[lace] Aficot - Lobster Claw
Hi Spiders, Here is a charming little video about Alencon lace. Beautiful! However, the reason I'm sending this is that around 2:42 they show someone burnishing the lace with a real lobster claw!! At first I just thought they would be using a man-made tool and then I saw it was a real claw. I do have one I saved from a lobster but haven't used it yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USXZLM1wDHYfeature=related I can't remember if burnishing is the right term. It took 24 hours for aficot to rise to the top of my memory G. Jane in Vermont, USA where we are having glorious Spring! I even love the rain because everything looks so green! jvik...@sover.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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Aficot - Lobster Claw
As far as I know, using a lobster claw is traditional. I've used one a lot and it works beautifully. On 17 May 2012, at 10:04, jvik...@sover.net wrote: Hi Spiders, Here is a charming little video about Alencon lace. Beautiful! However, the reason I'm sending this is that around 2:42 they show someone burnishing the lace with a real lobster claw!! t Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send 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
[lace] aficot
It is my understanding that an afficot is used in needle lace to polish the stitches after the whole thing is completed, specifically the buttonholing on the cordonnet. You use the rounded knobby end for this. You want a tool with no points or edges which could catch the threads and snag them. You just want to smooth out the surface. Jewelers also use a burnisher kind of tool: a highly polished stainless steel sort of rod stuck in a handle. If you've raised any sharp bits of metal while cutting a setting, you rub this tool on the precious metal (which is softer than steel) to burnish the surface and make it shiney. Similar purpose in both cases. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] aficot afficot??
Dear Susan, You must have noticed that the spelling of many words in Europe change depending on language translations. I use the spelling of S.F.A. Caulfeild and B.C. Saward (notice the ei are reversed in the name!) in The Dictionary of Needlework, published first in 1882 in London. These two ladies - Sophia and Blanche - wrote a book that is still useful today, and it has been republished in 2 volumes by Dover. Many lace references are included. In hardback, the book runs to 528 pages, and it measures 11 high x 9 wide. It is the first reference I go to for 19th Century look-ups. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 9/10/2009 10:10:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hottl...@neo.rr.com writes: Does this mean that we have two highly similar French words that refer to 2 completely different tools used in the field of threads/fibers/textiles!?! Who knew? Susan, in Erie, thinking about serving tomayto aspic with a tomahto aspic server ;-) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] aficot afficot??
Does this mean that we have two highly similar French words that refer to 2 completely different tools used in the field of threads/fibers/textiles!?! Who knew? Susan, in Erie, thinking about serving tomayto aspic with a tomahto aspic server ;-) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] Aficot? on ebay
I am not sure but my granny used to have a similar item for turning out pointed corners when sewing. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: 19 January 2007 22:13 To: Lace Subject: [lace] Aficot? on ebay Could this be an aficot on ebay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-DARNING-TOOL-THIMBLE-BOBBIN-LACE-MAKING_W0 QQitemZ150083098371QQihZ005QQcategoryZ605QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem tinied: http://tinyurl.com/2l8eap or search for item number 150083098371 Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.2/641 - Release Date: 20/01/2007 10:24 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.2/641 - Release Date: 20/01/2007 10:24 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Aficot? on ebay
Could this be an aficot on ebay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-DARNING-TOOL-THIMBLE-BOBBIN-LACE-MAKING_W0QQitemZ150083098371QQihZ005QQcategoryZ605QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem tinied: http://tinyurl.com/2l8eap or search for item number 150083098371 Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] aficot
Hi All Spiders, I have been in the local market town today, and on a whim, went into one of the few wet fish shops we have left. I asked if they ever sold lobsters, and they said they did occasionally, to which I asked if they ever had lobster claws for sale.They looked quite perplexed, but suggested that, if the claw was the only part of the creature I wanted, why didn't I ask a local restaurant! Maybe this is the way to go if one wants an afficot!I haven't yet tried, but may well . Carol - in Suffolk UK. Subject: Re: [lace] aficot I just received my Nordic Needle catalog. (This is a needle workers supply company that ships world wide-for those not in the USA). And it seems to have a tatting shuttle that appears to be what Tamara was talking about. It is item #7292A in the catalog -I haven't checked the web site, www.nordicneedle.comhttp://www.nordicneedle.com/ There is a fine point on one end and a more oval one on the other. 3 long in metallicized plastic. It appears to me that it could be used as an aficot. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] aficot
Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: However, at the moment, I cannot get their website up - maybe it has changed since I bookmarked it a couple of years ago. Micki and Liz The Needlelace Guild website is: http://www.guildofneedlelaces.org I had a quick look but didn't find a list of the items that they sell but I'm sure that I bought my aficot from them. Eve London, UK. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] aficot / needlelace guild
Tamara, I know about Lacis from my miniature knitting forays, never thought they supplies lace items too, so thanks for mentioning them. I had half decided to ago ahead with the mangling until I read your words about silk being at its weakest when wet - of course, duh! don't know why that fact forgot to emerge from my brain cells. Eve thanks for the link to the needlelace site, I have been to explore the site and will join them - I love needlelace! Micki - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] aficot
