From: Patricia Ann Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
a bobbin lace project that was a mix of Beds, Cluny and Torchon. He called
it Bastard Lace!
A kinder term, if someone has trouble with this one, is Hybrid Lace.
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/
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To
This brings up the question of purity and naming. If I use some Cluny
techniques on a Beds pattern, is it still Beds? If I use torchon ground on
a Bucks grid, is that Bucks point lace? If I mix crochet stitches in with
detached buttonhole, is that needlelace?
I agree that mixing techniques can
From: Brenda Paternoster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
At last I've got around to changing the pattern on my website - it's
now the oval daffodil mat edging.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/lace/pattern/lacepattern.html
Thanks, Brenda, it's lovely. And it uses one of the techniques
I have many, many patterns that I *really* do want to do, but I don't call
those USOs because the chances of actually doing them is so slim. Even if I
never found another pattern to catch my eye, and never went to another
workshop, I still won't live long enough to do most of them.
But there's
I make slightly different bobbin rolls. To the best of my knowledge, I
invented it for myself but you may use the idea. Start with:
- two pieces of fabric, as long as you want it (I generally make them 18-24
long) and about 14-16 wide (you want at least 6, preferably 8 wider than
the batting)
-
From: Jane Viking Swanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm just wondering if anybody has heard about their classes
at the Ithaca (NY) Lace Days?
My notification came last night. I got Lohr's class on point ground
butterflies. The pricking and photo of the class project came, too. It's
someone doesn't buy a book because then she will be unable to show the
finished piece to her friends without getting permission from the author?
As the one who has been most vocal on this point, I have to say
again--there's never been any claim that you can't show your work to your
friends.
Libraries do have a special place in copyright law. But in addition, they
are affected by the fact that borrowers aren't buyers. Many magazines and
journals have two subscription rates. The rate for institutions (e.g.,
libraries) is often three or four times the rate for individuals. This is
From: Jane Partridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is why several of the guilds have associate membership - another member
of the household can have membership (usually restricted in some way) at a
cheaper rate, because they will share the magazine of the main household
member.
Pittsburgh Lace
Steph wrote: A completed piece of lace is a 'derivative work' from the
pricking, and is subject to just the same copyright limitations as a
straight copy of the pricking.
Bev added: if a pricking is published with the intent that a reader would
use it to produce a piece of lace, then the designer
all those who purchase Family Circle magazine and the like for putting
patterns in their magazine for just that purpose.
If the magazine states its designs are for bazaar items, then that's tacit
permission to use them for bazaar items.
What if I bought yards and yards of fabric and made
But can putting a boasting picture, with proper credits to book and
designer, on a non-commercial boasting website, really be described as
*publishing* except in the very widest sense of the word, ie make generally
known. Surely it's the modern equivalent of having it hanging on your wall
where
For example, in the Milanese books by Read and Kincaid there are lots of
Milanese braid designsCan I use these braids in my patterns (including
patterns that are just a straight piece of braid for a bookmark g)
without copyright infringement? If I draw diagrams by myself, can I put
them on my
If they're all-wood with a ring a glass seed beads, they're not all that
heavy. I doubt you need to worry about the weight unless you're getting
into finer than frog hair threads (like greater than 180/2). However,
having bobbins of different lengths might bother you while making lace. It
From: Weronika Patena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm looking for cheap linen fabric to put lace edgings on. What's the
difference between cross-stitch fabric and normal fabric, and would it make
any sense to put lace edgings on it?
Fist off, I'm assuming you mean fabric centers for circular and
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'No part of this publication may be reproduced...except for your own
personal use'
So, the reason I haven't broken copyright law is because I couldn't be
bothered? I'm going to have to give myself a strong talking to
No, it does allow for
a first place would only be awarded if the piece was of a high enough
quality. So in a couple of catagories there was only one entry which got
3rd place because it was not 1st place quality.
Well, as a quibbler of semantics, this bothers me. Awards for excellence
may be based against an
From: Elizabeth Ligeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
the entries were limited to only those people who lived in that State.
