Re: [lace] Milanese Lace
Hi Sue et al, I am always amazed by the prices paid for Newnham bobbin winders!I use those as my 'yardstick' of how silly the bidders are as to price, as the winders can be purchased at general suppliers for between £19.00 and £21.00 - and yet people will pay three times that much, plus postage, package and handling, for Newnham bobbin winders on eBay.It always makes me want to contact those bidding, and let them know the names of general suppliers ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:31 PM Subject: [lace] Milanese Lace £36 for a Milanese book that is available for sale at less than that price, brand new. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] what did you do before bobbin lace
Hi Bev et al, It is hard to remember what happened before BL ... But - I used to do fine embroidery, Hardanger and blackwork, as well as crochet and tatting, but although I still take embroidery or crochet on shorter holidays, as they are a lot more portable, I still take lace pillow(s) on the long summer holidays.If friends and relations have babies, I also crochet pram sets, cot sets, and matinee jackets. I don't knit, as it doesn't seem to grow quickly enough (this from one who loves Bucks point!) but crochet grows amazingly quickly, so I still find that really enjoyable. But the bobbin lace is now my first love - it seems easy to become a fully-paid-up, addicted lacemaker, and long may it continue. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace@arachne.com lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 7:55 PM Subject: [lace] what did you do before bobbin lace Clay wrote: I'll be curious to hear what others do in addition to their lacemaking! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] bone /ivory bobbins
Hi All, An interesting theme! I also have an ivory bobbin. One of my father's elder brothers was in the Army, in India, and brought the bobbin home - I can't verify much about it now, as he died at the outbreak of war (TB, brought on by service in India, and playing the trumpet in the Regimental band) but it is definitely ivory. I have no idea whether these ivory bobbins were made as 'one-off' specials - I suspect so, as the ivory would have been too expensive for any local lacemakers, and possibly the British services and administrators were the only ones to have the money to pay for such 'fancy' items. Carol - in Suffolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] to tat, or (k)not
Hi All, This 'tatty' theme has made me smile in reminiscence! Many years ago, Essex (UK) Lace Makers used to hold monthly 'At Home' meetings, and one of the venues was in my home. Someone saw the very grubby and elderly piece of tatting, still partly attached to shuttle and hanky, and said she couldn't do tatting for love nor maney.I blithely said I'd show her. Well - how the mighty are fallen!I just couldn't get the stitch to work, so retired very red-faced!I resolved, there and then, to retrieve Rebecca (I think) someone's book, and relearn to tat.I took the book, several shuttles, and several reels of thread away on a holiday, thinking that I'd have miles of tatting to show for the holiday.No such luck. There were seven ways of tatting in the book - the inference being that, if you couldn't do any of them, you were just beyond the pale. I couldn't! I used miles of thread, but didn't succeed.It was only when I came home, and attended one of the Woodbridge Art Club meetings that a friend taught me yet another method, and i haven't looked back. But I still remember the anguish of that 'At Home' day ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:27 AM Subject: [lace] to tat, or (k)not Hi everyone I taught myself tatting years ago, from a library book and a piece of string. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Magnifiers
Hi Shirlee, I have several magnifiers - the one with the light, which makes the thinnest of threads look like rope, the one which pins to the pillow, a 'linen prover' which tends to go everywhere in my lace bag, and also a magnifying glass with a handle, which can sometimes sort out horrible messes (!). But - I also have the magnifier which one wears round one's head.I have to admit, it has caused an inordinate amout of amusement to my class members and friends at Lace Days, but all I can say is, it works!It did take a bit of getting used to, but it is great as one can flip the magnifier bit up, so it isn't in use all the time, and it just has to be flipped down when it is needed - I borrowed one for a while before I bought mine, so I knew I would get on with it OK, so maybe borrowng one, if possoble, is the way to go. Hope this helps Carol - inb Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Shirlee Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 4:54 PM Subject: [lace] Magnifiers Does anyone have any experience with the magnifier that you pin or clip to your pillow? These old eyes just aren't like they used to be, my husband has just ordered me a lovely magnifying light which I can use here at home, but if I want to attend a workshop it would be a little difficult to bring along, not so much because of the weight but workshop space is sometimes limited. Do these pillow magnifiers work? I would not want to even try the one that you wear around your neck because any movement would make it bounce around make it impossible to lace. A friend from long ago used to have some sort of magnifying visor she wore around her head but I would think it would be a little strange feeling, not to mention giving me magnifying visor hair : ) Anyway, please let me know if this little magnifyer you pin or clip to your pillow would be a good investment. Blessings, Shirlee - 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] Magnifiers
Hi Sue, You seem to have an optometrist just like mine.Not only do I have my bi-focals for ordinary use, a pair for driving, and a pair set for the comoputer, but I also have a pair set for the lace pillow! I have a problem with glasses too - I tend to take one pair off to use whichever of the other pairs is necessary, then forget where I have put the first pair. My son - amusing chap as he is !!! - bought me a job lot of those pretty lace things to hang glasses on, so sometimes I wander round with one pair of glasses on, and the rest strung on cords/laces round my neck - and then I wonder why my nieces call me their 'Giddy Aunt' Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Magnifiers My optician / optometrist (depending on country) has created my a pair of bi-focals, focused at the correct distance for my lace pillow. The lower part of the lens is magnifying for when I scrunch in close to see what's gone wrong!! I took my lace chair and pillow into his office to help him to see what distance I normally needed to focus at - and he came up with the brilliant magnifying idea. I couldn't see across the room with them, so it will involve effort in classes, but at home, it works great Sue - 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] Mother and twins bobbin
Hi All, I have some glass bobbins - well, quite a lot of glass bobbins, actually - made by Malcolm Fowler, and his are just lovely. He definitely makes mother and babe, and I am sure he makes twins as well, but he is always willing to 'make to order', so I am sure he'd oblige if he was contacted. Carol - in a chilly and very wet Suffolk, UK - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:26 PM Subject: [lace] Mother and twins bobbin - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Sandra Arnold
I am devastated, as Sandra was a very real friend, albeit we didn't see each other since she moved to Cyprus. When the Lacemakers' Circle needed an Editor for the magazine, when I was on the Committee, she was the first person I thought of, and was delighted when she accepted - and she was certainly a great asset in that office.I had first got to know her when I wrote about some of my (lace) escapades for the Lace Guild magazine, and we started corresponding then, so the acquaintanceship does go back quite a time. I shall certainly miss her eMails, and her witty chats, a great deal, and I know the wider world, including lace and guiding, will feel her loss greatly too My condolences go to her family, and to all who will miss her. Carol - in Suffolk UK . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Hand or Machine Sew
Hi Wendy, I always used to hand sew my edgings to whatever but ... One of my friends volunteered to attach a hankie edging to the hankie, and I didn't realise that she meant to machine sew it, but this is what she did, as mounting all sorts of items was her profession. I was on pins until I received it, but to be honest, the way she had done it was lovely, and far, far neater than I could have managed by hand even then - and now my handsewing is even less worthy, as I have arthritis in my hands. I certainly feel that it is better to have it attached neatly and beautifully by machine, than clumsily and untidily by hand ... She had used a very tiny zigzag stitch, in fine cotton, and believe me, that is what I usually do now too.It doesn't work too well for round or ovals, but for squares or straight things, it is ideal Like anything else, though, it does need practice, and I practiced for ages with cheap old bought lace from Woolworths or haberdashers, until I was satisfied with the result. However, if you want methods of attaching lacxe by hand, you could do worse than invest in the book on Bobbin Lace Techniques - I think you can still get it in soft back, possibly from Amazon.But - if you want any forther info, do feel free to eMail me! Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Wendy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: [lace] Hand or Machine Sew Hi Spiders Now then do you hand sew or machine sew your lace on to material. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Declining Lace Day Numbers
Hi All, I think it is a commonplace problem! When I first joined Essex Lace Makers, about thirty years ago, we had (and still have!) the Open Lace Day in October. We used the largest village hall in the country, had loads of suppliers, and sold 250 tickets - with a long waiting list for unwanted tickets.Nowadays, we are lucky to get 100 - 120 people at the Lace Days. Similarly with Suffolk Lace Makers. We also used a large school hall, sold about 150 tickets, lots of suppliers, and had a waiting list.As I haven't been able to attend the Suffolk Open Lace Day for several years, I don't know the exact figures but, from friends who do attend, it seems that their attendance is down too. But - I don't think this is anything at all to do with the lack of enchantment of lace, but more to do with the fact that there are very many more lace groups in the UK now than there were, and consequently, far more Lace Days are organised by all the groups.If one looks at the Lace Day ads in the Circle and the Guild newsletters, one could attend a Lace Day every weekend, if one had the wherewithal - and the stamina! - to travel all over the country, so maybe we all choose to attend the Lace Days where people are more congenial, the suppliers are who we like and not the same old, same old, every time, and we haven't heard the speaker umpteen times Or maybe its just the price of the petrol in the UK which is a deciding factor. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Wendy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: [lace] Lace Day Hi Anne I noticed this as well at our lace day in May, there was half the number there than last year. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Declining Lace Day Numbers
