Re: [lace] Flickr photos for Arachne
Sue, I'm in for saving our Flickr account and willing to pledge funds. Beth in foggy Seattle On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 9:36 AM Sue Babbs wrote: > Hi All > > One of our members reminded me this weekend, that it is time to consider > our Flickr Subscription. In 2020, a group of Arachneans helped pay for a > 2 year subscription, which expires mid-April 2022. The two year plan is > no longer available. The cost to us in April will be $72 for one year. > > > - 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 as Toilet paper!
Brian, Congratulations on graduating to only one crutch! I won a roll of lace printed toilet paper (made in Germany) at an IOLI raffle. Looks like strips of lace on a blue background. I haven't brought myself to using it. Some day the roll, in it's plastic box, will likely appear at another lace guild raffle or doorprize. Beth McCasland in rainy Seattle, Washington, USA On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 5:33 PM Brian Lemin wrote: > I have just read a pop circular on the "History of Toilet Paper". In it > it said that, historical French royalty used lace to wipe their bums!! > smile > > - 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] spangled lace
I agree, it's an early lace / prior to the 1600s. One of the tells is the spangles, in that they aren't round, but tear-dropped shaped. The whole point is to add sparkle. Imagine a gown trimmed with that lace in candle light! Beth McCasland in sunny and warm (!) Seattle On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 2:09 PM N.A. Neff wrote: > Okay, I've put up on Flickr a close-up of the spangled lace I am convinced > is 16th or 17th C. What do you think?? > > Nancy > Ashford, Connecticut 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] Return to class
Can confirm the effects of alcohol on a wood finish. Back in March, I filled up a small spray bottle with rubbing alcohol for disinfecting doorknobs, phone screens and what-have-you, and ended up spilling a bit on the poly-finished kitchen tabletop. I wiped it up immediately, but the finish was pretty badly pitted as a result. (Fortunately it's an old, not valuable, table and already battle-scarred.) Beth > On 08/14/2020 3:30 PM ash...@shaw.ca wrote: > > > I did a quick Google and found some dispiriting info: > "You can, however, use denatured alcohol to remove latex, lacquer, shellac and > polyurethane finishes� > and > "Most polys [polyurethanes finishes] are somewhat resistant to alcohols > (incidental exposure) and the finish may be unaffected if spills are cleaned > up immediately� > all of which suggests to me that alcohol can not be relied on to leave bobbins > undamaged, whether they’ve been finished with polyurethane, latex paint, > lacquer or shellac. > > Perhaps it would be enough to leave the bobbins alone (even the plain wooden > ones) and rely instead on the teacher washing her hands or using hand > sanitizer before touching each student’s bobbins. > > I do not know what they’re saying in other parts of the world, but our > public health scientists are saying that the danger of the virus transferring > from surfaces is less than originally thought. > > Adele > > > On Aug 14, 2020, at 3:10 PM, N.A. Neff wrote: > > > > Useful info. Maybe recommend strongly that everyone use plain bobbins, and > even bring an extra as a test bobbin. I think mild bleach solutions or other > disinfectants are likely to be as rough as alcohol, don't you? What would be a > good alternative? > > - > 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] Mystery lace
Devon, Fascinating, crazy piece of tape lace - or at least that's what I'd call it. Which is likely not the answer you really wanted. I wish we could flip it over and see the other side. Beth McCasland In rainy/sunny/cloudy Seattle Washington On Thu, May 21, 2020, 2:31 PM Devon Thein wrote: > What would you call the lace I just posted on > http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history ? > - 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] Left handed tricks?
Elena, Great, so glad to help! Best of luck with all of your lefties! Beth - 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] Left handed tricks?
Hi Elena, Letslace has a video for winding on in the left-handed manner that shows her making a double hitch. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FxVBSv5RhNo I do it a different way. When I was just beginning, neither my teacher, nor I realized I was winding on differently than she was, so I was winding left-handed, but hitching right-handed. I went to a convention class and the teacher saw the issue immediately. She told me to hold the bobbin in my right hand with the thread hanging off to the left, and then with my left hand palm up, do a motion as if Iâm telling a bad little boy to âcome hereâ. Catch the thread in the âcrookâ of that finger, and then just twist that hand in a clockwise direction so the back of the hand is then up and facing the ceiling. It creates a loop in the thread, which you put the head of the bobbin into from âbehindâ or from the âfar sideâ. If youâve done it correctly, there should be a thread in a U-shape with thread coming out from under it. Hopefully this helps. I find that the left-handed âcome here little boyâ visual is very helpful. Beth Harpell - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com<mailto:majord...@arachne.com> containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here<mailto:y...@address.here>. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com<mailto:arachne.modera...@gmail.com>. Photo site: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.flickr.com_photos_lacemaker_sets_=DwICAg=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM=AERXPls0680WKzfWBXILzPvMRp9AKRE_5jmHS19rdIo=cRZ0GSnq7llT8jRmWNC1pEWV7LsT6UA5LSUReb5LCZU=05xcLLAWHfa90HZY5os9LK--Qx6ZJSOlourQZ0bKpLU= - 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] New URL Webdocs
Brian, Thank you for letting us know. Arachne has now outlived two professors. I'm glad my Alma Mater is keeping the site up. Beth UofA, Class of '81, College of Agriculture, School of Renewable Natural Resources On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 5:28 PM wrote: > Just to let you know the head of Arizona Uni department responsible for > "webdocs" has died and the University is restructuring the site. The first > thing is a new URL. here it is > > https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/front_door.html > > > > For those who may not know about this service it is a site devoted to > "broadly" the weaving arts and that includes lace. The Uni and some of our > Arachne people have volunteered to scan a huge amount of historical > journals > (i.e., Needle and Bobbin club) so that we can easily access them. > > > > Authors can also place their studies on the site. I have about 50 Bobbin > articles there. I do this as, whereas Lace journals have published my > stuff > (happily) they would go mad if I sent them everything I wrote and I don't > blame them! > > > > There is just a huge amount of information on the site in a wide variety of > genres and sections. Researchers heaven, but also a lot of just plain > interesting and informative stuff. (Look at this oldie using the word > "stuff" its like saying "two times" (whatever happened to twice?) > > > > I sure there are others involved but I would like to give a nod of > appreciation to Tess Parish who volunteered for 5 years at Arizona's > (Perhaps more) on our behalf. Thanks Tess. So there you are > > > > Webdocs. Worth knowing about if you are new to the list. > > > > Ps I have sent a few recommendations to the development team, mostly about > the need for a really good search engine, as finding a document can be a > pain, or an author come to that. There are a couple of work arounds, but > if > they are re doing the site perhaps a decent search engine is the easiest. > (I am no IT person though) > > > > OK I still want pictures of antique decorated Downton and Honiton bobbins.. > Please./ I got about 20 pics from my last appeal.. I would love 100!! > (just > greedy me!) > > > > Thanks > > Brian > > > > > > > > > _ > > I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > . > SPAMfighter has removed 113 of my spam emails to date. > > Do you have a slow PC? < > http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen> > Try a free scan! > > - > 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 quiet?
Busy knitting lace...I've just finished one lace shawl which I'll wear to my birthday party on Saturday, and started another. I'm enjoying my copy of Lace, too, but don't think I've got time to make a lace poppy before Remembrance Day. My lace pillow only comes out for high days and holidays since I went back to work full time... It's my birthday today and I received a lovely surprise present from two (non-lacemaking) friends: a copy of Santina Levy's Lace - A History, beautifully presented in a card slipcase. The parcel arrived a couple of days ago and I've been wondering whatever could be in such a heavy box. I remember coveting this book when it first came out, but couldn't afford it then, it's so nice to have been given it for a special birthday. Is everyone else busy making lace? Or just busy? Beth Cheshire, NW England, where we've had a beautiful sunny day but cloud/rain returned by home time. Not one but 2 herons fishing along the river behind the office this morning, though, so definitely a good day Janice wrote: It is 6 days since I received a digest.  Is everyone busy making lace? What are you all doing?Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Jacquard technology
Hi Devon I'm not an expert, but I believe the term Jacquard refers to a weaving method rather than specifically to the equipment/technology used to make it. So if the computer-controlled lace machines manipulate the threads the same way the old punch-card Jacquard machines did, they are Jaquard machines, Jaquard Weave itself probably predates the punch-card operated Jacquard looms first used to mass-produce it, and the 19th/early 20th century punch-card operated Jacquard machines were a predecessor of modern computers - my software developer husband still has a pile of punch cards from when all computers were programmed that way (only about 40 years ago). Beth NW England On 30/08/18 16:06, Devon Thein wrote: Previously, lacemaking machines were run on Jacquard technology in which the movement of the machine was directed by punched cards. Now I believe that most lacemaking machines are run on computer technology. But, would the computer version still be called Jacquard technology, or is the physical presence of punched cards required to use the term Jacquard technology? We are doing some editing on labels for the exhibit and I am unsure whether a statement implying that all lacemaking machines are run on Jacquard technology is correct. Devon - 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] Mimi in Snohomish
Shirley, Your friend should check out Lacemakers of Puget Sound. Our regular meeting is in Kent, Washington, but we also have a study group that meets in Bellevue. Beth McC, in Seattle where it isn't summer yet despite the calendar On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 11:19 PM Tregellas Family wrote: > Afternoon ladies, > > If Mimi in Snohomish is still a member of Arachne could you e-mail me > please? I'm looking for a contact near Duvall in Washington State, to > help a newbie get started in bobbin lace. > > Cheers, > Shirley T. - in cold Adelaide, South Australia. > endso...@internode.on.net > > - > 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] Yarn help, please.
