Re: [lace] point ground with no gimp

2023-02-01 Thread Jane Partridge
I'm wondering if it might be a machine made lace. I think some had the gimp outline sewn in by hand later. Jane Partridge From: owner-l...@arachne.com on behalf of DevonThein Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 3:51:01 PM To: Lace Arachne Subject: [lace] point

[lace] Re: Honiton frog patterns

2022-07-03 Thread Jane Partridge
. (It was thanks to Jean's eagle eyes I was credited for one of my designs used as the basis of a chapter in a book on Bucks Point lace!) Jane Partridge Daphnie Martin wrote : Nobody has the damn right to just take other peoples patterns and pretend they are their designs. Where is the care for our

[lace] Cataract surgery

2022-04-02 Thread Potts Jane
time to adapt If you have spent a lifetime being shortsighted as I have. I still miss being able to hold a needle 2 inches from my eyes and thread it, but I'm sure it's safer not to! Think I've covered everything but please ask if not! Best wishes, Jane - To unsubscribe send email to majord

[lace] Re: Honiton frog patterns

2022-03-13 Thread Jane Partridge
(as she designed it) and the Guild hold the copyright for the images and layout. Jane Partridge - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos

[lace] Re: In search of information and the report of Mr White?

2021-12-28 Thread Jane Partridge
also at the back of my mind that he gave a talk on the subject at a (UK) Lace Guild Convention. Some of the older Arachnes might remember? Is anyone in touch with Kate? Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

[lace] Re Alan Brown reports. (Sheila)

2021-12-26 Thread Jane Partridge
Greetings to everyone, hope next year will be much better. Jane Partridge - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

Re: [lace] Thieving Rascals or Desperately Poor?

2021-12-05 Thread Jane Partridge
Apologies - writing this reply on my phone I forgot to trim the original! Jane Partridge Might the "brass carnage" have been mistranscribed from "brass carriage" -... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

Re: [lace] Thieving Rascals or Desperately Poor?

2021-12-05 Thread Jane Partridge
Might the "brass carnage" have been mistranscribed from "brass carriage" - and the bobbins and carriages be for machines, which at the time were probably being attacked by Luddites? Jane Partridge From: owner-l...@arachne.com on behalf

[lace] Virtual Lacemaking Weekend - 17 and 18 April 2021

2021-04-14 Thread Jane Partridge
/e/261fi7NdN Jane Partridge - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

Re: [lace] Lacemaking machines

2021-02-12 Thread Jane Partridge
hem in the old Nottingham Lace Centre, sadly long closed. I would be interested to know which country the 1590 machine Nancy referred to was in, as England at the time had a Queen, not a King. Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y..

[lace] Virtual Christmas Lace-in

2020-12-03 Thread Jane Partridge
! and a Branscombe picture of one of our locos, Gelert, hopefully between managing the event and sharing videos I will be able to make some progress on both. The link is:- https://www.facebook.com/11416002134/posts/3667708569952974/ Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord

[lace] Re: Return to class

2020-08-23 Thread Jane
face masks all day remains to be seen, but certainly we will be social distancing. Jane also has a good point about limiting contact with a students pillow. On the whole, it shouldn't be necessary I will have to keep my 'itchy fingers' under control. As a teacher it can be so frustrating

[lace] Re: Return to class

2020-08-17 Thread Jane Partridge
of the teacher retaining learners because they were dependent on him/her!) Jane Partridge - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Re: [Lace] Return to class

2020-08-15 Thread Jane
to the others of the class. Thank you, Rosemary, for raising the question. Will be interested to read any further comments. Best wishes, Jane In the New Forest where the weather has gone from scorching to drizzling - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] Re Lace identification

2020-07-17 Thread Jane Partridge
randmother was a lovely lady who died in 1982, the year after we got married) and, as a descendant of Bedfordshire lacemakers on his father's side , being able to do cloth stitch, so take that remark as lightly as it was made! Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containin

[lace] Sorry!

