Re: [lace] looking for pattern...
Clay, I looked up/at 'A Snowy Spring Day in My Garden'. I don't know if there is a published pattern of it (if someone has one I would like a copy). I have a friend who is doing a similar piece called 'A Riverside' by Grace Jones. She has had the pattern for years (since The Lacemaker was is Edmonds, WA.) She did tell me that she recently saw the pattern again at a class we took with Sally Schoenfield at the Pacific NW Lace Conference. The pattern is quite difficult and the diagram seems to have some mistakes. 'Riverside' has Cattails, Kingfishers, and Irises in it but the over all look/feel is quite similar. 'Riverside' is a handkerchief pattern. I don't know if this will help you but may give you another alternative. Lorri - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 7:25 AM Subject: [lace] looking for pattern... Last year, in conjunction with the OIDFA Congress in Nottingham, a wonderful exhibit was mounted at the Allhallows Museum called 450 Years of Lace. A catalog was published, as well as a CD. What a treat for all of us to see!! At that time, there was a little discussion on Arachne about a piece in the exhibit called A Snowy Spring Day in My Garden by Mrs. Beryl Maw. Someone said that Mrs. Maw planned to publish the pattern for this. Does anyone know whether this has happened or not? I would love to get a copy of it, if it is available. Thanks for your help! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA, USA Where we surpassed the all-time record for rainfall in a two-month period two days ago and it's still raining!! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Monetary conversion site
Jean, Thank you for the answer, as you may have noted Liz Beecher also answered. The period was 1768, in Ipswich, Massachusetts Colony. This is in a newly published book about the Ipswich Lace Industry which was from 1750 - 1840. The author is Marta Cotterell Rafell, the ISBN 1-58465-163-6. The laces pictured are point ground and Dieppe ground laces many of which were made in black or blond silk. There is also a passage he (the debtor) was also routinely purchasing large amounts of 'quality thread'. On Aug 4, 1768, Mr. Pulcipher bought two more skeins of thread for 2 shillings, 6 pence. Since lace is made from this thread, such purchases indicate that this household was engaged in lace making. I am very eager to get further into the book. Lorri - Original Message - From: Jean Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace arachne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:20 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Monetary conversion site Hi Lorri, In pre-decimal England, 12 pence equal 1 shilling and 20 shillings equalled 1 pound. A debt of one pound three shillings and 4 pence was the same as 23 and a quarter shillings, so at 18 shillings a yard for the lace they would need to make something about 1 and a third yards. What sort of lace was this? as it seems a very high price for yard lace. Even into the beginning of the 20th century adverts for Beds. lace showed lace edgings at anything up to 2 and a half shillings to the yard. Can you give a date for this? Jean in Cleveland U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 06:41 AM, Lorri Ferguson wrote: Hello Gentle Spiders, I know monetary exchange sights have been discussed and posted before but I didn't save the postings. I have just purchased the new book on The Laces of Ipswich and there is reference to the cost of laces and the threads. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] 1000 marbles and the like
I would like to apologize to Anne-Marie and the group as a whole, I did key in the wrong address to send 1000 Marbles. I will watch and be more careful in the future. Lorri hanging my head in shame - Original Message - From: Avital Pinnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 4:40 AM Subject: [lace] 1000 marbles and the like Anne-Marie brought something to my attention. The 1000 marbles message really belongs on lace-chat, since it has nothing to do with lace. Please, folks, pay attention to the address you're sending to and ask yourself, Is this message about lace? before sending to the lace list. If it's not about lace, it should go to lace-chat. Thanks, everyone! Avital - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Flanders Lace by Mary Niven
I have checked my book and it is missing that pricking. How does it compare in size with the next one. I realize the centers are a little different but wondered if the overall size is the same. It wouldn't be too difficult to create the center of the pricking. Lorri - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Flanders Lace by Mary Niven Hi Mary ! Both Jean and I have copies of the book with the pricking. So if someone is in UK, they can get it from Jean... Mary, I'll be happy to send you a copy! (And to anyone else in US whose copy of the book is missing the pricking...) Clay - Original Message - From: Mary L. Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Flanders Lace by Mary Niven After an exchange with Clay, it seems that one of the *hardback* editions of Flanders Lace by Mary Niven has the pricking missing just under the photograph and technical drawing on page 89. Jean in Poole Hi Jean, That would be the version of the book that I have. Do you or Clay have the version that has the pricking? It would be easiest if I found someone in the USA who has it and could send me a copy -- I'm definitely interested in finding a copy of it somewhere. Thanks, Mary - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Working with silk thread
I have found the same 'phenomena' with Z-twist threads. Is the 'proper' wind direction then counter clock-wise (when looking at the head end of the bobbin? I have always wound clock-wise. Lorri F I have found that the silk I work with (Tire) likes to lose it's twist when I work with it. It also had a lot of trouble with the hitch jumping off the neck of the bobbin. So for this latest project (a Milanese piece started during a workshop with Louise Colgan!) I took a closer look and my suspicions were confirmed... Tire silk has a Z-twist instead of the S-twist I'm accustomed to. While many knowledgeable people say that that makes no difference, I can tell you that reversing the direction I wound my bobbins made a huge difference in how the thread behaved. So be sure you know which way your silk is twisted, and wind accordingly. Clay - Original Message - From: Annette Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 3:42 AM Subject: [lace] Re: Working with silk thread Robin, Thanks very much for your suggestions about silk threads. I think I've seen YLI threads in local quilt shops, but I don't know whether that included their silks. (Or maybe it was in Hobbycraft - sorry for mentioning the H word, Jean and Liz!) Thanks also for the tip about the thread untwisting - I have problems with that when I use continental bobbins, so I'd better stick to Midlands bobbins when I use silk. Regards, Annette, London In my opinion, silk is no harder to use than linen and cotton. Gutermann silk is the most like cotton in look and feel, so I don't think you want that if you're trying silk for its difference. Tire and YLI (and a third brand I can't think of right now) silk come on spools that look like sewing machine thread, and that's the stuff I'd recommend. It comes in size 50 and 100, and I've used both sizes for Bucks and torchon patterns... You do have to watch the rolling bobbins. The thread is very strong while it's properly twisted, but when bobbins roll around it can come untwisted and then it breaks easily... - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Big finishing for lace project
JoAnne, to get info for, is: Once I am done, what is the BEST way to finish a project? I really want this to look good, once I get it done. I also want to enter this in the Iowa State Fair next summer, so does anyone know, can I frame it, or do are there rules that the judges have to be able to pick up a piece and look at the back of it? If I can frame it, should I have the piece attached to the material, or would it be better to let the framer do that? Can I have glass in the frame? My thoughts were to wash it, block it, and then stretch dark blue or black silk on a frame, and stitch the lace to that. Then I would take it to the framer and let them do the rest. Please, any help would be wonderful! I would check with your fair's rules: some must see the bank and others don't need to. It is certainly much safer if it can be entered mounted. I would also do the 'mounting to fabric' myself. I did with a piece I had framed. I had used a fairly stiff 'paint on fabric' piece and they did a great job. Be careful in choosing the framer, ask about their experience in framing 'fabric and/or needle work'. I hope you will be able to post some pictures for all to see. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets
Elaine, Is it necessary to take the written test (again) just for a renewal? We in Washington State only take the eye exam for a renewal. Lorri Subject: [lace] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets But. Thank God, I still have my Californian driver's license! Don''t take this seriously! All of us oldies here in CA get VERY anxious when our licenses come up for renewal. Just the written test is bad enough to give you a nervous tummy, and every so often, you may need to take the full driving exam just like the young 15 or 16 year olds who come in accompanied by their mothers. Elaine Merritt - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Romainain Point
Subject: [lace] Romainain Point Romainain point patterns. I have made all of Sylvia's patterns a couple of times over. I don't design as I can't seem to see what anything would look like be for doing it or after it is finished. I would much rather just make lace. Is there a book that just has patterns or is there someone who needs a pattern tester. TIA Valerie It would seem to me that many of the Battenberg patterns would be very similar to the Romainian Point patterns. Just substitute one the braid for the Bberg tape. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Magnetic pin-pusher?
