Can't speak to Dazor, but I find Ott lights don't give me that shadow
problem. I believe it's because they use an elongated bulb, so the
light isn't coming from a pinpoint source they way it does with halogen
and incandescent bulbs. This dissipates the shadows.
Since Dazor also have a
One thing I've not seen mentioned yet: even *if* the light in your
class is OK (and that is a big if--I've experienced the full range),
the light in your room will probably be terrible. Some people
(lacemakers and embroiderers) bring one of those spiral fluorescent
bulbs with them to put
From: L. E. Weiss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
when working on Flanders I keep an enlarged copy of the
pattern mounted on a think cork board so that I can use pins to
keep track of where I am in a piece.
This is quite useful, since many of us have a cork board for pre-
pricking. However, if you don't
It's a stiletto or fid, for poking holes into fabric. I have one just
like it. You can use it to create holes for eyelets, etc.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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From: Jenny Brandis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The
It's my understanding that copying pages for use in a class was covered
under the fair use clause of copyright. In other words, it would not
be a violation of copyright to use patterns from published books. Of
course, that may vary in other countries.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
Other than that, and a twisted ankle last weekend (much
better now, but I've decided housework is dangerous!)
Oh, yes, housework is much too dangerous for a twisted ankle! You
definitely need to rest it and make lace. BG I guess my virus
software has taken care of the worm problem, because
About ten years ago, I bought a thread gauge that was a
transparency with various grids on it that you could lay over your
pricking to see
what type it was, ie. 5mm diagonal, 1/8 straight, etc. Then it had
a one
page guide of suggested thread for a particular grid such as 16/2
Swedish
My far-and-away favorite dragon pattern is from Lace Express of several
years ago (probably between '99 and '01). My stuff is all packed up
still, so I can't check. Maybe someone who has the back issues can
look it up. Back issues of Lace Express are available from their web
site, although
Another point to consider: I don't think cling wrapping is available
in all airports. So you might be able to use it coming, but that
doesn't mean you'll be able to get it on the return trip.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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If you're willing to wrap them (put them into a bag, or an envelope)
before assigning them to bags, then it's the luck of the draw. There
are always malcontents, no matter what you do, and often what I think
is ugly, someone else thinks is lovely. Then we can trade--I've done
it with banquet
There's another problem with putting lots of books or magazines
together in a suitcase--they may fail X-ray inspection. The clay
coating of glossy paper is X-ray opaque and a stack of them looks the
same as a big, metal box.
I had that problem at Heathrow, years before 9-11. I'd bought a
Most of us travel with fabric suitcases, so a determined thief merely
has to take a knife to it. The purpose of a lock, on a suitcase or a
car, is merely to convince the thief to try an easier target. If the
thief wants your luggage (car, house, bicycle, whatever), he'll take it
no matter
From: Barbara Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regarding securing suitcases when flying, it is not possible to do
that in the US. After 9/11, our security procedures have become quite
rigid and severe. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
has the
right to open and search any/every bag
From: Barb ETx [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Until my attention was called to it, yesterday I did not know
that Snowgoose has a One and only,..and very reasonable. I am
considering
ordering one.
Awhile ago, we were talking about modifying a one-and-only so it could be
folded up and packed in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have had phone calls asking me about
laminating so perhaps you can all have a go now.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This makes absolute sense but just one questions - how easydo you
find pricking through the laminate plastic? I was taught to rub the
bees wax
VBG!
My first mental image was of the Denver convention, when we have the regional
meetings--the Union region will meeting over here, the Confederacy region over
there
My next mental image was of Jimmy Hoffa being elected our next president. [For
the non-US arachneans, Hoffa was a
From: H. Muth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
suggestion for a name if anyone wants it. Lacemakers and Collectors
Inc. LACI. I thought it was appropriate.
Could cause confusion with the store/museum/publisher (Lacis) in Berkeley.
They're very well known, among all sorts of fiber enthusiasts.
Robin
Association of Lace Makers, Inc. (ALMI)? Ends the quibble over whether it's
diverse enough to merit international in its name. And stays away from the
question of whether Canadians mind being called American when that term has
often been appropriated for their domineering neighbor down south.
Wow! That's certainly an invention and a half! Congratulations on getting it
done. It's lovely.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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From: Patty Dowden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was working on a wire
From: Leonard Bazar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You did mention she can't
see the point of keeping the threads the same length.
