Re: [lace] Lace group
Might I suggest that you check with The Lace Guild as they have lists of groups in various areas. While the groups might not be meeting at present, it could give the name of a contact. Malvary in a very cold Ottawa, where we are expecting more snow tonight, tomorrow and possibly Thursday too. -Original Message- From: Pauline Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2022 10:25 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Lace group I am sorry if this is posted in wrong place, its such a long while since I have done so. I am trying to help a dear friend who has just moved hundreds of miles and is now in Cambourne in Cambridgeshire. We all used to meet at her house every 2 weeks to support each other. Sadly life happens and she is now alone in a new area and unable to find like minded lacemakers nearby to interact with. If anyone can help with enthusiastic lace makers in that area it would be appreciated kind regards Pauline sent from Outlook Web App. - 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] Speed and efficiency in lace?
I revisited it and watched again and noticed that when she made the leaf that she did it the way that I've seen the ladies in Camariñas do it - several passes then pull it up. I also noticed that she had a loop at the side of her leaf, making it a holly leaf. So yes she was fast because it was her livelihood but was it as accurate as we like to make it - probably not, but then it we aren't making lace to put bread on the table like she was. Interesting that it shows the lady making a fairly narrow Beds edging, and then shows the sunshade with a very deep, probably Bucks lace frill. Adele's link to the youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwcSaAXtZsc Malvary in Ottawa where the sun is shining and it is very cold. - 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] Speed and efficiency in lace?
Interesting that it shows the lady making a fairly narrow Beds edging, and then shows the sunshade with a very deep, probably Bucks lace frill. Adele's link to the youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwcSaAXtZsc Malvary in Ottawa where the sun is shining and it is very cold. - 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] Speed and efficiency in lace?
My sister and I have watched the ladies making lace in Camariñas on many occasions. They work very fast and we were intrigued by the way they make leaves. Across and back 3 or 4 times or more and then pull them up into leaf shape. We asked one lady if she could go slower so we could watch how she did it, but for her it was almost impossible to slow down very much. She explained that the children go across and back once, then as they get older they add more times as they get more experience. We do notice that while they work very quickly, they also spend a lot of time sorting their bobbins to get them in the right order and without twists before they continue. They are making lace for sale so obviously need to work as fast as they can. For me, it is my hobby and my relaxation I don't need to speed along. I do make my cloth stitch as described before if I'm doing something that has expanses of cloth stitch. I do a lot of Milanese and Idrija style lace, so don't often have large areas. Just my 2 cents worth. Malvary in Ottawa where we had 20 cm of wet heavy snow last evening and strong winds to blow it around. - 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] Hand carved bobbins
I still have (and use occasionally) some bobbins that I carved from dowel when I first started. I had bought 6 pairs of bobbins while I was in England on holiday and then when I came home to Canada and started on lesson 2 or 3 in the book I was using the instruction was 'wind 10 pairs of bobbins'. I had no idea if there were bobbin makers in here and I didn't know of the bobbin makers in England, so I set to and carved my own. Malvary in Ottawa where it was 24c on Friday and it is -2 today and snow is forecast for tonight. - 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] lathes
As Alex says there are certainly other bobbins which are hand carved, South Bucks bobbins for example. I haven't studied mine, but my sister said it was the body of the bobbin that made her suspicious, not the neck. Agreed, the Egyptians used a second person to turn a pulley with a rope as power (1300 BC) and the sprung pole lathes date back at least to the Jorvik Viking excavations under York. As those were straightforward to make from locally available materials there is no reason for them to have been rare. Wood turning was used for all sorts of furniture and eating utensils and there was a Guild of Turners set up pre 1347 because at that point they were told that turned measuring vessels had to conform with City of London standards. When the demand was there for bobbins it would have been a good way to use up the scraps of wood left over. All this good information from my sister. Malvary - 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 teachers in/near Idyllwild CA or Long Beach CA
Clare - in the same way we refer people to The Lace Guild, you could refer your friend to IOLI to ask if they have anyone in that area. Malvary in Ottawa, Canada - still a couple of thousand kilometres from California, so I can't help personally. -Original Message- From: Clare Lewis Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2020 5:52 AM To: Arachne Reply Subject: [lace] Lace teachers in/near Idyllwild CA or Long Beach CA Hi all, A friend of mine in CA is looking to try bobbin lace. Can anybody point me at a possible teacher in the Idyllwild area or the Long Beach area? I am looking at options at the moment, name and a contact email would be great, then I can pass that on to my friend. Many thanks, Clare - 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 Express back issues
A quick google search shows that they have some back numbers. Whether that is still active, I can't tell you. Malvary in Ottawa where it is a dull day. -Original Message- From: Vicki Bradford Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 10:45 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Lace Express back issues Hello all, Does anyone know of any suppliers who carry back issues of Lace Express? I’m looking for a copy of number 3 from 2002. Any help would be appreciated! Vicki In Maryland - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Lace Guild magazine
Issue Number 179, Summer 2020 has arrived on my doorstep. Malvary in Ottawa where we have rain for a second day after a very long hot summer. I think it is a side effect from Hurricane Isaias which is ploughing its way north along the east coast of the U.S. - 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] UK Lace Guild magazine for April 2020
I got mine, in Canada. However, I would suggest that anyone who hasn't received theirs should contact The Lace Guild directly. They may decide that in view of the current situation, that they will want to wait another couple of weeks before sending replacements. Malvary in a lovely sunny Ottawa where maybe next week it might be decided that hairdressers can think about opening sometime in the next month or two (already open across the border in Quebec - 2 km away). It has been 5 months and I am looking more and more like an old English sheepdog every day. - 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] Miss Channer's Mat
I had a look back in Arachne Lace Archives and there are several (many) references to this subject. One item says - 200+ pairs of bobbins. Another, and this is copied and quoted from 2004 "Drum roll! After 2 years, 9 months Over 1000 hours 500+ bobbins More pins than you can shake a stick at! On Monday, March 1st,10:30 P.M. I finished Miss Channers Mat. Does anyone else go thru post-partum depression after a big project? So before you start, make sure you have enough bobbins. Malvary in Ottawa where it isn't bad to be house-bound because it has been snowing again today. - 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] Academic artists... a question please... photo stream flickr
Brian - this looks home-painted and if anything I would think they are possibly trying to copy a chinese-cloisonné style but that isn't really possible on wood as the real thing needs to be fired. The bobbin looks like a Bucks thumper to which beads have been added so probably not overly old. Malvary in Ottawa where we have already had about 10 hours of freezing rain/snow mix with another day and a half to go. Not very cold, but very treacherous to be out - 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] How much did lace makers pay for high end bobbins. Reply
Brian wrote: 3. This what the Arachne member said to me : Yes, I would love to know how low paid workers got their mitts on ivory mother and babes. My thought/question is 'How many actual ivory bobbins whether they be mother and babes or just plain are there?' Ivory wasn't something readily available in the UK, so how was it obtained to be used. Bone - yes, lots of them and I know people advertise bobbins for sale as ivory, but they are more likely bone. Just my two pence worth. Malvary in Ottawa where a sunny day with a temperature of 17c is forecast, but frost tonight. - 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] re Find my past "free" ancestry site = correction
