[lace] Ithaca Day

[Elizabeth Ligeti]

I would have loved to go to the Ithaca event.  Was it a day event or a
weekend? – the latter I seem to think. All the reports I heard about it made
is out to be so much fun, and I am sorry our trips over to USA were never at
the right time!!!

Now we  won’t be travelling any more (Far too old!) so I will just have to
rely on reading about events on the Internet, - and going over some very happy
memories!!

How boring, and tedious life would be – especially just now with Covid
Lock-downs – if we did not have the Internet to browse every day!!  Though
today, especially, it is Terribly slow!

What ever do people do who do not do any handcrafts, too keep themselves
occupied?  - Yes I know – the Internet, - but that can get boring after a
while!!!  At least us Lacemakers will Never get bored – there is always
another different lace to investigate!!!

Regards from Liz. L.
Still in Lock-down in
Melbourne Oz.

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[lace] Ithaca!

[N.A. Neff]

I got my first choice too! (Continuing Binche) Wouldn't it be nice if the
numbers all came out perfectly and everyone got their first choice? That's
my prayer to Arachne -- may everyone get their first choice.

Nancy
Connecticut, USA

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Re: [lace] Ithaca!

[lynrbailey]

Beds.  lrb
>
>That's nice news. Which class? Kathryn Roberts
>
>I just got my notice that I got the class I wanted at Ithaca, NY!  It's all
>very exciting.  And Ithaca is beautiful at that time of year.  Looking forward
>to a grand time!
>

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Re: [lace] Ithaca!

[KATHRYN ROBERTS]

That's nice news.Which class?

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I just got my notice that I got the class I wanted at Ithaca, NY!  It's all
very exciting.  And Ithaca is beautiful at that time of year.  Looking forward
to a grand time!

Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where we are having our last really hot
day, high of 90F, 29C, for at least 2 weeks.


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[lace] Ithaca!

[lynrbailey]

I just got my notice that I got the class I wanted at Ithaca, NY!  It's all 
very exciting.  And Ithaca is beautiful at that time of year.  Looking forward 
to a grand time!

Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where we are having our last really hot 
day, high of 90F, 29C, for at least 2 weeks. 


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RE: [lace] Ithaca Lace and Winterthur Needlework Symposium

[devonthein]

Winterthur has some very nice pieces of lace in its collection because one of
the members of the Dupont family was a member of the Needle and Bobbin Club
and her collection has ended up at Winterthur. Pieces from this collection
were shown when the members of the IOLI visited Winterthur during the
Harrisburg IOLI convention. However, I don’t think they are all
photographed. (I wrote a little about the collection when I wrote the article
about their Downton Abbey exhibit for the IOLI.) One bit of a problem for
Winterthur is that the lace in this collection is not American made and
Winterthur is supposed to be a museum about American Decorative Arts. However,
while there for the Downton Abbey exhibit I took a tour and the guide asked us
if we were more interested in American Decorative Arts or in the lives of
people like the Duponts during the Gilded Age, and the Gilded Age won the vote
at least in my tour group. So, I am hoping that if Winterthur starts to move
toward the idea that the collectors like the Duponts were very interesting
people, the next step might be photographing and displaying the lace.
I think the piece that Arlene directed us to is not the victim of mending. The
diamond like braid structure is characteristic of a kind of lace called
Valenciennes de Gand in which an enterprising nun in Ghent developed a lace in
which orphans of varying skill levels could make motifs that could be
assembled into these pieces with this braided mesh background. There is a
handkerchief made this way at the Metropolitan Museum
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/221695
Devon


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From: Arlene Cohen
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 1:30 PM
To: Arachne Lace
Subject: [lace] Ithaca Lace and Winterthur Needlework Symposium

Dear all,
Here's my little report from my first Ithaca Lace Day/Weekend experience:
B first of all, I had a wonderful time! B I can never complain when there is
in-person shopping for lace books and threads, raffles for lace-related
items,
and the opportunity to be with other people who are passionate about what you
are passionate about, who 'get' it. B For that, I am grateful. B I got to
reconnect with my first lace teacher - I lost touch with her when I moved to
NJ about 18 years ago and it was SO good to see her and let her know that she
had started me on a great path of lace learning.
I loved Allie Marguccio's talk Saturday midday about the OIDFA 2016 event in
Slovenia - she is a wealth of knowledge about Slovenia and its history and
lace background and so for this major lace event to take place in her
family's
country of origin, she brought that much more enjoyment and enthusiasm to the
table. B For every report and piece shared in every place around the web
about
the OIDFA events this past summer, it adds to the greater enjoyment for those
of us unable to go. B What an amazing event it must have been - in
retrospect,
I wished I could have been there.
Saturday evening, Carolyn Wetzel spoke about a Spanish needlelace of silk and
gold. B Here is the easiest way to get an image in many people's mind: B can
you picture the book "75x Lace", the book from 2000 celebrating the 75th
anniversary of the Rijksmuseum's lace collection (?not sure if I have the
wording correct there) in Amsterdam? B The golden lace on the cover is this
type of lace, called frisado, as a few other Arachnids have mentioned.
B Carolyn has been learning and studying about this lace. B Fascinating
connections of history and lace here.
As for classes, I did a somewhat unusual thing, which was take one class on
Saturday/Sunday (total of 9 hours) and a different class on Monday (6 hours).
B This was absolutely perfect for me - I know my style of learning and such
and was glad for the opportunity for exposure to two different things that I
could then explore further on my own (which I will!) B I had emailed the
teachers before signing up, asking if this would be okay, as I had gotten the
sense that most people spent the entire 15 hours (if they could indeed stay
for Monday, which not everyone can) in one class.
Saturday and Sunday I was with Allie Marguccio learning Idrija. B While the
focus of this class was intended to get folks thinking about changing colors
in Idrija lace, some of us who had never done Idrija before started with a
practice sampler of corners. B I moved on to small motif and colored thread
and enjoyed immensely learning all that Allie offered and her teaching style.
B In addition, I learned about the website http://www.lacepatterns.eu/B where
you can purchase individual patterns after looking at the nearly 1500 (!)
that
are offered. B My order is already on its way to me.
On Monday, I joined the Aemilia Ars needlelace class. B I do a lot of
needlework in my life and have only dabble a little into the needle laces, so
was interested to learn more about this. B Carolyn Wetzel was also a fabulous
teacher and I enjoyed immensely the time with needle in hand. B Vi