Hi all Fingering is usually quoted as equivalent to 4-ply Beth In Cheshire, UK ,- it's 7:45 am here and too dark to see what today's weather is like -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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] New Year Greetings
Happy New Year to all fellow lace-makers, and to our lace collectors & historians May 2018 bring you plenty of time for lace-making/collecting/research My big lace pillow came out last night (first time since last winter, as my autumn lace time was spent on a separate piece for our Christmas exchange), managed to get in a couple of hours work on the Michel Jourde cat I'm making before the table was needed for festive nibbles. Hoping to do some more on it later today - it's 9am here now & I need a walk to shake off the cobwebs/work off those nibbles first. Best wishes Beth In a slightly grey and chilly Cheshire, NW England - but at least it's not raining at the moment, better get that walk in before the darker clouds gather 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Rosaline perle
I haven't tried Rosaline (that's one for the "when I retire" list) but I do use Bayeux bobbins a lot and sewings are no problem with them - they are my go-to bobbins where honitons are too light. Beth Cheshire, NW England -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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] Fwd: Life in Olney -lace to make while saying tells
Devon, do you have access to a copy of Pam Nottingham's "Technique of Buck Point Lacemaking"? The first of the "nine narrow edgings" she starts with, Running River, fits the bill perfectly - easy-peasy to anyone with bobbin lace experience, and authentic to boot! Quote: "This version of Running River is an ideal pattern for a newcomer to Bucks Point lace; in the past it was made frequently by the younger children" (the book is still in copyright but as the pattern itself is traditional I would be happy to scan & email the pricking, but not the instructions, if you don't have a copy) If running river is too easy, one the next few patterns in that chapter would be suitable Devon wrote: Supposing that I want to do a bit of performance art at the Brooklyn Lace Guild’s St. Catherine’s Day party. Supposing I want to make a historically correct pattern while chanting a tell to see if I can make lace as fast as an early 19th century child. I would need a pattern that I could work quickly, and learn quickly, something that a child in Olney might make. Suggestions? - 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] Re: 2017 Arachne Card Exchange
Hi Lin & gentle spiders Not sure if mine is the first to arrive but I received a beautiful card with a needlelace angel yesterday (which coincidentally happened to be my birthday) Thank-you Lin! My exchange lace is only half done at the moment, but I'll make sure it's ready before the last posting date for Christmas Beth (Cheshire, UK) -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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 Group scam -- warning
Alice, Sorry your guild was hit, and thank you for a heads up! At first I thought about whether or not there was a receipt, but then it occurred to me that we (my local guild) have requests for funds within the guild for upcoming costs - such as when we fund a teacher's travel - therefore no receipt. I'll forward your message to my guild's executive committee. Beth, in sunny Seattle (and currently I'm the President of Lacemakers of Puget Sound) On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 8:13 AM, lacel...@frontier.com <lacel...@frontier.com > wrote: > This just happened to my lace group in the USA. > My treasurer received an email from "me" requesting a check mailed > immediately. When questioned, the scammer said it was for supplies for PLS > from a vendor. Send the check to Ann Carpenter in Reno, Nevada. It was > over $1000. > - 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] Dangerous Email
My spam filters picked that message up as dangerous, too - the subject line was odd & I didn't recognise the sender so deleted it unread. Better safe than sorry - there seems to be a very high volume of malicious email traffic around at the moment Beth Enjoying a rare dry, warm day in Cheshire NW England On 24 September 2017 13:42:27 BST, "catherinebar...@btinternet.com" <catherinebar...@btinternet.com> wrote: >Thanks Joseph > >I received this email too, which set alarm bells ringing as I wondered >why the sender didn't ask her questions for help there and then on the >list, rather than have to look on them at the link given, so decided >not to open it! > >Catherine Barley >UK where it's a beautiful September day after the continual cold and >wet days we've suffered for many weeks! > >Sent from my iPad > >Catherine Barley Needlelace >www.catherinebarley.com > >> On 24 Sep 2017, at 12:56, Joseph Young ><graceadlerdesi...@outlook.com> wrote: >> >> Hey Arachnids, I recieved an email from the list today that triggered >my >> security systems. I urge you to not follow the link in the email. The > >> subject line of the message is â£yahoo new work. >> >> > >- >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/ -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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] Testing whether Italics will process on Arachne's Old Server
Now that is strange - on my PC the alt-code characters were scrambled in Bev's original message, but appear as intended in the quoted message in Adele's reply :-) Go figure... Beth In a rather soggy Cheshire, NW England - heavy rain most of the day has given way to a sunshine-and-showers evening On 08/06/17 18:18, Adele Shaak wrote: Thanks, Bev, for the reminder of the plain text usage. Anybody old enough to have grappled with e-mail in its early days will remember this usage, and it does work quite well, though not as pretty as actual bolding and italics. Now, I really must see if Alt-3 makes a heart; on my Apple “Alt” is Shift + Option, so Shit-Option-3 gives me: ‹ Rats. Just a pointy thing. On the other hand, Apple gives me a couple of different ways to make a little apple: Adele in not-as-warm-as-yesterday very rainy West Vancouver, BC, A way to indicate them in plain text is as follows: An asterisk at either end of text is *italics*. Two asterisks at either end, **bold** An underscore at either end, _underline_ Some online chat-rooms will convert the * ** and _ to the real thing. Another test: I'm wondering, if I use alt-codes, if other non-English letters show up, such as the c in Alençon, the o of Tønder, the u in Cantù If not, I'm sorry about the garble... If I press Alt-3, will you all see a little heart ♥ If not, here it is in text <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/ - 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] Re: Fwd: [lace] ☠so amazing and beautiful
My email filters flagged that one as spam/malware, and I agree with them - if it does reach anyone's inbox, delete it ( don't click on the link). Beth -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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
I'm in the UK & I received mine a week or two ago, so those of you overseas should receive yours soon Sorry I've not had time to post a review to whet your appetites (not even had time to finish reading it yet) - it will be well worth the wait Beth in Cheshire (NW England) Jean wrote: October is the last issue I received. Jean Reardon, Pennsylvania On Feb 14, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Celtic Dream Weaver <celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com> wrote: Has anybody gotten their Lace Magazine? I haven't gotten the Jan. issue yet so I am curious. Wind To Thy Wings,SherryNew York, US of Americacelticdreamweave@yahoo.comhttp://celticdreamweaver.com/http://celticdr eamweave.blogspot.com/Nata 616 - 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] Arachne Flicker page
Many thanks to Clay & Sue for maintaining the Flickr page for us Armed with the new password, I have uploaded a picture of he treble clef motif I made in 2015 and finally mounted onto a top this week - I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned out I still have last winter's lace ( a Michel Jourde snail motif) waiting for mounting/ends finishing off, but chose to spend some time today starting a new piece of lace instead so a photo of that one will have to wait... Happy New Year to lacemakers everywhere Beth - 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] Arachne Flickr page
Hi Sue and everyone Has anyone but me had difficulty logging into the arachne flickr page to upload photos recently? I've just tried to add a picture of the lace I took off the pillow last Christmas and finally finished mounting today, but although yahoo still recognises the password below it then insists this needs to be changed and won't let me in unless I invent a new password... I've tried reconfirming the existing one but yahoo just complains that's too similar to the existing password, so I've given up for the moment... Beth On 26/09/14 22:15, Sue Babbs wrote: > For future reference to upload photos to Flickr: >> >> The REALLY important first part is to make sure you are logged in to >> Yahoo (and thus Flickr) as arachne2003 - not yourself.SO logout as >> yourself first, then log in to >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/ as arachne2003 , password >> LaceMaker1 >> >> Note that the upper and lower cases must be as shown above. >> - 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] torchon ground / gimp writing
I've not seen any book like this, but if I wanted to do something like this with "joined-up" cursive writing in lace I'd start with a printed copy of the grid (on good quality paper that will stand up to a lot of rubbing out & re-doing), write my words onto that in pencil & then adjust the lines where needed to fit the grid (or - cheating in torchon - adjust the pinhole positions slightly to adjust the ground to the words). would probably need to adjust letter widths/spacings to get the upright lines in the right place for the grid spaces, but if you don't want to keep rubbing out & re-writing could lay a tracing-paper copy of the grid over the words and move the "word" layer slightly when the verticals get out-of-sync with the grid - that method probably works just as well (or better) using layers in CAD drawing/lace software, but I've never had enough design time to get to grips with those :-( It's a lovely idea for a garter, it's perfectly possible to get a gimp to make a nice flowing text but I don't think I've seen it done in torchon. Beth Cheshire, NW England Jenny wrote: I am going to design a wedding garter for my daughter's May wedding, but wanted to use torchon ground with gimp writing words like Love, Hope, Joy. My problem is that I am not sure how or even if gimp can do cursive writing - can you direct me to a book, website or person who may have the alphabet and or words already sorted 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] Sternchen-Ei
hi Susan (and anyone else interested)
Back on a proper PC at last :-) , the instructions for sternchengrund I
found were at
http://www.handarbeitsfrau.de/thema/Sternchengrund-mit-4-Paaren.19718/
It's the reply from Kloeppel-tante ("lace aunt"- I love that username -
says something about the way one generation of lacemakers tries to help
the next find their passion for lacemaking, like aunties used to help
their nieces/friends' daughters acquire traditional female craft skills...)
I'm sure one of our German-speaking Arachne members can translate those
better than I did :-)
Beth
Susan wrote:
Thanks! I will follow up on that. My Google search didn't find it but I didn't use
both Bellon & Sternchengrund as keywords. It won't hurt to request the book I
mentioned & see what else might be lurking in there! Thanks again for helping out.
Sincerely, Susan
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 2, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Beth Marshall <b...@capuchin.co.uk> wrote:
I've not seen that book, I spotted the reference to Brigitte Bellon in the
caption to your flicker photo and t found these instructions by searching
google for Bellon + sternchengrund, so it's probably the same ground.
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Re: [lace] Sternchen-Ei
Hello Sue - your egg is beautiful whether or not it's quite what was intended... I've now found detailed instructions for 4-pair sternchengrund, in German but my rusty German just about managed to translate most of it: Twist the two LH pairs & Half Stitch them, twist the 2 RH pairs & half stitch them Then 4 cloth stitches (like a half spider) Then the left & right pairs cross only (danach die jeweils linken und rechten Paare nur kreuzen), Mit zweimal drehen wieder in den Grund - With twice turn (twist?) again in the ground Can anyone more fluent in German lacemaking terminology help with those last 2 instructions? Beth Cheshire, UK -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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] Dividing pins help
David, Sorry, can't help you on the glue issue. >From your description of sewing needles with pins glued on top, it sounds like you want fine pins for dividers. Have you tried "silk pins" for dress making? Larger, both in length and wire size would be corsage pins? Beth McCasland Seattle, Washington where the weather has turned cool and grey On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 8:15 AM, David C COLLYER <dccoll...@ncable.net.au> wrote: > Dear Friends, > Over the years I have found the best dividing pins to be ordinary sewing > needles with a middle sized bead glued on the top. > > I recently broke my second last one and tried making new ones but when I > used the acid free craft glue it didn't hold. Could someone please tell me > what glue they would recommend? > > I also use these for the occasional bit of pricking in a tight spot. > Many thanks > David in Ballarat, AUS > > - > 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] Sternchen-Ei
My first thought on reading Sue's google-translation of the instructions for the little square was "sounds a bit like some sort of roseground"... Couldn't visualise it from Sue's diagram, and don't have the book to look for a picture of the lace itself, but it does sound as if it is worked like part of a roseground block Beth Cheshire, UK Sue wrote: On the square, after the NE & NW stitches are made, the two pairs meet then drop to form the east & west sides of the square. The square actually rounds out a bit & each corner ends up looking like part of roseground (to me!). -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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] [Superior Threads Newsletter] We LOVE Silk Threads! Save 25% on Kimono Silk
Thanks Sue & Brenda For those of us in UK, Barnyarns stock this thread - with free standard postage in UK, full price from there probably works out cheaper than 25% off plus delivery from US... (Couldn't work out how to copy a link into email on the tablet, but was easy to find via google) I feel a fit of extravagance coming on - after all, it's almost time to tuck the garden up for the winter & get the lace pillow out instead... Beth In a depressingly damp Cheshire, NW England... -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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 on display in London?