Correction to my previous message - I was hurrying and didn't proof read properly -Original Message- From: Malvary Cole Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019 9:50 AM To: brid...@bigpond.com ; Lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] re Find my past "free" ancestry site I double checked part of the 1871 census for Honiton, Devon and there are several ladies described as Lace Makers or Lace Manufacturers, and it shows where they were born. There are many more ladies with no occupation shown and many of them may well have been lace makers, but it wasn't considered to be an occupation as such - women did NOT have occupations unless you were perhaps the head of the household. It would probably have been the head of the household who filled in the census form and if he didn't consider that his wife and/or daughters had occupations, then it didn't go on the form. For 1841 there are no actual places of birth shown except whether they were born in the county for which the census was being taken, i.e. if the census was for Devon and you were born in Devon you got a Y by your name or and N if you were born somewhere else. The Y and N are not always easy to distinguish because the transcriber of the forms was doing pages of these entries and he/she is also trying to read the writing of the person who filled in the form - not necessarily the same person. If there was no-one in the household who could write, then the form was completed by the enumerator - hence the different spelling of family names that you come across when doing research. Malvary in Ottawa where it is hot and muggy again today. - 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] re Find my past "free" ancestry site
I double checked part of the 1871 census for Honiton, Devon and there are several ladies described as Lace Makers or Lace Manufacturers, and it shows where they were born. There are many more ladies with no occupation shown and I many of them may well have been lace makers, but it wasn't considered to be an occupation as such - women did have occupations unless you were perhaps the head of the household. It would probably have been the head of the household who filled in the census form and if he didn't consider that his wife and/or daughters had occupations, then it didn't go on the form. For 1841 there are no actual places of birth shown except whether they were born in the county for which the census was being taken, i.e. if the census was for Devon and you were born in Devon you got a Y by your name or and N if you were born somewhere else. The Y and N are not always easy to distinguish because the transcriber of the forms was doing pages of these entries and he/she is also trying to read the writing of the person who filled in the form - not necessarily the same person. If there was no-one in the household who could write, then the form was completed by the enumerator - hence the different spelling of family names that you come across when doing research. Malvary in Ottawa where it is hot and muggy again today. - 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] History of lassen
Although Lassen by that name is probably Belgian, surely it doesn't mean they are the only people who ever thought of the overlap and sew idea. They might have copied and adapted from the way that finished and bought lace had been cut and joined to use in garments by skilled dressmakers for decades or even centuries On a slightly different subject are the three whip stitches on each space really needed always/ever? In both Ulrike's 'The Beginning of the End' and Bridget's 'Practical Skills', they only whip twice in each space and they probably both did a lot of research on this. If the sewing thread is a lot finer than the main thread, there may be room for three in some places. There will be some smaller gaps (such as just inside the footside edge passive on the diagram where there is a tiny triangular gap) where there may only be room for one or two stitches. Forcing three stitches into every space will guarantee some distortion and will help it to look thicker than it needs to. Malvary in a warm but wet Ottawa, who has never done a Lassen join - 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] Estonia 202 question
I have messaged my friend in Estonia to ask if she knows. I'll let you know when I hear from her. Malvary in Ottawa where is is also very cold and it is certainly winter here. Alice wrote: The new OIDFA Bulletin tells about a lace festival in Parnu in July each year, but doesn't give any dates. Does anyone know if the dates of this festival in July 2020 will be close enough to the OIDFA Congress (the first of August) for someone to attend both? - 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] Kopek/whirlpool stitch
Susan Hottle wrote: Even so, it seems like it would be faster/easier to work the kopeks after the fact rather than swizzle the bobbins in & around & over & through. Might be an idea Susan, but if you are making Russian lace, the fillings are done at the same time as the lace, when you get to the last pinhole around an area of filling, that is when you do it. Also, working it at the same time means you don't have to rewind bobbins to do the fillings - you don't have to sew in new pairs and you don't have to sew out the pairs when you have done the filling and thereby have lots of knots. Some fillings are only a few lines of braids and picots, others a little more complex with trails going round, kopeks etc. In some larger pieces you may have many, many patches of fillings, so a lot of joins. Much easier to do it as you go. Malvary in Ottawa where we are supposed to have a warmer day, but at the moment we have freezing rain during the transition from -7 to +3 - 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] CORRECTION: Kopek/Whirlpool filling is a Woven Spider's Web
Woven spiders web is an embroidery term where a single thread is either woven under and over all the way around, or alternatively goes forward under two bars then doubles back to go back over the one it just came under and the next one ie two bars forward, one back back all the time, with all the stitches going in the same direction. This gives ridges on the side where you are doubling back. This is an embroidery term as distinct from a lace making term. Clare was asking about bobbin lace kopeks/whirlpool fillings (Bridget Cook's description). The bobbin lace kopeks are worked with sewn weaving at every bar using two threads at a time, (so both sides look the same) and allowing the attractive coloured rings or wedges. Yes, kopeks can be made in two colours creating stripes and patterns. Superficially similar, they are worked in a completely different way. Kopek is what they are called in Russian lace which is where they are used the most. Many stitches have different names, one of the most basic being cloth stitch and whole stitch. None of them is wrong, just different depending on where you are learning or what book you use. I don’t agree that it is a CORRECTION = changing the heading to Woven spiders Web is a not a correction, it is just another name for it and a different method. And we know very well that the same thing is called by various names in different places. None of them is wrong or needs to be corrected in my opinion. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a bright sunny day, albeit cold at the moment. It was up to +3c yesterday, but -7c this morning. - 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] Bobbin question
Many of the English bobbins are made from fruit wood. Most regions would have grown fruit trees and so it would have been readily available. I have a couple of the Malmsbury bobbins that are tapered style. From my memory of them they are fairly dark coloured and therefore probably not fruit wood. They are modern reproductions as far as I know. Malvary in Ottawa where we had a mini thaw yesterday, but bright and sunny today and a bitterly cold wind. - 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] Downton Lace
From the Downton Lace that I have done, and patterns that I have seen, all the lace is lengths, not motifs. I've just checked the book I have by Shelly Canning of Downton Lace from Salisbury Cathedral, there are no corners either. So you don't need to have pairs hung on one by one. When I did a course, I did wind my bobbins in pairs and then rather than cutting them apart, I tied a knot with however many pairs I needed to hang on each pin to start. Malvary, from a very, very cold Ottawa where we have broken the January snow record with 97 cm and almost record cold temperatures, only -18c with a wind chill of -29c which means that frostbit is a possibility. - 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 magazine 172
