[lace] Silk thread

2011-09-05 Thread Jean Nathan
Can anyone tell me what purse silk or purse twist is? From what I have managed to glean from the web, it appears to be three ply silk with a high sheen and thicknesses quoted are 300 and 500, or numbers to that effect. Three of the definitions I've found are: A stout silk thread used for

Re: [lace] Silk thread

2011-09-05 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Jean Can anyone tell me what purse silk or purse twist is? Sorry but I don't know what purse silk or purse twist is. From what I have managed to glean from the web, it appears to be three ply silk with a high sheen and thicknesses quoted are 300 and 500, or numbers to that effect.

[lace] Searching for Floretta thread

2011-09-05 Thread Rissanen, Outi (NSN - FI/Espoo)
Dear All, I am trying to help a friend here. She is tatting a hat, made a big mistake, undoing all she has done is out of question and now there is not enough thread to finish the hat. She bought the thread years ago from Hungary and now I can not find it from Internet. So, it is very probably

[lace] Polish bobbin lace

2011-09-05 Thread B Krbechek
Is there anyone who knows or knows of a bobbin lace maker or a lace club in the Poznan area of Poland? Thanks, Blanche - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

[lace] 1st International Young Lace Maker's Symposium, Italy, October 2012

2011-09-05 Thread Angharad Rixon
Hello all, Textile Support is looking for submissions and expressions of interest for their fist international symposium of young lace makers planned for October 2012. The theme of the first symposium will be *Doyley-Free Zone: Raising the status of lace and lace making *and we are accepting

[lace] Re: Silk Thread

2011-09-05 Thread Susan Reishus
The Belding Corticelli Buttonhole Twist is available at better fabric stores.  Last I had seen,  Treadle Yard Goods (1338 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 651-698-9690) had some.  www.treadleyardgoods.com Since that market is dying overall (except quilting cottons) you could try Fabric.com and

[lace] Pillow bag 2

2011-09-05 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello Again I have found a bag which I described in my last message on Ebay. Its number is 170641169382 Daphne Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

[lace] Looking for a pattern

2011-09-05 Thread Ann-Marie Andersson
Hello all, I have seen this pretty bobbin lace http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2591106330048870129mCgvrW in a Picasa web album. Could someone please tell me where I can buy the pattern? Thanks in advance! Ann-Marie in Sweden - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace-chat] Back from Iceland holidays

2011-09-05 Thread martina . dewille
Dear friends, long long ago, there was a German girl writing on this group. Well, I am still around but rather busy and therefore quiet. I do read many of your mail and enjoy them. Now I just want to let you know, that last night we came back from a 2-weeks holiday in Iceland, where our