Re: [lace] Lace ID
Handmade English Bedfordshire bobbin lace. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Patty Dowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arachne" Cc: "arachne" Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace ID At 08:40 PM 6/21/2008, Kathryn Nuttall wrote: Can anyone identify this type of lace? http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn10/adam1christy/ebay025-17.jpg http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn10/adam1christy/ebay031-19.jpg http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn10/adam1christy/ebay027-15.jpg It looks to me most like Miracourt, a french lace, late 19th century, much used on furnishings and trimmings. The fact that it sort of looks like duchesse on a coarser scale and the half stitch motifs with a large gimp convince me. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns If you look at his history he deals in all sorts and has sold more than one copy. Vivienne Dear Vivienne, OHMIGOD, that's terrible! I hope you will retaliate and put tons of the Biggins patterns on ebay yourself and flood the market so he won't make a dime. Actually, anyone who is anyone, knows you have the proper monopoly on selling Biggins patterns, and you deserve at least a royalty on any illegal sales outside of your shop. What was that fool thinking! Immediately write to ebay with proof that he is selling miserable counterfeit smeary copies and defrauding the lacemaking community ( the vile cad! ), and let justice be served. Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns
They probably bought them from Vivienne in the first place. Do they take back unused patterns? I wouldn't expect them to. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 4:55 AM Subject: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns We have found someone selling Biggins patterns on Ebay. The are starting with Snowflake beginning £1.95. You ca buy it from us at £2 plus can ring us if you need any help! Please don't encourage these people. Vivienne - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Binche - How Difficult Is It?
Thanks for saying again that it is totally ok to start with whatever lace pleases your eye. The lacemakers in Valenciennes START with Valenciennes. etc etc etc. Just do what you love and you will be happy. Most of us start with Torchon because it contains everything that is in all of the other laces, and the threads are fat enough to see without a magnifying glass. From there, they specialize, and add sweet trademark combinations. Once you get hold of cross and twist, there are NO other options. There are only two ways to lay a thread over the one next to it, right over left OR left over right. Look closely and you will see which it is. Make it happen. Poof! you have lace. ALL of them. :)Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Adele Shaak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Shirlee Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Binche - How Difficult Is It? Is there a beginner's book for Binche & is this lace relatively easy to learn? Binche, along with Flanders and other members of the same family, uses working methods that don't usually arise in the other laces you mention. Pairs can be workers one minute, passives the next. The method of working is irregular, and sometimes your pairs may even travel back up the lace. You often tension by pulling one pair against others that you have held down, but there may not be pins for you to tension against. Someone from this list once described the thread diagram as "psychotic railroad tracks" - a description I've always enjoyed. Interestingly, there aren't any difficult new techniques - these laces are made with the skills you already have, but - when you enter this world you may find some 'rules' you've learned about making lace don't apply any more, and that can be a very difficult and frustrating experience. The first time I tried a lace in this family (after nearly 20 years of lacemaking experience) I was on my own with a book, and after several hours of concentrated effort I broke down in tears. Eventually I found a teacher. My first beginner piece was a half inch wide and required only 25 pairs. The first repeat of that lace (about an inch and a half) took me 8 hours (!) (the second 5 hours, and third 2 hours). Now I've made these types of laces for a few years, and I still couldn't make one without following a diagram. So, that's why people will tell you Binche is difficult. For most people it really is. But I find it totally absorbing and rewarding to make. Beginner books are few. There is a "Syllabus Binche" series from the Kantcentrum in Belgium. They start you off by working various grounds of snowflakes. Way back in 1989 Michael Giusiana & Linda Dunn put out a book "Binche lace" that, after a brief review of other laces in the family (Flanders, Point de Paris, Valenciennes), again leads you into Binche via snowflakes. Personally I found making snowflake ground quite tedious, and not exceptionally good at preparing you for Binche, and I stopped after the first two samples. (by the way, it was "Binche with Valenciennes Ground" from that book that took me 8 hours for the first repeat) Many people recommend starting out with Flanders, so you get used to the ring pairs and the method of working cloth stitch fillings while working what many consider to be an easier lace. There are more beginner Flanders books (I think Mary Niven's book is still available) than beginner Binche books. Other people say doing Flanders to prepare you for Binche is a little like learning to ski to prepare you for snowboarding. Why not just learn to snowboard in the first place. Reading this over, I can't help thinking it isn't very helpful. The truth is, these are hard laces to make, and due to their structure there aren't that many beginner patterns. Hope this helps somehow. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Alencon lace on eBay...
