Re: [lace] Hanging Bobbins

Hi, Hanging bobbins were commemorative bobbins produced for the execution of a person. They would be inscribed with the person’s name and date of execution and sometimes their crime Hope this helps explain. Sent from my iPad > On 2 Mar 2021, at 00:38, Angel wrote: > > Do you mean

Re: [lace] Jo Edkins website is unavailable

Hi Penelope It’s moved here https://www.theedkins.co.uk/jo/lace/index.htm LB Sent from my iPhone > On 8 Feb 2021, at 08:30, Penelope Piip wrote: > > Can anyone tell me why Jo Edkins's website is unavailable? > > Hugs from a snowy Tartu, > Penelope > > > > -- > - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] Dutch Lace Pillow Question

Elana I used to dress up as the lacemaker in this painting. https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30098126 Sent from my iPad > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have a question about lace pillows in the 17th century Dutch Republic >> that I hope you can help me with. >> >> I'm giving a talk at the end of

Re: [lace] Turning Lace Bobbins

Brian and Helen Brian is right. David is self publishing and it’s on his website http://www.cdspringett.co.uk/acatalog/Woodturning.html L Sent from my iPad > On 10 Oct 2018, at 04:56, Brian Lemin wrote: > > I forgot to ask him if he has approached David direct as I believe he self

Re: [lace] Winding Idrija bobbins for use "plams up" on a bolster

I wind counterclockwise as I was taught that way due to the spinning on the thread. I do this for which ever lace I make and which ever pillow I use. L Sent from my iPad > On 11 Dec 2017, at 09:51, AGlez wrote: > > This is an interesting question! In Spain we also

[lace] Rosewood and CITES

I have a lot of things happening at the moment so most of my arachne emails are getting put in the 'when I've got time' box.  My nephew has been diagnosed with advanced cancer, I'm kind of between jobs but also trying to start my own business and we only moved house 2 months ago. So, how emails

Re: [lace] Re: St. Catherine's Day-Cattern Cakes

Ok, so here is my knowledge from when I ran the cook school and had my own home economist. Plus my research into cattern cakes. Use butter. If you can't use butter use a pure sunflower spread that is as near to 70% fat as possible (it says so on the packet). I use, in the UK, PURE (brand)

Re: [lace] Lace content only

Sue, One of the things that made the passing of my mother more bearable was having the lace I had made her returned to me, after her death. Like you, I could remember the happy times we had talking about the lace and choosing pieces to make for her as I looked and touched each piece. I

[lace] lace archives

Dear gentle spiders, Give a thought to the way the email system that is Arachne works. In order to have a message delivered to your inbox you subscribe to a list. However, this does not make the emails you see secure to non subscribers. Anyone can see the conversations through the archive by

[lace] Greetings

eclipsed by the response to my advert for Japanese braiding - 37 responses in two days for those workshops but I'll work on them about trying lace. My love to you all, L Kind regards Liz Baker The Lace Bee www.thelacebee.com . - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

[lace-chat] Greetings

eclipsed by the response to my advert for Japanese braiding - 37 responses in two days for those workshops but I'll work on them about trying lace. My love to you all, L Kind regards Liz Baker The Lace Bee www.thelacebee.com . To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

Re: [lace] Re: Pincushion

This morning one of my work colleagues showed me the results of the evening class for sewing that she ran yesterday. As an introduction to sewing she taught her students to make a patchwork pin cushion. In just a couple of hours they had mastered making a cardboard patchwork template, pinning

Re: [lace] Pincushions

Hello gentle spiders, When I first started to make lace there was a trend to use sheeps wool with the lanolin still in it for pin cushions and to have another filled with emery powder. I was given a wool one as my first pin cushion by the lace teacher and within a number of months all of the

[lace] Link for information on common use and data protection law

Dear gentle spiders, I've been sent a link through work for a YouTube series of videos on legal topics surrounding copyright. Using Open Source and Creative Commons Licences - CL-IPs #2 |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | Using Open Source and Creative Commons Licences - CL... | | | |

Re: [lace] RIP Catherine Linda Walton

I am saddened by Linda's death and will treasure even more the kind emails that I have received from her over the years. She has a little piece of immortality as her emails live on in the Arachne archives offering advice and support to future Lacemakers. L Kind Regards Liz Baker > On 13 Apr

Re: [lace] Re: Milanese books

Jane is absolutely right here. Someone sees that there is interest in a book and the price goes up resulting in no one buying it. The author gets nothing for a second hand book, the lace maker can't afford to own and use it and the seller ends up with an unsold book. However hubby suggested

[lace] Biggins / Presencia

Guys, Just went to the Biggins website and it's down. Kind Regards Liz  thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://www.thelacebee.com/  - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here.

