Re: [lace] Here we go!

2023-01-04 Thread AGlez
This list has already become a MUST to me. I would feel like an orphan if I could not read all your emails! Sometimes so really interesting, others a nice entertainment, others just to be informed about what other lacemaker colleagues are doing... I am really grateful to Arachne (for almost 20 year

[lace] European Project "BOBBINLACEE"

2022-01-13 Thread AGlez
Hello dear Arachne colleagues! Finally I can share with you the work that we have been doing during a three year long European project. I have been so busy, that I can't remember if I ever told you about it! Sorry if I didn't! As a resume: 6 European countries have participated in this very deman

Re: [lace] Kimonos designed for Tokyo Olympics

2021-08-11 Thread AGlez
Thank you very much Pene!It has been a pleasure to see all these kimonos. I liked the one for Romania very much, with their traditional embroideries. Greetings, Antje, from Spain - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For hel

Re: [lace] Polish Lacemaker?

2020-10-29 Thread AGlez
I know Ewa Szpila.Though not personally. You will find her on the Internet. Just type her name in Google. She is very well known. And her daughter Malgortzata - https://bobbinlace.online/news-articles/bobbin-lace-designer-malgorzata-szpila I hope this helps. Greetings from Antje, in Spain! - To

Re: [lace] Virtual lace classes

2020-10-14 Thread AGlez
everyone in the meeting will hear > (because of lag). Each device gets its own window on the meeting screen. > Perhaps you've participated in a Zoom meeting where a husband and wife each > logged in separately from different rooms. It's the same thing! > > On Wed, Oct 14, 202

Re: [lace] Virtual lace classes

2020-10-14 Thread AGlez
Hi Kathryn, I am wondering how you do this: you must connect your lap top to ZOOM and also your Mobile phone to zoom. How is this possible? Do you need two accounts? How do you connect to the same Zoom class with two devices? Thank you so much for sharing your experience! Best wishes! Antje, fr

Re: [lace] RIP Marianne Stang

2020-10-09 Thread AGlez
Good morning everybody. I must say that I am very sad about this loss, as Marianne was the coordinator of an Erasmus project I am part of. I feel really honoured that she counted with me to take part in this project. Marianne was completely passionate about lace. IN fact she left her job as a lite

Re: [lace] Lace, Virtual lace classes

2020-09-29 Thread AGlez
Thank you very much, Karen. But how do you do as a teacher? imagine you have 8 students making the lace you are teaching, and that each of them has a different difficulty or are doing something wrong. But you cannot take their pillow... They have good diagrams, and pictures of the finished lace, b

Re: [lace] lace, Virtual lace classes

2020-09-28 Thread AGlez
etings sequentially. A paid account (150$ US > per year) allows unlimited class time per session. > > Deborah > > > On Sep 28, 2020, at 4:41 AM, AGlez wrote: > > > > Thank you very much Karen for sharing your experience. It is of great > help. > > > &g

Re: [lace] lace, Virtual lace classes

2020-09-28 Thread AGlez
Thank you very much Karen for sharing your experience. It is of great help. I am trying to organize lessons via the Internet, and am finding some difficulties. I would like to make it as easy as possible for the students, and that means that they should not have to buy extra technology nor install

Re: [lace] Lace Express back issues

2020-08-20 Thread AGlez
I am in Spain, and know of this supplier here: https://opercheiro.com/40-lace-express Antje, in Spain. Lovely summer weather where I live... El jue., 20 ago. 2020 a las 21:05, Malvary Cole () escribió: > A quick google search shows that they have some back numbers. Whether > that > is still ac

Re: [lace] In search of Mikhaylov pattern

2020-02-19 Thread AGlez
I have a book written many years ago by Gon Homburg and Lia Baumeister, from the Netherlands. It has the patterns and diagrams of traditional Michailov lace edgings. Perhaps if you get in touch with them... This is Gon's webpage: http://www.kloskant.com/ Best wishes from a sunny Spain. Antje Gon

Re: [lace] Web storage of photos

2020-01-04 Thread AGlez
What about using Flickr? https://www.flickr.com/explore It is free and you can upload all pictures in albums... and everybody can see them if you want, or you can also keep them only for people you want... Best wishes, -- Antje González, Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] would like to help

2020-01-03 Thread AGlez
I am also very concerned and wondering if any members of this group are affected directly. I am with Silvie: if we can help somehow... Regards, Antje González, Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here.

