[lace] New Member from Brazil

To Elizabeth Horta Corrêa - welcome to the Lace Group. I am sure you will enjoy it. Yes, your lacemaking is a type of Needlelace. I hope you can put some photos up on the Arachne website, one day,. so we can all enjoy seeing your lace. Your English is good - well, a lot better than my Braz

[lace] Threads and pins

I worked my table ribbon on my roller pillow, and had a bit of trouble as the pricking 'walked' to the right, I managed to get it to 'walk' back towards the left, and centre, and by then I had completed the lace. I thought perhaps I had not got it totally straight when I started. Pins to hole

Re: [lace] Music motifs

Hello Mary, Anny Noben has design a lot of music-instrument-motivs in Binche lace. Perhaps you like one of them. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Leaves

At 4:24 am -0500 16/11/06, Liz wrote: I was taught to tie a single knot at the bottom of a leaf-shaped tally to hold it in place till it was needed. I now find out that that is a Continental idea. In the little blue Cluny book, by Rutgers, (I think), she shows tying a knot with one pair to hol

Re: [lace] Music motifs

Hi Mary ! If by chance you work Binche lace, then you're in luck... Anny Noben designed a series of little motifs which depict various musical instruments, and they're very pretty. In her book, "Tierisch Flandrisch", Inge Theuerkauf has a very nice bookmark with musical notes surrounding a

[lace] Pokerwork Bobbins Box on Ebay

Dear Friends, There's another pokerworked bobbin box on Ebay - see 110055570835 I bought one of these along with 6 pokerworked bobbins to go in it. They are all brand new and actually made by Jacqui who is selling them. The pyrography is simply stunning. Mine arrived only today and I love it. J

[lace] Brazilian lace & other things

Hello Elizabeth from Atbaia,Brazil and everyone else, Welcome to the Arachne list. Having looked at the lace on your web site, I must say it's quite interesting and pretty. Perhaps someone on our list can tell more about it. I also place pins as far as I can reach on my roller pillow, as Ade

RE: [lace] Music motifs

Hello Mary, There is a picture of a treble clef designed by Claudine Beauvain on the site http://perso.orange.fr/guipure/ Look under 'Trucs et astuces', then 'Motifs'. Go down the left to the box 'Entraînement global'; on the right is 'Clé de sol'. I have a copy of "Milca Eremiasva - Rec Krajky

[lace] first time

Welcome to Arachne, Elizabeth. I really like nanduti lace and I am glad that there is someone here who can answer questions about it. Also, I think you're our first Brazilian member. So, again, welcome. On Wednesday, November 15, 2006, at 07:17 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: y name is Eli

Re: [lace] Music motifs

Hello Mary If you can get hold of a copy of "Milca Eremiasva - Rec Krajky" (Milca Eremiasva - The Language of Lace) there are some wonderful pictorial pieces of lace some of which depict classic musicians and instruments. Also flowers, architecture, landscapes, jewellery, Madonna & child etc