Re: [lace] Re: our house burned
Hannah and Amanda I think I can safely speak for everyone on this list in saying that we are all really sorry for you and the rest of your family. As you can hear from the list already we would love to be able to help you get some lace equipment again. Some of us may have extra equipment around the house, some of us would prefer to make a gift via a supplier. For those of us who are searching our closets and stashes can you tell us what sort of pillows and bobbins etc you are used to using so that we know what would be most helpful? eg cookie, roller, block, bolster pillow and midlands or continental bobbins. What sort of thread do you use most? What sort of lace do you make (in case we have duplicate books on our shelves)? Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] test
Sorry about this but I sent a message to lace about 8 hours ago and haven't seen it included with all the other lace messages I have been receiving, so I ma sending this one to see if I can get through at all. Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Test 2
Sorry folks, but I am still not receiving my own messages from Arachne. Thankfully Annelore wrote to me and told me she had seen the last test so I know they are reaching the list. I have changed my computer settings and am trying to see if that solves the problem Sue Babbs (Frustrated by computers!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fw: [lace] Re: Machine on e-bay
> Did you read the description?? See below. > 185. A late 19th century James Moffat, Yeovil Lovemakers sewing machine. > Alice in Oregon > My spellchecker used to change lacemaker to lovemaker. I have to be very careful to keep it any eye on what it's up to! Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Express 4/03
Hi Noelene I think your problems stem from not having found the working diagram on graph paper in the loose pages in the magazine. This diagram is much clearer than the fuzzy picture. > > The headside fans - there appears to be four outer threads. > If I number them from the headside 1, 2, 3 and 4: > Then I think thread No. 4 becomes the worker for the fan - > but then four threads are shown as the outer threads on the headside. > Should this only be three? No I don't think it should only be three. If you look at the working diagram, it seems quite clear at the starting arrow in the bottom right hand corner that there are four outer threads as well as a worker for the fan. > And in the centre of the fan, which of these four threads travels > down to the point opposite the spider and goes back up to > the headside? None of these threads. This thread seems to come from the incomplete half-stitch squares or "C"s - describe them as you like! Hope this helps. I think you are right that it will all fall into place once you have the bobbins on the pillow. ASk again if I haven't answered to your satisfaction! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] The Professor's site
As the recipient of two of the CDs which broke in the mail, and which Tess generously replaced, I am very happy to pay more for the pacing and postage to save her the stress of wondering if they will reach people safely, and the costs of replacing broken ones. It is not fair that Tess should bear this cost. Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Panza, Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:15 AM Subject: RE: [lace] The Professor's site > Tess, those CDs are such a spectacular resource and the price is so low as > to be the bargain of the century! If you have to raise the price for better > packaging, there isn't anyone who can object. At twice the price they'd > still be a great deal, in order to get those priceless treasures into our > own grubby mitts. > > I, for one, am thoroughly grateful to the two of you for all your work > finding the material and making it available--both on the web and on the > CDs. > > my heartfelt thanks > Robin P. > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA > > -Original Message- > On another note, I have had some problems with CDs arriving damaged: not > many, but enough to make a dent in my confidence, so I may be reconsidering > the packaging I've been using to date. I will try to keep the postage > costs the same, but if I have to increase the price by a dollar or so I hope > people will understand. > > - > 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] embroidery floss
I can't visualise this. Do you still have the DMC skein in its paper wrappers and try just pulling one of the threads? Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> a number of people who pointed out how hard it is to get BL-length > >> single plies out of that 6-ply skein. > > > and Joy wrote: > > I just pulled one of the threads, and the entire skein coiled up on > > it, then > > the coil dropped off and unwound, ready to straighten out and pull out > > another thread. > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] Re: beginner in California
- Original Message - From: "Weronika Patena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> " > really means. Similarly, I don't know what a slip knot and a square > knot is, and a whole lot of other stuff in lacemaking materials... I couldn't find a website showing a slip knot, but a square knot is the same as a reef knot and this webpage shows you how to tie them http://www.mistral.co.uk/42brghtn/knots/42ktreef.html Sue Babbs [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: newby questions
hi Mary I have been making lace for 16 years, so can give you some help with your questions. I also teach weekly classes for children to make lace. > > I'm practicing Bruges braids - tight curves. Yikes! The instructions say to > do a whole stitch and twist at the beginning and end. Okay, do I do that > before or after I place the pin? My edge doesn't look right. It doesn't have > that nice space running down the edges. I've been doing a CTC with the last > 2 prs, pin CTCT + T. I'm not quite clear on this one, from what you say here. I am not familiar wiht Bruges braids, but have worked other braid laces. Do yuo have the full written instructins for what yuo are trying to do? Where are yuo putting hte pin, between those two piars or betewwn the rest of the work and those two pairs? Are yuo trying to achieve a smooht edged lace or one witht he pin loops on the outside edge? let us know what book yuo are working from, and how it describes the edge. > > Also, everything looks uneven. I'm doing the sample with an S curve to it, > and when I try to place the pins at an angle, they are in the way later on. > But, if I place them straight up and down, my lace kind of climbs up the > pins. Maybe the unevenness is a practice thing? Angles are good when working tape lace. To get the pins out of hte way - push the pins right down into the pillow. ALWAYS leave the last few sticking up out of hte pillow (abuot an inch, if you can). You can get a special tool to push down the pins and pull them up afterwards (a pin pusher / lifter). Or yuo can push them down wiht the blunt end of a ballpoint pen. > > I finally got the hang of holding down the passives as I tightened the > worker and holding the worker while I pull straight down on the passives to > straighten them. I'm seeing some puckers in the straight part. Am I pulling > too much or is my thread too heavy? I'm using #8 perle cotton (waiting for > the correct threads to arrive in the mail.) > My guess is that the puckering will be the result of not pulling hard enough! It is very difficult to snap #8 cotton (but I've had a 10 year old do so!) so tension a bit harder. Although in some ways it is easier to make lace with thicker thread, it is actually more work to tension it. You will know if you pull too much - the pins will pop out or the thread snap!!! Hold the workers with one hand, and tension each passive pair separately. Hope you are having fun Sue Babbs (in Chicago) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fw: Teaching lace to children: question
I think Candace meant this to go the list, not me directly Sue - Original Message - From: "candace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sue Babbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:30 AM Subject: Teaching lace to children: question > Hi Sue, > > I have a niece (a mature 9-year-old) who has an interest in learning to lace. I've been hesitant to teach her, since I live in Pennsylvania and she lives in the Toledo area. I visit Ohio only about 3 times per year. Is there anyone in the Toledo area (or southern Michigan) who teaches lace and would take on a well-behaved, funny, and smart student? She's always had great hand-eye coordination and is very taken with the lace -- full of ideas of how to use the lace for herself and her dolls! There is no problem finding someone to drive her to lessons. > > Thanks, > > Candace Levy > central PA > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Climbing up
> I used to have this trouble, but not recently. But a friend > of mine has just finished a wide edging which seemed to want > to climb right up to the top of her pins, and we really can't > figure out why. Flat pillow, side angled pins (maybe not > angled enough, but the work really did want to fly up > like never before with same pillow and pinning method) > If it was a very wide edging and there were a huge number of bobbins the way that the bobbins are stacked can cause the lace to ride up the pins. Could this be the problem? Ulrike Loehr shared with us a simple technique for stopping this. Take two divider pins or hat pins. It is hard to put this into words, but place one at each side of the pricking, at the level of where you have reached in the lace. Angle them in at about 45 degrees, keeping them parallel with the edges of the pricking. So the head of the pin is leaning towards the bottom of the pricking and pillow. Then as you move your bobbins to the side, make sure that the threads go underneath this pin. It works a treat at keeping the lace on the pillow instead of in the air. Hope you can make sense of my description. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: T-shirts and shorts
Weronika said: > A big part of my problem with using lace is that I dress exclusively in > T-shirts and shorts Work a motif in cotton (eg DMC fil a dentelles which goes thorough the washing machine well) and sew it on to your t-shirt. Shrink it before attaching it. Then just attach at the edge pinholes People are so impressed by it!! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] the slowest method of lacemaking?