What about magnetizing a pin-pusher? Tools (if made of the correct material) can be magnetized by rubbing them on a magnet or other methods. But as Margot said the pins would need to be of the correct material also. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Teachers and teaching
Years ago, when I was teaching Cake Decorating, I had two women who never finished the evening's project. I worried about it until I spoke to them directly, and found it was just a 'girl's night out'. They didn't care if they finished or even began the design. They could have been bowling or anything else to be 'out' and together. Fortunately, they had staked out the back table on their own and didn't bother the others. Lorri Oh thank youI really only ran into that situation once. Poor girl tried over and over and over. She admitted that she never touched the lace when alone.4 years!! She still come to the group and brings her knitting!! We love her. As you stated, I thought it was me.even tho' I knew better, as we were in a group, all of whom, I had taught. I finally consulted with my mentor, Doris Southard and she said she had a student like that too. Phew...redemption!!! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Teachers and teaching
But, Tamara, I find tallies in wire seem to be easier. Once I have set the edge it doesn't change. Lorri They say it takes 1000 talies to make them *dependably* good. *Then*, you learn a different way of making them, which takes another 1000. And *then*, you get to make them in *wire*, and all your cake is dough again... :) Tamara P Duvall - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] meaning of spangles
And I heard a shoe button was for luck. Interesting to see the similar-but-slightly-different legends. Lorri luck. Having a black button on your lace pillow is a good omen, according to an English lacemaker I met - which might have been a regional superstition from some time ago. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Collar on ebay
Do you think this is really hand made? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2590092064#ShippingPayment It is beautiful even if not. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace magazine - cover has inspired me to Honiton
Viv, I can hardly wait for my issue of Lace to arrive after hearing your impression of the cover. I believe you could very well try Honiton with the equipment you describe and get a good feel for it. Un-spangled Midlands bobbins (especially if one of the smaller types) are not that different than Honiton bobbins. And a domed 16 pillow would work also, especially if you choose to enlarge the pricking at all. I really believe it is how one exquisites the the stitches and not the equipment that makes the lace. Lorri F Graham, in the foot hills of MT. Rainier - Original Message - From: Viv Dewar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 8:06 AM Subject: [lace] Lace magazine - cover has inspired me to Honiton Hi everyone. I too was thrilled to get my Lace magazine this weekend. I saw the front cover, was inspired and looked eagerly at the inside pages to see if the design was accompanied by its pattern. Sadly it wasn't, but as I read that it took the lacer (Barbara Churchward) ten years to complete I engaged brain and thought that my initial adrenaline inspired idea to embark on this as my first ever piece of Honiton lace was so way out as to be ridiculous! Does anyone on the list know any more about this mat? Does it look even more stunning in reality? How large is it so on? Next to get back to the inspiration and a wish to have a go at Honiton I'd like your ideas on the question Do I need the right equipment? I know that if I take to this particular style of lace I would, but until I know I wouldn't want to buy another pillow and a set of new bobbins. I've got le UK Lace Guild's basic technical instruction book for Honiton, which has enough details to tell me how. Would a 16in domed straw pillow be ok to start with? (or a flat polystyrene one) Would unspangled light weight midlands bobbins work, or would they be so frustrating as to put me off before I got going? When I did my first attempts at Milanese braids I enlarged the prickings and used a thicker thread. What would the pitfalls of doing this as a complete Honiton beginner? Many thanks as always for your thoughts Viv - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lace-exhibition and new website
Can you tell us what the lacer is doing in the picture: L'etrange instrument de Dominique in the section 'Dentellieres'. The site is beautiful, and very well done. I wish I could read the captions. Lorri - Original Message - From: Liduina [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:28 PM Subject: [lace] lace-exhibition and new website Hello everyone, Our lace group celebrated his 20th anniversary last week and on this occasion we had a lace exhibition. We also opened a little website to present our group, which sort of lace we make, our activities and the history of lace in our town (Ath in Belgium), it's only in french but there are also many pictures. The pictures of our exhibition also are on the site : www.athdentelle.be . It's the very beginning of the site and we have to add some more informations on it, so we'd be very pleased if you have some advices to ameliorate it. Liduina from a sunny Ath in Belgium. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Suppliers ads
Tom Deleenheer is, or was, managing director of: Tom was hounded off the list for occasionally sending emails about the products they had for sale I belong to another list (Knitting) that allows ads on 2 days a month, 1st 15th. The subject line must begin with the work 'ad' and text is kept short. This seems to work quite well. I wonder if we couldn't have that here or on Lace Chat. For those who must do their shopping 'by mail' it is a help, and if you aren't interested you can delete. I for one like to know about new books (esp.) and products. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: lace spiders
there is a great booklet published by Julie Hendrick, A Study of Torchon Spiders with oodles of 4, 6, 8 and 10 pair spiders/crossings as well as10 patterns for edgings. Usual disclaimers - more info here: http://members.aol.com/catchpin/home.html I'm glad to see she's republished it :( Yet it is a very nice and useful booklet. Julie also self-published a booklet A Study on Torchon Grounds. It too is out of print but some of us who know Julie are encouraging her to reprint it also. But she is very busy with 'family matters' right now. Let's all keep our fingers crossed. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Last equipment question - I promise! :-)
This doesn't need to be your 'last equipment question'. We were all newbys once too. As to square bobbins. They are my favorite and I know Tamara uses squares also. They don't roll and take very little room on the pillow. Lorri in sunny Washington State, where temperatures almost reached a record today - Original Message - From: JE Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 8:17 PM Subject: [lace] Last equipment question - I promise! :-) Hello again, my bobbinlace books came in the mail from Powell's today (about 2 weeks sooner than their estimate) and I am so excited. My question now is about bobbins. I know many of you use the spangled ones but I was wondering if anyone uses the square European ones I have seen on some websites. They look like the would resist the rolling problem that has been mentioned and I wonder if they would make a good starter bobbin or what. I see myself as ultimately doing yardage lace for the most part and I don't know if that will make a difference. Regarding pillows, thank you again to everyone who responded. I am thinking of trying to buy the ethafoam myself and building a simpler roller pillow. In the meantime I think I will order an ethafoam cookie pillow to get started. I can totally understand the large collections of pillows many of you have, everytime I start looking I see 1 or 2 more I covet. :-) Thanks again, Janet Fort McMurray, ALberta, Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Bridal Handkerchief
Nolene, This is lovely. I can't imagine any better. Lorri - Original Message - From: W N Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ron and Jeanne Vavruska [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 5:27 PM Subject: [lace] Bridal Handkerchief I've had a bit of a search, but I can't find a poem for a handkerchief for a bride, only for a christening. Jeanne, when you posted last time, someone challenged me to make one up, so this time I've had a go. I used the poem Jacquie just posted as a starting point. A dainty edge of snow white lace A square of linen fine It's made just for your wedding day With hopes the sun will shine. And after celebrations Fold and store away And it becomes a bonnet For an infant's christening day. Just fold a deep hem over And gather on the fold Some ribbons on the corner Then its history can be told. For it was carried on the day When bub's mum became a wife And it carried all the maker's hopes For a happy wedded life Then perhaps in many years to come It can be used anew To grace another wedding day In the hope the sky is blue! Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] informal survey
Anneke, Sorry to hear about your wrist, but isn't it nice to just sit and go through all the books we collect. Hi Bev and all, I enjoy reading all your emails about all the laces in progress. Due to my fractured wrist I am not making any lace at all at the moment, but I am looking through all my lace books, something I normally never seem to have the time for, and making plans for what to work after my piano runner Myself, I have been mostly Lace Knitting lately. Some one gave the Agency I work for over 200 skeins of acrylic yarn and I am making a baby blanket right now. Plan to do some hats and maybe mittens for Christmas. (I work for a small Social Services Agency.) I did discover Lenka's Wire Angel almost ready to come off the pillow so will finish that up -maybe that is the pillow I will take to Prague. and last Sat. at our Guild meeting I started the world's smallest handkerchief edging (fabric will be about 2 inches sq.). It is a lesson in turning corners but with an new style beginning -from The Beginning of the End. I need to measure the edging on another pillow and see if it is enough to do a pair of pillow cases to enter into the local fairs. I know it is close. I really should inventory all my pillows and see what else is in the works. All this and try to get the house in shape to leave for two weeks. Where will I find the time. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE: Tina, The Lacemaker.
I think the story is by Diana Stevens and is on her tatting site. She wrote it in the last couple of years. Maybe this will jog some tatter's memory. There is a story on Dianna's site but she didn't write it. I believe it was written by Pat Stevens' daughter (no relation just friends). Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace]Withof Class with Yvonne
I am now looking forward to meeting Yvonne Scheele Kirkhof on Wednesday when I meet her at O'Hare airport for our Beds/Whitof class at LACE later in the week. Pity her class was cancelled at convention but at least she decided to do her little post convention tour as arranged before the cancellation. Janice It sounds like you had a great time at Convention. Our Lacemakers of Puget Sound Guild had a wonderful class with Yvonne. She is a great teacher and the designs are lovely. I learned a lot but wish I could go to her classes more regularly. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Fair Entries.
It may depend on 'where' the funding come from. I work for a fair named the Western Washington Fair (commonly called the Puyallup Fair). It is a private, non-profit corporation and does accept entries from all over. And being the 6th largest fair in the US, ribbons won by animals are highly valued. Lorri - Original Message - From: Panza, Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 6:21 AM Subject: RE: [lace] Fair Entries. From: Elizabeth Ligeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] the entries were limited to only those people who lived in that State. This, I feel would be one reason why they don't get many entries. Opening it up to anyone might get a greater response. State and county fairs were (and many still are) intended to show off the quality of products from that state or county. It was a showcase for that region's livestock, produce, handcrafts, etc. It seems bizarre to me to hear of Australians or Virginians entering the Colorado state fair. That seems like taking your sheep to an international stamp convention. If a fair is intended for more than just that region, it shouldn't be called a regional fair. Give it some other name. just my not-so-humble opinion, Robin P. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Book wanted
Does anyone know of, or have a copy they would sell; WITHOF LACE, ISBN 0713461861, by T. Heijden-Biemans, Y. Scheele-Kerkhof, P. Smelter-Hoekstra I would very much like to own a copy so I can continue to explore this beautiful lace. Lorri Graham, WA in the foothills of MT. Rainier - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Spidercloth raffle
Time to go dig through the patterns and find something I like but never thought I could do - and then learn to do it! Chris - Don't mind me, I'm just very scatterbrained today :) Personally, I think that is a great way to progress. Let us know what you choose. Lorri -who can't wait to do some more Withof - but I had better get the lace on pillow cases for my fair entry. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] USO's
Subject: [lace] USO's So I am looking at this pattern, which I still intend to do and wondering is it just me or if any other Arachnes have had projects they want to/intend to start which they seem to have trouble getting launched? Cathy in Newark, DE Yes, Cathy, I have several. I know that part of it is I have 'so many' that I want to do. I have a real cute hedgehog in a basket that I would dearly love to finish. Part of my problem with it is I have no instructions, just a very poor picture. I believe it was to be done in Honiton, which I haven't done very much of -another stumbling block. Does anyone 'recognize' where the pattern came from? I believe I got it from someone who was giving up lacemaking. I would then like to find a copy of the 'source', which might give me a better chance at ever finishing it. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] another book question
Weronida, I have the book and while I haven't made anything from it yet, I think it is very complete in the directions on Battenburg and some others. The first 20+ pages give a look at different tape laces; Princess Lace, Point de Milan,Mezzo Punto, Application (on net) lace, Point de Bruxelles (Battenburg), Luxeuil, Youghal, Branscombe Lace, Renada Irlandesa from Brazil, and Recife. The text is in 3 languages: English, German, French, I believe. There is a lot of detail about the tapes used, creating the cartoon/pattern, basting the tapes into place and the shaping techniques used, sewing the intersections, and the filling stitches. There is 8 pages on Romanian Point (Crocheted tape) lace and 12 on Princes lace (application on net). The last section is 140 filling stitches with detailed pictures of the thread paths. My copy is a Batsford edition first published in 1994. The forward states the authors had another book Naaldkant (Needlepoint Lace): needlework is a wonderful pastime published in 1988. I hope this answers your questions. Lorri who has many books that I haven't made any patterns out of yet -but some day I hope to... - Original Message - From: Weronika Patena [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:42 PM Subject: [lace] another book question Does anyone have any comments on The Technique of Tape Lace by Ineke Van Den Kieboom and Anny Huijben? Weronika -- Weronika Patena Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin
Margot, Are you sure your postal workers aren't on strike? (BG) It seems that every time I travel to B.C. the postal or some other workers are on strike. Lorri - Original Message - From: Margot Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ARACHNE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:56 AM Subject: [lace] IOLI Bulletin On Wednesday, October 13, 2004, at 03:57 AM, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: And Goodie Good!!! - My Bulletin from IOLI just arrived! I'm glad the Bulletins are being received in Australia. But can anyone explain, given the distances involved, why the Australians get them before they arrive in Canada? It happens with every issue. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada, still waiting for my IOLI Bulletin. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Scottish Lace - Pitsligo