A tidy desk may be the symptom of an empty mind, but a
neat lace pillow is a pleasure to work on as well as
to see!
As one who doesn't keep *anything* else tidy, I can
I *always* use the head groove on Midlands bobbins. In fact, the lack of a
groove is a major reason I dislike most Continentals (I use Swiss because they
have a grooved head). When I hitch on the neck, sooner or later the hitch gets
bogged down in among the wound threads and I get a terrible
From: Carol Adkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One of my class has the
most awful trouble with threads unwinding, and nothing any of us
can suggest makes any difference.
Well, several people have talked about the direction of the hitch. Another
thing is how you pull on the bobbin, especially to
From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Only other suggestion is that her Richard Ives
bobbins are *very* smooth and thus allow the hitch to slip.
I've gotten rather fussy about the bobbins I buy. Some may be gorgeous, but
don't have a good enough head for me (if I remember correctly,
Sounds to me like she hasn't got her bobbins properly trained! You've got to
teach them who's boss, just like horses and computers. One bobbin like that is
a renegade, but a whole pillow full is poor training. G
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
As a former museum employee, I want to add--don't tell this to the guards
around the exhibit. Ask to see the director, to tell him/her how much you
enjoyed the exhibit. At my museum, the director's office was right up front
and any visitors could walk in and express their feelings. And he
From: The Browns [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home recorded dvds whether audio or video are not
stable and may only last some 5+ years.
With CDs (and presumably DVDs), you get what you pay for. Cheap disks develop
pinprick holes in the reflective backing (not the recorded side that
everybody's so
I've never tried Mechlin, but Skansk is another lace with pins only at the
edges. What I did through the ground was work to an edge and use that pin to
maintain the worker's position while carefully tensioning each ground stitch
along its path. Even in Bucks, they traditionally didn't put
From: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Holly Van Sciver, in NY
http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/index.html
Susan Wenzel, in VA
http://www.lacysusan.com/
Can't remember where or who owns it, but Snowgoose is popular
http://www.snowgoose.cc/
there's also The Lacemaker, in Ohio (don't have
The way I was attracted was by seeing a demonstration. I was in college at the
time, and watched a woman throwing those bobbins about. I was amazed and awed.
While it was several years before I had a chance to learn, the bug had bitten.
I make an effort to be among those volunteering
The business meeting could be moved to mid-week to make it easier for part-week
attendees to come. I do agree about not being able to shop on a non-class day,
as there's so little time to shop on class days.
However, I personally was thrilled at being able to take a single class all day
and a
I am beginning to think maybe we need a convention within a
convention, sort
of a lace boot camp for people who want to live cheaply and work
intensively
at the convention to bring in the younger people.
I think that's what the Harrisburg group was trying to do, but they met with
such
The way I end bookmarks: I do patterns that come to a central point at the
bottom, leaving pairs out along the two slanted edges. I take the outermost
pair from one edge and CTC through all the other pairs on that side. Place a
support pin just below the point of the lace, unwind enough of
Some universities have stopped renting to conventions and some never did.
However, there are still many that have a reduced enrollment during summer and
use conventions to make the summer school more cost-effective. I've been to
many scientific meetings at universities, as recently as 2003
This points up someone's suggestion that convention committees
look into holding their convention at universities. Dormitory
rooms are usually a lot cheaper than hotel rooms; they often have
an optional, inexpensive meal plan; and there's lots of lecture
halls and smaller classrooms for the
I've used polyester without difficulty. It's a bit stiffer than cotton, so can
jump the hitch if the bobbins are too light, but it's nowhere near like
metallics in that respect. I've also used Nymo beading thread, which is, I
think, nylon. No trouble at all.
In the short run, polyester is
Two sides of a square makes a nice V for a neckline, or a pseudo-neckline, on a
T-shirt. Assuming the square was big enough, of course!
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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From: Christine Johnson [EMAIL
I just checked the web and Thumbelina still carries Danish flower thread. This
is a store in Solvang, California, originally settled by Danes and a tourist
spot. The URL is
http://www.thumbelina.com/index.html
Note that the Danish Handcraft Guild (real) Danish flower thread has a
different
Welcome, Jenny! I do hope you have as much fun with bobbin lace as I did when
I started.
Should I get a round, roller or travel cushion?
This, and most of the other tools, depends in part on personal preference. I
expect you'll get lots of different answers. Personally, I do not recommend
Is there a do not buy list?
