Oh thank you ladies for your lovely compliments, again a pattern I chose
from the book (which belonged to my teacher). It was a complete new
experience as it is the only one I have done in Russian lace. When I
finished it I felt it was a little untidy and the centre body piece I did
wrong in
Liz, I bet the honiton horse is beautiful, but my eyesight is not good
enough to work honiton lace. I had huge difficulty seeing to sew the
material to the lace for the hanky. I had to take my spectacles off and
work with the cloth about 6 inches from my face. I could only work about an
Those beads are fantastic Helen, and my son works not far from there.
mm I can get him to fetch me all sorts can't I, LOL.
Lovely.
Beth, enjoy those beautiful gems for your spangles.
Sue T
And in the U.S. there's Firemountain Gems (available on-line too).
But the best is that I caught a
It's very easy to see which bobbins I've spangled because the spangle
looks very pretty but is fairly useless from a practical point of
view (too heavy, too light or too big) :o) I'm getting better though!
Helen
At 23:34 25/02/2006, Malvary J Cole wrote:
The little spiders are cute, but
I just got my copy of the book/folio called Onder de Loep, by Nora
Andries. It's a small box set of old Belgian laces with a paperback
book and a couple of pattern folios.
There was a previous folio called Caroluskantjes, containing
another group of laces from the same collection, but it's
Hi Bev and all other spiders,
You wrote:
I have just published my first blog, simply with a picture of the lace
in progress and a few words. Go here to see the l.i.p.
http://www.looonglace.blogspot.com/
Choosing a site name was tricky because long lace on its own wasn't
suitable, and longlace
G'day Bev,
Have just been to your site and put some comments there for you and other
viewers.
Thanks
David in Ballarat
Hi Bev and all other spiders,
You wrote:
I have just published my first blog, simply with a picture of the lace
in progress and a few words. Go here to see the l.i.p.
As a vendor, I've hestitated to reply to the list because it isn't meant for
commercial purposes, but since there seems to be quite a bit of interest in
s'Gravenmoer lace, there is one book still available.
I have copies of the original self-published book by Hannke Troost who was
instrumental in
Just switched on the TV to find Pat Perryman discussing Honiton lace and the
Honiton lace industry with one of their experts on the Antiques Roadshow. So
annoyed that I missed the beginning. It will be repeated some time, but I
don't know when. They were discussing that an expert in leaves
hope there is someone from florida on the list, if so would you please
contact med private.
Dorte
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Growl, Grump and Good Grief (to say nothing of four letter words in a
very loud voice!)- Am I CROSS!
I knew Pat had done the interview for inclusion in the Antiques Road
Show programme from Montacute. I've looked for it each week since
October. I saw that tonight's programme was the one put it on
Sue, I have just been to have another look at it - and I Must find a copy of
the book and make it!! Gee, you make nice tallies!! However I did not
realize Russian tallies are made differently to Beds. ones.
How do you make them 'differently'? Surely one thread weaving over and
under the
When I took a short workshop in this lace, the teacher (Julie Van Der Wolf,
from the Holland) had us work it in cotton. Once you get the hang of their
distinctive half-stitch, you can strike out with some of their delightful
modern interpretations which use the Colcoton variegated threads! These
David, thank you - I now must make a confession that I had an option
selected that prevents the comments from showing then neglected to
complete the rest of the form so I would be notified - silly me. I
have corrected that. May I, with lace cap in hand, humbly ask you to
re-post your comments?
Hi folks
I have been following the discussion on the 's gravenmoer lace but
have not seen any pictures of it - do you know of a website that has
pictures
Jenny Brandis
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Jenny,
Look up Lacefairy, click on Lacemaking, then Lace
Identification, then 's Gravenmoerse. It will bring
up a picture, and also a couple links to pages that
probably have more pictures. I haven't looked at the
links.
Alice in Oregon
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Maltese, Cluny -- since then, which also have the prominent veins in
their tallies, so it's nothing to do with Slavic; it's all to do with
how you tension the tallies...
Bev chimes in with a big YES! It is all about tension. The lovely fat
As Sue hasn't answered yet, it's a bit like a detective story so here's my
guess at the solution.
When I read her post, after the initial Huh? I assumed that she meant that
she'd worked the *filling* Beds style rather than Russian. In other words
she'd used more than 2 pairs and done windmill
Is there anyone from florida on this list? if and if and if, me and my mum
might be going to venice for a wedding, and I would like to talk to some one
from there (florida)
please contackt me private
Dorte from Denmark
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And there's also Shipwreck Beads (they're on line, too). I've been there
and the space is huge! Bigger than most meeting halls!!!
Linda, the string-a-holic in Oregon
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