[lace] Tatted mock rings

Peg in Cleveland Heights, You might already be aware of this, but if you go to Tat-a-Renda's Featherline snowflake with the link you provided, and scroll down to the bottom of the page, there are additional snowflake instruction links. Click on the one in the purple box, the Double Decker Star.

[lace] Demise of suppliers

Fellow Spiders, Well, now I am even more depressed. This week I got my email from Tracy about the end of The Lacemaker, but until catching up on my Arachne reading this morning I was unaware of Lacy Susan closing her doors. I hope the new owner will be able to continue without too much of a

[lace] cute gecko

... I got inspiration to draw up a gecko and lace it up using the same threads... I love your gecko! My 8 year old has a pet gecko named Daisy and I think he would like a framed lace lizard from mom! I have to admit, I really like the pet lizard too. She is quiet, clean, unobtrusive,

[lace] bucks point questions

Thank you all who took the time to help me with my catchpin and nook pin questions. It is always helpful to have something explained in more than one way, and I feel I have a much better grasp of when and why each stitch is used. I finished pricking a pattern and winding bobbins last night for my

[lace] catch pins and nook pins

After spending the month of December completing 3 torchon lace fans to give as Christmas gifts, I decided that 2010 would be the year I would learn Bucks Point. Like torchon, I had made Bucks before, but I never truly understood the lace. I have discovered that the downside of learning from a

[lace] fan questions

Thanks to all who responded to my questions about the Louise Colgan Torchon fan. I received a lot of good information and a number of ideas on how to improve my headside fans. Thank you all for your help! Elise - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] fan questions

I have been working on Louise Colgan's torchon fan from her book Bobbin Lace Fans and have come up with a couple of questions. I am using Egyptian Cotton 36/2 and it looks like it might end up looking a tiny bit skimpy in the cloth stitch trails. If I make it again using the same thread, I

[lace] Ipswich lace request

Thanks to all who responded to my question regarding prickings. I was glad to hear that 6 patterns were in the book I have ordered. I expect it to arrive today or tomorrow and I am looking forward to reading it! Thanks again, Elise - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

[lace] Ipswich lace prickings

Does anyone know of a book of prickings (preferably with diagrams) for Ipswich lace? I have the book The Laces of Ipswich by Marta Cotterell Raffel on order, but from what I can gather it is more of a history and has no patterns. I know that examples of the lace and prickings exist, but I

[lace] textile storage

I would think the decision between the Rubbermaid and carton storage containers would have to be made based on where the containers were stored. If you have a storage area that is controlled for temperature and humidity then the plastic is probably fine. If it is going to be in an area where the

[lace] linen tensioning

Thank you all for your replies. I believe I have been removing the headside and footside pins too early. I will try that as well as tensioning after each stitch to see if that helps. It certainly makes sense to me. I also have some cotton on order and I will be interested to see if the issues I

[lace] tensioning the threads and word structure

Has anyone here noticed a problem with tensioning linen thread? I am working on some torchon using Brockens 50/2 and I am increasingly disappointed with the uneven tension in the piece. The headside is a looser tension than the footside making the headside look a bit wavy. I have tried very

[lace] picture in 5th row

Avital, I'm not sure exactly what it is, whether a headdress of some sort or just a close up of a section of another garment. The text for the entire page translated with the babelfish program is: Unforgotten crafts In Moscow in the gallery of [Belyaevo] is from November 28 to January 15, 2009

[lace] Russian fiber arts festival

In case anyone is interested, here is a link to the website for a folk art event in St Petersburg held recently. There are lots of quilts and clothing, and a few pictures of lace. I fell in love with both lace cuffs shown on this page http://www.quilters.ru/events/events_detail.php?ID=2741 The