On 8 Dec 2007, at 02:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1) Winding bobbins
If there are a lot to wind it's relaxation time and I'm usually
watching TV as well. Or there may be lots of colours and textures and
putting them all together and winding as I go is part of the fun.
2) Final sewing
If only ready-wound bobbins were available!!
When we first started making lace 20 years ago my friend's mother-in-law
wanted to know if she threw 'those sticks' away when the thread ran out??
We still laugh about that.
I really don't dislike any of the lace making processes! The bit I
Am I the only one who actually likes leaves, plaits and tallies? Not
that mine are perfect, though getting better
with more practice.
I am not keen on winding, and told husband I quite fancy the super-duper
winder I saw on a UK
lace supplier's website. Just waiting now, if he got the hint
Hello Helen,
quite an interesting survey!
1) Winding bobbins
Since learning how to do it quite fast by dragging the bobbin back
and forth on a string it's no problem - and I also see it as Zen
time as Kate so nicely put it.
2) Final sewing together
Hate it. I'm too impatient at the
If only ready-wound bobbins were available!! Definitely winding the bobbins
is the pits for me.
Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa
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(sorry Helen I hit reply and not reply to all and so sending again)
Oh gosh, I have trouble with square tallies, (although they are
improving on the bucks mat that I'm half way round) but I also hate
pricking the patterns before working them - I tend to prick a little bit
then prick as I go.
If only ready-wound bobbins were available!! Definitely winding the bobbins
is the pits for me. I always choose patterns with tallies or leaves as they
are quick and take up a lot of space!
Final sewing together is tedious but you see results - not like winding the
bobbins that goes on
To the lace makers.
You all are good workers making that type of lace with all those bobbins
hanging around the pillow and the hours spent on doing the beautifull lace. I
know how most of you feel and like Lynne said: I like best, picking up that
piece of lace.
I have a question for all
HI Agnes and all,
I love tallies/leaves as well. When I did my 5 meters I had 10 leaves in
every repeat and the repeat was only 4 cm long. Needless to say I've done
my 1000 leaves!
As to dislikes, I'm not keen on sewings. However, I'm getting better at
them now that I have a lazy susan
The best part is the excitement of starting, when you can see the perfect
beauty of the piece in your head. The worst part is when it is finished and it
doesn't match your dreams. Fortunately, you can have the first without the
second if you shake the theory that you have to finish
1) Winding bobbins
2) Final sewing together
3) Tallies (leaves, squares, triangles, any other
type)
Nothing like a survey for dragging all the lurkers out
of hiding!
I agree with most that winding bobbins is no problem -
a nice mindless task for while watching TV or chatting
to others at a
I don't really object to any of those things... although I confess that once
I've decided to begin a piece, I am impatient to get the bobbins wound! But
long ago, I learned to just wind lots of thread on those bobbins, because I can
re-use them over and over again without having to do a lot
Me, too! I dread winding bobbins and put off projects just because of that. I
used to bribe my boys when they were little to wind for me, so I could do
drudge work like cleaning. In repayment, they got the left over thread that
they called lion hair. They'd play with that and make things
Hello to Everyone
The thing that I dislike is:- Tying the ends only to find a
mistake. Then undoing the knots breaking/messing up the threads and then
having to cut off the lace. Grr!!
Especially after working three quarters of the lace.
This has just happened to me.Daphne
For those who detest sewing the lace to a piece of fabric, the Kantcentrum
will do this for a very reasonable price. I've have them do a couple pieces
for me. One was my first Flanders piece, which they joined and mounted. The
other was a Duchesse handkerchief corner. Both were expertly finished
On Dec 7, 2007, at 21:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Helen) wrote:
I find myself pondering on what aspect of bobbin lace people dislike
the most.
1) Drawing the pricking with proper pin-placement. I tell myself that
irregularity only adds to the charm but the obsessive part of me keeps
saying it
Hi spiders,
I'm trying to think what I dislike most about BL. WAinding bobbins
isn't too bad, I do it either infront of the TV or use the bobbin
winder. Sewings - those are OK too especially as I have done so much
Honiton that and Milanese that it doesn't bother me anymore.
