Re: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2022 #39

2022-12-14 Thread Liz S. Reynolds
I have to admit I don't actually know. They are working through godaddy. I can only say arachne.com isn't a name that lends itself to ilk. I've had occasional inquiries over the years but have had no trouble declining. Whoever it is seems very interested and came back several times to raise

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2021 #28

2021-10-09 Thread Adele Shaak
Go to the Flickr site and click on “Photostream” in the top menu bar. First there are the doily books that were just raffled off, then there’s a piece of early spangled lace, and then Carmen Roig Ortuño’s lace pillow. Adele > On Oct 9, 2021, at 6:03 PM, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: > > Where do I

[lace] RE: lace-digest V2021 #28

2021-10-09 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Where do I find Carmen’s lace, please? I cannot see a section with her name (can’t remember her surname) . Regards from Liz. L. - 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

[lace] re: Lace Machines

2021-02-12 Thread DORIS O'NEILL
The book Lace Machines and Machine Laces by Pat Earnshaw is available on the ABEBooks.com website at very reasonable prices. The book covers several types of lacemaking machines, with profuse illustrations comparing the machine laces with handmade laces. Published in 1986. - To unsubscribe

[lace] RE: lace-digest V2020 #58

2020-11-23 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
After trying various ways of making a tally, I found that holding the 3 passives in my left hand, between various fingers, and weaving the 4th bobbin – tail first – though them was the easiest way for me. Now I am tatting , I tried Cluny Leaves – the Tatters version of Tallies, - and found

Re: [lace] Re: Lace countries of the world?

2020-08-24 Thread Elena Kanagy-Loux
Dear Veronika, That sounds like a fantastic idea, but it would certainly be a difficult task! Devon and I have spent many hours discussing just how many lacemakers were active during certain time periods like in the late 19th century revival industries. While it is impossible to compile this

[lace] Re: Lace countries of the world?

2020-08-22 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I know there are lacemakers in New Zealand, and they have a Lace Guild there, too. I have met one NZ Lacemaker – last year at the IOLI Convention. I don’t know how far back the lacemaking goes, but I would think it is much like here in Australia. This sounds like a very interesting project.

[lace] Re: Lace countries of the world?

2020-08-21 Thread Elena Kanagy-Loux
Update: Thank you for the reminder that like the US, Canada and Australia also have histories of making lace! Also, I feel I should include South Africa as well, as there is even a monument to a lacemaker that I have seen photos of in SA. Question: does New Zealand have a lace tradition? What

[lace] Re: Lace countries of the world?

2020-08-20 Thread Elena Kanagy-Loux
Dear Arachnids, It has been pointed out to me that I have left Spain, Germany, Portugal, and Switzerland off of this list, three of which are places where I have personally traveled to study lace! So thank you for helping me with my lapse in memory. This was a preliminary list that I wrote in

Re: [lace] Re: [Lace] Return to class

2020-08-17 Thread Kathryn Draves
Jane, Having the teacher wear one pair of gloves and move from pillow to pillow could theoretically transmit a virus from one student to the next. If the teacher puts on a new pair of gloves each time she approaches another pillow it would be fine. Bear in mind that medical professionals advocate

Re: [lace] Re: [Lace] Return to class

2020-08-17 Thread Joy Beeson
On 8/15/2020 7:31 AM, Jane wrote: But I wonder if it maybe better for the teacher to use close fitting disposable gloves. Would it be okay to go from pillow to pillow with these? (I'm wondering out loud). That ever-popular citation "I read somewhere" that for disease prevention gloves are

[lace] Re: [Lace] Return to class

2020-08-15 Thread Jane
Nancy, thank you so much for these tips. I'm likely to have a workshop in the next couple of months and have been wondering how to handle it. I agree with ventilation, also as much spacing between students as possible. I think trying to sterilise bobbins a non-starter. Not only because of the

Re: [lace] Re Lace identification

2020-07-17 Thread sue
Incredible, thank you Jane. Sue Turnbull I agree with needlerun, but also the thought that went through my mind was Limerick?, though I'm wondering about Nottingham (Leavers) as some of the net sides have been stitched into (splitting the twists) rather than the careful darning which would

