Thank you very much, Jeri, I will indeed print this out and store with my
copy of Santina's book.
Noelene at The Angle
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>
> If you own any books by Levey, please print this *before it goes to
Arachne
> Archives* and becomes difficult to read and the format changes, and
The Bord de mer patterns in Cluny de Brioude dentelle polychrome book call
for Soie d'Alger. I assume this is the Au ver a Soie D'Alger in Threads
for lace, but if I try the Ganse princesse edge with an equivalent 22 wpc
thread, it looks far too thin. Has anyone tried this pattern and can
A friend of mine is seeking advice on how to mount some lace she has made on
to some fine silk fabric. It was brought back from Japan for her, and the
giver says it is "vintage" silk offcut from a kimono. It is 13" wide by
39" long. The longer sides are woven and wont fray. She wishes to sew
Your test here in Australia came through as with others, Jeri. Punctuation
but no italics, or bold, or underline.
I would welcome a change to another email exchange base, as messages from
some members of Arachne get truncated as soon as they use an unusual
character like an apostrophe, and I
Alexandra's website is https://alexstillwell.wordpress.com/.
The fish pattern, with full instructions, is under "PDF Help Files"
Noelene at The Angle
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> Hi all I remember a conversation a while ago about beginners patterns.
> someone mentioned a website, I think, Alex
Jeri, thanks for your advice that a new book by Jana Novak is available.
I don't think I've seen mention of the new book by Louise West, Bedfordshire
Lace Designs. I've just received my copy from the UK, and am delighted
with it.
To quote the forward, the designs in this book have been
I thought I would share this with Arachne.
On page 14 of Cluny de Brioude by Fouriscot and Arpin (not the Cluny de
Brioude dentelle polychrome) is a phrase "Pour obtenir une belle aponce .."
and goes on to say don't make picots and substitute plaits for tallies. My
Google Translate app failed
I sent a message to Arachne yesterday, but it didn't show up on my computer,
so here it is again. My apologies if it is a duplicate.
I recently discovered the free Google Translate app for android smart phones
and tablets.
You set your languages (e.g. French to English), point the lens of
I recently discovered the free Google Translate app for android smart phones
and tablets.
You set your languages (e.g. French to English), point the lens of your phone
or tablet at the printed text, press the camera button, and it translates for
you. It can't understand lace terms, of
In support of the Lace Guild's second hand books - even though I live on the
other side of the world, and am not a member of the UK Lace Guild, I have
bought several books this way.
Noelene at The Angle
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> This is a blatant advertising email because we have boxes and
I'd be interested to know if Sulachona is still lacemaking - she was the
inspiration for my "Peacocks and Rainbows" poem.
Noelene at The Angle
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> We did have an Indian lacemaker, Sulachona, on Arachne some years ago. I
> don't know if she is still around?
>
> Jane
Source of the snowdrop pattern has been located - it is from a Kant
magazine, 2003/1
Noelene at The Angle
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> It is the snowdrop pattern my friend is seeking, and she has tried to
contact
> the blogger, without success.
>
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It is the snowdrop pattern my friend is seeking, and she has tried to
contact the blogger, without success.
Noelene at The Angle
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> The Snowdrops patternB probably comes from the Lace Express. Not sure
> which issue, but will check tonight when I get home.Laura
A friend of mine is seeking the source of a pattern at this blogspot:
http://artylady.blogspot.com.au/
Does anyone know where it comes from please?
Noelene at The Angle
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I attended a class in Mechlin lace here in Australia several years ago, with
Ulrike Voelker. She used fine insect pins as support pins, and even brought
some with her to sell to us.
I learnt a lot in those classes about lacemaking, but never went on with
that type of lace. But I still take
Michel Jourde also designed several dog heads:
http://mjourde.over-blog.com/page/14
Noelene at The Angle
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> I am looking for dog patterns in both lace and blackwork. If you know of
any
> then could you please let me know how to find it/them.
>
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Here's a Tiny URL to Brian's link, which gets split into two lines by
Arachne and won't work that way:
http://tinyurl.com/h8tj3fc
There was an article in Piecework fairly recently about lacemaking being
taught to Native Americans in the past, but I can't lay my hands on my copy
at the moment.
