Re: [lace] Richard Worthen?

2010-11-16 Thread lbuyred
Kathryn, Richard was at the NCRL Lace Day in Asheville, North Carolina in October. Unfortunately I was too focused on selecting bobbins to ask him where he would be for the rest of the year. Liz Raleigh, NC, USA Kathryn wrote: > Does anyone know what Richard Worthen is doing these days?

[lace] Will & Kate lace?

2010-11-16 Thread hottleco
Hello All! Upon opening two different home pages, I found both filled to the brim with details of the royal engagement. She seems like a very modern gal, but what's a wedding gown without lace? Hope there will be some fabulous UK lace for the occasion! Sincerely, Susan Hottle in dreary Erie,

Re: [lace] Kortelahti Pattern

2010-11-16 Thread lacelady
Hi. I believe that this is made in two parts, sort of. The outside edging is made first. Then the pins are pushed down around the center section for 2 or 3 rows to anchor it well. The inside part is done with sewings in the connecting pins. The little circles do mark the starting points and

[lace] Richard Worthen?

2010-11-16 Thread Kathryn
Does anyone know what Richard Worthen is doing these days? A friend reports he wasn't at the IOL convention this summer, nor was he at Sweetbriar. I knkow he's listed on Esty, but it's one thing to look at pretty pictures, it's another thing entirely to make your selection by holding the needle

Re: [lace] Where have you stitched?

2010-11-16 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Friends, My first "public" display was in 1966 when I had to fill in time before a rehearsal of the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir. I decided to take my life in my hands and sat crocheting opposite St. Paul's cathedral in Melbourne. Alas I did get taunted and eventually punched - wou

Re: [lace] Kortelahti Pattern

2010-11-16 Thread AGlez
Hi Miriam, I would say you have to work it all in one. First you have to join section 1 and 2 (to form one triangle of the hexagon) and make 6 copies of this triangle. Once you join the 6 parts, you get the complete pattern. If you look at the picture of the finished lace, you don't see a joining

[lace] Kortelahti Pattern

2010-11-16 Thread Miriam Gidron
Dear Spiders, I need your help. I want to make the center piece on page86 (leinikkipelto) in the book "Let's make bobbin lace" by Eva-Lisa Kortelahti. The pattern has two parts which, as far as I understand are worked separately but yet one part is joined to the other part in some stage of

[lace] laptop situation

2010-11-16 Thread Avital
Thanks, everyone, for the advice about laptop desks, bed tables, etc. Since this is only for a few days, I don't want to ask my husband to buy something, especially as we don't have a car and it's an all-day trip to get to the nearest IKEA by bus and back. I seem to have found a workable solution.

Re: [lace] subscription

2010-11-16 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
On 16/11/2010 06:58, Avital wrote: Avital Arachne moderator, typing in bed with laptop on my lap (if someone can think of a better arrangement so I don't have to balance this hot thing on my thigh, I'm open to suggestions) My daughter and I both have these http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/pr