Re: [lace] Travel advise - lace related

2019-07-10 Thread AGlez
Hi Alice, I was in Finland about 8 years ago. Rauma is a beautiful medieval town ( https://www.visitfinland.com/article/beautiful-rauma/), and there is a small lace museum. I happened to be there when they had an exhibition of Austrian lace. The museum in small, but nice. And also sells some books

Re: [lace] The Digital Exhibition - Lace Identification: 7 examples

2019-06-17 Thread AGlez
Thank you so much for this link, Olga! It is a great job you have done and so interesting! Have a nice week! Antje González, Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera..

Re: [lace] Gekloeppelte-Weihnachtstuete

2018-11-01 Thread AGlez
Thank you very much! That's very nice of you! Have a nice weekend! -- Antje González, Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - 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.fli

Re: [lace] Lace teacher in Venice

2018-09-13 Thread AGlez
Gianfranca Tolloi is in Grado near Venice. Have a look at her website http://www.tombolodisegni.it/ I learnt a lot from her many years ago on a on-line course she was teaching. Meanwhile, she has not only a shop, but also a few very interesting monographic booklets on beginnings, endings, curves a

Re: [lace] EyesghtHi

2018-09-02 Thread AGlez
Good advice, thanks!! Antje González, Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - 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/

Re: [lace] Viking needlelace !?!

2018-08-31 Thread AGlez
Hi Nancy, This document is really interesting. It will take me a while to read it all through. No wonder you are excited about this finding! Thanks a lot for sharing! Antje González, from Spain - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@addre

Re: [lace] Lace in New Zealand

2018-07-27 Thread AGlez
Hi Blanche, There is a Lace guild in New Zealand. Perhaps she can get in touch with them: http://www.lace.org.nz/home Good luck! Antje González, from Spain www.vueltaycruz.es 2018-07-24 10:29 GMT+02:00 B Krbechek : > Anybody in New Zealand who could help Mary learn bobbin lace? I recently

Re: [lace] Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi-fiction writer

2018-05-14 Thread AGlez
I am afraid I cannot help in this topic. But I find the subject super interesting. Thanks Devon for all this information! - 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:/

Re: [lace] Lia Looga

2018-04-03 Thread AGlez
Although I did not know her personally, I also have a nice story to tell about her. When one of my daughters was an Erasmus student in Norway, in 2009, she visited Estonia, and bought one of Lia Looga's jewellery books for me! I did not even know there was lace in Estonia, but she found it out! The

Re: [lace] tossing pairs in half stitch

2018-01-22 Thread AGlez
Hello Susan, There are several books with techniques for working bobbin lace, and one of them is of course Practical Skills. I think all lacemakers should have a few of these books in our library, they should be a must, same as are dictionaries, or cook books... Technical books should be with us s

Re: [lace] Seasons Greetings

2017-12-23 Thread AGlez
All my best wishes to this fantastic lacemaking family, from which I have learnt a lot. I hope that we continue sharing our tips and knowledge for a long long time! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2108 with lots of lace around!! >From Antje in Spain, where the rain does not fall mainly in the

Re: [lace] Winding Idrija bobbins for use "plams up" on a bolster

2017-12-11 Thread AGlez
This is an interesting question! In Spain we also wind counterclockwise. And we work mainly palms up. I don't know if lacemakers who work palms down wind clockwise. Would love to read your opinions!! Now my opinion: I imagine that it is not important which way you wind, but wind all bobbins the sa

