[lace] Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Threading Needles with Pearl /Perlé Thread

[Bobbi Donnelly]

Thanks for the directions! I do enjoy Jeri's notes.
bobbi

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From: Lin Hudren

Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 3:11 PM
To: Jeri Ames
Cc: Arachne ; David C COLLYER ; Susan
Subject: [lace] Re: [lace] Threading Needles with Pearl /Perlé Thread

I was sent these directions by a member of the Arachne group (sorry i
didn't make a note of your name) which i did and they have worked to make
sure that all of Jeri's postings come directly to me in gmail.

i hope this might help others.  i have sent it as mention has appeared but
it seems that there is still a conflict. 



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[lace] Re: [lace] Threading Needles with Pearl /Perlé Thread

[Lin Hudren]

I was sent these directions by a member of the Arachne group (sorry i
didn't make a note of your name) which i did and they have worked to make
sure that all of Jeri's postings come directly to me in gmail.

i hope this might help others.  i have sent it as mention has appeared but
it seems that there is still a conflict.

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Hugs, Lin and the Mali



On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Jeri Ames  wrote:

> (A blind carbon copy was sent to 9 users of Gmail, because my AOL does not
> clear through the Arachne server to them.  If you are using the Digest form
> of Arachne, and you received this directly from me, please let me know so
> I'll not keep you on list to receive a bcc.)
>
> David, you made a valid point.  Back in the 1950s those of us who were
> around then learned these things at home or in Home Economics classes.  For
> decades, Home Ec usually has not been offered to students in the U.S. and
> probably in other nations.  Younger Arachne members probably never learned
> the basics of sewing.
>
> Susan Hottle's direction to fold thread over a needle's shank and force
> the pinched fold through the needle eye works well, but not for all threads
> - sometimes a fold can be too bulky.  No need to make a paper threader for
> Pearl cotton and similar threads.  The following is repeated for Arachne
> newbies.
>
> An embroidery tour of Scotland in the 1980s included a day at the Coats
> and Clarks manufacturing facility, where patterns were developed and made
> up for photography and promotion.  We were talking in the coach, and the
> public relations woman from C and C had never learned how to swiftly thread
> Pearl cotton into a needle.  I showed her, and she began to dance in the
> aisle.  That was a good lesson - it proved thread manufacturing experts
> sometimes do not know how their products are used.
>
> Directions for any thread similar to Pearl cotton / Coton perlé.  Fold the
> thread end over the soft pad of index finger of non-dominant hand and hold
> beneath (along with thread from spool) semi-firmly with thumb and middle
> finger.  With dominant hand, align needle north / south with the thread and
> rub the polished side eye of needle against until the thread pops through.
> This may take 3 tries to perfect how tightly the thread must be held and
> then released, but you will never forget.  No more spit or biting thread to
> make it squeeze through eye.
>
>
> If you and others make needle lace or forms of embroidery like Hardanger
> with Pearl cotton, please teach threading to them.  You will all dance.
>
> Jeri Ames in Maine USA
> Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
>
> In a message dated 12/12/2017 9:46:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> dccoll...@ncable.net.au writes:
>
> My mother taught us this and said it was the way a blind person could
> thread a needle (that was back in the 50s)!!David in Ballarat, AU
>
>

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