I think I remember a post on Arachne a while back about a textile exhibit at the V until the autumn, which had some lace trimmed items? Or possibly at another London venue. I unexpectedly have to go to London one Saturday in September & could have a few hours free to go & see it, but my computer is broke and I can't find the message/ search the archive for it - if someone remembers this & still had details of the exhibition please forward to me privately. Thanks Beth -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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] ADMIN: Survey Request - please send privately
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Re: [lace] Supporting young lacemakers
That is a FANTASTIC IDEA I use Meetup.com myself for a lot to f interest groups like oil painting sit & sips, historic architecture lectures, knitting, etc., but I had never thought about using it for this purpose mainly because I'm already connected with the "lace ladies", so it would be a silly way to communicate--unless I were trying to connect to and attract a younger crowd. Actually, I'm picturing a Lacemaking Sit and Sip, and it could be totally creative!! Thank, Amanda ' night! Beth Virginia "Beth" Harpell Historic Property Specialist www.HistoricHouseHunter.com 973-650-1637 Cell 973-770- Office RE/MAX House Values 101 Landing Road Roxbury, NJ 07850 RE/MAX 100% Club & NJAR Circle of Excellence > On Jul 22, 2016, at 12:30 AM, Amanda Babcock Furrow <la...@quandary.org> > wrote: > > I had already had some thoughts on this and I had noticed recently that > the thriving knitting groups use Meetup.com to get together - that seems > to be where the 20 and 30-something crowd look for events. I did think > of tatting and Teneriffe as gateway interests, if you will, and I was > thinking that lacemaking meetups (using Meetup.com), with a focus on > welcoming lace knitters and crocheters as well as other kinds of lace, > could be a great way to expose people to all the other options - tatting, > Teneriffe, needlelace and of course bobbinlace! > > Amanda Furrow > Philly, Pennsylvania, US > >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:34:00PM -0400, Beth Harpell wrote: >> I think getting the word out about lacemaking is the main thing. I'm at the >> IOLI convention and specifically learned to tat and bought a book on how to >> make Teneriffe lace just so I can (in my own small way) make lacemaking more >> visible to others and more portable for myself. I want to be able to strike >> up a conversation about lace when someone asks what I'm doing, and be able >> to show them how easy and mobile it can be. >> >> I think if each of us goes out of our way, in consistent, small ways, to >> spread the word about lacemaking, as has happened for knitting and crochet, >> we can make a definite impact. I don't feel it's celebrities that >> millennials are copying, I really feel that they're trying to get back to >> artisan skills and crafts, and have begun to appreciate more handmade and >> homemade items than in the past 20 years or so. Riding the coattails of a >> resurgence in handcrafts can be a very positive thing. >> >> Virginia "Beth" Harpell >> Historic Property Specialist >> www.HistoricHouseHunter.com >> 973-650-1637 Cell >> 973-770- Office >> RE/MAX House Values >> 101 Landing Road >> Roxbury, NJ 07850 >> RE/MAX 100% Club >> & NJAR Circle of Excellence >> >> >>> On Jul 21, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Marianne Gallant <m...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>> >>> I think the main reason that millennials are so interested in knitting >>> and crochet is because celebrities have been seen to do these crafts >>> while waiting around. >>> The main thing is that it is so portable. Bobbin lace is not really >>> portable, so it makes it more difficult to take it in your purse to do >>> while waiting at the doctors office or at your kid's ball game or hockey >>> game. Though I guess to get more people interested in at least some >>> lacemaking is with tatting, it is very portable. >>> I think it is going to be very difficult to make bobbin lace >>> 'mainstream', though encouraging young artists will probably help. >>> >>> >>> *Marianne* >>> >>> Marianne Gallant >>> Vernon, BC Canada >>> m...@shaw.ca >>> http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ >>> >>>> On 21/07/2016 1:10 PM, dagmar.bec...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> One thing I have been interested in recently, is how popular crocheting >>>> and knitting has become in the last few years and how it has become one of >>>> the staples in a modern woman's toolbox. As I recently read in a novel, >>>> knitting is on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do before Turning 30. >>>> I'm not sure at which point or what made it so, but as you walk Michaels >>>> today you can see how mainstream it has become from potholder weaving >>>> looms to rainbow bracelets. How can we do the same for lace? >>>> Perhaps the road is, just as you suggested, through the millennial artist, >>>> if he/she can make a living at it, then it can become uniquely arti
Re: [lace] Supporting young lacemakers
I think getting the word out about lacemaking is the main thing. I'm at the IOLI convention and specifically learned to tat and bought a book on how to make Teneriffe lace just so I can (in my own small way) make lacemaking more visible to others and more portable for myself. I want to be able to strike up a conversation about lace when someone asks what I'm doing, and be able to show them how easy and mobile it can be. I think if each of us goes out of our way, in consistent, small ways, to spread the word about lacemaking, as has happened for knitting and crochet, we can make a definite impact. I don't feel it's celebrities that millennials are copying, I really feel that they're trying to get back to artisan skills and crafts, and have begun to appreciate more handmade and homemade items than in the past 20 years or so. Riding the coattails of a resurgence in handcrafts can be a very positive thing. Virginia "Beth" Harpell Historic Property Specialist www.HistoricHouseHunter.com 973-650-1637 Cell 973-770- Office RE/MAX House Values 101 Landing Road Roxbury, NJ 07850 RE/MAX 100% Club & NJAR Circle of Excellence > On Jul 21, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Marianne Gallant <m...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I think the main reason that millennials are so interested in knitting > and crochet is because celebrities have been seen to do these crafts > while waiting around. > The main thing is that it is so portable. Bobbin lace is not really > portable, so it makes it more difficult to take it in your purse to do > while waiting at the doctors office or at your kid's ball game or hockey > game. Though I guess to get more people interested in at least some > lacemaking is with tatting, it is very portable. > I think it is going to be very difficult to make bobbin lace > 'mainstream', though encouraging young artists will probably help. > > > *Marianne* > > Marianne Gallant > Vernon, BC Canada > m...@shaw.ca > http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ > >> On 21/07/2016 1:10 PM, dagmar.bec...@gmail.com wrote: >> One thing I have been interested in recently, is how popular crocheting and >> knitting has become in the last few years and how it has become one of the >> staples in a modern woman's toolbox. As I recently read in a novel, knitting >> is on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do before Turning 30. I'm not >> sure at which point or what made it so, but as you walk Michaels today you >> can see how mainstream it has become from potholder weaving looms to rainbow >> bracelets. How can we do the same for lace? >> Perhaps the road is, just as you suggested, through the millennial artist, >> if he/she can make a living at it, then it can become uniquely artistic; >> rather than a forgotten craft. > > - > 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] spanish lace pins
Might not work in an area of honeycomb with closely-packed pinholes, but I usually use glass-headed pins for picots -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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] Renaissance lace
Can't say I know the lace maker, but her name is familiar. For those that aren't in the SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism (it's in the web address) Lochac is the name of the SCA Kingdom that is modern-day Australia. Beth McCasland in Sunny (!) Seattle, Washington (who is also a member of the SCA) On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Susan <hottl...@neo.rr.com> wrote: > While snooping around for early lace patterns on the web, I found this > site: http://ildhafn.lochac.sca.org/node/538. Hope this is helpful to > others & sorry if it's a rerun! Does anyone know this lace maker? > Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 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/
[lace] finished at last!