[lace] Re Lace identification

2020-07-17 Thread Jane Partridge
I agree with needlerun, but also the thought that went through my mind was Limerick?, though I'm wondering about Nottingham (Leavers) as some of the net sides have been stitched into (splitting the twists) rather than the careful darning which would be done by hand. At that point, my

[lace] RE: lace-digest V2020 #24

2020-04-27 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Your posts are Never boring, Brian. You have a wealth of knowledge and you share it so generously. These historical areas of Lacemaking will be lost forever, if someone, like you, does not mark it down for the rest of us to read. Very many Thanks for sharing these titbits of history with us. The

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Lady Carnarvon’s coronation gown

2019-08-02 Thread elizabeth.pa...@talktalk.net
Highclere Castle, home of the Caernarvon family, is the setting for Downton Abbey.Liz Pass - 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:

[lace] Re: [lace] Lady Carnarvon’s coronation gown

2019-08-02 Thread suebabbs385
Thanks for alerting us to that Susan. The video is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybMoUBRjHpc The outfit was worn by the Countess of Carnavon at the Coronation of George V in 1911 More can be read at https://royal-needlework.org.uk/lady-carnarvons-coronation-robe/ and

Re: [lace] re: Lace Hats

2019-03-09 Thread Karen ZM
Thanks for your reply Susan. I will try to source a book. Karen On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 22:49, Susan Vossier wrote: > Christine Mirecki has designed lots of hats, several of which are sold > published separately, but the ones which fitted Karen's description > (rounded crown, wide brim) I have

[lace] re: Lace Hats

2019-02-23 Thread Susan Vossier
Christine Mirecki has designed lots of hats, several of which are sold published separately, but the ones which fitted Karen's description (rounded crown, wide brim) I have only seen in the first book, Sommerhute, which has twelve patterns in all. She has just brought out another book of hats,

[lace] Re: Lace not Lace

2018-10-04 Thread phil powis
What a good morning - Devons nice newsy writeup of the Hunterdon exhibition hang in the Arachne digest, and my copy of the exhibition catalogue arrived in the mail (from Book Depository with free postage to anywhere in the world). I love how each artist in the exhibition has a properly

[lace] Re: Lace not Lace exhibition

2018-09-25 Thread phil powis
I was very pleased to meet Devon on the World Lace Tour in Belgium recently. We saw many exhibitions where lace was used as a medium/technique for creating art - quite inspiring, and it would be so good to be able to visit her exhibition at the Hunterdon. Very nice however to read the comments

[lace] Re: [lace] Egyptian Linen - 'Ramesses Girdle’

2018-09-10 Thread Sue Babbs
Yes, Bev, the skill of the weaver, the colours and the fineness of the linen blew my mind! I have never seen such a detailed piece of weaving on anything that old Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Re: [lace] Egyptian Linen - 'Ramesses Girdle’

2018-09-10 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Sue and everyone This information is absolutely fascinating, Sue! Thank you for sharing. The textile exemplifies their expertise in the technology of the time. A mechanised loom for doing double-weave nowadays is quite a contraption vs. hand methods. That got me thinking about comparing

[lace] Re: [lace] Corbett’s Flanders

2018-09-03 Thread N.A. Neff
AMEN. As a published author, I can attest that it was very frustrating to see a couple of errors after publication in one of my books. But errata are a fact of life -- we're none of us perfect, and it's important that corrections be shared so others don't waste time and energy struggling with the

[lace] RE: [lace] New postings on the "Arizona" site

2018-07-28 Thread Lorelei Halley
Tess I have her 1st book and it is superb. I highly recommend those books for download. Out gratitude to Suzanne for making them available. Lorelei Halley From: owner-l...@arachne.com On Behalf Of Tess Parrish Subject: [lace] New postings on the "Arizona" site. .. We are all very grateful

