[lace] RE: [Ext] Re: Lace Storage Methods in Victoria and Albert blog

Dear Jeri, I am no expert, but looking at the pictures and text suggests that the Melinex film is spot welded rather than completely sealed round so it may be air can penetrate between the sheets so to speak. It appears to be common use now. All the Thomas Lester lace I saw at the Cecil Higgins

[lace] Re: Lace Storage Methods in Victoria and Albert blog

Dear Louise and Arachne subscribers,   Thank you so much.  I recommend people print and save this V blog in their conservation/restoration binders in which - years ago - I recommended everyone save lace care information.  There is no reliable 21st century book on the subject that you can buy.  

[lace] Re: Magnifying glasses

Don't overlook places such as Grainger and Harbor Freight. I just checked the Harbor Freight catalog and found a clip-on loupe that leaves me determined to *finally* get around to checking out their new store at 250 E. So far, I've been getting along well with 3.5 reading glasses from the dollar

[lace] Re: Weaving/Fingerloop Braids/Braids/Lace (History References for Scholars)

This information from Jeri was very helpful. I can add this site to the list. https://loopbraider.com/ She has many, many videos on making various braids. Her videos are certainly not professionally produced, but it will provide you with information that is very difficult to find in person, at

Re: [lace] Re: Finger looping

It doesn't look like fingerloop to me either. Tablet weaving absolutely goes back this far (and further.. go anglo-saxons!), but this speaks more to rigid heddle than 4 hole tablet to me. (2 shafts rather than 4, effectively). Lovely piece! Heather in snowy SW Ontario, with a tablet weaving

Re: [lace] Re: Finger looping

That is a better idea to me than a looped technique. Well spotted Jane On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 6:37 AM Jane Partridge wrote: > Jean or Bev Walker might be better than me at identification, but could > these braids be formed by tablet weaving? I believe the technique does

[lace] Re: Finger looping

Jean or Bev Walker might be better than me at identification, but could these braids be formed by tablet weaving? I believe the technique does date back that far, and they certainly look similar to the braids I made as samples at college some years ago? Being a warp/weft technique, it would

[lace] Re: lace books from Lowell Textile Museum

Jeri wrote: And then, the American Textile History Museum (mostly about weaving) in Lowell Massachusetts closed a couple years ago... I cannot find where the conservation/restoration staff relocated, or where the huge library (including lace books) was sent... >From a very reliable source I

Re: [lace] Re: Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s onwards

t;devonth...@gmail.com>, lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, 3 April, 2018 10:48:37 PM Subject: [lace] Re: Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s onwards Devon, I've not come across the word 'diaper' in this context before (I thought it was a word used in the US for baby's napp

Re: [lace] RE: Earnshaw, Diaper

Weaver person here. A diaper pattern is a small pattern arranged in a half-drop repeat. A birdseye twill makes a nice diaper pattern. Hence in the US we had Birdseye diapers (nappies) which were woven in a birdseye twill. Cynthia On Apr 3, 2018, at 5:10 PM, DevonThein

Re: [lace] RE: Earnshaw, Diaper

No I don't think diamond would be a preferred term, since diamonds can be any size. Diaper patterns are a very common term for weavers, and is understood as being a small repeating pattern, not even necessarily in diamond shape *Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC Canada m...@shaw.ca

[lace] RE: Earnshaw, Diaper

I find it staggering to learn that Pat Earnshaw didn’t make lace. Although I suppose it is possible that you could draw stitch diagrams from observation, the Merehurst Embroidery Skills book Needlelace has a great many photographs of the stitches and the processes which is part of its charm. Did

[lace] Re: Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s onwards

I think where Pat Earnshaw was concerned, it would have been through study - on a visit to London, I met up with Elaine Merritt and we attended one of Pat's Tuesday afternoon talks at the V Afterwards, we had tea with her in the museum's tea room. During our discussion I discovered that Pat

Re: [lace] RE: Colour in lace-Northamptonshire lace

Dear Cathie It was brilliant wasn’t it! The visitors book was like a Who’s Who of the Lace world of the time. I remember when Pat Rowley invited me, with my Northamptonshire lace research, to be a part of it my reaction was - Yes Please! The end results finally confirmed what I had always

[lace] RE: Colour in lace-radical or historically correct?

