It's Barmen machine lace. Very typical of this type of lace which is
made on a circular machine ising coarse cotton thread.
http://barmenlace.com/
Click on the Union flag and then video to see the machine in action
Brenda
On 13 Jun 2007, at 14:15, Joanne Callow wrote:
Hello everyone,
This
Bart & Francis have a lot of unusual threads, but nothing they call
Lurex - which is a Trade name registered to The Lurex Company Ltd.
Brenda
On 12 Jun 2007, at 23:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just returned from Tonder where I saw the work of the said lady
and
spoke to her re. the thr
Never heard of shantung lace, but Shantung is wild silk, also a
region/province in eastern China, so it's either silk lace or lace made
in that area. Or both! Do you have a photo of the lace/
Brenda
On 12 Jun 2007, at 18:50, Shirlee Hill wrote:
Has anyone heard of Shantung Lace? If so, what
Hello Mark
I couldn't get in to the link you gave, but poked around a bit and
discovered that it's actually
http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinlace/BLteardrop.html
though I could download the .pdf file from the .html page
Brenda
On 30 May 2007, at 17:24, Tatman wrote:
As suggested to me by Bev, I
1st century = 1-100
2nd century = 101-200
.
.
16th century = 1501-1600
17th century = 1601-1700
18th century = 1701-1800
19th century = 1801-1900
20th century = 1901-2000
21st century = 2001-2100
Many people celebrated the start of the 20th century a year too early!
Going further back in time; t
Has anyone else looked at the back of the new UK 20 pound notes?
There's a portrait of Adam Smith 1723-1790 and the words
"The division of labour in pin manufacturing:
(and the great increase in quantity of work that results)"
plus a drawing of the various stages of pin manufacture in the 18th
c
Maybe Dora the Knotter can help.
I have a pattern sheet purchased 15 or 20 years ago from a Lace day
(Possibly Gravesend when she was the speaker). It's a Dutch girl
wearing cap, apron and clogs and holding a tulip. She's 24cm (9.5")
tall but could be reduced on a photocopier
Marked D.N. N
Hello Judith
In the book Modern Lace, the author calls for "Translucent Lurex
thread". Can anyone tell me where in the US this can be obtained or
what the equivalent would be? Thanks.
Who's the author of this book? What sort of lace is it?
Lurex is a brand name, and registered trade name, o
I'm not sure that Copydex is PVA - none of the other PVA glues smell,
as Jean says Copydex smells awful.
There are lots of brands on the market - some intended for children's
use, some for woodwork (Evo-Stick is a well known brand), some for
general craft use. I have a bottle of Anita's tacky
Terry walked past as I was puzzling over it and he said - it's a
plannishing hammer, minus the handle.
Bakalite would be too brittle for banging anything hard, but as it's
very small it could just be intended for tapping something gently ???
Brenda
On 14 May 2007, at 20:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The bobbin in the centre of the picture was made by Archibald Abbot - I
have a couple the same, bottom of his range, identified by Christine
Springett. Mine don't have the green seed beads added though!
Brenda
On 7 May 2007, at 22:29, Diana Smith wrote:
I really don't know what to think of t
He's offering some "Antique almost new" tatting - and it is tatting! -
but if it's antique it's not almost new and if it's almost new then
it's not antique.
Item no 330016070534
Does USA have anything like our Trade Descriptions Act. If he were in
UK it cold be referred to trading Standards.
Hello Barbara
Bobbinet lace was an early form of machine lace - made on Pusher
Machines which were the forerunners to Leavers machines. The designs
are based on BL lace with point ground net.
Brenda
On 6 May 2007, at 19:53, Barbara Joyce wrote:
Brenda,
I've never heard the term bobbinet
It's now described as bobbinet lace - which it isn't either!
Brenda
On 6 May 2007, at 05:11, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On May 5, 2007, at 23:33, bevw wrote:
The description has been revised - it's a rather nice lace actually.
Item: Antique Vintage Unusual Ivory Pineapple Bobbin Lace
(33011566
You are allowed to copy a percentage (10% I think) of a library book
for your own personal use/study. That would surely cover you if you
borrow a lace book and make one, maybe two, patterns from it. If it's
an instruction book and you intend to work through all the
instructions from cover to
I've just been Googling and found a possible source of ultrafine silk
thread - filaments of silk sold for opthalmic and micro surgery
sutures, the finest being 0.02 mm diameter. The finest thread in the
Wolter-Kampmann book is 6dD which I think means 0.06 mm diameter (15
band/15 slip Egyptian
Vivien wrote:
Hi, we are one of the biggest designers of Torchon lace patterns.
