I'm trying to tat or crochet a snowflake everyday. I've also made 2 geek
Christmas gift items: A tatted TARDIS a weeping Christmas angel. (From
Dr. Who)
Merry Christmas!
Robin
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Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the
cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no
was for people to be
more willing to stand up for the new lace-makers. If we see something
like *GASP FUME* someone cutting bobbins off that we'll speak up.
Thanks for reading happy lace making.
Robin D.
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Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the
cynics wrong. Pity
Just adding a thought:
I hesitate to contribute. I have pickings that I've designed done or
tatting patterns that I've worked the bugs out of, BUT I don't have what it
takes to deal with complaints criticism. I am NOT a professional nor am
I some uber OCD designer. I'm an artist and a mom. If
I'm setting up a sewing/costuming business so I've been doing a lot of
research in both the market of hand-made items use of patterns/fabric for
further sale.
What I've found is that there is a market for high priced hand-made items,
however, lace isn't one of them. Things like pillows, dolls,
I love pinterest! I use it in several ways.
I use it to collect pictures or links on a subject, to collect photos on a
subject, to collect project ideas, to organize gif sets or memes for use on
twitter/FB, and to collect sayings art work I just think are nice.
When someone Pins something it
Well I was kind of excited to check out the Lace8 program. I don't design
bobbin lace, but I was sure I could use it for Tatting...And then the bomb
dropped.
I'm beyond disappointed that it only works on a windows machine. I'm not
sure I know anyone personaly that even uses a windows based
Could these be part of a game? - YES! they are more likely Mahjong
counters than they are lace making bobbins. The Chinese didn't make
lace...they did amazing embroidery.
As someone pointed out there is fabric or cord in some of the holes. I'd
think they were beads attached to a bit of
I demo at city celebrations - 4th of July or founder's days. I find if you
want to impress/dazzle older people they go for the frilly yardage, but if
you want to hook the kids/teens things like the snake, or a bunny, or a
dinosaur are the best. And more often than not it's the kids that really
I'm mostly self taught in bobbin lace.
My local group does little projects at the monthly meetings. I wanted to
try them so I just got some cheep bobbins and made a pillow (it's horrible
and was quickly replaced). But I just put the pricking on and jumped in.
The ONE torchon piece (a centimeter
*Louise Colgan* hands down. Even if you don't think you want to learn
Milanese she is worth taking from. She just really knows how to teach and
inspire.
Happy lace making. *
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cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no
Hello,
It's been fun to read about people's music likes for lace making. It also
made me realize I'm a little odd. When I work I either put on something
from Netflix (Sherlock, Wallander, Avengers, anime of some kind, etc) or I
play my iTunes which has a huge mix of artists. Examples are U2,
Best tatting thread = Handy Hands Lizbeth
Handy Hands is a great online store.
One of the best online tatting technique sites I've found is below. She
has amazing videos for everything you can think of.
http://entrelanzaderas.blogspot.com/2010/10/clases-de-frivolite-tatting-lessons.html
Books
Hello all,
Well the week is over and I hope everyone attending the convention in Salt
Lake has survived. I'm sure pics and things will start showing up. I
uploaded a pic to my flicker of all who came from Arachne, but it's
blurry. :( ah well. Maybe if I took my glasses off it would be better
I was reading through the BBC this morning and found this in an artical
about the upcoming birth of William and Kate's little one.
The christening robe will be a replica of one that has been used since
1841 The robe was made for the christening of Queen Victoria's eldest
daughter. Made of
Hello,
My go to books are the those by Jon Yusoff - Elegant Tatting Gems, and
Tatted Snowflake Collection. I like Iris Neibach's books. Also Lene
Bjorn's 24 tatted snowflakes and her bookmarks.
Do a little looking before buying. I picked up the Mary Konior book sight
unseen because everyone
Hello,
I've sent all mine. I've received all mine.
I forgot to take pictures of the ones I made *facepalm*
Ah well happy lace making!
Robin DeSpain
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Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the
cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination.
The sky's the
Hello,
A friend let me borrow some hand outs from a Milanese lace class
taught by Louise
Colgan. They had great diagrams and instruction. I know there is a DVD of
her instruction http://www.henselproductions.com/milanese.html
She's teaching a IOLI this year and I'm so excited to take her class!
I started watching this on Netflix - it's done by the same people who did *
Cranford* and produced *Hollow Crown*; which I adore. But I had to stop.