Re: [lace] Please Share Lace Experiences and Questions

2017-12-10 Thread AGlez
Having belonged to Arachne for over 12 years, I have observed that the list has ups and downs depending on the season or I don't know why. Sometimes there are too many posts, others the list is very quiet. But this does not mean it is going to die or that we are loosing interest. I think we should

Re: [lace] Christmas Lace

2017-12-08 Thread AGlez
Hi Janice, I am watching the terrible fires in your area on TV and reallly hope that you and your family are safe. I also hope that the fire can be extinguished as soon as possible. I have seen the patterns in your web site. Thank you very much for sharing. I especially like the Halloween Cat. It

Re: [lace] Bucks Prickings

2017-12-04 Thread AGlez
Hello Annette, You are right about the prickings of Spanish blonde from Almagro. I don't know if it happens the same with the ones form Catalonia though. One row is not pricked, and is not drawn on the pattern either. So, the ground is formed by horizontal lines of dots placed one under the other

Re: [lace] Small lace samples

2017-09-21 Thread AGlez
Interesting and nice idea! I enjoyed looking at your web page and blog. Greetings from Spain, where summer temperatures are not completely gone yet! -- Antje González www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here.

Re: [lace] Belgian color code

2017-09-18 Thread AGlez
Thank you vey much for your information. I am a fond follower of the Belgian colour code and think that it is a great invention. Knowing how to read it, we can understand many books and try many techniques we do not know, because the colours of the lines show us all! It is also very useful to take

Fwd: [lace] Pam Mattioli's Butterfly Bookmark

2017-08-16 Thread AGlez
Hello Pene, The gimp ​is ​ drawn in the ​c​ ​olour diagram in Vuelta y Cruz 2 ​, page 10​ . ​The diagram is by Pam Mattioli, same as the pattern. ​ You will need 2 pairs and 2 single bobbins for the gimp ​s​ : the 2 single bobbins ​work the antennae, and the 2 pairs (one bo

Re: [lace] Re: question

2017-06-21 Thread AGlez
I also ask myself the same question. Can somebody confirm if "plait" is more often used in the UK, and "braid" is more used in the States? At least this is what I always thought... Have a nice day!! -- Antje González, Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Books/ out of print books

2017-03-20 Thread AGlez
I have also bought many books that way: the Lace Guild or private lacemakers. And there is also a good Facebook Page (for hose who are on Facebook), which is called Bobbin Lace Market ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bobbinlacemarket/). I have just bought the book of Russian Lace by Bridget Cook f

Re: [lace] Lace Express

2017-03-13 Thread AGlez
I would like to share with you a post I published in my blog a few weeks ago. I think it is interesting for many lacemakers to know that and reconsider some attitudes. http://vueltaycruz.es/en/lace-makers-appeal.html PD. The Karpenko's have not retired. They just could not keep the business becau

Re: [lace] Fwd: Thai Bobbin Lace Fan

2017-03-12 Thread AGlez
Super-interesting! Thanks a lot for the wep page! Antje González, in Spain... (where the weather has suddenly changed from spring to winter!) www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arach

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #34

2017-03-10 Thread AGlez
I also wish you both a quick recovery so that you can soon start making lace again! Best wishes and have a nice weekend! Antje González, Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to ara

Re: [lace] Finnish lace

2017-02-05 Thread AGlez
Hello, I am a fan of Korthelati's designs, but if you want a traditional Finnish lace, I would say that Korthelati is not the best option, as she is still alive and making lace. I mean, she makes a contemporary and very personal lace, not traditional lace. A few years ago I went to Finland, and v

Re: [lace] Lace on my window

2017-01-23 Thread AGlez
Hello lacemaking friends, I am happy to see that you like the piece of lace! As a complement to the information about this lace from Camariñas, I inform you that there is a catalogue of laces from this area free to download, legally: http://ficheiros-web.xunta.gal/artesaniadegalicia/encaixe-gale

