I've also been reading the comments on this subject with interest. I took up
spinning and weaving in the '80s and when I looked at bobbin lace it seems
too delicate for my growing kids and pets to be around. I did not have a
room dedicated to my fibre craft so loom, wheel, sewing machine etc
Susan Reishus wrote: Quilts make for a fun application, but wearable forms
such as jewelry (and there are a few incredible books out there)
I was wondering if you could give us some titles of books containing
jewelry? I've got basic books and some from the 80s which I purchased from a
senior
I second this entirely; having lost 14 pounds during my 4 yr divorce and
regained the privilege (!) of shopping with my seventeen yr old daughter in
the juniors section, I am appalled by the short term nature of fabrics that,
at purchase, seem to be lovely to the touch and a good wear. Two careful
Oops. You are absolutely correct. I have no excuses.
Laurie
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Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Cottier Bobbin
If his book was published in the early 1900s
I'm the same, and a drummer also
My favored bobbins that are for me the pinnacle of practicality, resonant tone,
feel and visual appeal are unlacquered Ebony Flanders bobbins
On 3 Oct 2011, at 15:01, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com wrote:
...relationship between lace and
Hello Sr. Claire and everyone
If your lace effect is by means of large needles and fine yarn, in
plain knitting (no design with intentional holes) your tension should
be ok. When we do patterns with lots of YO, k2tog. holes, in fine
thread or yarn, it is usual block the finished piece to
I did not mean to insult the integrity of the little lacemaker. I just
want to note that as illustrious as the source of this interpretation
is, there are still other ways to use the same information. A devoted
housewife can also be (and, it was probably also true 350-400 years ago)
someone
I am currently reading a book about Rembrandt called Rembrandt's
Eyes by Simon Schama. In it there is a painting by Caravaggio - The
Death of the Virgin - painted in 1605-06. The group of monks that
commissioned this painting refused it because Mary has bare feet in
it, and the
Thank you, Jean! I have heard the story of shoes off = immorality so many
times and always doubted it - it's good to know that at least one person - the
curator of the Wallace Collection - holds a different opinion!
Adele
North Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)
In the booklet,
Wow, I am a thread miser, I guess...
I actually try to follow the threads to find out which is going to be the
longest threads and wind appropriately.
Whoever gets my books after me is gonna' love them. I write the estimated
lengths by the patterns in my books in pencil.
If I miss it really
The easiest way to describe the tambour hook is to think of it as a
miniature rug hook i.e. the flap closes as you pull the hook back through
the net.
Sue
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A proper tambour hook doesn't have a latch! That's what makes it hard to use.
But because it doesn't have a latch, you don't have the problem of the latch
closing when you are using it in a point down/handle up direction, (as you do
on net,) and is why an experienced tambourer can work
Jane Atkinson wrote:
Nigel Nicolson, son of Vita Sackville-West. Asked to enthuse
about this particular painting, he did his best to describe the sitter's
absorbtion in her task. 'She's sewing, or something...' was as close as he
got.
Just shows what you're up against!
Dear Lacemakers
I
I haven't tried with the Antique pattern library but I have done this for some
of Tess's the Professor's texts on the weaving archive. It will depend on
your book reader. With the Kindle and my reader, which is the Cybook from
Bookeen (go the French! I find it much nicer than the Kindle),
Hi Mary and other Arachnids,
Has anybody else downloaded this program? I tried three times and had to
un-install it three times as neither Adobe 10, Windows office nor any other
program on my computer could open the instructions. It would not work any
way I tried it. It kept giving a message
Le 01/08/2011 13:42, Ilske Thomsen a écrit :
Nathalie,
Beaumé is situated in the Picardie Dep. Aisne. I don't know if people from
there had anything to do with lace. Perhaps our French members knew more.
And there lived two French painters with the name Beaumé. Joseph from 1796
till 1885
Hi Everybody:
As far as lighting, they
cannot turn it up, as it would age the dress, as per typical museum standard.
