As far as I know, there is no special rule for tensioning, except frequently.
It depends on your project... what kind of thread, the space between pins...
that sort of thing. Thread that is slick and moves easily might be tensioned
at the end of a row. Thread that is not slick..like some
Hi Jane,
I remember everyone making 5's 0's for the 2003 IOLI Convention.
So have a look through the IOLI Bulletins - page 21 in Vol 22, Fall 2001.
I had a tatting pattern published on pages 28-29 in Vol. 23, Winter 2003.
Have fun,
Pene
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I think that that David's postcard maybe from some where in Eastern
France near the Spanish border.
Pene
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Sorry, the poem came back to me without proper line breaks - goodness knows
why.
I'll try again:
The Torchon Tug is an awesome force
To keep all those passives in line.
If they start in to waiver all over the place
Just give them a tug and they're fine.
A Point Ground Pull is a different affair.
Finally posted my review of the book on coloured Puncetto.
http://apinnick.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/book-review-manuale-del-puncetto-colorato/
Best wishes,
Avital
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As I mentioned a while ago, Doris Southard was my lace teacher. What I
mean, of course, is that I used her book to learn bobbin lace. I had seen
lace being made at a craft show in Newnan, Georgia outside Atlanta in
September, 1979, and I had to do it. I knit, can crochet, although I don't,
I wish I had your way with words. I just love your poems:-) Please keep it
up.
Sue T Dorset UK
The Torchon Tug is an awesome force
To keep all those passives in line.
If they start in to waiver all over the place
Just give them a tug and they're fine.
'Cause a leaf in this lace needs the
Just a reminder for our lacemaking friends,
We are hoping to see many of our friends at our 2011 Lace Day!
Attached please find the new 2011 Lace Day Flyer from L.A.C.E. in Clarendon
Hills, Illinois. Please share it with your friends.
Share it with members of your guilds.
Class reservations
Lyn in Lancaster PA asked:
How many of her (Doris Southard's) students are on Arachne?
Hi All,
I began with Doris Southard's book also and worked to about the middle of
the book and then switched to Judith Markham's on-line Torchon Beginners
class.
I also have a soft place in my heart for my
Count me in as another of Doris's remote students! I wanted to make
proper lace to go on my 15th century costumes and once I figured out that
bobbin lace was one of the correct forms, it was Doris Southard's book
that I wound up with. I think it was in the beginning kit I ordered from
Holly
a variation on the previous solutions (repinning previous strips, wrapping
in tea-cloths)
Sart making the odd strips. Then while making strip 2 join it alongto strip
1 and 3, while making strip 6 join it to 5 and 7 while making strip 4 join
it to 1-3 and 5-7 while making 4.
To avoid ending and
I usually tension at the end of the row after setting the pin, but when doing
whole stitch (CTCT) I tension at each stitch. If you are doing a long row of
whole stitch, it is hard to tension the workers so I give a tug at each stitch
but then do a final tension after setting the pin.
As
Jo
Thanks for the ideas, both have potential. I found directions for a false
footing at the top of a pattern in the Miniature Bobbin Lace book that I am
going to experiment with. That might work with the zigzag corners.
I'm not sure how I'm going to go about this project yet, but the more
The Attachment Axperson was at it again, and cut off the attachment. But if
you go to:
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/images/L.A.C.E._2011_flyer_1.pdf
I suspect you will have the whole thing.
Lyn in Lancaster where it's cool and overcast. But no rain, 72F, 20C at noon.
I can't see this book myself with my very own eyes and brain power so I am
asking those of you that have the book. Are there any working diagrams for
the patterns in the book or, is it mostly just a book of prickings with a
picture of the finished lace. I love Buck's Point Lace and it was the
Sherry - from experience it is almost as (if not more) expensive to get
tapes transferred to DVD unless you know someone who can do it for you (my
DBF's son is doing something for me at the moment but it is at his speed,
but free!). If you own the tape and you want to transfer it to DVD for
Hi Everybody:
Are there any working diagrams for the patterns in the book or, is it mostly
just a book of prickings with a
picture of the finished lace
I got my book on Friday and was agreeably surprised by how nice it is, and how
big (it's A4 size, about 8-1/4 x 12 - somehow I was
I did try to have one of my bobbin lace tapes transferred years ago
professionally and they said I couldn't have it done without the written
permission from the person holding the copywrite. I think if I could have the
tapes copied I could really get going on getting off the bobbinlace slack I
I agree with everything Lyn says about Doris. I have a profound reverence
for her. She was so generous and helpful, beyond just writing the book.
She invited me to visit her a few times and we talked lace all day for
several days. As far as I am concerned, she is the Great Lady of American
I do hope that Doris is out there reading all these lovely comments about her.
I'm sure she is touched.
My first encounter with bobbin lace occurred in the early 1980's. My husband
and I went to a local festival in October. There sitting on the ground was a
woman demonstrating bobbin lace. I'm
I thought I would let you all know with the talk of the Royal Wedding dress
(which I didn't think the lace looked like Carrickmacross to me) bring me to
the May/June issue of Piecework magazine. I don't have a car and there was
no place near me where I could go to the store and buy this issue
I remember when Doris celebrated her 80th - birthday (I *think* that was
the auspicious number!). Someone on Arachne suggested that we send her
birthday cards, and she was innundated by them!! I sent her one. She
wrote to the list about how thrilled she had been to have so many people
Need to change something here. It should read something like: Feel free to
do what you want with your books, tapes, CD's for your own personal use.
Use in non-profit education is another big exception to the copyright act.
If you want to check it out, it's
A weaving friend of mine was doing bobbin lace and I thought it wonderful
but my life was too busy with a little granddaughter, big dogs etc. I
couldn't see a bobbin lace pillow surviving without spills. Some years later
I was helping a dear woman sell a whole lot of her fibre art materials
just testing my mail, sorry M.
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