Hi Jaqui
At the moment she is
using Brenda Paternoster's bookmark pattern and is way past her 50th
variation - and that's all on the same size grid so she isn't doing
the same
variation with thick and thin thread and calling it two. And Brenda
will now
know who I'm talking about.
She's goi
I like my bobbins to be all the same size and weight.
I mostly work with large continentals (all the same) for thick yarns or
spangled midlands bobbins, and they can vary a lot, in thickness and in
length! If I mix sizes and weights it affects both tension and ease of
working.
I keep the shorter
Hairpin crochet is made as Tess describes using a two pronged tool
shaped like a large hairpin, though it could be as big as two inches
wide. An initial loop is made and slipped over one prong. The work is
rotated 180 degrees and a crochet stitch worked between the prongs,
rotated 180 deg
Mixed fibres spun into a thread don't generally give rise to problems
with washing, though you should launder to suit the more delicate
fibre. It's mixing, say, a 100% silk thread with a 100% cotton thread
which could cause uneven shrinkage or something.
Brenda
On 14 May 2009, at 01:24, Alic
Hello Sister Claire
2S/3Z describes the cordonnet/crochet threads which are plied twice.
First it's spun as 2S and then three of those threads are spun together
in the opposite Z direction to make a 2S/3Z thread.
These 2S/3Z threads are good for tatting and crochet, and can be used
for bobbin
It looks fine to me, but the current bid is 243.30 USD !!
Someone has more money than sense!
Brenda
On 12 May 2009, at 03:53, Laurie Waters wrote:
Take a look at this bobbin winder on Ebay 110385490635. I'll call it
English (how it ended in Ipsich, if indeed it ever did we'll never
know)
It
Hello Jane
Madeira Decor is a thick rayon floss, 15 wraps/cm and has been in
Threads for Lace since Ed 1 (though the size, which is No 6, isn't
included!)
Metallic 40 is either Madeira 40, a fine wrapped thread, 35 w/cm, or
Moravia metallic . another wrapped hread but much thicker at 20 w/cm
Sue
Guetermann silk is spun silk which is less slippery than filament silk,
and cloth stitch is balanced (2 crosses and 2 twists per CTC) so I
doubt you will have much trouble with it twisting. Also if you are
making something which is to be applique mounted or framed there is
less chance of
Just yesterday I set up a piece on a 24" octagonal pillow. It's not a
particularly big pattern; a piece of torchon I said I'd design for a
future YLM pattern book, but that was the pillow available and as I was
positioning the pricking I though that I wouldn't be using the back
third of the pi
Hello Susan
Were you with Arachne when we discussed curly lace a year or so ago?
After numerous trial and error pieces the conclusion was that half
stitch puts more Z twists into the lace than S twists, and with a
tightly twisted Z spun thread, especially of it's shiny and slippery
all the to
Reeled or filament silk is very slippery and because it is continuous
filaments it does not have to be twisted very firmly which makes it
lovely and shiny to look at but will snag on the slightest bit of
roughness. Spun silk, made from the bits left over from reeled silk
production, and schapp
If the pattern is 2mm diagonal, it's only 1.41 straight, so 2.82mm
between the footside pins (in torchon) so Fil a Dentell will be WAY
too thick, so will Madeira 30. You'll need something like 45 wraps/cm.
Bart & Francis do a Schappe silk 210/2 that size, and Piper's spun
silk 210 /2 is 46 w
Hi Sue
By "the S in milanese braid" do you mean Sandi Woods' "S for Serpent"
which is on the front of a Pat Read book? If so this is a fairly fine,
conventional style of BL and I personally wouldn't mix cotton and silk
in that type of lace. Cotton and rayon or cotton and linen, yes as
they
For circular edgings and designs which re worked in all directions I
have a 24"/60 cm pillow, but it is too big to comfortably work at the
back of. For yardage with a lot of bobbins or large scale torchon with
teh big continental bobbins I made a wide roller pillow. The 30"/75cm
apron was car
That's a fantastic achievement David - do you ever go to sleep?
Brenda
On 4 May 2009, at 16:40, Julian Jefferson wrote:
You will be glad to learn that David has completed the mat which can
be viewed at:
http://www.margorsson.com/Margorsson_Design/
Miss_Channers_Mat_goes_Chantilly.html
Br
Sue
If you want to mane your pattern after someone special in your life
that's fine, and you won't be breaking any rules just because someone
else happened to call their pattern by the same name. It's very
unlikely that your lady's name was unique, and even more unlikely that
her first name
On 2 May 2009, at 08:20, Jean Nathan wrote:
the permission of the designer.>
I thought it was illegal to sell the pattern, not the finished lace.