This, I feel would be one reason why they don't get many entries. Opening it
up to anyone might get a greater response.
State and county fairs were (and many still are) intended
From: Tamara P. Duvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've just had a private message from Leonard (not yet answered; sorry g),
musing on the advantages/disadvantges of diagrams. I agree with him up to a
point: diagrams do clip our wings, and limit our imagination/flexibility;
they ossify our lace,
From: purple lacer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
If this seller wants to acquire the books and then scan them and then sell
the CD, that would be perfectly fine. Using your scans is NOT!!!
Tess, if I were you or the professor I think I would contact the seller and
ask them to stop. State that your
From: W N Lafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question is, what sort of patterns best suit variegated yarn? Cloth stitch
or half stitch diamonds/trails? Big or little spiders?
Sounds lovely! What are the colors?
The elements that, IMO, best show off variegated threads are:
- Cloth (CTC)
From: Carolyn Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
When I went into the meeting room I explained to the people who greeted me
that I was a new member and would just like to sit in the back and observe,
that I was there mostly to keep my friend company.
I believe it's not a matter of secrecy.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Method might be relevant, so I say that I am using a big octogonal block
pillowThe bobbins, all spangled Midlands, lie flat on my pillow while I
work( ie hands-down).
First of all, the threads looping over the top of the pins. Part of the
From: Dr. Jo Ann Eurell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tina, the Little Lacemaker is a reprint of an early 1900's novel about a
lacemaker. Yes, it is the same story that was published on the internet,
but this time the Rocky Mountain Lace Group has added pictures of lace in
the margins of the pages
I'm back from the IOLI Lace Convention. I have to say, anybody who didn't
go missed a wonderful time. It was great being able to have a single class
all day instead of having to bring twice as much equipment and switch
between techniques every day. Sure, there were a few glitches, but no more
Oh, Sof, you must tell us all about it when you get home! That looks like
such a wonderful lace meeeting.
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/
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From: Sof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Me I was in Bailleul (France) in
From: Weronika Patena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks, I'll try that. As a beginner, I guess I'm just always worried about
not having enough thread, and tend to end up with twice as much as I
need.
I was there once, and speak from experience--you need to learn to add a
bobbin. It's not hard in
From: Bev Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
oh and a hint about putting stiffening goop on the ornaments - I have a
small square of styrofoam (the cheap packing stuff) over which there is a
piece of scrap fabric.
Just to reiterate, in case anybody's considering trying the polystyrene
(plastic
From: Weronika Patena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whenever I do a lace project, I end up with lots of thread left on the
bobbins. How do you deal with this? Is it possible to figure out how much
thread a project will take so that not much is left over?
1. Thread is not all that expensive.
Hi, first time here on the lace chat. I was wondering if any one could
please tell me how they stiffen the lace book marks they have made
I don't. It's been my experience that recipients of my bookmarks consider
them too precious to use for most things. They admire them, and some have
put
From: Eileen Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. What kind of pillow do you travel with? (travel pillow?)
2. Do you use travel bobbins?
3. Is there any problem going through airport security with a million
pins?
I used to have two travel pillows. One I recently sold (I'm moving and
*really* need to
I had no trouble getting in and looking through the twenty pages. It may be
there are too many people trying to log onto the site at one time. Or
perhaps it needs a very recent version of Adobe Acrobat to read it (I think
I have v. 6). But it is there, honest!
Robin P.
Pittsburgh,
I doubt any of these would work for 150+ pairs, but they do for 50-100.
1.
Some people have fabric books that they put to each side of the pillow.
They open to the last page, lay bobbins in there, flip the next page over
them and lay more bobbins in there, etc. I do not get along with these
Have you pinned down the pricking? When I pin down the corners (and longer
sides, if necessary), the pattern can't ride up because the pins are holding
it down. They're pushed all the way down flush with the pillow, so the
threads won't catch on them.
