[lace] Torchon - Ideal for Newbies to Demonstrate in Public

2008-05-05 Thread Jenny Brandis
Jeri I agree with you that Torchon is brilliant to demystify lace making. I am working in Finca 40 lemon thread on a 1/10 inch diagonal grid, using a wonderful pricking provide by Jo Edkins at http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/zigzag.htm that shows half stitch, cloth stitch, spiders, torchon

[lace] Bart and Francis

2008-05-05 Thread Francis Busschaert
Hello to all, it's me francis from Bart Francis I just wanted to let the UK'ers on the list know, we will be in the lace event next sunday 11 may 2008 at Peterborough. we see it as a great opportunity for all whom have visited our website and were wundering of the very funny and bizzare

[lace] musical notes patterns

2008-05-05 Thread Sue
As some of you may remember I have been making napkins for my sisters, 3 sets almost complete and one more to go. She has an idea of musical notes within the lace. I have seen bookmark patterns with musical notes on, but dont remember seeing a strip of lace with this kind of theme. Do any of

[lace] The Face of Lace

2008-05-05 Thread ann.humphreys
I have just heard about this. It is called The Face of Lace and is taking place in Bruges from November 11th 2008 to March 1st 2009. http://www.brugge.be/internet/en/content/files/musea/Kantlijnen_Eng.pdf Ann Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace] Re: what did you ...Torchon

2008-05-05 Thread Mark, aka Tatman
My BL teacher, Christy Holtkamp, started me on torchon because of all the basic skills it gives and the features in it gives me a good ground to work with for experimenting on other types of lace. I have moved on to others since. Currently working on Bruges Flower Lace. Christy always worked on

Re: [lace] Re: Tamara's Flanders /Rosalibre

2008-05-05 Thread clayblackwell
Dear Barbara - Yes, you are certainly right about Tamara and her talent! She is very gifted in her design skills and her ability to figure out how to achieve the effect she wants. Please remember that initially, Tamara taught herself to make lace with books - before there were lots and lots