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I would like to make a silk scarf because why not? I've never made a scarf. I
have a design and I have silk yarn. However, I don't know how much to
enlarge/reduce the pricking so as to fit the yarn. I have made teeny samples
of various sizes but I don't know what to look for. What? What
Hello Julie,
I am working on Model 11 from Brigitte Bellon's Kloppelmuster für Schals
und Tischlaufer. What I love about the scarfs in this book is that they are
worked with few pairs (I think it is about 35) and I have to keep turning
the pillow (so, bolster is recommended) and making corners
I use berry headed quilting pins for large projects like scarves. Nice and
long and sturdy
Sue
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Hi Julie
Not sure how big your "extra large" pins are, but have you tried using
the berry-headed ones - with thick-ish thread (eg no. 40 linen - your
scarf yarn is probably a lot thicker than that) I use those for picots
where I am putting a lot of twists round the pin, makes a nice big
> I have a design and I have silk yarn. However, I don't know how much to
enlarge/reduce the pricking so as to fit the yarn.
I agree with Antjeâs instructions to wind your thread around a pencil or
strip of card so that the threads lie parallel to each other, just touching
but not
Hi Spiders All,
I am hoping that one of you can help! Â Â My home is currently on the market,
as I am the carer for my Mum, who is too frail to stay on her own now, and all
my stuff - books, pillows,bobbins etc, etc, - is packed away. Â Â I would
like to make a cross for my Parish priest, as he
Hello All! Just wanted to add--if you use a piece of waxed paper between the
pricking your cork pad, the needle seems to stay clean free of gunk. Since
I don't always have waxed paper with me, I tried using the plasticky paper that
peels off the film itself. It worked for me too. My
No one has mentioned this, perhaps Iâm the only one with this experience?
Back in the days when we didnât have scanners and our computers ran on tapes
there was no option but to draw out our prickings by hand. I well remember
the first big project I made, it was a doily. I had just taken it
Hello All! After searching in my thread cave, I found some linen thread
suitable for the Skansk workshop next weekend. Since I'm from the what's
white??? school of lacemaking, I selected navy blue. The teacher is bringing
orange pricking card for me so I suppose it would work for black
Following from what Nancy said, I too have had books published - nothing to
do with lacemaking, but practical books of patterns. Although published by
the best-known publisher of it's subject, I still hold the copyright, which
I believe is usual in the UK. They were published as cheaply as
Re: it has a sheen that can make it less easy to find pinholes accurately
I always use a pan scrub (the ones with sponge backing) to rub off the shine
- problem solved.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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In UK fair dealing means an individual is allowed to make a copy of someone
else's work for non-commercial, private study.
From:
http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p27_work_of_others
Research and private study
Copying parts of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or of a
Dear Arachnids
The manilla card I used when I started lacemaking !! years ago was originally
produced, under the name Elephantind Presspahn, for electrical insulation. At
the same time only straw filled pillows were available and the stiff card was
necessary to stop pins from leaning sideways due
In addition to what Brenda said, in the UK, educational establishments are
allowed to make more than one copy for educational purposes. For example,
in the university library we made up to 5 copies of a magazine article/book
chapter to be read in the library by any number of students up to
dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
Is it legal to read a book borrowed from a library in England? After all, you
haven't paid for it. If not, why do we have libraries? I do not think that
the copying of a pattern from a library book for
personal use would be considered illegal in the US.
In
: May 30, 2010 3:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [lace] Pricking material/libraries
dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
Is it legal to read a book borrowed from a library in England? After all, you
haven't paid for it. If not, why do we have libraries? I do not think
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Subject: [lace] Pricking material
I do not actually make a lot of lace, for a number of reasons, so re-use of
a pricking is immaterial to me. I tend to simply photocopy the pricking
It's perfectly OK to photocopy a pattern for pricking from a book that
you've bought. In fact in some of my lace books there is the statement that
this can be done on the copyright page.
What is not allowed is copying a pattern to give to someone else or multiple
copies to use in a class.
In our public library, a sign above the photocopier indicates the library
(ergo the users) has paid into the national organization to do with
copyright and personal use of whatever, and pages for one's personal use may
be photocopied from library books.
I wonder, if there is concern that 'the
Is it legal to read a book borrowed from a library in England? After all,
you haven't paid for it.
If not, why do we have libraries?
I do not think that the copying of a pattern from a library book for
personal use would be considered illegal in the US.
Devon
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Devon wrote:
Is it legal to read a book borrowed from a library in England? After all,
you haven't paid for it.
If not, why do we have libraries?
I do not think that the copying of a pattern from a library book for
personal use would be considered illegal in the US.
Authors in the UK register
When I want to use a pattern, I take my book to our local copy shop.