Dear Clay, The ebay bedspread is pretty but not Alencon. Alencon is needle lace with specific construction trademarks. This ebay lace has none of them. The ebay lace is machine made in the style that department stores call alencon.It has no relation to Alencon by design or construction. It is labeled in the manner fabric stores label "linen-look" for a piece of polyester cloth, hoping that someone will buy it as actual linen fiber. That is marketing for you. The seller of the ebay bedspread knows it is not real Alencon. She knows it is machine made and marketing-mislabeled. She knows that there are buyers who will purchase it as alencon (with the small a) and not rally care that it is the machine made version she can still tell her friends that it is alencon... and they won't know the difference, because alencon and Alencon sound exactly the same. And its French!!! so be impressed. On the other hand, this bedspread is a well made and well designed piece of machine work that will not be found in current department stores. It is vintage. It could even be officially antique, but it is not handmade and it is not Alencon. Most of the laces sold on ebay are mislabeled. The ebay seller is marketing a bedspread, not selling fine handmade Alencon lace. Its a fine line. Real Alencon is made of 100% buttonhole stitches in super fine linen thread. The stitches are extremely tiny due to the size of the thread used, so that the motifs are miniscule, not huge birds. Alencon ground is double worked. It starts the same as Point d Gaz with "widely" spaced buttonhole stitches which are then worked over with a return thread that makes the individual meshes stronger and more square. The outlines are padded with several threads tightly cram packed with buttonhole stitches, not a single gimp thread as in bobbin laces. There is no airspace between these stitches as can be found in Point d Gaz. Picots in Alencon are so tiny that pins cannot be used. They are made around a fine fine fine horsehair which is left in. It takes a magnifier or scanner to see it. Alencon is tiny. Machine alencon can be huge like a bedspread. The ebay alencon is made by Leavers mill. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 7:59 PM Subject: [lace] Alencon lace on eBay... There is an impressive and large piece of lace on eBay currently, and it is described as Alencon. It is item number 360052393378. I know "next-to-nothing" about Alencon. But these pictures are extremely detailed and the overall design is lovely. Could someone who knows this lace kindly comment on this for us? Thank you very much!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] High price for handmade Roumanian lace on ebay
130215900660 opens at $950.00. Shipping (and handling!) from Ontario Canada to US, $75. Seller has a 1 feedback. First bidder has a 0 feedback. Seller confirms price, and 8 months construction time. Makes me wonder Kate Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] re: what do you do?
What do I do with prickings? Several fat three ring binders. Each lace I try goes into the binder. Drafts, sketches, actual pricking, 6 inch piece of the lace, notes. I like some when I'm making them, others not. Some are too much work for the effect. Others are simple to work and gorgeous. Maybe I'll like some better later, and all the work is done and waiting. There's a drawer full of old parchement and paper prickings to try later, and a file drawer in the cabinet, a basket full in the hallway, and another big notebook with prickings ready just because they are pretty, but other things come first. A good share of my lace books have prickings prepared and stuck in as bookmarks. I treat myself to making up a pricking, then other chores interfere. So they wait. Sometimes just making the pricking is enough without adding the thread. I'm gathering a box of antique prickings to share on ebay. I know I won't get to make even a sample bit of most of them in this lifetime. :)) :)Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] LACEMAKERS CAT TALLY FINAL NUMBERS
Dear Arachnes, Thanks to all the 56 lacemakers who responded to the survey. Its no wonder that there are cat hairs to be tweezed out of talleys in our lace! Our members share homes with 149 critters, who all help with making lace by adding homegrown fiber, keeping it warm by laying on it, pulling out the pins to encourage corrections, assisting with pulling needles through embroidery, rearranging bobbins to show different solutions to thread paths, keeping the mice from making nests out of the thread stash, or simply modeling the serenity all lacemakers are known for. No wonder most lacemaker portraits have a cat tucked in somewhere. 56 people 129 cats (2.3 cats per lacemaker) This is almost the number the government suggests is the perfect family size of 2.5 children per household. 15 dogs 1 rabbit 1 guinea pig 1 cockatiel 2 hedgehog. Only TWO hedgies?? Our mascot has only TWO representatives? shocking! In addition, there are reported : 5537 whiskered "watchers" as sculptures, prints, and portraits. Fish in tanks provide inspiration without flying fur. Visiting raccoons and one skunk who live outside are not included in the numbers, though they may be arguably catlike. Thanks everyone, Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Please private survey replies.
