Hello Elise and everyone :-)
The Arachne archive is here:
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/
and the lace documents here:
https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html
Bev in Shirley BC
On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 5:57 PM ewaberhays wrote:
> Hello,I am looking for help
Thank you for posting the form, Jean, and for the project information file
also.
I have no connection with the project either, just an interest in helping
spread the word.
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada
On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 2:19 PM J Reardon
Hi everyone, and Susan
Thank you Susan for sharing the information about Project Lace Dress.
I find that there is a pdf file posted to the public Lacemakers group on
Facebook.
I hope this link is accessible, please let me know anyone, if not?
The Project pdf is top of the list. I think there
Thank you for this Pene! I enjoyed visiting each country through the
interpretation on the garments. There is lace! e.g. the kimono for the
Kingdom of Belgium :)
Bev in Shirley, BC, Canada
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 11:30 PM Penelope Piip wrote:
> Hi fellow Arachneans,
>
> I know this is post is
Hello Alex and everyone
The late Sister Judith said something like "whatever you do to make the
lace more beautiful (is all right)."
Bev W. in rainy Shirley BC Canada
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:20 AM Alex Stillwell
wrote:
> Hi Arachnids
>
> Please can someone put me in touch with Sister
Thank you, Jean and David, as always. The competition is a right challenge
this year ;)
Season's Greetings all.
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada
On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 3:32 PM Jean Leader wrote:
> Those of you who have been following our Lace
Oh my, bobbin lace is definitely a woven fabric. The passives are warp, the
weavers/workers are weft :)
Consider BL an off-loom technique.
Braids are woven also.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 7:11 AM Elena Kanagy-Loux
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> with one set of elements.
> Tally stitches come closest to a
Hello Devon and everyone
The OIDFA publication, The Point Ground Study Book, is an excellent
resource, compares by chart details of about 25 unique point Ground styles
including pre- and post-1900 Tønder. It might not answer all your questions
but it's a start.
Re the term Copenhagen hole, I
Hello Elena and everyone
Maybe that conversation made it to the list archives. For anyone wanting to
check out Arachne messages history, the archives are here
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 9:17 AM Elena Kanagy-Loux
wrote:
> ...For example, Devon
Hello Devon, Sue and everyone
It could be a giant pillow!
Check the photo on this page for the lace museum at Arenys de Mar.in Spain,
even though about two centuries later than the codex. The technology was
earlier known?
http://www.arenysdemar.org/museu/index_i.htm
On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 5:45
Hello Jo and everyone
Thank you for bringing this nice design to our attention :)
I think your straight edge start is a good option for the visual
appearance. I also like the braid start, easier to do on a small roller
pillow (as one might have).
I like the logic of Binche as it is, that is to
Hello Sally and everyone
Try tattingcorner.com to search for teachers/mentors in a specific
location. I found an entry for Honolulu; there might be more?
Good luck.
Bev on a mild winter afternoon in Shirley BC
On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 2:12 PM Sally Jenkins wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been asked
Hi Brian and everyone!
Excellent! To everyone, it is the newest photo in the Photostream menu.
Thank you, Brian. Most interesting!
Bev
On a clear morning, Vancouver Island
On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 10:48 PM wrote:
> The Railway bobbin train!! is up on Flickr.
>
> Thanks Bev
>
> Brian
>
> --
Sent
Hi Lorri and everyone
If you want cotton threads instead, Pearl Cotton 12 for the 40/2, and a
quilting cotton size for the 80/2.
Hope that might help!
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada
On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 1:08 PM Lorri Ferguson wrote:
>
Hello Devon and everyone
I googled the full name of IOLI and got this, so assume it is public?
Perhaps someone not on facebook can click-it, and let us know...:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/iolilace/posts/?ref=page_internal
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:00 PM Devon Thein wrote:
> I donât think
Hello everyone
I have uploaded to Flikr two photos of a Flanders edging I made from "Het
Lassen" . They are in the Photostream section also. Although of a circular
edging, I hope they compliment Bobbi's diagram - the lace beginning and end
were done exactly as she describes.
The hand-sewing part
To help: At the top of the first page, beside the tab Albums, see the tab
Photostream.
On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 1:54 PM wrote:
> Are you all looking at the photostream in Arachne's flickr account?