Great relief today - my bookmark is finally finished and in the post on its way to Sue :-) Beth Cheshire, England - 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] bookmark exchange
Hi everyone I received my bookmark from Sue T today - a very pretty, delicate torchon pattern in white thread mounted on a red background. I've not finished the bookmark I'm making for the exchange yet, so I'd better make the most of the wet weekend the forecasters are promising us... Beth In Cheshire, NW England - 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 grounds with symmetry
Hi Veronika I think most rosegrounds are a good examples of an object with rotational symmetry as well as mirror symmetry - you can rotate the the lace a quarter or a half turn & the ground still looks exactly the same.... Beth In a sunny but quite cold Cheshire, England Veronika wrote: I am studying lace grounds patterns that have symmetry. I have been able to find many examples with mirror reflection in them. Roseground is a good example which can be reflected in four mirrors that meet in the center of a square (see the following picture: https://tesselace.com/symmetry/). What I am looking for is grounds that have rotation symmetry - like a pinwheel. That is grounds that can be turned around in a quarter, third or half of a circle and still look the same. In the link above I have included an example of pinwheel symmetry in a little ground that I discovered using a computer algorithm. So my question to you is, do you know of any grounds with rotation symmetry? - 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 magazines and memberships
Thanks to Joepie for reminding me about Vuelta y Cruz - combining Spanish practice with lace definitely rates highly with me, so wanted to subscribe but couldn't afford to when it first started and had forgotten about it; subscription for this year now taken out :-) I'm also a Lace Guild member, can't give you a review of the April issue of Lace as it's been sitting unopened by my chair for a week, along with quite a pile of non-lace publications I'm behind on reading; too much to do, too little time - how I'm going to find time to read Vuelta y Cruz as well is a mystery :-( I find myself agreeing with both Jane & Joepie on the individual membership/shared subscriptions questions - of course we should support our lace organisations/publications by subscribing individually and encouraging others to do so, but where 2 individuals can't afford the whole membership fee/subscription surely it's better for everyone to have them club together and share one copy - at least the organisation gets one sub that way instead of none? Similarly where one individual can't justify the cost of an individual sub in terms of what they'll get back - that's probably an issue for some of us when considering subscribing to an overseas guild/publication where the postage rate pushes up the cost and we're too far away to benefit from any guild activities apart from the the magazine, and most of us don't have deep enough pockets to support more than our local/national group out of altruism. And of course, passing on or lending a recent-ish back copy of a guild magazine to a newer lacemaker can be a good "hook" to lead into the suggestion they join the guild... Beth In a warm but windy Cheshire, 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace Event in Austria, April 10, 2016 Needs Translation
I'll offer a first attempt at at a transalation: "Laces of the Viennese Services - Dagobert Peche" I had to use babelfish for Werkstatte (my German is rudimentary) so if anyone knows an alternative/related meaning that fits better in the context please jump into the conversation... Dagobert Peche sounds vaguely familiar and Dagobert is a man's name, so I guess Dagobert Peche was either a designer or the name of a lace dealer/manufacturing company (peche is french for peach - or possibly sin, depending where the accents are in the original french, but most likely a family name in this non-French context) Regards Beth Jeri wrote: However, one of today's notices mentions a Lace Event in Austria on Sunday, April 10. The address Laurie gave to look at details is: http://tinyurl.com/z72f793 Since the contact is Leopoldine Winkler, and the lecture is "Spitzen der Wiener Werkstatte - Dagobert Peche" by Dr. Harmut Lang, it occurred to me that it would be nice if someone would translate 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] Quiet list
I'd been too busy to notice but yes, the list is very quiet at the moment - I hope that's because everyone is too busy making lace to talk about it I finished the tape lace snail I started on New Year's Day a couple of week's ago, but haven't had time to take it off the pillow yet or to mount last year's lace project :-( It's getting close to the start of the gardening season so by the time I've mounted those pieces I probably won't start a new lace project until autumn. Beth Cheshire, UK I'm hoping it's just quiet because I'm not getting any either! Catherine Barley UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Subject : [lace] Quiet list Is the list very quiet or am I just not getting mail? Ann 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Book enquiry
Anna, "Fascinating Bobbin Lace" by Claire Burkhard is a republication of Nue Modelbuch 1561. Not exactly something to read, but a set of books: A facsimile of the original, prickings, and a book on how to work selected patterns. You could check with your local librarian about inter-library loan. Beth McCasland in cool rainy Seattle, Washington - 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] hints on Google searching - finding the arachne archives
Thanks Jenny - those are helpful Gentle spiders - I "heard" the original "lurker's complaint as a cry for help in finding the archives and it occurs to me that it would be easier for newbies & others who don't already have the archive webpage bookmarked if the url for the arachne archive was in the "signature" majordomo adds to the bottom of all messages to the list (like the arachne flicker page address already is - you will be able to see that link below), so we could could go straight to the archive and search for the original message/topic within that rather than searching the whole web. (Jenny's hints on focusing the search could be applied almost verbatim to a search within the archives when there is not a thoughtfully-provided search term from Jeri to guide the seeker) Of course, understanding the search results and finding the "needle" of advice we need in the "haystack" of past discussions can still be a problem for any of us, particularly if our research time or background knowledge of the topic is limited - sometimes a short, non-scholarly answer may be more practical use to the individual questioner than a scholarly article which he/she may not be ready for, but Jeri's knowledge will still be invaluable to the lacemaking community as a whole. The list needs both answers. Beth Cheshire, NW England Jenny wrote: Quote: Browsing using Google is not easy if you do not know how or cannot access the internet easily. Unquote ... So ...here are a few hints and tips that I use - I hope you will find them helpful - 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 raffle & a request for help - the results
Hi Everyone A big thank you to the 4 people who offered to take on the needlelace project, Janet Theaker's name was the one drawn so this will be heading across the Pennines to my native county, East Yorkshire. And out of 8 entrants the winner of the raffle for the evening bag kit is ... Anna Binnie in Sydney. Janet, Anna - please let me know your postal addresses so I can send these to you. Regards Beth In a rather damp & chilly Cheshire, NW England - the perfect excuse to stay inside & make lace On 30/12/15 , Beth wrote: Is anyone interested in taking over a fairly big needlelace project? I started a one-piece collar of autumn leaves (my own design) just as arthritis in my thumbs started to interfere with any needle-based craft activity and am never going to be able to finish it. if more than one person wants to take this on I will put the names in a hat & pick one out. I will pay postage to anywhere worldwide. And the raffle - a project I never got round to starting, embroidery rather than lace. It is a kit to make a canvaswork evening bag: If you would like to enter the raffle for this email me privately - I will draw a winner on Sunday 10 Jan. - 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 raffle & a request for help - needlelace collar pictures
For anyone who would like to see it/get an idea of the size I have uploaded to the arachne flicker page a photo of the lace collar "pattern" (with 6"/15cm ruler alongside for scale) and one of the small area of cordonnet I'd completed - when I got it out of the cupboard to photograph there was even less done than I thought. (They are in the album "Beth M" if you can't see them in the recent postings) There are two or three people interested in taking on the collar, so this will also be a draw-name-from-hat next Sunday - there's still time for anyone else who wants to put their name into the draw for this or the evening bag kit. Regards Beth On 30/12/15 20:54, Beth wrote: Is anyone interested in taking over a fairly big needlelace project? I started a one-piece collar of autumn leaves (my own design) just as arthritis in my thumbs started to interfere with any needle-based craft activity and am never going to be able to finish it - there it is, stuck in a cupboard; if anyone has the needlelace skills, time & inclination to take it on, make it their own and find a use for it, I will pass it on. There are no instructions, and no plan for which fillings to use - just a copy of the outline shaded to give a rough idea of colour placement, a selection of small reels of silk thread (various thicknesses and colours in an autumn leaf palette - red/orange/yellow/green/brown) which may or may not be enough to complete the collar and the started piece. Please email me privately if you are interested - if more than one person wants to take this on I will put the names in a hat & pick one out. I will pay postage to anywhere worldwide. And the raffle - a project I never got round to starting, embroidery rather than lace. It is a kit to make a canvaswork evening bag: complete magazine (New Stitches issue no.17 from 1994) including the instructions for the bag, canvas, padding, press stud, glass beads and tapestry needle. The only things not included are thread and lining fabric - you will need 10 skeins of stranded cotton in a main colour and 7 in a second colour of your choice (at the time I couldn't afford to buy those at the same time as the kit, and for some reason I forgot about it and never bought the thread). If you would like to enter the raffle for this email me privately - I will draw a winner on Sunday 10 Jan. - 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] a raffle & a request for help
Hi all Is anyone interested in taking over a fairly big needlelace project? I started a one-piece collar of autumn leaves (my own design) just as arthritis in my thumbs started to interfere with any needle-based craft activity and am never going to be able to finish it - the cordonnet is laid and a couple of fillings done (not very neatly, due to increasing difficulty in manipulating needle & thread - they may need cutting out & re-doing), and there it is, stuck in a cupboard; if anyone has the needlelace skills, time & inclination to take it on, make it their own and find a use for it, I will pass it on. There are no instructions, and no plan for which fillings to use - just a copy of the outline shaded to give a rough idea of colour placement, a selection of small reels of silk thread (various thicknesses and colours in an autumn leaf palette - red/orange/yellow/green/brown) which may or may not be enough to complete the collar and the started piece. Please email me privately if you are interested - if more than one person wants to take this on I will put the names in a hat & pick one out. I will pay postage to anywhere worldwide. And the raffle - a project I never got round to starting, embroidery rather than lace. It is a kit to make a canvaswork evening bag: complete magazine (New Stitches issue no.17 from 1994) including the instructions for the bag, canvas, padding, press stud, glass beads and tapestry needle. The only things not included are thread and lining fabric - you will need 10 skeins of stranded cotton in a main colour and 7 in a second colour of your choice (at the time I couldn't afford to buy those at the same time as the kit, and for some reason I forgot about it and never bought the thread). If you would like to enter the raffle for this email me privately - I will draw a winner on Sunday 10 Jan. Regards Beth - 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] Christmas Greetings
Season's Greetings to all. I hope those who celebrate Christmas had a great day yesterday. My Christmas presents included a copy of Alex Stilwell's book on Floral Bucks Point - eye candy only for the time being as I won't have time to master geometric Bucks, let alone Floral, until I retire :-) , but lovely to look at. Beth In a rather soggy Cheshire, NW England - lacemaking weather rather than Boxing-Day walk, I think :-) - 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] pillow infestation
Hi Jane Try your local vet or possibly a pharmacist for a safe, effective household insecticide spray (over-the-counter ones from supermarkets/pet stores are mostly a waste of time & money) - Indorex which our vet prescribed to deal with a household flea-infestation, is also effective against dust mites and It is not at all dangerous once dry - I've used it on bedding (pillows and duvet) with no ill effect on myself or my asthmatic husband (the accompanying leaflet advised that the insecticide is safe for asthmatics but they should get someone else to do the spraying) I've not used it on my lace pillows yet but intend to once I get the works-in-progress off them - I don't think there's any need to shut the pillow up in a bag or box afterwards, the spray worked perfectly well on sofas & a heavily-infested bean-bag book support without covering them afterwards. I reckon that's easier than trying to heat or freeze a large pillow for long enough to kill the mites in an English winter Beth In mild, damp, grey Cheshire, North West England .. not much sun _o__r_ frost round here in December : > I can no longer ignore the fact that the lace pillow I've used for > years has mites. > the cover is not removeable so I can't spray inside the pillow. > > The most workable suggestion is to put the pillow in a plastic bag and > spray with insecticide (cat & dog type flea spray), seal and leave for > a few days. > > The discussion was dated 2004. I just wondered if anyone has more > recent experience / success to share? > > - 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] Mounting finished lace LACE BOOKS
Hi, You should be able to find something on www.Barbara-Fay.com It's amazing the amount of lace books on the site and the prices are REALLY FANTASTIC! Shipping is only 5€ and they come really quickly--but even with the shipping the prices are STILL fabulous!!! I took a Binche and the instructor told me about it. I was amazed Everyone should be all over this site-- Virginia "Beth" Harpell Historic Property Specialist www.HistoricHouseHunter.com On Nov 20, 2015, at 2:01 PM, <lynrbai...@supernet.com> <lynrbai...@supernet.com> wrote: >> Dear Sally, et al, >> I thought Holly Van Sciver, vansciverbobbinlace.com would have some books on >> that, but I didn't see any. If you look for mounting lace on Amazon, it >> will come up with several books. If you are a member of IOLI, I bet you >> will be able to borrow one of them from the library before purchasing. >> Mounting lace as a handkerchief involves sewing, has to be, but for the >> rest, just remember to use acid free stuff, or eventually your lace will >> disintegrate. >> >> Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where it is a sunny fall day, decidedly >> cool, breezy. >> >> >> "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, >> please ignore it. I read your emails." >> >> Sally wrote: >>> >>> Is there a book out there on how to mount finished lace? >>> >>> But for a longer trim, or a complex shape, what are my options? Is iron-on >>> backing an option, or will I be booed and hissed out of the global guild >>> ;-) ?I really don't want to spend the same amount of time sewing as I >>> did making the 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://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] Must I push down pins?