Dear Avital, Thanks for the reminder. The replies were supposed to be privately sent to me only. :)Kate - Original Message - From: "Avital" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [?? Probable Spam] [lace] cat survey ending soon Dear spiders, I missed the beginning of this thread, but unless your cat is actually making lace (if so, I expect to see lots of pictures on Webshots!), I think the survey probably should be moved to lace-chat. Best wishes, Avital Arachne moderator - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] cat survey ending soon
Dear Arachnes, The cat survey is ending soon. If you wish to be included in the tally, please send the number of critters in your household. Its an impressive list so far :))Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] So, just how many cats do lacemakers have? /was lace fuzz
Dear Arachne, There's been mention lately of cats in the lacemakers' houses. How many do we really have? Send note privately and I'll report later. There's 9 here. Only one loves bobbins. I have a "cat-free" lace room. :))Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Hand vs machine (was Bobbin Lace Survey)
Dear Hazel, Unless the cloth you sew it to is also hand spun and hand woven, go for the method that works best for you.Neat careful zigs that miss the lace threads can be replaced 100 years from now by someone else... or by then, hand operated sewing machines might be an antique technique. :)Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Hazel Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Carol has raised a lovely controversial one here. The first hankie edging I ever made, I machine-stitched it on without really thinking about it but the others in my small lace group were horrified. So the next one I hand-sewed - not very successfully but it was a present and fortunately the recipient is no needlewoman. Now I have this edging which is a very pretty design (I can say that cos of course I didn't design it myself) and it's been wrapped up carefully for the last two and a half years cos I'm afraid to spoil it with my sloppy sewing. So what do other Arachnes think - is the dreaded sewing-machine really our best friend or an instrument of Satan? (joke...) Now I've really stirred things up! Hazel (in Oude Wetering, Holland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Bobbin Lace Survey
The only thing I dislike about making lace is the lack of full time available to make it. Chores get in the way. Winding bobbins is Zen time and contemplation of play time on the pillow a good thing. Final sewing? hahahaha! There IS no final sewing for yardages. : Talleys have become fun since I learned how to make them fast and reliably. Most laces don't have enough of them to get the hang of it because there's too much "other" stuff to interrupt the flow. This might be why Maltese has whole fields of them. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 8:20 PM Subject: [lace] Bobbin Lace Survey As I sit here yet again avoiding the final sewing of my current lace piece (the first of two interlocked hearts, only 12 pairs for goodness sake!), I find myself pondering on what aspect of bobbin lace people dislike the most. I know lacemakers who profess to dislike most - or even hate and avoid at all costs - each of the following items. As you will have gathered, I fit into the second bunch though I am quite happy doing numbers 1 and 3. So which category do you fit in? (Sorry needlelacers and tatters!) Or is there something else that should be on the list? I will happily summarise the responses to the list in a couple of weeks so feel free to answer privately. There are no wrong answers ... 1) Winding bobbins 2) Final sewing together 3) Tallies (leaves, squares, triangles, any other type) Over to you in eager anticipation :-) Helen (in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where it has been a beautiful sunny day) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace Sad News
Dear Arachne, Everytime we lose one of our teachers, we lose an encyclopedia of knowledge... all those elusive bits of information and the connections that are never written down. To honor these wonderful teachers, pick up where they left off. Learn everything you can and share it with anyone who will stand still long enough to hear it. KateHenry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Carol Adkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne" Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [lace] lace Sad News Daphne, I feel so sorry for her family - I thought a great deal of Sally, and have lots of her bobbins - she will be greatly missed. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: "Daphne Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne" Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 12:41 PM Subject: [lace] lace Sad News Hello to everyone I have the sad news that Sally Woollard [a teacher in Dereham] died yesterday morning. She had cancer. The Jubilee Lace Group and I send our condolenses to Sally`s family at this sad time.Daphne sunny Norfolk England _ Telly addicts unite! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SPAM-LOW: [lace] Lacemaking Ancestors?
