[lace] R: Lace magazine / official email addresses

It's also perhaps worth noting that what Jeri has cited simply as "(ISP)" is "gmail.com" in the case of the NELG addresses. Are the 'free' (i.e., ad-supported) email services US-only or would they be available in the UK? Because not only are the addresses "anonymous" in the sense that they don't

[lace] Re: [lace] Re: Fwd: [lace] ☠so amazing and beautiful -- don't even open the email!

I agree it's spam. Best not to even open the email, much less clicking on the link. Some viruses activate when an email message is opened, and don't require clicking on a hyperlink. Nancy Connecticut, USA On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 7:31 AM, wrote: > My email filters flagged

Re: [lace] Lier Lace??

It's a city in Belgium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lier,_Belgium Nancy Connecticut, USA On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 7:43 PM, mary carey wrote: > Could someone please explain to this uneducated Lacemaker what Lier is? > It is > a name I have not heard before. > - To

Re: [lace] lappets, each pair unique? Honiton v. Flemish?

Devon, I'm with Lorelei, I can't see tallies, so I'm not sure of this identification, but if it's braids connecting the motifs, how about mid-18th C Brussels? Laurie Waters identified a very similar piece for me as "Brussels a Brides", probably Flemish given the quality. Elizabeth Kurella makes

Re: [lace] copies!

Alex et al., I realize that copyright has been discussed before on Arachne, but I think it's important that someone respond to Alex's initial statement. I agree with you that once you give out a pattern, you have (almost) no control over who copies it, but it is NOT in the public domain, at least

Re: [lace] Lacemaking

Devon -- I think "off-loom weaving" would correctly apply to only bobbin lace, since needlelace is a form of "off-fabric embroidery" rather than weaving, no? This could start another round of definition discussions! Nancy Connecticut On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Devon Thein

Re: [lace] Lace in Fashion Exhibit in Bath - Shared Lace Viewing Opportunities

I second Liz's recommendation. The very first thing I put in Google ("Lace in Fashion exhibition" without the quotes) turned up quite a number of articles, reviews, blogs, etc. I'm sure that more poking around will turn up more hits. For example, I found this amazing Pinterest board:

Re: [lace] Anne of Green Gables

Hi Devon, Do you include Battenberg and Princess laces in "revival era lace"? because there was a lot of that being made. I realize that's really a form of needle lace rather than bobbin lace, but I don't see that the OP specified bobbin lace, just "lace". Nancy Connecticut, USA On Sat, Feb 18,

Re: [lace] Lace: Point ground laces

Hi Karen, What are the angles of the grounds in the Ipswich lace samples? Nancy Connecticut, USA On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Karen Thompson wrote: > It is with great interest that I have followed the conversations about > Mechlin, Valenciennes, Binche, etc. and

Re: [lace] Mechlin and lace terminology

Lorelei, It may be because I am both a collector and a lacemaker, but I don't see that the two groups differ in what they want to use a name for--to be a short-hand for some set of data. The data that you as a lacemaker want to know is the same as what I think collectors want to know--techniques,

[lace] Dating Mechlin...

Jeri, Laurie Waters reported at IOLI that she paid the $500 or so to have a snippet of some lace radiocarbon-dated last year, with the latest, most precise technology. The lace was thought to be 16th or 17th century. The radiocarbon dating came out with a range that included the putative date,

Re: [lace] lappets

Catherine, I didn't see an answer to your question about Alencon lace, but I don't get all the [lace] messages, so everybody forgive me if I duplicate someone else's answer. Yes, it is apparently still made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hI1uz0p9sk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_7lwhYEUCk

Re: [lace] Mechlin

It is interesting that the 17th C and early 18th C straight laces from the Flanders region are today all referred to as Valenciennes or sometimes Binche by lace dealers--e.g., http://www.mendes.co.uk/antique.bobbin.lace.p.two.html. As soon as a gimp appears, then that variant is called Mechlin.