Hi Julie I'm not an expert on this, but when I do piece-lace motif with fillings I either push all the pins right down or take all but the edge ones out (and push those down) before I move on to the next section - it makes a big difference to how easy (or not ;-) ) it is to push bobbins out of the way. On something like your scarf I'd be tempted to remove as many columns of pins as I dared, and would push the rest down almost flat (leave just enough "stalk" to wiggle that pin lifter between the thread and pin-head safely when you do take them out). How many columns of pins you need to leave in will depend on how the threads move in your scarf pricking and how close/loose the weave in - if there are threads which work across from one side to the other with very few pins/twists you'll need to leave more in than if all the threads are zig-zagging between tightly-packed pins. Can anyone more knowledgeable suggest a "rule of thumb" for judging how many/which pins Julie needs to leave in to avoid distorting the worked sections? Beth In a grey & windy Cheshire, NW England (where if it isn't raining, it's usually about to rain...) Julie wrote: So, having done a full column of sewings, I couldn't help put notice the large, obtrusive wall of pins on the left side of my pillow the entire time I was working the second horizontal strip. Having the left side of my pillow cut off from me unpleasantly constrained my working area. I laid a small piece of cloth over the pins so I could throw my bobbins there when I wasn't using them, and that worked fine and I had no problem with threads tangling in the pins, but when I was crossing and twisting it didn't feel natural to try to scale the bobbins over the wall of pins and onto the cloth, so the bobbins I was working with were all over to the right side. Which felt crowded. Also, the tensioning direction was wrong, so after the stitch I kept picking up bobbin pairs and pulling them all the way over to the left so that tension was in the correct direction, in particular so that cloth stich passives didn't bunch up over on the right side of the cloth trail. So, now, here I am, doing a piece lace sort of thing--sewing--and Iseem to remember something about pushing down pins so they don't get in the way? Is that what I really need to do to get rid of the wall of pins on my left? ALL the pins? There are so many! And then I will have to dig them all up again to remove them from the lace! Instead of pushing them all down, should I remove most of the pins when I finish the horizontal strip and just leave in a few columns of pins along the edge, pushed down? How many columns (this is torchon)? I have a pin pusher (I like to push down headside and footside pins in point ground) so it won't hurt my fingers. I think I might also have a pin puller upper, but I never liked it because I worried it would catch on the lace. Will getting rid of the wall of pins really improve my life so much as to be worth the extra trouble of pushing down the pins? It just seems like a weird concept to me, pushing down pins, since it's not something I usually do. - 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] pricking size for scarf
Hi Julie Not sure how big your "extra large" pins are, but have you tried using the berry-headed ones - with thick-ish thread (eg no. 40 linen - your scarf yarn is probably a lot thicker than that) I use those for picots where I am putting a lot of twists round the pin, makes a nice big picot and the pin can take really firm tugging to tension the thread so the picot sits nicely. You need big, strong pins for your thick scarf yarn otherwise they will bend when you need to tension the yarn firmly... Beth In Cheshire, NW England On 28/10/15 16:07, jsyz...@comcast.net wrote: I wonder if I should use one twist when putting the weaver around the pin instead of two twists? Holly sold me some extra large pins, but she still seemed dubious about their size. I don't know why she is dubious; I don't know what happens if torchon pins are too small. But I wonder whether the reason the thread feels resistant going around the weaver pin is not that the pricking is small but rather that the pins are so small that it hard to fit two twists inwhen circling around the pin. - 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] Re: Lace history timeline
Susan, Have you done a literature search from good academic sources? Santana Levy's Lace, a history would be a good place to start. I have a whole bibliography at home that Helen Bell and I put together for our local lace guild (Lacemakers of Puget Sound). I could send it to you if you're interested. Beth McCasland Seattle, Washington where it's warm and 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] Flickr
the problem with a closed facebook group is that it will exclude all those arachne members like myself who are not on facebook and don't intend to join ... At least with the flickr page we can all see it/add photos even if we don't have our own flickr account. Beth In a sunny Cheshire, NW England, so I will be gardening rather than lacemaking today Clay Blackwell wrote: What I did see was an old post from David Collier who had suggested we create a closed group on Facebook. I don't remember seeing this when he posted it, but it appeals to me more and more. Any other comments? Clay - 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] Copying a brown pattern-clear contact paper
I still prefer to prick my patterns the traditional way (prick through the paper copy onto heavy glazed pricking card then take the copy away and draw in the markings by hand), so the colour background on the copy is immaterial so long as I can see the dots markings clearly enough to prick/copy them - colour photocopying is a real boon where the original background is dark and won't offer enough contrast to the dots in black white. I find that I can figure out out thread paths while I'm pricking out the dots and marking up the pattern instead of marking them in on a copy of the working diagram - by the time the pricking's done I've got a pretty fair idea of how to tackle the pattern. Being used to working on a brown background Antje's suggestion of leaving the background brown sounds practical - if it's a middling, kraft paper of pricking card sort of brown it will work well as a background for many colours of lace Though not for the brown-striped snail I'm planning to make next :-( I may have to give in and use matte film over a photocopy on another colour background for that (think I still have a bit of blue film left somewhere from when my hands would let me do needlelace, might as well use it up). Beth listening to the blackbirds in Cheshire, NW England - this year's youngsters have just fledged and all the adult birds are in a continual state of cat-alarm. - 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] 1931 lace making clip
Wonderful film clip! Thank you Sue for sharing it!. So after another 20 years, maybe I can make tallies with one hand? Maybe I could start with just making braids. http://youtu.be/IwcSaAXtZsc Beth McCasland in cloudy cool Seattle, Washington, 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] Commemoratives
I'm with Liz, would love to add a commerative Arachne bobbin to my pillow. But really wouldn't know where to begin to actually get something like this organized. It is hard to believe in light of how email groups have changed over the years, that this one has made it. I have appreciated this group, helping each other figure out how to work lace, thread sizes, and the challenges life has throw at us. I'm so glad I found Arachne Web, low these many years ago. Beth McCasland in partly rainy, partly sunny Seattle, Washington USA On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com wrote: I believe this Arachne list is coming up to its 20 years birthday. Does anyone know if there are to be commemorative bobbins produced for it? I have not heard of anything, so wondered...!!! 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] lace photo on Arachne photo album
Many thanks to Sue Babb's quick help! I've up-load photo of the sample piece of 17th century bobbin lace that I worked on - the lace is in an album under my name (Beth McCasland). I started the lace in a class with our own Jean Leader last summer, and have worked on it off and on. The lace is 4 cm footside to point, 2 cm repeat. Early laces are an interesting puzzle! Link to the Arachne Flickr account are in the bottom of Arachne emails. or maybe this'll work https://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/72157650541527109/ Beth McCasland in sunny! Seattle, Washington - 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] photo help?
