[lace] Pam Mattioli's Butterfly Bookmark
Apologies for resending this message, but I misspelled Pam's surname. Hi fellow Arachneans, A friend wants to make this bookmark published in "Vuelta y Cruz/Twist and Cross" No. 2 (pages 8-10). Has anyone made this bookmark? Can anyone tell me where the path of the gimp goes around the motif? I seem to remember seeing this pattern published in another place, but can't remember where. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Penelope Tartu, Estonia --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus - 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] Pam Marrioli's Butterfly Bookmark
Hi fellow Arachneans, A friend wants to make this bookmark published in "Vuelta y Cruz/Twist and Cross" No. 2 (pages 8-10). Has anyone made this bookmark? Can anyone tell me where the path of the gimp goes around the motif? I seem to remember seeing this pattern published in another place, but can't remember where. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Penelope Tartu, Estonia --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus - 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] RIP: Eeva Talts (1944 - 2016)
Sad news: Estonian lacemaker Eeva Talts has died at the age of 72. As well as teaching bobbin lace she organized the annual Lace Festival in Pärnu & was a founder of the Estonian Bobbin Lace Association (Eesti Niplispitsi Selts) in 1995. She published "Eesti niplispitsi mustreid/Estonian bobbin lace patterns" in 2003. In 2012 Eeva wrote a book about tatting in the Estonian language, and in 2015 published a book about bobbin lace from the Seto region, which is on the Estonian & Russian border. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Penelope An Aussie lacemaker in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Question about beads
I'm interested in hearing from anyone that has had the experience of beads cutting the thread in their lace. Please tell: What size type of beads were being used? And what size type of thread was being used? Thanks, Penelope An Aussie lacemaker in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Advent Calendar
As it is now 1st December, I just wish to remind everyone about the Advent Calendar on the UK Lace web-site: http://www.laceguild.org/guild/calendar.html Enjoy opening a window every day until Christmas, then enter the competition. Good luck, Penelope from Tartu, Estonia - 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] IOLI Bulletin
Dear Fellow Aracheans, When the question was asked about when the next issue of the I.O.L.I. Bulletin was due to arrive in mailboxes, I was in Paris for the week. I had proofread the magazine earlier in September, for the Editor, who unfortunately is not a subscriber to Arachne. It is due to be mailed in early October, so members should be receiving their copies soon. Enjoy reading it when it arrives. Penelope An Aussie lacemaker in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Michel Jourde's biography
The Fall issue of the I.O.L.I. Bulletin is being put together soon the Editor would like to include a biography of Michel Jourde. Can anyone help provide one in English, or translated from French? Thanks, Penelope in Tartu, Estonia - 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: Surprising Lace Conference
I have found the list of entries which had been accepted for the exhibition (opens on Nov. 11th) on http://tautasmaksla.lv/: Anna-Maria Väätäinen no Somijas (Finland), ar darbu Dreams; Sirpa Glad-Staf no Somijas (Finland), ar darbu Lightshade un Lace in many ways; Françoise Micoud no Francijas (France), ar darbu Stick for the Return of Souls; Adeline Meilliez no Francijas/Vācijas (France/Germany), ar darbu Dentelle de Soie; Ann Therese Ekeren Skari no Norvēģijas (Norway), ar darbu Christening bonnet un Christening ensemble in red silk; Nadezhda Lazarova no Bulgārijas (Bulgaria), ar darbu Gabrovo Greets Riga un Work of the collection; Karen Casper no Lielbritānijas (United Kingdom), ar darbu Veil One (black) un Veil Two (purple); Jeanne Goutelle no Francijas (France), ar darbu KNOT#1 . Hugs from Tartu, Estonia Penelope - 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] Surprising Lace Conference
Yesterday I was invited to attend a conference being held on 18th-21st November, 2014 in Riga, Latvia as it celebrates the 'European Capital of Culture'. The title of the conference is Surprising Lace: Art Craft Creativity in Europe. Here is more information about the accompanying exhibition: http://www.latvia.travel/en/event/exhibition-surprising-lace Registration closes on 19th Sept, 2014. I did find a list of entries which had been accepted for the exhibition but now I can't locate the web-site. If I find it I'll post the list. Hugs from Tartu, Estonia Penelope - 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] Lace in Paris
Dear friends, I was able to spend 5 nights in Paris in April, (the week before Easter) with my SIL from Adelaide. And now she has asked me to join her again in September. Any recommendations of what places are interesting. In April I did visit the Fan Museum by myself, the Louvre with my SIL. Thanks for any suggestions. Penelope An Aussie in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Lace themed conference in UK
Dear fellow Arachneans, For those who live in UK like attending conferences: *Inaugural conference* '/Lace: the transgressive thread'/ is the theme of the inaugural conference of the *Lace Research Network*. The conference will take place on *Friday 16 May 2014* at UCA, Farnham, GU9 7DS. The keynote speakers will be Piper Shepard, artist and Chair of the Fibers Department at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and Lesley Millar MBE, curator and Professor of Textile Culture at UCA. More information: http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/laceresearchnetwork Penelope, An Aussie lacemaker in Tartu, Estonia - 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] 2013 Christmas card exchange
Today I also received a card from Ilse in Belgium. Thank you to Janet and Sallie for organising the exchange this year. Penelope in Tartu, Estonia, - 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] Lace Magazines
On Monday I received two magazines - the Nov./Dec. issue of Piecework the Fall 2013 issue of I.O.L.I. Bulletin. Now I'm waiting for the UK Lace one to arrive. I realized that the October 2012 issue (#148) had an article about a Halloween quilt made with 12 lace motifs applied to the pumpkins. Included were the patterns for an owl, a witch a vulture. I was looking forward to seeing the other patterns published, so I'm wondering if there will be some more patterns in the next issue? But do we have to wait for another 2 years for all the others? Warm regards from Penelope in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Fish pattern
Hi Alex, I think other arachneans would appreciate a link to your web-site: http://alexstillwell.wordpress.com/ so that they can see it quickly without searching for it first. But when I looked for the fish pattern there is only 1 page I can't see a fish at all. I hope that you can fix the problem soon. Penelope in Tartu, Estonia - 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] St Petersburg Russia lace exhibit
I found this page: http://eng.ethnomuseum.ru/section62/349/887/3437.htm which describes Mrs. Clelia Traini's collection andis a famous Italian designer and fashion historian, and a promoter of the Museum of Italian laces in Ascoli Piceno (region Marche). I found this web-site which shows her lace: http://www.iniart-studio.com/ but which needs to be translated from Italian. Regards from Penelope in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Book requests