Thank you, Jenny, for the site link. I have been researching New Pitsligo and Scottish lace for a couple of years and didn't know of that article. If you (or any one else) knows of more information and or patterns I would really be grateful for the information. I have been looking for info to present with a lace demonstration at our local Scottish Games. Lorri Ferguson Graham, Washington State, USA - Original Message - From: Jenny Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Barbara Stokes [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Scottish Lace - Pitsligo http://www.buchanie.co.uk/archived/2004/Week_45/village/lace-making.asp try this link Barbara jenny barron Scotland Barbara Stokes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone tell me about Pitsligo Lace? I met a woman, who said her son had learnt this bobbin lace in Scotland, Pitsligo. He doesn't live in Parkes so I haven't any other information other than the mother thought it originated from a Flanders lace. Barbara - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: reticent list members
The wire Lenka uses (and so do several others) is from/the type used in coils for electric motors. Old rotary phones have lovely colors. Try shops that repair electric motors or co. that make the coils. This is not an item found at your typical craft or hardware store -you must 'think outside the box'. Lorri -who does wire lace also - Original Message - From: DonLynnmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jennifer Audsleymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: reticent list members My question Jen, is where can we buy 100 micron wire for Lenka's lace ideas. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Wire for lace
Yes, Jean, we have the 26 28 gauge in our hobby shops too. But it is too heavy for wire lace. Great for other things however. Lorri - Original Message - From: Jean Nathanmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lacemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:49 AM Subject: [lace] Wire for lace Lorri wrote: This is not an item found at your typical craft or hardware store -you must 'think outside the box'. This is where I must mention that dreaded H word again - Hobbycraft in the UK. They sell 28 gauge coloured enamelled copper wire in copper, purple, red, green, blue and black intended for making wire coil beads for jewellery. I'm surprised that a UK craft shop stocks something that isn't readily available in US crafts shops because you're usually able to get all sorts of things that we can't. http://www.wires.co.ukhttp://www.wires.co.uk/ sell a whole range of different wires - coloured enamelled copper, woven cloth mesh, knitted - as well as a spiral beadmaker and wire craft books, including 'Copper wire lace', and will supply by internet order via credit card anywhere in the world - see their Info page. Wires.co.uk quote thicknesses in mm, where Hobbycraft quote the gauge of the wire. Somewhere on the web, there's bound to be a conversion chart. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] looking for supplies and teachers
I can sew, embroider, make lace, but Don't Ask Me To Do CRAFTS! Beth McCasland Beth, I just had to laugh at the above. Sewing, embroidery, and making lace are all crafts. You 'are' a crafter! Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Threads and things
Oh, one silly question that I should probably wait for a book to ask but ... if you're making a lace edging, must it be fitted to the object it's intended to embellish? Or can one cut lengths of handmade lace edging? I suspect not! Sherri in GA Sherri, You can do it either way. If you have a purpose in mind, make the lace to fit. However, I keep 1 or 2 lace edgings on roller pillows all the time (usually for lacing at demonstrations) and when I have enough for a 'new' project I cut it off and use it. Keep us informed as to your progress And yes, I would say you need more bobbins (we can never have enough!!!). I would say 4 dozen is a good place to start. There are many lovely patterns that use 23-24 pair. And as you skill increases patterns need more pairs. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Living Billboard Campaign for Modern Lace
Devon, You are to be commended for your tireless efforts to educated the masses about modern lace. While I am not in a position to assist you in this effort, I feel you should be encouraged in the effort. I will make a study in my area to see how I can continue the campaign on this side of the continent (the Pacific Northwest). Lorri Graham, Washington USA in the foothills of Mt. Rainier PS. I enjoyed the photo tour of NY - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Floral Torchon
I agree. When can we expect/order them? Lorri - Original Message - From: Margot Walkermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ARACHNEmailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:21 PM Subject: [lace] Floral Torchon Since Jenny Rees hasn't tooted her own horn, I'll do it for her. Jenny has designed beautiful pieces of floral Torchon, using Australian flora. She was planning on publishing them but, regrettably, they burnt in the forest fire which destroyed her home and everything in it. But she tells me that one of her 2005 projects is to redesign them. I hope this publicity will give her the push to fulfill this new year's resolution. I have a couple of the prickings and they really should be available for lace makers to buy (IMHO). Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: IOLI Convention -location, location, location - and price
Thirdly, I work at a university, and they don't do conferences anymore. School runs year round. Students are in the dorms all year. There are no extra spaces, we barely have enough space for our own classes and staff, much less renting precious classrooms out to conferences. Universities are facing major financial difficulties, and the times when one could rent a university for an outside conference (at least here in the US) are long gone. So, that option no longer exists for IOLI convention planners. It's a hotel or nothing. And, to get a hotel with any amount of classroom space means it's gonna cost the convention go-ers. Them's the facts. BUT, in comparison to other professional conferences, IOLI is still a terrific bargain. Your university may not 'do' conferences but others do. We held a conference at a local U in 2001 and had great service. 'Doing Conferences' is their summer business. We plan to use it or another one in 2-3 years when we host again. Lorri Washington State - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Denver
I know it is late to be asking but I have just found out I am able to go to Denver. I am looking for a non-smoking room-mate or room-group that I could join up with. Lorri Ferguson Graham, WA in the foothills of MT. Rainier - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: International Old Lacers
I thought there was a vote just 3-4 years ago. Lorri Well, I do agree completely with Tamara, both as to lacers vs. lacemakers; and also that maybe it's time to think again about changing the name (IOLI vs ??). Perhaps if we took a vote now, opinions on the subject might fall differently than how they did 25 years ago. -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] what can I do?
Jenny, This is great. You obviously have a 'way with words', have you worked in journalism before? To others who may wish to try the same. Jenny wrote a 'local' story about a local person, but with references to the global whole. She made it short and informative, with references to web sites and local groups that the reader could contact. Great job, Jenny. Lorri - Original Message - From: Jenny Brandismailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 12:41 AM Subject: [lace] what can I do? Hi everyone Reading the Arachne emails made me realise that we tend to think that lace making is either a dying art or for old people. Well I decided to try to make a difference in my little area of the world. Below are two press releases emailed today to the local newspapers in both Kununurra and Wyndham. I have already had a response from the Kimberley Echo Newspaper ( www.kimberleyecho.comhttp://www.kimberleyecho.com/ ) asking for a photo. I am sooo thrilled. PRESS RELEASE 1 The Kununurra Telecentre may be loosing their Coordinator but lace making has gained a new devotee. Jenny Brandis has recently begun to learn the age old art of bobbin lace making from the newly revived Ord Twisters group. Their teacher, Alice Cunningham has brought out her tools and knowledge to assist the new lacemakers. Alice and her students have demonstrated and presented their work at the Kununurra Agriculture Show in the past and have always done well. My lace has been compared to bandages and fish net stockings, so I have a way to go before I am in the same class as Janet or Alice, but I keep on trying. says Jenny The basic equipment can be as simple as dowel, pins, thread and a pinboard but can expand as you learn into a glorious selection of spangled bobbins. The group meet each Thursday evening at the community owned Telecentre between 7 and 9. All are welcome to attend. PRESS RELEASE 2 Shakespeare said Oh, what a tangled web we weave well, the same can be said of the lace makers of Kununurra. Feel good story In early February Jenny Brandis, of Telecentre fame, decided to start on a long term goal of hers. She was going to learn to make old fashioned lace - not buy it but actually make it. Being computer minded she started with Google and quickly found that she was not as alone as she thought. First she found the newsgroup Arachne ( www.arachne.com/http://www.arachne.com/ ) and promptly joined to lurk and learn. Her introductory email brought responses from all over the world including an invitation to join the Australian email group Gumlace. That was the beginning of Jenny's journey. Being in Kununurra she had assumed that there would not be a lace maker within teaching distance. And then along came 4 emails saying that there was a lace making group in Kununurra, run by Alice Cunningham. Jenny joined. In the meantime, Jenny was having trouble finding the basic tools of the trade and the internet answered that too. Make your own. The hardware manager look a bit strangely when she asked for the 2.5 mt lengths of dowel be cut into 25cm lengths, he looked even stranger when she asked about wood lathe chisels! Even her husbands tool shed was not safe, she salvaged some polystyrene sheeting, his high impact sheet from his swag and even used his liquid nails. But it was worth it. Jenny then had 40 bobbins and a pillow to work on. While this was going on, Jenny was keeping both Arachne and Gumlace informed of her progress via her website ( www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace.htmlhttp://www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace.htm l) and after returning from Easter she was thrilled to collect the mail each day. For a week she received small parcels from all over Australia. Each with at least one pair of bobbins from fellow Gumlace people. People she had never met! People who understood the isolation of shopping so far from a capital city. People who cared. Jenny's desire to learn has revived the interest of the Ord Twisters group and they now meet each Thursday evening at the community Telecentre between 7 and 9. All are welcome to come along. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Welding Lace
I will have to tell my mother about your welding lace. There was a lot of it at our house too, as my father was a welder. I am sure Mom will be amused, I wish Dad was still here to tell him also. Lorri Subject: Re: [lace] Welding Lace My idea of welding lace is what decorates the front of DH's work tee shirts (he's a welder by trade) and if his overalls are not closely fastened at the neck the sparks can create interesting: effects. Brenda On 18 Apr 2005, at 23:25, Cathy Belleville wrote: Someone asked what the KantCentrum (in Brugge, Belgium) means in their class listing for Welding Lace. Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/ paternoster/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] museum exhibit - flour sacks
At which museum is this being featured? I saw some of them when I was at Stanford U touring the Hoover Tower. Lorri - Original Message - From: Alice Howellmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: [lace] museum exhibit - flour sacks I just opened my paper and read about a display of flour sacks stitched for Presiden Hoover by people in Belgium years ago. It's the 50th anniversary of the museum, and they are celebrating with this exhibit. A few quotes and story summary from the full page article: follows. Framed, beautifully embroidered and painted cotton flour sacks are temporarily replacing the usual art on the walls of ... the boyhood home of Herbert Hoover. Several hunderd of the sacks were given to Hoover by Belgians in gratitiude for his work in providing famine relief to their country during World War I. The (relief) commission shipped nearly 700 million pounds of flour to Begium. Over 14 million empty flour sacks were created by the famine relief. (The commission) controlled where they went and what was done with them, for two reasons: Fear that the good flour would be taken out and replaced with inferior flour, and since cotton wadding was used in munitions, they wanted to keep them out of the hand of the enemy. They accountd for every single one of them. The sacks were distributed to professional schools, convents, artists and public sewing workrooms. They were used for clothing and to make a wide variety of items.. Women embroidered, stenciled or painted (several hundred) sacks, sometimes using threads from their own clothing, or sewing in swathes of Belgium lace. One of the sacks on display is embellished with a delicate white lace swatch and white embroidery. - Now...I MUST go see this exhibit, on only for one month, and see just how many have lace on them, what kind, etc etc. Anyone else who is in the Newberg, Oregon area during May might stop by. They're open 1-4 Wed through Sunday. Signs on the highway point to the turn. It's a block off the main highway. It's been several years since I stopped by, so now is the time. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon -- whose Beds fan is 25 percent done. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Extra lighting for lace class/workshop
Tamara and others I have worked some wire lace (I carved my own bobbins after seeing the European ones). I think the later style with the hook at the top would be much easier to work with, and much narrower on the pillow. Just my humble opinion. Lorri - Who got her second choice Withoff both sessions, but then I would have been happy with any of my choices there were so many I want to take. I finally got my notice on Friday after I returned from a workshop with Susan Wenzel, Lacy Susan. Tamara, I saw bobbins for wire on her table at our lace fair today. They were slightly different from the ones Lenka has in that the hook is on the top of the bobbin. Give Susan time to get back to Virginia though before you try to contact her. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Chantilly dress
Have a look at this modern lace dress! Is anyone up to wearing it to the convention banquet? A Jessica McClintock design and very beautiful too! If I were only younger and several lbs. thinner! This goes along with Devon's modern lace campaign. http://www.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/cl/i4748.htmlhttp://ww w.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/cl/i4748.html Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] waxing thread for bobbin lace - Jeri's experience
Jeri, I for one really appreciate your input on 'threads' such as this. I only wish I could take some of the classes you have been able to. I make it a point to 'print and file' your posts. Thank you again Lorri If any of this information I keep putting on Arachne is of value, once in a while I'd love to hear from some one or two of the 1,200(?) lurkers on the Arachne list. Same goes for the other responders who keep trying to be of help - if they hear from you, they know their time is of value. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Bobbin Lace - no, not tatting!
