Re: [lace] Square lace bobbins

2013-08-19 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Arachnids, For lace with numerous sewings I like to use Duchesse or Bruges bobbins depending on the weight of the thread. For very fine thread I will use Honiton bobbins especially if a large number of bobbins are needed as they are slim and one can accommodate many bobbins on the pillow.

Re: [lace] Music to Make Lace By

2013-08-19 Thread robinlace
Cool! I've never heard this before, but I always liked Baroque (especially Bach) for studying. I always wished the UCLA Biomed library would pipe in music--as soon as I entered the stacks my thoughts turned to Bach. Something about the smell of the old volumes triggered that association. Than

Re: [lace] more names

2013-08-19 Thread suebabbs385
That's really puzzling. I wrote this message last Wednesday, but it's just appeared on Arachne tonight (Monday)! Sue -Original Message- From: suebabbs...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 10:49 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] more names Now that I have names

Re: [lace] (was "more names") old messages

2013-08-19 Thread Dona Bushong
Yes, I've been wondering about the list lately as there just didn't seem to be many posts. I chalked it up to the last of the summer holidays. But then tonight within the span of an hour I rec'd a whole slew of e-mails from the lace list. Dona in Havre de Grace, MD where sadly the lacemaking has

Re: [lace] (was "more names") old messages

2013-08-19 Thread Nancy Neff
and I've just had about 30 messages, all so far from 1 August.  I've emailed Avital just in case messages are getting lost or postponed frequently.   Nancy   > > From: Clay Blackwell >To: "" >Cc: "" >Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 7:14 PM >Subject: Re: [lace] mo

Re: [lace] Lace Demo in the News

2013-08-19 Thread Lin Hudren
Me too, but most i did not get before so welcome getting them, but what happened to the delay? it is more manageable when done on a daily basis and not in a "group" send. hope i am getting all the best ones too. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:41 PM, The Lacebee wrote: > Dear Arachne > > I've just r

Re: [lace] more names

2013-08-19 Thread Clay Blackwell
There must have been a "hiccup" in the system, because I have a whole string of messages from five days ago... Clay Sent from my iPad On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:03 PM, wrote: > That's really puzzling. I wrote this message last Wednesday, but it's just > appeared on Arachne tonight (Monday)! > >

Re: [lace] Lace Demo in the News

2013-08-19 Thread The Lacebee
Dear Arachne I've just received in the past 10 minutes over 20 emails from Arachne that I've already received. This is a sample. You can see it is post marked 8Aug but it just arrived. Kind Regards Liz Baker On 8 Aug 2013, at 03:57, Vicki Bradford wrote: > Dear friends, > > > Tonight I

Re: [lace] Music to Make Lace By

2013-08-19 Thread Lin Hudren
i do use music for a lot of different areas, but i, too, need not to be distracted. i found several MP3 albums on Amazon for "dedicated readers" which only have music and no lyrics. it is classical. my favorite provider just came out with album #10 which is very good. a bit uplifting - not char

Re: [lace] Square lace bobbins

2013-08-19 Thread Karen Zammit Manduca
I prefer to use the Italian Cantu bobbins when I have lots of sewings. Besides they make the most beautiful sound while I am working. Karen in Malta Sent from my iPhone - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write t

Re: [lace] Music to Make Lace By

2013-08-19 Thread The Lacebee
I have read this thread with interest as for many years, teachers and trainers have been encouraging their students to play Baroque music low in the background when studying for exams. Much research s done in the 90s on accelerated learning and it was found that the beat of Baroque music was s

Re: [lace] more names

2013-08-19 Thread bertrans1
All, Will be nice to have all faces identified. I am in the row just behind Liz to her left in brown jacket. Sallie in WY Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2013, at 9:31 AM, "Whitham, Irene & Steve" wrote: > I've added a few more that I know! > > > > Bottom (L to R): > > Penny B., Sylvia F.

Re: [lace] more names

2013-08-19 Thread suebabbs385
Now that I have names to put to the faces, I've lost the link to the photo! Can anyone tell me where the photo is, please? Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site

[lace] Tatting resource.

2013-08-19 Thread Robin D
Best tatting thread = Handy Hands Lizbeth Handy Hands is a great online store. One of the best online tatting technique sites I've found is below. She has amazing videos for everything you can think of. http://entrelanzaderas.blogspot.com/2010/10/clases-de-frivolite-tatting-lessons.html Books

[lace] Places to run lace groups?

