Re: [lace] Mending fences for 2017 Arachne exchange
Well said Susan - I agree with all you say. Please don't let it change this wonderful friendship of lacemakers. ttfn Jacqui On 08/09/2017 01:46, Susan wrote: Arachne is such a caring, sharing group, I am totally gobsmacked. Please, let's not allow hurt feelings to divide us or derail our holiday exchange. We are so lucky to have several cheerful, willing & capable volunteers who want to make our exchange a success. Most groups can't find volunteers at all! Discord is corrosive & my worst fear is that Arachne members might choose sides & the exchange could implode. Volunteers--can you put aside your differences & work together? Will you work together in the spirit of the holiday season? Each of you brings unique abilities & pooling your efforts lightens the load on any one individual. We have an opportunity for the sum of the parts to be greater than the whole. In lace friendship... Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Fwd: [lace] Lace art by Agnes Herczeg
The lace is painted?? I am astonished to hear that. Do you think it starts out as who thread and then the color is added? Or is the paint just used as a stiffener? > Subject: Re: [lace] Lace art by Agnes Herczeg > I own one of the pieces shown in the article... the woman with the sheaves > of grain in the article, as well as another one of a woman looking out a > window. > > The lace is painted...I think with acrylic paint. Liz R, Raleigh, NC, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Mending fences for 2017 Arachne exchange
Well said, Susan!. Thanks for putting all that into words. I cannot work out what has really happened here - nor do I really want to - so hope that your words will bring peace and reconciliation Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Beginner Pattern
I designed a beginner cat pattern which is on my website. I posted the link on Facebook on Bobbin Lace Makers and it has been really appreciated, so I thought I would share the link here. Go to jblace.com It is in the Pattern Gallery. We have had an influx of new lacemakers at Silvergate Lacers near San Diego this summer and I thought it might be nice for them to introduce them to a half stitch pattern with a whole stitch edging. I have so far made 8 and intend to use them as bookmark gifts for my knitting group, 4 more to go. They usually take me an evening to make but I am a fast lacemaker. I tried to use thread that was available locally in the US. Devon, I converted this email to plain text so it should arrive looking normal. Your reposting of Jeri's email included lots of uppercase 'A's in the digest form. It is hard to remember to do it every time though. Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Mending fences for 2017 Arachne exchange
Arachne is such a caring, sharing group, I am totally gobsmacked. Please, let's not allow hurt feelings to divide us or derail our holiday exchange. We are so lucky to have several cheerful, willing & capable volunteers who want to make our exchange a success. Most groups can't find volunteers at all! Discord is corrosive & my worst fear is that Arachne members might choose sides & the exchange could implode. Volunteers--can you put aside your differences & work together? Will you work together in the spirit of the holiday season? Each of you brings unique abilities & pooling your efforts lightens the load on any one individual. We have an opportunity for the sum of the parts to be greater than the whole. In lace friendship... Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace art by Agnes Herczeg
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace art by Agnes Herczeg >What lovely pieces! Do you think she uses some kind of stiffening? >Liz, Raleigh, NC, USA I own one of the pieces shown in the article... the woman with the sheaves of grain in the article, as well as another one of a woman looking out a window. The lace is painted...I think with acrylic paint. There used to be an interview with her where it showed her lace in the various stages. Tried to find it, but the link to it doesn't work anymore. I love her work! Saving up for another piece, but they go fast these days. She's getting too popular. ; ) Peg In chilly, rainy Cleveland Heights, Ohio - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] belgian color code cttct
For technical reasons I just need a color, without annotations like circles or cross marks. In the mean time I remembered some pages on Pinterest. One page of Ulrike's book on Torchon uses brown for ctt. There is also a spiral bound book "Jolanda's vogels" (birds) she uses also brown but for cttctt. So I'll stick to brown. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] belgian color code cttct
For technical reasons I just need a color, without annotations like circles or cross marks. In the mean time I remembered some pages on Pinterest. One page of Ulrike's book on Torchon uses brown for ctt. There is also a spiral bound book "Jolanda's vogels" (birds) she uses also brown but for cttctt. So I'll stick to brown. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