> My boyfriend is making fun of my new hobby - when I explain to people > that there are lots of different methods of making lace, but I think > bobbin lace is the most interesting, he adds that it also must be the > slowest... Is it? How does it really compare to the other ones? > For me, I find bobbin lace is faster than needle lace (something to do with practice, I expect!!) I usually work tatting and crochet in thicker threads, so they grow comparatively quickly, but then so does bobbin lace in thicker threads. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace book
The book is gorgeous and well worth getting. It weighs 2lb 11.25 oz (you'll need imperial measurements for the USPS site). Amazon.com are currently charging $30.60 for it i.e. $14.40 off the list price. According to their website they charge $6.99 per parcel + $4.99 per item to mail things to Australia. So the total will be $42.58, which is 61.35 Australian dollars (according to Ask Jeeves). It will save you a lot to get it from them. You could also check out Amazon.co.uk to see if it works out any better Sue - Original Message - From: "Elizabeth Ligeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:59 PM Subject: [lace] Lace book > I have just heard from Dymocks - yes, they can get the Lace from the V. & A. > book for me, but it will cost $109.95 Aussie currency! I have to let them > know if I want it - No, I think it would be cheaper to get it, like Annette > M., by sending to Amazon in the US. > Can anyone tell me how much the book weighs, so I can calculate postage (I > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace book
Curiosity got the better of me!! It will cost 73.4217 AUD (£28.98) from Amazon.co.uk Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Point Ground ?
> > Perhaps someone who has taken this class before can give you more specific > information. I have no idea exactly what these butterflies are > like. Sounds interesting. > The butterflies are new. I saw the photos for the book when Ulrike was in Chicago in March. They are beautiful - in colour - and even more lovely than her all white ones. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: lFantasy Flowers
I too have no knowledge either way, but am well aware that it is quite possible to come up with almost identical ideas to someone else, who lives in another country, whom you have never met and whose work or ideas you have not seen. I have done it myself, more than once, when designing things and been amazed at the similarity of idea and approach. Sue Babbs > I agree with Ruth, and was wondering if you have asked Rosemary before making > these accusations which I think would have been the preferred option > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Tatted fern/Fantasy flowers/Tatting classes at IOLI
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Also, if anyone knows if Rosemary's "Fantasy Flowers" is > > available through a US supplier, could you let me know? > > > Dear April, > > Sort of remember that one of Rosemary's friends wrote that the matter of > making her book available in the U.S. was being negotiated with the usual lace > suppliers in U.S. > Just a note from a well-satisfied customer (who has no other connections with April) to say that April is a lace supplier in the USA, who lives on the other side of the country from Jeri, who may not therefore have realised. April sells beautiful painted bobbins - and also stocks Malcolm Fielding bobbins (from Tasmania these days. Though he lived in the Lake District in England when I first met him). April is not just interested in tatting, but also in bobbin lace Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace jacket on ebay
> I was questioning whether it is a jacket - or a vest? > 'Waistcoat' is the English equivalent of the US word 'vest'. The photos show it quite clearly as a sleeveless jacket. But what do US people call the undergarment (worn under shirts & blouses, in colder weather), which the English call a 'vest'? Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] butterflies book on ebay
Have a look at: http://www.manuela-beck.de/en/index.htm for a little bit more info Sue > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=6900483791&rd=1 > Sumac > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] happy dance !!
Forgive me for this message, but I am so excited! I just have to share this with someone!! I've just received a letter from the Lace Guild telling me that one of my entries for "Myth or Mystery" - a miniature sampler roseground book based on the nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses" - has won a Medal of Excellence and the Ann Collier trophy for miniature lace. Whoopee!! Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild competition
> I shan't see the exhibition until 3rd August, but I hope my catalogues arrive > before then, and I can do some "arachne spotting". Sounds like we did well. > Perhaps we should do a group entry next time! > > Jacquie. I really like that idea - wouldn't it be fun to do a collective "arachne" entry. I don't know what the rules are to define a "group", but it would be very interesting to try to put something together Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Arachne group entry
> > I agree with Sue, that making an Arachne group entry would be > interesting. But the logistics of it... The mind boggles > I don't know - the frequency with which we all discuss things, it might well make faster progress than a group which only meets monthly! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Arachne group entry
> Oh, but the fun, the fun, the fun of dreaming it up, doing it, discussing > it! << Aurelia > It would keep us busy on the internet for hours It would indeed be so much fun - and we could make sure it was the sort of piece which all skill levels could join in. I had a mermaid piece planned for my group of kids I teach, where those who could draw would produce the initial sketch, the more advanced would make the mermaid, the others could do waves or weed or rocks. Sadly, it didn't take off - they preferred to work as individuals and have their own piece to take home - I can understand that. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Arachne group entry
See -there's that thinking alike thing all over again! I said it happened when one was designing things! Sue - Original Message - From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:01 PM Subject: [lace] Arachne group entry > Sue wrote: > > could draw would produce the initial sketch, the more advanced would make > the mermaid, the others could do waves or weed or rocks. > > > That's exactly what the adult education class I attend did. The most > experienced lacemaker did the mermaid, then the four of us who had nearly as > much experience made the other creatures. Then four newcomers and our lady > only able to use one hand in a limited manner due to cerebral palsy made > seaweed. Two of the group didn't want to participate. Then it was all > assembled into a mobile Unfortunately we didn't win anything, but we all > worked well together. > > Jean in Poole > > - > 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] Seven........
