Re: [lace] MP3 Player case
It looks good Daphne, and certainly unique:-) I certainly would have some sort of ribbon or cord attached to wear it, making it much better to use that way. Sue T In sunny Dorset but where the wind is a tad over keen Hello I have just made a MP3 Player case. The lace design is my own, so if you wish to see it its on my Webshots page in Arachne 2003. I do not know wether to leave it as it is and use it when I put the player away or add a chain or ribbon to wear it round my neck. It is lined with satin ribbon and a thin ribbon for the gussets. Click the link below to see it. http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563012808pPQaZY Daphne Rainy Norfolk Uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re wearing lace
Now I see why it is so easy in the wash:-) I had been thinking of lengths of torchon or bucks on the edge of something, mind you I did make a narrow strip of lace which is around a kerchief I have worn at our living history camping. It works well to brighten up my outfit and keeps the chill off my neck and shoulders at the same time. I am still trying to find a piece I feel might work, like your motifs I suppose, to have on tops, attractive and different but not like a wedding flower spray. These look fabulous at a lace day or wedding not not in my much more informal settings. Well done for your win:-) Sue T Dorset UK I don't think that size matters too much. You do need to stitch it all around so that it is firmly attached. One t-shirt has a piece of Honiton and the other has three pieces of Milanese - same design, different braids. Both were made in fairly fine thread. Malvary in Ottawa, where I've just got in from an afternoon of lawn bowls and I was the big winner! - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Wearing lace
I was on the end of the queue when cleavage was being given out, so most of my tops are round neck:-) but the motif idea seems to suit me better I think. Will need to work at that idea. I love the idea of delicate lace as modesty pieces though, I think that looks very attractive. I haven't tried making lace with gutermanns sewing thread, but do have some silk which is nice to work with. Sue T Dorset UK I have several low necked T shirts, so I made an edging in Gutermann sewing machine thread if I remember correctly, and stitched it onto a piece of fabric was darted at the sides and had elastic across the back, so it sat over my bust (which is 'well defined'), and gave me some modesty!! It has been well worn and washed in the machine. The pattern is Dotty (pg 93) in the book Torchon Lace for Today by Jennifer Fisher. I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light. Mary Gardiner Brainard My Blog: www.kiwimeskreations.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re Kate and wearing lace
I am hoping that once the new ness of the job wears off she will relax a little. The stress of the last 6 months must have been huge with the media watching every move. She is an attractive young woman and shows off her elegant style and the beautiful lace nicely. I hope she will be a good boost to our clothing industry and that lots of our less than elegant young women will attempt to follow her, without obscession. I also feel that some of us mature grin women could still wear and do wear lace which draws the eye. I saw some lovely pieces worn on clothing from a small flower to a collar, at a fairly recent lace day. I wonder where else some of the arachne people wear their lace apart from lace days or weddings?? Perhaps you would share that with us. Sue T Dorset UK I'm afraid that people's eyes would not linger on my frame long enough to see the lace!!! ;-) Clay On 7/9/2011 1:11 PM, Daphne Martin wrote: Hello Jean Nathan wrote I like to think that I would show lace off better than she does because, being much larger, there'd be more of it to see on me! Here here Jean. Exactly my thoughts too. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Re Kate and wearing lace
Malvery, That sounds lovely, but I dont think I have any nice enough t-shirts around to show off beautiful lace to its best, so perhaps I need to keep my eyes open, or look at my wardrobe a bit better:-) Do you find fine lace washes better or bigger grid ? Well off to finish the dishes before I can prepare lace patterns and then make the lace. Sue T Dorset UK, where the sun is out and beautiful although the wind is a tad enthusiastic around here near the coast. Sue T asked : I wonder where else some of the arachne people wear their lace apart from lace days or weddings?? Perhaps you would share that with us. When I was in England in April I bought a couple of t-shirts at Sainsbury's. When I got home, I found that one of them was a little low (v-necked). I made a little triangular modesty of Idrija lace so now it is much more comfortable for me to wear. I also have a couple of t-shirts to which I've added lace and wear them often. One t-shirt gets thrown in the washing machine, the other gets washed by hand, not because of the lace, but because of the t-shirt. It is a very nice italian cotton and cost me a fortune so it gets washed by hand. Malvary in Ottawa, Canada's capital, where it is supposed to be a warm day with temperatures up to 29c and mixed sun and cloud. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] uploading photos
