Hi Fellow spiders,
Just a slight correction on Robin s email;- calico is a sturdy densely woven
cotton fabric in England and well suited for covering a lace pillow especially
if it is in a plain, darkish colour. Muslin is a softer, thinner and much more
open weave which would be totally
Hi fellow Arachnids,
As a retired geography teacher and a lace teacher for more years than I care to
remember (and having taught several other subjects as well during my working
life) I love this poem Noelene. I wholeheartedly agree with Alex and Noelene.
Happy lace making,
Joepie, East
Hi Linda and other Arachnids,
Is âdickey potâ a local name? What is it? (showing my ignorance?). My
Collins dictionary gives dickey or dicky as the false shirt- or blouse front;
the informal name for a donkey -especially a male one-; the outside seat on an
vintage car or as dickybird a
:â17
To: Lace Arachne
On 21/04/2015 07:01, J-D Hammett wrote:
Hi Linda and other Arachnids,
Is âdickey potâ a local name? What is it? (showing my ignorance?).
Joepie.
Well, I think it's local to England; I don't have any information about
it's being local to the High Wycombe area
Hi fellow Arachnids,
Another lovely poem from Noelene and very much to the point. Thank you.
Happy lace making,
Joepie, in sunny but still chilly (a glorious day really!) East Sussex, UK.
From: Noelene Lafferty
Sent: âMondayâ, â20â âAprilâ â2015 â11â:â07
To:
These are fun and would make lovely greeting cards for lacemakers.
From: The Lace Bee
I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and they
are available on my website to download.
http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html
go to the acrachne page and scroll
These are fun and would make lovely greeting cards for lacemakers.
From: The Lace Bee
I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and they
are available on my website to download.
http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html
go to the acrachne page and scroll
Hi Fellow Arachnids,
Please be aware that some of the lace and textile collection from the Victoria
and Albert Museum is now housed at Blythe House, nr Olympia in West London.
This belongs to the V A but has restricted access. See their website
Hi fellow Arachnids,
Yes, I am sure you are right.
Joepie in miserably grey and wet East Sussex.
From: Jane Viking-Samson
Sent: âFridayâ, â20â âFebruaryâ â2015 â14â:â42
To: Lace Arachne
Hi All, This is lovely. In the interest of learning more about lace, for
That head looks familiar. Has she designed it herself? If so that is fine;
however, if it is not her own design she could be breaking copyright laws as
well as overpricing (she has not achieved that sum yet).
Happy lace making,
Joepie, East Sussex, UK
From: Jean Nathan
Sent:
Hi fellow Arachnids,
Sue Peck, the owner of Pipers Silks is also very helpful in putting together
groups of colour for anybody; say for instance for a kingfisher or a particular
flower etc. The silk is lovely to work with and the colours out of this world.
Happy lace making.
Joepie in
Hi fellow Arachnids,
In Britain these books are available from Roseground and SMP Lace.
Sent from Windows Mail
From: Antje Gonzalez
The Lace School of Idrija has recently published two books: one of narrow
tape and the second of broad tape lace, with very good technical
Hi Alice Howel, Dorcas Newkirk and fellow Arachnids,
Just e few minutes ago I received a card and a beautiful piece of lace (made
with an Eeva-Liisa Kortalahti pattern of an angel). Thank you very much Alice,
I am delighted with it. I am really spoiled this year with this piece as well
as
Hi Arachnids,
Received a lovely piece of tatting from Dorcas Newkirk a couple of days ago. It
is a green circle with red berries (a miniature of the Christmas ring one hangs
on the front door). Thank you very much Dorcas..
Happy Lacy Christmas to you all.
Joepie in a rather grey looking
Hi Noelene and fellow Arachnids,
This lovelypoem is soo true. In retirement one seems to have less time for
oneâs craft than ever. What happens I think is all the other people
thinking;- âWe can ask her/him to do so and so as they are retired and have
plenty of time on their hands.â
Dear Jill and Arachnids,
There is a booklet published in 1993 by the Westhope Group (Westhope
College, Craven Arms, Shropshire) so not a recent one. There are also
earrings in Bobbin Lace Jewellery by Karen Marie Iverson, published by
Akacia in 2012, ISBN 978-87-7847-118-5. Both of Jana
Hi Sue and fellow Arachnids,
Beautiful piece of lace! Hope the intended wearer appreciates the work that
has gone into it.
