There also is Rain City Lace Supplies
Joan W
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On Jul 26, 2015, at 11:15 PM, Bev Walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Marianne and everyone
As far as I know, there is only the one commercial lace supplier. Canada is
a big country, yes, but not a lot lacemakers to
There are also quite a few suppliers in Quebec, Simon Toustou is the first
name that springs to mind. If you want more names, I can ask the Ottawa
Lace Guild contact who organizes the Lace Day and invites the suppliers.
Shuttleworks in Calgary indicate that they have bobbin lace supplies - I
It should not be lost on our Arachne members that there is always going to
be something new to learn about lace. You will never run out of new
challenges. That is why so many brilliant women have chosen lace as a medium
to
master.
It is important to know exactly which books to buy, in
Hello Marianne and everyone
This is an interesting technique that Ulrike outlines. I first encountered
multiple threads as gimp when I tried Chantilly from Lia's book.
Traditional Bayeux and old Tønder also have this kind of gimp. It is handy
for pairs leaving the ground or motif with nowhere to
Maybe a few bobbin lace makers around the world would like to learn
Chantilly together, by using the internet to correspond back and forth with
each
other. Is there interest in doing something like this? Is someone willing
to lead such a group?
Please correspond, using the Subject:
Jeri
laceioli already has a group dedicated to POINT GROUND LACES, and Chantilly is
one of those.
The opening page of the group lists books that our members know about. The
software very easily accommodates photos, so members can post pictures of
their problems and get advice. laceioli is free to
Marianne
Laurie Waters on lace news has pinboards, one of which is U.S. and Canadian
suppliers.
https://www.pinterest.com/LaceNews/lace-supplies-books-usa-canada/
Lorelei
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Hi,
About 20 years ago when I first attempted Point Ground my tutor at the
time, Karen Blum, taught us the multi-stranded technique of gimps. She
also taught us how to carry the unwanted threads to the next element via
the gimp strands. It is a very tidy solution to excess threads.