Hi fellow Arachneans, I just received an e-mail from a fellow lacemaker from somewhere in the USA (I won't say which state) asking if I had a particular lace book as she was looking for a particular pattern. I suggested that she ask the IOLI Librarian she could borrow the book if she was an IOLI member. The IOLI Library is huge it so worth being a member just so that you can borrow any of the books, DVDs or videos. In fact at the recent AGM the restriction that items will only be sent to members in the USA Canada has been lifted, may now be borrowed by members of good standing. This is good news for all overseas IOLI members, like me. Warm regards, Penelope in sunny warm Tartu, Estonia - 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] RIP Aurelia Loveman
I probably was not the only Facebook friend who received a message from her son, Jonathon Levi, that Aurelia had died peacefully 2 nights ago. If anyone needs his e-mail address I can send it to them. From fellow I.O.L.I. Bulletin proofreader, Penelope - 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] Fwd: French Lacemakers in 1978
David Hopkin, who gave a talk in Tartu a few months ago, about lacemakers their 'chants' sent me a link to a short 13 minute documentary Les dentellières de Montusclat made in 1978. Enjoy, Penelope in Tartu, Estonia where I'll be going to Pärnu on Sunday for the Annual Estonian Lace Festival Original Message Subject:lacemakers 'en couvige' in 1978 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:19:55 + From: David Hopkin david.hop...@history.ox.ac.uk To: I thought you might be interested in this France 3 video from 1978 http://www.ina.fr/video/LXC01008465 David Hopkin Tutor and lecturer in modern European history Hertford College Oxford OX1 3BW United Kingdom [+44] 01865 279459 /Voices of the People in Nineteenth-Century France/ http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/history/european-history-after- 1450/voices-people-nineteenth-century-france /Folklore and Nationalism in the Long Nineteenth Century/ http://www.brill.com/folklore-and-nationalism-europe-during-long-nineteenth-c entury /Soldier and Peasant in French Popular Culture /(pbk reissue) http://www.boydellandbrewer.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=14240 - 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] History Book suggestion
Dear fellow Arachneans, Tartu was celebrating Hansa Days this weekend our little group of lacemakers had fun demonstrating getting lots of attention from everyone who braved the rain showers. I wanted to share information about a book that a fellow lacemaker found while we were in Dresden a few weeks ago. I didn't dare go into any book store, but did visit the Porcelain Museum. I searched the archives found no reference to this book. The book is Russian Elegance: Country City Fashion from the 15th to the Early 20th Century written by Luisa V. Yefimova Tatyana S. Aleshina. Published by Vivays Publishing Ltd in 2011, English, 192 pages, 270 x 210 (mm) ISBN: 9781908126078 There is a review of the book here: http://www.needlenthread.com/2013/02/russian-elegance-book-review.html I think this is worth adding to any costume history library. Penelope in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Will men wear skirts and lace?
This was asked in an article I found on the BBC News website today: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130624-will-men-wear-skirts-and-lace I like seeing men wear kilts, if women can wear pants, I can't see why men couldn't wear skirts if they want to. :-) Penelope back in Tartu, after a trip to Dresden with 9 other Estonian lacemakers. - 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] Tonder Lace Festival
Yesterday, after speaking to a fellow Estonian lace friend who attended the Tonder Lace Festival a few weeks ago, I was wondering if any Arachneans, who also were there, were going to post about their impression of the event. Has anyone posted photos? Apparently, my Estonian friends were quite often asked about Penelope! Happy Summer Winter Solstice! Penelope in Tartu, Estonia - 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] David Hopkin's lecture
Dear fellow Arachneans, Yesterday evening I attended a lecture hosted by the University of Tartu's Department of Scandinavian Studies. David Hopkin, an Oxford professor, is a very interesting person an articulate speaker. His lecture was based on the 6th chapter of his book titled Voices of the People in Nineteenth-Century France. http://www.academia.edu/1529492/Voices_of_the_People_in_Nineteenth-Century_France This chapter tells about the 18th Century songs that had been collected recorded, from the lacemakers of Vellave (Le Puy-en-Valey) while they made lace in their homes. At the end he told us of the popularity of the song about St. Alexis which many of us hadn't heard about: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=388 He states that when St. Alexis obeyed his parents by marrying the bride chosen for him, he also broke the sacrament of marriage by running away before sleeping with his wife. His hypothesis is that lacemakers considered it acceptable in the eyes of the church the patriarchal society to remain single work for the benefit of the poor by teaching making lace. He thought that the songs were not sung to help the workers concentrate while working. Personally, I think that maybe the songs were sung to help keep their minds active while doing the monotonous repetition of the piecework or yardage. Nowadays we use radios play musical CDs, or even listen to audio books, to make our time more productive while relieving the quiet and boredom. I'm hoping to borrow the book soon read his book completely. Penelope in Tartu, Estonia where I found crocuses blooming yesterday. - 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] Pre-modern Seminar: The Visionary World of the Lacemaker
I was informed about a lecture this evening which I'm planning to attend. Today, on Monday April 15^th , David Hopkin from the University of Oxford will give a talk called: *The Visionary World of the Lacemaker*** David sent a short presentation of the lecture: Handmade lace is a strange textile which comes laden with meanings beyond the sartorial. According to numerous legends its origin was divine, and lacemaking skills were often taught in pious institutions. It was a luxury product, sponsored by aristocrats, although made by the poorest in society. Both the product and its production were associated with the enforcement of female submission and modesty, but at the same time it carried an erotic charge. As lace was the last textile whose manufacture was mechanised we have an especially privileged access into the working world of lacemakers. In the nineteenth century they were the subject of considerable attention from the Church, from aristocratic patrons and from the state keen to encourage home-working. But they were also visited again and again by folklorists because lacemakers' collective work patterns encouraged storytelling and singing. Many of the most important folksong and folktale collections from Flanders and France were made among lacemakers. What do these texts tell us about lacemakers' lives and their relationship with their craft? Lacemakers rejected many aspects of what the state, church, lace-entrepreneurs and family patriarchs had in mind for them. What emerges instead is their relationship to the supernatural and the visionary quality of lacemakers' imagination. I'm not sure that I agree with the last few sentences. But I will share my impressions. Penelope in Tartu, Estonia where the snow is finally melting, - 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] Another use for ...
