[lace] Alexandra Stillwell's Floral Bucks book!

Good morning spiders I received my copy of 'Floral Bucks Point Lace' by Alexandra Stillwell this morning and it is wonderful! I know many of you have been waiting anxiously for this 'must have' companion to her earlier book and will not be disappointed but pleased to know that is currently

[lace] Storms in the UK

Where I am on the south coast, we had quite a bit of wind and a lot of rain. Several trees were brought down in the area, some blocking roads, other narrowly avoiding houses. We have a huge oak tree in the garden and there's a lot more light coming through it now, as it lost about half its leaves

[lace] Storms in the UK

Should have added that four people were killed in the storms in the UK- a couple when there was an explosion at their house which was though to have been cause by a gas main fracturing when a tree fell on it, one person when a tree fell on their car and another when a tree fell on the mobile home

[lace] Storms in UK and Europe!

Hi Arachnids, Thank you for your concern. Not much damage in our area, thank goodness, just some debris in the garden. I live near the top of a hill and even a large tree we thought might have come down stayed put -it will have to come down soon to protect the surrounding properties-. There have

Re: [lace] Storms in UK and Europe!

Clay, thanks for thinking about us. Here in Hamburg we are used to those winter-thunderstorms. Yesterday it was awful but there are places were it was worse. In the afternoon they had to stop the underground, it comes on certain places on the surface and because of falling trees and such

[lace] New book: All about making Floral Bucks Point Lace by Alexandra Stillwell‏

H looks like my previous post didn't go through properly. I want to let everyone know that Alex's new book is available in the US to ship now. Please email me privately to order. Cheryl - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Old Beds

David's lace is machine-made but I don't think it's Barmen. From looking at Pat Earnshaw's books about Lace Machines and Machine Laces I think it is Leavers Independent. The following is what I've already sent to David (minus the scan): The rather prominent ridges on the 'cloth stitch' areas

[lace] Textile conservation

If anyone has access to the 3 October issue of the scientific journal Nature (Vol. 502, No. 7469), there's an interesting one page interview with Sandra Smith, head conservator at the VA's new Clothworkers' Centre for the Study and Conservation of Textiles and Fashion. It touches on storage

[lace] Lace Guild website update

We've recently updated the Lace Guild website and among other things have added information about The Lace Guild's 2016 Competition and Exhibition which has the theme Let's Celebrate. Any lacemakers can enter (you don't have to be a member) and you can download the Schedule (with the details

[lace] Looking for pattern information

I have a pricking of a pattern by Riet de Vries dated 1991. It is an imaginary face done in what looks to me like Russian techniques, though I could be wrong about that. I seem to have scribbled a few notes in French on the back of the pricking, but otherwise I have no idea where I got it. It

[lace] uploading photos on flickr

Help please, never seem to get this right: How do I upload a photo to the Arachne album on Flickr, and into my own set? Agnes Boddington- Elloughton Uk PS the storm stayed south of the Humber, just got very wet here. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] uploading photos on flickr

I'll reply personally to Agnes on this, as the email includes screenshots to help her Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: Agnes Boddington Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:57 AM To: 'lace Arachne' Subject: [lace] uploading photos on flickr Help please, never seem

Re: [lace] New book: All about making Floral Bucks Point Lace by Alexandra Stillwell‏

Just got mine, wonderful book well worth the money , no interest other than a very satisfied customer Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] Storms and trimming posts

Dear Arachnes, Please, please trim your posts. I'm seeing some really long, untrimmed posts. If you really don't know how to trim posts in your tablet, write to me privately and I'll help you. The storm thread properly belongs to Lace-Chat. I'm not going to insist that it be moved, because it

[lace] storms

Hi Arachnids I live in Haywards Heath, Sussex and while we had high winds it was not as bad as we were led to believe it would be. The worst we had was a panel from next door’s fence on our flower bed. There was no damage. Thank you for the mention of my book Cathy. Happy lacemaking Alex -

[lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

Hello All! After looking in Arachne Archives consulting Google without results, I thought I would ask: how would I know what size brass pins I own? There was a reference to Adele's measuring system on a 2006 Tonder post, but I didn't find a follow up. After Devon's pin question, I dug out

Re: [lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

Susan and everyone As I've often wondered the same about a box or two of pins that have lost their label...A quick google of 'pin size chart' produced this web page: http://www.americanpin.com/pins.html Dritz, Prim and other pin brands should have info on their pages as well? 29 mm is the

Re: [lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

Thank you Bev--you are the Superior Googler! I was looking for pin index got something else entirely. American pin makes bank pins like we used in Kim's wire lace class. AP seems to have fine silk pins no chart/index but will follow up even without a micrometer. LOL Sincerely, Susan

Re: [lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

29 mm is the length, equivalent 1.14 inch... to measure diameter you'd have to have a micrometer I guess! It's easier to measure diameter if you put about 10 pins side by side in a row. (you alternate where the heads go). Then you can measure and divide by 10. So if your row of 10 pins is 5.5

Re: [lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

Thanks for your advice Adele! Will give it a try. Sincerely, Susan Adele Shaak ash...@shaw.ca wrote: 29 mm is the length, equivalent 1.14 inch... to measure diameter you'd have to have a micrometer I guess! It's easier to measure diameter if you put about 10 pins side by side in a

[lace] Looking for a pattern

Arachne is remarkable! Not only did I get several emails from helpful friends, but one of them had actually made the lace and had won a prize with it! She told me that it was published in La Dentelle, hence my notes in French, and also in Lace Express. Thanks to all who wrote me and all the

[lace-chat] Scousers

And Lancashire hot-pot is usually lamb or mutton with carrots, onions and gravy, topped with sliced potatoes, covered and cooked slowly in the oven. The lid is removed near the end ofcooking to brown the potatoes Because of the slow cooking, cheap cuts of meat were used. Nowadays, almost any