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A single bedspread? A throw? Cot blanket? Pram blanket? Something to keep your knees and feet warm in the winter? A long time ago, when my children were small, I made three bedspreads, in squares, in colours to suit each child. One was in blues and greens, one in browns and oranges and the third one was red, with two adjacent stripes in white, to signify the Number 11 that was used by George Best. The blue and green one became infested with cat fleas while the cats were in a cattery, and my daughter put the bedspread into a boil wash, to destroy the fleas. Unfortunately, it was pure wool, so the result was tragic! Ann in Manchester, UK - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [lace] informal survey My best (worst?) UFO is the crochet lace bedspread I started making in my teens (I can't remember exactly what year but it must have been about 1976/77), which has been sitting upstairs in a cupboard for the last twenty years, since I discovered bobbin lacemaking (we all use duvets now anyway). Maybe I should get it out and do a bit more. Mind you,I don't have enough thread to finish it, and don't know whether that particular shade of variegated blue is still available -can anyone think of a use for half a bedspread? > Beth - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thanks Bev, this thread has been fun. It has also relieved me of some quilty thoughts of not getting my conference class projects done. I am not alone!!! So my projects on the go are: Russian Tape Lace, Tønder, 2004, Crysanthemum Lace, Victoria, 2003, Brugges Bloemwork, Tacoma, 2000, Lace Edging started yesterday, goal: 5 metres Now, we were only talking about "lace projects" werent we??? I have more sewing, cross stitch, knitting etc etc but we won't go there!!! Now to Alices's suggestion of having too many pillows, I sold 4 recently at a lace day. I was feeling overcrowded in my computer/craft room and wanted to avoid getting new projects on all my pillows. Then, I needed to make a new square pillow that would fit in my suitcase to take to Tønder that there wasn't room for anyway, either going or coming home. Happy UFO'ing!!! Irene Whitham Surrey, BC - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello Beth, Is the bedspread in squars? Than you could make very modern sleeves for a blouse or a dress, take it with one of the corner in the middle of the shoulder and sew on the two sides going from this point and ready is it. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Beth, you've just reminded me - I started a crochet tablecloth before we were married nearly 39 years ago! I finished a 36" square one, then decided to add more motifs to make it fit the dining table, which it nearly does, but then I changed my square table to a round one! I can't bear to throw all that work away, but I know I'll never get around to doing anything more with it. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia beth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:My best (worst?) UFO is the crochet lace bedspread I started making in my teens (I can't remember exactly what year but it must have been about 1976 /77), which has been sitting upstairs in a cupboard for the last twenty years, . Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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-can anyone think of a use for half a > bedspread? > Beth how about a large floor cushion - make a dark blue floor cushion and use your half a bed spread as a topper - mind you you'd have to sew down at a lot of points to make it usable jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi everyone I'm working on a beds hankerchief edging (pattern 11 from Barbara Underwood's 20 lessons) at the moment, and I've got a piece of bucks point in black silk (to go on Pauline's pincushion) on another pillow which I need to get back to while the evenings are light enough ... My best (worst?) UFO is the crochet lace bedspread I started making in my teens (I can't remember exactly what year but it must have been about 1976 /77), which has been sitting upstairs in a cupboard for the last twenty years, since I discovered bobbin lacemaking (we all use duvets now anyway). Maybe I should get it out and do a bit more. Mind you,I don't have enough thread to finish it, and don't know whether that particular shade of variegated blue is still available -can anyone think of a use for half a bedspread? Beth - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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We-e-ll, I've got three projects on pillows - a tape lace doily that has been going on for far too long, a 'yardage' edging on my travel pillow (begun in 2001, and a good length now), and a collar for one of my Sasha dolls. Another project just awaiting finishing is a cherry spray (pattern from the internet) which has to be sewn onto a t-shirt. Just finished is a snake bookmark in one-third scale, for the recent Sasha Doll Festival children's fund auction (Sashas need bookmarks for their books, too!). And the next project? a garter or handkerchief for my daughter's wedding! Like Noelene, I have been captivated by (almost addicted to!) the results one can achieve by knitting up sock yarn, and have made a number of Sasha doll sweaters with it - now I want to try a pair of socks! Erica McLeod, in Hokitika NZ (on a cold and dismal winter's day...) Westland District Library Hokitika, New Zealand mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our website at http://www.minidata.co.nz/westlib --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.709 / Virus Database: 465 - Release Date: 22/06/04 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 18:02:23 -0700 (PDT), Janice wrote: >I had to free up my large block pillow for convention which is why the hankie lace >got finished. I am in the Gillian Dye class working with wool. I am thinking of the >future when finer threads are too much for old fingers and eyes!! Has anyone taken a >class with Gillian and if so what sizes of yarn does she use as the instructions just >call for "wool"? I came across a pattern of hers in a Lace magazine which called for >4-ply yarn but when I went to my American yarn shop today she said 4-ply was the >equivalent to sports weight. I thought that looked too thick for making lace but >maybe she was right. Also can I mix different types of yarn such as wool, wool/silk >blends, etc. Input please. I'm used to doing conversions in the other direction, so that I can knit/crochet US patterns using yarn bought in UK sizes. For my tension converting a sport weight yarn to a UK double knit works. Double knit is fatter than 4 ply, so maybe you do need something finer. I have made lace (in a Jane Atkinson class) using threads of double knit thickness. The yarn fills up the bobbins very quickly, so huge bobbins are needed to get any decent amount on to make a piece of any size like a scarf. -- The problem with reality is the lack of background music. Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I do not write often but I guess that survey is contagious! Like usual for me, I have only one bobbin lace work going on. It is a swedish torchon 'Girlang' with square tallies. I have 30 pairs with Bockens linen #60/2 and one thread of 18/5 linen as gimp. I work on my Christina pillow and it is very relaxing to do. Besides, I am also making a necklace with Artistic wire #24 in spool knitting and I add beads. These necklaces are very popular in my circle these days and they have a very lacey look. Nicole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yes, I confess it sure beats being a professional Mental Health Therapist - except for the money, which is very poor... But the benefits are incredible!! And as for resisting the fabrics... after being around them all day, they begin to lose their seductiveness... I can always see them again tomorrow!! Today, however, I discovered a bolt I hadn't seen before... cute little fat black spiders on their webs on a pretty blue background... not halloweeny at all!! I'm thinking I should buy some of THAT!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Elizabeth Ligeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 6/30/2004 8:41:26 PM > Subject: [lace] informal survey > > "Working" in a quilt shop, Clay? - What a way to go!!! :)) > Half your luck! What sort of quilting - and the patchwork part, too, I > presume. By hand or machine? > How do you restrain yourself from buying a piece of everything? :)) :)) > > And here in Oz. no knitting needles, or crochet hooks are allowed on planes, > nor nail clippers, etc. I get out the plastic tatting shuttle that has a > long pointy end, and "play around" with that, just to keep my hands busy!! > > 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Trust Bev to come up with a question that is filling the digests quickly. You will need another question for August when we all go off to IOLI convention. I have just finished the lace for the Seascape hankie that is on the front of Traditional Bucks Point book and I am putting off attaching it to the fabric. Needles and I just do not seem to work well together!! As my daughter does not seem in a hurry to get married (31) or give me grandchildren, I am not in any hurry to do the sewing. Wish I could find someone who likes heirloom sewing that I could entrust my lace to. I think my only other lace on a pillow is a bucks point edging and I have a couple of yards done but have lost interest in favour of designing my own stuff. I have been working on some new designs for publication including a pendant in wire and some Milanese. I am also knitting (very slowly) a lace shawl in alpaca in between knitting scarves in Italian Eros yarn that we are selling for our convention fund. I can't seem to keep one for myself as when I show them around they get sold off my neck! I had to free up my large block pillow for convention which is why the hankie lace got finished. I am in the Gillian Dye class working with wool. I am thinking of the future when finer threads are too much for old fingers and eyes!! Has anyone taken a class with Gillian and if so what sizes of yarn does she use as the instructions just call for "wool"? I came across a pattern of hers in a Lace magazine which called for 4-ply yarn but when I went to my American yarn shop today she said 4-ply was the equivalent to sports weight. I thought that looked too thick for making lace but maybe she was right. Also can I mix different types of yarn such as wool, wool/silk blends, etc. Input please. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello, Enjoyed reading about what everyone is making, and feel inspired to get moving on those UFO's! My projects are 1. tatted dragonfly 2. tatted heart with beading 3. torchon bookmark with fans alternating with spiders and roseground I am a newbie in bobbin lace and just completing the last exercise in the booklet that comes with the Snowgoose beginner's kit (the bookmark above). Eileen Lee in northern California - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:24:24AM -0700, Bev Walker wrote: > What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you > have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects > you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? I only have the one cookie pillow (my eyes about popped out at the results of the CLG's pillow survey), and it's got a Russian Lace piece on it. I recently hit the halfway-done mark, but I was distracted by a wedding recently. I really look forward to having separate pillows for separate levels of lace difficulty! Sometimes one wants to knock out a Torchon bookmark, sometimes one wants to dive into a really big project (need more bobbins too ;) Amanda - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> What lace(s) are you working on now? Hi Bev and all, I work on - a Danish pattern "Flugten til Amerika" (=The escape to America) by Aase Nilsson. It is a picture with a girl and a boy and I make it as gift. It is made in colour and I use Bockens linen 60/2. - a Celtic wallhanging in torchon design by Jenny Hester (who I think is lurking). It is worked in white thread with gimps outline the knots. When ready it will be a fringe of beads matching the gimps. - on my Honiton pillow I have the 3rd pattern in Cynthia Voysey's book A practical Guide. - last but not least I work on a pattern in Bucks Point called Rosemary by Geraldine Stott. It is a hexagonal mat and I'm fine until I reach the place to turn... I'm not giving up but I nearly throw the pillow in the wall the other day as I couldn't figure out what I did wrong. I will go back soon and look at it again. I also got the beading bug and am making an amulet bag. I have put all this in a folder called "bobbin lace and other crafts" in my webshots to look at. http://community.webshots.com/user/sonjasillay Thanks Bev for asking it is nice to see what all are up to / Sonja [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Anneke, Sorry to hear about your wrist, but isn't it nice to just sit and go through all the books we collect. > > Hi Bev and all, > > > > I enjoy reading all your emails about all the laces in progress. > > Due to my fractured wrist I am not making any lace at all at the moment, > but > > I am looking through all my lace books, something I normally never seem > > to > > have the time for, and making plans for what to work after my piano > > runner Myself, I have been mostly Lace Knitting lately. Some one gave the Agency I work for over 200 skeins of acrylic yarn and I am making a baby blanket right now. Plan to do some hats and maybe mittens for Christmas. (I work for a small Social Services Agency.) I did discover Lenka's Wire Angel almost ready to come off the pillow so will finish that up -maybe that is the pillow I will take to Prague. and last Sat. at our Guild meeting I started the world's smallest handkerchief edging (fabric will be about 2 inches sq.). It is a lesson in turning corners but with an new style beginning -from "The Beginning of the End". I need to measure the edging on another pillow and see if it is enough to do a pair of pillow cases to enter into the local fairs. I know it is close. I really should inventory all my pillows and see what else is in the works. All this and try to get the house in shape to leave for two weeks. Where will I find the time. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you > have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects > you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? I have just finished the 'Swan Lake' dancers in the Yusai Fukuyama book '100 New Bobbin Lace Patterns and am now trying my hand at designing a luggage label for the Lace Guild Census. Time is tight at present making costumes for a local dancing school, they have a show next weekend and I have six dresses yet to make Best Wishes to all Celia in a cloudy South East London. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I'm impressed by all that is being done - most of it beyond me by the sound of it. I have two piesec on pillows: a wide insertion based on the Greek key pattern by Atkinson; and a circular insertion designed by Jenny Hester for a UFO candle holder. I also have in progress a cross stitch lion's head on a T-shirt (using waste canvas) for an eleventh birthday. However, all is on hold thanks to tendonitis which I have had since before Easter. Does anyone have any helpful hints about dealing with this condition? I am taking stron anti-inflammatary pills which don't do much in terms of immediate pain relief and so far haven't made any general improvement. I am also wearing a tubigrip especially when driving and I have a pair of Handeze gloves. Is ther anything else I can do? Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I usually lurk, but thought I would mention that I am frantically working to finish a Binche handkerchief edging before I have to move house. It's a fairly simple one, from a 1999 issue of Kant. There are various other pillows with unfinished workshop projects on them (I've become more disciplined with age and don't switch between thread sizes and styles on different pillows any more), and a whole bunch of ideas at various stages "on the drawing board". I'm also knitting scarves and beanies in front of the television at night for the trip to Greenland / Iceland etc that I am leaving on in 10 days time. Christine J (Perth, Australia, where winter is warmer than summer in Greenland and Iceland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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No lace - I'm taking a scientific research cruise out into the North Atlantic next week so no time for crafts. However, I thought I'd try taking