Jane’s point about historic lace in color is well taken. In fact, I was privileged to take a tour of Spain in which we learned Frisado de Vallodolid, and also saw practically all the pieces in Spain. This lace which was made in the 16th and 17th centuries exclusively by nuns for church use was

Re: [lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970's

Hi, David wrote: A couple of years earlier I'd bought Miss Tebbs' book and a reel of very fine thread at a shop in Riversdale Road, Camberwell in Melbourne. I'm sure many here will remember that shop. Yes, I remember the shop David as it was in my local shopping centre when I lived in

RE: [lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970's-Pat Read

Dear Jane, Thank you for this long explanation of the origins of your mother, Pat Read and Lucy Kincaid’s book Milanese Lace: an Introduction. The linkage with the Maidmonts confirms one of my theories, that there were various linkages to the early 20th century lace revival in the lace revival

RE: [lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970's

Dear Jane and other Friends, Grandma retired. By now, Mum had a family and spent 4 years abroad. We were in Tasmania and I remember Mum being interviewed on TV (ABC?) about her lacemaking and I thought she did some teaching (I must check this!). I've sometimes wondered what happened to

[lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970's

Dear All, Goodness, so much activity on Arachne, so much to read and all so interesting. What with a busy week, there's been no time to write anything myself. Perhaps this is no longer relevant, but I would like to contribute to the discussion. My Grandmother learned bobbin lace-making from

RE: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

Amy Your discussion about Instagram was very interesting, and I was almost ready to join up and start using them. Until you said they are owned by facebook. Perhaps I will join and see how it works, cautiously. However with search engines and hashtags -- I deliberately set up the opening page for

RE: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

to the group administrators. So I try to be “tactful” about it. Lorelei From: Marianne Gallant <m...@shaw.ca> Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18 I know there are 'pages' on Facebook, but that is just not the same as

[lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

ts on Facebook) so that we can share all of this amazing lace with generations of potential lacemakers! Amy O'Malley Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA omall...@umn.edu > Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival > Arachne comments 3/28/18 > Guess what, there is no gr

Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

er than on content. The ning software allows us > to avoid all advertising and really large photos. The facebook software > limits how much detail in a photo will be seen by the viewer. > > By the way, needlelacetalk is free to join. > > Lorelei > > Subject: Re: [lace]

RE: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

the viewer. By the way, needlelacetalk is free to join. Lorelei Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18 Guess what, there is no group for needle lace. There are several for bobbin lace and tatting, but not needle lace. I think someone should

[lace] Re: Weaver's knot

WRT my instructions for a no-fail weaver's knot: a couple of people have asked about turning the knot over. I think that step is there because of how I thread the end of the 'broken' thread--the purple--through the slip-knot loop and then hold that end. As I think about it, I can't come up with

Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

This comment made me go have a search for needle lace on Facebook. Guess what, there is no group for needle lace. There are several for bobbin lace and tatting, but not needle lace. I think someone should start one, because on the other lace groups I see more and more young people wanting to

[lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

Dear Arachnids, A very good point was made by both Jeri and Catherine about how lacemakers with more experience in working with traditional techniques are sometimes overlooked in favor of younger, less experienced artists. I think there are a lot of factors involved in this. When the general

[lace] RE: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments3/28/18

Well, this is exciting. The exhibit is controversial! The title, Lace, not Lace was meant to refer to the fact that the public considers anything that is white and has holes in it to be lace. But, the purpose of the exhibit is to show pieces made in bobbin and needle lace techniques and includes

[lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970s

I started studying for City & Guilds at Lichfield College in September 1994, Janice, so lace was definitely going strong in Lichfield then, as I joined a well established class. Lesley Doram, my tutor, had been one of the C 'guineapigs' when the course was first devised. Both her mother and

