Re: [lace] 2017 Lace Guild Calendar

I'm glad you like the calendar but I should just point out that the Flanders rose was designed by Janice Murphy (formerly Garside). I'll ask her if she has a photo of the work in progress with all those bobbins. Clare On 6 February 2017 at 16:13, Celtic Dream Weaver

Re: [lace] Guild Magazine

Hello Liz, I am glad you have got your copy. We are talking to the mailing house to try and solve the delays. First we need to pinpoint what is causing them... Regards, Clare in sunny Portsmouth, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] 2017 Lace Guild Calendar

I just got a response from Janice, unfortunately she did not take any photos of the work in progress. Now, who can we persuade to make the Flander's rose and take a WIP photo? On 6 February 2017 at 16:13, Celtic Dream Weaver wrote: > I just got my Lace Guild

[lace] The Lace Guild website

Hazel has asked me to post this message as she is not a member of Arachne: On behalf of The Lace Guild and all our members I would like to say a big thank you to David and Jean Leader for all their hard work on the website over many years. Hazel Calcott Honorary Chairman - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] Books/ out of print books

At The Lace Guild we regularly get boxes of books sent to us by families who are dealing with loved ones estates. If these are duplicates to ones we already have in the library we sell them as second hand books. This is a blatant advertising email because we have boxes and boxes of books which we

Re: [lace] Books/ out of print books

Hi carrie, You can email libr...@laceguild.org but be aware that Sara, the librarian, works part time so you may not get a reply the same day. On the library page of the Guild website there is a link to as pdf of current s/h books for sale ( https://www.laceguild.org/museum/library.html ).

Re: [lace] Lace magazine

Wow, I haven't had mine yet and it doesn't have to get across 'The Pond' to reach me. Looks like the office staff are ahead of themselves with sending out the overseas copies! Now all the UK types get to find out how our overseas members feel when we post about things in the new magazine. ;-)

[lace] Lace Magazine

Thank you to everybody who has responded, we seem to have found a better postal system as we have not had any reports of magazines going astray this time. Long may this continue :-) Clare from Portsmouth (UK) but I'm actually in Kortrijk (Be) at the moment. Vice Chair, The Lace Guild, The

[lace] Fwd: Authentic Handmade Laces for Sale - England

Hello all, Currently The Lace Guild has a number of lace collars and cuffs for sale, donated by the estate of one of our volunteers, Pauline (who was affectionately known as Auntie Wainwright for her marvellous efforts running the second hand stall at Convention). These are predominately Beds but

[lace] Lace magazine

Jean's message has reminded me, can overseas Guild members please let me know when the get their April magazine, we have changed the postal method for overseas members and would like to know if it works better. Thanks, Clare - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

[lace] Re: Lace magazine/ official email addresses

Hi Jane, "I'm sure it would be lovely for the Guild to be able to afford time, money and expertise to set up official accounts for those working outside The Hollies" I hope not, that would just be another address and password I'd have to remember. This Luddite is happy with the way things are

Re: [lace] Lace magazine

Hello Jeri, I am a member of the Executive Committee of the Lace Guild. If anybody wants to contact the Exec Committee then holl...@laceguild.org is the best way to do it as your question might be best answered by one of our paid staff, somebody on the Museum's Committee or a member of Exec. I

[lace] Re: Lace magazine

My apologies for the second email, unfortunately my original wasn't very clear. Can overseas members of The Lace Guild (the UK one) please let me know when they receive their copy of Lace magazine. Kind regards, Clare in Portsmouth (UK) Vice Chair, The Lace Guild. - To unsubscribe send email

Re: [lace] IOLI Magazines - a Review Flax

I never saw the old museum but Vernon and I visited Texture on our way back from Krakovany earlier this year, it is an amazing place and well worth a visit. Watch out for all the pigeons, they are everywhere and you can even buy one to take home with you. On 19 September 2017 at 00:23,

[lace] The Lace Guild advent calendar - waiting, waiting...

Happy Tanders one and all! I have just received an email from Jacquie about The Lace Guild advent calendar, they saw a preview of it at the Executive Committee meeting last weekend which I wasn't able to attend. I am very jealous but I'll just have to wait until tomorrow. Apparently Malvary has

Re: [lace] The archetype of the lacemaker

My great, great grandmother was a lacemaker; on the 1861 census she was aged 20 and her trade was described thus - 'Farm labourer's daughter'. I always thought this was because her parents were trying to make her look like a good catch (i.e. 'our daughter doesn't have to work we have the funds to

Re: [lace] Geraldine Stott, Bridget Cook contact info?

Hi Devon, I have forwarded your email to the office at The Lace Guild. I am not sure if Geraldine and Bridget are Guild members or not but, if they are, I have asked Sharon to pass your email on to them. Clare (Lace Guild mode) On 3 May 2018 at 14:37, DevonThein wrote: >

[lace] Newsletter of Bizzilla (Malta Lace Guild)

Does anybody know if Is-Seher tal-Bizzilla is still being published? The Lace Guild library received newsletters up to Spring 2017 but nothing since and our librarian hasn't been able to get hold of anybody to find out if it is still published. I have tried Google to no avail and haven't had any

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin

Further to Jane's email regarding The Lace Guild electronic membership, e-Lace is not sent as a pdf, there is an e-members only section of the website where the e-magazine is accessed. I would echo Jane's call for patterns, articles, photos etc., etc.; publications can't survive without them.

