[lace] nl
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[lace] NL in old magazines
Hi All, I've been up to my ears in getting my in-laws into an apartment in town so that's why I've been quiet. We moved them last weekend so I thought my work was done - I'm the only one of the kids and spouses with time to pursue this. Anyway, turns out they're getting the run-around from the phone company - they say they can't turn the phone on for 3 weeks! - and then something else came up so I'm not done yet... However, you all have kept me sane with lacy talk! I will get back to those of you who have written me as soon as I can but here's the lace content for this message. In the February 1903 issue of The Lace Maker magazine edited by Sara Hadley and published by her husband, D. S. Bennet, there are two pieces of NL. One is Venetian Point and about that she writes: A beautiful table set, cloth and doilies, in Venetian point, recently sold for fifteen hundred dollars. Many cost more than this. Wow! There is also a photo of a piece of Brussells Rose Point which is the Point de Gaze I learned how to make last October. She writes: The lace lover who is ambitious to make the Brussels rose point can do so, but cannot work long at it and soon loses patience. Sara Hadley would be very glad to know that people are still learning to make this lovely lace 101 years later! Jane in Vermont, USA trying to enjoy Stick Season. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] NL tip from class
Hi All, I've been forgetting to write about a great hint I learned in the Point de Gaze class I took in Ithaca. So far I've only used it on a sampler but it will make stitching the reseau/mesh on the background of the class piece much easier! After making a number of rows of reseau the rows sag in the middle. You can take a basting stitch in each loop, through the pattern, and you have a straight row to continue with the reseau! I hope I wrote that clearly. It is noted in some NL books but when I first tried a mesh of single Brussels stitch I was using a stitch diagram so there weren't any hints to follow! It makes it much easier and will really help when filling in a pattern of odd shapes. Jane in Vermont, USA very depressed about the election but I did my part and voted. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] NL
Ok, I have been reading all about needle lace, but how is it done? :) Of course I am still trying to learn bobbin lace, but I am intrigued. Lynn wildgun004smate Clarksburg, WV - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] NL pillow
Hi All, I'm still working on the gold metallic North Wind in Battenberg lace. Some of the filling stitches are metallic and some long thin sections get Russian Stitch in metallic thread and then it's knotted with cotton thread. Needless to say I'm having a little trouble finding the Russian Stitches and I need two hands for the knotting - they have to be very close together. I've been pondering making an NL pillow. DH is a plumber, among other things, so we have lots of that black plastic pipe around in different diameters. I have an old wool blanket to wash in hot water and shrink but I have to find it first. But the other day I saw Pool Noodles at the hardware store so today I bought one! I cut off a section and have been using it this evening and it's working great! The piece I'm making is not too big so the size is fine. I will make a real NL pillow after the IOLI Convention but the noodle is making my lace making life much easier at the moment! Jane in Vermont, USA wishing I could get a break from hot flashes in the summertime G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] NL question
Hi, Jane and all, snip I've been cutting the basting thread on the back, therefore I've been trying closely woven fabrics to baste the pattern to so that the basting threads don't sink in. Grimwood suggests cutting the threads between the two pieces of backing fabric. snip Yes, that's the way I learned to remove the lace from the pattern. It's better if you snip the threads closer to the (looser) bottom fabric than to the upper layer of fabric (next to the stiffer pattern): you're less likely to accidentally snip the lace thread itself, should you happen to have made a loose stitch or two in the lace, or some unusually tight basting stitches. (I use white thread to baste the cordonnette down. I learned the hard way not to use even the palest of colored basting threads, in spite of what I'd been originally taught. :-D ) Yes, the snipped bits of thread are very short. I use a pair of very good (strong and fine-pointed) tweezers with a small magnifying glass on them -- they're sold in quilter's shops, if you can't find them through a lace supplier. And a good light, of course, which *you* now don't have to worry about! G When I make needle lace with very fine threads, I generally plan to spend as much time removing the basting snippets as I spent laying the cordonette in the first place. And now I know why, in historic times, needle laces always cost more than most bobbin laces ! Happy New Year to all! Beth Schoenberg --- in beautiful downtown Canberra, Oz, where my lovely daughter has just come home from an all-night 3-movie marathon of Lord of the Rings, which she and her friends attended in costume and with an arachnophobe in their midst - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] NL question
Yes, I cut the threads Grimwood's way (between the backing fabrics). It's easier than it looks. But the little cut ends are a pain, at the end, because they have to be taken out one or two at a time (sometimes with tweezers!). Still, it's worth giving it a try. -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
