Whilst no doubt the filaments of glass fibre can do no end of damage to the
bloodstream and the lungs, they also wreak havoc on other textiles.
Many years ago MIL had a small pair of glass fibre curtains at her kitchen
window. They got grubby and she put them into the washing machine along
Donna
If you mean Handy Hands Lizbeth size 20 it's in Edition 5 and also in Addendum
4. 2S/3Z 17 wraps/cm.
The manufacturer is Handy Hands and the product is Lizbeth.
This and other 2S/3Z threads are frequently, but informally, called tatting
thread in USA or crochet cotton in UK, but if the
Early last year Francis Buschaart told this list that whilst the vast majority
of bamboo thread is regenerated cellulose (ie a form of rayon) there are two
small manufacturers who process bamboo fibres in a similar way to linen; one in
France and one in Japan. Bart Francis purchase sliver
For my money the best new lace book in recent months (years) is Jane Atkinson's
'Contemporary Lace for You'. I even paid postage to get it before Lace Guild
Convention as I wasn't sure if it would be available there. It was - along
with Jane and some of the lace from the book.
It's not a
Dear Spiders
I have just received this from a fashion design student in London. Is there
any one out able/willing to help her? I have pointed out that BL is a time
consuming process which means that any commission will be expensive.
Brenda
Dear Brenda,
After I visited your webpage, I
Hi Sue
I have a part spool of a fairly old DMC 6o Cordonnet special
That's in the book - 2S/3Z 24 w/cm
and a Cordonnet
mercer crochet 80 which has the wording Glanzhallelgarn Uncinetto (I think)
but I expect that will be mentioned in Brendas' book.
I haven't seen that but I would expect it to
The lace design was hand-engineered (appliquéd) using the Carrickmacross
lace-making technique, which originated in Ireland in the 1820s. Individual
flowers have been hand-cut from lace and hand-engineered onto ivory silk
tulle
That's a contradiction of terms!
Carrickmacross is fine lawn
The most detailed photo I've been able to find is at
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8481516/Kate-Middletons-wedding-dress-in-pictures.html?image=7
There's a tiny bit of the cuff showing - and the bit of lace appears to have
corroune rings but it's still not clear enough to
What about if it's only influenced by traditional Carrickmacross lace as per
the Royal School of Needlework's press release about the lace used on a certain
wedding dress for which the designer sourced a series of lace motifs?
Brenda
On 3 May 2011, at 20:43, Nancy Neff wrote:
There
are lace
On 18 May 2011, at 04:29, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
Sorry, everyone, that should have gone to the lace Chat list.
Not necessarily because it was about protecting the ends of scissors - which we
all use for every type of lace.
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Here's a link to a very interesting video clip about the making of that dress.
It appears that much of the lace came from Coudrai in France, though I believe
that some of it came from Cluny Lace Co Ltd in Derbyshire, England.
Hello Jane
Veronica Sorenson's 'Modern Lace Designs' on page 96.
It was published in 1984 so almost certainly out of print so might cost silly
money on ebay but guild libraries are likely to have a copy.
Brenda
On 27 May 2011, at 01:49, Jane O'Connor wrote:
After spending hours leafing
Hi Jean
I just use a piece of paper with two parallel lines drawn on it.
The instructions are at:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm
but the photo does really need re-doing as it's not very sharp.
Brenda
In a knitting magazine I bought last week there's an item on wool
So long as the winder is
aware of the amount of tension they are putting on the thread, and with
practise, there will be some consistency.
Yes with practice tension on a winding does become more even. I know that I
usually knit or crochet to the stated tension if I'm using the same
for working a small sample
with the thread(s) of choice on a pricking at the same scale to see if the
result is what you like or want.
Brenda
On 7 Jun 2011, at 08:33, robinl...@socal.rr.com robinl...@socal.rr.com
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I'm a close second! There are all sorts of UFOs lurking in my cupboards but
during the last few days I have been getting close to finishing one of them - a
hand pieced patchwork quilt, the top of which which is now assembled and I'm
part way through machine quilting it - but at the expense of
Hi Laura
1: A friend has been given some
Pearsalls Mallard floss. it feels silky, but we
are not sure if it is silk.
I can work out the wpcm, but any info would be
appreciated.
