Re: [lace] Lace digest archives

Hello Elise and everyone :-) The Arachne archive is here: https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/ and the lace documents here: https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html Bev in Shirley BC On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 5:57 PM ewaberhays wrote: > Hello,I am looking for help

Re: [lace] Project Lace Dress

Thank you for posting the form, Jean, and for the project information file also. I have no connection with the project either, just an interest in helping spread the word. Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 2:19 PM J Reardon

[lace] Project Lace Dress

Hi everyone, and Susan Thank you Susan for sharing the information about Project Lace Dress. I find that there is a pdf file posted to the public Lacemakers group on Facebook. I hope this link is accessible, please let me know anyone, if not? The Project pdf is top of the list. I think there

Re: [lace] Kimonos designed for Tokyo Olympics

Thank you for this Pene! I enjoyed visiting each country through the interpretation on the garments. There is lace! e.g. the kimono for the Kingdom of Belgium :) Bev in Shirley, BC, Canada On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 11:30 PM Penelope Piip wrote: > Hi fellow Arachneans, > > I know this is post is

Re: [lace] a contact please

Hello Alex and everyone The late Sister Judith said something like "whatever you do to make the lace more beautiful (is all right)." Bev W. in rainy Shirley BC Canada On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:20 AM Alex Stillwell wrote: > Hi Arachnids > > Please can someone put me in touch with Sister

Re: [lace] Lace Advent Calendar Competition

Thank you, Jean and David, as always. The competition is a right challenge this year ;) Season's Greetings all. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 3:32 PM Jean Leader wrote: > Those of you who have been following our Lace

Re: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

Oh my, bobbin lace is definitely a woven fabric. The passives are warp, the weavers/workers are weft :) Consider BL an off-loom technique. Braids are woven also. On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 7:11 AM Elena Kanagy-Loux wrote: > Hi All, > > with one set of elements. > Tally stitches come closest to a

[lace] Point Ground Study Book

Hello Devon and everyone The OIDFA publication, The Point Ground Study Book, is an excellent resource, compares by chart details of about 25 unique point Ground styles including pre- and post-1900 Tønder. It might not answer all your questions but it's a start. Re the term Copenhagen hole, I

Re: Re[2]: [lace] Our mail list software

Hello Elena and everyone Maybe that conversation made it to the list archives. For anyone wanting to check out Arachne messages history, the archives are here https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/ > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 9:17 AM Elena Kanagy-Loux wrote: > ...For example, Devon

Re: [lace] Lacemaking in Colonial Spanish America

Hello Devon, Sue and everyone It could be a giant pillow! Check the photo on this page for the lace museum at Arenys de Mar.in Spain, even though about two centuries later than the codex. The technology was earlier known? http://www.arenysdemar.org/museu/index_i.htm On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 5:45

Re: [lace] advise on altering a Binch design

Hello Jo and everyone Thank you for bringing this nice design to our attention :) I think your straight edge start is a good option for the visual appearance. I also like the braid start, easier to do on a small roller pillow (as one might have). I like the logic of Binche as it is, that is to

Re: [lace] Tatters in Hawaii?

Hello Sally and everyone Try tattingcorner.com to search for teachers/mentors in a specific location. I found an entry for Honolulu; there might be more? Good luck. Bev on a mild winter afternoon in Shirley BC On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 2:12 PM Sally Jenkins wrote: > Hello, > > I've been asked

Re: [lace] Train bobbin up on Flickr

Hi Brian and everyone! Excellent! To everyone, it is the newest photo in the Photostream menu. Thank you, Brian. Most interesting! Bev On a clear morning, Vancouver Island On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 10:48 PM wrote: > The Railway bobbin train!! is up on Flickr. > > Thanks Bev > > Brian > > -- Sent

Re: [lace] Thread puzzle

Hi Lorri and everyone If you want cotton threads instead, Pearl Cotton 12 for the 40/2, and a quilting cotton size for the 80/2. Hope that might help! -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 1:08 PM Lorri Ferguson wrote: >