Hi Eve et al, I had to smile - I thought my reasons were just the same for attending Lace Days, as I think - and my husband knows! - over thirty years, I probably have enough bobbins and gear. But - when I see a new gadget - which I have certainly managed quite well without all those thirty years - I am desperate to know what it is and what it does and then, it is a racing certainty that I will decide that it is the one thing I really must have. So - I still take the cheque books and the plastic to Lace Days and Suppliers Fairs ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Eve Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Carol' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Wendy Davies' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Declining Lace Day Numbers Sue wrote: I prefer to see what I buy before I buy it and be sure it is what I want. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lace Bobbins
Hi Daphne, Bev et al, I do love bone bobbins, but I have heard Steven Pearce talk on making bobbins several times, and as he makes only bone bobbins, it is a real performance! He has all sorts of air filters in the garden shed where he makes them, and also has a sort of mask-like job to put over his face, so he is breathing in purified air rather than bone dust, as that - apparently - is dangerous and carcinogenic. Maybe that explains why bone is generally more expensive, and less easily available! Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Daphne Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [lace] lace Bobbins Hello Daphne and everyone There are some excellent Q and As at Kenn van Dieren's site: http://www.bobbinmaker.com/faqbob.html My quick answer is if bone was nicer to work with than wood, for the bobbin maker, maybe we'd all be using more bone bobbins than wood bobbins. I prefer wood though, any time. On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Daphne Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bone bobbins versus wood bobbins While a lot of bobbins are turned in hard woods are not so easy to come by. It takes a lot of time to grow the trees, where`as the bones are easier to get, because most are cattle bones. -- Bev (near Sooke, BC on beautiful Vancouver Island, 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]
[lace] Bone Bobbins
I have had a pair of cathedral bone bobbins for about 8 or 9 years now. I had them in damp northern Illinois for several years and now for over 5 years in the Phoenix desert and they have not warped and work just fine. I don't think I have dropped them though. One of the members of the Lacey Ladies of Arizona only uses bone bobbins. Very pretty on her pillow. Have not heard her say had any problems with them. I'd say go ahead and get yourself a pair and take the usual care of them as you do any fine wood bobbin. Best Regards, Carol M Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Change of email
For anyone interested, I have changed my email address to: Carol @ azsnaps.com www.azsnaps.com will take you to my unfinished website. Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] roller or block
Hi Nancy, I use both roller and block pillows - I tend to use the roller pillows for the garters, and block pillows for large, wide, long lengths, so it isn't really a question of 'most people' - its what you feel you would like, and feel most comfortable with. Both the roller and the block pillows must have the prickings lined up properly, as otherwise, the pricking tends to getr closer to one side or the other, as you trundle on with the many miles of lace - but in that, there really is no difference in the use. But - I always think that it is easier to get the pricking round the roller, with sometimes a bit of padding to make it fit, than to but up the pieces of the pricking on the blocks. Again, though, that is personal choice! So - whatever pillow takes your fancy, go for it!You may find that, like me, you have several different types of both roller and block pillow, and use both! Take care, and may your pins never bend. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Nancy Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace makers lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:33 AM Subject: [lace] roller or block I have not been lace making for very long and as such I am still buying the 'tools of the trade' I have two small round pillows, one large pillow and a three block pillow. I was going to buy a roller pillow but the man who owns the site says that almost everyone uses block pillows instead. Which is best? Roller or block? Nancy - 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] Newsletter
Hi Diana, Yes - I have received mine!I think a couple of weeks ago, too, so, like me and the Circle, you may well have forgotten the subs!(I now have the Lace Guild on a Direct Debit from the joint account - makes life much simpler - and cheaper! - for me and my account!) All best wishes, and may your pins never bend. Carol - Original Message - From: Diana Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:40 AM Subject: [lace] Newsletter Has anyone in the UK received their Lace Guild magazine yet? I'm wondering if I forgot to renew my subs - must check! Diana in Northants, UK - 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] Alex Website
HI Alex, I found your website to be easy to navigate, all the pages opened. I was able to download the pattern by right clicking on the pattern and selecting Save Image As, and saved to my desktop. Worked great. I have not printed it out but it looks like it will be fine. Jean did a fine job of putting together a basic website. I am sure it will grow as you two decide what else you want to put on the web. Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, AZ, USA www.azsnaps.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mixing Threads
Wendy, Brenda is probably too modest to mention but, her book on threads is invaluable! As well as listing most threads known to man (or woman - or lacemaker!) she also tells you how many wraps and, how to calculate said wraps. So - if you haven't already obtained it, it really is one of those books which we all ought to have. Most general suppliers sell it, and you can also get it from Brenda herself - look on her website. Take care - and may your pins never bend. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wendy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Mixing Threads Hello Wendy - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Jewelers Look aka Linen Tester
Hi All, I have several of both, and find that a Linen Prover was different to a jeweller's loupe - the linen prover sits on its own little (usually square) base, and opens out, as has been described, but a Jeweller's Loupe is used like a monocle, and fits in the eye socket, so that the jeweller has both hands free to hold the gemstone. Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our time.' - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:53 AM Subject: RE: [lace] Jewelers Look aka Linen Tester Hi These were used in the linen industry to test that the linen was made to the correct standards. It is used to count the threads over a set area - That is why it base is square rather than round. I have several that I have purchased from Antique fairs usually made from brass and they come in different sizes Hope that helps. Happy lacing Rosemary Hemmett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message: - From: Clive Betty Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:51:18 -0500 (CDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Jewelers Look aka Linen Tester Actually it is sold by several venders as a Linen Tester. It is a trifold (about 3 cm. square when folded). Can't remember why I have always called it a jewelers loop. Happy lacemaking, Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA = From: Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betty, what is a jeweler's loop Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1627 - Release Date: 22/08/2008 06:48 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting - 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] I've got it
Hi Betty, I am truly sorry if I was one to upset you - I would hate to do that!I can only apologise - my mind isn't working as well as it should at the moment (my husband was diagnosed with an 'advanced, aggressive and inoperable' tumour on his lung on Friday last, and our 41st wedding anniversary was yesterday - sitting by a hospital bed was not how we'd planned the anniversary ...) and I obviously didn't express myself well. However, many apologies. Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: Clive Betty Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:01 PM Subject: [lace] I've got it OK, OK, for the dozens (g) of you who privately and on list corrected me, I *do* know the difference between the magnifier I have and the monocle used by jewelers! At the time I sent the posting, I plainly said that I didn't know why I called it a jewelers loop or whatever. I *did* also describe it at a Linen tester. No wonder new members don't post. Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - 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] Apologies
Hello All, I seem to be starting a lot of messages with apologies at the moment! I am sorry to have burdened you all with my worries and anxieties - I thought I had just sent my message of apology to Betty Ann, but obviously pressed 'Reply All' instead of just Reply! I do thank all of you who have sent prayers and thoughts though - it is greatly appreciated, as it has all been such a shock. My husband has very rarely ever been ill, and this has knocked the stuffing out of all of us - but we are all trying to be positive, and realise that the chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy will work, so thank you all, and do please keep praying hard, for John, me and the extended family! With love to you all, and many thanks, as well as the apologies! Carol 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Alan Brown
Tess - et al, Please pass my condolences to Sheila - she sent me a lovely message just a couple of weeks ago when my huisband was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer, which helped greatly. She must be devastated, and I will keep her - and Alan - in my thoughts and prayers. Carol -in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Tess Parrish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: to send Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 10:16 PM Subject: [lace] Alan Brown For those many people who know Sheila Brown, she has just emailed me with the sad news that her husband Alan has just died after quite a siege with cancer. Some of you may already know this, but I thought others might not. X-Antispam: NO; Spamcatcher 5.0.18. Score 2 Tess ([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] Re: lace hankie
Hi All, I know I'm a bit late replying to this but ... When I make hankies, I usually use a man's (fine) handkerchief, and pull the threads to make it the correct size - I find that is much easier than trying to fit my lace to a pre-purchased handkerchief, as the men's hankies are larger, and easier to deal with. Take care, and may your pins never bend. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com; lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 6:40 PM Subject: [lace] Re: lace hankie Has anyone found a source of quality plain white ladies hankies of a sensible side? Viv Worcestershire UK - 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] Lacemaking saint?