Re: [lace] Lappets versus collars and cuffs

It may also be of interest to note that lace collars and cuffs were during much of their history worn by men as well as, or at times instead of, women, whereas lappets were worn only by women. Nancy Connecticut, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] Support pin in Binche cloth areas

Julie, Maybe you can analyze the working diagram, figure out where the support pin should go, then add a smaller hole to your pricking in the right place relative to the existing pin holes. I think Ulrike thinks it no problem because 1) she has very experienced lacemakers making the lace for the

Re: [lace] Promoting Lace - "Lace in Fashion" exhibit in Bath

The dress in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1660s_court_dress.JPG Parchment lace: "Cartisane.--Guipure or passementerie made with thin silk- or gilt-covered strips of parchment." -- The Dry Goods Economist, 1917, Vol. 71, Issues 3813-3822 "Guipure lace, Parchment lace:

Re: [lace] Valenciennes de Gand, but not quite...

Very interesting indeed. It's nice to have a reference one can point to for what I held as an otherwise unsubstantiated opinion. Thanks Devon! Nancy Connecticut, USA On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 1:34 PM, wrote: > Since I happen to have all my books in front of me, to Nancy’s

Re: [lace] Valenciennes de Gand, but not quite...

YES! I agree with you Lorelei! I am very dubious of any attribution of a date earlier than 19th C to any lace with the braided grounds of modern Val. I think it is very likely that pre-19th C Val wasn't differentiated from Binche. In the first half of the 19th C, Val and Binche morphed into the

[lace] Scotland

Hello all, Robin's post reminded me that I wanted to post a similar query. This coming summer I'm going over to drive around Scotland for 5 or 6 weeks looking at prehistoric sites -- chambered tombs, stone circles, etc. I plan to take a travel pillow with me, and would love to meet up with any

Re: [lace] Missing Emails

Hi Cindy, I also no longer get Jeri's emails, and I do check my spam folder every day or two because this is a 'clean account' and I'm not yet getting genuine spam. For a while I'd tell my spam folder they were "Not Spam" and move them out of there, but now they've stopped showing up altogether.

Re: [lace] Memo from IOLI Bulletin Editor?

Probably not a legitimate mail from IOLI since I did NOT get it, meaning it wasn't sent to all IOLI members. Probably used someone's personal address list. Best thing to do is to send an email to the Bulletin editor and ask if she sent something to you. Nancy -Original Message- From:

[lace] lacemakers in London?

--your choice. So who's out there? Lurkers, present yourselves!! Anybody in the London area interested? Nancy Neff Connecticut, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo

Re: [lace] Re: Ithaca lace weekend - Amelia Ars

The Amelia Ars class was full--it was so popular that a lot of people for whom it was first choice didn't get in. Carolyn Wetzel also gave an extremely interesting talk at the banquet on a type of lush gold and silver embroidery from 15th and 16th Century Spain. My first choice was Kumiko

[lace] Ithaca lace weekend

part, and then go out to be anchored in the headside passives. Overall, the results are amazing. In short, the weekend was great fun. But then, get that many lacemakers together and it's sure to be a blast! Nancy Neff Connecticut, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

[lace] "fuseaux Normands"

Brian: There's a book "Dentelle de Normandie", by Florence Quinette. There are 4 very good pictures of bobbins, one picture showing noquettes covering the thread. The book is in both French and English. There is at least one copy available through Amazon, and Holly Van Sciver carries it. I

Re: [lace] Danish 'Little Hearts'

Hi Lori, There's a pattern in Skovgaard's "The Technique of Tonder Lace" call "The little heart of Denmark"--do you think that's it? Pattern 9, pp.. 56-57, if you need to request it from the IOLI Librarian. Nancy Nancy A. Neff Connecticut, USA On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Lorri Ferguson

[lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation

On 29 Aug 2016 Jeri wrote: ...Every dispute has at least 2 sides, and the Belgians have been politely silent about theirs Not entirely silent -- for a little bit from the Belgian side of the dispute, see the LaceNews interview with the President of the Belgian group:

Re: [lace] is this spam?

