev -- I did look up www.handweaving.net and found your froggie. He is adorable, even cuter than his prototype in Sebastiana's charming book (I feel I can say this, since I made froggie's older brother a year or two ago). However, I had absolutely no luck looking up the reference to an old book that you gave. Any suggestions as to what might help there? -- Aurelia Hi everyone on the lace list I will post a much shorter version of this plea/invitation that you can pass along to any lacemaker you think might like to contribute. There is the beginning of a lace gallery at www.handweaving.net (click on Gallery, click on 'show only lace entries - it will be a short list) The purpose of this gallery is to promote lacemaking, of course, and a gallery of this kind honours the work done by the late Ralph Griswold in making accessible an archive devoted to lacemaking. I encourage any of you to take part, first by visiting the gallery and the lace archives, and second by contacting Kris with a photo of one of your laces, ideally one that can be connected in some way with a document in the archives: It can be a lace from a pattern out of one of the publications, a lace inspired by one of the publications, or in reverse, a lace that you have already made for which you can find a connection of some kind in one of the documents. I leave that up to your imagination ~ There was talk awhile ago that someone would coordinate this gallery - Kris the webmaster is the best contact, and I think it better for permissions etc. that individuals who have made the laces contact Kris directly. There is a list of requirements for Gallery Submissions at the gallery page. Yes, any lace that we have made could be posted at this gallery. So, if there is no particular connection with the archives, give the source of the pattern, design credit, publication, etc. as appropriate. As you will see when you visit the lace gallery, there are a few humble contributions from myself, and one from another lacemaker, an almost bona fide pattern-from-the-archive (a public-realm type pattern, it appeared latterly in an Anna magazine, but is given exactly in several older publications)(and it is a very nice pattern, done up, I must say). I think that when my current projects have run their course and I'm casting about looking for something to do, that a visit to the archives will be in order, for the next inspiration. For my part I am going to send an e-notice around to anyone I can think of to let them know this is happening. From there, I hope the project is self-promoting among us. We have to stand tall beside the handweavers vbg ps. I think it important to mention that John Cropper has taken over managing Ralph's site (very ambitous site) and deserves credit too. Ditto Tess Parrish who 'stood for' a lot of lace, pardon the pun - scanning, and scanning, wonderful old magazines and books for the archive. -- Bev in Sooke BC where the power is out and I'm using battery backup to be online. The UPS thingie is beeping annoyingly, but so nice not to be cut off from the outside world just yet (on stormy south Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - 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] first time
Hello Elizabeth, Nice to have you with us. I learned the name Sol-l, Teneriffa- and Nanduti-lace for this sort of lace. And my teacher told me that they are a bit different in their motives. I personaly didn't work this but it is a very interesting sort of lace. How do you work it on a pillow or on a frame as I was told it is done? Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] 24 hearts in bobbinlace
Hi I've just bought 24 hearts in bobbin lace by Lene Bjorn and they are so lovely I want to start tonight. The thread called for is 28/2, can't find any mention of a maker. I'm assuming linen and the only one I can find in my edition of 'Brenda'(bought 5 years ago so a wee bit out of date - must treat myself to the new edition) is Juul's 28/2 at 19 wraps. Don't have any of that to hand but I do have a variegated Altin Basak 50 which is 20 wraps. Any ideas if I'm in the right area or way out? jenny barron NE Scotland where it started to snow a couple of hours ago. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] In Praise of the Needlewoman - New Book Review
In Praise of the Needlewoman - Embroiderers, Knitters, Lacemakers, and Weavers in Art By Gail Carolyn Sirna Merrell Publishers Hardcover, $35, 2006, 192 pages, 1-85894-341-8 Do you have someone special on your gift list who loves art - as in paintings they visit in museums? This book might just be the answer to your shopping challenge. It contains paintings from the 15th to 20th centuries by famous and less famous artists that portray women in the act of embroidering, knitting, lacemaking, weaving, crocheting, sewing. Too often we see laces out-of-context. Here, when lace is present in a painting, we see dress, hairstyle, room furnishings and indoor or outdoor backgrounds of the period. We know that many people think fine needlework is no longer being made. The author, in her introduction, tells about present guilds. Perhaps this will serve to educate today's readers as to what many of us have been endeavoring to preserve in recent years - skills and accurate documentation of our history. (Just today, a prominent TV personality referred to a delightful combination of silk ribbon roses/sequins beaded embroidery/sheer applique on a transparent Valentino-designed frock as bargello.) Sirna has been lecturing and teaching embroidery at the national (American) level for 25+ years. She selected 89 images from North America and Europe - many museums and a variety of artists are represented - for inclusion in this book. Paintings range in variety and style from two by Vermeer (one being the well-known lacemaker), eight separate lovely portraits by Renoir, and one by Dali (a little-known painting of a lacemaker). I loved (for the woman's attire and romantic setting) Madame Arthur Fontaine, painted by Odilon Redon in 1901, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is shown in a beautiful romantic setting, embroidering. She is wearing a lovely yellow gown, lace bertha collar and lace cuffs. All art images are in color and the book is printed on quality paper. The layout of the pages makes this book a joy to read. Each time a page is turned there is a new image, and facing it is an essay about it and the artist. No need to jump throughout the book to get the story. It is easy to read a few pages and think about them, then return to the book another day. A list of suggested Further Reading, the Picture Credits, and Index are at the back of the book, if needed. This is a book that can probably be found in Museum Bookshops, as well as the usual suppliers. If, as a result of this review you acquire this book - please let me know what you think of it. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center Arachne Newbies: Would you like to see art images of lacemakers (no explanatory text)? Go to: http://lace.lacefairy.com/LaceArt/LaceArt.htm - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] 24 hearts in bobbinlace