2020-07-06 Thread Jane Partridge
I've just copied the list in on my reply to Brian, and too late realised I forgot to trim the bottom of the message. Apologies, everyone. Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

Re: [lace] Pam Nottinghams article on Thumpers.. Keeping the Record Straight. Lace #77 Jan 1995. P 31

2020-07-06 Thread Jane Partridge
Hi Brian, I've forwarded your email to Sara Shakespeare, the Lace Guild's Librarian, who should be able to help. The office is closed on Mondays, so it won't be today. Jane Partridge From: owner-l...@arachne.com on behalf of Brian Lemin Sent: 06

Re: [lace] Happy 25th Anniversary

2020-04-12 Thread Jane Partridge
Doesn't time go fast when you're making lace?! Happy Anniversary (from one who's been an Arachne from about 3 months after it started). Happy Easter (or whatever else you may be celebrating this weekend) to everyone, too. Jane Partridge Original message From: Lin Hudren

[lace] Re: Arizona free library - Coggeshall book

2020-02-03 Thread Jane Partridge
Alex have you first checked for copyright clearance on this? I seem to remember that a number of the books were given (or possibly sold) to The Lace Guild after Jean Dudding died. They will still be in copyright as it isn't yet 70 years since her death. Jane Partridge Original

[lace] Trim Posts - please!

2020-01-23 Thread Jane
Hi All, Lovely to see arachne busy for a change. But please remember to trim your posts! I've just received two digests full of garbage from 'The Flickr Team'. Many thanks and best wishes, Jane In soggy Southern England - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

Re: [lace] History of Lace. Spoiler: this could be boring!

2019-11-10 Thread Jane Partridge
with those similarly employed (for ease of work and sales) where ideas and patterns may have been shared. That's what I think, but none of us were there at the time so we will never really know! Jane Partridge Brian wrote: There is little doubt in my mind that the settlers must have made a real

Re: [lace] Re:Mrs. Treadwin

2019-10-11 Thread Jane Partridge
2 The Antique Point she included was Branscombe Point, not Battenberg, Jane :-) The book also has instructions for making Honiton (bobbin) lace, some history and how to care for lace (though the methods would probably raise eyebrows now). Jane Partridge

[lace] Re: Lassen question

2019-06-16 Thread Jane
July https://www.kantcentrum.eu/en/summer-courses/lassen-en-innaaien-van-kant Best wishes, Jane Read New Forest, UK - 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: http://www.flickr.

[lace] Sfilato Siciliano drawn thread

2019-06-01 Thread Jane Bawn
sent this to Lace Chat as it is not strictly lace however I feel it is lace related. Thank you for any help you can give me.4 Regards Jane Bawn in the UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

[lace] Re: Sad news - Jacqui Southworth

2019-05-27 Thread Jane Partridge
m the news, is the time to chide list members over choice of subject line. Jane Partridge __ Sent: 27 May 2019 16:42 Subject: [lace] Jacqui Southworth's Death on May 15, 2019 At Jeri's request, I am forwarding this posting. Please address any personal responses t

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

2019-04-28 Thread Jane Partridge
It is rare for us now to produce the 40 or so messages a day we were getting to then, so I wonder if it's worth still having two separate lists? Jane Partridge (England, but often to be found at a small preserved railway in North Wales). __ From: owner-l...@a

[lace] Lacemaking Weekends in North Wales - April, August and October 2019

2019-03-17 Thread Jane Partridge
h is one of the reasons I started going there, as it is door-to-door by train from Birmingham International. Please email me off list if you would like to join us, there is still space for the April weekend but I do need to know numbers as soon as possible. Jane Partridge mous...@live.co.u

Re: [lace] Downton Lace

2019-01-31 Thread Jane Partridge
y-man came to collect the lace and pay the cottage worker making it, leaving ends at the "start" not even in rolls, and the lace on the pillow continuing. How we hang in or finish off our lace has little relevance to those days, when lace was made and time wasted meant less bread

[lace] Re: Bedfordshire lace

2019-01-27 Thread Jane Partridge
sitting in my thread box, some 23 years later, and I can see my daughter! s inheriting them at this rate :-). Jane Partridge Susan wrote:- This was particularly painful because I wanted to—wash my mouth out with soap—work in white. Madeira Cotona 30—I own too many spools—none white—but it s

[lace] Re: What is the best way to start bobbin lace?