[lace] RE: lace-digest V2018 #73

2018-07-25 Thread pamglew
-Original Message- From: owner-lace-dig...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-lace-dig...@arachne.com] Sent: 24 July 2018 13:53 To: lace-dig...@lists.panix.com Subject: lace-digest V2018 #73 lace-digest Tuesday, July 24 2018 Volume 2018 : Number 073 Dear Sharon, You are right

[lace] Re: Lace in England

2018-07-19 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Louise, Thank you so much for the websites and information. We will be spending 3 days in Bedford, seeing Luton, Olney and the Higgins. Fortunately, Luton, at least this year, is open on a Monday. I have done my homework, and can do the whole thing without a car, even though 2019 may be

[lace] Re Lace 2018 Arachne Motif Exchange-ideas

2018-06-06 Thread Ann Humphreys
Jeri your table top displays sound lovely. It would be nice to see them. One of the reasons I like the lacemaking groups on Facebook is to be able to see people’s lace. Ann UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

[lace] Re: Lace: Making lace before diagrams

2018-05-21 Thread Karen Thompson
Elena, and other friends, I have heard that color-coded working diagrams were developed in Belgium in the 1930s. Before that a numbering system was used by some authors, with lengthy explanations for each number corresponding to the hole in the pricking. Frieda Lipperheide, 1898, Das

[lace] Re Lace and Maths

2018-05-21 Thread Ann Humphreys
I am finding this topic very interesting. I have been maths challenged all my life. Numbers make no sense to me. Only verbal explanations or the written word. I am a mainly self taught lacemaker. I did go to a lace tutor who told me I would never be a lacemaker if I couldn’t follow a working

[lace] Re: Lace and maths ... and Binche

2018-05-20 Thread Anita Hansen
> As for logic, I give you Binche. Is there a less logical lace? I've never > been taught Binche but I've made a few small pieces from working diagrams and > their construction makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. A year ago I may have agreed that Binche was pure art and no logic about it.

[lace] Re: Lace and maths

2018-05-20 Thread Jane
Interesting conversation, but can I interrupt with a heads-up for geographers?! Spatial awareness, patterns, structures, relationships, etc, all good qualities for making lace. Not sure if geography counts as a science or if its a humanity. Having worked in a research department full of

[lace] Re: Lace: Ipswich, Massachusetts

2018-05-14 Thread Karen Thompson
Liz, yes, the lace on the pillow in the first picture is the one I made. It is a reproduction from the pattern at the Smithsonian and the corresponding lace (number 9) in the Library on Congress. It has been on display since 2001. Karen, I enjoyed reading the article. Is the reproduction lace

Re: [lace] Re: Lace (magazine)

2018-04-26 Thread Clare Lewis
That's worrying Sue, we changed how we send out Overseas mags a while ago because of problems with deliveries. Are you regularly not getting your copy or was this a one off? Clare (in her Lace Guild mode) On 26 April 2018 at 14:42, Sue Babbs wrote: > I recently received

Re: [lace] Re: Lace (magazine)

2018-04-26 Thread Sue Babbs
I recently received the end January edition of "Lace" - after 3 attempts from the Lace Guild to get it to me, so do appreciate knowing when others in America or Australia have received theirs Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Re: Lace (magazine)

2018-04-26 Thread Jane Partridge
Lace is due out at the end of April, Liz. It is published four times a year, on the last day of July, October, January and April. This issue will be the last of the current membership year, so should have the renewal forms in it. Jane Partridge From:

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

2018-04-10 Thread Jeri Ames
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: lace books from Lowell Textile Museum

2018-04-06 Thread Karen Thompson
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: Lace Revival of the 1970's

2018-04-01 Thread Tregellas Family
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

2018-04-01 Thread DevonThein
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

2018-04-01 Thread David C Collyer
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

2018-04-01 Thread Jane
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

2018-03-30 Thread Lorelei Halley
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

2018-03-30 Thread Lorelei Halley
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

2018-03-30 Thread Amy O'Malley
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

2018-03-29 Thread Marianne Gallant
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

2018-03-29 Thread Lorelei Halley
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

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

2018-03-29 Thread Marianne Gallant
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

2018-03-29 Thread Elena Kanagy-Loux
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

2018-03-29 Thread DevonThein
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

2018-03-27 Thread Jane Partridge
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: Lace Revival of the 1970s

2018-03-26 Thread DevonThein
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: Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques

2018-02-19 Thread Patty Foley
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

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

2017-12-18 Thread Agnes Boddington
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?

