The project at hand is finishing Miss Channer's Mat. I have about 5 square
inches left to do. It's been a 3 year project.
I have 2 travel pillows with narrow edgings that are ready to grab and go to
meetings and demos.
There are several projects on pillows that might get done sometime. The
I saw a program at the Royal School of Needlework. Â They said they could not
comment on any project but they would not deny working on the wedding. I assume
they  made the veil. We should hear more about it soon.
Alice in Oregon
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If Bev's tiny URL doesn't work, just search New York Times, then on the main
page type 'interwoven globe' in the small Search window. It comes right up,
and is most interesting. Don't miss the slide show in the second listing. The
story is the first listing.
Alice in Oregon --- cloudy,
Hi Jeanette,
I think no one has answered because no one has seen a Flanders fan pattern. I
looked through my books. The traditional patterns were all straight edgings.
The modern patterns showed a few narrow curved patterns and a few oval motifs.
However, nothing was close to the type of
There are many styles of jabots. Some take more lace than others. Do some
browsing through lace books you have access to and you may find several ideas.
Do some browsing on the internet also.
You don't list your location with your signature. I'm guessing UK since your
mayors often wear
Seeing the back of the letters would give lots of clues. It looks to me like a
machine made novelty with the yarn sewn on a sheer fabric and excess yarn
trimmed off. The T's are crossed with a short pieces of yarn. All the rows
were probably stitched at the same time, across the fabric. The
I agree that the best way to judge a lace is to see/touch it.
However... I don't have the luxury of attending auctions, and get to see a lace
dealer only if I can attend an IOLI conference. I live a long way from any
lace auction.
I built my antique lace collection mostly from eBay. It takes
Check the webpages carefully. The Carolus Borromeus lace collection has been
OPEN only one day a week and that is Wednesday. It was that way when I was
there, and the webpages still say the same thing.
Alice in Oregon -- Just finished inserting fabric in a lace edging that I made
years ago
Click on the side story of wedding details, and then enlarge the pictures. The
'kiss' picture shows the detail on the top half of the skirt. There's
decorative shapes all around the skirt. The story of the dress says it's
appliqued Chantilly. However, the picture of them returning to the
Your message came through just fine so I'd say it's because no one has written
anything. It's happened before.
Alice in Oregon
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There have been a few posts about airfares and how expensive they can be. The
New York Times ran an article on how to save money on fares.
Check out flights that have more than one stop, with one stop being your actual
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Ok I give in what are S'mores???
Oh, my You *have* been deprived.G
Toast a marshmallow on the end of a stick over a fire, put warm soft golden
brown (burned?) marshmallow on a square of graham cracker, put half a
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Now the question is What's a twinkee?
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
You mean you are blessed by not having Twinkees in your stores? It's a small
rectangular sponge cake with cream filling. I know that sounds rather good.
However, I'm not sure it's really good for a
When I make a scarf with yarns, I use my largest Belgian or Danish bobbins.
Wind the yarn on both the thread area and the handle of the bobbin. Yes, they
look weird and are a bit ungainly to start with, but you can make the shawl
without adding yarns. (I wind the thread area level with the
'Peeps' are a marshmallow candy in the shape of little chicks. OK... now they
make other shapes, but chicks were the beginning. They are shaped and
colored cute but not much taste, and little food value. Originally seen
mainly at Easter but now found in various forms all year.
Alice in
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How many people used the public
transportation, here in America, where virtually everyone has a car? Could
those few without be accommodated by alternate means? Could arrangements be
made to get people to and from
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Regional meetings might make a lot of sense. Fly over some teachers and
have them teach around the country, combining the costs of flights from
abroad.
Some of this is already being done
The last time I looked, the blue film from Europe was available from main lace
suppliers in the USA, like Van Sciver and Lacy Susan. Browse your favorite
suppliers' webpages.
