Re: [lace] Half Stitch with three threads or pairs?

2006-12-08 Thread Helen Ward
You can have our summer, Sue - provided you take the bushfires too. Helen - across the ditch in OZ. Sue Fink, Masterton, New Zealand Where summer seems to have deserted us and gone back to the Northern Hemisphere, or else has got stuck in Aussie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PR

Re: [lace] Half Stitch with three threads or pairs?

2006-12-08 Thread bevw
I don't think we discussed half-stitch with more than two pairs on this list, but I'm happy to be corrected. What it is, I'm wondering if what you mean is doing half-stitch in a unit of 3 threads (a single thread and a pair), rather than 4 threads (for two pairs). Half-stitch can be done such that

[lace] Half Stitch with three threads or pairs?

2006-12-08 Thread Sue Fink
A while ago I came across some information about half stitch using more than the usual two pairs. I am not sure if it was on this list!! or in a book!! Can anyone else remember if it was on Arachne and/or does anyone have any information about this stitch? Sue Fink, Masterton, New Zealand Whe

Re: [lace] chaos: improved diagram

2006-12-08 Thread Jo Falkink
http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/chaos.gif does this make it clear how to work the ground? It does; thanks. But, my goodness, you really have to keep your wits about you, don't you ? Perhaps it helps to support each stitch with a pin and mark the pins differently in your pricking. But putting

Re: [lace] chaos: improved diagram

2006-12-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Dec 8, 2006, at 17:26, Jo Falkink wrote: http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/chaos.gif does this make it clear how to work the ground? It does; thanks. But, my goodness, you really have to keep your wits about you, don't you ? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/

[lace] New lace makers and the "That's tatting" lady

2006-12-08 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I've been meeting some lace makers lately and that is a rare occurance in Vermont! I went to the town clerk's office to vote on November 7th. I was wearing my Lace Musuem t-shirt with all the lace butterflies on it. The woman who came to help said "I make lace" and I asked what kind and

[lace] chaos: improved diagram

2006-12-08 Thread Jo Falkink
http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/chaos.gif does this make it clear how to work the ground? Please more patience until version 1.16 of the software comes online so you can play with the stitches and colours with of particlular sample. But version 1.15 is still avaialable with other grounds to play

[lace] chaos ground: another sample

2006-12-08 Thread Jo Falkink
Another sample shows the ground is less irratic than it looks at first sight. http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/Chaos2.jpg I didn't like the white between the rest, so I replaced them when they reached the edge. Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the lin

[lace] lace pillow and stand

2006-12-08 Thread nicky.h-townsend
Hi all, Finally re-enlisted after several months break, nice to be back, but the list seems very quiet at the moment, everyone getting ready for Christmas or too busy making lace? Have just got home from my lace groups Christmas lunch which was all very pleasant. Anyhow I've just come across