:))) There's actually a Northhampton lace. It quite resembles Bucks. There are two wonderful examples on the cover the the paperback edition of Palliser. If you do not have a copy write back and I'll send a scan of the cover. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:13 PM Subject: SPAM-LOW: [lace] Lacemaking Ancestors? With the lace list being so quiet just now, I thought I'd tell you about one of my latest genealogical finds. While tracing one family (the Braybrooks) on my Dad's side, I found census records for them in 1841 in Keyston, Huntingdonshire and all the female members of the families (there were several groups) were lacemakers! That means I now have 'race memories' of lacemaking from both sides of the family as my maternal grandmother made lace most of her life though only as a hobby. Clearly I was meant to learn to make lace myself :-) What I don't know is the type of lace that would have been made in Keyston. It is on the border of Northamptonshire but could have been influenced by either Bedfordshire or Buckinghamshire. Does anyone have any suggestions to offer? Happy lacing, Helen (in sunny Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where the local mountains are getting a fine sprinkling of snow to add to the beauty of the place) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Alice - surgery/ one handed bobbinlace
snip Good time to redraft that old pattern I want to work. And make plans. Got to have some lace in my days. Alice in Oregon Dear Alice, You will be making lace by next year or sooner. There are good one handed lacemakers, so leap out there and let the other hand play for both. Bobbin lacemakers are ambidextrous anyway. Courage dear buddy. One of my woodwind musician buddies did a similar slip and fall, and made confetti out of her wrist. It was pinned as is yours, and she wore a wierd "tinkertoy appliance" for a very long time. She has recovered and is back to full mobility, winning music competitions, and playing professionally. It will take longer to heal than you think it should, but the end result is very good. Modern bone surgeons have good techniques that were never thought of years ago. Her biggest annoyance was keeping the wrist warm through the winter, with all that metal screwed right to the bone. I made her a T shaped coat with big open sleeves out of a Queen size bedquilt. The sleeve for that arm had an extra long section that could be velcro-ed closed. More velcro for the front closure so she could dress herself. A seperate mitt made of curly synthetic fleece provided cushion too. She wore that in the house, and had a sequin one for the holiday parties. :))) Sounds like you could use some theatrical coverage makeup to make you feel more Holiday than Halloween. You could flit through the party season with glitter cheeks like the Sugar Plum Fairy. :) What a good idea for a contest. one handed bobbin lace! Hugs on ya, :)) Kate Henry - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Another eBay "thingy"/not a spindle
If you wanted to, you could use it for a spindle but its really too short for that, and the yarn would catch in the carving. Check out the website mentioned with pics of the official mullers that match the item and the song that goes with the mulling.http://gourmetsleuth.com/molinillo.htm Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Another eBay "thingy" Hi Arachnids!> I haven't been following this thread closely, but all the discussion on this finally prompted me to take a look at the thingy. It looks to me like it could be a drop spindle for hand spinning. The reason I suggest is that I have spindle that has a notch thingy like that at the top -- can anyone rule that in or out as plausible ? Interesting, in any event Regards, Ricki in Utah, where we've got lots of yellow leaves, cloudy skies, and a promise of rain. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] More 'tatting' on Ebay/generic term
For the rest of the world who are not lacemakers, Tatting is the only word they know as a name for lace. It is generic and finds it way into crossword puzzles as the answer for "make lace". I haven't seen any other lace show up as a clue in a crossword. Chantilly shows up in a song, but thats about it. The pictures are miserble in the auction so there is no hope of knowing if the lace is machine made by Schiffli or actually handmade needlelace. bummer. But for 2 bucks, its a good risk. :)Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Lorri Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lace arachne" Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:52 AM Subject: Fw: [lace] More 'tatting' on Ebay Sorry I forgot the item # in my first post. Someone in Florida has a nice flower pin in 'tatting'. Item # 110190860916 At least the seller does mention some uncertainty in the description. Looks like beautiful needlelace to me. Lorri - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] interesting pic of lacemakers on ebay 150175326927
Dear Lacers, Here is an interesting old pic of lacemakers from Puerto Rico. Both appear to be working on the two ends of a single piece of lace. Probably for photo effect. Some of the simple straight bobbins seem to be hanging down upside down, with thread at the bottom as well as at their tops. 150175326927 Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] teacher found THANKS
Dear List, Thanks for the deluge of answers for teacher in Vermont. We hope for a good match soon. Hugs all around, Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] bobbin lace teacher needed for Cabot Vermont
Dear Lacers, I've been hunting for the list of lace teachers no success. One of my buddies in Cabot Vermont needs help. She's already got started by herself, but is struggling. Its too long a drive from Indiana for personal lessons here. Got anybody listed for there? Thanks, Kate Henry Indiana USA threadthing - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Another oddity on ebay
Yup! Cute as the Dickens, but not bobbins. I did make mention to the seller that she'd get better bids from the antique toy folks. :) Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Diana Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne" Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 11:58 AM Subject: [lace] Another oddity on ebay Check out these lace bobbins!? 170163381848 Diana in Northants - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Torchon Workbook by Cook opening bid $66.99