I'm pretty sure that Pearsall's floss will be real silk.
2: I have a
scarf pattern using pagoda silk
David that's wonderful - no wonder you won the prize. Congratulations.
Do you work 24 hours a day to get so much lace completed? or do you stop
occasionally to sleep?
Brenda
On 26 Jun 2011, at 14:55, David C COLLYER wrote:
http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Brenda in
Hi Alex
It was finished - and in the washing machine - yesterday afternoon.
Brenda
I thought I had taken along time. 8 years to make an Bucks point edging and 8
years to make a piece of Honiton for a tray. Congratulations on going back to
a project after so long. Let us know when it is
It's a patchwork quilt that's completed and in the washing machine after 34
years, not a piece of lace!
Brenda
On 27 Jun 2011, at 10:24, Rochelle Sutherland wrote:
Stirrer! I nearly collapsed when I read that!
It was finished - and in the washing machine - yesterday afternoon.
Brenda
It's a patchwork quilt, not a piece of lace!
Brenda
On 27 Jun 2011, at 22:53, Sue wrote:
WASHING MACHINE??? HOWEVER DARE YOU?
Sue M Harvey
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Glad to hear that you and all of your belongings are safe. It must have been a
terrible time for you.
Brenda
The Los Alamos townsite was opened at 8AM this morning, and the refugees are
slowly coming back.
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Do you mean that you were actually introduced to her?
On 4 Jul 2011, at 03:59, Malvary Cole wrote:
As far as I could see she wasn't wearing it yesterday when I met her.
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I think that the black sheer by her hand is part of the tail of the sash.
Brenda
On 5 Jul 2011, at 03:01, Susan Reishus wrote:
I'm not so sure the gold lace is on the black sheer.
http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion+shows/galleries/pre+fall+2011+carolina+herrera,11953;
***
I looked quickly
Thank you for that Jean.
It lookss very intricate and time consuming to put it all together - makes you
wonder if it would have been quicker to make the motifs by hand!
Brenda
On 19 Jul 2011, at 09:26, Jean Leader wrote:
David has now added some Javascript magic to my web page about the
The link does work! you just have to move on to the third page
Brenda
On 19 Jul 2011, at 16:29, Daphne Martin wrote:
Hello
Sorry the link I put in my last message does`nt work. Does anyone know how
to get a direct link to my page please??
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Doreen Wright's Bobbin Lacemaking starts with point ground. Also various books
about Honiton, Flanders etc start with the basics of that type of lace.
I know of no book that teaches bobbin lace by starting anywhere than
with what is considered Torchon.
Brenda in Allhallows
The picture at www.needlenthread.com isn't detailed enough to be sure, but
it looks to me to be a form of needle lace; Aemelia Ars, or something similar.
Brenda
On 3 Aug 2011, at 15:52, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
I thought it might be nice if we could return the favor (her 17thC book
Hi Sue
If you have one of the later editions of Threads for Lace have a look at the
thread wraps per space - page 8 in Ed5.
The finer the thread the more leeway you have in the number of wraps/cm you
have, but.
for a Bucks (point ground) pattern using a 58 w/cm thread (slightly finer than
Hi Sue
The various working angles of different Bucks patterns doesn't make a huge
difference to the size of thread needed. A rule of thumb is that if you make a
winding of 10 wraps it should fit snugly between two adjacent pinholes along
the footedge (or two vertical pinholes within ground)
Hi Joepie
When I was there eight years ago for my daughter's wedding the only lace I saw
was the garter I'd made for her. Although the tourist areas were affluent
enough and the hotels well stocked with food there were shortages of just about
everything. ie the hotel's hairdresser didn't
I was one of the naughty members who forgot to renew!
I saw Sue Dane last Sunday (7th August) and she asked if I'd received the full
colour magazine? I hadn't, but the ladies who were demonstrating with her had.
On Monday I phoned The Hollies, they confirmed that my subs were outstanding, a
I'm not aware of *any* linen thread currently available that is fine enough for
point ground.
Fresia linen (Belgian) size 100/2 is about the finest linen generally available
but at 32/wraps/cm it compares in thickness to ordinary sewing machine Sylko 50
If you want to make fine lace you will
Yes it is - or more recently (since Sussex has been divided into two counties)
it's in East Sussex.
