Do you think you could use the wooden tool to measure wraps of the threads in
the narrower area? Not sure how that would work with it being grooved, but
that is what I thought at first glance.
No, the big knobs on the ends would get in the way. All I use is a piece of
paper with two
So am I the only person that would use a ruler LOL
Sue in EY
On 7 Oct 2011, at 09:25, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
No, the big knobs on the ends would get in the way. All I use is a
piece of paper with two parallel line (computer printed for
accuracy) drawn on it.
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I also measure my threads with a ruler but I can understand Brenda's
reasoning with the procedure she uses...
And rulers have the little marks a bit embedded thereby controlling the flow
of the threads a bit so many Brenda's plan is better.
Susie Johnson
Morris, Illinois
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Valenciennes lace in 1453? Oh dear, oh dear, whatever next! The date is
really too early for lace of any sort, and besides the idea of lace as a
trimming for a nightdress or underwear belongs to the 19th and 20th centuries,
when lace was no longer a luxury item worn to display your wealth. I
Dear Friends,
my emails to Holly van Scriver have been bouncing and I've no idea why.
Is anybody else getting through? And if so perhaps you could forward
an email for me
thanks
David in Ballarat
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Hi, David -
Holly's website is http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/ , and if you
follow the Workshop and Teaching Schedule link you get to a page
with her e-address: vsbl...@twcny.rr.com . I hope this is up-to-date.
Margery.
margerybu...@o2.co.uk in
Does anyone know of any sources or books that tell about pre - 1650 bobbin
lace?
Thanks,
nancy in chicago
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Plus this weekend is Ithaca Lace Days, so she's busy with that.
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From: Margery Allcock margerybu...@o2.co.uk
Sent: Oct 7, 2011 1:35 PM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: RE: [lace] Holly van Scriver
Hi, David -
Holly's website is http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/ , and
A picture in the Shire album of needlework tools has a rosewood tool which
looks at first glance like a needle case, similar to your pictured tool. But it
is a holder for a styptic pencil these are quite frequently found in
workboxes. I don't do needlelace, but if I attempted it, I could use a
Nancy
LePompe 1559 is a pattern book, the earliest, and it is easy to see what the
laces must have looked like. Aside from that Santina Levey's LACE is very
good on lace history.
Lorelei Halley
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Hi Nancy:
There is Rosemary Shepherd's Early Lace Workbook which is profiled here:
http://www.larkholmelace.co.uk/earlylaceworkbook.html
Gillian Dye is another author, she wrote a little book called Elizabethan
Lace.
There are a few books that give a panorama of historic laces; most of these
Nancy,
Some other early lace books:
I would add that LePompe II (1561 if I remember correctly) is in the public
domain on the U. of AZ website
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/index.html
Also on the U of A website is Elisabetta Parasole's Pattern Book for
Embroidery and Lace 1616.
To me, the grooves on the shaft seem to be spiral threads. Then the ring would
have complementary threads inside and can be moved up and down like a screw on
a bolt. Haven't figured out why, or what the object is, but nobody's suggested
the screw/bolt idea yet.
Robin P.
Los Angeles,
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