Re: [lace] List quiet?

Busy knitting lace...I've just finished one lace shawl which I'll wear to my birthday party on Saturday, and started another. I'm enjoying my copy of Lace, too, but don't think I've got time to make a lace poppy before Remembrance Day. My lace pillow only comes out for high days and holidays

Re: [lace] Jacquard technology

Hi Devon I'm not an expert, but I believe the term Jacquard refers to a weaving method rather than specifically to the equipment/technology used to make it. So if the computer-controlled lace machines manipulate the threads the same way the old punch-card Jacquard machines did, they are

[lace] New Year Greetings

Happy New Year to all fellow lace-makers, and to our lace collectors & historians May 2018 bring you plenty of time for lace-making/collecting/research My big lace pillow came out last night (first time since last winter, as my autumn lace time was spent on a separate piece for our Christmas

Re: [lace] Fwd: Life in Olney -lace to make while saying tells

Devon, do you have access to a copy of Pam Nottingham's "Technique of Buck Point Lacemaking"? The first of the "nine narrow edgings" she starts with, Running River, fits the bill perfectly - easy-peasy to anyone with bobbin lace experience, and authentic to boot! Quote: "This version of

Re: [lace] Testing whether Italics will process on Arachne's Old Server

Now that is strange - on my PC the alt-code characters were scrambled in Bev's original message, but appear as intended in the quoted message in Adele's reply :-) Go figure... Beth In a rather soggy Cheshire, NW England - heavy rain most of the day has given way to a sunshine-and-showers

Re: [lace] Lace magazine

I'm in the UK & I received mine a week or two ago, so those of you overseas should receive yours soon Sorry I've not had time to post a review to whet your appetites (not even had time to finish reading it yet) - it will be well worth the wait Beth in Cheshire (NW England) Jean wrote:

[lace] Arachne Flicker page

Many thanks to Clay & Sue for maintaining the Flickr page for us Armed with the new password, I have uploaded a picture of he treble clef motif I made in 2015 and finally mounted onto a top this week - I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned out I still have last winter's lace ( a Michel

[lace] Arachne Flickr page

Hi Sue and everyone Has anyone but me had difficulty logging into the arachne flickr page to upload photos recently? I've just tried to add a picture of the lace I took off the pillow last Christmas and finally finished mounting today, but although yahoo still recognises the password below it

Re: [lace] torchon ground / gimp writing

I've not seen any book like this, but if I wanted to do something like this with "joined-up" cursive writing in lace I'd start with a printed copy of the grid (on good quality paper that will stand up to a lot of rubbing out & re-doing), write my words onto that in pencil & then adjust the

Re: [lace] Sternchen-Ei

usan Sent from my iPad On Sep 2, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Beth Marshall <b...@capuchin.co.uk> wrote: I've not seen that book, I spotted the reference to Brigitte Bellon in the caption to your flicker photo and t found these instructions by searching google for Bellon + sternchengrund, so it's

[lace] Lace on display in London?

I think I remember a post on Arachne a while back about a textile exhibit at the V until the autumn, which had some lace trimmed items? Or possibly at another London venue. I unexpectedly have to go to London one Saturday in September & could have a few hours free to go & see it, but my

Re: [lace] spanish lace pins

Might not work in an area of honeycomb with closely-packed pinholes, but I usually use glass-headed pins for picots -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] finished at last!

Great relief today - my bookmark is finally finished and in the post on its way to Sue :-) Beth Cheshire, England - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

[lace] bookmark exchange

Hi everyone I received my bookmark from Sue T today - a very pretty, delicate torchon pattern in white thread mounted on a red background. I've not finished the bookmark I'm making for the exchange yet, so I'd better make the most of the wet weekend the forecasters are promising us... Beth

Re: [lace] Lace grounds with symmetry

Hi Veronika I think most rosegrounds are a good examples of an object with rotational symmetry as well as mirror symmetry - you can rotate the the lace a quarter or a half turn & the ground still looks exactly the same Beth In a sunny but quite cold Cheshire, England Veronika wrote: I