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
From: peter vilsack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can anyone clue me in- I would like to make a border for a hankerchief in
Honiton lace and connect the motifs by pearl pin bars or needlelace
bars(buttonhole)
What I would do is make the all motifs first, and make a pattern with the
motifs drawn in
From: Elizabeth Ligeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I found little mites walking around on the pillow, but I lifted the
removable outer cover, and sprayed it with fly/bug spray,and that fixed
them for a while. Every time I saw and I repeated the dose, and I have not
seem them for quite a few years,
From: Clay Blackwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You mentioned using a cookie pillow. Some of us have come to the
conclusion that if your cookie pillow has a fairly high dome instead of
being relatively flat, this causes more lifting of the lace.
I find more trouble with patterns lifting on a
Ethafoam, ...is not quiet!!
I have found builder's foam (the kind of polystyrene with tiny bubbles in
it) to be noisy, but have never heard anything when pinning into true
ethafoam (polyethylene).
just my humble opinion,
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
From: nerakmacd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm wondering which pillows you prefer, and why. I know that the ethafoam
can become worn easier after much use with the pins. Is it the same with
the straw, or does the straw tend to 'regroup' better after being used over
and over with the pins.
My
From: Whitham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
How many lace pillows do you have and how do you store them?
Let's see. Many of the pillows are just around here and there with
projects (UFOs) awaiting my attention. These include:
1. 24 cookie with Cantu (from a workshop) on the couch
2. Monster
have ALL got to wear jabots! Lacemakers, arise! As soon as I get nine
committed jabot-makers, I will produce a pattern. 5-to-4 Floral
Bucks/Torchon?
I don't know, Aurelia, if you do it 5-4, you may be influencing the voting
of the Supreme Court of this land! Will they have to vote along
Another tidbit about framing and humidity. Wood, paper, and cotton stuffing
(cellulose products) have a strong control on humidity, even in well-sealed
containers. I recently did some research on this topic (for natural history
specimens, not lace). Specimen storage cases have good, but not
From: Avital [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Most important thing to remember is not to make the elastic too tight or it
will give your friend a blinding headache! A diameter (measured around, not
across) of about 22 inches will fit most women.
I don't understand this measurement. Diameter is across
Is there anyone going to IOLI that needs a room-mate? I just now became
able to go and there is room in classes I want (too many classes, of
course!!), but staying alone at the main hotels would be prohibitively
expensive.
I'm a non-smoking female but am willing to share with a smoker. I do
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
They said that the lace needs to be exposed to air to keep it from drying
out. What do you recommend? Our weather conditions are so different from
Northern Europe, and the piece will be in my non air conditioned home, that
I wonder if this
From: Karisse Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What intrigued me was that the patterns were to be ironed on the pricking
card like you would iron on an embroidery pattern to a piece of cloth. Has
anyone tried this and how does it work out and do the markings come off the
pricking onto your
From: Sue Fink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Malvary's posting mentioning that Jacquie is her sister raised in my mind,
how many of us have sisters who make lace?
I don't have a sister of any sort. However, my mother and I both learned
bobbin lace at the same time. Well, she took a class, and I
At 4:12 PM -0700 6/28/04, Janice Blair wrote:
I saw some lace, mainly small pictures, for sale at the market on
Havelska on Sunday but on Monday the vendors had changed. They had
some Rumanian lace marked as macrame!
From: Mary L. Tod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Janice, I've been told by a woman
Well, she fixed it. Now it says Definitely NOT Bucks Point.
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/
-Original Message-
Hahaha! It makes me want to dig up my tambour hook and frame and make myself
some Bucks point. g Now where did I put that economy-size
I just went to Sally's website (see below) to get ordering information for
her two Luton lace books and found a neat surprise. At the bottom of her
home page is an *unlabelled* web link. I clicked on it just to see what
that was all about. It takes you to a picture of a spectacular piece of
Mary writes: Okay, here's a newby question asked to me by another newby,
and it had me thinking. She found some pre-made linen hankerchiefs in her
basement and wants to add a lace edging to them. I know to use cotton
thread on cotton, or linen thread on a linen hankerchief.
