[lace] LOKK Festival

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Reading all the message about Ithaca, I thought to inform you about the 
LOKK Festival held the 27th of September this year.
The LOKK, the Dutch Lace Organisation, was founded 25 years ago. 
Therefore they organised a lot of activities. On the 27th of September 
a Lace Festival was organised in Maarn. There were lace activities all 
of the building. In the big sportshall all every lace group in the 
Netherlands represented themselves. Also our lacegroup was present. We 
had worked very hard in publish a booklet with our own designs. In the 
smaller rooms there were several exhibitions. In one were hats 
exhibited, in a other miniature dollhouses. There was an exhibition of 
the collection of the LOKK. In collection there are several beautifull 
antique laces. There was also an exhibition of designs published in the 
book Kant met een zilveren randje, translated Lace with a silver 
shine around. Of course there was a vendors room. Also 3 lectures were 
given. I attended only one about the specific frysian hats. It was a 
great fun to be there and see all that lace and all the people involved 
in lace.
I put several photo's on my website, so have a look at www.kloskant.info

Have fun,

Gon Homburg,
Amsterdam, where we had a bright cold autumnday full of sunshine.
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[lace] Re: lace LOKK Festival

[Gon Homburg]

Patsy wrote:

Just looked at the pictures of the LOKK Festival.  The dress of leaves
caught my eye.  Would anyone involved in making this dress give us
the story on this dress and how it was made.  Tell us about the making
of the leaves, what thread was used, etc.  It looks like gold thread 
but
most gold thread is hard to work with.  The picture was not clear and
I couldn't tell if the leaves were lace leaves or possibly just gold 
leaf,
leaves.

I was not involved in making the dress, but I know that the leaves were 
made by several people all over the country. The different patterns of 
the leaves were published in the Kantbrief, the magazine of the LOKK. 
The LOKK asked her members to make one or more leaves to combine in a 
piece. Everyone thought it would become a tree or something like that. 
It became a dress with some accessories. The leaves were mounted to the 
shiny fabric. I don't think there were leaves made of gold thread, but 
perhaps of metallic thread of a gold color. All leaves used were lace 
leaves.
Of course I made the photo smaller on my website in order to decrease 
the loading time of the page. I will put a link to a bigger photo 
behind it.

Gon Homburg from a beautiful sunny Amsterdam, the Netherlands



	

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[lace] Fwd: Holland/the Netherlands

[Gon Homburg]

Kenn wrote:
Actually, a lot of difference.  Calling the Netherlands Holland is like
calling Great Britain England or the United States New York.  North and
South Holland are provinces of the Netherlands and people living there 
are
from Holland.  Because Amsterdam falls into that region the 
residents are
indeed Nederlanders and Hollanders.And having received the 
latest
issue of Kantbrief from the LOKK (Landelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst
Nederland or National Organization of Lace Art) they make some really 
nice
lace.

Thank you Kenn,

Yesterday we had our annual lace day in North Holland. It is held 
every year on the first Saturday in November in Koog a/d Zaan, a town 
north of Amsterdam.
In the morning we had a lecture about paintings and drawings of 
lace-makers, made in the 19th and 20th century, held by Lia  Baumeister.
In the afternoon we worked on Ipswich lace. Everyone got a booklet 
with a little bit of history and 4 patterns of Ipswich lace. The lace 
day was attended by approximately, 82 persons, It was fun making 
American lace in Holland with such many lace-makers.

Happy lacing
Gon Homburg
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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re:[lace] Help with Valenciennes

[Gon Homburg]

Hello Sue,

2x naar de hoek means 2 times towards the corner. You didn't mention 
the issue of Kant in which the hanky edging is published so I cannot 
check if this is correct. But it is the translation of the words.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where it was a beautifull day, a little bit 
cold, but sunny.
 
 

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[lace] Cathryns cookies

[Gon Homburg]

I made the Cathryns cookies following Lynne's recipe this week for my 
students. They liked them very much. Normally in the north of Holland 
we don't celebrate the saint days, but St. Cathryn as patroness of the 
lacemakers is a welcome exception.

Thanks Lynne for the delicious recipe.
Gon Homburg
From Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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[lace] old lacebooks bought.

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,
Yesterday I visited the Dutch lace market in Maarn and was very lucky 
to be able to buy to old Dutch lace books. Ik was looked for them 
several years ago, but could not get them. Not in a normal bookshop, 
not in antique bookshop or a shop for second hand books.
And suddenly now I saw the book of Mrs. Van der Meulen-Nulle about 
duchesse lace in the stand of the LOKK for a very low price. I didn't 
think very long and bought it right away. Later in the afternoon I saw 
at another stand the book of Mrs Schutten-Putters. It was not that 
cheap, but I decided to buy it.
The book of Mrs. Van der Meulen-Nulle was originally published in 1904. 
She was headmistress of the Lace school in The Hague than, later on she 
teached on the School For Crafts in Amsterdam. The book, I bought is of 
the second print in 1924.
The book of Mrs. Schutten-Putters is not dated, but on the front page a 
name and the 1942 is mentioned. I assumed, this is the first owner. 
Mrs. Schutten-Putters was director of the lace-association Het 
Molenwiekje.

You understand my joy yesterday. I din post it to the dutch list, but 
forgot about you. Shame on me.

Happy lacing,
Gon Homburg from a cold Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
 
 

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[lace] Painting with bobbin lacers in Amsterdam

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Last week an article was published in our newspaper about a painting  
of Cornelis de Vos. It was purchased by a museum in Amsterdam, called  
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder. In English the museum is called Our Lord  
in the Attic. Originally it was a Roman Catholic church, called St.  
Nicholas Church. The painting they bought is about the legend of St.  
Nicholas, who was a bishop in Myra, Turkey. On this painting a father  
with three daughters. Two of them are making bobbin lace.


Happy lacing,
Gon Homburg
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The winter is coming. It was cold today.

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[lace] visit tot Sydney Australia.

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

A friend of mine is travelling to Sydsney Australia from the 15rh of  
July for about 3 weeks. She asked me to investigate if she could  
visit any lacy places or lace exhibits.
Could you inform me about it, so that I can tell her?

Happy lacing
Gon Homburg
in a cold and snowy, rainy Amsterdam
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[lace] Re: lace-digest V2007 #53

[Gon Homburg]

Op 12-feb-2007, om 11:18 heeft lace-digest het volgende geschreven:


Nelleke wrote:




Something very nice happened. Last week I was approached by a  
friend of mine
who makes historical costumes. She is hired by the army museum in  
Delft, The
Netherlands, to make a historical correct costume for Prins Maurits  
in the
period 1595-1610. In that time he was the military leader of The  
Netherlands
(more or less. We were at war and the borders were very different  
from today).
To make this costume realy historical correct, my friend needs some  
historical
correct lace. And she asked me to make it. For money! Not much,  
arround
minimum wage, but I'm not complaining. Now I need a pattern. So my  
question to
you is, who has, or knows of, a nice simple pattern that is correct  
for the
period 1595-1610. I need about 0,5 meters of 1,5 cm wide. The  
portret on which
the costume will be based shows a dainty little braided lace. But  
it is not
clear enough to see precicely what the lace looks like. It seems to  
be little
points, something like 9 pin edge. Is that correct for the time? It  
doesn't

have to be dutch lace.


Nelleke,

I think it is a good idea to contact Lia Baumeister about this. She  
also reconstructed laces for the Rembrandt House in Amsterdam. She  
surely be glad to advise you or help you out with this.


Before that we also reconstructed laces from a painting. the lace on  
this painting wasn't also very clear, but with help of books of  
historical laces and Lia's knowledge about that subject, we managed  
to do it.