2019-01-20 Thread Jane Partridge
e, you will, if you find it isn't for you, then don't feel you've got to. There are plenty of other activities that can be used to fill "me" time. Devon, please feel free to forward this to your friend. Jane Partridge From: owner-l...@ara

[lace] Re: Beads ‘n’ Lace

2019-01-19 Thread Jane Partridge
, all you need to do is pin four pairs on your pillow and work either plaits or tallies and see what looks best, which might change according to the size and/or shape of the bead. Jane Partridge (apologies if this is a double signature, I can't remember if I set one up on my phone

[lace] Lace Guild magazine 172 electronic version

2018-11-04 Thread Potts Jane
Thanks to Nancy Neff for her feedback. I've now established that pp.28-33 load on a laptop, though not on a/my tablet. Hope this helps anyone else who may be having difficulty. Regards from a now cloudy and gloomy Berlin, Jane - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

Re: [lace] Lace magazine 172

2018-11-03 Thread Potts Jane
who gets the e-version could take a look at pp. 28-33 and tell me if the bottom of the pages is missing for them too? Jane in Berlin , where November is so far wonderfully sunny and mild On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, J Reardon wrote: > The Autumn 2018 Lace magazine arrived in today’s mail h

Re: [lace] Lace magazine 172

2018-10-31 Thread Potts Jane
Looking forward to seeing it. Unfortunately the Lace Guild don't seem to have made it available to the I e-members yet! On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, J Reardon wrote: > The Autumn 2018 Lace magazine arrived in today’s mail here in Western > Pennsylvania. I’ve only glanced through it so

Re: [lace] Identification question

2018-10-25 Thread Jane Partridge
Honeycombe stitch as a ground is also known as Spanish Ground - might this have any bearing? Original Message Subject: [lace] Identification question From: Devon Thein The most distinctive thing about these two pieces is that they both have a honeycomb background mesh.

Re: [lace] Reports from this summers events

2018-10-10 Thread Jane
Jane Atkinson worked hard to publicise the event and obviously, I read about it in the Lace magazine. I had hoped that someone would share their impressions. Thanks again for responding. Best wishes, Jane On 10/10/2018 19:47, elizabeth.pa...@talktalk.net wrote: Dear Jane, Did you receive either

[lace] Reports from this summers events

2018-10-10 Thread Jane
. Is it worth it? What is the exhibition like? What should I look out for? I don't remember another summer when there has been so much lace happening. Please, those who've been or participated, tell us about it!! Hoping to hear more. Best wishes, Jane New Forest, UK - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Holes in Binche

2018-09-06 Thread Jane Partridge
by the small holes around the edges - it wasn't Binche, was it? If so, trying to avoid the holes might be removing an intentional effect??? Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera

[lace] Stiffening lace

2018-09-06 Thread Jane Partridge
ould have been at risk. In the competition! , the choker won a Medal of Excellence! Jane Partridge - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Re: Mystery Thread

2018-09-06 Thread Jane
-bobbin-lace-thread/ that shows two cones on the left of the picture, one is blue like mine, the other is green with a red label. The article makes clear that these are linen threads So you are correct in that the thread is linen. Best wishes, Jane - To unsubscribe send email to majord

[lace] Re: Demise of Fine Linen Lace, was Faery Lace

2018-09-01 Thread Jane
wishes, Jane - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Re: Demise of Fine Linen Lace, was Faery Lace

2018-08-31 Thread Jane
thread from Ireland and when that was no longer available changed to Swedish Bockens. Campbells Irish linen was still available but not in the finer threads. Yours inquisitively, Jane New Forest, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@ad

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin

2018-07-13 Thread Jane Partridge
any cases certainly isn't true. Having patterns for beginners in the magazines is as important as having the more challenging ones for those of us who have been making lace for years, and even more so, if we are to encourage new lacemakers to subscribe in the f

[lace] Re: Happy International Lace Day

2018-06-25 Thread Jane Partridge
, raising over £100 for the hospice, over the next six months - in fact I finished making another one yesterday but can no longer remember how many I've made over the years! The patter! n has now been published by the Sunnyvale Museum in California. Jane Partridge

