Re: [lace] Lace Library
In some ways, digital libraries are a very good thing. In others, not. Not everything ever published will ever be digitised. Only what someone, somewhere will choose to find time, money and computer space to copy. Electronic media are fragile in their own ways and they do need electricity to work. They also need the electronic means to be used and that does mean having access to and the means to use the proper protocoles (so do you have the right version of flash or adobe or whatever else is being used ritht now? will it still be readable in 10 years?) Systems can crash, be hacked, be compromised or data files corrupted, or erased. Just because its digitized does not mean it is permanent. And they are no more or less impervious to physical damage caused by war, malice, cataclysm or fate. To abandon one means of trans-generational memory that works for another that may work is folly. Why not maximise memory by investing in all forms of remembering? People, books, films, and yes, digital libraries, in all languages and all available media. A kind of memory biodiversity ... Lucie DuFresne Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace fans
I've just uploaded a couple of images to my album on Arachne webshots. The first is Louise Colgan's Bedfordshire fan from her book of fans. I decided to change the honeycomb ground section to blossom ground because I preferred it. I made in burgundy Madeira Tanne 40. I like my lace to be fairly dense. The second shows different types of fan that I described in an earlier post which could lend themselves to designs of lace fan other than the familiar semi-circular leaf. In case anyone's still not sure what a brise fan is, the top half shows a diagrammatic representation of one. The individual leaves could be various shapes, the important thing being that the lower part of the leaf is narrow; the top could be almost any width - something a bit like an oak leaf which is wide at the top than the bottom is one idea - and the number and widths of leaves can be varied. The bottom part is a fan that I own made of ovals of crepe paper stuck on the top part of each stick. There's a fine thread stitched through the bottom layers and around the backs of the sticks to stop it opening too far. The crepe paper could be replaced with lace ovals, squares or other shapes. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Lace Library
Hi Lucie Jeri, Just a note to say that I agree with you, Lucie, absolutely, and that your comments are excellent. I think you make many good points, right down to the important parallel with biodiversity. I have a book that I wrote 30 years ago digitized on a big computer tape that, even if it is magnetically readable anymore, which is unlikely, it isn't practicably readable because I wouldn't know where to find a functioning computer-tape reader of the type used 30 years ago nor the operating system and word-processor under which it was written. When I contemplated writing a second edition of the book a few years ago, I turned to my hard-copy for the text... So Jeri, your library is still valuable to the larger lace community, and one that a good museum with a good lace collection would probably be very interested in preserving. (What many university libraries are doing, on the other hand, is a disaster in the making.) Nancy Connecticut, USA From: lucie...@uottawa.ca lucie...@uottawa.ca To: jeria...@aol.com Cc: lace@arachne.com; lacefa...@roadrunner.com Sent: Sat, September 25, 2010 1:47:28 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Library In some ways, digital libraries are a very good thing. In others, not. Not everything ever published will ever be digitised. Only what someone, somewhere will choose to find time, money and computer space to copy. Electronic media are fragile in their own ways and they do need electricity to work. They also need the electronic means to be used and that does mean having access to and the means to use the proper protocoles (so do you have the right version of flash or adobe or whatever else is being used ritht now? will it still be readable in 10 years?) Systems can crash, be hacked, be compromised or data files corrupted, or erased. Just because its digitized does not mean it is permanent. And they are no more or less impervious to physical damage caused by war, malice, cataclysm or fate. To abandon one means of trans-generational memory that works for another that may work is folly. Why not maximise memory by investing in all forms of remembering? People, books, films, and yes, digital libraries, in all languages and all available media. A kind of memory biodiversity ... Lucie DuFresne Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Jean's lace
Jean I really like your Bedfordshire fan. It looks good in the dark red color. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] horrible ad music
I went on Arachne webshots to look at the fans but I was deafened by the horrible loud ad music attached which was very offputting, is this something new? And can anybody tell me how to get rid of it I tried with no success and had to give up looking at the new additions because it made me want to SCREAM. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Louise Colgan
Does anybody know if Louise has any other lacing books besides the fan one and the Milanese book? I saw an angel that was designed by her on the internet once and I would so love to get this pattern. Since the angel isn't in either of the two books I have mentioned I wonder if she has another book out there that I don't know about. Does anybody know about her pattern for the Milanese Angel? I love Milanese Lace! I have to say it is my one of my favorite types of lace. Everything I have seen made Milanese Lace is beautiful. Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.com/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] horrible ad music
Yes - that sort of thing is appalling. To avoid it, I keep my computer's volume control muted all the time, except for those rare occasions when I definitely want to listen to something. I discovered the blessings of silence as a side-effect of having it muted when I was working in libraries and archives; now I don't even have to put up with those silly little dings and dongs when my computer is collecting mail or closing down, or (most infuriating of all!) thinks I've made a mistake. I don't know how your screen is laid out, but mine has a little picture of a loud-speaker among the icons in the lower left-hand corner. If I double-click on that, then the noise options come up and I select/deselect 'mute all': job done. Wishing you peace - Linda Walton, (from the quiet suburbs of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). Sue wrote: I went on Arachne webshots to look at the fans but I was deafened by the horrible loud ad music attached which was very offputting, is this something new? And can anybody tell me how to get rid of it I tried with no success and had to give up looking at the new additions because it made me want to SCREAM. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] horrible ad music
