Re: [lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-19 Thread Anneke Reijs
Jo wrote: scrapbook spines to keep the bobbins in a row What a smart idea! I will try the scrapbook spine this afternoon. I am working on my Withof pianorunner and for the keys I need lots of bobbins! Anneke Reijs [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.hetnet.nl/~aplag - To unsubscribe send email

RE: [lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-19 Thread J. Falkink
Don't overlook a detail: I used it on a bolster pillow, not on a flat one http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/hang-EN.html But if anyone also sees its use on a flat pillow I'd be curious. Jo wrote: scrapbook spines to keep the bobbins in a row What a smart idea! I will try the scrapbook

[lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-19 Thread Joy Beeson
On 2/17/08 10:28 PM, Tamara P Duvall wrote: Yours, still trying to figure out (8 weeks later) some lacy use for scissors with a semi-circle taken out of one blade... The doctor did some snipping with them and then said here, want them? They'll only throw them away. So I took them, but still

FW: [lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-19 Thread Daphne Martin
circle is to lift a thread so it can be cut. DaphneNot foggy today Norfolk England Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:24:28 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Re: lacemaking helpers On 2/17/08 10:28 PM, Tamara P Duvall wrote: Yours, still trying

Re: [lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-18 Thread David in Ballarat
Tamara, Yours, still trying to figure out (8 weeks later) some lacy use for scissors with a semi-circle taken out of one blade... The doctor did some snipping with them and then said here, want them? They'll only throw them away. So I took them, but still don't know what the advantage is (or

RE: [lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-18 Thread J. Falkink
I use drinking straws to protect the thread on the bobbins, and scrapbook spines to keep the bobbins in a row on a bolster. Demonstrated at http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/hang-EN.html Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-17 Thread Clive Betty Rice
Ahhh, that's why I keep surgical hemostats at the ready. They come in straight and curved mode and work better for me than tweezers. Tamara, one edge of the scissor blade is curved to aid in slipping the scissor blade under the stitch before cutting it out. Those scissors are excellent for