Re: [lace] Convention photos

Hello Devon and everyone I googled the full name of IOLI and got this, so assume it is public? Perhaps someone not on facebook can click-it, and let us know...: https://www.facebook.com/pg/iolilace/posts/?ref=page_internal On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:00 PM Devon Thein wrote: > I don’t think

[lace] Flanders example from "Het Lassen"

Hello everyone I have uploaded to Flikr two photos of a Flanders edging I made from "Het Lassen" . They are in the Photostream section also. Although of a circular edging, I hope they compliment Bobbi's diagram - the lace beginning and end were done exactly as she describes. The hand-sewing part

Re: Re[7]: [lace] Lassen question

To help: At the top of the first page, beside the tab Albums, see the tab Photostream. On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 1:54 PM wrote: > Are you all looking at the photostream in Arachne's flickr account? > https://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/ On my screen they show up as > the first two

[lace] "Het Lassen"

Hello everyone For anyone interested: Listing M-020 in IOLI Library holdings. Het Lassen en Aannaaien van Kant, [Joining and att; Allis-Viddeleer, Louise; 1993; Dut, Fr, Engl; 117p; History and techniques; 16:3, Spr95-96 ... Het > Lassen? > > -- Bev on a beautiful longest day in Shirley BC,

Re: [lace] Lassen question

"racroc" maybe, I think? Yes it does have a different name. ok, found it in Alex Stillwell's dictionary. Point de rac(c)roc or Point de raccroche On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 1:26 PM jviking @sover.net wrote: > Is this the name that is used for the stitching to attach bands of > Chantilly together

Re: [lace] Lassen question

Then I wasn't far off the mark after all. Thanks for the background information. Lassen and lace are "tied together" in origin. I like words. Bev in Shirley BC Canada On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 8:57 AM Gon Homburg wrote: > The etymology of the dutch word ‘lassen’ is: > From Middle Dutch

Re: [lace] Lassen question

Possibly the logic for offering the term "weld" is that two pieces of something are joined together (in some way) to look like one. Sew together is more relevant. It would be interesting to know the etymology of "lassen" - maybe has a Latin origin. "Lasso" comes to mind, as also the root word of

Re: [lace] Lassen question

Hello Helen and everyone The neat join called "lassen" is really effective. I followed the instruction in the Book of Flanders by Niven; equipment required is one very short, very fine needle, a pair of finely-pointed scissors, and a joining thread that exactly matches the shade of the lace

Re: [lace] Sfilato Siciliano drawn thread

Also search Sicilian drawn threadwork, found this, a 2010 blog, links still active http://italian-needlework.blogspot.com/2010/05/sicilian-drawn-thread-work.html?m=1 Bev in Shirley BC Canada > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 15:41 N.A. Neff wrote: > > > ... > > Another source for scholarly papers would

Re: [lace] I'm still here after all these years...

Hello Jane and everyone Me, too (still here). We have it in writing, 1995 was the start. There are messages in our own Archive regarding our 20th Anniversary in 2015 https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/ and Liz Reynolds the list-founder mentions the start in the first sentence at this

[lace] the very start of Arachne

Hi everyone, April 1995 I think? when Arachne, the lace e-mail list, first hit the interwaves. Just for the record.. Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] On Arachne since 1996

Hi everyone Changing the subject line from spam emails, better for searching the archive! Quoted below I have the others and part of Shirley T's message but not the bit from Liz, also a '96-er (big grin) I joined later that year, then there was discussion of a first year commemorative bobbin,

Re: [lace] Re Devon Thein

Hello Ann and everyone A name happens to be in your e-mail address. The phishing-software doesn't know 'you' but has detected a person's name. You should have a 'report phishing' option in your message window, through which your server, talktalk-dot-net (yes?) is alerted. Hope this helps in some

Re: [lace] Re bobbin winder

Hello Alice and everyone About replacements bands for The Pocket Bobbin Winder - I bought a packet of neon colour rubber bands from the dollar store, work well, the colours make them easy to find (a incidental plus LOL), seem to be a standard North American stationery size. If the band

Re: [lace] Making leaves on a bolster pillow

Hello Ruth and everyone I found this searching kloeppelspitzen formschlag at google-dot-de https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm_DESWGT_w Be patient through the intro. At 1:24 and onward you will see how the tensioning goes. I hope this helps. On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 9:14 AM Earl & Ruth Johnson <

Re: [lace] New Web site devoted to Lace Bobbins.