Re: [lace] Ithaca Lace and Winterthur Needlework Symposium

[Amanda Babcock Furrow]

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 05:14:42PM +, Arlene Cohen wrote:

> ??Winterthur does not have much of these laces in their collections (you can
> go to their collections online and do a search), although here is the piece I
> saw:
> http://museumcollection.winterthur.org/single-record.php?resultsperpage=60
> ew=catalog=advanced=on===&
> Latest=_tab
> erial_tab=_tab2002
> .0001.001.120==bobbin+lace=56c9=1=100=r
> esults-imagelink-only#.WAOuojKZPBI
> 
> The majority was bobbin lace, although the circular medallions were clearly
> needle lace. ??The large open areas with a very loose looking mesh - my guess
> is that those are threads from some early conservation work from some years
> ago. ??Those three areas are so odd looking, I'm guessing the mesh or the
> ground that was originally there just simply gone at some point and some sort
> of stabilizing something was created. ??The cataloguer in charge of this
> workshop and showing these items did know know much about this piece.

Do you mean the areas of plaited diamond mesh ground?  It looks like 
Valenciennes ground, but since this is a tape lace it's probably more
accurately a diamond filling stitch like they use in Russian lace.  The
part that looks sort of like this: 
http://pinbrowse.com/photo/554646510336083255 ?

I didn't see anything in the photos that looked like a restored area.

Happy lacing,
Amanda in Philly, PA

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[lace] Ithaca weekend

[hottleco]

Hello All!  What a great time!  I enjoyed Allie's Idrija class & finished my 
tri-color sea star.  I made plenty of mistakes but I'm still very pleased with 
the results.  There were more than a few challenges working open method on a 
bolster & controlling the color thru all the sewings!  This narrow tape style 
was influenced by the Italians so there are a few similarities with Cantu.  
Overall, FLLG does a great job--especially selecting interesting classes.  When 
you have difficulty winnowing down the list to a first, second & third choice, 
you know you're in trouble!  This year, I took some time on Friday afternoon to 
visit the Cornell University Mann library where the lace books reside.  They 
have a nice collection of lace publications & it's worth making time to visit.  
Their online catalog makes it easy to create your "must see" list ahead of 
time.  I was able to research some back issues of Lace magazine (Lace Guild UK) 
& browse in the stacks.  Other lace books in their !
 special collection require advance notice & their online staff provides 
generous help. For those of us who missed IOLI this year, Ithaca was also an 
opportunity to reconnect with long-time lace friends, make new ones & put faces 
with names from Arachne.  Looking forward to Ithaca 2017!  Sincerely, Susan 
Hottle USA  

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Re: [lace] Ithaca lace weekend

[jill]

So glad you enjoyed the weekend and Holly's class. The invisible join is 
amazing and is truly invisible! Wish I could've been there to catch up with old 
friends.
JillMilton Keynes, Bucks 

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[lace] Ithaca lace weekend

[Nancy Neff]

Malvary Cole mentioned that many lacemakers in the US were attending the
Finger Lakes Lace Guild's lace weekend.  That includes me, and I wanted to
report that it was GREAT!  As is usual, I spent too much money--two books,
and lots of linen and silk thread to make a scarf. All the classes were
very good, per the reports I heard. I'm sure others can chime in about the
ones they took, but I did a Bucks Point hexagon demonstrating an invisible
start/finish, developed and taught by Holly Van Sciver. It really is
invisible! The techniques that she has come up with take each pair in the
ground that was just sewn in and work it through the next row of ground, so
it looks like everything else because it is. There is a cool trick for
anchoring a pair from the outside of a region of cloth stitch into the
cloth stitch. And pairs from the headside make the last picots, get
sewn into the figured part, and then go out to be anchored in the headside
passives. Overall, the results are amazing.

In short, the weekend was great fun. But then, get that many lacemakers
together and it's sure to be a blast!

Nancy Neff
Connecticut, USA

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[lace] Ithaca Lace Days Classes available

[Lyn Bailey]

If you go to Holly Van Sciver’s  website, http://vansciverbobbinlace.com/ in
the upper left corner there is a link to the classes.  I mention this because
there were questions not too long ago.

Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where the lack of sun, drizzle, clouds,
cool weather we’ve had for almost 2 weeks can leave any time it wants to.

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Re: [lace] Ithaca lace event

[Lbuyred]

Holly says that the information on Ithaca will be announced in the middle of 
May.
Liz

> On Apr 17, 2016, at 7:11 AM, Lbuyred  wrote:
> 
> I have a class with Holly today.  I will try to remember to ask her about 
> that and respond later today.
> Liz, Raleigh NC

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Re: [lace] Ithaca lace event

[Lbuyred]

I have a class with Holly today.  I will try to remember to ask her about that 
and respond later today.
Liz, Raleigh NC
> On Apr 16, 2016, at 11:49 PM, c...@fastmail.us wrote:
> 
> Anyone on here involved in the organization of Ithaca Lace event in
> Ithaca, NY
> in October? I was wondering when information about the event will be
> posted

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[lace] Ithaca lace event

[cec]

Anyone on here involved in the organization of Ithaca Lace event in
Ithaca, NY
in October? I was wondering when information about the event will be
posted

I think the info comes out in June or July.  It is a little early for
info.

Cindy in VA where it actually felt like Spring today.

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Re: [lace] Ithaca lace event

[lynrbailey]

Dear Arlene,
The best harbinger of Finger Lakes Lace Guild Ithaca Lace Day information is 
the upper left corner of Holly Van Sciver's home page.  It should be coming out 
soon.  I go to her website much more frequently than I do to FLLG's.  

Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where spring is beginning.  We arrived 
home from Arizona, hot and dry, yesterday. 