And then there is I would never have the patience to do something like that. My answer - You learn the patience when you learn the lace! My answer is: It doesn't take patience to do something you enjoy! Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Macro-Honiton
Does anyone know how much one would have to 'blow it up', as in what % of increase, this would be? I have seen some beautiful Honiton patterns that I would like to do in a larger size. Lorri Take Debbie Beaver's class on Honiton Big and Bold! She takes a traditional Honiton flower and blows it up to work it in sewing-machine thread (50/3 cotton?) in your choice of 3 colors. THen you go on to other traditional shapes, like assorted leaves (botanical, not tallies), still in sewing-machine thread and color. This gives the novice a chance to learn the techniques of Honiton without the frustration of dealing with ultra-fine thread at the same time (for novices, the techniques and the fine thread are probably both new). Robin P. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] US postal insurance -- packing info
I always feel more secure if I ask ( pay for) a 'return receipt' card. Then you have a receipt and signature of who signed for the package. Can't remember just how much it is $1.50 or so. You can do this with or without insurance. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] new Thread
Nordic Needle (in Fargo, N. Dakota) sells the new DMC Linen threads. Lovely colors. web site is: www.nordicneedle.comhttp://www.nordicneedle.com/ or 1-800-433-4321 I just this week got an e-mail about the second color selection. Lorri DMC are producing a range of stranded linen embroidery threads. A single strand is the same thickness as a strand of most stranded embroidery cottons. The colours are very muted which is rather nice as most coloured linens - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re:Art Fairs and Designing in PG
Aurelia and all, I can give a few comments on doing the Art Fairs. I have done several in our NW areas. -First, you must know that it is HARD WORK. The set up and take down is not easy PHYSICAL LABOR. -The hours are long, you would need 2-3 in a booth to just 'man it'. -To be at all 'impressive to the public' you need a very professional appearing booth. This can be expensive! -You need a sizeable inventory of works. -There is usually a rather high entry fee. At least for the better show. I don't mean to say it can't be done it can, but I want people to be aware of the time, $, and effort involved. And this is time and effort that takes away from your lace making time. If anyone still wants to try it, my hat is off to you, go ahead and try. First visit the Fairs you are interested in 'doing' and check out the rules for entry, fees, availability of lighting, size of booth, etc. Many of the better Fairs are 'Juried' which means that you must present your 'wares and booth design' to a committee for acceptance. This usually keeps the quality of the Art higher, depending upon the criteria of the committee. Did you take that workshop on Designing for Bucks Pt'? I have been wanting to try some and wondered if there are any 'rules or points' to look out for. Does anyone know of books that give pointers on designing in the point ground laces? Lorri Apparently these fairs are run much like the state fairs that we all know and don't love -- one-stop shopping takes you past lots and lots of art dealers; much easier than going to art auctions. Seems that there will be a bunch of them in New York this fall: International Art + Design Fair, Oct. 7-11; AAF Contemporary Art Fair (all work priced between $100 and $10,000) at Pier 92, Oct. 27-30; and Modernism (focuses on 20th-century decorative arts and design), Nov. 10-13. Seems to me that a group of lacemakers could put in an appearance, maybe even make something of a splash -- a gentle splash, don't want to scare anybody -- but just to get the public accustomed, at first, to seeing lace occupying the same universe as photography, vases, tapestry, installation-art... Is anybody going to be in New York on any of those dates? By the way, some spiders have been referring to art vs. craft. Somebody even remarked with pride about lowly craftsmanship. I don't think there's any versus about it. Arts and crafts belong to each other; the more skillful our eye and hand (the craftsman in us), the more reach to our designs (the artist in us). Why else do accomplished and experienced lacemakers take workshops and buy books and devote themselves to minutiae of study? I remember with awe and affection that the very last workshop that Pam Nottingham (a stickler for technical perfection if ever there was one!) gave us in this country was called (approximately) Designing for Bucks Point Lace. See you at the Fair! -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Study of Torchon Grounds
Julie can be reached at: http://members.aol.com/Catchpin/home.htmlhttp://members.aol.com/Catchpin/hom e.html I think she was intending to republish STG or her Study of Torchon Spiders. Perhaps if there is enough interest she will soon. I also know she is being kept very busy with aging parents, so let's all be patient. Lorri Hi, Does anyone know if A Study of Torchon Grounds by Juolie Hendrick is still available for sale? Thanks. Mary in Ann Arbor - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Designing in PG
Thank you Robin and Tamara, You have given me some great pointers! I do own the OIDFA Pt. Ground book and will begin studying it. I thought I owned Nottingham's Tech of Bucks but am not locating it this morning. I do have a couple of other Bucks books plus Tonder ones. Thanks again, now to find the time. Lorri Unless you're trying to stay within the parameters of a particular version of PG (Tonder, Beveren, Bucks, etc), there are no rules; you make your own :) I agree with T that you can pick and choose PG parameters if you're designing your own PG (as opposed to designing BUcks or designing Tonder, etc.). Elwynn Kenn (I think that's the spelling) put out three books on Australian Point Ground that are her PG patterns. She was consistent in her rules, but didn't necessarily stick doggedly to the rules of any one existing PG tradition. If you call your pattern Bucks, you should stick to the Bucks rules, but if you call it Point Ground, you can make your own. That said, I think you might benefit from the OIDFA-published Study of Point Grounds. There was a committee that looked at all the PG traditions and compared them. The book is a table--each column is a PG style. Each row is a feature. I don't have it with me, but it would be something like: twists before the gimp: Bucks=2, Tonder=1, Rauma=2, XXX=3, YYY=varies. In other words, Bucks has 2 twists before the gimp, Tonder has 1, Finnish has 2, etc. ***N.B. I made up the numbers to illustrate the point!*** - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Magazine article
I have a photo copy of what I think is a small pamphlet about 'Lace-Making Among the Indians' by Jane W. Guthrie. It is about lace-making among the Indians on the reservations in Minnesota. Does anyone know where the original article was printed? and when it was printed? I would like to obtain the whole article. I would also be interested in any other articles about lacemaking among the American or N. American Indians. I remember this being discussed here before and I would like to see some or all of the original written materials. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Robber Barons
Doesn't IOLI have a Grant Committee that could fund this? I think it would be a terrific idea. I would use it to share with our Guild. I did attend and thought it was a well planned and verbalized presentation. Lorri As I missed the talk that Devon gave at the Denver convention on the Robber Barons, may I suggest that she does write it down, and along with copies of the slides, gives it to the IOLI Library so that lace guilds can use it for their programs. I know that Devon writes in an intelligent, humorous way and I was sorry that I could not hear her presentation. This way my guild will have a program that might be more appealing than some of the slide presentations available today. Janice - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Robber Barons
Don't some museums sell slide images of their pieces? Lorri Unfortunately, the suggestion that I give a copy of the slide lecture to the IOLI with the images would create copyright problems in that the images are owned by the museum. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Robber Baron Slide duplication
.. Now, if I could just suppress the ideas percolating in my brain for future slide shows, at least until I give this one the six more times I have to give it to avoid going to the Big House! Devon on her way to Sing Sing But just think how much time you will have to make lace, or work on the future slide shows. Lorri wishing I had the talent to do as well as you did. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lacefairy
Oh, I do wish her luck. 2 years ago DD2 (age 36) broke her elbow, went through 3 surgeries in 5 months, replacement was #2, and then several months of therapy. It was an ordeal but now most people would not know she has a problem, except for the scars. She did learn to be left-handed in the process. Was back to work in less than a year. My prayers are with Lori. Lorri Ferguson - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:13 PM Subject: [lace] Lacefairy Dear Arachnes, When last I gave a status of Lori's elbow, she had her elbow pinned in several places and bones in position and was wearing a brace. However, this solution presented some problems as time tried to knit the pieces together. It was determined this Fall that the elbow was too shattered. A couple weeks ago, her elbow was replaced, and she hopes this is the final touch to getting back full use of her right arm. Lori is unsubscribed. I have been forwarding messages that she can eventually read and act on to update the Lacefairy website. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lacefairy
Oh, I do wish her luck. 2 years ago DD2 (age 36) broke her elbow, went through 3 surgeries in 5 months, replacement was #2, and then several months of therapy. It was an ordeal but now most people would not know she has a problem, except for the scars. She did learn to be left-handed in the process. Was back to work in less than a year. My prayers are with Lori. Lorri Ferguson - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:13 PM Subject: [lace] Lacefairy Dear Arachnes, When last I gave a status of Lori's elbow, she had her elbow pinned in several places and bones in position and was wearing a brace. However, this solution presented some problems as time tried to knit the pieces together. It was determined this Fall that the elbow was too shattered. A couple weeks ago, her elbow was replaced, and she hopes this is the final touch to getting back full use of her right arm. Lori is unsubscribed. I have been forwarding messages that she can eventually read and act on to update the Lacefairy website. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace]Critiquing another's work
