Re: [lace] Re: structure pieces -soory
Very interesting use of materials. Maureen E Yorks UK where it has again snowed - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re: structure pieces
It's http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/91823605klvXEA LOts of food for thought with these structures On 10 Feb 2010, at 20:47, Diane Z wrote: Thanks for the information of your new postings. Unfortunately, I cannot find your website any longer. Could you please give us the url? Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Haapsalu Shawl book
I'm having a browse through the English version of the Haapsalu Shawl book which was published last year. I borrowed a copy today from the Tartu City Library. It is an absolutely lovely book filled with colour photos charts for the traditional knitting patterns. I remember reading a review written by Nancy Bush in the Jan./Feb. 2010 issue of Piecework. Happy lacing, Pene in a cold Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Trimming posts
I am on digest, so may have a different perspective than those on individual emails, but something has bothered me since I have been sharing on internet forums. People don't trim their posts, (1-3 seconds of cut-and-paste to include a few words/paragraph to refer to). If challenged by cut-and-paste, then deleting the whole content, and typing a few words of reference takes just a tad more time. When not, content stored is 3-4 times necessary, and though free, seems an irresponsible waste and anti going green, etc. I also worry about those on digital devices that pay for volume. Here is a link that shows the terms for growing amounts of storage, if you are curious: http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/calculate/ It seems like a nag that may not matter to some, but with a bit of awareness, archives are condensed to substantive content, and very little repetition and WAY less volume. End of (hopefully) polite rant. smile Best,Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Trimming posts
Guilty as charged. I hadn't realised I was leaving some of my replies so long. Situation dealt with ;o) Claire Kent, UK Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 11 Feb 2010, at 16:06, Susan Reishus wrote: People don't trim their posts, (1-3 seconds of cut-and-paste to include a few words/paragraph to refer to). If challenged by cut-and-paste, then deleting the whole content, and typing a few words of reference takes just a tad more time. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: structur again
Hello, here http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date is the rest I promised you. Enjoy Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Teneriffe book and Google
I have just received an email from Alex Stillwell about her concerns re Google's attempt to scan and perhaps restrict access to the books of the world, and specifically hers on Teneriffe, which she so generously gave to the Archives website. (see http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/wtopic_lace.html ) Here is what she wrote me: Hi Tess I have thought of a way of stopping Google gobbling up my Teneriffe book. I am currently scanning and revising the layout of my torchon book so I can print and comb bind it myself. I doubt if I shall get many sales but if I get a new ISBN and am selling it then Google cannot get their sticky paws on it. I am happy with, wish to continue with and have no plans to change the current current arrangements regarding my Teneriffe book, but I am concerned about Google. If I get a new ISBN I am prepared to print and comb bind it if anyone wishes to pay for it then Google cannot get their paws on it. I would like you to let the Arachnids know that this will in no way affect my arrangement with the Arizona free download library and it will continue to be freely available there. If you are happy with this arrangement please may I have permission to use the pages you scanned. I think this should solve the Google problem and also help anyone who has no access to the free download. Kindest regards Alex - For those who are not familiar with the Archives site, this is a collection of books and many other materials relating to weaving and lace, along with embroidery and other things textile-related. The collection has depended on a great deal of scanning of books available in libraries and so on, but a great number have come from lacemakers who have lent us their precious books. And in some very special cases, like Alexandra Stillwell's teneriffe book,they have been donated to the web site from the authors themselves. We are all so grateful to everyone who has contributed! There has been a concern, however, that the Archives site might disappear now that Ralph Griswold has died. John Cropper is manning the fort, and there is no change in the status of the site: it is still going strong. There are CDs of all the holdings available to anyone for a reasonable price, and there is even a web site Gallery where people are posting their work. For any further information, please feel free to write me privately: tess1...@aol.com So thanks again, Alex, for your generosity and concern, and I'm glad you figured out a way to slay the Google dragon before he swallows up your work. Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine, USA, where everyone here wants to know why all that lovely snow went south of us. We're the ones who want it! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re: Breaking and Twist to Thread
Thank you, Maureen. I, too, find this happens with some but not all the bobbins and am curious to know why I lose the twist on about 5% of my bobbins but not the rest. This happens when I am working with Midland Bobbins, so I know that it is not that they are rolling on the pillow. I will try to take more careful note of how I am handling them. It happens more with point ground, and I currently have torchon on my pillow, so I may not be able to replicate the problem for a while Sue I find that I sometimes twist the odd bobbin in my hand whilst working. It is interesting that it is not all the bobbins but only some of them which is why it is not all the threads that break!!!I do not do this everytime as it depends on which stitch I am using, but it does appear that I am twisting the bobbins clockways. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] Re: Breaking and Twist to Thread
Sue, my theory is that it happens to some threads and not others because of the way the threads travelthe leading bobbin of a pair travels diagonally all down a row of ground, making more twist movements than the other half of the pair as it does. If that thread then manoeuvres in such a way that it becomes another leading bobbin in another row, it could be making lots more twist movements than many of the other bobbins. This penny dropped with me when I had one very distinctive bobbin on the pillow - and I noticed that it spent a lot more time travelling in a certain way across the pillow than any other bobbineasy to see, because it was so distinctive. Ruth -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Sue Babbs Sent: Friday, 12 February 2010 6:10 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Breaking and Twist to Thread Thank you, Maureen. I, too, find this happens with some but not all the bobbins and am curious to know why I lose the twist on about 5% of my bobbins but not the rest. This happens when I am working with Midland Bobbins, so I know that it is not that they are rolling on the pillow. I will try to take more careful note of how I am handling them. It happens more with point ground, and I currently have torchon on my pillow, so I may not be able to replicate the problem for a while Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] The new Coats Lace thread
Following the article in the latest Lace Guild magazine about the new Coats thread I have now seen samples of these threads - branded as Cometa Encajes rather than Anchor Lace. Nice threads but not a direct substitute for Filato di Cantu. For detailed info see: http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Breaking and Twist to Thread - and a purloined solution...