The design is the copyright of the designer, but the finished lace
made by you isn't unless it's a kit sold by the designer.
Dress, knitting and
Hello Anne
I'm south of the Thames, but a long way from Reigate, about 50 miles!
I would think that Reigate is on the edge of the North Downs Lacemakers
catchment area, so have a look at
http://www.northdownslacemakers.org.uk/Index%20original.htm
Brenda
On 27 Apr 2009, at 12:01, laceannedr..
Hello Nancy
I doubt if glue would be very satisfactory for holding lace together.
A tiny bit to stop ends from coming unknotted is one thing but you'd
need a big blob to make unattached threads stay together.
What I would do in this case is thread a needle, either with the lace
thread or a
On 26 Apr 2009, at 17:59, bev walker wrote:
I think if one is going to add in and take out pairs along the gimp
line the
multi-strands are preferable?
Yes.
A quick look in Threads for Lace, Lia's 250 silk is a 60 wrap, vs. the
Treenway 120/2 of 39 though the former is a 3-ply, if that helps
Yes it was quite common for several strands of the ground thread to be
wound together for gimps.
I work on the principal of at least four, preferably six, times the
thickness of the ground threads for the gimps (in point ground or
torchon). It was Doreen Wright who told me that many years ago
Aurelia, there is a distinct possibility of a new range of coloured
linen thread in the not too distant future, but I don't know how fine
it will be!
Brenda
On 21 Apr 2009, at 00:46, Aurelia Loveman wrote:
Q2, a: fine linen, without question! (Brenda, is there a chance in the
world of
Bev, the wiry threads you refer to are probably those which are
wrapped; ie a core of textile fibres, often rayon, which are wrapped
with a strip of metalised polyester. These are usually the threads
that shred when friction is applied - as when tensionning BL.
Some metallics are constructed
Rayon alone for BL is a bit slippery and not very stable in the
finished lace. I've used rayon in mixed thread projects, such as large
scale scarves, though I do try to balance it with a good sprinkling of
linen.
Choosing a pattern with lots of twists helps stabilise the slippery
thread; poi
I have been asked which threads I think lacemakers would most like to
have available. I know my choices, but they are possibly not yours!
So;
Q1, If all sizes and all colours were available which fibre (silk,
cotton, linen or rayon) would you be most likely to choose for
a, hankie edging
b,
On 16 Apr 2009, at 22:06, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
There is a picture at the MMA which shows Nuns at Work. "Nun's work"
is a
term sometimes used for lacemaking. Thanks to the miracle of
zoomification,
it is now possible to zoom on this picture to try to figure out what
the
nuns are doing.
Go to the link quoted, then click on Pam's pattern page
Brenda
On 16 Apr 2009, at 17:36, Susan Reishus wrote:
Well, as per usual, I can't find it.
Would someone be so kind as to put up a link?
TIA,
Susan Reishus
Eve omitted to tell us that she also has a very pretty pattern for a
handkerc
I have just used www.random.org to generate the winning numbers for my
Threads Ed5 raffle and the winners are:
No 4 - Trish Fisher
No 38 - Judith Smith
No 14 - Patricia in Wales
Sorry to the other 68 entrants, but thank you all for joining in.
I have postal addresses for Trish and Judith, your
It opened and printed OK for me too.
Unfortunately the PPLC link to the handkerchief or lavender bag
pricking pdf file says it is damaged and could not be repaired- is
this just
me?
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
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Hello Eve
I like the purple number 5, but couldn't leave a comment because I
couldn't remember the user name!
Brenda
On 15 Apr 2009, at 11:35, Eve Morton wrote:
Hi Everyone,
At Jean's prompting I've attempted to put some pictures onto Arachne
webshots. I hope that I got it right, had to s
I agree with you Jean.
I am subscribed to Yahoo bobbinlace but I don't often post there.
Somehow there seems to be a shallowness about the discussions on that
group which doesn't happen with Arachne, but I can't really say why it
is. It's not just that Arachne has long established members; n
Aah Nottingham! I was trying to think which Lace Guild convention it
went with, but Nottingham was OIDFA. I only went up there for one day
to see the exhibition. I think that was the xhibition where one of the
displays was dozens, perhaps a couple of hundred, lace butterflies.
