Re: [lace] No News, here is some
Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Original message-- Subject : [lace] No News, here is some Your visa is beautiful Janice and well worthy of a place! However, looking forward to seeing your needlelace dragonfly. Catherine Barley Henley-on-Thames, UK where we are at last enjoying some beautiful warm sunshine, more like Summer than Spring! - - 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] Admin
Good morning Avital and fellow spiders I've just checked my 'Spam' box this morning and every one of my emails have appeared there and all have come through Yahoo! I have no idea how this has happened as my server is btinternet and I have nothing whatsoever to do with Yahoo! The first email I sent to Arachne came through my btinternet mail box okay, which is how I knew it was incomplete and that the lengthy email from Julie which I had deleted/trimmed was still there! However, all subsequent emails which I expected to see in my mail box, decided for some unknown reason, to take the scenic route to my 'Spam' folder Jeri's email always go to my 'Spam' box but that's not a problem, as I check it every day. Thank all for your tolerance and also for the numerous replies from you all but I think we can now close the discussion on my frustration/incompetence. Happy Easter and happy lacemaking to you all. Catherine Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Help
Please can someone tell me if the last THREE emails I have sent to Arachne have come through, as they have not appeared in my mailbox, only my 'Sent' box? If they have appeared 3 times, please accept my sincere apologies as I think I'm losing my marbles! Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] APOLOGIES!!! THREADS FOR HOLLIE POINT
PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR THE PREVIOUS EMAIL WHICH APPEARED WITH ONLY HALF OF MY REPLY. I DID DELETE THE WHOLE OF JULIE'S LENGTHY EMAIL SO DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. I'VE GOT A NEW LAPTOP AND AM STILL LEARNING HOW TO HAVIGATE MY WAY AROUND WINDOWS 10! I CAN ONLY APLOGISE ONCE AGAIN FOR MY INCOMPETENCE. Original message >From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com Date : To : jsyz...@comcast.net, lace@arachne.com Subject : Re: [lace] thread for Hollie Point Hi Julie Well as you've already discovered, choice of thread for any type/style of lace is very personal and what suits one person is no necessarily the choice of another. Brenda Paternoster is the accepted expert on threads and if you don't already have a copy of her invaluable little book 'Threads for Lace', I would recommend that you get hold of a copy as soon as you can. Threads are continually going out of production and as I worked the sample in my book with a No 120 Copley Marshall thread that was no longer available by the time my book was published, I suggested either a Brok cotton 160 or Egyptian cotton 120 which would give a similar result. Bearing in mind that my book was first published in 1993, I have recently been informed by several UK lace suppliers that Brok cotton is no longer being manufactured, so Egyptian cotton No 120 is the recommended thread for this particular sample. Hollie point was usually only found in baby clothing i.e bonnets or 'vests' which presumably is why it was worked in such fine thread, as a thicker gauge of thread would have produced a larger sample, too big to incorporate into the crown or back of a baby bonnet or shoulders of a 'vest'. Dates were also frequently incorporated into these works and you will notice that my pattern No 3 also includes the date 1991! I worked this piece of Hollie Point 25 years ago and even then I needed magnification to work it. For this very reason, I agree with Devon that whilst most forms of needlelace are portable, Hollie Point is not one that I would like to carry in my handbag as one needs absolute concentration to work this very fine exacting type of lace, enabling the worker to continually count the number of stitches required to make the pattern work correctly and probably magnification of some kind. I would compare it more towards the working of Filet crochet lace where the pattern is formed by voiding (holes), rather than cross stitch, where the pattern is formed by changes in colour of threads. Cotton is also the most practical thread to use, rather than silk, because we all know that baby clothes need frequent washing (sometimes boiling), as they are naturally messy little souls and of course Gutermann 100/3 silk thread or any other silk thread, would not be a wise choice for Hollie Point. The Freesia No 15 needles of course are no longer available either but I use a Sharps No 10 or No 12 for the fine net background in my Point de Gaze, which incidentally is worked using the same twisted buttonhole stitch as the Hollie Point and I use both Brok and Egyptian cotton for this purpose. Hollie Point is not quite as simple as it might first appear, which is why pattern No 1 is just a diamond within a diamond, within a diamond and worked in a No 20 crochet cotton, making it easy for the worker to see what she is doing by using a thicker thread and also to hopefully understand the necessity to count the stitches required to produce the holes/voids in the correct position. I know that most workers new to Hollie Point think that its easy because one just makes a hole to either the left or right of the hole in the previous row, but if one doesn't count the number of stitches between these holes/voids, it is easy to have made a mistake by not working sufficient STITCHES, resulting in too few LOOPS in the following row! Not all patterns are diamonds, some are flowers in pots etc and one doesn't simply work a hole to either the left or right of the one above, but needs to know how to work these more complicated patterns and one can't do that if one doesn't understand that it is necessary to make TWO STICHES into a void to form a LOOP for the following row. Having worked this sample all those years ago, I have never had the desire to work another! Happy stitching Catherine www.catherinebarley.com Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] APOLOGIES!!! Threads for Hollie Point?
PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE APOLGIES FOR THE PREVIOUS EMAIL WHICH WAS ONLY HALF COMPLETE AND I DID DELETE ALL OF JULIE'S LENGTHY EMAIL BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE! I HAVE COPIED AND PASTED MY REPLY FROM MY 'SENT' BOX' WHICH IS HOW I EXPECTD IT TO ARRIVE ON ARACHNE. I CAN ONLY APOLOGISE ONCE AGAIN. Catherine Original message >From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com Date : To : jsyz...@comcast.net, lace@arachne.com Subject : Re: [lace] thread for Hollie Point Hi Julie Well as you've already discovered, choice of thread for any type/style of lace is very personal and what suits one person is no necessarily the choice of another. Brenda Paternoster is the accepted expert on threads and if you don't already have a copy of her invaluable little book 'Threads for Lace', I would recommend that you get hold of a copy as soon as you can. Threads are continually going out of production and as I worked the sample in my book with a No 120 Copley Marshall thread that was no longer available by the time my book was published, I suggested either a Brok cotton 160 or Egyptian cotton 120 which would give a similar result. Bearing in mind that my book was first published in 1993, I have recently been informed by several UK lace suppliers that Brok cotton is no longer being manufactured, so Egyptian cotton No 120 is the recommended thread for this particular sample. Hollie point was usually only found in baby clothing i.e bonnets or 'vests' which presumably is why it was worked in such fine thread, as a thicker gauge of thread would have produced a larger sample, too big to incorporate into the crown or back of a baby bonnet or shoulders of a 'vest'. Dates were also frequently incorporated into these works and you will notice that my pattern No 3 also includes the date 1991! I worked this piece of Hollie Point 25 years ago and even then I needed magnification to work it. For this very reason, I agree with Devon that whilst most forms of needlelace are portable, Hollie Point is not one that I would like to carry in my handbag as one needs absolute concentration to work this very fine exacting type of lace, enabling the worker to continually count the number of stitches required to make the pattern work correctly and probably magnification of some kind. I would compare it more towards the working of Filet crochet lace where the pattern is formed by voiding (holes), rather than cross stitch, where the pattern is formed by changes in colour of threads. Cotton is also the most practical thread to use, rather than silk, because we all know that baby clothes need frequent washing (sometimes boiling), as they are naturally messy little souls and of course Gutermann 100/3 silk thread or any other silk thread, would not be a wise choice for Hollie Point. The Freesia No 15 needles of course are no longer available either but I use a Sharps No 10 or No 12 for the fine net background in my Point de Gaze, which incidentally is worked using the same twisted buttonhole stitch as the Hollie Point and I use both Brok and Egyptian cotton for this purpose. Hollie Point is not quite as simple as it might first appear, which is why pattern No 1 is just a diamond within a diamond, within a diamond and worked in a No 20 crochet cotton, making it easy for the worker to see what she is doing by using a thicker thread and also to hopefully understand the necessity to count the stitches required to produce the holes/voids in the correct position. I know that most workers new to Hollie Point think that its easy because one just makes a hole to either the left or right of the hole in the previous row, but if one doesn't count the number of stitches between these holes/voids, it is easy to have made a mistake by not working sufficient STITCHES, resulting in too few LOOPS in the following row! Not all patterns are diamonds, some are flowers in pots etc and one doesn't simply work a hole to either the left or right of the one above, but needs to know how to work these more complicated patterns and one can't do that if one doesn't understand that it is necessary to make TWO STICHES into a void to form a LOOP for the following row. Having worked this sample all those years ago, I have never had the desire to work another! Happy stitching Catherine www.catherinebarley.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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] APOLOGIES!!!!! Threads for Hollie Point
PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE APOLGIES AS I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE I DID DELETE THE WHOLE OF JULIE'S LENGHTY EMAIL AND ONLY PART OF MY REPLY APPEARED TOO, SO AM SENDING AGAIN AS IT APPEARS IN MY 'sent items' BOX. I CAN ONLY APOLOGISE ONCE AGAIN AND HOPE THAT THIS TIME IT WILL ARRIV AS INTEDED! Catherine Original message >From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com Date : To : jsyz...@comcast.net, lace@arachne.com Subject : Re: [lace] thread for Hollie Point Hi Julie Well as you've already discovered, choice of thread for any type/style of lace is very personal and what suits one person is no necessarily the choice of another. Brenda Paternoster is the accepted expert on threads and if you don't already have a copy of her invaluable little book 'Threads for Lace', I would recommend that you get hold of a copy as soon as you can. Threads are continually going out of production and as I worked the sample in my book with a No 120 Copley Marshall thread that was no longer available by the time my book was published, I suggested either a Brok cotton 160 or Egyptian cotton 120 which would give a similar result. Bearing in mind that my book was first published in 1993, I have recently been informed by several UK lace suppliers that Brok cotton is no longer being manufactured, so Egyptian cotton No 120 is the recommended thread for this particular sample. Hollie point was usually only found in baby clothing i.e bonnets or 'vests' which presumably is why it was worked in such fine thread, as a thicker gauge of thread would have produced a larger sample, too big to incorporate into the crown or back of a baby bonnet or shoulders of a 'vest'. Dates were also frequently incorporated into these works and you will notice that my pattern No 3 also includes the date 1991! I worked this piece of Hollie Point 25 years ago and even then I needed magnification to work it. For this very reason, I agree with Devon that whilst most forms of needlelace are portable, Hollie Point is not one that I would like to carry in my handbag as one needs absolute concentration to work this very fine exacting type of lace, enabling the worker to continually count the number of stitches required to make the pattern work correctly and probably magnification of some kind. I would compare it more towards the working of Filet crochet lace where the pattern is formed by voiding (holes), rather than cross stitch, where the pattern is formed by changes in colour of threads. Cotton is also the most practical thread to use, rather than silk, because we all know that baby clothes need frequent washing (sometimes boiling), as they are naturally messy little souls and of course Gutermann 100/3 silk thread or any other silk thread, would not be a wise choice for Hollie Point. The Freesia No 15 needles of course are no longer available either but I use a Sharps No 10 or No 12 for the fine net background in my Point de Gaze, which incidentally is worked using the same twisted buttonhole stitch as the Hollie Point and I use both Brok and Egyptian cotton for this purpose. Hollie Point is not quite as simple as it might first appear, which is why pattern No 1 is just a diamond within a diamond, within a diamond and worked in a No 20 crochet cotton, making it easy for the worker to see what she is doing by using a thicker thread and also to hopefully understand the necessity to count the stitches required to produce the holes/voids in the correct position. I know that most workers new to Hollie Point think that its easy because one just makes a hole to either the left or right of the hole in the previous row, but if one doesn't count the number of stitches between these holes/voids, it is easy to have made a mistake by not working sufficient STITCHES, resulting in too few LOOPS in the following row! Not all patterns are diamonds, some are flowers in pots etc and one doesn't simply work a hole to either the left or right of the one above, but needs to know how to work these more complicated patterns and one can't do that if one doesn't understand that it is necessary to make TWO STICHES into a void to form a LOOP for the following row. Having worked this sample all those years ago, I have never had the desire to work another! Happy stitching Catherine www.catherinnebarley.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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Fwd: [lace] thread for Hollie Point
Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Original message >From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com Date : 23/03/2016 - 08:35 (GMTST) To : lace@arachne.com Subject : Fwd: [lace] thread for Hollie Point WELL HERE'S THE EMAIL I'M FORWARDING FROM MY 'sent items' WHICH IS THE ONE I THOUGHT YOU WOULD ALL RECEIVE! I have no idea what happened and can only apologise once again. Catherine Original message >From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com Date : To : jsyz...@comcast.net, lace@arachne.com Subject : Re: [lace] thread for Hollie Point Hi Julie Well as you've already discovered, choice of thread for any type/style of lace is very personal and what suits one person is no necessarily the choice of another. Brenda Paternoster is the accepted expert on threads and if you don't already have a copy of her invaluable little book 'Threads for Lace', I would recommend that you get hold of a copy as soon as you can. Threads are continually going out of production and as I worked the sample in my book with a No 120 Copley Marshall thread that was no longer available by the time my book was published, I suggested either a Brok cotton 160 or Egyptian cotton 120 which would give a similar result. Bearing in mind that my book was first published in 1993, I have recently been informed by several UK lace suppliers that Brok cotton is no longer being manufactured, so Egyptian cotton No 120 is the recommended thread for this particular sample. Hollie point was usually only found in baby clothing i.e bonnets or 'vests' which presumably is why it was worked in such fine thread, as a thicker gauge of thread would have produced a larger sample, too big to incorporate into the crown or back of a baby bonnet or shoulders of a 'vest'. Dates were also frequently incorporated into these works and you will notice that my pattern No 3 also includes the date 1991! I worked this piece of Hollie Point 25 years ago and even then I needed magnification to work it. For this very reason, I agree with Devon that whilst most forms of needlelace are portable, Hollie Point is not one that I would like to carry in my handbag as one needs absolute concentration to work this very fine exacting type of lace, enabling the worker to continually count the number of stitches required to make the pattern work correctly and probably magnification of some kind. I would compare it more towards the working of Filet crochet lace where the patter! n is formed by voiding (holes), rather than cross stitch, where the pattern is formed by changes in colour of threads. Cotton is also the most practical thread to use, rather than silk, because we all know that baby clothes need frequent washing (sometimes boiling), as they are naturally messy little souls and of course Gutermann 100/3 silk thread or any other silk thread, would not be a wise choice for Hollie Point. The Freesia No 15 needles of course are no longer available either but I use a Sharps No 10 or No 12 for the fine net background in my Point de Gaze, which incidentally is worked using the same twisted buttonhole stitch as the Hollie Point and I use both Brok and Egyptian cotton for this purpose. Hollie Point is not quite as simple as it might first appear, which is why pattern No 1 is just a diamond within a diamond, within a diamond and worked in a No 20 crochet cotton, making it easy for the worker to see what she is doing by using a thicker thread and also to hopefully understand the necessity to count the stitches required to produce the holes/voids in the correct position. I know that most workers new to Hollie Point think that its easy because one just makes a hole to either the left or right of the hole in the previous row, but if one doesn't count the number of stitches between these holes/voids, it is easy to have made a mistake by not working sufficient STITCHES, resulting in too few LOOPS in the following row! Not all patterns are diamonds, some are flowers in pots etc and one doesn't simply work a hole to either the left or right of the one above, but needs to know how to work these more complicated patterns and one can't do that if one doesn't unders! tand that it is necessary to make TWO STICHES into a void to form a LOOP for the following row. Having worked this sample all those years ago, I have never had the desire to work another! Happy stitching Catherine Barley www.catherinebarley.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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] APOLOGIES!!!!