"My email sends out an automatic  message. Arachne members,
please ignore it. I read your emails."

>Arlene wrote:
>Anyone on here involved in the organization of Ithaca Lace event in Ithaca, NY
>in October? I was wondering when information about the event will be posted.
>The Finger Lakes Lace Guild (sponsoring guild?) still has 2015 information on
>their website.  Holly Van Sciver's website lists the dates under her own
>calendar, but no sense of when more information will be available.  
>Thanks!
>Arlene in NJ

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Re: [lace] Ithaca lace event

[Jill Hawkins]

I get an annual request for a mailing for the lace group I belong to, and
I haven't been asked for the list yet.

Jill

Milton Keynes, England

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A reply to Re: [lace] Ithaca New York Lace Day

[Witchy Woman]

Someone replied to my September 1st post about Ithaca Lace Days saying they
were coming, too.  Can't find the message.

 

Would you please resend?

 

Thanks.

 

Peg

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Re: [lace] Ithaca New York Lace Day

[Witchy Woman]

I'm going.  Camping at Robert Treman state park.


Taking the Rippling Circles
in Contemporary Lace class.  Looking forward to learning a more free-style
lace.


Counting down...


Peg

In sunny Cleveland Ohio

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[lace] Ithaca New York Lace Day

[Celtic Dream Weaver]

    I am wondering who on here is going to Ithaca Lace Days  during
Columbus weekend. I am planning on going and have just confirmation that I am
in the Flanders/Binche class. I am also looking for a room mate to share
expense for Saturday night. Please contact me if you can help me privately. I
hope I can put this question here  lace for I don't know how else to look for
some one that will put up with me for one evening.    If you are going
please share with the list what class are you taking and why. I am looking so
forward to the weekend as usual. It is always fun being with others of like
minds.Wind To Thy Wings,SherryNew York, US of
Americacelticdreamweave@yahoo.comhttp://celticdreamweaver.com/http://celticdr
eamweave.blogspot.com/Nata 616

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[lace] Ithaca Lace Day

[Bev Walker]

Hello Sherry and everyone

While I'm not going to this event I thought I'd respond, taking the liberty
of filling in the subject line so that others will see your message,
especially those going to the lace day.
I found it in my spam folder, and probably because the subject line was
empty. Just a little oops to watch for another time.
Everyone, quoted below is Sherry's message in case you missed it.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Celtic Dream Weaver 
celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Thank you Aldele and others for your convention report. I have enjoyed the
 few
 that have responded. Just the same I hope I will get to read other reports.
 I am looking towards tomorrow when I will hear if I am going to get in
 the
 class I wanted for Ithaca, New York Lace Days. I am hoping to get in the
 wire
 lace class but I understand that this is a real popular class so that may
 not
 happened. Holly's class would be good too.
  Tomorrow is suppose to be the day
 when names will be drawn to place lacers in classes by lottery so we will
 see
 what will happen.
Who on the list is going and what classes are you hoping
 for.


 Wind To Thy Wings,
 Sherry
 New York, US of America
 celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com


-- 
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada

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Re: [lace] Ithaca Lace Day

[lynrbailey]

Thanks, Bev for reposting.  I'm planning on being at Ithaca this year.  I look 
forward to Ithaca all year.  
  
My first choice is s'Gravenmoer, and my second choice is Honiton.  lrb


On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Celtic Dream Weaver 
celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Thank you Aldele and others for your convention report. I have enjoyed the
 few
 that have responded. Just the same I hope I will get to read other reports.
 I am looking towards tomorrow when I will hear if I am going to get in
 the
 class I wanted for Ithaca, New York Lace Days. I am hoping to get in the
 wire
 lace class but I understand that this is a real popular class so that may
 not
 happened. Holly's class would be good too.
  Tomorrow is suppose to be the day
 when names will be drawn to place lacers in classes by lottery so we will
 see
 what will happen.
Who on the list is going and what classes are you hoping
 for.


 Wind To Thy Wings,
 Sherry
 New York, US of America
 celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com



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[lace] Ithaca 2013

[hottleco]

Hello All!  May I echo Celtic Weaver?  OMG--what a weekend!  My friend snagged 
a seat in Sandi Woods' class  I studied with Martina Wolter-Kampmann 
(Invisible Starts  Finishes).  Classes, vendors  participants--all a class 
act at a fun event.  Holly  her helpers know how to roll out the welcome mat.  
Thanks for the memories.  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA

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[lace] Ithaca, New York Lace Weekend

[Celtic Dream Weaver]

Oh my goodness gracious. I have such a fun time this past weekend. I went to
Ithaca, New York's Lace weekend event. 

I took Mary Shields class on
Carrickmacross. It was a great class. Mary is so nice and it would fun
listening to her since she is from Ireland she has a bit of brogue to her
speech. The lace is so pretty. I love it. I have been working on a piece that
has the Claddagh Irish Symbol in the center surrounded by shamrocks and
flowers. Very pretty!! Mary's class was my first choice...and I was so
esctatic to be in her class and not be sick. The first time I was in Mary's
class in the year of 2001 I came down with a dreadful cold right after the
banquet...which basically ruined my weekend...but this time...my head is still
in the clouds. 
   It was so great to see my lace making friends. Sandy Woods
was also a teacher this year. I got to meet her and look at some of her
beautiful work. I want to make her Bird in Pavilion. She told me about her
booklets so I am going to get it sometime for it is now on my list to do. 
  
