[lace] Repeats
Deatr Arachnids I agree with Sister Clair. Even if the subject has come up and been discussed before, when a lacemaker joins us she had not had that experience. Also, even if we have discussed a topic, there is the chance that someone will have something new to say and we can all benefit. As Sister Clair says - We all have a delete button and I have use mine when topics do not interest me but would not deny others the opportunity to enjoy them. Keep lacemaking Alex - 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] Pressing or Starching/Sizing - Bangles
Exactly my thoughts and those of the lace teacher in Gozo. She feels that ironing does the same and even when I suggested doing that with the lace covered in a towel I still got the same doubtful reply. Thanks for taking the time to reply to this question and that of the bangles as well (those of you who did). As for looking for replies on the archives, I must admit that I forget them but, on the other hand, if any new techniques or ideas have come about in the meantime then they will be missed. Regards, Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of L.Snyder Sent: 22 June 2010 20:53 To: Arachne Subject: [lace] Pressing or Starching/Sizing I have a friend who mangles' her lace... rolls it with a rolling pin. Personally, I do not like the look of this as it is flatter. I like the dimensionality of fresh made lace :-) Lauren in Snohomish WA - 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
RE: [lace] Bangle patterns
Thanks for all your help - I have now purchased and downloaded the patterns. I hope to make some as Christmas gifts. Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Karen Zammit Manduca Sent: 22 June 2010 09:54 To: 'Eve Morton'; 'Arachne lace' Subject: RE: [lace] Bangle patterns I am considering purchasing these patterns because they would make great Christmas gifts, but I do have one question and perhaps someone here could point me in the right direction. I would need to purchase the correct sized rings (bangles) to work them on - does anyone know of an online source for them please? Karen in Malta - 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
Re: [lace] Lace in Vietnam Warp/Weft
On 6/14/10 10:44 AM, jeria...@aol.com wrote: David: All you have to remember is that (in English) weft rhymes with left, and that left and right are horizontal. Another way is to remember that weft is that which is woven. Dunno how woof fits in, but warp and woof is obsolete anyway. [checks Merriam-Webster second edition] Weft actually is a form of wefan, the old-English word that became weave. Synonyms are woof, shoot, and filling. I suspect that shoot is the result of throwing the shuttle *once*, not all of the filling; that sort of detail is apt to be left out of a general dictionary. (I'm too lazy to Google, and haven't a beginners' weaving book on me.) Shoot is more appropriate now than it was when the dictionary was written: nowadays they blow the weft in with a jet of air instead of using a shuttle. There is a trick way to remember warp, Best just to remember that warp is the other one. Or to reflect that a loom must be warped before weaving can commence. (I have read that warping is more than half the job, so weavers try to plan several projects that can be woven on the same warp.) When you work cloth stitch, the passives are warp and the workers are weft. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where there are now only 73 messages in the Lace folder. - 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] Lace in Vietnam Warp/Weft
Hello to One All! Im also a weaver. IMHO woof meaning weft came into being through a misunderstanding by 2 people where one's native tongue was different than the other. My Mom was Danish could mangle english quite well. I would piggyback many projects off of 1 warping of my loom. Warping a loom is NOT my favorite thing to do. It usually takes about 75 percent of the project's time! One warping I got 7 tablerunners...with a white warp. The next warp, beige, I just tied the thread ends together, three runners on that warp. They were Anerican Colonial patterns that I reproduced. The only difference in them was the color of the weft the order of the tredling. (Making the sheds to throw the weft.) Hugs, Susie Rose On Thu Jun 24th, 2010 6:28 AM PDT Joy Beeson wrote: On 6/14/10 10:44 AM, jeria...@aol.com wrote: David: All you have to remember is that (in English) weft rhymes with left, and that left and right are horizontal. Another way is to remember that weft is that which is woven. Dunno how woof fits in, but warp and woof is obsolete anyway. [checks Merriam-Webster second edition] Weft actually is a form of wefan, the old-English word that became weave. Synonyms are woof, shoot, and filling. I suspect that shoot is the result of throwing the shuttle *once*, not all of the filling; that sort of detail is apt to be left out of a general dictionary. (I'm too lazy to Google, and haven't a beginners' weaving book on me.) Shoot is more appropriate now than it was when the dictionary was written: nowadays they blow the weft in with a jet of air instead of using a shuttle. There is a trick way to remember warp, Best just to remember that warp is the other one. Or to reflect that a loom must be warped before weaving can commence. (I have read that warping is more than half the job, so weavers try to plan several projects that can be woven on the same warp.) When you work cloth stitch, the passives are warp and the workers are weft. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where there are now only 73 messages in the Lace folder. - 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
Re: [lace] Lace in Vietnam Warp/Weft
Warping the loom comes first, and the word warp is alphabetically before weft. Regina - Original Message - From: Joy Beeson joybee...@comcast.net To: jeria...@aol.com Or to reflect that a loom must be warped before weaving can commence. (I have read that warping is more than half the job, so weavers try to plan several projects that can be woven on the same warp.) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Bangles
All of you making bangle ornaments - beware that the bangles may tarnish, discolor or rust in a short time. I've been very disappointed with seeing this on bangle ornaments I made just a few years ago so now I cover all the new bangles with clear nail polish before using them. Just brush on the nail polish on one side, let dry, then do the other side. You cannot see that it has polish on them but it does help preserve the bangle. I have no idea what the polish does to the lace threads as far as acidity but I feel more comfortable giving these ornaments away knowing the metal won't look ugly in the future. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA- where we have a lovely cooler day after horrific storms last night. Flexible people don't get bent out of shape. - 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] Bangles