Hello Brian and everyone Absolutely fantastic compilation. Congratulations to you, the webmaster and editor Rochelle. Your magnum opus! which I for one will appreciate referencing often. Bev in Shirley BC Canada on a sunny Christmas morning. On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 4:21 AM Ilske Thomsen wrote:

Re: [lace] Expanding cloth stitch with weaving techniques

Just to add to the topic, Half-stitch is a three-way weave! On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 1:15 PM Devon Thein wrote: > An interesting idea. > -- Sent from my iPod - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Expanding cloth stitch with weaving techniques

Worth a try Joseph! Something to know, cloth stitch in bobbin lace indeed resembles plain weave, however in constructing it in bobbin lace we weave two rows at each pass. Plain weave on a loom is one row, one pass, as for any woven pattern I think ...though I'd be pleased to be shown otherwise. It

Re: Fw: Re: [lace] Dis-moi Oui thread size

Hello Lyn and everyone I think your pattern, Dis-moi Oui (Tell Me Yes!) is in Polychrome technique and requires silk thread, Soie d'Algiers if that helps? Odette Arpin's pattern book of Polychrome lace uses silk threads Bev W. in Shirley BC -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver

Re: [lace] Gekloeppelte-Weihnachtstuete

Hello Frauke Lorenz and everyone! What a neat idea for a Christmas ornament or little gift. Thank you for sharing! Bev in Shirley BC Canada On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 12:29 AM Frauke Lorenz wrote: > Hallo liebe Arachnis > > Ich habe ein kleinen Klöppebrief für Euch in meinem Blog bei >

[lace] Re: [lace] Egyptian Linen - 'Ramesses Girdle’

Hello Sue and everyone This information is absolutely fascinating, Sue! Thank you for sharing. The textile exemplifies their expertise in the technology of the time. A mechanised loom for doing double-weave nowadays is quite a contraption vs. hand methods. That got me thinking about comparing

Re: [lace] Temporary pins in Binche

Hello again Susan and everyone The following was meant for the list: > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 3:14 PM Kathleen Harris wrote: > I was taught the plait technique in Bruges, for both Flanders and Binche. > Kathleen > Sent from my iPad Thanks for writing, Kathleen. Bev -- Bev in Shirley BC, near

Re: [lace] Temporary pins in Binche

Hello Susan and everyone Another option for keeping the outgoing weaver pair under tension: make a short, temporary plait with it and a nearby passive. Undo the plait when the pair is needed in its new role as a passive. My preference to that or a temp. pin is to swing the outgoing pair at right

Re: [lace] early lace video

Hello Devon and everyone The method shown looks like the way to do it for speed in production. In a way reminds me of the efficiency of movement when touch-typing (now there's a dying art, ha ha). I've accidentally made lace the way she is doing - except really *slow* - when I was holding the

Re: [lace] Oldest lace group

Hello Devon and everyone I think for your purpose you could safely say oldest continuing group of influence in USA. Just a thought. Bev in sunny Shirley, Vancouver Island, BC On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 9:44 AM Devon Thein wrote: > I am thinking/writing about the impact of the lace organizations

Re: [lace] Monica Ferris-Framed in Lace

Needle lace too, especially Halas lace where the tiny fish motif, a triad I think it is, is the "clue" or identifier of the lace. The only way to sign bobbin lace easily that I can think of is to make a deliberate mistake, such as put leaves where there aren't any in the design. Forced at best

Re: [lace] the logic of Binche

Fun is the word! I'd really like to be able to work lace intuitively. Dance, too, but that's not going to happen except as bobbins dance, on the pillow. Lace it is, diagrams or no, whatever works. Happy lacing everyone, however way you like to make it. On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Adele

Re: [lace] the logic of Binche

Hello Sharon and everyone Indeed, literacy itself means competence in a given area. I think the other is an ability we all have, that many of us forget to use once we are taught read. Straying off the topic of Binche, there is a poignant perspective on learning to read and lacemaking, the