[lace] RE: Nenia Lovesey- the Tebbs's

Jeri brings up another example, that of Louisa and Rosa Tebbs, and Nenia Lovesey, that shows a linkage between the early 20th century lace boom and the one in the 1970s. My sense is that there were just enough people left over from the early 20th century lace enterprises to seed the 1970s lace

[lace] RE: Lace Revival of the 1970s

Lyn makes the point that airfare was getting cheaper so that there would have been more exposure to lace. In fact, the first time I saw it was on a vacation trip to Bruges probably in the late 1960s. I was an adolescent, and there were girls my age making lace by the canals. I have always thought

[lace] RE: Bonington Gallery in Nottingham UK - Lace Blog

“‘Stories’ from the archive include Harry Cross’s drawings from the Battle of Britain panel, and NTU alumnus William Pegg’s shift from award winning designer of lace to expressing his socialist beliefs through this medium.” I would like to hear more about how William Pegg expressed

[lace] Re: Hairband Magnifier

Thank you all for the several different recommendations.  Have been able to order, and will introduce younger generation to this easy-to-use vision aid.   Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center   In a message dated 3/12/2018 3:04:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, jeria...@aol.com

Re: [lace] Re: Hairband Magnifier

Jeri, I think the type you are describing are what I use. Hobby Lobby has something similar. They are listed as: Optisight Magnifying Visor. I bought mine in A.C. Moore at least 15-years ago. On Mar 12, 2018 7:18 PM, "N.A. Neff" wrote: > Jeri, > > Out of curiosity I

[lace] Re: Hairband Magnifier

Jeri, Out of curiosity I just looked at Lacis and they carry several. Search on just "magnifier". Nancy Connecticut, USA On Mar 12, 2018 15:04, "Jeri Ames" wrote: I've just searched Lacis and Nordic Needle using the subject - Hairband Magnifier. Unable to find the

RE: [lace] Re: Hairband Magnifier

I have had mine for years. It has 3 sets of inter-changeable lenses in different strengths, which just pop out and in. Absolutely brilliant. Agnes Boddington - UK Try looking up Optivisor. I love mine. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] Re: Hairband Magnifier

Jeri, Try "headband magnifier" instead. I know you don't buy on Amazon but you could browse, decide what you might want, then search for that product by name on the web. I just bought one because it has interchangeable lenses and will nicely replace my collection of reading glasses for trips:

[lace] Re: Hairband Magnifier

Try looking up Optivisor. I love mine. Devon > - 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 site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Re: Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques

Jeri, Lovely write up! I so agree - it is to bring a message to museums all around the United States. Lace is a part of our lives in so many ways. Thank you Jeri, Patty On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Jeri Ames wrote: > I have just privately sent a request to Devon to

Re: [lace] Re: Subject lines for posting/Lace Guild Subscriptions

Following Jane Partridge’s comments below that when the index is done, all you will have to do is look at the index to see what is exactly in each issue. I would like to say that as the volunteer who undertakes the indexing of Lace, I am not behind and would add that I indexed Lace 169

[lace] Re: Subject lines for posting/Lace Guild Subscriptions

Sorry for being pedatic, Jeri, but these are not memos, they are postings to an Internet group! It can be difficult to remember to change subject lines, particulary since contributing to Arachne is no longer via steam-driven (or so it seemed, they were so slow!) desktop computers as it was when

Re: [lace] re vintage pattern books

I don't have DMC books but I do have two books that have been invaluable they are:1981 edition of Readers Digest Complete Guide to Needlework and a 1976 edition of Readers Digest Complete Guide to Sewing Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to

RE: [lace] re vintage pattern books

Dear Friends, > I wonder how many of us have copies of the classic DMC *Encyclopedia > of Needle work*? and who has the oldest? Mine is 1928 David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS I also have 2 copies. One is marked 412, April of 1912. The other is older. The beginning is laid out the same except