As we have d
I can't remember when I joined, but I was on the Lace Guild Exec at the
time; Sally Chapman told me about it. I did two stints, 1992-1995 as
an ordinary exec member and 1996-1999 as Hon Sec.
I don't remember the arachne convention in 1998 - probably had Exec
business that evening.
On 13 Apr
Replies to my little survey have stopped coming in so I've downloaded
the results file and put it together as a webpage at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/arachne/surveyresults.htm
There were a total of 192 replies, plus a few which I've deleted
because they had no boxes ticked. I thi
Do you wonder about appreciation, when you read membership statistics
--
that there are well over 1,000 on this list? I'm asking, because I
see regular
correspondence from about 40 of us! It has always been this way.
What are
all the lurkers doing??
I think I've been a member for about t
ma
nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au
www.lacegumnuts.com
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Brenda
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Sent: Sunday, 12 April 2009 7:44 AM
To: Sue
Cc: Arachne
Subject: Re: [lace] raffle has been drawn
Hello Sue
That sounds simil
If you have several hundred pounds to spare and can wait eight weeks or
more for delivery go to
http://www.within4walls.co.uk/tempsite/view_items.php?sub=49
and scroll to the bottom.
Some of the lace names are a bit suspect but otherwise it's the real
McCoy
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://p
But if you are looking to find that bib/necklace it doesn't come up on
any of the materials in the list on the side bar. I would have
expected to see it under 'fabric' especially as they describe it as
"silk cotton lace" which isn't "bobbin work".
The store also offer a black needlepoint neck
So long as she's not trying to make very fine lace the glass headed
pins are good.
I tip I picked up from Jacqui Barber is to use glass headed pins when
working with the very thick threads in a scarf or similar as they help
stop the thickest threads from jumping over the top of the pinheads.
Hello Sue
That sounds similar to what I'm doing with my raffle. I'm filtering
all the entries into a separate mailbox and then I'll re-arrange the
list alphabetically by the email addresses - that way there can be no
advantage or disadvantage to the early or late entrants - and I'll ask
Terr
Hi Jenny
On 10 Apr 2009, at 04:34, Jenny Brandis wrote:
One of the things I do to my copies is add tabs on the pages at
Graph, Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetic, Glitter, 4 wpc, 29 wpc, 33 wpc
as well as at 50 wpc.
This helps me and although I realise that it would not be cost
effective to do th
Dear Spiders
Edition 5 is now available and I have a stack of boxes to find a home
for! see
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/threads/threads.html
All the traders who took Edition 4 will receive an inspection copy in
the post very soon and any pre-orders will go out in Saturday's post
(Go
Hi Jeri
I have a mug, purchased from The Lace Guild some years ago with a blue
transfer of a Honiton Lace sprig on. It's in regular use and goes in
the dishwasher, in fact I've just finished (ten minutes ago!) drinking
coffee from it. IIRC The Lace Guild also produced a similar mug with
Gi
Ilske
I see what the problem is - the filename had a space in it and when you
clicked on the link it stopped at that space. Typing the rest of the
URL into the browser did work but I've renamed the files and they
should all work now.
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/fence/Picture1.p
Hello Beth
Anyone know how many wraps/cm the 50/3 (Nm 30/3) is? It isn't in
edition 4 of
threads for lace and I can't connect to the addendum page for some
reason!
I haven't seen that size, but from the other sizes of Goldschild I'd
guess its 19 or 20 w/cm.
The addendum pages are all up and
Hello Jo, Ilske
It opened with Safari for me - but you do have to have Windows Media
Player installed on your computer.
I have taken some screen shots of the video playing. They are .pdf
files so won't open in a web browser, but I have uploaded them to:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/l
riginal Message - From: "Brenda Paternoster"
To: "Marianne Gallant"
Cc:
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] question about threads used in Lace Express
Finding coloured linen is difficult! If you can't get Bockens 60/2
which is 26 wraps/cm th
Finding coloured linen is difficult! If you can't get Bockens 60/2
which is 26 wraps/cm the nearest in colour is either Moravia 40/2 at 22
wraps/cm so thicker, or Goldschild 80/3 (Nm 50/3) which is 24 wraps
/cm
Coloured substitutes for Brok 32/2 which is 31 wraps.cm include DMC
Special Dent
rences of Arachne members.
It is anonymous and there are no questions about money or other
personal details.
Brenda Paternoster
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Oh Alice,
that's a lovely article, and the reporter certainly made a lot of
pretty accurate notes - which is more than most of them do!
