If you really want to go crazy and go for charms associated with love and
weddings, look up the silver charms sold for charm bracelets - loads of
ideas on ebay: church; bride and groom; engagement, wedding and eternity
rings; cat; horseshoe; chimney sweep; four-leaf clover; heart; key to my
hea
I was looking for the other charms that my brain couldn't think of, of
course I knew there were more than horseshoe, but couldn't for the life of
me think what. I have had several suggestions of the 4 leaf clover, and one
or two others, you have gone the whole hog with a lovely long list. In t
Sue - one of the places to look is your local charity shop. There are often
'old' silver and gold charms on sale and some of them are much nicer than
the ones that are made today.
I have a tiny little money bag that was in the Christmas pudding along with
the 3-penny pieces at my grandmothers
What a lovely idea, I will keep my eyes peeled. I have a charm bracelet
myself which several of those mentioned on it and in 77 I bought a little
necklace with a sterling silver crown for decoration. I have used that
attached to one of my spangles:-)I think I once picked up a little
golde
Good morning Lacemakers,
Seems to me that I heard somewhere or read somewhere that a button on your
pillow is good luck.
Has anyone else heard that?
Susie
Susie Johnson
Morris, IL
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If you have a Danish style bobbin winder one with a pair of wooden jaws to
hold the bobbin shaft, here is a hint to improve traction.
Wrap an elastic (rubber) band around *one* side of the jaws...through the
middle and around the outside of just one wooden jaw, over the front section
with
Hi,
A silver button is one of the charms stirred into a Christmas pudding so it
may well be and it could certainly go on a garter. A silver thimble and a
small silver coin are some of the others, however, I can't remember the
other 3, someone else might know. Neither am I quite sure of the mea
I just realized the bow and double wedding rings are the infinity
symbol, an eight on its side. As well, keep in mind good luck symbols
of other cultures, depending on the heritage of bride and/or groom, or
what takes your fancy. I quite like the Chinese symbols, not sure why.
The weather is so gl
I've been buying charms from a bead store. They have quite a
collection.
Nita in Calgary with winds up to 85 km/hour
On 27-Nov-11, at 8:15 AM, Malvary Cole wrote:
Sue - one of the places to look is your local charity shop. There
are often 'old' silver and gold charms on sale and some of
Thank you, I will keep my eyes open when out and about, who knows what I
might find now you have all opened my eyes to so many lovely charm ideas.
Sue T
Dorset UK where the wind is blowing again and frost promised for tonight,
brr
I've been buying charms from a bead store. They have qui
A while ago on Arachne there was a thread on needle tatting. I tried shuttle
tatting, but my hands just can't do it.
Picked up Barbara Foster's LEARN
NEEDLE TATTING STEP-BY-STEP and last week set
out to try it. Companioned
with TotusMel's videos and how-to's on
Instructables.com, I was suc
I was told that it should be an old fashioned 'shoe button', they are rather
hard to find no days, but look in your 'families' button supply sometimes
there is one there.Fortunately a former lacemaker gave me a small supply.One
of the lace teachers in the USA gives each member of her class a fancy
I have just heard that the republished "Needlelace Stitches" book by Pat
Gibson, and Ros Hills, is now available directly from Pat.
She says - "£17.00 plus some postage in UK. not sure of postage prices
elsewhere probably about £3.00 extra."
This book is a Must have, for anyone making needlelace
Lyn suggested that I post the sites I mentioned in my post. Here they are...
Tat-a-Renda's snowflake
http://tatsaway-patterns.blogspot.com/2009/10/featherline-snowflake.html
While you're there, check out her site. She has some wonderful tatted lace.
TotulMel's needle tatting how-to...
Written...
On 11/27/2011 11:57 AM, Witchy Woman wrote:
Spent a few hours perusing the internet for snowflake
patterns, and found one
that I like, but it uses something called a
self-closing mock ring in the
pattern. Of course, there is nothing in the
book I have showing how to do
this. And nothing on the
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Hello All! Did I miss Jane P's report (or another Arachnean's) on this
exhibit?
No, I haven't had chance to go yet - I've only just got back from the
Knitting & Stitching Show at Harrogate t
Hi Jan
Re: your reply -
I was hooked and haven't stopped since! I warn all new lace makers that it
needs a government health warning as it is 'very addictive.'
My dear friend Joan Tyler-Smith was a midwife and later an industrial nurse.
She always maintained the love of lacemaking is a disease
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