I think that a smaller light could have been set where the head was but again,
it would damage the dress.
Maybe they could have the same amount of candlepower (or lumens or
Interesting, Ann. Wonder if a bowling ball bag would work for my Honiton
pillow too?
I like repurposing :)
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Interesting, Ann. Wonder if a bowling ball bag would work for my Honiton
pillow too?
I like repurposing :)
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Thank you for that Jean.
It lookss very intricate and time consuming to put it all together - makes you
wonder if it would have been quicker to make the motifs by hand!
Brenda
On 19 Jul 2011, at 09:26, Jean Leader wrote:
David has now added some Javascript magic to my web page about the
where I assume they were a little more ahead in the fashion stakes!
From Angela in cold damp Sussex England
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Susan Reishus wrote:
I am knitting white tip towels and hand towels, and when asked what
I am doing,
the first comment is, Oh that will be hard to clean! when I feel
it is quite
the opposite. My sister got similar comments to her queries about
why most
things were white, when buying
Dear Sue et al,
I agree, and find sense with what you say, except for white wedding dresses.
It is my understanding that white wedding dresses only came into vogue when
Queen Victoria wore white to her wedding. Before that, I believe they were
many different colors. They were your best dress
Now I see why it is so easy in the wash:-) I had been thinking of lengths
of torchon or bucks on the edge of something, mind you I did make a narrow
strip of lace which is around a kerchief I have worn at our living history
camping. It works well to brighten up my outfit and keeps the chill
I am hoping that once the new ness of the job wears off she will relax a
little. The stress of the last 6 months must have been huge with the media
watching every move. She is an attractive young woman and shows off her
elegant style and the beautiful lace nicely. I hope she will be a good
Sue T asked : I wonder where else some of the arachne people wear their
lace apart from lace days or
weddings?? Perhaps you would share that with us.
When I was in England in April I bought a couple of t-shirts at Sainsbury's.
When I got home, I found that one of them was a little low
Malvery, That sounds lovely, but I dont think I have any nice enough
t-shirts around to show off beautiful lace to its best, so perhaps I need to
keep my eyes open, or look at my wardrobe a bit better:-)
Do you find fine lace washes better or bigger grid ?
Well off to finish the dishes before
I don't think that size matters too much. You do need to stitch it all
around so that it is firmly attached. One t-shirt has a piece of Honiton
and the other has three pieces of Milanese - same design, different braids.
Both were made in fairly fine thread.
Malvary in Ottawa, where I've
I'm afraid that people's eyes would not linger on my frame long enough
to see the lace!!! ;-)
Clay
On 7/9/2011 1:11 PM, Daphne Martin wrote:
Hello
Jean Nathan wrote
I like to think that I would show lace off better than she does because,
being much larger, there'd be more of it to see on
I think that the black sheer by her hand is part of the tail of the sash.
Brenda
On 5 Jul 2011, at 03:01, Susan Reishus wrote:
I'm not so sure the gold lace is on the black sheer.
http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion+shows/galleries/pre+fall+2011+carolina+herrera,11953;
***
I looked quickly
Ditto from Maryland, David! Lovely scarf, impressive sweater/jumper,
and heartwarming story...plus a handsome photo of the maker!
Kudos,
Vicki in Maryland
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Susan, your remark
My caffeine to Susan ratio wasn't quite right when I posted it.
made me laugh in my coffee cup - I was lucky, the coffee missed my
keyboard VBG.
Margery.
margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK
lovely summer
day. Not too hot, less than 80F, 24C all day, no rain, decent humidity. This
is all good.
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Sent: Jun 27, 2011 3:50 PM
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Subject: RE: [lace] Re: Wool Shrinkage Treatment
I have a friend's bobbin that has the words one inch of lace equals a quarter
inch of dust ... kind of explains the dust in this house me thinks VBG
Warm
regards,
Laura Forrester @++
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Dear Alice,
DO NOT use blue film for black thread. The contrast is poor. White
might be a bit stark, but a light pastel sounds like a better
choice. I know now, for next time.