Brenda
On 4 Sep 2011, at 03:11, Sue Fink wrote:
Surely Hastings is in Sussex (by the sea!!), not Kent!
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Hello Jean
Can anyone tell me what purse silk or purse twist is?
Sorry but I don't know what purse silk or purse twist is.
From what I have managed to glean from the web, it appears to be three ply
silk with a high sheen and thicknesses quoted are 300 and 500, or numbers to
that effect.
Hi Jean
When knitting you can use very thin yarn with (relatively) thick needles to get
a lacier look or thick yarn with (relatively) thin needles to get a dense
texture but when crocheting you do need to match the yarn to the hook size - it
should sit comfortably in the hook without excess
Hi Jean
a blog from someone who had the same questions as I in 2008. Anyone who's
interested in what she found out:
http://patternsalacarte.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-what-is-purse-twist-anyway.html
The close up of the Corticelli label shows that it's 1/2 ounce - 150 yards.
Assuming that it
Hi Sherry
Knox was a leading manufacturer of lace thread until sometime mid 20th century,
so if your thread is still in good condition and hasn't dried out and become
week you can use it for bobbinlace. Size 20 measures 18 wraps/cm and between
Perle 8 and Perle 12 in thickness. You need a
Hello spiders
A couple of years ago a friend gave me samples of all the Empress Mills 100%
cottons which she had in her stash. The measurements were:
60s (white) 3Z 32 w/cm 60s (ecru) 3Z 31 w/cm
50s (white) 3Z 29 w/cm 50s (ecru) 3Z 27 w/cm
40s (white) 3Z 27 w/cm 40s (ecru) 3Z 26 w/cm
Saving info from floppy to a current form of storage is very necessary if the
data is important, but a memory stick isn't the most reliable way - a hard
drive or CD/DVD is better, and/or upload to a remote server somewhere.
Brenda
On 13 Sep 2011, at 17:12, bev walker wrote:
I think it would
It's Bull Brand.
Brenda
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Witchy Woman wrote:
At an estate sale I picked up some spools of linen lace thread, but they
weren't
in a box, so I'm not sure what brand they are.
There's a paper
sleeve around one of the spools with a bull's head.? The word
trade
It's Bull Brand.
Brenda
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Witchy Woman wrote:
At an estate sale I picked up some spools of linen lace thread, but they
weren't
in a box, so I'm not sure what brand they are.
There's a paper
sleeve around one of the spools with a bull's head.? The word
trade
Hi Malvary
Schappeseide is just a generic term for schappe silk - which is spun from
cocoons which have hatched and have not degummed rather than ordinary spun silk
which is spun from the broken bits and pieces left over after
reeled/filament/nett silk has been taken from the cocoons.
The
Whilst there isn't room, nor is it entirely appropriate, to include info about
specific colour numbers in in any future edition of Threads for Lace (which is
at least a couple of years away, maybe more) I would be happy to include any
properly researched/documented info on my website.
Brenda
Do you think you could use the wooden tool to measure wraps of the threads in
the narrower area? Not sure how that would work with it being grooved, but
that is what I thought at first glance.
No, the big knobs on the ends would get in the way. All I use is a piece of
paper with two
On 14 Oct 2011, at 08:07, Jean Nathan wrote:
Then there's the question are there sufficient young people taking up the
craft and buying the supplies to replace those of us in our dotage who will
eventually give up because we can no longer cope or go to join other
lacemakers on a cloud.
Yes, that what I do - if the curve is tight use a flexible tape measure on it's
side to measure down the row of pinholes.
If the lace is very wide there's more stretching on the outside and squashing
on the inside. If in doubt work a test piece with the thickest thread you can
get away with
Vineyard Silks / Wiltex is not a brand I have ever heard of, let alone get my
hands on some to measure! So unless anyone knows of another name for them they
are not listed in 'Threads for Lace'.
Brenda
On 5 Nov 2011, at 16:13, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
While investigating some needlepoint
This morning I received a surprise packet in the post - four reels of thread
plus colour charts from Zürcher-Stalder in Kerchberg,Switzerland for inclusion
in Addendum5 (and any future editions of Threads for Lace which is a long, long
way into the future!).
