[lace] Third hand
An alternative to hackle pliers are surgical forceps (hemostat in the US) or a mini test clip adapter availble in packs of two from electrical shops such as Radio Shack or Maplins. The mini test clips don't hold the thread as tightly as hackle pliers, but are easier to use if you have difficulty squeezing. I find forceps easier than hackle pliers because the squeezing action uses the whole hand rather than just the fingers. They've all been discussed several times on Arachne, and can be viewed in the lace Arachne archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/maillist.html#03505 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Gawthorpe Hall
Hi Sorry about my last message I will try sending it again. Hi, I am pleased to hear you enjoyed the pictures from Kate Davis. Quite a number of designers (knitting and crochet) came to study items from the collection. They are going to submit designs which will be sold to raise money towards the collection. Its only source of income is from what it can earn and grants it receives. You would love looking at the boxes but you would need weeks, months or even years in my case to study it all. It was set up by Rachel Kay Shuttleworth as a working collection for people to study. She collected items which she thought were of interest - some of it is poor. She wanted to educate people about lace and embroidery in particular. She was very brutal with some of her comments. The piece of lace on a small roller pillow in one of the pictures was made by me. The idea was to make it look as though Rachel had just walked out of the room for a second, so there are bits (replicas of her labels, threads, her old typewriter, some of her articles written in Embroidery etc) on her desk and the lace pillow on a table in the bay window. All the display rooms were altered last winter. One display room shows a range of pieces from the collection to show the variety it contains. The next room shows Rachel as a teacher and practitioner. The following room has treasures from the collection and all the staff and volunteers chose their favourite item. That was very difficult because there are so many items I love. I chose a Chantilly fan that once belonged to Lady Baden Powell (a friend of Rachel), We were running out of time and it was easy to display. In the final room there are items from local degree students who have been inspired by the collection. It is good to see that Miss Rachel's vision is alive. In the public gallery this year is an exhibition Inspired by Lace. Local colleges, universities, lace groups and Embroiderers Guilds were invited to study about 20 selected items of lace. The pieces are on display until the end of the season (beginning of November). The items had to be no bigger than 10 inches square because of space. Regards, Dianne Derbyshire Preston, Lancashire Preston, Lancashire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] tools for lacemaking
Regarding tools for lacemaking... I found surgical forceps (hemostat in the US) cut my thread when I tried them. I do not recommend the forceps. Susie Johnson Morris, Illinois - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] tools for lacemaking
Just had another thought - if forceps cut thread, then they'd cut the tissue if they were being used in surgery to clamp off blood vessels. So we must be talking about different things. The ones I use have ridges which interlock, but the ridges aren't sharp. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] tools for lacemaking
Perhaps forceps in the UK are slightly different to hemostats in the US - I've never had any trouble with them cutting threads. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Gawthorpe Hall
Hello Dianne, Thank you for the additional information. Gawthorpe Hall is now high on my list to visit. I hope I can persuade my husband to make it a stop next time we are going to Scotland. Kate Davies is my favourite knitting designer, so I look forward to see what her Gawthorpe Hall inspired designs will look like. From a dry West Sussex , Joke Sinclair - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] re: Third hand
You can get third hands from Rolande Deliever in Belgium: - rolande-deliever.com or from Le Centre de la Dentelle in France: ladentelledupuy.com.They go under the name of pince de Brucelle(s), and the Le Puy one costs 10,40 - plus pp, of course! Hope this helps! Sue, in Montélimar, France - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] tools for lacemaking
Thanks, Jean! I had exactly the same thought, and I'm in the US... Clay Sent from my iPad On Oct 17, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Jean Nathan jean...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: Just had another thought - if forceps cut thread, then they'd cut the tissue if they were being used in surgery to clamp off blood vessels. So we must be talking about different things. The ones I use have ridges which interlock, but the ridges aren't sharp. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Fabric Of Britain S01E03 Embroidery
Sue, Thanks for posting this link. In addition to the embroidery episode, I was also able to watch 2 others including a fascinating look at wallpaper and how it is made and changed over the centuries, as well as an interesting look at the history of knitting around the isle. If others have not searched 'fabric of britain bbc4' check it out. Dianne dl.nich...@shaw.ca kelowna, BC - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Needlelace Designs Techniques - PRINT ON DEMAND!
Don't forget to mention this on Needlelace Talk, Catherine. I am sure there are lots of new Needlelacers who haven't got your book, and would be interested. (I don't know how anyone can manage without it!) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] If the Earth . . .
My sister sent this to me, and I thought I'd like to share it. Linda Walton, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K. where it is a beautiful Autumn morning, a pale blue sky, the sun shining down on the beech woods, where the leaves are beginning to change, and the birds are singing. I would like to share that too. Joe Miller: If the Earth Were Only a Few Feet in Diameter . . . If the Earth wereonly a few feet in diameter, floating a few feet abovea field somewhere, people would comefrom everywhere to marvel at it. People wouldwalk around it, marvelling at its big pools of water, its little pools, and the water flowing between. Peoplewould marvel at the bumps on it, and the holes in it. They would marvel at the very thin layer of gas surrounding it and the water suspended in the gas. The people would marvelat all the creatures walking around the surface of the ball, andthe creatures in the water. The people would declare it sacred because it was the onlyone, and they would protect it so that it would not be hurt. The ball would be the greatest wonder known, and peoplewould come to pray to it, to be healed, to gain knowledge,to know beauty and to wonder how it could be. People would love it and defend it with their lives because they would somehow know that theirlives could be nothing without it. If the Earth were only a few feet in diameter To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