Ooh! I like that one - lots of floaty veils to construct and a rich, vivid coloured setting to set the dancer in Sue > , dance of the seven veils, - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Medusa's Ghost
Another idea that I had for the Lace guild competition was a Medusa, with snakes for hair, but mine would have been in greens and yellows and had a mirror where the face should be, rather than the mask. This continues to show how similar ideas can be when we are working on a common theme Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Photos
Several people have asked for photos of the inside of the book. Top and bottom will also be needed as it is definitely a 3D book. I was going to put them up on the arachne web page, but can't recall the user name and password to upload them Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Myth or Mystery Exhibition
- Original Message - From: "Jane Read" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is there anyone else on Arachne who's work failed to make the exhibition? > You'll know because you will have received a letter telling you. > > Has anyone heard how the work was chosen for display? Or rather why > particular pieces were rejected? Weren't they good enough? Didn't fit the > theme? Too big/too small/wrong size? Was it on the basis of the Judges > opinion? Or was it done by a Committee? The letter I received offered no > information about why my work had been rejected. My winning piece is being displayed but not my "Wood Nymph". I went from elation to depression, as I opened first one envelope from the Lace Guild and then later the other from Coventry council. As you say there was no indication why a piece wasn't being included other than space at the gallery and the number of entries. I too am very disappointed not to have both pieces displayed, particularly as many more hours went into the wood nymph than the book. It was a physical struggle to make a piece of lace over a polystyrene wig holder, and one I didn't much enjoy. But I quite understand that if pieces needed to be cut, it was fair that I should only have one piece exhibited. Your work is beautiful and I'm sure it would have been more than good enough to be displayed. I guess the extra exhibition at the Hollies was a last minute decision when they realised how many pieces they had to display. It is a real shame, and you have my sympathy. I am trying to find out how ot post pictures of mine at the Arachne webshots page. Why don't we all add our photos of the "Myth or Mystery" pieces to the site? At least that way we can all get them seen by the lace community around the world, many of whom will not otherwise see them Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fw: Arachne webshot album
I have found out how to get on to the webshot album and uploaded the photos of my entries for the Lace Guild's competition. I think it would be wonderful if everyone put up their entries on this page, so that we could all admire them Sue > > > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date > > > > > > login : arachne2003 > > > password: honiton - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: seven
We could do it as a seven sided building - with seven doors & seven signs. Three dimensional of course! Sue - Original Message - From: "Jane Partridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Deborah Metters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 12:58 PM Subject: [lace] Re: seven > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Deborah > Metters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Anyway, the seven deadly sins each have an associated > >colour, animal, and opposite cardinal virtue. > > >Greed; yellow, frog, liberality > > This brought about the idea of seven pub (?bar) signs "The Greedy > Frog" depicting a large frog on a yellow background, surrounded by food? > It would, of course, have to be a "free house" in order to retain its > liberality > > Just thought, no, I am not referring to anything other than the > amphibian type of frog! > -- > Jane Partridge > > - > 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: wirework album
> Also, in response to the requests by both Tamara and Clay (how could I > resist when they both asked so nicely--and publicly?) I've added another > album to the Arachne webshots, with some pictures of my wire lace jewelry. > > Sue Lambiris I love your pieces of wire jewellery - they are stunning. I find it so hard to tension wire nicely, that I don't often work in it, but your pieces have inspired me to try again. Thanks Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Miniature book
For those of you who asked here are the photos of the book which I made for the Lace Guild's "Myth or Mystery" competition. http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date To answer some of the other questions: It was entered in the miniatures class - the requirement for that being "a miniature sculpture, small purse or other three-dimensional lace item using an original design" It had to fit into a 10cm or 4 inch cube. I took the theme of 'Ring a Ring o' Roses' (English version) because I wanted to make a book, and it had to be short, because I was unlikely to complete it otherwise. The Lace Guild had considered nursery rhymes to be part of the theme, so that was useful. Roses meant that I could work in roseground, which I love making. The shape of each page of the book is that of a petal. The front cover of the book has the title with a rose. The cover of the book has roseground in green silk, with a lace rose on the front. Inside the middle of the book, is a succession of roseground samplers shading from pale pink to black (to go with the plague idea) - and giving the stitch instructions. On the top of the book is the nursery rhyme itself, and underneath is the usual explanation of the nursery rhyme. You can turn the pages as you would a normal book, or you can open it into a circle and read the top and bottom. For those of you who have asked, I won't be publishing the patterns - the lace is quite straightforward, it was the construction and printing of the book which was complicated. I have also added the photos of my other entry to the competition "Wood Nymph", which will not be displayed on account of the space issues at the gallery. (I went from elation to depression, as I opened first one envelope from the Lace Guild and then later the other from Coventry council). It is also three dimensional - worked over the face of a polystyrene wig holder - and never to be done again, it was awful to work. It is full size, human face coming out of a tree - all worked in a variety of green and brown threads. Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Seven - St. Ives
Well that would certainly give us plenty of things to make! Sue Babbs > think about the story about "As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven > wives. The seven wives had seven sacks. The seven sacks had seven cats. The > seven cats had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, wives, how many were going to > St. Ives?" > > Trish in WV who enjoyed a brief sunny respite from all the rain! > > - > 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] Seven - to St Ives
You'd also need a "To St Ives" signpost >> > 1 man > 7 wives, > a number of sacks appearing from behind the wive's backs or lying on > the roadside where somebody dropped one and hasn't noticed yet > a few cats and kittens who have managed to make their escape, running > every which way ... > > That makes a great subject for a group project because the number of > objects isn't pre-determined: dedicated trustworthy volunteers would > make the man (who I bet is carrying *nothing*) and his rather harried 7 > wives, lots of people could make sacks and you could have a few > cat-makers, but if any of the sacks or cats didn't get made you > wouldn't have a problem. > > Adele - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Seven one more time!
What we need is someone who can draw!!! Any one on the list who could do such a sketch? Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] underground/arachne name
Why don't we just call the group "seven" or "sevenlace" and then there will no confusion with the arachne name; and some understanding of its purpose? Sue Bev said > Perhaps Avital can clarify, but I think that Liz the list owner owns the > name arachne-dot-com. 'arachne' is also the name of a weaving group, among > others that I know of. The word itself wouldn't be copyright or otherwise > owned, and it does identify our project. we also have 'arachne' as a > password at the webshot albums I think (yes?). > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Sevens - logistics more ideas
Tamara has done a wonderful job of collating and thinking about this project. > that Jacquie has given us (190cm total for Length+ Width+ Depth > *packing* size. Say, 180cm, at most, for the *project*). > > OK. The man leaving St Ives with all the "baggage" (wives, sacks, > kittens, what have you) seems to be a clear winner since it offers the I agree - It will make such a fun and diverse project > Jo has "married" that idea with the 7-continents one: each wife would > come from a different one (with appropriate costume), > 1) Size and Shape > Seven panels, each 70cm square, each in a 3.5cm deep frame. > packing purposes, if we stack them, we have: 3.5x7=24.5 cm (say 25). 25 > + 140 = 165. Should leave plenty of room for packing materials. The panels could be 'framed' and bound as a book, using matt or mounting board as the frame for each page. See http://www.popularkinetics.com/Class_Page.htm for book structures. I personally favour the carousel style, and maybe we could mount some traditional laces between the St Ives pages on smaller decorative pages. This would include those who like to work traditional grounds rather than working figures or cats etc. Incidentally there is no reason why this should just be bobbin lace, we could include needlelace, tatting, crocheted, knitted and so on. This would then keep all the panels within the overall dimensions of the current totals. I am not sure that Tamara's interpretation of packing size is the relevant one for entry tot he competition. Unfortunately I now longer have my copy of the rules & regs to hand. Bags and cats etc could overflow and be part of the decoration of the page borders Don't forget the sign to St Ives! Perhaps the man and his sign could go on the front cover and the text of the rhyme could be inside the front cover. Perhaps on the back cover, we could have a lace representation of St Ives - a very pretty Cornish village Inside the back cover we could list all contributors to the project, from design ideas, to drawings, to lace, to construction etc By the way, I think the rhyme only has 7 wives not fourteen. ( As I was going to St Ives, I met a man with 7 wives...) This is going to be a great group project Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Sevens - logistics more ideas
I'd forgotten about the Cambs one. I remember the Cornish one from childhood visits, with much affection. As that was the time I learnt of the rhyme, I always assumed it was that one. It doesn't really matter unless we represent the village somewhere in the overall item. Perhaps it's safest not to Sue - Original Message - > I have always been under the impression that the St. Ives was the one in > Cambridgeshire - another lovely little town! But perhaps we are both > incorrect, - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] informal survey
Quick answer in between travels and jet lag! I am currently working on 4 projects (at different times of day) 1 a bobbin lace scarf in cotton perle 8 from an enlarged Binche pattern 2 a beaded necklace which I started 4 years ago, but have now decided to finish 3 a quilted jacket, which will also have bobbin lace on it, when the scarf pillow is free to use again 4 some crocheted hats (good for working on flights). Our church makes hats and donates them to a shelter in downtown Chicago in winter. There are a few ufos around also! Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Judge Judy not alone!
