Re: [lace] one and only pillow?
Followed the link Norma. got this message: File Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server. Methinks it ain't there no more! sue in EY On 6 May 2009, at 03:55, Norma Harris wrote: Try their website http://www.snowgoose.cc/catalog. I ordered mine Jan. 28th and received it one week later. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Lace making equipment? 19th Century on ebay
I did suggest to the seller that they were football boot studs, but someone else beat me to it - mine is the second note. I wouldn't say they were 19th century - my husband and brothers used to hammer them into their football boots probably until the mid 50s. In fact we found a bag of them in my FIL's garden shed when we cleared the house after he died. Put them in the trash. At least the seller happy being corrected. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] one and only pillow?
Try just: www.snowgoose.cc and then click catalog from there. The site is still there but has been redone apparently. To see pictures of items, you have to put them in the shopping basket, retrieve the basket, and then click on the code for the item. Seems the site needs a bit of work Vicki in Maryland -Original Message- From: Sue Duckles s...@duckles.co.uk To: Norma Harris nrm_h...@yahoo.com.au Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com; Beth Mccasland bmccasl...@earthlink.net Sent: Wed, 6 May 2009 3:07 am Subject: Re: [lace] one and only pillow? Followed the link Norma. got this message: File Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server. Methinks it ain't there no more! sue in EY On 6 May 2009, at 03:55, Norma Harris wrote: Try their website http://www.snowgoose.cc/catalog. I ordered mine Jan. 28th and received it one week later. - 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] Miss Channer's Mat
Have to add my congratulations to David - it really does look something in black. Clay wrote: I found that when lots of bobbins are required, a larger pillow is definitely advantageous. A 24 pillow gives you lots of room to work, with plenty of space to stack bobbins out of the way. So... never say never... just get a bigger pillow!! ; ) I gave my 24 inch pillow away because I couldn't reach across it. Problem is that I can't get anything that big close enough - mainly due to what looks like a pillow already between it and my waist! Don't think there's any chance of losing weight until I reach the wizened old lady stage of life, so the best type of pillow for a large project for me, if I didn't want to keep moving the lace, would be the 9 separate all-moveable block type which allows movement of the finished part of the lace in all directions while still pinned down until it reaches the edge. David uses that type of pillow for his 'lace desk', but his blocks are 12 inches square as opposed to the more common portable one with 5 and a half inch squares. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Fw: [lace] larger pillows?
We made a large block pillow which is slopped in to fit closer to me and inside my chair arms and because it has the moveable blocks I can keep the working area closer to me (short arms:-). We made it with an 11 inch square than can be used for a one piece of lace, with a couple of the half blocks or 4 of the half blocks but still 11 inch wide. It works well. I need my sloping table to sit it on, cant work with it completely on my lap when out and about, but it has many great uses. I have read bits about the all moveable blocks and think that sounds like a great way to get use of all the blocks. Sue T Dorset UK A larger pillow is definitely advantageous! Clay is right on there. I took a lace class from Geraldine Stott once, and we asked her about working with a lot of bobbins; her advice was just that...get a bigger pillow. When probed as to how big you might need, she said she had one that she had to hold slanted to the side to get it through a door! Debbie in Florida mmou...@bellsouth.net - 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] larger pillows?
I have two larger pillows, but use them as little as possible. I find stretching over them when I start a pattern is very hard on my shoulders and arms, so I now prefer smaller pieces or edgings which I can make on smaller pillows or block pillows. Dee Palin Warwickshire - Original Message - From: the Mouzons mmou...@bellsouth.net To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:39 PM Subject: [lace] larger pillows? A larger pillow is definitely advantageous! Clay is right on there. I took a lace class from Geraldine Stott once, and we asked her about working with a lot of bobbins; her advice was just that...get a bigger pillow. When probed as to how big you might need, she said she had one that she had to hold slanted to the side to get it through a door! Debbie in Florida mmou...@bellsouth.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.18/2096 - Release Date: 05/04/09 17:51:00 - 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
I would like to compliment you on the lovely lace and also on finishing it so quickly.Thanks for the info on the thread etc.Can you please tell me if you worked the mat at the original size or reduce it. If you reduced it then by how much. It is also referred to as Miss Channer Chantilly style.Did you use chantilly techniques or still use the Bucks ones, or a mix of both.I am sorry if you have been asked these questions before but I only came onto Arachne at Easter. What lace do you plan to do next? I guess it will need some thought, or do you have a list as long as your arm. I know I do. Maureen From East Yorkshire where the weather has been mixed with both rain, wind and sunshine, although cooler than it was last week - Original Message - From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: Julian Jefferson ja.jeffer...@virgin.net; lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:38 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Miss Channer Dear Friends, Could I congratulate David on yet another excellent piece of lace. And may I also publicly acknowledge Julian's promptness and efficiency in posting all my photos. Miss Channer went to the framers this morning. I can now tell you that she took 158 pairs of bobbins plus 14 pairs for gimps. I used some very beautiful black silk which was sent to me some years ago by Eva from Spain (about equal to a Pipers 2/20) and a rayon for the gimp. I began the piece on Feb 12th and finished it on May 4th. There were some challenges, particularly around the half way mark when all the bobbins were on board. If I ever make her again I think I would make the sprays of tallies as raised tallies as on the original rather than as I have done them here. Other than that I'm fairly pleased with the result. She'll be mounted on a pale green board with bottle green surround and then a narrow wooden frame with some gilt highlights. David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.17/2095 - Release Date: 05/04/09 06:00:00 - 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
