Hi everyone and Jean in Poole who wrote the message about 36/3 being a
good thread for the Idrija laces - thank you this will be a helpful
comparison. I don't have this thread, but it is listed in T4L, compares
favourably (plies, wraps) with Mettler 40/3 which I do have, with the
Finca 40 right in
Theo, are you out there? or can someone put me in touch with him please?
Brian and Jean from Cooranbong Australia
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I have a bit of time that I did not expect today (wife gone "soft" on me!!)
So I am doing more preparation for the Continental bobbins page.
I have headings for French Bobbins, Flemish Bobbins, Belgium and Dutch
Bobbins. As I am looking mainly at traditional or antique tools, I think
they sho
I am giving a lecture on lace types Sunday at a conference. I was digging
through my samples for some battenburg tape and realized that I used the
last of it already. What I need is a small 6" or so sample of tape to show.
Does anyone in the Seattle area have a bit that I can get from them?
Thanks
Well, here I am, back from holidays, so a belated Happy New Year to you all.
I have seriously missed my daily Fix of the Lace List!! I have been wearing
my Arachne 2003 t-shirt, so I really Have been thinking of you all!!
I try to wear lace whenever possible - and always to Lace Days,
Demonstra
In a message dated 1/10/2005 8:43:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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So, yes... Let's teach. But wearing lace by the young and beautiful,
even if they didn't make it themselves has merit
How about having the young and beautiful design the lace that they would
feel c
On Jan 10, 2005, at 19:16, Catherine Hill wrote:
No, we shouldn't be giving modern lace to the young
and beautiful in our circles of acquaintance. We
should be teaching them to make their own modern laces
to wear. It can replace knitting as the "next big
thing that everyone who is anyone is doing
On Jan 10, 2005, at 19:00, Diane Williams wrote:
Thank you Ilske! I put a couple of samples of my
Ipswich Lace up.
Saw them when I checked out Sue's cuff; very nice. And Patty's right -
they would make nice "Floral Torchon" patterns, with a tiniest bit of
twiddling, especially #11.
There are al
On Jan 10, 2005, at 9:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Devon) wrote:
I am glad to see that the campaign has taken root in the Pacific
Northwest
and in London. Volunteers needed for Saint-Tropez. No, on second
thought, I'll
take Saint-Tropez.
A black dress offsets lace better than Caucasian skin-tone, I thi
No, we shouldn't be giving modern lace to the young
and beautiful in our circles of acquaintance. We
should be teaching them to make their own modern laces
to wear. It can replace knitting as the "next big
thing that everyone who is anyone is doing". I
started teaching a college age friend to ma
Thank you Ilske! I put a couple of samples of my
Ipswich Lace up. I have a few more photos to add, but
I wanted to see how this worked.
http://community.webshots.com/album/248498829kltBZL
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Hi Diane,
Looking at your samples, which are lovely, made me thin
Thank you Ilske! I put a couple of samples of my
Ipswich Lace up. I have a few more photos to add, but
I wanted to see how this worked.
http://community.webshots.com/album/248498829kltBZL
PLEASE, keep in mind that these are just samples. If
I saw an error, I didn't go back to fix it if I could
On Jan 10, 2005, at 12:56, Sue Babbs wrote:
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.
Ok, how does one do it? Ie "curve" a
It occurred to me that the scan for my Milanese hummingbird should give
credit to Hensel Productions and Louise Colgan, so I've updated the site,
and it now has a different URL:
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/hummingbird/
Thanks,
Barbara Joyce
Snoqualmie, WA, USA
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Since I'm about to take our club's antique pillow apart I have a few
questions. This pillow is about 16 inches long by 11inches long, a bolster.
It is thought to have been from around 1830. One thing that has struck me
is how light the pillow is. I made myself a similar size pillow over the
hols
If you were going to Milan, there is the Poldi Pezzoli which has lace out
and available. In Florence there is the Palazzo Davanzati, unfortunately closed
when I was there. I don't know if it has re-opened. On the Amalfi coast,
there is a museum in Rapallo. I would love to hear a report from
I saw the two ladies who asked Bridget Cook which thread to use for Idrija
lace in her book when she was the speaker at Poole Bobbn Lace Circle. They
said she took
them to Tim Parker's stand and picked out Brok 36/3 as being most suitable,
which they then bought and made one of the patterns from th
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 bra
Hello Diane,
Go to 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
you.
Good luck
Ilske
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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 diff
Can someone give me instructions on how to add my
photos to the webshots page? We got a digital camera
for Christmas and I have some photos of my Ipswich
lace samples that I would like to post.
Thanks!
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Diane Williams
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Galena Illinois USA
I am glad to see that the campaign has taken root in the Pacific Northwest
and in London. Volunteers needed for Saint-Tropez. No, on second thought, I'll
take Saint-Tropez.
Tamara raised an interesting question about whether wire lace is more
noticeable than fiber lace, although Sue Babbs s
Dear Spiders
I have decided to join Devon's campaign to make lace more visible by wearing
lace (particularly modern lace) in public rather than keeping it for lace
days and annual conventions.
So, on Friday I went to a neighbour's drinks party wearing a pendant I made
at the OIDFA course in Pra
Hallo Dominique,
I sent you a mail but it came back. If you are still on the list could
you please be so kind and answer me personally.
Thank you
Ilske
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I think, when I did an abbreviated Idrija course with Bridget in November,
that I used 30 Filato di Cantu thread (it might have been 40). That weekend
was a bit of a blur because it was when I was in England when my mum died
(but I was really glad to have had a chance to be at Bridget's class and
Hi Jean, remember if you are looking to get an American DVD or video there are
compatability issues - we can be different regions for DVD and different
formats for video
jenny barron
very windy Scotland
Jean Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Barbara,
He is lovely, (in those colours I think i
Hi Barbara,
He is lovely, (in those colours I think it is a 'He') Well done. To
tackle Milanese and colour together for a first attempt is very brave.
Now where can I get that Video?
best Wishes, Jean in Cleveland U.K.
On 9 Jan 2005, at 18:26, Barbara Joyce wrote:
I wanted to share my enthusias
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