[lace-chat] Re: Male Logic

I got it the first time. So what's the problem?? :-D HAHAHA Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TatmanBobbin On 11/11/12 1:48 PM,

[lace-chat] Re: How to separate an egg yolk from the white--Chinese style

I always found it a challenge(not sure if any of you have tried this. Childhood past time for me) to gently grab the membrane that surrounds the yoke and lift it up and off the white area. Works most of the time unless you get a bad egg. The challenge is to do it so the yoke doesn't break. ;)

Re: [lace] Mark's tape

You are welcome! Such good ideas!!! I thought about Milanese too ;) Would like to see the results from anyone who tries out this design. Please let me know of any snags in the pattern or a better way to go about it. Teachers are welcome to share this pattern with their beginners. Thanks all!

[lace] Bobbinlace Trial with Tencel threads

Remember me posting about this tencel(cotton thread from a weaving project) I got from my spinning instructor? I decided to try it with bobbinlace. Didn't want to do a bookmark. So I drew up this design to give it a try and see how it worked. I intended it to be a pendent for a necklace. Could

[lace] Re: Bobbinlace Trial with Tencel threads

Ah...that's right. Forgot. Thanks for the clarification. That is why it is nice and smooth to the touch. But still has a good tooth for grabbing stitches. ;) -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop:

[lace] Re: Pricking card and cereal boxes

Nice repurposing of cereal boxes. Will have to remember that. I am always searching the house for some card stock to trace the pattern onto and then lay clear contact sheet over. Sometimes I raid my wife's scrapbooking card stock BIG GRIN However, I acquired some thick card stock from where I

[lace] Re: Pricking card and cereal boxes

I could. I guess I would have to leave it taped on or pinned on to the card. But eventually that will get worn out. But the card with holes won't ;) I haven't used it much and the prickings I have used with it are not difficult. -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog:

[lace] Re: Short lengths of thread

True. Doesn't have to be a bookmark. But my weaver friend is a beginning lacer and figured something straight laced would work for her to try first. But I can give her several ideas to use these thrums so not to waste them. -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog:

[lace] Demonstrating at Lincoln Log Cabin

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!! That is what it did all last weekend while my wife and I demonstrated at the Lincoln Log Cabin near Lerna, IL. YUCKY!! MESSY!! Saturday wasn't too bad. There were some breaks in the spitting rain. No real downpours. And we did have some visitors. We were set up at the

[lace] re: looking for a pattern

Of course! Can't leave you hanging on the boom ;) -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net On 5/17/10 7:23 PM, Clay Blackwell

[lace] Re:sailboat

Maureen, Yes. First I need to learn the first steps of traditional needle lace. I have done Armenian Knotting(form of needlelace). Needle lace is on my to-do list! -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop:

[lace] Thread amount per bobbin

I have a question about thread amounts per bobbin, when the directions don¹t give that information. A spinner/weaver friend of mine(she spins wool and other fibers) had cut groupings of this very silky smooth varigated thread called sinstel(? Or something like that. It is a rayon type thread)

[lace] Re: Thread amount per bobbin

Jo, Thanks for these. I am not sure I understand about the double thread method. Are you saying that a small tail from each bobbin should work along the other side of the pin in opposite directions so that the twists and crosses will catch the tail in the work? Hmmm. Something I haven't

[lace] Re: Thread amount per bobbin

Tencel, that is it! Wow, all these tips really are helping me understand what I need to do. Lots to think about. I scanned the tencel colorway so you can see. I am now thinking it is more like a size 8 perle cotton on second glance. It may have to be a short ground bookmark with tassels or

[lace] Looking for a pattern

I am looking for a sailboat pattern or maybe a light house pattern. Nothing too involved. Fairly simple. I am wanting to make something for my dad for Father¹s day which is next month. So don¹t have too long of a time to complete. He is into sailboats and nautical stuff. If you know of a

[lace] Re: Looking for a pattern

I was just trying to be lazy LOL! I might do that! :) Thanks for the encouragement. -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net On 5/17/10 11:49 AM, bev

[lace] re: looking for a pattern

Once again my lacemaking friends come to the rescue. I have received lots of suggestions and will mull them over. Something will come out of it. :) Thank you all! -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop:

[lace] Re: Tatting bikers

Hi Karen!!! I am a biker as well. But not motorized bike. :-D I am a cyclist. And I guess I would be termed a tatting cyclist since I much prefer to ride my bike than in a car. Don't own a motorcycle, though I toy with the idea, but wife won't hear of it. So I go around town or country on my

[lace] Weekend lace projects

I had a bit of fun with some little lace projects over the weekend. These first two I drew up and laced it from the drawing. I am trying my hand at designing. It is a lobed leaf shape using CS and WS passes. I used Lime Sherbert and Chocolate Blendables Sulky cotton thread size 30wt. I really

[lace] Re: Weekend lace projects

Sorry about that. It was a typo. Should have an uppercase L in BLpatterns directory. Here are the correct URLs http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinburg/BLpatterns/lobed_leaf.jpg http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinburg/BLpatterns/gecko2.jpg Thanks, -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net

Re: [lace] Web Site/Lace Collection Protection

the webhosting service that IOLI used for its webpage. The IOLI Webmaster is the ever vigilant, Mark Myers. I'm sure that he would assure you all that news of his death is quite premature. Sharon A. Broughton Carlsbad, California, where it is sunny, warm, and ever so dry during this time

[lace-chat] Re: Novel idea

Rose-Marie, Yes I have thought about it several times. Not specifically a book from a bobbinlacemakers stand point, but a children's book about tatting. I have the entire book with illustrations in my head. Have my sketchy notes on the layout too. Just a matter of putting it into fruition. I