Welcome to the wonderful world of LACE, Michelle!
Get in touch with the lacemakers who are members of the Rocky Mountain
Lace Guild
http://www.rockymountainlaceguild.org/ and you will have lots of help.
And you can also join the International Organization of Lace, Inc
(which was the
Welcome, Summer!
This is a wonderful list, and I suspect you'll enjoy it. But you've
really done exactly the right thing... you've found a teacher in your
area! That is really the best thing you could do in the beginning.
When you meet your teacher, she (or he...) will be able to
Hello all:)
My name is Summer, a crafter from Grand Rapids, MI. My first and
favorite art has been beadwork. Recently I've felt like I've hit a
plateau, technique wise, and have decided to branch out into other
arts. I've always had a love for fiber, and my favorite beadwork is
netting (which
Is there a tatter in the area of La Grange Texas who would be interested in
assisting a newbie.?
If so please send me you email addy.
Thanks,
BarbE
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Any thread left on the bobbins at the end of a project: I throw away any
thread that's less than about 15 inches. Those longer than that I wind the
bobbin on to an empty thread spool (I always keep the spools from sewing
thread whem they're empty), tie the next length to the first and so on
Happy holidays to all!
I finished making my second ornament ever and want to make more. I have
some questions:
- How do you calculate how much thread to wind on the bobbins per pattern,
so you don't waste much?
- How do you prepare starch and apply it the old-fashioned way?
- Is there a way to
Hi Debora,
Welcome to the world of lacemaking!! To every
question, there's usually several answers since there
is a variety of types of laces and kinds of thread. So
here's one opinion.
How much thread to put on the bobbin is an age-old
question. Most patterns, once you are past the very
Hi Debora, and welcome!
Alice has given you excellent advice. Many fine lacemakers handle knots
exactly as Alice has described.
I'm a little anal (OK, I'm a lot anal!), so if I can avoid it, I don't leave
knots in my lace. I'll try to describe one technique for doing this,
although once again,
It's best to do this with a passive, rather than a worker, and it works
best
in a cloth stitch area. Usually, though, it's the workers that run out of
thread! If this happens, you can exchange the worker and a passive by
putting in an extra twist when they meet. Do this a row or two before you
Welcome, Christiane, to both the Arachne list and to
making lace. According to my atlas, your town is
between Palo Alto and San Jose. You live in an area
that has quite a few lace makers, and fairly close to
the Lace Museum in Sunnyvale. Contact them. They may
have lists of lacemakers and
Hi Christiane,
To quote Alice...
Jenny started last year with nothing but the list for advice, and she
has done alot in one year. Jenny...
maybe you can tell Christiane some hints to get her started.
Hints to total beginners
1. Have a go - with whatever tools you can get your hands on
Hi Christine,
Jenny had suggested a French site with some good info. If you don't speak
French (I don't) I have found that you can get a google translation. Do
realize that this translation isn't totally accurate but you can kind of get
the idea of what it is about.
Jenny said:
If you can
Here is the translated version:
http://tinyurl.com/rja2c
Then check out Tricks Easy Ways.
Wow, no wonder people have trouble with the English language!
I *know* the words are in English it is the content I am having a chuckle
over.
A Model to me is a tall, slender person who walks on
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Wow, no wonder people have trouble with the English language!
I *know* the words are in English it is the content I am having a
chuckleover.
A Model to me is a tall, slender person who walks on the platform
showingoff clothes - not a pattern or
Hello everyone - my name is Christiane Johnson and I an such a newbie I squeek.
When I was little in Switzerland, my grandmother taught all her grandkids lace,
tatting, knitting, crochet and embroidery. She was an exact teacher. No oops
were allowed. LOL. She loved her bobbins and we did not
I've been lurking for a year or so now, but decided to
introduce myself because I finally finished something.
My name is Julie and I live in Antioch IL. I've been
lacing for about 2 years on and off and am mostly self
taught. I'm getting married next month and decided I
wanted a lace garter.
Hi Julie (and list)
welcome to the list, and wow, that is a beautiful garter! The beading is a
unique (and sexy g) addition.
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bye for now
Bev (a some time spinner and occasional quilter) in Sooke, BC (on
Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
Cdn. floral bobbins
www.woodhavenbobbins.com
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Hi all,
Well, I made my cookie pillow and have been working my way, with the help of
our instructor Dale Pomeroy, through the bookmark projects in The Torchon
Lace Workbook by Bridget M. Cook. So far all is going well. On my own, I made
a
roller pillow loosely following the instructions in
I rang Alice and left a message and am now waiting impatiently to hear
from her in the hope that I will have a LOCAL teacher. Such a rare opportunity.
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Alice and I have finally spoken on the phone and I will be going to her
home (a caravan) to see her bobbin lace gear tonight to get an
Hello everyone
Hi Jenny
Thank you for the warm welcome! I feel like I know so many of you already.
I have had a strange day, it seems as if I a destined to succeed at
learning bobbin lace making as things seem to be falling into place for me.
I rang Torchon House to order a catalogue and John
Dear Jenny,
There is a lace group (or at least a lace contact) in Kununurra, so help may
be closer than you realised.
Not surprisingly, they aren't on the rotation for the WA monthly lace days
(but then neither are Geraldton and Narembeen and they are a lot closer to
Perth)!
Please e-mail me
Jenny, your discovery of other lacemaker/s in Kununurra is
great news, I do hope you will provide us with continuing
updates on your progress to get a group going again!
Lacemaking can be a solitary occupation, but company is so
rewarding and such a great learning tool. I was all alone here
Hi. This question is pertaining to wrapping around a pin. I was working the Baby
Heather Edging in the book called Lessons in Bobbin Lacemaking by Doris Southard. The
instructions state...
T pair 5 times. Set pin at #3. Then bring the twisted threads around the pin to form
the open-loop
Mary wrote:
But, if I place them straight up and down, my lace kind of climbs up the
pins.
What type of pillow are you using? I can't get on with the high-domed
mushroom ones recommended for beginners at all. I got on fairly OK with
quite a low domed one for edgings and small pieces, but the
Mary wrote:
But, if I place them straight up and down, my lace kind
of climbs up the
pins.
And Jean responded:
What type of pillow are you using? I can't get on with the
high-domed
mushroom ones recommended for beginners at all.
I have found that the domed pillows work fine for straight
Lynn wrote:
Well I guess thats it
for my book unless anyone knows where to locate free prickings.
The web site you need is Lori Howe's Lacy Fairy site:
http://lace.lacefairy.com/
Contained ever link to every site connected to lace you'll ever need.
Links to patterns free patterns:
Hello all,
I am new at bobbin lace, I find it quite intriging. I have found a woman
online who is tutoring me for free, she is a Godsend. She will not let you
continue to new lessons until she feels your ready, this is done by scanning
your work and sending it to her. If you have any
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