In 4-H judging, we were taught to have the critique as: positive, negative, positive. Always a good technique when giving an opinion. Lorri Years ago I made my first piece of lace. I was so proud of it! Until I took it off the pillow and it promptly - well, twisted, I guess, is the best way to describe it. It was awful! I had a friend who had watched me as I began the process, figured things out on my own, worked through to the finish. As I watched it turn to ruin, I got very frustrated and was ready to throw it away. My friend stopped me, took it from me, stuck it in his wallet, and told me that one day I would make even more beautiful pieces and he will be proud to be able to say he had the first thing I made. My firend was killed in Desert Storm, but I've always remembered what he said - especially every time I've tried something new and it didn't quite go right. Since then, I've gone on to make lace, put it aside, pick it up again, and work to a point where I can teach others. I always try to point out the beauty in what my students have done, especially before I point out a place they need to fix. And if they're pleased - well, we can always fix the problem on the next piece. I teach at our local university, and I've brought this into those classes - always praise before you correct, and see the beauty in everything people try to do. I apologize if anyone things this is too long or off topic. I just felt I needed to say it. Kathy Whitaker Brooklet, GA Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 08:48:43 +0200 From: Ank van der Leek [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Christmas card exchange . So please understand that I just expressed a preference for a card with the same quality of handwork that I'm contributing. Just this remark is the reason, why I will not participate. Standarts, anyway by talking, are soo high! And though I am making (trying to) lace for years now, I would not dare to participate and being fired off because of the standarts here, even if people are telling it isn't the case. But regarding all answers and remarks in the years I am lurking here, I will stay where I are: lurking and learning. Ank - - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: sprang - Tunisian lace
It looks to me like this Tunisian Lace has knots (like netting) although the piece pictured does resemble the sprang. Is there a place/way to get a reprint of this article or purchase the back issue? Lorri -who is always interested in the different lace techniques. The magazine La Dentelle March 1989, includes an interesting article about this lace, and some diagrams to practice stitches. It makes also reference to the book: Dentelles Algeriennes et Marocaines published by Larose the year 1928. Carolina. Barcelona. Spain. -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.geocities.com/carolgallegohttp://www.geocities.com/carolgallego Witch Stitch Lace II now available - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace]Critiquing another's work
Yes, 'constructive' is a much better word!! And the choice of words in the 'constructive criticism' are very important too. Lorri Lorri, I agree with the three stage appraisal. However, I like to think not of negative criticism but constructive criticism i.e. to give students something which will enable them to make improvements in the future. Liz Pass (in Poole, Dorset) Who's just stopped for a break from assessing portfolios. In 4-H judging, we were taught to have the critique as: positive, negative, positive. Always a good technique when giving an opinion. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: ornament holder from Copper wire
Tamara I don't think 24-28 gauge would be large enough. 18 ga. is 1mm thick and could be twisted to form the texture and possible the strength needed. Plaiting would be a lot harder to accomplish. The twisting would 'work harden' (stiffen) the wire which should then support the ornament. Be sure to make the base heavy enough to keep it up-right. Lorri Certainly a lot of them there, thanks! Some of the simpler ones - the ones which are made with twisted wire... I think it might be possible to make one's own, using thicker wire gauges -say 28 or 24 - and plaiting, instead of just twisting (because copper is softer than brass). I'll have to take another look and think some more :) -- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/http://t-n-lace.net/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] decorating book covers with lace
I personally would not use lace on an outer cover, unless it were under plastic. But decorating inner pages with lace would be great. For the cover you might use one of the many 'lace pattern' papers. Check the specialty papers in the scrap book, wedding depts. and office supply stores. I found a beautiful 'lace pattern' paper at WalMart several years ago. If you want to use your own 'real lace' how about scanning the piece and using the scan on the cover. Lorri I recently started scrapbooking. I have a few albums, all of which have boring single-color covers. So naturally I thought about decorating them with lace! How would you go about that? 1. How would you attach the lace? Glue? Try sewing it (I'm not sure whether that would even work with this sort of hard cover, but I guess I could sew it to a piece of fabric and then glue that onto the cover)? Or maybe put it in a plastic pocket and only glue that to the book? 2. Should I just use wire lace? If I did thread lace, I'd be worried about it getting damaged from the constant pulling albums off the bookshelf... 3. Pattern ideas, anyone? Weronika -- Weronika Patena Stanford, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronikahttp://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Sticky Wax:
Re: Sticky Wax. Jewelry model makers use it to 'glue' parts of wax models together. It is quite 'hard and brittle' in the cold or solid state but is very, very sticky when molten. It can be purchased at jewelry suppliers (Rio Grande of Albuquerque is one). If someone wants to try a bit I could send some as I have it on hand in my studio. Lorri Google said that sticky wax is a wax-based adhesive. I got all excited when I found some gummint-safety PDF on sticky wax that had a composition field, but all it said was petroleum hydrocarbons with additives. It went on to say that it gives off irritating fumes when hot, and if you splash molten wax on yourself you could get burned. Also found that surfboarders, orthodontics makers, museums, and people who show off horse figurines use it. I'm not at all sure all those folks are using the *same* sticky wax! The figurine fans use it to stick bits in the horse's mouths, the museums keep artifacts from falling off the shelf, people who make wax molds glue the molds together with it -- seems to have originated as a glue to set candles in their holders. I've also seen cheeses and frozen meats that had been dipped in a sticky wax -- red for the cheeses, and an apparently-natural yellow for the meats, which had been placed in cheesecloth bags first to make it easy to get the wax off. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTMhttp://home.earthl ink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3 f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where we are sleeping under our first blanket of snow. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ornament swap
A picture is now posted on Barbara's site. Helen, as soon as you can 'forget the formulae' just think how much more room there will be for lacy things. Hoping all goes well. Lorri Ferguson From the other direction, I did get a lovely ornament from Lorri Ferguson with a glass snowman bead. Helen in Somerset who's trying to remember the formulae, but forgetting the lace until 11.30am on Friday 27th January when she will walk out of her last exam for a few months... - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re:
I have made the arcing 'rose' pattern, the one done in all half-stitch. I did it in gold colored wire, but I think a gold cord would work also. I mounted it on a wire stem with a gold leaf and presented it in a bud vase. I am sorry I don't know where the pricking originated but I am sure some one on the list does. It is an arch with scallops all along the arch (so it is the same width through out), uses a WS on each edge (for stability) and the center is half stitch. It makes up very quickly, and when rolled into a flower and mounted looks TERRIFIC. Lorri - if you think there is enough time I would be glad to send the pricking. Does anyone have any ideas for a 50th Wedding Anniversary lacey present for some very good friends of ours. I only have until the first week in February to finishing it, but I do work better under pressure. We have been invited to celebrate with them and family with in invite saying no presents, but I have been trying to think of what I can make. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re:
Dorte, it is only the pricking that arches. The pattern is similar to a doily edging, about 3/4 of a circle, in an arch about 6 inches across. When completed the 'arched' strip is rolled and gathered into a 3-D flower. Lorri What is an arcing rose? Dorte - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Russian tape lace
I have seen large mats done both on a large pillow and by using just a segment (slightly over 1 repeat) on a smaller pillow. Sometimes the pricking itself might determine how one did it. Using a pricking segment would not be much different than 'moving up' on yardage pieces. Well, maybe a few more pins/holes to line up. Lorri - Original Message - From: Noelene Bill Laffertymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lacemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:18 PM Subject: [lace] Russian tape lace Late last year I did a class in Russian tape lace with Nadine Pauwels when she was visiting Australia. Among the lace pieces she brought for display, were some beautiful tape lace mats including a circular one about 2 ft (80 cm) in diameter and some long rectangular mats. Does anyone know what type of pillow these are made on, and how they are made? Are they constantly taken off the pillow and repinned, and if so, is the pricking one large one or several small ones like a jigsaw puzzle? Pictures of the mats are included on the website http://www.artofil.be/uk/index.phphttp://www.artofil.be/uk/index.php Go to Gallery and her pictures of her visit to Australia. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nl afferty/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] cleaning pins
It isn't the 'method' of cleaning that does the job, so much as the 'cleaning agent' that does the trick, especially with brass pins. Most of the 'cleaning agents' mentioned are acidic, that is what makes the brass bright. Lorri (the metalsmith) - Original Message - From: Julie Ourommailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:05 PM Subject: [lace] cleaning pins Jenny B asked about cleaning pins. Has anyone tried using an ultrasonic cleaner for this? My DD picked one up at Radio Shack (no affiliation) over the holidays, and it seems to have done a good job on some jewelry and silverware. Much less intrusive than jewelry cleaners although leaves a slightly duller finish which is not necessarily a bad thing. I'm planning to bring him a few things when I visit at the end of Feb, will put in some pins and see how it goes. Here's a link if you want to see more: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103904cp=kw=ultras onicparentPage=searchhttp://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId= 2103904cp=kw=ultrasonicparentPage=search No idea why it's discontinued... Hoping to make some lace this weekend... JulieO in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada...add cold temperatures to some nice fresh snow, and it's definitely seasonal...and good weather for crafting. e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief
Okay, that is a new one (to me!). What is a pall cloth? Lorri -who has so-o-o-o much to learn Could it be a pall cloth? Cheers, Helen, Aussie in Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] My time zone.