Vendors...all I can say was wow...so many things I wanted. There sure are some
great bobbin turners. I did buy a few bobbins...but get this...there were
three really big raffle items..one being Holly Van Sciver's bobbin. Then there
was a pierced bobbin which right now the maker escapes me...and them there was
one California Poppy Archer bobbin. Well...wait for it...wait for it...I won
the Archer bobbin. I was so thrilled for I looked in the bag when I put my
slips of paper in the bag...and I could believe when my name was picked out in
front of everybody and from all of slips of paper. I was tickled. It is a very
pretty bobbin. I love it. I also won some other bobbins too. 
   The food was
great...oh my was it. The FingerLakes Lace Guild always puts on a great Lacing
Event. I always so look forward to it every year. 
   Gillian Dye gave a
interesting lecture on old laces and at the banquet...the speaker was Doctor
Beth Davis. Beth  presentationi was Never Idle Imagaes of hte Lace-Maker In
Four Hundred Years? very very interesting. The food was great as it usually is
and the famous cakes we have are so decadent and so well...just thinking of
it right now...dreamy...wish I had another piece right now. LOL
   It was so
great to see my lace making friends again. Usually I only see them once a
year..but being with others of like minds and love lace like I do makes for a
fun and great time full of memories that will linger in my head as I make lace
and especially now...work on finishing my Carrickmacross piece. 
   I hope you
all don't mind me mooning over my fun weekend and sharing with all of you.  
Wind To Thy Wings,
Sherry
celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com
http://celticdreamweaver.com/
http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/
Nata 616

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[lace] Ithaca

[Malvary Cole]

I heard this morning that I have got a place in Jacquie’s Milanese course at
the Ithaca Conference in October.

Now I must get out of Bedfordshire mode and into Milanese mode!

Malvary in Ottawa (Nation’s Capital) where we have a sunny/showery day, but
thankful that on Sunday Irene slid past us and only gave us a day of strong
winds and only a few spatters of rain.

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Re: [lace] Ithaca Lace Day roommate

[lynrbailey]

Funny thing, I too am looking for a roommate, but for the nearby campground.  I 
pay, for four days, what I expect is less than one day for a double room at the 
hotel.  The campground has nice bathrooms, good showers.  This is a state park, 
and there is no electricity available.  I am tenting.  Please contact me 
privately if you're interested.  Just think of all the extra money I'll have 
for the vendors!  lrb

lynrbai...@desupernet.net  Lyn from Lancaster Pennsylvania, where the air 
conditioning is on for at least the next two days.  


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From: Jennifer McNitt jenmcn...@yahoo.com
Sent: Aug 9, 2010 2:22 PM
To: l...@dont.panix.com
Subject: [lace] Ithaca Lace Day roommate

I'm planning on going to Ithaca for the Lace Day on Oct 8th-10th and I'm
looking 
for a roommate to help share room expenses.    I already have a room
reserved 
with two double beds and will be arriving Friday night and will be
leaving 
Monday afternoon.

I'm really looking forward to attending.   If
anyone is interested, please 
e-mail me at jenmcn...@yahoo.com.

Thanks!

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[lace] Ithaca? or Camp Gotta-Lace?

[Beth McCasland]

Gentle Spiders,
Since I have schedule conflicts and can't attend IOLI this year, I'm still 
trying to plot a summer escape.  I remember someone in the New York area 
tempting me with Ithaca in the past.  When is it?

Or, one year I went to Camp Gotta-Lace over in Texas.  Are y'all doing that 
again?

And for lace accomplishments, I've started on a piece from LePompe II, 1561 
(available on the Professor's website), plate 3 -  the narrower one.  I'm 
having fun doing picots at the trail crossings.  I have the picots right after 
the windmill crossing.  I may not be doing it right but at least I'm trying 
to be consistant. 

Beth McCasland
in the suburbs of New Orleans
where it's hot, muggy, and daily threats of thunderstorms

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RE: [lace] Ithaca? or Camp Gotta-Lace?

[Carolyn Hastings]

Ithaca Lace Days are Oct. 10-13 this year.  More information at 
http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/LaceDay2008Announcement.html#Top

Best,
Carolyn


Carolyn Hastings
Stow, MA USA



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 Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:25 AM
 To: Arachne
 Subject: [lace] Ithaca? or Camp Gotta-Lace?
 
 Gentle Spiders,
 Since I have schedule conflicts and can't attend IOLI this year, I'm
 still trying to plot a summer escape.  I remember someone in the New
 York area tempting me with Ithaca in the past.  When is it?
 
 Or, one year I went to Camp Gotta-Lace over in Texas.  Are y'all doing
 that again?
 
 And for lace accomplishments, I've started on a piece from LePompe II,
 1561 (available on the Professor's website), plate 3 -  the narrower
 one.  I'm having fun doing picots at the trail crossings.  I have the
 picots right after the windmill crossing.  I may not be doing it
 right but at least I'm trying to be consistant.
 
 Beth McCasland
 in the suburbs of New Orleans
 where it's hot, muggy, and daily threats of thunderstorms
 
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[lace] Ithaca Lace Day October

[dredman4]

Lacemakers,


 
LACE DAY NEWS! Join us, October 5, 6, 7, and 8th for the 27th Annual Ithaca
Lace Day. This weeks featured course is: Needle Lace Wheel. From start to
finish, make a needle lace wheel. Circumnavigate at your own rate of
proficiency. Beginning students will learn the basic stitches. More advanced
students will work fancier fillings. Create a small doily or appliqué as a
trophy for finishing the course. Nancy Evans will bring this beginning and
continuing needlelace course to you with no preparation, supplies or
experience needed! This is the perfect class for the entry level lacemaking
student who wants to participate in Lace Day but has no prior lacemaking
experience, as well as the continuing student of needlelace. The theme this
year is Start to Finish Come join the fun! 
 
For more information about the 27th Annual Lace Day go to:  
http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/LaceDay2007Announcement.html 

We still have openings in some classes so if you are looking for a lace event
in October, come join us.
 
Deb Redman
Newfield NY
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[lace] Ithaca Lace Days

[Jane Viking Swanson]

Hi All,  Here I am at home while lace makers are having fun in Ithaca : (
Sumac and I had unexpected expenses so we're home for the Columbus Day
Weekend.  We even thought of going for the day but that's a l-o-n-g ride for
one day!  I really, really wanted to hear Shirley Egan's talk about the
exquisite veil she made for her daughter.  The veil was shown in Piecework
May/June 2006.  And I also really, really wanted to hear Pamela Nottingham's
talk called Lace Research ~ Fascination and Frustration.  I'm familiar
with that and I'd love to hear what she has to say G.  I hope we will get
some reports next week!!