Even going into the webshots link as below I could check all the photos on there but not upload more and I realised why yesterday. Clay gave me the name and password to enter and it should go to the right place now each time, but since the last time I loaded photos my computer had been cleaned down and it didn't have the direct link. All is well and I have added two more photos and when I remember where the others are that I wanted to add I will go in and do it. Thanks for all the answers, but it really was the extra bits that were missing, Sue T Avital has added a link in Arachne's signature to the webshots - see the last line - so we can find it easily now. Thanks for that, Avital Sue sueba...@comcast.net -Original Message- From: Adele Shaak By the way, I didn't know how to find the webshots page just from your message - I googled webshots arachne2003 and came up with this link: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] uploading photos
I went to upload a couple of photos the other day and couldn't find the link to add more. I did it a few months ago and obviously others are managing, but cant work out what I am not doing right. Have checked out the tags everywhere and just cant find the right one I can get the hurwitzend folder up, I can check out each photo, but cant work out how to add more.I am obviously having a bad techno week so any help would be appreciated, grin. Sue T Dorset UK www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fw: [lace] Query about exclusively for you
I clicked before thinking this time and its an advert for viagra, so deleting is the right option. I have since scanned my computer to be on the safe side. Usually I am much more careful but early on a sunday morning I slipped up this time. Sue T I agree with Jacquie, it looks suspicious to me, so I immediately deleted it. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK - waiting for rain, please!!! Before I open this, is it another spam post from a hacked computer? It's unlike an arachne post to be so enigmatic. If it is genuine, could I ask that posters of whatever should be a little more informative (ie it's a link to .. which you may like to look at) Jacquie in Lincolnshire - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fw: [lace] Chip carving... bobbins
I wish I had seen square bobbins in the early days before I got bought lots of spangled ones. I do love the english spangled ones, but watching people use the non spangled ones for sewings and things they look simpler. Your chop stick ones sound great. Sue T - Original Message - From: David C COLLYER To: Brian Lemin brid...@bigpond.com; lace@arachne.com I've got a few I made myself back in 1981 if you'd like pictures. They were the first bobbins I owned and were wittled from those cheap wooden Chinese chopsticks given to me by the parents of a piano student who owned the Tai Hung Tol Restaurant in Darwin. They're pretty rough but even today I love to use them for gimps as they don't roll (having square sides!) David in Ballarat - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Poole lace day
Yesterday I managed to spend some time at the Poole Bobbin lace day. This time I asked the sensible question about whether there were any members of Arachne present and got to speak to Jean and Eve and have one or two others pointed out to me, so good to meet face to face and laugh because the face didn't match my expectations from email, just like the phone, LOL. We also enjoyed watching others working at their pillows and chatting with them about their lace and their different pillows. . Some of the suppliers I hoped to see weren't there but I still managed to spend plenty;-) and come home with a bag of goodies. I managed to replace my pin hook which the chair or vacum cleaner stole and I bought a book (which I have already printed out at least one 'I must do' pattern) during the early evening, :-) there are several more I want to try. It was lovely to be able to choose some coloured thread by eye instead of guess work, but of course I now have a longer list of lace projects on my to do list. Lots of lovely patterns, not enough hours in a day to keep up, grin. What colour card or paper pricking do various people, including David, use when working with black thread? I want to try my hand at a small piece of bucks style lace in black rather than my usual white or ecru. Obviously choosing the right colour first might mean the difference between success and failure. I do use a good lamp when I work, but I guess black lines on white paper might not be the best choice! The competition entries were wonderful and it was very hard to choose between them. I went with my first instinct on the one I would like to take home, but had a lot of trouble choosing which for best technical. there were all lovely pieces and a huge inspiration. One entry was a lovely quilt with animals of every shape and size all over it and I kept seeing more and more the longer I looked. What an enormous project that was and I would love to have seen that hanging on the wall for the very best view.But I have to say they were all lovely items and beautifully made and presented. I would love to know where the pattern can be found for that hanging bird piece? that was lovely and just made me smile. Unfortunately we had to leave before the competition entries were announced, so I will look on the website to see the results when they go on. Sue T Dorset UK www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Poole lace day