Good luck

Gon Homburg
from a wet Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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[lace] Re: lace-digest V2010 #30

[Gon Homburg]

 In most cases the same phot-rules as usual are given. But if you want to
reconstruct old laces it would be better to go and let make a 400 color-copie.
On this you see every fine thread and how it goes along.


When I made photo's of the lace catalogue in the Town Archives in Haarlem, I
used my normal digital camera on macro and set on as many pixels as possible.
I made them by hand and luckily they are sharp, also when I have a look at
them on full screen on my computer. Our lace group wanted to reconstruct these
laces from the 18th century and we did also 50% of the laces in the catalogue.
For this purposes I printed each photo on A4 format. Of course it is not so
sharp as the photo's are on a normal format, but you can see how the threads
go, the twists made and the pinholes. The prints are very good to work from.

Just another way to reconstruct laces.

Happy lacing,
Gon Homburg form a gray Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where we had nearly 2
months of snow and ice. Is spring now coming or do we get some more snow?

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[lace] Re: lace-digest V2010 #30

[Gon Homburg]

Francis wrote


 i have been working over this in my head
 how can i make it more visual to you all?
 because out of the emails from several from you
 I do understand that i created more confusion then understanding
 so i have some diagrams

 have a look

 francis

 http://twists.weefshop.be/#home

I looked into your diagrams, Francis and I have the same with the passives on
the edges of torchon and tule. One side untwists and the other side mostly
overtwists. Both are breaking more then in the middle of the work in the
ground. I always wondered it was the cloth stitch, what caused. But lately I
was making a braid in cloth stitch in Lutac lace and I realized the threads
were not untwisting or overtwisting. I role my bobbins over the pillow and
then of course they are turning in both directions to the right and to the
left. At the edges of wide laces torchon or tule they are also at the side of
my cookie pillow. Perhaps they are turning more in one direction and is this
really the reason for untwisting or overtwisting and breaking.

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[lace] Fiber Familiarity

[Gon Homburg]

Devon wrote:

There seems to be a huge divide between the hobby lacemaking world and the  
artistic world. The hobby world has classes, books, lending libraries,  but 
the artists seem to be going it alone. In fact, it is actually somewhat  
painful to see artists re-inventing the wheel with a huge amount of effort, 
and  they do not lack in effort, when many of the things they are discovering 
have  already been discovered. 

I can of course not speak for America, but here in Holland i think the gap 
between hobby lacemakers and artists is getting smaller.
Several hobby lacemakers developed themselves into lace artists. 
Among my students in lacemaking there are several artists. I try to give them 
enough techniques to use in their work and give them the lessons they need.
A few years ago I gave a workshop at the Art School in Utrecht. There I offered 
the students the basics such as cloth stitch, whole stitch and half stitch and 
braids. Furthermore they learned to make corners and roundings in a braid of 
cloth stitch, a small piece of Schneeberg lace and a small lace from about 
1750. They liked it to do and the school was very enthusiastic about the 
results. However this last year they did not organize this workshop again. 
Every year they have another theme for the workshop, so I have to wait when I 
am invited again. Besides that the government is cutting down the money for the 
schools, so that they can not organize as much as they did and perhaps want to 
do.

So perhaps when this changes they will ask for it again.

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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[lace] making randa from OIDFA bulletin nbr 1 2011

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes

Yesterday I started to make the 'randa' from the OIDFA buttetin nbr 1-2011. The 
randa is a freehand lace from the Northern part of Spain near to the French 
border. I used linen 50/2 manufacgtured by FFR in Aalst, Belgium. It seems to 
be a little bit thin according to the photo in the bulletin, but there is no 
thread mentioned or how wide the lace is. Mine is approx. 1,5 cm wide being 
still on the pillow.
Does anyone know if this is the correct size? Or what thickness of thread is 
used for this randa in Spain? I make it without a pricking so the width can be 
easily adjusted.

Thanks in advance for your help

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, the Netherland. The weather is still gray this morning.
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[lace] Caen

[Gon Homburg]

Hi Birgitte,

The contest  of the bridges was won by a Russian lady with the Bridge of St.
Petersburg and the public price was another Russian lady also with the Bridge
of St Petersburg. I don't remember the names. They were too difficult for me.
A photo of the winning bridge is on my weblog on my website.
http://www.kloskant.com/blog/blog.html#caen

Happy lacing,
Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] current project/participating on the list

[Gon Homburg]

Last week I finished the lace for a Spanish collar. This type of collar is
painted amongst others by Rembrandt on the Nachtwacht. It takes 5 metres of
lace. The lace is finished and the collar is made by a seamstress who expects
to finish it today or tomorrow.
Now I am making fishes of bobbin lace for a project of the LOKK for their 35th
anniversary next year in April. It has to be delivered to them next thursday
on the Lace Market. So I have to hurry.
Furthermore I am thinking if I should bring something lacy to do in the train
when we are going to Frankfurt with our church choir or just bring a book to
read.

Most of time I am just reading the digest and not reacting on messages on it.
One of reasons is that often when you get a digest reactions on a mail are
already included. Then it feels unnecessary to react also.

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] my exhibition

[Gon Homburg]

I was asked to write something about my exhibition in Amsterdam. I uploaded
some photos of the flyer, exhibition room and one of exhibited laces. The
opening and brunch before the opening were a great succes. Everyone was
enthusiastic and quite suprised.They never thought of lace this way. Lace was
for most of them dollies and collars etc. Not 3d object and pictures made of
lace. I am glad to have done it. There are not many visitors because the
exhibtion is only open in the morning, but still a few visitors came also from
outside Amterdam. The exhibition will run until the 10th of March.

This summer there will be a more exhibitions of lace in Amsterdam. They are
called SALON/Lace or in Dutch SALON/Kant. SALON is a serie of exhibtions held
in Amsterdam or elsewhere about fashion, jewelry, fashion photography and so
on. The WinterSalon is stillto be seen this week in several places in
Amsterdam.  I have an appointment with the organisators of this event next
week, so we will see what is happening.

I'll tell you about that later.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg, from a sunny and frosty Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Re: Lace Days in Bruges

[Gon Homburg]

 Maureen wrote:

 A friend and I may be planning a trip to Bruges in the next few months and
 wonder if anyone knows about any Lace Days in that area so that we may plan
 our visit to coincide with a Lace Day.

 I don't know if you consider Deventer in the Netherlands in the Bruges Area.
As you are from the UK, you probable wondt.
In Deventer there will be a Lace Festival on the 25th and 26th of April due to
the 35th aniversary of the LOKK, the Dutch Lace organisation.
On the program are fashion shows of modern laces on special designed dresses,
presentations of local and international lace groups etc.
When you are in the area, please come. The festival will be in the Lebuinus
church in Deventer. More information on the website www.lokk.nl
also available in German and English.

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[lace] tatting or bobbin lace

[Gon Homburg]

I often read on Arachne about the lady who see bobbin lace demonstrated and
states that it is tatting. Thursday and Friday the Lace Festival in Deventer
was going on and I was attending and taking care of the stand of our lace
group on Thursday. Because a day can be long my friend who was are responsible
for our stand decided to take some tatting with us. We had quite a lot peple
who were interested in what we were doing, also because the tatting group
wasn't present. And yes a lady came and asked us if we were making bobbin
lace. We laughed and I remembered all the times I read on Arachne about the
tatting lady. Of course this is the other side of the ocean.

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Lace festival in Deventer the 26th of April

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

A little bit late but finally I remembered to tel you about the lace festival
in Deventer which was organised tot celebrate the 35 anivary of the LOKK.
It was a great day with lots to see. The was a fashion of lace made by a group
lacemakers around Lidwien Roording with drensde especially designed for this
purpose by Bas van Loo. Several lacegroups presented themselves to the public
with stands around the theme of the festival 'A sea of lace'. In Dutch this is
a Zee van kant, which also can mean lots of lace. Most of the groups however
toke the theme literal. Our group won the third place in the contents, so we
were very proud of ourselves.