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/ On my screen they show up as
> the first two
Hello everyone
For anyone interested:
Listing M-020 in IOLI Library holdings.
Het Lassen en Aannaaien van Kant, [Joining and att; Allis-Viddeleer,
Louise; 1993; Dut, Fr, Engl; 117p; History and techniques; 16:3, Spr95-96
... Het
> Lassen?
>
>
--
Bev on a beautiful longest day in Shirley BC,
"racroc" maybe, I think?
Yes it does have a different name.
ok, found it in Alex Stillwell's dictionary. Point de rac(c)roc or Point de
raccroche
On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 1:26 PM jviking @sover.net
wrote:
> Is this the name that is used for the stitching to attach bands of
> Chantilly together
Then I wasn't far off the mark after all.
Thanks for the background information. Lassen and lace are "tied together"
in origin.
I like words.
Bev in Shirley BC Canada
On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 8:57 AM Gon Homburg wrote:
> The etymology of the dutch word âlassenâ is:
> From Middle Dutch
Possibly the logic for offering the term "weld" is that two pieces of
something are joined together (in some way) to look like one.
Sew together is more relevant.
It would be interesting to know the etymology of "lassen" - maybe has a
Latin origin. "Lasso" comes to mind, as also the root word of
Hello Helen and everyone
The neat join called "lassen" is really effective. I followed the
instruction in the Book of Flanders by Niven; equipment required is one
very short, very fine needle, a pair of finely-pointed scissors, and a
joining thread that exactly matches the shade of the lace
Also search Sicilian drawn threadwork, found this, a 2010 blog, links still
active
http://italian-needlework.blogspot.com/2010/05/sicilian-drawn-thread-work.html?m=1
Bev in Shirley BC Canada
>
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 15:41 N.A. Neff wrote:
>
> > ...
> > Another source for scholarly papers would
Hello Jane and everyone
Me, too (still here).
We have it in writing, 1995 was the start. There are messages in our own
Archive regarding our 20th Anniversary in 2015
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/
and Liz Reynolds the list-founder mentions the start in the first sentence
at this
Hi everyone, April 1995 I think? when Arachne, the lace e-mail list, first
hit the interwaves.
Just for the record..
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada
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Hi everyone
Changing the subject line from spam emails, better for searching the
archive!
Quoted below I have the others and part of Shirley T's message but not the
bit from Liz, also a '96-er (big grin)
I joined later that year, then there was discussion of a first year
commemorative bobbin,
Hello Ann and everyone
A name happens to be in your e-mail address. The phishing-software doesn't
know 'you' but has detected a person's name.
You should have a 'report phishing' option in your message window, through
which your server, talktalk-dot-net (yes?) is alerted.
Hope this helps in some
Hello Alice and everyone
About replacements bands for The Pocket Bobbin Winder - I bought a packet
of neon colour rubber bands from the dollar store, work well, the colours
make them easy to find (a incidental plus LOL), seem to be a standard North
American stationery size. If the band
Hello Ruth and everyone
I found this searching kloeppelspitzen formschlag at google-dot-de
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm_DESWGT_w
Be patient through the intro. At 1:24 and onward you will see how the
tensioning goes.
I hope this helps.
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 9:14 AM Earl & Ruth Johnson <
Hello Brian and everyone
Absolutely fantastic compilation. Congratulations to you, the webmaster and
editor Rochelle. Your magnum opus! which I for one will appreciate
referencing often.
Bev in Shirley BC Canada on a sunny Christmas morning.
On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 4:21 AM Ilske Thomsen
wrote:
Just to add to the topic, Half-stitch is a three-way weave!
On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 1:15 PM Devon Thein wrote:
> An interesting idea.
>
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Worth a try Joseph!
Something to know, cloth stitch in bobbin lace indeed resembles plain
weave, however in constructing it in bobbin lace we weave two rows at each
pass. Plain weave on a loom is one row, one pass, as for any woven pattern
I think ...though I'd be pleased to be shown otherwise.
It
Hello Lyn and everyone
I think your pattern, Dis-moi Oui (Tell Me Yes!) is in Polychrome technique
and requires silk thread, Soie d'Algiers if that helps?
Odette Arpin's pattern book of Polychrome lace uses silk threads
Bev W. in Shirley BC
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver
Hello Frauke Lorenz and everyone!
