Re: [lace] Vitar recommendation for the exchanges.

if traveling since 7/11 (still not home yet) and having limited internet access and computer availability is bad manners, i am guilty as charged and apologize. if focusing on helping another couple in the parking lot today because they were stalled and needed a jump start, bad manners, i am

[lace] Voodoo Board

I used an oblong piece about letter size 1" thick polystyrene from a packing box for my voodoo board. I bound the edges with duct tape so that none of the little beads would escape. I have been using it for years, first as a pricking board and now to put my enlarged diagrams on for Binche. I

Re: [lace] Colour Coding

Hi Jocelyn: I can’t recall any books that mention a ghost pillow, a voodoo board, or the concept under any other name. It is something that was suggested to me as I was floundering around in Old Flanders, but whether it’s an old idea or something fairly recent I couldn’t say. When I use it, I

Re: [lace] Colour Coding

One of my many weaknesses is books, and I have never seen mention of a ghost pillow. But when 8 out of 8 people in a Flanders class are using them, it's time to sit up and take notice. I use them in Binche all the time. Perhaps in 20 years I won't need to, but by then I'll be 87, and my eyes

[lace] Colour Coding

So I looked up ghost pillow and nothing surfaced. Is this term in any instruction book? Perhaps a photo would be helpful. I do colour codes on an enlarged diagram of the pricking on my pillow. This seems to help. It's only for the tricky parts, esp when there's a forest of many pins and best

Re: [lace] Ghost Pillow

I started lacemaking in 1969 although I have only mainly done very simple patterns over the years as I worked fulltime but I love the Arachne emails and I find the Ghost Pillow correspondence totally fascinating - you are never too old to learn something new. Noelene > On 14 September 2017 at

[lace] Vitar recommendation for the exchanges.

I have received some emails from people asking if the any reconciliation between myself and Lin over the exchange has Lin has posted about signing up again this Morning. I have sent Lin emails , But she will not communicate , I can only put this down to bad manners , Sorry I can reply to

Re: [lace] Ghost Pillow

I agree with Lyn > Using a ghost pillow does slow you down, I do it in another way. I work along as usual but when I had to stop why ever I put one or more, it depends, glass head pins on the point I stop on the working scheme. So it’s easier for me to find later where I was. And I lay the

[lace] Ghost pillow

Hi a while ago made a piece of floral bucks for a friend's significant birthday. I was way out of my depth with only a minimal knowledge of bucks. I gave myself two years as I was working full time. I first enlarged the pricking and worked it in thicker thread using a ghost pillow and then worked

[lace] Ghost pillow

Hi Sue Well done. I fully agree with your approach. I am the worst at following diagrams but they have their place. I was tearing my hair out trying to master Mechlin using diagrams but suddenly my Floral Bucks skills kicked in and I understood what to do. I was able to abandon the diagram. If

Re: [lace] (Lace) Lacemaking.

I have used this kind of thing for a couple of pieces of lace, usually bucks which were challengingly small and had gimps around flower sections and I put the glass headed colour pins in to help remind and guide me. I also still use a red pin head when I walk away from my pillow, which gives

Re: [lace] Lace samples

I was gifted some lace odds and sods. I plan to make paperweights out of resin with them. Regards, Joseph - 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:

Re: [lace] Lace samples

I have seen lovely framed lace samples Carolina de la Guardia > El 13 sept 2017, a las 23:23, Kathleen Harris escribió: > > I am afraid mine go into a folder and probably never see the light again! > > Kathleen > In an unseasonably cold Berkshire, UK > > Sent from my