Sorry, forgot to trim my reply. My new email interface hides the original message, and "out of sight, out of mind", or in my case "blind idiot". Nancy, clueless in Connecticut USA On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Alison Gray wrote: > >> I have just had a couple of messages

Re: [lace] is this spam?

Yes, spam. I received one at both my new and old email addresses. On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Alison Gray wrote: > Hi > > > > I have just had a couple of messages supposedly from Carol Adkinson, I > don't > believe they are, is this spam? Did anyone else get them? >

[lace] luck to my lace pillow?

I must tell someone about this. I had a visit this afternoon from the tiniest spider I've ever seen--her body is the size of the head of a lace pin (not a glass-headed pin but a regular lace pin), She walked all over the lace I was working on, climbing up individual pins and weaving through the

[lace] Footside start

I vaguely remember instructions somewhere on how to start continuous lace so the edge of the start looked like the footside. Or was it how to finish it? Anyway, one of the ends of the length ended up looking like footside, so it was neatly finished. Does anyone have a reference to an

Lace collections (was [lace] Glue/Adhesives & Lace)

Jeri & Arachnoids, You made an interesting comment about too few antique laces still being in the public domain. I have a significant collection of 18th C Binche/Val and Mechlin, even a few pieces yards long and in pristine condition. My collection also includes perhaps a hundred or so other

Re: [lace] Antique divider pins?

Brian,  It seems to me that the primary point of the list is to help one another, so in my book it's more than okay to keep posting requests for help.  Besides, I find your queries interesting, even though I have nothing to offer--the only old bobbins I have are continentals, except for two

Re: [lace] (Lace) E'Bay seller

Hi Avital, Can the sender of the email below be blocked from this list? or at least given a warning if similar posts continue.  I found the tone of the email offensive, especially directed at two of our most helpful, pleasant list members, and when what was being discussed were photocopies

[lace] Re: [) E'Bay seller

I agree with you, Diana, that lots of people don't know about copyright law, and to that extent then one would hope that explaining it to him politely would be useful.  What I object to is the tone of his two posts on Arachne, including name-calling and slurs against what country I live in. I

Re: [lace] Arachne Commemoratives

I like the look of Alison Tolson's painting--she does do a lovely job.  Her range of continentals is very limited, however, so I would recommend Chris Parsons because he has a wider range of bobbin types, and his artists do a lovely job also.  And Janet Theaker's email said he'd also do squares

Re: [lace] Commemoratives

Could we please make sure that whomever we pick will do continentals as well as midlands?  I didn't see any Binche or Bayeux or anything other than midlands on Stuart Johnson's site.  I'd like to get a bobbin that I could use on my pillow, and I use only Binche or Bayeux.  The painter that

Re: [lace] Norfolk Lacemakers

google Louise West lace and look at the images. Some fantastic lace and at least one picture of her concrete panels. NancyConnecticut, where it doesn't seem ever to stop snowing...   From: Sue Harvey 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk To: Lace@Arachne. Com lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, March 7,

Re: [lace] RE: Mathematics and lace

Hi Veronika, Congrats on your paper--I'm glad to see someone competent working on this. (Jo also!) I knew 7 or 8 years ago that there was some gold to be mined for bobbin lace in braid theory (I posted to Arachne a few years ago about it), but I didn't have the math to tackle it.  Good for you!

[lace] Nottingham's Bucks Point book

Since the list has been so quiet, maybe I can bother you all with a question, the answer to which I should know but I've lost my notes. Which is the really good version of Pamela Nottingham's Bucks Point book?  I've been told there are two editions, or maybe two versions more different than just

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace lamp lens

Very interesting! Thanks for the info, David. The entry on Luneburg lenses in Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luneburg_lens ) includes this sentence The solution takes a simple and explicit form if one focal point lies at infinity, and the other on the opposite surface of the lens.