[lace] The archetype of the lacemaker

2018-05-24 Thread Jane Partridge
adult female conversation! Jane Partridge From: owner-l...@arachne.com <owner-l...@arachne.com> on behalf of Elena Kanagy-Loux <enkanagyl...@gmail.com> Subject: [lace] The archetype of the lacemaker But I have also seen frequent reference t

Re: [lace] Machine lace and its manufacture

2018-05-24 Thread Jane Partridge
Having had a quick look down the Guild's library catalogue, I'm fairly certain it was this one "MASON S A Nottingham Lace 1760s to 1950s" - which is about the machine lace industry, and I do remember nothing was in the title about hosiery. Jane

[lace] Machine lace and its manufacture

2018-05-24 Thread Jane Partridge
about it again. Jane Partridge (Whose Nottingham-born husband has both Bedfordshire (hand) and Nottingham (machine) lace makers in his ancestry) From: owner-l...@arachne.com <owner-l...@arachne.com> on behalf of Maureen <maur...@roger.ka

[lace] Re: Lace and maths

2018-05-20 Thread Jane
can see no logic in it at all. Could it be that mathematicians, scientists and so on are more tech savvy and so more likely to be on arachne than artists and musicians? Just a thought. Best wishes, Jane in the beautiful New Forest where the foals have arrived - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Modern v. traditional

2018-05-20 Thread Jane Partridge
uldn't life be boring if we all did the same thing? Jane Partridge Alex said: It is time for those of us who enjoy making and designing lace in the traditional manner to stand up and say we should also have recognition for our art and craft, and tradition

[lace] Re: Lace (magazine)

2018-04-26 Thread Jane Partridge
Lace is due out at the end of April, Liz. It is published four times a year, on the last day of July, October, January and April. This issue will be the last of the current membership year, so should have the renewal forms in it. Jane Partridge From

[lace] Happy Anniversary

2018-04-14 Thread Jane Partridge
whether we are going to do/have something special for our 25th anniversary in two years time? (We could set up another yahoo group and then ignore it, in good Arachne tradition - vvbg). Jane Partridge Jane Read wrote... I've recently joined the facebook group 'Bobbin Lacemakers' and I have to sa

[lace] Happy Anniversary

2018-04-14 Thread Jane
tech guys transfer things from an old computer to a new one without changing anything. No-one is going to keep a server running for 25 years! Most of them are lucky to last 5y. Best wishes, Jane In a briefly sunny New Forest - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

[lace] Needlelace at the RSN

2018-04-06 Thread Jane
All this discussion of needlelace so I had to smile when the latest post from the Royal School of Needlework popped up on my facebook page. https://www.royal-needlework.org.uk/courses/details/15587 I suspect all you ladies are far more advanced than this. :-) . Jane Enjoying a sunny day

[lace] Re: Finger looping

2018-04-06 Thread Jane Partridge
also explain the loose threads along the sides of some of the braid, possibly where the weft thread has worn away 'on the turn' over the years. Jane Partridge From: owner-l...@arachne.com <owner-l...@arachne.com> on behalf of Gilian Dye <gild...@

[lace] Re: Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s onwards

2018-04-03 Thread Jane Partridge
it any other meanings? I'm taking it to mean the type of needlelace fabric produced in Hollie Point, where the pattern is formed by spaces, similar in effect to Assissi work in embroidery (and an absolute pain to work - Hollie Point was not an enjoyable part of the C course for me!). Jane Partridge

[lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970's

2018-04-01 Thread Jane
erent ways. Then a few years later, Mums first book on Milanese Braid Lace was published and the rest, as they say, is history. :-) It's been fun writing this. I'd like to document more of Mum's memories, but its hard winkling anything out of her these days. "Who wants to know

[lace] Colour in lace

2018-03-31 Thread Jane Partridge
, came with changes in fashion and thread production that meant a larger range of thread was produced in colour - not just skeins of silk and cotton used for embroidery. Jane Partridge __ Devon said: But, it is an interesting question. From the need to qualify

Re: [lace] ADMIN: Trimming posts

2018-03-30 Thread Jane Bawn
I apologise to all for not trimming my posts and yes I got a gentle reminder too. I don't mind the reminder, I just didn't think, sorry. I didn't take it as not being welcome. For those people on the digest it can be a bit of a nightmare scrolling through the same message time and time again

