[lace] Winding bobbins

removing twist while getting them from reel to bobbin and I’ve tried to explain how to avoid doing this. Jean in cold (but not snowy) Scotland --- Jean Leader Lace Advent Calendar: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

Those of you who have been following our Lace Advent Calendar will have opened the last door today. Time now to solve the competition and send off your answer! We look forward to receiving them by 31st December. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Jean and David in grey, da

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

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Re: [lace] Vintage pattern books

> On 18 Jan 2018, at 12:20, Gilian Dye wrote: > I'm wondering if any Arachne member knows of any way of dating the numerous > books and instruction leaflets published by DMC, Coats and other thread > manufacturers from the end of the 19th century? For DMC I was either told by someone or read some

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace Magazine #169

es. It’s a copy of what are called 'silver gilt lace leaves’ in the Hardwick Hall records. Jean in chilly Glasgow ------- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: uns

Re: 'Clifhangers' with some postings eg [lace] 20th century bobbin lace grounds

u send send without the apostrophe. Jean ------- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - 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: ht

Re: [lace] early lace video

in its Museum Collection. Jean currently in Lake Arrowhead CA before moving on to San Antonio TX for the IOLI Convention --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] Portuguese Translation added to OIDFA Translator

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Re: [lace] Jacquard technology

> On 30 Aug 2018, at 16:06, Devon Thein wrote: > > Previously, lacemaking machines were run on Jacquard technology in > which the movement of the machine was directed by punched cards. MYB Textiles in Ayrshire Scotland has updated 100-year old lace machines that used punched cards so that they

Re: [lace] Central Repository of Errata - brilliant idea!

me. This is something that interests me too (I have errata for my Lace Guild books on my website) and I’d love to offer to help but at the moment I have other things taking up my time. Jean in sunny Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2018

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For those who are not familiar with, it starting from December 1st, there is a window that can be opened wi

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

Those of you who have been following our Lace Advent Calendar will have opened (in Oz) or will soon be opening the last door. Time now to solve the competition and send off your answer! We look forward to receiving them by 31st December. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

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Re: [lace] Sri Lankan lace

Gil, I have a couple of narrow lace edgings from Sri Lanka which my mother acquired there probably sometime in the 1970s. I think I also have an illustration of Sri Lankan bobbins and/or lacemakers in one of my older books about lacemaking. I’ll look them out and send you pics and details when I

Re: [lace] Bedfordshire lace

> On 25 Jan 2019, at 23:43, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: > > After finishing pattern #3 in Intro to Bedfordshire Lace by Jean Leader, I > wasn't as thrilled as I had hoped to be. I've posted a pic to Arachne Flickr > & would appreciate some constructive comments.

[lace] New lace website

systems or devices. Thanks Jean in sunny Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com

Re: [lace] lace identification websites and books

On 13 May 2019, at 18:52, Karen Thompson wrote: > > Elena pointed out the V&A's site > http://www.dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lace-Booklet.pdf > which > I also find extremely helpful, especially for identifying the machine made > laces. The same website also has

[lace] A puzzle and an updated website

l the history from you browser or wait until other pages you’ve viewed displace my old pages. --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2019

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For those who are not familiar with it, starting from December 1st there is a window that can be opened with a new lace picture every day, patterns on two

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

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Re: [lace] In search of Mikhaylov pattern

send better quality images? Jean in cold, wet Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera

Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

bobbin rather than wrapping the thread around the bobbin https://www.jeanleader.net/techniques/winding.html Jean in cold but dry Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

Re: [lace] Mystery lace

--- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net > On 21 May 2020, at 22:18, Devon Thein wrote: > > What would you call the lace I just posted on > http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history ? > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com cont

Re: [lace] Brides Tortillee

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[lace] Updates

allen --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - 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/

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2020

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For those who are not familiar with it, starting from December 1st there is a window that can be opened with a new lace picture every day, patterns on two

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2020

Apologies - we had a bug in the mobile version but it’s now fixed although you may need to refresh a few times before you get to the right place. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera..

[lace] Using Zoom for lace teaching

I have been using Zoom for teaching lace classes for quite a few weeks now, trying to work out what was best for both myself and my students, not easy when we all had different combinations of desktop/laptop computers and/or mac/android devices. With the help of David (DH) I’ve now mounted a cou

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar Competition

Those of you who have been following our Lace Advent Calendar will have opened the last door today. Time now to solve the competition and send off your answer! We look forward to receiving them by 31st December. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Jean and David in Glasgow

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

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[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2021

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For anyone not familiar with it, starting from December 1st there is a window that can be opened with a new lace picture every day, patterns on two of the d

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

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Re: [lace] Help With Skeined Cotton Thread

Hi Adele, I think it’s probably very fine cotton. In the Romance of the Lace Pillow by Thomas Wright (1971 reprint from Paul Minet) on p.123 it says “Many workers use ordinary Lace Thread (which is, of course, cotton), sometimes called Gassed Thread, from the fact that it is drawn at a slow but r

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2022

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For anyone not familiar with it, starting from December 1st there is a window that can be opened with a new lace picture every day, patterns on two of the d

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition 2022

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