> >Two jabots are definitely not enough. Cannot have reverse discrimination. They > have ALL got to wear jabots! Lacemakers, arise! As soon as I get nine > committed jabot-makers, I will produce a pattern. 5-to-4 Floral > Bucks/Torchon? << Aurelia > People wouldn't need to complete a whole jabot, would they? Couldn't each person just make a length for one layer of the jabot. That would distribute the making more evenly, allow more people to be involved and speed up the project Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Binche Pattern Pack by Beryl Maw
Beryl has gone to the OIDFA congress and so can't be contacted at present Sue - Original Message - From: "Clay Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "peter greenway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 6:44 AM Subject: RE: [lace] Binche Pattern Pack by Margaret Maw > Hello Margaret - > > I believe that you're referring to Mrs. Beryl Maw who recently published a > pattern pack for the design, "A Snowy Spring Day in My Garden". It is a > beautiful design, and well worth finding. > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] There's *loads* of time before the wedding.....
> > BTW, Sue Babbs' Ring a Ring a Roses has now been put back on it's stand > - it had fallen over when we went for the presentation. > -- > Jane Partridge > Jane Thank you so much for adding that note - I was so upset at the presentation to see my lace book upside down and back to front, having fallen off it's stand. None of it was readable and even as its maker it was hard to see what it was! I would have much preferred not to have seen the mess it looked, and it certainly didn't look worth an award displayed that way!! I am delighted that it has been sorted out now. I know that Adrienne Thunder was going to have a word with the museum about it, but they couldn't take the case apart till at least the following Monday, and I did wonder if they'd bother. Thanks again Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Pattern lifting
> I seem to have a different problem, that of the lace moving up the > pins when I do Bucks point. My pricking stays flat (working on a 24" > cookie pillow currently), but the lace has lifted maybe 4-5 > millimeters (a bit less than 1/4 inch) off the surface of the > pricking. I do place the edge pins as described by Jane, and I think > my middle forest of pins are fairly vertical, and yet the lace rises > up! > I'm assuming this is a fairly wide piece and that you have bobbins stacked either side. If so, I find a trick taught by Ulrike Loehr helpful. At either side of the lace, next to the furthest worked edge pin, place a large pin (eg hatpin, divider pin) angled at about 45 degrees. The point of the pin goes in the pricking card about 1/4inch or so from the sloping edge pin. The pin lies parallel to the edge of the lace, with the head of the pin away from the worked lace. I am trying to draw a diagram, and hope that it comes through intelligibly! | Lace| | Lace| | Lace| | Lace| . | Lace| . | | | | | | | | HeadHead of pin of pin The thread from each bobbin is then taken under this angled pin as the bobbin goes out to the stack. Obviously the large pin has to be moved as the lace grows. Hope this makes sense! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] meaning of "calico" in Australia or England
> In the US, calico is a printed fabric with little flowers all over it that > the pioneer ladies wore when they traveled west in wagon trains. > However, I think that this would not be very useful in a reticella class. I > am wondering if calico is a plain white cotton cloth, or perhaps a solid > colored cloth in Australia or England. The size of the calico is exactly the size > of the special linen that we are working on, so I wonder if it is supposed to > be a contrasting background or something. I have never done this kind of > work before. > Devon > Having moved from England to the US, I was confused by this in reverse. In the UK, calico is as you say a plain cotton cloth (usually unbleached) so what is called muslin here in the States. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bailleul websites
Please would somebody be kind enough to forward the websites for the recent lace event at Bailleul to me? Thanks Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] RE: language clarification
> Spitting the dummy is the equivalent of tossing the teddy;pitching a > hissy fit; having a meltdown; tantrum; major upset. > > Cheers, > Helen, Aussie in Denver > and I guess in this case, dummy = pacifier Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Book covers
Yes, this is lace related, before you wonder! For all US spiders now is the time of year when Walgreen's stocks repositionable, transparent book covers. These rolls of clear, or blue, pink, green or purple, sticky back plastic which you can use to cover your prickings. I have been this plastic for the last year, and find no problem with glue coming off on pins etc. The pink is a bit vibrant and the purple may be too dark. The clear roll is matt, so if you print your pricking on coloured paper for white threads or are using coloured threads anyway, it works perfectly. I have also used the coloured rolls, which are slightly shiny. Each roll (13.5 inches x 4ft) is selling for 99c so is good value. It is harder to find after the "back-to-school" season is over. Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lacey lobsters?
Lobster pots as an inspiration for lacemaking? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3621220.stm Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New and saying hi
HI Tracy welcome to the list. I am a Brit who has lived in America for 5 years, mercifully in one place! I live in the suburbs north of Chicago, and have a 16 (nearly 17) year old son. I have been making lace for 16 years (since he was 10 months old) Has anyone got in touch with you from Indiana? I know there are lacemakers there because they hosted the IOLI convention in 2000 in Indianapolis, and some occasionally come here when we have European teachers. This is the IOLI website if that is any use to you: http://www.internationaloldlacers.org/ Suppliers in the US that I can think of off-hand are: http://www.lacysusan.com/index.html http://www.snowgoose.cc/ http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/ There is a kit on the market which costs about $30 kit but I understand it is not to be recommended. So if you see anything this cheap on other craft sites, steer clear of it or ask here for advice before purchasing it. Sue Babbs - Original Message - From: "Tracy Heritage Michaels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:29 PM Subject: [lace] New and saying hi > Hi Everyone, > > My name is Tracy and I just joined the list a couple of days ago. I - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] La Encajera no 23?
