Re: [lace] wip
Does that mean I'll have plenty of time to finish all those wips before your new book comes out? Only one piece of lace at the moment, but also a pricking for the next one (a Bucks fan), winding the bobbins, a bag to knit, two quilted bags (one for my lace pillow and one for my stand), a large pin cushion, some curtains for the landing etc. etc. I bought all the materials, just need to get a move on. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Alex Stillwell wrote: It is a my own design and I will be using it in my Floral book - I have just completed chapter 5, it's progressing - slowly. - 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] wip
Alex -- I'm afraid I can beat you by several years, probably with not nearly as good a reason. However, I'm not about to admit how old my oldest wip is, nor how pitifully close to completion it is. Maybe all you hardy souls tackling long-time wips will give me courage... Nancy From: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net I can beat that one. I had one piece on the pillow for seven years. ... - 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] wip
Hello everybody and Alex and Nancy, perhaps it's me who beat you all. One of my ufo is, sit down carefully for not falling down, is more than FIVE years old. It's a Chantilly ombré only for practising. After having done one motive I decided to let it and doing some more later to become experienced in it. But than I forget about. When I remembered I haven't time to do more and so on ... till today. Two days before I was nearby to take it off but than the old thought. came back but not time enough. So, you see.. Greetings from grey and meanwhile dark Hamburg in Germany Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Slightly OT: Beaded Christmas Bell Pattern
I was gifted in the 70's, with a lovely beaded Christmas Bell, made by an elderly woman. I was too busy at that time to trace back how to make it, unfortunately. I wonder if anyone on the list (since many of us do various techniques), would have, or know how to make, the a beaded Christmas Bell. I remember it's width being perhaps 2 at the most, and it's height, slightly more. It had a cross hatch in the design that was done with gold toned elipses, crossing the rounded bead, that may have been perhaps around 4-6mm, or smaller? It had a clapper that hung down from the center, and it seems the one she made was threaded on dental floss or similar. I found a picture that is fairly similar on Herrschner's, but alas, it is discontinued: http://www.herrschners.com/Product/Shimmering+Bells+Beaded+Ornaments+Kit+Set+ of+4.aspx or here: http://tiny.cc/bell http://tiny.cc/bell Thank you in advance for any assistance! Best,Susan Reishus - 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] Lacemaking in Norway? Comprehensive reply.
Dear Mark, There IS information available. I recommend the same research techniques you used when in school/university. 1. I took the lead from Sally's replies and searched Ernst Ziesler. Google does the language translation for you. The second entry is a lace article from Bunad that prints out to 9 pages - in color! You will want to print and keep this one! Bunad is the Norwegian magazine from which the article comes. 2. Have you ever investigated the American needlework supplier, Nordic Needle? You'll find many products related to Norway. _www.nordicneedle.com_ (http://www.nordicneedle.com) 3. There is a museum exhibition right now at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Sacred Symbols, Ceremonial Cloth for your wife, the embroiderer in your family. _www.vesterheim.org_ (http://www.vesterheim.org) 4. Taking the lead from #3, I have 2 recent embroidery/history books featuring embroidery, by the American author Mary B. Kelly: Goddess Embroideries of the Northlands which is a paperback 8 1/2 x 11 and 346 pages. Only 8 pages in color, the rest illustrated with drawings and photos. This took a great amount of research, and there are 8(!) pages of bibliography. This was $40. Published in 2009 by Studiobooks, P.O.Box 5623, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29938. To go with this there is a 31-page book Embroidering the Goddesses of Old Norway, paperback 8 1/2 x 11 and 31 pages, one page bibliography. Embroidery charts and text about what the old symbols mean, plus abbreviated history. This was $15. Published in 2008. Same publisher. Mary Kelly has been researching the ancient tradition of goddess worship and symbolism for many years. She has previously published goddess books on Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and the Greek Isles. When you read her works, you'll find representations of goddesses in many textiles, carpets, etc. If you have enjoyed the historic novels by Jean M. Auel, you may want to look into Kelly's textile research. 5. A book in my library that you can order from Interlibrary loan: A sampler of Norway's Folk Costumes by Thorbjorg Hjelmen Ugland. Publisher is Boksenteret, 1996, ISBN 82-7683-088-9. Costumes of 38 regions in Norway - how they are made and worn today, history, how to care for them. In English. Wonderful! 