Re: [lace] Fwd: Important Texere announcement

[The Lace Bee]

I for one am very sorry as I have bought from them on a number of occasions. 

L

Kind Regards
Liz Baker

> On 13 Oct 2015, at 21:27, Brenda Paternoster  
> wrote:
> 
> Dear Archneans, especially those in UK,
> 
> I have just learned that Texere Yarns have gone into liquidation.  A sad loss
> to the textiles world generally; they had a lot of threads and yarns and were
> one of the last mill shops around.
> 
> Brenda

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[lace] Fwd: Important Texere announcement

[Brenda Paternoster]

Dear Archneans, especially those in UK,

I have just learned that Texere Yarns have gone into liquidation.  A sad loss
to the textiles world generally; they had a lot of threads and yarns and were
one of the last mill shops around.

Brenda

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Texere Yarns 
> Subject: Important Texere announcement
> Date: 13 October 2015 20:59:11 BST
> To: firstName 
> Reply-To: Texere Yarns 
>
>
> Today is a sad day for Texere Yarns.
>
> We would personally like to thank you for many years of custom and support
however today the company has gone into liquidation.  This means we are no
longer trading and all employees have been made redundant.
>
> We will not have the opportunity to respond to telephone calls or emails
from this day forward.  Any official correspondence can be sent to the address
below - this is the address of the liquidators.  This address should only be
used if you are a creditor or debtor of the company.
>
> Customers with orders outstanding
> All orders that have been placed have been picked.  We have passed these
orders onto a third party who will pack and despatch them - please be patient.
You will receive your order, however the company who are now processing the
orders will need some time to sort, process, package and despatch over 300
outstanding orders.
>
> Please be assured that we did not decide to have a sale to "take the cash
and run" and we fully expected have been able to despatch all the orders
before today.  However, due to the overwhelming response we received (thank
you so much), we were physically unable to get all the orders out of the door
by yesterday for which we are very sorry.  They are now however, out of the
door and we know that in most cases these orders will be despatched and
delivered in their entirety.  There may be a few exceptions where stock is
unavailable and we are working with the liquidators to ensure nobody is out of
pocket.
>
> We are expecting all orders to be delivered within the next three weeks but
we are hoping this to be much sooner.  We hope you understand that this is not
a situation we want to be in, but we have done all we can to ensure you
receive your goods and we thank you for your patience. Any messages you have
left on our voicemail, emails you've sent or Facebook messages you have posted
have been read and acknowledged with regard to your orders even if you haven't
heard back from us.
>
> We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jo, Guy & the Texere Team (as was)
>
> Our mailing address is:
> Brook Business Recovery, The Media Centre, 7 Northumberland Street,
Huddersfield, HD1 1RL
>
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Brenda in Allhallows
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www.brendapaternoster.co.uk

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[lace] Cookie pillow question

[Lorelei Halley]

Laurie
An interesting and thorough discussion!
Lorelei

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Re: [lace] Cookie pillow question, and digest

[Laurie Waters]

It seems to me that you can think of the development of equipment in terms
of the demands of the industry. The patterns most in fashion need a
particular thread weight, and the weight of the thread governs the working
surface and bobbin type needed. This in turns governs hand position.  
In Belgium the use of the 'cookie pillow' is seen in photographs back into
the 19th century, especially in the Wallonie region.  These are often used
with a box-like base with a drawer with a peg sticking up so you can rotate
the pillow around a central peg in the support.  But free round pillows have
also been used, often very large diameters.  And the Belgian square cushion
with the slightly domed surface down its length (like lengthwise slice of a
very long cylinder), can be traced back to the very earliest portraits of
lacemakers in the 16th century, in several countries.  Both these forms are
used with the palms facing down and the bobbins manipulated mostly with the
fingers. Bobbins rarely leave the support of the pillow, the only time you
pick up a bobbin is to put up a pin. This type of support aids in working
with very fine thread.  The problem of stopping bobbins from rolling in this
process is mainly a matter of practice.
Contrast this with how bolster or cylindrical (round or slightly flattened)
pillows held across or away from the seated lacemaker, with or without a
support. The bobbins often hang down freely either in front or to the sides
of the working area which is hard on the thread, so thicker threads tend to
be used with these pillows. Here the palms face up and the bobbins are
picked up and often held in groups.  Fingerwork plays a big part, but also
the action of the wrist turning. 

And of course, the bolster pillow held with the long axis oriented right and
left helps with continuous laces in that you just keep turning the pillow
and never have to reset the entire work and all the pins to the top of a
pattern. I'm thinking this is probably the primary reason the bolster pillow
evolved. With the flat pillows or cylinders held out in front of the body
(like they do in Spain), you still have to reposition the work when you
reach the end of the pillow.

I would argue that in looking at the English bolster and Honiton pillows,
you use both hand positions.  Remember, the large English Midlands bolster
and square pillows are extremely large,  often presenting an almost flat
surface which helps keep tension off the threads. But spangled bobbins are
difficult to maneuver with a hands-down position and get any speed, so
lacemakers often use a combination of both techniques.  In Honiton, in
making very small motifs, it's advantageous to lift the bobbins off the
surface, but the small bobbins can be difficult to control, so again you use
both hand positions.

Then the combination of bolster set into the middle of a cookie pillow, or
even in the upper part of the Belgian-type square domed cushion (often used
in Switzerland) combines the support the bobbins need to handle fine thread,
the speed you can get with the overhand position, and eliminates the
repositioning of the work for continuous laces.
You can go very fast on either class of pillow, but I suspect that the
equipment and hand position evolved to meet the technical limitations of
whatever fashion dictated.

Take a look at the lacemaker monuments at
https://www.pinterest.com/LaceNews/lace-monuments/.  These statues honor the
lacemakers of different countries and is a nice way to study the pillows and
hand positions used in various countries.  Funny how there's no monument
honoring English lacemakers - Lace Guild, are you listening???

Laurie

 



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RE: [lace] Cookie pillow question, and digest

[Alison Gray]

Hi everyone

This is a very interesting question. It occurred to me that the prevalence
of cookie shaped pillows in the UK might be because Honiton pillows are
cookie-like. Or is that just how modern Honiton pillows are shaped? I must
confess my ignorance about this, but I don't remember seeing anything but
cookie-type pillows on a visit to the museum in Honiton some years ago.

Alison in Colchester, Essex, UK who is getting very excited because I'm
going to a lace day on Saturday and lace group on Monday 

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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
Sally Jenkins
Sent: 12 October 2015 19:45
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Cookie pillow question, and digest

Hello lacers,

It seems I have not received the digest in several days. Has there been no
activity, or have I been inadvertently dropped? (I will find out if I see
this message posted, right?)

I have been wondering about the history and/or development of the cookie
pillow and its use. It seems all over Europe except for the U.K., the
bolster is the primary way of making lace, but in the U.K. and the U.S., the
cookie pillow is customary. What caused the change? Maybe this is addressed
in a book someone can point me to.

Just curious,
Sally

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[lace] Re: Lace Identification/Translation of Label - Eastern Europe

[Alex Stillwell]

Hi Jeri

 and  handled with care because the pull of gravity adds to the threat
of  ripping.

I’m sure you know this Jeri, but for those who are new to cleaning lace  -
Place the lace on a piece of cotton fabric when you place it in the water so,
when the time comes, you lift out the fabric and the lace is supported so that
the weight of the water does not drag the lace.

Blow the dust, let’s make lace

Alex

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