I understand there was a misunderstanding on the despatch date of the magazine, but the e-version is now available on the website. Hope you enjoy it. Don't have my hard copy yet because of rotating postal strikes here in Canada - so glad I get the rough copy to proof read, so I can get on with doing the poppy before going to lunch at the British High Commission on November 11. Malvary in Ottawa, where it is a dull, damp, miserable, day - in other words typically November. - 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] Securing knots in silk - conservation comments
I don't have any experience with this and wonder if anyone has asked Bart and Francis if they have any recommendations on how to finish off the knots. Malvary in Ottawa where it is a lovely sunny day, so different from last weekend when the area was hit by 6 tornadoes. - 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] Help needed
Allison, sorry to hear you have been ill. Yesterday on Facebook I saw this link to doing sewings both with crochet hook and lazy Susan. I hope this is what you were wanting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F9u6yaxKQw If the link doesn't work - type into Google - Lou Woo youtube lace sewing Malvary in Ottawa where it is a little cooler and less humid today (41c humidex yesterday) - 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 in England
There is no problem to rent an automatic car in England. If you don't get anywhere with the first company, try another. Double check on the Northampton Museum, it may be closed until next year. The V is a bit of a disaster. You have to contact them ahead of time and they will get you some of their closed collection. But you can only see a limited number of pieces. OK if you are doing a thesis on something specific, but not necessarily what you are wanting to see if you aren't specific. One of the best places to go is to The Lace Guild headquarters. Contact them ahead of time and let them know what you want to see and they will make things available for you. Malvary in hot and sunny Ottawa. - 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] re: posting questions about what teachers say
Sharon wrote: To my surprise I haven't heard a single comment about the characteristic things lacemaking teachers say. My guess is that since this is a public forum the question may feel indiscreet. This is not a characteristic comment (at least I hope not). No names no pack drill. When I was first learning on my own (about 2 weeks in with no access to pillow, lacemaking thread, pins etc), I heard of a group getting together with a teacher from another city. I wasn't able to go to the whole weekend, but decided that I'd take what I'd done and have a few words and see if she had any bobbins for sale, or thread. When I got there and watched her flitting round the room from person to person advising them - work c-t-c or whatever to that next pen then I'll be back it stuck me that some of them would be stuck when she wasn't there to tell them what to do to get to the next pin. When she spared me a couple of minutes she looked at what I'd done, sniffed, turned her nose up and said "Not very good is it. But of course, you can't make good lace unless you use linen thread and you are using cotton (last word said in a very derogatory tone)." Unfortunately, I didn't know enough about lace at that time to challenge that, but I do remember making a lot of lace in cotton before I even ever thought about getting some linen thread. Some of the ladies from that class and I formed the very first lace group in Ottawa and some of them were still struggling with the bookmark months later because nothing had been explained that they were doing cloth stitch diamonds, or whole stitch fans or whatever. A couple of them became my first students so they could finish. Unfortunately, many of them dropped out and never came back. Malvary in Ottawa where it is a lovely sunny day. - 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-chat] USA places to visit help
David et al As a tourist to the US - the place that we enjoyed, which will also give you a little warmth after January in NY, is Arizona and the Grand Canyon. We rented a car in Phoenix and drove up to the Canyon, stopping at a few places to see the sights on the way - Painted Desert etc. We also drove on from the Canyon to Sedona and stopped at a site of a village built on little ledges on the side of a mountain (can't remember the name off the top of my head). I have left the original message attached and have changed the lace-chat e-mail address so that it will go into the archives for future. I'll be interested to see other thoughts and I know there are lots of other places that fit the bill for what David is looking for. Northern Oregon and Washington state is another place I've enjoyed wandering around. Malvary in Ottawa where it is gently snowing again. -Original Message- From: David C Collyer Sent: Monday, March 05, 2018 7:40 AM To: lace-c...@dont.panix.com Subject: [lace-chat] USA help Dear Friends in USA, I need a few suggestions please. You may recall me telling you that next January I shall be performing in Carnegie Hall around January 19th. I think we're in New York for about 8 days. My sister will be flying straight home to Australia but I've decided to spend an extra 10 days or so in the States. The last 4 of these days I plan on flying to Seattle and visiting my old friend Stormy Lee Van den Houten at Castle Rock. I'm well aware that USA is about the same size as Australia but I need to find just one other place to visit! I can tell you that I loathe hordes of tourists as well as all cities. I love the bush and the deserts and would probably appreciate a little warmth after January in New York. I do recall many years ago learning about the native Americans who made the silver and turquoise jewellery but can't remember where they are. Hiring a car is not out of the question. I'm asking this of you so early as I have to arrange my travel insurance with the Choir's company and they need to know. All suggestions most welcome. Thanks David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat 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-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] no messages
Now you come to mention it - the last one I received was dated 26 January from Jeri Ames regarding the World Lace Congress in Brugges. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a bright and sunny but -14c temperature day. - 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 Guild Advent Calendar
Have you all visited the Lace Guild Advent calendar and solved the competition. Send in your entry soon - competition closed on December 31. You don't have to be a member to enter, one of the prizes for non members is a year's membership. So go to the website now, look at all the new patterns and other eye candy pieces of lace, then study the clues and enter the competition. laceguild.org Malvary in a very cold Ottawa (-17c with a wind chill of â22) and forecast to be colder tomorrow, and colder still the day after. - 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] Seasons Greetings
No ifs regarding snow here, already have snow and another 5 to 10 cm forecast for this afternoon, evening and tomorrow. No ifs regarding the temperature it is -10c at the moment (9 a.m.) and will get a little warmer during the day, but the temperature is due to drop later and drop more over the next few days. Good wishes for a happy holiday to everyone - turkey with boyfriend tomorrow, then big family party on Boxing Day with about 30-40 people. Malvary in a cool, but sunny, Ottawa - 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] Block pillow question
I stand corrected - if you need to use your half blocks to work on, so be it. On the other hand, if you have a block pillow in a frame, you cannot overhang a part of a block even temporarily, and having a space at the bottom with no block in it does not give very good support for your bobbins. I understand the use of the half block if you are turning a corner, but don't see the need for a half block usage if you are making a book mark which is 1.5 blocks in length - why not just use 2 blocks. If you constantly use your half block to work on, the foam will break down more because you can't rotate it like you can with a full block. Malvary - 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] Bucks prickings
I raised this very question, not whether the pricking had been pricked or not but about putting in pins, when I did a course on Downton lace. It is the same thought, did the lacemakers put in pins on the longer rows of ground or not. I tried it and after putting in a couple of pins at the edge, I then went down the row with no pins until I got near the pattern. I then put the pins in because I was still learning and didn't want to have that as a problem to not making the lace correctly. I found that it was quicker to do that than put the pin in at each stitch. As lacemakers also had to buy their pins which were expensive, perhaps we hear about them not using pins on the long rows of ground was because they just didn't have that many available. Do we know how the lacemakers got their patterns? Maybe they came already pricked and the lacemaker would start off with pins but as they became more accustomed to the pattern found that they could save both time and pins by not pinning all the way through the ground. Just my 2 cents worth. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a dullish but reasonably mild day (-2), but it is still early and time for some sun. - 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] A hello from a new member