Brenda
On 5 Apr 2009, at 21:06, Alice Howell wrote:
My husband just found that the write up on me and my bobbin lace in
2006 is in the online archives at ou
together a short survey about bobbin lacemaking and the
experiences and preferences of Arachne members.
It is anonymous and there are no questions about money or other
personal details.
Brenda Paternoster
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Brenda in Allhallows,
Hello Elizabeth
A bertha, or bertha collar, is a wide collar which lies flat over the
garment bodice. It's likely to be about 6-8" 15-20 cm deep. The
opening is usually worn at the back.
No collar should be an exact circle around the neckline, it should be
slightly oval to fit around th
Hello Sue
What I have found is that because I have flipped the pattern strip to
fit at
the corner, I have the working lines going in opposite directions,
therefore
when I get to the centre side join I found the change. I have ignored
those
lines and worked them all the same, so guess I need t
Alex,
I agree too, it's very unprofessional as a teacher not to offer all of
your knowledge. If you have bright students who are interested in the
subject there are bound to be times when they ask something you don't
know. Providing you either make every effort to find out, or encourage
th
Hello Susan
HV-Garn 40/2 isn't especially fine, 21 wraps/cm, but it does (or is
that did!) come in a lot of colours. Assuming Londonderry is
Goldschild; 50/3 Nm, which = 80/3 NeL is a bit finer at 24 wraps/cm,
though the three plies will make it feel a bit sturdier.
I haven't seen Rainbow
Hello Susan
I've been following the linen & metallic thread discussions with
great interest. What sort of lace would be made with Goldschild linen
aka Londonderry or Rainbow Gallery?? I have both in my embroidery
stash & neither one looks too appetizing to me, i.e thick & bumpy.
Heavier To
Hello Beth
Using a 3 ply thread instead of a three ply one will make the lace
slightly softer and it will drape better, a three ply would be a bit
crisper. Depends what you want to use it for.
Claire's Lace stocks Fresia and Bockens
http://www.claireslace.co.uk/
SMP stock Fresia
http://www.
Hello Sr Claire and Ilske
Thank you for that info - all the more reason to keep to my English
spelling!
Brenda
On 21 Mar 2009, at 10:21, Sister Claire wrote:
For a long time it was usual for UK companies to keep
UK spelling when they marketed in the US because UK spelling was
believed to
b
olo(u)rful browse for their variety of threads.
http://www.ylicorp.com/
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Brenda Paternoster
wrote:
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Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west
coast of Canada
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
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Following the recent discussions about UK and US spelling, does anyone
in America have a spool of 'YLI Colours'? Does the label say Colours
or Colors? It's an American company but the spool I have, which was
purchased in UK at Ally Pally Knitting & Stitching, reads 'Colours' and
was made in J
Jean, I very much agree with you.
Actually color/colour was another thing the (electronic) typesetting
people queried because both are in Ed5. It's color in 'J&P Coats Color
Twist' because that's how the label is, it's an old reel of cotton from
America, but all other instances of the word in
Thank you to everyone who has replied to this thread, far too many to
reply to individually, but Noelene the poem is lovely - I've printed it
out to stick into the back of my copy.
I'm pleased that the large majority of you prefer lacemaking as one
word. That's what it has been for the first
I have just received the proofs for Edition 5, and the graphics people
have queried "Lacemaking" in the title and suggest "Lace making". I
know this is one of those personal preference situations, but what does
anyone else prefer? My own choice is one word - and that is Lace Guild
choice too.
That's fine for tatting or crochet where you attach the lace as it's
made but if you are attaching BL or any other pre-made lace to the edge
of a hankie you should always make the fabric fit the lace and not try
to make the lace fit the fabric. ie attach lace to oversize fabric and
then make s
Hello Debora
Yes, 10 wraps between each footside pin, less than the 12 wraps used
for torchon beause of the shallower working angle.