[lace] the logic of Binche

Hello everyone and Jane who wrote: > I've never been taught Binche but I've made a few small pieces from working diagrams and their construction makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Exactly what I thought when I decided 'how hard can it be' and made a small piece from its diagram. I am mostly

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

Hello Devon The online source is the weaving archive, subsection documents relating to lace, search Periodicals. The archive url is in the link I posted. (I hope you understand, I'm keying this from my iPod) Good to know further information on the young man in New York! Bev in Shirley BC west

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

Hello Sharon and everyone Could your protagonist drive to San Bernardino? In this 1981 issue of the IOLI Bulletin, there is an article, page 13 of the pdf, about the forming of a new group of bobbin lacers, the Cross Twisters of San Bernadino, wherein they invite anyone in the area of the County

Re: [lace] Single space between sentences; avoid quotations/apostrophes

Confessions of another old typist... I didn't find it difficult to change space-space after full-stop to one space. Think of the finger strokes saved! I had a situation as Adele mentioned, and that was a convincing reason especially as putting two spaces after the full-stop changed the desired

[lace] Regarding cliffhanger posts

Hi all especially Devon, Jay and David Could be something to do with encryption, If Win 10 uses 128-bit needing conversion to 32-bit in majordomo technology. F.y.i. Devon, have received the message about the grounds 3 times this morning. Regardless of the repeats I regret not having info to

Re: [lace] finge looping

Quite so! I prefer the broader terms finger weaving or finger braiding. A looping system is like knitting, crochet, nalbinding perhaps? Peter Collingwood's The Makers Hand has excellent categories for a range of textile constructions. On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Alex Stillwell

Re: [lace] Finger looping

Hello Gillian and everyone I am reminded of "Slentre Braid" which is made of 5 doubled threads, anchored at one end, looped at the other. Briefly, two fingers of one hand, three of the other hook into the loops where a weaving motion takes place, one loop through another. The result is a

Re: [lace] Re: Finger looping

That is a better idea to me than a looped technique. Well spotted Jane On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 6:37 AM Jane Partridge <mous...@live.co.uk> wrote: > Jean or Bev Walker might be better than me at identification, but could > these braids be formed by tablet weaving? I believe the te

[lace] diaper an all-over pattern

Continuing from Adele's message, diaper (cloth) was woven with such a pattern built-in, for absorbency and so became the name for the cloth used for babies. In weaving terms, I believe it was called a 'rosepath' threading, cf. 'roseground' in lacemaking. For those interested, the word origin is

[lace] raffle winners

Hello everyone especially the 43 entrants in my bobbin raffle :) It is Easter Sunday already for many of you; close enough to it in my time zone. Into the Easter bonnet went the names. DH was the person nearest the computer to do the draw The winners are Lily Douglass, the bobbin. Julie Todd -

Re: [lace] Magnifying glasses

Hi Sue and everyone I asked my optometrist about more magnification than my prescription reading glasses offer, for lacemaking. I was prepared to explain what lacemaking was, but she already knew :) The technician helped me pick out clip-ons; there isn't a trade name on them but they are the

Re: [lace] Valencienne bobbin

>From the type of wood-turning machine, maybe? I've seen some old bobbins like that, from the apparatus that holds the bobbin wood piece for turning. On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Karen ZM wrote: > The hole in the bottom of the bobbin (to reduce weight?) sounds rather >

[lace] bobbin raffle

Hello everyone I have a special spangled midlands bobbin to raffle, passing some luck along since I won a nice Christmas bobbin from Jean's advent calendar competition :) Anyone on Arachne can enter, let me know you'd like to be in the raffle by replying to this e-mail, or send me a new message

Re: [lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

you all a prosperous and happy 2018 On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Jean Leader <j...@jeanleader.net> wrote: > We've now pulled the winner of our Lace Advent Calendar Competition out of > the electronic hat and the Christmas bobbin goes to > > Bev Walker > > You’ll find a