For two weeks I have been seeing women on the street who make me think of
Holly Van Sciver G

Happy Lacing, Jane in Vermont, USA who will be making some lace at home this
weekend!
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Re: [lace] Ithaca Lace Days

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Jane!

Welcome to the Wish we were in Ithaca club!  I really, really wanted 
to take Jane Atkinson's class, and I know that I'm missing loads and 
loads of fun with like-minded people just loving lace and lacemaking!


But things just didn't work out for me to be there this year...  so 
we'll just have to settle for the good reports starting on Tuesday or 
Wednesday next week!


Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA

Jane Viking Swanson wrote:

Hi All,  Here I am at home while lace makers are having fun in Ithaca : (
Sumac and I had unexpected expenses so we're home for the Columbus Day
Weekend.  We even thought of going for the day but that's a l-o-n-g ride for
one day!  I really, really wanted to hear Shirley Egan's talk about the
exquisite veil she made for her daughter.  The veil was shown in Piecework
May/June 2006.  And I also really, really wanted to hear Pamela Nottingham's
talk called Lace Research ~ Fascination and Frustration.  I'm familiar
with that and I'd love to hear what she has to say G.  I hope we will get
some reports next week!!

For two weeks I have been seeing women on the street who make me think of
Holly Van Sciver G

Happy Lacing, Jane in Vermont, USA who will be making some lace at home this
weekend!
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Re: [lace] Ithaca Lace Days

[Sue Babbs]

Yes, I really wanted to go too, but it wasn't to be this year. There were so 
many classes I wanted to take. Oh well! Let's all make lace at home instead
Sue 


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[lace] Ithaca Lace Days or not

[Beth Mccasland]

Dearest Spiders,
Am too far from Ithaca to consider going... but I won't be working on my
unfinished IOLI (Montreal) lace project either.  Tomorrow (and Sunday) I'm
off for a 150 mile bike ride, the annual Multiple Sclerosis
Tour-for-the-Cure fund raiser ride.  Maybe monday I'll be back at my
pillow.  Once the ride is over, I'm hoping I'll have more time to sit at my
pillow.  Eventually the warm weather here in south Louisiana has to end and
I won't have to cut the grass every weekend.  I did finish my Katrina Quilt
top (my other passion) and sent it off to the quilter.  So that's one UFO
finished...

We won't go into the number of quilting UFOs compared to the lace UFOs

Beth 
in the suburbs of New Orleans

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[lace] Ithaca Lace Day Oct 6-9

[Shirley K. Egan]

Dear Lacers - for anyone who tried to book a room in the  Finger 
Lakes Lace Guild Block set aside for Ithaca Lace Day October 6-9, 
2006, at the  Ramada Inn and was told that there were no rooms left - 
this was in error.  Please call up the Ramada Inn again. They goofed 
and we've straightened them out now, after having heard of the 
problem from someone while in Montreal.   The Ramada's number is 
607-257-3100.  Please use this local number rather than the Ramada 
chain's 800 number.

If the person at the desk still tells you there are no rooms, be 
insistent, ask for Scott, the Operations Manager.  We just called 
them yesterday and there are still plenty of rooms in the set aside 
block, but apparently someone at the desk was confused in the past. 
You shouldn't have any problems now, but if you still do, after 
asking for Scott, please contact Holly Van Sciver 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or me privately and we'll get on it 
immediately.

We suggest reserving a room even before you know what choice of 
workshop you got, simply because hotel rooms are ultimately limited 
in Ithaca.  If you choose not to come after receiving your class 
registration confirmation, you can always cancel  (1) the hotel 
reservation per the policies of the Ramada Inn (check with Ramada for 
the policy that applies to these blocked rooms), and (2) your class 
per the policy printed in the Ithaca Lace Day information materials 
--- just please do both  promptly so someone else may have your space.

You should be getting your Ithaca Lace Day registration 
confirmations from the Ithaca Lace Day Registrar the week of August 
21st.

Great seeing so many lacers in Montreal.  Our hosts did a fabulous 
job.  Cheers, Shirley Egan, Aurora, NY.

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[lace] Ithaca Lace Days report

[Jane Viking Swanson]

Hi All,  Here's my report from the Ithaca (New York) Lace Days last weekend.
Sumac and I drove out and saw some nice leaves on the way!  We're getting
faster at the trip and learning about new short cuts all the time.  Finding
a 12 tall (30.5 cm) Chewbacca Pez dispenser at one rest stop was the first
thrill of the trip for me G.

We enjoyed the Friday night reception.  The hotel seems to have a new chef
or something, the food was different from past years and very good (as it
was before but nice to have something new).  We had a good time chatting
with lots of lace makers!

Saturday morning is for shopping and we did a lot of that!!  Also putting
tickets in for the raffle items and admiring the lace display.
The latter had a wonderful array as usual!  Susie Johnson (not the one on
arachne, the Withof teacher) had a big display which included lots of her
students work including Sumac's!  The Dentelle Polychrome de Courseulles
fans by Claudette Bouvot were spectacular!!

We missed the mid-day talk by Claudette and Michel Bouvot on the history of
Normandy BL (La Blonde de Caen) unfortunately.  Can someone else on the list
tell us about that?

Sumac had her Withof class in the afternoon but I signed up too late for a
class so I shopped a little more and made some lace in the hallway by the
classrooms.  I also spent time pouring over a book from 1970 by two ladies
on the history of Battenberg lace!  Another researcher had brought that to
show me and it is fascinating.  They were as fascinated as me by how much
information is out there and how many people shared so generously with them.
I have answered a few of their questions and the book gives me lots of new
leads to follow G.  One of the authors died in 2003 so I hope she saw my
article on Sara Hadley in Piecework in 1995, she would have appreciated
it.

The banquet Saturday night was great fun!!  More good food and divine
Chocolate Mousse Cakes - Yum!  This was the 25th Anniversary of the Ithaca
Lace Days and we celebrated that!  Holly Van Sciver is one of the original
organizers and still works very hard to get this going.  When we got to our
chairs we found an envelope with a picture of Holly (about 7x7, 18x18 cm)
on a stick, like a fan.
The mistress of ceremonies had Holly and her DH Gerry turn their backs to
the crowd until we were ready.  She told them to turn around and face their
fans!!  We were all waving our fans with Holly's picture and they were so
surprised!  What a great idea G.