Thank You for this Joepie, I remember now we bought a sheet of green acetate once which was a big help in pulling out black text and dulling the white paper, so I can see why that would work. I have lots of card, now to try to find a piece stiff enough to hold and light enough to go through my printer:-) Many thanks Sue T Hi Sue, To answer your colour question;- I do not like working in black, but when I do I use soft light green card. If I need to put film over it I use clear matt film (from any good stationers). Joepie, East Sussex where it is raining (badly needed for the gardens;- What colour card or paper pricking do various people, including David, use when working with black thread? Obviously choosing the right colour first might mean the difference between success and failure. I do use a good lamp when I work, but I guess black lines on white paper might not be the best choice! Sue T Dorset UK www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] RE:working with black thread
Thank you Helen Reading your reply and that of Susan Hottle what I think I will do is print out a simple bit of pattern and either using highlights or the computer to colour, check out some simple colours and see which suits me best. It doesn't matter much what the pattern is as long as its fairly small and just a bit of it, but I should get a chance to see what is easier to see. Glad you enjoyed your pancake breakfast, g Hi Sue, I've done some black Beds over the years and I've used a soft blue-ish green pricking card or a teal. I might've used a soft beige/peach one time, maybe. White is going to be a very harsh contrast, so a pastel shade would probably be an easier contrast to work with. Good luck with your project. Cheers, Helen, Duvall, WA, where it's going to be another gorgeous day for DS's baseball game, and I just had a wonderful pancake breakfast at the Duvall Fireman's Pancake Breakfast. Thank you Duvall Firemen :-) - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Torchon Tugs
I wish I had your way with words. I just love your poems:-) Please keep it up. Sue T Dorset UK The Torchon Tug is an awesome force To keep all those passives in line. If they start in to waiver all over the place Just give them a tug and they're fine. 'Cause a leaf in this lace needs the greatest of care In keeping the tension just right. The first thousand leaves are the worst I am told And I only make two in a night! Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] anybody know where?
I also have a book called Birthdays and birth signs in lace which is edited by Bridget M Cook In there are circular and square patterns with numbers 18, 25, 40 and one or two others. I did the circular pattern which I changed the inner numbers to 50 and it worked well. There are also one or two strip patterns with a couple of numbers in them. I have just flicked through the book and found a couple of tiny numbers 2 and 1 which were put onto a brooch. ISBN 0-7134-7788-1 I have just found it on Amazon Uk this morning for about £5 so hopefully you would be able to get hold of a copy still. I hope that is some help. Sue T Dorset UK Hello Jane Veronica Sorenson's 'Modern Lace Designs' on page 96. It was published in 1984 so almost certainly out of print so might cost silly money on ebay but guild libraries are likely to have a copy. Brenda On 27 May 2011, at 01:49, Jane O'Connor wrote: After spending hours leafing through my book shelves, I still cannot find numbers to lace. Plenty of alphabets, but no numbers. Since I wanted to do a big 5 and an 0 for an anniversary gift, Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fw: [lace] Lace in Fashion
I have seen lace coming in on fashion over the coming months and love it, mid you I haven't seen anything when out and about, its all been in the magazines. Not quick enough to make lace for me to actually have something of my own to wear apart from a couple of Christine Springett flowers meant for wedding shoes which I have pinned on a jacket or cardigan:-) I used to make and wear dresses with top layer of lace during the 1960's and again for our ballroom events of American Civil War events over crinoline petticoats, so lace has always been an enjoyable material for me. None of my sisters ever wear any though. It is fabulous to see it appearing and worn. Sue T Dorset UK I have the best DH in the world. Although that could be subject to debate. He was online and called my attention to this article on AOL. http://shopping.aol.com/articles/2011/05/26/how-to-wear-lace/ - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fw: [lace] More scissors to die for.....