2017-12-18 Thread Jo
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: [lace] Re: [lace] Threading Needles with Pearl /Perlé Thread

2017-12-12 Thread Bobbi Donnelly
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

2017-12-12 Thread Lin Hudren
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

[lace] Re: [lace] Buck’s pricking

2017-12-06 Thread Karen Thompson
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: [lace] Buck’s pricking

2017-12-06 Thread Devon Thein
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: lace exhibit in Wisconsin

2017-10-30 Thread DORIS O'NEILL
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

2017-10-29 Thread Susan Rypka
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: [lace] Question about Tönder lace

2017-08-15 Thread Ilske Thomsen
thanks Brenda and all of you answering my question. I got the first answer privately and answered privately too. The question came thinking about reconstruct a Bucks Point pricking for a fan. Working on it I was wondering that on different points the angles were different. I knew that not all

[lace] Re: [lace] Question about Tönder lace

2017-08-15 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Sorry Bev that I give you a new name. Ilske - 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 in Ireland

2017-08-02 Thread Cindy Rusak
I meant to write "isn't much available". Cindy On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Cindy Rusak wrote: > Thank you everyone who replied. It sounds like there is much available > where my brother and his wife are going which is what I suspected. > > - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] Re: Lace in Ireland

2017-08-02 Thread Cindy Rusak
Thank you everyone who replied. It sounds like there is much available where my brother and his wife are going which is what I suspected. Cheers, Cindy Rusak On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Cindy Rusak wrote: > Hello All, > > My brother and sister-in-law are going to Ireland

[lace] RE: [Lace] The Essay - Venetian lace

2017-07-18 Thread phil powis
Thankyou Louise for the info and link to this interesting series of programmes about Venetian culture http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08r30n6 I listened engrossed to the programme and then went back to listen to the previous four episodes. Not making lace as such whilst listening, but knitting

[lace] Re: Lace magazine

2017-05-01 Thread Clare Lewis
My apologies for the second email, unfortunately my original wasn't very clear. Can overseas members of The Lace Guild (the UK one) please let me know when they receive their copy of Lace magazine. Kind regards, Clare in Portsmouth (UK) Vice Chair, The Lace Guild. - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Re: Lace magazine/ official email addresses

2017-05-01 Thread Jeriames
Dear Jane Partridge, Thank you for this explanation. Nice to know, as The Lace Guild was not mentioned in the original correspondence, only the word Guild. There are other "Lace" publications that members of Guilds worldwide receive. Gmail is used by people in many nations; not

[lace] Re: Lace magazine/ official email addresses

2017-05-01 Thread Clare Lewis
Hi Jane, "I'm sure it would be lovely for the Guild to be able to afford time, money and expertise to set up official accounts for those working outside The Hollies" I hope not, that would just be another address and password I'd have to remember. This Luddite is happy with the way things are

[lace] Re: Lace magazine/ official email addresses

2017-05-01 Thread Jane Partridge
Jeri, Clare is a member of the current Executive Committee of The Lace Guild. She is also a member of Arachne in her personal capacity - so her return address will be a personal one (I don't think I have ever seen a committee member of any of the organisations join Arachne in an official

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

2017-05-01 Thread Nancy Neff
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

[lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #47

2017-04-23 Thread lizlace
My IOLI Bulletin & Handbook arrived this morning, -- Hooray!! So I have some good “Mental Health” therapy/reading tonight! 😊 How do people manage to survive without doing any craft work? I had a neighbour whom died of boredom,, I think! That won’t happen to me – or any of you,

[lace] Re: lace copies

2017-03-19 Thread Susan Vossier
Alex said: I don’t mind friends sharing or teachers supplying my patterns at no cost, Thank you Alex! A friend and I have subscriptions to different lace publications, but both of us, if we see something in the other's publication, order our own copy of that particular number. My problem