Re: [lace] Miniature lace

Roz Snowden's books are aimed at 1/12 dolls houses whilst Ann Volluer's book has various scales Be aware that s couple of the photos on the front cover of Roz's book don't appear in the final book. I spent hours looking for them only to be told they didn't make the final cut and was given the

[lace] Am I missing something?

I seriously thought I was looking the plot. I appeared to come into a thread of emails that was half way through so I went back to my trash box for my email and sorted through there and nope, I've not missed reading an email I simply never received it. It appears that I got no emails

Re: [lace] Knitting on planes

In the UK, through Heathrow it is ok to bring metal, plastic or wooden crochet hooks through security however I'm not allowed to take them on Lufthansa planes any more. In 2013 I was and crocheted in protest on the flight to and from Munich, it was December and I made stars on the plane

Re: [lace] Fwd: Important Texere announcement

I for one am very sorry as I have bought from them on a number of occasions. L Kind Regards Liz Baker > On 13 Oct 2015, at 21:27, Brenda Paternoster > wrote: > > Dear Archneans, especially those in UK, > > I have just learned that Texere Yarns have gone into

Re: [lace-chat] D Day Embroidery Panels

We went to see the panels a few years back and one of the things I got was the panels as s series of postcards that are joined together and pull out. It's interesting to view them together that way Worth a visit if you are out that way L Kind Regards, Liz Baker > On 19 Sep 2015, at 14:23,

Re: [lace] electronic versions of lace books

I recently bought Cook and Stotts lace strict inches for kindle so I could take that with me when teaching rather than my precious copy. Cost wise it wasn't too bad compared to buying a second hand copy but my issue was that I couldn't see a copy,of it before I bought it and that is where the

Re: [lace] Sea Silk

I joined Arachne just a few months after it started. I was very lucky to have a work email and a little while after that, I got my own email address and my first personal website. For me, Arachne has been my support for nearly the entirety that I have made lace. It has been my support when

Re: [lace] (Lace) E'Bay seller

I missed Nancy's post. Thanks for the defence. As was identified in the posts these photocopies were from very recognisable sources. So Nancy is right that it's about books in print. I received a further email from the vendor telling me that they were disabled, in constant pain and this was

Re: [lace] (Lace) E'Bay seller

Brenda has hit the nail on the head. If I make a copy of a page from Brenda's thread book to take with me to a lace day so I can buy thread, that's acceptable. If I went on to sell that copy it would not be so. Ok, so the fact that Brenda often gives out info from her book completely wipes

Re: [lace] (Lace) E'Bay seller

I've decided to play. I've sent the question as to whether it's the book or photocopy. when he says its a photocopy then I'll report him for copyright breach as copies are for personal use only and can't be resold. Let's see what happens. The bobbins are terribly over priced. Do you know

Re: [lace] (Lace) E'Bay seller

have thanked him nicely for his polite reply and promptly reported him to ebay. He has withdrawn the item and then threatened me again. Lovely man. Kind Regards Liz Baker On 20 Jul 2015, at 13:52, The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: I've decided to play. I've sent the question

Re: [lace] (Lace) E'Bay seller

appeal to people like this to behave properly and not make money off people but you can get them on copyright. Actually, had it been the original book then I would have been interested in it for one of my students who is 12. L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 20 Jul 2015, at 15:18, The Lace Bee

Re: [lace] E'Bay seller

The seller removed the item. I believe they were hoping that in taking it off for sale that they wouldn't gain the wrath of ebay however the emails they sent me are in my profile and the ebay chat captured them so it's a no go. Apparantly you can't hide from ebay. Kind Regards Liz Baker On

Re: [lace] Re: 3D printers - out of date books

Nothing new under the sun. DJ Hornsby were selling plastic bobbins based on their hand turned ones back in 1988 when I started. They marketed them for people who wanted a lighter bobbin as there were a similar price back then. L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 5 Jul 2015, at 17:43, Achim Siebert

Re: [lace] out of date books

I bought the cook / Scott laces stitches for the kindle on iPad to use when teaching so I could keep my copy at home. It does the job but the kindle does not render the page the same way as the written book. What is on one page and easy to see in the paper copy is over 2 or three pages on the