Someone gave me a bag of the beads they use to stuff dolls to use in a
pincushion. I found they worked very well. I've had the same pincushion in
use for over 10 years, it has never altered shape, holds the pins well, no
sign of corrosion in some brass pins that have been in there for ages (I
Jeri, what a lovely, cheering thought for those alone on Christmas Day. I'm
not alone, but dealing with some family medical problems, and these
confections brightened my day. I'm quoting the entire message below so
those on Arachne who don't get your messages can see it too.
Noelene
I am leaving Jeri's message attached to this, so those who do not receive
her emails can read about this.
Thank you for reporting this, Jeri. It's knowledge like this that makes
those fortunate enough to travel make specific plans so they can visit
places like this.
Noelene near Canberra,
Postman brought me my card and beautiful, dainty snowflake mounted on red to
show it off, from Mina in Slovenia.
Thank you Mina, it is beautiful!
Noelene at The Angle
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I received a beautiful card from Daphne in Norwich, UK today, with a lovely
ornament for our tree to her own design.
Thank you, Daphne. I posted mine last Monday, I hope they reach their
destinations soon.
Noelene at The Angle
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There's a video clip on it on an Australian Yahoo news site, Here's a Tiny
Url of it http://tinyurl.com/zeszpkg. It's about 7 or 8 pictures down from
the top. I don't know how long it will be there for.
Noelene at The Angle, NSW
Did you see the closing ceremony with the tribute to bobbin
Thanks for that Arlene. As Arachne splits the long link into two lines,
here's a Tiny URL to the google site:
http://tinyurl.com/zyqnkfc
Noelene at The Angle
Here is a link to a photo album that shows all the country stands and, I
believe, the individual contest entries, as well as some other
Yvette Slabbert in New Zealand has a wonderful blog size with some really
good articles about lacemaking: https://letslace.com/.
Her latest project is to document pictures of lacemakers' hands making lace
- see her blog site for more details.
So I wrote her a poem to go with the display:
When I have a lot of magic threads at the beginning of a piece, I make them
quite long, and plait them together, in a couple of groups. I also knot the
raw ends together. I then pin all the ends together through the loops with
one safety pin. When I finally finish the piece, I undo each plait
in thread without fear.
And if someone should say it's so useless
So are peacocks and rainbows, my dear.
.Noelene Lafferty
The Angle, NSW, Australia
noel...@lafferty.com.au.
I really need help with finding a new humorous one or two liner or maybe a
short poem concerning lace makers
Thanks for re-quoting Brenda's message, Clay. Brenda's emails are amongst
those that get cut off for me as soon as something like an apostrophe is used.
It is indeed very sad news that Presencia Span are insolvent and we may soon
have to do without their wonderful Finca thread, and a great
I would like to second Jeri on this. Sometimes members post to Arachne
using software that doesn't send in plain text, and I get messages cut short
- usually it is as soon as someone uses an apostrophe, then the rest of the
message is missing. The only way I can read the message is to go to the
Jeri, thank you for your heartfelt Christmas message.
And our list has been quiet of late - a real shame, as the informative
exchanges that take place here were of enormous benefit to me when I first
started lace - what was it? - over 14 years ago.
And I'm sure Arachne has been of great help
Why I Like to Make Lace
By Noelene Lafferty
In today's busy world
Where life is one rush
And it seems to me speed is the norm -
When people can't stop
To hear a bird sing
Or thrill to a thundery storm -
In a quiet little nook
Just my own little space
I like to make time that's just mine
Barjac Ombree? Available from Barbara Fay books in Germany.
Noelene
The Angle, NSW, Australia
I wonder if anybody could give me the name of a book. It is a book by
Ulrike Lohr and it is about a lace she discovered that was only made around
one town in France. It is a point ground lace with
The Hornsby plastic bobbins were in a class of their own, far superior to
any other plastics I've ever seen. I've still got a lot of them in use on
my pillow/s.
Noelene at The Angle, NSW
noel...@lafferty.com.au
Nothing new under the sun. DJ Hornsby were selling plastic bobbins based on
their
I can't seem to connect to Holly Van Sciver's website. Says it's not
available. Do others have the same problem!