Today, after I had wound some extra bobbins for when I'll need to add new pairs soon, I put them in a small bag that was made for a mobile phone. I like it when things have more than one use. :-) Penelope in Tartu, Estonia - 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] LACE 149
I just want to say that I'm happy that my copy of LACE (#149) arrived yesterday. There are some interesting articles to read I noticed that one of the patterns was submitted by Liz Ligeti of a Bedfordshire handkerchief edging. Enjoy, Penelope in Tartu, Estonia - 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] IOLI Winter 2013 Bulletin
My copy arrived yesterday also. As this issue is the last one that Cindy has edited, I think it is an excellent issue, full of interesting reading. I'd like to congratulate her on doing a wonderful job for the last 5 years. I'm also pleased that I was able, as one of the proofreaders, to have helped her to do so. And BTW the inside of the Front cover is intentionally blank. Due to this being her last issue, she ran out of time content so left it blank. Penelope, an Aussie living in the wintery city of Tartu, in southern Estonia. - 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] Newbie to Bobbin Lace Arachne
Welcome to the wonderful world of LACE, Michelle! Get in touch with the lacemakers who are members of the Rocky Mountain Lace Guild http://www.rockymountainlaceguild.org/ and you will have lots of help. And you can also join the International Organization of Lace, Inc (which was the International Old Lacers, Inc.) http://www.internationaloldlacers.org/ The 60th Annual IOLI Convention is planned to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 4-10, 2013 so start saving for this. All the information about classes is available in the newest issue of the Bulletin. I attended the convention which RMLG hosted in 2005, I had a great time. Make lace make more friends, Penelope, an Aussie living in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries TV Series
I haven't seen any mention of this series on Arachne, though maybe Aussie Gumnuts have. One of the Estonian commercial TV stations has been showing this series, which is based on the books written by Kerry Greenwood. There are 17 books altogether plus a short story collection, which I enjoyed listening to last year. Set in 1928-29 and very well researched. Tatting is mentioned in 2 of the books surprisingly bobbin lace in only one. But I was pleased to see Ashleigh Cumming's character Dot Williams wearing a collar edged in tatted lace in the 4th Episode, as well as a simple Torchon lace collar in Episode 5 -Almonds and Raisins Episode 6 -Ruddy Gore. I highly recommend the books. Penelope in a very cold Tartu, Estonia where it was -16 Celsius this morning. - 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] Christmas Card
My Christmas card from Janet T. in UK arrived yesterday. Thank you for such a lovely card. I hope you don't mind waiting, but I'll be mailing your card when I've finished making the lace for your card. I've been busy working on a large piece of lace for the Grundtvig Project which will be displayed in April 2013 in Dohna, (near Dresden) Germany, . It has to be finished by the end of November, so am very busy this week. As well as doing some proofreading for Antje's Vuelta ja Cruz magazine. Pene in Tartu, Estonia where it is getting below freezing, snow predicted soon. - 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-chat] Happy Halloween!
Dear fellow Arachneans, I hope that those lacemakers celebrating Halloween today will have lots of fun not eat too much candy. I am so glad that I don't have to scoop out pumpkin seeds carve scary faces any more. I'd rather be making lace than carving a pumpkin face! Pene To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Helene Kuma, Estonian lacemaker
Helene Kuma was born in 7th September, 1921 as Helene Gutmann. Sadly she died 11th October, 2009 at the age of 88. She trained as a ceramic artist, but learnt bobbin lace from her mother. You can read about the many honours she was given at: http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Kuma Most readers will need to run it through Google translation page. If you take a closer look at the 2 photos of the Geode pictures there are small pearls included. For those who are IOLI members, there is a small paperback book of Helene Kuma's work, donated by yours truly in 2005. I suggest that you borrow it next time you request a book from the IOLI Library. Now back to proofreading the IOLI Bulletin. Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Short Lace Retreat
Dear fellow Arachneans, I've been away from home for a short Lace Retreat and I am home again now. I was asked by my friend, who assisted me in organizing this opportunity, to write up a short article about my adventure then I'll share it with everybody on Arachne then. But I have a question about how old books have to be before it is permissible to include them in the Arizona archive? I have in my hot little hands a small Swedish paperback book titled Handledning i Knyppling which was published in Stockholm in 1962, which makes it 50 years old this year. I plan to scan it anyway, while I have it, before I return it to the lady who let me borrow it. BTW the weather was lovely for the 2 days I was away in the country until DH came to pick my friend I up. More rain is forecast for today tomorrow which is a public holiday in Estonia. Monday's date (20th August) celebrates the 21st anniversary of Estonia regaining its independence. Warm regards from Pene Piip in Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Special cakes decorated with lace
Every now then I have a quick look thru a blog called Cake Wrecks and recently there was a posting about cakes covered with lace - made with sugar real fabric!. http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/8/3/gag-me-lace-me.html Go read, have a good chuckle. Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace-chat] Special cakes decorated with lace
Every now then I have a quick look thru a blog called Cake Wrecks and recently there was a posting about cakes covered with lace - made with sugar real fabric!. http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/8/3/gag-me-lace-me.html Go read, have a good chuckle. Pene To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] UK Lace magazine
I'm very happy that my copy of Lace #147 has arrived today. I was pleased to see that the tatted lace on the back cover was made by Europa Chang with whom I shared a hotel room in Caen at the OIDFA Congress. I was sorry that while at Caen that I didn't get to meet Ilske Diane Z and several other UK Arachneans. But I did finally meet one of my second cousins at the Mayor's reception. It was hard to read name tags I know that my name tag kept turning around so that it was always back to front. Maybe if flags were printed on the name-tag attendees wouldn't have to ask where people were from. I think that trying to read small print from a few feet away is hard for many of us who are short sighted. Now I have to write a report of my trip, soon before the memories fade. ;-) Ciao for now, Pene in Tartu, Estonia where we just had a hot Sunday (33C). - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] lace photos
Lorelei wrote: Apparently his wife is a lace maker. But he goes around to lace exhibitions all over Europe, takes lots of photos, and posts them on flickr. To access his entire stash: http://www.flickr.com/photos/perignon/sets/ Lorelei These photos are taken by Priit Halberg who is Estonian AND a lacemaker. He his wife Kristiina (who is on the right of the OIDFA Eiffel Tower in Caen) have travelled during the last 10 years to Germany a few other countries, but not all over Europe, though I think they wish they could. Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Errata in tatting book
I was looking for very simple patterns to make tatted snowflakes for my newest students - 2 American girls who are living in Tartu. In Lindsay Rogers book Tatting Collage I found 2 patterns - one that has just rings one with trefoils and a chain between them. In the diagram of this 5 pointed snowflake there is '4' written 6 times on the first ring in the trefoil, whereas the written instructions says to make '2ds'. Is there a web-page that lists mistakes found in tatting or lace books? Pene in a damp Tartu, hoping for some sunshine for Midsummer holiday. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] New German lace books (was 'pin under 4 edge')
Hi Kim, This week I received the OIDFA Bulletin and in the back are reviews for 3 new books. They are all in German, but hopefully some of them may be translated into English. Especially, I hope, the 3rd book titled Spitzenrand - oft verkannt which translates to Lace edges - oft[en] misunderstood by edges = foot and head-sides. ISBN: 3-934210-81-3 published by Deutscher Klöppelverband e.V. Price: €58.00 Some quotes from the review are: The first 16 pages discuss what is meant by edges, how they evolved and how they are used in various types of lace. The information is grouped into 11 categories according to the type of edge. Inside the back cover, in a plastic sleeve, is a DVD containing PDF files with the working diagram pricking for each of the 136 reconstructions. I hope that this book contains what you are looking for, Kim. The 2nd review was for the book titled Mailander Spitze auf neuen Wegen which translates to Milanese Lace on New Paths written by German Lace Assoc. ISBN: 3-934210-85-1 published by Deutscher Klöppelverband e.V. Price: €40.00 And the first review was for the catalogue from the 2011 Congress in Bad Pyrmont. The contest was titled Wolken, Wind und Wetter (Clouds, Wind and Weather). ISBN: 3-934210-84-4 published by Deutscher Klöppelverband e.V. Price: €19.00 Warm regards, Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] News from Tartu
G'day to all fellow Arachneans, Last week I came across some of my old Arachne T-shirts, a few of which I'll take to France in one month's time. :-) On Saturday I was elected as a new board member of the Eesti Niplispitsi Selts (Estonian Bobbin Lace Society) so I hope that I can contribute in a meaningful way for a year. I thought I'd also mention that there is a lace workshop being held in Tartu for 2 weeks in August (6th-18th) with a Czech teacher teaching in English - contemporary lace materials. I don't know all the details yet, but if anyone is interested please contact me personally. And now I have some sewing to get done. Enjoy your week, Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Scissors turned into Spiders
http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/artist-turns-confiscated-scissors-into-creepy-spider-sculptures.html I'd love one of these spiders hanging from a big metal spiderweb. Pene in a very snowy Tartu, because DH changed the car's tyres yesterday! - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace-chat] Scissors turned into Spiders
http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/artist-turns-confiscated-scissors-into-creepy-spider-sculptures.html I'd love one of these spiders hanging from a big metal spiderweb. Pene in a very snowy Tartu, because DH changed the car's tyres yesterday! To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] A bird of a different feather!