Lorri Ferguson, Washington State, USA, 8W - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Helpful cheap tools
These are very common in sewing and quilting stores. Clotilde has them in her catalog I believe. Lorri A vendor at a recent lace day was selling telescoping metal rods with a magnet on the tip. They were 60 cm (24) when fully extended but collapsed down to pen size; they also have a pocket clip as a pen does. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bookmark patterns
Ellen, April Lind of April's Bobbins has 2 small booklets of bookmark patterns. Self published and inexpensive. She can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or PO Box 60008, Shoreline, WA 98160 She paints beautiful bobbins also, but has been ill lately and may be low on supply. Lorri - Original Message - From: Ellen Zigaitismailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:44 AM Subject: [lace] New here Hello everyone. My name is Ellen and I've recently started playing around with bobbin lace. So far I'm loving it to bits! I've made several very gorgeous bookmarks with my little kit and with the help of The Bobbin Lace Manual that I ordered along with my kit. Since I'm still in the learning stages, bookmarks are the perfect instant gratification project for me. Are there any books or websites anyone could recommend to me that have more bookmarks? Searching on my own, I'm not having much luck, though I might just not know what I'm looking for. I've gotten spiders and fans down pretty pat and would love to move on to something a little more challenging. Thanks so much in advance! Ellen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re Stamp raffle
Thank you Jeanette, my Emily Hobhouse stamp and bio arrived yesterday. The envelope had DH wondering what I could be receiving from SA. But then what with bobbin exchanges and ebay purchases he didn't worry about it. This has inspired me to pursue a project of framing my growing collection of stamps. Thanks again Lorri Ferguson - Original Message - From: Jeanette Fischermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arachnemailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:02 AM Subject: [lace] Re Stamp raffle I had a flurry of requests for the Emily Hobhouse stamp and there have been no more since Wednesday. I have had 20 requests all in all and the pocket snake has decided that all twenty can have a stamp. So I need snail addresses from the following people - the sooner I have the addresses the sooner the stamps can go off. I am making an address list and plan on printing labels - so when one goes, the rest goes as well. Shirley T. - in warmish Adelaide Nancy Fama Patricia in Wales Yvonne Farrell Jane, Portchester ,UK Laura Sandison Tamara P Duvall Annelore Stone Penelpe Piip The following people were very exemplary and sent their addresses with the request. In future I will do the same. It gives the impression of an ordered mind! This has been really exciting getting the requests from all over the world. I love taking part in raffles and always thought that I had nothing to offer!!! Lorri Ferguson Rosemary J. Horr Diane Williams Shirley McDaniel Outi Rissanen Ann-Marie Andersson Allie Marguccio Patsy A. Goodman Micki Cameron Barbara Engle Lynn Weasenforth Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] English laces and locations
To a Gentle Spider in the UK I have recently found that my father's ancestors came to the USA in 1630 from Tolland, Somerset, England. What I am wondering is where in England this is located and which style of lace may have been made in that area. Lorri Ferguson Graham, in Washington State, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] English laces and locations
Jenny, Sue, Andrea, Sheila Thank you so very much for the info. I can hardly wait until I have time to check out the web sites you gave. But I must run off to work just now. I knew I would get some answers on this list. Thanks again Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] What is everybody up to?
I haven't started or finished any pieces for myself lately. But I did do an adaptation of a Torchon book mark from some Japanese book I can't remember which. I have been teaching a 4-H group (some girls and some mothers) lacemaking. I needed an easy enough pattern with a sewing edge and they needed a 'do-able project' that could be entered in the up coming fairs. I like how it came out and have used it in our LPS Newsletter too. Like Alice, I am anxiously awaiting the PMW Lace Conf. in June. I got into my first choice- Tonder with Gunvor Jorgensen. That will be a great 3 days, I am sure. Then the next week-end she will be teaching a workshop for the LPS members and I will get another 3 days too. But I really must get busy on a idea I have for another 3-D project. As I will be teaching my 3-D Iris at the Hedgehog Lacers in Calif. in July. If I could just retire from my 4 day a week office job I could have more time. And the yard work here at home is really calling me as the weather has turned very nice. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] What is everybody up to?
Jenny, I have done some turning using both my 'small set' of tools and my regular set. I use the larger ones almost exclusively, as the smaller ones vibrate too much. I don't think it is the 'quality' of the set both are comparable in quality and cost me a 'small fortune'. Just don't try to take off 'too much' at one pass. And I often use the tool (always resting it on the rest) and support the bobbin with my other hand. I use a leather glove on the supporting (left in my case) hand. You are right practice is also an answer. Do you have pictures on your web site? I haven't visited it for many months. Do you have access to a library? Ask about videos of wood turning. I have collected (you can probably get them at a library) 5 books on turning. Basic Woodturning Techniquesby David Regester The Woodturner's Conpanionby Ron Roszkiewicz Turning Wood with Richard Raffan Turning Gobletswith Mike Cripps (this includes very fine spindles) Woodturning Wizardryby David Springett I found them all useful in various ways. But then I am a book-buying-person, and I admit it! Lorri I am also (finally) getting back to making some more midland bobbins and wishing I lived in a big town so that I had a teacher Trying to work out how something is done from books is harder with the lathe - the correct angles of holding the chisels is vital if I don't want to sever a finger :) I bought a basic wood turning set of chisels and am starting to think I should have looked around for smaller ones to do the delicate bobbins with as I have too many bobbins snap on the lathe with my being too heavy handed with cumbersome tools :( All this is not counting the desire to learn how to make the spindle effect, or the wire inlay, or the bead effect or make a mother and babe or ... or. Still I am persevering and have come up with a style I tend to keep to - thanks to Neil Keats in Australia for his double head concept - now I just need to practice and practice getting the finished bobbin off the lathe properly and find some more books on turning small stuff. Jenny Brandis - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] I've always wanted a . . .
3)I guess if I had to pick one thing, I would say a block pillow. I have seen some in catalogs, but they are expensive. I have seen some at a Lace Day, not so expensive, but the blocks weren't covered, and that was a problem. I am useless at sewing and could not even figure out how I would go about covering blocks. So, I'm still waiting, for that day when a not too expensive block pillow, with covered blocks, makes an appearance. And for those of you wondering why I don't make one myself: useless with wood and sewing. Lise-Aurore [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lise-Aurore, I once saw a block pillow that had all the block-cover-material secured with 'iron-on' tape. Each block had the covering neatly in place (probably pinned in place) and a 'tape' of iron on fabric fused completely around each block. It looked to me that this was a really good 'no sew' way of covering the blocks. I would really consider doing it if I needed to do another one. Ken Van Durn (The bobbin maker) has them at a reasonable price, the cut blocks and a finished base. Lorri F - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Covering blocks
Lise-Aurore, No, don't go back to lurking. You created a good exchange of information -you may not use it but someone else surely will. That is what this list is all about. Those of us who have made a block pillow one way now have several others to try next time.. I see you are in Canada, if you were closer to me in Washington State I would be glad to help you make one. It isn't important that you make a pillow. What is important is that you enjoy your lacemaking! But do keep adding your .02 worth to any or all of the conversations here. We all learn from the answers! Lorri Subject: [lace] Covering blocks My apologies. My sincere apologies to everyone, especially those who were kind of enough to take the time to write up instructions. I feel bad. I promise to go back to lurking. I should have just stayed quiet. Again, my sincere apologies for having started all this. Going back to lurking now. Lise-Aurore In overcast Ottawa, where we are expecting rain today, and then heat for the weekend. Lise-Aurore Lapalme, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: getting silk thread
I was just at my local JoAnne's and found Gutermann Silk thread in the 'sewing thread section'. There were about a dozen colors (on spools just like cotton sewing thread). I plan to return and pick up a supply. The thread had a shine and the colors were beautiful but limited. So check at your local sewing supply shops. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re silk thread at JoAnne's
How would you rate/gauge the thread size as related to 'lace' threads? Have you made up any thing yet, how did it handle? Lorri JoAnne's periodically has half-off all threads. I'd recommend waiting for the next thread sale--that's what I did. Robin P. I was just at my local JoAnne's and found Gutermann Silk thread in the 'sewing thread section'. There were about a dozen colors (on spools just like cotton sewing thread). Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Unfolding Pictures Fan 54, National Progress 1877
I have really enjoyed your 3 part series. I have little knowledge of fans and it is always a pleasure to read your knowledgeable essays. I admire your pursuit of the subjects of lace and needlework. Lorri Graham, WA Arachne has been slow lately, so I hope this 3-part series gives it a boost. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Tebbs the Art of Bobbin Lace
My copy: Combined one volume edition, Published by Paul P. B. Minett, Scakville Street, London. W.1, 1978 has 4 pages, 2 'pg. 1' and 2 'pg. 2' and contains all the patterns you listed. This copy has a white with black lettering/pictures cover of a glossy finish (the cover of the book not a dust jacket). I also have one titled Supplement to The art of Bobbin Lace marked 'Chicheley, Paul P.B. Minet, 1973'. It contains your Set A. This book is about half as thick and has a red cover with a reddish-brown picture on off white for a dust cover. So it looks like there may have been more than one edition of the book/s. I wish I had known of the differences before I donated a second copy to our guild's auction this last weekend. I wonder what it might have contained. Lorri A friend I have been comparing copies of LA R Tebbs: A Supplement to the Art Of Bobbin Lace. We both have the same issue of the Paul P B Minet reproduction printed in 1973. In a pocket at the back there are two sheets of patterns - and we were intrigued to discover that we have different sets . They are: Set A Sheet 1 : Page 173 Opera bag brussels lace; page 127 Milanese lace, page 168 Brussels lace Sheet 2 : Page 160 Honiton Lace neckband, fan corner Set B Sheet 1 : Page 13 lace edge italian; page 36 butterfly; page 36 fan donetelle bruge fan; page 87 Hontion lace sheet 2: page 21 Donetelle de bruge; page 76/79 central spray on antique scarf; page 91 Duchesse lace in all other respects the books are identical. Does anyone know if there are any other sets of patterns, and indeed why are they different? Rosemary. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Tebbs' Art of Bobbin Lace Reprint