Noelene at The Angle, NSW
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Many thanks Amanda for the explanation of why certain messages go missing.
We have a similar problem with another chat group I belong to, and I will
pass this on to those who are affected.
My biggest problem with Arachne (I use Explorer, but nothing goes into Spam
and I don't miss any messages)
I concur, Alex, long may Arachne continue. Some days there are very few
messages, but when real information is available, or help needed, we're all
here ready to respond.
My latest discovery involves a large half stitch fan in a pattern in
Ulrike Voelker's Master Torchon. It is supposed to
Agree, Devon and Lyn in Lancaster. I'd rather search for exotic threads and
bobbins.
I like the light blue, and use a Powder Blue soft card which is 130 GSM. It
cost me $A4.50 for a pack of 50 sheets and I cover it with clear contact
paper - just the cheap stuff from the supermarket or
Thanks for that line Teaching is teaching Alex, it prompted me to start
writing again.
Teaching Lacemaking.
Teaching is just teaching
Whatever subject might be sought
But if you become a teacher
By your pupils you'll be taught.
Take the task of teaching
Lacemaking from the start
You'll find
Me too.All you need to do is take a plain Birch bobbin, inscribe it with
the words with a fine marking pen, and then give it a couple of coats of
clear nail lacquer.I have a couple that say So much thread, so little
time I made myself, as well as a couple to commemorate workshops.
Stick
Will this do?
The world is full of rules and laws
Controlling all we do.
We must do this, we can't do that
Our freedoms are so few.
But when it comes to making lace
There's guidelines there, not laws.
We don't need fussy Lace Police
You can't do that, because .
So if you make your lace for joy
How about lining it with a silk-like fabric, Janice?
And there's got to be a poem about lace police and lace snobs lurking in my
head somewhere!
Noelene at The Angle
Where the weather has decided to bypass Autumn and go straight to winter
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I used a metallic thread in a
I looked up Laura Friesel, and found her website: Laura Friesel,
http://laurafriesel.com/
Wonderful work, thanks for letting us know of her Tina.
Noelene
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I recently had the opportunity to take a Contemporary Lace workshop with
Laura Friesel. B Many of you may have
Such a good thought to plan this a year ahead, Jeri.
In my mind we need a single supplier who will
(1) supply both midlands, continentals and squares,
(2) also supply shuttles,
(3) someone who accepts credit cards or PayPal, and
(4) who would be willing to post out individual parcels world wide
I'll bite, Brian - what's a Noquette please?
Noelene
noel...@lafferty.com.au
Re the exposed piece of thread. Time to re invent the Noquette to keep it
covered.
Brian
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There is still something in our mailing system truncating some messages
coming to me via lace@arachne.com.
All I received of Ruth's message just sent was a b in the body of the
message, so I looked it up in the archives, and as the subject is so
interesting, thought I would pass it on here in
The capacity of the program is only limited to the size of your storage,
Jeri. And I've been using it for several years now, ever since I first got
a smart phone. It's certainly not some fly by night program.
A reminder to anyone using the program - if you update your version of the
program,
Seeing some members of Arachne send messages on their smart phones/tablets
(many of which get cut off when I receive them after the first apostrophe,
so I have to go to the archives to read the full message), I thought Id
share a book cataloguing App I found on Play Store. All you do is
Tiny Url of site is http://tinyurl.com/pe778h8
Noelene at The Angle
noel...@lafferty.com.au
For more on Veronika Irvine's work on computer generated grounds, based on
math, see
http://laceioli.ning.com/group/contemporary-bobbin-lace/forum/topics/designi
n
Leftovers.
The lacework now is finished,
The piece is on display.
But now the bobbins in the box
Have thread too good to throw away.
It seems a crime to throw it out
Could it make another mat?
But no, I know I'd then run short
There's not enough for that.
So then I got to thinking
I guess I'm
Beth, there's an email address on Michael Jourde's blogsite. If you write to
that, his children who still run the site will send you a catalogue. I
translated my email into French first using on line G**gle Translate, but I'm
sure writing in English would be OK.