[lace] Pinterest chargeable pins

Dear gentle spiders For those of you who use Pinterest do not throw away the email that you received today Pinterest are trialling paid pins in the U.S. But this will eventually affect us all Take time to read the email as it tells you how to change your settings so Pinterest doesn't push

Re: [lace] Smoke smell in books

Do check the fabric softener sheet before you let it touch the book. Put it on s piece of kitchen paper and see if it leaves a residue behind. Some leave a greasy or soapy residue L Kind Regards, Liz Baker On 29 Jun 2015, at 12:31, Cynce Williams cyncewilli...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

[lace-chat] Pinterest chargeable pins

Dear gentle spiders For those of you who use Pinterest do not throw away the email that you received today Pinterest are trialling paid pins in the U.S. But this will eventually affect us all Take time to read the email as it tells you how to change your settings so Pinterest doesn't push

Re: [lace] Smoke smell in books

My apologies for my predictive text which changed your name from Malvery to Malvern. I used to be a quite competent writer Kind Regards Liz Baker On 29 Jun 2015, at 08:18, The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: Malvern, - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Smoke smell in books

Malvern, In the end the only thing that will get the smell out without damaging the book is time. We bought a book off amazon in 2004 and it started to smell normal about 2008. We had to keep it segregated from the other books as it smelt so strongly of smoke that it was infecting anything

Re: [lace] Prickings

Sorry not to snip but need both posts to explain my answer. When I make a mistake on the lines on my pricking, I very, very gently scratch the line out and the rub the offending place down with the wooden end of my bulbous pricker. After I've made my first piece of lace with the pricking you

Re: [lace] Reusing Prickings

I always prick out and mark apart from a couple of patterns where you had to photocopy and glue together which just didn't want to match so it stuck and platistcated. For me, like Jane, it is the drawing on that helps me understand the pattern movement. I have no problem with any method of

[lace] Wordles now updated

Dear gentle spiders, I've updated my Wordles (remember no lace police) to correct a spelling mistake. You can download them from my website http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html As before, feel free to use them and share them Kind Regards Liz Baker - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace-chat] Wordles now updated

Dear gentle spiders, I've updated my Wordles (remember no lace police) to correct a spelling mistake. You can download them from my website http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html As before, feel free to use them and share them Kind Regards Liz Baker To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Copying a brown pattern-clear contact paper

I use heavy duty manila folders to prick onto, have done for years. These come in all different colours and I use blue or green as I feel Kind Regards Liz Baker On 8 Jun 2015, at 21:48, Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk wrote: For quite a while I have used brown card and matt

Re: [lace] Returning to lacemaking after long

I'd be tempted to enlarge a simple bookmark pattern to about 300% plus and make it using yarn as a slim scarf. The pattern would make up quick to get you back in the saddle and using the large pattern would work well with getting you back to the pattern. L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 3 May

Re: [lace-chat] To our Aussie and NZ spiders

In about an hour we will be setting out for the national arboretum near Derby for their ANZAC day services. http://www.thenma.org.uk Because we are driving we won't be having a gun fire breakfast today, I'll save that for tomorrow but when we get home, we will be playing two-up as I bought

[lace-chat] To our Aussie and NZ spiders

Dear gentle spiders, In a few hours it will be dawn in Australia and New Zealand. As the sun comes up on the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings I hope and pray that the spirit of ANZAC lives on with you all and that the dawn services take place without incident. Just a little over

[lace] To our Aussie and NZ spiders

Dear gentle spiders, In a few hours it will be dawn in Australia and New Zealand. As the sun comes up on the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings I hope and pray that the spirit of ANZAC lives on with you all and that the dawn services take place without incident. Just a little over

Re: [lace] Lace Police

I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and they are available on my website to download. http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html go to the acrachne page and scroll down to the bottom, click on the image you like to get the full size and then right hand click the

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Lace Police

I've made some wordles - word art from the phrases we used yesterday and they are available on my website to download. http://thelacebee.weebly.com/arachne.html go to the acrachne page and scroll down to the bottom, click on the image you like to get the full size and then right hand click the

Re: [lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

Jenny, Christine Springett published a fantastic booklet called spangles and superstitions which is worth reading if you can get hold of a copy. Her introduction talks about the movement from fine thread to corse and the idea that then it was needed to have more weight for the domed pillion.