It's available from some European suppliers but shipping is quite a bit since a
roll is heavy. I bought a roll some
I enjoy attending a week long lace conference. It gives time for classes and
other activities. The shopping opportunity is great. The type of facility
will make a difference in cost for rooms and classes. Also for food. Some
years my budget just can not support a hotel conference.
Someone questioned how a person could attend many classes at a conference. I
used to belong to a sewing organization that held an annual seminar for half a
week. Most of the classes were 3 hours long so people could go to two a day.
The main point to consider is that these classes taught a
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I guess what I'm wondering is if IOLI has any type of regional rotation on
where the convention occurs? ... Are there areas that just will
never have a chance to see IOLI unless they travel mega miles? I'd guess
the upper mountain
I just wanted to say that I didn't find any problem with the larger thickness
of the coated wires. The threads wrap around the wire and are tensioned
tightly. The coated ones can add a different color, blend or contrast, to the
project. The size of the wire inside gives the strength to shape
As someone else said... no hitches on wire. You want to keep it as smooth as
possible. Large projects that need a long piece of wire require it to be wound
on a (preferably fat) bobbin and have some sort of hook to keep the wire from
unwinding.
Your brooch pieces might be similar to flower
I was just reading the class listings for IOLI Convention this year,
specifically the Idrija class.
Either a cookie pillow or a bolster is acceptable. The question comes from the
bobbin winding instructions.
For a cookie pillow, wind thread clockwise.
For a bolster pillow, wind thread
AI think your description of 'grill' matches ours (USA) of 'broiler'. The
broiler is the top element in an oven, used on high setting. It cooks fast,
from the top.
We use 'grill' for cooking on a rack over heat (like an outdoor barbecue) and
sometimes on a frying surface that has raised
To me, a griddle is a frying surface. Home griddles are often a rectangular
pan that sits across two burners on a stove. Some stoves have a griddle in the
middle, between the burners. Commercial units are just a large frying surface.
Put 'griddle' in the eBay Search and see the variety of
I'm thinking of doing a pattern from Lace Express.
The thread is listed as DMC No. 80.
The Threads for Lace book lists three:
DMC Broder machine
DMC Cordonnet
DMC Special Dentelles
The pattern designer is from Australia.
Which thread would be most likely available in Austalia?
Thanks,
Alice
Thanks for the varied help. I have come up with 3-4 threads that are the right
size. Now I just have to choose one and obtain it, enough for the whole
project. I don't want to run short so I'll probably over-buy and be using the
thread for years afterwards. G
Thanks to all who responded
Hi Pam,
You are right... there's been no decision on commemoratives yet. Since we are
talking two years out, I don't think we have to make a final decision yet. The
discussion was put out this early in case the group decided on a lace project
that would need lots of lead time.
A few people
Fray Check does not wash out. It's a fabric glue that dries clear at the time.
However, it has been known to yellow after some years. Do not use it on
anything you want to preserve for a long time. I use it at times in my sewing
but keep it clear of my lace.
Alice in Oregon -- with gray
I'm working a pattern from Vuelta y Cruz (Twist Cross), number 2, Aug. 2011.
Page 8 -- Bucks Point bookmark with butterflies. It lists 36 pair bobbins,
plus 2 pair gimp. It really takes 40 pair plus 3 pair gimp. You might want to
make a note if you have this magazine. If you wind only what
Erica was visiting the USA one year in my area, She brought her pillow and sat
with us, demoing at county fair. Somewhere I have a picture of the two of us
at the fair. In a later year, she came to our IOLI conference in Portland,
Oregon, on visiting day.
I also remember having her as an
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Make a tube of unbleached cotton with draw strings in the ends, force the
tube over the wool wrapped tins and pull the draw strings really, really
tight. Then I make a removable cover.
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Just wanted to add a comment. When I'm sliding a tube of
I recently finished a centerpiece edging. It's pictured in our local lace
newsletter. It doesn't have its center of linen inserted yet but I hope to get
it done this spring. It's 24 in diameter and a Kortelahti pattern.