They are,
in English law, copy right. You may not copy at all without our
permission.
We tell our customer we don't mind them copying the bought copy for
their own
use. It is illegal to copy and give away copies
Moving this to lace because it's lace related.
Further to any remarks I may have made about copyright on a painting
I'm now pretty sure I was wrong in my first posting to lace-chat about
this and that the right to copy remains with the artist, unless the
contract of sale specifically includes
Hello David
You should get the bobbin inscribed with YOUR name, and perhaps the
date the teeth were extracted.
Hope your mouth is feeling better now
Brenda
Fortunately my Dentist hails from the UK and knows about Lace bobbins
etc. He had no qualms at all about drilling a hole through each of
Hello Robin
That pannomia lace is neat.
When you say crocheted braids, do you mean the lines around each area,
like Romanian point lace? That's very interesting that it's found in
Hungary, also.
No - the crochet bit is the braids that form the container holding the
flowers and the curly bits
Just home from Reading - for me it was one of the shorter journeys home
from a Lace Guild Convention. Met up with lots of old and new friends
including a former student who moved from Kent to Wiltshire about 20
years ago, the first time I've met her since.
I've just uploaded a couple of pics
I'm moving this to Lace because it's relevant to lacemaking
(the quality of cotton thread may vary, but polyester is polyester .
. . .
NAY!
Some polyester is chopped up to suit cotton-spinning
machines, and is very fuzzy and weak. In addition to having
a short staple, cheap poly threads ma
However, the whole idea of Moire lace is Fantastic. Who knows - I
might try a Tiny bit one day - just for fun
I wonder if other grounds would work as well! - Needlelace might be
easier!!!
I wouldn't have thought so!
The size and shape of NL meshes is down to personal skills with the
Yes, I agree
The wraps/cm is a good guide, but all the other variables - fibre type,
harvest quality, dying/bleaching, individual tensioning etc etc all
have a part to play in the finished lace.
Brenda
An 80/1 will measure by wrapping slightly thicker than 160/2 in the
same thread - becaus
I've always said that the horror kits' best quality is that they make
people want to join a class because they can't manage on their own!
BTW, that's the US horror kit on Amazon - the English version doesn't
even have a foam board, it has a very lightweight polystyrene cylinder
which you are s
Hi Sue
The OIDFA Point Ground Study Group produced a book in 2001 detailing
all the technical differences between the various Point Ground laces.
http://www.oidfa.com/index%20en.htm
Brenda
On 3 Apr 2007, at 12:06, Sue wrote:
Good morning spiders,
As a very keen Bucks Point lace maker I was
Hello Julie
It's brilliant! How on earth did you find the patience to make so much
roseground, and all exactly the same version at that!
Brenda
I have finally got around to putting up photos and a description of a
project I completed a few years ago to explore moiré patterns in lace.
If
y
Hello Tamara
I measured it as 40 wraps/cm
An 80/1 will measure by wrapping slightly thicker than 160/2 in the
same thread - because the plying firms the thread up a bit so that it
doesn't flatten and spread as much. A 240/3 would measure slightly
finer still even though it has the same amoun
Hello Tamara
There's an article about big bobbins on Jane Atkinson's website
http://www.lace.nildram.co.uk/html/articles.htm
I have about 100-120 (never really counted them) of the 'Large
Continentals' imported by Tim Parker. 2nd left in the pic on Jane's
website. If I need still more then I
Dear Spiders
I have recently acquired some old slip threads - thank you Lynne - and
my quandry is whether or not I should break the packaging in order to
measure the threads.
Slip thread, is gassed cotton in skeins as traditionally used by
lacemakers in England.
According to Thomas Wright,
No, I haven't seen that thread (yet!)
The way I make a wrapping is to draw the parallel lines exactly 1 cm
apart, using the computer, and print out onto paper. Then take a strip
of the paper and fold it around a small piece of card so that it's
stiff enough to handle and the lines are straigh
Hello Patty
That's the most useful bit of ASCII art I've seen in ages! Describes
the bobbins much better than words can
Brenda
Pony Beads are relatively large beads with large holes, usually
plastic.
Glued onto a bamboo skewer from your friendly local supermarket (cut to
the right bobbin l
I've received my info pack from the Lace Guild and I'm really pleased
with the workshops I've got places on, none involve lugging pillows
around and three good tutors.
