The one hand especially reminds me of 'pin-putting' although I hold my
bobbins heads downwards, whereas the pair she has are angled away from
the pillow. A matter of choice or just the way the threads were, at
the moment the artist captured/interpreted the movement? In his view
via the camera
I slso cant manage shuttle tatting due to hands and shoulder problems, so
found the Barbara Foster book helped enough to actually achieve a 30 year
ambition to learn tatting. I have made several small motifs and have
promised myself some time to get back to it and work some more at it to see
Lyn you ar so right about the US. I have been demonstrating here in the US for
many many years and it is fun when people come up to my pillow and a look of
awe comes over their face. I have gotten quite a few interested in lacemaking
doing demos around the south eastern part of Pennsylvania.
Great Idea! I knew someone years ago who did not have glass beads so she took
her husbands stash of sinkers from his fishing tackle and his washers from his
tool chest. I always say what ever works!! LOL
Faye, In beautiful PA, USA where the leaves are starting to turn...
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What a great idea
Faye
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From: Kim Davis k...@wirelace.net
To: Lace lace@arachne.com
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:09:01 PM
Subject: [lace] bringing in new lacers- Netting the Small Fry
I have been following the discussion about the future of lace and the
What is coming into my mind where something with a carved finial each
end is
concerned, is a bell pull end
Are they of a thick diameter for lace as all
of the ones I have seen for 40 years, the needle worked item hangs off of a
fine dowel, so more of the work is seen and you don't have to sew
Here is a link to explain some of the Hedebo technique, which most of you
likely know already:
http://www.bobbinmaker.com/hedebofaq.html
I have done
the same effect in cutwork, where I draw a design, do running stitch for the
base, and decorate/strengthen with buttonhole stitch, etc. but not a
Hi Everybody:
I've always had two thoughts about this picture. First of all, that she was
putting up a pin. The second one is that she is peering at her pillow because
she has just discovered a mistake. I think the pin-putting is the most likely
scenario, though.
Adele
North Vancouver, BC
On 10/18/2011 4:47 AM, Susan Reishus wrote:
So to clarify: when working couronnes,
you would lift the lace off the support piece (paper, fabric, etc.) to set the
size, then re-set it to finish? I haven't done them to my memory (or this
way) so trying to wrap my head around doing this technique
Faye wrote --- it is hard getting them connected to a quild or supplier due to
being few and far between and hard for them to find the info online. Even
though I know a good bit about lacemaking I stink at teaching it or I would do
it. I will hlep anyone with their problems and give them a
The Exchange is an Arachnian activity. Participants should be part of the Lace
List, at least one section. They can sign up for Chat if they don't want the
main Lace list. Technically, they shouldn't even know about the starting
announcement if they are not on the List, nor where to sign up.
Dear Spiders, I have a giclee of Vermeer's Lacemaker and I just went to
my living room to check. She is putting up a pin while holding a
pair of bobbins in her left hand separated by her forefinger. This is a
treasure that Friend Husband bought for me when he got himself a Civil
War print.
She's putting in a pin... and lifting the left pair up and to the left to clean
the visual pathway to the pinhole. I do this myself when the pinhole is
obscured by the threads since the pin is in my right hand.
Alice in Oregon... where we have put 500 miles on our new electric car in it's
Then I wonder how long did she have to keep this pose in order for the
artist to capture it. The bobbins and other wooden objects are
carefully done. The facial features are less clear - would one of her
sisters have sat in, as required? Or if just one sitter, with this
being painted by natural
We are talking about an interesting period in Dutch life here. Simon Schama
in his book 'The Embarrashment of Riches' looks at the issues of hard working
people suddenly having money (and with money comes leisure time) as they
reaped the rewards of trade and investment.
Vermeer, Frans Hals and
Three other lace makers and I demonstrate lacemaking -bobbin lace and
tatting - in the public area of the American History Museum in
Washington, DC one hour per month. There is always lots of interest in
both watching and trying our hands-on-pillow. Often well over 100
people stop by to watch and
Hi Arachnids,
A lace maker in Dutch is a âkantklosterâ (kant=lace; klos[je]=bobbin;
kloster=[female] user of bobbins).
Could the girl be peering at the work to see the pricking better if she is
myopic? I am myopic and if I want to see really fine work my glasses come off
and I get close to
Can I just say that the Education Subcommittee of The Lace Guild is in
the process of updating its lists of tutors and groups, and there is a
form for tutors to complete on the Guild's website -
http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/guild/tutorList.html There will be a
form for groups to complete
I can't shuttle tat due to arthritis in the joints of my thumbs, particularly
the left one (can't
hold/manipulate the thread round the hand) - do you think needle tatting would
be easier/more
comfortable in this respect?
I can't sew or embroider any longer due to said arthritic thumb, so
I'm not sure how many lace teachers would be comfortable with their contact
details being listed on
an open-access webpage, but could web- addresses (and email ones if the group
has a general email
address for enquiries) for lace organisations like IOLI, Lace Guild be on the
hand-out?
Then
Beth,
I once taught a group of beginners how to tat, not knowing some of their
limitations when they signed up. I brought both shuttles and needles with
me to the class in case if the shuttle didn't work with some, then needle
might. One of my students had bad RA in both hands and it was obvious
Try to hook new lacemakers of all ages!
On 10/17/11, Kim Davis k...@wirelace.net wrote:
will be facilitating a forum at the 2012 I.O.L.I. convention called Netting
the Small Fry.
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west
coast of Canada
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Hello All! Recent threads have confirmed my thoughts regarding learning to
make lace. As I've mentioned before, I came to this art from the embroidery
arena--crazy patch specifically. I wanted to make lace to embellish my work
allow myself to use colors motifs that are not commercially
Someone gave me a copy of a painting (just on A4 glossy paper) of a mother
teaching her small child lacemaking. She has a bolster pillow on a stand,
and the bobbins are spangled.
There is no name or painter marked, so I have no idea who painted it , and
where it came from, but it is a lovely
If you watch the video of Lady GaGa performing at the Clinton concert, it
looks like her hat is made in a roseground pattern!
Cherry Knobloch
Chesapeake, Va USA
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Hello Liz and everyone
If you can do a scan of your picture, you can use the digital image to
do a google search. Check it out by selecting the google Images search
from a google home page.
This might give you a lead.
On 10/18/11, Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com wrote:
Someone gave me a
Devon wrote:
What is cosplay costuming, and what is a Lolita dress?
My kids are big into anime (aka Japanese animation), and like to go to anime
cons...it's a whole sub-culture all its own. Cosplay is short for costume
play. People dress up like their favorite characters...some of the
Thank you Devon for asking and thank you Peg for answering :p
I investigated the term/name Lollita - it is an English-like Japanese
word made in Japan.
On 10/18/11, Witchy Woman wytchy...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Devon wrote:
What is cosplay costuming, and what is a Lolita dress?
Cosplay is
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