Re: [lace] Addendum 5

2013-03-24 Thread Karen M. Zammit Manduca
On 23 March 2013 21:29, Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.comwrote: I have just caught up on a backlog of threads sent to me recently by several of you lovely people and I have just added about three dozen new (and new-old) threads to the list, so it's time for everyone to have

Re: [lace] Addendum 5

2013-03-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Oops, sorry about that, it's 2Z- 24 wraps/cm Thanks for being observant. Brenda Sorry to have to be the one to point it out, but I noticed that you listed Gutermann Jeans thread, without the wrap count. I don't know if it was intentional, or still has to be added. Brenda in Allhallows

[lace] Bayeux Tapestry copy

2013-03-24 Thread scotlace
Who saw The Antiques roadshow tonight? A man had brought along his copy, a work in progress, of the B. tapestry. He saw little pieces of copies at a reinactment event years ago and decided he could do it, too. So, he bought the cloth, started drawing the design and sewed it in the two stitches

Re: [lace] Needle lace beginner questions

2013-03-24 Thread Sue Harvey
Although I don't do a lot of needle lace I made a container for mine with a box that Badminton shuttlecocks come in from the sports shop. I cut it so it was 9 long, Padded it slightly and covered it with cotton cover, you need only tuck the ends inside as the cases come with metal ends that

[lace] The Lace Guild teacher list

2013-03-24 Thread Jacquie Tinch
Dear all I have been working on the updated teacher list this weekend comparing the existing list to the new forms which we have received since 2011. The new list will show only those teachers who have sent in a new form over the last couple of years. However, as I run down the old list there

Re: [lace] Jean-Marie Leclair

2013-03-24 Thread Regina Haring
This raises a question that has always puzzled me - does this truly mean that the men themselves were lacemakers, or that they were employed in the business of lace in the sense that they were middlemen who bought lace from the women who were making it and then re-sold it? I came across this