[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition 2022

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[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2022

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For anyone not familiar with it, starting from December 1st there is a window that can be opened with a new lace picture every day, patterns on two of the

Re: [lace] Help With Skeined Cotton Thread

Hi Adele, I think it’s probably very fine cotton. In the Romance of the Lace Pillow by Thomas Wright (1971 reprint from Paul Minet) on p.123 it says “Many workers use ordinary Lace Thread (which is, of course, cotton), sometimes called Gassed Thread, from the fact that it is drawn at a slow but

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

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[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2021

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For anyone not familiar with it, starting from December 1st there is a window that can be opened with a new lace picture every day, patterns on two of the

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

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[lace] Lace Advent Calendar Competition

Those of you who have been following our Lace Advent Calendar will have opened the last door today. Time now to solve the competition and send off your answer! We look forward to receiving them by 31st December. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Jean and David in Glasgow

[lace] Using Zoom for lace teaching

I have been using Zoom for teaching lace classes for quite a few weeks now, trying to work out what was best for both myself and my students, not easy when we all had different combinations of desktop/laptop computers and/or mac/android devices. With the help of David (DH) I’ve now mounted a

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2020

Apologies - we had a bug in the mobile version but it’s now fixed although you may need to refresh a few times before you get to the right place. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2020

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For those who are not familiar with it, starting from December 1st there is a window that can be opened with a new lace picture every day, patterns on two

[lace] Updates

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Re: [lace] Brides Tortillee

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Re: [lace] Mystery lace

--- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net > On 21 May 2020, at 22:18, Devon Thein wrote: > > What would you call the lace I just posted on > http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history ? > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com cont

Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

the bobbin rather than wrapping the thread around the bobbin https://www.jeanleader.net/techniques/winding.html Jean in cold but dry Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

Re: [lace] In search of Mikhaylov pattern

to send better quality images? Jean in cold, wet Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

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[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2019

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For those who are not familiar with it, starting from December 1st there is a window that can be opened with a new lace picture every day, patterns on two

[lace] A puzzle and an updated website

the history from you browser or wait until other pages you’ve viewed displace my old pages. --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

Re: [lace] lace identification websites and books

On 13 May 2019, at 18:52, Karen Thompson wrote: > > Elena pointed out the V's site > http://www.dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lace-Booklet.pdf > which > I also find extremely helpful, especially for identifying the machine made > laces. The same website also has

[lace] New lace website

systems or devices. Thanks Jean in sunny Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com

Re: [lace] Bedfordshire lace

> On 25 Jan 2019, at 23:43, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: > > After finishing pattern #3 in Intro to Bedfordshire Lace by Jean Leader, I > wasn't as thrilled as I had hoped to be. I've posted a pic to Arachne Flickr > & would appreciate some constructive comments. Susan,

Re: [lace] Sri Lankan lace

Gil, I have a couple of narrow lace edgings from Sri Lanka which my mother acquired there probably sometime in the 1970s. I think I also have an illustration of Sri Lankan bobbins and/or lacemakers in one of my older books about lacemaking. I’ll look them out and send you pics and details when

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

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[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

Those of you who have been following our Lace Advent Calendar will have opened (in Oz) or will soon be opening the last door. Time now to solve the competition and send off your answer! We look forward to receiving them by 31st December. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar 2018

Once again David and I have produced a Lace Advent Calendar which you can find on my website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html For those who are not familiar with, it starting from December 1st, there is a window that can be opened

Re: [lace] Central Repository of Errata - brilliant idea!

me. This is something that interests me too (I have errata for my Lace Guild books on my website) and I’d love to offer to help but at the moment I have other things taking up my time. Jean in sunny Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net

Re: [lace] Jacquard technology

> On 30 Aug 2018, at 16:06, Devon Thein wrote: > > Previously, lacemaking machines were run on Jacquard technology in > which the movement of the machine was directed by punched cards. MYB Textiles in Ayrshire Scotland has updated 100-year old lace machines that used punched cards so that

[lace] Portuguese Translation added to OIDFA Translator

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Re: [lace] early lace video

in its Museum Collection. Jean currently in Lake Arrowhead CA before moving on to San Antonio TX for the IOLI Convention --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: 'Clifhangers' with some postings eg [lace] 20th century bobbin lace grounds

ng what happens if you send send without the apostrophe. Jean ------- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace Magazine #169

nth Century Lace series. It’s a copy of what are called 'silver gilt lace leaves’ in the Hardwick Hall records. Jean in chilly Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] Vintage pattern books

