[lace] Knitted pincushions
I want a new pincushion for my pillow and sometime ago I remember seeing a website with instructions for knitted pincushions that looked like little iced cakes. I can't find it now. Does anybody know it? Ann Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] knitted pincushions
Ann wrote: I want a new pincushion for my pillow and sometime ago I remember seeing a website with instructions for knitted pincushions that looked like little iced cakes The two that I know of are knitted cupcakes: http://members.aol.com/cillcrochets/cupcake.html or a crochet doughnut http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32761 Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re Knitted pincushions
Thank you Jean, but I can't crochet. The ones I saw were definitely knitted. Ann Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Knitted pincushions
I found a website that makes little cupcakes from old sweaters. The instructions are here: http://www.instructables.com/id/EPZAPJVLVJEWZMIJWJ/ I also found a pincushion that is knitted in garter stitch. It doesn't look exactly like a pincushion, but you might be able to fudge the pattern and cook up your own variation. (grin) http://people.delphiforums.com/knit_chat/fingerpuppets/pincushion.htm I knitted one for my pillow, and it doesn't look like a cupcake, but holds my crochet hook and pin lifter very nicely. Good luck! Lenore http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re Knitted pincushions
Thank you Lenore. I like the idea of making a pincushion out of an old sweater but I'm still wearing my old sweaters. I could try raiding my hubby's cupboard but everything is grey, brown or beige not exactly cupcake lookalikes. Perhaps the local charity shop? Ann Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] anna burda
Is there anyone who can tell me anything about the magazine Anna Burda? I can't find it in Italy since last June. Thank you for help. Alessandra Italy - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Knitted food
The following site has all sorts of knitted food which could be used as pincushions, but no cupcake: http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/food.php Knitted cupcake: http://ax174.blogspot.com/2006/02/my-own-pattern-iv-cupcake.html Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] knitted pincushions
If you do a search of the archives under Knitted pincushions it brings up Pene's original post about a book called One Skein and replies by Lenore English, Bev and Regina. Lenore gave the following link which maybe the one you want. http://people.delphiforums.com/knit_chat/fingerpuppets/pincushion.htm It give a sort of cake shape, done in garter stitch! Or there may be other links in the same thread. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] anna burda
Hello Alessandra,Anna is discontinued - all we have now in Germany is the Magazine Lena that is somewhat similar (but not my cup of tea - if there's anything about bobbin lace in there, then it's prolly very crude and simple Torchon patterns). Best from Berlin, Achim. 2007/8/30, Alessandra [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there anyone who can tell me anything about the magazine Anna Burda? I can't find it in Italy since last June. Thank you for help. Alessandra Italy - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] anna burda
Hello All, I don't think Anna is discontinued, I know it has been published the September issue, in German. Here at Taranto, Italy, as I've written to Alessandra, I can't find it since long time but I've read in a message sent to another list that Anna has changed editor, now is edited by a join between Mr Burda and an American editor. I'll search for the message and can be more precise. Hope this helps Kind Regards Tiziana Taranto (Italy) 2007/8/30, Achim Siebert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Alessandra,Anna is discontinued - all we have now in Germany is the Magazine Lena that is somewhat similar (but not my cup of tea - if there's anything about bobbin lace in there, then it's prolly very crude and simple Torchon patterns). Best from Berlin, Achim. 2007/8/30, Alessandra [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there anyone who can tell me anything about the magazine Anna Burda? I can't find it in Italy since last June. Thank you for help. Alessandra Italy - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] anna burda
Sorry, Achim, there is a august or july issu of Anna. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] anna burda
Hello Tiziana, Anna came out in Germany till the beginning of the year. Some people with get a short note and money back from Burda. Others not. But in my class in Blackforest some body had the new Anna, august or july I didn't see it, with her. Best Google Burda and have a look. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Visit to Bayeux
