Dear Arachneans,
it has been a long time, that I posted in lace-chat.
Today I would like to ask you a special favour:
One of my daughters has her 30th birthday on August, 9th. She collects
postcards from all
over the world and puts them up on her walls and her sisters and I think, she
will
Hello dear Arachneans,
Early in 2000 is started to learn bobbin lacemaking and very soon I discovered
Arachne lace
list and lace chat. When I joined, it was still a big thing to write e-mails,
offline, and send them
later, because phone costs where high and going online blocked the family
Thank you Lorelei, for sharing this link. Just beautful art - very lacelike.
Martina in Germany, where it started to snow a few days ago.
Am 9 Dec 2017 um 17:40 hat Lorelei Halley geschrieben:
> https://www.facebook.com/pg/Avantgardens.org/photos/?tab=album
>
Hello Sue,
I tried to mail to you directly, but the mail was returned (error message), so
I am writing here
to let you know that while I was a few days away your bookmark arrived.
Last night when I got home, I found your letter with the beautiful tatted
bookmark.
It truly earns the title
Dear Blanche,
just a few minutes ago, the postman handed in an envelope from Poland.
Thank you so much for the nice card, your letter and the very pretty tatted
bookmark. I love it,
especially, I can't tat myself. My daughter tried to teach me some years ago,
but I found it
quite demanding.
Dear Jenny,
today the postman handed over to me a most remarkable letter. When I saw it, I
"knew", of
course, it must be my Christmas Exchange letter. But I did not know, what a
very special
beauty had made the long way to me:
I am so speechless to have received a beautiful bobbin lace
Dear Nina,
thank you very much for the pretty handmade card and the ornament in a silver
ring.
I haven't seen that pattern before. I like it very much.
Thank you and a very happy Christmas Season for you and your family,
Martina
in Germany
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Dear Wendy, dear Arachnes,
today I received a most beautiful bookmark from you, Wendy, from Australia
I love the light green colour and also the pattern, which I never saw before.
Wendy, you did a great job, working this special bookmark for me. I will
treasure it.
Thank you very much!
Hello Jenny,
I want to say a big thank you for all your effort you make putting up all these
pretty lace
pictures with all the details.
Thank you ladies for your pretty laces on display on Jenny's site.
Best wishes from Germany,
Martina
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Dear Arachneans,
my daughter set up a blog for me. I just started putting things up. So far,
there is none of my
lace there but it will happen soon.
https://fadenwilma.wordpress.com
Happy lacemaking
Martina in Germany
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Hello,
this weekend there is the Klöppelkongress of the German Klöppelverband in
Schönsee, in
Bavaria, Germany, this weekend.
I will be there on Saturday because it is only about 1,5 hours drive and I can
only make it for
the one day.
Happy lacemaking
Martina in Germany
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Hello Lorelei,
What an interesting story and very delicate and pretty crocheting. Thank you
for sharing.
Martina in Germany
On 17 Feb 2013 at 16:07, Lorelei Halley wrote:
A collection of Irish crochet motifs by a group of people associated
with the
Ravelry Irish crochet group. They are
Hello,
thank you very much for your help and ideas to my search for a celtic knots
bobbin lace
pattern.
I found out, that there are/were some books but most of them are out of print.
But I found some individual patterns and I try to order one in UK. And I will
also attempt to
use a simple
Dear lacemaking friends,
for a dear friend I would like to make bobbin lace in celtic knots pattern. I
have seen this
some years ago on the Deutsche Klöppelkongress (the annual German bobbin lace
congress). I have consulted the internet, but can't find any pattern for this.
Maybe you can
Hi Amber,
today I received your beautiful Teneriffe Lace Card. Thank you very much. I
really like it.
Yesterday 5 of my 6 daughters arrived with 3 partners and 2 granddaughters. So
it is quite
crowded and busy here.
Will mail in a few days, after the first visitors will have left.
Martina
Dear friends,
long long ago, there was a German girl writing on this group.
Well, I am still around but rather busy and therefore quiet.
I do read many of your mail and enjoy them.
Now I just want to let you know, that last night we came back from a 2-weeks
holiday in
Iceland, where our
Hello Sof,
thank you for sharing these photos. It must have been very impressive
once again. I love
Milanese Lace and would have liked to be there, but instead I had the
privilege to welcome
my 2nd granddaughter Johanna and visit DD, DS-i-l and the newborn
babygirls for a few
days exactly when
Hello,
last week I thought about another attempt of getting a lace design program for
my laptop. I
am still working with Windows XP.