Hi All, As well as those on the list, maybe St Andrew should be added!He is the patron saint of netters, which could be loosely allied to lacemaking.His day is November 30th, just after St Catherine's day - Nov 25th. (Although I was Anglican for the whole of my life, I converted to being a Roman Catholic on St Catherine's Day in 2001 - the priest suggested I take thename 'Catherine' ... All best wishes, Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - The list that I have from the Saint's index is : laceworkers, lacemakers: Anne Crispian Crispin Elizabeth of Hungary Francis of Assisi John Regis Luke the Apostle Sebastian Teresa of Avila - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] taste of cattern cakes - recipe
Hi Bev, Carolyn, et al, When I hosted the Lacemakers' Circle Suffolk/Essex Get-Togethers at the ICI Imagedata Recreation Club, in every November, I used to make huge, industrial quantities of Cattern Cakes, and also a couple of Tanders Cakes - but I also used to make large quantities of the former without the caraway seeds, as it seems a lot of people, unlike me, are not partial to caraway seeds! As someone has suggested, I used to make the 'pinwheel' design by putting lots of extra spices to make it look like a Catherine wheel before I rolled it up like a Swiss roll, and cut it into slices to bake - but I have to admit that, sometimes, when time got a bit short, or I got extremely fed-up with Cattern Cakes in quantity, I used to just hoick out a spoonful of the mixture, hurl in extra caraway seeds, and flatten the spoonful to make the shape right - it didn't have the characteristic Catherine wheel innards, but no-one ever complained, as they tasted the same ... The Tanders cake was a sort of fruit cake - if anyone wants it, I can send the recipe. All best wishes, and may your pins never bend. Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: bev walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Carolyn Hastings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [lace] taste of cattern cakes - recipe Here is what started it all for me, and there is lace content - for this was in 'The Lacemaker' the newsletter of the Lacemakers' Circle, No. 21, June 1993, by courtesy of one Carol Adkinson (hi Carol!). - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ligurian Lacemakers - oil painting
Hi All, One of my class had the same difficulty (you don't find diamonds as large as coal ...) and I let her borrow my daughter's footrest, that Claire used to put her foot on, whilst playing her guitars - it was a folding one, so was quite easy to transport, and my student was delighted enough with it to get one of her own! Needless to say, Claire was also quite pleased to have her footrest returned to her ... I wonder if this would help any of the 'diamonds' we have in our midst - I don't think it could have been expensive, as both children were at school, I didn't work, and both played instruments and sport, so although we weren't poverty-struck, we didn't hurl cash around like drunken sailors. Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Nancy Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sister Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace chat room at arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Ligurian Lacemakers - oil painting In our Lacemakers of Puget Sound Guild there have been several (over time) who needed a foot stool and one clever husband designed a folding one that would travel well. We have put the design in the new letter a couple of times in the past. I don't know how many have actually been made by others. If anyone is interested let me know and I will find the pattern (very easy to follow as I remember) and I can get them a copy. I have just checked with the widow of the man who drew the 'pattern' from a picture someone else had, and she is very happy to think that others would be able to use the stool. If you will contact me I will be glad to send an e-copy (I should be able to scan it) or if worse comes to worse I will may a copy. Lorri - Original Message - From: Nancy Nicholsonmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sister Clairemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace chat room at arachnemailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: 11/11/2008 5:42 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Ligurian Lacemakers - oil painting I have the same problem as Sister Claire. I am only 4ft 10 and a half. I manage well at home as I have an adjustable stand for my pillow but when I go to my evening class is another thing altogether. It is in a school and we use the desk and chairs. Even with a table stand I am having trouble seeing the pattern at the top of the pillow. I have tried sitting on two chairs (one on top of the other) but that is no use. I have now bought a booster cushion (it is used for the elderly or disabled to make it easier to stand up I think) I will be using it tonight for the first time and fingers crossed that this will work (my feet will not touch the floor though and I am hoping this will not aggravate my back). It will be ok when I get further down the pattern as I will see that. Nancy -- From: Sister Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:48 AM To: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: phil powis [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace chat room at arachne lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Ligurian Lacemakers - oil painting Well, the chairs could be a function of size and financial situation. I am in my fifties and I am 1.47 meters tall. (About 4' 9) Most chairs are too tall for me and tables are too high. I own three chairs. Two are low and fit at the dining table. When I put my cookie pillow on the table and sit in those chairs, the work is raised to a point where I have to lift my arms and have my elbows elevated. Very uncomfortable. If I use my computer chair, I have to bend forward because it won't fit under the table. Also uncomfortable. When I work at my tombolo (the same kind of pillow as in the painting) I place it in its stand and sit at my computer chair. I have to rest my feet on the thingies the wheels are attached to. I cannot afford to buy a dedicated chair for lacemaking, so I make do. I'm saving up for an adjustable stand for my cookie pillow though. =) Yes, it's hard on the back. I imagine that was the least of the things that were hard on those girls' backs. Sr. Claire On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a lovely picture, but what struck me most was that both girls are sitting on chairs which are too high for them to comfortably put their feet on the ground. OK, the pillow heights are right for them but I wonder why they didn't use a chair that better suited them with a lower pillow horse? Of course they may have been very petite in relation to other people, but they were at least early/mid teens as they both have their hair pinned up. The other thing I
Re: [lace] Lace Guild Patch
Hello Jean et al, I think it is genuine - many years ago, when I used to take the Lace Guild Shop to various events - a job I loved, as I got to talk to so many lacemakers! - I bought a patch just the same (or very similar - it was so long ago, I'm not sure it was exactly the same) and sewed it to a heavy denim bag I used for many years. Can't think where it is now, or what happened to it along with my marbles somewhere, I suspect! Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace lace@arachne.com Anyone know if it's an official UK Lace Guild item, an official item from another country's Lace Guild, or not connected with any organisation? 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] What is on the Pillow(s)
Hi Spiders All. Firstly, can I say that any mistakes in the message are due to the overwhelming joy of getting broadband - and therefore the Internet and eMails - back!We have been without since the beginning of December, and it has seemed an eternity - but I now have upwards of 900 messages to plough through, so I don't give much for the chances of the housework! My lacemaking has been severely curtailed due to my husband's illness, but I managed to finish the light-surround pattern by Biggins - I have reduced it in size, cut it about, and made it the right size for a photograph to go in the centre, and my daughter-in-law is delighted! I still have the Christmas decorations on several pillows which should have been completed for this Christmas - but there is always next year, isn't there. On one of my travel roller pillow is a garter - very easy and quick to do - as my cousin't son is getting married this year, so that will be a surprise present for them. I also have things - and bobbins - on other pillows which are in the 'Lace Place' but haven't been looked at, but when - if - life gets back to normal, they will no doubt come out of hiding... We started the year as we ended 2008 - in hospital, as the emergency services were called out for John on 31st Dec.They now think, to add to the neuroendocrine cancer and the angina, that he may have a pulmonary embolism - all of which cancer patients who are having or who have had chemotherapy are prone, so we are hoping that things will improve ... Please keep us in your prayers and thoughts, and my best wishes go to you all for a happy and healthy, peaceful and prosperous 2009. All best wishes, Carol - in Suffolk UK. - Original Message - From: Sue hurwitz...@supanet.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 10:35 AM Subject: Fw: [lace] Wearable lace - 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] Oliver Twist threads
Hi Sue and Margot, You can certainly find the Oliver Twist threads in Wickham Market, at the Quilters Haven!Suffolk Lace Makers have a regular Lace Day at WM, and the hall goes silent and deserted at the lunchtime break, as everyone trundles off to Quilters Haven, and returns laden with goodie bags. I have bought several 'sets' of colours there - they have a website, and sell mailorder, but the sets of different graded colours are lovely, and save a lot of hard work and graft trying to pick out matching and contrasting shades! So - if all else fails, try the Quilters Haven web site ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Margot Walker marwalk...@ns.sympatico.ca To: ARACHNE lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:10 PM Subject: [lace] Oliver Twist threads They should be easier to find in the UK than anywhere else, since they come from England :D I've bought them at the Knitting and Stitching Show in London and they're beautiful threads. On 6 Feb 2009, at 10:24, Sue wrote: We have a lace day on March 7th in Norwich so maybe I will have to look out for Oliver thread there as it is a new one to me or maybe not too common in the UK? Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - 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
Re: [lace] Sad news
Hi Vivienne, Friday 30th Jan was a very bad day indeed! Not only to lose Sue, but my husband of 41 years also died on that day - he had been very ill with a quite rare cancer, and after six months of suffering, he was at peace on Friday last. Two souls who will be very greatly missed indeed. Carol - Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: viviennewal...@aol.com To: lace-c...@arachne.com Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:26 AM Subject: [lace] Sad news Hi, I have just been told that Sue Stephens died on Friday, 30th January. It is so sad. She was a very lovely lady and a great advocate of lace making. She will be sadly missed. Vivienne, Presencia - 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
Re: [lace] No stupid question? Really?
Hi Arachnes All, That reminds me of one of my students - a relatively new one, who came to keep a friend company, but who was never as keen on bobbin lace-making as her friend. She had been agonising over leaves for some time and announced - to the class in general and me in particular - that she now knew why lacemaking had been invented. 'When the men were in prison years ago, they were made to sew mailbags. I think lace-making is what they made the women do!' Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Regina Haring rmhar...@optimum.net To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 3:28 PM Subject: [lace] No stupid question? Really? If I die and go to h*ll, that's what they're going to make me do! Regina New York - 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] No stupid question? Really? Prisons and lacemaking
Hi Devon et al, I didn't mean to imply that the question was stupid!I thought we had 'moved on' slightly, and were also discussing the humour of some of the comments made whilst teaching and demonstrating!I do know that in several of the mental homes in my area, we go in to teach lace as a sort of therapy, so I suppose it could have been done in the past as well - but I also think that what my student was implying was the lacemaking as a form of punishment, not quite what we would wish it to be thought, I am sure. Carol - Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: dmt11h...@aol.com To: nestalace.ca...@btopenworld.com ; lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [lace] No stupid question? Really? Prisons and lacemaking In a message dated 3/3/2009 10:34:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, nestalace.ca...@btopenworld.com writes: 'When the men were in prison years ago, they were made to sew mailbags. I think lace-making is what they made the women do!' I think this comment may be more insightful than stupid. Actually, lacemaking was a staple in many poor houses in Europe. I know it was practiced in institutions, because in Rockland County, New York, where I grew up, and where I demonstrated lace in the 1970's, people would often remark that this was being done at Letchworth Village, an institution for mentally challenged individuals in the area. I also ran across a newspaper article from the 19th century, announcing the death of woman in prison for murder (in America) who had spent her time in prison making bobbin lace. I also think that I may have heard that Ingaborg Rasmussen went into prisons and mental institutions in Denmark teaching lacemaking. Unfortunately, I can't find a citation for this. I have to think that if there was a prisoner in America making bobbin lace, there must have been many more in Europe. Lacemaking, is, after all, very therapeutic. I have made a lot of lace while watching the financial channel and seeing the implosion of the economy. It has been weeks of exceptional productivity for me. In fact, my back is beginning to suffer. On occasion, I have wondered if the IOLI shouldn't offer to go into prisons to teach the craft. There is a lot of knitting and crocheting in women's prison, and the prisoners knit and crochet for themselves, other prisoners, who trade for the items, and also sell at a flea market, as well as some prison store. On the other hand, there are a lot of restrictions on what they can have, ie. only plastic knitting needles, so our gear might not pass muster. And, in addition, although the providing of such an interesting, satisfying and time consuming hobby to prisoners might be a good deed, it might materially change the nature of our organization if large numbers of felons joined our ranks. So, I have sort of tabled this idea for membership enhancement. Devon - - A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! - 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] Re: hanky sizes
Hi Beth, Sue et al, I am quite surprised at the fact that so many don't litheir hankies actually to be used!I have made quite a few in my time, both for myself and friends/family, and I am always pleased when any of the lace I have made - whether it was hankies, towel edgings or pillowcase/sheet edgings - is used and appreciated!I can sort of understand that laundering may not agree with a very fine Bucks point edging, but I also wouldn't like to specify what for, or how, the item is used - once it is given away, it is that person's property, to do with as they wish! I would be quite miffed if the lace was discarded and the frame retained for family photos, or some such thing but, so long as the lace really is appreciated, that is the main thing. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Beth Marshall b...@capuchin.co.uk To: Sue hurwitz...@supanet.com; lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:02 PM Subject: [lace] Re: hanky sizes I hope you're not going to allow anyone to blow there nose on your precious lace, - 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] Hankie Edgings