Susie Johnson gave a talk on Withof after we ate.  It was fabulous, she
really did a great job.  It was fun to see pictures of Sister Judith and
hear more about the creation and evolution of Withof.  The pictures of lace
were spectacular including a gorgeous fan made by Doris Schick of the New
England Lace Group!  At the end was the parade of chickens made by many of
Susie's students.  That's the first project she starts them on and it was
fun to see so many!  There were other examples of the same design made by
different lace makers too.  Part of the thing with Withof is that the lace
maker chooses how to do the design (someone else can probably explain this
better) so the same pattern looks different done by someone else.

Classes continued on Sunday and Monday and I peeked in a few classrooms.
The Milanese Lace bracelets that Radmila Zuman was teaching were wonderful!
That's another great way to wear lace!
I also got to see Mary Shield's exquisite Carrickmacross jacket!!
It is breathtaking!!  The whole jacket is net with CMX around the edge,
beautiful sprays of flowers and leaves up the sleeves, on both fronts and on
the back with smaller flower motifs and, of course, pops sprinkled all over!
Pops are tiny couronnes (buttonholed rings) made around one hole in the net.
(Not as hard as it sounds, I took Mary's class in Ithaca a few years ago.)

It was great, great fun!!  I hope more of you will join us in the future.
It's put on by the Finger Lakes Lace Guild and I can't find their website at
the moment.  Actually, Holly Van Sciver has the information on it on her
website though I guess the info. on the 26th annual event won't be up quite
yet G.  They reserve a block of rooms and they're usually around $100.00
USD a night so with one or two roommates it's not too bad.  Besides the
restaurant in the hotel there are a number of others within walking distance
and two big grocery stores too.  So it doesn't have to be a very expensive
long weekend if you don't spend to much in the sales room G.  It's usually
on Columbus Day weekend so mark your calendars!

We heard about the flooding in New Hampshire when we were out there.  Keene,
NH is a fifteen minute drive from Brattleboro and they really got nailed.
The water did creep onto my road for the first time that anybody can
remember (still quite a way from my house) and Sumac found some flooding in
her basement but I saw the sun come out for ten minutes this afternoon so
the end may be in sight!

Jane in Vermont, USA
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[lace] Ithaca and...

[Susan MacLeod]

Yippee!  I got into the class I wanted, wire lace with Lenka!  This is 
going to be fun!  Now, does anyone have some of her bobbins that need a new 
home?  I need 12 pair.  Of course, I can get them in Ithaca if needed.

My tatted lighthouse got a blue ribbon at Craft Adventure.  My first 
original pattern.  It was fun to design something, and I have ideas for 
more.  I'll put pictures on my webpage some day.

Sumac in Southern VT where I got 5 1/2 of rain monday night.
Susan G. MacLeodDummerston, VT  USA  NATA #69
new!   www.sumac.us
 www.sover.net/~sumac
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RE: [lace] Ithaca Lace Days

[Panza, Robin]

From: Jane Viking Swanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm just wondering if anybody has heard about their classes
at the Ithaca (NY) Lace Days?  

My notification came last night.  I got Lohr's class on point ground
butterflies.  The pricking and photo of the class project came, too.  It's
**gorgeous**!!!

Gotta get supplies (takes several colors of thread, several kinds of pin).

Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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[lace] Ithaca Lace Days - Yessss!

[Tamara P. Duvall]

On Aug 27, 2004, at 9:35, Panza, Robin wrote:
My notification came last night.  I got Lohr's class on point ground
butterflies.  The pricking and photo of the class project came, too.  
It's
**gorgeous**!!!
Mine came today, and I too got my first choice: Rosa Libre: A New 
Flower Lace, with Cathy Belleville. When the original invitation to 
the Lace Days brochure came, this workshop was advertised as the first 
in the world, which is why I was keeping not just my fingers but 
everything else crossed, for the success. Doubtless, that's why I've 
been having so little luck with my current designs - now I can un-cross 
everything and go back to work in contentment  :)

There were no photos of the class project included in my mailing, but 
everyone can see some baby exampless on:

http://www.bitbetter.com/lace/rosalibre.htm
Only, the baby has shot up into the toddler stage while I wasn't 
looking; according to my class description/supply list, the two flower 
motifs and the leaf motif have been joined by a butterfly... :) Oooo, 
happy dance

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Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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Re: [lace] Ithaca Lace Days

[Susan L. Benzer]

At 08:45 PM 8/26/2004, Jane Viking Swanson wrote:
Hi All,  I'm just wondering if anybody has heard about their classes
at the Ithaca (NY) Lace Days?  I can't find my copy of the brochure
and I can't remember when they will send out notification.  Needless
to say I'm quite anxious G.
Got mine yesterday.  I got into Ulrike's butterfly class.  Yippee!
Susan L. Benzer
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[lace] Ithaca Lace Days

[Jane Viking Swanson]

Hi All,  I'm just wondering if anybody has heard about their classes
at the Ithaca (NY) Lace Days?  I can't find my copy of the brochure
and I can't remember when they will send out notification.  Needless
to say I'm quite anxious G.

Jane in Vermont, USA who needs to make some lace to counteract all the real
life going on!
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[lace] Ithaca registration address

[Lacenanny]

I was just getting ready to mail off my forms for the Ithaca Lace Day, when I 
realized at the bottom where it gives Kathy Kauffmann's address (to mail the 
checks and registration forms to), it didn't give a city. So I called and the 
city is Winnetka. 

She is away, and I told the person I spoke to that I'd let everyone here 
know. Hopefully she won't get to many calls. 

Nancy
NJ USA

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[lace] Ithaca '04 unveiled

[Tamara P. Duvall]

Gentle Spiders,
Either I've been removed from the list, or else everyone's enjoying the 
weekend too much to write; there's been very little on my screen with 
either lace or lace-chat tag on it tonight...