Incredibly beautiful and I have never seen anything quite like them before. I do have some of the moder bird type in my box which I rarely use. They are a bit stiff. Sue T, Dorset UK I hope this still qualifies as at least *somewhat* on topicwe do use scissors to cut lace thread after all? I googled 'Nogent Scissors' (and 'ciseaux') and came upon the following site: http://www.fineandmint.com/product_list.aspx?categoryID=47GalleryID=47 Ten pages of unbelievably beautiful antique scissors (be sure to open the larger views by clicking the photo thumbnails) and don't forget to click on 'soldout' afterward to see 27 more pages, many of which include several beautiful scissors although the enlargement is (sadly) disabled. I've never seen anything like this!! Vicki in Maryland...palpitating again. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Travel Pillow
Great idea Liz, I might have to work on my skills with a roller pillow.I have a small one for my small block pillow but have tried it a couple of times but much prefer the flat blocks, it feels really unnatural to me at the moment.. I have taken that particular pillow with me lots of times and actually might take that again this time. I got inspired on a couple of small things I could work while away and now our itenary is coming clearer there should be enough evenings for me to work an hour or two at a time, making it worth the space and effort to pack all the bits. I had been thinking of a longer straight piece of lace but there is nothing in the pipeline at the moment. Thank you for your suggestion. Now I might have to practise with the roller and see if I can make it work, I know lots of you use them. Do you work the bit at the top of the roller or slightly forward of that mark? Just to show you how ignorant I am on roller, before I started taking lessons we visited the lace shop in honiton and spent birthday money on a roller thing!! No idea how it was meant to work or even if it was for bobbin lace or another type? Perhaps I ought to take a photo of it (it still lives in the back of my cupboard and has never been used), some of you are bound to know, LOL. Sue T Sue T. you obviously need a small travel pillow! Mine is the size of a handbag, and folds up with 2 small carry handles. As it is a roller pillow, I can only do straight lace, - but it is invaluable for taking out and about, and takes us very little room - even in a caravan. (Been there, done that, for many years!!!) Currently I have a piece of Early Lace from the newest Rosemary Shepherd book on the go. I only work on it about every 6 months or so, - but it is always there, waiting for me to pick it up and go travelling. I have a working diagram pinned to the inside flap, - to refresh my memory when next I open it up to have a go! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] threads
Recently I was given 4 spools of thread from someone who had given up lacemaking. Could anyone tell me what the modern equivalent is? I have a part spool of a fairly old DMC 6o Cordonnet special and a Cordonnet mercer crochet 80 which has the wording Glanzhallelgarn Uncinetto (I think) but I expect that will be mentioned in Brendas' book. the ones I dont know are Filato per tombolo Canto. One spool says ET 30 Gr 25 (I assume it is size 30 and 25 Grams) ? the other spool says ET 50 Gr 25. Also in my box is another filato per tomobolo di Cantu N 40 Gr 25.This one was bought by me during my first year of lacemaking lessons 8 years ago without any idea except that it was with lace making items and mentioned lace on the label, g. It still has the original seal wrapper on it. Once I know for sure I can add it to my book of information. I hate making lace with threads which turn out to be too fine for the pattern, having wound the thread onto bobbins its never the right thread for the next piece in mind and I hate that sort of waste, of time and material in addition to working a piece of lace which doesn't appeal to my eyes. I am currently trying to work out if there is a piece of lace I can make and enjoy on a 3 week holiday in our caravan, but with more days travelling than normal for us. Space is obviously limited and having to keep packing up to move on might not be the best plan, I might have to resort to just taking my knitting and then get back into my lace on my return. Sue T Dorset UK www.hurwitzend.co.uk April is Sjogrens Awareness Month - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] threads