Hi Sue and Spiders All, The principal of pulling threads is the same, be it a thicker woollen fabric, or a very fine cambric - you (very) carefully pull one thread along one side, then tack the lace to that pulled edge. You then pull threads on each side in turn, and tack the lace down, one side at a time. When all are tacked down to your satisfaction, you can then use the three- or four-point stitch to attach the lace.Or - if you really want to horrify purists and the Lace Police, you can use a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine!I do NOT advocate this, unless one's hand-sewing leaves a lot to be desired. As I have said previously, I think it is better to have a machine to stitch the lace to the fabric if that is neater and looks better than a cobbled-together hankie where it has all puckered when the lace isn't attached very well. (I can remember seeing a hankie photograph in 'Lace' magazine, where it was not done well at all, and it really detracted from the lace itself, as well as looking awful ...) Of course, the machine sewing needs a deal of practicing before actually doing it, so it is better to practice with a piece of common-or-garden bought lace, and a piece of fabric, than to jump straight in and use the sewing machine without any previous experience... But - once again, it is best to do whatever suits you, and looks good! Each to his/her own. All best wishes, Carol - Original Message - From: Sue hurwitz...@supanet.com the only things I have pulled threads on are wool fabric for a shawl fring and obviously not the same. - 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] Re: beginner book (was describe BL)
Hi Beth et al, With reference to those who, after several terms (years?) of classes in Lace-Making cannot start or finish their lace, I was told that my approach to teaching Bobbin Lace-Making was entirely wrong, in that I did actually teach people to start their lace, and to complete it.I was told that I was foolish, as the object of the lessons was 'bums on seats' and, if I didn't tell people how to start and how to finish, then they would have to keep attending the classes! This from an eminent lace teacher several years ago! I was not happy with that idea, and have gone my own way ever since - but it does sometimes make me wonder how wide-spread this thinking is, in some teachers. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Beth Marshall b...@capuchin.co.uk To: lace@arachne.com; lacel...@verizon.net Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:40 PM Subject: [lace] Re: beginner book (was describe BL) Hello Alice I'll second Anita's recommendation - the newbie in our lace glass got the Dye/Thunder Beginner's Guide... for Christmas after the end of her first term and reappeared for the first class in January with one bookmark from it finished and the next one started (there are people in the class who have been learning with our teacher for many years and still don't know how to start off a simple torchon pattern, never mind finish off a piece unaided...). The book is beautifully presented - gorgeously attractive to look at - and has loads of clear photos to illustrate the instructions, wonderful for students who find a wordy explanation difficult to see. I like Ruth's copy so much I bought my own, just in case I ever need to teach a beginner the basics... Beth In a wonderfully warm, sunny Cheshire (UK) spring afternoon. Alas, my gardening trousers are in the wardrobe and the decorator has shoved a chest of drawers in front of it while he papers the walls so I'm not out there weeding and planting seeds. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [lace] Re: beginner book (was describe BL) Date: Tuesday 31 March 2009 From: purple lacer purplelace...@hotmail.com To: lacel...@verizon.net, lace@arachne.com Alice,I picked up Gillian Dye Adrienne Thunder's new book Beginner's Guide to Bobbin Lace at the IOLI convention last summer. My first impression was that it could be a great book for beginners. I haven't read it cover to cover yet but it has tons of great pictures. And at $20 it is a great buy! It is certainly more of a beginner book than Torchon Lace Workbook (which doesn't have pictures for the basic cross and twist movements that beginners w/o a teacher need). Anita HansenCedar Rapids, Iowa Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:33:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Alice Howell lacel...@verizon.net Subject: [lace] Re: beginner book (was describe BL) NEW QUESTION The beginner teaching book we have used for many years in this area (Torchon Lace Workbook) is no longer available at a decent price from any source. I need a new (easily available) beginner book for new students so they can have a reference on hand. What book do you use with, or recommend to, your students? Thanks, Alice in Oregon - 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
Re: [lace] Starts and Finishes
Hi Daphne et al, I do realise that, for many people, lace-making classes - like any other adult education classes, I suppose - are not only for the sake of getting to grips with the subject matter; they are also a form of escapism, in that one goes out for the evening/afternoon/morning/whatever, and does something one enjoys, but also does it with like-minded peole, and enjoy the break with domestic routine. Like Daphne, I also have, in most of my classes, a 'hard-core' of attendees, but I have also had those who come for a term or year or two, learn to do what they want to do, and then trundle off, only to come back if they wany to learn another lace technique, or get hopelessly confused with whatever they are in the process of making! So - perhaps Daphne and I are doing it right after all... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Daphne Martin ladylace...@msn.com Subject: [lace] Starts and Finishes Hello Carol and All I`ve had my group for 8 years and I have also taught my ladies how to start and finish. Now the group is 8 years old and I still have the same ladies. Am I right or wrong??? - 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] Lace teachers
Hi Beth, One of the reasons I took the City and Guilds Teaching Certificates qualifications was because I wanted to increase my teaching skills, and it did prove to be a boon in that respect.The main mantra, drummed into us at every available opportunity, was that 'If a student doesn't understand anything, it is NOT the fault of the student - it is yours as the tutor, and you must go away and find words to express what you want that are comprehensible to said student.' I have never forgotten that, and try to apply it whenever any student of mine has a problem understanding anything. But - a great big round of applause for the CG qualifications - it certainly made those of us who took it - and a very diverse group we were - think very hard about what we were doing, and how we went about it. Funnily enough though, when I took the course, I don't think there was a nationwide syllabus for it - several friends in other parts of the country didn't do anything like as much as we did, and I don't think some of them had as good a grounding as we did. But - if you get the chance to do it, then go for it. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Beth Marshall b...@capuchin.co.uk To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace teachers Thanks to all who've shared their experiences of lace teaching and/or lace teachers. Which was just as well, because family commitments and lack of transport meant My current teacher is a lovely person, a wonderful lacemaker (when she gets chance to make any lace of her own) and a great source of ideas and patterns, but when it comes to teaching beginners... No written instructions/diagrams (so practice at home is limited to what they can remember without) or suggestions for a book to refer to, not much order or progression in the choice of patterns (so students miss out on some of the basic techniques) and she demonstrates things so fast most of us can't see how they were done... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Back On-Line ...
Hi All Arachnids, I am so happy to say that, after all this time, I am back with a connected computer!I am very happy in my new home, and am trying to face the future positively, but sometimes with trepidation, but I am looking forward to getting back into the lace and lace-chat - I also hope that it is OK to post on both sites, to thank everyone who contacted me when John was ill, and after he passed on - all the good wishes have made a ghastly time a little easier to bear. Thanks to you all. Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - 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?
Hi Lacers All, I am hoping that one of you can help me!I must have more patterns, prickings and books than any sane person needs but ...Many years ago, one of the first things I made was a paperweight for my husband, which was a sort of Tudor Rose design - very simple tape lace, but quite effective.I am sure I still have the pricking but, as I have downsized quite drastically, most of the lace gear is still in boxes, all over the cottage, and some up in the loft! My landlord is the owner of a local estate agents here in Hadleigh Suffolk, and he has been very generous to me, and as my cottage is called Rose Cottage, with pargetted Tudor roses on the outside and the inside (is it still called Pargetting, whe it is inside?) I would like to make him a similar paperweight - but I can't find the pricking. So - does anyone have a pricking, or can anyone tell me where I might find one, of a quick and simple Tudor Rose?I will be most grateful to anyone who can point me in the right direction. Thanks to you all for your help. Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - 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] Early laces. - also frustration !!!
HI Liz and Hina - et al, I gave a wry smile when I read about not liking the frustration of too much of the same disaster!One of my students is making one of Jenny Hester's lovely wall-hangings, and is using Madeira thread, which I recommended, and which I very often use, with no problems at all. However, my student is experiencing problems with the cream thread, which is breaking far too often - maybe bought from a supplier who keeps it on the stall for too long, or in sunlight, or some other disastrous venue for threads.She is still continuing with it, but I am sure I would have given up long since, and used the scissors. On a happpier note, I contacted the makers and, although we hadn't a clue who the supplier was, they kindly sent another reel, so by the time we get back to classes after the summer break, I am hoping she will be finding this new reel a lot less trouble! Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 4:55 AM Subject: [lace] Early laces. Gina, I like a challenge too, - but not one that gets me too frustrated. I take on challenges all the time - but Fun challenges, not Grr! ones!!! 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 arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Cotswolds Members
Hi All, I am going as 'chauffeuse' with my parents, to the Cotswold Water Park, from 4th September to the 19th, and I wondered if there are any Arachne members in that area, or any Lace Groups which will be meeting, and who wouldn't mind a visitor!I don't know what we will be doing on which dates, so it may not come to anything but ... We are meeting my niece and her family on one day, and Mum and Dad are presenting items to the Museum on another day, so our travels rather depend on other people, but it would be good to know if there are any groups etc., back after the summer holiday. Hoping to hear from you, Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - 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] International Lace Day
Hi Spiders All, I know nothing about an International Lace Day but, The Lace Guild (in the UK) inaugurated, several years ago, and probably more than I want to think about, a 'National Lace Day' in September, where we in the UK - and presumably anyone else on the planet who wanted to join in! - made lace in public, and sometimes in quite unexpected places. It was - and is still, I think - very popular, and did publicise lace, but although I did and still do my bit, and make lace in some very public places, there was a lot of interest, with yards of the beginners' snake being made, but not many actually came forward to join a class! But - I am still trying ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk To: pene piip p...@eggo.org; lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [lace] International Lace Day Hello Pene I have never heard of international lace day before. 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
Re: [lace] Christmas Tree Ornament
Can I put in my four pennorth's worth?I think there are also torchon patterns to put round Christmas Tree baubles in one of Christine Springetts publications - I expect it is the Christmas Lace one, but it may be the other one ... sorry I can't be more help witht he titles, but nearly all my lace equipment is still in boxes ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Celtic Dream Weaver celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:33 PM Subject: [lace] Christmas Tree Ornament I am wondering ( if memory is serving me well) was there a Christmas lace over an ornament in a little booklet that the Lace Guild (The Hollies) had last year for sale or am I dreaming. Maybe this is what you are talking about. Then I again I could have been dreaming. Sherry celticdreamwe...@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 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Christmas Baubles
Hi All, I have just been browsing on eBay, and one seller, registered as a business 'The Craft Corner' has paterns for sale for lace which goes round baubles. The number is 110440520720, if anyone wants to have a look. I think it is a 'Buy Now' advert, so there will no doubt be many items on sale! Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - 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] Alexandra Palace
Hi Jacquie and Sue, et al, Your threads (both metaphorical and physical ..) made me smile!I have quite a stash of Oliver Twists, but also quite a few of the late Mr Piper's silks in beautiful colours.He was a lovely man, and he used to let me have 'left-over' reels of coloured silks when my Mother was hand-embroidering pictures, so I have quite a lot which I feel are far too wonderful to use. The polythene packets are a good idea to keep them dry and clean, though! Carol - Suffolk, UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: laceandb...@aol.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:54 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Alexandra Palace Sue said Went to the Ally Pally on Sunday to the Knitting and Stitching Show and Oliver Twists Threads were there , so guess who is sitting here drooling over the beautiful coloured silk threads and wondering what to do first, what a dilemma. Are you supposed to *do* something with them Most people seem to keep them in their little colour-range packets. They are much easier to drool over that way and they don't get damp! VBG Jacquie in Lincolnshire - 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] Lace Get-Together in Suffolk UK
Hi All, Had another good day yesterday!Braved the elements to attend the Suffolk Lace Makers Lace Get-Together at Polstead in Suffolk (of the Murder at the Red Barn fame) and, after too many months of not attending Lace Days, was glad to be back in the lace world again, and had a good day catching up on news and gossip, and even managed to finish the left side and half the sleeve of a crocheted matinee jacket for my expected grandchild.Patterns were also obtained, as well as the thread to make them, and several bobbins were purchased - one can never have too many bobbins, can one? I do hope Jacky and Eric from Larkholme Lace managed to get home safely, as they had quite a long journey from Suffolk to their home, and similarly, I hope David and Margaret Davis also arrived home without any inconvenience. The weather was dreadful in the morning, but the rain abated, and the enjoyable day was well-worth the travel through the rain - roll on the next Lace Day, in December, this time with Essex Lace Makers. Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Afficot Raffle - To Margot
Hi Margot, Many thanks for the afficot - it arrived safely a couple of days ago - but I couldn't reply then, as the computer had broken an elastic band, and needed secialist help from my son to remedy! It seems all is OK now, so I do send belated thanks for such a useful object! I am trying to interest all the family in eating lobsters - hopefully I will be successful, and then I will also have a claw to raffle - but thanks to you for your raffle, and I am so pleased to be a winner. Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Info from those in the UK!