Happy lace making, Joepie.
-Original Message-
From: Sue .
Sue Babbs kindly added the photograph of my finished Lucky Horseshoes garter
into my folder which
I knew that the shape looked familiar, but could not place it. Thank you.
Joepie in -at present- foggy East Sussex. However, the forecasters say it
should clear soon to sunny. Hurray!
-Original Message-
From: Joke Sinclair
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:41 AM
To: Arachne
Hi Arachnids
Lovely!!!
Joepie.
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From: carolina de la Guardia carolina...@aol.com
I have worked recently an insert for T-shirt in black forming a group of
opposite leaves which remembers Escher designs:
Hi Arachnids,
To right Liz and Jean, enjoy it! I got one of my students who had very
arthritic hands to work with berry pins -the large ones with the glass or
plastic tops- and we spangled Maltese bobbins for her so she could carry on
making lace. She was making lace and happy to do it any
Hi fellow Arachnids,
I am afraid that Per Tombolo Filato di Cantu is no longer made. If you want
to work in that particular thread, I have still got some white and ecru 30
and 40 in stock -50 was stopped a long time ago- @ £4.60 + PP.
Happy lace making, Joepie
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Hi again to all,
Just an apology for forgetting to trim my posting. Blame Anno Domini.
Joepie in very wet East Sussex, UK.
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Hi Sue,
Thank you for sharing this with us. The pillow looks beautiful -as does the
bridal party-.
Please, note that both photographs are shown twice on your Arachne sets:-).
So it may be that it is still missing from your own album.
Happy lace making,
Joepie, East Sussex, UK, where it is
Hi fellow Arachnids,
There are several easier animals in the late Veronica Sorensen's book, 75
Quick and Easy Patterns in Bobbin Lace. Some in Bridget Cook and Metka
Tratnik,s, Idrija Lace. There is a rocking horse in Anna Korableva and Bridget
Cookâs Russian lace Patterns (second book p136 I
Hi Vickie,
I did not get your original email or else Iâd have answered earlier. I
donât think this is a Dutch hul. The back is too long; there are no balls on
the hul and it has more of a inverted V shape at the back. The hul does not
have the thick edge your hat has and the lace is the wrong
Hi Arachnids,
Please, can anyone tell me how I can avoid the silly punctuation mark
corruptions which seem to appear in my listings despite me using plain text?
Thank you,
Joepie.
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Hi Arachnids,
I am sóóó jealous. ;-D
Have a great time all of you who are lucky enough to be able to attend
either of the conventions!
Happy lace making,
Joepie in East Sussex, UK
-Original Message-
From: ADELE SHAAK
Subject: [lace] IOLI Convention
Well, here I am at
Hi Ruth and fellow Arachnids,
Thank you for the warning and I will certainly do so. Also my thanks for the
work you continue to put into Lace 8 to keep everything flowing smoothly.
Happy lace making,
Joepie in Sunny Sussex, UK
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The programmer and I
Dear Alex fellow Arachnids,
Alex you hit the nail on the head. Use the bobbins you are comfortable with
but also; use them with the pillow you feel comfortable with using. Spangled
midlands bobbins can be used on a flat pillow as well as continentals and
continentals can be used on a
Hi fellow Arachnids,
As I do not 'do' Facebook I could not get into the Vologda site, but I found
the interview on the Lace News page {(http://tinyurl.com/osxa4ks)from Laurie
Waters' email] both thoughtful and thought provoking. We may grumble and
complain, but just think how lucky we are;
Hi Arachnids,
Like Bev I got this lovely picture of a lace maker made in knitted lace :-D.
Joepie, East Sussex, UK (Not a native English speaker)
-Original Message-
From: Bev Walker
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:12 PM
To: Agnes Boddington
Cc: Arachne
Subject: Re: [lace] lace style
Hi all,
The lovely bracelet comes up as the first photograph of the photo-stream
page.
Thank you for putting it on Susan and explaining how you did it.
Joepie, enjoying the lovely weather today. UK
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 1:09 PM
To: Jill Hawkins
Sorry Jill--I thought it came up in the
Hi Alex and fellow Arachnids,
As far as footsides are concerned, they can be worked on either side. I have
always learned that traditionally English laces are worked with the footside
(straight side) on the right and continental laces with the footside on the
left.