Fri pm: Beaded tassels with Sue Dane
Sat am: Child's play - pattern design with Jane Atkinson
Sun am: Looking at lace with G
Hello Karen
That surprises me - I've only ever seen one pattern (modern torchon)
with a working angle as steep as that, and it was an experimental
design as part of a City & Guilds exam course. Also maybe some of the
very distorted computer generated patterns might have small areas like
that
I got that spam, but I get quite a few textiles related spams anyway,
and treated it just the same as I treat financial or viagra spams - hit
the "junk-mail" key. That way anything else from that sender
automatically goes into the junk-trash which self deletes every time I
switch the computer
o use lots of techniques taken
from
other laces as well.
That's true of all modern forms of lace too.
Brenda
Karen in Malta
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Of
Brenda Paternoster
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 11:30 AM
To: Alice Howel
Hello Jo
Do you know if Martina measured by wrapping and then converting to dD
or did she use a micrometer?
If she did that would explain the differences.
Brenda
In tight curves it might happen that the worker kind of goes through a
tunnel. then your assumption might be true. Otherwise you g
Hello Alice
No I haven't tried working out the thread size from a finished item!
Cloth stitch should have 4 threads between pinholes measured vertically
but only 2 threads between them if measured horizontally. Look at any
thread diagram to confirm this.
In torchon it means that in cloth st
Hello Sue
Guetermann 100/3 measures 27 w/cm so ideally, for torchon, needs 4.5 mm
between footedge pins.
2 mm graph gives 4 mm and 1/10" graph gives 5 mm, so either could be
used.
See:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/threadsize.html
Brenda
I haven't yet used silk but sh
Having read through all your replies I've decided that it's probably
not worth the effort of writing , in English or any other language, to
the blogger as it probably wouldn't have any outcome other than maybe
generating a bit more spam.
As I said at the start of this thread, I consider that a
Hello Susan
Some of the threads listed might be a bit fine for tatting and
knitting, but have a look at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/colourthreads.html
Brenda
On 24 Feb 2007, at 22:15, Susan Reishus wrote:
What is a good source of finer knitting and tatting threads fro
Coats, Anchor and Mez are all part of the same company - not sure who
owns whom - but the different brands often appear side by side, with
Mez being marketed more in continental Europe, Anchor in USA & Japan
and Coats in Britain, so it could well be just a different branding of
the same product
Hello Beth
Spangles in that context were small metallic discs incorporated into
embroideries - the modern name is sequin, though nowadays they are made
of metalised polyester.
Try
http://www.ccartwright.com/
or google for sequins.
For the reproduction renaissance lace I'm doing (have to rest
Hello Linda
This is a thread that I haven't actually seen myself, so can only make
educated guesses.
http://www.sewandso.co.uk/ran1026-0.html
has a description of the thread, describing it as 'ticket size 10'
This looks like 3ply thread with one of the plies being methlon
(glitter)
http://w
omputer is protected - ) and lo and behold I'm listening to a bit of
music by Eric Clapton. And I seriously doubt that the person who put
that blog together had permission from Clapton to use his work -
especially without attribution.
Their logic is obvious, however - only steal from
This is a website with lots of lace information including lace ID pics,
lace stamps and lace postcards, BUT at the very bottom of the very long
page there are three English bone bobbins - they are MINE! The
pictures have been taken from my website without my having been asked
for permission an
Hello Hendrika
Now the button collector , who mentioned that she is familiar with
crochet
buttons ,and myself are rather curious if there are, or if anyone has
ever
heard of, Lace buttons ?
Dorset buttons, as used on the traditional smocks worn by agricultural
workers, are a form of needl
Hello Diana
Some of the plaited straw work is delicate enough to be called lace
anyway. On a couple of occasions Lace Guild Conventions have included
straw plaiting displays and IIRC as a taster workshop also. But you
are right, straw plaiting (mostly for hats) went alongside BL in
Bedfords
Tamara
I'd call that a lock stitch, not a false plait. Just another
lacemaking technique that has more than one name.
Brenda
On 1 Feb 2007, at 02:38, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
It's something she calls a "false plait", though it's not the same
kind of "false plait that I know from laces with s
I wrote:
Thickness wise Brok 36/2 compares to Bouc 80 and Brok 36/3 to Bouc 90
Sorry, I looked up Bouc linen, not Bockens!
As Beth says
Brok 36/3 is the same thickness as Bockens 100/2, Brok 36/2 is between
Bockens 100/2 and 120/2.