I am teaching once a week at a local school 8 afternoons. Occationally I would
like to draw
up easy braid patterns for the group. But since I am always short
Hello Tamara,
nice to hear from you again. What are into at the moment?
I am very busy, but that has become normal here.
Martina in Germany
On 22 Sep 2010 at 21:26, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On Sep 20, 2010, at 6:44 AM, Gareth Peach wrote:
Good Day, lasses and lads; anyone left that
Hello,
tomorrow I am off to Brussles, Belgium, for a short holiday. Sorry I was so
busy that I kept
thinking I will send the postcards from there, possibly lacey ones.
And it somehow slipped my brain, that I said thank you for the 2 postcards
which arrived
quite a while ago: Thank you Sue
Hello,
from next Tuesday until Saturday I will be in Brussles, Belgium, visiting DD,
taking another
DD and DS along.
Last week I taught 6 girls and 2 boys bobbin lacemaking on 3 afternoons in our
local holiday
program. The children once again were very eager to learn bobbin lacemaking and
I
Hello Sue,
what a bad thing to have such a bad fall. I did one recently but got away with
a few bruises on
my face, hands and knees and scratched glasses. Everything is healed and
repaired by now.
I got into knitting and esp. knitting socks last year again. Finished 12 pairs
last year and 1
Hello,
DH has published his cook book via Books on Demand about 10 years ago and it is
still
selling.
Martina in Bavaria, Gemany
On 2 Jun 2010 at 13:32, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
Hello All! While standing in line at Barnes Noble, I overheard a
conversation regarding books on demand.
Hello ladies,
just wanted to let you know, that today I got a letter, saying that I passed my
exams.
That means I have a chance to be back in the world of lacemaking and other
things I love to
do including answering mails and take a more acive part in the list activities.
The only minor
Hi Celia,
we are still here. It is a bit quiet.
Happy lacemaking,
Martina in Germana
On 16 Oct 2009 at 20:53, Celia Mulhearn wrote:
I haven't had anything from the lacelist for a few days and so am
just
checking my status...
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Hello Jenny,
I would like to have a Card Exchange this year again. But I am sorry, I can't
do the
organization. I am in the middle of upcoming Exams and very busy familywise at
the moment.
Happy lacemaking
Martina in Germany
On 21 Sep 2009 at 20:23, Jenny Brandis wrote:
Hello one and all
Hi Lesley,
what is the difference between the two? Could you give me examples what they
are?
Martina in Germany
On 20 Aug 2009 at 19:18, Lesley Blackshaw wrote:
My bugbear is putting the 'free from' meat products in the freezer
with
the meat-free foods and calling them all
Dear Arachneans,
there were various patterns I really liked when I did them and they turned out
nice. They are
rather simple because I am still not all that advanced.
One of the largest pieces was the unicorn I did for DD.
Now I have a triangular Milanese lace piece on my pillow and I am
Hello Jeri,
thank you for the reminder. Of course I know that there is a lot of potential
and willingness to
help out here on this list. It was only I was really frustrated about this
pattern. I bought it as an
individual pattern in Schneeberg/Germany 3 years ago. It is very pretty, worked
Dear arachneans,
how or where can I show you the unicorn I made in Russian tape lace some months
ago
using wild ground for a filling.
Martina in Germany
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Hello Diane,
Schneeberger is pronounced Shneéberger
That is Sch = Sh
ee is a long e like in neé
be = like in beg
r = like in kirk
g = like in government
er = similar to theatre/theater.
Let me know if it helps.
Martina in Germany,
who did make Schneeberger Spitze a while ago.
On 22 Apr 2009
Dear Arachneans esp. in Britain,
tonight I booked my train tickets from Amberg to London on March, 12th 2009.
The funny
thing is, that I was able to book the tickets to get to London really cheap but
was not able to
book the return tickets yet. I will have to sort that out tomorrow. I will be
Hello Jenny,
did you get my 2 private mails with the scans of the Christmas Card ornaments?
I don't know if the system eats the mails or not.
I can mail them again from a different e-mail address if necessary.
Thanks for putting all those pretty cards up.
Martina in Germany, where the snow has
Hello,
I just wanted to share my relieve with you.