I know exactly what you mean, and in my experience I find it easiest
to use blue backing for white thread and an
But wouldn't these thorns be awfully thick?
Sr. Claire
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Is there a certain kind of fish with bones particularly suited to use as a
pin? Does anyone know of a thorn that
On 20/05/11 4:11 PM, Sister Claire wrote:
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
some thorns are very thin such as cactus needles.
Anna
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Ah, I see. I didn't think of those long skinny things as thorns. Thank you!
Sr. Claire
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On 20/05/11 4:11 PM, Sister Claire wrote:
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
some thorns are very thin such as cactus needles.
This reply may be too on topic. But to read Susan's reply below, with a
different object in mind, is absolutely hilarious. Thanks for giving me a
great laugh and I hope I'm not the only one with a deviant mind.
Diane Z
Lubec, Maine
USA
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erm, I've lost the thread. Would cactus have been known to lacemakers?
I've also lost track of what thorns were mentioned as possibles for
pinning - maybe hawthorn was one of them. Climbing through such a bush
as a kid (in Canada) - the thorns 'bite' if you get stuck by one. I
soon learned to
On 20/05/2011 05:21, robinl...@socal.rr.com wrote:
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Is there a certain kind of fish with bones particularly suited to use as a pin?
Does anyone know of a thorn that would work as a pin?--
In England, no. However, several
Can't be mine is in a cork from a red wine bottle however it
is a real cork (and I have 3 others just in case!!) Thinking of
using those for divider pins... LOL (Wonder if I am just making
excuses to drink red wine??)
Sue in EY
On 18 May 2011, at 20:53, Linda Walton wrote:
-- Rebecca Mikkelsen mikkelsen_rebe...@hotmail.com wrote:
Is there a certain kind of fish with bones particularly suited to use as a pin?
Does anyone know of a thorn that would work as a pin?--
In England, no. However, several species of Acacia (trees) and some other
exotic plants
While visiting in Germany last year, I had the very good fortune of
being able to buy a book entitled, Lace: Wealth for the Rich, Blessing
for the Poor. It is a documentation of a project funded by the
Leonardo da Vinci foundation, and involved groups from six European
countries. Each group
Dear Liz,
Since then I always turn in my entries in a frame so that no one
can actually touch the lace.
Then if I were judging your lace, I would have to disqualify it, for
much of my judging is done by viewing the rear of the article.
One show I judge at does indeed have a section for
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Since then I always turn in my entries in a frame so that no one
can actually touch the lace.
Oregon state fair rules specifically state that entry cannot be framed.
Having a separate Framed Lace category might be a good idea. I'll have to
suggest it to the
In our area we have had a very creative lacer, who over came the 'must see the
back' rule in 2 creative ways:
1- a butterfly was inserted into one of the acrylic frames molded at an
angle to be free standing,
2- a Rib Roll piece was mounted at the very top to a lovely matted
I understand that I may not know what I'm talking about (or view things in a
very different way, because I do that for sure), but I have to wonder:
Re: judges not touching the lace
Are people afraid that the judges are going to be so rough with the lace
that they are going to tear it or destroy
It's not the judges touching the lace that puts me off, it's the arty
know-it-all display people who put the items out for display with pins and
sticky tape and the like. They might be good at window dressing, but
sometimes they know nothing about how to handle fragile items.
Noelene in Cooma
Our State Fair doesn't want anything under glass because of the
possibility of breakage. We can mount on poster board but only partially
so that the back is accessible.
Lauren in Snohomish WA
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Branwyn,
In my particular situation I was told it was one of the judges who had attached
the ribbon to the lace through a picot and distorted the lace. So yes, I am
concerned about letting the judges touch the lace. Our fair is pretty good
about preventing fair goers from touching the lace.
David,
If you were the judge I would know that my piece was in safe hands and I would
not worry about framing it!
