I have started to write the promised article and doing reasonable well. I
have omitted the largest group of hand carved/decorated bobbins as they are a
genre to themselves, namely the East Devon/Downton bobbins... also I am
sticking to English antique. The Continental hand carved bobbins are very
I'm bemused as to why anyone would be concerned with making lace as fast as
possible, unless you have a deadline for a gift or an event such as a
wedding or a display/competition. It certainly can't be with an aim to sell
the lace because you could never make it fast enough to make a living.
Hi All
I had to smile at this it sounds so much like the garter I'm
currently in the process of making well, the last inch and then
all the finishing off anyway...
Don't think it was at speed though it's taken me since January to
get to the stage I'm at!! Fortunately the
This piece of information stems I believe from Liz Bartlett's book 'Lace
Villages'. How reliable this information is I wouldn't like to say. Its
supposedly the villages of Potterspury and Paulerspury, Northamptonshire
around 1891. The said diary in the book mentions Mr Harrison - is this the
Dear Jean and all, When I'm learning to make lace, the process is extremely
important to me, but as a sewer and a knitter, producing a finished product is
definitely a part of the business. When I am making something, sometimes I
have a goal, although I try not to have a deadline, and if I do
Yes, categories. Also, maybe the categories relate to other forms of folk
art such as embroidery and carving on other wood pieces such as spindles,
door frames, knitting sheaths, ... love tokens ... with regional or
occupational speceficities such as anchors, fishes, fishnets, flowers,
etc.
Just
David, with al of his experience, has provided a good example here
in deciding what to do about the poppies in the piece he's currently
working - gimps? twists? tallies?
Only too true Jean. I have now reach the corner and the language
continues to deteriorate. But I am getting more and more
Today I've sent out 11 e-mails which contain names postal addresses
of 4 people in 10 groups. The 11th group has 5 people in it due to an
odd number.
I hope that everyone has fun sending receiving postcards.
Take care,
Pene
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Dear Lacemakers,
Arachne has members in all corners of the world. And sometimes a name,
like York, applies to several countries and states..
We can better answer your questions and refer you to helpful lace people,
if you will please give us your location. It can be something general,
I have just downloaded 3 photos of the finished Bearing Cloth made by some
of the members of Norfolk Lacemakers. It is a real achievement by these
members who have given up a lot of time to both make the lace and each
individual tear drop was cut by hand ,filed and edges polished smooth. It
Hi Brian
Regarding hand-carved bobbins - two main branches spring to my mind.
Firstly the plain working bobbins whittled using a pen knife or similar tool
as opposed to being turned on a lathe.
Secondly bobbins made either by whittling or turning that are decorated using
a pen knife or other
When you flick your bobbins with your thumb, do you find that your thread
untwists and weakens more than picking up the bobbins? I found myself
flicking
automatically when I speeded up, but thought I detected a
correlation with
thread breakage. Anybody?
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
Exactly! I'm glad, Jean, that you posted this, and said it so well. WRT
lacemaking, beading, and knitting, I enjoy the doing of it, and the end result
usually is a nice-to-have.
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
From: Jean Nathan
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Sue, I am a little puzzled, what is a 'bearing cloth'? and how is it
used?This is a beautiful piece, and the lacers did a lovely job. Also what
are the dimensions? You are all to be commended.Lorri, Graham, Washington,
USA
I have just downloaded 3 photos of the finished Bearing Cloth made
I used to be able to do things very quickly - knit, sew, crochet, etc.
Thought nothing of coming home with a piece of fabric at 6pm and going out
in the finished garment at 8pm. But there can come a time when you are no
longer able to do things quickly, if at all, or have to modify how you do
Please don't send a message to both lace and lace-digest. Those of us
subscribed to lace, getting individual emails, will get it twice. If you
just send it to lace, it will automatically appear in lace-digest.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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Hello All! My limited experience says there is no correlation between
untwisted/broken threads flicking the bobbins. If I were to point a finger,
I would say that losing the twist comes from having too much thread on the
bobbin. In embroidery terms, I would equate that to using too long a
This is the blog I posted on the American History Museum website about
the Point de Gaze Hapsburg veil from 1881 made for Princess Stephanie
of Belgium for her wedding.
http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2011/06/the-finer-details-of-the-hapsburg-imperial-bridal-veil.html
The blog is
Jean, I'll second that - I've just read the same message three times,
because it was addressed to lace, lace-chat and the digest.
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
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Jean Nathan
Sent: Thursday, 23
I am in complete agreement with Jean! A few years ago, I worked a very
long scarf which was also wide, so while it did not qualify to be called
yardage, it was interminably long... I was bored to tears with it
after just a few inches, but I has spent a lot of money on novelty
threads to make
I have just downloaded 3 photos of the finished Bearing Cloth made by some
of the members of Norfolk Lacemakers. It is a real achievement by these
members who have given up a lot of time to both make the lace and each
individual tear drop was cut by hand ,filed and edges polished smooth. It
Sue, I am a little puzzled, what is a 'bearing cloth'? and how is it
used?This is a beautiful piece, and the lacers did a lovely job. Also what
are the dimensions? You are all to be commended.Lorri, Graham, Washington,
USA
I have just downloaded 3 photos of the finished Bearing Cloth made
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