Yes thank you both Sr Claire and Jane Partridge. I better hunt it out in the book and also mark the spools, checking also see for myself the sorts of patterns it might work up. My memory is not as good as it used to be, my daughter used to ask me when she left school and all sorts of things. Now if its not written somewhere I cant guarantee knowing:-) Many thanks Sue T I use Filato per Tombolo Cantu quite regularly, being a maker of Cantu lace. It is in Brenda's book. Yes, they are sizes 30, 40 and 50 in 25 gram spools. On page 34 of TFL edition 5, I find the following: Size 30 3S 21 Size 40 3S 32 Size 50 3S 34 Does this help? Sr. Claire Recently I was given 4 spools of thread from someone who had given up lacemaking. Could anyone tell me what the modern equivalent is? the ones I dont know are Filato per tombolo Canto. One spool says ET 30 Gr 25 (I assume it is size 30 and 25 Grams) ? the other spool says ET 50 Gr 25. Also in my box is another filato per tomobolo di Cantu N 40 Gr 25. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fw: [lace] Lace@Arachne's Birthday
Yes Happy Birthday to all and many thanks for all the amazing topics that come through the list. As mentioned having lace chat is also is an excellent feature but being able to just email one person instead of the list is an excellent feature. The help from many individuals has been wonderful, so thank you one and all. An internet based craft site seemed an odd concept, but I have never been sorry I joined. Sue T Dorset UK Thank you to all who make this work. This group is an invaluable resource for all, and I mean ALL sorts of information on lace. Don't know what I would do without it. But it is so much more. I've been participating for less than two years, but many as individuals and Arachne as a whole are my friends. And you find out so much more than just lace. I have a better idea of the Australian Outback. I know a lot more than I ever thought I'd want to about the differences between British and American copyright laws. And my morning coffee is not complete without Arachne. Thanks to all who contribute, and may I, who perhaps has no right, invite those many who 'lurk' to speak up, even if it's only to say, Yeah, what she said. Truly, it doesn't hurt. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 3 hours' drive southwest of New York, where it's dark. -Original Message- From: jeria...@aol.com No one has mentioned that today is our Sweet 16th birthday. Thanks again to Liz Reynolds. She has made it possible for us to communicate via this medium since 1995, without charge. Her gift has given many lacemakers opportunities to increase their knowledge about lace. And thanks to Avital for being our Webmaster for many years. Jeri Ames in Maine USA 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Christening gown (longish)
When this conversation began I thought we were all speaking of a cloth gown with lace trim, but this one of Carols, is something else. It sounds fantastic. Having never seen the book, or the pattern or pictures I dont have any concept of the piece, but you set my mind thinkingg. What style of bobbin lace is it? just from a general interest sake. The most bobbins I have ever used was 54 pairs for a couple of pieces and apart from the fact that I dont possess 456 bobbins (or 228 either I dont think) I was having trouble with my 28 pairs yesterday, LOL. Mind you that was lack of concentration really:-) Sue T Dorset UK Hello Daphne, Yes, I made the Christening gown from Veronica Sorenson's book back in the 90's. It took me about 4 and a half years years to complete including the time off from the project to regenerate. I made the yoke, then the sleeves and then the frill. That took a year or so. Then I started on the front which took 2 years. The biggest mistake I made was deciding to make the front all in one piece instead of two as the directions called for. Then I was required to have not 114 pair (228 bobbins) on my pillow at one time but double that amount - 228 pair or 456 bobbins on my pillow at one time. I spent more time moving the stacks and stacks of bobbins than actually making lace. I It is quite a worthwhile project as when you are done you will have an extraordinary piece of lace. Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] question about needle tatting
