I hope you don't mind but I would like to post a reminder to all Arachneans
in the UK. re. Letchworth Garden City Lace Day.
It is to be held on the 20th. Oct. at the Letchworth Settlement in Nevells
Rd.
Tickets are on sale from Sheila Tiplady as usual. Details can be found on
the Lace
I seem to recall some years ago that the death of Fulvia Lewis was announced
on arachne by her son. I have searched in vain for the original post, which
may have preceded our archive. Does anyone know how to contact her son? I
have a question I would like to ask him, or whoever is handling
On Saturday 16 members of the Norfolk Lacemakers group travelled to
Dudley to see the Seven exhibition, it was well worth the journey
the exhibits were superb. What a great selection of lace, needle,
bobbin, tatting to name but a few, one of my favourites was by one of
our Arachne group
Fun! Thanks Alice, for pointing it out.
I have a question though. Is this pillow for the lacemaker who picks the
bobbin up and works with them in their hands?
Thanks
Susie
Morris, IL
- Original Message -
From: Alice Howell
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007
I would guess...Yes. Even though there is a platform,
the working angle would make it very awkward to work
the bobbins flat. And the hooded bobbins would have
the covers sliding up if they rolled around on a flat
surface.
All personal opinion, of course. A different type of
bobbin, on this
I'm inclined to agree with you, Alice.
But I also think that it's possible that the *intention* was that the bobbins
be worked that way, but in actual fact, the size of the roller would probably
make that fairly awkward, since the leashes would have to be so short. Maybe
this was made as a
To my secret pal,
I got my package yesterday, I would have written sooner but msn. didn't want
to work with me.
Any way, I love the thread, I have been needing some, I am slowly making my
thread stash grow. The little bear is so cute, he is already on my key chain.
I just love everything you
