The Arachne bobbin would have been made for the first anniversary in
April 1996, and is one of Margaret Wall's bobbins. (A number of later
ones were turned by Joanne Pruitt). I can't comment on the Stephen
Pearce one as I haven't got any of his to compare; The Lace Hall bobbin,
I'll see if I
I believe number 4 is indeed a Springett bobbin, tail and head are very typical
of David's bobbins.
This is what Wikipedia says about Horn: A horn is a pointed projection of skin
on the head of various animals consisting of a covering of keratin and other
proteins surrounding a core of live
I was recently given quite a few midlands bobbins by a lace maker who had
stopped making lace and there are quite an assortment. Plenty of different
woods and some which seem to be quite a good quality plastic but one stands
out as different. It is white and has the wire twisted down the shank
Susan
The second one is not a Stephen Pearce the tail shape is quite different -
here a link to a picture of one of his:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030804042826/http://homepages.tesco.net/~stephen.pearce/
I can't quite tell from the picture - is there a little groove round the top of
the
The Arachne bobbin was to celebrate the 1st anniversary in 1996.
I have a pair, one dark blue the other light blue (now slightly greenish with
age).
They were from England.
Possibly Margaret Hall? We have had a few new computers since then and the old
information is lost.
Jay in Sydney
Carol,
Here in Australia it cost me about $500 about 4 years ago and we can
choose what we want but no more than 6 characters; providing it
hasn't been taken and also that it's not suggestive.
For tears I'd been hoping theyd extent it to 7 characters so I could
have LACEMAN, but alas no. So
Found a copy here:
http://www.grosshandel.org/detail2_141203419908_RaritaetBuchAlte-flandrische
-Spitzenvon-Erdmute-Wesenberg.html#.U-tcymMa4dU
Not sure whether it is an active offer.
Rather expensive and the postage cost is for Germany only.
Second link:
I bought the pricking for Little Danish Heart, (Danska Hjartan) from the
Svenska Spetstar a couple years ago, and am now ready to start. It appears
that the thread required is linen 160/2 or 180/2 with gimp of 25. The exact
Swedish, is: Engelskt lingarn nr 180/2 eller 160/2 11 par pinnar LC
According to Google Engelskt lingarn nr 180/2 eller 160/2 11 par pinnar LC nr
25 1 pinne” translates as
English linen No. 180/2 or 160/2 11 pairs sticks LC No. 25, 1 stick”,
LC no 25 is almost certainly Knox’s LC linen, which measured 19 wrap/cm.
Fresia 60/3 or Bockens 35/3 are the nearest
Hi All,
I'm just back from the Eye of the Needle exhibition at the Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford (UK).
Perhaps its because I'm a lace maker not an embroiderer but - Wow!
The exhibition is of embroidery from the Feller collection. I've no
idea who Elizabeth and Micheal Feller are, but they have a
Thank you so much for this information! Without an exhibition catalogue, this
exhibition would be seldom seen! Posts such as yours help insure that as many
lacemakers/embroiderers/ and needle artists of all descriptions/ can be
accessed on the Internet!
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 13, 2014,
Hello everyone
Here is a link to the two volumes about the Feller collection, click their
images for a generous peek inside the pages!
http://needleprint.blogspot.ca/2012/04/micheal-elizabeth-feller-needlework.html
There is no exhibition catalogue as such, but there are two books
describing
That period wasn't too early for either bobbin lace or needle lace. The
Professor's Archives has a lot of scanned in books that date from the 1500s
with both bobbin and needle lace patterns. I've made good use of the books
for some of my punto in aria and reticello recreations.
It's probably
I am home, now after a visit to USA, - both to family, and to convention,.
Lace in both places, but you will be interested in convention, so ...
I took the gold silver Early Laces, with Gil Dye. It was wonderful - but
stretched my brain quite a bit as we worked without any pricking, and then,
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