Thank you Aldele and others for your convention report. I have enjoyed the few
that have responded. Just the same I hope I will get to read other reports.
I am looking towards tomorrow when I will hear if I am going to get in the
class I wanted for Ithaca, New York Lace Days. I am hoping to
Many thanks for your report, Jane. I am visiting the Ashmolean on 23 August and
have tickets for this exhibition. I hope I enjoy it as much as you.
Jill
Milton Keynes, UK
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Dear Lyn,
Is this the same as Little Heart of Denmark, with prickings, instructions
and photos of straight edging, corner turning and curved lace? If so, our
newer lace makers will find it in the 1991 Batsford book The Technique of
Tonder Lace by Inge Skovgaard, ISBN 0-7134-6255-8,
Maybe *some people* don't read what you write on Arachne but I'm sure there are
enough of us who do to justify asking you to continue.
Jacquie in Lincolnshire.
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On 14 Aug 2014, at 16:44, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
Dear Lyn,
Is this the same as Little Heart of Denmark,
Good heavens--I came up with that? I'm not usually that clever! :-)
I think that the license plate discussion should move to Lace-Chat
soon. Lace-related license plates are a bit off-topic for lace.
Thanks,
Avital
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:00 PM, David C COLLYER
Yes its an amazing collection of needlework. I'm glad magnifiers were
available, the stitches are unbelievably tiny. I went to the lecture by the
curator before visiting the exhibition. She told us the the Fellers were the
family that own the butchers in the Covered Market! I never would have
Dear Jeri,
While I have looked at Inge Skovgaard's book in the past, I do not have it, so
I cannot tell if it is the same pattern. In any event, the pattern I have
definitely is not Tonder, as the ground is Dieppe ground, and not point ground.
It measures, per the pricking notes, 1.5 cm,
I have just finished drooling over the most beautiful piece of Russian lace,
it was a bolero/waistcoat/shrug type garment. Fairly simple but so elegant I
want to try to draw a pattern in a similar way as I have no idea where I could
buy a pattern like that. All the russian lace patterns I have
Dear Jeri,
While I rarely comment I am compelled to remark on your statement I was told
again this week, that people do not read what I write on Arachne. I want you
to know I read your your writings and appreciate you sharing your knowledge
with all of us. I don't believe I am the only one.
Hello Sue and everyone
For a pattern for a garment, using a minimal number of bobbins, the broad
answer is 'lots' of thread.
Passive pairs use a measured amount, the length of the trail. Weavers, lots
more, at a guess 3 to 6 times the length of the passives depending on the
pattern, and the
Thank you for the voice of sanity, My mind couldn't consider where to begin
but having read this it is so obvious and I bet several of you are laughing
at the screen right now. So first to find a paper pattern shape and start
playing with a pencil. I knew it would be lots of thread
Carol wrote to Jeri:
I want you to know I read your your writings and appreciate you sharing your
knowledge with all of us.
Dear Jeri,
Carol is right!
I also read your writings and have learned a lot from it.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Anneke Reijs, in Baexem, The Netherlands
I'm sure Jacquie is right here...
Jeri, I can't claim to read _*all*_ your posts in detail - some of the
topics are of more interest to me than others, and with limited time for
emails I have to skim-read many posts - but I've learnt a lot from the
ones that have caught my interest and I know
Sue
The only way I can think of is by ratio and proportion. Design a small square
for a design similar to what you plan for the bolero and work it in the same
thread you plan to use. Measure the square cm. When you get the finished shape
of the bolero, measure its square cm. Go by ratio. Or go
But don't forget that even the middle, straight cloth stitch passives use more
than the length of the braid, as they are going up and down through the weave.
The edge passives are used along with the workers for any plaited/leaf fillings
so they can need a lot more thread.
The cable or chain
I am coming out of lurking as well to say that I too read your posts Jeri,
there is always something new and very informative and helpful in what you
freely offer and I, like so many, appreciate your knowledgeable and helpful
contributions. It must take quite a bit of your time so thank you
Jeri how can any of us presume to know what others do? I for one file your
information for future reference after reading and have used it in talks at
my local Lace Guild meetings and other groups.
I too have posted on Arachne with no response from the masses but that
doesn't mean that no one read
I LOVE reading what you write! Please continue to contribute.
Of course
not every post will pertain/be of interest to every person.
There are so
few posts anyway. I remember when this forum was THE place to go for
information. Now I don't know how to connect with other
This has been interesting because I didn't receive Jeri's post, nor Jacquie's.
I did go back to check because someone else (Sue?) replied to Jeri about
thread, and I thought -'that's weird, I don't remember seeing that' and now I
hadn't seen these messages either. Interesting that both of these
Dear Sue,
I would add to this. I have two cloth stitch tapes on the side of my altar
cloth pattern. I actually measured the distance the worker pair went per pass,
multiplied it by the number of passes per motif, so I had an idea of the amount
needed for the worker pair. I then multiplied
I too, although usually a lurker, read and save Jeri's posts. Thanks
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On Aug 14, 2014, at 2:44 PM, M Lynn Scott bunnyrosena...@gmail.com wrote:
I am coming out of lurking as well to say that I too read your posts Jeri,
there is always something new and very informative
Dear Jeri,
I was told again this week, that people do not read what I write on
Arachne. ...
What Nonsense!!. (that is the polite version of what I said on reading the
digest just now!! I really used a good Aussie expression! :) )
I am sure most people on the list, are like me,
Jeri,
I think I can speak for others when I say that your contributions are
valuable and well-written. Sometimes the value of your postings isn't
apparent until much later, when someone searches the archives.
The only problem that I can see is that sometimes it's very hard to
receive your posts
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