Helen - you have successfully joined. As you are in the UK have you contacted The Lace Guild to see if they know of a group or teacher in your area. It is good to have someone to compare notes with. If you are happy working along on your own, that is ok too. Malvary in Ottawa, where we have had a reasonably mild, dry day after snow, freezing rain and rain yesterday. - 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] Advice wanted please
My immediate thought - are the loops still there when the garter is stretched to go round her leg? If yes, then the ribbon is too long. If no, then the ribbon is the right length and you can't make it any shorter or it won't fit when she is wearing it. Malvary in Ottawa where we have another lovely fall day - a little nip in the air, but sunny - 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] UK Lace magazine
Mine arrived today, so you aren't last Liz. I had read it, because I do the proof reading, so I'm never quite as anxious as others to receive my copy, although it is good to see it all finished, rather than printed out on my second-hand paper that I can scribble on as necessary. Malvary in Ottawa where the rain seems to have stopped for 3 or 4 days in a row, although more is forecast for tomorrow. - 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] Winding bobbins with a string
Susan wrote --how does this work with Idrija bobbins where we are winding anti-clockwise? My question - why do you have to wind them anti-clockwise. I do Idrija all the time and wind them exactly the same as I wind all my bobbins. If you suddenly switch direction of the way you wind, you might have difficulties in getting used to lengthening and shortening your threads when you are trying to learn as much as you can in the few hours you have available. Malvary in Ottawa where we have had enough rain for this summer. No lawn bowling because the greens were flooded. - 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] Accented Characters
It isn't just Jeri - I get the funny characters too. I'm not with AOL. However, Jeri and I can write to each other and receive the messages and I receive her messages via Arachne, although I didn't in the past. I also meant that I didn't get my sister's posts to Arachne as she was with AOL at the time. Brenda wrote: If I post words like Gütermann, Perlé, Alençon, Tønder and Cantù some people get them correctly and can return them to me correctly. Malvary in Ottawa where summer has finally arrived and we had a lovely game of lawn bowls the morning - not too hot. However, weather and temperature notwithstanding, I still lost. - 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] instructions
When I first started learning (teaching myself from the old Golden Hands magazines), I heard about a lace workshop and went to see and to talk to the teacher. She was whizzing round the room from student to student and for most of them the instruction was along the lines of "do cross twist cross to the next pin hole and then I'll be back" or whatever they were supposed to be doing. When she had a moment and spoke to me I showed her what I had done - her response "Not very good is it. Of course you can't do good lace if you don't use linen thread". I admit it wasn't very good, I'd only been trying for about 2 weeks, but I did understand what I was doing. When we formed a group a couple of months later, several of those ladies were stuck - didn't know what to do or how to do it; didn't know what the stitches were called; didn't understand the concept of finishing one motif before doing the next bit, etc. etc. etc. The couple of ladies in the group who had perhaps made a little lace before the workshop had to help the others and it was several month before the bookmarks were even close to being completed in many cases. Malvary in Ottawa where it is going from -6 this morning to +6 by this afternoon. Nice bright sunny day. - 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] Trip to England
I think it is the first weekend in May that there is a suppliers fair in Peterborough if you are still there then. Malvary in Ottawa who will just have returned from the Lace Guild AGM and Lace Society Rally so will miss 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/
Re: [lace] Anne of Green Gables and LACE
Some of the group/community activities would be a quilting bee. A big job that works well with lots of help - many hands make light work. In the same way the men would get together to raise a barn. Malvary in Ottawa where it is only -8 at the moment, but supposed to get warmer later in the day so that it will be just the right temperature for freezing rain. - 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 Guild Magazine Lost in Post Office Fire?
Jeri â I think you should probably wait a bit longer. I only received my copy last Friday, so they are still filtering through. If your copy doesnât arrive, can you claim anything from the post office, after all it isnât your fault that you are out of pocket nor should The Lace Guild be either, come to that. Malvary in Ottawa where we have snow again today after several days of balmy spring weather. - 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] Guild Magazine
I still don't have mine - perhaps today, otherwise it will be next week as we don't have delivery on Saturdays. Thank goodness I'm a proof reader, I have at least read it (more than once). Malvary in Ottawa where we have had a few days of above zero temperatures and our snowpack has gone down considerably - 17cm on one day alone. Freezing rain warning in effect for later today, but +9c for tomorrow. - 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 magazine (UK)
I received the Lacemaking from the Lace Society yesterday, but haven't received Lace yet. Perhaps today? However, I went on line and filled in the forms for the course I want at the Fringe and AGM in early April, and thanks to my sister Jacquie, I know they have got to The Lace Guild. Malvary in Ottawa where we are having a heat wave - forecast high of +6 today, +9 tomorrow and +13 at the weekend. The City did a great job clearing the snow banks from the street in the early hours of this morning, but those big machines sure do make a lot of noise at 4:00 a.m. - 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] Saxony Lace-Czech?
The other vermicelli lace not mentioned, which has no holes and where the cloth stitch goes right to the edges is hinohosa from Spain. Just another thought to be put in the mix. Malvary in Ottawa where we have had about 50cm of snow since Sunday, but not as badly hit as the Maritimes. Nice sunny day (well it was when I started this message), and allegedly +7 temperature for Sunday. - 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 ID reference books
Someone on Facebook just mentioned Marian Powys. I didn't think I knew anything about her, so checked on google. She has an item on the professor's site 'A Further Legacy Three Personal Lace Notebooks of Marian Powys' https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/nb85_lc2.pdf She shows at least one example of Mechlin - don't know if this is of interest to those discussing the subject of how to identify Mechlin. Malvary in Ottawa where we had 28cm of snow yesterday and are looking forward to another dump of 10-20 cm between Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning. I think I'll have to start putting it in the bath so I can get out of my driveway -Original Message- From: devonth...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 3:33 PM To: 'Arachne reply' Subject: [lace] Lace ID reference books In relation to what Alex was saying about Mechlin and what it meant in the 18th century, I think that Santina Levey says fairly early in her book that most of the terms we use now were coined by lace dealers in the late 19th and early 20th century, and would be unrecognizable to people in the era when the lace was made. If memory serves, a particularly egregious example was calling a lace Binche because a piece resembling it had been found on a carnival costume in Binche, although the lace was never made there. Another example is dubbing things Cluny after a piece found in the Cluny museum in Paris. But, of course, it is the language being used in the late 19th and early 20th century by dealers and auctioneers that has found its way into the catalogue system. I have been consulting a number of books. Levey, of course, Toomer, Antique Laces, Identifying types and Techniques, Gwynne’s the Illustrated Dictionary of Lace, Kurella’s Guide to Lace and Linens, and Pat Earnshaw’s three books, the Dictionary of Lace, the Identification of Lace and Bobbin and Needle laces Identification and Care. Interestingly, Pat Earnshaw’s books are not necessarily consistent. But, that serves as a powerful reminder that whenever you write something and publish it, you immediately find out you were wrong about something. I also have a dictionary by J. Coene called Kantlexicon. In addition, I have my vast library of books on individual laces. One thing that has been a pleasant surprise is that it is sometimes quite easy to search the older books on google books using a word search. Does anyone have other suggestions for good ID books? Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 - 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 ID reference books