Re: [lace] re vintage pattern books

Hi, I wonder how many of us have copies of the classic DMC *Encyclopedia of Needle work*? and who has the oldest? I also have 2 copies. One is marked 412, April of 1912. The other is older. The beginning is laid out the same except that the page in the newer book which has the 412 on

Re: [lace] re vintage pattern books

> > I wonder how many of us have copies of the classic DMC *Encyclopedia of > Needle work*? I had bought a copy of that book for sentimental reasons. My mother was given one that belonged to my father’s aunts and, as a little child, I used to love poring over it. Hence, it was one of the first

[lace] re vintage pattern books

Thank you to everyone who has responded to my query, either directly or via Arachne, about dating pattern and instruction books. I should perhaps apologise for not going first to the Arachne archives, but if I had done that I would probably not have raised a topic which is obviously of interest to

[lace] Re: Vintage pattern books DMC

That's where it was! I've just been hunting through old messages in the rec.crafts.needlework group, uk.rec.crafts, etc, (I'm amazed they're still going!) as I thought the discussion was on there rather than on Arachne - it must have been late 1990s as I'm sure it was in the early days. (We've had

[lace] Re: Raffle

Hello Everybody, what do you think about a raffle? Before me there are three very small heaps of stamps. All with lace- or lacemaker motives. Those if you interested in send a mail „Raffle“ to my personal mail till Sunday 21st of January midnight in Europe. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Re: commemorative poppies for the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

Back in August I posted about this project to create commemorative poppies: https://5000poppies.wordpress.com/ There is lots of information on this website. You can get lost in it for ages!! I am planning to participate in honor of my paternal grandmother’s two brothers, who had emigrated to

[lace] Re: Making Lace in Central Slovakia - By the Poor for the Rich: Lace in Context

Very well written article! It describes well the hold bobbin lace making has over me – the musicality of the bobbins, the therapy aspect, the obsession which means I am not so whole if I have not made lace for a while and so on. Thanks for pointing it out, Jeri. And I am so impressed that you

[lace] RE: [lace] Re: [lace] Dutch Rosaline translation — relief?

Relief also means embossed or raised. Agnes Boddington Subject: [lace] Re: [lace] Dutch Rosaline translation — relief? Relief indeed has a 3d connotation for the rib and a vis is a fish, viske is something like fishlet. Susan schreef op 2017-12-18 17:06: > Is there a Dutch speaker

[lace] Re: [lace] Dutch Rosaline translation — relief?

Relief indeed has a 3d connotation for the rib and a vis is a fish, viske is something like fishlet. Susan schreef op 2017-12-18 17:06: Is there a Dutch speaker who will confirm the “relief” on the viske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] RE: Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 20

The book is called;- Threads for Lace (6th Edition), subtitle;- A survey and comparison of 1800 Lacemaking and other threads by Brenda Paternoster. There is no IBSN as the book is self published. Have a look at;- http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/threads/add5.html Also, Brenda herself is very

[lace] Re: Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 20

I have her books, but unfortunately I could not find this thread in there... For thread comparison Brenda Paternoster’s books is invaluable. She compares many threads in such a way that enables cross-referencing easily. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Threading Needles with Pearl /Perlé Thread

Thanks for the directions! I do enjoy Jeri's notes. bobbi -Original Message- From: Lin Hudren Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 3:11 PM To: Jeri Ames Cc: Arachne ; David C COLLYER ; Susan Subject: [lace] Re: [lace] Threading Needles with Pearl /Perlé Thread I was sent these directions

[lace] Re: [lace] Threading Needles with Pearl /Perlé Thread

I was sent these directions by a member of the Arachne group (sorry i didn't make a note of your name) which i did and they have worked to make sure that all of Jeri's postings come directly to me in gmail. i hope this might help others. i have sent it as mention has appeared but it seems that

Re: [lace] Re: hint - elastic bands on bobbins

i have used this trick to cover the threads on bobbins in wait to be used to keep the threads clean. i found that Starbucks has a fatter straw so i have gathered a few of those (unused) for the necks that have lots of threads on them. but if your straws are thinner, just use two. thanks for

RE: [lace] Re: hint - elastic bands on bobbins

Good afternoon Regarding the subject of marking bobbins o keep track of specific bobbins. I also found that the elastic bands marked the bobbins if they were on for a few weeks, and this included a couple of painted bobbins I have.I now cut straws into about 1inch(2.5 cms) lengths and then

Re: [lace] RE: Footside on left or right?