> On 18 Jan 2018, at 12:20, Gilian Dye wrote: > I'm wondering if any Arachne member knows of any way of dating the numerous > books and instruction leaflets published by DMC, Coats and other thread > manufacturers from the end of the 19th century? For DMC I was either told by

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

part. Jean and David --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - 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

[lace] Our Lace Advent Calendar Competition

Those of you who have been following our Lace Advent Calendar will have opened the last door today. Time now to solve the competition and send off your answer! We look forward to receiving them by 31st December. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Jean and David in grey,

[lace] Winding bobbins

or removing twist while getting them from reel to bobbin and I’ve tried to explain how to avoid doing this. Jean in cold (but not snowy) Scotland --- Jean Leader Lace Advent Calendar: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Lace Advent Calendar

For many years David and I have produced an annual Lace Advent Calendar, hosted on the website of The Lace Guild. We no longer have any connection with that website, so this year the calendar is on my own website: https://www.jeanleader.net/calendar/index.html

Re: [lace] Texas floods

and their neighbourhoods are like islands. Jean --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - 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

Re: [lace] Ripon lace

ion. The original label in the book says “Piece of lace Old Ripon Lace 18th century”. I don’t really believe the 18th century part but the lace is definitely the same. Jean --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe send email to maj

Re: [lace] IOLI convention

> On 5 Jul 2017, at 23:12, Susan wrote: > > I was thinking about inviting a cousin-by-marriage to visit IOLI on Wed. > 19th, the day designated for the public to attend. There is a speaker, > Candace Perry, at 7pm but I did not find a description of the topic. Does >

[lace] Black Chantilly lace tie

in it’s time, and now I’m wondering whether it should travel some more so I can bring it to to the Arachne lunch at the IOLI Convention - if you’re going to be there you’ll have to wait and see! Jean --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net

[lace] Lace groups in Amsterdam and Utrecht

One of my bobbin lace students will be moving to either Amsterdam or Utrecht this summer. I’m hoping that someone will be able to give me some information about lace groups in those cities that I can pass on to her. Thank you Jean in Glasgow where I’m hoping the rain has finally stopped - To

Re: [lace] Chrysanthemum & Tonder lace

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Re: [lace] What constitutes Gros Point?

styles/venice.html Jean in sunny Glasgow --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net > - 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 s

Re: [lace] Jean and David Leader

Dear Clay, Thank you for your concern. We are skiing in the Alps where there's no problem with earthquakes. Unfortunately it's the mountainous southern region of Italy which is an earthquake zone - there are two faults there and they are both moving. This latest quake has been made even worse

Re: [lace] Valenciennes de Gand, but not quite...

My impression is that there were a variety of 'strange' laces, that don't fit nicely into any category in the late 19th century. They seem to have all sorts of mixed techniques and I wonder if they were part of the handmade lace industry's attempts to produce lace that hadn't / couldn't be

Re: [lace] Make & Take pattern

> On 14 Jan 2017, at 02:52, Sally Jenkins wrote: > > There is a wonderful set of patterns here called Flowers, Flames, & Fantasy: > https://www.laceguild.org/ Those patterns started off with a simple flame pattern that I designed for the Lace Guild's Young Lacemaker

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

I’m sure I have the fish pattern but no time to look for it right now as we're busy packing for our ski holiday. If no one else has offered it in a weeks’s time please remind me to look for it. Jean --- Jean Leader www.jeanleader.net On 13

[lace] Lace Guild website

The Executive Committee of The Lace Guild has decided it wishes a new webmaster, and therefore after today, 7th January 2017, David and I will no longer be responsible for the content or maintenance of the Lace Guild website. Jean Leader - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] 2017 IOLI convention classes

On 5 Jan 2017, at 06:10, Julie Shalack wrote: > I've gone to the IOLI website but I don't understand how the convention > works. The registration form tells me to sign up for certain times: all day > MTRF, AM MTRF, PM MTRF, W half day, W full day. > > However, the only

[lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition Result

Happy New Year! We've pulled the winners of the Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition out of the electronic hat and they are 1. Susan Vossier 2. Edwige Renaudin Thank you to everyone who took part. We've put the answer on the Lace Guild website and we've also mounted a list of credits for

Re: [lace] The Bulletin, fall issue 2016

On 28 Dec 2016, at 21:43, Susan wrote: > Has this issue been published & received by members? The summer issue was > late, so is the fall issue delayed as well? Yes, the IOLI Fall 2016 Bulletin is also delayed - it takes a while to catch up on lost time. The good news