Brenda
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orph
Hello Ellen
On 30 Jan 2007, at 05:06, Ellen Winnie wrote:
Most modern
metallic threads just don't work. Most modern metallic threads have
no metal in them, and are too fine in diameter.
Most modern metallic threads are made from polyester coated aluminium
foil. Aluminium *IS* metal.
I do agr
Thickness wise Brok 36/2 compares to Bouc 80 and Brok 36/3 to Bouc 90
Brenda
On 30 Jan 2007, at 13:36, Tania Gruning wrote:
I am preparing my pillow for the torchon fan pattern from Geraldine
Stotts book, unfortunately I have no access right now for brok cotton.
I do however have 5 different
Hi Bev
It wasn't me - I've been reading this thread with interest but haven't
had any input to it. I think it was Sue Fink's idea (?) to use
styrofoam with magic threads, which sounds like a great idea, will have
to try it next time - and promise only to stick the pins in the foam or
the pi
Thanks Alice for the link.
They all show fabric being cut to match the size of the lace, attached
and trimmed/hemmed afterwards. No messing around trying to make the
lace fit a ready hemmed middle; one of my pet hates!
Brenda
The page with Jeri's collar had a link at the bottom
that led me
Hello Leonard
If it's the relative tension of the headside and footside of a point
ground or similar lace that makes a pricking with a corner at 90
degrees produce lace where the corner isn't, then this may be the same
factor that makes a straight length of Bucks have a ruffled headside
when
Hi Sue
It's a combination of (Alice's) study and (Betty Ann's) experience.
From my experience the best ID books are those by Pat Earnshaw:
'Bobbin and Needle Laces, Identification and Care'
'The Identification of Lace'
and for machine lace
'Lace Machines and Machine Lace'
'How to Recognise Machi
It's not so much the pattern that affects how a corner will lie, it's
the stitch combinations used to work up the patter that matters.
To prove this try working a torchon sample, with a 90 degree corner.
Work it once with the standard CTpCT ground and again with CTCTpCTCT.
Allow both samples
Further to that - if you select WindowsWord format that too defaults
the file name to just "something". If you change it to "something.doc"
it becomes a Word file that should open on any windows PC.
Brenda
On 8 Jan 2007, at 14:08, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Tamara
I ha
Tamara
I have Appleworks 6. If I 'Save As' in Appleworks the default option
is the Appleworks format "something.cwk". However, if I choose Text
from the file format list it will just come out as "something" which
should open Word on a Windows machine, but that Windows PC is less
likely to t
Hi Jenny
Glad the penny's dropped for you. Just one thing - when you said (on
the web page)
Now that I finally got my head around that it was a simple case of
measuring to see the distances between dot A and dot B. I however chose
to measure over a distance of 10 dots and divided by 10 to g
Hi Tamara
I use RBrowser which is a free download
http://www.rbrowser.com/download.html
Currently I'm using version3 (RBrowser Lite) but having just gone into
their website I see that has been succeeded by version 4. Because it's
all working just fine I'm loath to upgrade - on the "if it ain'
They are fascinating aren't they.
The problem with trying to make BL structure like these is getting a
shaped pricking - you'd need to make a crochet version first and use
that for the pricking!
The only piece of truly shaped BL (as opposed to flat lace that has
been distorted) that I've see
If you use graph paper and turn it through *45* degrees the squares
look like diamonds - turning it through 90 degrees they are still
'squares'
If you are using regular squared graph paper to design torchon the
usual practice is to put a dot on every other intersection so that you
get the dia
I've not tried using fibre optic filament for lace but I have used
monofilament a couple of times. As weavers in a couple of 'sari'
bookmarks - see Steph Peters' website
http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/bobbinlace/sari.htm
Not as difficult to use as I thought it would be. I've also made a
For anyone in UK it's available direct from Alex - 24.50 plus 2.75 p&p
- total 27-25.
Mine was posted on 15/12 and arrived on 16/12 but I kept it unopened
until Christmas day. I haven't had time to read it properly but it's
260pp and contains just about everything you could want to know about
Tamara
As you say Appleworks includes a card index/database, plus a
spreadsheet, a word processor and drawing , painting and presentation
programs. All fairly basic without all the bells and whistles of the
Microsoft equivalents, but the database is quite adequate for what you
want to do (an
Oops sorry, my mistake.
Jo's grids DO have a constant angle - because the diameters of each
concentric circle of dots increase more as the circles get bigger - on
'regular' graph papers the diameters increase by a fixed amount each
time.