I spotted that Tamara said that she had received issue 23 at the start of the month. Has anyone else in the USA seen theirs? There's no sign of mine yet and I'm wondering whether to contact them and ask? Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ebay's new listing categories - Tatting
Jeri and others I suspect that Rikki was not intending to say anything at all about tatting - and not saying that tatting does not qualify as lacemaking, but rather was using an English slang word . It was an unfortunate choice in the context of the lace list :) "Tat" or "tut" (as I have heard some Essex folks use) means "stuff " - and is often used to describe stuff which is not of very high value or purpose. My Essex boss used it often to describe what i would have called "junk". So please don't get too steamed up about this. I'm sure Rikki was intending to offend tatters Sue - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In a message dated 10/13/04 9:27:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ebay (UK) has now altered their listings for craft items and has included a lacemaking category cmdZListingItemList This page lists all the lace bobbins etc but also some of the tat that hardly qualifies as 'lacemaking' Regards Lacemakers! This is an opinion that varies from country-to-country. This posting originated in Europe. In the U.S., we include tatting as one of the lace categories. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ebay's new listing categories - Tatting
Help! I lost a vital word in that last paragraph! It should, of course, have read: . I'm sure Rikki was NOT intending to offend tatters Sorry Sue Babbs (an Englishwoman living in America) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] "Lace" contributors
No, I've not received a bobbin for the pattern in Lace 114 yet. I'd forgotten all about it. The bobbins the Lace Guild give for putting patterns in the magazine are wonderful, and they are the best I have for holding the hitch. I love them, and will look forward to seeing another in due course. I'm forwarding these messages to the Hollies so that they can see we are wondering about the bobbins. Sue - Original Message - From: "Viv Dewar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:27 PM Subject: RE: [lace] "Lace" contributors Hi Ruth & Others I also had a pattern published in "Lace 114" (April 2004) and haven't received my commemorative bobbin. I Have been planning to e-mail to see if the bobbin was "lost in the post" (something that sadly is happening regularly in the UK) or whether they hadn't been able to send them off yet. So, Ruth, you are not alone. Has anyone received a bobbin for 114 yet? Viv -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Budge Sent: 11 October 2004 02:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] "Lace" contributors This question is for any Arachne member who, like me, had one of their patterns published in Issue 114 (the April issue) of "Lace". Have you received your commemorative bobbin for the pattern yet? Or is it just me who's missed out? I did email The Hollies two or three months ago, and was told they'd been delayed because of staffing problems, but I still haven't received a bobbin, and am wondering if its gone astray on the long voyage from England to Australia! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] "Lace" contributors bobbins
Jenny Hester (who does the lettering and sparkles on the bobbins) saw my posting to the lace list about "Lace" Magazine bobbins, and confirms that her son Matthew made them and posted them to the Guild in mid-July, but they only got paid recently. She says that the Hollies have not been able to find a replacement for Margaret as far as she knows. So that is why there are delays. Rest assured everyone - the bobbins have been painted, and I expect they'll get mailed as soon as the Hollies can. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Pipers 90/2
<> I haven't checked Piper's web site recently, but their price list from Jan 2004 still lists 90/2 Twisted gloss silk - I'm actually using it at the moment to make a fan. I hope they haven't discontinued it! 90/2 is listed on their webpage under twisted gloss silk. See: http://www.pipers-silks.com/products.html So don't worry it is still there Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Guild book
Is there as much bobbin lace in the book as there is needle lace or is it mainly eye candy? How big is A3, is it larger than A5 - A3 is twice the size of A4; A5 is half the size of A4. The book is wonderful - very inspirational (but I've still not got round to trying to make a pattern for any of it!!) Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: lace in London
think you can get anything similar here. If the trip to Brum (local name!) is the only rail travel you plan, then you can buy (at the station on the day) a "Saver Return" ticket which will cost you 36.50 (GBP) each. Sometimes "Cheap Day Return" tickets are available, but nothing has shown up as available on the website. I have also found that if you won't be travelling so much that you need a rail pass, then it is cheaper to book your tickets online, at least two or three weeks ahead of the trip. Go to http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/default.aspx I'm not sure what day the fair is (being in Chicago makes it moderately irrelevant!) but a day return (i.e. there and back in one day) ticket on 5th December is showing up as 20.10GBP at present. Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Kingfisher in lace
Sorry, I can't think of any. Can you use the pinholes in the Milanese kingfisher design and fill it with other stitches with which you are more familiar? Or turn them into a tape outline? Sue I am wondering if anyone knows if there is a lace pattern of a Kingfisher other than the one in New Braids and Designs in Milanese Lace. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Story about "The Horror"
didn't lend her one of my good pillows and bobbins! I've only taught 2 students and both of them disappeared on me! I recommend asking for a deposit on pillows etc which you lend to new pupils. Then at least you can buy replacements if you never see pupil or pillow again. They don't seem to be offended by the idea and get their money back if I get the stuff back Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] UK Lace Guild Magazine
Mine arrived in the US yesterday (Friday) - and its full of lovely colour pictures. Have fun when you get yours Sue Have people in the UK received theirs? I haven't and was thinking it was about time for it. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fw: [lace-chat] Help
This message has come up on chat & I think it stands a better chance of being answered on lace, which got Jacqui's info is where we talk about "lace" stuff rather than food! I am really busy at present and wondered if anyone on Lace had time to respond to Jacqui. I am catching up with all the routine things after exhibiting, demonstrating lace & being one of the show-chairs of the Fine Art of Fiber last weekend - http://faof.home.comcast.net/ . We had 9800 visitors to the Chicago Botanic Garden - no wonder I caught a cold! (Last year was 6,200 visitors, so this was a big increase) and I had the pleasure of demonstrating lace (and answering all the usual questions - What on earth are you doing?? Are you tatting? You must be so patient) Sue Babbs - Original Message - From: "Jacqui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:29 AM Subject: [lace-chat] Help Hello to all I have been reading about all you spiders and must say that I think I am begining to know a bit about all of youl. I have a favour to ask. I took up bobbin lace making in May this year and am now trying to teach some friends this art. I am looking for simple instructions, and prickings that do not carry a copyright (I will still reference the source material) as I am trying to get people interested and the books here (in South Africa) are very expensive if you are not going to continue with the craft. I also have a question. In some case messages have "been brought over from lace" is this another site? Regards and thanks Jacqui - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] 13th cent needlelace from China?
Yes, it does look like needle lace when you zoom in. I, too, thought it reminded me of Hollie Point (but in colour not just white). How wonderful. Sue Babbs As for the appearance of the work, I think it looks more like Hollie Point. > resembles Italian Needlelace, especially in its diamond shaped geometrical patterns that it is really quite stunning. To see the piece go to (http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=20&viewmode=0&item=1987.277) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Thanks
some linen thread at that time too. I know that some of it is 140/2, which, I believe, is not made anymore. Am I right in thinking that I should save that thread for when I know what I'm doing? And, if so, what is a good thread to begin with? Cotton, I'm guessing, but what size? Sherri Butler Definitely save the fine linen for a project later on. Do you have a book you are working from? If so, what thread does it recommend - let us know and we will tell you where to buy it, or an alternative thread if that one is no longer available? Where do you live? Is there a lacemaker near you? Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re [lace] Thanks
Karen In Coventry Who has managed to convince her two youngest boys they can make lace Christmas presents this year. Lovely! I still treasure the bobbin lace Christmas ornaments my son made when he was about 5. Maybe you'll want to keep one yourself Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Pillow storage (wreath boxes)
Yes, I bought am inexpensive, wreath box from Target about 3 years ago. I expect they have them again. Sue Babbs - Original Message - stack them neatly, and keep them free of dust. Any US spiders seen anything like Canadian Tire's containers here? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] Pillow storage (wreath boxes)
- Original Message - From: "Dearl Kniskern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sue Babbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Pillow storage (wreath boxes) dear sue they also have wreath boxes at lowes and other places at this time of year I saw them yesterday when we were buying a nativity scene hope this helps yours in lace - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Lace Guild Website Advent Calendar
It took a bit of time to load; I thought I was gonna get "Janice experience", gave up for tonight, and clicked on the "Census" to remind myself - once again - what the requirements for the luggage label were Mmm - yes! I'm also trying to decide on what to put on a luggage label. The deadline will soon be in sight, which should motivate me to think of something to put on the label! Wouldn't it be fun if we all made a label for the Lace Guild's census? See the Census at the luggage label on http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/ Sue Babbs (in Chicago - where the trees and shrubs are looking so pretty with their white covering) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Guild's Lacemakers' Census
