Dear All,
Trust me to get all excited and have to share it with you. With great
respect to non bobbin enthusiasts, I know only a few will be interested..
That is fair enough.
As Diana has found with East Midland bobbins the issue of alphabet style of
the makers is quite significant when it
This is the process vs. product argument again. I'm an unrepentant
process-oriented person. I have no particular use for lace. I don't wear
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Ditto - I also love the process and couldn't care less about what happens to
the lace but I
I have been going through my stash of patterns and I have found a pricking for
a torchon fan. I don't have a picture of the worked fan and wondered if anyone
would be willing to give me an idea of stitches and any working tips. I can
send an attachment scan of the fan privately.
Ann
UK
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I'm another who just likes the making, and doesn't care much what happens to
the finished product - if indeed it gets finished. A good challenging
pricking, a combination of threads and/or colours, whatever appeals.
Incidentally, for those on Arachne who knew I lived in Cooma at The Round
I did work some small samples of a type of piece, especially the complex
bucks point which is in my folder, before I went on to make a full piece but
as my teacher always gave me a corner of a pattern which I copied and using
the computer got a square for beds hanky or square edging for photo
I have both a light and a dark cat, so no matter what color I'm working on, I
can see cat hair.
Fingers and/or tweezers are the main source of removal.
Sometimes I use masking tape to remove hairs from the pillow, to keep them out
of the lace.
The fingers/tweezers made need to be applied
I do both types of lacemaking. I have given away laces specifically made for
exchanges, weddings, birthdays, Christmas, conference decorations and raffles,
etc. Sometimes it's specifically for me -- a scarf, collar. or motif. I
don't wear much lace on my everyday clothes, but will wear a dainty
IMHO cats are selective on the hair shedding front white lace or clothing
- dark hairs, dark lace or clothing you guessed it white hairs!!! And
multicoloured ones for everywhere else!!! LOL We have one dark tortie cat,
one light tiger striped cat and a black and white one!!!
I use
I fall into the process group as well. I can't think when I've worn my lace,
and I can count on one hand the pieces I've made as gifts. Like Robin, I love
the process and the challenge. But beyond that, I am also rather obsessive,
and I can't bear *not* to finish something - that feels like
Clay,
I fall into the process group as well. I can't think when I've
worn my lace, and I can count on one hand the pieces I've made as
gifts. Like Robin, I love the process and the challenge. But
beyond that, I am also rather obsessive, and I can't bear *not* to
finish something - that
If anyone can forward any suggestions on this subject I'd be most interested
too :) During shedding season one is incorporating as much pet hair as
thread in lace projects. I have tried tweezers, they are somewhat helpful
if you spot the hair before it's incorporated. I sometimes lightly
Subject: [lace] de-fuzzing lace
I have a sheltie and I, too, use a tweezer. I stop often and run a sticky
roller over the pillow edge, and my cover cloth to try to keep the hairs out
of the vicinity of my pillow. But do not roll the sticky roller over your
lace. I did that once, and never
I'm surprised that more of us cat-loving lace makers don't have sphinx cats
(the hairless ones). I suppose the silky fur is part of the pleasure of
living with a cat. How about keeping a vacuum cleaner nearby?
Lorelei
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Hi All,
My best piece is back on my lounge room wall, Eeva-Liisa's Crucifixion.
Made is specifically for my Dad's 80th birthday and he gave it back to me when
he downsized as he moved in with one of my brothers. Incidentally, he
turned 91 2 weeks ago.
I have made dresses, pop over style, for my
After two weeks in and out and in and out of the shop, I finally have my
computer back. Unfortunately, one of the things that could not be
completely restored is my email address book. If any of you communicate
with me privately, could you please send me a quick email so I can
collect your
I was told to lace away and the remove the offending at hairs with a pair of
tweezers. This does work with torchon (but is boring as hell). However with
plaited laces such as beds it is virtually impossible. So I now use my very
expensive clothes brush almost exclusively to brush my pillow
Initially, when I first started to make lace, I chose a project for one of two
reasons.
a) because it taught me technique that I wanted to learn.
b) because I was going to give it to my mum.
With mum's passing, earlier this year, it brought me up sharp just how often I
made a piece for mum.
Another approach is to make worm bandages out of very coarse
thread that quickly adds up to something. My Compact Oxford
English Dictionary has a bookmark that is a long strip of
cloth stitch made of three colors of Knit-Cro-Sheen, with
white bedspread cotton for the passives. The footsides are
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