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #34

2017-03-10 Thread Lorri Ferguson
r-l...@arachne.com> on behalf of lizl...@bigpond.com <lizl...@bigpond.com> Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 5:56 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #34 Very best wishes, Jeri, for your eye surgery. I hope all goes well for you. I am just recovering from “Back of the eye” surge

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #34

2017-03-10 Thread AGlez
I also wish you both a quick recovery so that you can soon start making lace again! Best wishes and have a nice weekend! Antje González, Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #34

2017-03-10 Thread Sue Harvey
Liz and Jeri hope you both recover from your eye surgery quickly I cannot even imagine what it would be like not to be able to see to make my lace. Sue Harvey Norfolk UK Sent from my iPad > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #34

2017-03-09 Thread lizlace
Very best wishes, Jeri, for your eye surgery. I hope all goes well for you. I am just recovering from “Back of the eye” surgery, - and he did the cataract while he was there! I had a filmy growth growing over the retina, and he was able to get most of it out. It should improve my vision he

[lace] Re Lace in India

2017-03-08 Thread Janis Savage
In 1999, one of our South African male lacemakers, Louis Booyens and his wife Rhoda, visited India for a holiday and to search for lace and lacemakers. He found a shop in Mumbai where handmade lace was sold and bought some lovely pieces. It was run by a Mrs Mendez, who was 81 at the time, and her

[lace] Re: lace in India

2017-03-07 Thread Witchy Woman
When I first started making lace I remember reading something about tension and proper use of thread.  They made mention of lace made in India, but used a picture as an example of shodfily made lace.  It was brought to India by missionaries. I did find this article about more modern lacemakers

[lace] Re: Lace dog

2017-02-15 Thread Jane Partridge
Having on occasions tried to make lace with one or other of our cats on my lap, I can't for one minute imagine any professional lacemaker having a dog on his/her lap, which would prevent easy continuation of work, and add the risk of stray dog hair getting into the lace and ruining hours of

[lace] Re: lace from Finland

2017-02-15 Thread Ilske Thomsen
one or two weeks again one of our arachne lace friends asked for an original pattern from Finland. If you are still interested send a mail to me privately. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2017 #11 Lace Identification

2017-01-17 Thread Jeriames
Dear Liz and others with posting problems, First, I wish to share that I called AOL techs three times between Saturday and Monday about a new problem, and to complain about undelivered mail. All were in the Philippines. It is not a good way to reach a manager with my complaints about

[lace] Re: Lace Fish, finished in a short beginner session

2017-01-13 Thread Jane Partridge
Whereas in this case, Alex has generously given her permission for these patterns to be shared, it should never be assumed that published patterns are for anyone to share in any particular form as the person or lace group who has gained permission from the copyright owner chooses. It may be, as

[lace] Re: Lace-related Treasures for Day Dreamers

2016-12-26 Thread Jane Partridge
Thanks, Noelene, for alerting us to Jeri's message before the digest comes out. I had been wondering what this magazine was about, especially with the recent UK TV series about Queen Victoria finishing just before I noticed it in the listings we get (my husband is an independent newspaper

Re: [lace] Re: "Lace" Magazine Number 164 Raffle Winner

2016-12-11 Thread Karen ZM
Congratulations Amanda - enjoy the magazine. Thank you for organizing this Sue. Karen in Malta - 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:

[lace] Re: "Lace" Magazine Number 164 Raffle Winner

2016-12-11 Thread Sue Babbs
I had 23 entries for the raffle for the Lace Magazine : Alice in Oregon Amanda Furrow Ann Butler Annette Meldrum Bobbi Donnelly Cheryl Hornlein Diane Williams Heather Helen Bell Julie Todd Karen in Malta Kathryn Roberts

Re: [lace] Re Lace Facebook

2016-12-05 Thread Sue Babbs
How puzzling and frustrating! The photos are still there on FB, but I don't really understand how Facebook works! I've added some photos to our Flickr site, now it seems clear that the Lace Guild doesn't plan to include such photos in their magazine as they didn't have enough space for them,