[lace] Lace magazines and memberships

Thanks to Joepie for reminding me about Vuelta y Cruz - combining Spanish practice with lace definitely rates highly with me, so wanted to subscribe but couldn't afford to when it first started and had forgotten about it; subscription for this year now taken out :-) I'm also a Lace Guild

Re: [lace] Lace Event in Austria, April 10, 2016 Needs Translation

I'll offer a first attempt at at a transalation: "Laces of the Viennese Services - Dagobert Peche" I had to use babelfish for Werkstatte (my German is rudimentary) so if anyone knows an alternative/related meaning that fits better in the context please jump into the conversation... Dagobert

Re: [lace] Quiet list

I'd been too busy to notice but yes, the list is very quiet at the moment - I hope that's because everyone is too busy making lace to talk about it I finished the tape lace snail I started on New Year's Day a couple of week's ago, but haven't had time to take it off the pillow yet or to

Re: [lace] hints on Google searching - finding the arachne archives

Thanks Jenny - those are helpful Gentle spiders - I "heard" the original "lurker's complaint as a cry for help in finding the archives and it occurs to me that it would be easier for newbies & others who don't already have the archive webpage bookmarked if the url for the arachne archive

Re: [lace] a raffle & a request for help - the results

Hi Everyone A big thank you to the 4 people who offered to take on the needlelace project, Janet Theaker's name was the one drawn so this will be heading across the Pennines to my native county, East Yorkshire. And out of 8 entrants the winner of the raffle for the evening bag kit is ...

Re: [lace] a raffle & a request for help - needlelace collar pictures

For anyone who would like to see it/get an idea of the size I have uploaded to the arachne flicker page a photo of the lace collar "pattern" (with 6"/15cm ruler alongside for scale) and one of the small area of cordonnet I'd completed - when I got it out of the cupboard to photograph there was

[lace] a raffle & a request for help

Hi all Is anyone interested in taking over a fairly big needlelace project? I started a one-piece collar of autumn leaves (my own design) just as arthritis in my thumbs started to interfere with any needle-based craft activity and am never going to be able to finish it - the cordonnet is

[lace] Christmas Greetings

Season's Greetings to all. I hope those who celebrate Christmas had a great day yesterday. My Christmas presents included a copy of Alex Stilwell's book on Floral Bucks Point - eye candy only for the time being as I won't have time to master geometric Bucks, let alone Floral, until I retire

Re: [lace] pillow infestation

Hi Jane Try your local vet or possibly a pharmacist for a safe, effective household insecticide spray (over-the-counter ones from supermarkets/pet stores are mostly a waste of time & money) - Indorex which our vet prescribed to deal with a household flea-infestation, is also effective against

Re: [lace] Must I push down pins?

Hi Julie I'm not an expert on this, but when I do piece-lace motif with fillings I either push all the pins right down or take all but the edge ones out (and push those down) before I move on to the next section - it makes a big difference to how easy (or not ;-) ) it is to push bobbins out

Re: [lace] pricking size for scarf

Hi Julie Not sure how big your "extra large" pins are, but have you tried using the berry-headed ones - with thick-ish thread (eg no. 40 linen - your scarf yarn is probably a lot thicker than that) I use those for picots where I am putting a lot of twists round the pin, makes a nice big

Re: [lace] Flickr

the problem with a closed facebook group is that it will exclude all those arachne members like myself who are not on facebook and don't intend to join ... At least with the flickr page we can all see it/add photos even if we don't have our own flickr account. Beth In a sunny Cheshire, NW

Re: [lace] Copying a brown pattern-clear contact paper

I still prefer to prick my patterns the traditional way (prick through the paper copy onto heavy glazed pricking card then take the copy away and draw in the markings by hand), so the colour background on the copy is immaterial so long as I can see the dots markings clearly enough to

Re: [lace] another thread question

Hi Brenda - both are 3-ply, so you're probably right Can't do a test wrap myself, unfortunately - never had the manual dexterity to wind fine thread evenly enough at the best of times, and these days arthritis in my thumbs makes it painful to hold the thread and card while I attempt it - so