Brenda
In
Torchon, a good rule of thumb to calculate the size of the pricking in
relation to the thread has been "12 wraps of thread between each
footside pin
Hi Alex
As an edging to plain a plain collar
On a Christening gown;
between yoke & skirt
either side of a front panel
around the hem
As a picture frame
Around a pin cushion
Two lengths side by side as a garter
Edging the flap of an envelope style nightdress case
Appliqued diagonally across
Following the recent discussions about this I have done some wrappings
of the knitting yarns in my stash and put together a web page:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/knittingyarns.htm
I'm not planning a huge project like Threads for Lace !! but if anyone
can add useful information
Hello Fancis
I have a great love of Sanquhar (and also Selbuvotter, which is less 3
ply specific).
it sound very Nordic or Irisch or does it make part of some other
ancient knitting slang?
it even sounds to me like part a figure from "lords of the ring"
Selbuvotter is the Norwegian two
Using Tanne or DMC Broder machine instead of Brok 100/3 or Finca *will*
make a difference to the feel of the lace because both Tanne and Broder
Machine are 2 ply threads which will make a softer, more draping lace.
3 ply threads are rounder and the lace has more 'body' to it.
If all you are c
Hello Diana
Brok 100/3 is the only other thread anything like Finca 80
Brenda
Can anyone suggest some equivalent threads to Finca 80 please.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
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Hello Sue
I haven't seen either of those but the Perivale 130/3 means 130 denier
x 3 plies, probably just a little thicker than common or garden Sylko
cotton.
Re Ackermanns. 50 will be a size, if it's yardage/meterage yds or
meters is always written after the number. Silk is usually measu
Hello Francis
I too have Googled and found a few useful pages. The best one is:
http://www.colourmart.com/eng/knowledge_base/knitting_properties
other useful info at:
http://www.kilkeelknitwear.com/new_page_19.htm
(bottom of page)
http://reviews.ebay.com/Machine-Knitting-Acrylic-Yarns-Weights
Hmmm...
I agree that the bulbous end is probably a handle. The abrupt end to
that 'handle' makes it look as though there should be some sort of
cover that slips over the narrower part.
Could it be a tool for turning, say, glove fingers?
But then why would it have fancy turning? And why do m
Hello Mark
No, I don't think it's handspun, but I do think it's linen.
I can see that it's S twist, which is what I'd expect a linen thread to
be, along with variations in thickness. The two linens which fit the
description are Knox's Floss 20 or Knox's Falcon 25, both of which
measured 2S/1
Like th eothers I think that this is more torchon than Cluny and that
it's more likely to be linen than cotton.
If "just over 3 stitches per inch" means that there are just over 3
pinholes per inch - along the footside then it's a spacing of just less
than 1/3 inch or 8mm between the pins. Th
I haven't seen Ariane cotton - or any other thread which is 32/2.
A Google search for "Ariane cotton 32/2' gets:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg11172.html
Brenda
On 24 Feb 2009, at 02:35, d2one...@comcast.net wrote:
Can someone suggest a thread equivalent for ariane cotton 32/2
Hello Jeri, Lori
It looks very much like chemical lace, which is as you describe it
machine embroidered - burn-out.
Brenda
On 15 Feb 2009, at 05:17, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
Dear ID experts,
Lori, Lace Fairy, has asked me to send this to Arachne for
identification
(she is unsubscribed).
Yes you're right, DMC Cordonnet 100 is very similar in thickness to
Broder machine 30 or Bockens 100/2. Finca 40 and DMC
Cordonnet/Dentelles 80 are all a little thicker whilst Brok 100 and
Finca 80 are both much finer.
Brenda
On 13 Feb 2009, at 06:30, Lorelei Halley wrote:
Hi
Can somebody
There used to be TWO sets of sizes for British crochet hooks.
The bigger ones for use with knitting yarns were the same as the old
British knitting needle sizes, The steel hooks for use with finer
crochet cottons had a different set of sizes although the two sets of
numbering did overlap a bit
Thank you to Liz, Laura, Ruth & Joanne for letting me know that Helene
is visiting her family in France, so well away from the terrible fires
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent where we'd be happy to let some of our rain
go down under.
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I'm not sure if Helene Gannac is still subscribed to Arachne, or if the
email addy I have for her is still current, but I know she lives in
Victoria. Helene are you safe?
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Hello Liz
I'm not a needle lacer but I've done enough to know what it's about and
I personally wouldn't recommend using any thread which is wrapped, ie
the metallic part is wraped around a silk or viscose core as the
friction of pulling the thread through the work many times will cause
the me
Hi Mark
It looks very much like Barmen machine to me, and yes, narrow tallies
like that can be made on those machines.
