I have a piece of vintage lace and have now been shown 2 more examples where
there are 6 or 8 leaf tallies crossing in a peculiar way. To begin with the
tallies are long and skinny, where they join in the middle it appears that
each half of either the 6 or 8 was made separately and sewn together
At a recent lace getaway we were fortunate to have a very brief description on
mangling linen lace. How it improved the appearance and feel of the lace was
remarkable. How many of you have tried this and what suggestions would you
pass on about your experience ? Sharon
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Itâs hard to believe itâs 23 yrs. already :) I joined Arachne about 6
months after itâs beginning and remember when I first found it. I was very
new to the internet and I typed simply âlaceâ into the search engine.
That was an eye opener because most sites with the key word were about
Can anyone tell me where one can acquire the bookmark booklets by April Lind?
One of our members has lost hers (has no idea how) and really wants another
copy. I wouldnât mind a copy of both myself, theyâre very hand to have
around. Thanks Sharon on Vancouver Island
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One last thought on dogs and lace makers. Perhaps their purpose wasnât
entirely as pets but maybe they were foot warmers. There was a time when
small dogs were allowed in church for that very purpose. Sharon on Vancouver
Island
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Every once in a while I log on to E-bay to kill some time and maybe, just
maybe, find something worth while in the antique lace section. Well today
there was one heck of a buy ..a pair of âantique Plains Indian lace bobbin
toolsâ that can be yours for a mere $300 US (free shipping). I
I have seen this silk, itâs gorgeous ..and the colours, wow. Itâs very
fine (capital V). I didnât buy any though, here it costs an arm and a leg
even if it was from a local supplier. I donât know how it works up but it
sure is beautiful. Sharon, on Vancouver Island
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Hi. I recently had an e-mail from a new-comer to our district who had a devil
of a time finding an address for our group. Unfortunately the necessary
information on Arachne is years out of date. My server and e-mail address have
been changed (almost 10 yrs. ago) and I donât know how to update
A friend has a small collection of British lace tokens, they are very dirty
and almost indecipherable because of it. I know itâs absolutely against the
rules to clean antique coins, does that apply to what isnât really legal
coinage? Any numismatists out there who can shed light on this
âTis the season for lace bridal garters and a fellow lace maker had been
working on one for a several months. In this case the lace maker wasnât
sure about the circumference needed to go around the brideâs leg. So she
made plenty of lace to allow for any size changes, the problem came with
The thingummy for holding multiple threads in place is a Fadenbrücke. Dont
know how useful it is but it looks neat.
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I really need help with finding a new humorous one or two liner or maybe a
short poem concerning lace makers for an upcoming project I have in mind for a
friend who could really do with a lift. We all know the one about lace makers
do it on pillows. Is there anything different? Thanks. Sharon
Our club was just offered a largish collection of lace books to buy from an
old lace maker. The current owner had priced them out on EBay and Amazon.
Well, I thought the asking prices were a bit inflated until I checked our
regular suppliers and elsewhere. Turns out that most of these books have
When mounting an object for framing be it picture, textiles, or whatever,
under no circumstances should the glass touch the piece. When something is
mounted and framed with glass you are creating a mini climate within that
frame which can be extremely harmful. Putting the glass against the piece
Rooting through my late Father’s hobby supplies I came across a Testors kit
for making custom decals for models. It occurred to me that would be rather
handy if you wanted to produce detailed motifs for bobbins. Has anyone had
experience with this sort of thing? I’m sure someone out there
No one has mentioned this, perhaps Iâm the only one with this experience?
Back in the days when we didnât have scanners and our computers ran on tapes
there was no option but to draw out our prickings by hand. I well remember
the first big project I made, it was a doily. I had just taken it
Well, after mulling over my problem all day yesterday and half of the night I
have come up with a fairly simple but tedious solution. Keeping in mind that
this piece is Beds where one is continuously taking out and replacing threads
(not so much in this particular pattern) Ive decided to take the
Remember the problem picots? Iâve spent hours pinning it all out, the lace
looks beautiful. Iâm on the final couple of inches and disaster has struck.
I had wrongly assumed that the pricking was of a quarter of the edging. It
wasnât. I am a whole motif short on one side ..and that after
Thank you to all you kind, sympathetic, spiders for your thoughts about my
latest episode. I had known right from when I discovered my mistake that I
would probably end up undoing the lace. The fates were just against me on
this one. The whole idea of undoing the tiny hidden knots in the finish
Well, itâs a slow process but Iâve started pinning out the lace for the
tray cloth. The piece should be 14 inches by 18 inches by two and a half
inches wide. It had shrunk down to one and a half inches wide. Fingering it
out didnât work so Iâm now pinning all the (expletive of your
I recently (foolishly) volunteered to finish a Beds edging for a local woman.
There was only about three inches to complete and then join as a trim for a
tray cloth. Well, it had been made with a horrible linen thread and had sat
on the pillow for 25 years. Doing the lace was no problem, it was
I just received my new book by Elizabeth Kurella âThe Many Lives of Old
Laceâ. In spite of postage adding 30% to the cost, I have to say this book
is worth every penny for those interested in antique lace. It wasnât until
last year that I actually came across old re-worked lace. Weâve
It's my understanding that by the time Chantilly lace really became popular
it was no longer made in Chantilly. At the height of popularity in the
mid-1800's it was made by machine but the gimps were still put in by hand.
It's probable that the modern Chantilly is still made this way and
If anyone can forward any suggestions on this subject I'd be most interested
too :) During shedding season one is incorporating as much pet hair as
thread in lace projects. I have tried tweezers, they are somewhat helpful
if you spot the hair before it's incorporated. I sometimes lightly
Since Iâm on the price of books soapbox I thought Iâd bring up another
point. This past Summer I bought myself a couple of second hand (out of
print) lace books. I got them at what I considered a reasonable price. One,
from England, cost £9.99 and the other, from the States was $25.99.
I don't know whether anyone has mentioned this lately, but if you've check
out Amazon.com recently you will notice that some books are going for
outrageous prices. With nothing better to do tonight I checked out some
lace books. Did you know that for a mere $753.00 you can buy Alex
I have an e-mail addy for the Beswick’s. It's about a year old so I don't
know if it's still in service. It's doll...@cobweb.com.au
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I have successfully made a continental pillow out of two three pound coffee
tins. I first joined the two tins together end to end with lots of duct
tape. Then I used an old wool blanket cut into strips wide enough to cover
both tins. I always look for the tattier blankets in the thrift
One of the lacers in our group is working on a rather large project and now
she's wondering if she has enough thread to complete it. Unfortunately it
would seem that the thread she is using has been discontinued :( Does
anyone know of a supplier who may have a few spools left (or even a
I'm a bit behind in my digests but I thought I'd add my 2 cents worth about
no knead bread. To make a proper no knead bread you have to start with
instant yeast. This comes under several brand names, Fermipan used to be
one. It's the same sort of yeast used in commercial breads. You can
Last night a fellow lacemaker was showing me a new addtion to her lace
collection. The little doily was labelled pita lace. It was a most
beautiful airy little thing, like a delicate spider web. Neither of us has
ever heard of pita lace before, it really looked like a super-fine knitting.
where
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