Can anyone please explain how to work a Split Chain in tatting.
It is a way of passing from one round to another, without cutting off, and
starting again on the next round.
I believe you work part way along the chain, then make a long link to the
start of the round, and somehow work back along the
Lorelei, you ask for comments on the NL web page.
I have only one comment - besides saying that you have done a good job with
it.
The web page that tells you how to do reticella has beaut diagrams - very
nice, and very clear, but they have one great fault!
The Diagram C, and further on - 'Working
Yes, Tamara, we have that problem here in Oz.
The Sydney Royal Easter Show no longer has any lace sections in the show.
Here in Melbourne, we have only 5 classes-
Novice, Needlelace, Tatting, Torchon, and Any Other Lace. Judging Honiton
against Beds, Bucks, Milanese, or any other type must be well
On Aug 16, 2004, at 22:02, Ruth Budge wrote:
[...] I am reported as saying that I should've been the one to be
asked, and that I didn't think she was "up to it".
Liz says she was also told this matter had been discussed on lace-chat
[...]
I would like to place it on record that, although I did as
On Aug 16, 2004, at 22:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carol) wrote:
Ok Tamara. I'm coming out of lurking.
Glad I stung you into responding :)
If you enter in your State Fair, you may get new people interested.
And if you can, demo your lace at your State Fair.
Our (Virginia's) greatest problem is that we
Oh Goodness! We just finished a full two weeks of fair prep and then the
fair itself. Our needlework guild is actually in charge of "keeping and
eye" on the building the needlework (and spinning/weaving(where lace is
entered),Knitting/crochet and food preservation)is displayed in. We have
two pe
Ok Tamara. I'm coming out of lurking. I agree. If you enter in your State
Fair, you may get new people interested. And if you can, demo your lace at your
State Fair. That's how I got interested. I bought one of the horror kits from
Annie's Attic, but never tried it. When I saw the Portland Lace
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would not normally write this sort of message to Arachne - and I apologise
for the cross-posting.
However, I am ropeable, and this is the only way I can think of to try to clear
my name.
I have received an email from Liz Bartlett, who whilst she was in America, was
appare
Hello,
This was my first IOLI convention. The class I took (Carrickmacross)
was terrific. I loved meeting old friends and making some new. There
were some glitches (especially annoying were last minute schedule
changes), which I hope will give food for thought for those planning
next year's con
On Aug 16, 2004, at 18:49, W & N Lafferty (Noelene) wrote:
[...] what sort of patterns best suit variegated yarn? Cloth stitch
or half stitch diamonds/trails? Big or little spiders? I would
think it would have to be very
simple, a "busy" pattern would be lost in variegated.
A *lot* depends
At a Canberra craft fair last week, I purchased a couple of
hanks of a variegated yarn 60% cotton, 40% viscose in
wonderful colours. It's called Vittoria, from Filatura di
Crosa in Italy, each hank has about 1,400 metres, and
the thread thickness is about equivalent to Bockens 40/2
(22 wpc). It
If any Oz spiders are interested in buying Tamara's book,
I'm willing to be go-between for a one-off shipment to be
sent to Australia by sea mail, and I will distribute the books
to individual purchasers. If you are interested:
1. Books will take between 4 and 8 weeks to get to you
from the
Hi all,
I've added new photos to the two needlelace pages that I've published, the
CALG website and my personal one. The personal has historic photos of
antique lace, the CALG website has photos of lace by living lacemakers. If
any of you needlelace makers and experts can give me comments about
All I can say is that if you can get to see any of the places which we
visited do. Most of the towns will be on the Czech Tourist Board site
I would think and maybe you could do the tour at a more leisurely pace.
From a still mentally exhausted Sheila in Sawbridgeworth, E.Herts.
But those who c
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