[lace] Hitting the reply Button

[Sue Fink]

I'm afraid I am once more going to do a moan about the number of people 
hitting the reply button when replying to a message on Arachne.  Brenda's 
message about the pillows she has been given has been repeated four times on 
one Digest because people don't take the time to just quote a line of the 
message so we know what is being replied to.  Also very often the fact that 
the message has been cleared by a virus checker is repeated several times 
and so the Digest ends up being just one long repeat!!!  Please consider 
those who have a limit on their downloads and so don't want this continual 
repetition of the same message.


Moan over.

Back to the lace!

Love to all,

Sue Fink,
Masterton NZ. where it is freezing the brass monkeys if you get me!! 


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[lace] Re: summer is here

[pene]

My IOLI Bulletin arrived yesterday (Friday) also, so I hope that
Tamara receives her copy soon. Maybe the overseas ones get mailed early
because they have further to go. I still have to finish reading it.

Pene in a wet Tartu, in southern Estonia

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[lace] information?

[Laurie Waters]

Does anyone know if it is possible to purchase a lace pillow of the type used
for Tignes or Cogne lace? These are the narrow width, large diameter hollow
hoop-type pillows used with 'freehand' lace. Thanks,
Laurie

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[lace] Fwd: Women In Art

[Tamara P Duvall]

There's no lace content in this, so I considered sending it to 
lace-chat instead of lace. But it's really lovely and I thought some of 
you who are not on lace chat (and not on my private joke list either) 
might enjoy it too. It's amazing how many of those faces were 
"familiar", even though I never considered myself particularly 
interested in art... I could not find anything resembling the "full 
screen" buton she's talking about. But, even at a quarter-screen size, 
it was a nice break in routine.



From: M.D.


This is lovely.   Be sure to hit the button for "full screen" before 
viewing.  MD

 Interesting Video: Women In Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

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Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)



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Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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[lace] Re: IOLI Bulletin

[Tamara P Duvall]

On Jul 6, 2007, at 21:32, Beth Mccasland wrote:


Mine came in today's mail,


Mine's still somewhere in the outer space (possibly rerouted through 
Scotland ). OTOH, my OIDFA Bulletin came a long time ago (maybe 
Monday?); I just finished reading it today. So, I suppose, I shouldn't 
be complaining. The only reason I'm impatient to get the IOLI Bulletin 
is that I have an article and a pattern in it and, as usual, am anxious 
to see what possible "oopsies" I may have comitted, while my brain 
short-circuited (happens so often, I hardly notice it anymore ). I'm 
especially on pins and needles this time, because Jacquie (laceandbits) 
wrote:

Your bit on the plaited laces is very interesting, you should read it!
Given that most Brits have a warped sense of humour (why I love them!), 
that sounds rather ominous :)



I have to ask, was the worked corner in the book?


Nope. That's my contribution/distortion; the original woodcut (Le 
Pompe, book II) is as straight as an arrow -- an insertion (or, more 
likely, lace which would have been applied on top of the fabric). You 
can see it on the "Professor's site", ie at Arizona U:

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html
Somewhere. Can't find it at the moment... But it's p.12


That may answer the question of - Did "they" do worked corners in BL?


Not in this case, no.

But, I've been looking at a lot of pictures (photos of paintings, 
greatly enlarged) and my belief that corners were absent in lace till 
mid-late 19thc ("common wisdom") is beginning to shake in its 
underpinnings a bit. Some of those -- deeply-scalloped -- edgings, on 
those large 17thc flat collars, look "suspect". They don't look as if a 
straight piece was was mitered through the scallop, making a new 
scallop out of two halves (or whatever). They look more as if an 
entirely new scallop had been fitted into a gap between the two 
straight, right-angled, pieces.


Reason I think that, is that those "corner scallops" are slightly 
different in design from all other scallops. Yet, they're *consistent* 
with the rest of the design as well as being perfect as to where the 
joins would have been. And they don't look as if they'd been pieced, 
either, though it's hard to be certain. IOW, it's the same thing I do, 
when I try to design a corner: carry on with the (straight) lace 
pattern for as long as possible, and then improvise a bit to fill in 
whatever gap there is, while trying to stay true to the pattern as much 
as possible.


To me, the question now is not so much "*did* they make corners?", but 
more "*how* did they make corners?" Did they make them "on the go", 
same as we do -- ie adding/removing just a few corner pairs? Or did 
they make two straight pieces, position them at right angles, then 
add/remove *all the pairs* needed to fill in the triangular gap and 
make the corner-scallop?


I'd need more than looking at paintings to answer that one; I'd need to 
look at the actual *collars* and under a microscope, too (or photos of 
the wrong side of the lace, taken under a microscope. The hugely 
enlarged photos of various laces that Devon'd sent me to chew on were 
*priceless* in decoding the woodcut)...



Beth McCasland
in the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
where it's hot and muggy with afternoon thundershower


Hot an muggy here too, though no rain for the past few days. As someone 
on my "lefty blogs" said: "you go outside, and you sweat like a 
Republican testifying on oath in Congress"

--
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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[lace] IOLI Bulletin

[Beth Mccasland]

Mine came in today's mail, and of course I was truly fascinated by Tamara's
article!  I have to ask, was the worked corner in the book?  That may
answer the question of - Did "they" do worked corners in BL? 