Mea culpa, I forgot to trim the message before I sent my reply moments ago. - 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 Guild AGM and Fringe
While I was cutting up vegetables for my soup maker which Iâve just plugged in, I remembered that tomorrow is the do-not-mail before date for The Lace Guild and AGM. If you donât have Lace 164 yet (I donât) you can download the forms from the internet (I did) and choose your course and get ready to send it in tomorrow. The Fringe and dinner are being held in Widnes and the AGM in the same location as the Haydock (not just Lace) Fair at Haydock Park Racecourse. Iâm looking forward to going to Widnes again as my maternal grandparents were born there. It used to be in Lancashire, but now finds itself in Cheshire. Hope to have a look around the churchyards and such while we are there. Malvary in Ottawa where it is snowing (again) big fluffy flakes. Hope it stops soon as I have to go visiting at the hospital when Iâve finished my soup. - 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] Re: raffle
Susan - now you have won the prize, we expect to see a length of the lace in due course. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a very cold, but lovely sunny day. - 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] Promoting Lace - "Lace in Fashion" exhibit in Bath
Jeri will be pleased to know that there is an article about this exhibition in the next issue of Lace (165), which should be arriving any time soon. Malvary in Ottawa (who proof read this about a month ago) - 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] Egg cup for Binche support pins
Vickie wrote: I often use beautiful antique little dishes for my pins rather than a pin cushion. We all need a little more beauty in our lives! I had a local potter who's work I admire, make me some with a hole in the bottom so I could pin them to my pillow. She wasn't sure about the hole as she thought it would fill up with the colours, but they turned out very well. I donated one to the Lace Guild Convention as a door prize a couple of years ago, and I hope it was well received. Malvary in Ottawa where it is 0c and I managed to clear about 3 square feet of ice off my drive today (drive is about 500 square feet, so it is a long job, especially when the ice is about 2.5 inches thick). - 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] Black Tie
Hi Susan et al If you hover your mouse over the picture of the question marks, you will see that it refers to the 2019 Lace Guild Exhibition, which incorporates the John Bull Trophy Competition, topic: Discovery. The next issue of Lace which should be in your mailbox very soon, will have more pictures of last year's Lace Guild Exhibition - Lets Celebrate. I received my IOLI bulletin today with Janice Blair's beautiful peacock on the front. Malvary in Ottawa where it was actually a + number for the temperature today. - 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] Items finished in one session
When I've gone out demonstrating, we have a fish pattern (like the head of the snake. but smaller) which doesn't take much to finish. A couple of years ago I had made a few fish using the head of the snake and when two children were working on one fish, the little girl finished and was given it. The little boy was quite crestfallen, but I had a few of the snake-fish already made so I asked him if he'd like to choose one. He was thrilled. We have several sets of bobbins pre-wound and often two pillows so that one is hung on and started while the people are working on the other. Malvary in Ottawa where after a few days of balmy +3 c temperatures, we are back down into a deep freeze, but bright and sunny, so I'll be generating electricity with my solar panels. - 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] RE: torchon ground/gimp writing
Hi Helen and other arachnids I notice that you used the wrong address for Lace - it should be lace@arachne.com not the @dont.panix.com If you use that panix address I don't thing that the subject gets into the archives. Malvary in Ottawa where we have endured a day of freezing rain and I missed my big family party because of it. -Original Message- From: Helen Bell Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 2:56 PM To: l...@dont.panix.com ; lace-dig...@lists.panix.com Subject: [lace] RE: torchon ground/gimp writing - 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] Christmas Exchange
Sue wrote: Today must be a lucky day. I received not one, but three gorgeous exchanges! Yes Sue, you are lucky especially to have mail delivered on a Saturday!! Don't think there have been Saturday deliveries since I've been in Canada (1977). Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we have our first cold weekend of this season. About -9c with wind chill of -14c. We had a dump of snow on Monday last and more forecast for Sunday going over into Monday. - 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] IOLI Bulletin
I have just sent in my renewal and am arranging to get the missing issues since my membership expired. (Jacquie note - you will also be getting all the back issues too). I have a feeling that I might have had an e-mail reminding me, but I'm not sure. Perhaps IOLI should look at the system The Lace Guild uses. The renewals are sent out once a year, in the magazine and the payment is for the next four issues. It means everyone is on the same renewal date and if you join mid year you get the back issues plus those still to come for that year. I think The Lace Society uses the same method. Malvary in Ottawa where fall has fallen hard with a forecast of S* flurries for Thursday. - 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] IOLI Bulletin and Dues for Next Year
I haven't had one for a while because I'd forgotten to renew. Have just done so, and my next bulletin will be December. I'd asked about buying the missing issues so have been expecting something from IOLI - like an invoice, so wasn't worried about opening the spam message because I thought it was going to be something to pay for the issues I didn't get. Hope now I'm not infected with anything. Malvary in a cold, and very wet Ottawa -Original Message- From: jeria...@aol.com Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 1:07 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] IOLI Bulletin and Dues for Next Year What is the last IOLI Bulletin members have received? Has anyone received an e-mail notice of IOLI dues due before year end? Jeri Ames in Maine Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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] Memo from IOLI Bulletin Editor?
Yes I got it. Unfortunately I opened it because I am waiting for something from IOLI. -Original Message- From: hottl...@neo.rr.com Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 10:07 AM To: lace Subject: [lace] Memo from IOLI Bulletin Editor? Did anyone else get an email from Google docs? Is this a legitimate email from IOLI? Susan Hottle USA iPhone - 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] List is quiet
Janis - that looks about right. Brian Lenin in Australia looking for Pompi Parry was the last one I got. Don't worry - you are still with us. Canada was celebrating Thanksgiving last weekend and it was Columbus Day in the US with many people attending the Ithaca Lace weekend. Malvary in Canada where is it a very dull, dreary day -Original Message- From: Janis Savage Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 9:49 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] List is quiet Is the list very quit or have I somehow removed myself from it by mistake? The last message I had was on 8th October. Janis in South Africa - 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 Guild UK index to Lace magazine
I must confess that it is me who currently does the index. I've been doing it for 2-3 years now. Just indexing the most recent issue (163). I also proof-read the issue before printing and have just finished proof-reading 164. Haven't finished indexing 163 yet because I'm working on a piece of lace for the 2018 Lace Guild Calendar, and the deadline is looming (passed one and aiming for the new one). I'm also managing the Calendar project. I'm just pointing this out that although I live in Canada and can't volunteer to help at shows etc., there are things that I can do. Perhaps if you live far from the headquarters of your national lace group you could find something to help with, too. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a lovely early September type day. Going to mow lawns this afternoon when my students have left. - 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] restoration of antique lace bobbins?