If I'm using a
How about calling the secondary list Arachne-project?
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/
-Original Message-
The word itself wouldn't be copyright or otherwise owned, and it does
identify our project.
Someone earlier started the subject
From: Susan Lambiris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I thought of having the seven panels linked to each other so that
they could be unfolded to form a sort of seven-sided cylinder-like
globe,
Just remember, it's not only the packing requirements, but the *nature* of
the display that you need to
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Isn't this something that can be moved to lace chat?? No as it is a
planning discussion for a large lace project.
Don't worry, it should soon be moving to its own list, neither lace nor
chat.
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
From: Patricia Ann Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. The seven wives
had seven sacks. The seven sacks had seven cats. The seven cats had seven
kits. Kits, cats, sacks, wives, how many were going to St. Ives?
Now *that's* a project big enough
Weronika wrote:
You mean CDs? Really? I've never heard that. Maybe I should see whether
my old ones still work...
Oh, yes!!! CDs are *not* archival. They deteriorate. Re-writable ones can
fade *especially* quickly. Definitely check your CDs regularly.
Ironically, people worry about
1 man
7 wives,
a number of sacks appearing from behind the wive's backs or lying on
the roadside where somebody dropped one and hasn't noticed yet
a few cats and kittens who have managed to make their escape, running
every which way ...
What a glorious, chaotic mess that would be! Some wives
From: Clay Blackwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
if we have a large piece with a number of panels, each with one of the
wonderful ideas that has been tossed out... how amusing it would be to see
a stray kitten or a lost bag (or a wandering wife), meandering through the
other panels!!
It'd have to
Make a lace picture of your town? Even though it has more than seven
buildings, the lace would be of 7 houses because that is the name of the
town.
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/
-Original Message-
I happen to live in a village called
Wow! Those are spectacular for those of us who like our butterflies
realistic! There are so many butterfly designs out there and most make
the zoologist in me cringe because they're so bizarre. I have no idea how
good the instructions are, but her results are gorgeous!
Robin P.
Pittsburgh,
From: Weronika Patena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is this all about?
On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:51:33PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At long last, CD3 and CD4 are ready for shipment.
Tess has been working with a professor in Arizona on making old,
out-of-copyright lace documents
From: Samrah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I know I need Brenda's book, but as I am just starting the book list is
really long. How does Brok 36/2 compare to Brokman's 35/3? I know we are
dealing with 2 ply vs. 3 ply, but are they close in size?
As a general rule (within cotton, or within linen,
If Rosemary made her first flowers in the late 70s then this predates the
Novak ones by a considerable margin. But no-one would think that plagiarism
has taken place the other way round, would they!
Frankly, that was my first reaction--that it could have just as easily been
plagiarism in either
Some of us Yanks learned early-on about Milanese from Read and Kincaid, and
so call that (and Russian) braid lace. Although it grates on my ear, I've
never heard a decent alternative term to use.
I usually avoid the braid/tape controversy by calling the other kind
Battenberg family or lace made
Sylvia wrote:
YLI silk is very strong and works up extremely well. I have used it and
Bev responds:
Excellent endorsement - I think I'd like to try it for Bucks then - what
gimp thread I wonder?
I've used YLI 50 and 100 (and Tire 50) for Bucks, and they both work up very
well. They are very
Yes, it's the same Barley. She's a lovely woman, too. I took her stumpwork
class at Ithaca a few years ago and had a delightful time! She also has a
book out just by her, on quite a variety of needlelaces. It's really nice
if you're interested in the variety. Each chapter is about one style,
I've never bought the S/Z causing unwinding, but I think I can answer your
question anyway. Take a piece of thread (yarn would be easier). Hold it
vertically--is it S or Z? Now turn it over (put the other hand above).
It's still the same twist direction.