[lace] Lace on my window

2017-01-22 Thread AGlez
I would like to share with you a picture I have just uploaded to my Flickr account, and which has lace on it: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mi-pequeno-taller/31656378103/in/dateposted/. I am a fan of working lace for my windows, and this one is a typical Cluny type design, popular from Camariñas

Re: [lace] Beware of Gmail phishing scam

2017-01-20 Thread AGlez
Hello Arachne computer users! The best thing to do is *not to open any message that looks suspicious *to you, even if it comes from a known person. Before opening it, you can usually read a bit of the beginning of the email, and if it sounds nonsense, or strange, just delete it. If it happens tha

Re: [lace] Arachne Flickr page

2017-01-01 Thread AGlez
I think the reason of being quite is that we have had many feasts in this time, with lots of family reunions, etc. We will soon start to write again! Be patient! As for Facebook lace groups... I know there are many lacemakers who join them, but I think Arachne is the really interesting one, where

Re: [lace] Pincushions

2017-01-01 Thread AGlez
Hello Sally. I make my own pin cushions filling them with left over threads! I never through away the threads that cannot be used because they are too short, and keep them in a bag. From time to time I make pincushions. You have to put use a lot of thread and pack it very firm. If You were near to

Re: [lace] 2016 Christmas Card Exchange

2016-12-06 Thread AGlez
Hello, I also received my beautiful Christmas ornament today. Janet Theaker made for me a star in a ring with beads and also embroidered a Christmas card with gold thread! And finally, inside the card, there was a very positive and beautiful piece of poetry! I am so happy about this gift and think

Re: [lace] Open House

2016-10-30 Thread AGlez
Hello Miriam, The event sounds really interesting! How often does it take place? Who organizes it: the guilds or the town hall? Do people visit your own home or your workshop, or do you exhibit somewhere else? Do not worry about the few people visiting. Bobbin lace is not much known by people in

Re: [lace] Hi, New Member here.

2016-10-15 Thread AGlez
Welcome Joseph. You will see that bobbin lace is a really good craft to fight against anxiety, as it keeps you so busy and concentrated while working it! And there is always a lot to learn. This group will surely be of great help to you! Best wishes and happy lacemaking! Antje, from Spain www.vu

Re: [lace] Long Spanish style pillow

2016-09-30 Thread AGlez
Hello Liz, Yes, I am an Arachne member since 2004! I must tell you that only the pillows in Galizia (north west coast of Spain) have these two poles standing out of the pillow. There are many ways of filling the long vertical pillows, being the traditional ones filled with straw. (The new ones a

Re: [lace] Looking for a pattern

2016-08-29 Thread AGlez
The pattern is beautiful! I haven't seen this exact one, but it reminds me a lot to Brigitte Bellon's patterns. She has a few books on Christmas motifs. I have two or three and this star is not in them. So...it can be that this design is another book I do not know or it is a mixture of designs made

Re: [lace] Translation help?

2016-08-28 Thread AGlez
> Wo das kleine Quadrat entsteht, mit den beiden inneren Kloppeln eine > waagerechte Drehstelle arbeiten, dann die beiden Paare senkrecht nach unten > fuhren. > Sorry for the missing umlauts! > ​A picture would be most helpful. Literally, it says that: where the square is formed, work a horizon

Re: [lace] Lace The Torchon Lace

2016-07-23 Thread AGlez
What an interesting article, Karen! I had heard in Arachne about the Princess Pillow, but didn't really know what you were talking about! Now, a question arises after reading your article: here in Europe I have seen the Danish pillows, which are so similar to this "machine". Did Lewis copy it or,

[lace] Re: Scotland and lace

2016-07-19 Thread AGlez
Hello my Arachnean friends, Thank you very much to all those who responded to my email. All tips were really useful! Finally I did not manage to meet Jean Leader. Sorry about that. Alice, I didn't find the shop you recommended! I looked carefully, but I could only see golf clothes shops! But al