Joepie, East Sussex, UK
Hi Brian and fellow Arachnids,
A very good idea. I would certainly take photos of my continental bobbins
and let you have them with what info I have.
Hope you have all found some time to make lace this Easter.
Happy lace making,
Joepie, sunny East Sussex, UK
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Hi fellow Arachnids,
That is good news about the O.O.P. books. I am lucky enough to have all
three books mentioned (2 signed by one author), but will be looking forward
to the fourth when it is published. Now for all the other O.O.P. craft
books? E-books are all very well for reading books,
Hi Avital and fellow Arachnids,
Thank you Avital, a very interesting set of images and explanations. I would
love to see the whole exhibition, but that is impossible so this is the next
best thing.
Happy holidays,
Joepie
-Original Message-
From: Avital
Sent: Friday, April 18,
Hi fellow Arachnids,
there is a nice Russian lace rocking horse in Russian Lace Patterns by Anna
Korableva Bridget Cook on page136.
Happy lace making,
Joepie, East Sussex, UK
Charlotte Moore
Sent: 10 April 2014 03:32
I need a pattern of a rocking horse. I know I have seen one and
Hi fellow Arachnids,
When we were on holiday in Australia -many years ago- the stewardess on the
coach we travelled in some of the way certainly used eucalyptus oil to clean
the upholstery. It even cleaned off the chocolate that one person ground
into the plush (moquette?) material. However,
Hi fellow Arachnids,
Having used Malcolm; his work is excellent but expensive. He does a lot of
one off work designed for a particular person or fitting a particular lace
or other design to make a harmonious whole. He can also have the fan
professionally mounted and or cased if that is
Hi fellow Arachnids,
Baraud is a eBay dealer in antique fans an small antique and vintage items
(often needlework related). Yes, the name is made up from Barry and Audrey.
I have dealt with them and they are helpful, honest and knowledgeable
traders.
If you want a fanstick maker there is
Hi Arachnids,
I agree with Liz and have just emailed the vendor to that effect.
Happy lace making,
Joepie, East Sussex where the sun is shining at the moment (more rain
forecast :-(.
I think that they are handles to use with plastic supermarket bags. I've
seen these for sale by bobbin
Hi Arachnids,
There are a few patterns at the end of Ann Wild's website. Click on
Kloppelbriefen along the bottom (right-hand side).
Happy lace making,
Joepie, in East Sussex where we have had a cold, dry and sunny day. The
first one for a while! Hope it stays that way as it will help all
Hi Devon and fellow Arachnids,
Many bobbin makers use carnuba wax to polish their bobbins. This is a known
skin irritant. Some bobbin makers have been badly affected to the point of
having to use an inferior polishing wax to continue their work. Sanding the
bobbins and varnishing them could help,
Hi Jean and fellow Arachnids,
The listing does not say 'lace bobbin' but just bobbin. that could mean for
winding thread or even fishing lime on. The 'hollow centre; could mean the
waisted area, one never knows what people who are not in the know will call
things. It does not look as if it
Hi Becca and other Arachnids,
Please can you tell us foreigners what 1.safety heels 2. bobby pins
are. :-) Thank you very much.
Happy lace making.
Joepie, in East Sussex where it is raining yet again (we have to grow webbed
feet and gills I think ;-D)
-Original Message-
Hi,
Thank you Lesley.
Joepie.
-Original Message-
From: Lesley Blackshaw
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 6:22 PM
To: lace
Subject: Re: [lace] oh no
On 31/01/2014 17:41, J D Hammett wrote:
Please can you tell us foreigners what 1.safety heels 2. bobby
pins
Hi Jean,
Yes, the title does say lace bobbin, but the vendor doubts it with;
Unusually large for a lace bobbin . The grooves seem to be straight
rather than slightly skewed as they would be as screw-threads. On a table
cloth -possibly with an underlay which is soft- the item used as a knife
Hi Noelene and fellow Arachnids,
Thank you so much for another delightful poem! There is so much truth in
what you have composed. We have all experienced it (or others will as they
grow older :-D). I will certainly read it out in my classes if you don't
mind.