Noelene at The Angle
Especially at Christmas,
Here's a greeting that brings
A whole lot of wishes
For life's nicest things-
May your lace give you pleasure
May your pins never bend
May the thread on your bobbins
Last right to the end.
May there always be prickings
And bobbins galore
And lacemaking friends
Coming in
I've received a lovely Christmas card from Laura in Albuquerque, with a
lacey ornament for my tree.
I've scanned it and sent a picture to Jenny in Kununurra for the Arachne
2014 Christmas card page.
Thank you Laura.
Noelene at The Angle
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The Torchon Tug
The Torchon Tug is an awesome force
To keep all those passives in line.
If they start in to waiver all over the place
Just give them a tug and they're fine.
A Point Ground Pull is a different affair.
The thread is so fragile and thin.
A Torchon Tug here would wreak havoc galore
Sorry to disappoint, Liz R and lrb , but that's an oldie and in my lace
poetry book. (I've got a large stack of these recently printed if anyone is
looking for a copy).
But the muse is stirring again, and I'll post the new one in a separate
email.
...Noelene
noel...@lafferty.com.au
Hurray! I
Retirement.
They all promised me
when retirement was due,
I'd be doing so much with my lace.
I'd have oodles of time
To plan and create,
And have projects all over the place.
But then the day came,
And I planned to sit down
With all of that thread that I'd bought.
With pins and my pillows
And
Plain text on Arachne splits a long link into two lines, which won't work
without editing, so I've translated it to a Tiny URL:
http://tinyurl.com/koz3q5q
Noelene
Maria Bissacco has posted 137 photos from the Peniche 2014 lace day. I hope
you can see these, even if you don't have a facebook
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra own one of the Nottingham Lace
Panels.It is not on public display at the moment, but their database
reference to it contains a good deal of interesting information.
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RELAWM32146/
My favourite picture of a lacemaker at
I used Google Translate to read the late Michael Jourde's blog site, and
spend many happy times browsing through the gallery there of wonderful
completed designs.
There is a catalogue available, and as Sue from France says, his children
are continuing the sale of his designs. I sent my
Thanks for the URL Jeanette.
What amused me was the comment on the site:
No actual lace was harmed in the making of this case.
Noelene, near Canberra
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Here is the tiny URL - it is something special - the case I mean!
http://tinyurl.com/qexz4cx
Jeanette Fischer
South
I've just heard that an Australian visiting the upcoming IOLI meeting in the
USA is able to take 20 of my poetry books with her in her suitcase.
As yet, I don't know how they will be sold there, but if you are interested,
keep an eye out for them!
Noelene at The Angle
With my new email
Sorry, my books won't be available at the IOLI convention, freight to the US
would be prohibitive. I only updated the original booklet and had some
printed for the OIDFA congress in Adelaide this year, and sadly, they didn't
sell well, so I definitely don't want the additional expense of posting
I think I've found a printing error in Pamela Nottingham's Bedfordshire
Lace Making. My edition is a hard cover, 1992.
On page 11 is a diagram of how to do a leaf. She says make a cloth stitch
and Take the third thread to the right under and over the outside thread.
But in the diagram, this
I'm another who just likes the making, and doesn't care much what happens to
the finished product - if indeed it gets finished. A good challenging
pricking, a combination of threads and/or colours, whatever appeals.
Incidentally, for those on Arachne who knew I lived in Cooma at The Round
Good news, Janet. Print on Demand would be wonderful for all those great
Batsford books for which Amazon etc ask such ridiculous prices.
Noelene in Cooma
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I have, in my hand, a letter from Anova Books, the company that owns the
Batsford imprint.
They are about to add
Wow, Alex, what type of lace are you using such fine pins on?
Noelene in Cooma
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I have been using the Watkins Doncaster stainless steel pins no.0. They
are the finest I have used and, although they are very long I have had no
trouble with them bending as they are very
Tiny URL for the link: http://tinyurl.com/m3c2zle
Noelene in Cooma
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Sue
If your student has learned turning stitch and how to do sewings, this
simple piece could be made into a bracelet.
http://laceioli.ning.com/photo/tape-lace-pattern-dmc29-lph?context=albumalb
If you go to http://sochi2014.bosco.ru/en/, scroll through the samples of
art in the quilt to Vologda lace, there is an hilarious (to me) description
of how the lace is made.
