PS, the book Ilske mentions is terrific and worth getting.
Nancy
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 9:44 AM, N.A. Neff wrote:
> Hi Ann,
>
> Also you can always try looking in the archives: https://www.mail-arc
> hive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html
>
> I think the post you remember may be https://www.mail
Hi Ann,
Also you can always try looking in the archives:
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html
I think the post you remember may be
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg19856.html. (I searched on
"magic threads Ilske".)
Happy lacemaking!
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
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Dear Ann,
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Since you have written from the UK: There are very clear instructions in the
2002 38-page "Magic Threads" booklet by Christine Springett (UK). Â It has
wonderful photos/illustrations and can be very helpful for people who have to
join lengths of lace. Â Perhaps one of your usual suppl
Hello Ann,
do you have the book „Unsichtbar - Invisible“ from M. Wolter-Kampmann? There
you’ll find on different pages everything you can do with magic threads.
If you don’t have the book I’ll try to explain the special way you are looking
for.
Ilske
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I have found you on Facebook and looked at the shawl! *Very* pretty! Congrats!
Clay
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> On Apr 11, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Ann-Marie Lördal wrote:
>
> Hi
> I have been off bobbinlace for about 10 years and have not read this list
> since then. I have now found the inspiration again
Sue,
I have used magic threads. And I don't think I would like the 'excess' of a
piece of Styrofoam on my pillow.
What I did was use threads in the color of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, indigo, violet or
'Roy G Biv". By just remembering the 'Roy G Biv', you know the order th
I often use magic threads at the beginning of a piece, and at a place of
multiple crossings in Russian tape lace or Beds.
With the bunch at the beginning, I use (as has earlier been suggested) very
long threads, and twist them or plait them together, twist the end around a
glass headed pin, and, p
The styrofoam would probably work, if the bulk and
weight of it is not in the way.
When I did a piece where the beginning was not kept
pinned to the pillow the whole time, I slipped a small
piece of fabric under the start of the lace. Then the
lace and the magic threads were pinned to the fabric,
