If you read the Royal School of Needlework's press release it does say they
were 'influenced' by the techniques of Carrickmacross. Obviously as the press
write up, these things get edited and you only need to lose a word or two to
get a completely different meaning to a text.
However, I would
In actual fact Sarah Burton got her inspiration from me. :-D
I made my own wedding dress in 1962. It had a top made of very expensive
lace (machine made of course) and a frothy tulle skirt. I cut out motifs
from the lace left over from the top and appliquéd them onto the tulle
skirt. It was
Haha Jean LOL
My mum was a dressmaker and did a very similar thing about the same
time the wedding dress had an overdress of guipure lace and the
bridesmaids dresses were edged in the same lace at the neck, waist and
sleeves one bridesmaid came from way down south somewhere
Dear Friends,
One can use bigger yarns. The knitted figurines don't need to be tiny.
Indeed the maker can add any lace features, whether in knitted lace,
or bobbin lace, machine lace...
Exactly. And I have only ever sourced my knitting yarns from Op-shops
for the past 30 years. With such
Seen in Sainsbury's yesterday. T-shirt labelled as having hand crocheted
lace. It was chemical lace and didn't even look like crochet, but at not a
lot of money what would one expect.
Now, do I report them or leave people thinking they are wearing a little
bit of hand made lace?
Jacquie
H maybe there *should* be lace police! If you report them,
chances are nothing will happen, but on the off-chance that it *does*,
then others (perhaps even those perennial ebay sellers!) may sit up and
take note.
Tell the authorities that you're doing it on behalf of Arachne, a
There's that.,
People who know hand crochet will see it as it is, people who don't do
handwork at all won't care. A visitor saw some of my bobbin lace
doo-dads on the table and said 'oooh so pretty! Did you knit them
yourself?' An explanation would have been lost...
However, if the price of the
Ahhh... the voice of reason...
Thanks for the level-headed perspective, Bev!
Clay
On 5/2/2011 11:56 AM, bev walker wrote:
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An explanation would have been lost...
However, if the price of the item was based on it being hand-made, and
it wasn't, for sure I would make a fuss :)
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A neighbour called in and admired a cardigan I had over the back of the
chair. She said how much she liked the lace around the bottom hem and did I
make it? It was a Marks and Spencer cardigan with chemical lace motifs
around the lower edge. So not only won't they know, but as Bev says people
Bev wrote:
Instead of knitting tiny rectangles for the dog's legs, make them as
tubes, in knitted cord for instance.
Not only could you make the tubular bits with a circular needle, but with a
knitting dolly - a wooden cotton reel or similar with the appropriate number
of small nails around
However, if the price of the item was based on it being hand-made, and
it wasn't, for sure I would make a fuss :)
I agree. Some people will still think it must be hand-made because the label
says so, but some people will think anything.
Years ago I saw a beautiful wool sweater that was
Dear Jean,
Not only could you make the tubular bits with a circular needle, but
with a knitting dolly - a wooden cotton reel or similar with the
appropriate number of small nails around the centre hole. I used to
make yards of the stuff as a child and did actually once make two
coils sewn
Maybe not worth reporting to the Trades Descriptions people, but why
not object in writing to Sainsburys - they will have to reply, and
maybe be a bit more careful?
Margery.
margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK
I was in a high end store where there was a very nice lacy garment. I
examined it carefully and deduced that the elaborate decorative ornaments on
the
front were chemical lace that looked just like Irish crochet. In fact,
they were very good copies. So, I was explaining this to my companion
With all the discussion about knitting the royal wedding figures, I thought
some Arachnes might like to dig up a Search Press series of published
books by Jan Messent (England). They could inspire our needlelace makers and
teachers to re-interpret the figures. This would be close to
Hello All! There's a free pattern for Kate at Country Living.
www.countryliving.com/crafts/projects/learn-to-knit-kate-middleton Sincerely,
Susan Hottle, Erie, PA where it's another day of grey rain.
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If you plan to visit Normandy, or are a member of the Society for Creative
Anachronism,
A most inspiring designer and book author is Jan Messent, of England --
you can Google her.
She has written many books. On the embroidery side of my library are 12
books by her. One may be of
Susan wrote:
Hello All! There's a free pattern for Kate at Country Living.
www.countryliving.com/crafts/projects/learn-to-knit-kate-middleton
That's the Kate from the Knit your own Royal wedding book.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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There was a time when knitting machines made for home use were all the
rage. They're still available, but not as many people that I know seem
to be interested in them, preferring their knitting the old fashioned
way. Still, back when the machines were something of a novelty, there
was a
When the media mis-identify lace (as with The Dress) I think ignorance and
laziness are the cause. Nobody really knows what lace is, except us. My
experience with reporters is that mostly they don't care if they make mistakes
when talking about lace because they believe the general public will
I've written recently about my efforts to learn Binche. I know there are
several Binche experts in arachne, and many who have considerable experience
with it. There is nothing useful I can say to them. But in case there are
some others out there who are at my level -- just beginning and trying
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