[lace] Advent Calendar

Just a note to say that the annual Lace Guild Advent Calendar has been mounted at www.laceguild.org/guild/calendar.html For those that are not familiar with this, there is a new picture every day, patterns on two of the days (they have different coloured numbers), and a competition that you

Re: [lace] Lace in Norway - 2

Jeri, The only Norwegian lace I’ve seen is a Bridal Crown made by Ernst Ziesler which was in a Lace Guild exhibition in 1998. Googling for his name I found an article but it’s all in Norwegian! Here’s the link anyway

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin

On 25 Oct 2016, at 14:22, Karen Bovard wrote: > That is my problemIOLI doesn't send out reminders as to when dues are > due. If IOLI has been given an email address the Membership Chair does send out email reminders of when dues are due. But this only works if the

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin

On 25 Oct 2016, at 14:47, Malvary Cole wrote: > Perhaps IOLI should look at the system The Lace Guild uses. The renewals are > sent out once a year, in the magazine and the payment is for the next four > issues. It means everyone is on the same renewal date and if you

Re: [lace] OIDFA lace patterns?

Hello Susan, I don’t remember a page of patterns on the OIDFA website. There certainly hasn’t been one since the website was redesigned in 2012. Jean On 23 Oct 2016, at 19:23, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: > Hello All! Did OIDFA take down their page of patterns? At one point, there > was quite

Re: [lace] Linen thread

On 17 Oct 2016, at 09:12, Kathleen Harris wrote: > They told me that the old varieties of flax, which were used to produce linen > thread fine enough to make, for instance, Binche lace, have been lost. > Today's flax varieties just do not have fine enough fibres. I have heard

[lace] Lace for iPad and iOS10 - important

of the full area of the iPad. If you have already purchased Lace for iPad it will work fine up to iOS 9 - it’s just the latest update to iOS 10 that is the problem. Jean and David in damp Glasgow --- Jean Leader j...@jeanleader.net - To unsubscribe

[lace] OIDFA

This week I’ve been asked by a couple of people what will happen now that the 2018 OIDFA Congress in Bruges has been cancelled. If you are also wondering about this you will find a statement from the OIDFA Executive Council on the OIDFA website - go to https://www.oidfa.com/cong.html and click

Re: [lace] Lutec (?) lace

On 27 May 2016, at 09:12, H M Clarke wrote: > I had the privilege to go to Anchorage for a lace class way back in, I think, > 1998. I did Bruges but I seem to remember that a few people were learning > lutec (?) lace. I think it was a bobbin lace that made use of padding >

Re: [lace] Honiton With Rectangles?

On 16 May 2016, at 21:57, Adele Shaak wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I posted a question (below) about a Honiton collar, and > didn’t hear from anyone. Hi Adele, I think it is probably Honiton - the flowers including the thistle are typical as are the leaves with raised work.

Re: [lace] Queyras lace

On 15 Apr 2016, at 22:48, sylvie nguyen wrote: > I'm wondering if some of the lace makers are familiar with or make Queyras > lace. Hello Sylvie, I haven’t been to Queyras but the lace in Val Varaita just across the border in Italy is very similar. I went to Val

Re: [lace] Used book prices - The Lace Guild's book offerings

On 2 Apr 2016, at 22:56, Jean Reardon wrote: > I am an IOLI member and have considered joining the Lace Guild, also, but I > live in > the US. …. Do you know if it is possible to pay that through Paypal? Yes, it is possible to pay for Lace Guild membership using PayPal -

[lace] Lace Guild Second Hand Books

I’ve just added a new list of second hand books for sale from the Lace Guild - you’ll find it at https://www.laceguild.org/suppliers/books.html - just click on Books for Sale for the PDF file. Jean in grey damp Glasgow - Jean and David Leader Lace Guild

Re: [lace] thread for Hollie Point

Hi Julie, It’s a long time since I worked any Hollie Point but I used Madeira Tanne 50 for the best sample I made (I’ll send you a scan privately). In that one I had about 8 rows and 15 stitches in a 0.25 in square. By comparison a piece of Hollie Point in the Glasgow Museums Collection had

Re: [lace] Book enquiry

Hi Anna, If it’s just the Nüw Modelbuch facsimile part of 'Fascinating Lace' that you want it can be downloaded as a PDF file from http://www.e-rara.ch/zuz/content/titleinfo/1658127 e-rara.ch is a platform for digitized rare books from Swiss libraries Gil Dye’s books on Sixteenth &

[lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition Results

Happy New Year! We've pulled the winners of the Advent Calendar Competition out of the electronic hat and they are 1. Achim Siebert 2. Silvia Scholz Thank you to everyone who took part - this seems to have been a more difficult competition than last year but nevertheless some of you managed

[lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition

Those of you who have been following the Lace Guild's Advent Calendar will have opened the last door today. Time now to answer the competition questions and send them off! We look forward to receiving them all before 4th January. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Jean

[lace] Lace Guild website Advent Calendar

The Lace Guild's website will once again be mounting its Advent Calendar at http://www.laceguild.org/guild/calendar.html . For those of you not familiar with this, there is a new lace picture every day, two of the days have links to patterns, and six of the days are clues for a competition,

[lace] Updates to Lace Guild website

Dear Spiders, I have just done some updating on the Lace Guild website - details of next year’s summer school in North Wales, the new exhibition at The Hollies and a correction for the lovely Honiton pattern by Pat Perryman in the October ‘Lace’. The pricking is on p.39 and should be reduced

Re: [lace] Sea Silk

On 2 Sep 2015, at 11:51, Jane wrote: > I've never heard of sea silk before, but found this article amazing. I > thought others of you might be interested. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33691781 If any one wants to know more bout sea silk there’s an interesting

Re: [lace] Young Lacemakers bracelet pricking

On 21 Aug 2015, at 17:48, Susan hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! Size matters! When I printed out this cute pattern from the Lace Guild UK website, it doesn't seem like it is the correct scale. Can anyone tell me the correct length Susan, I added the bracelet pattern to the Lace

Re: [lace] lace timeline

Susan, A couple of years ago I was asked to write a section about identifying hand-made lace in a booklet that was used for a series of workshops for textile curators organized by Dress and Textiles Specialists (DATS) in partnership with the VA. As the aim was to help non-specialists to

Re: [lace] Lace Guild - Poppy and Swan Bobbins for Members

On 6 Jul 2015, at 17:45, ELIZABETH PASS elizabeth.p...@tesco.net wrote: I appears that the Lace Guild website has recently been updated. Sadly there are no Poppy bobbins but for the current membership year 2015-2016 the bobbins have the Lace Guild logo and heart outlines in blue. Liz Pass

Re: [lace] Flanders beginner books

On 6 Jul 2015, at 04:24, Marianne Gallant m...@shaw.ca wrote: Can someone recommend a good beginner book that is on the market right now, for Flanders lace? I don’t know of a book that is available now but I learnt the basics of Flanders Lace from Creative Lace Patterns by Valerie Paton

RE: [lace] OIDFA Lace translator

If anyone wishes to comment on the Hebrew lace translation on the OIDFA website, I think it would be best if they contacted me OFF-list (via Jean’s email address). Thank you, David Leader - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Something different on the OIDFA Lace Translator

This is David using Jean’s address to announce that another language has just been added to the Lace Translator on the OIDFA website (http://www.oidfa.com/translate.html) making 17 in all. This one is Hebrew, and it’s different for a couple of reasons. First it’s a right-to-left language,

Re: [lace] June 21 International Lace Day

On 15 Jun 2015, at 14:53, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: If this is a new event/idea someone's come up with, why not have it the same day as the already long established UK National Lacemaking Day, 2nd Saturday in September (this year the 12th) and make it International Lacemaking Day

Re: [lace] June 21 International Lace Day

On 15 Jun 2015, at 14:53, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: If this is a new event/idea someone's come up with, why not have it the same day as the already long established UK National Lacemaking Day, 2nd Saturday in September (this year the 12th) and make it International Lacemaking Day

[lace] Lace Guild website address

Since 1999 The Lace Guild website has had the address www.laceguild.org. When the website was set up in 1997 it was hosted by a company called Demon Internet which furnished the site with an underlying name of www.laceguild.demon.co.uk, which is more complicated, tied to a now defunct

[lace] 1931 lace making clip

It’s a fascinating film clip. The pattern she’s making is in Geraldine Stott’s Bobbin Lace Manual where she says “ This old Bedfordshire pattern is meant to represent the meandering River Ouse at Bedford , with the many waterlilies that lie on the river there.” It also appears in Pamela

Re: [lace] Picot problems

On 25 May 2015, at 19:58, Susan hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Before I aggravate myself with another strip, could someone lend a hand with advice? Susan, Working a twisted picot: 1. Take pin from outside under outer thread of twisted pair, bring point of pin towards you and out to the side

Re: [lace] Lace Guild website update

On 14 May 2015, at 01:39, Cindy Comeyne lace@arachne.com wrote: Jean. the file is hard to read. The gray and black lines in the table are too thick and the spacing of the words are too close to them. I even magnified and it still was not good. It’s always difficult to know how things will

