Pat T wrote:
First is the adhesive appears to collect on the pins.
Second, when placing a pin, the pin will catch on the plastic and feel like
a hole when there isn't one.
Third, with sewings both my eye-out and my crochet hooks have ended up
between the film and the manila card.
I find it
Just to add something else to the mix.
For my bobbin lace I print my pattern on thin card then laminate using a matt
laminator pouch. I like this as I don't get any residual stickiness on the pins
that I have sometimes found with blue tacky, also, it is firm enough to reuse
several times
Can someone please advise me as to how to finish the end of my horseshoe so
it matches the start i.e. with a straight edge and no pinholes. I just want
matching smooth edges. This is bedfordshire lace with a beginning and ending
of four rows of cloth stitch.
Ann
Yorkshire
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I understand the standard current plastic techniques used for protection and
support in needle lace and bobbin lace, though there seems to be an odd
perception that I do not. It seems to keep deflecting away from sharing
foundation/pattern techniques or replacements for architect's paper for
Happy New Year to everybody on the list.
Today is our 30th wedding anniversary I'm looking forward to going out
for dinner soon.
But I had to return a big new book to the Tartu Public library today
pick up 3 books I had requested yesterday.
The biggest book was Master Works - Decorative and
I'm talking here from a needle lace perspective, not considering bobbin lace
at all. From what you have just written, I think the fact that you don't
feel people are addressing your question may be because you are assuming
architects' linen to be like a high quality paper.
What I was sold as
Susan Reishus wrote:
I still don't understand what muslin is a much finer,
coarser woven cloth (Jane
Partridge) is? The two adjectives seem to counter each other.
There is one kind of fabric which we in the UK call calico, and I believe in
the US it is called muslin.
There is another
Years ago when I started working in a drawing office one of the things we had
to do was as follows; we were given a hanky sized square of architects linen
and we had to wash off the coating to create our own cleaning cloth for
cleaning our ink pens with. It's a very slimy job. As soon as the
you are assuming architects' linen to be like a high quality paper... Sue
That perception is mistaken.
One person is lecturing on the fundaments of needle and bobbin lace and current
standards to work from it, vs. discussing the actual subject, which is:
Architect's paper is linen with a
Hi Everybody:
There is one kind of fabric which we in the UK call calico, and I believe in
the US it is called muslin.
There is another kind of fabric, whose US name I don't know; in the UK we
call it muslin; it is made with finer threads (so finer) woven further
apart (so coarser) than
Plain unbleached cotton muslin (often called quilter's muslin) does come in
different weights... Adele
Yes it does! It used to be sold by weights, sometimes denoted on the bolts
(often by the actual weight per yard or meter, though there are other ways.) A
good example today, may be checking
Susan Reishus wrote:
I still don't understand what muslin is a much finer,
coarser woven cloth (Jane
Partridge) is? The two adjectives seem to counter each other.
I think we may have hit a language barrier :-)
Am I right in guessing that in US English (as opposed to English
English) the word
If sticky-backed plastic or clear plastic had been available at the time
needle-lacemakers started using architects' linen, I wonder which they would
have chosen to use. Modern materials may actually be better choices, even
though they aren't the ones originally available. Just a thought.
I would
'Re the composition. We were always told (at college) that the
dressing used in architects' linen was clay, and hence to be careful
when washing it out as it could clog drains.
I feel there are, and will always be, two types of lacemaker - those who
are purists, who will only use what has
From wikipedia:
In the US:
Calico - cotton fabric with a small, all-over floral print
Muslin:- simple, cheap equal weft and warp plain weave fabric in white,
cream or unbleached cotton and/or a very fine, light plain weave cotton
fabric (sometimes called muslin gauze).
Muslin gauze:-
Hello All! Thanks to Bev for explaining/describing the characteristics of the
AL that has been under discussion! Sounds like interesting stuff. Just to
give everyone a good chuckle, I will share the results of my search for a UFO
(unfinished object) that I brought to Florida in hopes that it
Ping!! Jacqui, that just put on my light bulb too, how come I have never
thought of waxing the card instead of the pricker?And they say that you
can't teach an old dog new tricks!!
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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My meaning was a thinner (finer), sparsely woven (coarser) cloth. Jane
Partridge
Thank you for your succinct explanation! :)
Best,
Susan Reishus
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My meaning was a thinner (finer), sparsely woven (coarser) cloth. Is
*that* clear?
English is a wonderful language isn't it?!!! :-)
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz.
lizl...@bigpond.com
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Sometime this year, we taxpayers will again receive another 'Economic
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