I remember a discussion many years ago, as to whether birds would use, to build their nests, any threads that they found. Well, here is proof that some birds might do so, at least in California: http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/2012/03/if-martha-stewart-was-a-bird.html Pene in Tartu, Estonia where the snow is finally melting sublimating. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Starting a Scroll
Thanks for help received from fellow Arachneans. I decided to use the diagrams on pages 35-36 of Bridget Cook's Practical Skills in BL describing 'a wide scroll start'. I just had to mentally reverse the diagrams as my scroll was going in the opposite direction. Today I started finished the first of the butterfly's wings. I'll post a photo when it is finished. Thanks again, Pene in Tartu, Estonia where we had a sudden snowstorm the skies are clear again. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Starting a Scroll
Please can anyone direct me to a book that shows how to start a scroll. I've found 2 methods in Bridget Cook's Practical Skills another different way in Ulrike Löhr's 400 Tricks I'm going to dig up a Duchesse book. But I just wonder if someone's recently worked a scroll can help to me. Thanks, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Starting a Scroll
Sorry for not provide more detail. I wanted to make another Easter Egg from Annelies Kirst's 2nd book. It's one of the patterns with a butterfly labeled Duchesse-Ei on page 18. I've enlarged it a bit I want to work it in coloured thread. She provides a diagram for the pivot turn on the bottom wings, the order of how to work the wings. But I just don't like the holes at the beginning of the scrolls. I haven't worked a scroll before, so I'm looking for a better way to work them. I have Edna Sutton's Bruges Flower Lace which shows how to start end a simple scroll. Thanks for everybody's help, Pene On 2/25/2012 4:55 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Pene, have you joined http://laceioli.ning.com/ yet? We started this about a month ago. It has superior picture and Youtube capacity. This would be a good question for the Duchesse group. Wouldn't it be great if someone would do a scroll and post a Youtube of it. Devon In a message dated 2/25/2012 8:56:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, p...@eggo.org writes: Please can anyone direct me to a book that shows how to start a scroll. I've found 2 methods in Bridget Cook's Practical Skills another different way in Ulrike Löhr's 400 Tricks I'm going to dig up a Duchesse book. But I just wonder if someone's recently worked a scroll can help to me. Thanks, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] New Estonian BL Book
G'day Arachneans, Just letting you know that I attended a book launch yesterday at the Estonian National Museum. Lia Looga has just published her 2nd book - Bobbin Lace Jewellery and Accessories I is the English title but is in Estonian German. Looks like there might be a Part II later. It is very similar to her first book, but there are also 4 scarf patterns included in this book. This time all the patterns are in the book not on separate sheets, which tend to get stolen in bookstores. I paid 20 Euros for my copy, but it could cost a little more from book suppliers. I've posted a photo of the cover in my Webshots album - at the end. Ciao for now, Pene in cold, but not too freezing (-5C) Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] LACE #145
I am so pleased that my copy of LACE #145 has arrived today. Ann Dyer's article Playing with Spiders is very interesting. And lots more stuff to read, Pene in a very cold Tartu, Estonia (-12C at 12.00) - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] 2012 OIDFA Congress in Caen
I'm keeping in mind the Feb. 15th registration deadline so was I wondering if anyone else is planning to attend who would like to meet up with me. Sadly I can't afford to attend for the workshops or the Lace Tour but this will be the first time I'm attending an OIDFA Congress I'm looking forward to setting foot in France for the first time in my life. Trying to keep warm in freezing cold (-11C) Tartu, Estonia Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace-chat] Soup Stew enhancer
Dear fellow Arachneans, Until recently I would usually throw out the vinegar mix leftover from the jar of pickled cucumbers. I prefer the picnic or bread better variety. Lately once the pickles are eaten, I've sliced up a fresh cucumber reused the mixture by adding a little fresh vinegar. On Sunday evening I was making soup with some basic vegetables a chunk of ham, decided to throw in the dregs of the pickled cucumbers. I added some pasta to fill up my guys, my soup with mustard seeds was quite deliciously different. My guys like green olives on pizza! So I had also discovered a while ago that I could add the vinegar from the can of green olives to tenderize the tougher cuts of meat. I thought I'd share these ideas with my fellow chefs/cooks. Warm regards from Pene in a cold Tartu, Estonia (currently -8C colder weather forecast) To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] A new lace word!