There, I can choose from a huge range of colours - so I take my thread
along to try against the paper. It's amazing how shades of white can
blend into something like pale blue. Also, you can find a shade that is
going to be
In a message dated 28/05/2010 14:35:26 GMT Daylight Time,
hottl...@neo.rr.com writes:
Now a question--has anyone used a cereal box as an inexpensive
alternative for pricking card?
All the time under either graph paper or a photocopy pricking. Not so
often if I want to ink onto the card. It's
Jacquie wrote
And another
example would be architects linen which was obviously never made for needle
lacers.
Now that's something I have experience of :o) I rescued a roll from going in
the skip at work when we were clearing out the store room. It hadn't been used
in Drawing Offices for
I understand that it's what is used for electronic circuit boards.
However, many years ago in the late 1960s when I worked in a lab for Ministry
of Defence in Woolwich Arsenal testing papers and boards we used to test
something called 'glazed board' which used as casing for ammunition
I do not actually make a lot of lace, for a number of reasons, so re-use of
a pricking is immaterial to me. I tend to simply photocopy the pricking in the
book on ordinary copy paper, and then, if it is a large pricking, I will use
the blue film to attach it to the pillow. I have made
If it is for a single use, I will often use file folders. I always seem to
have tons of them around. It is thinner than usual card stock, so I would not
use it for a lace with tightly packed pins, such as one of Ulrike's moths. :)
Sherry
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I looked at this website that was under discussion a week or two ago
http://www.heartlandlace.org/Cure.htm. On the website I saw the 1000 leaves
club. I have just finished 2 metres of Cluny - the clementines pattern, and
all excited started counting the leaves - only 220!! I must admit though
I usually plait between sections where I am going to cut the lace. I make
the lace long enough to work into the seams of the pillowcase (allowing for
shrinkage) and then plait down for an inch or two before starting the next
piece of lace. It saves re-winding and is psychologically less
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Subject: Re: [lace] Re: lace pricking - proceeds to charity
I usually plait between sections where I am going to cut the lace. I make
the lace long enough to work into the seams of the pillowcase (allowing for
shrinkage) and then plait down for an inch or two before starting the next
piece
Mark (and everyone)
Thanks for sharing this link, and thanks to Micki for bringing it to
our attention again ;)
Are there any more contributions than listed in the pdf? Does the
group want more? (I would guess so).
I would make a piece just because I like the project - the idea and
the pattern -
12:48 PM, micki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am looking for the website that has a lace pricking on it (for a section of
a christmas tree garland?) - lacemakers could take part in a sponsorship with
proceeds going to charity?
does this trigger a memory? I know this was discussed recently
I am looking for the website that has a lace pricking on it (for a section of
a christmas tree garland?) - lacemakers could take part in a sponsorship with
proceeds going to charity?
does this trigger a memory? I know this was discussed recently, but my mind
has gone blank, I don't even know
I am getting ready to do a demo for the boyscout's tomorrow and discovered
that the thread I thought I had is not there (student may have borrowed it
and forgot to tell me) I needed to use a 80 perle cotton. I want to use a
80/3 linen. Can someone let me know the % of size change I need to do to
Babs,
Christine Springetts books have a couple of wedding horseshoes. One book is
the Lace for Children of All Ages and the other one is her latest book
Lace for Special Occasions. Both books have small horseshoes too which
can be put onto wedding cards or used to make little cushioned
Hi All,
Most copiers will work with thin card without problem. I use coloured card
(160/200 gsm) and photocopy the pattern directly on to that. It can be
covered with film if required but for a 'single use' pattern is fine as it
is. Certainly I find it better than paper.
A4 (and I imagine
My question on what the intended use is for the card that we use for
pricking only got two responses - Brenda confirmed my thoughts on card for
cartridge cases, and Vivienne Walton from Presencia/Biggins emailed me
privately and said they buy it as pattern cutting card, which they
understand
We had a new member join our lace group yesterday. She has never made lace
before, but said it's always something she thought was absolutley wonderful
and would like to learn it some day. Now she is. Our teacher had spangled
some bobbins for her, but had left a few for her to do for herself so
Back in the late 1960s I worked for MOD in Woolwich Arsenal testing
papers and boards. We quite often had glazed board which was used
for cartridge cases in for testing.
After all tests were completed and satisfactory any excess was disposed
of - I could have brought home loads of pricking
I have no experience with Bucks at all, but am curious to see some prickings
with the effect described below. I wonder wether the wavy grids of Knipling
meet this feature, or wether the effect is more complex.
... It is a warning against
automatically truing up all old patterns on a totally
As ever, Miss Channer has some interesting side-lights
on this. It's on p.70 of her Practical Lacemaking,
but unfortunately not one of the sections that made it
into the second edition. It is a warning against
automatically truing up all old patterns on a totally
regular grid.