Noelene in Cooma
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Sorry, should have said the quilt is in the Look of the Games link at that
site
Noelene
If you go to http://sochi2014.bosco.ru/en/, scroll through the samples of
art in the quilt to Vologda lace, there is an hilarious (to me) description
of how the lace is made.
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Thank you for the explanation of the maker of the Honiton picture on eBay,
Jean.
I wish someone could give us information here in Cooma, Australia, about the
previous owner of some bobbins and shuttles we've recently acquired. They
were sent to our local tip as landfill when the rent on a
Long Live Lace
As old age encroaches things start going wrong
That medical treatment can't help.
There are twitches and spams, and all sorts of aches
And just to bend down brings a yelp.
But if one has an addiction to something as nice
As lacemaking and all of its treasure
There's no time
Sorry about the line spacing on my poem, I typed it in in text mode and it
looked OK my end, but the internet machinery has got rid of some but not all
line breaks. If anyone wants a properly spaced out version, please email
me direct.
It's a problem receiving Arachne emails from certain
I am currently looking at reprinting my little book of lace poetry,
Inspired by Lace in A5 format, with a clear plastic front, stiff cardboard
back, and spiral bound in wire, not plastic. I've written quite a few new
poems since I had the original little booklet printed. I can have them
done in
Some Ruth Bean books are available from The Crowood Press:
http://www.crowood.com/category.asp?cat=36class=Ruth-Bean-Publishers
Apparently they also have Torchon Lacemaking by Elizabeth Wade, and Torchon
Lacemaking by Jan Tregedgo.
Perhaps if they were to receive many email enquiries for Miss
I received my lovely card from Alice yesterday - a lacey Christmas stocking
hanging from a stair rail! So pretty. Thank you very much Alice.
Noelene in Cooma
Where summer has arrived with a heatwave!
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I have just acquired from a deceased estate a quantity of reels of Bull
brand Irish Linen, 100/2 - Brenda's book says it is 33 WPC. I gather it is
no longer available, a Google search did not turn up any hits.
It is a very smooth thread, no slubs, compared to the 100/2 Fresia I have
been using
I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue
by Evan Leybourn for some time. It uses the camera in the phone to scan
the barcode, which then automatically searches the internet for that book,
and places all details of it, including a thumbnail of the cover and a
I've just checked the exported CSV file of my lace book catalogue. It
opened immediately in Excel, and has 40 columns of data!
Noelene in Cooma
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I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue
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The Kenmare Lace Festival (in Ireland) has put the winners of their recent
competition on their website:
http://www.kenmarelace.ie/?page_id=46
Noelene in Cooma
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I'm self taught from a book - Rosemary Shepherd's Introduction to Bobbin
Lacemaking which is based on the correspondence lessons she wrote for the
Australian Lace Guild. When you live in a small country town in Australia,
there's no other option. The book is still available from Rosemary
The link to email Janet for the Christmas Card exchange 2013 did not appear
correctly in the email I received - it ran Sallie's name into the end of it
without a space, and when I clicked on it to put my name down, the email
bounced back.
The correct address should be jannettheak...@hotmail.com.
Can anyone explain the type of bobbins shown in this youtube clip please?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiThF6N4QlQ
I have some hooded bobbins but these are something entirely new to me.
Noelene in Cooma
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Cheap chopsticks make ideal bobbins for scarves, with the hair grip as
suggested by Liz, or just rubber bands tightly wound above and below the thread
to stop it from slipping. I've tried this - it works.
Noelene in Cooma
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I have a vague memory of a friend saying she
Arizona lace books are listed in alphabetical order of author.
A Google search reveals Singulier et nouveaux pourtraicts to be written by
Vinciolo, Frederico, the search will also give you a direct link to the
actual book on the Arizona site.
Noelene in Cooma
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I am happy
for a really big look
Get cracking before the time passes.
For the delight that is gained from creating some lace
Is the best tonic since time began.
Find some way to do it, don't ever say can't
And prove to the world that you can.
