Dear Arachnes,
Every now and then I read it on Arachnes, why does the Europeans not think of
us, Americans or English speaking persons. Not every European lace
organization is translating their books in English or publish only an
translation and you have to buy the original book as well for the
I was sitting at my lace pillow, moving pins from the back of my lace to my
pincushion, when I started wondering. How long do other lacemakers leave the
pins in their work? When making Torchon or Flanders lace, I leave the pins
round the edge, and push them right down. I start to remove pins
Kathleen wrote The pin question isn't the sort of thing that is
taught - except that I was told always to leave pins in for 24 hours, to
allow the thread toset in place.
I would make a couple of points - this is a question which crops up from
time to time and usually generates lots of
Hi Sue,
I don't belong to a class or group, so I have developed my own way of working
over the years. I was curious about how other lacemakers worked. The pin
question isn't the sort of thing that is taught - except that I was told always
to leave pins in for 24 hours, to allow the thread
Hello Gom!
Thank you for your wonderful website! I find it very easy to translate your
writing. Sometimes the words the translator uses are strange, but the message
is understandable anyway. So, I would say that your extra effort to translate
is not necessary, but would be appreciated by
As a beginner, I was told to leave the pins in overnight. I think this was
a general rule to cover the chance that the thread being used took longer to
conform than usual. I have seen a bookmark that had the last inch curled
when the rest of it lay flat. I contributed this to the final pins
If I were to make a website about lace, I’d only do it in English (and not even
bother about providing in my mother tongue German) - provided that your English
is sufficiently good (but you can always let a native speaker correct it). As
we already have translation tables for our lace related
I agree that you cannot always leave the pins in if working a narrow edging on
a roller pillow. For that reason, I changed to a block pillow. But I do think
that thread sets in its position in lace. If you come to your lace one morning,
and find that you made a mistake the previous day, and
Hello everyone
Some comments - I usually leave at least an inch-worth of pins in, not
really to let the lace set, but to mind the finished work against, for
example, tensioning too firmly and bunching the lace out of shape. Some
patterns have a particular passive that can be a culprit. If I
Susan,
It is listed in Addendum Edition 5 under Handy Hands, then Lizbeth.
Addendum Edition 5 lists size 10, but I don't know if that answers your
question.
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/threads/add5.html
Liz in hot, hot hot, Missouri, USA
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From: Susan
Dear Gon,I appreciate your website being translated into English. Â I have
enjoyed your series of Wednesday laces and just spent a pleasant time looking
at the rest of your website on this rainy afternoon in California. Â I do not
have an iPad but hope that you will keep your website with the
Hello All! Can anyone compare these two threads? I didn't find the Lizbeth in
Brenda's book or addendum lists. The Freccia is 3Z, 13w/cm. It looks like our
charter chapter is going to teach Girl Scouts how to make woven lace bracelets
with beads there is a discussion regarding thread.
Marianne Gallant - We, here in Australia, have the same problem with the
currency exchange rate. Our dollar is falling badly at the moment, against
most currencies, so buying any books or threads etc. from overseas becomes
very expensive.
In the UK, the Book Depository is a good place to
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