Re: [lace] Any Lacemakers in Lyon, France?

Hi Pene, Is she in Lyon, or near Lyon? Near Lyon, there is Brioude, Le Puy en Velay, and Retournac, where I'm sure she can find someone to teach her. I don't know anyone personally, but I should think that if she contacted the Centre d'Enseignement du Dentelle aux Fuseaux

Re: [lace] Admin: Andrea Lamble and a little security advice

To add to this excellent advice, be very, very careful when using a smartphone to access your e-mail! I was in Paris in February on business, and took some time for tourism. I was standing outside the Louvre after visiting the museum, and decided to try to access my gmail account on my

Re: [lace] whitening, dyeing finishing threads

Hi Susan, I have never used a cereal box myself, but a number of the experienced ladies in class when I started taking bobbin lace lessons used cereal box board, or even slightly thicker cardboard than that. Best regards Elizabeth Nice, France On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:34 PM,

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

When I first started bobbin lace, I crocheted one of those... I used acrylic rather than elastic (I like the sound of elastic!), so what I did was chain a bunch, work a row of single crochet, work a row of maybe 2sc, chain, 2 sc, chain, etc, then a row of single crochet and finish. Best regards

[lace] teaching beginners: many thanks!

Dear all, Many thanks for all the helpful comments and suggestions on teaching bobbin lace to beginners, both here on the list and via off-list e-mail. I will be writing individually shortly, however I wanted to say a public thank you first. I just this minute got a copy of the Fouriscot book I

[lace] teaching beginners

Hi all, I have two colleagues who have now started bobbin lace and want to continue. I started each of them with cloth stitch (CTC), just making a narrow strip to get the movements and the rules of bobbin lace down. I'm not sure that I am the best teacher they could have, as once I had had the

Re: [lace] teaching beginners

up with new designs for these very early, but important exercises, and they have the information in one place for future reference. Clay On 4/6/2010 8:18 AM, Elizabeth Shipp wrote: Hi all, I have two colleagues who have now started bobbin lace and want to continue. I started each

RE: [lace] What is everyone up to?

I just finished the leaf sampler bookmark from Barbara Underwood's 20 Lessons book. I was demo-ing at a fiber arts festival in Hammondsport, New York, a couple weekends ago, and took that one as an easy pattern that I could do while still talking to people. It was quite interesting; as with the

RE: [lace] visiting LePuy area

Hi Devon, Several years ago, my mother and I stayed at the Moulin de Barette, which is actually in Blavozy, my Michelin guide says 9 km outside of le Puy (it's out on the easternish side of town). The description says: Ensconced in a park, this restored old mill shelters an elegant dining room,

[lace] demonstrating lace...and the tatting lady! and some Honiton lace

Hi All, My apologies if this isn't lace-y enough to be here. I was recently in the US to give a presentation on European bobbin laces at a textile/needle arts festival that my mother helped organize in Hammondsport, NY, and also took one of my pillows and some bobbins so that I could do some

[lace] Bedfordshire lace: another cry for help

Hi all, Many thanks to all who sent me contact information for Robin Lewis-Wild, it was very helpful! With a large dose of enthusiasm and a very miniscule amout of common sense, I recently plunged into a big project, the dress cap in Barbara Underwood's book Traditional Bedfordshire Lace book

[lace] Robin Lewis-Wild?

Hi all, Does anyone have a current telephone number or e-mail for Robin Lewis-Wild? I need to contact her about permissions on a photograph, and the only tel# I could find was answered by someone who spoke one of the languages I don't have. It was a truly brilliant conversation! Many thanks for

Re: [lace] my favorite old lace: pictures!

Toni in Seattle wrote: I did enjoy, particularly the lace at : Thanks! I'm glad you did. It was fun scanning it. I don't know threads at all beyond some yarns or the mercerized crochet in skeins or balls, what type of thread is in that lace, please ? You know, I don't know. From the

[lace] my favorite old lace (long!)

Dear all, Last night I had something to celebrate, so dug out a tablecloth and some candlesticks, and decided to play in my antique (perhaps previously loved would be a better term) lace finds to see what I could put under a vase of flowers. I came out with a Beds hanky that I only this