Tallies? After
I friend rang the other day, asked what was I doing, I said watching
mindless TV and winding bobbins by hand. She asked why, seeing I had a
bobbin winder. I answered so I can sit in peace and watch some mindless
TV.
The only thing I hate is refilling my pincushion, like Laura.
Noelene in Cooma
Hello spiders
As some might allready have noticed, the buddymap has changed. You can find
it on http://lace.lacefairy.com/Map
Irritated by unattended bugs in the BuddMap I thought I could do better. I
underestimated the challenge, learnt some new IT techniques on the flight
and my hard disc
Hi All,
I an not too enamoured of the mounting of the lace pieces which need it!
I always used to do it my hand, in the traditional way, but one of my
friends volunteered to mount a handkerchief edge when I was chuntering one
evening about having to do it. Naturally, I didn't turn down
Hi Agnes et al,
No - you aren't the only one! I learned to do leaves and tallies before I
was told that most people don't like them, and I still really enjoy doing
them!
I don't really dislike winding bobbins, but I do feel sometimes that I'd
rather be making the lace than actually
Either I missed it on the first reading, or it was introduced after I
responded... but I now realize that the thing I hate the most (and yes... the
feeling is that strong...) is sewings!! To me, it just interrupts the rhythm
of the work, and the finer the threads, the more frustrating it is.
Adele and all Gentle Spiders
My dread is Torchon Spiders! I once (about the 4th lesson) did 6.5 yds. of an
edging with spiders and fans. Now I don't care if I ever make another one. I
am trying to overcome that with Julie Hendrick's book 'A Study in Torchon
Spiders', it has a real variety.
I have had a while to study my likes an dislikes and I must tell you first
of all, I am just a bit of a procrastinator So getting started on a
project can be an ordeal for me...
2.) Going to the next Guild meeting with nothing for Show and Tell. I like
to be an active lacemaker.
3.)
Lori, does the Hendrick's book include spiders done in half stitch?
I recently came across a half stitch spider, liked the idea, and
incorporated a 10 pair (5 each side) basic spider but done in half stitch
instead of cloth stitch into a recent Torchon design, and it looked a treat.
Noelene
--- Carol Adkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
.I now mount most
things with the zigzag stitch on the machine, the
exceptions being things
which are round or oval, and which I still do by
hand.I know that
traditional lace-makers are probably horrified at
that, but it really is a
One of the first things about mounting that our tutor taught us was how
to do the three sided and four sided stitch, this can be used for both
straight and curved edges. I have always used this and the results are
always very neat.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Dear Hazel,
Unless the cloth you sew it to is also hand spun and hand woven, go for the
method that works best for you.Neat careful zigs that miss the lace threads
can be replaced 100 years from now by someone else... or by then, hand
operated sewing machines might be an antique technique.
Hi All,
I did Australian Lace Guild Proficiency Certificate 1 in 1992 - the reason
for not getting to Prof 2 is mounting!
The only things I have mounted successfully are Altar Frontals, and because of
the weight and the possibility of washing a couple of times a year, I used a
one-two-three
Mary, it was Pat Milne who taught me the three sided and four sided stitch
in a small workshop, and I've never been frightened of mounting lace since.
I'm always amazed at how well they turn out
Noelene in Cooma
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The Christmas/New Year season, when all extraneous meetings, etc,
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1) Winding bobbins
2) Final sewing together
3) Tallies (leaves, squares, triangles, any other type)
I have a couple of friends that avoid half stitch at all costs. It can be
awkward, and easy to lose your place (and then difficult to find it again).
I received a lovely card with a bell and candles on it from Andrea, thank you
andrea, have a lovely Xmas.
Shirley in Corio Oz.
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On 12/5/07 2:12 AM, Avital wrote:
Zapping for 10 seconds (and 10 seconds only) will also
speed the rising. So will putting it into a warm oven.
And starting with warm water.
In the winter, I put rising dough in my gas oven, which has
a pilot light. Sometimes I remember to also turn on the
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