David has just signed off arachne for 10 days or do to go walkabout in the Australian outback, which he does each year. Usually he comes back with photos of him sitting in a stream making lace. However he will not be around to receive the message you just sent and answer its questions. I recall him saying he had reduced the mat (but I don't recall by how much). If you look in the Arachne archives you should find his response to Chantilly / Bucks techniques. That was a fairly recent question, I think. http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] contact paper hint
I posted recently about getting some clear shelf paper from the local dollar tree store. I also meant to post a hint that I think came from Ulrike Voelker. When you cut the film to cover your pricking, cut it about half an inch wider all round. After you have stuck your pricking onto it, you can place it on your pillow and it will hold in place, no pins required. After finishing a piece of lace I was going to mount to matt board and frame, I just placed the pricking in the position I needed and the film was still sticky enough to hold it in place while I made the appropriate sewing holes, but came away without having any problems. I keep finishing projects but even though I have a workshop coming in June at the LACE lace day, I still feel the need to keep filling my pillows. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Thai silk
An English friend just got back from a vacation in Thailand and she sent me two spools of silk from the Hua Hin Silk Village. It seems to be very fine, glossy, spun silk but has no size or markings on the cone shaped spools which are about 3 inches tall. Has anyone come across this silk before and have any idea of the size? My friend writes I picked up a packet of 12 spools thinking that made a lovely gift. The shop assistant said, Excuse me Madam but you are aware that the price stated is for one spool!!? I treasure your friendship but my pocket doesn't meet my desires. Hope you can use them. It was interesting viewing their little museum - live silkworm to finished product Now I am looking for a pattern that I can make and send to her as a thank you. Isn't it nice that some friends appreciate our art. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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] Thai silk
Trillium Lace lists a Thai silk, pure filament, 120 weight but I don't think this will help you much. How does your silk compare to another thread - e.g. a fine cotton you might have?so you could make a comparison based on a known measurement (supposing you have Brenda's thread book?). On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: An English friend just got back from a vacation in Thailand and she sent me two spools of silk from the Hua Hin Silk Village. It seems to be very fine, glossy, spun silk but has no size or markings on the cone shaped spools which are about 3 inches tall. Has anyone come across this silk before and have any idea of the size? -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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] Thai silk
What a lovely friend! Why don't you do a wrap test and see what it compares to? ~~ Empress Lynn, Co-Ruler of the Dewitt Empire, Czaritsa to the State of Procrastination, Queen of the Mountain of Laundry people, Ruler of the Sea of Dishes, Scourge of the Dust Bunny Herds, Destroyer of Cobwebs, Milk Smeller to the Emperor, and other titles much too numerous to mention On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: snipHas anyone come across this silk before and have any idea of the size?snip - 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] contact paper hint
Thanks, Janice for the earlier post...I got a couple of rolls last week when I spotted a Dollar Tree store near my Dad when I went to take him to an appointment. And you are right...I remember Ulrike suggesting the pinless pricking hint you mentioned. One other point she suggested, which back then I wasn't always doing, is to round all the edges of the pricking (or at least the matte film). Squared or pointed edges snag threads whereas rounded edges do not. Vicki in still soggy Maryland -Original Message- From: Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net I posted recently about getting some clear shelf paper from the local dollar tree store. I also meant to post a hint that I think came from Ulrike Voelker. When you cut the film to cover your pricking, cut it about half an inch wider all round. After you have stuck your pricking onto it, you can place it on your pillow and it will hold in place, no pins required. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Big pillows
Like so many of you I too, like to work on larger pillows and find I don't have any difficulty with the lace being out of reach because I work on engineering felt which I can pick up and move to the exact position I need. Sometimes I work on a very large piece of felt and sometimes on a patchwork of them, just depends on what I am doing, but it does make moving around the pillow easy and I don't have to stretch right across to the back where it can be out of reach!! I also like the hint from Devon about leaving a clear area around the pricking when using contact paper and also the one about rounding the edges. Just so much valuable information comes off this list - it is never ending!! Thanks everyone. Sincerely, Sue Fink, Masterton, New Zealand where it is sunny today, but the forecasters are saying awful things will happen this weekend. Winter is here much too soon for me I am afraid!! _ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter http://www.spamfighter.com/len .. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 598 of my spam emails to date. The Professional version does not have this message. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