Hi All, As lots of you know, as well as teaching adults in various classes, and one-to-one, all over the place, I also teach several groups of young children - aged from about seven years upwards - on a monthly basis, in their own homes. This week, after one of the lessons last Saturday, I received a phone call from one of the parents.The mother concerned had had a phone call from a friend, to say had she checked that I had been CRB checked, so she was phoning me to find out.Now - these checks are to find out whether people who come into contact with young children have not been guilty of any offences - sexual abuse/physical abuse etc - against young children or vulnerable adults. (For the record, I haven't!!) When these checks came in several years ago, I did enquire whether it was necessary for me to have the CRB certificate, but was told that, as I was going to the homes of the children, and there were always parents at home, it was not needed. However, it appears the regulations have been changed, and things may well now be different.I have checked with the police, and one of the policewomen said she thought I ought to have the certificate, whilst my solicitor - still checking into the positions - says he thinks it unnecessary. The policewoman, incidentally, said she had made sure the piano teacher, who comes to the house to teach her child, had been checked. However, my children's classes have now been postponed, pending some definite ruling as to what I should do!Did/do any of you other teachers of children, in the UK have similar difficulties, and if so, what was the outcome?The children love their lace classes, and they are so very keen, I don't want to give them up, and a couple of the mothers have said that the policy, with their children, could be 'Don't ask, don't tell!' but I don't want to be on the wrong side of the law, as you can all imagine. I will keep you all informed as to the outcome of my enquiries but, in the meantime, I'd like to know what you all think - but I hope this hasn't opened up a can of worms for all of us who teach children, in their own homes, for very little reward save that of knowing that we are passing on our love of lace-making. Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Bursting with Pride ...
Hi All, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and that 2010 will prove happy and healthy, peaceful and prosperous for you all! I hade a strange Christmas, culminating in the best news ever, with just a little worry along the way!On the 20th Dec., after three days of quite deep snow, very unusual for the East Anglian region, my heating system failed, so I went to my daughter's for the afternoon and night. Thankfully, I was sleeping there when Claire, 32 weeks pregnant, had a bleed, and went into hospital, so I was on tap to look after my grandson.Claire came out of the hospital late on the Monday, but had to return for injections to make the baby's lungs viable just in case the babe came early.Same Monday, I had to go home in the morning to await the arrival of the plumber, who duly arrived, and thought he'd fixed the heating and the water. Not so! About eight that night, there was a horrific noise like a cat being strangled, and the system died once more.I was starved with cold, so on Tuesday morning, I abandoned ship and hurriedly went to my parents' in North Norfolk.We had a quiet, but enjoyable, Christmas, but couldn't raise Claire and her husband on the phone on Christmas afternoon.She had been taken into hospital, and her baby - Phoebe Isobel - weighed in at 5 lbs 11 oz, at ten in the morning on St Stephen's Day. The baby is still in intensive care, but is doing well, and all the medics are pleased with her - I came back home to help provide food and all the other incidentals like washing and ironing of clothes for the family, and also visit my new grand-daughter. She is beautiful, and seems tiny, but is gorgeous. However, being an early baby, the crochet jacket, and hat I made for her will doubtless not be fitting her for another six months!(That was the lace part!) I am now making a very simple crochet shawl for her - thankfully, crochet grows quickly - which I will hope to finish by the time she is released from hospital. But - a wondeful Christmas present, for the whole family, especially when it is close to the first anniversary of my husband's passing last January. Love and God Bless you all, and do keep Claire and Phoebe in your prayers, and hope that they'll both be out of hospital very soon. Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - 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] Bamboo yarn
Hi All, I have watched this discussion with interest, as it seems very apposite! My daugher was given a lovely hat for her new-born little girl, made from 'Bamboo' wool, and so soft, it was incredible. I know nothing of the ethical considerations of the thread, but it certainly does seem very very soft, and ideal for a very new baby! Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net To: laceandb...@aol.com Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Bamboo yarn Hi Jacquie and others who have commented on the bamboo yarn... I agree that the 100% Bamboo yarn feels like rayon... in fact, I think it essentially *is* rayon, made from bamboo... and I think the milk yarn is another form of rayon, but in the case of the yarn I saw yesterday, they had the sense to blend it with Merino wool, making it a lovely confection! The one distinction I could see in bamboo yarn (100%) was that it didn't have the glossy sheen of the old, familiar rayon, but a much softer sheen, which was desirable, in my opinion. Still, as I said, I think the blend of a more robust fiber with the bamboo would improve the texture and the hand. Clay On 1/27/2010 5:21 AM, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: Brenda On some bamboo yarn I bought in America, it is actually labelled rayon from bamboo fibre, which I think is a much more honest way of describing it, and rayon is exactly what 100% or nearly 100% bamboo feels like. Someone I was talking to thought that it was made from the inner pith of the bamboo canes, and spun directly from the fibres there, a bit like linen. I wonder how ecologically friendly these new fibres are, by the time the raw materials are shipped to the factory, and then undergone some fairly major chemistry. They sound as if they ought to be, but I suspect they're not. Jacquie In Lincolnshire - 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 - 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] Re: AQS/HLG lace display - long post
Hi Jane et al, +I think most general suppliers in the UK sell these bent pins and Lazy Susans - and yes - they do make life a lot easier. Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: janer...@smartemail.co.uk To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: [lace] Re: AQS/HLG lace display - long post a size 16 bent hook(manufactured that way and perfect for joinings so you don't have to struggle) - 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] Re: Travel Pillow
What a good idea to put a drawtape around the edges!I sometimes put my round pillows in the centre of a tablecloth (size of table cloth depends on size of pillow ...) then just knot the opposite corners on the top, and cart the pillows around holding the knots. I do have some lovely pillow bags too, and I do think they are easier than the tablecloths, but I have too many pillows, and not enough pillow bags to take them all ... However, I am also a bit of a 'belt and braces' person where bobbins and pillows are concerned, so I always anchor my bobbins down with wide elastic, and many glass-topped pins, just in case. And for the same security reasons, and because I 'have pillow, will travle' and am always toddling off to demonstrate, I also anchor my thread to the bobbins with a slip knot, so that if the bobbins do run, they don't come adrift from the threads! Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com To: post to Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:05 PM Subject: [lace] Re: Travel Pillow I made a huge circle (it was between 60-72 wide), with a drawstring at the outer edge. He had to play on that mat, and when done, we could just pull the string on two sides and all was contained. I don't see why you couldn't just make a large circle of a lovely fabric and do the same thing with your bobbin lace project, adjusting the circumference to your needs. 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
Re: [lace] Bangle sizes
Hi All, One of my students has just bought some lovely Indian bangles - they are a bit too ornate to wear, but she has made somne of the decorations inside them, and the intricate decorating on the outside of the bangles really does look good with the threads she has used. So - try some of the Indian shops you may have in your locality, as you may be able to snap up some lovely items. Carol - in Sufoflk UK - Original Message - From: Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk To: Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk Cc: Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:09 PM Subject: [lace] Bangle sizes In message 2f5f7af4c38640409da5952ce11b3...@yourb45be3bb8c, Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk writes The one supplier I remember seeing as selling bangles is Roseground Supplies Silver Colour - choice of 65mm or 55mm Gold Colour - 70mm These tend to be available and cheaper in fashion accessory shops and on market stalls - I used to buy them in ones and twos from Springetts when they were general suppliers, at something like 12p each, then went to get my daughter fitted out with school trousers and found our friendly Indian shop owner (who always bemoaned the fact that doing her degree in art stopped her from learning the traditional embroidery skills from her mother - she just didn't have time) was selling them in bulk packs, much cheaper! I think when I was on The Lace Guild's craft fairs sub-committee and we did the Five Gold Rings pattern pack, I bought packs of ?15 bangles from Claires (a fashion accessory shop in the UK) much cheaper than I would have been able to get them through the lace suppliers, which was how we managed to do the pattern packs within a very tight budget. This is going back a few years, though. Generally the bangles come in two sizes - the 70mm diameter size are far more common than the smaller ones, but you may find packs with both sizes in. It depends whether you want to do one bangle or ten, and whether you have time to go and hunt round the shops. (Or get a friendly teenager to look for you - they will be in the shops they tend to go in!). -- Jane Partridge - 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
Re: [lace] Definitions
Thie 'thread' makes me smile!My late husband, if anyone asked him what on earth I was doing with my pillows and bobbins (seemingly, neither of which had some of them ever seen before) always used to tell people that I was 'joining holes together with bits of yarn'. It did make some people wonder about my sanity, I think .. Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com of lace being essentially esthetic holes within a medium, typically textiles. Best, Susan Reishus - 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
Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay
Hi All, Maybe it shows a mis-spent youth, but the first thing I thought of when I saw this object was the business bit of a 'shove-ha'penny' board, without the markings ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay - 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] Accidents