[lace] Lace Guild website update

I've just updated The Lace Guild website with two new lists of second-hand books. These are books that have been donated to the The Lace Guild but because the library already has copies, are being sold to raise funds to buy new books. This time there is a Bargain Basement list with all the

[lace] New Gallery on Lace Guild website

I have just mounted a new Gallery on the Lace Guild website. This one features nine items from the Lace Guild Collection with accession numbers starting with D, E or F and can be found at http://www.laceguild.org/museum/gallery.html Please contact me with any questions or comments. Jean in

Re: [lace] Convention

On 16 Jan 2015, at 09:34, Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk wrote: The Lace Guild's AGM and Convention at The Masonic Guildhall in Stockport, UK, 10-12 Aprill. Further details are on the Guild's website http://www.laceguild,org/events (click on the tab for 'annual convention')

[lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition Results

Happy New Year! We've pulled the winners of the Advent Calendar Competition out of the electronic hat and they are 1. Alice Howell 2. Joepie Hammett Thank you to everyone who took part - we had lots of correct entries. We've put the answers on the Lace Guild website and we've also mounted a

[lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition

Those of you who have been following the Lace Guild's Advent Calendar will have opened the last door today. Time now to answer the competition questions and send them off! We look forward to receiving them all before 2nd January. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Jean

[lace] Lace Guild website problem

There has been an intermittent problem with the Lace Guild website today and it’s currently down. This is a general problem with the hosting company and we don’t know when it will be fixed but if you want to see the Advent Calendar we have already had to move it because traffic temporarily

[lace] Updates to Lace Guild Advent Calendar

David has been working hard on the phone version of the Advent Calendar and it’s now possible to go back in time and look at any days that you might have missed. ` Just tap on the date. And today someone pointed out to me that on the competition page there were only 5 drop-down menus for the 6

[lace] Advent Calendar translation

Slightly off topic but... A translation note for US viewers of the phone version of the Advent Calendar today - ‘do the washing-up’ (British English) equals ‘do the dishes’ (American English) Jean and David in sunny Glasgow - Jean and David Leader Lace

[lace] Lace Guild website Advent Calendar

The Lace Guild's website will once again be mounting its Advent Calendar at http://www.laceguild.org/guild/calendar.html Although this works well on tablets as well as on standard computers, 24 windows are something of a squeeze on a smartphone. So this year we have prepared a phone version

[lace] Lace Guild website update

Just in case no one has noticed I thought I’d tell you that over the past few weeks I’ve made various updates to the Lace Guild website including: Details of 27 Earring Patterns, the new book that was mentioned on Arachne recently http://www.laceguild.org/sales/pattBooks.html Details of the

[lace] 98 Lace Group Exhibition

I have now mounted images of the lace from the 98 Lace Group’s current exhibition, Gateways. This will be at the Wisbech Fenland Museum in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire until 1st November. This weekend (13th and 14th September) members of the group will be making lace at the museum and also at

[lace] Photos from OIDFA Adelaide Congress

Just wanted to let everyone know that you can see photos from the OIDFA Congress in Adelaide at http://www.oidfa.com/cong.html The first gallery of photos is of the Competition Prize-Winners, the second is of Congress events and Adelaide itself. Jean and David in Glasgow where the sun is

[lace] Lace translations

Dear all, Some of you will be aware of the OIDFA Translator which my husband, David, has been developing. This focusses on about 40 (currently) core lacemaking terms (primarily bobbin lace) and attempts to solicit the vocabulary from native speakers of different languages. Currently 15

[lace] Carrickmacross net and organdie

Does anyone based in the UK have some spare cotton net and organdie suitable for Carrickmacross? Earlier this year I made some Carrickmacross lace for Amy, a student at Glasgow School of Art, to have as part of her degree presentation in June. As you may have seen on the news there was a

[lace] Missing digests

Janice Blair wrote: Weird thing, I did not receive Arachne Volume 61 digest, so I was wondering how the topic of footsides had started. I didn't receive digests 59 or 61 - has anybody else had this problem? Jean in grey Glasgow (at least it's not raining) - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Stunned

Bill Blake was an ex-miner who learnt to make Honiton lace with Elsie Luxton after he retired. Back in the 1990s he was teaching Honiton lace in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Somewhere I have a photo of him at his lace pillow. Sadly he is no longer with us and I wonder if whoever is selling his lace

[lace] Lace Guild website update

A series of information leaflets on various aspects of lace and lacemaking has been available from the Lace Guild for a number of years. These leaflets have now been updated and can be downloaded as PDF files from the website. You'll find the first two - Care of Lace and Woollen Lace at

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