Re: [lace] Nottingham's Bucks Point book

Hi Nancy IIRR the other one is called Bucks point lacemaking No idea which is generally considered better, though I think The Technique of Bucks Point Lace has more in it - maybe others can answer that. I have them both somewhere in my lace bookcase, but haven't looked at them for a while

Re: [lace] silk threads

Pipers' 90/2 Twisted Gloss Silk is a filament thread, and Brenda P recently measured it at 30w/cm (it's not in the existing edition of Threads for lace but should be in edition 6 when that comes out) I'm making lace with that at the moment and it's lovely thread to work with - much softer and

Re: [lace] Pipers silk help

As a small business they do close for holidays - the notes on ordering page on their website hasn't been updated recently so I couldn't check the Christmas closure dates (it's still showing holiday date info for July September 2014), but could it be that Susan is taking a particularly long

Re: [lace] Thread size

Can't help with the clover (not a brand I've seen before), but I also found a silk thread that's not listed in Threads for Lace in my stash yesterday - Pipers twisted gloss silk 90/2; the threads Pipers' website suggests as equivalent are mostly in the 40-45 wraps/cm range so I'm trying it on

[lace] Pattern suggestion thanks - and Idrija lace books

Hello all thanks to all those who replied (on off list) with pattern suggestions - I now have lots of ideas (if only I had enough time to try them all), one of which is to try Idrija lace as there seem to be lots of very attractive smallish motif patterns available for that; As I've never

[lace] Pattern suggestions wanted

Hi everyone As it's quiet on the list I'm going to creep out of lurkdom and ask for suggested sources for fairly quick, simple patterns using relatively small numbers of bobbins. Having joined in with the Salamander project and loved it I've realised that the main reason I don't make lace

[lace] Re: (lace) preferred cloth size

I'd echo the suggestions to keep the size fairly small (particularly if there's a timescale for completing the exchange) as lace grows pretty slowly. I've found that lace-edged cloths about 8 to 12 inches square are fairly versatile - a couple I made as hankies for my Mum got used as

Re: [lace] Fwd: Kate Bainbridge commented on the group Tatting on LACEIOLI

Hi Daphne I think this was probably meant for the laceioli ning group rather than arachne? FWIW, I believe Roseground also stock the needle tatting needles - I got mine from there a few years ago. Not sure whether it's easier than shuttle tatting (probably is for those who struggle to master

Re: [lace] Happy Christmas

Hi all Luton Museum brought out a new edition of the book fairly recently ( late 2012), with new high-quality digital photographs of the samples - beautiful eye candy for any lacemaker, and an inspiration for the bucks point makers. I ordered mine directly from the Luton Museums' website -

Re: [lace] Simple needlelace question

Hi Helen I'm no needlelace expert (let alone guru), just someone who enjoyed making a bit of needlelace until arthritis in my thumb made all hand-sewing/embroidery too painful to continue, but I reckon for me the natural way to make the stitch comes out opposite on alternate directions and

[lace] another lace salamander pic added to arachne photo album

Hi all The list seems very quiet at the moment - is everyone too busy making lace to post anything? I hope so... I have finally finished my second salamander from the Michel Jourde pattern - I think this one is really beautiful, made in two shades (fiesta and marigold) of Caron Wildflowers

Re: [lace] Lace screen

Thanks Jeanette - fascinating. Thought it was bobbin lace until I got to the work-in-progress pics and realised she was needle weaving with a single rope... Beth In a cold but sunny Cheshire, NW England -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Salamander group

How much work does the Salamander take? And how big is it (cm or inches)? I haven't touched my current WIP for months (quite possibly over a year), too little time and energy left after work gardening, but the Salamander is gorgeous enough to tempt me into starting a new project for the

Re: [lace] Jeri's posts

I'm sure Jacquie is right here... Jeri, I can't claim to read _*all*_ your posts in detail - some of the topics are of more interest to me than others, and with limited time for emails I have to skim-read many posts - but I've learnt a lot from the ones that have caught my interest and I know

Re: [lace] Blood spot

Thanks Alex Salt (in _cold_ water for a dried on stain - hot water will set the stain) is my usual first line of attack for bloodstains. Works fairly well on recent stains that haven't been through a hot wash For a fresh (still wet) bloodstain, rubbing dry salt (gently!) onto the spot will