What a neat idea for a Christmas ornament or little gift.
Thank you for sharing!
Bev in Shirley BC Canada
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 12:29 AM Frauke Lorenz wrote:
> Hallo liebe Arachnis
>
> Ich habe ein kleinen Klöppebrief für Euch in meinem Blog bei
>
Hello Sue and everyone
This information is absolutely fascinating, Sue! Thank you for sharing.
The textile exemplifies their expertise in the technology of the time. A
mechanised loom for doing double-weave nowadays is quite a contraption vs.
hand methods.
That got me thinking about comparing
Hello again Susan and everyone
The following was meant for the list:
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 3:14 PM Kathleen Harris wrote:
> I was taught the plait technique in Bruges, for both Flanders and Binche.
> Kathleen
> Sent from my iPad
Thanks for writing, Kathleen.
Bev
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near
Hello Susan and everyone
Another option for keeping the outgoing weaver pair under tension: make a
short, temporary plait with it and a nearby passive. Undo the plait when
the pair is needed in its new role as a passive. My preference to that or a
temp. pin is to swing the outgoing pair at right
Hello Devon and everyone
The method shown looks like the way to do it for speed in production. In a
way reminds me of the efficiency of movement when touch-typing (now there's
a dying art, ha ha).
I've accidentally made lace the way she is doing - except really *slow* -
when I was holding the
Hello Devon and everyone
I think for your purpose you could safely say oldest continuing group of
influence in USA.
Just a thought.
Bev in sunny Shirley, Vancouver Island, BC
On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 9:44 AM Devon Thein wrote:
> I am thinking/writing about the impact of the lace organizations
Needle lace too, especially Halas lace where the tiny fish motif, a triad I
think it is, is the "clue" or identifier of the lace. The only way to sign
bobbin lace easily that I can think of is to make a deliberate mistake,
such as put leaves where there aren't any in the design. Forced at best
Fun is the word!
I'd really like to be able to work lace intuitively.
Dance, too, but that's not going to happen except as bobbins dance, on the
pillow. Lace it is, diagrams or no, whatever works.
Happy lacing everyone, however way you like to make it.
On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Adele
Hello Sharon and everyone
Indeed, literacy itself means competence in a given area.
I think the other is an ability we all have, that many of us forget to use
once we are taught read.
Straying off the topic of Binche, there is a poignant perspective on
learning to read and lacemaking, the
Hello everyone and Jane who wrote:
> I've never been taught Binche but I've made a few small pieces from
working diagrams and their construction makes absolutely no sense
whatsoever.
Exactly what I thought when I decided 'how hard can it be' and made a small
piece from its diagram. I am mostly
Hello Devon
The online source is the weaving archive, subsection documents relating to
lace, search Periodicals.
The archive url is in the link I posted.
(I hope you understand, I'm keying this from my iPod)
Good to know further information on the young man in New York!
Bev in Shirley BC west
Hello Sharon and everyone
Could your protagonist drive to San Bernardino? In this 1981 issue of the
IOLI Bulletin, there is an article, page 13 of the pdf, about the forming
of a new group of bobbin lacers, the Cross Twisters of San Bernadino,
wherein they invite anyone in the area of the County
Confessions of another old typist... I didn't find it difficult to change
space-space after full-stop to one space. Think of the finger strokes
saved! I had a situation as Adele mentioned, and that was a convincing
reason especially as putting two spaces after the full-stop changed the
desired
Hi all especially Devon, Jay and David
Could be something to do with encryption, If Win 10 uses 128-bit needing
conversion to 32-bit in majordomo technology.
F.y.i. Devon, have received the message about the grounds 3 times this
morning.
Regardless of the repeats I regret not having info to
Quite so!
I prefer the broader terms finger weaving or finger braiding. A looping
system is like knitting, crochet, nalbinding perhaps?
Peter Collingwood's The Makers Hand has excellent categories for a range of
textile constructions.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Alex Stillwell
Hello Gillian and everyone
I am reminded of "Slentre Braid" which is made of 5 doubled threads,
anchored at one end, looped at the other. Briefly, two fingers of one hand,
three of the other hook into the loops where a weaving motion takes place,
one loop through another. The result is a
That is a better idea to me than a looped technique. Well spotted Jane
On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 6:37 AM Jane Partridge <mous...@live.co.uk> wrote:
> Jean or Bev Walker might be better than me at identification, but could
> these braids be formed by tablet weaving? I believe the te
Continuing from Adele's message, diaper (cloth) was woven with such a
pattern built-in, for absorbency and so became the name for the cloth used
for babies. In weaving terms, I believe it was called a 'rosepath'
threading, cf. 'roseground' in lacemaking.