Sorry everyone - operator malfunction! The "send" button on my Kindle is where the "delete" button is on my laptop screen! Maybe it was simply that the person who brought the technique to England could remember the technique but put the pricking on the pillow upside down, thus changing the

Re: [lace] RE: Footside on left or right?

Or simply that the person who brought the technique to England put the pricking and put it on On December 12, 2017, at 3:25 AM, J-D Hammett wrote: Hi fellow Arachnids, Janis has put forward an interesting and very plausible theory. Are there any other ideas out there?

[lace] RE: Footside on left or right?

Hi fellow Arachnids, Janis has put forward an interesting and very plausible theory. Are there any other ideas out there? Happy lace making. Joepie, East Sussex on a bright but very cold day. From: Janis Savage Sent: 12 December 2017 07:54 To:

Re: [lace] Re: hint - elastic bands on bobbins

I have used small stretchy/elastic hair bands on bobbins to keep the workers identified so I don't mix them up. These have a thread type covering so I don't think they would stick to the bobbins when they get old. I've also used the little stretchy hair bands without a thread covering for small

Re: [lace] Re: hint

First, the elastics don't hold bobbins together, they are just put on the bottom of each bobbin as a marker. And these ones just fall apart when getting old, they don't 'melt' (I don't know what they are made of, not rubber or anything like that, and they don't seem to last very long). And it

RE: [lace] Re: hint

Hi, You are so right Jane, 1. I would NEVER use elastic bands on my bobbins or other wooden objects (bad experience many years ago). It seems that the rubber and wood react together and the rubber rots even quicker. Tie a piece of thread around the bobbins to be marked (with a loop knot for

[lace] Re: hint

Hi, I feel I should post a warning. Small elastic bands work very well to keep two bobbins together. But, I'm a slow worker and my large Bucks Point piece took a year to make. During that time the rubber bands perished and stuck to the wood leaving blue or black coloured rings on the bobbin

Re: [lace] Re: Block pillow question

I only use the hot-wire outside, preferably on a windy day as it makes the foam cut straighter. The foam I use is called XPS, it does not bead and let off little pearls like most foam, and it can easily be cut with a stanley knife, but I use the hot wire purely because of my hand tremors. Much

Re: [lace] Re: Block pillow question

My preference for size of block pillow depends on the width of the piece of lace being worked - and sometimes on its length too if it's a large panel. I like to have a lot of space at the side of the pillow for storing bobbins as I work. I like the block pillows from Church Meadow Crafts, as I

RE: [lace] Re: Block pillow question

G'day Joseph, I have two main pillows which I love working on. One is an ordinary cookie pillow - a large one about 60cm diameter - which I was told was the last one made here in Victoria, AUS stuffed with horse hair. The other one for larger pieces I had specially made by an old friend now

[lace] Re: Block pillow question

Hi Joseph, 30" might be too big for comfort. I find that I have trouble seeing up close because the lace is so far away even in a 23" one. I for sure wouldn't want one any bigger. Nancy On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Joseph Young wrote: > Thanks Nancy, I

[lace] Re: Block pillow question

Thanks Nancy, I think I might make mine 30" octagonal with half blocks and an optional pit to make spheres. I will certainly use some half blocks as working on the hankie at the moment is awkward because its too little to move the block, and too much to not move it, so the bobbins only have a