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace lamp lens

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[lace] Re: OT -- craft but not lace

  Just want to let everyone know that the heavy-weight yarn has been spoken for and is going to a good home.  Thanks!   Nancy Connecticut, USA  - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] OT -- craft but not lace

  I apologize for using the Arachne list for this, but I wanted to reach deserving knitters and I know that many on Arachne also knit non-lace items.  I'm retrieving things from my parents' old house, before the movers come in to clean it out and haul everything off to a flea market or the dump. 

Re: [lace] footside

 How about Ipswich lace in the US?  Or does that not count since it probably came over from England? From: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net To: Arachne questions lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:20 PM Subject: [lace] footside   Has

[lace] Another resource about copyright

This is another guide generated within the beading community--nothing exciting but it's a summary that might be of interest given the recent extensive discussion about copyright:  http://www.beadingdaily.com/media/p/162306.aspx Nancy Connecticut, USA - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] A4 binders

Prices change frequently on Amazon, so it may be of interest to owners of Ulrike's loose-leaf publications to know that 3 Wilson-Jones A4 binders are currently $19.19 (35% off), meaning that right now they cost less than either the 2 or 1 sizes! --go figure.  And free shipping if you are a

Re: [lace] continueing on with Miss Channer discussion...how about other....

I can second (third?) the praise for Alex Stillwell's books on Bucks, but I want to be sure that it is clear, in answer to the original query, that there are two books, the first on Geometric Bucks Point and a second on Floral Bucks. The second builds on the first, so you need to get the first

Re: [lace] Lace8 bummer

Just an idea, but I'll bet that MS Visio would be good for tatting diagrams. It has a good interface for handling arcs and curves once you get the knack of it, and you can make your own library (stencils) of motifs. Nancy Connecticut, USA From: Ruth Budge

Re: [lace] continueing on with Miss Channer discussion...how about other....

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[lace] just cross and twist

I tried to send my comments on this discussion but my email was rejected by the arachne server as spam! Editorial comment on my comment perhaps... :-) Dec 8 at 2:05 PM I think there must be a huge amount of variation among people, since there are different cognitive styles. I didn't find

Re: [lace] IOLI Koon Collection CD

I'm in Office 2010 Professional Plus--I don't know if there are different commands in your version or not.  But in case you have 2010 or later, (or maybe 2007), here's how you do it: 1) In the Slide Show tab, select Set Up Slide Show 2) in the box that comes up, check Loop continuously until

Re: [lace] Books

Hi Alex and fellow spiders,   Actually there's a bit of confusion about the shipping etc. charges for the copies of Alex's book already on ebay:  if the buyer is in the US, the shipping charges are only $3.43 for economy shipping (probably Media shipping which can take forever but doesn't

Re: [lace] Books - Import Impact on Price

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Re: [lace] Old Beds

Those teachers were just being narrow-minded.  I've heard that Beds was started as a modification of Maltese lace, and that's drape-y, so I'll bet your Beds was more like the original Beds than anything those teachers ever made!  Good for you for framing them and enjoying them.   Nancy

Re: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!

I am to some degree self-taught, starting with the Introduction to Torchon Lace to get the basics.  Mistakes in that book, however, so I'm not sure I'd recommend it to anyone who is not rather analytical and can work through the mistakes.  Then on to Bucks and Binche, and now old

[lace] Re: Name the Good Teachers, Please!

