I have had a virtual workshop in bobbin lace, one on computer things
(Ground Forge) and am now taking one in needle lace. Of course all
workshops are a little different. Although I had received my modestly
priced gooseneck smartphone holder from Amazon and had mounted it on the
table next to my
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all having a great week!
Brooklyn Lace Guild recently had an email from a woman in Chicago who is
interested in needle lace and is looking for more contacts in her area. She
took an Aemelia Ars class in Italy a few years ago and has continued to
work from books.
I
Personally I probably would use the John James Ball Point Bead
Embroidery needle, they come in size 10 and 12, 12 being the thinnest.
Just make sure you get the ball point ones, there are almost the same
ones that are not ball point, and they are sharp, which is fine for
couching through your
Hi,
I have a question for those of you who do, or know about, the finest needle
laces. What size needle do you use? I’m thinking about when you use really fine
thread (180 cotton, maybe).
Thank you in advance, Helen (on the sunny west coast of mainland Canada)
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Like other I am enjoying the discussions on needle lace. Coincidently there
is an article about the Blythe House "decant" on the V blog which discusses
their ongoing work digitising & rehousing the lace collection and shows
amongst others two pieces of needle lace, one in green silk and one in
Subject : Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival
Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace
guild are booked out.
Thank you Lorelie for sending me the link so see Margaret Stephens work, which
I
Marianne
Needlelacetalk has a set of videos by Michael Dennis and links to some other
good online lessons for needle lace.
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/page/tutorials-1
We also have a BEGINNERS group.
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/group/beginners
Lorelei
Subject: [lace] needle lace types
All
All this talk about needle lace got me thinking I might want to get back
into doing some. I do have a couple of books, but I started wondering
what was new. So I went to the Vansciver website, and noticed that the
only books on needle lace available at the moment are Italian books,
most of
of them sufficiently
interested to enrol on a class to learn for themselves.
Catherine
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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If you watch a 17 minute interview with Maggie Hensel-Brown
ht
If you watch a 17 minute interview with Maggie Hensel-Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsO5wICsojY conducted by Angharad Rixon,
proprietor of Textile Support and the genius behind The Doily Free Zone, you
will see that she credits a class with Margaret Stephens with setting her off
on her
.
I wish you and all your exhibitors the greatest success with your exhibition.
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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In the US, Carolyn Wetzel is investing a tremendous amount of t
Such good news Anna, where can I see some of her work?
Happy Lacemaking
Catherine
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher
in needle lcae. her
I have her book and attended her class at the OIDFA Conference in Caen 2012.
An excellent tutor!
Catherine Barley
UK
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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Subject : RE: [lace] Needle Lace revival
Also, don't forget Brigitte Delesques Dépalle, who wrote by far the best
Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher
in needle l
Devon wrote
Carolyn had a full class at the Winter Lace Conference in Costa Mesa, CA in
February and she is one of the teachers at the IOLI convention in San Antonio
in July. Her classes are listed on the IOLI website. Please consider signing
up for needlelace if there is space available. I
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Oops.
Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save your
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!
Devon
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Sorry, Madame Laurie. Canât wait to see your articles. Everyone save our
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!
Devon
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Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save your
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!
Devon
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Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace
guild are booked out. She has even written 2 how to books one on
Retecella and one on Amelia Ars. Both show the traditional and modern
colour.
Anna
OK Devon, you left my name off the list of traditional needlelace teachers
is the 2012 Alençon class already forgotten? The one where we used all the
traditional equipment and threads all the stuff I learned as a student in
Alençon? And the subsequent Needlelace Practicum? Unfortunately I had
Catherine writes: Is there no one out there who makes beautiful fine white
needlelace and who can pass on these techniques for the benefit of future
generations? I have done my level best over several decades, travelling many
thousands of miles both here in the UK and overseas to pass on my
I have an antique needle lace book that needs a new home. Please email me
privately if you are interested and I will send photos and details.
Kind regards
Ann-Marie Andersson
Sweden
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Hi fellow Arachnids,
Thank you very much Sue for the eye candy, even if the feet would not
co-operate;-) Those shoes are beautiful as is the other work on that site.
Happy lace making,
Joepie in East Sussex, UK, where it is once again raining.
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Hello All! Visit Italian-needlework.blogspot.com for a great (but too short!)
article on needlelace shoes by Ferragamo. Oh my, I would wear them in a
heartbeat if they were my size! How about you? Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie,
PA, USA
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whitework piece with some very lovely needle lace. Susan Hottle
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Thanks Rita, indeed Beeton is on gutenberg available to all. Lorelei, you
have hit the nail on the head. No wonder I wasn't finding much other than tape
lace when I initially searched for needle lace online! Point de gaz(e)
wouldn't have been made by amateurs. Ironically, that fact brought
For an online copy of Beeton's Book of Needlework check
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15147
Rita Bartholomew
Massachusetts, USA
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bjballant...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
The material in Beeton's book of Needlework published in 1870 appeared
in a
Thank you Barbara for adding Madame Goubaud to my reading list. Surely I will
be better prepared for the next demo at a historical home, of which there are
many in Western Pennsylvania Northeastern Ohio! We had a good turnout
yesterday in Niles, OH in spite of the intermittent downpours.
