[lace] Anna Burda magazine
Does anyone know if it is still possible to get bobbin lace patterns from old Anna Burda magazines? In no 7 from 1990 patterns for some of the laces are not included in the magazine but it was possible to get them from Burda in Germany for an international reply coupon then. Or does any of you own those patterns and would let me borrow them please? I have tried to find the website for Burda in Germany but found only the English one. Ann-Marie Andersson Sweden - 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] silk threads
I am looking for recommendations for a filiment silk thread (not spun silk, I'm hoping to compare the two!) that is approximately the same size as Gutterman silk 100/3 (28 wraps / cm) The nearest has to be Piper’s Silk Gimp 80/3 = 3Z- 28 wraps/cm. I am struggling mightily with all the different terms around silk threads (floss silk? Twisted seems promsing. Unboiled?) Floss silk means untwisted strands of silk fibre, and by definition has to be reeled or filament silk, not spun silk. Used for satin stitch embroidery. Twisted silk means strands of silk that have been twisted together, but again reeled/filament silk rather than spun silk. Tram silk is untwisted plies that are twisted together. Organzine is very tightly twisted. Unboiled silk = raw silk. Boiled silk = degummed silk. Raw/unboiled silk is just as the filaments are when unwound from the cocoons and still coated with sericin (which is what holds the filaments together around the cocoon. Boiled/degummed silk has been immersed in very hot soapy water to dissolve away that sericin. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.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] Piper's Silk threads
Hello All! It's good to read all the many endorsements for Piper's Silks - this is why I've been using those wonderful silks for years! Sandi. - 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] Thread management - Church Doll Heads
Waste not. Want not. You can save the curly threads, as Alice suggests, in a jar. If you do store thread on bobbins, it is possible that wooden bobbins are off-gasing acid, which would weaken thread. Do those of you who use bone bobbins have the same problem? Be careful of your storage methods. Plastic bags are not recommended, for example. Beware of paper products made of wood pulp - tissue, card for wrapping threads, labels, etc. You can chew a small wad of thread to use to remove a fresh blood stain from lace. It must be your own blood. In thinking about uses for leftover lace threads, I am reminded of Alexandra Stillwell's instructions for a Church Doll, on page 23 of her most recent book All about making - Floral Bucks Point Lace. A cotton wool ball is suggested for shaping the head, but you could use a wad of left over lace threads for this purpose. I'll share more about this. A Handkerchief Doll Kit, made by Historical Folk Toys (search for their website) of Charlotte North Carolina, was purchased in Winterthur Museum's shop last October. I found the background information of interest for my collection, and you might, too. Here is information from the kit: During the (American) Civil War and at other times when supplies were scarce, dolls were made from handkerchiefs. Also known as church dolls, they were one of the 'Sunday toys' that children were allowed to play with only on Sundays. Some mothers would put a sugar cube or other candy in the doll's head for a young child to suck on to keep the child quiet during the long church service. The doll would not make noise, either, if it was dropped. Other names for the handkerchief doll are 'church baby', 'pew doll', 'pew baby', and 'prayer doll'. It seems to have been a practice to use such quieting dolls for centuries, also for transporting babies to escape certain death at the hands of various pursuing aggressors. It is reasonably certain the first settlers to come to America also would have used something like this doll, especially for a teething restless child. It was usual in early New England to spend every Sunday, nearly all day, in church. Quiet children was a requirement. I am descended from several Pilgrim families who came to North America on the Mayflower in 1620. Some precepts of their religion were still practiced when I was a child. Noise, noisy games and noisy sports were forbidden to me on the Sabbath. Much has changed in 70 years! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - In a message dated 1/28/2015 11:56:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lacel...@frontier.com writes: Do what works for you, but don't worry about throwing out some very curly threads. If it really bugs you, you can put them in a jar instead of the bin and use them to stuff a pincushion when you accumulate enough. I have a couple friends who do that. Alice in Oregon - 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] another thread question
Hi Beth Is it 3ply or 4ply? Although J P Coats Cotton 40 is 31 w/cm it’s actually 4Z-31 w/cm. What you have probably compares to Coats sylko 40, 3Z-28 w/cm Brenda There are 2 different labels (I'm not sure whether there is any difference in the thread between the two): Coats Satinised machine twist 40 and Coats Satinised mercerised cotton 40 Does anyone recognise those names or have any of them in their workbox? Coats threads were ubiquitous in my childhood, but I don't recognise the label style and ordinary hand/machine sewing thread was usually Coats Sylko In the absence of other info I will start by assuming they will be very similar to J P Coats Cotton 40, which is listed as 31 wraps/cm in Threads for Lace, and make a sample on a pricking suitable for that. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.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/
Re: [lace] Anna Burda magazine
Anna Magazine is still published in Germany each month. Whilst I was over there late last year, I bought 4 or 5 issues including the Winter / Xmas edition. http://www.annacrafts.com/contact I found the website above in a quick search on the web although I'm not sure how far back they might keep patterns. I found it interesting that the 2014 Anna magazines still had bobbin lace in them. L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 29 Jan 2015, at 16:18, Ann-Marie Andersson a-...@telia.com wrote: I have tried to find the website for Burda in Germany but found only the English one. - 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] Anna Burda magazine
Ann-Marie, Anna magazine doesn't exist any longer. There is a new one since several year but not in a German publishing house. Perhaps you write to Burda Verlag in Offenburg and ask them. I don't have their address Try at google to find it. Ilske - 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] another thread question
Hi Brenda - both are 3-ply, so you're probably right Can't do a test wrap myself, unfortunately - never had the manual dexterity to wind fine thread evenly enough at the best of times, and these days arthritis in my thumbs makes it painful to hold the thread and card while I attempt it - so I'll try it on something the 28 w/cm Sylko would suit. Beth Brenda Paternoster wrote: Hi Beth Is it 3ply or 4ply? Although J P Coats Cotton 40 is 31 w/cm it’s actually 4Z-31 w/cm. What you have probably compares to Coats sylko 40, 3Z-28 w/cm Brenda There are 2 different labels (I'm not sure whether there is any difference in the thread between the two): Coats Satinised machine twist 40 and Coats Satinised mercerised cotton 40 Does anyone recognise those names or have any of them in their workbox? Coats threads were ubiquitous in my childhood, but I don't recognise the label style and ordinary hand/machine sewing thread was usually Coats Sylko In the absence of other info I will start by assuming they will be very similar to J P Coats Cotton 40, which is listed as 31 wraps/cm in Threads for Lace, and make a sample on a pricking suitable for that. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.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/
RE: [lace] Anna Burda magazine
Hi Ann-Marie and All, I have a copy of Anna 7/1990 in my library. It gives a coupon for the prickings to be obtained (at the time) from Anna) and has only small segments of the design on the work sheets - would be tedious, but possible to copy, I am not an expert, but the patterns seem to be a mix of tape and Beds and torchon techniques. Assume you already have the copy of the original magazine. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Does anyone know if it is still possible to get bobbin lace patterns from old Anna Burda magazines? In no 7 from 1990 patterns for some of the laces are not included in the magazine but it was possible to get them from Burda in Germany for an international reply coupon then. Or does any of you own those patterns and would let me borrow them please? I have tried to find the website for Burda in Germany but found only the English one. Ann-Marie Andersson Sweden - 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/