On 9/25/10 6:31 PM, Linda Walton wrote: . . ., I keep my computer's volume control muted all the time, except for those rare occasions when I definitely want to listen to something. I unplugged my speakers by mistake one day. A few months later, I gave them away. Haven't missed them. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where we had a cool fall day. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Louise Colgan
Yes, Sherry, I just printed out _www.vansciverbobbinlace.com_ (http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/) (USA) book list yesterday. She sells all of the Colgan books. There are at least two additional ones, but no mention of Milanese angel patterns: Alphabet Inspirations in Coloured Bobbin Lace $26.95, which I do not own and cannot review. Van Sciver describes patterns being simple bobbin lace stitches or the more complex Milanese tapes. In addition to alphabet, there are 24 additional patterns which take inspiration from alphabet. The following booklet I do have, and because lacemakers on Arachne frequently ask about wedding lace, I will describe for everyone. Wedding Lace Portfolio, $15.95, 1995, 19 pages, spiral-bound, self published. Good for lacers with basic torchon skills/experience, and makes a coordinated lace set (prickings are basically the same for all items). Booklet Contents: 1. Wedding garter of hearts and spiders. 44 pairs, 2 pairs gimp (open mid-section for threading through ribbon, so it can be gathered on the ribbon and tied, instead of using elastic) 2. Garter edging of hearts and spiders: 24 pairs, 1 pair gimp (narrower with footside to mount on ribbon under which elastic is attached) 3. Wedding hanky of hearts and diamonds. 27 pairs plus 1 extra pair for whole-stitch trail if desired. Corners are turned, not gathered; can be made to size you wish 4. Small fan of hearts and spiders and whole-stitch trail. 38 pairs, 1 pair gimp and 1 single gimp. Fan designed to fit Springett's (England) miniature fan sticks. Egyptian cotton #36/2 or Brok cotton #36/2; DMC Coton Perle # 5 or #8 gimp, depending on item.. For each item there is pricking, working diagram, start instructions, pattern notes with verbal descriptions of relevant techniques, illustration of finished lace. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center --- In a message dated 9/25/2010 6:24:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com writes: Does anybody know if Louise has any other lacing books besides the fan one and the Milanese book? I saw an angel that was designed by her on the internet once and I would so love to get this pattern. Since the angel isn't in either of the two books I have mentioned I wonder if she has another book out there that I don't know about. Does anybody know about her pattern for the Milanese Angel? Sherry To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Re: Thanks Jeri
On Sep 25, 2010, at 8:55 PM, Celtic Dream Weaver wrote: for the info on the Milanese books from Holly Van Sciver. Me, too! I was totally unaware of Colgan's Alphabet Inspirations book. Since I'm a great fan of Colgan's Milanese designs and techniques, I've printed out Holly's order form and will get it in the mail on Monday (or, maybe, if I'm impatient enough, in an e-mail later tonight g) The angel pattern I was speaking of was just one angel. I saw the picture of it years ago finished. Sherry, the angel you're talking about is, I think, one of the workshop projects. I saw it (at least, I saw *an* angel she had designed) in her portfolio this spring, at the Lace At Sweet Briar. Louise did say she was planning on publishing a new book but wasn't sure which patterns would be included in it. I asked about the possibility of a new book, because she had an absolutely *darling* little honeybee, which I have to make one day; it's absolutely brilliant. She said that one was likely to be included, which made me very happy. Don't know what else might be in that book (she also had a darling thistle, but that one I got the pattern for in class) or when it's likely to be available. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Re: Thanks Jeri PS
Oh, and Sherry... Since you're so much into lace angels, you might be interested in another book, also available on Holly's site: Angels in Russian Tape Lace, by Hanne Sonne. They're all somewhat similar in overall shape, with differences in fillings and head-shapes. I haven't seen the book myself but I think all the angels there are in white. Vera Cockuyt has been working them in colour and they're *stunning*. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
RE: [lace] Re: Thanks Jeri
The book mentioned here is by Sandi Woods, not Louise Colgan. The pieces are stunning. The techniques used are a bit different, there is a lot more in and out of pairs. I have the book and just love it! Kim -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Tamara P Duvall Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 6:58 PM To: Lace Arachne Subject: [lace] Re: Thanks Jeri On Sep 25, 2010, at 8:55 PM, Celtic Dream Weaver wrote: for the info on the Milanese books from Holly Van Sciver. Me, too! I was totally unaware of Colgan's Alphabet Inspirations book. Since I'm a great fan of Colgan's Milanese designs and techniques, I've printed out Holly's order form and will get it in the mail on Monday (or, maybe, if I'm impatient enough, in an e-mail later tonight g) The angel pattern I was speaking of was just one angel. I saw the picture of it years ago finished. Sherry, the angel you're talking about is, I think, one of the workshop projects. I saw it (at least, I saw *an* angel she had designed) in her portfolio this spring, at the Lace At Sweet Briar. Louise did say she was planning on publishing a new book but wasn't sure which patterns would be included in it. I asked about the possibility of a new book, because she had an absolutely *darling* little honeybee, which I have to make one day; it's absolutely brilliant. She said that one was likely to be included, which made me very happy. Don't know what else might be in that book (she also had a darling thistle, but that one I got the pattern for in class) or when it's likely to be available. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.445 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3148 - Release Date: 09/24/10 17:16:00 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Thanks, Kim!