Re: [lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

I'm tempted to print this phrase out and put it on my wall. Thanks Jean, it's one of the reason I love lace making L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 19 Apr 2015, at 08:00, Jean Nathan jean...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: After all, there are no lace police. - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] UK Lace Guild convention in Stockport this weekend

I'll be at the South oxfordshire lace day supporting the ISIS Lacemakers. Hope to. See a few of you there. Kind Regards Liz Baker On 9 Apr 2015, at 21:54, Beth Marshall b...@capuchin.co.uk wrote: Is anyone else from arachne going to the Lace Guild convention? - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Arachne Commems

Like Cindy, I too must have missed something as I would also be interested in a bobbin. However at this time Im barely reading anything but work emails during the day and at home we are dealing with nothing but the vet as our cat, who has been unwell for a while now, has had emergency surgery

Re: [lace] Lace on the Great British Sewing Bee

Do we l ow who ladies are? L Kind Regards, Liz Baker On 6 Mar 2015, at 11:27, Maureen maur...@roger.karoo.co.uk wrote: showed four ladies doing bobbin lace and explaining - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

Re: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

I have a photo of one of those bobbins on my website and a link to is history. It's down the bottom of the page http://thelacebee.weebly.com/unknown-makers.html Kind Regards Liz Baker On 3 Mar 2015, at 01:50, Jay Ekers jek...@bigpond.net.au wrote: These use a similar idea to the bobbins

Re: [lace] Threads Book

I was just unpacking my lap top this morning at 8.30 and switching it on when I heard a cry of happiness on the wind. I think it was all the lacemakers on Arachne reading your post. Can I add my thanks for you wonderful book. I know what is going on my birthday list this year. L Kind

Re: [lace] Mystery object

Right, in the end I took a snap shot of the picture in my fb app on the ipad, then opened the picture up and enlarged portions of it on the ipad. I think we are looking at this sort of upside down. The cuphooks are either to hang it from something or to hang something off it. In which case

Re: [lace] Mystery object

Dear Jacqui and the gentle spiders. I have solved accessing the picture issue but not what this is. If you access fb via the apps on a tablet or phone then you have the opportunity to click on 'Posts to page'. I normally access via my browser, even on the tablet because this actually gives

Re: [lace] Mystery object

Jacquie, I dived over to the page straight away but for the life of me I can't bring up the picture. I can see the comment and it is showing an icon to indicate that there is a photo there but it just won't show it. Can you or any of the gentle spiders explain what I'm doing wrong? L Kind

Re: [lace] Mystery object

tablet and pc, safari, chrome and IE to look and can't access it. L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 4 Feb 2015, at 13:11, The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: I can see the comment and it is showing an icon to indicate that there is a photo there but it just won't show it. - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Mystery object

Yes, you are right. The first link shows the reverse of the object and the second link takes you to the Lace Guild main page rather than the front of the object. What an opportunity for any of you who have not yet liked the Lace Guild main page to follow the link and link the page (hint hint)

Re: [lace] Anna Burda magazine

Anna Magazine is still published in Germany each month. Whilst I was over there late last year, I bought 4 or 5 issues including the Winter / Xmas edition. http://www.annacrafts.com/contact I found the website above in a quick search on the web although I'm not sure how far back they

Re: [lace] silk threads

On another thread there was the question about saving used bobbins of thread and I mentioned that older threads that I've had have become unstable in time. However I have to say that my Piper silks that I bought nearly 12 years ago as as stable as the day I bought them. L Kind Regards Liz

Re: [lace] Thread management/organisation

I previously kept thread but discovered that even with careful keeping, most thread only has a limited life as I do too. So the chance of using a some left over wound bobbins is very small. I recently got some cotton thread out that was over 10 years old but had been carefully stored. It

[lace] Pipers silk help

Dear gentle spiders I need your help. One of my students ordered some silk thread from Pipers silk before Xmas. It still hasn't arrived and she has had problems contacting them I have emailed them, and got no reply. Today I tried ringing them, and got a message saying that my call can't be

Re: [lace] lace jewelry

I love the photo. Do we know who made it? L Sent from my iPad On 9 Nov 2014, at 07:21, elizabeth pass elizabeth.p...@tesco.net wrote: Tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/pr6vys4 Liz - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Computer tech help if possible, please

Standard button hit for full screen on and off is F11 L Kind Regards, Liz Baker On 7 Nov 2014, at 15:59, scotl...@aol.com wrote: I have phoned my local computer shop but the person there is not familiar with Mozilla Firefox. Somehow my computer has gone into full screen and I lose all

Re: [lace] Updated Christmas Card Exchange Announcement.