Brian asked whether we should restore old bobbins or leave them in poor state. I think you should ask why you want the bobbin. Do you collect bobbins as a collection of old bobbins or is this bobbin one you want to use? If it the latter, then a certain amount of restoration is necessary. I hear the comment from people that they won't use an old bobbin in case the spangle breaks. If the bobbin has been in use for 100 years, the spangle has probably broken before, so it is likely that it isn't the original. Surely it is better to use these wonderfully smooth bobbins that have seen years of lace making already, than to leave them mouldering in a drawer or box rarely to see the light of day. Many of the spangles on the old bobbins are quite large, and I have no problem to make it smaller and be able to use the bobbin. I do keep the old beads separate and use them for old bobbins if one comes along with no spangle. I bought a handful of bobbins from e-bay but when they arrived they smelled of tobacco smoke and were very dirty. My sister, Jacquie, cleaned them and by the time I saw them they were in a very good condition. Another couple of bobbins I had, leopards but only holes where the pewter had originally been, were given to a metal worker friend of one of my students who put in new spots. Quite expensive, I think, and probably not something that I would do on a regular basis, but she had them done as a gift for me. So, I guess the answer to your question, Brian, is why do you have them and what do you want them for. Malvary in Ottawa where it is a grey day, and I'm waiting for the contractor to come so I can get the damage repaired from the city-owned tree which fell over a few weeks ago and hit my house. - 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] Feast of Magazines
Just retrieved my mail from the box and found Lace Society magazine Lacemaking and Lace Guild magazine Lace. Feast of reading for the evening.. but Iâve just been invited out for dinner and Iâm leaving in 20 minutes. Oh well, the print wonât fall off the pages while Iâm gone and theyâll still be here when I get back. Malvary in Ottawa where we are under a severe rain warning with a forecast of 50 mm of rain this evening. - 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] Construction foam pillows
Second reply - I meant to include that when I have finished cutting my pillows, there is a strip of foam left over. I have used these pieces to make several block pillows. Try not to waste anything and only the shavings go into the garbage/land fill. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a much nicer day today and I'm off to the local garlic festival later. - 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-chat] IT help
Lyn - I would say that we should trim on everything (except perhaps a pertinent guide to the original question). Better for those who still use dial-up. David - I notice that you used the wrong address for Chat. The @dont.panix.com ending is incorrect. It should be @arachne.com. Malvary in Ottawa where it is very hot again today (very hot being relative - others probably have it much hotter) and I'm dripping perspiration having just got home from playing a 12-end lawn bowls game. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Supporting young lacemakers
Or perhaps we don't buy the works because we just don't like them. We can appreciate the work that has gone in to them but wouldn't want them around all the time Just my 2 cents worth. Malvary in Ottawa Devon wrote: But, do any of us buy great works by current lace artists such as Pierre Fouche? Why not? - - 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] Yelts lace
Hi Nathalie I'm not answering your question as I've never heard of Yelts lace. However, I see you addressed this message to lace@dont.panix and to lace@arachne.com. You should delete the dont.panix address from your contacts list as anything you write there plus any replies that come on that address won't be included in the Arachne archives. Hope you get lots of replies about this type of lace as I will be interested to read about it too. Malvary in Ottawa where we will have another lovely day at more reasonable temperatures than the last couple of days. -Original Message- From: Nathalie Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:36 AM To: l...@dont.panix.com Subject: [lace] Yelts lace Hello, Does anyone has a description of Yelts lace? What about the history? Information is difficult to find. Thank you. Nath - 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-chat] Urgent Ideas for licence plate
I have just bought a new car and have decided that I will get myself vanity plates. Iâd like some suggestions on what to put on the plate â 8 digits allowed, but I need to order the plates tomorrow. I need 2 or 3 options in case the first one I choose is already taken. Iâm thinking along the lines of LUV 2 LACE BOBN LACE Has anyone any better suggestions? Malvary in Ottawa where we are forecast to get more snow in the next day or so. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Fw: [lace] Lace Article in New Mexico
I'm resending Laura's message in the hope that it gets into the archives and so that those who couldn't see it the first time will be able to see it now. I could never see Jeri's messages in Arachne but can write to see them if we communicate directly, but recently I've been able to see them. Don't know how or why that works. Malvary in Ottawa -Original Message- From: La Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 12:18 PM To: Arachne Group Subject: [lace] Lace Article in New Mexico Our guild, the Enchanted Lacemakers was interviewed and photographed over the last several weeks for the Albuquerque Journal. Our own spider, Tammy Padilla, did a wonderful job representing the lace world. I'm sending the link, and you may have to answer a couple of questions to get into the actual piece. The print article has a few more pictures that didn't come into the e-version. http://www.abqjournal.com/739612/living/saving.html Enjoy! Laura SandisonNew Mexico, 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] Bobbin lace in Celtic nations?
It seems to me that while it is good for Sally to find out about lace in Celtic nations, there probably won't be much time for her to pass on the information she has gleaned to the people who are wandering about. What they will be interested in, is to see her making lace. I might suggest finding a nice Celtic knot pattern and working that. Whether people in Celtic nations ever made such a thing (probably not) isn't really the point, it is to give the feel of the designs and for people to see lace being made so that they have a good time while they are there. Just my two cents worth Malvary in Ottawa where it is supposed to go up to 12c today (get rid of more of my snow banks). - 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] Working an edging on a roller pillow
While I agree with Alice that changing the passive for a worker occasionally might help to stop gathering, this is only possible if the lace is all one colour. Often a different colour passive is used on the footside (perhaps to match a fan worker), and in these cases it isn't possible to change out the worker Malvary in Ottawa where we have another sunny day and I'm generating electricity like mad. - 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] Working an edging on a roller pillow
My first thought was - 'how much lace are you leaving pinned?' Obviously on the footside you need to leave as much pinned as possible so that you can't pull it up. Next thought - make your footside passive pair an obviously different pair so that each time you come to it you know. Then you can make sure that when you are tensioning you will be more aware not to pull on that specific pair. Next thought - if you roll the lace you have worked on to a wooden roller you would only gather the bit between your pillow and the roller. Then if you accidentally pull the passive thread you could ease the passive thread back with a pin to ungather it. Just my immediate comments. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a week of mild temperatures and my 5 foot high snowbanks are gradually melting. - 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] Miniature lace
Susan - have you seen Making Lace with Little Grey Rabbit. There are some quite small edgings there. Another narrow edging I made (resized the pattern down) to make the edging for a pair of pantaloons for a quite small doll is Malmesbury Lace. Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we had some snow this morning and are now waiting for freezing rain. - 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-chat] German word translation - non lace related
According to translation on line Floor sanding machine rental M -Original Message- From: Patricia Runcie Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 10:24 AM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: [lace-chat] German word translation - non lace related I have just seen a photograph of a German shop with a long description on top. can anyone translate the following, please? Fussbodenschleifmaschinenverleih. Thank you, Patricia in Wales. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat 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-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace-chat] Lacemakers and Tatters in Severe Weather Areas
And just to cheer you up in the UK - the big storm that hit Texas with rain, snow and tornadoes, just sailed through Canada dumping about 25-30 cm of snow with strong winds on Ottawa and then on to through the eastern part of Canada is on its way to you. We'd had no snow for Christmas and had just a little scattering of snow late on Boxing Day, but we surely made up for it yesterday. Malvary in a snowy, cold (only -9) Ottawa where we have a day of forecasted freezing drizzle, and I'm waiting for the snow-clearing chappie to come and shovel out the end of the drive from where the plough has gone by and dumped a 2 ft high snowbank. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin
I received mine last week, the same day as the remnants of hurricane Patricia arrived. Had to leave all my mail on one side to dry out. Magazine was mostly ok because of its plastic bag, Malvary in Ottawa where we will be having a week of very warm temperatures - about 10c higher than average for this time of the year (sshhh perhaps +18 or +19 on Thursday - but don't say it too loud just in case) - 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] Hedgehogs!