Click on: http://www.portlandlacesociety.com
Select Newsletters, then
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For ladies with young bodies, not old ladies like me.
http://ru-tkani.livejournal.com/147911.html#cutid1
Lorelei
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It was fun to see the lace clothes. For the general public, I can see some of
these styles being worn, but with a lining.
I have been looking at some
In a past discussion, it was mentioned that cotton and linen are plant products
while silk is an animal product. The cotton thread would be more compatible
with the linen fabric than silk thread, on a long term basic. For a one-use
item, it wouldn't matter much, but a christening gown is apt
Interesting question, and my immediate response is ...Possibly not.
In all my sewing experience, I haven't found any machine thread made of linen.
It's the nature of the textile that makes it unsuitable for machines. Linen
thread tends to be a bit irregular in thickness, and has slubs. It is
Yah! Hooray!! Yippee! Done...done...done.Well, Almost.
I just finished tying off my centerpiece edging... 24 circle, six inches wide.
I had to cheer about it! I think it's been about four years in the making.
Of course, it's still sitting in the pins, and then has all those thread ends
Happy, and Lacy, Greetings to all for the holidays. I hope your New Year is
full of lace and pleasure.
I have a small tree on my table, covered with lace snowflakes. I have to admit
that they are crocheted. My aunt, who is now gone, made them. They have
special memories for me. I try to
The Christmas Card Exchange starts in Sept or Oct when someone says they are
willing to coordinate it. They collect emails of people who want to
participate, and set up the pairings. The assignments are usually made by the
end of October. Each card is to have some handmade lace on or in it,
I just finished my Christmas laces so am free to explore other things.
I've been working on a guipure lappet from the OIDFA book, and added about four
inches to it. It's ready to set aside for a while. This project will take 2-3
years to complete.
At the same time, I'm sorting and collecting
Again... my message to Jeanette is bouncing. Her server doesn't like me.
Jeanette... I received your exchange card today. It's lovely! And it only
took five days from South Africa to Oregon.
For the rest of you, you'll have to wait for the pictures to be posted to see
it.
I'll show it off
I'm working on a lappet from the new OIDFA book. It's been a learning
experience.
First, the lappet I chose had an incomplete pattern. I told the List about it.
The missing part of the pattern was printed in the most recent OIDFA Bulletin.
(I suggest the page be copied and put in the book
A lappet is technically one piece of lace designed to be attached to a cap and
hang down one side of the face. They were used in sets. People started
attaching a set together in the middle so we find the term lappet used for both
one side piece and also a long connected piece with two
Jeanette Fischer Please contact me. My messages keep bouncing.
Lace content... I've finished my Christmas laces so I can get on with other
projects. I want to start a Bucks pattern so the current comments on twists in
Bucks is a good reminder.
Alice in Oregon
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It's been years since I carved a pumpkin. In fact, the last jack-0-lantern I
made had the face painted on. And it was taken from my front porch. I was
really annoyed because I had grown it myself and it was the only pumpkin the
plant produced. This year I have a small commercial scarecrow
I have been doing a project with a linen thread that came from a consignment
table. I have no idea how old it is or how it was stored.
There has been a series of broken threads throughout the project... threads
just splitting. It's as likely to happen at the bobbin as it is nearer the
lace.
When working in warm/dry climate, it helps to replace the moisture in the
threads. I found linen threads breaking last month when I spent two long days
outdoors at DH's family reunion. That night I spread out my bobbins with
plastic underneath to protect the pillow, then laid a damp cloth
No..Don't think I've done exactly that. I usually get excited about finishing
and push right along. It's *after* finishing a piece that I've used as a demo
project for several years that I have a small panic: What will I do now? I
don't have a demo project.
Then there's the times that I've
During IOLI Conference week, a group of ladies held our own Un-Conference
Workshop. We met for five hours each day, Monday through Friday.
There were eight ladies who attended, though not everyone every day. We
brought our lunches and ate together each day even though we did not have a
The pattern for our Un-Conference Workshop is from Lace Express 1/01. It's
Torchon but has some tricky places, such as passives coming out to the edge and
making picots, and 3-pair crossings.