Liz Redford
Raleigh, NC, USA
David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote:
Then if I were judging your lace, I would have to disqualify it, for
much of my judging is done
In the North Carolina state fair the lace is not exhibited in glass cases. It
is simply placed on a table. The table is placed out of reach of fair visitors
and is watched by a fair volunteer. However that does not prevent damage. I
picked up a lace edged hankie for a friend who had won a
Yes I have had that strange look in the UK too.In fact as one point, the
pet shops in my area of Yorkshire refused to sell us barley straw if it was
for a lace pillow. Don't know why, maybe they couldn't keep up with
demand, especially as I was teaching 5 or 6 classes a week!! We had to
Hello,
His name is Michel Jourde. It was near Le Puy
I think that he stopped and sold his house.
Dentelez bien
Sof from France
With sun
Le 17/04/2011 08:52, kar...@bold.net.au a écrit :
Hi
Sorry if I have sent this email to the wrong list. Does anyone know of a
Bed Breakfast in
There's even a shop in the center of Berlin, selling lace supplies and
handicraft from the Erzgebirge:
http://www.kloeppeln-berlin.de/index.php
Klöppelstube
Rathausstraße 21
10178 Berlin Mitte
Tel. +49-30-27576669
Best, Achim.
Am 15.04.2011 um 13:56 schrieb Ilske Thomsen:
the question
My first lace pillow was a 60cm straw-stuffed Belgian cookie pillow. It was
*far* more pillow than I needed and in the years since I have only rarely
used much of its surface.
I had never done bobbin lace, never seen it done in person, but dearly
wanted to try it. So I contacted an online dealer
The guild I first joined had loaner kits which newbies could take home
with them and keep for two or three months, which gave them enough time
to decide whether they wanted to continue making lace. I had only had
my loaner kit a couple of weeks before I started looking at suppliers so
I could
I have written to Roseground to find out if they are going to stock it in
the UK. They seem to have the best selection of European books.
I use Ulrike's book a lot, but find that most people who have it expect it
to work by osmosis from the book shelf. Once you work through some of her
I have Martina's book and it is more than interesting.
Ulrike likes to finish her laces with knots in the traditional way and
Martina teaches how to do it with magic threads and using other quite
interesting methods. For me Martina's 'Invisible' is a step forward in
achiving tidy finishes. The
the question about shops selling lace related materials I answered privately.
But here are the addresses i found again for all of you.
Klöppelkiste
Wasserschloßweg 6
09123 Chemnitz part Klaffenbach
this is far away from Chemnitz itself but a lovely place
Tel: 03712600743
Klöppelshop Köck
The ceiling tile idea was smart!
My first lace pillow was an insect
pinning board (way
too hard to push any but the finest pins in, whereas I
was using sewing pins), with crochet thread wound
around the top of 4 1/2
wood screws. (Instead of
clicking pleasantly as I worked, they clanked!) I
My first pillow was a 65 inch square HD foam pillow, covered with blanket,
then
drill. I made a piece from a Woman's Weekly annual...about 55 inches
long, then
tape lace decoration back up each side...thought it was pretty
special at the
time and although it hangs in my lace room, I can look
I'm not sure if it's allowed either, but no-one complained when I posted
about Mariña Regueiro's new Hinojosa book last week, so tell us a bit more,
please. I am sure that information about new books is as essential as
knowing about new threads or new lace days.
Jacquie in Lincolnshire
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We often post book reviews on Arachne. I've done it myself.
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What's the problem with mentioning a book on Arachne if it's lace-related?
I am very far behind on my list emails right now because I am busy
with Passover preparations. If someone has a question or needs
clarification, please write to me directly and I will usually answer
within 24 hours.
Best
For my money the best new lace book in recent months (years) is Jane Atkinson's
'Contemporary Lace for You'. I even paid postage to get it before Lace Guild
Convention as I wasn't sure if it would be available there. It was - along
with Jane and some of the lace from the book.