: [lace] Needle lace resources?
Hello All! I'm looking for an online resource for needle lace circa 1860.
When I checked the Arizona Digital Archives, the closest I found was Therese
de Dillmont 1900 1910. There doesn't seem to be a search function on the
Arizona site so while I tried to read thru
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I'm looking for an online resource for needle lace circa 1860.
When I checked the Arizona Digital Archives, the closest I found was
Therese
The material in Beeton's book of Needlework published in 1870 appeared
in a series of books by Madame Goubaud issued between 1866 and 1871. I
found this when I checked them in the British Library which holds 14 of
Madame Goubaud's books. Mrs Beeton died in 1865.
'Samuel Beeton told us in
Thank you Jay--another resource to track down! In this particular instance,
however, I was hunting for needle lace made with a laid cordonnet--although
this was not clear from my question! I will endeavor to be more specific in
the future. My initial search returned several resources for
Thank you Devon Lorelei! I'm on digest so just now received your excellent
suggestions links. Devon, my lace guild is demonstrating various techniques
on Sunday at a Victorian home owned by a historical society. In an effort to
be relevant to my surroundings, I thought it would be helpful
Susan
The dominant form of needle lace in 1860 would have been point de gaze. So if
you are looking for motifs, look there. A google search will turn up quite a
lot. Also some collections:
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo/albums/point-de-gaze-antique
Thank you Bev Gina, I was able to find a few more items. Based on the
photos accompanying instructions, it seems like the needle lace that I am
referring to--with laid cordonnet etc--was overshadowed by tape based lace
during the mid 1800's. I was surprised delighted to find some great
Hello All! I'm looking for an online resource for needle lace circa 1860.
When I checked the Arizona Digital Archives, the closest I found was Therese de
Dillmont 1900 1910. There doesn't seem to be a search function on the
Arizona site so while I tried to read thru all the descriptions, I
Hi Susan and everyone
There is a search box for the digital archives site, look on the left-hand
frame towards the bottom on the home page. It has a Google logo but it is
for the site. You can also link to search all of google from there.
Maybe the volume by good ol' Mrs. Bury Palliser has
I would check Patricia Wardle's Victorian Lace, and Santina Levey in that
era. Also, look for motifs on the huge triangular shawls that were made to
fit over the hoop skirts. Ribbon designs were very popular as were oval
motifs and ferns. What is the purpose of your inquiry?
Devon
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The Embroiderers' Guild of America is staging an international exhibition
of contemporary embroidery that features COLOR as its main theme. This is
open to members of:
EGA
American Needlepoint Guild
Embroiderers Association of Canada
Embroiderers' Guild UK
Association of New Zealand
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Subject: [lace] Needle lace pattern done
A few months ago I posted a link to a picture I found at the Cleveland
Museum
of Art that had incredible lace detail. The picture is Portrait
A few months ago I posted a link to a picture I found at the Cleveland Museum
of Art that had incredible lace detail. The picture is Portrait of a Woman by
Cornelis Janssen van Ceulen. (Google it and find the Wikimedia page...you'll
be able to zoom in on the picture.) Thanks to the help of
Although I don't do a lot of needle lace I made a container for mine with a box
that Badminton shuttlecocks come in from the sports shop. I cut it so it was 9
long, Padded it slightly and covered it with cotton cover, you need only tuck
the ends inside as the cases come with metal ends that
Hi Deborah,
It is better to couch the outline before pinning the work onto the pillow
Karen in Malta
On 3/21/2013 7:56 AM, Debora Lustgarten wrote:
. mounting a needle lace project onto the stitching pillow. Do you
couch the outline threads before mounting the project onto the pillow?
Hello
Here is a link to a blog with an nice needle lace tutorial
http://merlettoadago.blogspot.com/2012/05/tutorial-2-reticella-bookmark-merletto.html-
I believe this is a fellow spider as it's a tutorial of the bookmark I
got last year*. FYI it's in Italian, but Google does an okay job of
Hi Debora,
I work my needlelace on a pad of fabric folded four times into a smaller
square,
bigger than my pattern. I draw my pattern in reverse on a piece of think
plastic, then I tack the pattern down to the fabric through all the fabric
folds. I draw the pattern in reverse so that the
Hello Arachnes,
Although the conversation regarding our commemorative plans is
interesting, I'd like some help on the steps and how-to regarding
mounting a needle lace project onto the stitching pillow. Do you
couch the outline threads before mounting the project onto the
pillow? How do you
I never use a pillow to do needle lace. But then, I'm one of those people
who hate using a hoop to do embroidery, too.