Photos and a little report can be seen on my blog at
http://www.kloskant.com/blog/blog.html
It is only in Dutch, sorry for that.

Best regards

Gon Homburg from a rainy and cold Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I can hardly
believe it is spring already.

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[lace] Salon/Kant in Amsterdam

[Gon Homburg]

A while ago I promised to write about the Salon/Kant in Amsterdam. As you
perhaps know Kant in Dutch means lace.
The Salon is a manifestation with a lot of small exhibitions in museums and
galleries in the centre of Amsterdam. The opening was on the 15th of June in
the Amsterdam Museum. There were about 35 people making lace outside the
museum and inside an exhibition of lace of the LOKK. In the afternoon we
walked from one museum to another to see work of fashion designers, industrial
designers and artists all somehow related to lace. It was overwhelming and I
have not seen everything yet. For more information and photos you can have a
look on my blog at www.kloskant.com/blog
Unfortunately for most of you it is in Dutch. Another possibility in English
is the blog of the organisation www.salon1amsterdam.blogspot.com
I hope you will enjoy it and when you have the opportunity to visit it, do
so.
Happy lacing

Gon Homburg, in a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Re: [lace] Salon/Kant in Amsterdam

[Gon Homburg]

Yes, Sue is right. I forgot the second blog.html.
So the complete url is http://www.kloskant.com/blog/blog/html

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands







Op 2 jul. 2013, om 11:52 heeft Sue su...@talktalk.net het volgende
geschreven:

 I managed to find it on this link, I think its the right one, so have copied
the link as below.
 it also translated to english for me.
 Sue T Dorset UK

 http://www.kloskant.com/blog/blog.html


 HI
 Your link to www.kloskant.com/blog does not allow access to the site
 Would you kindly rectify
 Manie


 A while ago I promised to write about the Salon/Kant in Amsterdam. As you
 perhaps know Kant in Dutch means lace.
 The Salon is a manifestation with a lot of small exhibitions in museums and
 galleries in the centre of Amsterdam. The opening was on the 15th of June
in
 the Amsterdam Museum. There were about 35 people making lace outside the
 museum and inside an exhibition of lace of the LOKK. In the afternoon we

 of the organisation www.salon1amsterdam.blogspot.com I hope you will enjoy
 it and when you have the opportunity to visit it, do so.
 Happy lacing

 Gon Homburg, in a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands


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[lace] Barbara Uthmann (Germany)

[Gon Homburg]

Jeri wrote:

Has any book or booklet ever been written in English about this heroine of
lace making?   I would like to add it to my library.  If not,  it  would be
nice if someone would publish, in English, a book or  booklet about Uthmann
that everyone could be able to purchase.  The  operative word here is
English!

It is possible that no books on this subject are published in English.
Annaberg is situated Eastern Germany, originally DDR. As main foreign language
Russian was taught there and not English. Of course this probably has changed,
but still especially elderly people don't speak English. Furthermore it is
expensive to have books translated and the German market is that big that
there is no need for it. The problem is most of the time, that you need a
native English speaker who knows German and lace to have German lace books
translated. I don't know if the German Lace organisation has members in
Britain or the USA.

The books I have on Barbara Uthmann and/or Schneeberg lace are written in
German or Dutch. So I can't help you directly.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where fall is coming.

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[lace] Vibeke Ervo

[Gon Homburg]

What a sad news about Vibeke. In Caen she gave me an assistent about freehand
lace on dutch painting. Untill now I didn't find the time to look into it and
send her an answer. Now it is too late, but still I should study the subject.

She certainly will be missed.

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] lecture by Alicia Jan Boswell in Amsterdam

[Gon Homburg]

Yesterday we had a wonderful evening with Alicia Jane Boswell in Amsterdam. She 
gave a presentation about her work and her motivation of including lace in it. 
She told us why she wanted to do that and that she teached herself how to make 
bobbin lace and that she started right away with metal. In my opinion the hard 
way, but she didn’t know and nobody told her. Her pieces are amazing, enamel 
with lace patterns and real metal lace. Stunning.
At this time she is in Amsterdam for the Jewelry Art Fair last weekend. This 
week she is enjoying sightseeing Amsterdam and meet people.

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Which kind of a pillow

[Gon Homburg]

A few weeks I go I laid hands on a pillow, of which the husband of the owner
told me it was bought in Belgium. Iam sure it not an original Belgium pillow.
I think it is the shape of a Maltese pillow of perhaps Spanish. Who can help
me identify this? I put picture in my set on the Arachne Flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/72157632373687594/

Best regards an happy lacing for a grey Amsterdam

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Lace Scrapbooks

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Ilske wrote:

years ago I saw a book similar the scrapbook Jeri described. It was the summary 
of handicraft patterns from a lady giving classes in knitting, crochet and 
embroidery. The last two or three pages were filled with bobbin lace pieces. 
Some looked like old lace pieces others like new worked ones. We couldn't find 
out if she made bobbin lace or if she collected laces.
But in general I know nobody making or having such scrapbooks.

I can say I am a lucky person to have such a scrapbook. It is booklet full with 
pieces of lace, made around 1915 by a student of the Rijksschool voor 
Kunstnijverheid (literally translated State School for Crafts) in Amsterdam. 
This school educated teacher for lacemaking amongst other crafts. The students 
made examples of different laces and techniques and glued them in a scrapbook. 
This teacher Marie de Jong taught bobbin lace at the lace school in Wijdenes 
and after her marriage privately to a lace club in Edam of which my grandmother 
was a member. Both women became friends and stayed friends also when my 
grandmother could not make lace anymore. This scrapbook came in my possession 
after her husband died. I am very proud of it and show it now and then to my 
students.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where the sun shines now after a 
shower of hail this morning.

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[lace] Every week an edging of insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

In the Netherlands nowadays it is very popular to publish every week an edging
for crochet or something smal to embroider. We, a group of bobbin lace-
teachers thought it a good idea to start something similar in lace: Every week
an edging or insertion. It started today with a simple edging in Schneeberg
Lace. We will try to make it interesting for all people, not only simple
edgings but also more complicated ones. Every Wednesday around 15.00 pm a new
edging or insertion will be published on my website www.kloskant.com
http://www.kloskant.com/ or directly to the page http://bit.ly/1GpjsLJ
http://bit.ly/1GpjsLJ
If you like the idea, please join us. There is a special group made on
Facebook to show your results, comments and questions. This group is called
Kantje per week (Dutch for every week an edging or insertion in lace).
So I hope to see many of you there or read your comments on the edgings or the
idea via Arachne.

Happy lacing and have fun make your lace this week.

Gon Homburg, in a grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Re: [lace] Every week an edging of insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear LIn,

We will not send a weekly newsletter, but I will tell Arachne every week about
the new pattern.
Does that help you? ;-)

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands



 Op 5 nov. 2014, om 16:32 heeft Lin Hudren linhud...@gmail.com het volgende
geschreven:

 i think this is a lovely idea and have checked it out and am excited.  i do
not do Facebook so wonder if there is another way to keep track of this.  any
suggestions?

 i saw the join in but don't know if you send out weekly newsletters or if
we should just check your web site each week.  thanks for any more info you
can help this old lady.

 Hugs, Lin and the Mali

 Mistakes are beautiful.  Mistakes are part of the fun.  In the end, so much
of it turns out not to matter.



