[lace] knitty gritty, bone weaver's song, lace instruction & postcards

2011-08-26 Thread hottleco
Hello All! After knitting myself silly over the past few weeks, what should I find? A HUGE error so far back that it was easier to start over so today was the day. Ugh--there's been some kicking, screaming & gnashing of teeth! Thanks Laurie for posting the link to the song--I needed cheering

Re: [lace] unusual lace pillows

2011-08-26 Thread lacelady
This reminds meAfter seeing the Friendship Pillow picture, we tried a similar thing with our Try Me pillow at county fair. A 24" cookie pillow was set up with three little 'fish' prickings so we could have three people at a time trying it. The three projects fit on the pillow nicely, but o

[lace] Re: unusual lace pillows

2011-08-26 Thread Tatman
I remember back in 2000 or 2001 demonstrating with some of the members of L.A.C.E. Guild at a park in Joliet, IL. Someone(could have been Kathy Kirchner) had set up their gossip pillow. We had a ball! 4 of us at a time would sit around facing each other on this round padded table with 4 attached

Re: [lace] unusual lace pillows

2011-08-26 Thread Diane Williams
I think Kathy Kirchner has a "Friendship Pillow".  I remember seeing one in her catalog many years ago called a "Gossip Pillow." Diane Williams drswilli...@yahoo.com Galena Illinois USA My blog - http://dianelaces.wordpress.com/ From: Catherine Barley To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, August

Re: [lace] unusual lace pillows

2011-08-26 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Catherine, I am trying to track down photographs/information about two unuaual lace pillows and wonder if any of you can help? In the English magazine 'Lace' Issue 87 pages 20/21 there was an article about a Princess Lace Loom by a lady living in Arizona named Charlene Spellman. Does anyo

Re: [lace] Unusual lace pillows - Gossip Pillow

2011-08-26 Thread Jeriames
Dear Catherine, Just happened to have a look through my old IOLI bulletins yesterday. Especially noted the "Gossip Pillow" on the back cover of Volume 13, Number 4, dated Summer 1993. This is part of a collection belonging to Patsy Anderson, formerly of Utah but now living in Florida. Th

Re: [lace] unusual lace pillows

2011-08-26 Thread Cynce Williams
The article is published in PDF file on the University of Illinois Spurlock Museum web site: Explorations, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu/explorations/online/whyknot/princess1.html More info than my first lace teacher and I were able to fin

Re: [lace] unusual lace pillows

2011-08-26 Thread Diane Williams
I have a Princess lace loom and Karen Thompson did an article for Piecework magazine recently regarding the Torchon Lace Company and the Princess pillow.  I don't belong to the Lace Guild though, so haven't seen the article in Lace. Diane Williams drswilli...@yahoo.com Galena Illinois USA My

Re: [lace] unusual lace pillows

2011-08-26 Thread Cynce Williams
On Aug 26, 2011, at 2:08 AM, Catherine Barley wrote: > > I am trying to track down photographs/information about two unuaual lace > pillows and wonder if any of you can help? In the English magazine 'Lace' > Issue 87 pages 20/21 there was an article about a Princess Lace Loom by a lady > living

[lace] unusual lace pillows

2011-08-26 Thread Catherine Barley
Dear lacemakers I am trying to track down photographs/information about two unuaual lace pillows and wonder if any of you can help? In the English magazine 'Lace' Issue 87 pages 20/21 there was an article about a Princess Lace Loom by a lady living in Arizona named Charlene Spellman. Does anyon