On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:07 AM, bev walker wrote: Hello David and everyone ow, ow, ow. I've done that to a finger, but not as dramatic a push (can I say you get a 'point' for that?). Yes the ol' cut off the pair before they're finished trick...done that too. In my Honiton days I had a glass bobbin slither off the pillow pointy-end down to my foot. It is tempered glass and not all that sharp except with the relative speed of fall caused a bit of a puncture and words. On 9/17/10, David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote: Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. -- 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.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
Re: [lace] Accidents
Hi David et al, I had to chuckle - but with great sympathy! Some years ago, I was finishing off the border lace for a chalice cover, with my (antique) wig hook gripped formly in my teeth as I tied off the threads. I lifted my hand, to retrieve the hook, only to bury it into the flesh between the last two joints of my right hand ring finger - I should think it was as painful as your experience! To add to my woes, I didn't want to cut the hook off a lovely ivory piece of equipment, my husband was entertaining a client, and the only person available was my daughter, who hadn't passed her driving test at that point. So - I muffled my anguish, and set out with her driving me to the AE - where the nurses laughed at my plight.When I got to be seen, the doctor was mystified as he didn't have a clue what a wig hook or crochet hook was, so asked me to draw one. When I complied - and NOT to scale - he was even more confused, but when he attempted to push the hook out of the flesh further down, to cut the hook bit off, I really rebelled, as I loved the wig hook... So he just pulled with vigour, the hook came out intact, I fainted as I was bleeding quite well, and I am extremely squeamish. What fun we do have as lacemakers ... Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 4:57 PM Subject: [lace] Accidents Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. Have you ever pushed in a pin really hard, only to discover to your peril that it was upside down??? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] lace and glue
Alice et al, I do sympathise greatly with the dilemma, but have no suggestions as to the removal of the glue.What a disaster!But the question of the 'worth' of lace opens up a whole can of worms, I feel. I belonged to an Art Group, which had several splinter groups, such as the potters, as well as the painters, but a lace group also.We always produced work to display in the bi-annual exhibitions but our lace was rarely for sale, as the hours spent on just a small and relatively simple bookmark made it such that if we charged about £2.50 for it, it seemed to denigrate the art of lace. If we attempted to charge say £5.00 per hour for the work - which is very much lower than house-cleaning, babysitting, plumbers (!) and garage mechanics - said bookmark would roll out at about £100.00 minimum!Which would probably occasion heart-failure in anyone who enquired ... When I have been asked to carry out commissions, I usually ask if the person enquiring realises how time-intensive bobbin-lace-making (as well as most other crafts) is - if they seem content with thinking about that, then they are hopefully sitting down when I give a rough calculation of the hours and remuneration - I have to admit that that is very often the end of the enquiry, but there have been people who have commissioned work, been pleased with whatever it is, and have sometimes asked for other pieces. So - I would probably go for broke, and say each bookmark was worth, to me, £100.00 (of course, that is sterling, but could be converted to USA dollars etc) and take it from there.The cost may encourage the organisers to be a little more circumspect when they apply their nasty little stickers next time... Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: lacel...@frontier.com To: lace_arachne.com lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 7:01 AM Subject: [lace] lace and glue After it was much too late, I found out that the lady who set up the display used glue dots to stick the lace to the fabric panels. I about came 'unglued' when I discovered it, and the person in charge of the whole thing got an earful of my thoughts. Alice in Oregonexpecting improving weather and sunshine for Lace Day. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.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
Re: [lace] bobbin makers - Mary Niven
Hi All, I have bobbins from most of those mentioned, obtained either in this country, or sent to me by friends and acquaintances living or holidaying in other continents, but Richard Ives hasn't been mentioned yet, I think!He has, sadly, now retired, but his bobbins were - and still are - some of my favourites.One of his friends painted them, but he made the bobbins, and was able to pyrograph commemoratives, and also made lovely 'Jack-in-the-Box', 'Cow in Calf' and 'Mother and Babe' bobbins, as well as 'mini' and tiny travele obbins too. He and his wife Jenny used to attend the Lace Fairs and events, and were always most popular wherever they went. I also remember a chap from Cambridgeshire somewhere, but I can't remember his name - I still use a waxpot of his that had a lacemakers' prayer pyrographed on it: I pray that, risen from the grave, In glory I will stand - A crown perhaps upon my head, A bobbin in my hand. Maybe someone will remind me of his name - I will know it when I hear it ... Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day'. Oh yes I would second that. I have some beautiful bobbins painted by Mary Niven. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] bobbin makers
Hi All, I have been rootling through some of my favourite bobbins, and I have several on one of my current pillows made by Pauline Denmark's husband - they are so lovely, most of the ones I have are spliced with different colours (and what a job it was to find *just* the right beads to spangle them!) and are so slender and good to handle - and to look at! I am also hard-pushed not to spend the enture housekeeping (and more ...) on Malcolm Fowler's wonderful, slender glass bobbins. He fills them and decorates them with the most exquisite beads, lace, etc., and even made me some with my grand children's baby hair in, as well as an extra special, fatter pair with some baby teeth inside. Not to everyone's taste, those latter, but I love them! They are made of Pyrex glass, I think, so are also very hardwearing. Back to the pillow, to find some more Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant uspeace in our day.' - Original Message - From: Roberta S Donnelly bobbil...@juno.com Subject: Re: [lace] bobbin makers - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Re: Bobbin-A-Long School of Lacemaking
Hi All, I *do* put a slip knot on when I wind bobbins - I tell my students that I do, and also tell them that a lot of lace-makers don't, and let them make up their own minds!But - I tie mine on, as I travel - like most lace teachers and lace-makiers, I am sure! - all over the place to classes, Lace Days, and 'Home' groups, and feel that, even if the bobbins run when being hauled around, I am not going to lose said bobbin, as it is tied on!So - not because I am Scrooge-like with thread, or that I don't wind the bobbins properly, just a 'belt and braces' way to make sure I don't lose any of my bobbins. Carol - in Sufoflk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Bobbin-A-Long School of Lacemaking I am not a fan of tying thread to bobbins - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] It's arrived!
Hi All, Yes - mine arrived this morning too, so the housework was delayed - and still is, as I am now reading the eMails ... Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - Subject: [lace] It's arrived! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Hand-made lace on ebay - no chance
Hi All, I have just looked at the gloves, and love them!I'd certainly wear them - somewhere! - but as they are so expensive, maybe one of the gold, Indian hand embellishments could be used as a pattern, to design my own A project for the Christmas holiday perhaps, or maybe it would be quicker and cheaper to glance at the 'Power of Hands'website. But I also think that Abby from NCIS would look great in them - although I was not too impressed with the skeleton phalanges on which a glove was photographed, one of the photographs. Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' To: Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Hand-made lace on ebay - no chance Jean Nathan wrote: A City and Guilds lacemaker is offering Goth hand-made lace gloves with an opening bid required of £250. When I looked at the pictures (one of finished glove, one work in progress and 3 of other things), I thought perhaps the £250 included a skull, gravestone and a very nice stone angel. Actually, I think the angel IS worth £250. Malvary in Ottawa where we have some snow (not as much as UK), but we can cope better. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.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
Re: [lace] Question concerning metalic thread.
Hi Patsy et al, I always use Geoff Mudge's 'hooky' bobbins for metallic thread, and sometimes for slippery gimps too. The hooks are perfect to hold the thread, and it never unwinds - the bobbins are also lovely too - as are all Geoff's bobbins! His details are in 'Lace', but if anyone needs any help, I will gladly pass on his details. All best wishes - and may your pins never bend (and your threads never run)! Carol - Suffolk UK . How do you wind it so that it doesn't immediately unwind? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.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
[lace] Niggles about the Larkrise to Candleford lace.
Hi All, I am a tad surprised at the 'carping' that has ensued from the Lark Rise lace-making. I also thought I noticed several anomalies, but am content to take the view that the lace-making problems in the Industrial Revolution were well-explained, and that it was a delight to see lace-making actually a main part of the story, rather than just glossed over. We as lacemakers can probably recognise the some of the lace wasn't what it was cracked up to be but, if it gave just one person an interest, and persuaded him/her to take up our lace classes, we should perhaps be pleased, rather than gripe about what seemed wrong with the lacemaking. Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] lace photos
I can remember, many years ago, buying lots of Debbie Moller's patterns (alphabets, initials et al) and they were very often printed on red paper. I wondered at the time whether it was to stop illegal copying, as many photocopiers at that time - we are talking about twenty years ago, if not more - couldn't cope with very definite colours like red, dark blue and dark green.I know when the company for which I worked purchased an all-singing, all dancing, bells and whistles copier, which was the most up-to-date thing on the planet, I was asked if I'd like to photocopy some of these patterns on the copier, to see how well it performed.I think they regretted it, as after that, every strongly coloured pricking I bought, I asked if I could copy for myself, so that the purchased ones stayed pristine ... Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' Subject: Re: [lace] lace photos I remember how surprised many of us were to find that the printed prickings in the book were on red card! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] What would YOU do?