6. Another book: The Folk Arts of Norway by Janice S. Stewart. Several editions have been published since 1963. This is a Dover paperback book of 246 pages, ISBN 0-486-22811-8. Among the chapters are: Weaving, Embroidery, Costumes. 7. Scandinavian Cross Stitch Designs by Jana Hauschild Lindberg, published by Cassell, distributed in the U.S. by Sterling, has 30 pages of modern designs/charts from Norway, including one of a girl, in traditional costume. Other sections cover Viking era, Sweden and Denmark, Christmas. The addition of lace to many of the items would be nice. 1998, ISBN 0-304-34951-8. 8. Mark: Do you have the small embroidery book Navneduker by Anne Kjellberg? It was published in Oslo in 1985 by C. Huitfeldt Forlag. It would be of limited use if you do not read Norwegian language. My library contains books about costumes, needlework history, related crafts etc. because they directly relate to the use of lace and embroidery. So far as I have seen, usually personal lace/embroidery libraries do not extend to the related subjects, but they can be very useful. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 11/12/2009 2:49:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tat...@tat-man.net writes: Is there a lacemaking tradition in Norway, if any? I know about Hardanger and other embroideries existed. But wondered what type, if any, of lace was made. The reason I am asking is because my wife's roots came from North East of Oslo, Norway and we were having fun doing a bit of research. My wife embroiders and I make lace. I just wondered if there is such a lace. If not a tradition, then what type of lace are modern day Norwegians making? It would be fun to make her a heritage outfit(for our heritage demonstrations) that features Norwegian embroidery and lace, being that is her heritage. Mine is easier to figure out(English, German, Irish.quite the melting pot!) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Slightly OT: Beaded Christmas Bell Pattern
Hi Susan, I've just purchased the beading kit you are referring to from our own bead shop in town (Adelaide, South Australia) and they have a web page. You'll find the bell on this page with a host of other links. I've always found them very friendly. Enjoy a relaxing pastime. http://cabeadle.com.au/xcart/product.php?productid=16144cat=103page=1 Cheers, Shirley T. - in very, very hot Adelaide, South Australia where we are witnessing a record heatwave for November in our City - 40 deg. C today after a week of 38/39! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] wips and ufos
Here I am cackling and flapping my wings again: I just finished another wip/ufo. It is a baby Binche piece from Verbeke-Billiets Binche Syllabus volume I. I enlarged it to 148% of the original size and used Cordonnet 80. It worked but was just a little bit too thick. neatening up the cloth sections took a lot of effort and you can see it is not quite as smooth as it should be. I also was kind of messy on finishing it off. Now I can relax and think about which thing on my long list I want to do next. See it at http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2105845%3APhoto%3A123991 Lorelei - 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-chat] Re: A Bunnings Warning
At 02:46 PM 14/11/2009, Tamara P Duvall wrote: What/where is Bunnings? I haven't seen any windshield wipers *outside* any of our stores... Bunnings is a huge hardware chain store here in Australia. Perhaps I wrongly assumed it would also be in the USA. NO? David -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Re: A Bunnings Warning
Probably like Home Depot in the US. The only time I have seen windshield wiper guys was in Mexico and none of them would have looked good naked. :-) Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - Original Message From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.net; Chat Arachne lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Sat, November 14, 2009 5:18:22 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: A Bunnings Warning At 02:46 PM 14/11/2009, Tamara P Duvall wrote: What/where is Bunnings? I haven't seen any windshield wipers *outside* any of our stores... Bunnings is a huge hardware chain store here in Australia. Perhaps I wrongly assumed it would also be in the USA. NO? David -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] Exchange Partner
Sorry to send this to chat list but I tried to send directly to Clay but it keeps getting returned to me as Spam Clay, my Outlook keep file seems to have eaten my exchange partner details email that you sent me, could you possible re-send as card is all ready to go Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] A Bunnings Warning
Oh David! You must either stop buying timber, or shop somewhere else! :)) What on earth are you going to do with all that timber, anyway ? There must be an aweful lot of it if you had to go back that many times You naughty man! :)) :)) Wow! some Very good laughs in the Chat Digest today. Many thanks for brightening my day!!! :)) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, still chuckling!!! :)) lizl...@bigpond.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 516 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
