Re: [lace] Fixing lace to a background
I suggest checking the rules of the contest you are interested in entering. Some do not want the work mounted. They want to be able to see both sides of the work. Judges have to follow the rules in effect even if they don't like the rules. I think glue on a contest item would make a judge cringe, even when mounting is permitted. When I was judging, I never met up with glue so never had to deal with it. Alice in Oregon On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 7:36:26 PM PDT, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: I have just be studying my copy of ââ¬ÅTatting Artistry in Threadsââ¬ï¿½ by Helma Siemann, and see that she has glued her multitude of Josephine Knots etc, to Art board, to form the pictures (which are lovely) Is this an acceptable way of fixing tatting to a background ââ¬â and would it be accepted by a Judge in a competition? I have only ever stitched lace to a fabric background, so am quite taken aback by this method, and am wondering if Show and Competition Judges would pass that method, - or would they disqualify the piece? Personally, I cannot see what is wrong with it, as the pieces will never be used, or removed from the setting, - so why not, -- but I wonder if it would be acceptable when up against other pieces for Judging. I would be interested in other peopleââ¬â¢s thought on it- especially if you are a Judge at Shows! Regards from Liz. L. 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/ - 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] Fixing lace to a background
I have just be studying my copy of âTatting Artistry in Threadsâ by Helma Siemann, and see that she has glued her multitude of Josephine Knots etc, to Art board, to form the pictures (which are lovely) Is this an acceptable way of fixing tatting to a background â and would it be accepted by a Judge in a competition? I have only ever stitched lace to a fabric background, so am quite taken aback by this method, and am wondering if Show and Competition Judges would pass that method, - or would they disqualify the piece? Personally, I cannot see what is wrong with it, as the pieces will never be used, or removed from the setting, - so why not, -- but I wonder if it would be acceptable when up against other pieces for Judging. I would be interested in other peopleâs thought on it- especially if you are a Judge at Shows! Regards from Liz. L. 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/
Re: [lace] Lace, Virtual lace classes
Karen, You described using brightly colored threads for your beginners so that you can reference which pair of bobbins to address. A technique I used when I was working a very complex pattern was to trace the pathways of my pattern using colored pencils. Then I placed color matched elastics onto the corresponding bobbins. I found it very easy to determine which bobbin pairs were associated with each portion of my pattern. I also had glass head pins in matching colors when I needed to use dividers. Deborah > On Sep 29, 2020, at 1:27 PM, Karen Thompson wrote: > > Antje and other potential virtual teachers, > I like to keep the virtual classes very small, 4-6 depending on their level > of lacemaking skills. You can have the students send photos or have them > scare their screen. Then you can annotate but that all takes extra time. I > teach on Zoom and use "spotlight" to watch each student in turn, like > walking around the classroom. For the beginners, I have them use bright > colored threads, so I can say "the red pair, etc." which helps a lot. If > the threads are all the same color, it is pretty much as you say "take the > second pair on the left and pull very slightly to the left... no, not so > strong... a bit further up!!..." It is a bit crazy. Having good, clear > diagrams helps a lot, and demonstrating with large threads and pins also > helps. Virtual teaching is different from in-person teaching but a lot > better than no teaching at all as far as I am concerned. I practice by > logging into a second device from a different email account so I can see > what the students see. In Zoom I have bought a subscription so I can stay > on for more than 40 minutes at a time. Some lace guilds here have invested > in that, so their members can use the account for teaching. Since we are > all interested in promoting lacemaking, we need to adapt. The virtual > classroom is especially good for introducing younger students to lace. > > > -Karen on the Atlantic coast in Delaware, USA. > > >> >> >> >> > > - > 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] lace, Virtual lace classes