Aha! Well done Devon!! Glad to be back in communication with you easily! Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
There is no mystery about why my emails are getting through. I bit the bullet and got a Gmail account which I use exclusively for Arachne. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] belgian color code cttct
Isn't it a little black circle at the turning part? On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 9:37 AM, N.A. Neff wrote: > Good question. Might it be a green intersection (half stitch), little > hatch mark for another twist, then another green intersection (halfstitch)? > > > > > What is the Belgian color code for the turning stitch: cttct? > > > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
I agree with Bev. I don't get the messages from AOL and Yahoo, but as far as I know, everyone can get gmail messages. It's easy to sign up with gmail and it's free. If you have been storing Arachne messages in a mailbox at another email address, on AOL for example, you can always forward messages from gmail to your other email address. I do that frequently. My gmail address came with my first cell phone, and I mainly use it for Arachne. My husband is happy that all the Arachne messages no longer come to our regular email. Just a friendly suggestion. Ruth Lyon in cool, sunny Iowa where the leaves are already starting to change On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bev Walker wrote: > Yes, and that's why the advice about the gmail addy. > (just sayin' as the expression goes) > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Sue Babbs wrote: > > > Yes they do appear in the archive, but if I don't receive the original > > message from Jeri I don't know one has been sent, so I don't know to go > to > > the archive to look for it! When someone replies to Jeri online, then I > > know to go to the archives. A frustrating necessity! > > > > > -- > Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of > Canada > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] belgian color code cttct
Good question. Might it be a green intersection (half stitch), little hatch mark for another twist, then another green intersection (halfstitch)? If there's no pin in the center of all that, it would pull up into a turning stitch, so the diagram would be right for the thread movements. Nancy usually in Connecticut US, but right now in Herculaneum (Ercolano) Italy, just outside of Naples. On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 12:17 PM, jo wrote: > Dear spiders > > What is the Belgian color code for the turning stitch: cttct? > > Jo > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
Dear Bev and Sue, In July, I had a lace maker with great computer technical experience as a guest here for a week. It seemed like an ideal time to perhaps set up a gmail account. She is subscribed to Arachne, and knows the history of my problems. She looked at all my AOL files and how I maintain them, and suggested I keep everything the way it is. Please do not think I am not constantly thinking about this. Talking to AOL technicians in Eastern Europe and the Far East does not help, as they never report my anger and requests for a correction to higher ups at AOL. I do not know if gmail higher ups would take corrective action from their end. I am sending a special version, that is easier to read because it uses bold type and italics to Bev and Sue. If others would like the more professional-looking memo of Santina M. Levey's Books - for Researchers, please write directly to me and you will receive if I receive your mails. It will definitely be nicer than the versions in the Arachne Archives. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 9/7/2017 11:57:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, walker.b...@gmail.com writes: Yes, and that's why the advice about the gmail addy. (just sayin' as the expression goes) On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Sue Babbs <_suebabbs385@gmail.com_ (mailto:suebabbs...@gmail.com) > wrote: Yes they do appear in the archive, but if I don't receive the original message from Jeri I don't know one has been sent, so I don't know to go to the archive to look for it! When someone replies to Jeri online, then I know to go to the archives. A frustrating necessity! -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] belgian color code cttct
Dear spiders What is the Belgian color code for the turning stitch: cttct? Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
Yes, and that's why the advice about the gmail addy. (just sayin' as the expression goes) On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Sue Babbs wrote: > Yes they do appear in the archive, but if I don't receive the original > message from Jeri I don't know one has been sent, so I don't know to go to > the archive to look for it! When someone replies to Jeri online, then I > know to go to the archives. A frustrating necessity! > > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
