Re: [lace] Need a bit of help with indentification

2010-12-11 Thread Ellen Winnie
It looks like a netting shuttle to me. At 10:30 AM -0800 12/11/10, Celtic Dream Weaver wrote: I just put some tatting shuttles up on ebay here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=170578306380ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT One of the shuttles I believe is some kind of weaving

Re: [lace] Arachne'sWeb

2010-01-24 Thread Ellen Winnie
This is a lace making guild within the Society for Creative Anachronism, (SCA) . How active the guild varies depending on interest and the region. Not currently active in my area. Ellen At 7:11 PM -0700 1/24/10, Laurie Waters wrote: I was just browing the web and came accross a reference

Re: Fw: [lace] Re: Looking for a pattern

2007-02-19 Thread Ellen Winnie
Dear Spiders! Thank you for all your thoughtful suggestions. I have found a copy of Hausdrachen by Ulrike Voelcker and the patterns look both stunning and challenging! I am currently checking on the shipping costs and time. For my friend it does not matter if an observer can see the

[lace] Looking for a pattern

2007-02-18 Thread Ellen Winnie
Greeting Spiders! Two very dear friends have announced that they are getting married in September. I would like to make a garter for the bride with a dragon motif. I was playing with placing one of the snakes from Christine Springett's Snakes Galore into a ground and adding legs, but it

Re: [lace] Le Pompe patterns, shorter

2007-01-29 Thread Ellen Winnie
This subject is dragging me out of lurk mode ;-) I have been working almost exclusively with pre-1600 laces, and I agree with Tamara that there are no or very few sewings. With the heavier threads used for many of those laces, sewings would just be too bulky. I have worked some of the Le