RE: RE: [lace] Nenia Lovesey-City and Guilds

2018-03-29 Thread Jane Bawn
was hectic and then I was asked to do a Young embroiderers workshop to show them how to make needle lace which I still have nightmares about I am definitely not teacher material! Jane -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Catherine

[lace] Needlelace on Facebook

2018-03-29 Thread Jane Bawn
lacemakers too)' where needle lace was considered an afterthought! There is also ' early period lacemakers' which discusses needle lace quite often. Jane -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Marianne Gallant Sent: 29 March 2018 20:03 Cc

[lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970s

2018-03-27 Thread Jane Partridge
ust complete the basket of flowers on my Honiton pillow (which was started on a lace weekend tutored by the late Christine Hawken). Jane Partridge > I think the idea stayed in my brain until I visited the UK in 1994 and saw a > pillow kit in a craf

Re: [lace] Bone lace

2018-02-22 Thread Jane Partridge
It's just struck me, tapestry weavers could also be weaving their threads with bones, so are we sure this quote relates to lacemaking? Jane Partridge On 21 Feb 2018, at 23:48, DevonThein <devonth...@gmail.com<mailto:devonth...@gmail.com>> wrote: The spinsters and the knitter

[lace] Bone lace

2018-02-21 Thread Jane Partridge
lace as being a recognised weaving technique rather than a separate entity. Jane Partridge - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

Re: [lace] Threads for Lace book

2018-02-13 Thread Jane Nelson
Thank you for your books, Brenda. I use them all the time and find them very useful even for the customers at my shop who do needlepoint and other fiber related projects. They have been very valuable. Look forward to purchasing Edition 7 while I am at convention in July. Jane Nelson kjncr

[lace] Re: Subject lines for posting/Lace Guild Subscriptions

2018-02-03 Thread Jane Partridge
d.org<http://www.laceguild.org> for subscription rates. With an increase in membership/subscribers, hopefully The Lace Guild will survive, without it, I'm sorry to say the future looks somewhat bleak. Hazel's article in the current magazine makes the situation clear.

Re: [lace] tossing pairs in half stitch

2018-01-21 Thread Jane Partridge
tood three or four yards away from it you won't see them :-) Jane Partridge Susan wrote: I made the first leaf with DMC special dentelles 80, 30wcm/2S/3Z & I thought it turned out OK. Last week, I used Radix 50, 32wcm, 2Z. The instructions call for tossing out a pair of passives in the middle

[lace] Re: Vintage pattern books DMC

2018-01-18 Thread Jane Partridge
and interesting, rather than it just being a work tool for my husband! How attitudes change over the course of 25 years or so! Jane Partridge From: owner-l...@arachne.com <owner-l...@arachne.com> on behalf of jvik...@sover.net <jvik...@sover.net> Sent: 18 Januar

[lace] Re: hint

2017-12-11 Thread Jane
shanks. I found safety pins through the spangles worked much better for me - obviously a useless suggestion for continentals! Maybe if you're a fast worker or in a different climate its not a problem, but just thought I should mention it. Best wishes, Jane from a cold muddy New Forest

[lace] Block pillow question

2017-12-11 Thread Jane Partridge
. There is usually no problem with having about a quarter of a block overhang (temporarily) at the top of the pillow, or a similar gap at the bottom, so that you can work comfortably in the centre. Jane Partridge Malvary > The half blocks are purely spac

Re: [lace] Spulfix bobbin winder for counter-clockwise winding

2017-12-10 Thread Jane Partridge
details as to how to join in contact me off list. Jane Partridge Joseph said: I wind my midlands this way, I might be doing it in the reverse of what I am supposed to. maybe that's why I have some slipping with my hitch, even though its not on the head of the bobbin, but rather over the wound

[lace] RE: Christmas Lace

2017-12-08 Thread Jane
, but its nothing to do with Christmas, just an old pattern that's taking forever and I'm beginning to thoroughly dislike :-( . So I probably won't get much lace done over the next few weeks. Hope others manage better :-) Seasons Greetings from a frosty New Forest, Jane - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Thank you Jeri