[lace] Re: Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow

Thanks for the clarification Karen! From the online description it wasn’t clear that the lace sample is simply resting on an Ipswich pillow. So—even if this lace was made in Ipswich, it is not Ipswich lace because it doesn’t have the correct characteristics! This is where it would be

[lace] Re: Ipswich lace

Yes, there is a point ground lace on the Ipswich (Massachusetts) pillow at the Smithsonian. It was being worked on by a 90+ year old lace maker in the 1860s. She had worked Ipswich lace during the late 1700s on the same lace pillow while living in Ipswich, MA. Not surprisingly she was still using

[lace] RE: Christmas Lace

Oh dear. Should I admit to this? But I'm making an effort not to lurk . I've just cleared away my pillows, bags of bobbins, tins of threads, books, designs and everything else as my lace work table is needed for the annual Christmas jigsaw puzzle fest! I've still got one pillow out, but

[lace] Re: Ipswich Pillow Article - permission to share

Dear Jill,   All will join me in wishing you a speedy recovery.  Please be up and dancing around your lace pillow before the holiday partying starts.   It is well-known, that I will share what I write and publish with Arachne.  This does not pose a problem to the newsletter editor of the New

[lace] Re: Bucks prickings

Thank you Karen, exactly what I have been looking for. Alex From: Karen Thompson Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 4:03 PM To: Alex Stillwell Subject: Re: Bucks prickings Alex, The lace in the photos is 1.5 cm wide. With the extra row of holes it can be made 3.5 cm wide. Let me know if you want

[lace] Re: [lace] Buck’s pricking

I have tried working without the pins in the ground, and find it hard to keep the right tension, but I am sure with practice it would be fine. It certainly would be much faster and cheaper. Karen On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Devon Thein wrote: > > Karen, have you tried

[lace] RE: Bucks Prickings

Jane, unfortunately, I was only given the prickings. This is an interesting idea? Annette From: Jane Partridge Were any of the prickings shown alongside lace made from them? pricking alternate pinholes, and second rows not being complete, could result in the pricking for a different

[lace] Re: [lace] Buck’s pricking

Karen, have you tried working it without the pins? Devon - 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 site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Re: Bucks Prickings

Were any of the prickings shown alongside lace made from them? I'm just curious because what is being described as pricking alternate pinholes, and second rows not being complete, could result in the pricking for a different ground to what we know as point ground? In one of the books (I can't

[lace] Re card exchange

My apologies to Jean Reardon , I received your lovely card and gave credit to Celia Mulhearn , very sorry . It is a lovely card with a lace basket in it , I have the pattern but have never made it. Thank you again Jean and Merry Xmas. Shirley in Corio, Oz. shirl200...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe

[lace] re: exchange

Sue Duckles has sent me an email asking to inform the recipients of the Christmas Exchange. She is on holiday in Tenerife and not back for another 2 weeks, but forgot to post her exchange pieces, which she promises to do as soon as she gets back. Agnes Boddington - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Re card exchange

I received a lovely card and ornament from Celia Mulhearn yesterday. A Merry Xmas to everyone. Shirley in Corio , Oz shirl200...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

[lace] Re: 2017 Arachne Card Exchange

Hi Lin & gentle spiders Not sure if mine is the first to arrive but I received a beautiful card with a needlelace angel yesterday (which coincidentally happened to be my birthday) Thank-you Lin! My exchange lace is only half done at the moment, but I'll make sure it's ready before the last posting

Re: [lace] Re: St. Catherine's Day-Cattern Cakes

Ok, so here is my knowledge from when I ran the cook school and had my own home economist. Plus my research into cattern cakes. Use butter. If you can't use butter use a pure sunflower spread that is as near to 70% fat as possible (it says so on the packet). I use, in the UK, PURE (brand)

Re: [lace] Re: St. Catherine's Day-Cattern Cakes

This website, http://www.cooksinfo.com/flour, supports the claim that you need to add liquid when making a UK recipe with American flour, and subtract liquid for the reverse. Unfortunately they do not say exactly how much to add/subtract. There is also a helpful table showing how different

