Brian, I am a member of the Needlework Tool Collectors Society (NTCS) in
Australia and some time back at one of the Sydney meetings, a member gave a
talk on that dig and showed some of the thimbles which were found. She
arranged to borrow the specimen thimbles from the dig for the occasion. I
Hi, Sharon
Lucky you!
I'm sure there will be others who know more about looking after and using
fragile antique prickings, but I imagine pricking through a very fragile old
card pricking would risk damaging it even more, I reckon it would be safer to
use the old (pre-photocopier) method and
The history of linen thread was fascinating.
Another fact I found out when researching family history, was that
Nottingham lace was bleached after it was made. Presumably if the thread
was bleached, it would be more likely to break on the lacemaking machines.
If anyone can confirm this I would
On 17 Nov 2004, at 19:47, Alice Howell wrote:
In my reading and study of lace history, the commercial viability of
very fine linen thread was lost in 1790 when the cotton gin was
developed, making cotton thread commercially viable and much cheaper
to produce than the linen. The linen supplies
After much searching, I finally found the listing for this book. If you
have Edward R. Hamilton's November 12, 2004 catalog, the book is on page
66, and the item number is 3304914, priced at $19.95 (USD), plus $3.50
shipping/handling per order. Unfortunately they only ship to US zip codes.
Dear Friends,
My first thought was When did Marco Polo go to China? Sure enough, his
dates are 1254-1324. Trade is always a two way street. While I don't
necessarily think that it was Marco Polo or his father or their expedition
that was the most likely contact point, I do think that traders
Dear Jen,
Here goes. Why isn't thread manufactured today that is as fine as those
available in the early lace-making days. I'd
have thought that with the technology available these days (fibre optics,
micro and nanotechnology etc etc) that small
wouldn't be a problem. If they could do it in the
Hello, Pene, from a spider very far away from Estonia! ;o)
We have not yet got our first real snowfall here, although there were a
few flurries on Halloween. Everything's at that bare and grey stage.
I am not doing much lacing right now, except for a couple of knitted
lace things (2 scarves for
Yes, Jean, we have the 26 28 gauge in our hobby shops too. But it is too
heavy for wire lace. Great for other things however.
Lorri
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Le 04-11-17, à 01:43, Helene Gannac a écrit :
Yours, busy as well, but stopping work next week to do a 3 day workshop
with Rosemary Shepherd on Fantasy flowers. Oh! joy!!
Yes, certainly a joy to take that workshop. I bought the book in Prague
and I am now working at the flowers. The two first
Hi Sue and fellow spiders,
Cattern Cakes ( as we call them in Norfolk UK) are named after Catherine of
Aragon who once lived at Amphill Castle. They are specially prepared for St
Catherine's Day -the patroness of spinners, lace makers, rope makers and
spinsters on 25th November, they are
I've had a few replies from people attending Havant on Saturday. Seems that
11.45 - noon at Roseground Supplies stall is the most suitable time and
place - Pat Hallam and Pam Sharples can't really leave their stall. Liz and
I both haved spider brooches for recognition.
Jean in Poole
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Hi Sharon and everyone
Take a colour photocopy of each pricking, unless they are really roll-y
and fragile, in which case I'd say prick through just one repeat of each.
But if they can be flattened without damage, a colour photocopy gives you
the clarity of the original. You can work the lace
Jacqui wrote on 16/11
I have a favour to ask. I took up bobbin lace making in May this year and
am now trying to teach some friends this art. I am looking for simple
instructions, and prickings that do not carry a copyright (I will still
reference the source material) as I am trying to get
I was going to suggest a rubbing too. Maybe using some parchment paper
(like you getting in cooking stores) or greaseproof paper if that's what
you call it (going for the Aussie/US lingo here). Then either
transferring the rubbing to cardstock or if it's on parchment, you
could almost use as is
Sue,
Below is an extract from the RMLG e-Newsletter I sent out at the
beginning of the month, with some St Catherine's day information and
recipes. Hope they help (or work). The book by Jones and Deer is
wonderful, and has a nice recipe - but not for those who are allergic to
tree nuts or
I don't know about Nottingham lace, but weaving with unbleached thread and
bleaching after weaving is commonly done by handweavers to minimize broken
warp threads. I like to weave with linen thread, and that's what I do. I
never have broken linen warp threads (knock on wood!). The teacher of
Hi everyone - wire is being used a lot in basketry now -
perhaps checking out some of their sites would give other wire sources?
(or confirm those already mentioned).
Just a thought.
--
bye for now
Bev in blustery 'fresh' Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada)
Cdn. floral bobbins
Claire Allen wrote:
I'm not quite sure how Father Christmas can offend people from other
faiths when he is not exactly a religious symbol himself.
I too am an Atheist and I celebrate Christmas as the winter solstice
festival that was hijacked when Christianity came to this country. And
if
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writes:
What I am really asking in a round about way is can you make wire
needlelace. I had a quick try with the copper wire
that dh had lying around, but the wire kept snapping when I tried to pull
the
One year we decided to celebrate Roman Saturnalia instead of
Christmas. I did a lot of research on this but in the end, it was
surprising how similar the Saturnalia was to Christmas. For instance,
the giving of fruitcake is from Saturnalia and the wearing of peaked
hats like Santa hats and the
In a message dated 11/18/04 4:46:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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The history of linen thread was fascinating.
Another fact I found out when researching family history, was that
Nottingham lace was bleached after it was made. Presumably if the thread
was bleached,
Dear Maureen
How can your cakes rise in the tin without any raising agent? Should there be
yeast in the recipe? I'd like to try this recipe for my lace classes next week!