The pricking of
On 2/27/06, Leonard Bazar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
into the second edition. It is a warning against
automatically truing up all old patterns on a totally
regular grid
... Towards the head the rows are
placed nearer together to obtain a more square effect.
...
I personally find the
A message from Martina about the bat pattern
Sue
Dear Sue,
please would you forward my mail to lace. I can't write to the list
myself, due to a change in e-mail address.
Thank you!
Martina
Hello,
I have seen the pricking of
a bat in a book for children. It's the 2nd vol. - Torchon. Aller
Thanks to those of you who came up with suggestions for the bat pricking.
Haven't found one in Lace Express (just about every other creature, but
not a bat), but then I am mssing some of the earlier ones.The group leader
has the whole set, so she's going to look there. She also has Hausdrachen.
Isn't there a bat in Ulrike Lohr's box of patterns, Hausdrachen?
Robin P.
There is a bat, but it's not bobbin lace - embroidery on silk organza, and
outlined with cord. It is a very cute bat though and it might be nice to
adapt the design to bobbin lace.
Sue
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Subject: Re: [lace] Pricking for a bat
Isn't there a bat in Ulrike Lohr's box of patterns, Hausdrachen? My
BL books are still all packed away, so I can't check, but I seem to
remember a bat. It may
Anyone know of a pattern for a bat in bobbin lace? The type that flies in
the dark, hangs upside down in caves and navigates by sonar - not the type
you hit things with. One of the ladies in my Monday lace group has been
asked to make one by her granddaughter when she's finished what she's
Jean,
If you find one I would like it also! Galena is
notorious for bats and we are always getting them in
the courthouse where I work. One lady is VERY nervous
about them, so I made her a tatted bat from a pattern
I found online. She laughed and says that's the only
one she wants to see.
Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Anyone know of a pattern for a bat in
bobbin lace?
I don't know of a bat pattern but this site
http://www.coloring.ws/bats1.htm
has children's colouring pictures that you can print out and some would be a
good basis for a tape lace
The bats in our part of the world are not dangerous. They can be pests if
they get in your attic, but that can be resolved. But as part of our
ecological niche, they are positive contributors! I'm in the city,
meaning that we have street lights in front of our house (mores the pity).
You can
I think there was a pricking for a bat in Lace Express a few years ago. If
anyone subscribes to Lace Express they coiuld check it out and let us know.
Cheers, Yvonne.
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Isn't there a bat in Ulrike Lohr's box of patterns, Hausdrachen? My
BL books are still all packed away, so I can't check, but I seem to
remember a bat. It may be embroidered, as not all the patterns in the
box are BL.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Since things are quiet and you are encouraging newbies, I have method that I
would like feedback on and it might help those of you who don't have much
time. I never prick patterns. I copy them on heavy blue cardstock (heavy
paper) and then put clear contact paper over the top. They seem to hold
In spite of the time it takes to actually prick all the holes, I find that
I learn a lot about the pattern if I prick them before making the lace.
I try to prick them in order of work (footside, ground, motif, next motif,
headside, back to footside, etc). I often find myself figuring out the
I want to make a piece of Point Ground (Bucks Point, Chantilly, whatever)
but
the pricking is too big to fit on one piece of cardstock. What should I do?
Be
very specific.
It seems to me that I've heard people talk about putting a pricking on two
pieces that
fit together, but I don't
I want to make a piece of Point Ground (Bucks Point, Chantilly, whatever) but the
pricking is too big to fit on one piece of cardstock. What should I do?
. . .
Maybe I can just find a really huge piece of cardstock somewhere.
snip...
while trying to get the blue film properly centered
over the printed pricking, the static in the film made the
paper pop up and adhere to it... before I was ready!! This
means that the film isn't quite where I wanted it, and, as
usual, I ended up going grrr... (or something
stronger.
So my question is, do any of you have any clever tricks for
getting the blue film exactly where you intend it to be?
I'd LOVE to overcome this annoying little problem!
I don't know if it's a clever trick but I only remove a corner of the blue
film then place that corner exactly where I want it on
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Clay Blackwell
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So my question is, do any of you have any clever tricks for
getting the blue film exactly where you intend it to be?
I stopped using the film ages ago - if the pattern isn't too complex, it
is far cheaper to use a waterproof
painters today grind their own pigments or stretch their own canvases. We still
do everything as our predecessors did and I want to hang onto every bit of that
Liz
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Date:Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:04:16 pm GMT
From:Celtic Dream Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED
Pre-pricking saves pins, saves fingertips, and makes your lace more
precise (which can be very
important as you get into the finer threads) and therefore more beautiful.
I also find it helps with putting the pins in. If I can't see the place I'm
supposed to be putting in the pin very well (eg if
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