Re: [lace] Website, Brazilian bobbin lace

2005-07-01 Thread Antje González
Here you can see the picture of the amazing Brazilian needles: thorns of madacarú (a type of cactus), used in the northeast of Brazil. http://es.geocities.com/antjeglezherrero/paginas_web_interesantes_otros_paises.htm Greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara, Spain - To unsubscribe send email to [EMA

Re: [lace] Website, Brazilian bobbin lace

2005-06-30 Thread Lynn Carpenter
(Forwarded from Antje) Hello all Arachneans, I have an e-friend who comes from Brazil and is also a lacer. I have asked her about the gigantic pins that have been commented a few days ago: she has told me that these large bobbin laces we saw in that website are made in the North East of Brazil an

[lace] Website, Brazilian bobbin lace

2005-06-21 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes > If you look at the shoulder bag on the products page its the leaves >that stand out and makes the whole thing 'work'. I must admit I really like that bag - if they had a sales page up I would be really tempted! Have you noticed thoug

Re: [lace] Website, Brazilian bobbin lace

2005-06-21 Thread Laceandbits
In a message dated 21/06/2005 10:09:31 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What struck me as being odd, is that they are doing this for money, but > making BL with lots of petals which surely isn't the quickest of techniques. > A > lot of Asian/Chinese torchon/Cluny typle BL also h

Re: [lace] Website, Brazilian bobbin lace

2005-06-21 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 21 Jun 2005, at 01:24, Lynn Carpenter wrote: http://www.fairloom.org/ Talk about color in bobbin lace! Some interesting pictures as you click through the website: under the "About" link, what *are* those things being used as pins? Could they be dried seedheads attached to some sort of thin

Re: [lace] Website, Brazilian bobbin lace

2005-06-20 Thread Rosemary Horr
s going to look into and never have...as of yet. Regards, Rosemary in Sunny Flagstaff, AZ. - Original Message - From: Lynn Carpenter<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@arachne.com> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 5:24 PM Subject: [lace] Website,

Re: [lace] Website, Brazilian bobbin lace

2005-06-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jun 20, 2005, at 20:24, Lynn Carpenter wrote: http://www.fairloom.org/ Talk about color in bobbin lace! Geez... And here I thought that some of the Slovenian lace was a bit overboard... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (F

RE: [lace] Website, Brazilian bobbin lace

2005-06-20 Thread Patricia Dowden
http://www.fairloom.org/ Talk about color in bobbin lace! Some interesting pictures as you click through the website: under the "About" link, what *are* those things being used as pins? Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com =

[lace] Website, Brazilian bobbin lace

2005-06-20 Thread Lynn Carpenter
http://www.fairloom.org/ Talk about color in bobbin lace! Some interesting pictures as you click through the website: under the "About" link, what *are* those things being used as pins? Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] cont