Sorry, for the book I mentioned I had the wrong title--it was The Torchon Lace Workbook by Bridget Cook.    Nancy Connecticut, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo

Re: [lace] Two major lace auctions in October 2013

Annette,   Please be aware that, in the US at least, images taken by someone else, even if they are published on-line, are under copyright protection unless permission to download is explicitly stated on the website.  The ebay buyers who restrict download are protecting their copyright, which they

Re: [lace] Two major lace auctions in October 2013

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Re: [lace] Parchment [was Needle lace pattern done]

Hi Peg, Actually there are sources of genuine animal-skin parchment on the web. One on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/p6xstfy. It's probably worth $5 to see how it does. There were others. Search in Google for real parchment for sale. It will be interesting to hear how it goes, since the surface may

Re: [lace] (was more names) old messages

and I've just had about 30 messages, all so far from 1 August.  I've emailed Avital just in case messages are getting lost or postponed frequently.   Nancy   From: Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net To: suebabbs...@gmail.com suebabbs...@gmail.com Cc:

Re: [lace] Lace Lady Designs

Hi Kim, Search on Google for Christina Banyard. It says that she died in Dec 2010 in New Jersey, but had been a long-time resident of Lincoln Nebraska. Is the address you have in Lincoln?   Nancy Connecticut, USA      ... The name given is Cristina Banyard, and an

[lace] Lace report from Belgium (long)

Hello spiders,   I had a good time in Belgium, doing both lace and other things. However, I discovered that two museums are closed and another exhibit has been taken down:   There was a lace museum in Marche-en-Famenne, but it has closed. The best I can figure out is that the lace itself may have

Re: [lace] Lace report from Belgium (long)

Are you thinking of Marche or Binche? It sounds like the latter, and I'm not absolutely sure the museum is closed, only that the head of the lace group in Binche said that it was closed and the person making bobbin lace at La Fuseaux (Grand Place 25, Binche) said there was no museum. I was there

Re: [lace] Lace and maths

Dear spiders,   I'm not sure where I fall in this debate but I have a couple of observations to offer. They may be food for thought, or they may deserve to be ignored--I hope the former.   I wonder if 'maths' is the right term or not. Just for some context, let me note that I like precision and

Re: [lace] Math vs arithmetic

This thread of discussion about differences between the sexes has some truth to it IMHO, but it's also very important to remember that these are generalizations. There is a lot of variation among both men and women, with a great amount of overlap in aptitudes and inclinations. Margery's

[lace] winner of the highest-priced used book award

Apropos of recent discussions about the price of used lace books, I just saw on amazon.com's used book list for Pamela Nottingham's The Technique of Bucks Point Lace a used copy offered for $3,968.00 ! (http://tinyurl.com/nymvcqt)   It's gotta be a typo, but it's the winner for now.   Nancy

Re: [lace] Elizabeth Kurella

Dear spiders,   I was thinking of posting the same request.  I have a strong possibility of leaving for Belgium in a couple of weeks and would be very grateful for people's recommendations of where to see lace, especially 18thC Valenciennes/Binche/Flanders lace, including anyone with a private

Re: [lace] Elizabeth Kurella

Dear spiders,   I was thinking of posting the same request.  I have a strong possibility of leaving for Belgium in a couple of weeks and would be very grateful for people's recommendations of where to see lace, especially 18thC Valenciennes/Binche/Flanders lace, including anyone with a private

Re: [lace] Elizabeth Kurella--apology!

My apologies for the double post. Yahoo email is acting up: timed out and said it hadn't sent it, but apparently had... Sorry!   Nancy Connecticut, USA  - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] lace contacts in Belgium

I forgot to ask a related question: does anyone know any of the curators at the museums who might be open to letting me photograph lace that's in their collection but not on exhibit?  For example, I assume that the Museum of Lace and Costume in Brussels must have a more extensive collection than

Re: [lace] Idrija

No, I should have collection or list -- I didn't mean set in that sense.   Nancy Connecticut, USA From: Jacquie Tinch laceandb...@aol.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 3:38 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Idrija Another set of books available

Re: [lace] Idrija

Another set of books available on this site--click on Bibliography to the left.   http://www.cipkarskasola.si/ANG/index.html   Nancy Connecticut, USA From: Cynce Williams cyncewilli...@sbcglobal.net To: Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com Cc: Lorelei Halley

Re: [lace] Exciting find!