So wind one end onto a bobbin. Then
Joy wrote:
I just pulled one of the threads, and the entire skein coiled up on it,
then the coil dropped off and unwound, ready to straighten out and pull out
another thread.
From: Adele Shaak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I agree with Joy - that's how I separate floss, and I can't understand
why
From: Jane Viking Swanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I won't spill all the secrets of the new IOLI Bulletin but I have to mention
the incredible BL crab on the cover. It's by Elizabeth MacDonald of
Pennsylvania and the colors are incredible!!! Some of you will remember
reports to arachne a few
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
one strand of DMC embroidery floss, the worst choice as everybody
knows, and a dreadful no-no for lacemakersSo what, what, what, dear
Arachnes, is the forbidding edict against floss all about?
I've never heard any forbidding edict against
From: Vasna Zago [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
A friend and I are trying to figure out all the differences between filet
and lacis. Are they the same kind of lace? What is filet crochet and how
is that different?
Filet crochet is definitely different from filet/lacis. It uses
chain-stitch to
Much of the oya is (or at least was) knotted needlelace, although modern
books show crocheted and tatted flowers, too. If you enlarge the bottom
photo in that article, the pink flower is knotted (Armenian) needlelace
while the top photo looks like all crocheted.
Robin P.
Pittsburgh,
From: Ann-Marie Lördal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
How did you attach it to the pillow? I have been suggested to hold it down
with velcro (I was thinking of using drain pipe holders, dressed in fabric,
and put them at an angle in the hole for the original roller :-)) but
velcro sounds better.
I
Cow and a calf. Or mother and babe. Those are bobbins (always
Midlands, I think) which are carved/turned in such a way that a larger one
will carry, within itself, a really tiny (no more than 3/4-1) one.
I have a couple of these lovely old bobbins, but they are not spangled
as Midlands bobbins
From: Linda Greyling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Taking a workshop class or course we expect to learn, but what does the
different names suggest . Does it influence your choice? Should the name
reflect the content?
I think of a workshop as being short-term; an hour, a day, at most a
weekend.
From: Lorelei Halley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The only problem is in making modified equipment large enough to handle the
pattern and threadsOrdinary bobbins don't have enough storage space for
such thick yarn.
A friend made a shawl using fingering-weight yarn. She used spring-type
Tess, those CDs are such a spectacular resource and the price is so low as
to be the bargain of the century! If you have to raise the price for better
packaging, there isn't anyone who can object. At twice the price they'd
still be a great deal, in order to get those priceless treasures into our
Since the Battenberg-style tapes are flat, it's easy to cross them.
Crossing the round Romanian cords would create an unsightly (to me) bulge.
It may not be a rule of the lace, but it would certainly be ugly to my eye.
However, many Battenberg-style patterns that have loops in them can be made
by
Sorry to send this to the whole list, but I don't have Avital's address. I
just got a virus report on a message that claims to come from Arachne. The
virus was Netsky. I don't know if this is one of those viruses that puts a
bogus address on the message, but thought I should report it, just in
From: W N Lafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just tried out the twined gimps with metallic thread on a linen bookmark
(leftovers from the Seashore edge) and it works a treat, makes the metallic
really stand out well. I really can't understand why it's not a basic
component of Torchon. And yes,
Wow, that's some spectacular collection of textiles. Jane Viking Swanson,
check out the Blattenburg coat. There are some nice lace yardages and
lace- and lace-trimmed garments to drool over, too. And a calf-length Irish
crochet coat.
Anyone who hasn't gone to see, check it out!
Robin P.
From: Elizabeth Ligeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have never buffed my NL, and wonder if it really makes very much
difference.
Do you only buff the raised work, or the fillings, too?
I've never heard of buffing the lace, although I admit I'm not deeply into
NL. I would never think of rubbing
From: Tamara P. Duvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Lacemakerhttp://www.lacemakerusa.com/
Mmm... Neither Holly nor Susan take plastic -- aka credit cards (don't
know about Tracy at the Lacemaker)
Tracy takes plastic in her store, so I assume she takes plastic over the
internet.
