Lorelei, welcome to the world of Binche.
I can't pretend to be an expert, but after some work and completed
pieces, I have to say it is the most surprising and interesting kind of
lace. I love how you have to be completely absorbed in it while
making it. Once you get the hang of it, the
bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote:
People who know hand crochet will see it as it is, people who don't do handwork
at all won't care.
I disagree. Yes, there are people who won't care, but there will also be
people who will buy the garment because they believe it has handmade
Clay said Still, back when the machines were something of a novelty, there
was a basic machine (made by Bond as I recall), that simply knitted. Any
color work, cables, increases or decreases, etc., all had to be made by
hand. So, people who made a garment on the Bond knitting machine were
The first comment on this was about a garment from Sainsburys, and it was
wondered whether complaining to them would have any effect. On a consumer TV
programme a couple of weeks ago a man had bought a frying pan from
Sainsburys which was described as British made. When he got it home and
With all the discussion about knitting the royal wedding figures, I thought
some Arachnes might like to dig up a Search Press series of published
books by Jan Messent (England). They could inspire our needlelace makers and
teachers to re-interpret the figures. This would be close to
Lorelei Patty,
I agree with what Lorelei has said, and Patty--you listed
all the pattern
sources I've completely fallen in love with! I'm certainly no
expert, not having
had time to work very many of them yet, but I've found
some of the older
Binche/Old Flanders patterns to be as complicated
Dear Friends,
It appears facebook account have been hijacked yet again!!!
If you receive an offer to see who's been checking your profile it
did not really come from me. I received it from Dorte in Denmark, and
now it's duly doing the rounds.
Last time this happened I had to change my
I had bought some old bobbins (mixed lot of 9) from e-bay and had them sent
to Jacquie to be collected during my recent trip to UK.
When I opened the envelope I could immediately smell tobacco smoke on the
bobbins and they were very dirty, old and dry looking. I was going to
bring them
From: Adele Shaak ash...@shaw.ca
She immediately pointed out that although it *was* machine-knit, it was
*also* hand-knit because a human hand had worked the knitting machine. I'm
still wrapping my brain around that one.
As one lady said to me 'it's hand made because I made it' to which I
Is this the difference between hand made and home made, then?
Margery.
margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK
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I'm not sure where one would draw the line--do the seams have to be handsewn?
The cloth hand-woven? The thread hand-spun? The fibers hand-harvested or
carded?
The cotton hand-grown or the sheep hand-reared and shorn?
The reason
I take the question to such a silly extreme is that we can all agree
This album has photos from an exposition at Brioude. A great variety of
laces, including many fans, quite a few polychrome blonde, and some 3 D pieces
and some modern work.
https://picasaweb.google.com/bolillos.marixa/Brioude2011?feat=content_notific
ation#
Lorelei
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Bags I the hat in photo no 4 perfect Mother of the Bride Hat!!
(or the burgundy one.) LOL
Sue
On 3 May 2011, at 20:44, Lorelei Halley wrote:
This album has photos from an exposition at Brioude. A great
variety of
laces, including many fans, quite a few polychrome blonde, and some
Nancy and all
These definitions are always a problem. I have trouble understanding why
someone using a knitting machine would join a contest for hand knitting. The
only reason that makes sense is when the machines first came out and were
still very rare. A woman has one, uses it, and wants to
What about if it's only influenced by traditional Carrickmacross lace as per
the Royal School of Needlework's press release about the lace used on a certain
wedding dress for which the designer sourced a series of lace motifs?
Brenda
On 3 May 2011, at 20:43, Nancy Neff wrote:
There
are lace
Nancy and all
These definitions are always a problem..
Lorelei
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My personal definition of lace is string and a hole! No hole, no lace. No
string, no lace.
Patty
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Hi all,
According to the definitions given so far a string vest or a sock with a
hole in it could be lace. I feel the phrase 'and should be aesthetically
pleasing' should be added;-))
Joepie
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Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:28 PM
To:
Hey! Wotcher sayin' ? You no lika my lacy string vest??
From: J-D Hammett jdhamm...@msn.com
To:
Patty Dowden pa...@clowder.com; Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Tue, May 3,
2011 5:18:18 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] handmade
Hi all,
According to the
definitions given so
Joepie, I have to agree with you completely! However, (gloom and
despair!), what pleases one does not please the other,and so... you
have a very broad definition which includes the string vest and the sock
with a hole in it.
I, for one, have long since stopped putting my work in
The annual lace contest at the International Old Lacers Convention has been
garnering some pretty impressive entries lately. Also the judges are
knowledgeable.
Devon
In a message dated 5/3/2011 6:23:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
clayblackw...@comcast.net writes:
Joepie, I have to
Lace by definition has thread/yarn/rope/cord that is worked to make
something with holes that . this is hard!
There are so many types of lace now with similarities to other crafts -
weaving and needlework for example that defining lace in a broad sense is
very difficult.
I find I look at
Just as I hit the send button on that email, I realized that the IOLI
competitions were always impressive *and* had knowledgeable judges.
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression.
Clay
On 5/3/2011 6:37 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
The annual lace contest at the International Old Lacers
From: Patricia M. Dowden pa...@clowder.com
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I also have an eye for what I know as Antwerp lace which was a little
earlier. It is not quite as complex and I love the patterns. These
are the laces that are in the collections Karoluskantjes and Onder
de Loep.
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