Trust me to blow it!!
The East Midland bobbins have a rich array of graphics should read East
Devon...not East Midland... sorry
Brian
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Brian, can I get a link from you for this site? I know you published
something on turning lace bobbins and I am seriously thinking about learning
all about turning and trying to turn bobbins. Got the woodworking bug from
my grandfather and father, but my mother gave away ALL his wonderful saws
I found the Breton lace headdress article on-line:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/breton-women/fiegl-text
Here are the photos:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/breton-women/freger-photography
While the headdresses are very impressive, they appear to be modern,
so I doubt that
Wow, Alex, what type of lace are you using such fine pins on?
Noelene in Cooma
nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au
I have been using the Watkins Doncaster stainless steel pins no.0. They
are the finest I have used and, although they are very long I have had no
trouble with them bending as they are very
Many delightful illustrations and details of such headdresses in various
forms of lace are in
Dentelles en Bretagne: crochet, filet et broderie découpée by Hélène Cario
Viviane Hélias, published by Coop Breizh in 2008
De la crise de la sardine à l'âge dór de la dentelle by France Caillard and
In the 1990's /early 2000's Alan and I had a number of holidays in
Normandy/Britanny. Needless to say I bought a number of lace cards.
Lucky some were from the early 1900s, with old lace The newer cards,
in colour, tended to be headdresses etc. of machine lace. Many
different designs
I also use those fine insect pins. I make Binche lace, and when the long and
very fine pins went out of production several years ago, I bought every
(expensive!) vial of them that I could find. So I still have a good supply,
and guard them like Gollum my preciou)!
I discovered the insect
With my Chantilly as well as Binche laces with the Danish silk I used those
insect pins too. But they weren't easy to find and expensive too.
At the beginning they aren't easy to handle.
Ilske
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May I jump in, this is one site I really like to promote:
for the lace documents:
https://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html
the main page, and search option (to the left of the screen) :
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/weavedocs.html
and for good measure, Kris's site:
In a message dated 3/25/2014 4:14:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
spind...@gmail.com writes:
Here are the photos:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/breton-women/freger-photography
Avital
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Greetings from Jeri.
The fourth picture down has a caption: The wings
I am afraid I do not post often these days.
I have been making lace since 1983 and this October/November will be 40
years since I first touched a lace bobbin. I learned from some wonderful
women in England and spent the 18 months that I had left in that country in
classes of one sort or another.
I am sorry to hear of your difficulties. i found when i use my sea grass
pillow my finger tips get too sore to work as well, so i got some of those
rubber finger tips we old secretaries used to count pages of papers. also,
there are metal and leather thimbles which help temper the tenderness.
Debbie, what about Free Hand lace. At the beginning it could be a bit
frustrating but there are few pins. And some Torchon patterns could be possible
for you.
Good luck
Ilske
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Hi Debbie:
Old Flanders uses comparatively few pins, and the patterns are often made for
thicker threads so you can use heavier pins with nice glass heads without
enlarging the pattern. Also the early laces might be fun. They have few
pinholes and some can even be made without a pattern if you
If you like knitted lace, you will enjoy this pinboard of knitted lace
doilies.
http://www.pinterest.com/bobbinhobber/knitted-doilies/
Lorelei
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Hi Nolene
Iâm using size 0 pins for Floral Bucks using 100/2 Egyptian cotton. I will
be using the 00 pins with 190/2 Egyptian cotton and finer. I bought the 000
pins to see what they are like to use â but I think they will be too fine;
they are like hairs.
Happy lacemaking
Alex
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Debbie, so sorry to hear of your health problem, and wish you a speedy
recovery.
Have you thought of making a free lace.? I must admit I don't know much
about it, never having tried it, but I think it is worked with very few pins
-just along the edges, on a striped fabric rather than a proper
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