Celia,
I think that a photo would be important. My first instinct is to question
from the photo, whether this would be hand made or machine lace as there was a
period in the 80s when chinese lace insert table cloths were very popular,
especially in the greater London area - I went to many a tabl
Sue, Jean and everyone,
I think that the site where Sue found her original pattern on was this one:
http://bobbincat.de/bobbincat.htm
click on 'Klöppelbriefe Torchon' and then scroll down to find the
baubles. The designer is Steffi Reinhardt. If you also click on
Bauchbinden für Kugeln at the
Jean, I did download that and have used it, or part of it for a slide
decorations for my nieces daughter and of course will work some complete for
baubles. It is very pretty, but I also fancied trying out this other idea
which is for lace going around the centre which is what I am working on no
Don't know if this helps, but Eve Morton designed Christmas bauble covers
for Poole Bobbin Lace Circle. One is on:
http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/pattern.htm
The pricking and instructions can be downloaded for free.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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Well I wouldn't have thought of that, so thanks for adding that bit, I
haven't yet decided what thread to work and therefore the best grid size to
use but the patterns I have prepared so far are on 2mm straight on the
print, I did try 2mm diagonal, but it seemed to close together. I might
just
I have been hunting on the grid for information, she seems to say that the
area of grid she has used is 8.5 cm wide and 20 cm long. The start line and
the end line is on the diagonal. the smaller, normal size baubles are
about 60mm I think and the bigger one I have I did measure but cant find
Jacquie, Some fantastic information through this email, as ever. The
original idea came after I found a file saved way back from someone in
Germany I think. I have been searching for a name and I dont even know
where it came from, but the person did it in october 2003 giving the outside
fram
Hi Soluchona,
It is great to have you back on the list.
The Chicago lacemakers are really nice. Every time I'm in the USA visiting
my son we manage to have a get together.
I remember when I came to Chicago the first time and hear about "Di waan"
and saw the sreet sign saying Devon, I wa
Joining the start to the end of an ornament loop is possible, but can be
a challenge.
Remove enough pins to leave just the minimum to hold the working lace in
place. Loop the start up, over, and in front of the end. Pin in place.
The top of the loop needs to be pushed to the side so the join a
A few things to think about:-
First of all, although lace "shrinks" when it is no longer under tension,
it can be easily made to return to it's original size. Think that when you
repin the start of a lace project ready to finish off, sometimes years later,
it is still relatively easy to put the
In my experience the finer the lace the less the shrinkage is. Very thick
threads such as used for scarves etc with footedge pinspacing of 10mm or more
tend to shrink about 10%, but rather less for the sort of scale you will be
using (which is probably about 4mm) so 5% is probably a better esti
I was thinking (I do occasionally) - is there any clue to be obtained from
the patterns that are given for the decorations for the Christmas Balls.
One of our lace group made lots and lots of so when she sees this, perhaps
she will write - if not I'll jog her memory - Colette how did you measure
Thank you Sue, I suppose that makes excellent sense, and I was trying to
remember that figure when I wrote in. I was thinking 5 but concerned it
might not be enough. I will hunt out some lace or ribbon and play a
while:-)
Sue T
I generally allow about 10 % for shrinkage.
Maybe you could
I generally allow about 10 % for shrinkage.
Maybe you could try cutting some ribbon or machine lace to the size you
think will work, seaming it together and trying that on the bauble
Sue Babbs, Illinois
addition to the actual size of the bauble, so it slides into place without
distorting the
I am putting together elements of lace pattern to use as a
decoration/covering around the centre of a bauble shape and maybe an egg
shape. If I want to join the start to the end (although this might be
difficult because it will only be about 7 inches and I dont use the roller
pillows), my que
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