[lace] RE: silk thread

2006-08-24 Thread Helen Bell
I have been using Gutermann's Silk Twist for gimps and love how they've come up in my lace. Great colours and great contrast to my working threads. I have used Mulberry silks once before - I bought some of their whitest silk for the lace for my wedding gown, and it worked up wonderfully. I have

Re: [lace] dating old lace-knitting needles?

2006-08-24 Thread Lynn Carpenter
I have received some suggestions that I hope will help, and wanted to say thanks! Bucilla was founded in 1867 as "Bernhard Ulmann Company, Incorporated (Lace, Linen, and Accessories)". I was surprised to learn that "Bucilla" was an acronym! And I wonder what, exactly, was meant by "lace". This

Re: [lace] dating old lace-knitting needles?

2006-08-24 Thread Joy Beeson
Lynn Carpenter wrote: I just haven't found anything about Bucilla or when they made steel knitting pins. That's because they were bought out: http://www.plaidonline.com/apBucilla.asp says "And for more than 130 years, Bucilla . . . . In 1996, Bucilla joined the Plaid family of products . .

Re: [lace] dating old lace-knitting needles?

2006-08-24 Thread Jean Nathan
Lynn Carpenter wrote: I don't know about knitting needles, but I have some Bucilla silk/nylon organza ribbon for ribbon emboidery on cards which have on them Bucilla Corp, Hazleton PA 18201. That address might give you somewhere to start. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email t

[lace] dating old lace-knitting needles?

2006-08-24 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Hello, I've recently acquired the second of a pair of old "Bucilla steel knitting pins", size 19, about a modern 5/0 or 1.0mm. I have been searching on Google, trying to figure out how old they might be, but so far, no luck. So I thought I'd ask here. The long part of this short story is that m