Having successfully achieved an acceptable needle tatted medalion I picked up another pattern to try but it threw up a term I dont understand. The start is Ring 1-1-1-1-1-1 close ring (ok up to here), It next says use make picot to move from ring to chain. The rest of the pattern seems understandable, justI haven't seen how a mock picot is worked. Could someone explain to me (or show me where I might find descriptions of how this is done) please. I haven't found it in the Learn needle tatting book by Barbara Foster, which doesn't actually mean it doesn't mention it, just I haven't found it After a recent clean off my computer doesn't have some of the sites bookmarked, Mark for instance!! Sue T Dorset UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] re question on needle tatting
Thank you all, I have had several good answers and will see how I get on with that. I understand what I am trying to achieve now, so thank you. Sue T Dorset UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fw: [lace]Lyn Bailey fertility hankie what is on my pillow
I live in the UK, so the other side of the Atlantic. I dont get to view books either as I dont get to lace days or find them readily available in any of our local shops. I like to see what I am buying before I commit to it anyway. I have several wedding lace books already but have not seen any of Louise's torchon. I expect she has other books besides the one Milanes I have and also the dvd. Really when asking the question it was mainly to find out what choices people make for motifs within wedding lace, so got some interesting and fairly obvious answers really, but it is nice to read. Thanks for your reply Sue T Dorset UK It's from Wedding Lace Portfolio by Louise Colgan $16. I forget which side of the Pond you're from, but Holly Van Sciver has it. Very pretty, not overly taxing. But a nice result. In my search for instructions on mounting the lace, I read about doing a nice machine zig zag to connect the two. Person said it's nice and neat, looks good. For curves,in any situation, if there is a stabilizer that can attach to the fabric on both sides like a post-it note, and then dissolve, you can trace the pattern on the stabilizer, attach to the fabric, then do your thing with attaching, and dissolve it off. lrb I have never seen any of Louise Colgans torchon, just her milanese lace. I have her book and her dvd, have done the hummingbird and just last week worked the little heart pattern that came with that. Love to see a photo of the lace when you have finished:-)I can work the lace without too much problem, its the sewing lace to fabric that stops me finishing lots of projects off. None have been criticle though,. So maybe they will get done if the event draws close:-) Sue T - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] non-fertility bridal hankie
I had thought of hearts, forgot about the patterns with little horseshoe shapes in, which I have used for an edging once. I always consider the blue (and normally used as a gimp) and was just interested in what other things other lacemakers might bring into their designs. the thought processes and answers have been lovely. Sue T What a lucky bride to get something with so much thought into it. Hearts are always appropriate for a bride. And all the elements! Lyn in Lancaster, PA, where it's too early to tell what the weather will be, after the clocks changed. 33F, 1C, Dawn. From: robinl...@socal.rr.com -What would people choose to do for an older bride who doesn't want children, more children, or cant have them? - When I had to make a bridal hankie, I used Little Danish Hearts, a Bucks version of a traditional Tonder design. I used a blue gimp around the hearts and mounted it on matching blue fabric. So it was something old (traditional design), something new (just finished making it), something borrowed (the English borrowed the design from the Danes), and something blue (the fabric and the gimp), all in one package. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] fertility hankie what is on my pillow
What would people choose to do for an older bride who doesn't want children, more children, or cant have them? I did work one in class which I thought was wonderful, but now I see it with more experienced eyes and see it a little thin in the leaves/tallies/wheateats. Also my eyes are not wonderful for close stitching of white on white, especially on something this important. I have made two more hanky edgings (one in torchon using elements put together by me and the other a bucks edge out of Alex Stillwells Geometrical book, which is lovely) they are sitting stored flat waiting for me to pluck up courage to mount them to the hanky material. I would rather make the lace than sew it to cloth!!! After attempting a couple of small Milanese pieces, trying to learn the techniques, improve the look and also working