Nothing on Arachne
Nothing on the net
Nothing from the Spiders
Nothing, ah, but yet
We're not all in Montreal
We're all over the world with our threads
Lurkers, come out, have a ball
And then safely return to your beds
Are you stuck? Run amuck?
Are you starting a new masterpiece?
I heard a comment recently that I wanted to put before
this group.
Modern needlelacers are better needlelacers than the
ones in the past.
The reason was that we are using thread that is large
enough to see each stitch, so we strive to make the
stitches very precise, neat and uniform. The
Hi Patty and all :-)
Great idea to come out to play on Arachne:-)
I have been a lurker for ages due to very long and unsociable working hours
but as of three weeks ago, I gave up my job (yippee) and I aim to try and
finish a few pieces of lace that have been on the go for some time - years
in
Hi Patty and all :-)
Great idea to come out to play on Arachne:-)
I have been a lurker for ages due to very long and unsociable working hours
but as of three weeks ago, I gave up my job (yippee) and I aim to try and
finish a few pieces of lace that have been on the go for some time - years
in
Dear Jill,
Finishing your lace is not a penance. For the first project, pick the
one that sings to you! It may be that after a more challenging piece,
you will flutter down gratefully in front of the Torchon. (Although I
have had my comeuppance from a piece or two of Torchon!) Is something
I think that's true of BL too. If you take a piece of fine, old lace,
photograph and enlarge it and compare to similar but coarser, well made
modern lace you nearly always find that the modern stuff is neater -
even allowing for the fact that the old lace may have been washed a
number of
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wanted for years but could not get either because they're very hard
to come by, or you could not justify the expense?
I think the only thing I have wanted to do for several years lace-wise
but not been able to justify the
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you nearly always find that the modern stuff is neater -
even allowing for the fact that the old lace may have been washed a
number of times.
Is this possibly because not only can we see what we are doing, but we
have
--- Jill Harward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have started getting all my
pillows out to remind myself what I need to
do
Well, what a shock,...
I am guilty that every time my friends and I went on
a lace course, I never
had a free pillow, there was always something on the
Dear All,
I agree with both types from what I have seen in my
museum, but I wondered if it was just the level of
skill in my country area, where people were mainly
concerned with surviving the elements. The crochetting
and knitted lace though are amazing. (Also in line
with the country of origin
Having done a etage at the Atelier National du Point d'Alencon in 1980, where
I made a 1 square piece of lace that took 40 hours to complete, let me say
that I disagree completely with the statement that needlelace made today with
bigger threads is easier. There were 5 weights of thread in my
Hi lurkers and fellow stay at home lacemakers!
While those who were lucky enough to afford going to the IOLI convention are
up in Canada tossing their bobbins, needles, tatting shuttles and other
impliments around and buying all those wonderful lace goodies it's time for
those of us who had to or
This is a fascinating topic, Alice.
I'm not an expert needlewoman, but part of the theory may hold water.
Modern needlewomen have the help of technological advances, such as
excellent lighting, magnification, and a variety of threads, and
probably superior needles.
They also have the benefit of
Jill, I think I would start with the piece that is closest to being
finished - so I could free up a pillow, and work through them that way.
Then I would have pillows for starting other projects - there is Always
something Urgent coming along, that just Has to be started immediately
:))
Hi everyone, and many thanks to Irene for proposing the INIM project
Some of us have decided to embark on projects 'just because' (we can't
be at convention).
For me, it is really too bad I couldn't go, because for once there is
a major lace event in my own fair land. And it's too far away, waah!
I wonder if my secret pal could please come in touch with me off-list, I
could not quite make out where you were from?
thanks
Micki Cameron
Scotland
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