Yesterday DD Dorothee was to her 1st annual checkup after her brain surgery
last Dec.
The doctors say, her brain is FINE. I am so glad.
There are some functional problems due to the surgery such Aas concentration
and short
term memory. ( don't
Hello Shirley and Dorcas,
I just wanted to let you know, that your cards are finally on their was. I did
post them
yesterday.
Shirley, I did receive your card with the pretty lace candy stick on Saturday.
Thank you very
much. Did you scan it or do you want me to send a scan to Jenny?
Jenny I
Hi, I think I should have sent the message to lace instead of lace-chat, but I
wasn't sure.
It is a few days old already.
Martina in Germany
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Hello Dorcas,
on Saturday your pretty Christmas card arrived. I love the tatted
ring. It is so special!
Thank you very much!
Hello Dorcas,
on Saturday your pretty Christmas card arrived. I love the tatted ring. It is
so special!
Thank you very much! I will scan it and send the scan to be put on the website.
It is great to have such an early Christmas card. I don't think I ever had one
so early and a
pretty handmade
Good morning dear Arachneans,
once again I am looking for a lace term:
Is there a special word for a ground with an extra turn before and after each
pin in English? In
German we call it gezwirnte Grund
Thanks for your help.
Martina in cold Bavaria, Germany,
where autumn comes fast and the
Hello Avital,
your mola is very pretty. It looks very well made. It is funny, when I first
read your message in
Lace-chat I thought by myself, I wonder what mola is in lace - I had only known
of it in
patchwork and quilting. Then I remembered that you do patchwork, too. *smile*
Anyway, I
Hello Brenda,
I am a bit behind with the mails and just read your mail and looked at your
page. The
bookmarks look really interesting. I love them. It is really a challenge to
find more variations.
I think I should have a go to make some one day.
Martina in Germany
On 22 Jun 2008 at
Hello,
today I made the final stitches finishing the unicorn in Russian lace with a
wild ground filling.
DD have to take all the pins out. Then we will take a photo.
Glad to say, that DD Dorothee is doing fine. 'Tomorrow DS is having a minor
surgery, but he
doesn't get handmade lace - I
Hi,
today it is a holiday in Bavaria. So I had a go with the wild ground. I tried
the regular one I
described in an earlier mail, but I am using only every 2nd pin, to make it
more loose and to
get a good contrast to the mane, which is done in half stitches only.
Thank you for all your
Dear Arachneans,
finally I finished all the outline lace braids of the unicorn including the
eye. I will only do a
filling inside the unicorn, but not the outer frame and background.
DD doesn't like the original filling of Russian wheels. Now what do you think
would it violate
the pattern if
Thank you for all your encouragement on experimenting. I try to send a link to
a German site,
where you can see, what it looks like.
http://www.creativ-kloeppeln-lehrte.de/Kloppeln_fur_Kids/kloppeln_fur_kids.html
Look at the little ghost Buh.
It has a worker running from edge to edge. The 2
Hello Sue,
Your sea-wave jacket is very special. I am so impressed by the colours, the
patterns and the
idea of the adapted laces to the various parts of the jacket.
Did you sew the jacket yourself?
Thank you for sharing your album with us. I also like your other things.
Martina in Germany
Hello Heather,
I do like this one particularly. ;-)))
Martina in Germany
On 21 Apr 2008 at 20:48, Heather Harris wrote:
I used to do housework:))
Heather Harris Nottingham
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Hello Mark,
the flower is beautiful. I have never seen it, so I can't help with the source.
Compliments,
Martina in Germany
On 21 Apr 2008 at 14:33, Mark, aka Tatman wrote:
Hello Lacers,
I recently did a piece of Schneeberger(?) lace from a photo I found
on the
internet. I don't have
Hello,
now I am back with news about Dorothee. 3 weeks ago she has been back for a
check-up
after her benigh brain tumor surgery in Dec. The MRT showed, that there is no
sign of a new
tumor and the area, where it was is in good state.
But the liquor is held back in one part of the brain,
Dear Arachneans,
thank you for your mails, your kind words, prayers and well-wishes. I am
feeling much better
and somewhat relaxed now. This morning I felt somehow overwhelmed.
I am still busy working on the unicorn I mentioned a few weeks ago. Some of you
gave me
valuable hints how to get
Good evening,
I enjoy your discussion about Torchon. I started learing bobbin lace mainly
doing tape lace. I
am working on a roller pillow and I have done some Torchon by now.