Hello all Arachneans, I have just returned from my holidays, and I would like to tell you some lacey information of my trip to France, as I had the opportunity to visit Bayeux, to see its museum and to chat with an important lacer: Mylene Salvador. For those not very familiar with French lace: Bayeux is located in the NW of France, in Normandy. Apart from Bayeux, bobbin lace is made in Caen and Courselles de Mer, very near to Bayeux. At this moment, I am trying to learn how to make tulle ground lace. So, this visit was very interesting for me. IN Caen and Courselles I didn't manage to see any lace. But as I knew in advance that there was a lace workshop/museum in Bayeux, I went there directly to see it. As soon as I entered, I was enchanted: a medium size room where beautiful lace was shown in vertical and horizontal showcases, well organized and classified, with the names of the style over them. Very instructive, really. There were also three lace makers making lace, with their round and flat pillows on a stand. They worked with very fine thread and with the typical Bayeux bobbins (wooden, a bit fatter at the bottom, and long (approx. 11 cm). I was fortunate that Mylene Salvador, the founder of this place (Conservatoire de la Dentelle) could speak Spanish. I am glad to say that she was extremely nice to me. She explained me everything that I asked her without any hesitation. I bought some patterns she sold (the easy ones) and wrote notes on how to make them, because she explained it very clearly. I must admit I didn't know much about these tulle laces before, and after this visit and Mylene`s explanations, I can tell the differences among laces from Bayeux, Caen and Courselles. At least in theory! Apart from tulle laces, Mylene had a collection of beautifully Cluny laces, with the leaves in colour (leaves made with 5 bobbins). In this Conservatoire they show the lace, demonstrate and also teach how to make it. Mylene is also a designer. She made beautiful jewels in lace. In this Conservatoire they try to preserve old laces, redrawing the patterns of old pieces, but at the same time, creating new pieces of art. At the same time, they teach different types of lace (especially tulle and cluny). The Conservatoire has its own web page. Here is the address if you want to have a look at it: http://dentelledebayeux.free.fr/index.htm I would like to thank Margot Walker for the report on the visit to Normandy a few years ago. Thanks to it I managed to see this museum. But I must disagree in what you said about the lacers not being nice. I think the main problem was they didn't speak any English. That made them seem a bit serious. I could speak to the others, just with signs. But as I have just said, Mylene was very very nice, informative and helpful. I hope you have found this information interesting. Many greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara, Spain -- http://antje.gonzalez.iespana.es/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] anna burda
Hello , I've found the information a lady in German gave to the laceknitters list about Anna : now is published by VCP Vikant Crafts Publishing GmbH, a join venture Burda-Vikant, a company based in Illinois (USA). Now in the newstsands, at least in Germany, there is the September issue, I've seen it in the site of s German seller. I know In the September issue there is the preview for the October issue, too. Hope this helps Kind Regards Tiziana Taranto (Italy) 2007/8/30, Ilske Thomsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Tiziana, Anna came out in Germany till the beginning of the year. Some people with get a short note and money back from Burda. Others not. But in my class in Blackforest some body had the new Anna, august or july I didn't see it, with her. Best Google Burda and have a look. Greetings Ilske - 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] Re Knitted food
I would love to take up my needles and make all those fun foods but I have new lace projects to start. Perhaps when I am 101 years old I will do the knitting then. I did find one site that sold cupcake pincushions and they are lovely but a bit more than I want to pay just now. Thank you to everyone who sent websites. It's given me an entertaining day Ann Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Visit to Bayeux
On 30 Aug 2007, at 13:02, Antje González wrote: I would like to thank Margot Walker for the report on the visit to Normandy a few years ago. Thanks to it I managed to see this museum. But I must disagree in what you said about the lacers not being nice. I think the main problem was they didn't speak any English. That made them seem a bit serious. I could speak to the others, just with signs. But as I have just said, Mylene was very very nice, informative and helpful. I'm so glad she was nice and informative. In my case, language wasn't a problem since my French is as fluent as my English. Maybe they had an order that they were trying to finish, although I have some friends in England who've had the same experience as I did. I guess the moral is: be prepared for either kind of reception! Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] anna burda
Hello all I went on the Burda website this afternoon and found the magazine Anna Burda, which is available on subscription, but only in Germany and possibly Switzerland. Maybe we should bombard Burda with emails and complain about its demise outside of Germany. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK (who still has a stack of old Anna magazines in Dutch and English) Tiziana wrote: Hello , I've found the information a lady in German gave to the laceknitters list about Anna : now is published by VCP Vikant Crafts Publishing GmbH, a join venture Burda-Vikant, a company based in Illinois (USA). Now in the newstsands, at least in Germany, there is the September issue, I've seen it in the site of s German seller. I know In the September issue there is the preview for the October issue, too. Hope this helps Kind Regards Tiziana Taranto (Italy) 2007/8/30, Ilske Thomsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Tiziana, Anna came out in Germany till the beginning of the year. Some people with get a short note and money back from Burda. Others not. But in my class in Blackforest some body had the new Anna, august or july I didn't see it, with her. Best Google Burda and have a look. Greetings Ilske - 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] anna burda