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[lace] weekly lace

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Susan wrote:
Thank you Gon!  What a terrific idea  thank you so much for sharing with
Arachne!!  To that end, I successfully downloaded the pricking  reread the
description on the Lace app because I do not know this lace.  A G**gle search
found instructions on the technique at www.knipling.de
http://www.knipling.de/ so I've started a Schneeberger file.  Is 80/3 linen
suitable for this?  I'm looking forward to learning something new each week.

It is designed for DMC film de dental 80. This is cotton.This is similar to
linen 80/2. 80/3 would be too thick to get a good result.
Happy lacing,


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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

This afternoon I published the second edging in this series on my website.
This is a shortcut directly to the page http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is again a Schneeberg lace edging designed by Lia Baumester. I hope you
have fun making it.

Best regards and happy lacing

Gon Homburg, from a rainy and grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging for this week is published on my website: http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is again a Schneeberg lace edging designed by Lia Baumeister, a little bit 
more complicated that the other ones.
I hope you have fun making it.

Happy lacing


Gon Homburg in a grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

This afternoon the 4th every weeks edging is published on the website 
www.kloskant.com Click on the left Every week an edging or insertion and you 
come to the right page and find the new edging.
It is another Schneeberg edging and this one is my design.

Best regards and happy lacing


Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] 5th every weeks edging is published

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The 5th every weeks edging is published don my website http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is another Schneeberg lace with little angels. This will be the last
Schneeberg lace for now. Next we will publish e edging or insertion of another
lace type.
Have fun making it. I enjoyed it very much.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg in a grey and cold Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

This weeks insertion is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is a simple guipure lace designed by Christa van Schagen.
Have fun making it.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg in a sunny and cold Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Today the edging of week 51 was published on my website http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is an old edging owned by the Twents Textile Museum in Enschede and redrawn
in the sixties. About 50 years ago I made this edging for the first time to
sew on a dress. I had to make about 40 figures of it. the dress was almost
forgotten and perhaps already thrown away, but the pattern is still in my
possession. So I could use it for this weeks edging.
Have a look and have fun making it.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg from a grey and a little bit wet Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging for week 52 is published om my website http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
I hope you have fun making it and I wish all of you a Merry Christmas.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands
No white Christmas this year.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes

I just published the edging for this week 1 on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
Lots of fun with it.
Also I wish all of you a Happy New Year with lots of lace fun.

Gon Homburg from a grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands
At least it doesn’t rain.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,
The insertion for week 6 is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
Again it is an Torchon edging, the forth of this lace type.
Have fun making it.
Happy lacing

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
At this moment the sun is shining, but that can change very quickly.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

I just published the insertion for week 7 on my site: http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
For now it is the last Torchon insertion. Surely we return to Torchon laces
later. This insertion was designed by Bep Hoogerbrugge and worked by Agnes van
Breemen.
Happy lacing

Gon Homburg, from a grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging for this week is on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is a simple Dutch edging of the 20th century, designed by mrs. L.P.J. de
Jager Meezenbroek. It was the first or second edging I made when I was about
13 years old.
Have fun making it.

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Spring is coming.

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[lace] An edging or insertion per week

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The insertion of this week 5 is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is a Torchon lace designed by Bep Hoogerbrugge.
Have fun making it.

Gon Homburg, in Oegstgeest, The Netherlands now taking care of the
grandchildren.

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[lace] edging or insertion per week

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging or insertion for this week is published on my site.
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5 http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
This time it is an insertion in Torchon, the first of 5 Torchon laces.
Have fun making it.

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
After raining the whole morning it is dry now and the sun is shining.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging of this week is published on my sit, http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
For now it will be the last guipure edging. It is designed by Christa van
Schagen. Next week we continue with another lace type.

Have fun making this edging.

Gon Homburg from a grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ad this morning it was beautiful weather, blue sky and the sun shining.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion.

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,
The insertion of this week 11, is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is a Dutch lace, designed and made by Lia Baumeister.
Last week Jeri mentioned the book ‘Hollandse Kant met passer en lineaal’
published by the LOKK. Unfortunately it is sold and I don’t think they will
do a reprint of it. It is really a good book with a lot of technique used in
this kind of lace and a lot of patterns.
Have fun with this week’s insertion.

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Spring is really coming
now.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion.

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging of this week is published on my site. http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is an old german edging to practice the 3-pairs and 5-pairs crossings. I 
hope you will have fun making it.

Best regards and happy lacing

Gon Homburg, from a grey and rainy Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Yesterday my website was closed down due to too many downloads. I requested
for an upgrade so I hope it will nog happen again.
The edging for this week is a Guipure edging designed by Christa van Schagen.
Have a look at http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5 http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5 and of course
have fun this week with this edging.

Gon Homburg, from a windy sometimes stormy Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

I just published the edging for this week on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is again a Dutch Lace from the beginning of the 20th century. It was also
designed by Mrs. De Jager Meezenbroek and altered by someone. I don’t know
it did the alterations. It is a pattern out of the stock of my grandmother. I
liked making it and I wish you also having fun making it.

Happy lacing,
Gon Homburg from a grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The sun wants to peep
through the clouds but doesn’t really succeed doing it.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

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Dear Arachnes,

The edging for this week is published don my site: http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is the second Dutch lace from the beginning of the 20th century. Originally
it was designed by Mrs. De Jager Meezenbroek but now altered and redrawn by
Lia Baumeister. Have fun making it.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a grey and rainy Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

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Dear Arachnes,

This week we have an edging and an insertion published on my site
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5 http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
They share the design which was made by Lia Baumeister. She also made them. We
wish you happy lacing with these two.

Gon Homburg, from a grey and windy Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging for this week is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is a simple Torchon edging. The next 5 weeks we will publish Torchon laces
again.
Have fun with this edging.

Gon Homburg from a sunny but windy and cold Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Pronkrol

[Gon Homburg]

Janice asked about the pronkrol, you can make of the edgings and insertions I 
publish every week.
Adele of course gave the good answer as Jocelyn more or less did. 
The purpose of the pronkrol in the old days was for young women, who had to 
apply for a job to show the employer their skills in sewing, embroidery, 
knitting and sometimes lacemaking. Nowadays they are made for fun, sometimes 
with all kind of title crafts, sometimes with only one. Depends on the wishes 
and interests of the maker.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It is still early but it 
is supposed to become the first summery this year.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion.

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,
The insertion of this week is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5.
It is a Torchon insertion designed by Bep Hoogerbrugge. She used a filling in
this piece which is not frequently used in the Torchon, the five hole ground.
Originally this is a ground in the Flanders lace, but it works also very well
in the Torchon.
Have fun this week with this insertion.
It is already the 27th pattern we published in Every week an edging or
insertion. I thank Lia Baumeister, Bep Hoogerbrugge and Christa van Schagen
for the patterns they provided and the lace they made.


Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands, enjoying the yellow
poppies blooming in my garden.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

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Dear Arachnes,

Due to the Lace Café this afternoon I am a little bit early with this weeks 
edging. It is already published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is a Guipure lace designed by Lia Baumeister.

This afternoon my lace group comes together in what we call the Lace Café. We 
meet every third Wednesday in a restaurant in the Vondelpark and make lace 
together. Now it is beautiful weather so I hope we can set on the terrace to 
have a coffee and make lace.

Gon Homburg in a sunny, but still a little bit windy Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

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Dear Arachnes,

This weeks edging is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
It is an old guipure edging from a pattern once made by my grandmother. It is
not very difficult but fun to make.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The insertion of this week is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5. A little it earlier than normal, but this afternoon
there will be the Lacecafé in the Vondelpark. So I do not have time this
afternoon.

Happy lacing and have fun with this insertion.