Re: [lace] Scotland and lace

2016-07-03 Thread AGlez
Dear Lynn, Dianne, Patricia and Jean! Thank you very much for your answers. I have already packed clothes for the rain! I am trying to escape from the intense heat here, so a bit of rain and cool weather will be fine! Blair Castle could be an option, as we are passing very near in our trip. Thank

[lace] Scotland and lace

2016-07-01 Thread AGlez
Hello Scottish lacefriends. Next week I am going on holidays to Scotland. I would love to see some lace: lace group, lace exhibition, lace in a museum, a lacemaker interested in showing what she does... or whatever. Have you made a trip before and can tell me something? I would appreciate any inf

Re: [lace] Knipling's Festival in Tonder

2016-06-24 Thread AGlez
Congratulations for your participation in this festival. Jana Novak is a great designer, and being able to exhibit your creations in the fashion show organized by her must be a great joy! Thanks for informing us!! Antje ​, in Spain, where summer is already here! www.vueltaycruz.es​ - To unsu

Re: [lace] Lace Collection at the Smithsonian online

2016-05-31 Thread AGlez
Thank you very much Karen for this link. It is fantastic. I especially appreciate to be able to to see the enlarged pieces of lace so clearly and neatly. This is a very valuable page to learn more about lace! Best wishes from Antje, in Spain. www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to maj

Re: [lace] OIDFA Congress

2016-05-17 Thread AGlez
Your message, Jeri, makes me feel a bit envious of all those of you who will be in Ljubljana! I would love to attend the Congress, as I am especially fond of Idrija Lace. But unfortunately the expenses for such a trip are too high. I will have to wait for... Bruges perhaps? I will start saving from

[lace] Keeping Arachne a Vital Lace News Resource comment on "OIDFA"

2016-05-05 Thread AGlez
Although we are very few Spanish lacemakers participating in Arachne (in fact only three visible ones!) I want to share some important information with Arachne. Last year we had some problems with our representatives of OIDFA Spain, which have been solved very satisfactorily last Autumn. Our new re

Re: [lace] Keeping Arachne a Vital Lace News Resource

2016-05-05 Thread AGlez
Hello Gon. I always try to keep attention on Arachne messages, and your messages with a new edging or insertion have not arrived for a long time. The fact that I haven't said anything about it does not mean that I don't miss them: I think many of us have many things to do, attend many emails a day

Re: [lace] blocking silk scarf

2016-02-11 Thread AGlez
Hello Julie, I am happy to see that you finished your scarf. Mine is only half way. I don't make much of it, just in spare times, and while watching TV at night! I would love to see a picture of yours. In red and silk... It must look beautiful! Antje González, from Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - To

Re: [lace] lace day in Spain

2016-01-21 Thread AGlez
Maria is right. She is, in fact, one of the first persons who designed Hinojosa lace and published her books. I knew her through Arachne! And bought her first book many years ago (15 or so). I have learnt a lot from her! She is a magnific designer (have a look at her books in her webpage) and a ver

Re: [lace] Welcome back

2016-01-21 Thread AGlez
I am also very happy to see you back. You were so active when I started in Arachne... It is impossible to forget you! Welcome back!! Antje, in Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@

Re: [lace] Lace Exchange 2015

2015-12-16 Thread AGlez
I also want to thank Janet, Sallie and Jenny for their work organising this exchange. And a special big thank you to Sallie, who was my exchange partner! I received a beautiful card full of details on it, accompanied by a self made dream catcher and explanations about its origin and its meaning. I

Re: [lace] pillow infestation

2015-12-02 Thread AGlez
It may sound a bit drastic but.. what about throwing your pillow away and making a new one? I wouldn't like to work on a pillow with dead mites in it! Antje ​, from Spain, where the temperature is 0º now. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe la