Yes they do appear in the archive, but if I don't receive the original message from Jeri I don't know one has been sent, so I don't know to go to the archive to look for it! When someone replies to Jeri online, then I know to go to the archives. A frustrating necessity! Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
Hello Devon and everyone Jeri's e-mails do show at Lace - The Mail Archive https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/ and probably always via the lace-digest. So many of us receive the reflected list (individual messages) that I must say, agreeing with Sue, a gmail address is better for tech. compatibility than one from aol. On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 4:57 AM, DevonThein wrote: > Spiders, forgive me for reposting. But, I did not get the original Jeri > post > about Santina Levey and asked her for it. I wouldnât have known about it > if > Noelene hadnât referenced it. Thanks, Noelene. > I think that for the most part my gmail gets through. I am totally > uncertain > about how many people receive Jeriâs posts from AOL. Maybe half of the > list? > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] 2017 Aravchne Card Exchange
I have to agree with Nancy on this. I was shocked to see the unhappiness rise up so suddenly and wonder if it might have been better if it had been resolved privately between those upset by it? Rumblings across the list are disruptive to the usual kindness and helpfulness I usually see. While I have not signed up lately due to time constraints, Lin was very encouraging and was particularly careful that I receive a bookmark a couple of years ago when my partner was unable to finish on time due to family issues. Perhaps she has gotten so used to handling the other exchanges, it didn't occur to her she might be stepping on toes. Since we try to be so careful of where we "cross and twist or twist and cross," we might try the same with our interactions. Let's get back to "happy lacemaking." :) Liz Roberts in sunny and mild southwest Missouri "From an outside perspective, however, I suggest that "hijacked" is a really loaded word, and maybe should be avoided." - Nancy - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
It is strange that I get Devon's email to the list but not Jeri's. I don't understand why some aol posts work and others don't. They don't even arrive in the spam box, but are just completely missing. With the ease of getting a gmail address these days, I wonder if that would help you both (even if you only used it to subscribe to Arachne!) We'd certainly like to see both your posts Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
Spiders, forgive me for reposting. But, I did not get the original Jeri post about Santina Levey and asked her for it. I wouldnât have known about it if Noelene hadnât referenced it. Thanks, Noelene. I think that for the most part my gmail gets through. I am totally uncertain about how many people receive Jeriâs posts from AOL. Maybe half of the list? So, since it is full of information, I thought I should repost. Thanks Jeri, for the effort to compile this. September 5, 2017  Santina M. Levey's Books - for Researchers By Jeri Ames   If you own any books by Santina Levey, please print this and then place it in your Levey books for future use.  People holding professional positions at the highest level at museums around the world will mourn the loss of Santina Levey. One textile expert at a well-known American museum has written to me:  "I will never forget her taking part in a session I organized for museums in south-eastern England on the identification of lace. She sat at the end of the table, and people brought things from their collections for her to identify which she did with ease, grace, and aplomb! What an amazing scholar and such a wonderful woman."  My memory: In 1982, Santina Levey came to New York for a professional reason, and spoke at the October 16th meeting of the (now defunct) Lace Guild of New York on the topic: Rise and Fall of the Lace Industry, 1760-1914. This was just before her famous 1983 LACE book was published. This Guild was held together for a while by members who worked with laces at the Metropolitan Museum, Museum of the City of New York, Cooper-Hewitt branch of The Smithsonian, Brooklyn Museum, and various smaller museums that had ethnic collections of costumes. It disbanded when there were no volunteers willing to serve as officers.  What is shared below is the list of books authored in whole or in part by Santina Levey that are on the shelves of my private library, because some of you may not know of them. I have called some books to the attention of visiting lace scholars who had no idea of the scope of her research about other historic textiles. Some people may want to learn more after reading this list, and searches on the internet will yield useful information. To read these books: Try InterLibrary Loan at your local or university library.  