The booksellers are beginning to find lace books to be of good value. :))) ebay #330156303534, Cook's Torchon Workbook, opens bid at $66.99. What fun! Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay Item
This is a thread reel, half of a pair, for unwinding fine thread skeins. Pretty one. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Dee Palin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace Arachne" Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 6:01 AM Subject: [lace] Ebay Item Does anyone know what this is for? It looks old and interesting, but I am not sure it is anything to do with lacemaking. Item no. 140172227937 Dee Palin Warwickshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Princess Lace Machine/ US lacemaking Ipswich
Late 1700s, the little town of Ipswich Mass produced annually 79,000 yards of Handmade Bobbin lace. Documentation and actual samples are in the Library of Congress Washington DC. For demo at Rev War reenactments I make a black silk copy of #4. The distinctive laces mostly resemble a combination of Bucks and Torchon, with variations on the grounds. Some of the patterns have been published with new prickings so they can be made again. They are very pretty. :)) Check published prickings by Karen Thompson 2004. .Check "The Laces of Ipswich" Marta Cotterell Raffel ISBN 1-58465-163-6. My copy was $25 a while back. Excellent history included. Also check IOLI Bulletin Summer 1996-7 Vol 17, Number 4. ISSN 0740-6746.. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "C Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tatman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lace list" Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Princess Lace Machine > Hi Mark AND All. > > I was wondering also, this must have been a largest effort made to get > lacemaking really going in the US? > Was there a larger effort made? > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] bobbins tied or wound loose`.. tied
Tied: I make three wraps and then hitches to start my bobbins. As I like to make yardages, the bobbins all run out in the middle somewhere. The hitches and wraps give me enough thread to work to a convenient spot to make the switch to a new thread. Undoing two hitches worth at the end still leave one to hold the bobbin secure while I try to work to an area of clothstitch. Untied bobbins with only an inch of thread left on them will be a major fuss to work with. Kate Henry Indiana USA Thank you all for explaining why you tie your thread to the bobbins - I don't, but at least now I will remember *why* it is a good idea and will only have myself to blame if I lose a bobbin because of it not being tied. It also gives me a reason to be more patient with another lacemaker who is pedantic about "it MUST be done this way" but can never explain WHY! Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace/index.html> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: winding bobbins
A good teacher can work with bobbins wound in any direction. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Margaret Crocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:39 AM Subject: [lace] Re: winding bobbins On 16 Oct 2007, at 23:55, Janice wrote: As a teacher, it is difficult and even annoying to let out or wind up thread if the bobbin is not wound the way you are used to doing it. Nothing like as disconcerting, frustrating and annoying as to be told by a teacher, as I was in Prague, 'Oh your bobbins are wound the wrong way round. I can't work like this. You'll have to rewind them if you want my help' And I had to - 40 pairs!!! Margaret making Maltese lace on Gozo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Membership Renewals/easy automatic deletes
Dear lacers, Good letters :) I already wrote to Laurie directly to put my opinion as positive. It is easily done to automaticly delete messages before they reach the screen. (click Outlook Express, Message, Block sender, and its done) If future listings indicate something important was missed, the archives will have the original, or the future emails will have it still appended. It is easy to make yourself happy. :)) Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] questions (2) for the list!
Yup. totally hysterical. I LOVE that one. : Take a printout to the bookstore and show a clerk. I'll bet there is a cartoon book available for this artist. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 5:31 PM Subject: [lace] questions (2) for the list! Dear Spiders... I have two questions for the list. I know the answers are out there, and will appreciate any information you send me. First... does anyone have the current email address for Simon Toustou in Canada? I have a friend who wants to purchase some bobbin holders, and I seem to have tossed the information I once had from him. (Can't imagine WHAT came over me!!) The second question may be harder. I have - posted on my refrigerator with a couple of magnets (both lace-related!) - a cartoon which shows a woman writing, and a descriptive note on the left says, "The woman who manages her time so much better than you do writes in her journal about cable television." but the "word bubble" of her journal entry takes up most of the space and says, "I was approched by one of those cable companies offering to install cable television in my home, free, for one month. Well, I was amused because, of course, we don't own a television set. Our family evenings are spent reading aloud to one another, singing our own compositions around the grand piano, or making lace." Isn't that a hoot?!? This was something that a sharp-eyed Arachnid once alerted us to, and I printed it off the URL she posted. I've really loved it, and would like to see more cartoons by this person. Does anyone know who did this cartoon, and where I would go to see more? OK... that was a major distraction from the easy question... so if you know Simon's email addy, please let me know... and then get on with digging for the other question!! MANY thanks for your help!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Halas lace flower on ebay
Dear Lacers, The usual three fish symbol is not worked into the flower on ebay. The whole petals appeared to me to be fish. It is better to have the lace in your hand than in a photograph. Thanks for all the lacers who wrote to me. :)Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] technical list question