Re: [lace] Multi-part prickings tricky; skeins also tricky

2015-11-06 Thread AGlez
​​Hello Julie​ ​ and those interested in making the scarf by Brigitte Bellon,​ ​ I wonder why I had no problem making those prickings but for the scarf prickings I had so much trouble getting them to fit together? ​Because you must observe carefully the pattern and watch how much

Re: [lace] Skein swift

2015-11-06 Thread AGlez
This is the system I use too! My grandmother used to do this with wool skeins. Regards from Antje in Spain: today the sun is here again, after a week of rain. www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

Re: [lace] Multi-part prickings tricky; skeins also tricky

2015-11-04 Thread AGlez
Hello Julie, You need 3 pieces of the pattern: 1. the beginning and the end, which is one same pattern. 2. Two central parts or repeats, which are indicated with arrows. You only need to add the central parts one to the other as you go. That is, once you reach the beginning of the second pattern,

Re: [lace] pricking size for scarf

2015-10-28 Thread AGlez
Hello Julie, I am working on Model 11 from Brigitte Bellon's Kloppelmuster für Schals und Tischlaufer. What I love about the scarfs in this book is that they are worked with few pairs (I think it is about 35) and I have to keep turning the pillow (so, bolster is recommended) and making corners al

Re: [lace] Need to find a particular bobbin lace angel pattern

2015-10-27 Thread AGlez
Hi Peg, In his blog, Tatman says that he "got it from a photo and just duplicated it using the photo as my pricking". Unless anybody has seen the pricking somewhere, you will have to do the same as him. To see the number of pairs, you should blow it up a lot, and try to count... hard work, but..

Re: [lace] Lace makers in Bulgaria?

2015-07-20 Thread AGlez
Hello Sally, I have just spent a day with a Bulgarian lacemaker friend who came to visit me in Spain. She is called Bistra Pisancheva ( http://www.bistrapisancheva.com/index.php?/bobbinlace/) and makes really interesting lace, not at all conventional. She is also very good making Kene, a needle la

Re: [lace] printing out patterns

2015-07-07 Thread AGlez
And also, you should check the setting of your printer. You have to keep the scale at 100%, and not fit to page. Sometimes you have to enter your printers settings to see what the default values are. Every printer is a mystery and different form the other! Good luck! Antje, from a hot Spain (well

Re: [lace] question about Chantilly lace

2015-07-03 Thread AGlez
Hello Marianne, Adele has already given you a perfect explanation. I agree that you should always follow the instructions and method used by the teacher or the book. When buying books or magazines, we must always make sure which method is using the writer. So it is convenient to get used to readin

Re: [lace] Bobbin storage

2015-06-27 Thread AGlez
What a good question! I see that we all have the same storage problems! I have kept changing the way I store my bobbins, and now I have them in transparent plastic boxes (in fact, those for chocolates of Ferrero-Rocher, http://idealgift.com.my/add-on-gifts/ferrero-t16.html). They are the perfect

Re: [lace] Question about beads

2015-06-16 Thread AGlez
And what about sequins? Can they also cut the thread? I have never used them, but are now wondering... Thanks a lot for all your contributions on this subject! Best wishes from Spain: lovely spring weather today. ​ -- Antje González www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord..

Re: [lace] Question about beads

2015-06-16 Thread AGlez
I imagine that you mean that the thread can break while working with it... Or can it also happen that it breaks after you have made the lace, once you are using it? I had never thought of this before until Pene asked. It has never happened to me... Do you think it can depend on the type of thread

Re: [lace] Copying a brown pattern

2015-06-08 Thread AGlez
And why not photocopy in colour, keeping the practical brown background? Then you would not need to make all that extra work of eliminating it and would not have to use the blue film. Well, I would do that. Greetings from Spain, where summer temperatures have come too early! Antje González www.