2017-12-07 Thread Jane
to all! Jane New Forest, UK - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Re: Bucks Prickings

2017-12-06 Thread Jane Partridge
remember which, possibly Judith Gwynne's dictionary, if not Alex's) there is a ground of honeycomb stitch (CTTpCTT) referred to as Spanish Ground, and wondered whether this, or Kat Stitch, could have resulted from misreading of an incomplete pricking. Jane Partridge

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

2017-11-01 Thread Jane
Or the St Catherine's Eve Cathern Bowl?? Lovely idea to celebrate St Catherines Day. Enjoy it, Jane from an autumnal New Forest, where the colours are wonderful - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arac

[lace] Re: Joining ends of a crown

2017-10-19 Thread Jane Partridge
will be visible. Jane Partridge On 19 Oct 2017, at 16:16, DevonThein <devonth...@gmail.com> wrote: Is there some reason why you wouldn???t just finish it normally and sew it together with a needle? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] Fw: Joining ends of a crown

2017-10-19 Thread Jane Partridge
I sent this directly to Sally, but it struck me that it might help others, too. Jane Partridge From: Jane Partridge <mous...@live.co.uk> Sent: 19 October 2017 06:29 To: Sally Jenkins Subject: Re: [lace] Joining ends of a crown Sally, it's effectively th

[lace] Apologies- my post re the dangerous email

2017-09-24 Thread Jane Partridge
Sorry, everyone, having just seen the digest I've realised I posted using my phone and forgot to trim the message to the relevant bits. Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

[lace] Dangerous Email

2017-09-24 Thread Jane Partridge
It looks as if Jane Bidston's email account might have been hacked, the name of the person sending is attached to her email address if you look at who it was from, which is probably why it landed in my spam box, and I subsequently deleted it. It could equally be someone else's account that has

[lace] Keeping track of where you are

2017-09-16 Thread Jane Partridge
laminated, and having low-tack adhesive stickers or dry wipe pens to mark your place sounds a much better idea than sticking pins in or drawing over the lines. It means that if you decide to do the same pattern again, you can re-use your original enlarged copy, rather than having to reproduce i

Re: [lace] Mending fences for 2017 Arachne exchange

2017-09-08 Thread Jane Partridge
Janet herself we won't know. Has anyone actually heard anything from her? Jane Partridge On 8 Sep 2017, at 08:10, "je...@brandis.com.au" <je...@brandis.com.au> wrote: My suggestion is that each exchange has its own organiser. Jenny Brandis - To unsubscribe send email to major

RE: [lace] Stumpwork casket

2017-09-06 Thread Jane Bawn
Janet has a blog where she has posted about the making of the casket. You can find it here http://www.janetbrandt.com/p/casket-panels.html I was on the Thistle Threads course too but I am still thinking about my casket. Sigh! Jane -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com

[lace] Apologies

2017-06-21 Thread Jane Partridge
I think the major will have trimmed it off, but there's a possibility that the preview photo that comes up on my phone from the link to the Arachne Flickr account may come through at the end of my email - I was trying to trim everything off and delete the photo when I hit send by mistake. Jane

[lace] Re: question

2017-06-21 Thread Jane Partridge
aits), and even then plait is the preferred term. Jane Partridge From: owner-l...@arachne.com<mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com> <owner-l...@arachne.com<mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com>> on behalf of Ilske Thomsen <ilske.l.thom...@t-online.de<mailto

[lace] Fw: About OUR Exhibition of 1998

2017-06-18 Thread Jane Partridge
I think Bobbin Lacemakers is a closed group, so some of us who are on Facebook won't be able to see them, either. Are you a member of Lacemakers on Facebook, David? Jane Partridge No, No, David... Please put the photos on Flicker if possible so

[lace] 19th Century Lace books

2017-06-15 Thread Jane Partridge
the advantage of living through the era of the newly inspired lace patterns of the 1850s, so on that I would tend to look to the older, contemporary, published histories than the relatively new ones in determining what was what at the time. Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord

[lace] Fw: Bedfordshire lace

2017-06-14 Thread Jane Partridge
here, but was made much earlier on the continent. Jane Partridge - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Re: Lace magazine/ official email addresses