To all the newbies on lace and those who feel that they couldn't possibly share their work can I just say that every exchange I have taken part in, I have treasured the item I was sent. I adore every effort regardless of precision, competency or knowledge. Each piece has been made by someone

[lace] Can you help - looking for lace group in Birmingham

Dear gentle spiders, I have a newbie who is attending lessons with me but would doesn't live close to us so would love to go to a local group for support between lessons. Can anyone on the list recommend a group? Thanks L Kind Regards Liz Baker - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Can you help - looking for lace group in Birmingham

Sorry, Birmingham uk Kind Regards, Liz Baker On 30 Aug 2014, at 16:04, The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: Dear gentle spiders, I have a newbie who is attending lessons with me but would doesn't live close to us so would love to go to a local group for support between lessons

Re: [lace] Some gentle ADMIN reminders

I access my emails through a variety of devices depending on time of day and location. Each device was set up for a particular profile: personal, work etc Last week, I was testing in Germany and reset my iPads to standard because if I replied to an email it came up with my work email, phone

Re: [lace] Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced

I like the idea of an international lacemaking standard to remind Lacemakers that they are actually rather good. Too many people suffer from what we call here in the UK 'oh, that old thing' syndrome. You might not have known it had a name but you or someone you know probably suffers from it.

Re: [lace] Teaching skills and lace

The city and guilds teaching certificate is called PTLLS. These days, in order to take this qualification and use it to teach you are supposed to be qualified in the subject that you intend to teach. My understanding is that the city and guilds for lacemaking is no longer run as as this was

Re: [lace] Lace teaching

I have always taught beginners for basically the cost of my travel. For more advanced tuition I charge a little more. I also encourage newbies to join the local group to get support and offer a list of books to work with for inspiration. In addition, for the taster classes that I have been

Re: [lace] Teaching lacemaking

Clay, My apologies and yes the joy of replying from an iPhone with a small screen and predictive text does affect grammar and punctuation (and sometimes unique words appear that I didn't mean) which coupled with the fact that as a child of the 70s British educational system I was not allowed

Re: [lace] contributing

Some people really do run close to being hit in the face. I've just finished teaching anew group. We have made Christine springett's snake and two if the ladies want to make something big. I want to keep the enthusiasm, teach them new techniques and let them make something they want so we are

Re: [lace] Criticism and teachers

When I started to learn hypnotism my trainer said that the best hypnotists were school teachers. A good teacher would mesmerise you with how they talked. Your recall of facts and processes would be outstanding because they just seemed to explain in a way that you got. Their patience in

Re: [lace] Teaching antics

What many teachers forget is that people are buying a service from them and as such are their customers If I was abused in a shop by the person I wasn't young from I would vote with my feet and complain to the manager. We are often too nice to those who bully or fail to provide the level of

[lace] To post or not to post

I've spent the past week seeing all the posts to Jeri in support of the work she does and it made me think that it says more about the person who made the comment than Jeri's behaviour. In this life there are people who think that the bench mark for the world is the life that they live. If

Re: [lace] Follow up on stains email (2)

Beware as hydrogen peroxide is a bleach and can also damage fabrics. Basically it's what used to be used to put blonde highlights in hair L Sent from my iPhone On 12 Jul 2014, at 12:42, Cynce Williams cyncewilli...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Try hydrogen peroxide first. I've seen it recommended

Re: [lace] Lacemaking on BBC

Oohs, I can say that I knew you when you were merely chief bobbin of the ISIS lace group. Oh the prestige to hang out with a celebrity. L PS anything which gets lacemaking and hand made crafts on TV wins my vote. So pleased that which ever production company made this had the foresight to

Re: [lace] Fan sticks

I think that it is more likely after the opera singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lind The children's hospital in Norwich is also named after her as she gave charity concerts to raise money to found the hospital http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/Page.asp?ID=307 Kind Regards Liz Baker On 13 May

Re: [lace] de-fuzzing lace in progress?

I was told to lace away and the remove the offending at hairs with a pair of tweezers. This does work with torchon (but is boring as hell). However with plaited laces such as beds it is virtually impossible. So I now use my very expensive clothes brush almost exclusively to brush my pillow

Re: [lace] Lace with and without an end use

Initially, when I first started to make lace, I chose a project for one of two reasons. a) because it taught me technique that I wanted to learn. b) because I was going to give it to my mum. With mum's passing, earlier this year, it brought me up sharp just how often I made a piece for mum.