some knitted lace to sea with me, just in case we spend days hove to in endless gales (again). I've not done any before so may not get very far. Anyway, if you've not already discovered it, there are some fabulous designs at this site http://www.heirloom-knitting.co.uk/ including a beautiful scarf pattern that is free. Its designed by Sharon Miller who has published at least one book. The design is charted and looks straightforward in principle. > I have been knitting lately, and am >interested in knitted lace. Does anyone have a >recommendation for a beginner's book on knitted lace? Jane Read Honorary Secretary Challenger Society for Marine Sciences Room 256/21, Southampton Oceanography Centre Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 02380-596432 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Bev, Thank you starting off another survey - this is fun. At the moment I'm doing some Bucks pieces, mainly samplers to get my brain going and I've just finished watching Lia-Burmeister Jonker's video on Russian Tape Lace - she is a *very good* tutor. I've already started the butterfly and am working it in a scarlet sewing thread (50) and a white DMC Pearle 5 wound together with a pink metallic thread as a double gimp. Like Sharron (Vancouver Island), I too thought that Russian tape lace was easy but you have to have your wits about you 'cos before you know it you're up to the next filling! Hope you're all having fun with your lacemaking. Best wishes, Shirley T - in wonderful wet, wintery Adelaide where we've had record rains for June since 1991, we sure needed the moisture so thanks to all who did the rain dance for us :-) At 04:48 PM 29-06-04 -0400, you wrote: >Thanks, Bev - for starting an interesting thread that helps get us out of >our summer doldrums! I confess that I'm doing more quilting than >lacemaking at the moment - a fact that is attributed to my happy part-time >employment in a quilt shop where I can make up shop samples to my heart's >content - and not have to buy the fabric! Eventually, after the quilt has >been on display for a while, I'll be able to bring it (them) home for >"keeps" (I'm working on my second quilt, having done the first in just a >few days last month. This one is significantly more difficult!!) > >But I do get back to my pillow several times a week! I'm currently working >on panel #1 from "HOOP" - the fabulous Binche piece which was worked to >raise money for Cancer research. This section is tiny - only about 1.5" x >maybe 3"... but it's worked in 140/2 cotton, and I currently have 148 >bobbins on the pillow. It's not so difficult as it is tedious (because of >the tiny scale) but I thrive on that kind of work, and I'm enjoying it >immensely! So far, I've found the diagram to be excellent - accurate and >easy to read. Those are the main things I want in a diagram!! > >I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of Beryl Maw's new pattern pack! I am >confident that once that's in my hands, I'll spend less time quilting, more >time making lace!! > >Clay > > > >Clay Blackwell >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Bev Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 6/29/2004 1:25:01 PM >> Subject: [lace] informal survey >> >> Hello everyone >> I hope everyone has a wonderful time on their lace travels - it seems >> quite a number of arachnes are 'abroad' or doing so sometime this season. >> Send reports! I know you will. Meanwhile, for those of us at-home, I think >> it is time for another informal survey. This one is: >> >> What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you >> have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects >> you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? >> >> ok - I'll begin - last night I borrowed DH's new hobby magnifiers (the >> plastic hat-band style) and joyfully (because I could see to do so) put >> pins in the Spring picture from Further Steps in Honiton Lace. That >> project 'for now' has brevity - it will joins its sister pillows in >> storage, waiting for ambition, 'round tuits, and other necessary willful >> ingredients. >> >> What I am really doing 'now' is the butterfly from 75 Quick and Easies, in >> Valdani variegated thread, colour 'deep waters' - it is working up lovely, >> esp. with the two gold threads that ended up begin paired with variegated >> (when I hung on the loops to start, I forgot I had an uneven number - but >> I rather like the effect of the gold more intermingled with the >> variegated). I lucked into a sale of the Valdani, which might have >> numbered days - I had bought it from aquilt shop, but they told me they >> won't stock it again because of slubs. Yes, it has slubs - but otherwise >> is a lovely thread to work with. I can see that the slubbing would cause >> problems for machine embroidery/quilting. >> >> Do, please, respond to the survey. I might compile something eventually, >> or not >> -- >> >> bye for now >> Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >- >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: >unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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- Original Message - From: "anneke reijs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bev Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [lace] informal survey > - Original Message - > From: "Bev Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you > > have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects > > you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? > > > Hi Bev and all, > > I enjoy reading all your