Dear List, Who knows the answer to this one? I sent a note to the list (and to myself as well) concerning the Halas lace on ebay and received notice of "removed" attachments. I did not include any attachments. When I wrote to the moderator for help, I received a note saying that address doesn't function. Thanks, Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Pillow felt
Dear Ann, The felt may extend the life of your pillow for a while, but why not replace the damaged section with another bit of foam and then cover? Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "ann.humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:08 AM Subject: [lace] Pillow felt I have been reading about pillow felt with interest. I have an old domed foam pillow and the top bit is more or less on the point of collapse. Would a layer of felt under the cover save its life as I can't imagine it been firm enough to hold the pins securely. Ann Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] antique pillow
Nah... there's tons of them deliberately designed this way. Everybody likes different tools. This one looks like a challenge to me. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alice Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "C Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [lace] antique pillow I'm inclined to agree with you, Alice. But I also think that it's possible that the *intention* was that the bobbins be worked that way, but in actual fact, the size of the roller would probably make that fairly awkward, since the leashes would have to be so short. Maybe this was made as a surprise gift for a lacemaker by someone who knew a little bit about what the old pillows looked like, but did not know how large they needed to be! And the poor lacemaker would have used it anyway, not wanting to offend. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I would guess...Yes. Even though there is a platform, the working angle would make it very awkward to work the bobbins flat. And the hooded bobbins would have the covers sliding up if they rolled around on a flat surface. All personal opinion, of course. A different type of bobbin, on this pillow, might work palms down. Maybe someone has tried it on a similar pillow. Alice in Oregon -- getting ready to spangle the Portland Oregon lace day bobbins. Lace day is Oct 6. --- C Johnson wrote: > Fun! Thanks Alice, for pointing it out. > > I have a question though. Is this pillow for the > lacemaker who picks the bobbin up and works with > them in their hands? > > Thanks > Susie > Morris, IL > - Original Message - > From: Alice Howell > To: lace@arachne.com > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 4:40 PM > Subject: [lace] antique pillow > > > Since the list is rather quiet, I thought someone > might be interested in seeing this antique pillow > on > eBay. The auction ends in just a couple hours, > but > the pictures are still interesting. > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Lace-Making-Hooded-Bobbins-And-Roller-Pillow_W0QQite mZ270161801197\ > > It has German hooded bobbins, but the pillow style > reminds me of the Princess Loom. And the picture > of > the lady who owned it is included. > > Alice in Oregon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, > write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lace pillow cover
Dear Dearl, Thanks for the pics. :) The center is Hand Embroidery, and the edge is Hand Crochet. Striking piece! Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Dearl Kniskern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:01 AM Subject: [lace] lace pillow cover dear spiders for those of you who are waiting for the picture I did of the transylvanian lace pillow cover it is now on the lace website <http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003>http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 under my name dearl knisken hope you enjoy looking at it like I do thanks for any comments yours in lace dearl Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cablenet-va.com/~dearlk/ http://photos.yahoo.com/ladearl - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SPAM-LOW: [lace] need translation/ Found Janya :))
Found it :))) http://www.chiangmainews.com/indepth/details.php?id=1261 Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Tess Parrish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne to send" Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 6:44 PM Subject: SPAM-LOW: [lace] need translation We need the English translation of the following Thai title on the Archives web site: Barnette, J. C. Ru'ang tham rai fai, Phranakhon : Krasuang Kasettrathikan, 1912, 68 pages. Posted November 25, 2004. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.6 MB PDF We had an address for someone who helped a while ago, but it doesn't seem to work now. Her name was Janyas and the email address was <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It sounds as though the address might be spelled wrong, and in any case our browsers return the mail as undeliverable. If anyone can help with the translation or knows who Janyas is, we would be very grateful. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] need translation/Janya's site address
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.saraphilace.com/ - Original Message - From: "Tess Parrish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne to send" Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 6:44 PM Subject: SPAM-LOW: [lace] need translation We need the English translation of the following Thai title on the Archives web site: Barnette, J. C. Ru'ang tham rai fai, Phranakhon : Krasuang Kasettrathikan, 1912, 68 pages. Posted November 25, 2004. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.6 MB PDF We had an address for someone who helped a while ago, but it doesn't seem to work now. Her name was Janyas and the email address was <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It sounds as though the address might be spelled wrong, and in any case our browsers return the mail as undeliverable. If anyone can help with the translation or knows who Janyas is, we would be very grateful. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Online museum