2017-05-01 Thread Jane Partridge
charity finances are concerned. BTW, your email, amazingly, has come through direct on the reflected list - it seems some do, some don't - mostly I have to wait for the digest to see what you have written, Jeri! Jane Partridge -- Jeri wrote: Dear Clare

[lace] Re: Fwd: Conservation and Over-coming Dim Lighting in Museum Galleries

2017-04-13 Thread Jane
, Jane On 13/04/2017 16:25, jeria...@aol.com wrote: Ladies, In case you did not receive directly from Arachne, I'm forwarding today's letter directly to you. I thought you might not want The Fashion Museum Bath to have your addresses. Jeri - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace] Lace in Fashion Exhibition - comments

2017-04-12 Thread Jane
think there are better places to go for those interested in hand made lace and costume. I’d be interested to hear other opinions, others might have a very different impression. From a travel-weary Jane In Hampshire, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

[lace] lace in the 'news'

2017-03-19 Thread Jane
it interested someone enough to make them want to have a go. Best wishes, Jane in Southern England where the daffodils are shining. - 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

[lace] Lace in India

2017-03-07 Thread Jane Partridge
We did have an Indian lacemaker, Sulachona, on Arachne some years ago. I don't know if she is still around? Jane Partridge - 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] Lace dogs, migration

2017-02-16 Thread Jane Partridge
'historians' didn't do and checked primary evidence. Jane Partridge - 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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Re: Lace dog

2017-02-15 Thread Jane Partridge
of work. More likely they were kept as ratters (as in the other article) than lapdogs. Jane Partridge Charlotte wrote:  While watching the Westminster Dog Show they talked about a dog that was the lacemakers dog. Please see: https://www.petcha.com/life-with-a-frenchie/ - To unsubscribe

[lace] 150-year old wedding dress

2017-02-12 Thread Jane
For those that might have missed it - its not exactly headline news - here is a story for you to enjoy . or breathe a sigh of relief over. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-38944387 Best wishes, Jane In a very cold, gloomy New Forest - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Lace in Fashion

2017-01-18 Thread Jane
Is this the dress? https://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/news/silver-tissue-dress-returns-bath Best wishes, Jane No pictures? Does anyone have a website address of a photo of the 1660 "silver tissue dress made from fine silk, woven with silver thread and trimmed with parchment

[lace] Re: Promoting Lace - "Lace in Fashion" exhibit in Bath

2017-01-17 Thread Jane Partridge
exhibitions unless they are local and in easy public transport reach. Jane Partridge Jeri will be pleased to know that there is an article about this exhibition in the next issue of Lace (165), which should be arriving any time soon. Malvary in Ottawa (who proof read this about a month ago

[lace] Re Black Lace Tie at top of Lace Guild website pages

2017-01-15 Thread Jane Partridge
digest users simply hitting "reply" and expecting the address hidden under "Arachne" in their 'To' field to be lace@arachne.com, but it coming up with the don't.panix address instead. Jane Partridge Looking forward to seeing the new, updated Lace Guild website, hopefully now

[lace] Re: Lace Fish, finished in a short beginner session

2017-01-13 Thread Jane Partridge
. Several leaf shapes together will form a flower. You will also find people insisting on calling your ! leaf/petal a fish!!! Jane Partridge Begin forwarded message: > From: jeria...@aol.com > Date: 13 January 2017 17:15:09 GMT > To: lace@arachne.com > Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Fi

[lace] Re: Arachne Handbook etc

2017-01-02 Thread Jane Partridge
. Jane Partridge The 'problem' I have is that the hyperlink to the flickr page brings up an attached photograph of a young man at a table with several pots of yoghurt on it - presumably advertising of some sort - and this happens every time the link is repeated, especially when posts are not trimmed

[lace] Re: Arachne Handbook etc

2017-01-02 Thread Jane Partridge
photograph of a young man at a table with several pots of yoghurt on it - presumably advertising of some sort - and this happens every time the link is repeated, especially when posts are not trimmed (and I've made that mistake a couple of times recently, too!!). Jane Partridge Roughly in the middle

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