I didn't know hedgehogs wore sweaters, but I guess it helps to keep them warm when they hibernate. Malvary in Ottawa where it was decidedly cooler today. Susan Hottle wrote: Intarsia knit hedgehog sweater in the latest Talbots catalog. - 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-chat] Australian friends - TV question
I have found that season 1 (at least) is available on YouTube. I have e-mailed my local PBS station (in upper NY state but covers a whole chunk of eastern Ontario in its programming and audience catchment area) to ask if they have aired it, or are likely to. Malvary in Ottawa where we have yet another beautiful day. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Torchon and direction
Surely, if you make a spider standing proud as you are working it, when you turn the lace over, it will stand poke out on the other side too. Just like chain gimp in Russian lace - they show on both sides. One place you'd have to make sure you know which side you are working is when you do a raised leaf in Beds where you make a leaf and then work on top of it so there is a leaf standing proud. Malvary in Ottawa where the very hot weather of last week has moderated to just hot. - 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] anyone know of Canadian lace supplies dealers
There are also quite a few suppliers in Quebec, Simon Toustou is the first name that springs to mind. If you want more names, I can ask the Ottawa Lace Guild contact who organizes the Lace Day and invites the suppliers. Shuttleworks in Calgary indicate that they have bobbin lace supplies - I haven't bought from them. Books for You carries a very wide range of books, lace, needlework, embroidery etc. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a forecast for a week of excessively high temperatures. 31c today, but with a humidex up near 40c. - 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] Book Reviews on New England Lace Group's Site
Jeri wrote: -Arachne members get book reviews directly from me, as soon as they are written. However, some companies do not interface with AOL, and some members are not getting mail from Devon and me. It is something to remember if your company does not accept AOL. (Perhaps a weekly check of Arachne archives for missed messages?) The Arachne program needs some modification, and we cannot expect the generous donor of the server to do that. I would mention that in the past couple of weeks (can't remember exactly which date), I have been receiving Jeri's messages (and a lovely surprise that was too). Unless a change somewhere along the line has been made, the one thing that struck me is that the AOL in her e-mail address is in caps. Has is always been in caps, Jeri? Just wondered if that was what had changed. I hadn't usually seen Jeri, Tess or Jacquie (and others) via Arachne, although I can e-mail directly with them. There was discussion on this topic in June and I wondered if the change was a fall-out from that discussion. Malvary in Ottawa where the humidex is already 28c and climbing. Very damp everywhere after a big storm yesterday evening (of course, it rained - I watered my tomatoes and lawn). - 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] E'Bay seller
I too had looked. Some items are still there but they have a very long time - 26 days and 29 days for a couple I looked at. Commemoration bobbin for York £9.95. Look for 'Daphne Collection' and 'Wood lace bobbins' as your search criteria. Malvary in Ottawa where we have heat warnings at the moment, and the humidex (combined temperature and humidity) was 41.2c yesterday. - 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] Pins
Kathleen wrote The pin question isn't the sort of thing that is taught - except that I was told always to leave pins in for 24 hours, to allow the thread toset in place. I would make a couple of points - this is a question which crops up from time to time and usually generates lots of response. First of all if working on a length of lace on a roller pillow (and less so on a block pillow depending on the size of both the block and the lace), pins do not stay in the lace for 24 hours, probably an hour or two if you are sitting at a long session of lacemaking. Pins get taken from the back and put in at the front. Secondly - lace isn't jelly, it doesn't need to set. Thirdly - I agree that if I'm making a bookmark or motif I leave the pairs in round the edges - lace does shrink back a bit when the pins are taken out, so it makes more sense to take out the edges at the same time. Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we have heat warnings for the weekend - high temperatures, but even higher humidity. - 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] Undelivered Arachne Mail / Archives
We have known for some time that not everyone receives everything. I don't see messages from Jeri, Devon, others I can't think of at the moment, and surprisingly Jacquie Tinch, who as most of you know, is my sister. However, I do see messages from them if they write to me directly. I know I am not unique, as Jane mentioned earlier. So... I have come to the conclusion that as I can communicate with them individually with no problem, that it must be something in the way that the Arachne service is provided. I have talked to my service provider and they cannot identify anything awry. Malvary in a very warm and wet Ottawa, Ontario (looks like no bowling today as storms are forecast for later when a cold front moves through) - 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-chat] Kids!
A little boy was attending his first wedding. After the service, his cousin asked him, How many women can a man marry? Sixteen, the boy responded. His cousin was amazed that he had an answer so quickly. How do you know that? Easy, the little boy said. 4 better, 4 worse, 4 richer, 4 poorer. After a church service on Sunday morning, a young boy suddenly announced to his mother, Mom, I've decided to become a minister when I grow up. That's okay with us, but what made you decide that? Well, said the little boy, I have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell, than to sit and listen. A 6 year old was overheard reciting the Lord's prayer at a church service, And forgive us our trash passes, as we forgive those who passed trash against us. A boy was watching his father, a pastor, write a sermon. How do ya know what to say? he asked. Why, God tells me. Oh, then why do you keep crossing things out? -- A little girl became restless as the preacher's sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whispered, Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go? Ms. Terri asked her Sunday School class to draw pictures of their favourite Bible stories. She was puzzled by Kyle's picture, which showed four people on an air plane. She asked him which story it was meant to represent? The Flight to Egypt, was his reply. Pointing to each figure, Ms. Terri said, That must be Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus. But who's the fourth person? Oh, that's Pontius - the pilot! Malvary in Ottawa where we are still having frigid temperatures, 'only' -24 with a windchill of -35 To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Preferred cloth size
With regard to size - I wonder what would have been used in medieval times. Were hankies used? I would have thought the cover cloth for a basket would probably be appropriate to the use of the time, but was there bobbin lace? I think probably a punto en aria style which would be fairly quick to do - a long length and gathered at the corners then you could do it on your bolster pillow without having to move it. It could also be quite narrow. Just off the top of my head Malvary in Ottawa where it felt quite a bit milder today at -7c with a wind chill of only -16c (except when I was filling the car with gas and then it still felt ** cold) - 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] The Royal Lacemaker
Can someone give me the author's name. Can't find it in my local library from title alone. Thanks Malvary in Ottawa where we have no snow and apart from what was left in piles on the lawn had a green Christmas - only ever had one in the last 37 years since I came here. - 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 screen
Pictures of this lace were just posted on Facebook. The maker is Manca Ahlin who will be one of the lecturers on OIDFA Congress 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Manca lives and works in New York. She grew up in Žiri, one of the most important Slovene lace making centres, known for its exquisite lace makers. Manca learned lace making as a little girl and now she is using this knowledge in her work also. The link is another example of her work http://www.gladstonehotel.com/hard-twist/hard-twist-9-fibre-optics-manca-ahlin-firefly/ Malvary in Ottawa, who hasn't been to New York to see this. - 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] translation
Apart from Mary McPeek (and I did a course with her years ago at Ithaca), there are publications by Vera Cockuyt on Cantu and another called Lavori i fuselli - Edizioni Mani di Fata. Don't know if either of these are available any more. Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we have had a lovely day with rain a possibility for tonight - 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] Is my message getting to the list. This is a test
Some messages don't get to everyone. I didn't see Sherry's original message. I don't get Jeri's messages and a couple of others Malvary in Ottawa - 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 Day trips from London?