emails about all the laces in progress. > Due to my fractured wrist I am not making any lace at all at the moment, but > I am looking through all my lace books, something I normally never seem to > have the time for, and making plans for what to work after my piano runner > (Withof) is finished. > > Anneke Reijs in Baexem, The Netherlands > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.hetnet.nl/~aplag/ > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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It's interesting to hear what everyone is working on just now, I'm working on pattern2 : handkerchief corner motif, from Introduction to Honiton Lace by Susanne Thompson. I've done the outline and once my head cold from hell has departed I'll start the fillings. I must say once I invested in a pair of reading glasses and jettisoned the vari focals & I could actually see what I was doing I started to enjoy myself. Oh for perfect eyesight. (is that the lacemaker's prayer?) I'm also finishing a cross stitch UFO of an Oriental Lady. jenny barron Sunny breezy Scotland. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I'm currently working on my luggage label piece of lace for the Lace Guild Census of Lacemakers, and I'm beginning to regret deciding on a curved miniature piece. I started with Honiton bobbins, and abandoned those because with RA I found them very difficult to pick up. Now I've sorted out my lightest Midlands, and am on my third start with those. For the first I tried using a scanned reduction of the pattern. That was too light to see the pattern markings between the pin holes. For the second I decided to modify the pattern and drew the whole lot. The lines were too thick for me to see the thread paths under the threads. So the third attempt is a good reduced photocopy with only the headside Tippexed out and redrawn where the holes are furthest apart. When I first started, I thought I was working with a cobweb, but now the thread seems thick and the thinnest pins I can find seem like javelins. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi there I am currently trying to finish three half gloves for a wedding on 10th July. I have finished two and am working furiously on the third. The gloves have a hand made ring which is joined to a piece of lace which comes over the back of the hand and joins to a lace wrist band. This is my first real try at designing and has been quite a challenge but the Bride is pleased with my efforts so far - which is a relief! Sue ME Farnborough, Hampshire, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Bev and all I'm currently working on a pretty torchon wedding garter designed by Maragret Allen, my son (oldest of three sons) gets married in February 2005 and it is for his bride to be. My husband is also working a pretty wedding garter, my middle son gets married in August 205 and this is for his bride to be. Just hope neither of the two daughters decide to get married yet as I want to get on with my own designs and projects - will just have to get this worked extra fast! Bye for now, must get on with this garter (chance would be a fine thing at the moment!) Nicky in Suffolk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Working" in a quilt shop, Clay? - What a way to go!!! :)) Half your luck! What sort of quilting - and the patchwork part, too, I presume. By hand or machine? How do you restrain yourself from buying a piece of everything? :)) :)) And here in Oz. no knitting needles, or crochet hooks are allowed on planes, nor nail clippers, etc. I get out the plastic tatting shuttle that has a long pointy end, and "play around" with that, just to keep my hands busy!! 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]
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Hello all, Well since I am so new at lace, I am only doing little samples of lessons in Bobbin Lace, with the help (big help) of Patty, my lacing Angel teacher. :) Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clarksburg, WV - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I am working on some NL samples each evening - 2 different types of - and I have 3 pieces of BL on the go - A large torchon mat that is ½ done, a Beds collar (that I now dislike!!) ¾ done, and a narrow edge to applique on a quilt when I have a long enough length! (Good thing it is winter, here, and I can sit by the fire and get on with it all ) 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]
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I have made tatting for about 35 years. I can do bobbin lace. and knitted lace. Roslyn in Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello everyone, Usually I am a lurker but it is neat to see what everyone else is doing. 1.Right now I am working on a piece of metal lace from Lenka's Renaissance lace class 2. I also have a scarf from Clare Burkhold's book on my demo pillow but I must look at it again to see if it is realistic to work on it as I demo. 3. I have just completed 3 bookmarks that were given to special friends. Barbara Saltern Nazareth PS USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] informal survey (fwd)
