[lace] Tatting kit.

I have replied to Linda privately. Basically, the "Emergency" kit that lives in my handbag is a small coin-sized pouch with shuttles and a cropped pattern - just the minimum amount of instructions, for a simple ring and chain piece! (No Ball of thread -that is too bulky,). It is just something to

Re: [lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation

Or we could do both and support all lace enthusiasts! Anna from a cloudy Sydney We have two possibilities to go to the lace festival in Bruges in 2018 or looking forward to the OIDFA meeting in 2020. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Dividing pins help

Sewing needles are designed to snap, pins are designed to bend. So it depends on whether you would prefer a mistreated divider to bend or to snap, and choose an appropriate item for the shank. Epoxy resin (Araldite) would be my choice for glue, but that does make it necessary to find some way of

Re: [lace] Dividing pins help

David, Sorry, can't help you on the glue issue. >From your description of sewing needles with pins glued on top, it sounds like you want fine pins for dividers. Have you tried "silk pins" for dress making? Larger, both in length and wire size would be corsage pins? Beth McCasland Seattle,

Re: [lace] Dividing pins help

David See if you can get any 'watch Chrystal' cement, it is made for fastening 'glass' to metal. I used it when I was a jeweler. I got it from a jewelry supplier. May be your local jeweler can get it for you or fasten the ones you have/take in to him/her. Also you should have all parts

Re: [lace] Dividing pins help

You need a glue that will stick to metal and glass.  Check the details on your available super glues to find the right one. Alice in Oregon -- where the weather has cooled to autumn temperatures.  Nicer than roasting but I hate to see summer end. On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 8:26 AM, David

[lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation

On 29 Aug 2016 Jeri wrote: ...Every dispute has at least 2 sides, and the Belgians have been politely silent about theirs Not entirely silent -- for a little bit from the Belgian side of the dispute, see the LaceNews interview with the President of the Belgian group:

Re: [lace] Olympic tribute to lace - Brazil

Forwarded per Jeri’s Request. Cindy from Dallas Ravelry ID:cinhad knittingyards.wordpress.com > On Aug 29, 2016, at 9:02 AM, jeria...@aol.com wrote: > > Dear Elizabeth in Brazil, > > 1. Your letter did not go to Arachne as I see it on my copy of your > letter. As I saw your memo on my

Re: [lace] Dividing pins help

I use super glue. Karen in Malta - 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/sets/

[lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation (Memo 2)

I was taught at an early age to communicate truthfully, though I did know when adults were not being truthful to me. Also, that (without a college degree or even having taken any college courses) I was recruited by The New York Times to work on school newspapers in the early 1960s. I

[lace] Dividing pins help

Dear Friends, Over the years I have found the best dividing pins to be ordinary sewing needles with a middle sized bead glued on the top. I recently broke my second last one and tried making new ones but when I used the acid free craft glue it didn't hold. Could someone please tell me what

Re: [lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation

Laurie Waters send us a link http://lacenews.net in which we find a lot of the details why the OIDFA meeting in Bruges is cancelled. I won’t discus this because I am not familiar with the law in Belgium about such events and I wasn’t personally involved in the