Chris wrote:a couple of lace_demonstartions_ a year. I think a better word might be demostartions - remove the 'n'! Pene in Tartu, Estonia where the recent snow is being washed away. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Xmas knitting
I would also like to send to all my Arachnean friends an Estonian greeting. Here you are wished an Happy end to the Old Year before 31st December then a Happy New Year from 1st January. Thank you for being such a friendly connection to the outside world. Our Christmas weekend was very quiet with our youngest son away from home. He'd decided that he'd like to go to Slovakia with a few friends. Just before Christmas I visited a local yarn shop bought a book that I had seen mentioned by one of my favourite bloggers when she had written about it last year: http://brittarnhildshouseinthewoods.typepad.com/brittarnhilds_house_in_th/2010/12/december-3rd-busy-needles.html I was surprised to see 2 pages with lace - a tatted cross on page 103 a photo of some ornaments decorated with bobbin lace (from an Anna magazine I'm sure) on page 128. For those that like to knit these balls are fairly quick to make. Best wishes for 2012 from Pene in Tartu, Estonia where we are waiting for snow. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] St. Martin's Day Fair in Tallinn, Estonia
Dear Friends, On Thursday, 10th Nov., I travelled up to Tallinn for the day to visit the event known as Mardilaat which is an annual Handwork Crafts Fair. It had been three years since I had visited this event, so I was wondering if there was anything new this year. I was able to greet other lacemakers whom I knew from Pärnu, Narva, Tallinn as well as a few from Tartu. The highlight for me was meeting 2 ladies from The Netherlands who have recently published their first knitting book titled Warme Handen/Warm Hands based on Estonian knitting patterns techniques. I was informed that the English translation was done by a young Australian man who is also a knitter is one of the models. I also bought a bobbin lace ornament from a Slovakian lacemaker who was visiting Tallinn. I've posted a few photos in my Webshots album. Enjoy the up coming week, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Jana Novak's books
I'm making an angel from a small book published in 1993 by Jana Novak's company Morovia. Last night I was searching for her web-site found that on http://www.ateliermoravia.com/ http://eshop.ateliermoravia.com/clanek.12%7E.htmlthere is a Download section, which includes Scan Books where 4 books are shown. Unfortunately the first book doesn't have a link to a .pdf file. The angel I've made is on the cover of the third book. So if you are looking for inspiration for Christmas lace have a look at book #2 #3. Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace rusty pins
I've uploaded a photo of a piece of lace that I made 7 years ago. I put some of the Moravia starch on it left it to dry overnight. Next day when I went to remove the pins, it was discoloured by rust. I keep it in my small photo album as a reminder of what not to do. Pene, in Tartu, Estonia, where the days are too short. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] UK Lace Guild magazine
I'm just wondering if anyone has recently received their copy. I was informed that they were mailed out last week. Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Painting tops of insect pins
I suggest that instead of using paint, use nail polish which will dry faster you already have a brush to use. Posts are getting very long again, getting a little off topic, even though we are talking about Arachne, it isn't lace. Please trim. Thanks, Pene in Tartu, Estonia where our furnace generated CO yesterday after being turned on. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] New to the list
A warm welcome to Jolene Vicki. Please tell us where you are from, even if you just say nearest big town or city country. Remember we were all beginners at one time we know how it feels to ask lots of questions. Last night I started making a 3D angel from one of the little books Julelkniplinger #2 written by Jana Novak Aase Gliese. I finished the smaller part this morning now want to start the bigger part. I'm thinking of working it in the opposite direction so that when I finish the head the halo, then it will have some hair. Has anyone else made this angel? Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)
After thinking about Start With A Twist I realized that Ulrike would not approve as this leaves a bigger hole. Maybe for demonstrating purposes Stop, Watch And Try would be better. Pene On 10/24/2011 11:12 PM, Tatman wrote: On 10/24/11 4:58 AM, pene piipp...@eggo.org wrote: I really like the poster, Mark, but I wondered if S.W.A.T. in lace terminology stands for Started With A Twist? HAHAI was trying to think of what the acronym for SWAT would be in lacemaking terms as I was working on the graphic. I like your idea! - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)
I really like the poster, Mark, but I wondered if S.W.A.T. in lace terminology stands for Started With A Twist? Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace in literature
I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red Queen by Philippa Godfrey in that order. Sadly, these are all the books, written by this author, that the Tartu public library has on its shelves. I really enjoyed them, but was a little disappointed that her research wasn't thorough enough. In The Red Queen she refers to Margaret wearing a nightgown which has the finest Valenciennes lace. Am I correct in thinking that this type of lace didn't exist in the middle of the 15th century (1453 AD)? According to my computer research, it came into existence in the middle of the 18th century. Warm regards from, Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace in literature
Thanks, David, for picking up on my typing error. I even had the book in front of me at the time. You'll find the reference on the bottom of page 32 of The Red Queen. Pene On 9/26/2011 5:20 PM, David C COLLYER wrote: Pene, I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red Queen by Philippa Godfrey in that order. Sadly, these are all the books, written by this author, that the Tartu public library has on its shelves. I've read just about everything Philippa GREGORY has written and really enjoy her style. I'm astounded that I didn't notice that line about the Valenciennes! Tonight I should finish her book on Eleanor of Aquitaine - wife of Henry II - an amazing woman for her time (12th century). This book is called Devil's Brood. Another author who writes in a similar vein is Sharon PENMAN. Her book on Simon De MONTFORT is extraordinary (When Christ and His Saints Slept). A third such author is Elizabeth CHADWICK. David in Ballarat - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lyrics of The Bone Lace Weaver song
Copied from: http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=28543 Here's the song from Roy Palmer's *Ballad History Of England* *THE BONELACE WEAVERS SONG* /Here is myrthe and melody/ /(Leonard Wheatcroft)/ I am a maid new com to towne But lounge I will not tarry. I have but two years for to stay and then I thinke to marry; But if a briske younge man com in, and that is no decever, to corte him then I will begin Like a bone-lace weaver. If that he be a gentellman and vowes he'll love me kindly then for him I'le doe what I can and strive to please him finely. Of if he be a yoman good, and to me no decever, then I will strive to pleas his mood, Like a bone-lace weaver. We get our living with our handes, having our wits about us. We hope to purches hous lands, tho young men the[y] doe flout us. But let them all say what y can Wee'l trust no decever, Wee'l sing you songs of peg and nan, Like a bone-lace weaver. We keepe out hands both whit and neat, our pritty lace to handle, We sing our sonits all compleat, By daylight or a candell, And when out Task we ended have, Our Mistris shews such fancy, We sport ans sing, that all doth ring, O Brave Bone-lace weaver. And thus we leade most merry lives, We heed no young mens saying We scorne for to be married wives, Wee'l keepe our fingers playing. Wee'l weare brave laces on our heads, We scorne as yeat a beaver, Wee'l worke a pace, Brave flanders lace o brave Bone-lace weaver. (I have left all spelling as printed by Palmer, except that all the letter /v/s in the abover were printed as /u/. I think this orthographic change makes it slightly easier to read while not obliterating the original). Palmer writes: /The song was written in about 1650 by Leonard Wheatcroft, of Ashover in Derbyshire. Apart from writing songs he was village publican, tailor, parish clerk and a combatant in the Civil War - on both sides. No tune was indicated, but there is a modern recording with a tune by Roy Harris (Muckram Wakes, A Map of Derbyshire, Leader LER 2085)./ Palmer's source is given as: /MS in the Ashover Parish Records, D253A/PZ11, Derbyshire Records Office/ - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Quilled version of Starry Night
I know Janice Blair reproduced Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting in lace, so thought other lacemakers might like to see a remarkable quilled version. http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/quilled-starry-night-is-just-too-cool-for-words.html I finished the Christmas ornament that I was working on during Hansa Days last month. I'll upload a photo to Webshots soon. Pene in Tartu, Estonia where I have a new BL student who loves half-stitch! - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Pick your battles!