That is the 'picture/drawing' that is on the dust cover of my smaller book. All of the laces are very wide for the pillow size, and several are coming off the side of the pillow. Maybe they are Red Hat gals, those are really 'special' hats to be wearing to a lace school. Lorri - Original Message - From: Patsy A. Goodmanmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:19 PM Subject: [lace] Tebbs' Art of Bobbin Lace Reprint Hi, Speaking of this book take a look at the last drawing, in the book. It's a picture of eight ladies making lace. Seems the artist got very lazy and didn't want to draw all the bobbins on the lace pillows. Especially the lady's in the front had very few bobbins to make that wide lace they were working on. The gal in the middle had a very wide piece of lace coming off a very small pillow. I thought it was pretty comical. Patsy A. Goodman Chula Vista, CA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] lace table
- Original Message - From: Lorri Fergusonmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: bevwmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [lace] lace table LPS already has 2-3 members that are using this table. Lorri I was checking the Ikea catalog and found this laptop table http://tinyurl.com/rfvl5http://tinyurl.com/rfvl5 It has potential for a lace table, I thought ;) -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Lace with paper strings
The Japanese cords I have used in paper work did not unroll (open flat) like the ones used in the lace pieces. It is the opening/spreading of the corded paper that creates the 'flower' effects of these pieces. The USA does have paper cords (in the craft shops) that is much heavier and would work if one were making oversized pieces. One would also have to use oversized threads too for balance -but it does make my mind whirl with ideas. So many ideas so little time. Lorri I don't know if they are long enough, but what about Japanese paper cord (mizuhiki paper cord or paper string)? Kim's Crane in Virginia sells many colors of mizuhiki cord: http://kimscrane.com/cataloghttp://kimscrane.com/catalog (Put mizuhiki in the search box.) Most of the mizuhiki descriptions just show the color card, but the purple cord says 10 cords 36 inches long. These might even be found in a craft store like Michael's or Hobby Lobby. Yasutomo, the origami paper company, has a line of mizuhiki: http://www.yasutomo.com/Mizuhikicolors.htmhttp://www.yasutomo.com/Mizuhiki colors.htm Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Christmas Spiral
Lenore, I took a look at your blog. You did a great job! I also liked how you are doing the Milanese braid sampler. So much more interesting than just the straight ribbons. And I really liked the card for your medallion. Your friend? or the maker did a great job. I just may borrow that idea for making cards myself. I haven't the time right now to look up the 'stitch' you are looking for, but if it is the strip on the right in your picture (3 strips on the pillow) I believe it is Honeycomb (holes) within a gimp frame. Lorri Graham, Washington, USA in the foothills of Mt. Rainier where we have sun today after the wettest month in our history. - Original Message - From: Lenore Englishmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 6:31 AM Subject: [lace] Christmas Spiral Greetings! I have finished a Christmas Spiral found on the Poole Bobbin Lace Circle's Web site. Here's a link to the pattern page: http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/pattern.htmhttp://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc /pattern.htm These spirals are so pretty, and with just a small stretch, a beginner like me can make one. Looking at the page of 6 prickings, I recognize the diamonds, spiders, and rose ground, but I don't know what stitch is used on the far right spiral. I looked through Cook's Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches, but without a name to reference, I'm just lost. Can anyone point me to what the stitch is on that 6th spiral? If you want to see my finished spiral, here's a link to my lacy blog: http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.comhttp://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com/ I'm going to buy some metallic thread today, and start another one for our Lace Group's Ornament Exchange in November. Thanks! Lenore in SW Michigan, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Wire plying?
I just work the threads/wires parallel to each other. Just carefully wind them on the bobbin evenly. Be sure to turn the bobbin -do not wrap the wire around the bobbin. To ply or twist them together would begin the 'work hardening' process and make them more difficult to work with. Lorri in snowy Graham, Washington, USA in the foothills of Mt. Rainier Subject: [lace] Wire plying? I have a question. I occasionally dabble in making lace in wire, but have never had any formal lessons to help. I know that some of you have a lot more experience, and will be able to answer this question. I know that people talk of working with two or three strands of fine wire, in preference to one strand of thicker. I have read that some people ply the strands together. My question is about this. Do you actually ply the threads together (ie twist them together) - and if so, how do you achieve an even ply - or do you simply work the threads parallel to each other? Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Next wire question!
I am not sure if she sold 1 or more gauges of wire. But any standard Brown Sharp or American Standard wire gauge can determine what you have. Some husbands have one in their tool kit. Or they can be purchased at most home improvement stores -Lowes, Home Depot, or other tool markets. My wire gauge is a disc with slits/holes around the edge. You pass the wire through the slits locating the smallest one the wire will pass thru -that is the size/gauge of that particular wire. Hope this helps Lorri Subject: [lace] Next wire question! Sorry to bother you all again. I have found in my stash a small spool of fine silver wire which I bought from Lenka Suchanek a couple of years ago. unfortunately it is not marked with the gauge of the wire, and her site no longer exists for me to check that gauge. Does anyone remember what was the thickness of silver wire she sold? Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wreath storage bags aka lace pillow carrying case
I saw a red version of the firm plastic wreath case at JoAnn's on Sat. 24 size. However, upon opening it I found 2 molded-in-place pegs/protrusions designed to hang the wreath which would severely limit the size of pillow that the case would hold, probably only a 20 pillow. Be sure to check out the inside before you buy. Lorri The green (or red) solid plastic case, without any window or stiffening insert, does hold 24 inside. It is 5-1/2 thick, deep enough to hold two pillows for storage. At JoAnn's fabric and craft store last year, I saw the same thing in autumn colors for Autumn Wreaths. It might be a bit too late this year to catch one on a clearance sale. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wreath/pillow totes
For those in the USA, ACE Hardware has a great wreath/pillow tote on sale this season. It is made of heavy duty polyester (tear resistant) fabric of a fairly heavy weight. It is 5 deep and 24 in diameter. The double pull zipper opens the case around half of the circumference. There are 2 handles (although they are not long enough to act as a shoulder carrier) of heavy webbing. It is a nice red color and has a wreath design on each side. There were companion pieces for lights and other items also. All in all I thought it a good buy and purchased one last night. I thought some other gentle spiders might like to know about this very seasonal item. Lorri Graham, WA USA in the very soggy foothills of MT. Rainier - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Magic Threads
Sue, I have used magic threads. And I don't think I would like the 'excess' of a piece of Styrofoam on my pillow. What I did was use threads in the color of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet or 'Roy G Biv. By just remembering the 'Roy G Biv', you know the order they should be worked no matter how many times you need to move the anchor pin and threads as you proceed around the design. If necessary (you need more than 7 threads, just repeat the sequence. I used pale shades of the colors to avoid 'lint' build up. I learned this 'rainbow sequence' many years ago in some other craft. Lorri Graham, WA USA where it is very cold and some locations are getting snow. I wonder if it would help to pin them into a strip of styrofoam. It seems to me that it would then be an easy matter to move them around the pillow as the work progressed!! Does this sound a good idea? I would appreciate comments. Sue Fink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] aficot
I just received my Nordic Needle catalog. (This is a needle workers supply company that ships world wide-for those not in the USA). And it seems to have a tatting shuttle that appears to be what Tamara was talking about. It is item #7292A in the catalog -I haven't checked the web site, www.nordicneedle.comhttp://www.nordicneedle.com/ There is a fine point on one end and a more oval one on the other. 3 long in metallicized plastic. It appears to me that it could be used as an aficot. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Unidentified lace tool
My first impression was that it is the handle of a child's toy. Reversed it might have had a 'cup' inserted into the end hold and a 'string with a ball' tied in the other end. You 'toss the ball up and try to catch it in the cup'. It sure would not be good as a bobbin Lorri Graham, WA USA My first reaction was the wooden end of a skipping rope! Does not say how small/large it is. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace]Scottish Lace -Hamilton Lace
About 4 yrs. ago I did a search for Scottish lace info when I was asked by the local Scottish Games people to demonstrate at the games. There was not much to be found, although a University in Mississippi has some books on Scottish hand crafts. Hamilton Lace seems to be named for the Duchess of Hamilton who organized a charitable school in the 18th C. (see Dictionary of Lace by Earnshaw). There was also a small 'home lace industry' in New Pitsligo. The only patterns or pictures I have seen are defiantly Torchon style and quite course and very open. Earnshaw states: Scottish Lace There were no commercial centres for lacemaking in Scotland, and lace does not even appear to have been worn in any quantity. There are references in the sixteenth centruy only to pearling, to 'cuttit out work' and to lacis as made by Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment. The cobwebby knitted laces of the Shetland marriage shawls can be traced back to the 1840s and Scotland was noted for its beautiful Ayrshire work. I would still be interested in any further information on Scottish laces. There is a web site (a newspaper I think) with an article about New Pitsligo lace-making. see http://www.buchanie.co.uk/archived/2004/Week_45/village/lace-making.asphttp: //www.buchanie.co.uk/archived/2004/Week_45/village/lace-making.asp There is also a booklet Lace-making in Hamilton by Jessie H Lochhead, M.A., published by? 'Hamilton Public Libraries and Museum Committee 1971' The copy I got on inter-library loan came from the Univ. of Chicago Library. The Canadian Lacemaker Gazette Vol. 13 No 3 had an article on New Pitsligo Lace by Sandi Milliken with a pricking of the pattern Bird's Eye with a diagram by Bev Walker. Margaret Merner was kind enough to send me a copy at the time I ask here on Arachne about Scottish laces. In 2004, I was told Sandi had taught a class on the New Pitsligo lace at IOLI in the mid 1990s, had planned to write a book about it but became ill and died in 2002. In 1993, Sandi and Trish Fisher (WV) had made a trip to New Pitsligo, staying 2 weeks with a local lacemaker/teacher. Trish states New Pitsligo lace IS much like Torchon but has it's own special rules and quirks. Lorri Graham, WA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace]Scottish Lace -Hamilton Lace