Brenda
On 3 Feb 2009, at 19:24, Mark, aka Tatman wrote:
Hi all lacing friends,
This past weekend Kim and I were shopping for costumes and props for
the HS
musical(South
On 27 Jan 2009, at 05:25, Avital wrote:
So my guess was right (and if I'd been paying attention, I would have
seen the French and translated it but I've had a cold for a couple
days). It's a tool for drawing wire. Wire is made by hammering a piece
of metal into thinner and thinner (and longer) p
I've done a few jewellery classes and have drawn wire by hand. Even
very thin wire very definitely has to be clamped at one end and clasped
tightly with pliars at the other end on order to pull it through the
holes and it's quite a physical effort.
Gravesend Adult Ed Centre has a very well eq
Hello Sr Claire
If they are not doily people I'd suggest that lace trimmed pillow cases
aren't suitable either as they would need more care with laundering
than plain ones. Bookmarks only if they are avid readers, otherwise
they might just end up lost between the pages somewhere.
A framed m
Guipure, especially when used by a fashion designer, is a rather
general term which just means a lace made up of separate elements and
'custom' means it was designed for the client.
From the close-up picture in the link that Jane sent
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7840306.stm
(image no
Hello Sue
Chemical lace is cotton embroidery on acetate fabric, then the whole
lot is steeped in acetone or something similar to dissolve away the
acetate leaving only the embroidery. Discovered in the 1880s I think
so Victorian but slightly late for the 1850s setting of the TV
programme.
Hello Delores
I have a 1950s book "The Identification of Textile Fibres" which goes
into great detail about microscopic and chemical tests to distinguish
one fibre from another, but unless you have your own laboratory to
hand
If you are just trying to decide between linen and cotton the
And some of those 83 degrees please - we've been down to -7 deg C with
fog to go with it - nasty!
Definitely staying indoors and making lace weather.
Brenda
On 10 Jan 2009, at 01:28, Clay Blackwell wrote:
I was full of pain and compassion for your discomfort and misfortune
with the broken f
bought, Brenda?
Thanks for the fun calendar,
Pene
Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Thank you to everyone who entered the quiz.
Just about everyone got questions 1-10 right, but no-one guessed
question 11 correctly!
It was actually two pairs of socks; one multi colour stripes and the
other black with
Thank you to everyone who entered the quiz.
Just about everyone got questions 1-10 right, but no-one guessed
question 11 correctly!
It was actually two pairs of socks; one multi colour stripes and the
other black with multi coloured spots; knee length for my daughter to
wear with her boots.
Hello Donna
My first question concerns the thread. The pattern calls for Egyptian
Cotton
80/2. As I said though, I'm putting this on linen. Does one usually
mix
fibers for the lace and fabric?
Most people would find it acceptable to put cotton lace onto linen
fabric, but it is a question
The lady I watched on a street corner in Belgium was actually making
reverse lace!
She was making a big show of it and tossing her bobbins around but when
I looked closely she was doing:
cross, twist, cross, twist, untwist..
Perhaps she learned BL using a few inches of string!
Brenda
On 3
Oops sorry!!
I should have said
To convert to NeL (English Linen number) *DIVIDE* the CC by 0.36.
Thus 80 CC = 29 Nm 222
On 29 Dec 2008, at 09:29, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Can anyone tell me what the Ne or Nm equivalent would be?
To convert from CC (English cotton count, also sometimes
Hello Marianne
I am looking for threads that can be substituted for the Tanne
(Cotona) 80.
I don't have either of these, and am wondering if any that I have on
hand
would work, since I want to start the project now, not in 2 or 3
weeks
Egyptian Gassed 80/2 or YLI Heirloom Sewing 70/2.
C
I've sent uncompressed images of the lace cards to Janice - they are
big files!
Also I would like to ad my thanks to Jenny for putting all the exchange
lace onto the website, and I do hope your sight problems get sorted
properly.
Merry Christmas
Brenda
On 21 Dec 2008, at 23:40, Janice Blair
Hello Ann
It depends which "DMC 50" you mean.
DMC Cordonnet 50 is similar thickness to Bouc 50, both are 23 wraps/cm.
DMC Coton a Broder is/was finer at 30 wraps/cm and DMC Broder Machine
50 is finer still at 42 wraps/cm.
Bev has already listed a number of alternatives to Bouc 70; Bockens
li
Just been on Brenda's site to see todays offering (15th).
My husband wants the 'original recipe'!!
Sue in EY
On 15 Dec 2008, at 10:33, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
and a reminder that there's a link to the Advent calendar on my
homepage
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Just over a week to go now!
My electronic Christmas card to you all is at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/Christmas/2008/card08.htm
and a reminder that there's a link to the Advent calendar on my homepage
Merry Christmas
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.ht
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