I just have to share this with you all: http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/ Pene in Tartu, Estonia We were surprised today with a gift from the General Manager of Teater Vanemuine (Estonia Theatre) for putting up with, last Sunday, a symphony orchestra concert in the park across the road from us. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Any Lacemakers in Lyon, France?
I was asked by a young lady who was visiting Tartu to give a her lesson in the basics of bobbin lace during the Hansa Days medieval festival last weekend. She told me that Lyon was her home but there didn't seem to be any lacemakers there. Does anyone know of a lacemaker in or near Lyon that she can contact? Please reply privately. Thanks, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] White dresses for debutantes
One period of time that has always intrigued me is the so-called Regency period. Or during the Victorian era when young girls were presented at court to the reigning monarch. The young girls of upper society would traditionally wear long white ballgown dresses with trains tiaras, etc. If I had lived in that period I'd been presented at court, I think my white dress might have been worn again as a wedding gown. Isn't this a possibility of the origin of white wedding dresses? Unfortunately the year I was born Queen Elizabeth discontinued the practice of being presented at court. I tried to find out when debutantes were first presented at court found this article: http://www.hrp.org.uk/KensingtonPalace/stories/exhibitions/introductiontothedebutantes.aspx which mentions that it was a 200 year old tradition. Does anybody know who when it started? I remember watching the TV series called Love in a Cold Climate (1980) based on Nancy Mitford's books reading them shortly after getting married in 1981 was then a novice lacemaker. Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace caps from French Provence
Another of my favourite bloggers wrote about old costumes worn in French Provence: http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/2011/07/provencal-clothing-1800s.html There are some lovely lace caps. Enjoy, Pene PS I've uploaded to Webshots photos of my 4 entries to the competition in last weekend's Lace Exhibition in Pärnu, Estonia. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Blog about Hapsburg veil
For those members of I.O.L.I., the Summer 2011 issue which is due out soon, has an article about the veil. Devon has also written an article about her visit to the Flagler Museum in Florida. There is much more interesting reading about other things, so make sure you renew your membership so that you don't miss out. I know because I've already proofread it. Regards, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Update on 2011 Postcard Exchange
Today I've sent out 11 e-mails which contain names postal addresses of 4 people in 10 groups. The 11th group has 5 people in it due to an odd number. I hope that everyone has fun sending receiving postcards. Take care, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re:[lace] Postcard Exchange
Dear Participants, We have an unexpected guest staying overnight I just ask that you please be patient while I work out who sends to whom generate e-mail messages. Thanks, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re:[lace] Postcard Exchange
Dear all gentle spiders, I set a deadline for requests to join as the 15th June. On Thursday I will start working out who will send to whom. Today I have on my spreadsheet 37 names which is a prime number! So if there are 3 people who would like to participate let me know asap. Pene in Tartu, Estonia where we had rain yesterday which cooled the air watered the plants! - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Request for Stars
While I was proofreading the Summer issue of the IOLI Bulletin this week I had to look up the website of the Minnesota Lace Society which is hosting the 2012 Convention. On their web-site : http://www.minnlacesociety.org/ there is a request for white or silver stars made in any lace technique. The stars must have 5 points be 2-3 inches in diameter, in size 20 or finer. There is no info of where to send them but I'm sure I can get an address. They are also accepting colored stars that 3-4 inches in diameter. I thought that making a few tatted stars might be within my skill set something to do when I'm away from home or travelling. Enjoy the weekend, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re:[lace] Spider Web fabric
I had a look found The Very Busy Spider fabric with blue, black white backgrounds - priced at $9.00 per yard. http://www.carlemuseum.org/Shop/Fabric/The_Very_Books_Fabric_Line I liked the Just Saturday Food fabric. Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Postcard Exchange
I have received 24 participation requests from the following arachneans (in order of receipt): Lorri Ferguson of Washington, USA Sallie Owenby of Wyoming, USA Sue Duckles of East Yorkshire, UK Anne Nicholas of Middlesex, UK Antje González of Spain Joepie Hammett of East Sussex, UK Pat Hallam of Nottingham, UK Ilse Depaepe of Belgium Laura Sandison of New Mexico, USA Miriam Gidron of Israel Janet Theaker of East Yorkshire, UK Lesley Blackshaw of Cheshire, UK Dawn Podsiad of Delaware, USA Beth McCasland of Washington, USA Nicky Hoewener-Townsend of Suffolk, UK Barbara Stokes of NSW, Australia Sue M. Harvey of Norfolk, UK Diane Z of Maine, USA Amber Lackey of Virginia, USA Eve Hoffenkamp of Minnesota, USA Dona Bushong of Guam Laura Forrester of Tasmania, Australia Kathy Hensel of Oregon, USA Let me know if you sent me an e-mail your name is missing. We have 6 new participants this year. Does anyone else want to be included? Deadline is Friday, 15th June then send out addresses on the Wednesday, 20th June. Ciao for now, Pene in Tartu, Estonia where it is warming up the mosquitoes are swarming! - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re:[lace] anybody know where?