Now I am looking for some vocabulary: Is there an own expression for a fan if
you go all the
way down through the
Hello,
I want to thank each one of you who replied to my question about the unicorn.
I will mail to you personally, but did not get round to try things yet.
I have been to the German Klöppelkongress for 2 days and loved it but was quite
exausted. *smile*
Have a nice weekend
Martina in today
Hello dear Arachneans,
I hope you had nice holidays.
At the moment I am busy trying to work a unicorn-pattern which my daughter
wanted
me to do for her.
It is in the book Russische Kant (Russian lace) by José van Pamelen-Hagenaars
on
pages 76 to 83. I thought that tape lace is quite straight
Hello Helene,
it sounds really exciting to get an opportunity teaching handicrafts. I am
teaching
bobbin lacemaking to adults and children a few courses a year and occasionally
I do a
course on patchwork.
I am sorry that I can't help with crochet and knitting teaching material, but
it may
Hello dear Arachneans,
I am very happy to let you know, that Dorothee is doing very well healthwise.
Recently
we had a talk to the doctor who handled her case mainly and was present at the
surgery. She told us, that the surgery went very very well and that they had
expected it
to be even
Hello Dora,
I hope you had a Happy Birthday and enjoyed your mails!
For the year that lies ahead I wish you all the best especially health and much
fun with
with your handicrafts.
Greetings from Germany,
Martin
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Just wanted to let you know, that I did receive 2 lovely cards with lace early
in
December. Jane sent a pretty Battenberg lace and Debbie made a lovely Torchon
tree
bookmark for me. They are both precious to me.
I have to confess, that due to a lot to do in December and then the sudden
Hi,
just wanted to let you know, that Dorothee was able to leave the intensive care
unit
today and is now in an ordinary ward. She is doing very well and is allowed to
get up
and sit at a table in her hospital room for her meals.
Thank you so much for all your caring support for us.
Btw. I
Dear Friends,
just a few words about Dorothee's progress. Physically she is doing well, but
emotionally she has a bit of a rough time the last 2 days. Of course it is
still very close
to the surgery. She is supposed to start eating again but doesn't want to...
Dorothee is 19 yrs old and is
Dear lacefriends,
we did have a somewhat difficult Christmas time this year. One of our DDs was
diagnosed with a cerebral tumor the week before Christmas.
Tomorrow morning the surgury is sheduled to remove the tumor.
Yesterday DH and I took Dorothee into a special neurochirurgical clinic about
Hello Debbie,
I looked up a German supplier site and your bobbin looks similar to Swiss
bobbins.
Here is the link.
http://www.langendorfkloeppel.de/prodeut/produkt/pro1_d.htm
Maybe that helps. But in anyway it is a pretty and surely treasured bobbin.
Regards,
Martina in Germany
On 15 Jun
Hello Clay,
as I understand the title of the picture it may be snuff. (tobacco for the
nose). Maybe
that's what the lady is offering in a kind of bag.
Martina in Germany, whose DH likes snuff.
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Donna Hrynkiw wrote:
Greetings friends,
Dear Leonore,
your Hungarian Tape Lace mat looks very pretty. I am sure everything will be
fine
when you take the pins out.
I also like your Milanese sampler. It, too, looks great. I only recently
discovered, that I
have done Milanese patterns already and that I really like them and want to
Hi Tania,
it looks very much like patterns in the book Klöppeln - eine alte Handarbeit
neu
belebt by Katharina Egger. I will look it up later.
Martina in Germany
On 12 Mar 2007 at 2:47, Tania Gruning wrote:
Hiya all on this nice spring day in Denmark.
I would like the lists help in
Hello Tamara,
where can I get those Paula Harten's patterns?
Tonight is the 2nd night of my new bobbin lace class. Last week 3 ladies
attended: one
does the 4th course, one the 2nd and a newbe. The 2 more advanced ladies
decided
they wanted to start an edging lace to be sewn onto a blouse or
Hello Barbara,
your lace looks great. You have progressed very far!