Gon Homburg from a sunny, but very windy and still cold Amsterdam, The
Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging of this week is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5. Again it is an edging from Skåne, Sweden. It is the
edging of last week, called the Big Pignose and a new insertion called the
7-leaved Rose. I drew a pattern for it, but I think the best way to make it is
without a pattern with striped fabric on you pillow or on graphic paper. But
anyway how you do it, I hope you will have fun making it.
Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion.

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

This weeks insertion is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5. Again it is a tradition pattern from Skåne, Sweden.
I hope you like making it.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Is the summer really
coming?

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Due to the Lace café this afternoon I am a little bit early. This weeks
edging is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5 http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5.
Again it is an edging from Skåne, Sweden. I like it very much and I think it
is fun to make it without a patter, just on my Swedish pillow with striped
fabric around the roler.

I hope, we can sit outside this afternoon and find a spot with sun and without
wind.

Happy lacing and have fun with this weeks edging.

Gon Homburg from a sunny but windy Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] 21h of July International Lace Day

[Gon Homburg]

I don’t know where this idea was developed and by whom. The first time I read 
about it, it was mentioned on Facebook. My first thought was, that this idea 
came from an English speaking country and the Museum De Kantfabriek followed. 
It was on Facebook for the first time last week. Originally an International 
Lace event was planned in Horst on the 4th of July, but it was already 
cancelled in November last year. So now it is on the 21 of June, when also in 
Holland Father’s day is celebrated. On the website of the Kantfabriek the day 
is mentioned but also here you get the idea that they follow an idea from 
elsewhere. I don’t think any of the lace organizations was involved in this.

Best regards and happy lacing on the 21st or on every other day you are making 
lace.


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[lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The insertion of this week is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5. It is an old pattern with raised dots. I doubted to
publish it, but several followers told me they could do it or they liked to
try. So succes with this insertion, which is a little bit more complicated.

Gon Homburg from a sunny but still windy Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion.

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

A day early but the new edging is already published on my site
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5 http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5.
This week it is a small Swedish edging from the region Skåne.
Originally these laces are made without a pattern with the pins only at the
edges. A striped fabric was used on the pillow to keep the edging straight.
Have fun this week with this edging.

Gon Homburg from a windy Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Spring has not yet
arrived, hopefully next weekend.

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

This weeks lace is published  on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5. It is neither an edging nor an insertion, but you can
use it as a bookmark or as an application on your blouse. Of course you can
alter it into an edging by removing the pigs nose edge at one side or change
it into an insertion by removing it from both sides. This is the fun part of
the Skåne lace. You can combine many elements to a lace which you like and
which suits the purpose you making it for.

Have fun making it.
Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a sunny and very hot Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 34° C is in
our country very hot.

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion.

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging of this week is published on my site http://bit.ly/1MxDrg2. It is 
the second of the series Plaited Laces. It is designed and made by Lia 
Baumeister. There are no real difficulties in this edging. So have fun this 
week.

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

This week I published 2 edgings on my new site. http://bit.ly/1MxDrg2
http://bit.ly/1MxDrg2
The page has been changed. You can download the pdf files for the edgings and
insertions from there.
Not all the already published edgings and insertion are on that page yet, but
they will come later.
These two edgings, designed by Lia Baumeister are the last of this series of
Guipure laces. After my vacation we switch to another lace type.

Happy lacing and have fun these weeks with these edgings.

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion.

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging of this week is published on my site http://bit.ly/1MxDrg2
http://bit.ly/1MxDrg2.
It is a plaited lace designed by Lia Baumeister. You need 10 pairs of bobbins
for it with linen 50/2 for the large pattern and linen 70/2 for the small
one.
The site and the page have been changed. You can download the pattern
including the description and technical drawings as a pdf.

Have fun this week with this small but lovely edging.

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Yesterday the edging for this week was published on my site 
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5.
It is an old guipure edging from the stock pattern I inherited of my mother.
This project invites me to look into those old patterns regularly. That brings 
back good memories and sometimes wonderful findings.

Happy lacing
Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] Translations of books and websites

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Every now and then I read it on Arachnes, why does the Europeans not think of
us, Americans or English speaking persons. Not every European lace
organization is translating their books in English or publish only an
translation and you have to buy the original book as well for the pictures and
patterns.
Now I have a question. I am changing my website www.kloskant.com
http://www.kloskant.com/ to be suitable also for tablets and smartphones. In
my old website almost every page was translated in English. This is a lot of
work and I wonder if I should do that again, because it has become easier to
have it translated by google than it was when I started the website.
So my question is: should I translate every page in English or are there pages
you are not interested in, such as the information about the lessons, the lace
groups and the calendar.
Or are there pages of which you say, these should really be translated.
My next question but this is only to myself, why should I translate them only
in English and not also in French and Spanish. Both languages which I am not
good at. So I won’t do that, because that would cause too much trouble for
me. But on the other hand it is a realistic question, because many elderly
people in France or Spain don’t read English or Dutch.

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[lace] The edging of week 41-2015

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Today I discovered there was a mistake in the pdf of week 41. The pricking and 
the diagram weren’t correct. They will give another result. If you download the 
pdf now of http://bit.ly/1D8SPN2, you will get a correct one. 
Sorry for the mistake.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a grey but dry Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Again it is Wednesday and time to inform you about the insertion of this week.
It is published this afternoon on my website http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK
<http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK>.
Another Point Ground lace, this week designed by Ria de Ruiter. A nice
insertion with a flower and tallies in the ground.
Enjoy making it.

Gon Homburg from a gray and windy Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Re: [lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Thank you Anna. It is true we are busy with the edgings and insertion for a 
year now. And we hope to continue for at least 6 months and then we see if we 
can manage more.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg from a grey Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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> Op 28 okt. 2015, om 23:34 heeft Anna Binnie <l...@binnie.id.au> het volgende 
> geschreven:
> 
> Thank you Gon we now have 52 weeks of insertions. You have given us a whole 
> years worth of insertions, some new techniques, some variations on something 
> not so new and all inspiring.
> 
> Anna from a sunny Sydney
> 
> 
>> Again it is Wednesday and time to inform you about the insertion of this 
>> week.
>> It is published this afternoon on my website http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK
>> <http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK>.
> 

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,
It is a year now, that we publish every week an edging or an insertion. I am 
not alone doing it, but we are 5 bobbin lace teachers, who doing this together.
This weeks insertion is again a Point Ground lace designed and made by Ria de 
Ruiter. The motif is mad by the gimp around honeycombs and tallies.
It is published on http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK. Have fun making it 

Gon Homburg from a grey Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The sunny days are gone for 
now.
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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The edging of this week is published on my site http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK
<http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK>.
It is the first one of a series point ground laces. A simple one with motives
in honeycomb and surrounded by a gimp.
Have fun making it.

Happy lacing,
Gon Homburg from a grey Amsterdam, the Netherland. The autumn really arrived
now.
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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

This weeks edging is published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5. It is a simple guipure edging with the possibility
for more experienced lacemakers to make it more interesting for them. Have fun
with it.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a windy Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The heat is gone, but in
the weekend the temperature is going up again.

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[lace] printing out patterns

[Gon Homburg]

When you download a pdf file with a pattern from a website and print it right 
away it can differ from the real size. That is the reason I give the 
measurements at the Every weeks endings now underneath the pattern.
To be sure you get the correct size, you have to save it on your computer and 
print it from that document.
I noticed this because one of my students made one of the first Schneeberg 
laces and she complained that the thread mention was too thick for the pattern. 
But the printed pattern was smaller than it should be.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg, from a cloudy Amsterdam, The Netherlands, but still good 
temperature, not too hot anymore.

