Just received my Lace magazine (awairted with baited breath after all the
talk on this list!!), and I spent last evening reading it.
I would like to congratulate all the wonderful lacemakers who made those
lace pieces, particularly the Australian ones, of course :-) Such
fantastic imagination as
Devon,
If that rumour is true (perhaps our Belgian spiders could try to find
out?), maybe we should find an email address for the Mayor and all email
our dismay to him about there being no lace in Brugge...We did that once
before for Nottingham, although I'm not sure it's had any effect so far?
Dear Arachne friends,
times are very busy for me, the job's very demanding, children need their
share of attention every day, so, to my grief, I'm not a frequent visitor
here.
The time still available for lace I spent with lacemaking rather than with
reading about lace..
But I miss you!
So I'll
Good morning All,
If you are in the market to buy a needle pin can I share with you my
experience. When I started Honiton lace, many moons ago, I bought a
simple, Springetts, wooden job. Very nice. Found it almost impossible
to use. Like Leonard I tried a few times until I'd thoroughly mashed
Hi Jacquie,
Remember that Branscombe was made at first with bobbin made tape, which
was then sewn down and filled with needle fillings. Quicker to make
than the complex honiton motifs.
Jean in Cleveland U.K.
On 11 May 2004, at 11:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am in the middle of writing a
Hello Lovely Spiders,
Wl, being new, I'm totally confused about how to refer to
tapes and braides. I'm learning from various books, some have already
been mentioned. The Bruges book calls them one thing, the Milanese book
calls them something else. Then throw the different
At 08:05 AM 5/12/04 -0500, Mary Robi wrote:
. . . Oh, and those really skinny ones I think of as plaits. Me,
too Tamara - playts. Is that a Yankee thing?
It's a learned-out-of-a-book thing. I have two terms in my vocabulary:
My father* sometimes said my hair was platted, but I was
On Wed, 12 May 2004 09:52:43 +0200 (MEST), Eva wrote:
The German Lace Guild's website has been updated, since news and
pictures from the April 2004 Guild's Congress are ready!
Enjoy browsing www.deutscher-kloeppelverband.de!
There are more pictures and information about the congress on two
At 6:54 PM +0100 5/12/04, Jane Bawn wrote:
Tamara wrote
As far as I'm concerned, only two laces belong in that group:
Milanese and Chrysanthemum. And, of the 2, Chrysanthemum is iffy, on
the fence, as it were, since it uses only one decorated braid (and
that not always) and makes its (simple)
In a message dated 12/05/2004 01:11:48 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
As far as I'm concerned, only two laces belong in that group:
Milanese and Chrysanthemum. And, of the 2, Chrysanthemum is iffy, on
the fence, as it were, since it uses only one decorated braid (and
that
This is great fun to do!
BarbE
- Original Message -
From: Patricia Dowden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:02 PM
Subject: RE: [lace] Chrysanthemum
-
To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:
unsubscribe lace [EMAIL
Just received a copy of Rosemary Shepherd's self published book Bobbin Lace Fantasy
Flowers and
can't wait to start on them.
I had been waiting eagerly for this to be published for some time. Obviously Rosemary
has had
trouble with publishers - I'm sure she wont mind me quoting what she says
Ah, confusing terminology...
I was always been taught that laces such as Russian and Milanese are
braid
laces and some of the fillings are done with plaits. Tape lace is a
machine
made tape tacked onto the pattern and secured with sewing and needle
made
fillings.
I think if we try to
Thanks Sue for all that, now I can rest assured I made the best decision. I
checked my order today and it will arrive any day. They allow 11-15 days
delivery to Australia.
Annette Meldrum
In wet and cold, Wollongong Australia,
who also found a very cheap second hand copy of Santina's, Lace: A
Weronika, quoting Tamara, writes:
Which I prefer to see written, because I've, quite
consistenly, been mispronouncing it for 47 years (I say: pleyt,
not plat). I suppose, on the if it's flat, it's a plait
principle (might help with my ponounciation too g)...
I had no idea it was
Steph,
Thank you for sharing the addresses of the web sites.
While so many things are lovely, I particularly
enjoyed viewing the fans.
