I, too, have a threads question. What is Mirecourt cord? I picked up a pattern
yesterday that call for it used as a gimp and have no idea what the thread is
or
possible substitution. Help!
Jane O'Connor
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Yes, there is at least one book on Lepoglava lace. Paperback titled Tape Lace
from Lepoglava by Nel de la Bie, Tonny Haas and Hanneke Troost.
Thanks for the web sites. I have the book and never got farther than just
looking at it. Maybe now I will be inspired enough to try it.
Jane O'Connor
Yesterday I gave my lace talk in the Textile department of a local large
junior
college.
Good Going Janice!!! A lot of work but I'm sure
you have left a lot of
knowledge with those young minds.
Jane O'Connor
New
Lenox, IL USA
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And I forgot to trim the message!!! So very sorry.
Jane O'Connor
New Lenox,
IL USA
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For all of you who have never seen Rosa Libre go to
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The second
photo is a completed rosa libre worked by a past member of our lace
guild,
L.A.C.E.
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and Collectors Exchange
in a separate room
as
long as you pay or order food.
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Arachne messages however.
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IL USA
Good friends are like stars,
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glue!! We can usually find
acid free glue at a scrapbooking store.
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a photo of
just that. Pencils with grooves cut
out and used for makeshift bobbins. I did
that for a group lesson and it worked
out just fine.
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Good friends are like stars,
You
don't always see them,
but they are always
have you
bought a book sight unseen and end up disappointed. It pays
to see first hand
the books and supplies. With our wonderful vendors, Tracy and
Susan now
giving up the business, we certainly hope at least one of the
remaining
vendors will try to be present at our next Lace Day.
Jane
we only got 2 to sign
on as members, the other
ladies were thrilled to have done the whole snake.
We can hope the others will
come back in the future to learn more of
lacemaking.
Jane O'Connor
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Life is
full of surprises
Thanks for the many ideas and books to look into for numbers.
Lots to choose
from now and all seem to be perfect.
Arachne members are the best!!
Jane
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Beds, Honiton,
Milanese, Brugge. I thought this question has been asked
before so I apologize
if it is a repeat request. Still, I'd appreciate being
pointed to the
appropriate book.
Many thanks in advance.
Jane O'Connor
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New Lenox, IL USA where it has been a really cold
with in
our life and you seem to do quite well. My great niece had a male instructor
for dance who was gay and when they went on tour, no one in the family was
concerned as she was as safe as she could ever be in his company!!!
Jane
O'Connor
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Life is full
Hi,
Since bobbins are a topic again, perhaps someone will know the bobbin
painter
with the initials A P T. The painting is similiar to Shirley Gates
but brighter,
heavier on the paint and the initials are on the bottom knob.
Jane O'Connor
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Birthdays
Thanks everyone, especially Bobbi D. for the help in identifying my bobbin
painter and maker.
They are indeed the Gates [Shirley and hubby] work. They
are too gorgeous to
use - but I do use them.
Jane O'Connor
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New Lenox, IL USA
Flexible people don't get bent out
in
the future.
Jane O'Connor
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New Lenox, IL USA- where we
have a lovely cooler day after horrific storms last night.
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are quite
thick. You can try it and see what you think. Let the rest of us know how it
goes. Oh, and be sure to add more inches of thread to your bobbins if using
thicker bangles as the sewings around them take up a lot of the thread.
Jane
O'Connor
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Flexible
in
the future.
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have a lovely cooler day after horrific storms last night.
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are quite
thick. You can try it and see what you think. Let the rest of us know how it
goes. Oh, and be sure to add more inches of thread to your bobbins if using
thicker bangles as the sewings around them take up a lot of the thread.
Jane
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Flexible
Would you be prepared to pay 12-15 Euros, 10-12 GBP, 18-21 USD for a 250
metre spool of fine, coloured, linen thread?
I have to side with Sue. I
would not pay that price as I am not fond of linen thread and would stick with
silk or cotton.
Jane O'Connor
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on a regular
basis. We don't seem to be able to have a regular meeting day with doctor
appointments, business schedules, etc. but when a date all of us can meet is
agreed upon, we call and get the room for the day majority of the time.
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the
effort they all made to attend our day.
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an actual piece of
bobbin lace but I wanted to learn. 20+ years later I am still learning.
Jane
O'Connor
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more like summer with temps in the 80's.
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How about wearing fine white gloves when winding those threads with rough
hands?
Jane O'Connor
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Thanks Brenda. I never thought of looking in the synthetic/rayon threads.
Jane O'Connor
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of toilet paper.
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A correction on the e-address for the LACE June lace day. It is a .org not
.com
The Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange, a Chicago area lace guild,
will host
a Laceday on June 13. Please see our website,
www.lacemakersofillinois.org for
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at over
12 inches as that is comfortable for her with the position of her pillow. So I
would say - whatever is comfortable for you is a good tether length.
Jane
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Hi Brenda,
For Q1 most would be cotton with exception of cushion cover -
linen, scarf - silk. Pictoral piece silk or cotton.
Q2 - a There are a lot
of color choices in the larger threads already but hardly any or none in
the finer threads.
Jane O'Connor
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New Lenox, IL USA
Hi Sue and Brenda.,
Their machine cotton (on a reel) is 3Z-28 w/cm - same as
ordinary Sylko
I'm currently using a variegated Oliver Twist in place of
Colcotton 70/2 [32 wraps] and it is working out just fine.