Someone was asking about 3-pair crossings, but the message seems to have
disappeared from my email.
As you know from previous posts, this week is the IOLI conference in the USA.
There's some of us in our group who wished they could go but it wasn't to be.
So, someone dreamed up the Un-Conference Workshop. We have 8 or 9 people
participating, though not everyone every day.
We meet in a
One challenge is the Heartland Lace Guild. See:
http://www.hlglace.org/Leaves.htm
It goes up to 1000 leaves.
I thought there was also a challenge in the northern area, somewhere around
Michigan. Hopefully someone will answer about that one.
Alice in Oregon .. in the middle of county
I'm sure any supply dealer would be willing to sell you large bobbins.
However, what we do here when we make scarves is to use our largest/longest
bobbins, then wind on both the thread area and the handle. See if that lets
you get enough yarn on a bobbin before you spend a lot of money.
My memory may not be exact but I think I was in the last, or one of the last,
Rosa Libre classes. The teacher (name escapes me at the moment) said that her
job was changing so she would have no time available for teaching lace during
the several years she would have her new work position.
I have some news for you. First I want to say that OIDFA sent me a copy of the
missing section of Pattern 14.
To forestall them getting hundreds of requests for the attachment, I want to
tell you that the missing section will be printed in an OIDFA Bulletin as soon
as they can fit it in...
I love the new OIDFA Lappets book, but I have to report one problem. If you
have the book, you might make a note.
Pattern 14 is incomplete. There's up to an inch of pattern missing at
connection 3. One side is a couple centimeters shorter than the other side of
the connecting line. The
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What style are the lappets? Point ground, Mechlin?
Lorelei
The lappets of Hermannsburg, Germany, were mostly considered to be Erzgebirge
Guipure. The opinion of the people studying them were that they
I think the spangling method depends on who taught you. I was taught to use
wire, so that's what I usually use. I tried various methods, and learned
different ways of dealing with problems. I like to have the wire go through
the bobbin hole twice and fasten on each side. However, some
I just got a (lace) message from a 'Criswell' that is Spam. If you got it
also, delete. The message just refers you to a webpage. Don't bother with it.
Alice in Oregon
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The book on Herrmansburg lappets is a delight. I admit that I particularly
like lappets. I've already read the whole book and looked closely at all the
patterns. My fingers itch to get started on one of the patterns.
It was certainly a great gift that OIDFA decided to send to all members.
I don't think I have any lace that needs laundered frequently. None of it is
attached to something that gets laundered.
If something gets dirty, then I'll hand wash it gently and lay it out flat,
very wet, to air dry. Some heavy needlelace items have needed the outside
edges pinned to hold
Hi Debora,
The top half of the open spider is done as normalweave the pairs on one
side through all the pairs on the other side.
The bottom half is divided. Separate the pairs into two sections at the middle
pin (where the middle pin would be if you use one). Set one section aside.
The
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Here are 2 albums of a lace day at Arenys:
https://picasaweb.google.com/110476155563856600497/DiadaDeArenys?feat=content
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https://picasaweb.google.com/110476155563856600497/EscaparatesDeArenys?feat=c
Are you sure you do not have a resident ghost? When that happened at our
business, the employees always blamed the ghost. He loved to play tricks on
them, taking things then putting them back right in the middle of the work
table. And..Yes...We DID have a ghost. It was seen by several
When browsing the Yahoo news page, I found an article about new wax figures of
Kate and William at Madame Tussauds in London, New York and Amsterdam. The
London Kate had her blue engagement dress (copy), New York had a lavendar dance
dress (copy), but the Amsterdam Kate had a black lace dress
Sympathies some years ago I broke my wrist. No fun.
You can make lace one handed if you work slowly, and only need to cross and
twist. No sewings. No tying off. No winding bobbins. If you have a project
started that's fairly basic, you can try it.
This might be a good time to have a
Below is a webpage for each kind of table.