Can plastic bangle bracelets be used for these projects? There are some available here for children that would be inexpensive to practice on. Just curious . . . :D On 6/24/2010 10:23 AM, Jane O'Connor wrote: All of you making bangle ornaments - beware that the bangles may tarnish, discolor or rust in a short time. I've been very disappointed with seeing this on bangle ornaments I made just a few years ago so now I cover all the new bangles with clear nail polish before using them. Just brush on the nail polish on one side, let dry, then do the other side. You cannot see that it has polish on them but it does help preserve the bangle. I have no idea what the polish does to the lace threads as far as acidity but I feel more comfortable giving these ornaments away knowing the metal won't look ugly in the future. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA- where we have a lovely cooler day after horrific storms last night. Flexible people don't get bent out of shape. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com -- -- Ruth R. in Ohio roxw...@krafters.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] Bangles
Use plastic bangles? Ruth, I don't see why plastic bangles could not be used --- however, be sure the size/thickness of the bangle is suitable for the lacing. The metal ones are quite thin so it is easy to get the crochet hook under them to grab the thread. The plastic ones I've seen here are quite thick. You can try it and see what you think. Let the rest of us know how it goes. Oh, and be sure to add more inches of thread to your bobbins if using thicker bangles as the sewings around them take up a lot of the thread. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA Flexible people don't get bent out of shape. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] BOD
Dear Arachnids From the emails I received it sounds like many of you are interested in Books on Demand even if you are not interested in using the service. It apprears to have been very carefully thought out so the books can be as low cost as possible. I have to prepare a disc with the whole of the text as a single pdf file and a separate file for the cover prepared on A3. The cover is a sheet of A3 and this includes the spine an trimming so the maximum size is a little under A4. I have been preparing my torchon on A4, as I had originally planned to comb bind it, and took a pdf of some of the pages on a USB, he plugged it into the machine and had a look at the size and we think there is sufficient room in the margins to allow for the spine. I'm going ahead and he will see if it will work. If not I will have to reduce the size. I will let you know more later. Happy lacemaking alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace-chat] women drivers
This morning on the motorway, I looked over to my right and there was a Woman In a brand new VW !! Doing 75mph With her Face up next to her Rear view mirror Putting on her eyeliner. I looked away For a couple seconds ! And when I looked back she was Halfway over in my lane, Still working on that makeup. As a man, I don't scare easily. But she scared me so much; I dropped My electric shaver, Which knocked The meat pie Out of my other hand. In all The confusion of trying To straighten out the car Using my knees against The steering wheel, It knocked My Mobile phone Away from my ear Which fell Into the coffee Between my legs, Splashed, And burned Big Jim and the Twins, Ruined the phone, Soaked my trousers, And disconnected an Important call. BL00DY women drivers!! 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] Bangles
All of you making bangle ornaments - beware that the bangles may tarnish, discolor or rust in a short time. I've been very disappointed with seeing this on bangle ornaments I made just a few years ago so now I cover all the new bangles with clear nail polish before using them. Just brush on the nail polish on one side, let dry, then do the other side. You cannot see that it has polish on them but it does help preserve the bangle. I have no idea what the polish does to the lace threads as far as acidity but I feel more comfortable giving these ornaments away knowing the metal won't look ugly in the future. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA- where we have a lovely cooler day after horrific storms last night. Flexible people don't get bent out of shape. 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] Re: [lace] Bangles
Can plastic bangle bracelets be used for these projects? There are some available here for children that would be inexpensive to practice on. Just curious . . . :D On 6/24/2010 10:23 AM, Jane O'Connor wrote: All of you making bangle ornaments - beware that the bangles may tarnish, discolor or rust in a short time. I've been very disappointed with seeing this on bangle ornaments I made just a few years ago so now I cover all the new bangles with clear nail polish before using them. Just brush on the nail polish on one side, let dry, then do the other side. You cannot see that it has polish on them but it does help preserve the bangle. I have no idea what the polish does to the lace threads as far as acidity but I feel more comfortable giving these ornaments away knowing the metal won't look ugly in the future. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA- where we have a lovely cooler day after horrific storms last night. Flexible people don't get bent out of shape. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com -- -- Ruth R. in Ohio roxw...@krafters.net 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] Re: [lace] Bangles
Use plastic bangles? Ruth, I don't see why plastic bangles could not be used --- however, be sure the size/thickness of the bangle is suitable for the lacing. The metal ones are quite thin so it is easy to get the crochet hook under them to grab the thread. The plastic ones I've seen here are quite thick. You can try it and see what you think. Let the rest of us know how it goes. Oh, and be sure to add more inches of thread to your bobbins if using thicker bangles as the sewings around them take up a lot of the thread. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA Flexible people don't get bent out of shape. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