I wanted to upload photos of a piece of lace to our Arachne Flickr account - but for the life of me I can't find the sign in information. Help! Beth McCasland Seattle, Washington where it's 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] another thread question
Hi Brenda - both are 3-ply, so you're probably right Can't do a test wrap myself, unfortunately - never had the manual dexterity to wind fine thread evenly enough at the best of times, and these days arthritis in my thumbs makes it painful to hold the thread and card while I attempt it - so I'll try it on something the 28 w/cm Sylko would suit. Beth Brenda Paternoster wrote: Hi Beth Is it 3ply or 4ply? Although J P Coats Cotton 40 is 31 w/cm it’s actually 4Z-31 w/cm. What you have probably compares to Coats sylko 40, 3Z-28 w/cm Brenda There are 2 different labels (I'm not sure whether there is any difference in the thread between the two): Coats Satinised machine twist 40 and Coats Satinised mercerised cotton 40 Does anyone recognise those names or have any of them in their workbox? Coats threads were ubiquitous in my childhood, but I don't recognise the label style and ordinary hand/machine sewing thread was usually Coats Sylko In the absence of other info I will start by assuming they will be very similar to J P Coats Cotton 40, which is listed as 31 wraps/cm in Threads for Lace, and make a sample on a pricking suitable for that. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Nottingham's Bucks Point book
Hi Nancy IIRR the other one is called Bucks point lacemaking No idea which is generally considered better, though I think The Technique of Bucks Point Lace has more in it - maybe others can answer that. I have them both somewhere in my lace bookcase, but haven't looked at them for a while (mainly because I haven't done any bucks point for a while, though I think some of the newer bucks point instruction books are easier to learn from than the Nottingham books) Beth In Cheshire, NW England - expecting heavy snow tomorrow, though don't expect more than a couple of inches to settle except on the hills Nancy wrote: Which is the really good version of Pamela Nottingham's Bucks Point book? I've been told there are two editions, or maybe two versions more different than just editions, and one is much better than the other. I have one copyright 1981, called The Technique of Bucks Point Lace. Is that the better of the two? If not, what is the date and title of the other one? - 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] silk threads
Pipers' 90/2 Twisted Gloss Silk is a filament thread, and Brenda P recently measured it at 30w/cm (it's not in the existing edition of Threads for lace but should be in edition 6 when that comes out) I'm making lace with that at the moment and it's lovely thread to work with - much softer and more adaptable than the Guterman spun silks, it will spread out to fill a bigger space or squash up to fit a smaller one. Might be quite a slow process getting hold of some in Canada though - Pipers' is a one-woman business and the silk is hand-reeled to order, so there's usually a wait even without international post to contend with. Beth in a snowy Cheshire, NW England Heather wrote: I am looking for recommendations for a filiment silk thread (not spun silk, I'm hoping to compare the two!) that is approximately the same size as Gutterman silk 100/3 (28 wraps / cm) I am struggling mightily with all the different terms around silk threads (floss silk? Twisted seems promsing. Unboiled?) - 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] Pipers silk help
As a small business they do close for holidays - the notes on ordering page on their website hasn't been updated recently so I couldn't check the Christmas closure dates (it's still showing holiday date info for July September 2014), but could it be that Susan is taking a particularly long Christmas/New Year break? Has anyone else had contact with Pipers' recently can report whether everything seemed ok? It's odd that the Christmas closure dates hadn't been put on the website, but that could just have been forgotten in the Christmas rush. Regards Beth On 12/01/15 23:32, The Lace Bee wrote: Dear gentle spiders I need your help. One of my students ordered some silk thread from Pipers silk before Xmas. It still hasn't arrived and she has had problems contacting them I have emailed them, and got no reply. Today I tried ringing them, and got a message saying that my call can't be connected because their equipment is switched off. Do any of you know why this might be happening? Can you offer any help? L Kind Regards, Liz Baker - 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] Thread size
Can't help with the clover (not a brand I've seen before), but I also found a silk thread that's not listed in Threads for Lace in my stash yesterday - Pipers twisted gloss silk 90/2; the threads Pipers' website suggests as equivalent are mostly in the 40-45 wraps/cm range so I'm trying it on a pattern sized for 40 w/cm (it's a tape lace so I can add extra pairs if necessary). Comes in a gorgeous range of colours - I've used it for bucks point in the past. Brenda - if you'd like a sample to do a test wrap reply to me privately and I'll post a length to you; if the launch of edition 6 is imminent I'll send it at the same time as my order. Beth Cheshire, NW England Janice wrote: I was just going through my stash and came across two spools of variegated silk that I cannot find in Brenda's book and wonder what size it is. Clover quilters silk thread. Size 8, but it does not seem thick enough to me to be an 8. Any ideas. Janice - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Pattern suggestion thanks - and Idrija lace books
Hello all thanks to all those who replied (on off list) with pattern suggestions - I now have lots of ideas (if only I had enough time to try them all), one of which is to try Idrija lace as there seem to be lots of very attractive smallish motif patterns available for that; As I've never tried Idrija I could do with an instruction book to help with the techniques before I leap into any more complex patterns - can anyone tell me what Idrija books are out there, and which ones are worth buying for a beginner to this type of lace? Doesn't matter too much if they are not in English, particularly if their are plenty of good diagrams (I've been making lace long enough to read diagrams plus I can read French and Spanish pretty fluently, and make out a reasonable amount in German or Italian - armed with the international lace dictionary I'll tackle most lace publications) Meanwhile, going into the lace folder on my computer to dig out the Spanish pattern books Lorelei mentioned (which I had downloaded ages ago and forgotten about) I found a tape-and-fillings pattern for a treble clef - no idea where I downloaded this pattern by Claudine Bouvain from, there's just the pricking and a picture of the completed motif in my files, originally white but it would look glorious multi-coloured in really bright silk threads and I have a ridiculously large stash of those so I shall be preparing my pricking and winding some bobbins tonight.. Beth - 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] Pattern suggestions wanted
Hi everyone As it's quiet on the list I'm going to creep out of lurkdom and ask for suggested sources for fairly quick, simple patterns using relatively small numbers of bobbins. Having joined in with the Salamander project and loved it I've realised that the main reason I don't make lace these days is that my current UFO projects (a wide cluny edging from one of the retournac pattern sets and a bucks point edging in very fine black silk, both using 30+ pairs) are totally unsuitable to my current life style (commuting full-time worker) - I just don't have the time or mental energy to get anywhere with them(takes me about 20 minutes just to unpack or pack up again on the beds pattern - given that most weeks I'll have less than 2 hours lacemaking time - including the getting out and putting away - it's just not worth bothering to get the pillow out). What I need is some relatively small projects using far fewer bobbins - there are patterns out there, but they're not in my library (I've tended to concentrate on the traditional continuous laces in the past) and I don't get to lacemakers' fairs or the few shops which sell lace books. So, any suggestions for pattern types/sources? Particularly cheap or free patterns (my lacemaking budget is even more limited than my time). Which lace styles/techniques would fit the bill? Ideas, please! (and if anyone can tell me where to see more of Michel Jourde's patterns and how to order them - all I have is the link for his blog, doesn't really help with seeing what's available to order...) Thanks in advance Beth in Cheshire, NW England - where the weather is unusually mild for the time of year (about 10-12 C tonight - normal for January would be about 4-6 C daytime maximum) and with very strong winds (potentially gale force) forecast overnight. - 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] Re: (lace) preferred cloth size
I'd echo the suggestions to keep the size fairly small (particularly if there's a timescale for completing the exchange) as lace grows pretty slowly. I've found that lace-edged cloths about 8 to 12 inches square are fairly versatile - a couple I made as hankies for my Mum got used as decorative cloths to stand vases, etc, on on polished tables (she reckoned more people would notice them that way, and said they were too precious to blow her nose on), and I use one of mine as a modesty piece inside low-necked tops, carefully folded off-centre so that two rows of lace are visible. Beth Cheshire, NW England - 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] Fwd: Kate Bainbridge commented on the group Tatting on LACEIOLI
Hi Daphne I think this was probably meant for the laceioli ning group rather than arachne? FWIW, I believe Roseground also stock the needle tatting needles - I got mine from there a few years ago. Not sure whether it's easier than shuttle tatting (probably is for those who struggle to master flipping the knot) but needle tatting is certainly more comfortable for arthritic hands. Beth Cheshire, NW England (where tatting/lace suppliers other than mail order are just as rare as down south) On 02/01/15 13:05, Daphne Martin wrote: Tatting and Design has the needles and accessories. Happy tatting Daphne Norfolk UK Subject: Kate Bainbridge commented on the group Tatting on LACEIOLI I have also seen a video for needle tatting. It gives the same result. Is that easier, does anyone know? I don't think the needles are available in the UK, possibly up North but not in the South. - 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] Happy Christmas
Hi all Luton Museum brought out a new edition of the book fairly recently ( late 2012), with new high-quality digital photographs of the samples - beautiful eye candy for any lacemaker, and an inspiration for the bucks point makers. I ordered mine directly from the Luton Museums' website - it's still available there https://www.lutonculture.com/shop/shop/books-and-media/the-lace-dealers-pattern-book/ hope all those who celebrate it have had a wonderful Christmas - I've even managed to find time for a bit of lace during the break, so Salamander no. 3 (in tropical lagoon camouflage) is ready to come of the pillow. Happy New Year 2015 - here's hoping we all have time for lace Beth in a very frosty Cheshire, NW England, but fortunately we've escaped the snow. Robin wrote: Sue wrote: The pattern I bought and used was taken from the Lace Dealers handbook (now have I got that quote right?)Does that mean it was a pattern in a book which people might choose to have made for a particular reason. Hi, Sue The Luton Museum's Lace Dealer's Pattern Book is a series of pages to which snippets of lace are attached. The dealer would show these pieces, produced by the women that worked for him, and the customer would pick the one she wanted and tell how many yards (or pieces, if it's a motif). Then the dealer would order that amount from the woman who specialized in that pattern. The one at the Luton Museum got some fame when it was raising money to have the book refurbished. They wanted to remount the lace pieces on archival board. Arachne was one of the donors, by holding a raffle of prizes donated by members. After the re-mounting, the museum had a book made of photographs of the pages. - 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] Simple needlelace question
Hi Helen I'm no needlelace expert (let alone guru), just someone who enjoyed making a bit of needlelace until arthritis in my thumb made all hand-sewing/embroidery too painful to continue, but I reckon for me the natural way to make the stitch comes out opposite on alternate directions and that's how it's shown in the diagram for double brussels stitch at the beginning of Catherine Barley's book; I'd never even thought whether it was possible to make it look the same, and the results look ok to me, the stitch tension is the most important thing and that won't come right if the movement of making the stitch feels awkward or uncomfortable. What do our real needlelace experts on arachne think? Beth In a damp, chilly Cheshire (NW England) PS Anyone have any ideas what to do with a very large needlelace UFO? - I spent 10 years playing with the idea and collecting silk threads for a wide collar of autumn leaves, finally got the outlines worked out on paper and arthritis struck just as I'd finished laying the cordonnet; I'm unlikely ever to be able to work at it for more than 10 minutes at a time (even sewing a button back onto a garment is painful) so no hope of completing it... Helen wrote: Dear Needlelace Gurus, I have a really basic question. I've received conflicting answers from 'experts' so I'm now confused. When you are making the 'buttonhole' stitch from right to left, is it supposed to look identical to when made from left to right or is it supposed to be the opposite? I do hope that this makes sense! Many thanks in advance ... Regards, Helen - 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] another lace salamander pic added to arachne photo album
Hi all The list seems very quiet at the moment - is everyone too busy making lace to post anything? I hope so... I have finally finished my second salamander from the Michel Jourde pattern - I think this one is really beautiful, made in two shades (fiesta and marigold) of Caron Wildflowers variegated thread - he's in autumn moorland camouflage (shades of bracken, heather, moss, dying grasses...). In fact, I'm so proud of him I've even managed to upload a photo to the arachne flicker page and add him to the arachne salamanders folder for you all to see. Beth In a rather grey Cheshire, NW England - 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
Thanks Jeanette - fascinating. Thought it was bobbin lace until I got to the work-in-progress pics and realised she was needle weaving with a single rope... Beth In a cold but sunny Cheshire, NW England -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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] fireflies and lightening bugs
Jeri asked about whether fireflies and lightening bugs are the same thing... Yes, they are, just depends on what part of the country you're in on which common name you use. I called them lightening bugs (LIT'an) when I was a kid in the south. Draw out that i (long i). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly Beth McCasland in drizzly Seattle, Washington - 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] Salamander group
How much work does the Salamander take? And how big is it (cm or inches)? I haven't touched my current WIP for months (quite possibly over a year), too little time and energy left after work gardening, but the Salamander is gorgeous enough to tempt me into starting a new project for the winter evenings... Beth In Cheshire (NW England), where it feels like Autumn is already here Carol wrote: I like the idea! And bless you for volunteering to keep us organized. Antje wrote: Hello to all those interested in working Jourde's salamander. Last week somebody asked how to start the salamander. And I cannot remember who sent this SOS. But it made me think that, as we are quite a few interested in working it, we could form a kind of group and help each other as we go on working. I haven't started it yet, and have only the pattern printed but would love to work in company. If it is not an interesting information for Arachne, we could add all our emails in one and keep answering to this email. I offer myself to organize it. In the end, we can send a group participation of Arachne members. What do you think of 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] Jeri's posts
I'm sure Jacquie is right here... Jeri, I can't claim to read _*all*_ your posts in detail - some of the topics are of more interest to me than others, and with limited time for emails I have to skim-read many posts - but I've learnt a lot from the ones that have caught my interest and I know other people appreciate your articles on subjects I'm not as interested in. Even if the archives disappear a considerable amount of information will already have been absorbed by other lacemakers or saved in their files, so your articles will not have been a waste of effort. Regards Beth Jacquie Tinch wrote: Maybe *some people* don't read what you write on Arachne but I'm sure there are enough of us who do to justify asking you to continue. Jacquie in Lincolnshire. jeria...@aol.com wrote: I was told again this week, that people do not read what I write on Arachne. So sorry, since my free-to-you contributions might suggest a subject for dinner conversation or a local lace group meeting. Maybe I am just writing for future researchers who will delve into Arachne archives? Or, maybe our archives will die and evaporate (as our early correspondence did), and all will have been for naught. 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] more email fun, and fun with cats
I wound up having to make a rule about all messages from Arachne aren't SPAM, in my gmail account. I had wondered where all y'all had disappeared to. And for the grammarians: if you're from the South (USA), all y'all is correct grammar, sort of. Sorry, I can't help myself, moved away almost 4 years ago, and I can't get the particular grammar out of my system. Lace related - my cat has discovered my latest safe place to store the work-in-progress pillow, but not a current project, on top of a tall bookcase. I thought it was safe. Today I get to discover how much damage has been done by one cat. The pillow is covered with pinned down cover-cloths, and in a cleaner's bag tied shut (quit cringing Jeri). This afternoon I'm off to the Container Store to try to find something more permanent to store it. If you hear screaming, crying, and general gnashing of teeth around 4 PM Pacific Time, you'll know I have more than just some errant bobbins. Beth McCasland in overcast Seattle, Washington - 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] Blood spot
Thanks Alex Salt (in _cold_ water for a dried on stain - hot water will set the stain) is my usual first line of attack for bloodstains. Works fairly well on recent stains that haven't been through a hot wash For a fresh (still wet) bloodstain, rubbing dry salt (gently!) onto the spot will soak up the blood, but don't forget to rinse well immediately in cold water (the salt itself is corrosive, not good for delicate fabrics if any is left in) Beth Alex Stillwell wrote: Hi Arachnids IâEUR^(TM)m a little late replying and am surprised that on one mentioned blood stains should first be soaked in salt water, 1 teaspoon to 1 pint, preferably immediately, but even if it has dried it helps to soften the stain. Hope it has all come out. Alex - 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] de-fuzzing lace in progress?
