Hello Spiders,
Like Jill, I mostly lurk, but having just read 4 months of Arachne
digests I thought I should make a couple of comments. (As Anna mentioned
I have been overseas and don't access anything electronically whilst
away, but I don't suspend my Arachne membership in case I miss
I attended lace classes more than 30 years ago in Essex with Alex Stilwell.
During one class Alex told the us how to clean off X Ray films in order to
use them to cover a piece of lace that was damp from washing and which we
wanted to pin out onto the pattern to dry. The film would protect
Countryfile was on the british television yesterday evening while I was busy
but as I usually watch this weekly I had set it to record. Dinner over I
settled down and set the recording away and suddenly remembered the mention of
the bobbin lace group in connection with the box wood. So I gave a
I have made my own attempt at mounting a lace to a cuff bracelet. You will
find a picture in the Kim Davis folder. While I would love to do this
with better materials, I did not have much time and went with what I could
find in the house when I found myself with an hour to kill on Saturday. I
Dear Jeri
I hope I am proved wrong, but I doubt if anyone working in a
machine lace factory bothered singing to be heard - too much noise (of
machines, not workers).
leonard...@yahoo.com currently attempting the first
flower in Mrs Dickson's Bibilla book - finding it rather tricky, and making
I simply have to publicly thank Janice for being so generous with her
poppy patter. After David told us about his poppy and his intention to
wear it on ANZAC Day, I contacted Janice off list to ask her for the
pattern and to also ask if it could be published 'down under'. She very
generously