An ah -HA moment!! Ruth, I think you're on to something here!! I've been working Tonder, and occasionally one thread will part with a sigh... and it's almost always on the return from the footside, where it has been subjected to a long stretch of ground and the footside itself. I've never understood why this happens... (thank you for a theory!!) I simply drop in the fresh thread (long leader...) and carry on, mid-passives. I use a clip to put the parted end out of the way. My favorite clip, of course, if the one I adopted (about ten years ago?) after visiting a tie-fly shop for fishermen! (Can you tell what DH likes to do?) They have a tool called a swivel hackle plier, and it has a lovely little spring-action clip at the end, embellished with a rubber (silicone?) band which grips the thread. There is a nice long handle - conveniently sized in length to match our bobbins - and so when a thread breaks, it's easy enough to just grab it with this Swivel Hackle and carry on until I reach an optimum opportunity to bring in the new bobbin. After I used my first Swivel Hackle, I had the notion that it would be very pleasing if the metal handle could be replaced with a bobbin. I gave Richard Worthen one of these hackles, and asked him to insert the working part into one of his turned bobbins that had (tragically!) broken at the neck during turning. He did this for me, and from that day forward, has probably sold hundreds of these delightful tools to lacemakers!! Now, I've noticed that Ken van Dierin has something similar listed on eBay, and he has had the audacity to include a patent pending notice with his version of the tool. Now, I like Ken. He's a nice man, a good lacemaker, and a very fair vendor (with this exception). But he did not invent this, (and neither did I), but I was the one who applied this use to this device. So I'm publicaly appealing to Ken to withdraw this patent application (if it exists), because in the Lace world, we share and share alike. I've never gotten a dime from Richard or Ken for their use of my discovery, and that's fine with me. They are the producers of the pretty version, and they're welcome to provide the goods to lacemakers. But I don't want anyone to claim exclusive rights to something I discovered. They will no longer be my friend. Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA, USA On 2/11/2010 4:05 PM, Ruth Budge wrote: Sue, my theory is that it happens to some threads and not others because of the way the threads travelthe leading bobbin of a pair travels diagonally all down a row of ground, making more twist movements than the other half of the pair as it does. If that thread then manoeuvres in such a way that it becomes another leading bobbin in another row, it could be making lots more twist movements than many of the other bobbins. This penny dropped with me when I had one very distinctive bobbin on the pillow - and I noticed that it spent a lot more time travelling in a certain way across the pillow than any other bobbineasy to see, because it was so distinctive. Ruth -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Sue Babbs Sent: Friday, 12 February 2010 6:10 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Breaking and Twist to Thread Thank you, Maureen. I, too, find this happens with some but not all the bobbins and am curious to know why I lose the twist on about 5% of my bobbins but not the rest. This happens when I am working with Midland Bobbins, so I know that it is not that they are rolling on the pillow. I will try to take more careful note of how I am handling them. It happens more with point ground, and I currently have torchon on my pillow, so I may not be able to replicate the problem for a while Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] needle lace
I found an interesting piece of needlelace online: http://www.muzeumtatrzanskie.com.pl/?strona,doc,pol,glownaen,1426,0,306,1,142 6,ant.html Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] nl
Here's another http://www.muzeumtatrzanskie.com.pl/?strona,doc,pol,glownaen,1426,0,306,1,142 6,ant.html Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