Mercerised cotton 20/2 - 2S-22 w/cm
Anchor Freccia is in Addendum 5
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/threads/add5.html
size 12 measured 12 wraps/cm; size 16 was 16 wraps/cm.
Freccio filo di Scozia probably is just the Italian packaging of Freccia. A
difference of 1 wrap/cm, even for fairly thick threads, doesn't make that much
Hi Jean
If you use your mouse to highlight the writing in the frame (embedded window)
and then press Control+C to (command+C on a Mac) to copy it and then paste into
the left hand box in Goggle Translate it will translate.
Essentially it is telling you that they sell lots of different
It's evening of 30th November here in UK, but already December down under which
means that my Advent calendar should be working again. Someof the pages are
the same as last year, but there are some new ones, including a BL pattern, so
please have a look at
Hi Amber
My card was posted on Thursday. I am just about to send Jenny the scan and
pricking.
Brenda
On 4 Dec 2011, at 18:34, lac...@aol.com wrote:
Afternoon everyone,
This is a reminder that your lace cards are due in the mail tomorrow. If you
are going to be more than a day or two
It's certainly hand made, but I agree that it doesn't look to be 17th century.
There was a revival of 'Reticella' in the 19th century promoted by the art
critic John Ruskin (friend/associate of the pre-Raphaelite painters). This
'Reticella' s known as Ruskin lace work.
Brenda
On 12 Dec
I too was having a job to find Agnes's shawl in the Arachne Webshots - your
instructions helped a lot but in my browser, Firefox8 for Mac, the butterfly
appeard third from bottom on the right hand side!
Lovely shawl and the colours are gorgeous.
Brenda
Scroll down the page until you get
I made myself a very large roller pillow to work large scale patterns on.
I used a roll of the insulating stuff for putting underneath wallpaper, it's
like a thin sheet of styrofoam. I think it was called Warmaline or something
like that. It came from a DIY store. That was the roller and
Thank you to all who entered. All the correct entries went into the electronic
hat and the winers are:
KFHS bookshop voucher - Lesley Powell
Threads for Lace book - Sandra Clarke
Lesley and Sandra would you please contact me off-list. Lesley, it's a virtual
voucher, I just need to explain it
Is there a size 40 Brok? If so I haven't seen it.
I think that your problem is possibly a combination of the things already
suggested; excessive wear on the thread from making lots of sewings and the
bobbins rolling to loosen the twist. Use a magic thread and keep watching for
any leash that
Hi Jenny
Most of your identification seems to be spot on, the only ones I would disagree
with are:
Sallie - Jeanette is tape lace/braid lace with a stem stitch gimp down the
centre and joined with sewings all along the length of the candy cane.
Amber - Marina (should that be Martina?) is
Hi Alex
It sounds right to me, but is difficult to Google because of all the MS hits!
Spencer bodice does come up with a few illustrations, but they vary quite a
bit in style. If you don't get a more definitive reply on here the best person
to ask is possibly Gwynedd Roberts, she's very good
Hi Sue
Detailed discussions about Kate's wedding lace last year established that it
came from six different factories, one of them being in Derbyshire, and at
least one other in France. If you trawl through the Arachne archives you
should find more info.
Brenda
On 19 Jan 2012, at 05:58, Sue
Sue is in Dorset UK so won't want to buy from USA.
In UK domed polystyrene pillows are available from DJ Hornsby by mail order
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/djhornsby/Pillows.htm
Brenda
On 22 Jan 2012, at 14:03, laceviolins...@comcast.net wrote:
You can order square blocks from Pete at Snowgoose
Dear All
I have received an email from Leigh C. Eckmair, Historian/Archivist of the The
Gilbertsville Free Library in NY with an image of a small piece of turned wood
which she thinks may be a lace bobbin.
I have posted the image to
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/IDquery.htm
Dear Spiders
Today I received five reels of Anchor Lace thread. I'm pretty sure it's
exactly the same as lace thread introduced by Coats two years ago to replace
the old filato di Cantu. Please see the updated info at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm#coats_lace
Brenda
to have the chart for wires you have started. I have
many, many different wires and would be happy to send you some for
your chart if you like.
Kim
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Brenda Paternoster
paternos...@appleshack.com wrote:
Dear Spiders
Today I received a couple of reels
I speak UK english but I would pronounce it as LASS-ISS.
