Hello All! Over the past few days, there has been a discussion on the ANG
(American Needlepoint Guild) list about deodorizing needlepoint threads.
Someone even suggested an ozone treatment--available at a high-end car
wash/detailing establishment--to remove cigarette smoke. Today, a textile
Hi Everybody:
MicroChamber Interleaving paper is intended for conservation of old books and
papers, so I see no reason why it would not be perfectly safe for other
cellulose-based materials, like most of our laces. (I don't know how it may
affect silk, which is protein-based).
It would be
I am in need of opinions, please :-)
I make divider pins for use in Bobbin lace. Mainly they are brass pins
and some of them are silver plated. In the past I have bought piuns in
large numbers and used them freely. Yesterday I received a shipment, and
this time they are labeled with a warning
Hi Lauren,
Brass consist mainly of copper and zinc. It has a tiny proportion of lead to
aid manufacture (1.5 to 2 %). It can leach out slightly, but I don't think
you need to worry over much. Many lace-makers, who have been using brass
pins all their lives, live and have lived to a ripe old
Hello all,
As someone who uses divider pins a lot, I don't want to have anything
to do with anything containing lead.
If it's a question of the pin part containing lead and not the top,
it doesn't matter. You still grab those pins by the wire every now
and then, so the less exposure to toxins
Hi Lauren:
When I first read your post I thought maybe the pins contained lead because
they were poorly made in a third-world factory, but after a quick trip to
Wikipedia I see that probably all of our brass pins contain lead. I did not
know that!
I don't usually worry all that much about
Yes it is easy to use a strand of wire on the outer edge of bobbin lace to
stiffen a petal etc. The only problem comes when you wear it, the flower
can get squashed out of shape - particularly if the flower is being worn as
a corsage.
If you choose to use stiffener, make sure it is one that
Yes, you can use wire in bobbin lace - when I've made flowers I've used
a pair with a fine beading wire (the one I've used is sold on small
reels and made by Impex) - starting at a petal, you hang all of the
pairs 'open' (also called 'rainbow fashion') and use the wire as if it
was thread. I
I just finished a Bedfordshire edging from Barbara Underwood's book.
http://laceioli.ning.com/photo/bedfordshire-bobbin-lace-3?context=latest
Not as spectacular as some of our members, but I want to get a really strong
grounding so I can eventually design it.
Lorelei
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