[lace] Re Lace Facebook

2016-12-05 Thread ann.humphreys
I found the Facebook August 4th posting with the names of winners of medals of excellence but no pictures of Sue's Christening outfit. I also looked for something with a plus sign but couldn't find it. Ann - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] RE: lace-digest V2016 #103

2016-12-01 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have sent both my Exchange cards, and scans of them have been sent to Jenny. I received my UK Lace Magazine, but there is still no sign of the IOLI Bulletin, - so I must write to the Editor, and let her know. Others here in Oz, don't seem to have received them either , as I have asked around

Re: [lace] Re: Lace Facebook

2016-12-01 Thread Sue Babbs
Thanks, Janice, and well done for patiently working thro the Facebook pages. No, no babies in the family yet. It was part of a challenge with Bobbi Donnelly and Michael Guisiana to produce a Christening Outfit using the same dress pattern. Bobbi, of course, did Tønder lace and I believe

[lace] Re: Lace Facebook

2016-12-01 Thread Janice Blair
Sue,Found them.  I scrolled through all the messages on the Lace Guild Facebook page and came across one which had a + sign on a photo around that date, then clicked to see more messages on the same subject and eventually came up with Sue's photos. Lovely christening outfits. The shawl is

[lace] re: Lace eye candy

2016-09-24 Thread Susan Vossier
Janice, I've seen this salt crystal lace several years running - but I'm going to a lace day in Vauvert, where they did it, at the end of October, I'll ask for more info! i think it was probably only tried once, as an experiment, but will let you know all the details I manage to glean... I'd

[lace] Re: Lace eye candy

2016-09-16 Thread Susan Vossier
Hi Susan, The lace is made normally then immersed in sea water at the local salt works. It was Marie-Thérèse Bonniol who first thought up the technique - Denise, of the site you mention, learnt it from her - and you can see the various stages here: http://artetdentelle.free.fr and go to

Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] Selling my lace bobbins :(

2016-09-11 Thread Angel
I could use that direct link. Sorry Sue, I can't seem to get to Ann's email address except through you! Cearbhael Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 11, 2016, at 8:35 AM, Sue Babbs wrote: > > Forwarding for you, Ann. So sorry to hear why you had to stop making lace > > Sue

[lace] Re: [lace-chat] Selling my lace bobbins :(

2016-09-11 Thread Sue Babbs
Forwarding for you, Ann. So sorry to hear why you had to stop making lace Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: Ann McClean Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 8:22 AM To: lace-c...@arachne.com Subject: [lace-chat] Selling my lace bobbins :( After not making bobbin

[lace] RE: Lace Survey Results

2016-08-25 Thread Agnes Boddington
Hello Helen Thanks for doing this "exercise" very interesting results. May just suggest this to our local group, and see how much (if at all) the results vary from yours. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Re: Lace on display on London

2016-08-22 Thread Jane
Hello Beth, I recently posted about a V & A exhibition, but it wasn't lace and it doesn't start until October Sorry! (Details repeated below) But there are other exhibitions. V & A currently has an exhibition on A Brief History of Underwear (pun intended, I assume!), Kensington Palace

[lace] RE: lace-digest V2016 #39

2016-05-15 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have not received either the IOLI Bulletin, or the UK Lace magazines yet. I look, - hopefully - for them every day, - but so far without success. How confusing to have 2 Blair Castles!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace] Re: lace magazines/membership

2016-05-06 Thread Jane Partridge
I wasn't slating you, but if you were in the position I am, regularly visiting The Hollies, you would possibly feel the same way when someone appears to suggest that sharing is acceptable, even if that wasn't exactly what was meant. Unfortunately, a lot of people have the misconception that

RE: [lace] Re: lace magazines/membership

2016-05-06 Thread J-D Hammett
came forward to take over the running of the group (at that time I was too busy and too far away to be of any use to them). Joepie From: J-D Hammett Sent: 06 May 2016 18:50 To: Jane Partridge Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: RE: [lace] Re: lace magazines/membership Hi all, Fortunately; I do not â

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