Rosemary in Sussex
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I have decided to read Santina Levey again, including the notes. I have to
tell you that reading
Santina Levey now that so many of the articles that she cites are available
on Tess and the Professor's site is an entirely different experience. I refer
to the note, read it, then go to the
Hi Sharon,
Lucky you is right!
I agree with Beth that you probably shouldn't try repricking the holes.
But I'll disagree with using a crayon to make a rubbing. I think you would
have to press too hard to get a rubbing. Chalk maybe.
If it were me, I'd be sticking it in my scanner and trying to
Hi Spiders,
Melbourne lacemakers may be interested to know that RMIT Uni has a number of
lace, textile etc books in their library.
Jeri's suggestion sent me to RMIT library catalogue, and as there is a School
of Fashion and Textiles there are many
books which may be of interest to some. I don't
On Nov 18, 2004, at 4:58, Jean Barrett wrote:
While the development of the cotton gin undoubtabley enabled fine
cottons to be spun it didn't kill out fine linens quite as immediately
as you say. I bought Fine linen DMC threads (150, 200, 300) in the
1960's. Likewise I have fine linen hanks from
Hi everyone,
For those who want a recipe with NA measurements, here is what I use
1 1/2 c. flour
a pinch of cinnamon
1/4 c. currants (more or less)
2 tsp. caraway seeds
3/4 c. white sugar
1/2 square melted marg.
1 egg
Mix in order given, add more flour if it looks too floppy, roll out dough
into
On Nov 18, 2004, at 5:09, David Collyer wrote:
The threads certainly are available today.
Silk and cotton are, but not linen, which is the most superiour thread
for lacemaking, when looked at from many angles. It's almost as strong
as silk (micron for micron), but not as slippery (ie easier to
Hi everyone
I wrote:
This is based on the recipe from Cattern Cakes and Lace - no leavening is
given.
To clarify - the recipe from CC and L specifies self-raising flour. Bev's
recipe does not
;)
-- bye for now
Bev in Sooke, BC
(west coast of Canada)
Cdn. floral bobbins
In a message dated 11/18/04 7:40:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Threads from Pipers can be ordered direct from the website or from a
particular dealer in Geelong. They only take about 5 days from the UK
though.
When was the last time you'd ordered? g I ordered
On Nov 18, 2004, at 23:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I ordered a batch on Sunday/Monday and was told that the delivery
date *within UK* is 21 days; God and our president only know when
it'll arrive in US...
I would like to comment on this rather negative remark that was in
response
to a letter
As Helen Bell has already mentioned, there is the recipe in the Jones Deer
book which I prefer to use. Last year I made cookies instead of cakes.
So I'll post my cookie recipe as a variant to their recipe.
CATTERN COOKIES
Combine in a large bowl 1.25 cups of plain flour with 1/4 teaspoon of
Tamara wrote:
My step-daughter-in-law, who's Chinese, took me (and my DH, and my DS,
and her own DH) to a China-town restaurant in Boston (MA, US) for a
Sunday dim-sum brunch one time. We all hugely enjoyed it, but I was the
only one who liked the desert... :) It must have been the Asian answer
Thanks very much! I was wondering whether it might be a terminology problem.
I'll try some of the links you and Jenny sent me.
Best wishes,
Avital
Hi Avital - I think it might be a terminology problem. Here in the UK they
are called Valence(d) sheets and are usually a fitted sheet with the
Lynn wrote:
Take 600 ml of pure cream (please don't ask conversions I don't know,
probably a pint)whip it up, then add one can sweetened condensed milk (you
can use the skim), just make sure you don't beat it into butter
then flavourings, then chuck it in a suitable size container and freeze.
Pene
If you had remained in Mass. you would also have had snowfall. My Concord
friend tells me they had 5 - 6 of snow last Friday. I can't imagine you would
have had any less.
Patricia in Wales who met you in Mass. some years ago
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My daughter asked if I had ever heard of an old English game called push-pin.
I guess it was waaay before my time. It came up at college. Has anyone else
heard about it and how to play it?
Janice
Judy Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:41:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Judy Blair
There's reference to it on the following web page. Seems to be some kind of
board game:
http://www.fullbooks.com/Manners-Custom-and-Dress-During-the-Middle4.html
Amongst the games comprised under the name of _tables_, it is sufficient
to mention that of draughts, which was formerly played with
I think I remember my philosophy tutor telling us that push-pin was a
gambling game, too.
Linda Walton,
(in wet and windy High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.).
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At 07:43 PM 11/18/04 +1100, Helene Gannac wrote:
Maybe I could try icecream cubes?
Try a small loaf pan or cake pan.
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west of Fort Wayne,
On Nov 18, 2004, at 8:15, Dearl Kniskern wrote:
I just googled coconut milk and came up with the recipe for it at the
top of the list and there were more down the line
But I hate coconut, while I adored the almond-flavoured desert :(
There's nuts, and then there's nuts... :)
---
Tamara P
I've been e-connected for about 10 yrs (9 at home), and the followng
sums up a part of the experience very well indeed... g I'm leaving in
all the mis-spellings, bad punctuation, bad paragraph breaks, capitals
in wrong place, etc - they add to the authentic flavour :)
From: C.B. 2
I want to
As Helen Bell has already mentioned, there is the recipe in the Jones Deer
book which I prefer to use. Last year I made cookies instead of cakes.
So I'll post my cookie recipe as a variant to their recipe.
CATTERN COOKIES
Combine in a large bowl 1.25 cups of plain flour with 1/4 teaspoon of
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