Gentle Spiders, Yesterday while I was making lace with some friends, I noticed that despite careful use of cover clothes, my cats have managed to add their fur to the lace. In spring their fine fur seems to float everywhere The cats have not been laying on my lace pillow. Does anyone have any tricks or suggestions for removing fine hair from lace. I've considered keeping a pair of tweezers with my tools. Either that or get a white cat? Beth McCasland Where the spring flowers do a terrific job of brightening the gray rainy days Seattle, Washington, 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] Stunned
I think 1988 publication of pattern means it could just be 25 years old. I guess that's vintage in textile terms. Beth in a horribly wet, windy Cheshire (UK) On 12 February 2014 12:54:55 GMT+00:00, janefr...@gmail.com janefr...@googlemail.com wrote: How do I feel about this? How *should* I feel about this? I don't know - apart from feeling completely stunned! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STUNNING-VINTAGE-HONITON-LACE-PICTURE-HAND-MADE-IN- SCOTLAND-TERN-SEA-BIRD-NICE-/400605011027 This is a beautiful vintage HONITON LACE of a bird in flight I think its a TERN which has been hand made and put into a frame it is on a deep blue type material.The reverse of the picture has a label which says HONITON LACE BY BILL BLAKE SCOTLAND. Overall the picture mesures APPROX. 7 1/2 inches wide by 9 3/4 inches high. The frame surround is a nice gold coloured wash on wood. The honiton lace is absolutely lovely with terrific detail. The bird which looks as though its about to dive measures approx. 7 1/2 inches tall at the longest . It is an off white thread which has been used and very unusual. There is no damage or fading, and is very nice. This piece of lace was made from my design, published in Lace vol 51 (July 1988) and I can confirm that it is definitely a tern. Obviously the lace that's been sold was not worked by me, but who was Bill Blake and why is his work being sold on ebay? Who is the seller, whinbush123? It took me 3 months to make the original, maybe Bill was a fast worker, but this has sold for only �10.50!!! Whoever bought it got a real bargain, and I feel it hugely undervalues hand made lace. (I wouldn't part with mine for ten times that!). And I have to say that, much as I appreciate postings about looking after our lace, it demonstrates that there is very little value to it . Still, I treasure my original even if its in worse condition than Bill's. Vintage! - Eek!! Does that make me feel old or what?!!! How old must an item be to be described as vintage? This piece can be no more than 15 years old (counts rapidly on fingers since obviously too senile to do anything else ;-) ). The same seller has another lovely honiton picture by the same lacemaker. I recognise the design but can't think whose it is. It currently has 12 hours to go and has no bids. I suppose I should be pleased that my design was attractive enough to receive 2 bids What will the seller do with the lace if it is not sold? More seriously, what are your thoughts on seeing lace made from *your* designs sold on ebay? Apologies for all the exclamation marks, but I'm speechless!!! Best wishes from Jane in soggy Hampshire - 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/ -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - 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] test - and what's the biggest/most difficult piece of lace you ever made
Thanks Diane, I'd been wondering whether the arachne messages were getting through myself - think we must have exhausted the recent topics and everyone's gone back to making lace instead of emailing about it... or gone back to work no time for lace or emails :-( lace content: the biggest (in terms of working hours, at least) piece of bobbin lace I ever made was the Les Lauriers design from the Fouriscot/Arpin Cluny de Brioude book - made as a gift for friends' special anniversary so I no longer have the piece itself, if I can find the photo of it I'll see if I can manage to put it on the Arachne flicker page. Beth in a very grey, damp Cheshire, NW England On 18/01/14 01:57, DIANNE NICHOLSON wrote: Test - 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 demonstration piece
Thanks Leonard - I can really see just how good that is as a demonstration piece now, few enough bobbins not to daunt potential recruits but spectacular enough lace to catch their imaginations... Beth Leonard Bazar wrote: Dear All Sue (Babbs) has kindly posted a picture of the demonstration piece I described earlier, as a few people had asked about it; http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/11692789313/ gets me to 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] (Fwd) Query from David
Don't know about the TV series, but the original novel has a wonderful description of a display window of lace and yes, from what I remember of the lace types mentioned it would have been the genuine handmade laces... Beth Cheshire, England Bev Walker wrote: Asking to anyone, if *lace* has any part to play, will it be shown on sale over the counter? This would be the handmade laces produced by cottage workers, yes? Begin FWD: I'm enjoying so much the 2nd series of the TV series of The Paradise. - 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] Modern Lace to Wear Below the Knee
Lovely ideas! Quite fancy trying the ankle bracelet idea myself (I'm a bit old for tunics-with-tights, but I do wear slightly longer tunic-style dresses to work) - might end up having to make them for all my 20-something colleagues, though, I can see the idea catching on... Beth in a rather chilly Cheshire, NW England, expecting a hard frost tonight Jeri wrote: This morning he showed boot toppers, which were 4 inches in depth, elasticized top and bottom rims of the fur. (Sort of like some wedding garters.). At the top, the elastic hugs the inside rim of the boot. You arrange the bottom to your preference. I am thinking this is an idea for lace! Purchase machine lace yardage (too perishable for handmade), elastic, and a length of contrasting color grosgrain (or non-slippery) ribbon to lay beneath the lace. Do you think this would work? He also showed the fur ones with a plain coat - as cuffs - to dress it up. I was thinking this would be nice in lace for a Winter bride who does not have a white coat to go with her gown. (snip) For a young person on your Christmas list, came the thought of narrow gold laces with pricking patterns in Gil Dye's new metallic lace book. There is one on page 33 that uses only 2 pairs of bobbins. You might help start a new fashion craze by making an ankle bracelet (or two), to be worn by someone who can carry off the current fashion of wearing tights under a tunic. The wearer would have to not drag her ankles against the opposite leg (tights are expensive to replace), but what fun for a special occasion. - 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] New at www.LaceCurator.info: Crocheted Maltese Lace
I'll take a stab, two actually - 1. you only need a ball of thread and a crochet hook 2. it's faster. Having done filet/lacis, bobbin lace, and needlelace - seems to me that crochet is faster. I can make a reticella like medallion in an evening, where doing the same thing in actual reticella takes me days. OK, theory #3 - more portable. At least for lacis or bobbin lace. You could argue one way or the other over needlelace. Beth McCasland Seattle, Washington, USA where it's still summer, but there's a taste of fall on the air - 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] In Fine Style - Tudor Stuart Fashion
I pre-ordered the book, but I think there was confusion because I had to cancel my credit card - a $300 charge at a store in New Jersey - but I happen to live in Seattle, Washington (and I didn't lose the card). Now I have a delivery date of July 1st. Yippee! Beth McCasland Seattle where yesterday it was sunny and warm, and today it's rainy and cool On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk wrote: To David et al Just ordered the book from amazon uk, and cost me ... silch. Had some credit sitting there, so used that. The price was £28.80 free post. Agnes Boddington Many thanks to the person who recommended I try www.abebooks.co.uk I've no idea how they do it, but the postage from them for this wonderful book is only £1 compared with £46 for the other site I visited. Admittedly the book is a few pounds dearer. But I've been able to buy it for only AUS$68 and it will be posted within 3 days time. - 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/ -- Beth - 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
Mine arrived today, too - I get back late on Tuesdays so still looking forward to reading it when I've finished the chores Beth On 07/05/13 10:25, Hazel Smith wrote: Hello all Lace finally arrived today. Now I can stop hassling the postman. Guess other UK members will have had theirs as well. Haven't looked at it yet - sunshine is calling us outside. The mag will do nicely to cheer me up when the weather breaks. Hazel - 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] - Lurkers vs. Volunteers
thanks Cynce - as someone who only picks up emails a couple of times a day (and one of those in a hurry with no time to reply before work), I often don't reply because what I have to contribute has already been said by someone else before I have time to add my two-penny-worth Beth In a grey damp Cheshire, NW England Cynce wrote: I also check to see if my comment has been made by others. It gets old to see the same reply 5 or 6 times. Sue wrote: When there are probably less than 50 regular contributors to Arachne, and we know that there are another 1,000 or so who are lurking, does that matter to you? - 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] Re: pattern would you use? Colour
Hi all If lace is being made so far in advance the bride's colour choices aren't decided/known, white lace seems sensible as it could perhaps be dyed at a later date to match/complement the bride's dress fabric choice? Might be a good idea to choose a thread that will take dye well if this is a possibility Beth Cheshire, NW England - 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] Celtic KNotwork patterns
If the braids are fairly narrow, could you carry the threads for the second braid across the back of the first? (sew them into the pinholes either side of the braid, of course) Will only work if the braids are fairly solid, otherwise the threads behind will show through the finished piece; it would probably be ok for wider braids so long as the threads are tied at all the sewings (to prevent distortion if the loops catch on something when the lace is taken off the pillow) and the piece will be mounted to hide protect the back of the work. I think I came across this technique while dabbling in honiton - can anyone more expert in honiton explain a bit better? (I've also used with it overcrowded footsides trails in coarse beds/cluny work where pairs needed carrying in footside or trail for a short distance (up to about a cm looked ok - better than if I'd cut them off and tried to darn in all the cut ends) Beth In a frosty Cheshire, NW England with snow forecast tonight - makes a change from all the rain lately On 13/01/13 08:37, martina.dewi...@web.de wrote: Hello, thank you very much for your help and ideas to my search for a celtic knots bobbin lace pattern. I found out, that there are/were some books but most of them are out of print. But I found some individual patterns and I try to order one in UK. And I will also attempt to use a simple drawing for a pricking. The problem to solve is the weaving of the braids without too many cut threads. It is always great, to go to this list and ask a question and to be sure to get helpful response. Thank you and I will show you the result when it is finishe. Martina in Germany - 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] celtic knots pattern in bobbin lace wanted (sort of)