For those interested, the word origin is
Hello everyone especially the 43 entrants in my bobbin raffle :)
It is Easter Sunday already for many of you; close enough to it in my time
zone. Into the Easter bonnet went the names. DH was the person nearest the
computer to do the draw The winners are
Lily Douglass, the bobbin.
Julie Todd -
Hi Sue and everyone
I asked my optometrist about more magnification than my prescription
reading glasses offer, for lacemaking. I was prepared to explain what
lacemaking was, but she already knew :) The technician helped me pick out
clip-ons; there isn't a trade name on them but they are the
>From the type of wood-turning machine, maybe?
I've seen some old bobbins like that, from the apparatus that holds the
bobbin wood piece for turning.
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Karen ZM wrote:
> The hole in the bottom of the bobbin (to reduce weight?) sounds rather
>
Hello everyone
I have a special spangled midlands bobbin to raffle, passing some luck
along since I won a nice Christmas bobbin from Jean's advent calendar
competition :)
Anyone on Arachne can enter, let me know you'd like to be in the raffle by
replying to this e-mail, or send me a new message
you all a prosperous and happy 2018
On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Jean Leader <j...@jeanleader.net> wrote:
> We've now pulled the winner of our Lace Advent Calendar Competition out of
> the electronic hat and the Christmas bobbin goes to
>
> Bev Walker
>
> Youâll find a
nt Glacé .
With this in mind, I'm more certain that the specified thread was cotton.
Here is the link to the image:
http://threadwinder.info/hist/law/BoarsHeadSign.jpg
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Bev Walker <walker.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PS - I'm not 100% sure it was cotton; could have be
PS - I'm not 100% sure it was cotton; could have been linen, if used on
linen net.
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM, I wrote:
> So, an embroidery cotton at least.
>
>
Bev
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Hello Joseph and everyone
I googled, Mecklenburg thread No. 20, and found this quote from 'Victorian
Embroidery, An Authoritative Guide' by Barbara J. Morris, 2003.
"...In nineteenth-century England, guipure d'art was worked in raised and
intersected patterns darned on a square network of linen
Hello Devon, cc Diana and everyone
Your mention of what the lace schools were like brought to mind Alan
Brown's poignant publication, "Take the Children..."
https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/ba_2_2000.pdf
I found this informative message in the lace mail archive, about lace
Hello Devon and everyone
While I can't offer insights into a lace celebration (though, why not,
ale?! sounds a plan)I spent an instructional afternoon today testing
the Cattern Cakes recipe found here. Its rising agent is yeast, yes it
works as mix-in:
Hello everyone
I have a pattern insert from a lace magazine I no longer have, an edition
of La Dentelle from about ten years ago. The insert has two patterns by
Michel Jourde, a circular 8-point design, number 010799A, and a 4-part wide
edging for a table cloth, number 160999A, no other
Hello everyone, especially Susan,
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Susan wrote:
> ... I would like to have a better understanding of why a lacemaker would
> start out with a rolled clump of threads! And is this the only lace that
> starts with a bundle?
I've used the
Hello Janis and everyone
Not sure if this will answer your question, but there is a nice write-up
here about the TV Victoria's costumes:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/the-real-stories-behind-jenna-colemans-resplendant-victoria-cost/
On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Janis Savage
Totally yes, can always make another diagram.
...and arrows! Vive la difference! I prefer them for Binche, as it takes me
as long to fumble around with pins and a board as it does to do same at the
lace pillow. For me the arrows are faster! I make a copy on heavy card-type
computer paper of the
Isn't it a little black circle at the turning part?
On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 9:37 AM, N.A. Neff wrote:
> Good question. Might it be a green intersection (half stitch), little
> hatch mark for another twist, then another green intersection (halfstitch)?
>
> >
> > What is
Yes, and that's why the advice about the gmail addy.
