Personally I probably would use the John James Ball Point Bead
Embroidery needle, they come in size 10 and 12, 12 being the thinnest.
Just make sure you get the ball point ones, there are almost the same
ones that are not ball point, and they are sharp, which is fine for
couching through your
Hi,
I have a question for those of you who do, or know about, the finest needle
laces. What size needle do you use? I’m thinking about when you use really fine
thread (180 cotton, maybe).
Thank you in advance, Helen (on the sunny west coast of mainland Canada)
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Dear Olga,
I took private needle lace lessons in Burano at Martina Vidal lace shop.
They have several lacemakers who work there and at the museum demonstrating
lacemaking who offer classes, and they are also able to arrange lessons. It
was absolutely lovely! There is more information about their
Olga
There is an Italian language group on Facebook. Perhaps someone there might
know.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/264891343672134/
Lorelei
Subject: [lace] Lace teacher in Venice
My friend is looking for a bobbin lace or a needle lace teacher in Venice or
nearby. She has found out that lace
Hi All,
My friend is looking for a bobbin lace or a needle lace teacher in Venice
or nearby. She has found out that lace school was closed couple of years
ago.
Does anyone have contacts of lace teacher in the neighbourhood? Could you
share with me?
Thank you,
Olga
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Thank you to Beth for sending me a sample of DMC Natura Just cotton.
I have measured it as 2s/8S 5 wraps/cm
So it is the âJust Cottonâ version of Natura which I had seen before.
>From Ravelry and the (not very helpful) DMC website I have deduced that this
is more or less a 4 ply knitting