Alice in Oregon
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Would you mind sharing links for some of these things?� Googling
hasn't been productive,
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1. adjustable folding stand from Kenn Van Dieren
I've been through a variety of stands through the years. It is most important
that the chair to table height fits yourself. Propping the pillow on something
and having it rest on your lap is one way to get the working surface at a
usable height. The shoulders should be relaxed, upper arms
Tonight I was taking a break from other things and working some jigsaw puzzles
on the computer. I was on the webpage of The Jigsaw Puzzles and clicked on the
catagory of Homemade. A couple rows down the page was a picture called
Bobbin lace. I couldn't resist, so chose it. The picture on
Being very much American and having taught our form of primary grammar, using
our grammatical rules I say LAY sis. However, I have several friends who
insist it is pronounced luh CEASE. That is more like the French way except
they don't drop the last S.
In our basic rules, a vowel has a
Congrats, Susan! Moving lace up on a pattern is very survivable. I'm proud of
you.
As to spiders... the basic one is easy to learn and remember. Maybe even a
variation or two, but I would also have the directions with me if I were
alternating a number of different ones. And, yes, there are
Did you notice??? Towards the bottom of the scroll of pictures is a
doily/handkerchief with a fancy fabric center, and the lace is being attached
to the fabric as it is made. I've never seen this in any book or class. I was
always told to make the lace first, let it shrink off the pins, and
I try to remember my cloth bags but take the plastic if I forget or don't have
enough bags with me. There are so many uses for the plastic bags that they are
not thrown out. The local free meal programs use them for the 'take out'
meals. My church uses them in the summer at the produce table
I've had this happen with a bobbin that didn't have the thread wound tightly
against the top barrier of the thread area. I normally put my hitch on the
wound thread. The hitch often works it's way to the top barrier. If it finds
smooth wood instead of threads, it doesn't have the traction of
How to find a meeting place. that's an ongoing problem. I belong to four
lace groups and a sewing group. Over the years we have faced this problem
several times. The largest lace group has met in a classroom in a fabric store
and in a community center since I joined it. I think they met
Our group has a variety of fiber arts represented. We meet in a smallish room
where each person has only a little table/floor space. It's very normal for
some people to bring a compact project such as knitting, crochet, tatting, or
knotted lace instead of a larger bobbin lace pillow. I tend
From: lacel...@frontier.com
To: Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 8:50:49 AM
Subject: Re: Modisty panel
It the lace panel is tacked on 'behind' the opening, the lace can be a
rectangle that's a tad wider and longer than the opening. The extra on the
edges just
I should have said ... a cloth stitch edge passive that never sees a pin nor a
twist.
A twist in the threads would anchor it. I was thinking about a pair that had
no twists and no pins...just running straight through the whole works. With
nothing to really hold it in place, it's easy to pull
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It would be interesting to get opinions on the sensible, comfortable number of
pins in a given area of pillow.
The pins anchor the lace so subsequent tensioning does not pull it out of
shape. The closeness of the stitches, and the kind of stitches, will affect
I just find a hook that the thread fits in. I don't remember the sizes.
Someone will probably come up with a chart on the net somewhere.
I wanted to comment that Perle cotton tends to be loosely twisted and soft. It
will split easily. You will find the crocheting going better with tightly
If you have a Danish style bobbin winder one with a pair of wooden jaws to
hold the bobbin shaft, here is a hint to improve traction.
Wrap an elastic (rubber) band around *one* side of the jaws...through the
middle and around the outside of just one wooden jaw, over the front section
with
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What is it about lace making that keeps you interested and how has that
changed over the course of your learning?