Oh dear I'm so sorry. I just don't know what has happened here as I did delete the whole of Julie's lengthy email about threads for Hollie Point and only half of my reply has appeared in my mail box! Please accept my sincere apologies for this error and I hope the correct complete email that has taken me ages to type, will appear. I have a new lap top and am still trying to navigate my way around Windows 10! Catherine Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Fwd: [lace] thread for Hollie Point
Original message >From : catherinebar...@btinternet.com Date : To : jsyz...@comcast.net, lace@arachne.com Subject : Re: [lace] thread for Hollie Point Hi Julie Well as you've already discovered, choice of thread for any type/style of lace is very personal and what suits one person is no necessarily the choice of another. Brenda Paternoster is the accepted expert on threads and if you don't already have a copy of her invaluable little book 'Threads for Lace', I would recommend that you get hold of a copy as soon as you can. Threads are continually going out of production and as I worked the sample in my book with a No 120 Copley Marshall thread that was no longer available by the time my book was published, I suggested either a Brok cotton 160 or Egyptian cotton 120 which would give a similar result. Bearing in mind that my book was first published in 1993, I have recently been informed by several UK lace suppliers that Brok cotton is no longer being manufactured, so Egyptian cotton No 120 is the recommended thread for this particular sample. Hollie point was usually only found in baby clothing i.e bonnets or 'vests' which presumably is why it was worked in such fine thread, as a thicker gauge of thread would have produced a larger sample, too big to incorporate into the crown or back of a baby bonnet or shoulders of a 'vest'. Dates were also frequently incorporated into these works and you will notice that my pattern No 3 also includes the date 1991! I worked this piece of Hollie Point 25 years ago and even then I needed magnification to work it. For this very reason, I agree with Devon that whilst most forms of needlelace are portable, Hollie Point is not one that I would like to carry in my handbag as one needs absolute concentration to work this very fine exacting type of lace, enabling the worker to continually count the number of stitches required to make the pattern work correctly and probably magnification of some kind. I would compare it more towards the working of Filet crochet lace where the patter! n is formed by voiding (holes), rather than cross stitch, where the pattern is formed by changes in colour of threads. Cotton is also the most practical thread to use, rather than silk, because we all know that baby clothes need frequent washing (sometimes boiling), as they are naturally messy little souls and of course Gutermann 100/3 silk thread or any other silk thread, would not be a wise choice for Hollie Point. The Freesia No 15 needles of course are no longer available either but I use a Sharps No 10 or No 12 for the fine net background in my Point de Gaze, which incidentally is worked using the same twisted buttonhole stitch as the Hollie Point and I use both Brok and Egyptian cotton for this purpose. Hollie Point is not quite as simple as it might first appear, which is why pattern No 1 is just a diamond within a diamond, within a diamond and worked in a No 20 crochet cotton, making it easy for the worker to see what she is doing by using a thicker thread and also to hopefully understand the necessity to count the stitches required to produce the holes/voids in the correct position. I know that most workers new to Hollie Point think that its easy because one just makes a hole to either the left or right of the hole in the previous row, but if one doesn't count the number of stitches between these holes/voids, it is easy to have made a mistake by not working sufficient STITCHES, resulting in too few LOOPS in the following row! Not all patterns are diamonds, some are flowers in pots etc and one doesn't simply work a hole to either the left or right of the one above, but needs to know how to work these more complicated patterns and one can't do that if one doesn't unders! tand that it is necessary to make TWO STICHES into a void to form a LOOP for the following row. Having worked this sample all those years ago, I have never had the desire to work another! Happy stitching Catherine Barley www.catherinebarley.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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Quiet list
I'm hoping it's just quiet because I'm not getting any either! Catherine Barley UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Subject : [lace] Quiet list Is the list very quiet or am I just not getting mail? Ann 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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Annette Meldrum
Annette Meldrum If you're reading this Annette, could you please contact me privately as I'm trying to email Marie Laurie, but my emails have bounced back this morning. Perhaps she has changed her email address and not let me know? Many thanks Catherine Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