It's not a
Thank you for reminding me about that website. I'm going to Prague next
week so will have a look to see if there's anything I shouldn't miss.
Lesley
On 13/04/2011 02:23, Lyn Bailey wrote:
If I’ve sent this twice, please accept apologies. I have reason to believe
that the first message
Well done, Tamara! You've given the Bulletin a very long period of hard
work and dedication, and all IOLI members have benefited from the
articles and patterns that you provided yourself, or that you were able
to convince others to provide! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your
shoes,
I second Clay's comments. Tamara, you have done a great job. Thank you so
much - and have fun with the extra time you now have.
Sue
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Hi Lyn
Lace News is very good at giving dates for lace days but of course they can
only advertise if the person or persons organising the lace day inform them
on the details. If you subscribe (its free) they send regular emails on what
is current.
They also advertise sales or auctions of
: RE: [lace] re: Lace Supplies in Foreign climes
Hi Lyn
Lace News is very good at giving dates for lace days but of course
they can only advertise if the person or persons organising the lace
day inform them on the details. If you subscribe (its free) they send
regular emails on what
I bought it not long ago and am currently working the Rose for my sister's
birthday - who is named Rose. Lovely clear instructions , enjoying the
making as it is a tiny bit challenging for me having not done much
Bedfordshire.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Well said. I see you are also of recent immigrant extraction, as we have first
hand knowledge of the difference between first and second generation. I am
mostly second generation, and had to learn my German in school. The neat thing
about lacemakers is that regardless of the age of the
I have been told that a layer of Saran Wrap is placed between the lace and the
clay so that the lace never touches the clay.
Liz Redford
Raleigh, NC, USA
Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com wrote:
you have to get your lovely lace in touch with raw sticky clay. I'm not
confident that
But then, there is the fact that lacemaking as experienced by different
people is a different thing. In my lace group there was a person who felt that
the most enjoyable thing about lacemaking was that you followed a pattern
and the pattern told you exactly what to do, requiring no decision
Susan said, There can be much ado about royalty carrying on the symbolism
Using that argument the Welsh symbols should be more
dominant than the Irish shamrock, as we have the Prince of Wales, but (as
far as I know) no member of the Royals connected with Northern Ireland.
The shamrock motif is
The Bonnet Preserver (item 13 under Knitting at
http://www.knitheaven.com/vintagepatterns/26_BONNET-PRESERVER_KNITTING.htm
)
Since women tended to have their hair in a low flat bun, could the ties go
around the bun? So the band would be covering the hair line at the front
and sides of the
Liz
I have been in contact with a needlelacemaker in Christchurch, - who is OK,
luckily, - and although she does not know Erica, she knows that she lives
in Hokitika on the West coast so she will not be affected like they are in
Christchurch.
Erica moved from Hokitika to Christchurch a couple
I'm sorry Liz, but Erika lives in Coalgate, in the Darfield area of NZ.
She was there for the earthquake last fall, when the house was not
damaged but well shaken. No word from her yet this time. Unless of
course she moved after the last one.
Lauren in Snohomish WA USA
On 24/02/2011 6:26 PM,
Gabrielle,
I think the source of the confusion is that we're talking about two
different techniques, both called Spanier arbeit. If you look at my
photos of the machine with a work in progress, you will see that it is
very different from the German PDF. I translated parts of the PDF and
examined
The book Laces from the Collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague has a
chapter on Spanier Arbit, called Shpanyer Arbet in this book. Actually the
description in this book sounds more like what is being described by
Gabrielle.
The basis comprised two inner bundles of cotton, linen or silk fibres
I for one want to thank both of you for showing us these facinating
techniques.
As a retired goldsmith and lacemaker I can understand the skill and time
involved in the work.