My steps are: draft the pattern (however one does it, whether printing it
off the computer or doing it by hand), put transparent sheeting across the
whole page (so the ink or
Traditionally you would start off with a piece of fabric (eg calico)
folded into three, a little larger than your design. On top of this,
your design drawn on paper, and on top of that a sheet of architect's
linen, all tacked together around the edge. Then the architects stopped
using their
On 3/21/2013 7:56 AM, Debora Lustgarten wrote:
Hello Arachnes,
Although the conversation regarding our commemorative plans is
interesting, I'd like some help on the steps and how-to regarding
mounting a needle lace project onto the stitching pillow. Do you couch
the outline threads before
Hi Lauren,
I have spent a couple of days re-organising all my sewing, crocheting and
lace-making stuff (very therapeutic and good fun too!). In the process I
found my wire needle lace piece. I've uploaded the wire reticella photo on
Lorelei's Ning needle lace site:
HI Jen!
The picture is wonderful! I will have to compare, but I think the wire
I am using is about the same size you used. Your stitches are a lot
finer that mine are right now. I'll have the push mine together, make
them tighter and smaller. I love the look! Thanks for posting the picture.
I never knew I liked needlace before today, some truly spectacular and very
pretty pieces. I keep gravitating to the butterflies, the dragonfly and the
flowers, that fabulous 3D effect just had me hooked. I guess I might need
to hunt out some beginner stuff and give it a try.
But not today, I
Hi, I attempted some wire needlelace a couple of years ago. It's very
challenging, almost impossible to back track redo mistakes as the wire
has memory retains kinks etc. I didn't finish the piece. Fun though, do
have a try. Can't remember the gauge of wire I used, it was very fine
copper wire.
lace@arachne.com
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Subject: [lace] needle lace
HI Everyone;
A needle lace project has been rattling around in my head for a while now,
but I'm seeing it in wire. do any of you have experience with needle made
lace in wire?
Lauren in wet and windy
HI Everyone;
A needle lace project has been rattling around in my head for a while
now, but I'm seeing it in wire. do any of you have experience with
needle made lace in wire?
Lauren in wet and windy Snohomish WA
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I can't recall seeing any wire needle lace (wire bobbin lace is fairly
common). But metallic looking threads could certainly be used. There are a
few examples among the NEEDLELACETALK photos.
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo
Once on that page, do a search on earrings and another on
I can't recall seeing any wire needle lace (wire bobbin lace is fairly
common). But metallic looking threads could certainly be used.
Hi Everybody:
Lenka Suchanek has been doing small needle lace pendants in wire for the past
year or two, though I don't think they're on her website. The
Thank you everyone for your very helpful answers to my question. Mostly
answers were in favour of sticky-backed plastic, with just one using a
pliable plastic from one of the USA craft stores. Thank you so much for such
quick responses. I have endless rolls of sticky-backed plastic so can teach
HI everyone
I was taught to make needle lace using architects' linen on which to draw the
pattern. I understand that this is now in scarce supple. I have enough for my
own personal needs at present, but there is the chance that I will be asked to
teach a class on beginning needle lace at a fibre
Hi Sue,
I use clear plastic that I buy in the upholstery section at JoAnne Fabrics. I
trace the pattern onto the plastic with a permanent marker and then tack the
piece of plastic onto double folded fabric. I use a reverse of the pattern to
trace from so that when the marker side it placed
I have used paper covered with the plastic film you put over prickings.
Sew the whole things to your fabric pad. I like my patern to be light
and bendable so I can roll it up in my hand.
Lauren
On 04/01/2011 3:54 PM, Janice Blair wrote:
Hi Sue,
I use clear plastic that I buy in the upholstery
I took a needlelace class a couple years ago. As I remember it, we made a
stack of two layers of cotton fabric, topped with a cloth that had the pattern
traced on it, and that was topped with a piece of thin soft clear plastic. The
heavy outline threads could be easily basted through the
Just recently I have created a very basic needle lace tutorial, and I've
posted it in two different places.
http://lynxlace.com/needlelacetutorial.html
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/group/beginners/forum/topics/tutorial-plain-bo
okmark
I found an interesting piece of needlelace online:
http://www.muzeumtatrzanskie.com.pl/?strona,doc,pol,glownaen,1426,0,306,1,142
6,ant.html
Lorelei
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I'm still a beginner in needle lace, and ready to start Pattern 5 from
the Guild of Needle Lace Basic Book. It's a bird, looks like a Toucan
or something tropical.