(just sayin' as the expression goes)
On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Sue Babbs wrote:
> Yes they do appear in the archive, but if I don't receive the original
> message from Jeri I don't know one has been sent, so I
Hello Devon and everyone
Jeri's e-mails do show at Lace - The Mail Archive
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/
and probably always via the lace-digest. So many of us receive the
reflected list (individual messages) that I must say, agreeing with Sue, a
gmail address is better for tech.
Hi Pene and everyone
I have this volume. There are 2 pairs plus 2 bobbins for the gimp
(headline, page 8). In the photo page 10, starting topmost, there is one
pair for each wing, one bobbin for each antenna. The antenna bobbins
overlap at the bottom to end off. Each bobbin of a wing pair cross
Hello Ilske and everyone
About the angle of Tønder laces, I have not seen an answer to your
question. In the OIDFA Point Ground Lace study book, the angles given for
pre-1900 Tønder laces are 56 to 60 degrees; after 1900 it is 57 degrees
only.
Does this help?
Maybe someone else can add further
Hello Alex and everyone
I have that little book, and back then I painstakingly (more like
painfully) attempted a translation with a basic online program for Dutch to
English, later a Dutch lace friend told me it was written in a dialect. But
I did manage to make a few of the motifs. May I
The paintings are monotype, so not just paint slapped on canvas. I really
like them too! They are a stimulating contrast to the lace. What an
interesting exhibit.
Thank you to Jeanette for posting the link.
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Sue Harvey
wrote:
> .
Hi Susan and everyone
That was a lucky save, and the piece looks lovely.
Just so you know, Borax is the common name for the naturally occurring
crystalline element sodium tetraborate decahydrate, and Borateem though
mostly borax, has a few additives. Both are just fine for whitening
fabrics,
Hello Susan and everyone
I found it finally, looked all through your album at Flickr but it is at
the beginning!
Just a guess, it looks like Romanian Point Lace. The grape motif suggests
to me Eastern European origin. I could be way off! but I don't see it as
Irish crochet.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017
Wow, David - thanks ever so much.
That was splendid to read, nearly 20 years on. I was 'there' - my little
lace piece was in the exhibit.
I still have it with a photo taken by another Arachne friend who attended
the exhibit.
My lace sea shell is on its exhibit board with a beautiful collar by
Hello again Jeri and everyone
First, ditto Shirley T. ! The arachne list is an ongoing delight.
Jeri, your underline, bold and italic won't be seen in any country. It
isn't the server, it is the software.
Our set-up permits punctuation but not formatting such as bold, italic and
underlining.
A
Hello Karen and everyone,
Good news, Karen, thank you! about the book in Canada (on my wishlist at
amazone-dot !) and about the corners :)
On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:41 AM, Karen Thompson
wrote:
>
> Canadian friends: I have been informed that the book will be
Hello Catherine, Jeri, and everyone
The mail list software will only show as plain, any formatted text (bold,
italics, etc.) .
See how it looks at the mail archive:
https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg50834.html
Idea: write the review on a blog for instance, to get the desired text
Hello Karen and everyone
Congratulations on this publication Karen! I inspected it at
amazon-dot-com. The inspection pages are a good indication of all the work
you've done, and an excellent buy for the lace library. It's not yet
available through their dot-ca but I will watch for it.
Thanks for
Hello Susan
The 'Chrysanthemum lace' from Essential Vermeer is a classical lace from
earlier centuries, not the 'Chrysanthemum lace' referred to in the
Belleville book, and other current publications offering nice patterns for
mats and seasonal ornaments, e.g. hearts, Easter eggs, Christmas
Hello Carrie and everyone
Lace Express back issues are readily available for purchase at their
website.
www.laceexpress.com
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Carolyn M Salafia <
carolyn.sala...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Agree one hundred percent. If there is an archive where copies can be
> purchased
Or 'they' bought it by mail-order, e.g. the T. Eaton catalogue. If
interested, see pp. 92-93 of the 1907 Spring/Summer edition:
https://archive.org/details/eatons190700eatouoft
On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Devon Thein wrote:
> My guess would be that they were making
Hello Nathalie and everyone
It has been a while since I've read Anne of Green Gables. I don't associate
lacemaking with that story.
Does the author mention lace?
