[lace] New at www.LaceCurator.info: Crocheted Maltese Lace

2013-08-24 Thread Elizabeth Kurella
New at www.LaceCurator.info is crocheted Maltese lace. It seems to me that crocheting lacemakers are more likely than any other lacemakers to produce crocheted variations of many other lacemaking techniques. I’ve seen crocheted Cluny, reticella, point plat, Gros Point, Battenberg, filet and

[lace] American Textile Museum

2013-08-24 Thread scotlace
At: http://www.yankeemagazine.com There is a well illustrated article on Lowell, Mass., concentrating mostly on the Textile Museum. It is low in text and rich in photographs. On the home page scroll down and below Shelburne VT you will find A day in downtown Lowell/A.T.M. If the link

Re: [lace] New at www.LaceCurator.info: Crocheted Maltese Lace

2013-08-24 Thread Beth McCasland
I'll take a stab, two actually - 1. you only need a ball of thread and a crochet hook 2. it's faster. Having done filet/lacis, bobbin lace, and needlelace - seems to me that crochet is faster. I can make a reticella like medallion in an evening, where doing the same thing in actual reticella

Re: [lace] New at www.LaceCurator.info: Crocheted Maltese Lace

2013-08-24 Thread KATRINA WORLEY
I'd agree with both, and add that in comparison to needlelace there's less preparation… no need to lay out foundation threads, etc. You just pick up the hook and go. It's also easier to correct mistakes. Katrina Worley kwor...@mac.com -- History: special people in special places at special times

[lace] My Thistle Bookmark got a

2013-08-24 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
ribbon for second place at the New York State Fair. I put a picture of the bookmark and ribbon.up on my blog. Address in signature.    I have to thank Jean  Leader for the design that burned my A_ _ to learn how to do bobbinlace and to in the end finish it and get a ribbon for it. I love this

Re: [lace] My Thistle Bookmark got a

2013-08-24 Thread Clay Blackwell
Congratulations, Sherry! Very nicely done! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, Va, USA On Aug 24, 2013, at 6:35 PM, Celtic Dream Weaver celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com wrote: ribbon for second place at the New York State Fair. I put a picture of the bookmark and ribbon.up on my blog. Address in

Re: [lace] re Fan in Flanders lace

2013-08-24 Thread sally13nmex
Hi Jeanette, Sorry to post this to the entire list, but my emails to your personal address are returned to me as undeliverable - probably by your security system because of my email address. It is a valid address but, unfortunately, it is similar to those that scammers and hackers from

Re: [lace] New at www.LaceCurator.info: Crocheted Maltese Lace

2013-08-24 Thread robinlace
Elizabeth Kurella ekure...@gmail.com wrote: It seems to me that crocheting lacemakers are more likely than any other lacemakers to produce crocheted variations of many other lacemaking techniques. I’ve seen crocheted Cluny, reticella, point plat, Gros Point, Battenberg, filet and others.