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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

Yesterday the edging of this week was published on my site. I ran out of time 
to announce it to you right away. It is a Torchon edging with fans and a 
triangular ground.
Have fun making it.

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, the Netherland. We will have tea in the 
garden.
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[lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Arachnes,

The insertion of this week is published on my site http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK
<http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK>. It is a Torchon lace designed by Bep Hoogerbrugge. It
has some technique in it that you don’t see often in the Torchon such as
stars, stem stitch around the honeycomb and chain stitches along the edges.

Have fun making this insertion.

Happy lacing
Gon Homburg from a cloudy and rainy Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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[lace] on Arachne again

[Gon Homburg]

Due to problem with one of my e-mail accounts I was not able to send messages
to Arachne.
Now I am on the list again with another account.
Thanks Avital for helping.

This last 2 week I could not announce the insertion of the week. But they are
both on my websitehttp://bit.ly/1D8SPN2 

Happy lacing

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Re: [lace] Keeping Arachne a Vital Lace News Resource

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Jeri and fellow lacemakers,

I used to send the annonce of the every week a edging or an insertion to 
Arachne. I did not see my own message coming, so I asked a few times if the 
message were received. No one answered. I asked Avital the same thing. No 
answer. It seemed to me that no one was missing the messages, I stopped wending 
them. 
I hoop this one is coming through. If so I can send more messages again, 
otherwise I will stay lurking. 

Happy lacing and greetings
Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone

> Op 4 mei 2016 om 17:07 heeft jeria...@aol.com het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Dear Lacemakers,
> 
> We have hundreds of members in various countries who do not read any  other 
> lace publications.
> 
> We know hundreds of lurkers are subscribed to Arachne.  
> 
> Many days, there is nothing in my inbox.  How can that be?
> 
> It is time for some of you who are younger to participate.  There IS  Lace 
> news!!!  And this is a safe place to practice your reporting  skills.
> 
> Please - *someone who has never written to us* - write about one  of the 
> following:  
> 
> 1.  The May/June 2016  9th annual Lace issue of PieceWork  magazine.  
> (Arachne archives contain what has been said about past  issues.)
> 
> 2.  The Spring 2016 IOLI (International Organization of Lace Inc.)  
> bulletin.  Front cover is bobbin lace made by our member Devon.   Another 
> member - 
> Jean Leader, of Glasgow Scotland - has been nominated for  President of 
> IOLI.  There is a long educational article by Jane  Atkinson of the UK.  And 
> there are other lace experts represented who  are Arachne members.  
> 
> Do you know these people with magical abilities?  At the least,  you might 
> publicly thank them for sharing so much time and talent.
> 
> 3.  What is in the most recent Lace Guild (UK) bulletin?   
> 
> 4.  What is in the most recent OIDFA bulletin?  
> 
> 5.  What is the Lace news from Canada, South  America, Europe, Asia, 
> Africa, and Australia?  What are  the Slovenian hosts of OIDFA up to in the 
> weeks 
> leading up to the 2016  Congress?  
> 
> What do you mean?  NO NEWS?
> 
> Please write.  Keep Arachne vital and relevant.
> 
> Jeri Ames in Maine USA
> Lace and Embroidery Resource Center.
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Re: [lace] Lace as Art

[Gon Homburg]

Devon, are you asking about American artists or from all over the world?
In Holland I think of the members of Experikant and Ria de Ruiter, in the UK of 
Denise Watts. In America I know about Alicia Jane Boswell, who maken beautifull 
jewelry with bobbin lace. 

Happy lacing
Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands


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> Op 25 jul. 2016 om 16:35 heeft Devon Thein <devonth...@gmail.com> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> I guess I should be clearer about my motives for asking these questions. I
> am trying to put together a proposal for an art show in an art museum that
> will consist of pieces of contemporary fiber art made with bobbin lace and
> needle lace technique. The idea is to present works that show the technique
> being used in sophisticated and interesting ways.It would be preferable for
> the artists to have some kind of CV that would find acceptability from the
> art world. What artists, and pieces would you put in such a show? Why?
> There has been a lot of posting about the lace art we don't like. What do
> we like and why do we like it?
> Devon
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Re: [lace] Finnish lace

[Gon Homburg]

Hello Susan,

Simple patterns with not that many pairs are amongst others in her books "Uudet 
Nypläysmallit" and “Bobbin lace or Nyplättyä Pitsiä”
The first one is only in Finnish but the diagrams are clear. The second one is 
in Finnish and English. IN this one there is a beautiful edging for a 
christening gown.
Perhaps an idea to show also the books for recognizing the Finnish language?

Happy placing

Gon Homburg from a little bit grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands. But spring is in 
the air.



> Op 4 feb. 2017, om 04:02 heeft Susan <hottl...@neo.rr.com> het volgende 
> geschreven:
> 
> Hello All!  Today I'm seeking advice to find a small, reasonably simple 
> pattern that is representative of traditional Finnish lace.  For this 
> project, I would like to borrow a book from the IOLI library.  If anyone is 
> familiar with the Kortelahti books or another Finnish resource, please share 
> your suggestions.  I need to make a sample of Finnish lace for one of our 
> library exhibits.  Hopefully, it will bring back fond memories for Finnish 
> Americans who are patrons of the library in this small Ohio town.  Many 
> thanks.  Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA
> 
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[lace] test

[Gon Homburg]

Sorry, but this is another test mail in the hope that the difficulties me 
sending to the list are solved now.

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Re: [lace] test

[Gon Homburg]

Hi Annelore,

There are 100 patterns of every week an edging or an insertion on my website
www.kloskant.com <http://www.kloskant.com/>.
So we did it almost 2 years, but decided 100 edgings or insertions were enough
and we ended the series.
I will keep them for a while on my website and will tell you if I decide to
remove them.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a cold Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It is cold or it rains, so
I did not get a change to got to the Light Festival in town.



> Op 16 jan. 2017, om 18:20 heeft annelore stone <annelore_st...@yahoo.com>
het volgende geschreven:
>
> Hello Gon,
>
> I very carefully copied the patterns the first year, and I thought they
ended. How do I get to the patterns of the second year?
>
> Annelore in western USA
>
>
> On Monday, January 16, 2017 7:56 AM, Gon Homburg <gon.homb...@me.com>
wrote:
>
>
> Sorry, but this is another test mail in the hope that the difficulties me
sending to the list are solved now.
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Re: [lace] What constitutes Gros Point?

[Gon Homburg]

Hello Devon,

I think you get all kind of possibilities. I would call it Point de Venise à 
relief, because there is a small relief around the motives. In the Point de 
Venise plat there is no relief at all. Of course the reliefs in the Point de 
Venise a gros relief the reliefs around the motive are really thick.


Gon Homburg in a windy and rainy Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 2 mrt. 2017, om 12:03 heeft Jean Leader <j...@jeanleader.net> het volgende 
> geschreven:
> 
> On 1 Mar 2017, at 21:46, devonth...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> If this is not Gros Point, what would you call it, or
>> what would you be searching if you were looking for it.
> 
> Devon,
> 
> I would call it Point Plat - see at the bottom of the page on my website at 
> https://www.jeanleader.net/lacestyles/venice.html
> 
> Jean in sunny Glasgow
> 
> ---
> Jean Leader
> www.jeanleader.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [lace] Solo or group lacing

[Gon Homburg]

I think I am lucky. My lace group, in which we normally not make lace, is 
making lace together in the summer once a month in a café in the Vondelpark. 
There we can sit inside or outside on the terrace and make lace together. Of 
course I have also my students who make lace in my house. Sometimes I have also 
the opportunity to make lace also. 
For the lace café in the park I mostly take a small pillow with a simple 
pattern on it. At home and when I am alone making lace, I make then a more 
complex pattern, whatever is on the pillow.
For me both ways of making lace are very enjoyable.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg, in a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where spring is coming, the 
daffodils and crocuses are blooming.