Re: [lace] Re: St. Catherine's Day-Cattern Cakes

I was wondering about whether it was the self rising flour that was the problem. I wonder why you need more water in the US. Perhaps a humidity issue? I do have the recipe in the very pretty book about Cattern Cakes and holidays, so no need to retype it. What about beverages? I see that something

Re: [lace] Re cattern cakes

There's a picture on another webpage:http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/lacemakers-cattern-cakes-english- spiced-sugar-cookies-266901 Note the subtitle.  English spiced sugar cookies.  It's guess that, in a pinch, you might be able to get a package of sugar cookie mix, roll it out and add the

[lace] Re cattern cakes

Hi Devon , if you entercattern cakes / visual into your browser and then find theLavender and Lovage page you will find an easy recipe plus visual pictures . Hope this helps. Shirley in Corio , Oz. shirl200...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Re: St. Catherine's Day-Cattern Cakes

I suspect some of the problem in the dryness of the cattern cakes is the difference in flour from the UK to the USA. I often have to add more liquid over here than I did when I made the same recipe in the UK, but you need to know what the consistency should be to get that right. Also I

[lace] Re: St. Catherine's Day-Cattern Cakes

Dear Devon, I expect you'll get lots of answers to this question. Just to say I have successfully made Cattern cakes from the recipe in the book "Cattern Cakes and Lace. A Calendar of Feasts" by Julia Jones and Barbara Deer. They were delicious and needed no yeast. My recipe used self

[lace] re: lace exhibit in Wisconsin

Which town? which museum? - 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 site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2017 #105

Regarding the display of lace in the museum in Wisconsin, Lois Markus is a member of the Minnesota Lace Society and has donated many of her items through the society to this Museum. Lace Works of Adornment will be a wonderful display of her collection that she gathered from the world over. I hope

[lace] Re: Joining ends of a crown

Many thanks to all who have offered excellent advice regarding my question on how to finish a crown. I will make my choices and post a photo when it's done! Now to wind the bobbins. . . . Sally in Oregon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

RE: [lace] Re: Joining ends of a crown, Inga-Lisa Olsson's Knypplerskan Vol. 3

Hi fellow Arachnids, For lace crowns and tiaras one can buy relatively cheap rings in various sizes made for lampshades in craft and hobby-shops. They are frequently painted but I would always cover it with narrow bias ribbon, 1. To make it easier to sew anything -in this case a crown- onto it,

[lace] Re: Joining ends of a crown, Inga-Lisa Olsson's Knypplerskan Vol. 3

Dear Jeri, Thank you for your detailed response. I too have the English translation inserts, and also have a Swedish-speaking friend on retainer ;-) The pricking, which I purchased from Sweden, no longer comes with the metal ring; it's something I will come up with myself. Thank you for the

[lace] RE: Joining ends of a crown

I think of invisible joins as being most necessary when something is going to be viewed from both sides like a handkerchief. But, wouldn’t the knots be on the inside of a crown, where the hair is? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Re: Joining ends of a crown

It is a case of disposing of the ends as invisibly as possible, and so you don't want ends from knots showing. You also want a fairly strong join as it will probably be passed down. If the ends are darned in on either side of the join, it gives an even, strong finish. You could also use the

[lace] Re: Question

Hello Everybody, I lost the address of the lady in Brugge who organize the lace-meeting in 2018. Could anybody please send it to me privately? Thanks in advance Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] RE Exhibition Sampled lives catalogue

Oops! my mistake its Carol's earlier book that is for sale on Amazon. Catalogue is from the Fitzwilliam shop (and online http://www.fitzwilliammuseumshop.co.uk/product/sampled-lives-samplers-fitzwil liam-museum/) Louise - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

RE: [lace] RE: Flax and Lace Museum in Kortrijk

Indeed it does. It also returns objects with something in the description like "the other side" > It says there are 1342 pieces of lace, although this may be in different museums. > > Jeri Ames - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

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