Re: [lace] Bolster Pillow

2015-05-13 Thread AGlez
I love the feeling of pinning on wool layers. Much better than using Styrofoam or other synthetic material. It's true that these pillows made of wool blankets are heavy and not appropriate for travelling. But I don't travel with them anyway, so for me they are the best choice! Interesting this thr

Re: [lace] Candida's lace

2015-05-03 Thread AGlez
Yes, Mariña's book has been published a few years ago. This is the book: http://www.roseground.com/images/product/e2af6568c737eb554f12fc6122b19721.jpg I think it is fantastic. Barbara Fay sells it. But I don't know about distributors in the USA. In case you do not find it, get in touch with Mariñ

Re: [lace] bobbin weight

2015-04-20 Thread AGlez
I think we tend to work best with the bobbins we are used to work with. In my case, Spanish continentals, which most of you may find too big. Mine are 10,5cm long and woodbox. The first course I did of a technique different to torchon (many years ago) was a Tonder course. I had been told that each

Re: [lace] Arachne Commemoratives

2015-03-16 Thread AGlez
Hello all, I have been speaking with Alison Tolson and she can supply all the types of bobbins listed and will be able to supply tatting shuttles too. She can take payment by PayPal and as an alternative, credit or debit card can be used via her Etsy shop. She ships worldwide. She paints lovely bo

Re: [lace] Commemoratives

2015-03-15 Thread AGlez
Alison Tolson, in the UK, also paints beautiful bobbins, commemorative too. http://www.alisontolson.co.uk/ Antje González, Spain - 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 si

Re: [lace] Threads Book

2015-02-12 Thread AGlez
Fantastic work, Brenda. For me your book is also a basic side table book! It saves us lacemakers so much work! Thank you very much! Best wishes from a cold Spain... Antje González - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For he

Re: [lace] Identification of a type of lace

2015-02-03 Thread AGlez
I would say it is a machine made lace. The borders of the motifs look weird to me, making me think that they are not made by hand. But I would need to see a more enlarged picture. Does nobody else think it is machine made? Best wishes, from Antje in Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...

Re: [lace] Idrija Lace Books

2015-01-12 Thread AGlez
The Lace School of Idrija has recently published two books: one of narrow tape and the second of broad tape lace, with very good technical instructions. Well, all of the books they have published have good technical instructions. But, if you want to learn and follow the steps to their technique, t

Re: [lace] Vemeer

2014-12-31 Thread AGlez
Hello Rose, The painting is fantastic. I love Vermeer. And to your observation I want to add that I imagine that this system of heating was used by many people in those times, including, possibly, lacemakers. Here in Spain, for example, many years later (around 1950), my mother, who was a school

[lace] Winners of the Raffle La Encajera

2014-12-24 Thread AGlez
Thank you very much to all of you who have participated in the raffle. There have been 21 participants and I have 3 magazines. The three winners are: Number 03: Amanda Dorrell Number 14: Tammy Padilla Number 17: Vicky Bradford Congratulations to you! I will send your magazines after this feast da

[lace] Christmas greetings

2014-12-24 Thread AGlez
With my preferred Christmas song, I want to wish all Arachneans a Merry Christmas Season and a Happy New Year, in which health and love may be with you. I also hope that you continue enjoying lacemaking as much as until now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S84RLgnz7Rs Arachne is the best bobbin l

[lace] Christmas Raffle

2014-12-18 Thread AGlez
Hello all Arachne friends, I have been putting some order among my lacemaking magazines and have found some duplicates, which I would like to raffle among all those of you who are interested. The three magazines for the raffle are old La Encajera magazines (numbers 1, 10 and 21). I am putting a pi

Re: [lace] Lace curtains

2014-11-17 Thread AGlez
Congratulations on your curtains, Tess! I am also a fan of curtain-making, although I have never made so big ones! Yours look beautiful! Antje González , from a cold wintery Spain. ww.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@