On Dec 1, 2004, at 8:15, Sue Babbs wrote: I'm also trying to decide on what to put on a luggage label. I've made a decision too! And even started trying to design it! I thought I'd try to do Paddington Bear on the label (with his own label of course). I've got as far as drawing him - now to decide what technique to use... Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Christmas snowman raffle
Hi everyone It's such a long time since we had a raffle and I thought it would be fun to do one at Christmas time. I had an enquiry asking me where to get the thread used to make the snowman which is on the Lace Guild's Advent calendar, on December 10th. The pattern is online if you click on the picture. http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/ Last year, one of the 5th grade students who had been making lace for about 10 weeks, with one lesson (90 minutes) before the Christmas holidays announced that she wanted a snowman to complete in that one lesson! Hence the simplicity of it! I wound the bobbins for her and she finished the lace in that lesson. The Arctic Rays Wispy Fringe thread was bouhgt in the local embroidery shop. As I say in the instructions it is tufty, but it is also sparkly. The other thread was bought from local knitter and is just a white sparkly thread about the thickness of perle 12. Anyway, I am putting together a kit including thread, beads, ribbon and felt. If you want your name included in the draw please email me (personally not the list) including the words "Christmas snowman raffle" in the subject line, before midnight on Sunday 19th December. I will then mail the pack on Monday morning, so you might get it in time for Christmas, but no guarantees. For newbies, raffles are entered free and I will pay the postage - more like a present for some lucky person! Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Christmas Snowman Raffle
Well that was a lot of fun! And thank you fro all your Christmas greetings - it was worth doing to receive all those nice messages - all 58 of them! Sorry not to be able to provide a kit for everyone (!) but the snowman can be worked in other threads - try chenille and something finer to put the beads on.. That would be interesting. Meanwhile the lucky winner is: Sandy Risley Sandy - please send me your snail mail address and I will get this off to you immediately Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Harry Potter fans
To all fans - the date of the next book has been announced & the door is open again. But does it tell us anything? haven't had time to find out yet Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Circular knitting needles
the suggestion of using 3 circular needles, so that the knitting spans two of them with a third to knit onto and off, but I'd like to know are there any sources of circular needles that are longer than normal. How long is her current set of circular needles? Looking through my collection they vary in length from 40cm - 100 cm. The latter will take a lot of knitting stitches Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: from La Encajera Spain
I have just received info of LA Encajera's Newest Contest (in a more legible form than I last saw on the lace list). so I thouht i would forward it for everyone to get their thinking caps on. Sue Accessories for Weddings, Communions and general celebrations ( parties, other celebrations ) A very special day all over Spain is when little girls receive their first holy communion. They dress up in pretty white dresses, don white gloves, wear very special hair-bands with flowers in their hair and carry pretty handkerchiefs. These are all accessories that can be embellished or made entirely with lace. Another very special day is when bigger girls get married. The same holds true as before, but in this case we are talking about bridal laces, lace gloves for brides, handkerchief, garter, nightgown, pretty underclothes or other creative accessories. Let's not forget about the other half of the marriage, men. A marrying kind of guy needs a lace tie, a special handkerchief for his jacket pocket, and a pretty cushion to present that very special ring on that very special day. Besides these ideas we are sure you can think of others, for example, jewellery and handbags. We are anxious to see your ideas NO ENTRY FEE General Information The judging will be based on interpretation, technique, work, and general appearance. The lace pieces will be returned by registered mail. Winners will be published in a future issue of La Encajera. La Encajera reserves the right to publish photos of any piece submitted in any future publication. All participants will receive a gift. There is no entry fee. Contest Rules Any type of lace technique is accepted: bobbin lace, needle lace, tatting, etc. Two artists can present one entry (i.e. one designer and one lace maker) but only one prize will be given per entry. There is a limit of three entries per person or group. Entrant must specify: name/s, address, telephone, technique used and details of the work (e.g. thread used, number of bobbins, stitches used, pattern, etc. Entries must reach the address below before December 15th, 2004. The pattern and instructions must be written on plain white paper with black ink. (no graph paper or other lines allowed). Prizes 1 - Subscription to La Encajera magazine.2 - Basket with threads 3- Book of lace Stitches Send the work with the pattern and instructions to: La Encajera - Lace Contest La Senyera, 17 46006 Valencia SPAIN Tel: 34 96 333 2697 - Fax: 34 96 334 7701 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: from La Encajera Spain
Montserrat has confirmed that the submission date for La Encajera's latest competition "Accessories for Weddings, Communions and general celebrations ( parties, other celebrations)" is 15th December 2005 (not 2004, as stated in the earlier email!) Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Living Billboard Campaign-readable copy
kits). Does that mean that all of us ought to swith to wire, in order to capture the public's attention? Wire isn't essential to catch the public's attention. In fact, the piece I have most been asked about by complete strangers was a stiffened, black silk cuff I made from an adaptation of an 's Gravenmoer pattern. Wearing it on my right wrist, in the fall (while it was still warm enough not to need a coat) I was frequently asked about it, especially when it came to signing credit card slips! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Living Billboard Campaign-readable copy
Diane Williams asked: This sounds really nice! I took a 's Gravenmoerse class at the IOLI convention last summer and really enjoy it - a lot more than Torchon and a nice break from my usual point ground. What pattern did you use? Sorry for the delay in replying. Although I don't usually have difficulties finding Brenda's "Threads for Lace" book which seems to be well-behaved and stay obediently on the shelf, I do have problems with the 's Gravenmoer books. They wander at will and it has taken me several days to track this one down! However I have now succeeded. The pattern I used was from page 41 of the booklet called simply "'s Gravenmoer Lace" put out by LOKK ( I think). I curved the pattern so that it would sit comfortably round my wrist and worked it in Piper's silk. I was not sure whether it would be comfortable to wear if I stiffened it , so I used Ulrike Loehr's stiffening technique - hair spray! She sprays it on to a piece of card and then applies small amounts of it to the lace with a fine paintbrush. It seemed to work well and can be washed out. The hair spray is slowly wearing off and I may decide to re-stiffen the lace with a more permanent method, in which case I will use either diluted PVA glue or Moravia's starch Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] Re: Living Billboard Campaign-readable copy
I have just used Ilske's helpful advice on webshots http://www.webshots.com login in , click on link upper right corner fill in Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton then create photo album and follow the instruction they give > and scanned in the 's Gravenmoer bracelet / cuff (covered neatly by the kitchen towel!) Fortunately, this time, it did not delete earlier photos. So, if you want to see it, go to the Webshots page and look at the last few pictures under "Sue Babbs" I enjoyed working this piece so much that I went on to create a wrap-around, overlapping cuff in peacock coloured metallics and then a necklace to match. When I went into the bead shop to buy beads for them, I was asked to teach bobbin lace there from April onwards. So now, I'm working on a class programme - what fun! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Living Billboard Campaign
Ok, how does one do it? Ie "curve" a straight pattern? Can it be done without a 'puter's help (seeing that I'm helpless when it comes to 'puters)? I did use a computer to curve it, but that isn't essential - the computer just takes a load of work out of it! You'll need a sheet of polar / circular graph paper, and then decide what the inner diameter is to be. In this case I wanted the inner diameter to fit my wrist but with the bracelet making a sort of cone around it. The footside is dotted in at that point, using the intersections of the polar graph paper as the equivalent of the square grid. Then you copy over the other dots one by one along the now curved diagonal line for the width of the lace and along the circular lines for the length of the lace. Sorry but describing this in words is too difficult for me. I need to show it! Usually you will aim to have the dots in the middle of the width of the lace to be spaced about the same distance apart as they would be on square graph paper. This gives you too thick on the inside and too far apart on the outside edge, but it is the best one can do. I love your cuff/bracelet, especially the black one; a Spanish Grandee would have been proud to wear that one (the peacock one, somehow, seems more "diluted" to me; could be the photo); there's a decided "air" to it... I'm not surprised it caught people's eye... Yes I am very pleased with the black one - it feels very Elizabethan to me, and it was really enjoyable to make. I haven't yet had chance to wear the peacock set. I don't want to wear the cuffs under a coat as they might get crushed, so I'm waiting for better weather. It was a lot of fun wearing the black cuff while I demonstrated lace. I was making the peacock version. People would ask what I was making (once we had got beyond the "what one earth are you doing stage?") and I would say another one of those (indicating vaguely my right wrist as I carried on working) but in colour. There would be a moment's silence while they processed my statement and then a gasped "you made that!". It was most satisfying and appealed to my (warped) sense of humour. My jacket with the straight version of the design on the pocket was in the exhibition, so I could also send them off to see that. I was not sure whether it would be comfortable to wear if I stiffened it And, was it? Probably no worse than any wide metal bracelet... Completely comfortable - unlike some laces made with metallic thread which itch me. I have very sensitive skin, which is a real nuisance. The cuff only touches your wrist in a narrow band and is only slightly less comfortable than silk. I may just refresh the hairspray when needed as it has been so soft to wear. Janice Blair has just reminded me that sometimes Piper's silk bleeds when Moravia starch of PVA glue is used. (I remember now that being another reason I opted for hairspray!) How wide is it, BTW? About 2.5 inches at the widest. I have just thought to upload the copper straight version of the pattern, which is on the pocket as mentioned above (commercial pattern). It was while working that, that I had the idea to curve it to make a cuff/bracelet. There is just something so appealing about the spiky fans. See http://www.webshots.com Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton Sue Babbs (in rainy Chicago - not a good combination with the snow and freezing temperatures! Apparently we can expect flooding on Thursday as the heavier rain runs off the snow and frozen rivers & streams.) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re:Converting to polar grid