2013-08-19 Thread J D Hammett
Hi fellow Arachnids, The following article which appeared in the Telegraph (I found it via Bing) may have a bearing on where we can find places to meet. Or should we say ‘Elf & safety’ gone mad? The next headline could be”Murderous group of lacemakers rampaged through the library pricking pe

[lace] The Knipplebrevet Magazine

2013-08-19 Thread Jill Harward
Dear Spiders, Would any of you kind folk be able to put me in touch with someone who can help me subscribe to the Knipplebrevet magazine please?  I am currently working a lovely torchon Christmas table runner from the November 2006 edition and thoroughly enjoying it and because there are some othe

[lace] IOLI lunch

2013-08-19 Thread Janice Blair
I have the list of attendees, not all attended the photo shoot, but those who paid are listed here: Fellows, Sylvia,  Norris, Heather Mathers, Sherry Wilson, Leslie Howell, Dawn  Smalley, Donna Britta Clark, Rebecca  DeSpain, Robin Thein, Devon  Whitham, Irene Jenny, Debra  Boston Dr, Pene

Re: [lace] Parchment [was Needle lace pattern done]

2013-08-19 Thread Nancy Neff
Hi Peg, Actually there are sources of genuine animal-skin parchment on the web. One on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/p6xstfy. It's probably worth $5 to see how it does. There were others. Search in Google for "real parchment for sale". It will be interesting to hear how it goes, since the surface may

[lace] Fan in Flanders lace

2013-08-19 Thread lacelady
Hi Jeanette, I think no one has answered because no one has seen a Flanders fan pattern. I looked through my books. The traditional patterns were all straight edgings. The modern patterns showed a few narrow curved patterns and a few oval motifs. However, nothing was close to the type of p

[lace] Lace Demo in the News

2013-08-19 Thread Vicki Bradford
Dear friends, Tonight I met with my local lace group and was told about one of our members who demonstrated at an event which was covered in a local newspaper. The story is entitled "(Re)enacting History" and the photo of my friend (Jan McKee) is on page 5. The story begins on page 4 & 5 and is c

Re: [lace] Fan in Flanders lace

2013-08-19 Thread sally13nmex
Jeanette has asked, >Can anybody direct me in the direction of a pricking for a fan in Flanders >lace? A friend makes mainly fans and would like to make one in each type of >lace. She has now started learning Flanders with the purpose of making a >fan. I have two patterns for fans in binche tha

Re: [lace] First Lace iPhone App

2013-08-19 Thread lynrbailey
Wonderful! It's downloaded. All excited. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA, where it is an extremely cool August. High 76F 22C today. Fix the air conditioning, and that's what happens. >Laurie Waters wrote: >Jean and David Leader kindly let LaceNews have a scoop on the release of the >fir

Re: [lace] First Lace iPhone App

2013-08-19 Thread Sue Harvey
Have downloaded the app it works ok on my iPad thank you Sue M Harvey Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker

[lace] Venice Mask

2013-08-19 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
I have just joined the group for LACEIOLI and in the slideshow photos there is a mask. I love the mask and wonder if anyone knows who did it. I would ask on the group but I haven't figured out how to ask question and post messages to the group yet.  Love the mask though Wind To Thy Wings, She

Re: [lace] Old lace magazines

2013-08-19 Thread Anna Binnie
Never ever through anything out. Firstly give or sell them to other lacemakers in your area. Many lace guilds or groups have a mechanism to recycling old magazines / books etc to newer members be it a sign at a lace day saying 'free to a good home' or selling them for a small cost and using the

Re: [lace] First Lace iPhone App

2013-08-19 Thread Clay Blackwell
It works on mine as well, but the resolution is not optimized for the iPad, so in order to see a picture clearly, you have to view it in the reduced size. Clay On Aug 7, 2013, at 2:38 PM, Maureen wrote: > Hi > > The lace app works on my iPad with no apparent problem. > > Regards > Maureen >

Re: [lace] Arachne photo (names)

2013-08-19 Thread Jill Hawkins
I must have missed the orignal post and cannot seem to locate it in the archive. Could you please tell me where I might find this photo? Jill > On 12 August 2013 at 00:19 robinl...@socal.rr.com wrote: > > > Here's a start on the names. Others can add to it to complete it. - To unsubscribe send

[lace] re Fan in Flanders lace

2013-08-19 Thread jeanette
Last week I posted this message but apart from kind people making nice comments on the Cluny fan, nobody has said anything about a fan in Flanders lace. Has anybody ever seen a fan in Flanders lace? Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa where winter has a very firm hold. Can anybody

Re: [lace] First Lace iPhone App

2013-08-19 Thread Lin Hudren
is this an "android" app? On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Sue Harvey <2harv...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > Wish I had tried to download app but I thought it was only for iPhone as > yet and I have deleted the link, can you repost details please > Sue M Harvey > > Sent from my iPad > > - > To unsubsc

[lace] Silver bobbins

2013-08-19 Thread Kathleen Harris
Dear David and all, I have been in contact with Rhona, Frank Newborn's daughter. She and her mother have been delighted to hear how his work is valued by lacemakers and tatters. But she told me that she never made bobbins. Her contribution was to advise her father about lace and to test his bob

[lace] Square lace bobbins

2013-08-19 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
  I was noticing that I don't see square lace bobbins on ebay so I decided to paint some and list them on ebay. I have a couple there now. One will be ending real soon. I am planning on continuing to paint more and selli g them. Some of you might have some of my Celtic ones that i painted years ago