Yes indeed Clay -- exciting!   Brighton is the first place I think of given those names/places.   1981 or 1881?  If 1981 then it sounds unusual, both to have a commemorative bobbin for someone's death but also for the subject matter of the pictures--see the discussion at

Re: [lace] Dark blue plastic, or not -- now red card

I am on my first piece of lace using red card and I can attest that it is MUCH easier to see the threads.  Must be something scientific about wavelengths or something. Nancy Connecticut, USA   From: Jacquie Tinch laceandb...@aol.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com

Re: [lace] New Website

What lovely work! and a very sophisticated web site.  I am blown away by how beautiful your needlelace is--you have such talent.  I've tried my hand at needlelace and I find bobbin lace so much simpler easier to control, so I really admire your abilities. (and slightly envious as well :-)   Nancy

Re: [lace] Sympathy needed

Thanks Alex!   The Greek Gods piece is stunning.  I like the banner you have across the top of your pages too--is it in one of your books?  What a great website.   Everybody, if you haven't clicked on her link, do so!   Nancy Connecticut, USA I was part way

[lace] sympathy needed

One of my ferrets (they both still live because I don't know which one) climbed up my stack of lace pillows last night to the one I've been working on.  Ferrets like to dig, and they like things that rustle, click, or otherwise make noise.  Image the little beast's delight when s/he discovered

Re: [lace] glasses

For getting really close, I've discovered I can wear my trifocals and then wear an off-the-shelf pair of 3.5s over/in front of my prescription glasses.  I've gotten remarks like a really tentative why are you wearing two pairs of glasses? as if they are afraid I've gone crazy and will be

Re: [lace] kinds of lace

Hi Alice,   I'd love to see your 16th century Flanders, as would others I'm sure.  Any possibility that you could post pictures to LACEIOLI Ning group?   Nancy in Connecticut, cleaning out a flooded basement, throwing water-logged *stuff* away, and thinking it doesn't matter much because all my

Re: [lace] kinds of lace

With regard to the original question, I'm also addicted to bobbin lace.  I've tried all others I know of except hairpin lace, but the only other type I really enjoy is hardanger and other lace-like embroidery--go figure!  I'd like to do more needle lace but I'm hopelessly bad at it, whereas I seem

Fw: [lace] Twentieth anniversary flash drive

Okay, I'll stick my neck out and post my response to the list.  I'd spear-head it but I don't know how I could handle mailing out so many etc.  The logistics have to be thought out...   Nancy Connecticut, USA - Forwarded Message - From: dmt11h...@aol.com dmt11h...@aol.com To:

Re: [lace] Twentieth anniversary flash drive -- some logistics

From: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 1:27 PM Subject: Fw: [lace] Twentieth anniversary flash drive Okay, I'll stick my neck out and post my response to the list.  I'd spear-head it but I don't know how I

Re: Fw: [lace] Twentieth anniversary flash drive

From: Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com; Dmt11home dmt11h...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:04 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [lace] Twentieth anniversary flash drive Just a thought about the fast pace

Re: [lace] Arachne 20 years commemorative bobbins/tools

And we could put some sort of logo or inscription on a tatting shuttle, but what will we do for the needle-lacers?  Or those who primarily knit or crochet?  Certainly needle-lace is as historical as bobbin lace, more so if bobbin-lace started as a way to make lace faster than punto in aria.  