Hi everyone - this was sent to me privately, was meant for the list as a whole - any recommendations for the knitting book? -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:13:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Diane Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bev Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace] informal survey Spiders, I am currently working on a Downton edging of Duke's Garter that I plan to use as a hanky edging for a friend that is getting married next spring. I had no purpose for the lace when I started it, but when Lisa got engaged I knew what I was going to do with it. She is a fiber person (she sews period clothes) and I know it won't end up in a garage sale! My son is working on a bookworm and I am going to push him to finish it because I am going to need every bobbin I own for my 2 bobbin lace classes at the IOLI Convention. For that reason I haven't started any new projects. I have been knitting lately, and am interested in knitted lace. Does anyone have a recommendation for a beginner's book on knitted lace? I have some tatted snowmen that need hats still. I wanted to finish them for a July birthday gift. That's it for me right now. I'm sure it will be different when I get home from Convention. Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Bev Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't > list all the ones you > have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey > is for the projects > you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] informal survey
I'm working a 3" wide circular Bucks edgingI think the pattern came from a "Lace" magazine at least 15 years ago! I actually worked the piece some 10 or more years ago, but wasn't happy with the join, so always promised myself I'd re-work it one day. When mounted, it makes a mat approx 10" across. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Bev Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Meanwhile, for those of us at-home, I think it is time for another informal survey. This one is: What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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At 10:24 AM 6/29/2004, you wrote: What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? I've been alternating working on: 1. A 4-inch 's-Gravenmoerse edging, 2. A series of Flower Pictures from the Kortelahti Paper Strings book 3. Choosing patterns for a series of bookmarks I promised to make 4. A Torchon edging, homework from my Torchon for Teachers class The various UFO's that have been waiting, are still waiting. The above is taking all my lacing time so far this summer. Alice in Oregon -- where the promised rain disappeared and it's still hot. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] informal survey
Thanks, Bev - for starting an interesting thread that helps get us out of our summer doldrums! I confess that I'm doing more quilting than lacemaking at the moment - a fact that is attributed to my happy part-time employment in a quilt shop where I can make up shop samples to my heart's content - and not have to buy the fabric! Eventually, after the quilt has been on display for a while, I'll be able to bring it (them) home for "keeps" (I'm working on my second quilt, having done the first in just a few days last month. This one is significantly more difficult!!) But I do get back to my pillow several times a week! I'm currently working on panel #1 from "HOOP" - the fabulous Binche piece which was worked to raise money for Cancer research. This section is tiny - only about 1.5" x maybe 3"... but it's worked in 140/2 cotton, and I currently have 148 bobbins on the pillow. It's not so difficult as it is tedious (because of the tiny scale) but I thrive on that kind of work, and I'm enjoying it immensely! So far, I've found the diagram to be excellent - accurate and easy to read. Those are the main things I want in a diagram!! I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of Beryl Maw's new pattern pack! I am confident that once that's in my hands, I'll spend less time quilting, more time making lace!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Bev Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 6/29/2004 1:25:01 PM > Subject: [lace] informal survey > > Hello everyone > I hope everyone has a wonderful time on their lace travels - it seems > quite a number of arachnes are 'abroad' or doing so sometime this season. > Send reports! I know you will. Meanwhile, for those of us at-home, I think > it is time for another informal survey. This one is: > > What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you > have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects > you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? > > ok - I'll begin - last night I borrowed DH's new hobby magnifiers (the > plastic hat-band style) and joyfully (because I could see to do so) put > pins in the Spring picture from Further Steps in Honiton Lace. That > project 'for now' has brevity - it will joins its sister pillows in > storage, waiting for ambition, 'round tuits, and other necessary willful > ingredients. > > What I am really doing 'now' is the butterfly from 75 Quick and Easies, in > Valdani variegated thread, colour 'deep waters' - it is working up lovely, > esp. with the two gold threads that ended up begin paired with variegated > (when I hung on the loops to start, I forgot I had an uneven number - but > I rather like the effect of the gold more intermingled with the > variegated). I lucked into a sale of the Valdani, which might have > numbered days - I had bought it from aquilt shop, but they told me they > won't stock it again because of slubs. Yes, it has slubs - but otherwise > is a lovely thread to work with. I can see that the slubbing would cause > problems for machine embroidery/quilting. > > Do, please, respond to the survey. I might compile something eventually, > or not > -- > > bye for now > Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] informal survey