Yes, most of the packaged kits for beginners.
I'd like to clarify this. A number of lace suppliers put together nice
beginner's kits. However, some general craft or needlework stores/dealers
carry the horror kit I described in my longer post. A kit from a lace
I disagree with Tamara (not a rare thing, despite being good friends) on this.
I didn't get a pricker till I'd been making lace for a few years. I used a
large-headed pin, such as a corsage pin. Or I just used the pattern without
pre-pricking.
However, I admit a good, comfortable pricker
Tahnks, Janette, for letting us know. And big congratulations to Noelene, Liz,
and Jenny!
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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From: janette humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Noelene has a 1st place and Champion for
The different bobbins come from both different traditions and from different
problems to be solved. If your bobbins are bouncing around, it sounds like
you're using fairly heavy thread and the bobbins aren't heavy enough to control
it. I suggest you save the Swiss bobbins for when you try
I agree with Clay about flat pillows and Continentals. In fact, I used only
Midlands till I got a block pillow. I had so much trouble picking up the
skinny shanks on the table-flat surface that I started getting Swiss bobbins.
Anything with a bulbous bottom and a narrow waist is a whole lot
Liz, that's a beautiful piece! You're so talented. Obviously, the John Bull
trophy was well-earned. Thanks for letting us see it. And I hope to see it in
person (always so much better than a photo) next summer.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
I used some Gloriana when learning Chrysanthemum lace from Cathy Belleville.
It came out a lot softer than her work (linen), but had enough body to tack
onto a blouse. I mixed a turquoise-and-blue variegated with some solid-color
silks in the same range. The result is lovely, if I do say so
Some people use hairspray. It's certainly NOT archival, so it depends on your
goal for the flower. If it's to enjoy now and for a few years, you can use
something like hairspray, but if you want it to be appreciated for decades,
don't.
One advantage of hairspray over liquid starch is that it
Boy, Patty, you're quite the masochist! Not only in wire, which can be so
dreadfully unruly, but with beads, too?
It's beautiful!
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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From: Patricia Dowden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All I can say is I've had great fares from Travelocity. I've compared them to
Expedia, Orbitz, USAir, and my AAA agent, and gotten comparable deals most of
the time. Sometimes one of the others found a better fare, sometimes
Travelocity did, evening out overall. I go first to Travelocity,
When Vera Cockuyt taught overlapping and sewing, there didn't seem to be all
that much to learn. You overlap a full repeat so the threads are going exactly
the same in both layers. Then take very thin (that is, much thinner than the
lace threads) thread in a needle and find a place where you
Wow! I get uncomfortable with 5 pairs hanging down to get tangled and
confused. I can't imagine trying to work with that many pairs of bobbins on an
upright pillow! What a spectacularly beautiful piece! Thanks for showing us,
Carolina.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly
A friend's class got moved to the barn one year. Complete with mice in the
straw. One woman had a severe straw allergy and some of the others were
frightened off by the mice, which decreased the class size considerably. And
that's without commenting on the lighting, the lack of heat, and the
I use a bolster-like pillow for needlelace, with a dowel under the active
area. When I took a class at Ithaca, the teacher (sorry, can't remember her
name even though she was a great teacher) showed us that method and folding the
work over your finger. I was uncomfortable with the
A lot of this advice will depend on the airport as well as the airline and the
country. Just because your home airport allows you to bring your pillow to
the plane doesn't mean the airport at the other end will. Even in these
post-9/11 days, the strictness of security varies considerably
Kathy Kirchner sells a less-expensive (at least for US lacemakers) alternative
to the Christina. She has an everything pillow with a padded circular
collar. The inside area comes with: a flat pillow, flush with the collar, to
use as a large cookie; a sloping but flat-surfaced pillow, to use
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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From: Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, January 17, 2005 4:17 pm
Subject: [lace] guild newsletter - revisited
Recently, we had a discussion about putting
Personally, I'd rather see us Yanks accepting your way. It makes more sense to
me to have either small-to-large (day/month/year) or large-to-small
(year/month/day) units instead of having the smallest unit in the middle.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh,
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is why I do not consider teaching bobbin lace to the young to
be the most efficacious way of promoting modern lace. Their role is to
wear it and look great. If they were working away in silent loneliness for
the
hours it takes to produce
Oh, I don't know
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