Re: [lace] Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 20

nt Glacé . With this in mind, I'm more certain that the specified thread was cotton. Here is the link to the image: http://threadwinder.info/hist/law/BoarsHeadSign.jpg On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Bev Walker <walker.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > PS - I'm not 100% sure it was cotton; could have be

Re: [lace] Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 20

PS - I'm not 100% sure it was cotton; could have been linen, if used on linen net. On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM, I wrote: > So, an embroidery cotton at least. > > Bev -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 20

Hello Joseph and everyone I googled, Mecklenburg thread No. 20, and found this quote from 'Victorian Embroidery, An Authoritative Guide' by Barbara J. Morris, 2003. "...In nineteenth-century England, guipure d'art was worked in raised and intersected patterns darned on a square network of linen

[lace] lace schools

Hello Devon, cc Diana and everyone Your mention of what the lace schools were like brought to mind Alan Brown's poignant publication, "Take the Children..." https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/ba_2_2000.pdf I found this informative message in the lace mail archive, about lace

Re: [lace] St. Catherine's Day-Cattern Cakes

Hello Devon and everyone While I can't offer insights into a lace celebration (though, why not, ale?! sounds a plan)I spent an instructional afternoon today testing the Cattern Cakes recipe found here. Its rising agent is yeast, yes it works as mix-in:

[lace] Michel Jourde pattern La Dentelle

Hello everyone I have a pattern insert from a lace magazine I no longer have, an edition of La Dentelle from about ten years ago. The insert has two patterns by Michel Jourde, a circular 8-point design, number 010799A, and a 4-part wide edging for a table cloth, number 160999A, no other

[lace] starting lace from a bundle of threads

Hello everyone, especially Susan, On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Susan wrote: > ... I would like to have a better understanding of why a lacemaker would > start out with a rolled clump of threads! And is this the only lace that > starts with a bundle? I've used the

Re: [lace] Victoria

Hello Janis and everyone Not sure if this will answer your question, but there is a nice write-up here about the TV Victoria's costumes: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/the-real-stories-behind-jenna-colemans-resplendant-victoria-cost/ On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Janis Savage

Re: [lace] Ghost pillow, voodoo pillow, pins

Totally yes, can always make another diagram. ...and arrows! Vive la difference! I prefer them for Binche, as it takes me as long to fumble around with pins and a board as it does to do same at the lace pillow. For me the arrows are faster! I make a copy on heavy card-type computer paper of the

Re: [lace] belgian color code cttct

Isn't it a little black circle at the turning part? On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 9:37 AM, N.A. Neff wrote: > Good question. Might it be a green intersection (half stitch), little > hatch mark for another twist, then another green intersection (halfstitch)? > > > > > What is

Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey

Yes, and that's why the advice about the gmail addy. (just sayin' as the expression goes) On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Sue Babbs wrote: > Yes they do appear in the archive, but if I don't receive the original > message from Jeri I don't know one has been sent, so I

Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey

Hello Devon and everyone Jeri's e-mails do show at Lace - The Mail Archive https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/ and probably always via the lace-digest. So many of us receive the reflected list (individual messages) that I must say, agreeing with Sue, a gmail address is better for tech.

Re: [lace] Pam Mattioli's Butterfly Bookmark

Hi Pene and everyone I have this volume. There are 2 pairs plus 2 bobbins for the gimp (headline, page 8). In the photo page 10, starting topmost, there is one pair for each wing, one bobbin for each antenna. The antenna bobbins overlap at the bottom to end off. Each bobbin of a wing pair cross

Re: [lace] Question

Hello Ilske and everyone About the angle of Tønder laces, I have not seen an answer to your question. In the OIDFA Point Ground Lace study book, the angles given for pre-1900 Tønder laces are 56 to 60 degrees; after 1900 it is 57 degrees only. Does this help? Maybe someone else can add further

Re: [lace] Rosaline

Hello Alex and everyone I have that little book, and back then I painstakingly (more like painfully) attempted a translation with a basic online program for Dutch to English, later a Dutch lace friend told me it was written in a dialect. But I did manage to make a few of the motifs. May I

Re: [lace] Lace art by Pierre Fouche

The paintings are monotype, so not just paint slapped on canvas. I really like them too! They are a stimulating contrast to the lace. What an interesting exhibit. Thank you to Jeanette for posting the link. On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Sue Harvey wrote: > .

