[lace] Lace and Bead Suppliers' Fair, Chepstow - UK question
Can anyone tell me the date of this event in Chepstow, please? TIA Patricia in Wales - 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
Thanks for this post Dianne! I don’t know how I have managed to miss the website, but now that I’ve taken a look I’ve bookmarked it and I’m hooked. Also the Revelry patterns may get another purchase or two :-) We’ve heard a few times, over the years, of collections that have been dismantled because the buildings they were housed in deteriorated and the funding was not available to remedy the problems. It is good to hear that this extensive collection will still have a home because the funding is there for it. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) > As some of you will know I volunteer at Gawthorpe Hall which is in Padiham, > east Lancashire. ... Last week we were told that the Hall would close on > 19th April and would not reopen until 2016. When the Hall closes everything > will be packed away. ... > That does not mean people will not be able to see the Textile Collection - > the office is in a separate building - it just means it will be very > difficult to get too much out because the store rooms are in the basement of > the Hall and the site is a hard hat area. It will mean carrying boxes a > long way. The textile staff will be doing outreach work with local people > and research into Rachel and the Collection will carry on. It won't be a > time to relax. ... > The best site to read what is happening will be the Textile Collection site - > it is kept up to date regularly. > www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk > RegardsDianne Derbyshire(in a dull and wet Preston) - 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
Hello to you all. As some of you will know I volunteer at Gawthorpe Hall which is in Padiham, east Lancashire. The textile Collection there was started by Rachel B Kay-Shuttleworth, she had a large collection of lace and every type of embroidery from around the world. She taught both lace and embroidery.   We have been waiting for quite some time for essential conservation work to be done on the building. Last week we were told that the Hall would close on 19th April and would not reopen until 2016. When the Hall closes everything will be packed away. Rooms that are having work done will have all the furniture removed to the nearest available room. Everything has its own cover ready for the big event. All the exhibition cabinets will have to be emptied and all the pieces carefully packed away. Even the cabinets will have to be securely covered. It will take quite a few weeks to get everything ready for the workmen and once the work is finished every room will have to be thoroughly cleaned before anything can be put back. Quite a task. That does not mean people will not be able to  see the Textile Collection - the office is in a separate building - it just means it will be very difficult to get too much out because the store rooms are in the basement of the Hall and the site is a hard hat area. It will mean carrying boxes a long way. The textile staff will be doing outreach work with local people and research into Rachel and the Collection will carry on. It won't be a time to relax. During the last year the costume, whitework and quilts have been reviewed and checked against the database and more photographs taken. The best site to read what is happening will be the Textile Collection site - it is kept up to date regularly. www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk RegardsDianne Derbyshire(in a dull and wet Preston)     - 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] Lace Scarves
Susan, Were the crochet yarns plied with final s or z twist? Is there a difference between how tightly or loosley plied? Techincally crochet yarns should be plied Z to keep tightening the twist during crochet. Bobbin lace Cross stitch adds Z twist and "Twist"adds S twist (or subtracts Z twist is another way to look at it). If you have two different ply twists in your yarns that would really mess up things. Sue Meissner Master Spinner and fiber artist > On Mar 30, 2015, at 05:49, Susan Brooks wrote: > > I am currently working on a Scarf from a 1999 copy of the Lace Magazine, its > designed by Brenda Paternoster, based on logarithmic lace.I am using a > ball of crochet thread from Lidl with a sparkle in it and a green crochet > thread probably from the same shop. > I am finding that the bobbins on the right in the sparkle thread wind > themselves tighter while those on the left unwind, and conversely, so I am > now winding different ways depending on which thread and which side of the > lace I am working. > > > I have plenty of time to do lace now I am retired with a grown up family, to > the lady with the little children enjoy them now and fit in a bit of lace now > and then just for sanity's sake. > > > Susan Brooks > Very windy Weston Super Mare > > - > 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/
[lace] Lace Scarves
I am currently working on a Scarf from a 1999 copy of the Lace Magazine, its designed by Brenda Paternoster, based on logarithmic lace.I am using a ball of crochet thread from Lidl with a sparkle in it and a green crochet thread probably from the same shop. I am finding that the bobbins on the right in the sparkle thread wind themselves tighter while those on the left unwind, and conversely, so I am now winding different ways depending on which thread and which side of the lace I am working. I have plenty of time to do lace now I am retired with a grown up family, to the lady with the little children enjoy them now and fit in a bit of lace now and then just for sanity's sake. Susan Brooks Very windy Weston Super Mare - 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/
