Dear Lace friends,
Jean was very kind to me when I first started BL. She sent me patterns and
information about using colour in lace later on. I miss her already . . . .
A very generous lady . . . I hope she passed away peacefully.
Sulochona in Ranchi, India
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Dear Lace Friends,
Does Barbara Fey have a website now ? I *think* someone mentioned it a while
back . . . ?
Best wishes
Sulochona, back in Ranchi, India
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Dear Lace friends,
I have learnt bobbin lace / needlelace *only* from books and from advice on
Arachne.When I first started BL, Jeri gifted me the following 4 books:
Christine Springett's Lace for children of all ages
Christine Springett's Torchon Lace book
Pamela Nottingham's Technique of
Dear Lace Friends,
Whatever became of the Lace maker's census (UK Lace Guild).? I heard there was
to be a CD made which one could buy. . . but there is nothing on the website.
My own contribution was an RPL , which you can see at:
http://community.webshots.com/user/sulochona
I would love
Dear Lace Friends,
Jeri asked me to post to arachne, to let you all know that we are safe. We
were not near the disaster areas of South India or Andaman Nicobar
Islands, though some people from work were, they managed to get flights out
after being very frightened.
However, we did feel the
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Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 11:53 PM
Subject: re: [lace] Russian roses
Hi Sulochona and everyone
I have just now visited your needlelace photos at
http://community.webshots.com/user/sulochona
First I
Dear Patty,
Well, Angela suggested I might like to adapt Russain BL, and Jeri
recommended me the book, so . . Russian Point lace ! LOL
And Jane Swanson has just sent me a whole load of B'berg patterns, which
will be lovely for RPL !
So, as usual I shall make the usual Lacemaker's complaint So
Dear Lace Friends,
Last night I stayed up late cutting the basting stitches to my latest RPL.
It is from a Battenberg design which my kind friend Jane (Viking Swanson)
gifted me for my wedding anniversary. Jane redrew this beautiful design from
a magazine dated 1900 or so. I still have to sew in
Oh Dianna,
They are just too beautiful ! How clever you are !
Best wishes
Sulochona
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Well, someone did suggest combining my
Dear Lace friends,
Two other RPL to show you - I am finishing off various projects I started at
different times. The first is an RPL from Angela's lovely book, a butterfly
made by my maid Urmila (who is almost family, having been looking after us
almost 18 years). The other is from Elena Love's
Dear Lace Friends,
I have a BL to show you too. Well, I *did* say I was finishing off several
projects at once, LOL !!
My dear friend Tamara designed a Milanese lace from an ink sketch I sent her
of the Goddess Durga. My MIL wanted me make one when I told her how nice it
would look in lace.
Dear Lace Friendds,
On my travels between Ranchi and Bokaro (where my husband is now posted) I
have really enjoyed making another Romanian Point lace from Angela's lovely
book. RPL certainly travels well !
Tell me what you think. The URL is
http://community.webshots.com/user/sulochona
Best
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That of course, was before I
did my train (see Canadian Lacemaker Gazette, Vol 15 Mo.3 (Spring 2001))
and ended up making most of the tapes with cloth stitch bobbin
Dear Nova,
What a great site ! I went a-roaming around and learnt some very interesting
things ! Thank you !
Sulochona
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The mantilla sounds so impressive . . it there a picture somewhere on the
Internet ?
Sulochona
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Subject: [lace] a lace story (long)
Hello all,
Last weekend took
Goodness, how does Bjarne do it ? I really admire his patience and his
choice of colours.
Luxurious !
Sulochona
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Subject: [lace] silk taffeta
hi everyone
dark orange silk
Dear lace friends,
Please excuse me, but I am trying to send a mail to Lise, but unable to,
Hence this msg through arachne
Sulochona
Dear Lise,
I tried sending you a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
but my comp says its not a valid Internet address,
Dear Lace Friends,
I like the idea of a pretty bobbin tree, but I dont have one. So, like
Miriam, I used to drape wound bobbins over the padded arms of the sofa, but
they tended to 'take over' the drawing room . . which is actually pretty
much cluttered up with lace pillow, pins and patterns
Thanks for the information, Aurelia.
I love Christine's patterns but I wish she'd make a pattern book of large
designs. I dont like my laces to be over in one week , rather I like to
spend a long time making a good pattern !
But, maybe I'll buy it for my daughter, later on .. ... She likes
Dear Lace Friends,
If anyone has Christine Springett's latest book, Lace for Special Ocassions,
could you please tell me what kind of patterns she has there ? I only know
that they are Torchon and Beds.
I have 2 of her books (gift from Jeri, my Fairy Godmother vbg), ( and by
the way, they are
This is so true ! That's why I am never in any great hurry to finish a lace.
The making of the lace is more important than finishing it.
Best wishes
Sulochona
I think the reality is that I'm in
pursuit of the skill, not the material product. For me,
it's the journey, not the destination.
Dear Lace friends,
I think it helps if you practise plaiting using thick thread first, maybe
even using rope. Then you can actully *see* the plait you are making, and
learn to tension correctly.
I did not have any problems with plaits when I first started BL. I think its
because I had plenty of
Dear Lace friends,
I think it helps if you practise plaiting using thick thread first, maybe
even using rope. Then you can actully *see* the plait you are making, and
learn to tension correctly.
I did not have any problems with plaits when I first started BL. I think its
because I had plenty of
Dear Newcomers to lace,
I think everyone on arachne will agree with me when I say that Please Be
Careful of your posture when lace making. Work in a confortable chair and
make sure your pillow is at the right height for you. You can use a table or
have the pillow on your lap ( like I do). What
Dear Cinde,
This sounds a lovely project. When its finished, could we see a photo ?
As for what to do with lace, well, I have embelished my cotton sari blouses
with lace edgings ( matching colours) and motifs ( contrasting colour) -
they become a topic point at gatherings g). One of my favourite
I should have mentioned, the gimp pair is given alongside 13,5 as 1 paar No.
8
So I don't think it means that. Can't follow it in the diagram either.
Sulochona
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Sulochona gave me the book and, while I love to look at it, I'm not
about to touch any of those patterns with a 5'2 Pole...
Ahhh . . . well . . . . I havent done any of the patterns either. Must
confess, I had
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Dear Lace friends,
I have really enjoyed this discussion on exercises and posture during
lacemaking. Does anyone know the editor of the Canadian Lace Gazette well
enough to request her to put the article mentioned below by Jackie, on the
Web ?
As I told Eva, I don't have any specific problems (
Dear Eva,
Well, I guess I am still *young*, in that case . . I have yet to cross 50
g.
I don't have any specific problems ( yet) . . it is just that I don't want
to get any problems later on with aches and pains when I make lace. I hope
to keep lacing till the day I die vbg
Best wishes
I Totally agree, the extra stretch on the neck is very effective. I like
picking apples too !
Sulochona
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Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:20
Dear Lace friends,
I think Age is creeping up on me :-) , I now find that I need to do some
specific exercises for neck and shoulders every so often during lace making.
I have been doing the neck roll and circular shoulder motions, but I wonder
if there are some more effective ones I could do ?
Dear Lace friends,
I was so excited to hear about the Indian site selling BL and bobbins, that
I wrote to them immediately. But got no reply.
Has anyone had any better luck ?
Best wishes
Sulochona in Ranchi, India
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Dear Lace Friends,
Three years ago, I joined Arachne after I saw some beautiful Needlelace in a
book, and then by serendipity g, came across Arachne on the Web a couple
of days later. My very first posting to the group was about Battenberg lace.
So, NL was my first love, BBL ( before bobbin
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