> Op 7 mrt. 2017, om 13:31 heeft Helene Ulrich <helene3...@gmail.com> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> Wish I had the option of lacing in a group.  Where I live there are no
> lace groups or fellow lacemakers.   The closest groups are over 2
> hours away.
> 
> Helene
> Loris, SC
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Re: [lace] Rosaline

[Gon Homburg]

Hello Alex, Bev and everyone,

I have that book also and knew Jan Geelen. I don’t know, Bev, who told you he 
wrote the book in a dialect, because it is written in correct Dutch. Jan 
originally was a teacher in a basic school. He would not write a lace book in 
the dialect of the region he lived in. 
In my book there is a short list of Dutch lace words and their translations in 
English, French and German. But of course despite that making a good 
translation is difficult for you.
So a better a choice would be a book originally written in English.
Besides that, I think the book of Jan is a very good instruction how to make 
Rosaline Perlé.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 1 aug. 2017, om 16:35 heeft Bev Walker <walker.b...@gmail.com> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hello Alex and everyone
> 
> I have that little book, and back then I painstakingly (more like
> painfully) attempted a translation with a basic online program for Dutch to
> English, later a Dutch lace friend told me it was written in a dialect. But
> I did manage to make a few of the motifs. May I recommend Ghislaine
> Eamon-Moors Rosaline Lace instead - there should be secondhand copies
> around and the new book by Judith Cordell, Rosaline Perlé.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 5:58 AM, Alex Stillwell <alexstillw...@talktalk.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Good afternoon Arachnids
>> 
>> It,s now my turn to ask for help. One of my student wishes to learn
>> Rosaline.
>> I have a sound knowledge of Honiton but need to understand the differences
>> 
> 
> --
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> Canada
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Re: [lace] Brugge vs OIDFA

[Gon Homburg]

The dates of the OIDFA event in Zaandam are the 6th, 7th and 8th of August 2018
The dates of the World Lace Congres in Brugge are the 17th, 18th and 19th of 
August.
So it is possible to attend both events and the pre congress courses in Belgium.

Best regards,

 Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Where it is finally a little bit 
warmer. Will summer finally arrive?



> Op 16 mei 2017, om 10:10 heeft Manie Kriel <m...@mweb.co.za> het volgende 
> geschreven:
> 
> What are the dates for both events?
> 
> Would it be possible for people traveling from outside Europe to attend both?
> 
> Regards from a icy South Africa
> 
> Manie Kriel
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Re: [lace] Book on the Ipswich Samples from 1789-1790

[Gon Homburg]

I just ordered the book via Amazon-de. It will be here in a few days, perhaps 
in the weekend or monday. Looking forward to it.

Thank you, Karen for the work.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a rainy Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Karen Thompson wrote:
> 
> The samples of black silk lace edgings made in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in
> 1789-1790 are finally available to all lace makers and historians.
> "THE LACE SAMPLES FROM IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS, 1789-1790. Patterns and
> Working Diagrams for 22 Lace Samples Preserved at the Library of Congress"
> ISBN 978-0-9990385-0-5, by Karen H. Thompson is now in print!!
> 
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Re: [lace] Lace groups in Amsterdam and Utrecht

[Gon Homburg]

Hello Jean,

In Amsterdam there are several lace groups, about 4. My group “t
Aemstelkant’ meets every first Tuesday of the month. We start again in
September.
More information on my website http://www.kloskant.com/aemstelkant.html
<http://www.kloskant.com/aemstelkant.html>
Near Utrecht is also a lace group De Waaier. They meet 4 times a year on a
Saturday. More information on their website http://www.kantkringdewaaier.nl
<http://www.kantkringdewaaier.nl/>.
Both sites are in Dutch. But no doubt there will be also members who speak
dutch.

I think in both cities are also courses in bobbin lace. When you or you
student need more information, please contact me.

Happy lacing,

Gon Homburg from a rainy Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 6 jun. 2017, om 17:04 heeft Jean Leader <j...@jeanleader.net> het
volgende geschreven:
>
> One of my bobbin lace students will be moving to either Amsterdam or Utrecht
this summer. I’m hoping that someone will be able to give me some
information about lace groups in those cities that I can pass on to her.
>
> Thank you
> Jean in Glasgow where I’m hoping the rain has finally stopped
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Re: [lace] Belgian color code

[Gon Homburg]

> Nancy wrote
> 
> I agree with Antje. Thanks for posting the extended list of color codes,
> Greet. The Belgian color code is pure genius, and has been so informative
> for me while reading working diagrams of the Flemish laces. It's one of the
> best innovations in lace-making in the last century! (Can you tell? I like
> it. :-)
> 
Personally for I always use the black and white code of torchon and tule. This 
code was developed by Henk Hardeman for the Dutch Lace  Education in a time 
that colored copies were very expensive. In this the simple torchon ground is 
simply drawn are diagonal lines with dots on the crossings. I like that because 
the diagonal lines show the path the pairs are going. In the color code the 
green lines are going around the dot and don’t follow the path of the pairs. 
But surely the simple is the code you are familiar with.

Happy lacing,
Gon Homburg from a at this moment sunny Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Re: [lace] LOKK Pronkrol patterns--Thank You!

[Gon Homburg]

> Susan Hottle wrote:
> 
> Hello All!  Just wanted to thank LOKK for posting so many fun patterns on 
> their site!  I finished Kantje van de maand No.14 & would love to know who 
> designed it.  It's a tiny 6 pointed star with the initials c. bom '85.  The 
> Google translator is a bit wonky so I'm not sure whether the edging came 
> first & was transformed into a star or the reverse. 

I checked and it says that the edging was transformed into the star by mrs. 
C.M. Bom-van Ewijk. 

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Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

[Gon Homburg]

Hi Maureen and Nancy,

I thought that one of the characteristics of the Ipswich MA lace is the often 
different angle of the grid in the ground and in the motifs. The angle in the 
ground is 66° or 52° and in the motifs often 45°. Karen Thompson says the same 
thing in her book The Lace Samples from Ipswich Massachusetts. We also 
discovered that reconstructing some samples for the book of Maria Cotterell.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg from a rainy and cold Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 9 dec. 2017, om 12:06 heeft Maureen <maur...@roger.karoo.co.uk> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hi Nancy
> 
> Thank you.  I have just googled Ipswich MA lace and it does look very
> similar to Bucks Point.  I think I need to see a book to compare.  
> 
> 
> HI Maureen
> 
> Beyond the trivial answer (the difference is where they were made), I don't
> know for sure. The Ipswich MA lace is point ground, but narrow and made of
> black silk, which is unusual in the UK point ground I think.
> 
> Karen Thompson (or her book) would be the authoritative source to answer
> your question, but I don't know if she's on Arachne. Maybe one of our
> experts can help us out here -- e.g. Devon?
> 
> Best I can do. I have her book on order but it's not here yet.
> 
> Nancy
> Connecticut, USA
> 
> Maureen 
> E Yorks UK
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Re: [lace] Oldest lace group

[Gon Homburg]

In The Netherlands there is one bobbin lace school, which still exists today. 
It was founded in 1914 by mrs. De Jager-Meezenbroek in order to teach young 
farmer girls an extra income in the winter as there wasn’t much work in the 
farm. The lace school “Ieder voor allen Wijdenes” started in 1914 in Wijdenes, 
a village in North-Holland. Now it is situated in a school in Schellinkhout, an 
other village nearby. They still give bobbin lace lessons but now for people 
who make bobbin lace as a hobby.