The first syllable is LASS as in a girl and the second is pronounced with an
'S' at the end, not 'Z'.
The stress is on the first syllable.
Brenda
On 22 Feb 2012, at 11:27, Margery Allcock wrote:
I speak UK English, so this may not be
Have a look at this for a fashion statement.
http://pinterest.com/pin/189151253069377511/
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Yes, there are courses - in London, San Francisco and Melbourne - but not
exactly cheap!. Have a look at the Prescott and Mackay website
http://www.prescottandmackay.co.uk/
then click on the shoemaking section - and look at the video. Although there's
no lace being used I'm sure it could be!
Guetermann only produces spun silk, whereas Pipers and Bart Francis both sell
reeled silk and spun silk.
In silk production cocoons are softened in hot water and then skilled hands
find the ends of the silk fibre which is then reeled of in a continuous length
(about one Km or longer) and
I have replied off list to Lesley.
Wondering if anyone here has any information about the Harmony Lace Group
in Cyprus? I'm in Cyprus this week and I've found where the group meets
but notice that it meets on alternate Wednesdays. I'm hoping that this is
going to be one of the Wednesdays
The website (English version)
http://www.bart-francis.be/index.php?action=homelang=EN
does have an email address at the bottom of the page
i...@bart-francis.be
but it's not got a mail-to link, you need to either copy and paste or type
directly into your email program.
Brenda
On 27 Mar 2012,
Susie is correct in saying that the reason some messages appear funny is
because the sender is not using plain text. Different systems interpret the
html or rich text in different ways, so the problem is partly the way the
message was sent and partly the way the receiving computer translates
I have just seen some lacy masonry on the sewing forum, though the thread there
was about the (machine) lace trim on the model's dress.
http://www.thesewingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=40145
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As Devon says, it's not necessary to plait threads for a gimp, just use several
strands together to make up the required thickness, which is at least four
times, and preferably six times the thickness of the main thread.
Mixing cotton gimp with linen thread is OK, they are both cellulose
Hi Clay
There's nothing written in stone to say that you can't mix fibre types, it's
just something that I've always understood that traditionally protein fibres
go with protein fibres (silk, wool, etc) and cellulose fibres go with cellulose
fibres (cotton, linen). Cotton and linen are
That's what I always do for a long url - and I get the 404 error for for
https://plus.google.com/photos/112893045695607884541/albums/53631781412340200
33/5747848285770303906?banner=pwagpsrc=pwrd1#photos/112893045695607884541/al
bums/5363178141234020033/5747508343146431426
On 2 Jun 2012, at
Thanks for your thoughts - as it's probably a mass production I'll go with some
sort of machine made lace.
Brenda
On 23 Jun 2012, at 14:31, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Can anyone identify the lace in this skirt
http://pinterest.com/pin/238409373994498471/
Brenda in Allhallows
Yes, I'm sure it is machine made; possibly chemical lace neatly snipped apart
and stitched to the hat.
Brenda
On 28 Jun 2012, at 02:47, Robin D wrote:
Hi Peg
Claire's Lace
http://www.claireslace.co.uk
in UK have large continental bobbins which are 6 / 15cm long and have a 2 /
5cm neck, so good for thick threads.
Brenda
On 6 Jul 2012, at 01:06, Witchy Woman wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get the larger type of bobbin that is used in
I've just seen this link to a Shetland lace fence, knitted with string
http://www.facebook.com/whitebarnfarm
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I concur with what Clay says - Pat Earnshaw's identification books are absolute
must have's for anyone interested in identifying the various types of lace.
My copy of Machine Laces and Lace Machines is also mch read - although I
confess to only taking in about a quarter of it, but it really
I thought this thread was about the UFO candle holders as shown in
http://www.ateliermb.ch/shops/dentelle/eu/contents/en-uk/d9.html
A circular edging goes under the glass and a candle sits in the depression in
the middle of the glass.
Brenda
On 17 Aug 2012, at 02:44, hottl...@neo.rr.com
and then when it gets near the end, bring in a newly wound bobbin, work
together for a couple of stitches, and then throw out the old. Another
option might be to use a tailor's know (I think that's what it's called) to
tie the new to the old and throw out the old, but that would be more
That website states
The diaries cover the period of May 1940 to December 1942
I'm pretty sure that her lacemaking didn't start until some time later - she
told me once that she'd had surgery and was supposed to take thing easy for a
while so she learned to make lace and hadn't stopped talking
You have to log in using the same user name (arachne2003) and password
(honiton) as you originally did for webshots. Your computer is probably
remembering the details for you for Webshots.
