[lace] interesting advertisement
Hi All, I've just download a copy of Home Needlework Magazine - Nov 1915 from the Univ Arizona weaving site and came across this ad which I thought I would share:- Hand Made Lace From England That beautiful lace straight from the peasant workers of Bucks, England. Due to the war these English peasant lacemakers are in real need. Just or unjust, this struggle is not of their making but these peace-loving folks are sufferers. Therefore purchases now will be good deed as well as profitable to you. You'll be delighted with the free book we want to send you. Write for it today. Mrs Netty Armstrong's Lacemakers, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Wonder how much they sold? Happy lacing, Andrea in Cambridge, UK _ See the most popular videos on the web - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: pin sizes etc
Dear Tamara and other readers, Some years back, when I was still dabbling with Point Ground, I *did* use a different -- colour-headed -- pin, to hang a gimp from. For the same reason that Clay mentioned -- to remind myself to remove it, before it got locked beyond the ability to tension the gimp properly. But that happened only once-twice per repeat, so I never needed more than a couple of those. Having to use a thicker pin for every picot... Yuck. The pins I use to hang in gimp are actually sewing needles with a bead glued over the eye. I remove them after only one or two pins. It's never been an issue. However, with the use of bigger pins for picots, I should have been more clear. Because I am talking point ground laces here, the picots are only right around the edge, and as such you simply end up with the larger pins along both footside and headside as well as forming a line where you begin. It's no problem at all. I then end up pushing those pins right in and removing the small Withof pins as I go and bringing them up to the front. So when the work is finished, there are simply the larger pins to remove which go separately into their own box. David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace in 'Le Monastier'?
Hi everyone The other day a book came across my desk at work (I work in a library so I get to see a lot of books). It was called 'Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes' by Robert Louis Stevenson, originally published in 1879. I glanced at the first page and there I found a reference to 'Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley fifteen miles from Le Puy (and) notable for the making of lace...' Where is Monastier (I assume it's in France) and what sort of lace did they make there? Can anyone enlighten me, it's got me curious! Alison in Essex UK where it's a miserable November afternoon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Pin holes etc.
I'm working on old Czech/Bohemian patterns at the moment, having to work out the prickings first!. In some cases in order to be quicker they are not doing picots, but putting extra twists on the pair coming out of the headside instead. As others have commented they look alright, which when all is said and done to the non-lacemaker, that is what matters. Sheila in dull and wet Sawbo'. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace in 'Le Monastier'?
Where is Monastier (I assume it's in France) Could this mean Monestier? If so, check here: http://www.maplandia.com/france/auvergne/allier/moulins/monestier/ Sharon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace in 'Le Monastier'?
Hi Sharon and fellow arachneans I don't think so - I just found Le Monastier on Google Maps and it's just south-east of Le Puy en Velay (which is a different town to Le Puy, just to confuse people). The Le at the beginning of Le Monastier (and other French place names) is a fairly important part of the name - you'll often find Le Puy, etc listed under Le rather than P (or whatever) in the indexes of English-language atlases (and search engines!). Try this for the real Le Monastier: http://www.maplandia.com/france/auvergne/haute-loire/le-puy-en-velay/le-monastier/ Beth in a rather grey Cheshire, NW England On Monday 03 November 2008, you wrote: Where is Monastier (I assume it's in France) Could this mean Monestier? If so, check here: http://www.maplandia.com/france/auvergne/allier/moulins/monestier/ Sharon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