Dear Lacemaking Friends: I also subscribed to Anna for many years but they told me it was no longer published in ANY language! So they substituted Lena for me. It's nice and okay but it is more for doing other things than lace in my opinion. However, the latest issue does have a little bit of lace (torchon). And these issues do have some interesting projects that I might do. So, that is all that I know about Anna's demise. When Lena passes over it will truly be dark times. Linda Sheff ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] two lace books to sell
Hi everyone I have two lace books to sell, to North American addresses. The postage will be too high otherwise. Kloeppeln in Tirol by Grete Golderer with 36 patterns on pricking card bound in, text German. and Tierisch Flandrisch by Inge Theuerkauf, interesting recent Flanders patterns and an exercise in grounds including a dozen variations of the Flanders ground. text German/English Contact me for prices and approx. postage. First come first served. -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful 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] two lace books to sell
Just a recommendation for anyone interested in Flanders lace. When I decided last January, that I needed to own a copy of Tierisch Flandrisch, I found that all of the US dealers with whom I've done business had no copies left. I ended up ordering it from Barbara Fay in Germany, and paid a pretty high price for the book and especially for the shipping (5 Euros). The book is very nice, with patterns ranging from fairly easy to very complex and beautiful. It's not a book for beginners, however. I'll brag a little for one of my friends--here's a scan of a design from this book, beautifully worked by Darlene Ihrig. http://lace.lacefairy.com/Gallery/DarleneIhrig.html So, if Bev's copy is still available, I recommend that someone who's interested in Flanders lace should snap it up! Barbara Snoqualmie, WA USA -- Forwarded Message From: bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:56:03 -0700 To: Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] two lace books to sell Hi everyone I have two lace books to sell, to North American addresses. The postage will be too high otherwise. Kloeppeln in Tirol by Grete Golderer with 36 patterns on pricking card bound in, text German. and Tierisch Flandrisch by Inge Theuerkauf, interesting recent Flanders patterns and an exercise in grounds including a dozen variations of the Flanders ground. text German/English Contact me for prices and approx. postage. First come first served. -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful 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] -- End of Forwarded Message - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Jan Messent's Knitted food, etc. Bayeux Tapestry/Lace
Dear Knitting Arachnes, A British fiber artist, Jan Messent, has published many interesting books. I counted 13 on embroidery on the shelf, and 3 on unusual knitting. In the knitting books are some projects that would make great mascots for lacemakers. Might inspire adaptations using lace techniques. 1986 Have You Any Wool? Search Press (animals, vegetables, little people) 1989 Wool 'n Magic Search Press 0-85532-702-2 (incredible textures/colors) 1992 Knitted Historical Figures Search Press 0-85532-747-2 (includes knitted lace elements, such as Queen Elizabeth I's ruff-collar) On the embroidery side of my library, there is a 1999 Messent book The Bayeux Tapestry Embroiderers' Story, published by Madeira Threads, 0-951-634852. My library has quite a few books on the Bayeux Tapestry.This is a favorite because Jan Messent presents what is imagined the missing panel might have covered as subject matter. I like, too, the history, the story of whom the original designer might have been, whom the embroiderers might have been, an explanation of a nunnaminster in Anglo-Saxon times,the materials (including dyes), and the techniques --- all from a 20th Century woman's perspective after having studied the subject of the well-known tapestry (actually an embroidery) in depth. Suggestion: It is easier to read the printed text at the back, than the hand-written text that accompanies artwork. Ironically, it is just as difficult to dig through history to unveil the story of this famous tapestry as it is to get to the bottom of our lace mysteries! Eerie that Tess would have recommended (two days ago) a book to add to my library on this subject!If you want to check it out on Amazon, it is A Needle in the Right Hand of God:The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Making and Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry Hardcover by R. Howard Bloch, 2006. Eerie that Antje wrote about the Lace Museum today, and that most of us would, given the choice, go to see both the laces and the tapestry if in Bayeux. If you find this of sufficient interest, the least costly way to explore in depth is to seek books at your local library or via Inter-Library Loan. The history of creative women of the past is difficult to reconstruct. Messent's approach may inspire you. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] anna burda
Dear Lacemakers, Does noone remember we discussed Anna and Burda at great length - in late 2006 or early 2007? In the U.S. there were 2 magazines: Anna and Burda. It was explained that because of the death of the founder, one of the magazines discontinued. Quite an interesting biography of her life. I think if you Google, you will find more information. Or, perhaps in our own archives. Busy doing research on another topic, or I'd follow up further. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] one lace book to sell