Re: [lace] Stunned

I think 1988 publication of pattern means it could just be 25 years old. I guess that's vintage in textile terms. Beth in a horribly wet, windy Cheshire (UK) On 12 February 2014 12:54:55 GMT+00:00, janefr...@gmail.com janefr...@googlemail.com wrote: How do I feel about this? How *should* I

Re: [lace] test - and what's the biggest/most difficult piece of lace you ever made

Thanks Diane, I'd been wondering whether the arachne messages were getting through myself - think we must have exhausted the recent topics and everyone's gone back to making lace instead of emailing about it... or gone back to work no time for lace or emails :-( lace content: the biggest (in

Re: [lace] Lace demonstration piece

Thanks Leonard - I can really see just how good that is as a demonstration piece now, few enough bobbins not to daunt potential recruits but spectacular enough lace to catch their imaginations... Beth Leonard Bazar wrote: Dear All Sue (Babbs) has kindly posted a picture of the

Re: [lace] (Fwd) Query from David

Don't know about the TV series, but the original novel has a wonderful description of a display window of lace and yes, from what I remember of the lace types mentioned it would have been the genuine handmade laces... Beth Cheshire, England Bev Walker wrote: Asking to anyone, if *lace* has

Re: [lace] Modern Lace to Wear Below the Knee

Lovely ideas! Quite fancy trying the ankle bracelet idea myself (I'm a bit old for tunics-with-tights, but I do wear slightly longer tunic-style dresses to work) - might end up having to make them for all my 20-something colleagues, though, I can see the idea catching on... Beth in a rather

Re: [lace] Guild magazine

Mine arrived today, too - I get back late on Tuesdays so still looking forward to reading it when I've finished the chores Beth On 07/05/13 10:25, Hazel Smith wrote: Hello all Lace finally arrived today. Now I can stop hassling the postman. Guess other UK members will have had theirs as

Re: [lace] - Lurkers vs. Volunteers

thanks Cynce - as someone who only picks up emails a couple of times a day (and one of those in a hurry with no time to reply before work), I often don't reply because what I have to contribute has already been said by someone else before I have time to add my two-penny-worth Beth In a grey

[lace] Re: pattern would you use? Colour

Hi all If lace is being made so far in advance the bride's colour choices aren't decided/known, white lace seems sensible as it could perhaps be dyed at a later date to match/complement the bride's dress fabric choice? Might be a good idea to choose a thread that will take dye well if this is

Re: [lace] Celtic KNotwork patterns

If the braids are fairly narrow, could you carry the threads for the second braid across the back of the first? (sew them into the pinholes either side of the braid, of course) Will only work if the braids are fairly solid, otherwise the threads behind will show through the finished piece; it

Re: [lace] celtic knots pattern in bobbin lace wanted (sort of)

I think almost any celtic knot design could be converted quite easily into milanese or other tape laces - just by tracing the outlines of the knot and adding pinholes at an appropriate spacing, then work whatever braids fillings feel right for the width/shape of your knot sections... I'm

Re: [lace] more Honiton - colour dominance

But (at least in torchon or other laces with a regular grid/pin spacing) in a cloth stitch area with all the passives the same colour, surely there will be almost the same amount of each colour thread in the finished block? n passives doing 1 row each = 1 worker doing n rows Beth (Cheshire,

Fwd: Re: [lace] Honiton, Lady/Unicorn bobbins Nativity thread

Subject:Re: [lace] Honiton, Lady/Unicorn bobbins Nativity thread Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:09:34 + From: Beth Marshall b...@capuchin.co.uk To: hottl...@neo.rr.com Hi Susan I think the thread is spelled DMC _retors _rather than retours (though I have a hazy memory

Re: [lace] New Year's gift

Thanks Lorelei That really is beautiful - I hope someone does make it up and post a picture on the Arachne photo album for us all to see... (I suspect my honiton technique isn't quite up to it, and won't have time to improve them until I retire so unfortunately it probably won't be me)