By the way, I have sent another
Hi Sue and fellow Arachnids,
Try Stuart Johnson ( www.stuartjohnsonslacebobbinshop.co.uk
stuartjohnsonbobb...@gmail.com ). He sells several of Bridget CooK's as well
as several very pretty fan patterns by other designers. He also sells fan
sticks for the patterns as well as universal fan
Hi Clay and fellow Arachnids,
You are much admired Clay for taking on such a difficult piece. If it is the
lace I think it is the diagram may run to 4 pages, this is a piece of
Binche lace is VERY fine and intricate. I saw a series of ten or twelve
pieces like this in Brugge a few years
Hi Shelly and fellow Arachnids,
Framecraft (sold by several lace traders) does small ceramic and glass pots
with lids that take a small piece of lace or embroidery. SMP used to do
wooden hand-turned boxes with the same type of lids which their son made,
they have other display pieces as well.
for the ornament exchange. Hope you had as
much fun as we did with the exchange this year.
Janet and Sallie
On Jan 11, 2014, at 2:53 AM, J D Hammett jdhamm...@msn.com wrote:
Hi Amber,
Your Christmas card and lace arrived this morning. The beautiful star and
interesting candle are much appreciated
Hi Amber,
Your Christmas card and lace arrived this morning. The beautiful star and
interesting candle are much appreciated. Thank you!
The second star for you is nearly finished as I made it a priority, I was not
happy with the first one but lacked the time to re-do. That is the problem
when
Hi Jean and fellow Arachnids,
I certainly keep books etc. at the base of my pillow in the pillow bag;
besides that I carry a 'doughnut' pillow on the bobbin side. That protects
the bobbins and lace while in transit and provides a softer seating when
faced with the awful plastic chairs so
Hi Sue and fellow Arachnids,
What a shame the veil is damaged and shame on the bride who put it away
without admitting and dealing with it. However, that is water under the
bridge. Have you thought of asking the Lace Guild, the London School of
Needlework? Or maybe one of the museums which
Hi fellow Arachnids,
Sue has put a couple of new photographs on the Flickr site for me. Thank you
for doing that, Sue. I got so far with doing it myself when I got the message;
âyou are trying to up-load from a different address, please give the name of
your youngest sonâ. This puzzled me as
Hi Clay,
Many thanks for all the hard work you put into this. I will try 'LaceMaker1'
to upload a photo straight away.
Happy lace making,
Joepie
-Original Message-
From: Clay Blackwell
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Flickr account
Clarification...
Have just up-loaded 1 photo and edited the text of 2 others! Thank you.
Joepie.
-Original Message-
From: Clay Blackwell
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 6:54 PM
To: Arachne
Subject: [lace] Flickr account saga continues
Flickr advises me that they are changing the way I can recover
Hi Leonard,
Yes, I found this an ideal demo piece as well as it is showy as well as
relatively easy. I got the pattern from an 'Anna' magazine many years ago
and used it over a period of about 5 years for demos and reckon that
approximately 550 people -ages ranging from 4 to 86 year olds and
Hi Jenny and fellow Arachnids,
Could these be part of a game? The holes on these items go from 1 to 8 which
could be significant. I will contact the seller and suggest it to him/her.
Happy New Year full of lace making!
Joepie, East Sussex, UK
-Original Message-
From: Jenny
To all Arachnids,
A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR ! :-)
Joepie, Where the wind has abated a little, but it is still WET (raining
hard)
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Hi Janis,
What a 'tour de force'!! Beautifully worked; it is a joy to see. Thank
you for sharing it with us.
Season's Greetings,
Happy lace making,
Joepie, in (yet again) rainy and windy East Sussex.
-Original Message-
From: Janis Savage
Subject: [lace] This year's project
Hi Diane and fellow Arachnids,
I think that one or two twists on the edge of a half stitch or cloth stitch
section respectively, strengthens the edge and helps to keep its shape
better. I certainly teach my students to do use twists. We may put an extra
twist on a cloth stitch section's edge
Hi Arachnids,
May I join in saying a big THANK YOU to all the people who have inspired us
in our lacemaking careers;- teachers/ authors/ friends/ Aarchne members/
lace club members. They have all played their part in making us the
lacemakers we are now.
Happy lacemaking,
Joepie, in a grey
Hi Arachnids,
These booklets by Gillian Dye are very useful if you are into re-enactment.
