[lace] pattern prickings
From: catherine To: lace-c...@arachne.com Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:15 AM Subject: pattern prickings I am thinking I have heard that Architect's paper makes good lace pricking paper/parchment Yes , you are correct Sue. Architect's linen is used for needlelace and is placed over the pattern and 2 or 3 layers of calico before couching down the outline of the pattern through all layers. This is to prevent one's needle catching on the fabric, also giving a stable foundation on which to work. Someone also mentioned Ruskin work using leather cloth before removing threads and this is used for exactly the same reason. I have been given to understand that computers have now replaced the need for Architect's linen but anyone you know who makes needlelace would be most grateful to receive some. Catherine Barley Henley-on-Thames UK - 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] pattern prickings
OK, I understand now, I sort of got it right but for needlelace, not bobbin lace. Thank you all for some very good and clear emails. As I am not a needlelace person I will stick to the tried and tested card and blue paper I have used for 8 years:-) It just seemed the right time to ask the question as you are all such a mine of information. Sue T, Dorset UK where we are getting a bashing from the winds from the left overs of Hurrican Bill I think it was architect's linen that is good for needlace, rather than architect's paper for bobbin lace prickings. (I suspect architects no longer use architect's linen now that everything is designed on computers and printed/photocopied ad lib) Beth enjoying a rare sunny day in Cheshire, NW England and getting ready to host our lace group tonight Sue wrote: We are currently using some architects paper for pattern making before cutting some weird shape in wood, but in the back of my mind I am thinking I have heard that architects paper makes good Lace Pricking paper/parchment. Do any of you researcher lacemakers out there know if I am right. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] pattern prickings
We are currently using some architects paper for pattern making before cutting some weird shape in wood, but in the back of my mind I am thinking I have heard that architects paper makes good Lace Pricking paper/parchment. Do any of you researcher lacemakers out there know if I am right. I have just taken an offcut to see what it feels like to use. I am not convinced though, just by looking at it after using card for so long. Sue T Dorset, UK Bobbin Lace and Glass engravings http://www.hurwitzend.co.uk - 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] pattern prickings
I think it was architect's linen that is good for needlace, rather than architect's paper for bobbin lace prickings. (I suspect architects no longer use architect's linen now that everything is designed on computers and printed/photocopied ad lib) Beth enjoying a rare sunny day in Cheshire, NW England and getting ready to host our lace group tonight Sue wrote: We are currently using some architects paper for pattern making before cutting some weird shape in wood, but in the back of my mind I am thinking I have heard that architects paper makes good Lace Pricking paper/parchment. Do any of you researcher lacemakers out there know if I am right. - 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] pattern prickings
I have used both - the paper and the linen (yes, the linen is 'old technology'), the latter was actually for a needlelace sampler - but...I washed the linen first! So of course I got a tough piece of fabric, not a glossy paper-ish medium. The fabric is so tough it was difficult to push a needle through (duh!). The linen would be ok for a pricking that you draw. So - the drafting vellum they use now is ok for prickings, but it is a plastic, and any pointy bits, e.g. if you cut a bit for rectangular bookmark - are very sharp. Then, when you pin it to the pillow, don't move it much, else the pinholes get bigger. Also if you do put markings on the pricking, use it upside down so the pen or pencil markings show from underneath, doesn't get on the thread On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Sue hurwitz...@talktalk.net wrote: We are currently using some architects paper for pattern making before cutting some weird shape in wood, but in the back of my mind I am thinking I have heard that architects paper makes good Lace Pricking paper/parchment. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