Re: [lace] a lace accident & Borax

Hi Susan and everyone That was a lucky save, and the piece looks lovely. Just so you know, Borax is the common name for the naturally occurring crystalline element sodium tetraborate decahydrate, and Borateem though mostly borax, has a few additives. Both are just fine for whitening fabrics,

Re: [lace] lace ID?

Hello Susan and everyone I found it finally, looked all through your album at Flickr but it is at the beginning! Just a guess, it looks like Romanian Point Lace. The grape motif suggests to me Eastern European origin. I could be way off! but I don't see it as Irish crochet. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017

Re: [lace] About OUR Exhibition of 1998

Wow, David - thanks ever so much. That was splendid to read, nearly 20 years on. I was 'there' - my little lace piece was in the exhibit. I still have it with a photo taken by another Arachne friend who attended the exhibit. My lace sea shell is on its exhibit board with a beautiful collar by

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

Hello again Jeri and everyone First, ditto Shirley T. ! The arachne list is an ongoing delight. Jeri, your underline, bold and italic won't be seen in any country. It isn't the server, it is the software. Our set-up permits punctuation but not formatting such as bold, italic and underlining. A

Re: [lace] re: Ipswich Lace sampler book

Hello Karen and everyone, Good news, Karen, thank you! about the book in Canada (on my wishlist at amazone-dot !) and about the corners :) On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:41 AM, Karen Thompson wrote: > > Canadian friends: I have been informed that the book will be

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

Hello Catherine, Jeri, and everyone The mail list software will only show as plain, any formatted text (bold, italics, etc.) . See how it looks at the mail archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg50834.html Idea: write the review on a blog for instance, to get the desired text

Re: [lace] Book on the Ipswich Samples from 1789-1790

Hello Karen and everyone Congratulations on this publication Karen! I inspected it at amazon-dot-com. The inspection pages are a good indication of all the work you've done, and an excellent buy for the lace library. It's not yet available through their dot-ca but I will watch for it. Thanks for

Re: [lace] Chrysanthemum & Tonder lace

Hello Susan The 'Chrysanthemum lace' from Essential Vermeer is a classical lace from earlier centuries, not the 'Chrysanthemum lace' referred to in the Belleville book, and other current publications offering nice patterns for mats and seasonal ornaments, e.g. hearts, Easter eggs, Christmas

Re: [lace] Lace Express

Hello Carrie and everyone Lace Express back issues are readily available for purchase at their website. www.laceexpress.com On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Carolyn M Salafia < carolyn.sala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agree one hundred percent. If there is an archive where copies can be > purchased

Re: [lace] Anne of Green Gables

Or 'they' bought it by mail-order, e.g. the T. Eaton catalogue. If interested, see pp. 92-93 of the 1907 Spring/Summer edition: https://archive.org/details/eatons190700eatouoft On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Devon Thein wrote: > My guess would be that they were making

Re: [lace] Anne of Green Gables

Hello Nathalie and everyone It has been a while since I've read Anne of Green Gables. I don't associate lacemaking with that story. Does the author mention lace? On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 2:27 AM, Nathalie wrote: > > I would like to know about laces from around 1908

Re: [lace] RE: Mechlin

Hello Lorelei, Alex and Lace list Speaking of Mechlin, by coincidence I noticed this lace in the latest auction at Kerry Taylor: http://kerrytaylorauctions.com/one-item/?id=383=%20=439 Interesting that its time-frame is given as circa 1760. I suppose that date is what the previous owner, a

[lace] Re: raffle

Hello everyone My DH drew a name from 'the hat' (a gift bag) and the winner is Susan Reishus Thank you all who entered, there were 15 names. Would have been lovely to send a prize to each. On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Bev Walker <walker.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... > I have a