Avital - you are saying that your pictures are of the work of a machine? Can
you discribe more about the 'machine' part,
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:28:25 +0100
Subject: Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Spanier arbeit
From: Avital spind...@gmail.com
To: lace@arachne.com
Gabrielle,
I think the source of the confusion is that we're talking about two
different techniques, both called Spanier arbeit. If you look
Thank-you, Devon You are absolutely right -- I had forgotten that
the Prague lace catalogue has a section on Spanier arbeit. The
recollection was rattling around in my brain but I couldn't remember
where I'd seen it. And thank-you, dear spiders, for giving me a copy
of this wonderful book. I
Hi, Gabrielle,
it is difficult to tell with these fotos, but I believe the austrian
version ist more stable than you think.
Yes, now that I've seen the examples from Prague, I think you're right.
I saw the ukrainian collars and the piece on the so called chair:
theywere all made the same
I'm not sure what I would have done, but.
As an adult with Attention Deficit Disorder, and a parent of 3 children
with ADD, I must point out that ADD is not an excuse for bad behavior. Nor
can it be considered a mental illness. Sometimes people will have other
issues and ADD.
One of
Thank you, Cherry!
As a (former) Mental Health Therapist, I emphasized that with my
patients. To do otherwise is an disservice to them. I also worked for
quite a few years with persons with developmental disabilities, and only
the most profoundly affected individuals were unable to
...One of the criteria looked at in the diagnosis is how many projects a
person starts and doesn't complete!
Cherry Knobloch
Oh dear, this just confirms my suspicions - I have ADD but definitely NOT
ADHD :-) Actually my daughter and 4 of my grandchildren have been diagnosed
with ADD and I fear
One reason you sometimes see fansticks described as faux when they could be real is that in many
countries it is illegal to sell, or ship out of the country, real tortoise shell, and while the
faux may diminish the price they can get, the real could get the entire auction
canceled, or the
Hello Jo,
I also own Knipling - nice program but again in a different price category and
not very Mac-like (it only runs as a standard Unix program under X11). And I
think there's no development for it any more, so if it stops working in any OSX
update we're lost (I just checked on their
If you want a vector drawing program, you are better off getting the free
open source Inkscape. It is a full fledged vector based drawing program
similar to Illustrator. You can download it here: http://inkscape.org/. It
runs on Windows, Macs and Linux based pc's.
Marianne
Marianne Gallant
Hello Achim
I also own Knipling - nice program but again in a different
price category and not very Mac-like
It runs on windows too. I just mentioned it to explain why I did not try
wether The Gimp could do something. After buying one of the first versions
of Knipling I volunteerd as a beta
I'm afraid the market is not that big. If no one pays
nor participates in developing, nothing happens anywhere.
Sad but true. There are too few lace making and/or designing people worldwide
to make development of a specialized program worthwhile. Even more so for those
using Macs. But
As someone who loves re-creating old lace, and yearns to design my own
lace, I've found this discussion both fascinating and beyond my reach!!
I am your average computer user: I don't have a clue about codes or
vector based graphics or any of the other things that are lurking
under the
;-
I am not sure who got the bigger kick out of thisDavid, Mark or those of
us on the sidelines. Falls into the small world catergory.
I just love this group!
Keep it going guys!
Smiles around.
BarbE
Texas
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Tatman tat...@tat-man.net wrote:
LOL!!!
In most parts of Spain red was the colour used for prickings. And continues
being. In other parts of Spain, yellow has been used, also green.
Nowadays, it seems that most lacers continue using red or orange. But I
myself use blue, as I find it more relaxing for my eyes. I started using
blue after
I printed a Lace-RXP Tønder pattern recently on deep pink card, and found
that the contrast between it, the gimp lines and the white thread (Egyptian
cotton 140/2) was much better than when using white card covered in blue
plastic. I was surprised as I had always used blue or green before (and
Hello Susan
The series with this episode is Series 4 and the episode is 2.
Sue in East yorkshire
On 18 Jan 2011, at 16:08, Susan Reishus wrote:
lacemaking lost to industry one referred to.
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I recently took a workshop in Tonder lace given by a Danish woman and the
pricking was on a blue card...
Karen in Malta
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