Lots of beautiful laces with LOTS of mislabels. Enjoy the beauty but don't use this site as documentation. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Tiziana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 4:05 AM Subject: [lace] Online museum Hello All, many beautiful photos of different kinds of lace. English version, too http://www.museodelmerletto.it/ I haven't found it in the archives, excuse me if you already know it. Hope you like it Kind Regards Tiziana Taranto (Italy) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Small scale Brugges
Dear Carol, Small scale Brugges coool. Check out Duchesse which has a lot of nearly the same motifs, but smaller scale than usual Brugges. Duchesse has more and finer threads, and more careful drafting, so it might be just what you are looking for. Withoff Duchesse is even more close and precise...stunning in execution. There is nothing wrong with a tag that says: "Brugges, small scale, 21st C". If you are making an absolute replica use the same scale, same thread, and same colors as the original. If you are making lace because you love it, enjoy playing with all of it. Adjust what you wish to please yourself. Take some serious notes from your buddy's color work and enjoy. There are no official lace police anymore :)) We make lace because we love all aspects of it. :)Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Carol Adkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace Arachne" Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: no more dreams-just plans Hi All, I find this a very interesting discussion - especially the 'if it's not Ugly, it's not art' bit! I am quite conservative in my lace - but I am beginning to enjoy including colour in items. After choosing a pink gimp in one Flanders weekend class, which was shouted down by the tutor, and which I not-so-bravely changed to a white gimp, I had become very wary of inserting colour.But - I have a friend who is an absolute whizz at choosing colours which, at first sight, would appear completely incompatible but, when actually used, look fantastic.So - I do get better But - I am also one who, although liking the Brugges Bloemwerk patterns, feel that the lace looks much more to my taste - and I emphasise MY taste - if it is greatly reduced, and uses much, much finer threads. Now - am I making Brugges Bloemwerk lace - which I suspect I am not! - can it be called contemporary, or is it just a bastardised lace? I do mainly use the Brugges techniques - but sometimes even there I may think some other technique fits better, and looks better - so when I display my work when demonstrating, what do I call it? Over to you, friends! Carol - in Suffolk UK - where we had our summer yesterday and Saturday, but today is very overcast and not nearly as bright. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Wonderful bobbinlace find at the thrift store!
Looks like Mimosa from Offida Italy. Idrija is similar but varies between cloth and half stitch, and varies dimension of the ribbons. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Tatman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace list" ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:19 PM Subject: [lace] Wonderful bobbinlace find at the thrift store! Hi all, Just have to tell you about this unexpected find while shopping at my local thrift store. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1383/975947491_ab4e5e74dd_b.jpg This framed piece of bobbinlace just about jumped right into my cart LOL! OKinside I was gasping and my arm automatically reached for it and I wasn't going to let anyone know exactly what I found :-D And it was a steal! They priced it at US$5.00 and was half price day, so I paid US$2.50. I just HAD to rescue this poor lonely lace stuck in a tub full of other pictures not worth snot. The lacer took great pains to mount and frame it(altho it is mounted on a blue velvet, not something I would do). It is even properly sealed in the back. I believe it is an Idrija style pattern, but the mystery is I wonder who was the lacemaker? Besides me, I am not sure of anyone in my immediate area that does bobbinlace of this kind. A possible scenario for this rescued picture is that this was a gift and not wanted and donated to the hospital thrift store. Here is a close up of the cross section: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1433/976833950_abde673f19_o.jpg I may not ever know who the lacemaker was, but would like to know if any of you recognize the pattern and what book it came from. Thanks for letting me share my find and I am still jumping with joy about it :) Mark, aka Tatman In scortching hot Greenville, IL USA Www.tat-man.net - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] what is this?
My big French English dictionary says "setting stick" and later "ruling machine"... perhaps a measuring stick, yardstick. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:00 AM Subject: [lace] what is this? Anybody know what the bottom item is in this Ebay auction 220132285056 ? The top one is a plaque for winding lace, which is being sold separately (high price), but I can't figure out what the bottom one is. Thanks, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Membership Message
Dear Laurie, ooops. I sent my renewal through Paypal as well. I'll bet you get quite a few this way If this method isn't working for the membership committee, there is the option to send refund through Paypal for a good month or so without penalty. I added all the info from the membership form to the comments section. I hope it works out to be convenient. Its very easy and instant for Paypal users. It looks like lacemakers are all Eager Beavers and Overachievers no holding us back when we find a shortcut. :)Kate Henry Indiana USA ~~~ Well I just paid my dues via paypal, the account was there and the money withdrawn. I don't think I can call it back. I put my member number and name in the "comments" section. They're going to get a crash course in this, I'm afraid. The feature is there, maybe they just weren't going to use it yet. Carolyn - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Midwest Fiber Fair/class
When you pay for a class, you pay for the information to tuck into your head. You know, the stuff that is never written down. Consider the supplies as "free". :)Kate Henry Indiana USA From: "Janice Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tomorrow I am taking a class on making a metal shawl pin. My non-craft friends were astounded when I told them how much the class and kit cost, and thinking about it, I probably could have bought a finished pin for much less! Still, it is a chance to learn something new. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] luxurious use of lace (2)