Jane O'Connor
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Life is like a roll
Bev, I received the raffle winnings today and they are lovely!! The card you
enclosed is very special as well.
Thank you so much!!
Jane O'Connor
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slant that
keeps the bobbins lower than the actual lace.
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Well,
this is kinda my
of cream
cheese frosting in the bakery aisle at the grocers.
Jane O'Connor
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when
recipes call for what seems to be too much oil, you can substitute half of
that amount with applesauce. I haven't tried that with this recipe however. If
you try it, let me know how it turns out.
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Thank you one and all!!! The new words threw me into a tizzy but now more than
just myself have been helped and we appreciate it.
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Sure Jeri. The book is Spelen met Venne-Colcotton 2, designs by Corrie
Versluis and patterns worked by Nel Westerlaken, Esther van Winden, Ine van
IJzeren and Julie van der Wolf. Published in August 2004- a Bob-in book.
Jane
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'fond
de vierge ' We have figured out it means the background or bottom is done in
virgin stitch. What is the virgin stitch?
Possibly roseground but if so, why
in the same listing of techniques needed for the pattern have rozengrond
listed?
Jane O'Connor
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Life
.
Thanks!!
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and we could have given
you directions that would have by-passed the construction and gotten you to
the hotel an hour earlier. Thanks to one of our guild members having
negotiated that way earlier in the week, she passed on other directions.
Jane
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Thanks for the help, Brenda. I know I have never heard of the Goldschild
thread. I'm going to have to do some trial and error sampling and if nothing
looks correct, it will be shrinking the pattern to fit what thread is
available.
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any. It was
really quite thick/heavy thread and looked too 'ugly'Â for a table runner. It
probably would work just fine and not need starching at all.
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Hi,
Is there a comparable thread to 28/2 [Goldshilds Nel 50/3 [green label]? I
cannot find anything in the Threads book.
Thanks in advance.Jane O'Connor
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not play for me;
requires Windows Media
Player, which my Mac refuses to acknowledge.
I have
the Media Player, Tamara, and the voice only played - no pictures.
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If you don't laugh at
trouble,
You won't have anything to laugh
at when you are old
break easily. You use
the cut side as a brush to clear away the little bits of fuzz or whatever from
your pillow. Light weight and rather inexpensive. A good little gift too.
Jane O'Connor
New Lenox, IL
Currently about 6 degree F, going to zero or below tonight.
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for a number of days while we were
traveling. Could this heat, then cooling cycle for 6 weeks have done in my
starch?
Jane O'Connor
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for it without having to resort to ordering from over the
pond.
Thanks in advance,
Jane O'Connor
New Lenox, IL
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. It is like if the air got very
humid, they'd be limp as a dishrag. I didn't even put the one part water to the
starch finally and it still wasn't all that stiff. Perhaps I'm asking too much
of starch or this bottle isn't quite up to snuff.
Jane O'Connor
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, rates are likely going to be at least
$20.00.
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Jane O'Connor
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of the
International Lace Dictionary, I managed to proceed. I do not know if that book
is still in print but if you ever get a chance to buy it, it certainly is well
worth to have if you know you will be buying patterns from other country
designers.
Jane O'Connor
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If anyone has the thread equivalents for Sylvie Nguyens request, please post it
on lace as I also would like to know if there are equivalents for those threads.
Sylvie, there are contacts for the tussah and schappe. Contact me privately
or check the arachne archives.
Jane O'Connor
,
crochet, dying, and whatnot. Weaver's Cottage does not have bobbin
lace or tatting supplies, but Village Spinning and Weaving does.
.
Thanks for the correction, Robin. I thought later I might have gotten those
confused but wasn't sure.
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crochet, dying, and whatnot. Weaver's Cottage does not have bobbin
lace or tatting supplies, but Village Spinning and Weaving does.
.
Thanks for the correction, Robin. I thought later I might have gotten those
confused but wasn't sure.
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Have fun and enjoy as I intend to do. Again, thanks to all who have helped in
this search.
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Have fun and enjoy as I intend to do. Again, thanks to all who have helped in
this search.
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until they are open, I cannot tell you if it will be a place
to go to. Once I get all the info, I will post it on arachne for all the others
who seem to be searching for the silk too.
Many thanks spiders!!
Jane O'Connor
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until they are open, I cannot tell you if it will be a place
to go to. Once I get all the info, I will post it on arachne for all the others
who seem to be searching for the silk too.
Many thanks spiders!!
Jane O'Connor
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can contact me privately and many, many thanks.
Jane O'Connor
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My IOLI Bulletin arrived yesterday and I am working my way through it. [in the
middle of Devon's article]
It promises to be another hot and humid day here so I plan to finish reading
the bulletin staying cool indoors today.
Jane O'Connor
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as well.
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too much weight on the threads. If anyone still has diaper pins from waaay back
when, they work marvelously.
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Where we are expecting freezing rain after weeks of lovely mild winter
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Please forgive the intrusion. Does anyone know the whereabouts of Ms. Joyce
Wilmot? Perhaps an email or snail mail address?
If you have any information could you contact me privately?
Thanks.
Jane O'Connor
New Lenox, IL USA where it is raining, raining, raining!
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