She has done a lot of research not only into the actual laces, but also into
the way people worked them in the early years. No prickings as we know them,
but just some lines or as the free-hand lace is
Hi Arachnids,
Thank you for your concern. Not much damage in our area, thank goodness,
just some debris in the garden. I live near the top of a hill and even a
large tree we thought might have come down stayed put -it will have to come
down soon to protect the surrounding properties-. There have
Dear Elizabeth,
Having followed your diary about your travels and lace study I would like to
thank you very much for sharing it with us all. I have been to some of the
Belgium places mentioned and it is lovely to be reminded of them. The
Borromeo church I have not been to, the collection and
Hi Arachnids,
That is as appalling as some of the students in my class who had a previous
teacher who would never show or teach them how to start or finish a piece
nor how to turn a corner (she used to take their pillow home with her and
did it for them to help them). She also put them
Hi Karen and fellow Arachnids.
We use hackle pliers (the smallest size available) which were originally
created for tying fishing flies (fishing supply shops). They are ideal to
tie a new thread onto a VERY short end.
Clip the hackle pliers to the short end and slip the loose weaver's knot
Hi Louise and fellow Arachnids,
Thank you very much for this link. I got up early this morning (05.45 hrs.
on a Sunday morning) to watch it and I was enchanted. As I am involved in
Medieval Living History, including demonstrating some medieval
textile-crafts I found this program riveting.
Hi Liz and fellow Arachnids,
The email and contact I have for Make-it are;
Makit Lace Needlecraft Supplies
Unit 7B Renewal Park
Foundry Way
March
Cambridgeshire PE15 0WR
Telephone: 01354 65 44 44
Email: i...@makitlace.com
Web: make-lace-with-us.com
This is the same as their web site. I have
PS to my original answer;- It could be that their Inbox is full as they
may be at a lace day or on holiday. Joepie
From: The Lacebee
Subject: [lace] Makit lace
Dear gentle spiders,
I have tried to email making lace but the website contact form and email are
bouncing
Can anyone help?
Kind
Hi Arachnids,
Having designed and worked my own balloon some time ago (I'll get around to
putting it on the photo site some time) I just blow up a balloon inside the
lace whenever I want to display it. Tie it closed and when I want to store it
I just stick a pin in to deflate the balloon while
Hi Bev and fellow Arachnid.
Some delightful pictures shown. Thank you for the link Bev. By the way, your
tiny url worked fine for me. You just have to remember that if an web
address shows black, like the rest of the message you have to copy and
paste. If it shows blue or purple you can
Hi Arachnids,
For lace with numerous sewings I like to use Duchesse or Bruges bobbins
depending on the weight of the thread. For very fine thread I will use
Honiton bobbins especially if a large number of bobbins are needed as they
are slim and one can accommodate many bobbins on the pillow.
Hi fellow Arachnids,
The following article which appeared in the Telegraph (I found it via Bing)
may have a bearing on where we can find places to meet. Or should we say
âElf safetyâ gone mad? The next headline could beâMurderous group of
lacemakers rampaged through the library pricking
Message-
From: J D Hammett jdhamm...@msn.com
To: Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 8:35
Subject: [lace] Places to run lace groups?
Hi fellow Arachnids,
The following article which appeared in the Telegraph (I found it via Bing)
may have a bearing on where we can find places
Hi Peg,
I like your idea of making the type of lace shown in the painting next to
the original painting. A real labour of love for lace.
The parchment they would have used was made from animal skin (usually goat
or sheep) and was very expensive.
Happy lace making.
Joepie, East Sussex, UK
Hi Ruth and fellow Arachnids,
I like music while I am doing a pattern I know. However, I find that it has
to coincide with the rhythm of moving my bobbins or near to my normal rhythm
to be enjoyable. When working on something new I prefer silence. With needle
lace I do not find this so
Hi Arachnids,
These are a couple of nice travel pillows. If I had been asked to sell them
for a friend I would put them on eBay where they would find their level.
These should do well, possibly £30 or more. Start at a modest price of say
£4.99 (or $4.99) to attract people. Make sure to
Hi Clay, Anna and other Arachnids,
Most people have not reacted to this as it was not suggested that
mathematicians or physicists make better lacemakers. The suggestion was that
an argument that lacemaking MIGHT aid the development of mathematic/physics
thinking as well as the artistic side
Hi Sue and fellow Arachnids,
Have you tried showing a left-hander a technique in the mirror. It works for
some though not for all.
Happy lace making,
Joepie, in sunny East Sussex.
-Original Message-
From: Sue
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 6:13 PM
Cc: lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re:
Well done! I hope they do come to your group.
Joepie.