Thanks, Ruth. That saved me a lot of typing this morning Sue - Original Message - From: "Ruth Budge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Hackle pliers
I've just added a scan of my hackle pliers on the webpage of arachne lace: http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html fill in Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton They are from left to right - hackle pliers from the UK Lace Guild, from a US supplier, and a thank-you gift from Jane O'Connor. The third ones are really clever as you can use the handle as a bobbin attached to a minute end of broken thread. Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Blue Moon
Sorry for the delay in replying - a friend here in Northfield died last week of cancer, and it has been a sad time (and busier than expected). She was in such pain that it is better for her, but hard on those left behind. So, I am just about catching up. On Jan 11, 2005, at 9:24, Sue Babbs wrote: The jacket is very nice but, what with the lace being copper on copper, and a "trim"... Probably, it would take a lacemaker to even notice it, much less appreciate it. But the copper lace is quite "deep" or thick - however you choose to think of it. The particular metallic threads used have made it seem to be quite textured. When seen in reality (rather than a photo) it is actually very noticeable on the collar (probably more than the lace on the pocket which is on green). Perhaps this is because it is more at eye level (and hterefore rather in your face!). Anyway people do notice it (At least as much as the quilting on the jacket).Where I live wearable art is often worn, so people get used to talking about how garments are made. I also mix with a lot of quilters, weavers, beader, embroiderers who are fascinated by lace because very few people make it. The Blue Moon scarf, OTOH... Oh my!!! What a fantastic use of Cathy Belleville's pattern! http://community.webshots.com/photo/148719591/249126217mYSJbN or: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date then: Sue Babbs, then second page of her album, and it's the 3rd photo... It was in an OIDFA magazine - the delay has also been caused while I tracked down where I had filed my prickings (in my BInche file, but I didn't think of looking there!) It came from issue 3, 1999. Cathy's pattern is for a bookmark called "Moonlight Serenade" which I had greatly admired for ages. It had struck me a while back that many bookmarks would make excellent scarves if enlarged. I didn't enlarge the pricking - I simply photocopied the working diagram and worked on that, adding Paris ground to go round the neck and removing the moon on the second side. Two birds I was happy with, but not two moons! Working on the working diagram is the best of all worlds in Binche, as far as I can see - but then I really don't like to pause the flow of lacemaking to look at working diagrams. On the working diagram, you can keep working without constantly looking at it to see which pairs/ what stitch to use next, and it is easy on the eyes. I worked it in UKI Supreme cotton 10/2, and 3/2 for the gimp. I had bought this at a weaving shop I find on Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin - a real treasure of a place! Shame it's about 5 hours drive and a ferry ride a way! I guess if you search the internet you can find mail order suppliers. I have found that at this time of year, when homes are very dry that the cotton tends to cling to itself and wants to fold over as I wear it. This didn't happen in the autumn when it was more humid. So other climates may not have the problem at all. (This is the time of year when we are told that our homes need humidifiers and are drier than the Sahara. Certainly the house plants need more water at this time of year) I am planning to send more detailed photos of the scarf to OIDFA (when I can find where I put them!) in case they want to publish them Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Earrings & teens
For those of you wondering how to get teenagers to make lace, have a look at my latest page on our picture gallery: http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton See the last two photos under "Sue Babbs" My son's latest girlfriend is doing fashion design at school and he couldn't decide what to get her for her birthday, which was two days ago. In the end he agreed that a pair of earrings would be wonderful. He needed help with the start and finish, but remembered quite quickly how to make lace. She was thrilled (and now her best friend is after a pair!) I think he also gave her the photo of him making them as proof. (Yes we took a video clip too!) You can see in the last photo how untidy my lace table is at present! And also the cat's own "lace pillow" on it! The pizza box on the floor was what we used to spray the hairspray on to before painting it on to the silk to stiffen the earrings Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] earrings and teens
> I loved the earrings, please tell your son he did a great job. I called > my 23 year old daughter in too see the picture and she thought it was so sweet! How old is your son and how long has he been making lace? He's now 17, and hasn't really made lace since he was about 6. The only other occasion was about 2 years ago when he put a few stitches into a stole I was making for a priest and he wanted to be involved too. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Blue Moon
Thanks for that info. I wasn't an IOLI member then (we were still living in the UK until Aug 1999) so I hadn't realised that it had been published in more than one magazine Sue - Original Message - From: "Jane Viking Swanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arachne" Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:21 PM Subject: [lace] Re: Blue Moon Hi All, Sue the scarf is fabulous!! I also adore this pattern. Cathy Belleville brought the bookmark to Ithaca one year and it was in the exhibit of lace everyone had made. I think it's enchanting! The Moonlight Serenade bookmark was also published in the IOLI Bulletin, Volume 19, No. 4, Summer 1998-1999. Jane in Vermont, USA where it got up to 7F today and it's snowing like crazy. Usually it is warmer when it snows! [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: Help on English Terminology
2) "Cloth" stitch *is* called "whole" by most of Brits and Brit-trained folk (except Pat Read and her Milanese crowd; Milanese, afterall, is not a Brit lace ), And in the class I went to in England: cloth stitch (ie ctc) was synonymous with whole stitch (or linen stitch, if you want to add to the confusion) and either term was used depending on which word came to mind first Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] cookie pillow
At 03:57 PM 1/23/2005, you wrote: One class we plan to take calls for a 16" or larger cookie. My sister suggested we get 16" and have my hubby cut an opening(he said he would offset it to give us more workroom) to insert blocks from our one-and-only. Have you checked with the teacher that your "one and only" wouldn't work in this class as it is? She may simply have specified a 16 inch cookie pillow as the most basic pillow she could think of. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Wearing Lace
I am looking for a shell pattern, please could you tell me where you found yours? I too have t-shirts with motifs on them - but nowhere near as many as you. Wow! you have been busy Sue - Original Message - From: "lapalme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sometimes just the one motif, sometimes two (I have a lovely t-shirt with two seashells, and another with two sea horses, etc.). I now own somewhere around 20 of these t-shirts. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wire needle lace on eBay
Really pretty - but what a price. Hmm! Maybe I should go into selling lace jewellery! Sue While perusing the buy-it-now selections for bobbin lace, I found this interesting item: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12604&item=4925682317&rd=1 Rather pretty. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild 7
Having just read my latest copy of Lace and seen the guidelines for the classes, I was wondering if our subgroup ever got anywhere with the group entry plan. My computer gets upset if more than one of us subscribe to Yahoo, and that is where my husband's main hobby groups are, so I didn't even try to join that group. I can see that there was a bit of interest in October but not much after that. Are some people busy beavering along with the project? Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: competition rules
I have never entered a group piece to the competition, but I think that the other class rules don't apply to the group entries. The group entries are judged as a separate class from the other classes which have specific dimension or other requirements. we would need to enter class 23 "group entry from three or more adult lacemakers (or mix of adult & children). I like your idea of the hat with the design giong all the way round it . Sue Sue sent me a copy of the competition rules as I don't subscribe to Lace. Even if English was my mother tongue, I might not be sure how to interpret everything. One option states "As you like it - a piece in 2 or 3 dimensions (but please make it easy to stage)". It looks like it gives us total freedom of size. The idea of a hat appeals to me, seven ribbons in seven colors, seven sections... And a design only seems to be an option too. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: competition rules
I've emailed the Lace Guild for clarification on this. I thought that would be the simplest approach. I'll let you all know what I here Sue Babbs There must be some restrictions on what a group can enter, even if the rules/classes for individual entries don't apply. I suppose we'll have to inquire of the Lace Guild...any volunteers to do so from interested Arachneans in England? Sue Lambiris (from Raleigh, NC) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Help with Supplies Please!!!!!