The program for the Ithaca Lace Day has now been written in stone, 
and announced on Holly's (Holly van Sciver) website:

http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/LaceDay2004.html#Top
I never could understand why it's called Day, when it's a 3-day event 
-- more of a conference or or East Coast Lace Opportunity and fun 
for all... But, that apart...

I've, long ago, applied (to the upstairs powers) for a different body 
next time around; I wanted to come back as an octopus -- one brain, and 
4 pairs of hands to make all the lace I don't manage to make now. But 
it looks like I'll have to apply for 3 bodies as well; there are *3* 
workshops this time that I'd like to take simultaneously (for a single 
hotel price g). I suppose that's good; for once, I'll be able to put 
down more than first choice and *still* get something that'll make me 
happy :)

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[lace] Ithaca Lace Day

[Laurie Hughes]

I just happened to be surfing the web and to my delight found that the
teachers and lectures have been announced for the Finger Lakes Lace Day
2004.  

(Ok, I've been checking it everyday.  And they say lace makers much have a
lot of patience!)

Go to http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/LaceDay2004.html#Top

Alright, I've already reserved my hotel room.  Last year I waited too long
and had to sweat it out until some parent cancelled (the Lace Day weekend
frequently coincides with Parent's Day at Cornell University or Ithaca
College and makes the rooms fill up quickly.)

Which class to take?  Not such an easy choice.  What is this Rosa Libre?
I've heard good reports about Cathy Belleville and she's teaching Rosa
Libre. I've seen Ulrike's Butterflies in Living Color and they are gorgeous,
but she's designing a completely new one (not quite so detailed I suppose)
to enable people to finish it in 3 days.  I'd really like to take a class
from Irma Osterman before she decides she doesn't want to bother with
students anymore.  I'm taking a class with Lenka very soon...maybe I'll want
to continue.  I should probably finish up a piece of Bucks that I've had on
my pillow for an age and Holly is teaching continuing Bucks.  What about
that Flanders piece...I've heard Kathy Kauffmann is very good as a Flanders
teacher.  I dearly love the Old Duchess that Susie is teaching.

Oh dear.  How will I ever make up my mind?

--
Laurie J Hughes
Senior Research Associate
New England Research Institutes, Inc
9 Galen Street, Suite 117
Watertown, MA  02472

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Re: [lace] Ithaca Lace Day

[Ruth Budge]

Laurie, you could try the method which Sydney-siders *swear* the Weather Bureau
uses for it's daily forecasts:   make a big list of all the options, then shut
your eyes and stick a large pin into the list!!!
Ruth Budge, thinking how wonderful it would be to have so many
choices!!(Sydney, Australia)

Laurie Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I just happened to be surfing the web
and to my delight found that the
teachers and lectures have been announced for the Finger Lakes Lace Day
2004. 

(Ok, I've been checking it everyday. And they say lace makers much have a
lot of patience!)

Go to http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/LaceDay2004.html#Top

Alright, I've already reserved my hotel room. Last year I waited too long
and had to sweat it out until some parent cancelled (the Lace Day weekend
frequently coincides with Parent's Day at Cornell University or Ithaca
College and makes the rooms fill up quickly.)

Which class to take? Not such an easy choice. What is this Rosa Libre?
I've heard good reports about Cathy Belleville and she's teaching Rosa
Libre. I've seen Ulrike's Butterflies in Living Color and they are gorgeous,
but she's designing a completely new one (not quite so detailed I suppose)
to enable people to finish it in 3 days. I'd really like to take a class
from Irma Osterman before she decides she doesn't want to bother with
students anymore. I'm taking a class with Lenka very soon...maybe I'll want
to continue. I should probably finish up a piece of Bucks that I've had on
my pillow for an age and Holly is teaching continuing Bucks. What about
that Flanders piece...I've heard Kathy Kauffmann is very good as a Flanders
teacher. I dearly love the Old Duchess that Susie is teaching.

Oh dear. How will I ever make up my mind?

--
Laurie J Hughes
Senior Research Associate
New England Research Institutes, Inc
9 Galen Street, Suite 117
Watertown, MA 02472

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Re: [lace] Ithaca, Polychrome tech

[candace]

First, thanks to Tamara for presenting a great summary of the Polychrome class. It was 
a terrific class and I'm sooo grateful I was lucky enough to get in. I **loved** the 
class and loved the idea of mixing/blending different strands of silks to get just the 
right color.

Pompi was great teacher -- good sense of humor and very helpful.

Tamara wrote:
I tried to follow the diagram -- dot by dot, and line by line -- and got so 
flustered, that the piece was a *total mess*. Unfortunately, I did not manage to get 
it lost before Pompi asked for all the samples to be gathered and displayed for 
eveyone's amusement... I collected it afterwards from the shame table but can't 
find it now so, hopefully, it died in transit :)

Phew! I was gone before Pompi asked to collect the samples! However, Tamara did get a 
glance of mine after it came off the pillow. Not too bad if you ignore the few extra 
tails caused by the three threads I broke while making the sample.

I had the same experience as Tamara did with the diagram -- I did better when I didn't 
follow it. But Pompi was the first to admit that she is not a particularly good 
creator of diagrams, so I think that's fine.

Tamara wrote:
The second sample was a real *piece*; starting at a point, it widens - slowly -- on 
both sides, and then rapidly narrows to a point (*just* as I managed to remeber how 
to make single, knotted, picots on the rh side, I had to learn how to make them on 
the lh side too g), with three leaves within it (net above them, HC ground below). 
I knew I wasn't going to finish it in class (not enough bobbins, and not enough 
thread..

I started this second piece in class -- well, Pompi basically started it for me by 
putting on the first 4 pairs. I've had just a bit of time to work on it since I've 
been home. This is going to be a very pretty motif suitable for framing. I'm looking 
forward to blending the silks in different combinations to use for filling in the 
three leaves.

Ithaca was wonderful event and I'm only sorry that I didn't stay for Monday. Lots and 
lots of familiar faces and names!!