1. Discovering Embroidery of the 19th Century (64-page paperback) 0-85263-398-X, 1971/77/83. Number 99 in Discovering series by Shire. Divided into sections - 1. Techniques, 2. Embroidered Objects, 3. Individual Groups and Individuals.  2. Elizabethan Treasures - The Hardwick Hall Textiles (112-page hardback) 0-8109-6353-1, 1998. First pub. by National Trust; distributed in North America by Abrams. 5 Chapters plus reference information about 16th and 17th C. textiles.  3. Embroideries at Hardwick Hall - a Catalogue (400-page hardback) 978-1-905400-51-5, 2007. National Trust. Divided into sections - 1. Embroidery, 2. Needlework, 3. Wrought Linen, 4. Turkey-work.  4. Lace: A History - a large Art Book (140-pages of text plus a depth of 1" of pages of 500 photographs without page numbers) 0-901286-15-X, 1983. Victoria and Albert. Considered worldwide the go-to book for lace identification, this book contains 10 chapters devoted to lace origins in the 1500's and history up to 1914.  5. LePompe, 1559 - Patterns for Venetian Bobbin Lace. Co-author: Patricia C. Payne. (128-page paperback) 0-903585-16-2, 1983. Pub. by Ruth Bean. Historical background and instructions for making the earliest known set of bobbin lace patterns. This is a reprint of original 1559 book, for today's lace makers.  6. Of Household Stuff - The 1601 Inventories of Bess of Hardwick. Co-author: Peter Thornton. (71-page paperback) 0-7078-0329-2, 2001. National Trust. Contents of each of the Countess of Shrewsbury's homes exceeded in value each home's worth. She lived from about 1527-1608; her life paralleled that of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603).  7. Finishing Touch - Lace in Portraits at Frederiksborg. Co-author: Patricia Wardle. (76-page paperback) 87-87237-59-8, 1994. Frederiksborg Museum, Denmark. 16th to early 19th C. history of Museum-owned portraits of lace worn by kings, nobles, courtiers, landowners, ministers, public servants and their wives and daughters.  8. Queen Victoria's Wedding Dress and Lace. By Kay Staniland and Santina M. Levey. (32-page article reprinted from COSTUME in paperback format), Journal of the Costume Society (17:1983). No ISBN. Museum of London.  What a legacy! Consulting the internet and bibliographies of these books reveals more books, articles, and anthology entries by Santina M. Levey, or written in partnership with other scholars with whom she worked. If you know details about them, please write to us, so we can add to this listing in a timely manner.  An obituary from The Times, London,Â
[lace] Santina
Dear Arachnids I met Santina several times, she was a lovely and generous lady. She helped me when I was writing my Bucks books by offering to date the samples I was studying. Some of the replies she gave to comments I made about some that puzzled me, and her suspicion that there were other dates at which techniques had changed, led me to research the very fine and, ultimately, follow the idea that Mechlin had been made in England. Unfortunately, by the time I was sure of my facts she was already too ill. The lace world is now poorer. She is a great loss to us all. Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] 2017 Aravchne Card Exchange
I agree Nancy and hope so too. ttfn Jacqui On 07/09/2017 07:55, N.A. Neff wrote: Dear fellow spiders, I haven't, nor am I signed up to participate in the card exchange, so I don't have a horse in this race. From an outside perspective, however, I suggest that "hijacked" is a really loaded word, and maybe should be avoided. There's probably been some extensive confusion rather than malice at the root of the problem. I've been impressed by the kindness and goodwill universally shown by the participants on Arachne, and would be really sorry to see some confusion and misunderstanding cause unhappiness and discord among us. I hope this perspective helps. Maybe there could be some (civil, please!) emails among the three people most involved to sort this out? Blessings on you all, Nancy usually in Connecticut US, but gallivanting right now. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] 2017 Aravchne Card Exchange
Dear fellow spiders, I haven't, nor am I signed up to participate in the card exchange, so I don't have a horse in this race. From an outside perspective, however, I suggest that "hijacked" is a really loaded word, and maybe should be avoided. There's probably been some extensive confusion rather than malice at the root of the problem. I've been impressed by the kindness and goodwill universally shown by the participants on Arachne, and would be really sorry to see some confusion and misunderstanding cause unhappiness and discord among us. I hope this perspective helps. Maybe there could be some (civil, please!) emails among the three people most involved to sort this out? Blessings on you all, Nancy usually in Connecticut US, but gallivanting right now. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