[lace] raffle

Hi everyone I have an narrow old pricking to raffle off, free to a good home. As is, in an envelope, ready to mail postage paid to anywhere in the world. It is for a point ground edging about 3/4 inch/20 cm. wide. The pricking is 18 inch/45 cm. long, of some vintage, a conventional three-loop

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Beware of Gmail phishing scam

Hi Sue and everyone Thanks for the warning, Sue. It is not just gmail. I just got one at another address. The spamware mimics the server address. When I checked the message pathway at the header, it was shown as "friend's-name-at- suspect-server". To see the pathway in a gmail message, on the

Re: [lace] Beware of Gmail phishing scam

Hi Sue and everyone Thanks for the warning, Sue. It is not just gmail. I just got one at another address. The spamware mimics the server address. When I checked the message pathway at the header, it was shown as "friend's-name-at- suspect-server". To see the pathway in a gmail message, on the

Re: [lace] Pink house

Was it the installation blown up, the one at the Museum not the big house itself? On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Adele Shaak wrote: > Wow! What a lot of pink crochet. Hard to believe the amount of effort > involved - and then she blew it up! I get that it was an art

Re: [lace] Lace eye candy

Hello Ilske and everyone Thank you for the clarification, Ilske! The effect really is remarkable. When someone thinks "outside the (lace) box" in this way, it is a pleasure for the rest of us :) On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:40 AM, Ilske Thomsen wrote: > M. Th. Bonniol

Re: [lace] Digital archives university of arizona

Hello Susan and everyone 'don't panic' - Sue Babbs is right about the url for digital archives on weaving and lace. The other is the university's main page, where you can find the digital archives by using the search link there, which is the google engine, same as what you used ;) On Sat, Sep

Re: [lace] Danish 'Little Hearts'

Hello everyone, this was meant for the entire list :) You're welcome Lorri! On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Lorri Ferguson wrote: > That's it. I knew Arachne would come thru. > > Thank you so much, Bev and the others who answered my cry for help, and > with in less than an

Re: [lace] Sewing Out

Hello Dan and everyone I'd say give it a try! There are water-based as well as the lacquer-based head cements, yes? Ether way, I don't think very much is needed to secure the thread end, the tiniest of dabs, and shouldn't affect the rest of the lace. Other items used in fly-tying and -fishing

Re: [lace] Construction foam pillows

Hello everyone A serrated knife was recommended to me for cutting builders' board/hard foam, so that's what I used to cut inexpensive pillows. Draw guidelines then 'saw' carefully through the lines in deliberate movements. Use a piece of the foam as a self-magnet to pick up the bits. You can

Re: [lace] Footside start

Hello Nancy and everyone If you have Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace by B. Cook, refer to item 18 in Section 1, Starts and Edges, "Starting a straight piece of work with a footside at the top as well as the edges..." and modify it to accommodate the pattern's headside. Hope this helps! On Tue,

[lace] art lace Olympic size

Hello everyone There was an impressive performance of weaving with lit-up strands at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Dancers representing indigenous people each held a bar to which a number of strands were attached (reminded me of the way a backstrap loom is set up), leading above the crowd.

Re: [lace] this is genious

oops looks like Spam to me. Don't click the link On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 1:36 PM, tatman wrote: > Yo! > I suddely came accross this stuff, this is just genious, take a look > <.> > Typos courtesy of my iPhone, tatman > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type

Re: [lace] Category for Tenerife or Ruedas

Needle-made or stitched textiles? On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Devon Thein wrote: > What category would you ascribe if you were cataloging a piece of Tenerife > lace or Spanish Ruedas? Under what words would you look for it? Would you > call it "Embroidered Net"? > ...

Re: [lace] thread anchor

Hello Sue and everyone Not expert as such, but I'll have a go at describing: With the threads neatly across the pillow, put the large pin under them towards you (the lacemaker). Deftly lift the pin back over the threads, and under again twisting so as to catch the threads again in a backwards

Re: [lace] thread anchor

Hello Louise and everyone Some ideas: If you are using midlands, put pins through the spangles of the pairs in waiting on the one side, while you work enough on the other side to anchor that set. If that isn't possible, bundle the set of pairs on the one side in a hanky, cinching the hanky tight

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