Lynn Carpenter wrote:
> I thought my lacemaking friends would enjoy this website:
>
> The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London - The Glove Collection and
> its Catalogue
>
> http://www.glovecollectioncatalogue.org/
>
> If you click on the links in the left sidebar, many of the gloves have
> go
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> This identification exercise has prompted me to tie a tag to a 7" silver
> filigree tube with solid ends and endcap, plus (kept inside) a much smaller
> ivory-colored tube with cap. These resemble in size several wooden tubes
> for old knitting needles/crochet hook
the grain of ivory, but that still
doesn't look like the veins in bone. And now we're into "need
magnifiers and microscopes" territory.)
I hope this helps.
Cheers!
Beth Schoenberg
--- in windy and very cold Kambah, Canberra, where the spatter of rain
late last night fr
eems that it's the /quilt/
that is supposed to be handmade, not the lace. Unless someone corrected
the seller and the listing has been amended ...
Cheers!
Beth Schoenberg
-- in beautiful and hot downtown Kambah, Canberra
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ks like titles and authors are deliberately left out -- but why?
Ah, well, thanks for the laugh!
Beth Schoenberg
--- in sunny and windy Kambah, Canberra, Australia
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> I may be a bit subjective, here, but it's my experience that any
> speaker worth listening to (in any field) has put in about the same
> time, or more, on their presentation as teachers do for their IOLI
> convention classes. And advance notice of speakers (with good
> descriptions of their
owner, if there is one, want your cloth for its beauty alone, or because
it stirs up happy memories from past family occasions?
Of course, if anyone makes any kind of tablecloth that can't be washed,
they're out of they're gourd!! IMHO.:-D
Happy New Year! (tick-tick-ti
tle sample books were worth at the time, compared to how valuable we think
them now.
At least /*we*/ can use lists like Arachne, among other reliable resources, to
keep double-checking and updating the base scientific accuracy of our own
opinions. Look at how happily all of us here jump on bits
Carolyn Hastings wrote:
... I do know that many people attending the fairs where lace is
exhibited love the "pictoral" lace (for want of a better term). I'm talking
about the lace that shows a face, or a person, or even a scene. They can
relate to that sort of lace, and really don't have the kn
Hi, all, and Devon,
Devon, you wrote:
... In my experience of judging, I have not been given any kind of guidance by
the fair. The previous judge, whom I helped for many years, was a very "seat"
of the pants kind of judge, applying "gut feeling" type judgements. I have, in
my possession, two di
hould be
nit-pickingly clear, and publicly stated. Then the burden is on the entrants
to read the rules correctly, which is only fair!
Cheers!
Beth Schoenberg
--- in beautiful downtown Kambah, Canberra, where the recent warm spring rains
have finally allowed my privacy shrubs to re-grow enough leav
Hi, all,
There is a really fantastic piece of lace, very rarely seen on the
market, up for auction on ebay at the moment. It's polychrome (that's
"multi-color," to those not in on current academic fashions), 19th
century, and gorgeous.
If you want to see it, it's item number 180151269741
seller
"eastayton," who specializes in fine antique laces, also sells fans and
lace fans, and you can use her listings the same way.
Does this help any?
Beth Schoenberg
--- formerly of New Jersey, USA, now in Canberra, Australia -- where
it's COLD!
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This technique looks also like the sort of lace made in Italy all
through the 20C, for assembly into furnishing laces or for sale on
their own to the tourist trade. Figural laces were especially popular
take-home items.
Beth Schoenberg
--- in beautiful downtown Canberra, where the pipes
Jacqui,
You could always work your own design up on any simple computer
graphics program, print out as many as you want, and have it/them
laminated. I don't know what you'd use for the see-through adhesive,
but clever lace-makers can surely come up with something!
Beth Schoenb
un-mounted edging? It's the one marked "Somometer."
(Sorry, my keyboard has no way of putting the little slash through the
first O.) I haven't seen anything like it before.
Cheers!
Beth Schoenberg
--- in beautiful downtown Kambah, Canberra (capital of Australia,
pro
!!!
But it works!
I've even thought that this tensioning method could be used to make
heart-shaped tallies --- though I've never mustered up the guts to try.
Does anybody else do it this way?
Cheers!
Beth Schoenberg
--- in beautiful downtown Kambah, Canberra (Australia), where lawns
Hi, Joyce,
Stupid-question time, but for the sake of clarity: your "little piece
of silk Chantilly" is actually made by you? --- Not an antique, or a
gift, or machine-made copy, or . :-D
Next question: if the piece was made by you, how big is it, and how
many hours did it take to ma
O, noo, Tamara! If you, too, have joined the collective,
resistance really IS futile!
Tamara wrote:
... Most of the running ragged takes place during the day (got my first
ever cell phone today, joining the 21st century ), ...