Candace in central Pennsylvania (USA)

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[lace] Ithaca, Polychrome tech

[Aurelia L. Loveman]

Well, thank you, thank you, dear Tamara, for sharing your Polychrome de C
experience with that astonishing, ample and altogether wonderful e-mail!
Next best thing to having been there personally, and not so far off, at
that.  However, now that I've had that experience, I guess I'm more
stodgily convinced than ever that my realms of lace and gold still lie with
Beds and Bucks and Needle, with maybe a little Milanese thrown in, when the
hunger for color gets too great (although all of my needle lace is done in
color).  Again, thank you for taking us all to Ithaca and back!  -- 
Aurelia

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[lace] Ithaca Lace Day

[Susan MacLeod]

Jane and I had a great trip to Ithaca.  Jane is a great Navigator, and we 
hardly got off track, just once when I was too busy talking to pay 
attention to the road!  The foliage was pretty along the route, the colors 
seemed a little more muted than usual.

The display area was just amazing!  The variety of laces brought for 
display was great.  There were so many beautiful items, wire lace, 3D 
roses, a tablecloth, just to name a few.  It was great to see examples of 
lace types I hadn't seen before.  I brought some of my tatting, and a 
scrapbook I'd made after last year's trip to Ithaca.

The shopping was fun at Holly's tables, Kenn's tables and others.  Mr Abei 
had brought some lovely little pin bowls to use instead of pincushions, 
they have a hole thru the center bottom to pin thru onto your pillow.  Lots 
of lovely woods to choose from!  I am most happy to have Angela's Romanian 
Point book, it's just as wonderful as it sounded!  Now to make time to do 
some of it.

Several tables of vintage and antique lace and bobbins.  Out of print 
books, I was able to find out about some treasures I got at a tag sale 
there.   Lovely commemorative bobbins with a nice Ithaca Lace Day charm on 
the spangle.  Karey Solomon of Tatting Times was also there, so I had the 
chance to renew my subscription.

My class was continuing Withof Duchesse with Susie Johnson.  I learned a 
lot and remembered (with help) things I had forgotten!Got to meet some 
fascinating lacemakers, one that lives less than an hour away from me!!!

Wandering thru the other classes was most interesting.  I had not seen 
Chrysanthemum lace before, it is so pretty!  Something to try in the 
future.  The Normandy Blonde and Polychrome de Courseulles was 
absolutely amazing!  The lecture caught my attention, and then seeing it in 
the classroom, WOW!  Such fine work!

What an experience to be immersed in lace for a long weekend.  I'm looking 
forward to next year already...

Sumac in southern VT where the leaves are falling.

Susan G. MacLeod
Dummerston, VT  USA
www.sover.net/~sumac  

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[lace] Ithaca - long

[Jane Viking Swanson]

Hi All,  Sumac and I are back from Ithaca!  We had a fabulous time!!  Tamara
won't get home for a few days but the rest of us will try to make up for her
silence.  I had so much fun!  It was great to meet more arachnes and other
lace makers and to see the ones I've met before again.

I took a class in Needlelace and learned so much.  Because I've practiced a
lot on Battenberg my tension was pretty good on many of the Brussels
variations.  The teacher, Gretchen Allgeier, was very good at explaining the
different tension needed in them.  And I have Peas in my Pea Stitch
That's one I've tried numerous times and have always ended up with a snarl
of thread.  I had many Eureka moments - one when I realized we were going to
cover the cordonet with three more threads *and* buttonhole stitch.  That
looks much better and gives you a little leeway if the cordonet (of two
threads) is a little crooked G.  It's so great having a teacher!!  Many of
the NL books I have do not have complete directions and, of course, all the
hints can't fit into one book.

I also got a copy of Angela's book on Romanian Point Lace!!  A VERY kind
arachne gave up the last copy Holly Van Sciver had on Saturday (she was
about to buy it) G.  The book is fantastic!!  The history is very
interesting and it is neat to see the arachne list thanked in the beginning
and individual arachnes thanked in the text G.  The stitches are amazing!!
Lots and lots of variations I've not seen in the NL and B'berg books
(antique and new) that I have.  The patterns are lovely and the different
cords add a lovely touch to the designs.
Holly's DH Gerry was a little surprised at the interest in that book until
I explained that we arachnes have been hearing about it since conception so
we're anxious to see it G.

Pompi Parry's talk on Normandy Blonde and Polychrome de Courseulles was very
interesting on Saturday night.  Sumac and I missed Pat Read's talk on
Milanese on Saturday afternoon.  We had gone for a quick visit to Border's
Bookstore nearby to look at the magazines and suddenly it was 1:00pm and
we'd missed the start of the talk : (  I did visit that classroom (among
others) and the pieces of lace Pat Read had brought were breathtaking.  What
sticks in my mind is the dragon done in white and in colors...lovely!

The lace exhibited on Saturday in the sales room was also quite wonderful.
One of my favorites was a bookmark done by Cathy Belleville.  It had an
exquisite Great Blue Heron looking up at a
full moon.  And there was also a piece of the Olive branch design
we looked at on the 'net a few months ago.  Very special to see
that in person!

I've just been working more on my Needlelace.  My class piece is  nearly
done and my Fiberarts group meets on Thursday so I hope to have it finished
to show them.  Of course, they'll also be interested in seeing a
work-in-progress so I'd better start a new piece right away VBG.

Now I'd better get back to real life.  But eating, drinking and sleeping
lace for three days is so much more fun!!

Jane in Vermont who is thrilled with Peas in her Pea Stitch G
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[lace] Ithaca - long

[Aurelia L. Loveman]

Dear Jane --  Wonderful piece you wrote about Ithaca. Almost consoles us
forlorn types who couldn't get to go. What is VBG? I tried and tried. The
best I could do is: Very Bad Girl.

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[lace] Ithaca, sigh . .

[Patricia Dowden]

. . . I might try it next week at Ithaca.

Robin P.


Ithaca, sounds wonderful.  I gotta rearrange my schedule to get to Ithaca, it always 
sounds so great.

Please, everyone that goes, tell us all the great stuff you learn about.

Patty Dowden

wistfully

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