I think almost any celtic knot design could be converted quite easily into milanese or other tape laces - just by tracing the outlines of the knot and adding pinholes at an appropriate spacing, then work whatever braids fillings feel right for the width/shape of your knot sections... I'm sure there are embroiderer's pattern source books or children's colouring books on the celtic theme would have plenty of outline drawings to start the design process off. Or draw your own knot and make a pricking of it, maybe basing it on a knot in something you've seen in a postcard or photo or while visiting an historic site? Beth In a chilly Cheshire, NW England, with snow forecast for Sunday night/Monday - might not be a good start to the working week On 12/01/13 01:39, robinl...@socal.rr.com wrote: martina.dewi...@web.de wrote: for a dear friend I would like to make bobbin lace in celtic knots pattern. I have seen this some years ago on the Deutsche Klöppelkongress (the annual German bobbin lace congress). I have consulted the internet, but can't find any pattern for this.- There's a design I've long wanted to do. It's actually a cross stitch pattern in Ulrike Voelker's (then Lohr) box of dragon designs. I think it would work up wonderfully in a Russian-style tape--it's of several snakes intertwined. Each one a different color (or all of them white with different color center gimp). 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://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] more Honiton - colour dominance
But (at least in torchon or other laces with a regular grid/pin spacing) in a cloth stitch area with all the passives the same colour, surely there will be almost the same amount of each colour thread in the finished block? n passives doing 1 row each = 1 worker doing n rows Beth (Cheshire, NW England) On 06/01/13 08:01, Lorelei Halley wrote: Robin and Susan The weaver color dominates simply because there is more of it. Look here for an example. http://lynxlace.com/images/r29o.jpg Tensioning doesn't have anything to do with it. Lorelei - 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/
Fwd: Re: [lace] Honiton, Lady/Unicorn bobbins Nativity thread
hi again can't find DMC retors on any of my usual online suppliers, so it probably has been discontinued a few (?possibly more than a few?) years ago, but DMC Broder Machine 50 should be a pretty close substitute (as should Madeira's Cotona 50 or Finca cotton - haven't got my copy of threads for lace handy to check whether 40/50/60 is the nearest equivalent of the Finca ones) Happy New Year to everyone Beth Cheshire, NW England - grey, damp peculiarly warm for the time of year but at least it's stopped raining (for an hour or two, at any rate) Original Message Subject:Re: [lace] Honiton, Lady/Unicorn bobbins Nativity thread Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:09:34 + From: Beth Marshall b...@capuchin.co.uk To: hottl...@neo.rr.com Hi Susan I think the thread is spelled DMC _retors _rather than retours (though I have a hazy memory that it - or at least some of the colours which used to be available- may have been discontinued. Regards Beth In a grey, damp and unseasonably warm Cheshire, NW England On 03/01/13 20:58, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Last but not least, looking over the sweet very charming Nativity p attern by Jean Horne, I got snagged on DMC Retours 50. It's probably operator error on my part, but I didn't find it l! isted in Threads for Lace unless this is the discontinued flower thread that seems to have a different number. Suggestions? Sincerely, Susan Hottle, - 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] New Year's gift
Thanks Lorelei That really is beautiful - I hope someone does make it up and post a picture on the Arachne photo album for us all to see... (I suspect my honiton technique isn't quite up to it, and won't have time to improve them until I retire so unfortunately it probably won't be me) Best wishes for the New Year to all Beth (in Cheshire, NW England) On 29/12/12 23:04, Lorelei Halley wrote: I have posted a bobbin lace collar pattern of my own design, for free, on my website. http://lynxlace.com/collarF19.html It is a part lace design and can be worked using Honiton or Duchesse technique. I would say it requires intermediate level skills in either of those styles. There is no instruction along with it, so you have to be able to figure out how to work it on your own. It is a sort of macro scale and would probably best be worked in DMC Retors 30 or 50, or equivalents. Some parts of the design could be abstracted and used as largish brooch designs or appliqués. I drew the design over 20 years ago, but never got around to working a sample. My eyesight is deteriorating and sewings are becoming difficult to see. So I think it unlikely I will ever work the design myself. If you decide to work it or any part of it, please send me a picture! Happy New Year Lorelei Halley - 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] Early Lace in London
Lace is often very faithfully depicted on portraits from that era, so the National Portrait Gallery would be worth a visit if images of lace are of interest to eke out the surviving real pieces (It's years since I've been there, but I seem to remember some spectacularly detailed lace on portraits of Elizabethan notables...) Beth in a damp, grey Cheshire (NW England) On 22/12/12 21:05, Jennifer McNitt wrote: I'm considering taking a trip to London next year, and I was wondering if there are any particular places I should visit to view early laces outside of the VA which is already on my schedule.I'm primarily interested in Tudor/Elizabethan era laces. Thanks! Jen - 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] Quiet?/what lace
Am working on 9-pin BL edging out of gold thread with spangles. Instead of using a pricking, have also tried using check gingham as the guide for my pattern. So far I'd rather use a pricking, but with some help from a friend, we decided to mark the gingham to help me keep track. -- Beth - 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] Thread on one bobbin - joining in new threads
When joining in new threads, twist the old (nearly finished) one and the new thread together (about 20-30 times) and use them as if they were one thread for a couple of rows - IIRR it was Alex Stilwell suggested this to me in a previous discussion of this topic and having tried it on a fairly thick-thread (40 linen) piece of Cluny it really does give a near-invisible join in cloth stitch, and the twists make a strong join so you only need to run the threads together for a short space. When you've worked the threads together enough to make a secure join undo any remaining twists, lay aside the old thread and carry on with just the new one. I haven't tried this in half-stitch yet, but I think if I really needed to join in a new thread in a half stitch area this method would make a strong and fairly unobtrusive join (but would need a couple of rows extra in the join to hold secure, because of the looser stitch texture) Beth In Cheshire, NW England - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] statistics from the Arachne card exchanges
Jenny, Thank you for posting the cards! To all the Arachne members who made them - They're lovely! I have got to participate next year!! (famous last words) ;-) Beth McCasland Seattle, Washington, USA where the sun is shining 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Colour run
If the neckline is an awkward shape to design/make a piece of lace to fit without pulling the garment out of shape, a wide edging sewn to one edge of a piece of fabric can be pinned or tacked in place where the lace-trimmed upper edge meets the sides of the neckline and tucked inside the garment. (I quite often pin a fairly large lace-edged hankie - folded in half to get a double row of lace - as a modesty piece inside a rather too deep v-neck jumper) Beth In a very windy Cheshire, NW England On Wednesday 28 Dec 2011, you wrote: This neckline is a sort of horseshoe shape, but I will keep your bigger V in mind for that shape. I had wondered about the shape pulling on the garment rather than sitting well, myself. Sue T Sue wrote: Having never yet made anything that actually had to fit clothing yet I have no idea where to start. Maybe a paper pattern shape drawn with some seam allowed extra? - 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] Arachne
Thanks for putting things so succinctly Alex, I'll second that view. (though if I do start taking time to look at the ning and other groups available I'll have no time at all for actually making lace) Beth, Cheshire, NW England Alex wrote: Thank you both for Arachne, this unique method of keeping in touch with lacemakers worldwide. Please do not change it, I enjoy it just as it is and when new sites come on stream it is the ideal place for sharing the news so that those who wish to use them will have the opportunity. Hope you go on for ever. - 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] lace auction in New York
I'd pay $200 for that! I think my pocket snake is sitting on top of my credit card. Beth McCasland Seattle, Washington, USA On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.comwrote: This is the one I meant with the spectacular needle lace fillings: http://www.augusta-auction.com/component/auctions/?view=lotid=10736auction_ file_id=22http://www.augusta-auction.com/component/auctions/?view=lotid=10736auction_file_id=22 Lorelei - 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 - 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] Needle Tatting - request for resources
I can't shuttle tat due to arthritis in the joints of my thumbs, particularly the left one (can't hold/manipulate the thread round the hand) - do you think needle tatting would be easier/more comfortable in this respect? I can't sew or embroider any longer due to said arthritic thumb, so would like a portable craft for train journeys (bobbin lace is definitely not manageable on the sort of crowded commuter train I use daily) Beth In a rather chilly Cheshire, NW England Sue T wrote: I slso cant manage shuttle tatting due to hands and shoulder problems, so found the Barbara Foster book helped enough to actually achieve a 30 year ambition to learn tatting. Lynn wrote I had problems with shuttle tatting, so I purchased, Learn Needle Tatting Step by Step by Barbara Foster. - 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