I have always been interested in creative activities. My mother put fabric,
needle and thread in my hands as a small child. She didn't care if all I
The weather here is nasty...heavy rain and high winds. I was making lace while
watching the booths at our Holiday Market, and had to come home with my pillow
in this weather. I have a nice bag... zippers down both sides and lined with
plastic. In the two blocks I had to walk, the bag got
I will be lacing Friday, also. I am scheduled with a five hour shift at the
Holiday Market. Most of the time I'm free to make lace. I'll be doing a
Christmas ornament...my last one. When it's done, I'll go back to my other
projects. There will be many hours of lacemaking at the Holiday
My understanding of starting with bundling is that the bobbins are wound
singly. They are not in pairs. A small bunch is knotted together and pinned
above the pattern. They may be braided from the pin to the pattern just for
more control. The pairs are formed as the threads are put into
My first thought isWhat kind of pins are you using? I use nickel plated
steel and have never had any marks from them.
Most of my starching is pinned out on a cardboard that has wax paper or plastic
wrap over it. I use regular spray starch on that.
If doing delicate lace and have to
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I agree with Devon Lorelie on this. I realize Arachne is text only, but I
don't see why we can't change that. ...
I'm going to speak up again for the sake of new people to this list who may
not understand what Arachne is.
Arachne is a GIFT to the
Arachne is an email list, started and sponsored, still paid for, by Liz
Reynolds (do I have the name right?) Yes, it has some limitations. After all,
it has been active for many years now. I, for one, am grateful to Liz for
starting and maintaining the List all these years.
It's impossible
Check with your officials at your court house before you take bobbin lace to
jury duty. When I had jury duty, I was not allowed to take anything..
knitting, crochet, etc. Bobbin lace would have pins and be a bit bulky in the
benches. Needle lace would have a needle. We spent our waiting
I haven't had anything taken at a demo, but am aware of the possibility. I
have most of my display items on folding display boards (one black and one
white). I attached my lace with a small TOT stapler, carefully straddling
thread strands with the staples so it won't pull or break. These
Welcome back to your bobbins.
I learned my basic Bucks from books and a video. Give it a try. Then when you
have picked up the basics, John Hensel has an Intermediate Bucks DVD available,
with Jean Leader as the teacher.
http://www.henselproductions.com/index.html
(Usual disclaimers...just a
Transporting bobbin lace equipment can be a challenge. In my early days, I
used to pack up a pillow, bag of stuff, folding pillow stand, folding lawn
chair, a cardtable for displaying lace, my cardboard display board, and maybe
my lunchand pack it on a large wheeled luggage carrier. We
The Exchange is an Arachnian activity. Participants should be part of the Lace
List, at least one section. They can sign up for Chat if they don't want the
main Lace list. Technically, they shouldn't even know about the starting
announcement if they are not on the List, nor where to sign up.
She's putting in a pin... and lifting the left pair up and to the left to clean
the visual pathway to the pinhole. I do this myself when the pinhole is
obscured by the threads since the pin is in my right hand.
Alice in Oregon... where we have put 500 miles on our new electric car in it's
This discussion reminded me of a man who used to demo lacemaking at the State
Fair. He made a set of bobbins from pencils.. round ones, cut to five inches,
and with a thread area cut out. He wanted to show that expensive equipment was
not necessary.
I also remember the local lacemaker, years
The brochure says to contact
Betty Ward bet...@aol.com OR Belinda Belisle at belis92...@aol.com
I couldn't find a webpage listed anywhere.
Alice in Oregon
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From: robinl...@socal.rr.com
To: Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 11:25:59
The correct size rubber band can also be found in the bag of mixed sizes bands
at Staples. One bag will have six or eight of the correct size.
Alice in Oregon
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Also (and I know Iâve asked this before but I keep
forgetting) what size rubber band do I need for
Tight! As tight as your fingers can do it... or you and someone else to help.
You don't want it to slip or move when done. The pins need to be held firmly
in place when making lace.
Alice in Oregon
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From: lizke...@netscape.net
I need some suggestions from
The Portland (Oregon) Lace Society will have their annual Lace Day on October
1st at the Sellwood Community Center from 10am till 3pm.
Anyone in the area that day is welcome to attend. Contact me off the List if
you need information.
Alice in Oregon -- where tomorrow we receive our new
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