On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 2:27 AM, Nathalie wrote:
>
> I would like to know about laces from around 1908
Hello Lorelei, Alex and Lace list
Speaking of Mechlin, by coincidence I noticed this lace in the latest
auction at Kerry Taylor:
http://kerrytaylorauctions.com/one-item/?id=383=%20=439
Interesting that its time-frame is given as circa 1760. I suppose that date
is what the previous owner, a
Hello everyone
My DH drew a name from 'the hat' (a gift bag) and the winner is
Susan Reishus
Thank you all who entered, there were 15 names. Would have been lovely to
send a prize to each.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Bev Walker <walker.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> I have a
Hi everyone
I have an narrow old pricking to raffle off, free to a good home. As is, in
an envelope, ready to mail postage paid to anywhere in the world.
It is for a point ground edging about 3/4 inch/20 cm. wide. The pricking is
18 inch/45 cm. long, of some vintage, a conventional three-loop
Hi Sue and everyone
Thanks for the warning, Sue. It is not just gmail. I just got one at
another address. The spamware mimics the server address. When I checked the
message pathway at the header, it was shown as "friend's-name-at-
suspect-server".
To see the pathway in a gmail message, on the
Hi Sue and everyone
Thanks for the warning, Sue. It is not just gmail. I just got one at
another address. The spamware mimics the server address. When I checked the
message pathway at the header, it was shown as "friend's-name-at-
suspect-server".
To see the pathway in a gmail message, on the
Was it the installation blown up, the one at the Museum not the big house
itself?
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Adele Shaak wrote:
> Wow! What a lot of pink crochet. Hard to believe the amount of effort
> involved - and then she blew it up! I get that it was an art
Hello Ilske and everyone
Thank you for the clarification, Ilske! The effect really is remarkable.
When someone thinks "outside the (lace) box" in this way, it is a pleasure
for the rest of us :)
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:40 AM, Ilske Thomsen
wrote:
> M. Th. Bonniol
Hello Susan and everyone
'don't panic' - Sue Babbs is right about the url for digital archives on
weaving and lace. The other is the university's main page, where you can
find the digital archives by using the search link there, which is the
google engine, same as what you used ;)
On Sat, Sep
Hello everyone, this was meant for the entire list :)
You're welcome Lorri!
On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Lorri Ferguson wrote:
> That's it. I knew Arachne would come thru.
>
> Thank you so much, Bev and the others who answered my cry for help, and
> with in less than an
Hello Dan and everyone
I'd say give it a try! There are water-based as well as the lacquer-based
head cements, yes?
Ether way, I don't think very much is needed to secure the thread end, the
tiniest of dabs, and shouldn't affect the rest of the lace.
Other items used in fly-tying and -fishing
Hello everyone
A serrated knife was recommended to me for cutting builders' board/hard
foam, so that's what I used to cut inexpensive pillows. Draw guidelines
then 'saw' carefully through the lines in deliberate movements. Use a
piece of the foam as a self-magnet to pick up the bits. You can
Hello Nancy and everyone
If you have Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace by B. Cook, refer to item 18 in
Section 1, Starts and Edges, "Starting a straight piece of work with a
footside at the top as well as the edges..." and modify it to accommodate
the pattern's headside.
Hope this helps!
On Tue,
Hello everyone
There was an impressive performance of weaving with lit-up strands at the
Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Dancers representing indigenous people each
held a bar to which a number of strands were attached (reminded me of the
way a backstrap loom is set up), leading above the crowd.
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 1:36 PM, tatman wrote:
> Yo!
> I suddely came accross this stuff, this is just genious, take a look
> <.>
> Typos courtesy of my iPhone, tatman
>
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Needle-made or stitched textiles?
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Devon Thein wrote:
> What category would you ascribe if you were cataloging a piece of Tenerife
> lace or Spanish Ruedas? Under what words would you look for it? Would you
> call it "Embroidered Net"?
> ...
Hello Sue and everyone
Not expert as such, but I'll have a go at describing:
With the threads neatly across the pillow, put the large pin under them
towards you (the lacemaker).
Deftly lift the pin back over the threads, and under again twisting so as
to catch the threads again in a backwards
Hello Louise and everyone
Some ideas:
If you are using midlands, put pins through the spangles of the pairs in
waiting on the one side, while you work enough on the other side to anchor
that set.
If that isn't possible, bundle the set of pairs on the one side in a hanky,
cinching the hanky tight
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