Hi again everyone The Flanders book has been spoken for. 'Laces of the Tyrol' is still available. Although the text is in German, it is mostly patterns, traditional laces of the Tyrol/Tirol. They are all edgings or insertions, some appear to be like freehand lace. They are rather pretty, and have interesting variations. As well as prickings on heavier paper, each lace pattern is shown by clear photo (no diagrams) and a few notes on number of bobbins (from about 15 to about 30 pairs) and thread. They could all be worked at a reduced size and in finer thread than specified. -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful 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] Visit to Bayeux
I must disagree with you i'm afraid about Mylene Salvador . i am French and when i went to Bayeux, the lacers there were all very unpleasant and Mylene as well ; actually, we had the feeling we didn't exist ! they went on making their lace and talking without even giving us a glance. We managed by ourselves with the museum I expect she must have been in a good mood or pleased with exercising her spanish lucky you !!! dominique from Paris aka romdom Antje González wrote: Hello all Arachneans, I have just returned from my holidays, and I would like to tell you some lacey information of my trip to France, as I had the opportunity to visit Bayeux, to see its museum and to chat with an important lacer: Mylene Salvador. For those not very familiar with French lace: Bayeux is located in the NW of France, in Normandy. Apart from Bayeux, bobbin lace is made in Caen and Courselles de Mer, very near to Bayeux. At this moment, I am trying to learn how to make tulle ground lace. So, this visit was very interesting for me. IN Caen and Courselles I didn't manage to see any lace. But as I knew in advance that there was a lace workshop/museum in Bayeux, I went there directly to see it. As soon as I entered, I was enchanted: a medium size room where beautiful lace was shown in vertical and horizontal showcases, well organized and classified, with the names of the style over them. Very instructive, really. There were also three lace makers making lace, with their round and flat pillows on a stand. They worked with very fine thread and with the typical Bayeux bobbins (wooden, a bit fatter at the bottom, and long (approx. 11 cm). I was fortunate that Mylene Salvador, the founder of this place (Conservatoire de la Dentelle) could speak Spanish. I am glad to say that she was extremely nice to me. She explained me everything that I asked her without any hesitation. I bought some patterns she sold (the easy ones) and wrote notes on how to make them, because she explained it very clearly. I must admit I didn't know much about these tulle laces before, and after this visit and Mylene`s explanations, I can tell the differences among laces from Bayeux, Caen and Courselles. At least in theory! Apart from tulle laces, Mylene had a collection of beautifully Cluny laces, with the leaves in colour (leaves made with 5 bobbins). In this Conservatoire they show the lace, demonstrate and also teach how to make it. Mylene is also a designer. She made beautiful jewels in lace. In this Conservatoire they try to preserve old laces, redrawing the patterns of old pieces, but at the same time, creating new pieces of art. At the same time, they teach different types of lace (especially tulle and cluny). The Conservatoire has its own web page. Here is the address if you want to have a look at it: http://dentelledebayeux.free.fr/index.htm I would like to thank Margot Walker for the report on the visit to Normandy a few years ago. Thanks to it I managed to see this museum. But I must disagree in what you said about the lacers not being nice. I think the main problem was they didn't speak any English. That made them seem a bit serious. I could speak to the others, just with signs. But as I have just said, Mylene was very very nice, informative and helpful. I hope you have found this information interesting. Many greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara, Spain - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Visit to Bayeux - question
A visit to Bayeux is on my TO DO list for the trip to Europe next summer. The Tapestry is a 'must see', but I also want to see any lace related sites. The internet searching I've done seems to mention only the Normandy beaches, and ignores anything about lace. Suggestions, please, for Bayeux, Caen, and area. Also, how much time should be alloted to the area to see things leisurely? Thanks so much. Alice in Oregon -- who put in 10 hours at state fair yesterday, 8 of them making lace. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace books sold
Hi everyone One book has been sold and the second lace book has offers pending. I will have a few other titles to sell as I continue my lace- sort and -cleanup. -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful 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-chat] anna burda
I have been told that the magazine anna burda will never published in Italian, but it is still published in German in Germany. I would like to contact any lacemaker in Germany to ask her if she could send me copy, just to see if y German is good enough to buy that magazine. Of course I would send the money before or an Italian magazine she wants. Thank you Alessandra Italy To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