Meanwhile, I'm plodding along on the 16th century fashion doll.  I only
need 14 more inches of the main lace.

Beth McCasland
in the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
where it's hot and muggy with afternoon thundershower

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Re: [lace] Re: summer is here

[Sue Babbs]

Well I hit the jackpot today - the IOLI & OIDFA bulletins both arrived this 
afternoon . It's going to be a quiet weekend :)


Sue (in Illinois) 


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[lace] SP Thank You

[Pat Hallam]

Dear S.P. in Denmark

Thank you for the thoughtful gifts I received this morning.  The two cards 
from Denmark are very nice addition to my vast collection of lace cards and 
the bobbins are delightful.  I do like the 'Danish Lace' Book mark and this 
will be very useful.


I notice the address is from Frederiksberg? I stayed there some years ago 
with my friend from Sweden - like you we were on our way to Tonder.


I look forward to the next round of Secret Pals and to discover who you are.

Pat

Nottingham UK 


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RE: [lace] Unfinished lace

[lucieduf]

> I would take a photo of the pillows with lace attached, then remove the
> lace
> and buy a frame and use the picture as the background (made half
> transparent) and add the  pieces of lace in front with a few of the
> bobbins
> still attached.  The finished picture (collage) could then be given to the
> family.  It would be a lovely memory of their Mum's work.
>
> Faye Owers
> Tasmania
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What a wonderful idea!
Lucie DuFresne
Ottawa Canada

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[lace] summer is here

[C Johnson]

I received the IOLI Summer issue on Thursday (yesterday) so I hope your will
come soon
Susie
Morris, IL
  From: Sue Babbs

  No sign of mine here in Illinois either - maybe July 4th has slowed it down!
  I know mail to England  often gets there faster than mail within the USA

  Sue

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Re: [lace] David's Web Pages Updated

[C Johnson]

Barbara,

Your page is terrific and the photos are very clear.  Thanks so much for
lending us a "look" at David's work.  This has been a very interesting
journey.

David,

The Old Tonder Lace is beautiful and coming along very nicely.
Do you have an estimate of how many hours is involved in the working thus far?
Just curious...   This is certianly work fit for a Queen.

Lovely.

Susie
Morris, IL
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Re: [lace] Re: summer is here

[Malvary J Cole]

It has made it to Canada too - mine arrived on Wednesday or was it Tuesday.

Malvary in Ottawa

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To: "Lace Arachne" 
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 1:03 AM
Subject: [lace] Re: summer is here



On Jul 5, 2007, at 8:11, Barron wrote:

it might not feel like summer but I just got in my IOLI summer 
bulletin [...]

jenny barron
not so summery Scotland


It takes less time to get to *Scotland* than to Virginia??? From 
Wisconsin??? The vagaries of the PO are beyond understanding  :) Mine's 
not here yet...

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Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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Re: [lace] Re: summer is here

[Sue Babbs]

it might not feel like summer but I just got in my IOLI summer bulletin 
[...]

jenny barron
not so summery Scotland


It takes less time to get to *Scotland* than to Virginia??? From 
Wisconsin??? The vagaries of the PO are beyond understanding  :) Mine's 
not here yet...

--


No sign of mine here in Illinois either - maybe July 4th has slowed it down! 
I know mail to England  often gets there faster than mail within the USA


Sue 


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Re: [lace] Re: summer is here

[Diane Williams]

I felt the same way Tamara until I got home from work on Thursday and it was in 
my mailbox.  And I'm only 8 miles from Wisconsin; albeit not Green Bay, land of 
the cheese-heads.
   
  Diane Williams
  Galena, Illinois USA
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  http://dianelaces.wordpress.com/ 

Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  On Jul 5, 2007, at 8:11, Barron wrote:

> it might not feel like summer but I just got in my IOLI summer 
> bulletin [...]
> jenny barron
> not so summery Scotland

It takes less time to get to *Scotland* than to Virginia??? From 
Wisconsin??? The vagaries of the PO are beyond understanding :) Mine's 
not here yet...
-- 
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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Re: [lace] David's Web Pages Updated

[sue]

Amazing.  Sue T



Some of you may recall the saga of the Old Tønder Lace that David in
Ballarat started last January. For those who are new to the discussion,
please take a look at:



I have been posting photos of his progress from time to time. There are 
two

new photos for you to see, under the dates of June 3, 2007.



And for those who might be interested, some of David's additional photos
that don't relate directly to the Old Tønder Lace project may be seen at:



One fairly significant change (I'm learning as I go!), is that I've 
started
putting thumbnails on the pages, instead of loading the pages down with 
huge

images. The first page is still BIG, the second is a mix of thumbnails and
big pictures (in a state of transition), and the third one is just
thumbnails. Click on the small pictures to see BIG full images.
Enjoy!
Barbara
Snoqualmie, WA
USA


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