Re: [lace] Re: Lace (magazine)

That's worrying Sue, we changed how we send out Overseas mags a while ago because of problems with deliveries. Are you regularly not getting your copy or was this a one off? Clare (in her Lace Guild mode) On 26 April 2018 at 14:42, Sue Babbs wrote: > I recently received

Re: [lace] re: Ebb 'n' Flow

Hi Karen, You asked "I will be in London on the last weekend of the exhibition and hope to somehow get there. Is it possible with public transport?' Technically yes it is possible but you are looking at a 3 hour journey each way on the Saturday according to Google. Take the train from London

[lace] Ebb and Flow

Hello all, I went to the Ebb and Flow exhibition on Sunday, I loved it but there was one problem, the exhibition is split between Walford Mill and the Priest's House Museum in the centre of Wimborne Minster and the Priest's House is not open on Sundays so I didn't get to see the part of the

Re: [lace] Activities at Lace, not Lace

Argh, forgot to trim, sorry all. - 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] Activities at Lace, not Lace

Does anybody hold shares in the historic inn? Looks like they are doing rather well out of this exhibition. On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 16:29, Devon Thein wrote: > It has been a busy week in Clinton, NJ. On Thursday, Greet Rome, > Martin Bruggeman, Wally Thoma and Veerle Merschaut visited the exhibit

[lace] Looking for Alex Stillwell

Hi all, Happy New Year to you all and apologies to posting to the entire group but I can't find Alex's email address anywhere. AS - if you are reading this please can you PM me about a piece of lace for a Lace Guild book. Many thanks, Clare - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace] Looking for Catherine Brown

Hello, I don't know if anybody can help me but I am trying to contact Catherine Brown who, I believe, is a New Zealander; she makes excellent needlelace. If anybody knows Catherine or can contact her please could they either ask her to contact me or contact me themselves to give them a message to

[lace] Kopeck Spiders

I have added three more photos to Flickr showing a beautiful Russian Lace rooster made by Jacqui Tinch from a design in Motieven in Kleur. They show how colour can be used to great effect in Kopeck Spiders. Jacqui has this to say about making Kopeck Spiders: "Kopeck is the term we were taught

[lace] Re: Russian Lace Experts Please Help Us: Kopek/Whirlpool filling stitch

> > Jeri wrote: > The one illustration shows 8 spokes reaching outward from the center. It > does not illustrate how spokes are anchored at the perimeter. Then, it > looks like a first stitch comes up in the center, goes over a spoke, then > is taken back under that spoke and brought up and

Re: [lace] Kopek/whirlpool stitch

Hi Susan, Thank you for your lovely comments but I do have to say the pendant isn't mine ( I have just realised that I didn't label it correctly on Flickr - I was so confused by trying to upload the pictures that I forgot to credit them properly, I will do that at lunchtime when I can get away

[lace] Re: CORRECTION: Kopek/Whirlpool filling is a Woven Spider's Web

I'm a bit confused by your email Jeri, are you saying that the Woven Spider's Web is made with a needle? Kopek filling is made with a pair of bobbins. I don't know where the name Kopek filling comes from but I have only ever seen the filling used in Russian Tape lace and it makes sense for the

Re: [lace] Re: Kopek/Whirlpool filling

I discovered that a kopek is a heck of a lot of different things in different languages when I tried to Google for an answer to my question! Anyway, thanks in no small part to a very patient Sue Babbs I have now uploaded three photos to the Arachne Flickr page showing the top and underside of a

[lace] Re: Kopek/Whirlpool filling

Hi all, Sorry for replying to myself but I have been asked if I have got an answer to this yet and yes I have, Whirlpool Filling and Kopek Filling are the same thing, I am told that Bridget Cook gave them an English name when she wrote Russian Lace Making. I have also been asked to upload a

[lace] Kopek/Whirlpool filling

Hi all, Can anybody help me with a terminology query please? Bridget Cook describes a filling on page 21 of Russian Lace Making as Whirlpool Filling, is this the same as Kopek Filling? Many thanks, Clare - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Lace teachers in/near Idyllwild CA or Long Beach CA

Hi all, A friend of mine in CA is looking to try bobbin lace. Can anybody point me at a possible teacher in the Idyllwild area or the Long Beach area? I am looking at options at the moment, name and a contact email would be great, then I can pass that on to my friend. Many thanks, Clare - To

Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

How about Volume 1 and Volume 2? On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 16:34, Sue Babbs wrote: > Maybe the problem comes in titling the Volumes "Woven" and "Non-woven" > . Just a thought > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

Re: [lace] Honiton frog patterns

The answer to this mystery lies in the editorial for Lace #66 where the following is written: ..the biggest apology of all goes to Kathleen Brandle who was not given credit for producing the delightful frogs... Sadly no pattern and no other information. Clare in cold and damp Hampshire. On