[lace] Weather and lace

2015-01-10 Thread Miriam Gidron
It seams thwt we are also getting our fair share of old weather with snowin some parts of the country. Arad got a few flakes an a lot of rain with temperatures dropping to zero to three degrees C Now lace related. Our local library was for three months under renovations and willbe open its

Re: [lace] Weather and lace

2015-01-10 Thread Carol
Miriam - congratulations on having compiled such a beautiful collection of bobbin lace. All of your pieces are gorgeous but I especially like the tulip doily. Pretty isn't quite a strong enough word but spectacular comes close. Best regards, Carol Melton Goodyear, AZ USA Sent from my iPad

[lace] Pattern suggestion thanks - and Idrija lace books

2015-01-10 Thread Beth Marshall
Hello all thanks to all those who replied (on off list) with pattern suggestions - I now have lots of ideas (if only I had enough time to try them all), one of which is to try Idrija lace as there seem to be lots of very attractive smallish motif patterns available for that; As I've never

Re: [lace] Weather and lace in Arad

2015-01-10 Thread Janis Savage
Thank you for the facebook link Bev. I tried googling arad library but all the responses were in Hebrew. I decided to give up but then your link came through and I agree, Miriam's lace display is stunning. Is the tulip doiley the same pattern as the ones that were on the tables at one of the

Re: [lace] Pattern suggestion thanks - and Idrija lace books

2015-01-10 Thread laceandbits
Just to remind everyone on Arachne that Bridget Cook has had her comprehensive Idrija book reprinted.  Another author who was shocked by the high amounts second hand copies of the out of print books were being offered and sold for.   It includes instruction and patterns for both narrow tape

[lace] Idrija Lace Books

2015-01-10 Thread Jeriames
Dear Beth, Everyone, please remember to tell us where you are writing from when you request help, so we can suggest something that should be available near you. This is an international group, and when we reply, we try to tailor our suggestions to something reasonably near you, whether it

[lace] Thread size

2015-01-10 Thread Janice Blair
I was just going through my stash and came across two spools of variegated silk that I cannot find in Brenda's book and wonder what size it is. Clover quilters silk thread. Size 8, but it does not seem thick enough to me to be an 8. Any ideas. Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 60 miles