Noelene Lafferty in Cooma, Australia
April, 2013
nlaffe
Why oh why when I write an email in Plain Text, and make sure every
paragraph mark in my original has been changed into a manual line feed by
doing a global search and replace, does the Arachne email machinery take
some of the manual line feeds out? If you want to keep my poem, can you
edit it
I found my old Arachne pin a few days ago, took a photo, and finally figured
out how to upload to the Arachne flickr account. I've put it in the Arachne
Anniversary set, I hope that's OK.
Noelene in Cooma
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The International Lace Dictionary is certainly an asset to any lace library.
I bought mine from Barbara Fay in Germany by mail order:
http://www.barbara-fay.de/j/. I just checked and they still stock it.
Noelene in Cooma
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As for books and the like, I urge anyone
As I have received a couple of requests for How Many Bobbins, here it is.
I hope this works with just line feeds in the right places.
I may not have posted it before, it's quite long for one of my poems.
How Many Bobbins by Noelene Lafferty
A friend asked me once
With a quizzical air
Just how
I'll second that for doing a panel for our moderator Avital, Ilske . Good
idea.
And it would be wonderful to have a commemorative for our 20th birthday.
I've got all the commemorative bobbins, and the outstanding ones for me came
from Chris Parsons. He also supplies tatting shuttles made by
On the langendorfkloeppel site, I have spotted a bobbin lace accessory
called a Fadenbrucke which my Google Translate can't cope with, and which
is described as an indispensable help for the beginning of lace with open
threads.
It looks like a needle with an eye at both ends - there are two
Thanks for all the prompt replies, but the item I saw on the website is not
the wooden bridge to secure threads flat on the pillow. As I mentioned, it
is a 50 or 30cm long needle-like gadget, with an eye each end. It is the
two items above the wooden gadget on the langendorfkloeppel website.
Sorry if I confused people, I meant Page 7 of Discover Torchon, not Brenda's
thread book
Noelene
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I'm sorry but I don't understand what Noelene means by this - there's
nothing on page 7 of Ed 5 about percentages.
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I too looked up Brildor in Brenda's bible, without success, but by a
process of deduction, (on page 7 she quotes Nel 90/2 and Nel 100/2 as being
90% minimum to 100% maximum size, and Bockens Nel 90/2 is 29 WPC), I figured
Finca 40 (my favourite thread, and also 29 WPC) was the same.
Does anyone
I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you again to all at Arachne
who helped me when I first started lace. Living in a small country town, no
other lacemakers, let alone teachers around, and just a book (Rosemary
Shepherd's Introduction to Bobbin Lace) to learn from, getting started was
The good part about helping by emails and photos, rather than Skype, is that
you both don't have to be there at the same time. My student can send me
her picture even if I'm not home (or as she often does, late at night -
she's a night owl, I'm a morning person) - I can look it at my leisure and
Rosemary also sells her book direct, and accepts PayPal:
http://www.lacedaisypress.com.au/pubs2.html
I too learnt the basics from this book, with no local group or teacher
nearby (but also with the help of Arachne members via the internet - now
over 14 years ago!)
Noelene in Cooma
I learned
A new poem for the New Year:
It's great to be a lacemaker
With bobbins, thread and pillow
But then you starting collecting stuff
And cash flies out the window.
Worst of all are fancy bobbins
Only seen once in a while
So they have to be acquired at sight
And added to your pile.
You don't really
Is Erica in Christchurch, New Zealand still on Arachne? I'd like to get in
touch with her, and lost her email address in a recent computer crash.
One of my local friends has just come up with a good idea - plan to start a
new piece of lace on New Year's Day, something big that you would do a
My annual Christmas greetings to all Arachne members:
Especially at Christmas
Here's a greeting that brings
A whole lot of wishes
For life's nicest things.
May your lace give you pleasure,
May your pins never bend.
May the thread on your bobbins
Last right to the end.
May there always be
I can't remember whether I've shared this tip with you before, so here goes.
I've recently finished the six pointed star mat from La Dentelle Torchon -
Nouvelles Creations by Martine Piveteau. The open centre of the lace is
also a six pointed star.
To mount it on some fabric, I traced the inner
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