Robin
From: Jean Nathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What about 'Lace Express'?
It's expensive (62 euros, 43 pounds 40 pence) for 4 issues (April, July,
October and January) and available through either Germany or Canada.
I just went to their site and it said a year (even 2004) was 52 euros (65.85
I started to send this directly to Linda, but decided to send to the list.
While this is not lace, conserving old patterns and books is pretty darn
close and I've included the addresses of archival suppliers that can be
useful for supplies to preserve old lace, too.
I am *NOT* a paper
From: Carolyn Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Second, I learned at a workshop presented by Archival Products that there
are a number of the plastic pockets on the market that are marked archival
that aren't, at all. As far as I could tell, about the only way to
distinguish was to purchase
From: W N Lafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
nothing suitable (thick enough) for the two single gimps (I figured I'd need
Perle 5 for effect). So I would up pairs of bobbins with Perle 8 in aqua,
and instead of passing the threads over the gimp, I passed the linen threads
through the pair of
From: Avital Pinnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I didn't realise that there were so many ways of making beaded oya.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3582414435ssPageName=ADM
E:B:SS:US:1
I bought another book from this dealer (elfocan) and one from another
Turkish dealer. The
The bit I liked best about this one is Robin's confidence that the first
piece of lace will be finished, leaving the pillow and bobbins free for the
second class.
Oh, that's hilarious! I've been crowned Queen of Unfinished Projects! Last
time I finished something (other than a gift), my
From: Tamara P. Duvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Only one lace book listed, but it's an interesting one for those who like to
design or meddle with existing patterns...
http://www.doverpublications.com/winter_sale/ws_nc.html
Personally, I consider Cook and Stott's Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches
One thing that was useful when planning an ornithological convention was
that the organization kept a set of files that were passed from one local
committee to the next. It included budgets (including who you got quotes
from), what you decided to do (and, generally, why), and a post-event
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would like to reproduce this edging in a circular format. How might I go
about doing that?
It's reasonably easy to copy the design onto polar coordinate graph paper.
This is graph paper arranged in a circle, so the vertical lines of the
From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have tried to create the pattern myself from a pattern that I found for a
round doily but I have not been able to create the corners. Now, I am
running out of time and need to find a pattern.
If you like that pattern, use it without fabricated corners.
From: Sue Babbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The patterns are stunning, and the prickings and diagrams are so clear. The
lace is so beautifully worked.
I haven't seen the book yet, but I know from Sally's contributions to the
NELG newsletter that yes, she makes excellent prickings and diagrams.
From: Carol Adkinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
It looks like an over-large brick, on its end, and opens out so that
the actual apron bit (where the bobbins actually sit whilst work is in
progress) is larger than an 18 pillow would be.
I have one of these SMP travel pillows and really like it.
when teaching the basing 3 stitches (half/CT;whole/cloth/CTC; double
half/CTCT), which is the easier route to go, when it comes to teaching
half and double half? Ie which one is easier to learn first?
So many people are intimidated by half stitch, that I'd save it for last.
It's so easy to
Ah, this guy is back, or it looks like it's the same guy.
Be warned, he uses the same photo every time he lists bobbins, and you don't
necessarily get the same assortment as in the photo. You do get 10 assorted
antique French bobbins, and the photo is representative of the shapes and
sizes,
From: Viv Dewar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd ask the framer to use non-reflective glass too. (I've never framed lace,
but that's what I used in pre-BL days for cross stitch). It cuts out some of
the glare IMO is worth the extra cost
Personally, I don't like non-glare glass. It's got a tiny bit
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In the description it says that it is very likely from the Island of Malta.
It may well be from the island of Malta. There are many lacemakers on Malta
who do not make Maltese lace. A couple of years ago, there was a
From: Celtic Dream Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Since I now have this pair of bobbins a thought occurred to me...I don't
think I have run across any patterns for Maltese lace. Have I been blind or
what...did I miss something over the past few years
That was me sitting next to you,
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