I just received my Nordic Needle catalog. (This is a needle workers supply company that ships world wide-for those not in the USA). And it seems to have a tatting shuttle that appears to be what Tamara was talking about. It is item #7292A in the catalog -I haven't checked the web site, www.nordicneedle.comhttp://www.nordicneedle.com/ There is a fine point on one end and a more oval one on the other. 3 long in metallicized plastic. It appears to me that it could be used as an aficot. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ] aficot
The shuttle under that catalogue number is like you describe it, in lovely metallic colour. Yummy thanks Micki It is item #7292A in the catalog -I haven't checked the web site, www.nordicneedle.comhttp://www.nordicneedle.com/ There is a fine point on one end and a more oval one on the other. 3 long in metallicized plastic. It appears to me that it could be used as an aficot. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] aficot
Hello everybody, Reading about your search for a aficot or an instrument for smoothing needle lace, the pottery people, like me, have different instruments for smoothing f. e. a face or little somethings on a sculpture. You get them in wood or very nice but more expensive in a sort of precious stone. And from such material I saw such instrument in the museums with needle lace in France. If there is a possibility to get such things nearby... Greetings from still not winterly Hamburg in Germany Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] aficot
I have been trawling the internet for a lace supplier who sells aficots. And trawling I still am, have been reading interesting bits and pieces about other items used to polish needlelace 'rolls', like a cow's tooth or a lobster's claw, but since I suspect the first will not surrender a tooth readily and the last time I saw a live lobster was when one resolutely clickety clacked his way across the tiled floor of the Cape Town bistro to freedom. Then I didn't know one could make lace and even if I had I would not have interrupted that dash for the sea for anything in the world. Can anybody help? I mean, point me to a vendor who sells them (aficots I mean) I have been sent home sick today, but a hefty dose of paracetomol later and I felt a lot better. In between sleeping I sat at my lace pillow and finished a little silk table centre piece I had started on the weekend. Hated the sewing up and wished I had 'magic threads' but am so pleased with the end result. I am toying with the idea of mangling it (as per Arachne discussion many moons ago). Would the silk tolerate mangling? Next on to-do list is a needlelace 1/12th scale 'flapper dress' oh, for inspiration Micki from an overcast and chilly scottish highlands - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] aficot
Micki - what do you mean by 'mangling'? Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of micki cameron Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:52 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] aficot I have been trawling the internet for a lace supplier who sells aficots. And trawling I still am, have been reading interesting bits and pieces about other items used to polish needlelace 'rolls', like a cow's tooth or a lobster's claw, but since I suspect the first will not surrender a tooth readily and the last time I saw a live lobster was when one resolutely clickety clacked his way across the tiled floor of the Cape Town bistro to freedom. Then I didn't know one could make lace and even if I had I would not have interrupted that dash for the sea for anything in the world. Can anybody help? I mean, point me to a vendor who sells them (aficots I mean) I have been sent home sick today, but a hefty dose of paracetomol later and I felt a lot better. In between sleeping I sat at my lace pillow and finished a little silk table centre piece I had started on the weekend. Hated the sewing up and wished I had 'magic threads' but am so pleased with the end result. I am toying with the idea of mangling it (as per Arachne discussion many moons ago). Would the silk tolerate mangling? Next on to-do list is a needlelace 1/12th scale 'flapper dress' oh, for inspiration Micki from an overcast and chilly scottish highlands - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/631 - Release Date: 16/01/2007 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/631 - Release Date: 16/01/2007 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] aficot
Micki, Have you tried the Needlelace Guild? I seem to remember seeing one on their web site in the Supplies section. However, at the moment, I cannot get their website up - maybe it has changed since I bookmarked it a couple of years ago. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Aficot - help please
On Monday, February 13, 2006, at 10:36 PM, Malvary J Cole wrote: I think I read somewhere that you could use a lobster claw, so that might give you an idea of size if no-one else has any better suggestions. A friend of mine got a cow's tooth from a butcher. A bit smaller, smoother and more curved than a lobster claw. (I think Malvary must mean a North Atlantic lobster. They're a lot bigger than what is called 'lobster' in other parts of the world.) Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada, an expert on lobster claws. Live lobsters are a great price here this week and I'm planning on having one for dinner. It's my favourite food. Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Aficot
Dear Liz My aficot is three and a half inches long (9 cm) and the bulbous end is one inch ( 2.5cm) wide. So it fits neatly into the palm of the hand. Hope this helps! Rosemary (in Sussex, UK) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Aficot - help please
what is an aficot? Dorte - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Aficot - help please
what is an aficot? Dorte Hi Dorte, In needle lace, the finishing step is to use a smooth implement to make the surface of the stitches smooth and uniform. Traditionally, this was a lobster claw, but often was a tool made by a wood worker. It is a burnisher, really. A burnisher is anything that can smooth something out. When I was a child, I used to burnish the foil wrappers from chewing gum with my fingernail, to make it look new and shiny again. Aficots come in all shapes and sizes, they fit nicely in your hand and have a rounded end for broad areas and narrow down to a smooth point for harder to reach, smaller parts of the work. The objective was to achieve the look of carved ivory, and was very successful. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Aficot, thanks.