Re: [lace] Early Lace in London

Lace is often very faithfully depicted on portraits from that era, so the National Portrait Gallery would be worth a visit if images of lace are of interest to eke out the surviving real pieces (It's years since I've been there, but I seem to remember some spectacularly detailed lace on

RE: [lace] Thread on one bobbin - joining in new threads

When joining in new threads, twist the old (nearly finished) one and the new thread together (about 20-30 times) and use them as if they were one thread for a couple of rows - IIRR it was Alex Stilwell suggested this to me in a previous discussion of this topic and having tried it on a fairly

Re: [lace] Colour run

If the neckline is an awkward shape to design/make a piece of lace to fit without pulling the garment out of shape, a wide edging sewn to one edge of a piece of fabric can be pinned or tacked in place where the lace-trimmed upper edge meets the sides of the neckline and tucked inside the

Re: [lace] Arachne

Thanks for putting things so succinctly Alex, I'll second that view. (though if I do start taking time to look at the ning and other groups available I'll have no time at all for actually making lace) Beth, Cheshire, NW England Alex wrote: Thank you both for Arachne, this unique method of

Re: [lace] Needle Tatting - request for resources

I can't shuttle tat due to arthritis in the joints of my thumbs, particularly the left one (can't hold/manipulate the thread round the hand) - do you think needle tatting would be easier/more comfortable in this respect? I can't sew or embroider any longer due to said arthritic thumb, so

Re: [lace] Demonstration idea and spread the word

I'm not sure how many lace teachers would be comfortable with their contact details being listed on an open-access webpage, but could web- addresses (and email ones if the group has a general email address for enquiries) for lace organisations like IOLI, Lace Guild be on the hand-out? Then

Re: [lace] The Paris Point, by Martine Piveteau - Book Review

The book is in fact on the editions l'inedite website, but for some reason is in the section Collection Patrimoine de la Broderie Europeenne (European embroidery heritage) rather than Patrimoine de la dentelle (lace heritage). It's also available on Amazon.fr, currently at 20.9 Euros (not

Re: [lace] Card versus photocopy paper

I've always pre-pricked onto card, mainly because I was taught to do it that way and find that I understand the pattern much better when I start the lace if I've spent the time pricking and inking in the markings, but I've just realised I could never make lace without pre-pricking - I rely on

Re: [lace] Modern Square Cut beads.

Brian wrote: I have quite a few in my bead stash, bought from whichever bead supplier(s) happened to be at lace days/lace fairs I've been to over the last few years, so someone must be either making them in or importing to the UK. Did anyone else see any at the Christmas Lace Fair 2008 or

Re: [lace] pictures

Thanks Lorelei There are some real beauties there. a really nice surprise for a wet bank holiday morning! Best wishes for 2011 to all arachneans. Beth (in Cheshire, England, where the rain is turning to yet more snow to replace what it has washed away overnight) you wrote: Here is areally

Re: [lace] Lace Guild magazine

Hi Angela and everyone Mine arrived on Saturday, so the Royal Mail are only just getting to the end of them... Beth in a horridly wet, cold, windy Cheshire On Monday 08 November 2010, you wrote: Hi All For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace this quarter?

Re: [lace] UK Lace 140

Have other Lace guild members in the UK received their copies yet? I'm pretty sure I haven't had mine - normally arrives right at the end of the month it's dated (this will be the October issue), so I suppose it could still be in the post... Beth in a very rainy Cheshire, NW England

Re: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins

I do this too, a handful of bobbins with leftover thread are very useful for eking out a too-short thread. I'd love to use hackle-pliers, but don't have any yet and my lace-materials budget this year is precisely zero so I'm using what I already have and making sure I don't waste anything...

Re: [lace] Knotting threads onto bobbins

Thanks Alex I've been doing this ever since I started lacemaking, except that I'd never heard of twisting the two threads together - even without that the joins are unobtrusive in cloth stitch or cloth-and- twist areas, but it doesn't work in half stitch. I'll try the twists next time and see

Re: [lace] Cluny lace.

