Hi Linda
There is quite a selection of pins there of different lengths and weights
when you look closely. Almost certainly there are some 'lacemakers'
(sometimes called Long Toms) pins there.
I've collected a number of examples, mounted them on a board and displayed
them in exhibitions - I c
Can't be mine is in a cork from a red wine bottle however it
is a real cork (and I have 3 others just in case!!) Thinking of
using those for divider pins... LOL (Wonder if I am just making
excuses to drink red wine??)
Sue in EY
On 18 May 2011, at 20:53, Linda Walton wrote:
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With all the good suggestions for covering the points of scissors, does
anyone have a good idea for covering the end of a pricker that lives in the
lacemakers tool bag.
I was given a small piece of beeswax (formed in a candy mold) for lubricating a
pricker. I pu
A small piece of the wine cork may not work but the whole wine cork does
especially if you get the kind that have a flat top that stands upright, I
have successfully kept my pricker in one for years now ( good excuse to
drink the wine too)
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Here is a link to photos of crochet done to imitate bobbin tape lace and
Bruges bloomwork.
https://picasaweb.google.com/nyuzike/KlPliIgyCsinLom#
I had heard of this lace, and seen a few rather poor examples, but this is
more elaborate.
Lorelei
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A friend sent me this link to the website of the newly-founded School of
Historical Dress in London
http://theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk/
and I thought you might like to see it because at the top there is a
close-up photograph of some late sixteenth century loose-headed brass
pins. I wonde
Dear all,
I have checked with Avital and she is happy for me to announce that I have just
published a book of floral Bucks Point patterns designed by Joyce Symes, a
British lace maker and teacher, who died from breast cancer some years ago. I
went to several weekend courses with Joyce when I fa
Another thing that will work for the pricker and the crochet hooks: a plastic
toothbrush case. At places where they sell little plastic bottles and jars
for travelers, there are also long narrow boxes for keeping your toothbrush
clean in the suitcase. They are long enough for most prickers and cr
I use the little findings that go on the end of a jewelry stick pin.
They come in bags of 10 or more and are very inexpensive. I found mine
in a bead shop. When googling, I found they are called 'clutches'. You
can see what they look like here:
http://www.shipwreckbeads.com/catalog/Findings
Hello All! My favorite pricker has a wood handle & a metal screw-type end with
adjustable/removeable needle. The "cover" is one of those "plastic" wine
bottle corks rather than the real deal. It stays on beautifully & the whole
thing fits inside a zippered pencil box with other tools (#14 cro
Hi Arachnids
What a great idea, using syringe needle protectors.
For slim objects such as crochet hooks and needlepins with gently sloping
shoulders I use a piece of a suitably sized drinking straw. I push it up as
far as it will go, then allow another half inch before cutting off the
remainder.
Hi everyone
Another couple of ideas to store pricking tools - a long plastic vial,
such as for fine dp knitting needles. Or a tall pill bottle.
I have a short length of bamboo stem with a cork bung that holds my
fine crochet hooks.
And one more - the plastic tube with flip lid that is the packagin
Oh my! I can't believe it. What a shock and how very, very sad.
Jean
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Hi Malvary and everyone
To add to the ideas so far -
Bodge idea: Put the pricking tool with the styro or cork bit on its
end, into a spare envelope, fold the envelope around it and secure
with an elastic band.
More elegant: Tie a sturdy hanky around the tool + cork.
More elaborate: This idea requi
In message , Malvary Cole
writes
With all the good suggestions for covering the points of scissors, does
anyone have a good idea for covering the end of a pricker that lives in the
lacemakers tool bag.
I find the plastic sleeving that is used on the individual wires in
telephone and computer
So am I the only one that finds my pricker does not fall out of a real
cork (mind you it is a full cork)
Sue in EY
On 18 May 2011, at 13:26, Malvary Cole wrote:
With all the good suggestions for covering the points of scissors,
does anyone have a good idea for covering the end of a prick
..
Another good idea for the protection of scissor points is to cut a
short length of that green oxygen tubing (or get some kind nurse in
Emergency to do it for you). It slips neatly over the points and stays
there.
David in Ballarat
David,
I use that
With all the good suggestions for covering the points of scissors, does
anyone have a good idea for covering the end of a pricker that lives in the
lacemakers tool bag.
While I was in UK and Spain, the little piece of styrofoam on the end of the
pricker of Jacquie, kept coming off. We had a b
Liz,
Those needle covers, - if they are anything like the Aussie ones, - are good
for protecting the points of fine embroidery scissors! A friend had a
diabetic dog, and had to give him injections, and saved the covers and gave
us all some, and I use them especially on the Stork scissors! They fi
Those of you who knew her will be sad to hear that my fellow Lace Guild
Executive member, Linda Grigsby, passed away suddenly on Monday 16th
May.
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Jane Partridge
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On 18 May 2011, at 04:29, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
> Sorry, everyone, that should have gone to the lace Chat list.
Not necessarily because it was about protecting the ends of scissors - which we
all use for every type of lace.
Brenda in Allhallows
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk
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