Thanks, I couldn't figure out what an Aficot was either. Now I understand. Susie Johnson, Morris, IL [EMAIL PROTECTED] +++ what is an aficot? Dorte Hi Dorte, In needle lace, the finishing step is to use a smooth implement to make the surface of the stitches smooth and uniform. Traditionally, this was a lobster claw, but often was a tool made by a wood worker. It is a burnisher, really. A burnisher is anything that can smooth something out. When I was a child, I used to burnish the foil wrappers from chewing gum with my fingernail, to make it look new and shiny again. Aficots come in all shapes and sizes, they fit nicely in your hand and have a rounded end for broad areas and narrow down to a smooth point for harder to reach, smaller parts of the work. The objective was to achieve the look of carved ivory, and was very successful. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Aficot - help please
A friend has asked a bobbin maker to make her an aficot, and we have found some pictures of them - but nowhere does it give the size of them. Please could someone who has one, measure it for us! (I am hoping he will make 2 so I can have one as well!!! ) My suggestion that it was a bit larger than a tatting shuttle, and lumpier, was not much help! :)) - Well, I have never actually seen or handled one! I am sure there is a needlelacer out there who has one, and we would be very grateful if we could be given it's approximate dimensions. Thanking you in anticipation Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is more like late autumn (fall) than late summer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Aficot - help please
I think I read somewhere that you could use a lobster claw, so that might give you an idea of size if no-one else has any better suggestions. Malvary in Ottawa - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 7:30 PM Subject: [lace] Aficot - help please A friend has asked a bobbin maker to make her an aficot, and we have found some pictures of them - but nowhere does it give the size of them. Please could someone who has one, measure it for us! (I am hoping he will make 2 so I can have one as well!!! ) My suggestion that it was a bit larger than a tatting shuttle, and lumpier, was not much help! :)) - Well, I have never actually seen or handled one! I am sure there is a needlelacer out there who has one, and we would be very grateful if we could be given it's approximate dimensions. Thanking you in anticipation Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is more like late autumn (fall) than late summer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] aficot?
Good morning Jo, Clay, Tamara and All, Lenka advised us at the workshop I took with her to flatten the finished wire piece using a rolling pin as you mentioned Tamara. The lace and the pin are protected with a piece of kitchen paper. However these pieces of lace had the beads added afterwards. You cannot flatten beads in this way. The Aficot is a sort of long, shallow 's' shape with one end carved to a point and the other quite bulbous which fits in the palm of your hand so that you can exert pressure on the other end. As Clay said they are used to 'finish' needle lace. Lobster claws were said to be the original of the design. I used kitchen paper to protect things. Although the rolling does flatten the wires it also hardens them and the lace becomes stiffer. Its worth doing to a small piece to see if you like the effect. Jean in Cleveland U.K. On 28 Dec 2004, at 12:39, J.Falkink-Pol wrote: Jean Barrett What is a horn aficot? I didn't find it in the dictionary. Jo Faklink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] aficot?
Jean Barrett What is a horn aficot? I didn't find it in the dictionary. Jo Faklink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] aficot?
An aficot was used in needle lace in the finishing process. To my knowledge there were a couple of types used. The horn aficot would have been used to polish the threads of the rolled cordonnets. Metal aficots looked like large nails with rounded heads, but with a blunt end, no point. They were heated so they could be used as miniature irons to press small areas of the lace flat. I'd be careful using a horn aficot on wire, because the wire might hurt the horn! And the metal aficot could very easily scratch off a colored finish on wire. I think the concept is good, but I'd probably devise my own tool to use for the purpose! (a pencil eraser perhaps?) Clay - Original Message - From: J.Falkink-Pol [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 7:39 AM Subject: [lace] aficot? Jean Barrett What is a horn aficot? I didn't find it in the dictionary. Jo Faklink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