I've been looking at Christine Springett's Christmas Book and was wondering if anyone out there in "lace land" knows where I can purchase some of the "jewels" which are used in some of the Xmas Decorations. I've emailed "Roseground" with the same question but to date haven't received a reply (almost 2 weeks ago now). Roseground have taken over the bobbins side, but Forget Me Not lace took over the kits and crafts side, so I should think they are the place to try. Maybe they'll know where else to get the "jewels" if they don't stock them themselves. http://www.forgetmenotlace.com/index.htm Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New photo
Malvary - It's a lovely hankie and so nice that you finished it for Jacquie. Did it make her cry?! I'm glad that you were able to be there for her wedding that must have made the day extra special for her. Jacquie - Congratulations to you and your husband on your wedding. (Sorry, I recognise your husband in the photo, but can't remember his name). I can't see any lace on the outfit, so it was a good thing Malvary brought the hankie! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New wire lace pendant in Webshots album
Susan Lambiris wrote: The multiple photos show the piece before and after I outlined the pattern with a pair of twined gimps in colored wire. Your pieces of jewellery are really beautiful, and skillfully executed. The coloured outline really does make the peacock standout better. I was wondering how you put in the twined gimps? Did you pass them through the Binche pairs as you would if you had worked them with the lace or are they wrapped around the pairs (which would seem to me to be the easier option)? Was the thick outline added afterwards also? And do you finish off the ends of the thick outline in the bail of the piece? Sorry to ask so many questions, but I am always looking at pieces to see how they were made. Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Myllan
Hi Jean Some more clues for you: http://www.plume-de-paon.com/linas.htm seems to be having a lace sale in March and gives a list of vendors and says: MYLLAN Dentelle à l'aiguille au fil d'argent = Myllan needle lace with silver thread (but I expect your French is up to that also!) Also a seller on http://www.textielfestival.nl/markt.htm Myllan sieraden en zilverdraad-kant Contact details at: http://www.artisanart.be/fr/bruxelles/exposants.html 85: Myllan M.Van Houten Dentelle de Bruxelles - Brusselse kant Avenue Henri de Brouckèrelaan 14 1160 Bruxelles/Brussel Tél.: 02/675 06 97 - Fax: 02/675 06 97 Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] bobbin help
bobbins jumping all over. Will the Honiton be harder to learn with the spangled bobbins? Any help will be appreciated. If you are working Honiton with the traditional fine threads that it is normally worked in then spangled Midlands bobbins will be too heavy for that sort of thread. Otherwise, as you are already used to making sewings with spangled bobbins there wouldn't be a problem. Honiton is usually also worked on a pillow which has a small diameter surface and is more domed than a cookie pillow. The Honiton bobbins lie towards the outside edge of the pillow, with their heads and most of the bobbinon the surface and their tips of the ends of the bobbins in the air (I hope you can grasp what I am trying to describe), and gaining just a bit of tension on the fine thread from that position Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: bobbin help
The ideal bobbin to make honiton lace is a honiton bobbin. with a smooth, smooth finish! If you have not yet purchased your bobbins, I would highly recommend that you buy them all from the same maker. (These were the instructions I was given when I started, and I still agree with them today) Pay close attention to the head...you want it to be very smooth there especially. I wholeheartedly agree with Debbie on this - I started making Honiton with 50 matching CHEAP Honiton bobbins .They were a starter pack and in a way they were fine, but I really noticed the difference when I was given a batch of beautifully smooth Malcolm Fielding bobbins. The threads no longer snapped on sight! It helps to have them all the same weight as each other. Sue Babbs (who no longer makes Honiton very often as it is hard on the eyes!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] evening stole with fringe
Micki I've found the book and pattern and send you a diagram showing you the order of working Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Hello from a newbie
Over the years I have taught myself to sew, knit, crochet, tat, quilling, bunker, latch hook, embroider, spin, dye, off loom weave etc so this is the next challenge. I too have done many of these things & others - mostly from books, but my mum and gran taught my to knit and sew before I was 5. It is possible to learn lace from books, but do some of the preliminary exercises first - don't jump in with the most beautiful pattern for your very first thing (my usual approach to crafts). After you've learn the basic stitches then you can start jumping on to more complicated things. I teach lace to beginners so feel I can comment. Many of the questions have already been answered online, so I will just make a few extra comments. Should I get a round, roller or travel cushion? I would go for a BLOCK pillow - ie a round or square pillow domed (if using spangled bobbins) and flat (if using continental bobbins) but with blocks that can be taken out and moved up as your piece of lace grows). A cookie pillow is fine for motifs, but if you are think of lengths of lace or mats, you soon run out of space on the pillow. Moving lace on a pillow without blocks is a PAIN! Roller pillows are fine, but not so good for turning comers See what I mean on http://www.smplace.co.uk/index.htm Look in their catalogue for pillows. I still have their Standard 3 block pillow, from about 16 years ago and continue to use when I want a small block pillow. Buy spare blocks for when the first ones wear out, and also so that you can have more than one project on the go at a time. Should I get more that one cushion? Not until you've tried lacemaking and decided what your preferences are for type of lace and thickness of thread. Should I get a cushion stand? when I learnt in evening classes we put the pillow on the desk and a thick book or your tool box under the far side to slope the pillow - worked fine and it is still what I do in classes or when demonstrating without my lace table. What sorts of bobbins are best for a beginner? Smooth ones - you don't want the heads to be rough and catch the threads. This was true of my first cheap bobbins. If you are fairly sure you will want to continue then go for nice ones and add to them at all other present receiving occasions!! How many bobbins should I buy? You can do bookmarks and fine edgings with about 30 bobbins (this is the minimum unless you are thinking of tape lace) Will my being left handed be an advantage in learning bobbin lace? No - it needs both hands fairly equally. Book: As you are in Australia, try "Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking by Rosemary Shepherd" ISBN 0-916896-65-X I recommend it here in the USA. Other useful tools - pin lifter & pusher (all in one is my preference), pricker, fine crochet hook (0.4mm) Do ask more questions of us if you want to - we like helping others get addicted to lacemaking! Sue Babbs (an Englishwoman in Chicago USA) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