the correct braids my pillows are currently empty. (More work needed to get a good piece rather than a not bad piece) G.I attempted a small piece of tape in a letter G to attach to napkins for my Mums birthday, But it curled up like a snake with a mind of its own as soon as it came off the pillow, (Possible too tight a tension, especially on the single twisted gimp) so in the end I have achieved something I have waited 40 years for. I actually made two acceptable medalions in Tatting which look lovely against the cloth. I also made a small butterfly but DH preferred the medalion so I chose to make a second one to match it.I cant handle the shuttles but have achieved this using the tatting needle. :-) Sue T Dorset UK I've always understood that the wheatears (pointed tallies) in Bedfordshire lace is the fertility symbol and a hankie edged with a Beds pattern which has a lot of wheatears was traditionally given to a bride to ensure that children would result from the marriage. What makes a hankie a fertility hankie, is it the design on the lace? Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] A true lacemaker is able to 'read a pricking'
I think that a fantastic use of time. Being amongst friends too, starting slowly they will have seen more than struggling alone at home, or just looking and passing on to another pattern. Certainly empowering people to see more and learn more. Confidence makes a huge difference too. I downloaded those free motif libraries from your site some while ago and it made a huge difference to my putting together new baubles, from christmas one to the next year even. Picking up and useing patterns I have altered some right from a year after I began when I made a jabot for my husband using the pattern from the 75 quick and easy bobbin lace patterns by Veronica Sorenson. Talking about patterns, did we ever get to receive the arachne christmas exchange patterns this year? My computer has been playing up for many weeks (although I think we may have finally sorted it out:-) and dont remember seeing them? I hope the lace and the cat survive the fallen pillow. Sue T Dorset UK This is one thing I had recently discussed with the Kununurra Lace Group as over 50% said that they could not read a pricking without a picture of the finished lace. These ladies have less than 2 years experience each. The one thing they had not realised was that elements can be changed by the lace maker to make a different piece of lace. Eg: a 6x6 pin area could hold a multitude of elements and changing a pattern is not a crime. Was that hand holding? I don't think so! I consider it EMPOWERING the individual. hugs Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fw: [lace] Lace patterns
My first learning patterns came with no information at all, just the pricking. I had lessons each week for 2 hours, but of course my time was rarely more than 10 or maybe 15 overal, and when I got home I might struggle on a bit. I found that by printing out part of the pattern large I could draw in pencil lines to help me work out where the threads might be going next and how. This was especially helpful when I made the bedfordshire hanky piece. After I joined arachne after my teacher retired I got to know about Christine Springett and have worked quite a few of her pieces. I find all that written info difficult to follow and work the pattern, even though I read them first and then try to follow it through, but can work from a working diagram reasonably well and sometimes very well. Once I have worked an inch or two of the lace I feel more comfortable and more competant as a general rule. Of course I still find mistakes when the lace is made, but thats like proof reading written text and then finding spelling mistakes afterwards, g. I am a little more forgiving of my mistakes now than 8 years ago when I used to moan about them. Firstly I make lace for my enjoyment and when a piece is good enough I can enjoy giving it to someone, it I think its a mess then it goes into my file. Sue T Dorset UK Reminds me of how Ulrike Loehr structured her Maikaefer, flieg!. The first patterns have lots of instructions, the latter less and less. I try to encourage my students to draw their own route-maps when they find a pattern with too little instructions. Consider it a phase in learning levels. I always worry about the modern trend of making lace fillowing route map charts. This is only another form of 'making lace by numbers'. A true lacemaker is able to 'read a pricking' - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
