In a message dated 3/10/2009 10:40:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
lizl...@bigpond.com writes:
They used to wear their Very Best for
portraits, and often had a lacemaker sitting with the painter to make sure
they got the lace painted correctly.
This is interesting information. Do you have a
Personally, I really don't care if it was Shakespeare's collar or not - I just
Love it, and wish we could see a better close up of the Reticella
However, - I would think that it most probably was his own, as by then he was
famous, and quite "Someone", so could most probably afford this one spe
I always use a wooden ruler to slide my bookmarks into the sleeve as it
usually holds the full width of the lace and does not distort it.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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And look at how few pins are needed!
Jenny B
Kununurra
Sue Babbs wrote:
http://www.dentellieres.com/Musee/Cogne/cogne2.htm
And if you look at the lace on the bolster pillow, they have no
pricking and are just working freehand torchon lace with pins only on
the outside edge, with impressive
It was mentioned in the Irish Times today.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0310/1224242572504.html
The lace caught my eye first, never mind who was wearing it!
Lindy in Ireland
dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
An article in today's New York Times discusses a recently found portrait
t
To insert a bookmark into a plastic sleeve, I cut two pieces of heavy paper or
tagboard and sandwich the bookmark between, with a tiny bit of lace sticking
out of the top. The paper will slide in the plastic smoothly. Pinch the top
of the lace that is exposed and hold firmly while pulling out
Timely, if unavailable otherwise, she has a class at IOLI in LA this summer,
if there is an arachne member taking it and could ask.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Clive & Betty Rice wrote:
> I'm really not curious about the word, and I don't have that particular
> book of Bridget's (I don't th
I'm really not curious about the word, and I don't have that particular
book of Bridget's (I don't think) but why doesn't someone ask Bridget
what it means in reference to her use in her book?
;&nbs p; ;&nbs p;&nb
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A few details: the ground fabric is silk crepe & quite substantial & OMG!!!
some of it has a metallic weft, the effect of which is ethereal. Over 60,000
visitors saw the exhibit in San Diego last year. Before you enter the exhibit
there is a short video about Kubota with him speaking at a sym
Hi Alison et al,
I was told of this method to insert bookmarks, and it works a treat!
Cut or tear a length of paper, about twice the width of the bookmark, and as
long.Fold the paper in half, with the bookmark safely inside, but with a
little bit at the top of the bookmark protruding.Make
Hello Devon and all,
perhaps we shouldn't take the picture as "true" how it looks. At that
time painter had several things they used as equipment to make persons
more important or so. It could be tha the collar belonged the painter
not Shakespeare itself.
On the other hand the news about him
Hello Alison
I lay the bookmark on a long plastic ruler, ease the plastic sleeve
sides apart, and gently insert the ruler with the
lace on it. so you make the ruler do the work.
Gray, Alison J wrote:
Dear all
I made several bookmarks using surplus thread from a large project a
while ago.
dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
An article in today's New York Times discusses a recently found portrait
thought to be William Shakespeare. He is wearing a lace collar. The portrait is
thought to date from 1610 (confirmed by x-ray of the wood panel) which was
six years before Shakespeare died in 16
My friends in the language forum have done the best they could. None of them
(including the native Slovenian speakers) could figure it out. The word
apparently means either "bib" or is just the name of a particular element.
Here is the discussion thread for anyone interested. You don't have to
reg
An article in today's New York Times discusses a recently found portrait
thought to be William Shakespeare. He is wearing a lace collar. The portrait
is
thought to date from 1610 (confirmed by x-ray of the wood panel) which was
six years before Shakespeare died in 1616. One argument present
http://www.dentellieres.com/Musee/Cogne/cogne2.htm
And if you look at the lace on the bolster pillow, they have no pricking and
are just working freehand torchon lace with pins only on the outside edge,
with impressive tension!
Sue Babbs
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I guess much depends on how exact you want your bobbins to stay in order, or
don't mind to untwist a few. On the "details" of the congne page you see how
they don't mind too much. I saw them working this way. They just touch the
bobbins looking at their work to see which thread moves and thus know
I found that sandwiching a bookmark between two rulers worked quite well. It
did need a bit of jigging around but not as much as I think you'd need with a
knitting needle. I have this feeling that I also used a clean chopstick to
poke the tassle on the end straight.
Helen in Dorset who really o
I usually use a 12inch / 30cm clean ruler, and this seems to work reasonably
well.
Hope the wrist recovers soon
Sue Babbs
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From: "Gray, Alison J"
while ago. I've now bought some plastic bookmark sleeves to put them
into. I've always eased the lace into the sleev
Dear all
I made several bookmarks using surplus thread from a large project a
while ago. I've now bought some plastic bookmark sleeves to put them
into. I've always eased the lace into the sleeve with a large knitting
needle, but I'm always afraid that I'll distort the lace. So I was
wonderin
OK, that's great. I am a moderator of a language forum. Someone there will
know for sure, probably within a day. I'll report back.
Sr. Claire
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 15:37, A. González wrote:
> Hi Sister Claire,
>
> The text we found in the Internet is as follows:
>
> "Na razstavi predstavljene
Hi Sister Claire,
The text we found in the Internet is as follows:
"Na razstavi predstavljene idrijske èipke in izdelki iz èipk so delo
èlanic ... tulipane, pajke, satovje, slince, kantu ro¾ice, ro¾ice z
listi, figure ..."
But it doesn't describe what a slince is, it just has a number if motives
Has anyone mentioned knitting stitch holders yet? They're like very long
safety pins (but not sharp) and you thread them through your spangles. They
won't help a bit with unspangles bobbins, though ...
http://www.jigsawknits.co.uk/mkstore/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=205
or
http://www.the
Hi all
i'm glad you didn't resist the urge to give the link to this marvel
!... i love kimonos and they're the most extraordinary pieces of
textile , in my opinion. My most recent treasure is a book published by
PIE BOOKS in 2006 : Summer kimonos and the colour of Japan . the kimono
col
Other thing used are little nylon bags full of holes, with a ribbon on
the top that slips inside a plastic piece. When you press the button of
the plastic piece, pulling the ribbon at the same time, the bag closes,
(difficult to explain for me in English). These bags come into soap
powder box
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