It is a pleasure to view the contributions of Arachne
members in the newest issue of Lace. Your work
continues to be greatly inspirational.
Sylvie
Cherry
One can only hope it will come back into fashion soon, like knitting has
this year!! Suddenly, everyone wants to knit, although the same books have
been sitting on the shelves for several years being ignored completely
while everyone queued up for the mosaics books!! I suppose it's good
that
Hi all,
Well, I have been exposed to all kinds of crafts, all self taught, not to
many crafty people in my family. I have tried to get my kids involved, to no
avail, they say that's what I am for. :) They are proud of my accomplishments, I
think more so with the bobbin lace than anything
On May 12, 2004, at 3:52, Eva Von Der Bey wrote:
So I'll try to be back as a regular visitor, at least lurking, an hope
to become a resident of arachne town again.
Glad to have you back with us whenever you can mange
The weekend class I enjoyed was with Ulrike Loehr, we tried brandnew
I think there is a slight difference between Battenberg lace and Branscombe.
Branscombe has a wider variety of fillings, and has picots on the bars. It
also has a distinctive needlelace edge - a shell stitch (like the 16th
stitch in the DMC Encyclopaedia of Needlework, by de Dillmont.)
I think
Thanks for posting this, Noelene, I wasn't aware of it, and will love to
buy a copy too. I might have seen it at the AGM, but this way, I've saved
a few months deprivement...:-))
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, where it was 5 degrees Celcius when i
went to work this morning, buit the sky is
Devon,
If that rumour is true (perhaps our Belgian spiders could try to find
out?), maybe we should find an email address for the Mayor and all email
our dismay to him about there being no lace in Brugge...We did that once
before for Nottingham, although I'm not sure it's had any effect so far?
During a phone in on my local radio station a week or so ago, the caller was
asked if she'd been to South America.
Yes.
Where?
California.
But that's in North America.
No, Alaska's North America - California is South America.
Jean in Poole
To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is great for older lacemakers. Younger people try it at their own
risk. This is working well for me.
For those of us getting along in years, here is a little secret for
building your arm and shoulder muscles. You might want to adopt this and
do it three days a week.
Begin by standing
Hi Tamara,
Being the owner,(or do I mean being the servant) of a ten month old Yorkshire
Terrier named Roly, I can heartily endorse all of gone to the dogs
I now get a daily walk (whether I want one or not)
Dinner is on time (or else)
Between 7pm and 9pm is playtime (no matter what else I have in
Pastor Dave Charlton tells us, After a worship service
at First Baptist Church in Newcastle, Kentucky, a mother
with a fidgety seven-year old boy told me how she finally
got her son to sit still and be quiet. About halfway
through the sermon, she leaned over and whispered, 'If you
don't be
Hi All,
For anyone living in Nebraska USA, the Antiques Roadshow will be in Omaha
the week-end of July 10.
I work for PBS so can't take items for the show unless I am a volunteer for
the event. I volunteered myself and DH. Woohooo! I imagine we'll be really
busy, but hope to see all those
On May 8, 2004, at 16:43, H. Muth (Heather) wrote:
I like having the voice and the photo to go along with the letters
from Arachnids. I 'hear' them when I read their writings. I have a
picture of Bev Walker in my mind whenever she writes. And any others
I have met or heard or of whom I
Never mind the plants, Barbara, - go and join in, and make lace there!! -
You could sit on the edge of the quilters section - just have a day
demonstrating! I put my handmade lace on quilts, so lace fits in with
that craft!
Your weather should be a lot better, for sitting in gardens, than it is
On May 12, 2004, at 20:17, Helene Gannac wrote:
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who was exposed to crafts since she
was
a toddler.
Lucky you... I'm like Lynn, all self-taught. My mother knitted (plain
stuff, to wear) and sewed (again, only practical things -- clothes),
but refused to teach
Helene Gannac a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] Subject: Exercise for your
shoulders (lace)Ó.
[2004/05/12 10:07]
After you feel confident at that level, start putting a couple of potatoes
in the bags.
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who is exhausted after lifting for 10
mns...
31 matches
Mail list logo