Re: [lace] Lace App questions on Bruges Duchesse or Bruges Flower lace

Over the years, this has come up on a regular basis. One camp of lace makers will say, but Jose people who learnt honiton in the 1700s never learnt torchon. And they are right. But they didn't attend classes for a few hours at a time, they were taught lacemaking from an early age and time

Re: [lace] Stunned

There is another piece on sale from this seller http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/400657718058?nav=SEARCH Worrying Kind Regards Liz Baker Voicemail and Mobile: 07958 186 842 On 12 Feb 2014, at 12:54, janefr...@gmail.com janefr...@googlemail.com wrote:

Re: [lace] re:stunned

A friend who dealt in antiques said that 25 years makes vintage and 50 antique. This was told to me in the80s so it seemed right that 50s items were vintage. However I find it strange to think of 70s items as vintage. I tend to try not to think about the 70s at all!!! L Kind Regards Liz

Re: [lace] (Fwd) Query from David

I'm now thinking it must be the opium wars of the 1860s Kind Regards Liz Baker Voicemail and Mobile: 07958 186 842 On 17 Dec 2013, at 06:58, The Lacebee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: 1895 was the first Sino-Japanese war. Although fought between China and Japan, other countries

Re: [lace] Teaching children

I was lucky enough to demonstrate with my local group at a recent 'county' event. One of the group brought a 'have a go' pillow along and we asked anyone passing if they would like to try lacemaking. Adults and children alike tried the pillow. The adults would do a row and stop but the

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

I also meant to say that when I fall asleep and hit myself in the face with the iPad it hurts more than when I do that with even a hardback book. L Kind Regards Liz Baker - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

I have an iPad and iBooks tend to be pdf in format for this reader. However, I was able to download a free kindle app from the AppStore to allow me to access kindle books. I think that amazon have realised that they need to make their ebooks available to other platforms so they opened up

Re: [lace] books vs kindle

I find ebooks great for crochet because they are following written instructions but because I have an iPad but not an apple computer printing becomes a problem as you loose resolution between screen shot and printing. If the original is a pdf then this does make it easier but you have to ensure

Re: [lace] Facebook page

Anna, The following groups are a selection of what is available worldwide, some you just join, others you have to ask to join. You may need to copy and paste the urls below Groups - bobbin Lacemakers https://www.facebook.com/groups/bobbinlacemakers/ - L.A.C.E.

Re: [lace] Exciting find

A word of warning on these records. The records me held as paper for all armed forces but a few years a go there was a fire at the records office (Hayes Middlesex) and many papers got burned, destroyed or singed. When you do a search you will see what has been scanned to date. For example,

Re: [lace] Exciting find!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_squadrons_and_flotillas_of_the_Royal_Nav y Have a look at this link. I believe that British 8th Navy is a truncation due to space and may be any of the 8th's referenced in this link Kind Regards Liz Baker On 11 May 2013, at 18:09, Clay Blackwell

Re: [lace] scarf bobbin

A couple of things that I have learnt the hard way from working on patterns from Jacquie Barbers; tradition into creation. If the thread tries very hard to slip off the bobbin she recommends using a small springy hair clip; a smaller version of the things you clip long hair up with. They are

Re: [lace] Machine made

This type of loom is called a jacquard loom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom The concept of how it works was the bases for punch card and tape reading computers in the 60s and 70s L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 27 Apr 2013, at 17:23, David Collyer dccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote: The

Re: [lace] Graph paper/Needle lace

Janice, Over here it is referred to as architect's linen. When I started making bobbin lace in the late 80s it was on its way out in drawing offices and my dad has a small supply which he was begrudgingly thinking if letting me have. He was very relieved when he found out it was for needle lace

Re: [lace] Graph paper/Needle lace

I just searched Cornelissen and they don't stock architects linen so I did a search on google and found a thread on obtaining it from our own archives. http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg34937.html Kind Regards Liz Baker On 22 Apr 2013, at 00:25, The Lace Bee thelace

Re: [lace] What kind of lace is this?

I would agree as the two main laces of that period were reticle la and punto in aria (which I think predictive text has just changed the name of again but it's late and I'm too tired to fight). So, I'd say Reticella. Kind Regards Liz Baker On 7 Apr 2013, at 23:59, lbuy...@nc.rr.com wrote:

Re: [lace] eyesight

Another option is a magnifier / lamp - my father bought one of these and it helped him through the last 4 years of loosing his sight (he still uses it to cut his finger nails). His one had a shutter that came over the lens so it didn't set fire to anything and you could change out the lens for a

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