Hi Andrea !
An interesting observation! I don't have that publication, but I have noticed
the same effect in other books and magazines. Try this: turn the picture
upside down. Now does it look right? Sometimes the publishers make mistakes,
and turn photos upside down - especially when
For those of you who have wanted patterns for the famous Springette Snakes,
there is a little booklet on eBay right now which is an early edition of her
patterns. They should serve your beginning students quite well!
http://tinyurl.com/l8acb
Clay
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On the other hand, the hankie I am making now is Binche lace, and is an old
pattern which has been reconstructed. I'm using very fine thread (140/2) and
began working the lace on the day after Christmas, 2005. I have just (today!)
turned the third corner. I estimate that I have worked a few
Hello Rhiannon -
As many people have said before, there is no such thing as a silly question
on this list!! And getting the right thread is critical, not silly!
At any rate, I found Plum Pudding in A visual Introduction to Bucks Point
Lace by Geraldine Stott. All of the patterns in the book
When Ulrike talked about her book and the title, she didn't bother with a long
lesson on German language, she just told us what she was thinking when she came
up with the title... While my memory may have mixed up what each word
literally means, her notions were snowflakes and the changing
Tamara wrote: I thought the book _was_ out So why don't
they have it yet?
I understood from the Arachne raffle that the book was an advance, and when I
went to the website in question, there were several books which were just being
released and would be available in the next few weeks.
By the time I learned about www.kloeppelbuch.de, my copy of
Reconstruction... was in the pipeline. But I ordered another book which
caught my eye. I got a number of emails from Kloeppelbuch: the first thanking
me for opening an account, the next confirming my order, the third telling me
Sorting through all of this, it appears that
1. PayPal adjusts the conversion rate of international purchases to offset the
fees it pays to do business with credit cards. The buyer pays this rate.
2. PayPal converts the funds before placing in the seller's account. The
conversion fee is
Hi Jane !
Lucky You!! Any chance you can scan it and post it on the Arachne photo site
so we can see it?
Clay
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Hi All, I was in a shop yesterday trying to find a price on an antique
thing for
Dear David --
For once, I read the original note to the list and then followed up by reading
all the responses before I jumped in with my own 2 cents worth...
And while I found some satisfaction in the fact that I've been at this
obsession called lacemaking long enough to recognize all the
Hello Agnes!
Thank you for your nice About Me. I feel that we know you a bit better!
I applaud the efforts you and your husband are making to provide basic bobbins
for an affordable price. It is possible to buy plain bobbins by the sack, but
it's so much more satisfying to have an array of
Sorry about the confusion! Yes, Richard Worthen is providing the
commemoratives at the Spring NCRL lace day. I was referring to the FALL lace
day in my note!
Richard's bobbins have a consistent design and are beautifully finished. When
made for commemoratives, he has them engraved by laser,
Yes! Fran is an excellent choice. I believe (could be wrong...) that she is
providing the commemoratives for the NCRL Fall Lace Day this year.
Clay
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How about Fran at Knotwork Lace Tools
http://www.lacebobbins.com/
Hi Bev, Betty Ann, and Patsy!!
Thank you for letting me know that it wasn't my server or computer!! I had
lots of mail this morning (although still not much from the list!).
On the other hand, yesterday was our first truly beautiful spring day, so at
least around here, everyone spent as
I've just learned from Susan Wenzel that Margaret Adkins is retiring. She is
the person who made the wonder pillow bags and bobbin holders that so many of
us have used and loved. I know of at least one person who intended to buy
another bag before long, and now she won't be able to!
I wish
Is everyone away for the weekend? I haven't gotten a bit of email for 24
hours! I'm wondering if my new mail server is missing something!!
Clay
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Hi Bobbi -
Yes, Richard Worthen is the maker, and that is the little gadget that I've
mentioned. I gave him one of my own swivel hackles and asked him to put a
bobbin handle on it. Since then, he has made hundreds of them! They're
handy to have to help with those really short broken
EXCELLENT suggestion, Jane! We should all carry a small showtell kit in our
purse! Now, to go round up a few little items for mine!!...
Clay
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Hello Spiders
Today I put into practice my plan to have
The problem with eyebrow tweezers is that they're like scissors - they open and
close freely, so when you put them down, the thread falls out. Hackle pliers,
on the other hand, are like small clamps - they are closed unless you pinch
them open. The particular hackles that I like have
Sorry, I hit the send button too fast...
The other option if you can't get to a fly-fishing supply shop is to go to a
place like Radio Shack (electronic supplies). They have wire clips which
feature a little plunger top which, when depressed, causes a small metal
hook to come out of the end.
Bev wrote:There is an unfortunate disadvantage to the stability of the hackle
pliers - you do need strong fingers to open them. V. frustrating if
the fingers are affected, such as with arthritis :(
This is true. But there are different types of h/p devices, some being stiffer
than others. And
That swivel head hackle from Tamara is like the one I discovered in the
fly-tying shop! I gave Tamara one, and between the two of us, we managed to
briefly clean out the supplies in tackle shops near us and shared them with
friends all over!
Clay
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Jacqui
Yes, Christine still uses that expression when describing how to make a picot!
In our workshop two weekends ago, she told us who coined that phrase, but I
have forgotten now. Maybe someone else can remember. She was careful to give
credit to a number of teachers who have been important to
Hello Jane!!
Your method makes PERFECT sense to me, having finally learned the Springett
method, and also being comfortable with the continental method for tallies.
Yes, elevating the passives would make it much easier to navigate the worker
through them, AND... tensioning on either side is
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Years ago, I think it was Steph Peters who introduced us to the hackle plier
which could be used to hold broken threads while repairing, or could be used
when you get to the bitter end of a thread and there isn't enough to hold it on
a bobbin, but there is enough to get to the end of the
Hemostats are indespensible!! I use them when I spangle bobbins... It's
almost as good as having another hand!
Clay
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In the same vein, Clay, Coming from a non-fishing family..however a medical
one, I use
That's exactly what Christine instructed us to do in our workshop last weekend.
So as a result, not only are the leaves wide, they tend to be plump as well.
We were working with variegated thread which is relatively large, so the
leaves were huge! She instructed us to gently pull the three
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