As with everything there is a penalty to pay for this
Oops sorry, forgot to include the URL for Jo Falkink's circular grids
http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/grid-round-EN.html
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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Are you planning to use a circular grid or a straight grid cut to a fan
leaf shape? The 180 degrees of the fan leaf shape has nothing to do
with working angles. A fan leaf is just part of a circular edging; it
might be a full semi circle of 180 degrees or it might be a bit less -
150 r 160 de
On 16 Dec 2006, at 17:12, Sue Babbs wrote:
In this case, the grid is a 60 degree one, so that you can get 6
"repeats" in a circle. (360 degrees divided by 6 gives 60 degrees)
60 degrees is also the simplest of the 52-70 range to replicate if you
are drawing your pricking on graph paper, So
Yes Sue, I've made a sample (bookmark) using 120/2 silk and bamboo
from Bart & Francis. Nice thread to work with.
Brenda
On 16 Dec 2006, at 15:25, Sue Babbs wrote:
I've just been sent the following website by a weaver friend, and it
ties in very closely with the recent discussion on Arachne
With just over a week to go until the big day I've almost finished the
shopping, hung the decorations and written the cards.
To see our electronic card please click on the link below
http://tinyurl.com/vcapa
Wishing you all a very happy Christmas.
May the lace threads never tangle, the ancestor
Thanks Kenn for so much info about ethafoam, but be wary of covering a
pillow with denim. Indigo dyes are VERY fugative - some brands of
jeans are guranteed to to bleed colour in the wash!
Brenda
On 14 Dec 2006, at 04:16, kenn van dieren wrote:
Betty's comment of covering it with felt or woo
That's just one way to add beads and would take the place of a ground
stitch/pin hole.
Earlier this year at Lace Guild Convention I did a taster workshop on
adding beads to BL. Go to
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/arachne/convention2006.htm
scroll to the bottom of the page and you'l
My one attempt at making BL with wire was not a success, but further to
Lorri's comments about twisting the wires together starting the work
hardening process; if you have access to a small blowtorch plus tongs
and a fire resistant surface you could twist two or three wires
together, anneal the
Machine lace (Barmen machine) does have pairs of "workers", but my
feeling is that this is hand made BL, Russian or other Eastern
European. Looks as though there are lots of sewings joining the braids
together, that's not something that the Barmen machine can do.
Yes Clay, I do think that it
Hello Jenny
Juul linen is Danish as is the book so that probably is the thread she
used.
Altin Basak at 20 wraps/cm is only marginally finer so should be IK
with those patterns. Linen does usually have a bit more 'oomph' than
cotton, but the 3 plies of the Altin basak will help.
Go ahead and
Hello Mary
If you can get hold of a copy of "Milca Eremiasva - Rec Krajky" (Milca
Eremiasva - The Language of Lace) there are some wonderful pictorial
pieces of lace some of which depict classic musicians and instruments.
Also flowers, architecture, landscapes, jewellery, Madonna & child etc
Hello Patricia
It's listed in my threads book so it IS lace related!
I've seen it in a local embroidery supplies shop, there's a good chance
that anywhere stockng Madeira thread will have some, especially at this
time of year. If you are making enquiries by phone/email it's properly
called M
Hello Jo
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/
doesn't not work, nor does
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/index.htm or
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce//index.html
but this one does!
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/arachne2005/
Maybe Barbara doesn't have a home page.
Re: http://homepage.mac.com/je
Hello Patricia
UK adult membership of the lace Guild is £23 per year
Contact Maggie who does membership renewal by:
email - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
telephone - 01384 390739
fax - 01384 15
s-mail - The Hollies, 53 Audnam, Stourbridge West Midlands DY8 4AE
Brenda
On 2 Nov 2006, at 21:10, [EMAIL PRO
g the
top edge
(it's the side actually on the finished piece). Two paper strings run
all
around the edge so they're fairly long. They won't wind on to bobbins,
but
I've managed to coil them to make them a bit more manageable. They're
quite
stiff and behave like springy wi
Dear friends
At long last I have got around to changing the BL pattern on my website
- it's now the hexagonal edging which was pattern 1.
The voting was very close with pattern 1 getting 59 votes, pattern 2
got 55 votes and pattern 3 trailed with 31 votes. I am especially
pleased that patte
Hello Jean
I'm just starting the sunflower from Eva Kortelahti's book "Bobbin
Lace with Paper Strings". Has anyone worked something from this book?