Barron wrote: Hi I've just bought 24 hearts in bobbin lace by Lene Bjorn and they are so lovely I want to start tonight. The thread called for is 28/2, can't find any mention of a maker. I'm assuming linen and the only one I can find in my edition of 'Brenda'(bought 5 years ago so a wee bit out of date - must treat myself to the new edition) is Juul's 28/2 at 19 wraps. Don't have any of that to hand but I do have a variegated Altin Basak 50 which is 20 wraps. Any ideas if I'm in the right area or way out? jenny barron NE Scotland where it started to snow a couple of hours ago. - 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] Lace pics- crown and triangle
Hiya all. Thanks a lot for your excellent advice. I have updated my livejournal with the pics of the project I asked for help with. http://tania-gru.livejournal.com/ Thanks a lot. Tania (Denmark) - Sponsored Link $200,000 mortgage for $660/mo - 30/15 yr fixed, reduce debt, home equity - Click now for info - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] 24 hearts in bobbinlace
Hello Jenny Juul linen is Danish as is the book so that probably is the thread she used. Altin Basak at 20 wraps/cm is only marginally finer so should be IK with those patterns. Linen does usually have a bit more 'oomph' than cotton, but the 3 plies of the Altin basak will help. Go ahead and use it. Brenda Hi I've just bought 24 hearts in bobbin lace by Lene Bjorn and they are so lovely I want to start tonight. The thread called for is 28/2, can't find any mention of a maker. I'm assuming linen and the only one I can find in my edition of 'Brenda'(bought 5 years ago so a wee bit out of date - must treat myself to the new edition) is Juul's 28/2 at 19 wraps. Don't have any of that to hand but I do have a variegated Altin Basak 50 which is 20 wraps. Any ideas if I'm in the right area or way out? 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] In Praise of the Needlewoman - New Book Review
Hi Jeri and everyone Thank you for the thorough book review. A friend of mine confirms that: ... the 'In Praise of Needlewoman' is a fabulous book if you are looking for paintings of women doing needlework and want an interesting coffee table book. In Canada the price varies from $31 to $47, and Cdns. might like to investigate indigo.ca for this title and others (usual disclaimers) On 11/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Praise of the Needlewoman - Embroiderers, Knitters, Lacemakers, and Weavers in Art By Gail Carolyn Sirna Merrell Publishers Hardcover, $35, 2006, 192 pages, 1-85894-341-8 -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lace gallery at handweaving.net, frog and links
Hi Aurelia, and everyone On 11/17/06, Aurelia Loveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Bev -- I did look up www.handweaving.net and found your froggie. He is adorable, even cuter than his prototype in aw gawrsh, thank you blush no luck looking up the reference to an old book that you gave. Any suggestions as to what might help there? -- Aurelia The title link leads to a page where there are two boxes, one with the general information about that title, a box on the left, and on the right, another box with sample pages, the cover page, and the entire file for you to click on. I can't check if those links are active, the files are too big for my slow internet connection to handle. But the one file of the entire 4 pages of the source document does have a picture of traditional Russian tape lace (I accessed it via the CD). It is a bit of a stretch, the lace in the frog, to the traditional, yet I think it is a reasonable connection for our purposes. Thanks for writing. Hope others will send photos of lace to Kris soon! -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, 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] Crown and Triangle
Hi, Tania, Nice job! I remember doing this pattern 20-(???) years ago, and feeling like it was the first Real Lace I was able to make, after all the beginner bandages and baby laces. Question, though: what is that little plastic tool you have sitting in the middle of your un-mounted edging? It's the one marked Somometer. (Sorry, my keyboard has no way of putting the little slash through the first O.) I haven't seen anything like it before. Cheers! Beth Schoenberg --- in beautiful downtown Kambah, Canberra (capital of Australia, pronounced CAN-brr-uh) :-D - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Don't eBay sellers make you laugh at times
The third item is indeed a collar made of two different pieces. The edge section is an edging that had the wide sections attached to make the collar fronts. The narrow section is the back. To cover the seam, a braid was added behind the seam and embroidered leaves on top for decoration. I'm guessing the wider sections used to be cuffs. This shows how lace was re-used to fit the change of fashion or necessity. The 'veil shawl' is a veil. Using it as a shawl is an interesting adaptation. I would suggest gathering the center back 'neck' section if used as a shawl/collar. However, I believe this is machine made, so all the hand lace designations would not apply. Opinion only, of course. Someone else may disagree. The lappets have been ID'd by an acredited person so the info is correct. Very interesting pattern. Someone will get a nice item. Alice in Oregon --- Rosemary Naish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Spiders, I just had to share these eBays items with you: Rare Antique Bucks Point Bobbin Lace Veil Shawl Item number: 300049064754 Handmade Antique Tonder Chantilly Bobbin Lace Lappets Item number: 300049067342 Antique Bedfordshire Bobbin Lace Collar Item number: 300049104647 This piece has a very odd (to my eyes) different coloured bit/seam - has some one tried to join two pieces? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
