Re: [lace] stacking bobbins for Miss Channer
When I had 350 or so bobbins on the pillow doing battle with Miss Channer's demanding mat, and ran out of stitch holders, I used shoe-laces to tie up bundles of bobbins. The end of a shoe-lace threads easily through a spangle and tied with a bow, the bundle can be stacked anywhere and released quickly. Janis Savage In Honeydew, South Africa -- An option I find useful with spangled bobbins is a short (maybe 6/15cm) cord with a loop on one end. Lia gave us these in a class--it was made from chain stitch, with the last stitch going into a chain several back from the hook. Thread the cord through one spangle and pull the end through the loop. This anchors the cord to one bobbin. Then you can gather neighboring bobbins by threading the cord through their spangles. The cords are short enough to make manageable units. You can grab a unit by the free end and move it anywhere, stack it on top of other units, etc. A pin through the free end is all it takes to secure things, so they pile up better than hard holders. Robin Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Kimono
Hello! I've resisted mentioning this exhibit on the list because it is not lace I didn't want to cause a kerfluffle--BUT--I've been SEEN if you are anywhere close can manage it--you MUST go. www.kimonoexhibit.com is the official site. Susan in dreary Erie, PA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Kimono
On 9 Mar 2009, at 10:23, hottl...@neo.rr.com hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello! I've resisted mentioning this exhibit on the list because it is not lace I didn't want to cause a kerfluffle--BUT--I've been SEEN if you are anywhere close can manage it--you MUST go. www.kimonoexhibit.com is the official site. Susan in dreary Erie, PA I saw a similar exhibit of these kimonos in 1995 at the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa and it's worth going way, way out of your way to see. 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 majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Miss Channer receives a Proposal
Dear Clay, Not everyone works with spangled bobbins. I have to say, those spangles come in handy for keeping the bobbins in order, but I rarely use this kind of bobbin. Continental bobbins present their own set of challenges. My favorite system (which I have not come even *close* to mastering...) is when those huge 12 pins are used to scoop up 6 - 8 bobbins at a time and stack them vertically in front of another set... Just an amazing sight to see... I have to say I've often wondering just how Continental bobbins are kept in any sort of order without any spangles to thread on things. Since you're using 12 pins, you might even consider those 1mm (or less) metal lace knitting needles. They are what I use to support my stacks of bobbins. However, I wouldn't want too many 1mm holes in a styrene based pillow David - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Miss Channer receives.../ideas for stacking bobbins
I watched a lacemaker working with hundreds of Midlands pairs, a big Beds. piece on a large cookie pillow, and she was able to pick up groups of bobbins, twist the bundle once so that the leader threads were all together, and left them back of the pillow. Now THAT'S an intriguing idea which I haven't tried yet. Must give it a go. But it certainly sounds feasible. My giant safety pins made by cutting a plastic coated coat hanger in half, hold around 32 bobbins each depending on the flamboyancy of the spangle. David - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] What does Slince mean?
Hi Adele, Patty, Bev and Lorelei. Thanks a lot for your help. Although there wasn't a complete solution for the translation of the word, your opinions have taken me to search a bit further. And now I know (surfing the Internet) that the Slovenian word slin means saliva (same in English, Italian and Spanish). I suppose that -ce is a suffix, perhaps for the plural (just a guess). That's why the Italians call this motive saliva (just a translation of slince). But now comes the next question: why saliva? Unless saliva means something else than the liquid in the mouth! For those who don't know what we are talking about: this slince is a braid with kind of spiders in the center, which is typical of Idrijan lace and also of Gorizian lace (northern Italy, next to Slovenia). Many greetings to all from Antje, from Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] kimono
I have visited the Itchiku Kubota Art Museum at Lake Kawaguchi near Mt. Fuji. His landscape kimonos are unbelievable to behold and they are only part of this mans amazing artistry. As well the museum building and gardens are breathtaking. If you have the opportunity to see this exhibition- DON'T PASS IT UP. Inez in Chandler Australia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] stacking bobbins
I control my bobbins with holders made from tongue depressors and rubber-bands. I use my wire cutters to clip a little bit out of each corner of the depressor, leaving a longer piece sticking out of each end. Slide the stick under a group of bobbins, then hook a rubber-band from one end to the other end, over the bobbins. This bobbin cluster is easy to handle and will stack. A long stickpin on each side of the stack helps support the stack. I have seen professionally made versions of this with lovely woods, and elastic thread attached to one end, and a prong at the other end for looping the elastic. One friend of mine uses rectangles of thin wood with prongs for rubber-bands across the top and bottom sections of the rectangles. She claims they are sturdier and stack better than the tongue depressors. Some of my samples are like large wooden hairpins ... two long sides of wood, attached at one end. Scoop up a bunch of bobbins between the two sides. Some of these holders have a pinhole in the open end to pin to the pillow and secure the bobbins at the same time. One sample has a pin/needle inserted in the closed end. Scoop up bobbins, stand upright and pin into the pillow to hold them. This pin is smaller than the long brass pins used to support bobbins so would not damage a foam pillow very much. I'm sure there are other methods of controlling bobbins. As the need develops, we invent solutions based on materials on hand. And then try to improve the solutions. It's fun to hear about the different methods. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon -- lightly snowing outside, but it won't stay long - Original Message From: David in Ballarat d.collye...@aapt.net.au . I have to say I've often wondering just how Continental bobbins are kept in any sort of order without any spangles to thread on things. David - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Winslows
This may sound a bit like an advertisement - but it isn't. Apparently on 2004, in response to a question on Arachne, I gave an address and phone number for Winslow Bobbins, in England. I've just heard from Heather and Steve to tell me that they have moved and changed their phone number. However, they are receiving irate phone calls from the holder of their old phone number, complaining that people are still ringing the old number wanting to order bobbins.Heather and Steve are trying to get the message out to everyone that their details have changed. So, if you have any details for Winslows in any form at all, could you please change them. The new address is: 102 Embleton Way Buckingham MK18 1FJ And the correct phone number is: 01280 816980 Their email address and website URL remain the same. Please update your details for these lovely people, and help save them from any more angry phone calls from the poor chap who has their old phone number. Thanks a lot. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] stacking bobbins for Miss Channer
Janis, When I had 350 or so bobbins on the pillow doing battle with Miss Channer's demanding mat, and ran out of stitch holders, I used shoe-laces to tie up bundles of bobbins. The end of a shoe-lace threads easily through a spangle and tied with a bow, the bundle can be stacked anywhere and released quickly. I had tried that, but found they didn't want to come off the shoe laces very easily. So then I got an even longer length of that plastic coated electric wire. It was better but not very manageable. I think I probably should have used shorter lengths. Thanks David - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Miss Channer receives a Proposal
David in Ballarat d.collye...@aapt.net.au wrote: I have to say I've often wondering just how Continental bobbins are kept in any sort of order without any spangles to thread on things.- Other things used with continentals are: knitted/crocheted strips with holes to poke the bobbin bottoms through ribbon wrapped around one bobbin, then twisted between each additional bobbin and tied tongue depressers with elastic stretched from one end to the other over the bobbins snap tape (used for baby clothes) where bobbins slide between snaps wood U with pin in the bottom, to scoop up bobbins at their waists and pin upright wood U with pinholes on the ends, to scoop up bobbins and store horizontally, pinned in place Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