Martina
Germany
On 22 Feb 2007 at 13:34, Barbara Joyce wrote:
I've certainly taken leave of my senses, and started on my first
Binche piece (other than little samples), Campanula, designed by
Kumiko Nakazaki, from her
Dear Daphne,
the lace tablecloth looks phantastic. It is just great, that so many lacemakers
were
willing to participate in this very special project. And you are brave to take
the
adventure to do the whole cloth on your own for yourself. But I am sure, you
will love it,
both making it and
Dear Arachneans,
since you started bringing up the discussion about the lace tablecloth I, too,
visited the
site. And Noelene, I think you are quite right. Petra is a very generous and
nice person.
I had the privilege of being her room-mate, when both of us attended the
Leistungskurs A of
Dear Jean, dear Alice,
today I had a wonderful surprise in my mailbox, when I arrived at home between
two
appointments. Surely you know what I am speaking about: a small packet
containing 4
generous lots of paper strings in 6 different colours. I love them and I love
the surprise
and your
up four more lots
of strings, so there are 8 prizes.
The winners are:
Jenny Rees, Australia - address needed
Vicki Tyloe, USA - address needed
Martina dewille, Germany - address needed
Jean Pitt, New Zealand - have address
Shirley McDaniel, USA - have address
Angela Eldridge, UK - have address
Dear Daphne,
please, could you let me know the year and month of the Anna Magazine. Maybe I
have it, too, or can get hold of it via my bobbin lace group.
Thank you
Martina in Germany
On 13 Dec 2006 at 18:17, Daphne Martin wrote:
Hello to all.
I wonder if the lady who
Dear Arachneans,
some time ago, I received 2 acryl coasters, where you can insert photos, lace
or alike.
Now I today I used one to place a small cross-stitching in it. I tried to find
some more in
the internet, but all I could find where either retailers selling 250 pieces at
a time, or at
Dear Lise-Aurore, dear Arachneans,
so say it right at the beginning, please, don't disappear back into lurking.
Thank you
for asking your questions. I don't feel, that you have to feel bad about having
asked
and not being able to use the explanations straight away.
In any case it started an
Hello Arachneans,
last year I was asked to offer some handicraft for children during the summer
vacation. So I agreed to offer a workshop for 2-3 h making patchwork postcards
with
children aged 4-12. In one village 12 children took part, in the other place
there were
10 of them. Each
Dear Secret Pal,
thank you for the great parcel we received yesterday. It was perfectly timed
for Mario's
birthday. He unwrapped the toy cars and card and socks this morning and he is
so
glad to receive birthday gifts from unknown friends in US. Please give our
thanks to
Tyler and James,
Hi,
I have to get ready for the next part of the training course of Deutscher
Klöppelverband which is called Leistungskurs B which is from May, 29th to
June,
10th. DS's 8th birthday is on May, 28th and DD's 25th birthday on June, 11th.
*ggg*
I have to collect all the things required for the
Hi Jenny,
it is amazing how determined you plunged into bobbin lace making. - It is
great, how
far you have come in such a short time. I started making bobbin lace in Jan.
2000 but
I am a lot slower!
Your website is fantastic and has only on bad thing about it: It is sooo
interesting, that
Dear Margot,
thank you for these links. I really like many of those patterns. In a
cross-stitch Round
Robin I actually stitched one of the blue Torchons and a red sampler.
Maybe I can get the lace pattern, too.
Greetings from Germany,
Martina
On 6 Apr 2006 at 17:56, Margot Walker wrote:
I
Dear Arachneans,
yesterday I decided I would like to work a pricking from Brigitte Bellon's
book:
Klöppelspitzen. It is the pricking no. 9 on p. 50.
I am not sure how to work the plait which is supposed to run at the edge. When
I do
the joins as described in the book, the plait finds its way
Hi Agnes,
you are right! It is a stylistic error, usually it is rather funny. There are
collections of
Stilblüten eg. taken from pupils essays.
I am not sure, what it has to do with lace.
Greetings from sunny Germany
Martina
On 20 Mar 2006 at 9:07, Agnes Boddington wrote:
Hi all,
I stand by
Hello Liduina,
thank you for both of the links. I just visited your site and have to say that
the laces
are wonderful. It must have been very interesting exibitions.
Thanks for sharing!
Martina in the South of Germany
On 13 Mar 2006 at 11:31, LiduinaJ wrote:
Hello Alice,
In Belgium most of
Dear Secret Pal,
today, when I came home, I found a very pretty envelop. It was so unusual,
that I
knew immediately it must come from you!
The cross-stitch magazin is very tempting again. I love it! The necklace is
pretty - Did
you make it? I can't figure out the technique, but I really
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