On Sep 25, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Kim Davis wrote: The book mentioned here is by Sandi Woods, not Louise Colgan. Thanks a million (or, to be precise, $26.95 +shipping g). The book is listed on Holly's site as being by Colgan. It looked somewhat familiar (I have Sandi's book, too g) but, since only a part of the cover is pictured and the lettering is small, and I didn't remember the title of Sandi's book... I figured Colgan went a similar route and designed her own alphabet. After all, lots of people have been designing letters; alphabets are always popular. The pieces are stunning. The techniques used are a bit different, there is a lot more in and out of pairs. Yes and yes and yes, on all counts. That why I love to drool over Sandi's book, but will never attempt even a single piece. Colgan's ideas and mine -- put the pairs in and let them play; take them out at the end, not in the middle -- are much more in harmony :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Alphabet Inpirations' authorship?!
T, before you rush to buy the Alphabet Inspirations book, I'm pretty sure the author is Sandi Woods, not Louise Colgan. Both are great designers of Milanese patterns, but they are different. I have Sandi's second book, but it's packed away. I'm pretty sure it's called Alphabet Inspirations and its cover looks just like the picture on the Van Sciver website. I know the blurb about the book on Holly's website lists Louise as the author, but if you look closely at the picture of the book, I'm pretty sure it says Sandi Woods, not Louise Colgan. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com = for the info on the Milanese books from Holly Van Sciver. Me, too! I was totally unaware of Colgan's Alphabet Inspirations book. Since I'm a great fan of Colgan's Milanese designs and techniques, I've printed out Holly's order form and will get it in the mail on Monday (or, maybe, if I'm impatient enough, in an e-mail later tonight g) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Re: Thanks Jeri
Australian Lacemakers are very fortunate to have Sandi attend our AGM in Brisbane, Queensland where she conducted a full week of workshops. She is also conducting a further week for the locals in Brisbane this coming week. The unfortunate bit is that I can't make it to Queensland for either of these workshops but do have both of her books. :-) On 26/09/2010 11:59 AM, Kim Davis wrote: The book mentioned here is by Sandi Woods, not Louise Colgan. The pieces are stunning. The techniques used are a bit different, there is a lot more in and out of pairs. I have the book and just love it! Kim Cheers, Shirley T. Adelaide, South Australia - enjoying a nice sunny spring day with full reservoirs, ready for a long hot summer. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace-chat] just think abut this
On Sep 23, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: And yes, from what Tamara says, our jails probably are better than those in the US then, although I haven't had personal experience of one. I don't either, I hasten to say :) But I do read the papers and various bits and pieces emerge, painting a rather horrid picture for everyone who's not a VIP or a VR(ich)P. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
[lace-chat] Re: Good day lasses and lads
On Sep 23, 2010, at 4:16 AM, martina.dewi...@web.de wrote: Hello Tamara, nice to hear from you again. What are into at the moment? I am very busy, but that has become normal here. Knocking on wood, nothing has changed much here, either :) I'm looking forward to retirement as the Bobbin Lace Editor of the IOLI Bulletin (IOLI is US equivalent of a national lace guild) and some more free time. And I've been volunteering quite a bit at the local Free Clinic; with the economy in the toilet, more and more people need care and can't afford it. I have no medical skills to offer, so I sterilise the instruments, develop the x-rays etc. That allows the people who *do* have the medical skills to use them, instead of wasting their time on something any monkey can do. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