One thing that springs to mind is Imagine - Lace at Waddesdon Manor which is on until October 26th. Not sure how you get there, but it might be worth looking into. I went by car and enjoyed the exhibit. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a beautiful warm late summer day. - 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] My thread confusion
I have used Filato per tombolo di Cantu, both for making Cantu and for other things. As you have Brenda's book you can work out what size pattern it works with. I find that it is quite firm when worked and makes up very well. I used it for one of my samples for my Lace Guild Assessment. The GR25 is 25 grams and comes, if I'm not mistaken in bleached (white), half bleached (off white-beige) and unbleached (ecru). My first reel was bought when I did Cantu with Mary McPeek many years ago at the Finger Lakes Lace Weekend. When I got to class (early), I already had all my bobbins wound as I'd contacted Mary early and bought the thread from Holly van Sciver. As others were busy winding their bobbins, I decided to have a couple of minutes in the sales room. When I got back to class, several ladies were rewinding my bobbins with some thread that Mary McPeek had given them as they hadn't planned ahead. Class started almost immediately after so I didn't have time to put MY thread back on the bobbins and had to make do with the very old stuff provided. The bobbins were would every which way but up, some one way, some the other. The hitches ranged from single to double to a dreadful knot that took ages to loosen. I may sound calm, writing about it now, but I was SOOO angry that they would interfere with someone else's things. If my bobbins weren't wound I could perhaps understand that they were being helpful. I kept myself to myself for the rest of the weekend and didn't talk to any of my classmates because I thought I'd be very rude if I did. The other side of it was that I finished up the thread on the bobbins and only had the corner done and no thread to finish it. Another frustration and feeling of anger against all those who interfered. At Lace convention if there are part reels, I usually buy them, as I enjoy using the thread and have got over my earlier feelings. I also enjoy doing Cantu and like Sue wish there were more hours in the day to do more of what I enjoy. Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital) where it is sunny and warm again and I'm off lawn bowling. - 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] Messages not getting through
I don't usually have problems form Jeri, Celtic Dream Weaver and Devon, as mention by Antje, but recently there was a message from Jane Partridge with was replying to a message from Jacquie, who as most of you know is my sister. I don't have problems as we e-mail all the time, but there have been times when she doesn't reply to a message from me - perhaps she has replied and I haven't go it. She has an aol address. My ISP just deletes the message so I don't know if there are messages I haven't received. Malvary in a hot, humid city. - 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-chat] daffodils are blooming!
Just got back, last night, from a week's vacation in Jamaica where it was +28c. Here it was -25c with wind chill and snowing. Another 15cm or so yesterday to give us almost 2.5 metres so far this winter. Probably still 2 foot of snow with 3-4 foot snow banks. I think there are daffodils, tulips and crocuses under there somewhere. Malvary in Ottawa where it is bright and sunny and -12c. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Anyone want to play footsie?
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Re: [lace] This is cute! How to make a ball of lace.
On the web-site it mentions various places where patterns have been provided. One, I believe, was in Lace from the UK Lace Guild. Malvary in Ottawa where we have had snow, freezing rain, torrential rain and now rain for the past 20 hours - it is very treacherous underfoot because you can't see where the ice is under the puddles. - 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] Dermatological irritation, lacemaking
Devon wrote: I am experiencing patches of itchiness, inflammation and irritation on the skin on the inside of both my thumb joints, I remember a few years ago, someone mentioning that she was reacting to the exotic woods of her bobbins. She had to put them all aside and just use the hard temperate woods i.e. oak, maple, fruit woods. If you think it is the wood - perhaps you could sand them lightly to remove any oils or finishes and then treat them with several coats of urethane varnish. Malvary in Ottawa were it is only -12 with a wind chill of -18 at the moment. - 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] Raffles
I put all the names into little bags and took them with me when I went out today and a friend drew the following names: Lace published by Hamer and Waller was won by Carol in North Norfolk Coggeshall Lace by Jean Dudding was won by Maureen Bromley. If Carol and Maureen would e-mail me with their snail-mail addresses I will put the books into the mail. Congratulations to those who won and commiserations to all those who entered but werenât successful. Malvary in Ottawa where we have a glorious sunny day and only â12c but the wind-chill is still â21. - 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] Animals in lace
Jacquie wrote: Our cousin has a large handmade table cloth/bed spread bought by her DH in Bruges. It has on it cherubs and deer. Just e-mailed said cousin but as she is in Arizona at the moment she doesn't remember - could I remember to ask her again in mid-Feb when she is back home, was her comment. Malvary in a very frigid Ottawa where it is -26 with a windchill of -34, and I have to go out. - 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] Creating Coggeshall Lace
I have a copy of the above little book, written by Jean Dudding and published in 1979. The book is not new, but it is in good condition. It belonged to Susan OâNeal at one time and her name is written in it. I would be happy to hold a raffle for anyone interested in wanting a copy of this little book. Please send ME your name and e-mail address and Iâll put the names in a hat and get someone to draw out the winner. Closing date for this is next Tuesday, January 28th, 2014. Malvary - 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 booklet
I have a copy of the above little book, published by M. Hamer and K. Waller. The book is not new, but it is in good condition. The book contains information about Carrickmacross, Crochet, Knitting, Coggeshall, Macrame, Needlepoint, Needlerun, Tape, Netting, Tatting, Teneriffe. I would be happy to hold a raffle for anyone interested in wanting a copy of this little book. Please send ME your name and e-mail address and Iâll put the names in a hat and get someone to draw out the winner. Closing date for this is next Tuesday, January 28th, 2014. Malvary - 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] Long term Project finally finished
Clay has very kindly posted a picture of a lace edging that I started in a class with Jane Atkinson at Lace Convention in Bristol in 2005. I had changed the ground to Rose Ground and after I was turning the 3rd corner I noticed that Iâd done Torchon Ground just after the 2nd corner, so I started retro-lacing. Of course, Iâd taken out many of the pins by then so it took a while to replace the pins and work backwards. The pillow had been at my boyfriends apartment and the lace was only worked on when I was there. Finally it is done and I have my lovely cover cloths and pin cushion that Jacquie had embroidered with a spider and web are back home. Malvary in Ottawa where it has been snowing with big fluffy flakes this morning and the temperature is about â5c, but getting colder in a couple of days. - 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/