I got onto Smile OK. The first pictures loaded quickly, but they kept coming
and kept coming - I didn't
Thanks for that info. I know that she hasn't posted much recently, but has
anyone heard from Sister Claire?
Brenda
I heard from Miriam this afternoon. She reports she and Avital are OK.
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Thank you for that news
Brenda
On 22 Nov 2012, at 04:59, Maxine Diffey wrote:
Sister Claire is safe, but her health is such that she has had to leave
making bobbin lace, and is now trying lace knitting.
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Thank you Jean and David for yet another nice lace calendar.
Because of all the other things going on in my life at the present time I just
haven't got around to making any changes to mine, or thought of quiz questions,
so if anyone wants to look at all the same pages again, just for fun, it's
Hi Jean Mary
It's a lovely site and I'm sure it will grow and grow. and grow. You have done
the hardest part in getting it up and running, and so nice to launch at
Christmas with a seasonal pattern.
Just one bit of advice, the grey navigation bar is not easy to see on the home
page and
Another major reason why linen threads are not suitable for machine sewing is
that they are nearly all S spun. That makes them very suitable for BL because
most BL has more twists than crosses in its construction and the twist action
will tend to tighten a Z spun thread but loosen an S spun
XX weight usually refers to cotton threads and is based on the cotton count
of the number of 840 yard hanks obtained from 1 lb of fibres. Linen threads
are usually measured by the number of 300 yard hanks obtained from 1 lb of
fibres. Thus a number on a reel of linen thread is likely to be
I agree with Susan that a sewing machine can produce very good results. Whilst
a lot of people curl their toes in horror at the thought of machine stitching
to attach hand made lace to fabric I'm not one of them. I would much rather
see the lace neatly applied by machine than cobbled on by
If you want to use the same thread for the fillings as you use for the cloth
stitch and ten-stick then yes, you should enlarge the fillings by the same
amount.
Brenda
On 6 Feb 2013, at 09:59, Miriam Gidron wrote:
If I enlarge my pattern by, lets say, 20% would I have to enlarge the
Alex, that a wonderful example of sharing expertise. It's so very true that
the more you put into something the more you get out.
I've lost count of the number of emails I've had from people saying how useful
Threads for Lace has been to them, but without the help from of many lovely
people
I too looked up Brildor in Brenda's bible, without success, but by a
process of deduction, (on page 7 she quotes Nel 90/2 and Nel 100/2 as being
90% minimum to 100% maximum size, and Bockens Nel 90/2 is 29 WPC), I figured
Finca 40 (my favourite thread, and also 29 WPC) was the same.
I'm
Have you checked your spam/junk mailbox on the office PC. It might be that
your office computer is seeing Tamara's message as junk.
Brenda
On 22 Mar 2013, at 19:04, Clay Blackwell wrote:
Tamara sent me two files to upload to Flickr, and I received her emails on my
iPad. So, I came into my
Dear Spiders
I have just caught up on a backlog of threads sent to me recently by several of
you lovely people and I have just added about three dozen new (and new-old)
threads to the list, so it's time for everyone to have another look at:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/threads/add5.html
Oops, sorry about that, it's 2Z- 24 wraps/cm
Thanks for being observant.
Brenda
Sorry to have to be the one to point it out, but I noticed that you listed
Gutermann Jeans thread, without the wrap count. I don't know if it was
intentional, or still has to be added.
Brenda in Allhallows
Alex
It doesn't go back quite that far. It was a Lace Guild convention workshop
with Bill Hornsby when each of us had a thread labelled as size 100 with
which we made a wrapping and he went on to explain why the results were all
rather different.
I do remember though in one of the guinea pig
Hi Alice
DMC Broder Machine 80 hasn't been made for ages and it was very fine thread, so
unless the pattern is a fine Flanders or point ground or similar it won't mean
Broder Machine 80.
DMC Special Dentelles and DMC Cordonnet are essentially the same thread -
Cordonnet comes in big balls and
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