Re: [lace] Schneeberger Lace

2018-01-24 Thread Gon Homburg
also patterns of Schneeberger lace. The second book is only in German. I doubt if it is translated in English, because it was published in the Eastern Germany. I hope this helps to find more information about the history of Schneeberger lace. Happy lacing Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

[lace] colour in lace

2018-04-03 Thread Gon Homburg
Chantilly laces of other old black laces are left. There are also metallic laces in which the metal thread was originally wound up with black silk. Now the black silk is rotten away and only the metallic lace is left. Happy lacing Gon Homburg, in a wet Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where finally

Re: [lace] Oldest lace group

2018-06-18 Thread Gon Homburg
local lace groups all over the country. I don’t know if some of those groups still exist. Happy lacing, Gon Homburg from a rainy Amsterdam, The Netherlands - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Design program

2018-09-19 Thread Gon Homburg
Apple. He answered that Apple was for graphic designers. Which in my opinion is also a lace designer. Happy Lacing Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 19 sep. 2018, om 21:54 heeft jo het volgende geschreven: > > For the fee of 3 months you can own CorellDraw, > for a

Re: [lace] an identification question

2018-10-19 Thread Gon Homburg
easier to make than the Mechlin fond. Just my thoughts about this. Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 19 okt. 2018, om 18:41 heeft Devon Thein het > volgende geschreven: > > I just posted an identification question on the Laceioli.ning site > with photos. Here is t

Re: [lace] Beginners

2019-04-12 Thread Gon Homburg
the guipure they don’t work with that lot of bobbins and learn to divide the lace making in parts so that afterwards they can do that also in the Torchon. Happy lacing Gon Homburg from a cold, but sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 12 apr. 2019, om 12:55 heeft Elena Kanagy-Loux &g

Re: [lace] Lassen question

2019-06-17 Thread Gon Homburg
sewing together or lassen of lace is done by making an extra repeat in other to overlap and than sen together on the best possible spot, so that the sewing is invisible when the overlap is cut away. Best regards Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 16 jun. 2019, om 23:54 heeft J

Re: [lace] Lassen question

2019-06-17 Thread Gon Homburg
orrowed from Old French <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French> lacer <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lacer#Old_French> (“to tie”). Best regards Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 17 jun. 2019, om 17:41 heeft Adele Shaak het volgende geschreven: > > I alway

Re: [lace] In search of Mikhaylov pattern

2020-02-19 Thread Gon Homburg
Dear Jean, On my website https://kloskant.com <https://kloskant.com/> are still the edgings per week available with 5 Michailov patterns. Of course you can use one of them. Happy lacing Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 19 feb. 2020, om 16:29 heeft J Reardon het

Re: [lace] Speed and efficiency in lace?

2020-11-23 Thread Gon Homburg
cloth stitch. Best regards Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 23 nov. 2020, om 15:41 heeft N.A. Neff het > volgende geschreven: > > Hi Elena and fellow Arachnids: > > I have found that, when doing an area of cloth stitch, I can go twice as > fast if I "

Re: [lace] Speed and efficiency in lace?

2020-11-24 Thread Gon Homburg
last cross of the stitch before. Of course I make lace for a long time now, but I never have that my muscle memory got in the way when I learned a new technique like three pairs fiandra. Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 24 nov. 2020, om 16:09 heeft yhgr@xs4all.nl het volge

Re: [lace] Speed and efficiency in lace

2020-11-25 Thread Gon Homburg
. So switch from one technique to another without changing your method of bobbin lace making. Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 25 nov. 2020, om 05:56 heeft Robin K Panza het volgende geschreven: > > Much of the time it is easy to switch to a different technique, but not alwa

Re: [lace] Speed and efficiency in lace

2020-11-26 Thread Gon Homburg
bobbin lace again she managed to do that after a very short time and her left hand ‘remembered’ what to do. So keep you muscle memory strong it can be useful later. Best regards, Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 26 nov. 2020, om 01:35 heeft Robin K Panza het volgende geschre

[lace] Re: Techniques vs methods in lacemaking

2020-11-26 Thread Gon Homburg
Point Ground any more, nor does it look like Torchon. I hope this will help. Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 26 nov. 2020, om 11:38 heeft N.A. Neff het volgende geschreven: > > Hi Gon, > > Would you be so kind as to define explicitly what you mean by methods vs techn

[lace] Patterns on my site

2020-12-17 Thread Gon Homburg
pattern is published today on https://www.kloskant.com/patronen.html <https://www.kloskant.com/patronen.html> I wish you all a merry Christmas and a creative 2021. Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Lacemaking machines

2021-02-12 Thread Gon Homburg
ok for photo’s and publish them than on Flickr. Best regards, Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Op 12 feb. 2021, om 09:50 heeft Maureen het volgende geschreven: > > And there is a Facebook page called Descendents of the lacemakers of Calais. > > Regards > Maureen > >

Re: [lace] Translation please

2021-03-10 Thread Gon Homburg
Vlasgaren means linen. Best regards and have fun making the patterns. Gon Homburg from Amsterdam, the Netherlands Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone > Op 10 mrt. 2021 om 04:41 heeft Regina Haring het > volgende geschreven: > > Google says "vlas" means flax > Regina

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