Hi Jane, I remember everyone making 5's 0's for the 2003 IOLI Convention. So have a look through the IOLI Bulletins - page 21 in Vol 22, Fall 2001. I had a tatting pattern published on pages 28-29 in Vol. 23, Winter 2003. Have fun, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Lace Postcard
I think that that David's postcard maybe from some where in Eastern France near the Spanish border. Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Postcard Exchange
I've received a few e-mails from people who'd like to be included in the postcard exchange. If you wish to participate I will of course need your address!!. Last year some people (including me) found postcards with lace on them, some clever lacemakers even made their own postcards. But ordinary postcards are also acceptable. Now I have to finish a few pieces of lace for the exhibition in mid-July. Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Postcard Exchange
For those new to the list, last year I organized an exchange of postcards among fellow lacemakers to make the summer months a little more interesting for those unable to travel (like me) those who were travelling to conventions other places. Last year there were 48 participants, so I created 4 groups of 12 participants sorted by location. Each person then was given 3 addresses to send a postcard to one person in the other 3 groups. So to make it more interesting everyone received 3 postcards from another 3 different people. Those who appreciated receiving their postcards, then reciprocated with another postcard. I just asked that everyone to send their postcards out before the end of August. I'll accept names until 15th June then send out addresses on the 20th June. Regards, Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re:[lace] Lace Postcard
I have uploaded David's postcard to the Postcard album that I created last year in Webshots: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent?vhost=community Speaking of postcards - does anyone want to do an exchange of postcards again this year during June, July August? Does anyone else wish to organize it? I'd be happy to do so, if no one else wants to, as I'm staying home during these months. Regards from Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Lace issue of Piecework
Yesterday I received my copy of Piecework - this being a special Lace issue I had been looking forward to it. I just browsed through it quickly as I'm busy proofreading a dissertation that has to be finished today. There are several interesting articles - one about Marian Anderson's Bobbin Lace Bed Coverlet. The Lace Museum looks after this special piece of history. Well back to work now, Pene in Tartu, Estonia where th e weather has turned cool again. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Yarn Bowls
Yesterday I bought the Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Designer Knitting. On page 4 is written The two key words for this season are WHITE in its various shades and LACE, from superfine to chunky. But what caught my attention was the page of Yarn Bowls on page 11. The odd one out is the 10th bowl which is tallish made from maple wood with a hole in the side connected to the rim with a split. Like this one with a lid: http://www.etsy.com/listing/72939547/sycamore-lidded-yarn-bowl-canister Now I have another use for my pottery salt caddy which has a hole in the top. Pene in Tartu, Estonia where it is getting warmer every day. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Tape lace join
Dear fellow Aracheans, This afternoon I helped my student/friend finish the outline of her I Love You ASL sign. We are both very pleased with what we learned accomplished today as we finally deciphered mastered the join on page 185 of Ulrike's 400 Tricks book. Next step the pattern in the palm area. Wishing everyone a safe happy Easter Holiday, Pene in Tartu, Estonia PS My MIL has sent us some Easter Bilbies to enjoy. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Happy Birthday!!
I would like to wish Arachne all its Arachneans/Arachnid lacemakers all the best for the year ahead. Keep on keeping on! I'm especially happy today as DH is on his way home after being away for 10 weeks. So I'm heading up to Tallinn this afternoon to meet him at the airport. And I hope for us to spend a night up there, before heading home tomorrow. Ciao for now!! Pene - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] A Filling that doesn't use lots of bobbins
My lace friend/student is making the pattern on the cover of the Fall 1997-1998 I.O.L.I. Bulletin. It is the I Love You in American Sign Language pattern created by Gail Johnson, MN. The main reason Elizabeth is making this pattern is because she is deaf. But there is a decision to make - does she work the middle part (the palm) or not? To work the apple blossom filling she would need about 40 pairs, which she doesn't have. Is there a filling that she could work that needs less than 20 pairs? I have thought that she could do a Russian lace type filling which meanders around. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks, Pene in Tartu, Estonia where the piles of snow are very slowly sublimating! - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Estonia Quiz 2011
Have a go at getting all 12 questions correct you'll have a chance to win a free trip to Estonia! Just go to: http://quiz.mfa.ee/ Gone on, have a go see how much you know! Pene To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Unusual Lace dress
Mia Wasikowska (of Alice in Wonderland fame) wore a /Rodarte/ Tiered Lace Dress at the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards. http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/02/26/mia-wasikowska-amber-tamblyn-spirit-awards-2011/ Natalie Portman also wore lace: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/02/26/natalie-portman-spirit-awards-2011-2/?ref=topposts I liked her performance in V for Vendetta so now I'll have to watch Black Swan. Pene in Estonia - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] LACE 141 has arrived!
Today is starting off well, with the arrival of my copy of Lace 141! There are some good articles, but I've just skimmed through it while I drank my coffee. Although today my husband is flying off to the USA again will be gone for 7 weeks. But I have several lace ideas that I want to get made, for this year's Estonian competition. So I have my pillow bobbins to keep me company occupied during the next 2 months. BTW my cousin sent me photos of the lace panels at the Botanical Gardens in Canberra. The big panels are very interesting. I just wish that I could see them for real. Take care stay safe, Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Surprising book discovery
For those who would like to request this book via a library or 2nd hand bookshop, here are the details: Title :Masterworks: Decorative and Functional Art Embridery, cross-stitch, silk ribbon, lace, quilting, weaving, rag rugs, collectables. Publisher:Sally Milner Publishing Pty Ltd, Bowral, NSW Australia ISBN:1-86351-275-6 Year Published :2000 It looks like it might be the first book in the 'Milner Craft Series'. Good luck - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Surprising book discovery
Happy New Year to everybody on the list. Today is our 30th wedding anniversary I'm looking forward to going out for dinner soon. But I had to return a big new book to the Tartu Public library today pick up 3 books I had requested yesterday. The biggest book was Master Works - Decorative and Functional Art (published in 2000, Australia) which had 'lace' included in the description. I looked through the table of contents to find what kind of lace was included. To my surprise under Bobbins and Needles is the name of my cousin, Jenny Rees. So I turn to page 116 to read the first sentence In 1982 Jenny Rees had a few lessons in bobbin lacemaking from a cousin who was learning herself. I quickly shared this discovery with my husband - as I am that cousin! There is a Sturt's Desert Pea edging for a handkerchief that is not in Jenny's book a Carrickmacross Gum Leaf mat with instructions for both. There is also a photo of a lovely Bedfordshire lace collar with what looks like a banksia surrounded by flannel flowers gum leaves. I realize that this was published before the bushfire that destroyed Jenny's home. There are also a few other names that I recognize - Marie Laurie (needlepoint lace), Margaret Rolfe (quilting) Annemieke Mein (sculptured forms). I'm going to fun having a good browse through this beautiful book. I'm feeling on top of the world today! Pene in Tartu, Estonia where yesterday the snow started to melt a few roofs are collapsing! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Christmas Card Exchange
Yesterday I received my Christmas card from Chris Vail in Illinois, USA. Inside the card, which had on the front a penguin waving a star wand, was a white gold crocheted snowflake also a red green tatted bookmark. Thank you, Faye, for organizing this year's exchange. Pene Piip in Tartu, Estonia, where she hasn't seen a hot Christmas for the last 20 years. PS I did send a scan of my card to Jenny Brandis but haven't had a response. Has anyone else heard from Jenny? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace Exhibition in Bochum, Germany
Does anyone know any web-sites where anyone can view the entries to the Germany Butterfly competition displayed at the exhibition held recently in November in Bochum, Germany? Thanks, Penelope Piip in a cold Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Finishing lace with a fringe