Hi All, I am just looking at the lace pillow I spent all yesterday afternoon/evening attempting to untangle - I haven't touched it for several months since the 'accident' happened., but will have to sit and work at it again today, and until it is OK again. To explain.I was demonstrating with several 'Have-a-Go' pillows, and others on display, and with this one displayed, but with elastic across the bobbins, so that it couldn't be disturbed. However, I was sitting with one little girl, with the snake, when I noticed that another girl - probably about 14/15 - had undone the elastic, and was fiddling with the bobbins. I asked her not to touch, when the accompanying lady told me that the girl was very accomplished, had won prizes at school for handwork, and could only help me to finish the lace. I again asked her not to touch it, as it was quite special to me.I was very restrained, and polite, as I again told them it was a special piece, being a chalice cover I was making in memory of my late husband, but the lady took offence, as did the girl, and, as they turned away making impolite remarks, the woman 'accidentally' knocked the pillow and table, whereupon the pillow fell. The resulting tangle is what I am still attempting to remedy. In all the years I have demonstrated, I have never before had such an experience!Which explains the subject line - I was (and still am ) horrified that anyone could do such a thing, and although it has never happened before, it does make me wonder whether I will ever take pillows with complicated work, and many beautiful bobbins, to a display again. As I said - what woud you do? Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - 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 picture of a dragon
Hi Sherry, Several years ago, when the Lace Guild convention was in Llandudno, the goodie bag was a folder of several dragon prickings, and at least one tatted one. They were all beautiful, but in one of the recent Lace newsletters, was the pricking for Puff, the dragon, as well as a much larger one taking two pages. I hope this helps! Carol - in Sufoflk UK - Original Message - From: Celtic Dream Weaver celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com To: arachne lacing lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 6:00 PM Subject: [lace] lace picture of a dragon . If you know of any dragon bobbin lace patterns can you tell me where you saw the pattern. Thank you. Happy Lacing to all in Lacing Land. - 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
[lace] Satellite Tsunami Photos of Japan
A friend sent me this web link. I think you will find it interesting. These are the clearest satellite photos yet. Move your mouse sideways to reveal Then and Now comparison. Look at Fujutseka and Noriaga especiallywhole forests have disappeared as well as half an island in the middle of the river. In one a river has been revealed that was obscured by the forest canopy before. The very last photo both valleys by the sea area have been scoured from the shore inland just like a glacier would produce. Nice treatment of the google sat photos here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm Best Regards, Carol Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] opps, sorry
Sorry, I meant to send the previous email about pictures of the Tusnami to Chat. Regards, Carol Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Christening gown (longish)
HI Sue, Think of a paper pattern to cut out a baby dress and the shape of each piece. Each piece of lace is made in the shape of one of the paper patterns ie: yoke is almost a circle, the sleeves are shaped like little puff sleeves and the front and back pieces are generally straight with an arm hole then of course the ruffle at the bottom of the dress is straight yardage. The type of lace is torchon. Lots of spiders on the fronts. backs, and sleeves, there is a trail and some roseground and torchon ground. If I remember correctly I used 90/2 linen thread. As for all the bobbins I knew I wouldn't have enough money to buy all those bobbins so I bought a small lathe and some chisels instead and proceeded to learn how to turn my own bobbins. Even found free wood in our back yard and made quite a few from apple wood and lilac from the lilac bush. I will send you a picture of the dress privately as I have no idea how to post a picture on arachne. If someone wants to tell me how to post a picture I'd be happy to give it a try. Best Regards, Carol Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ USA On Mar 21, 2011, at 3:46 AM, Sue T wrote: When this conversation began I thought we were all speaking of a cloth gown with lace trim, but this one of Carols, is something else. It sounds fantastic. Having never seen the book, or the pattern or pictures I dont have any concept of the piece, but you set my mind thinkingg. What style of bobbin lace is it? just from a general interest sake. The most bobbins I have ever used was 54 pairs for a couple of pieces and apart from the fact that I dont possess 456 bobbins (or 228 either I dont think) I was having trouble with my 28 pairs yesterday, LOL. Mind you that was lack of concentration really:-) Sue T Dorset 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] webshot Christening dress
I have uploaded a picture of the dress as per Sue's instructions. Thank you Sue! I'll save those instructions and maybe upload some more of my work. http://community.webshots.com/album/579942410PmmurI Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Sweet 16
Happy Birthday Arachne! Many thanks to Avital and Liz for keeping Arachne going for 16 years. Your work is much appreciated. Best Regards, Carol Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] fungi and new lace pillow
Hello Fellow Arachnids, I have been away for five months (terrible withdrawal symptoms from a lack of lace and Arachne ...) looking after elderly and quite poorly parents, but am back now, and hoping I haven't forgotten everything about lace! But - Donna's new pillow reninded me of my new(ish) acquisition. When I rushed up to North Norfolk to look after my parents, I had my very large lace pillow in the car - providentally. On one of the more pleasant days, I took my pillow outside, with my stand. The phone rang, I stood up, and as said lace piow is large and heavy, it decided to topple off the 'table' part of the stand. A neighbour heard my chuntering, and popped his head over the fence, asked what on earth was the matter, and what on earth was I doing!I explained, and told him why I was a tad disgruntled, upon which he took the stand away, and brought it back several days later with an adaptation - a much larger 'table' bit, all beautifully stained, and ready to go. I am now delighted with it - but am wondering just how I can persuage him that, as he has now retired from his carpentry business, he needs a small lathe to make me loads more bobbins! Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: Dona Bushong bdonama...@gmail.com To: 'Arachne Arachne' lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 2:18 AM Subject: [lace] fungi and new lace pillow On the true lace front - this past weekend my husband and I completed a new roller lace pillow. - 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
[lace] Lace Subscriptions
Hi All, I wonder if it would help to say that I pay my Lace Guild subs by Direst Sebit - I don't have to think about it, am not in any danger of not paying, so am quite happy with they way it has worked for the past several years... Carol - Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: lynrbai...@desupernet.net 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
[lace] Move to North Norfolk, UK
Hi All, I am very sad, as I have been given notice to leave my rented cottage in Suffolk, as the owner wants to sell, so I have now signed up for a nine-month, extendable rental of a property in North Norfolk, near Fakenham.I am wondering if there are any lace groups up there in the wilds of Norfolk that I don't know about, and wonder if there are any souls on Arachne who attend classes, or would lnow about groups. I know about Sheringham Lace Makers, Norfolk Lacemakers, Stalham LM, and I think there is a group in or near Heacham, so would be delighted to have more contact details of any of those groups, plus any I haven't mentioned. Thanks in advance to you all, Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - 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
[lace] What Arachne is
Thank you Alice for explaining Arachne to all of us, the newbies needed this information and we who have been on Arachne a long time need a reminder from time to time.Even though I don't talk much I do read most of the posts and I can't tell you must how much I have enjoyed all of the information I've garnered in the 15 years or so that I've been mostly lurking. Thank you Liz and Avital for making it all possible. It seems to me that if there are those who think having a site on ping would be just the ticket for lacemakers, then someone with the knowledge of how it works should start it. I'm quite sure there is room on the internet for one more lacemakers resource. Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, AZ USA Arachne is a GIFT to the lacemakers of the world by Liz. The base service, Majordomo, can only do certain things, but has been doing them very well for however many (17? 18?) years. It is an email forum that allows us to communicate and learn from each other. It is text only. Liz has maintained and paid for this service all this time without asking the members for anything. We don't own Arachne. We just get the privilege of using it for free. - 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
[lace] A Great Loss
Dear Diane, Thank you for letting us know about Doris Southard's passing. It is indeed a very great loss to our lace community. Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] The dress has finally been used!
Around a year ago I posted a picture of the baby christening dress I had made some years back, 1992 - 1997, designed by Veronica Sorensen and in her book Modern Lace Designs. The dress has languished in the drawer (wrapped in acid free tissue paper and unbleached muslin) all these years, occasionally coming out for a brief showing at a Lace Day. Today, Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012, the dress was finally used as it was intended. My granddaughter Amelia Caroline was baptized and she wore the dress. What a lovely 13 day old baby girl she is... I've posted 2 pictures of her wearing the lace dress on webshots. Pictures 2 and 3. http://community.webshots.com/album/579942410PmmurI Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] The dress was finally used
Thank you to all who went and had a look at the pictures and sent such nice comments. My daughter and son in law enjoyed reading them as much as I did. It was so exciting for me to see little Amelia wearing my bobbin lace effort. I have purchased an acid free box for its storage and the dress is now officially handed down to the next generation to care for. Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ USA Sent from my iPad - 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] Sad news
I too have enjoyed Betty Ann's messages over the years and will miss her wit and southern charm, which we both chuckled about over some personal emails. I told her of my grandson who was 2 1/2 years old when he had open heart surgery last May and how he was smiling and ready to rock and roll on the 3 rd day. I am so sorry she did not have the same wonderful results. I will miss her postings. Please extend my condolences to Clive and her family. Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ - 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] What thread and/or pattern would you use?
