Re: [lace] World Lace Congress in Brugge Belgium

2018-10-08 Thread Anna Binnie
Dear Jeri I have not responded to your first email because I'm still sitting in the afterglow of one of the best lace experiences of my life! it is so difficult to put into words everything about the Brugge lace festival. I think I will take the time and write it all out from my perspective

Re: [lace] World Lace Congress in Brugge Belgium, workshop summary (long)

2018-10-09 Thread Anna Binnie
As promised I will start by letting people know about the workshops that were held from the 13-16 August as part of the festival. As with all lace events we had to register for workshops before were arrived. I chose Valenciennes. I chose to stay in a small hotel about 1.5km from the workshop

Re: [lace] Guttermans Threads

2018-09-03 Thread Anna Binnie
The Gutterman sulky varigated are really beautiful when used with Christine Marecki's patterns of flowers Anna in a cold wet Sydney, the rains have finally come, I hope our farmers are getting some of this - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Thresds

2018-09-03 Thread Anna Binnie
Alex, what evidence is there for this statement. I'm not being difficult just interested in the processes of lacemaking Anna in a cold wet Sydney On 3/9/18 5:37 pm, Alex Stillwell wrote: Hi Arachnids Because black is so difficult to work with, much of the black lace was made using white

Re: [lace] What is the best way to start bobbin lace?

2019-01-20 Thread Anna Binnie
Does the mother want to learn herself or teach her sons? As an educator, I feel 2 years is too young to start lace, they need to have developed a working memory that allows them to hold quite a bit of information and they need good fine motor skills. The four year old may be just ready. Is

Re: [lace] Armenian Lacemakers?

2018-12-11 Thread Anna Binnie
Hi Elena The lace that we call Armenian lace is also called Oya in Turkey and is also practiced in Greece and that part of the Mediterranean. There are a number of authors who have produced books on the technique. Widen you search to Mediterranean Lace or Greek lace or Oya. I know of one

[lace] Geri Ames Thank You

2018-12-16 Thread Anna Binnie
As we come to then end of another year I should like to make a public Thank You to Jeri Ames. She has been our go to person for most lace questions; Geri has either a reference or links to answer these questions. She shares her knowledge freely and generously. At Brugge this year she organised

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin Winter 2019 & Lace magazine news

2019-01-29 Thread Anna Binnie
Thank you, I was wondering if you could download it on an iPad. Anna Sent from my iPad > On 30 Jan 2019, at 2:37 am, J Reardon wrote: > > When you join IOLI and subscribe to the digital Bulletin, they send you an > email with a link to the magazine and access instructions when each issue is

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin Winter 2019 & Lace magazine news

2019-01-28 Thread Anna Binnie
I have recently signed up for an e-Membership of the Lace guild, and so far so good got the two Lace magazines for the year thus far. And if I get a membership number I will be even more happy. I've just checked the IOLI website and they too have an e-subscription/membership but no indication

Re: [lace] would like to help

2020-01-03 Thread Anna Binnie
I’m in Sydney and at present the answer is nothing at present. There are charities such as the Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul and the Red Cross who are actively supplying those worse affected with the essentials. As the crisis extends we do not know how many people will be affected and how

[lace] Madge Milston

2020-01-06 Thread Anna Binnie
to the family? If so please contact me off the list. Thank you Anna Binnie in an overcast Sydney, where we has a few drops of rain. 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

[lace] Nancy Neff

2020-03-14 Thread Anna Binnie
Hi all is there anyone who lives close to Nancy or knows her physical address or phone number. There was an odd posting on Facebook minutes ago and she may have had a fall. Anna who is currently in NYC Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] Question

2020-08-30 Thread Anna Binnie
I am about to put the pieces of the pattern together to start making it. Sadly I cannot help you as yet. Anna from a smoky Sydney where we are experiencing hazard reduction burning. Sent from my iPad > On 31 Aug 2020, at 3:20 am, Charlotte Moore wrote: > > Has anyone made Christine

Re: [lace] Interested in lace in Australia?

2020-06-23 Thread Anna Binnie
Elena, Barbara Ballantyne is a crochet expert and lives in Sydney. Barbara has written several books, some on the history of Irish crochet and others on fillet crochet. Anna in a cold Sydney Sent from my iPad > On 24 Jun 2020, at 4:01 am, Elena Kanagy-Loux wrote: > > Dear Arachnids, > > I

[lace] Translation please

2021-03-09 Thread Anna Binnie
Many years ago I bought a second hand book on Russian Tape lace and am now finally going to work some of the patterns. My problem is that I think it is written in Dutch. The diagrams are excellent and the patterns are self explanatory. I would like to know what is the English translation of

[lace] Someone may have been hacked

2021-07-30 Thread Anna Binnie
Dear Spiders I have just recieved emails from two spiders with odd links to them. Needless to say I did not go any further, simply delegated both emails to the bin. There seem to be quite a few hackers out there. For the record I never send out links to any sites. So if you get anything with a

Re: [lace] Holiday Ornament Exchange

2023-01-03 Thread Anna Binnie
I am wondering since there have been quite a few changes to the way we do things post COVID, should we also change how we operate? I personally love the email exchanged we have had over the years and I love how much I have learnt and people whom I have met. So I am suggesting that we keep Arachne

Re: [lace] "Four Great Lace Collections" & Threads of Power exhibit

2022-11-01 Thread Anna Binnie
Yes most definitely the thread for lace was hand spun. The early needle laces were made using hand spun linens which have long fibres. Anna from a windy Sydney who has just learnt to spin wool Sent from my iPad > On 1 Nov 2022, at 9:57 pm, Vicki Bradford wrote: > > Hi Devon & all, > I’m not

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