If your enquirer understands a little French, I'd highly recommend Modèles de dentelles au fusau : Cluny by Mick Fouriscot Mylene Salvador Cluny de Brioude, dentelle aux fuseaux by Mick Fouriscot Odette Arpin . The first of these starts with the basics, so might not be quite what your

[lace] Valuing antique bobbins

Hello everyone Just got back from an evenings chat with my neighbour who came back yesterday from visiting family in Northamptonshire... bringing all her MIL's lace equipment with her. MIL has given up lacemaking due to poor eyesight and arthritic hands, and has given Sue the task of

Re: [lace] bobbin lace bag

This bag certainly looks very similar to the one on Christiane's blog - I don't know if there's a video of it anywhere, but the slideshow photo-instructions are still there on: http://dentelledechristiane.over-blog.com/album-248874.html The text is in French, but I have an English translation

Re: [lace] bobbin lace bag (now bobbin holders)

I like them crocheted out of shirring elastic (the very narrow round elastic). They're just a strip of double (or treble if your bobbins have big heads) crochet (English stitch names - I can't remember which way to adjust for American terminology) -very easy to make. Beth in Cheshire, NW

[lace] Re: News from Germany

Might this be the same new online shop as the one someone on Arachne received a free sample issue of a new lace pattern magazine from recently - I've deleted the message, and haven't time to go to the archives for it today, but the site/online shop was cetainly Brugges based... Beth in a

Re: [lace] what is a plioirs?

A plioir (from the french verb plier, meaning to fold) is a device to wrap your finished lace around - useful when working yardage, keeps the tail of finished lace behind the pillow tidy and uncrumpled. I just use a piece of dowelling with holes drilled through the ends to pin it to the

Re: [lace] French lace equipment website

Yes, commerce equitable in English is Fair Trade (and in England we're in the middle of fair trade fortnight - what a good excuse to buy more lace equipment!) Beth in a windy, showery Cheshire, NW England On Monday 22 March 2010, you wrote: Hello, This is a new french web site :

[lace] lace-y Christmas presents

Hope you all had a good Christmas. Did Santa bring you all some nice lace-y presents? I'm really pleased with my lace present haul this year - I received la Dentelle de Bayeux a l'ecole de Rose Durand from my DH, and spent my MIL's Christmas cheque on Alex Stilwell's All about Bucks Point

Re: [lace] quiet

Yes, we're here - I'd noticed the list was very quiet, assumed the Americans were still recovering from Thanksgiving! Thanks for the comments about Flanders - I asked for (and got) a book on Flanders (the French one, by Catherine Maze?, from Editions Dider Carpentier), but haven't started any

Re: [lace] Needlelace Christmas Tree (was Which Book to Buy?)

Hi Lenore Well Done! The Christmas tree is beautiful - looks so good no-one would know it was made by a beginner. I'm almost tempted to use your design myself. I will resist the temptation, as I've just started an ambitiously large needlelace collar of my own design (autumn leaves), which

[lace] Re: Kantcentrum

I managed to find the (? an) Belgian newspaper article via Google and used google translate to get it into English - according to the article (dated Friday 6 Nov) the decision to go into liquidation was only taken on Thursday (ie 5th Nov) so the employees/centre users would not have known

Re: [lace]Rebozas de bolita

Tamara wrote: I can't find any of those photos to check it out but, doesn't rebozo de bolita mean bobbin rebozo? Not quite - bobbins are bolillos in Spanish; bolitas are small balls - or bullets, so these rebozos de bolita are more likely to be something for carrying spare bullets hands free

Re: [lace] Re: box folders

Hi everyone I'm intrigued by this - can't quite visualise the folder from Tess Tamara's descriptions. This was the nearest I could think of: http://www.ryman.co.uk/Europa-A4-Portfolio-01350104.asp In the UK, these are more often seen in plastic than cardboard nowadays, under a bewildering

Re: [lace] Cost of linen thread

Linen that fine, and in colour... wow!...at that price I'll buy just what I need for a project, rather than stocking up with as many colours as take my fancy, but I'd certainly be willing to pay that price for it (linen that fine wasn't cheap even when it was readily available, and even when

Re: [lace] pattern prickings

I think it was architect's linen that is good for needlace, rather than architect's paper for bobbin lace prickings. (I suspect architects no longer use architect's linen now that everything is designed on computers and printed/photocopied ad lib) Beth enjoying a rare sunny day in Cheshire, NW

Re: [lace] For the Irish lacemakers!