Hi Susie, I too wanted to make lace for my youngest daughter's future wedding but neither she nor I had any idea what kind of dress she would want and so I began yardage for a wedding veil when she was still in high school. I chose a torchon pattern about 2 wide and used Metler 60/2 cotton thread. Over the next 5 years I made 8 yards. I used all but 13 when I made the veil. I also made her garter and lace for a hanky. Finally I made a square mat that was open in the center for the bridal pillow and after the wedding I took the mat off the pillow and put a picture of the bride and groom in the center, framed it and gave to the bride and groom. There are lots of ways to use lace in a wedding besides on the dress. It is a very rewarding endeavor and I'm sure you will enjoy making lots of lace for your daughter. Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ. USA where it has been raining off and on for 2 days. We have had almost 1 and 1/4. It is supposed to be wet until Tuesday and then clear off. If this keeps up the desert will have a profusion of wild flowers in the spring!!! - 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] LED lighting
So far, functionality portability haven't met to meet my needs. If Sue or another Arachnean finds a potential solution, please share! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA I have a portable lamp purchased from Joanne Fabrics about 4 years ago. It is an led and is battery as well as AC plug in and the adapter comes with the lamp. The lamp has 2 goosenecks, one for the light and one for a 2x magnifier. It has worked well for me and I'd buy it again. It is called Vusion2 Craft Light. Made by the Mighty Bright company. The price on their website is $39.99. I don't remember what Joanne's price was but I had a coupon and thought I got a good deal. Their website is: http://www.mightybright.com/Craft-Lights/ Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ 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] A poppy story
David that was a fascinating presentation by your sister Christine. She is quite a storyteller. Congratulations to her for a job very well done indeed. Are there any other videos of her telling of your grandfather's life? Best regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ USA Sent from my iPad . http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2011/07/05/3261341.htm - 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] Little Danish Heart pattern
Dear Jeri, While I rarely comment I am compelled to remark on your statement I was told again this week, that people do not read what I write on Arachne. I want you to know I read your your writings and appreciate you sharing your knowledge with all of us. I don't believe I am the only one. The person who told you this should have confined her comments to an I statement. She doesn't speak for me. Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun - 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
I like the idea! And bless you for volunteering to keep us organized. Carol Melton Phoenix, AZ USA Sent from my iPad On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:55 AM, AGlez antje.gonza...@gmail.com 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? Best wishes, Antje González , from Guadalajara, Spain: sun and 34º. ww.vueltaycruz.es https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistAndCross - 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 salamanders
On Aug 22, 2014, at 1:16 PM, Susan Vossier susan.voss...@gmail.com wrote: First, Jeri, I don't always read every word of your posts, for a multitude of reasons, but I have learnt such a lot from them since being on Arachne, I should HATE you to stop. Please go on! Two years ago I met a lacemaker who was embarking on a project for all lacemakers, beginners or not; the idea being that every participant make a salamander (or 2 or 3 or more!) and send them to her. She has now over 428 - see here http://www.lesdiversespassionsdejosi.com/article-les-salamandres-en-vacances- au-musee-de-retournac-124278960.html from all over France and Belgium. The original pattern was by Michel Jourde, based on an MC Escher tessellation, so all the salamanders fit into each other. The banner is NOT for sale, nor to raise money, but the outcome of the friendship between lacemakers. The site is in French, but if you want to participate and don't understand the lingo, I'll be the go-between. Sue from Montélimar, supposedly the sunny South of France, but miserable weather this summer! - 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] Weather and lace
Miriam - congratulations on having compiled such a beautiful collection of bobbin lace. All of your pieces are gorgeous but I especially like the tulip doily. Pretty isn't quite a strong enough word but spectacular comes close. Best regards, Carol Melton Goodyear, AZ USA Sent from my iPad On Jan 10, 2015, at 4:07 AM, Miriam Gidron mgid...@netvision.net.il wrote: I was chosen to be the one to put my lace on display now. - 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] weather
I too was enjoying the weather reports from around the world. The desert in southwest USA has very moderate winter temps. Phoenix, AZ area temps today are 71 - 50 deg F. Presently it is 66 deg F and very few clouds. The summer temps are not so moderate..112-118 deg F. That's when we hide in the AC. :-) Carol Melton Goodyear, AZ. USA On Jan 9, 2015, at 5:54 AM, Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net wrote: Actually, since the list is relatively quiet, I've appreciated the short messages describing the - 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] The altar cloths are finished.
Lyn, it is extraordinarily beautiful lace! After hearing your description I am delighted to see a photo. Congratulations on a job well done. Hugs, Carol Valley of the Sun Goodyear, AZ. USA Where we have already had our first over 100 deg day. Sent from my iPad On May 2, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Lyn Bailey lynrbai...@supernet.com wrote: Dear All, You may recall several years ago, that I asked for advice on the altar cloths. Well, they were finished, and here is the article about them. - 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] June 21 International Lace Day
And here in Phoenix, AZ. USA yesterday was 115 officially. My daughter recorded 117 in her car, my son 122, my car said 116. All F deg. Been a little toasty the last few days. End of next week maybe temps will come down to 109. Meanwhile we sizzle in our dry heat.. Lol. The price to pay for lovely winters. Carol Valley of the Sun Phoenix, AZ 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] Smoke
I have found coffee grounds - dry, unused - to be very effective in removing unwanted odors. Put the book and coffee grounds in a plastic bag and leave for as long as it takes to get rid of the odors. I would try a couple of weeks and then check. Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Phoenix, Arizona, 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] Happy Birthday, Arachne!
> On Apr 12, 2016, at 9:40 AM, jeria...@aol.com wrote: > > My calendar says today, April 12, is our birthday. Happy Birthday! And many happy returns of the day, Arachneans! My thanks also to Liz for providing the server that lets us talk about lace and to Jeri for the reminder today is our birthday. Best regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun Goodyear, AZ, 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] County Fair Win
Hi Janice.Looks like your babbling produced enough information for a good article! Lol. Congrats! Carol Melton Phoenix, AZ. USA Valley of the Sun > . > I was interviewed by phone for a local paper while I was up in Fresno. As > the interview came out of the blue, I babbled on about lappets and Thomas > Lester. I wondered what would be printed. You can read the article online > now at > http://myvalleynews.com/local/blair-wins-best-division-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/
Re: [lace] Lace The Torchon Lace
Thank you Karen for sharing such and interesting article. Best regards, Carol Melton West of Phoenix AZ USA 113 deg F today Sent from my iPad - 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] Bobbin lace and Native Americans
Hello Brian, Sorry, you will have to eat your words. Sybil Carter, an Episcopal missionary, is the name of the woman who began teaching bobbin lace to women of the Ojibwe tribe in Minnesota. The women were taught how to make other laces as well. According to what I've read they made a very high quality lace. Minnesota is considered a Great Plains state. There was an Indian School in Phoenix AZ and according to a display at the Heard Museum in Phoenix they did teach bobbin lace to the girls at this school so bobbin lace was not confined to the Great Plains. Some of the tribes in the Arizona area would have been the Hopi, Papago, Tohono O'odham, Apache, and Chiricahua. According to some Indian Affairs reports in 1901, in New York (state) there were Native American women making bobbin lace. Best regards, Carol Melton West of Phoenix, AZ USA http://tinyurl.com/jvaccul http://www.mnopedia.org/group/sybil-carter-indian-lace-association Hopefully the tiny URL works. - 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
HelloJeri, Quote mark are all that came through from your list of possibilities for me as well as the normal punctuation of question marks and periods in the rest of your email. Carol Melton Valley of the Sun West of Phoenix, AZ USA > What happens with quote marks: "This is a 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/
Re: [lace] Turn over stitch
Ah ha! Thank you Alice. My brain was in overdrive trying to figure out how/why to turn a stitch over! Once again different names for the same process tripped me up. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.. Best regards, Carol Melton West of Phoenix Arizona, USA Valley of the Sun where it has been under 100 deg F for 2 days in a row. Next thing we know the leaves will turn yellow and drift to the ground. Sent from my iPad > > The Turn Over Stitch is CTTC. - 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] Propose an OIDFA Work Group for S vs. Z Threads and Winding Bobbins
Dear Shirley and others interested in threading a needle. The simplest way to know you are using the wrong side of the needle is when the thread doesn’t go through the eye of the needle, assuming of course you have lined everything up properly. Simply roll the needle between your thumb and first finger until the other side of the eye is facing you and again push your thread through the eye. Should work just fine. Sometimes for me that still doesn’t work and then I check the end of the thread for minute fibers hanging. Trim the thread, re-dampen (spit works for me), pinch the end of your thread and aim for the eye. Victory is in your grasp! Best regards, Carol Melton West of Phoenix, AZ USA Valley of the Sun Sent from my iPad > On Dec 11, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Tregellas Family <endso...@internode.on.net> > wrote: > Now I will check the eye of the > needles with a strong lens to make sure I'm doing this correctly, > thereby getting rid of my frustration. Any hints would be gratefully > received. > - 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] Ma's Laces - Recent South African presentation of WWI Belgian Ma's Lace Story
Thank you for posting Jeri. As always, very interesting. Carol Melton West of Phoenix, Arizona, USA Valley of the Sun Sent from my iPad > On Oct 29, 2017, at 12:17 PM, Jeri Ames <jeria...@aol.com> wrote: > > For our historians, >  > A friend just sent a link from an October 28, 2017 newspaper in Port Alfred, > South Africa, reporting that Richard Brooksbank is still telling the story of > his great-grandmother, Louise Lienaux Vergauwe, and the laces she created > during WWI.  We last heard he was giving these talks in 2015, from our > Arachne member (Janis) in South Africa. >  > https://www.talkofthetown.co.za/2017/10/28/amazing-historical-lace-pieces-de > >  > If you own the book "The Story of Ma's Laces 1914-1918 - Her response to the > trauma of wartime" you may wish to copy the article and place in the book. >  Or maybe you have a research file about War Laces made during WWI, and will > want to keep this related story. >  > I think that there will be an opportunity to see these laces at the 2018 World > Lace Congress in Brugges.  There will be a celebration acknowledging 100 > years of lace making following the end of WWI.  According to the dedication > in the book, these laces can be seen today, by request, at the Musee du > Costume et de la Dentelle de la Ville de Bruxelles. >  > If you own the book and want the story to survive, perhaps there is a WWI > museum near you that would preserve it for future study. >  > The friend who sent this article to me did a search and she thinks the book is > out-of-print; unavailable from major booksellers like Amazon, Abe's Books, > etc.  However, I remember having to order it directly from England, for $30 > plus $14 shipping and handling, so it may never have reached a "commercial" > distributor. >  > The book was printed privately in 2004 in Sheffield England - in limited > quantity.  Authors are Kerry and Carol Brooksbank.  ISBN 0-901100-54-4. >  Softbound.  No page numbers, 16 chapters.  Contains a substantial history > of lace, plus large number of photos. >  > Someone, please acknowledge this posting, so that people using gmail will look > for it in our archive. >  > http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html >  > 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/