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From: Maureen
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 8:28 PM
To: dmt11h...@aol.com
Cc: lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching children
Good evening
I have spent the last two days demonstrating lacemaking at our
I answered Jeri privately. Joepie
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Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 4:58 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Cc: jdhamm...@msn.com
Subject: [lace] Topic Changed to - Teaching Children (in England)
In a message dated 7/3/2013 1:51:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight
Hi again,
Sorry, I forgot to add the words YOUNG PEOPLE to the last sentence in my
email. This should have read; I would love to run another young peopleâs
lace class.
Happy lace making, Joepie. UK
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Hi Arachnids,
Gon, thank you very much for writing your blog and keeping it rich in lace
content with lots of photos. You seem to be extremely busy. It is lovely to
see a good number of younger women making lace although there do not seem to
be any children as for instance in Portugal or
Hi Elizabeth and fellow Arachnids,
Having just thoroughly enjoyed reading and looking at the website Elizabeth
Kurella is in the process of setting up. www.lacecurator.info
It will be a lovely resource (although it will never be complete of course :-)
as there will always be new things to add).
Hi Sherry,
A very interesting take on this pattern. I have seen this done in white and
in the natural colours as well as ecru and think it was brave of you to put
such a modern twist on it. Well done! Are you going to do the other three
bookmarks as well? The roses for England, the daffodils
Mine is a Kindle.
Joepie.
-Original Message-
From: kloeppelki...@t-online.de
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:46 AM
To: Lace
Subject: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle
Just a question on this thread because I wonder: Is Kindle a
synonymous for any eBook reader or do you all really
Hi arachnids,
Lace diagrams are not quite as easy to follow on the e-readers. Can one
photocopy a diagram? With really complicated patterns my students are
allowed to use a 'idiots' board - a piece of polystyrene with the
photocopied diagram pinned to it - so they can put pins in the diagram
Hi Arachnids,
My Guild mag has arrived too as has the Young Lacemaker (also for the young
at heart)! Lovely treat for when the weather turns nasty again tomorrow ;-)
Happy lace making, Joepie, East Sussex, UK
-Original Message-
From: Hazel Smith
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 10:25
Hi again,
To right Jeri! That is why I love teaching lace making.
Joepie, East Sussex, UK
-Original Message-
From: jeria...@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 8:20 PM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Lace Conservation and Restoration Apprentices
It was an experiment to ask for
Hi Arachnids,
I am still waiting for mine
Joepie, East Sussex, UK, where the sun is shining at present. That makes
everyone happier.
-Original Message-
From: Elizabeth Ligeti
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 4:26 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Lace Guild Magazine
The
Hi Irene and fellow Arachnids,
I don't know if anyone supplies these but they are called Stanhopes after
the fellow who invented them. Could you let us know if you find someone who
deals in them, please?
Happy lace making,
Joepie, East Sussex, UK
-Original Message-
From: Whitham,
Hi Arachnids,
The light blue sticky-back film used over a soft blue paper pattern gives a
medium blue result. It would pay to experiment to get the colour combination
that works best for you.
Clear matt sticky-back film is available from bookshops as it is used for
covering books
Joepie,
Hi Arachnids,
Firstly my thanks to Lorelei for the inspiring lace webpages. They are
lovely.
Secondly, There seem to be fewer Lace days and fairs in the UK as Sue said.
The reason for that is probably not just the fact that people are using the
net, but also that the people who used to
Hi Arachnids,
Goodness Alex what a fright. I bet your heart stood still. How lucky that
the lace was not damaged. It does show that one needs to check if there is a
spark from the fire. It could set other things alight.
Looking forward to your new book
Happy lace making,
Joepie, East
I agree with Clay. It does not really matter what pillow I use, but the
twist of the thread certainly makes a difference.
Joepie
From: Clay Blackwell
I suspect it has everything to do with what kind of thread you're using.
Since I work mostly on a bolster, my threads behave. And I work
Hi Susan,
So sorry to hear of Sheila's passing. Could you convey my sincere
condolences to the family, please? It is probably better to come through one
person than from everybody separate, especially as Russill is not well
either. We will all miss her.
Joepie, East Sussex, UK
Hi Noelene and fellow Arachnids,
This is another lovely poem Noelene! You are so clever in following the
recent thread of discussion. If I may have your permission I'll print it and
take it to my classes as they'll love it as well and several students are
not on line.
Thank you very much
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