Re: [lace] AOL mails

2014-10-30 Thread AGlez
So do I. Emails from certain persons always go into my spam folder. But... not only AOL ones. Carolina, yours went into my spam box too! Perhaps because the message itself included the word AOL? And.. does it happen to everybody? Greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara (Spain) ww.vueltaycruz.es ht

Re: [lace] Majorca bobbins

2014-09-18 Thread AGlez
Hello, I agree with Maria: what we call in Spain Majorca bobbins are the normal Catalan bobbins but with a pointed end. See here: http://www.lamerceria.com/productes.asp?idsubfamilia=2 , fourth item of the list. What I do not know is if they were traditionally used in Majorca or if they are cal

[lace] Salamander group

2014-08-28 Thread AGlez
Hello to all those interested in working Jourde's salamander. Last week somebody asked how to start the salamander. And I cannot remember who sent this SOS. But it made me think that, as we are quite a few interested in working it, we could form a kind of group and help each other as we go on wor

Re: [lace] Photos from OIDFA Adelaide Congress

2014-08-28 Thread AGlez
Hello Jean and David. Thank you very much for this link to the pictures in Adelaide. It is a pleasure to be able see all what was happening there. I like the Irish participation with all the lacey doors! So original. Best wishes from Antje in a very hot Spain, after a nice and cool summer. ww.

Re: [lace] Lace salamanders

2014-08-25 Thread AGlez
I am also very sad to hear this piece of news. His patterns and his name are well known by me too. Now I have an extra desire to make the salamander: a kind of memorial to Michel Jourde. Thanks a lot to Susan who has so kindly sent me the pattern. Best regards. Antje González ww.vueltaycruz.es h

Re: RE: [lace] Annoying pnctuation.. test two in html

2014-08-23 Thread AGlez
We must all be really proud and happy because, as far as I know, this is the only list only lace related, which makes it so interesting for most of us. There is the chat alternative for those who also want some other kind of socializing, and it is really nice to have this option too. Have a nice w

Re: [lace] Lace salamanders

2014-08-22 Thread AGlez
I like all these kind of initiatives. The problem is that we cannot participate in all of them, as we don't have enough time to make all we want in bobbin lace! Anyway, is there a place in this web where we can see the requirements to make the salamander? Being able only to read the basics in Fren

Re: [lace] Teaching antics

2014-08-22 Thread AGlez
Now I see that this problem with teachers happens everywhere and not only in Spain! I also learnt with one of these bad teachers: the only one available at that time in my town. And once I was a bit confident and got to know Arachne, I met Eva Schaefer (via Arachne). She put me in touch with the Sp

Re: [lace] Jeri's posts

2014-08-15 Thread AGlez
Hello Jeri and all, I have just started reading this messages about Jeri's postings and I must say that I am a bit puzzled. I cannot find the initial query, but have found the sentence "people do not read what I write on Arachne", supposedly written by Jeri. And the first thing that comes to my m

Re: [lace] Messages not getting through

2014-07-23 Thread AGlez
The messages sent by Jeri Ames, Celtic Dream Weaver and Devon go to my Junk Box. There are no capital letters in these messages nor strange signs. It has been happening for many weeks now, and I always mark it as no spam. But nothing seems to change. Thank you very much to all those who are trying

Re: [lace] Noelene's Poems - Inspired by Lace

2014-07-22 Thread AGlez
Same happens to me! I thought is was a problem of my computer. I must always check my junk box in order not to loose any of the interesting emails from Jeriames. Antje González, in sunny Spain ww.vueltaycruz.es https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistAndCross - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arach

Re: [lace] For Lace Tell Collectors - Jack be Nimble

2014-05-28 Thread AGlez
Hi Jery, Thanks a lot for this nice lace story. And for all the other interesting posts you send regularly to this list. In fact, I usually do not have enough time to read them all! But I keep them to read in a quieter moment. Best wishes and thanks again for all your information. Antje Gonzále

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