Re: [lace] fan handles again

2010-08-22 Thread Sister Claire
I don't really understand what the problem is for this person. My US lace supplier makes excellent use of flat-rate packets: one price for up to a certain weight, regardless of number of items or their value. Perhaps the seller is worried about insuring the shipment, which is indeed a different

Re: [lace] fan handles again

2010-08-22 Thread pene piip
I would think that idea could easily be duplicated by any wood turner (like my father) by making a wooden handle inserting a ring of wire with the ends firmly glued into the handle. Thinking about it, as a lacemaker, I would prefer the 2 pieces separate so that I could make the lace without

Re: [lace] fan handles again

2010-08-22 Thread Laceandbits
The handle bit would be easy enough to make or have made, but I'm not sure the ring of wire is actually a circular ring; I think it could actually be a circle with four corners' or a 'square with curved sides', depending on how you think of it. Either way, quite a hard shape to replicate