Thanks Jean, I found the pic with your clever clue. :)) Mr. Vitton has clients with way too much money.( Maybe he could share some. ) The lace is machine made Schiffli embroidery tacked onto one of his bags. Anyone could make the same thing with some bits from the bridal department at the fabric stores. Dissappointing!How about some real Handmade lace, Louie? Handmade isn't instant enough. Marked up a hundred times between maker and user, it probably would be another silly number... but the lace would be super. :) Kate in Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:26 PM Subject: [lace] luxurious use of lace (2) Kate wrote: If you type the following in the search box, you can see what it's like: Louis Vuitton Monogram Dentelle Speedy 30 Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] luxurious use of lace
Geepers! They're already sold out not even a picture left. :( Kate in Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:08 PM Subject: [lace] luxurious use of lace Louis Vuitton, Monogram Dentelle Speedy 30 $1,420.00 Now that's just plain silly! I don't like it. Not only do I not like the colour, the lacey pattern or anything else about it, it's just like any other bag of its type. Even if I did, I certainly wouldn't pay that kind of price for a bag. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lacing right this minute
Silly kid! of course not... we're on the computer reading our email. :))) But my pillow is on the table beside my chair in the livingroom to play with today. I'm finishing up a s'Gravenmoerse sampler started in guild meeting. The half stitch is turned 90 degrees from everyone else's and its a mind bender. The threads look "wrong" till the last second. One of the group said no one is going to steal this trademark, and that's for sure! Pretty stuff, but odd. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "bevw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:13 PM Subject: [lace] lacing right this minute Hi everyone - Is anyone at their lace pillow 'right now' - 1:15 pm PST Just thought I'd ask, to see if I'm in good company ;) Reply privately if you'd like. -- Bev in sunny breezy Sooke BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Motor bike pricking and wedding lace
Dear Elizabeth, Thank you for sharing this wonderful story. What a picture! Two love birds off into the sunset on a pair of beribboned Harleys :))) The building is beautiful. The staircase is stunning! How about a small lace picture of the Guild Hall? It could be Honiton or Torchon or even Bucks. I agree with you that pregnant on a Harley is probably not a good idea. :)) Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: "Elizabeth Pass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arachne" Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:02 AM Subject: [lace] Motor bike pricking and wedding lace Hello everyone, Somewhere in the back of my mind I have seen a pricking for a motor bike - Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti perhaps. Does anyone recall it? We have had two family weddings recently. I made a Bedfordshire fertility for the young bride and it has worked already!! Last Friday my cousin aged 69 got married and she asked where her fertility hankie was. I told her that she wouldn't be very pleased if I gave her one and it worked for her. But as this was a second marriage for both parties, they specifically requested no presents. Now they are great bikers - two Harleys were suitably decorated with ribbons and bows and placed prominently at the bottom of the steps outside the Register Office. (If you want to see the outside of the building and its history click here http://tinyurl.com/2jh5r4 .) I would really like to make them a piece to mark their wedding day and I will be free throughout the summer to complete it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Liz Pass (in Poole, Dorset, where it is warm, windy with thunderstorms forecast) No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/853 - Release Date: 18/06/2007 15:02 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] photo of The Queen's lace
Thanks for the pics everybody :)) Since the Queen encourages national industry, she does wear machine laces. Because this black lace appears to have daisys outlined in a light mesh, possibly point ground mesh, I suspect it is one of the Nottingham Leavers machine laces. I wish I could get a closer view, but the pics won't copy of course, so I can't play with a picture program to get more details. Schiffli machines could also produce this effect. It would be nice to see her wearing handmade laces too. My favorite, even tho there is no lace, is pic 26 on site: http://www.washingtonpost.com:80/wp-srv/photo/gallery/070503/GAL-07May03-73159/index.html?tab=0 Kate Henry - Original Message - From: "bevw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace Arachne" Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:23 AM Subject: [lace] photo of The Queen's lace Hi everyone Here are several good photos of Queen Elizabeth in the outfit trimmed with black lace. Note the hat, too ;) http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/world/471/ and click on #14 (good picture of the lace, not a great one of Herself, however 15 is a very nice photo of QE. ) -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Finished Project!
Very pretty! THanks for sharing with us. KateHenry - Original Message - From: "Lenore English" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne" Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:28 PM Subject: [lace] Finished Project! I'm coming out of lurking to share my finished project. I started a small mat of Hungarian Tape Lace, Lousie Colgan's class at GLLG Spring Fling. I finished sewing the end to the beginning, and have posted a picture on my blog. The mat is still full of pins. Who knows what mistakes will show up when it comes off the pillow. I used 9 pairs, #80 DMC tatting cotton, and the mat is about 5" square. I am so pleased with myself, this is the most complex project I've ever done. I learned so much from Louise's class, she was a wonderful, patient teacher. Take a peek here: http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com Lenore in Sw Michigan - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