No, but it's on my list to have a go one day, so Ill be interested in
anyone else's experiences.
It appears that the lace is worked from the righ
-out-
able. In fact, in museum herbaria, they use only PVA for the labels on
the plant sheets, exactly because it can be removed. If it can be
washed out of paper, surely it can be washed out of lace.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The permanent stiffener from Jana isn't actually starch (despite the
fact that that's what she calls it in translation). It's actually PVA,
or some similar polymer. Once it's applied to lace, or anything else,
it's there permanently and no amount of washing will get it out.
Starch on the oth
I hope Jana's book will be available at Tonbridge tomorrow.
Brenda
On 20 Oct 2006, at 21:51, Clay Blackwell wrote:
Yes, Jana Novak does have a good ending for a piece with a braid
bottom. Essentially, she takes each pair of passives half-way through
the braid, throws them aside, and continue
Hello Diane
I agree with you that Jane is a great teacher and very inspiring. I
did a taster workshop with her about 10 years ago and went home with my
fingers itching to get on and do more. The final outcome was a
waistcoat (vest in US) and sweater. Jane was also the inspiration
behind sev
Sorry I can't get to Norwich, but tomorrow (Sun 22nd) I, and Sue Dane,
will be at Tonbridge Suppliers' fair, manning The Lace Guild stand. If
you are there do come and say 'hello'.
Brenda
On 20 Oct 2006, at 22:32, Sue wrote:
I would like to let any Arachne members who could get to Norfolk,
David, to me this looks like a typical piece of fairly recently made
Maltese lace, intended for the tourist trade - despite the seller's
claim that it's vintage. It looks to be cotton or linen and not the
silk of most older pieces. Also it's not had time for the strips of
lace to separate fro
Hello Ann
Yes, use the Bruges pivot pin method.
The first time you work that pinhole in the usual way (by working
through the last passive in cloth stitch, twist the workers and stick
the pin). On the next and subsequent times you come to that pin work
until the last pair of passives, twist t
Hello Jackie
It probably is linen - or just possibly hemp or manilla or some other
vegetable fibre. Slubs are very characteristic of linen. Is it plied
or a singles yarn?
If it's working up in a way that you like then yes, it's worth a mint.
Brenda
On 28 Sep 2006, at 09:17, Jackie Bowhey
Back in the late 1960s I worked for MOD in Woolwich Arsenal testing
papers and boards. We quite often had "glazed board" which was used
for cartridge cases in for testing.
After all tests were completed and satisfactory any excess was disposed
of - I could have brought home loads of pricking
Hello Jean
For once an ebay seller does seem to have the description right!
They are used for stacking bobbins in an orderly fashion whilst working
on another section. The photo doesn't show how long the pin sticking
out of the round end is but it should be fairly substantial so that the
Hello Aurelia
I've written to Tess, and had a reply from her at that address during
the last 24 hours so it is working. I'd guess it's something to do
with AOL currently not liking earthlink. From time to time AOL seem to
reject all messages from one or other ISP because they turn the spam
On 14 Sep 2006, at 01:00, Tess Parrish wrote:
I would certainly think that any old laces in your personal
collections would be free to copy, but I think one would have to be
careful about modern work. Certainly, any lace made from someone
else's design might not be permitted, unless the desig
Hello spiders
I've just found this link via a family history discussion group, but
there are lots of pictures of Limerick lace at
www.limerickcity.ie
then click on Library, museum, arts and recreation from the list on the
left, then select museum, then catalogue on-line, then search by
keywo
Hello Maxine
Tamara's already listed the thread most likely to be available to you,
but add these to the list too:
23 w/cm - Coats mercer crochet 40
24 w/cm - Brok 24/3, Goldschild 80/3 (Nm 50/3)
25 w/cm - Coats mercer crochet, Altin Basak Clasik 70
Brenda
I have a class next weekend, and I
It just comes up with a lot of broken links for me. I guess it's
probably because the webpage requires IE6, though there's no error
message to say so. The latest version for Mac is IE5 so I can't
upgrade and at work we don't have IE6 either.
OK it's my choice to use mac and not windows, but
Hello Rosemary
I have the Paul Minet 1978 reprint of
"Tebbs' Art of Bobbin Lace Reprint including Supplement"
which is effectively two books in one.
The first half of the book is "The Art of Bobbin Lace" by Louisa A
Tebbs and the second half of the book is "Supplement to the Art of
Bobbin Lace
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