:-D
Beth Schoenberg
--- in sunny downtown Wanniassa
rm-ponds are also called "dams."
Just out of curiosity --- what are these things called in Britain and
continental Europe?
Sorry, this should be on lace-chat, but since I'm not -- perhaps any
answers should be sent to me off-list?
Beth Schoenberg
in beautiful downtown Wanniassa,
Yes!
:-D :-D :-D
Yours in lacing,
Beth Schoenberg
--- in beautiful downtown Wanniassa, Canberra
On Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at 10:42 AM, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
On Sep 7, 2004, at 14:45, Beth Schoenberg wrote:
most of us, I suspect, will want to give at least a nod of
recognition to
acher always standing by. Learning
first from a teacher, then continuing with a book (or vice-versa), can
be very confusing without help with the non-English terminology. So
why don't more authors -- aw, heck, at least _some_ authors! -- give
the student that help automatically? Beats me.
net ground, then button-holing over the "pad"
as usual. Easy! No size control necessary -- or, for that matter,
possible. :-)
Beth Schoenberg
--- in sunny downtown Wanniassa, Canberra, Australia, where the
splendid "imported" autumnal color show is largely over, now, an
e (which is
essentially a patchwork technique, using bits of any laces the maker
can get her/his hands on).
Beth Schoenberg
--- in beautiful downtown Wanniassa, Canberra, where I think I'll go
back to my "or nue" embroidery now
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" in other
areas of N. America that are completely unrelated to this one, but this
is the only one I'm even vaguely familiar with. Hope it helps!
Beth Schoenberg
--- in beautiful downtown Wanniassa, Canberra, where we're having two
*glorious* autumn days, and the thousands of impo
e.")
Keep them coming!
Beth Schoenberg
--- in sunny, cold, and very very dry Wanniassa, Canberra
On Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at 07:04 AM, W & N Lafferty wrote:
Are Eva in Haltern and Mary in Utah still on the list? You both
wrote pocket tatting poems when they were doing the rounds,
and I've
ce!
How would lilies-of-the-valley look in Venetian Gros Point? Too bad
the scent couldn't be worked in, too!
Beth Schoenberg
-- in sunny and very, very dry Wanniassa, Canberra
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old curlicues) on his spangle.
All together, they were "Ali Bobbin and the Forty Leaves."
:-D
Beth Schoenberg
--- now in sunny downtown Wanniassa, Canberra (Australia), where winter
is on its way, with night-time temps of 2*C (about 35*F), but daytime
temps in the high-20s or low-30sC.
Ohhh! Snow! I wish!
Beth
--- being careful what I wish for, here in hot (I'm deliberately not
finding out how hot -- I'm moving house next week, and can't stop
packing up, even in the heat!) and humid Canberra -- forget lace-making
at this pointalthough it *would* mean sitting quite
Hi, all,
Buffing can only be successfully done on parts of needle-lace that are
stitched with the button-hole stitches very close together. It's
meant to make the lace look less like thread-work and more like carved
ivory. The technique strikes me as somewhat akin to "felting"
non-woven woo
Hi, Jean and all,
I like to see patterns in books done on a graph (usually pale grey with
black pattern-markings, or pale grey or blue with colored markings).
That way, no matter what percentage of reduction or enlargement is
used/needed, the lace-maker can *manually* change size as much as t
e to worry about! When I make needle lace with very
fine threads, I generally plan to spend as much time removing the
basting snippets as I spent laying the cordonette in the first place.
And now I know why, in historic times, needle laces always cost more
than most bobbin laces !
Ha
house!)
Still, being priced off of the best things does allow a bit more
marital harmony :-D
Yours in lacing, and drooling, and sighing,
Beth Schoenberg
in sunny downtown Fisher, in Canberra
On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 07:31 AM, Pene Piip wrote:
Would someone else verify that th
it is, if anyone wants to
try this for their own benefit.
Yours in Lacing,
Beth Schoenberg
-- in beautiful downtown Fisher, Canberra
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Ummm --- the vendor did say *sewing bobbin* winder --- as in the little
metal or plastic ones for sewing machines
Lacefully yours,
Beth
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Hi, Bev, and all other Convention-deprived Arachnids,
No, it's *not* warm enough here in sunny downtown Canberra! Thick
frost has been appearing regularly for the last couple of weeks, and
doesn't burn off until 11 am some mornings. I must be getting old, my
fingers cramp up with the cold t
Dear all,
Robin pointed out:
Many of the old patterns in museums are of a single repeat, and
old lace workers made multiple pieces by pricking through several
layers.
Robin P.
This is very true. I have some old parchment prickings, with paper
copies that were apparently meant for the
So, I've decided that now is a good time to pack my lace _right_, which
of
course will give me an excuse to play in it. I'll send in more
descriptions
of my treasures soon, if people like.
Best regards,
Elizabeth
Dear Elizabeth,
Yes, please.
Beth :-D
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