It reminded me too much of something that happened to my mother when she
was young. I do, however, love the nutty nun and hope that they are not
Could the 8th be referring to Edward the VIII? grasping. The name on the
bobbin may lead you to more info too.
There are a number of 8th squadrons in the navy.
*shrug* good luck on the mystery.
Robin
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Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the
cynics wrong.
I have received an amazing bookmark from may favorite place in the world -
ENGLAND! *happy dance* Thank you Sheila Brown *big smile* Now I must go
buy a book to put it in.
Robin
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Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the
cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no
Hello,
I am going to convention this year because it is being held 45 min from my
home and I'll likely take the local train. I saved up my mad money for a
year to just cover the registration costs and it still ended up being more
than I thought. If I had travel expenses on top of hotel than I
Hello,
While I was thinking of those kinds (like NewYork ComCon or SanDeago
ComCon) I was also thinking of writers retreats and literary conferences
I've been too/worked on.
GenCon and Life the Universe and Everything are the ones that come to
mind. I really didn't mean to start such a negative
I'm no expert . . . And with that knowledge I want to say *NOT* the
Needle made lace of Reticella I wanted to learn needle lace and
Reticella in particular. The book's got great patterns, but the
instructions stink. I was terribly confused. Frankly the best
instructions I've seen in print is
How I distinguish them:
Reticell. Worked either in the cloth with pulled threads OR from couched
thread and is geometric in style. It evolved into . . .
Punto in Aria. Which is worked on couched threads or threads as you go and
has a floral or filigree style to it.
Then:
Point de Venise ...
Yep, reticella!
I love this kind of lace. Your picture is good enough that you could
simply lift the pattern off. If you do I recommend sketching it out on a
graph paper before putting it to something to work on.
Good luck! And thanks for sharing
Robin
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Never, ever, let anyone tell you
I'm connected with a couple of great tatting communities. *InTatters* and
the *Tatting section of IOLI*. You can get some great help and advice
there. I've been tatting for a long time and very much prefer shuttle
tatting. If you are looking to learn I recommend this style - it's much
easier
Hello
Here is a link to a blog with an nice needle lace tutorial
http://merlettoadago.blogspot.com/2012/05/tutorial-2-reticella-bookmark-merletto.html-
I believe this is a fellow spider as it's a tutorial of the bookmark I
got last year*. FYI it's in Italian, but Google does an okay job of
Hello friends,
I'll be attending the IOLI convention this year (1st time) and I'm debating
the Arachne lunch. I am kind of wondering how many people may be going to
this. Also, I wondered if I have to buy the lunch to go to the luncheon
and meet some of you. Being local I had just panned to
I got a bunch of large bobbins with a couple of kits...I don't know if they
are a specific type of bobbin, but the ladies in my area call the
clunkers. They are 5+ inches long and use them to do Idrija lace all the
time...though I don't use a bolster. I tried and my bobbins got tangled
too much.
http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article940892.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Queen+Elizabeth+II+leaves+a+Service+of+Thanksgiving+in+Saint+Macartin%27s+Cathedral+in+Enniskillen
Here is a close up of the hat with trim. I'm 100% sure its machine made.
It looks like a guipure trim that was bought by the yard
Hello all,
The altar cloth made up of all those squares was discussed on a blog I
follow. The various squares were made my various people. The cloth is on
display at the *Museum of Christianity in Ljubljana.*
Herehttp://iltombolodietta.blogspot.com/is the link to the blog I
follow - it's in
The first time I saw a lace fence was here http://vimeo.com/7328825 The
Lace in Translation exhibit at the Design Center in Philly. I
personally liked the re-purposed steel drum
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Hello,
So my sister who lives in NY and I were going over the action. There are a
couple of peice I love and would dearly like to own... THEN I looked a the
buyer's premium percentage and about died. It's 23%! You basically add
$100-$200 to the listing prices - it's more for higher priced
Most of the ladies in my guild have small samples in a 3 ring binder. They
get those clear plastic sleeves and put in a nice piece of paper that
contrasts with the lace thread. Most either leave them unattached or use a
bit of acid free tape to keep them from shifting. One lady has a whole
I agree on the less toted the better, maybe that's why I tot tatting/needle
lace everywhere. I have found with bobbin lace, however, that having
something other than yardage or a hanky edge is best. In fact my group
often has a little flat pillow with a snake bookmark on it for people to try
out
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