I'm following this thread with great interest and am about to start my first virtual lace class as a student. It is needle lace instead of bobbin lace, so it will be interesting to see what challenges are unique to lace made in the hand vs on a pillow. Somehow students will need to arrange a camera to show what is happening in their hands. I'm going to clamp my phone in a goose-neck stand like Kathy Draves described and face the camera down over my shoulder. I'd love to hear more constructive criticism of virtual learning experiences - successful and unsuccessful practices - from more students and teachers of "hands-on" classes! -- Carolyn M. Wetzel Massachusetts, USA - 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] : Free Battenburg patterns & calendar
Hi All, I included Janice's note because I also had trouble finding the photos at Flickr and Sue told me to look under Photostream. There they were! I think I've had that problem with other things people have put on there and I just looked in the albums. And I've received the patterns and they are lovely. Thank you so much Sue! It's fun to have a raffle. Jane in Vermont USA where the leaves are changing jvik...@sover.net From: "Janice" Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 3:03 PM To: "Sue Babbs" Cc: "lace" Subject: Re: [lace] : Free Battenburg patterns & calendar I am at the stage where I need to get rid of stuff so I know how you feel about that. Did you remove the photos from Flickr as I went to see them and could not find anything you were describing? Janice - 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[2]: [lace] Lace, Virtual lace classes
And the cost of $150 for a year of Zoom seems very reasonable for the teacher to pay and share out over all the classes they teach in that year - much less than the costs of transportation, room hire etc Sue suebabbs...@gmail.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/
Re[2]: [lace] : Free Battenburg patterns & calendar
Yes, I removed the freebie patterns from Flickr, as I saw no point of them taking up space there in future. Sue suebabbs...@gmail.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/
Re: [lace] : Free Battenburg patterns & calendar
I am at the stage where I need to get rid of stuff so I know how you feel about that. Did you remove the photos from Flickr as I went to see them and could not find anything you were describing? Janice Sent from my iPhone Janice > On Sep 29, 2020, at 9:55 AM, Sue Babbs wrote: > > I had considered the digest people and decided I had no idea how long it > would be before a digest came out and just needed to get these things out of > my house while I had some time to deal with them. So I was sorry not to have > contacted everyone on the list with my 5 day offer but I really didn't want > to have emails coming in about the subject for a month > > Sue > suebabbs...@gmail.com > > -- Original Message -- > From: "Janice Blair" > To: "lace" > Sent: 9/29/2020 11:27:07 AM > Subject: [lace] : Free Battenburg patterns & calendar > >> Hi Sue,Just wanted to point out that I receive the digest version of Arachne >> and as emails are less frequent these days it takes a long time for a digest >> to come and even then it only contains about 6 emails. Anyway, your offer was >> seen today, September 29, by me and probably many others who get the digest. >> If anyone offers a raffle in the future maybe you can set a date about a >> month >> out so everyone has a chance. >> I am getting my lace fix these days in Zoom meetings of guilds I belong to >> and >> working on new designs which will hopefully be in the Bulletin and Lace in >> the >> next year. I have my Christmas lace already done, including my Arachne >> exchange. I think this Covid thing will be around for a long time which is a >> bummer. >> Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.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/ > - 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, Virtual lace classes
Antje and other potential virtual teachers, I like to keep the virtual classes very small, 4-6 depending on their level of lacemaking skills. You can have the students send photos or have them scare their screen. Then you can annotate but that all takes extra time. I teach on Zoom and use "spotlight" to watch each student in turn, like walking around the classroom. For the beginners, I have them use bright colored threads, so I can say "the red pair, etc." which helps a lot. If the threads are all the same color, it is pretty much as you say "take the second pair on the left and pull very slightly to the left... no, not so strong... a bit further up!!..." It is a bit crazy. Having good, clear diagrams helps a lot, and demonstrating with large threads and pins also helps. Virtual teaching is different from in-person teaching but a lot better than no teaching at all as far as I am concerned. I practice by logging into a second device from a different email account so I can see what the students see. In Zoom I have bought a subscription so I can stay on for more than 40 minutes at a time. Some lace guilds here have invested in that, so their members can use the account for teaching. Since we are all interested in promoting lacemaking, we need to adapt. The virtual classroom is especially good for introducing younger students to lace. -Karen on the Atlantic coast in Delaware, USA. > > > > - 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, Virtual lace classes