At 10:24 AM -0700 6/29/04, Bev Walker wrote: What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? I'm working on Louise Colgan's Bucks Point fan, from her book of 4 different types of lace fans. This was a class I took at last year's IOLI convention, and I'm trying to finish it before this year's convention, but time is growing short. -- Mary, in Baltimore, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] informal survey
I've got Marianne Kinsel's Rose of England Tea cloth on the needles. Knitted lace is my lace of choice. I'm 129 rows of 152 rows down, but I just agreed to doing lace for a wedding hankie for the last week of August. So what I'm /really/ doing is swatching up edging patterns and trying to find one that I like and speaks to be before I do 50 some odd inches of it. And wondering if my barely beginner torchon skills are up to the challenge. Heather in SW Ontario, Canada - Original Message - From: "Bev Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:24 PM Subject: [lace] informal survey > Hello everyone > I hope everyone has a wonderful time on their lace travels - it seems > quite a number of arachnes are 'abroad' or doing so sometime this season. > Send reports! I know you will. Meanwhile, for those of us at-home, I think > it is time for another informal survey. This one is: > > What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you > have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects > you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? > > ok - I'll begin - last night I borrowed DH's new hobby magnifiers (the > plastic hat-band style) and joyfully (because I could see to do so) put > pins in the Spring picture from Further Steps in Honiton Lace. That > project 'for now' has brevity - it will joins its sister pillows in > storage, waiting for ambition, 'round tuits, and other necessary willful > ingredients. > > What I am really doing 'now' is the butterfly from 75 Quick and Easies, in > Valdani variegated thread, colour 'deep waters' - it is working up lovely, > esp. with the two gold threads that ended up begin paired with variegated > (when I hung on the loops to start, I forgot I had an uneven number - but > I rather like the effect of the gold more intermingled with the > variegated). I lucked into a sale of the Valdani, which might have > numbered days - I had bought it from aquilt shop, but they told me they > won't stock it again because of slubs. Yes, it has slubs - but otherwise > is a lovely thread to work with. I can see that the slubbing would cause > problems for machine embroidery/quilting. > > Do, please, respond to the survey. I might compile something eventually, > or not > -- > > bye for now > Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] informal survey
Quick answer in between travels and jet lag! I am currently working on 4 projects (at different times of day) 1 a bobbin lace scarf in cotton perle 8 from an enlarged Binche pattern 2 a beaded necklace which I started 4 years ago, but have now decided to finish 3 a quilted jacket, which will also have bobbin lace on it, when the scarf pillow is free to use again 4 some crocheted hats (good for working on flights). Our church makes hats and donates them to a shelter in downtown Chicago in winter. There are a few ufos around also! Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] informal survey
I'm on the Honiton trail too! I've just finished the "basic flower" in Sue Thompson's "Introduction to ..." My best effort yet, only my second with fine (120/2) thread Before starting on the next pattern I'm getting a torchon piece underway for my brother's silver wedding next year. I'm doing Ruthan/Biggins "25 years" in white & silver, but with a lilac in two of the trails (their favourite room colour) Viv -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bev Walker Sent: 29 June 2004 18:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] informal survey Hello everyone What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] informal survey
Hello everyone I hope everyone has a wonderful time on their lace travels - it seems quite a number of arachnes are 'abroad' or doing so sometime this season. Send reports! I know you will. Meanwhile, for those of us at-home, I think it is time for another informal survey. This one is: What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects you are doing *right now* - short and sweet? ok - I'll begin - last night I borrowed DH's new hobby magnifiers (the plastic hat-band style) and joyfully (because I could see to do so) put pins in the Spring picture from Further Steps in Honiton Lace. That project 'for now' has brevity - it will joins its sister pillows in storage, waiting for ambition, 'round tuits, and other necessary willful ingredients. What I am really doing 'now' is the butterfly from 75 Quick and Easies, in Valdani variegated thread, colour 'deep waters' - it is working up lovely, esp. with the two gold threads that ended up begin paired with variegated (when I hung on the loops to start, I forgot I had an uneven number - but I rather like the effect of the gold more intermingled with the variegated). I lucked into a sale of the Valdani, which might have numbered days - I had bought it from aquilt shop, but they told me they won't stock it again because of slubs. Yes, it has slubs - but otherwise is a lovely thread to work with. I can see that the slubbing would cause problems for machine embroidery/quilting. Do, please, respond to the survey. I might compile something eventually, or not -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