The LOKK was founded 40 years ago, so not very old. But is was founded as a 
cooperation of local lace groups all over the country. I don’t know if some of 
those groups still exist.

Happy lacing,
Gon Homburg from a rainy Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Re: [lace] Schneeberger Lace

[Gon Homburg]

In the book of Schneeberger Spitze van Annelie van Olffen-Spikerman is also a 
chapter included in which the history of Schneeberger Lace is described. 
Annelie van Olffen originated from the area around Schneeberg. She had her 
education at the Barbara Uttmann Klöppelschule in Schneeberg. Now this school 
is situated in Annaberg, a city nearby.
Another book in which the history of lace in the Erzgebirge is mentioned is the 
booklet ‘Wir lernen kloppen’ published in 1956 in Leipzig.
The first book is in Dutch and German. I don’t know if it is also translated in 
English. This book includes also patterns of Schneeberger lace.
The second book is only in German. I doubt if it is translated in English, 
because it was published in the Eastern Germany.

I hope this helps to find more information about the history of Schneeberger 
lace.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 24 jan. 2018, om 14:51 heeft DORIS O'NEILL <d2one...@comcast.net> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> In the introduction to her book of  original patterns for Schneeberger lace 
> (2004), Lia Baumeister gives  a short history of Schneeberger Lace: 
> 
>> Anna in a very hot and humid Sydney
>> 
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[lace] colour in lace

[Gon Homburg]

Kathleen wrote:

Some years ago I visited a village in southern Belgium which had specialised
in making black Chantilly lace. It’s name escapes me. The lace we saw was
fantastic, but we were told that there was little of it left, because the
black dye used to colour the thread, (or maybe the process used) rotted the
thread over time. I wonder if anyone else has heard this, and also, what dye
was used?

The town in southern Belgium is Geraadsbergen. There they make or made black
Chantilly lace.
The silk was dyed with iron oxide to make it black. This rotted the silk, so
very few old black Chantilly laces of other old black laces are left.
There are also metallic laces in which the metal thread was originally wound
up with black silk. Now the black silk is rotten away and only the metallic
lace is left.

Happy lacing


Gon Homburg, in a wet Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where finally spring
arrives.

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Re: [lace] an identification question

[Gon Homburg]

I would call it simply Flemish. According to me the grid is not like Mechlin, 
it has no short plaits in it.It is the Fond a cinq trous, which is special for 
Flemish lace, although The original Flemish lace is without gimp. Perhaps it is 
a mixture of both types. The Fond a cinq trous will be easier to make than the 
Mechlin fond.

Just my thoughts about this.

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 19 okt. 2018, om 18:41 heeft Devon Thein  het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> I just posted an identification question on the Laceioli.ning site
> with photos. Here is the link.
> This piece says it is Flemish, Southern Netherlands, ca. 1800. Fond de
> mariage; outlined with heavy thread suggestive of Mechlin; It is 2 1/2
> inches wide.
> I don't feel that calling it Mechlin is necessarily correct. But, I
> don't know how to identify it so that someone looking for it would
> find it. Does this piece ring a bell with anyone? Does it fit into any
> tradition or pattern apart from simply Flemish?
> Devon
> 
> http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history?xg_source=activity
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Re: [lace] Design program

[Gon Homburg]

I use for designing and drawing Adobe Illustrator. I like to use it. Perhaps
Knipling and Lace8 are cheaper that Illustrator, but both programs are not
compatible with Apple.
So I am happy with my Illustrator. I asked once the seller of Lace in the
Netherlands, why Lace wasn’t compatible with Apple. He answered that Apple
was for graphic designers. Which in my opinion is also a lace designer.

Happy Lacing
Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 19 sep. 2018, om 21:54 heeft jo  het volgende
geschreven:
>
>  For the fee of 3 months you can own CorellDraw,
> for a tenth of the monthly fee you can use Adobe Illustrator. No affiliate.
> Both are still significantly more expensive than Lace8 and KnipLing.

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Re: [lace] Beginners

[Gon Homburg]

I made a small introduction course of about 6 lessons in which beginning 
students learn the basic stitches as cloth stitch, whole stitch and half 
stitch, after thant a simple pieces of Schneeberg lace to learn the plaits and 
how to combine different stitches, corners a a few simple Torchon laces. After 
this introduction they can choose with which technique they want to continue. 
Students who struggle with the Torchon are advised to do some guipure first. I 
have to say that I advise most of the students to continue for a while with the 
guipure before starting with the Torchon again. In the guipure they don’t work 
with that lot of bobbins and learn to divide the lace making in parts so that 
afterwards they can do that also in the Torchon.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg from a cold, but sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 12 apr. 2019, om 12:55 heeft Elena Kanagy-Loux  
> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I completely agree Alex! I start my students with Torchon but if the struggle 
> with the steps I have them do some braiding first. 
> 

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Re: [lace] Lassen question

[Gon Homburg]

Hi Jane,

I think there is no translation of “lassen” used for lace in one word. You 
could translate it as sew together. You are sewing one end of the lace to the 
other, just as you do with welding of metal pieces. The big difference is that 
welding is done between two ends of metals and the sewing together or lassen of 
lace is done by making an extra repeat in other to overlap and than sen 
together on the best possible spot, so that the sewing is invisible when the 
overlap is cut away.

Best regards

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 16 jun. 2019, om 23:54 heeft Jane  het volgende 
> geschreven:
> 
> Hi Helen,
> 
> After reading your email, I was curious enough to look on line and there 
> appears to be a course at the Kantcentrum
> 
> "Lassen en innaaien van kant"
> 
> G**gle translates the course description as:
> 
> Welding and sewing in lace
> We end one side. Welding and sewing is the complete finishing of a edge.
> The edge must be welded and fabric sewn with a lace for a square edge and an 
> incrustation for a circle.
> This gives a nicely finished edge.
> 
> Welding lace?!! Maybe someone can come up with a better translation?
> 
> If you want to find out more, the course is at the end of July
> https://www.kantcentrum.eu/en/summer-courses/lassen-en-innaaien-van-kant
> 
> Best wishes,
> Jane Read
> New Forest, UK
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Re: [lace] Lassen question

[Gon Homburg]

The etymology of the dutch word ‘lassen’ is:
>From Middle Dutch <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch> lasschen
<https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lasschen=edit=1>
(“to join together”). Further etymology is unclear, but probably borrowed
from Old French <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French> lacer
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lacer#Old_French> (“to tie”).
Best regards
Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 17 jun. 2019, om 17:41 heeft Adele Shaak  het volgende
geschreven:
>
> I always think of the word “lash” as in “lash together”
>
> Adele
>
>> Possibly the logic for offering the term "weld" is that two pieces of
>> It would be interesting to know the etymology of "lassen" - maybe has a
>> Latin origin. "Lasso" comes to mind, as also the root word of "lace" but I
>> could be over-thinking!
>> Bev in Shirley BC Canada
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Re: [lace] In search of Mikhaylov pattern

[Gon Homburg]

Dear Jean,

On my website https://kloskant.com <https://kloskant.com/> are still the
edgings per week available with 5 Michailov patterns.
Of course you can use one of them.

Happy lacing

Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands



> Op 19 feb. 2020, om 16:29 heeft J Reardon  het
volgende geschreven:
>
> Hi all,
> Can any of you point me to where I can obtain a pattern for a Mikhailov
bobbin lace border or motif? My lace group is doing an exhibit this spring to
educate the public on the variety of lace styles. A sample of Mikhaylov would
be a nice addition. I understand this is a freestyle lace so there would not
be patterns but surely someone, in the interest of preserving knowledge has
created some. Thanks.
>
> Jean Reardon, western Pennsylvania where the sun is out today... a rare
occurrence
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