Thank you very much, Karen. But how do you do as a teacher? imagine you have 8 students making the lace you are teaching, and that each of them has a different difficulty or are doing something wrong. But you cannot take their pillow... They have good diagrams, and pictures of the finished lace, but... how do you explain how to work it correctly? With words: "take the second pair on the left and pull very slightly to the left... no, not so strong... a bit further up!!..." Crazy, isn't it? I will be in this situation in a month or so, and would like to have solutions to all possible problems. All your answers are helping me get ideas. Thank you very much! Greetings from Antje, in Spain - 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] : Free Battenburg patterns & calendar
I had considered the digest people and decided I had no idea how long it would be before a digest came out and just needed to get these things out of my house while I had some time to deal with them. So I was sorry not to have contacted everyone on the list with my 5 day offer but I really didn't want to have emails coming in about the subject for a month Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com -- Original Message -- From: "Janice Blair" To: "lace" Sent: 9/29/2020 11:27:07 AM Subject: [lace] : Free Battenburg patterns & calendar Hi Sue,Just wanted to point out that I receive the digest version of Arachne and as emails are less frequent these days it takes a long time for a digest to come and even then it only contains about 6 emails. Anyway, your offer was seen today, September 29, by me and probably many others who get the digest. If anyone offers a raffle in the future maybe you can set a date about a month out so everyone has a chance. I am getting my lace fix these days in Zoom meetings of guilds I belong to and working on new designs which will hopefully be in the Bulletin and Lace in the next year. I have my Christmas lace already done, including my Arachne exchange. I think this Covid thing will be around for a long time which is a bummer. Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.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/ - 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] : Free Battenburg patterns & calendar
Hi Sue,Just wanted to point out that I receive the digest version of Arachne and as emails are less frequent these days it takes a long time for a digest to come and even then it only contains about 6 emails. Anyway, your offer was seen today, September 29, by me and probably many others who get the digest. If anyone offers a raffle in the future maybe you can set a date about a month out so everyone has a chance. I am getting my lace fix these days in Zoom meetings of guilds I belong to and working on new designs which will hopefully be in the Bulletin and Lace in the next year. I have my Christmas lace already done, including my Arachne exchange. I think this Covid thing will be around for a long time which is a bummer. Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.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/
Re: [lace] Lace, Virtual lace classes
I think there are a couple of other advantages to online classes. It might be possible to get teachers from far away to give classes in the Americas. Also, in Europe and Britain, where there are many more lace makers, weekly classes are common. Zoom plus a phone camera makes that relatively easy. I have often looks at Kantcentrum classes and wished I could take them, but when they are given once a week/month this is just too expensive. In person classes should never go away, but this is a new technology that could work to our advantage, especially in the Americas, where students are frequently very far apart. Lyn from Lancaster, PA, where the weather has been cloudier than I would like, but the temperatures comfortable. Good weather for lacemaking with a pot of tea. "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." >Hello all, >I realize I need to clarify my response to the virtual lace classes. > As a student, I have a large monitor, such as a desktop, laptop, or iPad >in front of me to watch the demonstrations, and for the teacher to see me. >Then I have a second camera, such as a phone, mounted over my lace >pillow so the teacher can follow what I am doing, and give >instant feedback. >Hope this helps. >-Karen > >- - 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, Virtual lace classes
Hello all, I realize I need to clarify my response to the virtual lace classes. As a student, I have a large monitor, such as a desktop, laptop, or iPad in front of me to watch the demonstrations, and for the teacher to see me. Then I have a second camera, such as a phone, mounted over my lace pillow so the teacher can follow what I am doing, and give instant feedback. Hope this helps. -Karen - 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/