Re: [lace] Cover cloths

I have found that sometimes the selvedge edge can be a little furry with ends of the weft threads, in which case I have found that it is still thin and smooth if I fold those edges carefully under, taping them down with thin iron-on hem tape.  My favorite working cloth has that finish on the edge

Re: [lace] Royal Olympic Lace

http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/royals-attend-the-london-2012-olympic-games #slide=50652181   It IS a rather nice dress--asymmetry a little avant garde for HRM I think.   Nancy Connecticut, USA From: Bridget Marrow bridgetmar...@msn.com To:

Re: [lace] Lace8

Angela and others:   Has anyone found any problems in opening designs done under R-XP or 2000 with the new Lace 8?   Thanks, Nancy Connecticut, USA From: Angela angelal...@btinternet.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 7:14 AM Subject:

Re: [lace] Arthritic hands and Picking Up Bobbins

My biggest problem is a gradually worsening tremor--essential tremor, inherited from my father's side of the family. My Dad's tremor is very bad, so I can see where I'm headed and it's scary. I'm already having trouble putting pins in (hitting the hole when your hand is shaking all over the

Re: [lace] translations

Hi Sue,   In my experience an excellent source of translations is OIDFA's compendium of translations of lace-related words, International Lace Dictionary. I don't see it for sale on their website any more, but one of the lace vendors may still have copies.   Nancy Connecticut, USA

[lace] page of lace links

Fellow arachnids:   I just stumbled on an amazing page of links having all sorts of things to do with lace (and a search of the archives didn't find the URL, so maybe it hasn't been posted to Arachne yet).  Feels like I just found a gold nugget!   http://kantklos.info-pagina.com/   Nancy home with

Re: [lace] Half stitch in flanders motives

Jo,   A number of old Flemish laces I've worked or seen in books have small areas of half stitch.  In my experience the challenge (pitfall?) is making a neat transition between the surrounding cloth stitch and the half-stitch areas.  I don't believe I have seen half stitch by itself (i.e., an

Re: [lace] single bobbin unwinding

...@frontier.com To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [lace] single bobbin unwinding I've had this happen with a bobbin that didn't have the thread wound tightly against the top barrier of the thread area.  I normally put

[lace] Kate does it again

So did everyone see the Duchess Catherine's latest lace dress? Between the dress and the figure--wow.   http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/kate-middleton-wears-temperley-dress-premiere- eve-30th-161100440.html   Nancy, not usually a royal-watcher, in Connecticut, USA (aka the colonies :-) - To

[lace] single bobbin unwinding

Hi all,   I've searched the archives but haven't found the answer to this particular question: I have about 140 bobbins on my pillow, 120/2 thread, and of the 140 one bobbin particular keeps unwinding--i.e. the working length of the thread (thread leash) on that bobbin gets longer than on the

Re: [lace] single bobbin unwinding

Too much thread on the bobbin to rewind and keep my sanity--I think the double hitch is the solution, but I was rather interested in the cause of neurosis in a bobbin. :-)   Nancy Connecticut, USA From: bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com To: Nancy Neff nnef

Re: [lace] single bobbin unwinding

From: J D Hammett jdhamm...@msn.com To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com; Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [lace] single bobbin unwinding Hi Nancy, Has your 'neurotic' bobbin got a head of a slightly different shape to the others? Or has

Re: [lace] Third Embroidery/Lace Book by Gail Marsh, Gawthorpe Hall Collection

It's available on Amazon.com for $16.94. From: jeria...@aol.com jeria...@aol.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 3:40 PM Subject: [lace] Third Embroidery/Lace Book by Gail Marsh, Gawthorpe Hall Collection Book Review If you are looking

Re: [lace] Your story

Hi Lora,   I first saw bobbin lace being made by a woman demonstrating at a needlework (!) exhibition in Devon, UK, in 1987.  I wish I knew who that lady was because I would thank her several times over:  I watched mesmerized for 20-30 minutes.  When she noticed that others had come and gone but I

Re: [lace] Idea for lace ornament frame

the advantages of protecting lace from dust!   Nancy From: Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com Cc: Debora Lustgarten drac...@primus.ca; Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:43 AM Subject: [lace] Idea

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