Re: [lace] Picking up after a break - but where to start?
Linda Walton linda.wal...@cherryfield.me.uk wrote: At first I thought I'd go back to where I began and work through the exercises in torchon lace that I learned first, before I began to make my favoutite Bucks. I would suggest two options: 1. Start with a simple/beginner Bucks pattern and see how it goes. After all, why start with Torchon if Bucks is your love? Many people first learned bobbin lace with Bucks, and you aren't learning, just remembering. If it goes well, do as Clay suggests, jump a couple of levels and try that. Keep jumping till you reach a challenge. 2. If you want to start with something new, look at books or online. Which lace style calls to you? Contemporary? Rosaline? Paris? Maltese? Normandy? Antique? There are so many styles to look at and be inspired by! Then see if there's an introductory book. Contact Arachne, someone no doubt knows of a good book in that style. Then, with guild libraries (such as The Hollies, for you in UK) and public libraries with interlibrary loan, you should be able to find something to get you started. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds) - 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] Picking up after a break - but where to start?
Hello Linda! I am so glad to hear you are going to get back to your lace! My guess is that you may feel that you have forgotten everything, but once you get back to it you will remember more than you thought you might! So, go back to Torchon and choose a pattern you enjoyed and see how you do with it. If you breeze through it, choose something more complex. Continue hopping ahead until you find yourself challenged. It may be that having done two or three small but progressively more difficult pieces, you will be ready to go back to your Bucks! Be sure to keep us posted on your progress! And remember to post pictures of your progress to our page on Ravelry! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA, USA Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Linda Walton linda.wal...@cherryfield.me.uk wrote: At first I thought I'd go back to where I began and work through the exercises in torchon lace that I learned first, before I began to make my favoutite Bucks. Now I'm thinking that, if I'm going to start again, I could just as well start by learning something new. But I don't know what would be a good idea, as I've never taken a great deal of interest in other sorts of lace. So I'm asking for your help. Thank you, everyone, from Linda in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., - 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] Picking up after a break - but where to start?
For something different, what about trying Flanders with the possibility of moving on to Binche. Not that I'm speaking from experience here - it's just a suggestion. The fineness won't be a problem if you've done Bucks in the past. Do let us know what you decide. Hazel Smith (now in Hythe, Southampton, who has dabbled with Flanders in the past and really ought to try it again!)  From: Linda Walton linda.wal...@cherryfield.me.uk To: Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, 12 July 2015, 19:23 Subject: [lace] Picking up after a break - but where to start? For the last three years I've been studying hard, and have had to put aside all hobbies to make enough time for it. (It being part-time undergraduate art history at Oxford University). Now I'm very tired and have decided to take a year out to rest and recover, and I'm really looking forward to starting to make lace again. However, as I feel I've forgotten everything I ever knew about lace-making, I've been wondering where to start. At first I thought I'd go back to where I began and work through the exercises in torchon lace that I learned first, before I began to make my favoutite Bucks. Now I'm thinking that, if I'm going to start again, I could just as well start by learning something new. But I don't know what would be a good idea, as I've never taken a great deal of interest in other sorts of lace. So I'm asking for your help. All I can tell you is that I really don't like the styles of tape lace and Bedfordshire. And it would have to be bobbin lace as my arthritic fingers are forbidden things like knitting, needlework, and using pens and pencils because of the side-loads these activities put on my finger joints. All suggestions gratefully received ! And I'm immensely grateful, too, for everyone who has sent messages to this list, which have kept me in touch with the lace world all this time. Thank you, everyone, from Linda in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., (where the rain has been falling all day, and is forecast to fall all week, but the garden needs it). - 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] Picking up after a break - but where to start?
Hi LInda My advice would be start with a small piece - bookmark maybe? - in a style and difficulty level that you would have considered fairly average for you, just to get back to the rhythm of moving the bobbins about, and to find that you remember more than you think you do. Them make a decision about whether to launch into a big project or to start trying different laces/techniques. Above all enjoy what you are doing. Brenda Now I'm thinking that, if I'm going to start again, I could just as well start by learning something new. But I don't know what would be a good idea, as I've never taken a great deal of interest in other sorts of lace. 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] Lace timeline resources
Hello All! While I'm waiting for the library to deliver books by Stillwell Gwynne, I decided to tackle the lace timeline issue stumbled upon these sites. The Barony of Ildhafn has some nice links at: Ildhafn.lochac.sca.org. Marla Mallett in Atlanta posted lace photos at: marlamallett.com. I believe there was piece identified as Mechlin there. Hope these are helpful. Now I must find a way to organize my notes in a useful format. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA Sent from my iPad - 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] Picking up after a break - but where to start?
Dear Linda, In May I attended a Workshop, Bucks but the suggestion would work for any style, and Heather encouraged us to bring the working diagram (would work with copy of pricking) of the piece we were working on copied A4 to A3 size and come with coloured markers. We then traced the progress of the bobbins before we started. Learned lace by correspondence initially when I had small children which meant there were breaks from lace so I understand what you mean. It is a process I intend to use with some of the patterns from Lace Express that are not in one particular style, but a mix of Lace styles. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia - 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 timeline
Susan I would also like to suggest that anyone interested in a lace timeline might start with all the references I have collected for laceioli, where we have a group specifically for lace identification and history. There are links to photos, a list of online resources (reviewed for moderate to good reliability), and a recommended book list. Marla Mallett's site appears on the laceioli list. However, I just looked at her bibliography (posted on her site) and find that Santina Levey's LACE does not appear. I am sorry to say, that is a major flaw. I especially recommend laceforstudy as a site with LOTS of very good photos, and the dates and attributions seem to be reliable. http://www.laceforstudy.org.uk/ Lorelei Halley laceioli.ning.com needlelacetalk.ning.com lynxlace.com - 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] Picking up after a break - but where to start?
For the last three years I've been studying hard, and have had to put aside all hobbies to make enough time for it. (It being part-time undergraduate art history at Oxford University). Now I'm very tired and have decided to take a year out to rest and recover, and I'm really looking forward to starting to make lace again. However, as I feel I've forgotten everything I ever knew about lace-making, I've been wondering where to start. At first I thought I'd go back to where I began and work through the exercises in torchon lace that I learned first, before I began to make my favoutite Bucks. Now I'm thinking that, if I'm going to start again, I could just as well start by learning something new. But I don't know what would be a good idea, as I've never taken a great deal of interest in other sorts of lace. So I'm asking for your help. All I can tell you is that I really don't like the styles of tape lace and Bedfordshire. And it would have to be bobbin lace as my arthritic fingers are forbidden things like knitting, needlework, and using pens and pencils because of the side-loads these activities put on my finger joints. All suggestions gratefully received ! And I'm immensely grateful, too, for everyone who has sent messages to this list, which have kept me in touch with the lace world all this time. Thank you, everyone, from Linda in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., (where the rain has been falling all day, and is forecast to fall all week, but the garden needs it). - 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/