Lynne Forgive my ignorance, what does a St Bridgets Cross look like? - I've never heard of one before, but might recognise the shape! Beth in a showery Cheshire, NW England Lynne Cumming wrote: The church is a modern catholic church designed around a ceiling shaped as a St Bridgets Cross so

Fwd: [lace] brides

I've only done modern needlelace, not reticella or punto in aria, but my understanding is that reticella doesn't have the couched outlines (in later needlelaces they replaced the fabric surround of reticella). I have done Hardanger embroidery, which also has holes cut into the fabric and

Fwd: Re: [lace] Interesting item

I thought it looked a bit like a rather ornate end for an embroidered bell- pull; the detachable end knobs would help get the textile part on (and off for cleaning) Beth Cheshire, NW England Liz wrote: At first glance it looked like a bobbin with loose rings. Then I looked agin and I have

Re: [lace] Visit to Bruges

The Lace Museum is well worth a visit. (I could have stayed for hours, but I was with my Mum who isn't really interested in lace) It's very close to the Kantcentrum, which is also worth visiting - if there are lacemakers working there when you visit you may be able to watch/talk to them

Re: [lace] Can anyone tell me

It sounds like a close relation of the circular pincushion with little chinese people all round the sides I bought several years ago, and don't use because it bends all my lace pins! Mine was definitely described as a pincushion wherever it was I bought it! Beth in Cheshire, NW England where

Re: [lace] NELG web-site

It's coming up as that for me too. If anyone on this list knows someone at NELG please let them know there's a problem with their website, so thier web-site people can take action. Beth in sunny Cheshire, NW England (rained in the night too, which my garden was badly in need of) pene wrote:

Re: [lace] Needle lace

I've only done a little needlelace, several years ago - I can't quite remember how I decide where to start and finish a cordonnet, so I can't help with that question. I used the Grimwood book alongside Catherine Barley's book - I found Catherine's instructions pretty clear as a near-beginner,

Fwd: [lace] Couvige pic

Interesting - it's at the far right of row 3 on my screen! It does look very nice, though. Beth Cheshire, England -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [lace] Couvige pic Date: Friday 12 June 2009 From: Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com To: post to Arachne lace@arachne.com

Re: [lace] My block pillow and how to squeeze it

could you get strips of foam or polystyrene cut to fit the gaps? Beth In a rather wet Cheshire, NW England On Wednesday 10 June 2009, Debora Lustgarten wrote: Thanks for the kind replies to my post, I got a 9-block pillow and put a layer of craftstore felt on top and bottom of each block,

[lace] quiet list

The list seems very quiet - I've not seen a message since Friday- so this is a test to see if things are working. Lace content: in between clearing my garden shed (to be demolished today) I've been working on my latest lace project: I've adapted the wide insertion from the latest set of

Re: [lace] want to unsubscribe and resubscribe to my current/private email

Hi, Carrie Just in case you haven't already had a reply from someone else (and in case anyone else needs the answer): just replace unsubscribe with subscribe in the instructions . You'll get a message back from Majordomo telling you what to do next. I did the unsubscribe/resubscribe recently

Re: [lace] Re: Aluminum Bobbins

I have a couple of the aluminium bobbins commemorating the CD 2000 project, and they are lighter (and a little slimmer) than any of my wooden bobbins. I love the sound they make, but I personally feel they're too light to use for anything except fine thread lace. I see that the RGS engineering

Re: [lace] Beds lace in silk

Whatever Beds is supposed to be like, I reckon soft and flowing is much more appropriate for a hankie edging than crisp and firm - we don't want anyone scratching their eye as they ostentatiously wipe away a tear at a wedding or funeral, do we... Beth Cheshire, UK I made a couple of

Re: [lace] moving lace and mooring threads

Thanks for the directions, Sally I've always preferred moving the lace up the pricking rather than using a block pillow and moving the blocks, but it had never occurred to me to turn the pillow around while I put the pins back in - that makes it much easier to do! Beth On Monday 11 May 2009,

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