That is a lovely little robin, Pam. I've seen a robin twice while I've lived here in Tartu. I think the overlap of the cake wire would look better in the middle at the bottom, rather than in one corner. Can you add to the instructions to spray or wet the fringe ends comb straight? I quite often see photos of lovely ornaments or bookmarks where the ends are all over the place. Whenever I have a piece of lace that I'm ending in a fringe, I lay it on a clean tea-towel after spritzing the ends with water, I then use a wide tooth comb to straighten the ends. Then the ends can be trimmed so that they are all the same length. Well, it snowed here on Thursday now there are just little piles everywhere. Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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] Finishing lace with a fringe
I hope everyone enjoys your workshop, Eve. Simple but effective designs. There is a simpler idea of having just 2 pieces of wire at the top bottom. The ends can be curled up or under but need to be cut longer than the width. Or the ends can have beads glued onto them. A braided hanger can be added if a wire loop is not wanted. Yesterday I helped a friend finish making a little lace heart . Before pulling out the edge pins I dabbed it with Jana Novak's stiffener then dried it with a hair dryer. Pene On 11/20/2010 11:17 AM, Eve Morton wrote: Thank you for the praise Pene. I did make the first few patterns with the overlap at the bottom but unless I used a thicker wire it didn't hold the shape at the base. As a tree decoration the join will not be so obvious as one sees the ornaments further away than close up as the photo is. It is a good tip about damping and combing the fringe. It works very well on cotton threads but metallic threads seem to be more unruly. However I will try it on the next one that I do. The robin is one of a series of charted bobbin lace patterns that I have designed for this year's Christmas workshop for Poole Bobbin Lace Circle. You can see three more completed designs in Newsletter 171, which can be found on our website. http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/newsletter171.pdf Eve designer of the robin Poole, Dorset, UK On 20/11/2010 08:08, pene piip wrote: That is a lovely little robin, Pam. I've seen a robin twice while I've lived here in Tartu. I think the overlap of the cake wire would look better in the middle at the bottom, rather than in one corner. Can you add to the instructions to spray or wet the fringe ends comb straight? I quite often see photos of lovely ornaments or bookmarks where the ends are all over the place. Whenever I have a piece of lace that I'm ending in a fringe, I lay it on a clean tea-towel after spritzing the ends with water, I then use a wide tooth comb to straighten the ends. Then the ends can be trimmed so that they are all the same length. Well, it snowed here on Thursday now there are just little piles everywhere. Pene in Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com - 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] Christmas Bell Experiment
Thanks for the complement, Brenda. I didn't use a needle at all. After I had made the lace trails - 2 trails on the top one trail around the bottom - I used the gold passives to include the sequin waste the sequins. It wasn't easy to join both sides together. The pattern is from Anna magazine (Dec. 2005) and is one of a set of three. Pene On 11/10/2010 11:21 AM, Brenda Paternoster wrote: Hi Pene That's a super Christmas decoration. Am I right in thinking that you completed the bobbin lace and then added the sequins and sequin waste using a needle and metallic thread? Brenda On 10 Nov 2010, at 09:02, pene piip wrote: Yesterday I finished a piece of lace which was partly an experiment using 'sequin off-cut' or what I would call metal lace which I inserted in the ovals at the bottom. I also added some sequins to three of the side sections. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2447736230048870129jeUzXK Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.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
[lace] Christmas Bell Experiment
Yesterday I finished a piece of lace which was partly an experiment using 'sequin off-cut' or what I would call metal lace which I inserted in the ovals at the bottom. I also added some sequins to three of the side sections. My album on Webshots: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/298168932jiajMP Three views of the bell: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2447736230048870129jeUzXK http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2334105040048870129NyvtGL http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2726367550048870129fjDFwG There is also a photo I took last week of a mangler that is a prop in a Linen Shop at a mall in Tartu. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2171156160048870129OyaVSU Pene in a very foggy Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace in Literature
I finished reading Margaret Atwood's newest book The Year of the Flood which I enjoyed reading highly recommend. Near the very end I cam across these 2 sentences: What is our Cosmos but a snowflake? What is it but a piece of lace? from page 508. I had accidentally requested this book when I thought I'd read her first book The Edible Woman which I liked a lot. So now I'm binging on this author at present, I'm reading The Dancing Girls Other Stories before I dive into The Blind Assassin. Pene in Tartu, Estonia - 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] UK Lace #140
My cousin informed me that Pat Milne was the designer of the lace edgings made for the jabot cuffs for the Australian Parliament. I just don't understand why the author of the article couldn't have given Pat the credit mentioned her name. I was also informed that: The Canberra Lacemakers are small group that just meet for their own interest in lacemaking and they aren't into websites etc. I doubt there will be anything in Australian Lace as they aren't affiliated with the ALG. Even if the group is independent of the Australian Lace Guild, personally I think that they could share the end results of any major projects with other lacemakers in Australia, thus providing inspiration for other groups. I was wondering if it is possible for lacemakers to see the lace jabots cuffs when visiting Parliament House? It would be great if they were on display when not being worn. I've been searching for references to the lace jabot for the Parliament House if I find anything I'll send the url to the list. Pene in Tartu, Estonia where winter is fast approaching. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] UK Lace #140
Yesterday I received my copy of Lace #140 I enjoyed looking at photos of this year's competition entries. Congratulations to all the winners who came up with some innovative ideas. I was surprised to also read the article about the Canberra Lacemaker's Association celebrating 30 years of existence on page 12. I was a participant of that group for a few years when DH I lived there in the early 1980's. Sadly I found the article a little disappointing in that not a single member's name is mentioned. My cousin Jenny Rees, whose wattle flower design was used to design 2 sets of jabot cuffs for use at the Australian Parliament , is only refered to as a local lacemaker no photos of the jabot cuffs are included. I googled the group's name couldn't find a website at all. I'm hoping that there will be a more informative article with photos in a future issue of 'Australian Lace'. I might even have to search through old issues. I was a newsletter editor for the New England Lace Group for 6 years, I always made sure that names were included spelt correctly in any article that I published. But whenever I receive the Australian Lace there are articles written where the lacemakers are only referred to by their first names. I feel that I have to ask Why do they do this? I can understand the need for privacy, but these lace magazines should be regarded as historical documents therefore include as much information as possible. What do other lacemakers think? I'll step down from my soapbox now. Pene in Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Re: Xmas tree decoration
If anyone collects used stamps from envelopes, they could be glued onto the bobbin handle. Just another quick crafty idea for those that don't like to paint. Hugs from Pene in Tartu, Estonia where snowflakes were falling this morning. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Shiffu bracelet
I'm in the process of starting the Shiffu bracelet on pages 22-23 in Schmuck Parures. The authors are Anita Dajcar-Florin Catherine Lambert. Published 1997. Has anyone else made this bracelet? I'm trying work out if there is another way to add the beads. I was also wondering if it can be made without adding taking out a pair when starting each new diamond shaped section. This book is in German French hence the title. I translated the French section to find out that Shiffu originates from Japan and Nepal, is made from paper so it is supple washable but doesn't have a lot of body like linen is used to make traditional clothing. Does anyone know anything about this fibre? I couldn't find it in Brenda's Threads for Lace book. Maybe it should be included? Thanks in advance, Pene in a wet cooler Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