There is a picture of 'Hamilton Lace' in Palliser 'A History of Lace' in the section 'Lace Manufactures of Scotland' pg. 383 in my edition. I did a blow up of it and began trying to recreate a pricking of it. I really should get back to that again. Lorri - Original Message - From: Rochelle Sutherlandmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lorri Fergusonmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [lace]Scottish Lace -Hamilton Lace Pitsligo I have heard of and am trying to track down now that I've been reminded of it. The search I just did on Hamilton hasn't turned up any pictures, but it has revealed that the Hamilton lace was popular and that commoners and ladies alike made it. That died out, as things seem to, only to be replaced by a sort of ' tambour bobbinette' that surged to popluarity and was everywhere for a few years. If anyone can shed any light on that type of lace, I would like to know more about it too. That's potentially three Scottish laces, besides the Aryshire work and lace knitting. Thanks one and all. --- Rochelle Sutherland Lachlan (8 yrs), Duncan (7 yrs) and Iain (6 yrs) www.houseofhadrian.com.auhttp://www.houseofhadrian.com.au/ - Original Message From: Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 5 February, 2007 2:25:18 PM Subject: Re: [lace]Scottish Lace -Hamilton Lace About 4 yrs. ago I did a search for Scottish lace info when I was asked by the local Scottish Games people to demonstrate at the games. There was not much to be found, although a University in Mississippi has some books on Scottish hand crafts. Hamilton Lace seems to be named for the Duchess of Hamilton who organized a charitable school in the 18th C. (see Dictionary of Lace by Earnshaw). There was also a small 'home lace industry' in New Pitsligo. The only patterns or pictures I have seen are defiantly Torchon style and quite course and very open. Earnshaw states: Scottish Lace There were no commercial centres for lacemaking in Scotland, and lace does not even appear to have been worn in any quantity. There are references in the sixteenth centruy only to pearling, to 'cuttit out work' and to lacis as made by Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment. The cobwebby knitted laces of the Shetland marriage shawls can be traced back to the 1840s and Scotland was noted for its beautiful Ayrshire work. I would still be interested in any further information on Scottish laces. There is a web site (a newspaper I think) with an article about New Pitsligo lace-making. see http://www.buchanie.co.uk/archived/2004/Week_45/village/lace-making.asphtt p://www.buchanie.co.uk/archived/2004/Week_45/village/lace-making.asp There is also a booklet Lace-making in Hamilton by Jessie H Lochhead, M.A., published by? 'Hamilton Public Libraries and Museum Committee 1971' The copy I got on inter-library loan came from the Univ. of Chicago Library. The Canadian Lacemaker Gazette Vol. 13 No 3 had an article on New Pitsligo Lace by Sandi Milliken with a pricking of the pattern Bird's Eye with a diagram by Bev Walker. Margaret Merner was kind enough to send me a copy at the time I ask here on Arachne about Scottish laces. In 2004, I was told Sandi had taught a class on the New Pitsligo lace at IOLI in the mid 1990s, had planned to write a book about it but became ill and died in 2002. In 1993, Sandi and Trish Fisher (WV) had made a trip to New Pitsligo, staying 2 weeks with a local lacemaker/teacher. Trish states New Pitsligo lace IS much like Torchon but has it's own special rules and quirks. Lorri Graham, WA USA ___ Web email has come of age. Don't settle for less than the All New Yahoo! Mail http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.htmlhttp://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan. html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re New Pitsligo lacemaking
There was also an article in '20 Lace 86' written by Myra Dean about her aunt Alicia Henderson Bodie who lived in New Pitsligo. The article ends with a list of lace collections in Scotland. Diana sent it to me when I was searching. I have wondered how complete the list is at present. Lorri in Graham, WA USA I have a photograph of a group of girls making lace at New Pitsligo. As it is quite small and not very clear the lace they are making is not visible. If anyone is interested I can send them a scan. Diana in Northamptonshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Scottish Lace -New Pitsligo -long
This is what is written in a report of which I have a copy (obtained by inter-library loan) titled Scottish Home Industries: An Account Written by Provost Alexander Ross of Inverness in 1895. Scottish Home Industries Association was formed at the end of the last century to work at traditional crafts. The Association arranged for the sale of these products in London and ensured a fair return for the work. The booklet has 7 pages describing The clergyman and his wife...Mr. Mrs. Webster discovering and promoting the lacemaking shortly after he was settled as pastor of St John's, at New Pitsligo, in 1841. The first patterns were very narrow and elementary fringes. He later discovered that a woman, residing in Aberdeen, with whom he was acquainted, was able to produce lace-work in advance of what they had at New Pitsligo. She was induced to pay a visit for a few weeks to the village, and during her stay gave lessons to a great many of the workers. That advance took place forty-five or forty-six years ago. (1850?) Thereafter improvement gradually manifested itself over all the work, and, with diligent fostering, the gross out-put was also increased. Progress in design and workmanship appeared to Mr Webster to be necessary to maintain the growing reputation of the New Pitsligo bobbin lace. An attempt was made to match the celebrated Honiton lace. . The young lady attained a perfect mastery of the Honiton work, and was quite able to practise it and to give instructions after her return home. The work was, however, more difficult to do than that which the people of New Pitsligo had been accustomed to. Comparatively few of the lace-makers were able to manage the Honiton work, and it was accordingly not persevered in. With other descriptions of lace, however, the workers were more fortunate. The celebrated lace of Valenciennes is copied so exactly at New Pitsligo that even experts fail to detect any difference between it and the actual produce of the French town. Only the best workers, of course, can manage it, but they never fail in the manipulation of the double thread, or in the production of the peculiar tint imparted to that description of lace in the process of making. It goes on to say Mrs Webster's sale specimen book contains two hundred and three patterns, all numbered and priced, and which can be made to order. For the making of the finer varieties special material is obtained through a London house; and for the more common varieties the threads of Coates, of Paisley, are used, on reels from No,. 50 to No. 200. Regarding the number of lacers: At the present season of the year from fifty to sixty persons are employed in making lace at New Pitsligo. In the summer they seldom give their whole time to the bobbins, other and more attractive employments or pursuits claiming attention. But in the winter season as many as about 150 to 160 persons are engaged in the work. Women, giving pretty steady attention to the lace, should make from 4s to 5s a week. No great reward, it may well be said, for a week's work; but then it is better than absolute idleness, and even than some other branches of industry. Stocking weaving is a very common industry in the village, but a woman weaving worsted into stockings will not make over one half of what she would gain by making thread into lace. . About the year 1849 Mr Webster went to Balmoral, and submitted specimens of the lace to the Queen. One of the ladies at Court, Lady Lyttleton, specially interested herself in the matter, and the result was a large order, chiefly for pieces of a beautiful pattern, which has since been known as the Queen's Insertion. In the following year her Majesty sent a sum of money, and requested that any article might be made of lace to the value of the amount,. The article furnished was a dress for the Princess Royal. Stripes of an insertion costing 3s per yard were sewed into a dress, while an order costing 12s a yard was turned into flounces. The patronage of Royalty brought the New Pitsligo laces into greater prominence, and since then the demand has been steady enough. The report mentions in its introduction that New Pitsligo had earlier been a weaving center. I hope this has been of interest. Lorri It doesn't need a 'wave' - just one person. It's a bit of a mystery how the lacemaking in New Pitsligo started but according to one account the person who first taught the local women came from Aberdeen but had been a lady's maid in France where she had learnt lacemaking. (This is from an article in the Costume Society of Scotland Bulletin XXVII, Winter 1986, 'A Look at Lacemaking in Scotland' by Elsie McArthur.) Jean in Glasgow. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Local lace exhibit
Hi All, I had a wonderful time last evening, demonstrating bobbin lace at the Opening of Amazing Lace - A Delicate Construction at the White River Valley Museum in Auburn, WA. (a suburb of Seattle). Lori has a notice of it on her Lace Fairy web site. The show is the work of L.A.C.E. (Lace Arts Council for Education) a local group started by Nancy Evans and sponsored by the IOLI. Since I was busy demonstrating I didn't get a chance to 'view' it but the little I did see was wonderful. I will be going back to really view it, perhaps this weekend. The exhibit runs until May 13, and is open Wed to Sun afternoons. Those in our Pacific NW should try to stop by. From the press release: Amazing Lace came about because the local lace study group realized that they had among their members a large and varied collection of fine antique lace. They found a partner in the White River Valley Museum. When the lace group approached us, I have to admit that I knew nothing of antique lace, other than the fact that this museum has in its collection several exquisite lace wedding and party dresses and lace accessories. I have to admit that I envisioned the Guild bringing me small faded scraps that I'd have to design into an exhibit! As it turns out, this is the most elegant display we have ever mounted,' Patricia Cosgrove, Museum Director. ...showing will be rare and delicate lace accessory items from the museum and private collections. Come and see gowns, handkerchiefs, jabots, ruffles, lappets, collars, cuffs, gloves, bonnets, caps, fans, parasols, veils and shawls. The exhibit was curated by Nancy Evans and Pauline Pierre, members of both LACE and LPS. Special programs are scheduled for Feb. 10, March 10, April 11, and May 12. White River Valley Museum is located in the Auburn Community Campus at Les Grove Park, at 918 H ST SE. Hours are Noon to 4 pm, Wed. through Sunday, and by appointment for group tours and research. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children and seniors. Wed. are free for everyone. Call 253-288-7433 or look up the web site at www.wrvmuseum.orghttp://www.wrvmuseum.org/. Lacemakers of Puget Sound members are filling demonstration slots throughout the show, especially on the Second Sat. events. Lorri Graham, WA USA Newsletter Editor LPS - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace chair in the NY Times
Jane, The chair sounds very interesting, I wonder if our library has a copy of the paper. If you find a picture be sure to let the list know. As for the weather: last week weekend our Pacific Northwest had occasional snow flakes in some places but today it is about 70F and just beautiful. I think Spring is finally here. Lorri in sunny Graham, Washington just 30 miles from Puget Sound and Tacoma Hi All, Just wanted you to know there is a lace chair on page 54 in the Design Spring 2007 issue of the New York Times Style magazine. It came in last Sunday's paper. Can't find a website off hand. The chair caption states Crochet chair of epoxy resin-coated crochet fabric by Marcel Wanders for Friedman Benda and Droog Design. Price upon request at Friedman Benda. Call 212-794-8950. The phone number is in case anyone feels like calling. I do wonder what it costs! The chair appears to be crocheted lace with lots of flowers and round motifs attached to each other. It's kind of a softly curved chair and the crochet must be over a base of some kind but it's hard to tell with white on white. Jane in Vermont, USA where we got some more snow (a couple inches) so at least it was bright outside this morning! It's been dark and overcast for a few days but the snow reflects so it was a little easier to get up! [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