I'd like to do it with several colors - yellow for the bill, white for
the face, blue feathers, but I'm not sure about how to begin.
Lenore and Liz
I would be very interested in hearing the answers to Lenore's questions. Even
though I don't make needle lace myself, I am interested in the process. And
who knows? When my eyes just can't do bobbin lace anymore, maybe I'll switch
to needle lace where I can use a magnifier. Just
Catherine wrote:
You may like to see my 'Parasol for Iris' on the Guild of Needlelaces web
site. Click on 'Gallery' at the top, then Catherine Barley and you will see a
small selection of my work. Click on individual pictures to enlarge -
'Parasol for Iris' is the first image and I had some
Oh wow! Following a link from your link, I found this:
http://www.fioretombolo.net/reticelloantico.htm
It's very picture heavy, and not all the pictures loaded for me. But all
the reticello lace, on all the different items! Wow! When I get done with
a couple of recreation peices (when I get
I have a question regarding needle lace, but first a quick intro. I've been
lurking on this list on and off since 1995. I consider myself primarily a
bobbin lace maker, but these days I seem to spend more time tatting than
making bobbin lace. Recently though I've decided to take the plunge into
I've only done a little needlelace, several years ago - I can't quite remember
how I decide where to start and finish a cordonnet, so I can't help with that
question.
I used the Grimwood book alongside Catherine Barley's book - I found
Catherine's instructions pretty clear as a near-beginner,
I have a question regarding needle lace, but first a quick intro. I've been
lurking on this list on and off since 1995. I consider myself primarily a
bobbin lace maker, but these days I seem to spend more time tatting than
making bobbin lace. Recently though I've decided to take the plunge into
As promised, I am reporting back from our needle lace class yesterday.
Personnally, I only got as far as couching down the outline thread for a
five-petalled flower.
As a result of the position I was working in, I developed a thumping
headache (quite common as
a result of a childhood
Must admit, as I'd decided to do a different pattern to Agnes, I
managed to finish one petal (for practice only... I was set a
challenge by the teacher to get it finished so they could show how to
finish off!!...) That petal is definitely in the 'here's my first
practice' category!!!
I
I think Sue needs to talk to my husband herself about the box!
Agnes
Sue Duckles wrote:
Must admit, as I'd decided to do a different pattern to Agnes, I
managed to finish one petal (for practice only... I was set a
challenge by the teacher to get it finished so they could show how to
finish
Sue wrote:
Definitely one of those things that one could take most places to sit and
do in 'quiet moments' long as it wasn't on a plane not sure that the
needles would be allowed!
I would just say that the one thing that I have been able to do on planes is
my counted cross-stitch.
Last fall, at our Fall Lace Day, I took a class from Susan Banbury in
Charlotte, NC, on beginning Needle Lace. We each made a flower petal,
and the class was excellent - Susan is a wonderful teacher! For those
who want to try Needle Lace, and don't really want to have to get yet
another
I was taught to make needlelace without using a pillow, and did all my City
and Guilds pieces that way. When I came to try it on a pillow, I found that
hard and have never adapted to it. I guess it's like learning on Midlands
bobbins and then someone suggesting you try continental - or vice
I must say that I have never really had much desire to work needlelace, but
looking at the pictures on the site below has kindled some desire to
reproduce some of the wonderful pieces shown here.
Beautiful work everyone, well done to all and thanks for sharing.
Sue T
As promised, I am
I second that comment about being able to do cross stitch on a plane. Of
course, tapestry needles aren't exactly sharp! I even had my pendant cutter
admired by security staff at Cardiff Airport. Needless to say I didn't admit
it
had a blade in it :-)
Patricia in Wales
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Dear Friends,
I second that comment about being able to do cross stitch on a plane. Of
course, tapestry needles aren't exactly sharp! I even had my pendant cutter
admired by security staff at Cardiff Airport. Needless to say I
didn't admit it
had a blade in it :-)
I've done cross
Hi all
At a Pacific Northwest Lace Conference I took a needlelace class with Nancy
Evans (highly recommended teacher, too); we worked without pillows. The
project was convenient to pull out to work on as I sat on the ferry on the
last part of my journey home. I had all the bits in a pocket of a
I don't know about the 'Windsor', but 'Snohomish, WA 98291-1365' is a town,
north of Seattle, WA, that is known for its 'antique shops'. The numbers
indicate the zip code of the town and block of the establishment, so it is a
fairly recent address (incomplete -not PO Box or 'shop' address).
Hi All, I'd hoped the name of the lace maker in Snohomish would come to
mind but it hasn't yet G. When arachne was young we got reports on the
convention in the Pacific NW and an IOLI member in Snohomish gave us the
most reports. I don't have my IOLI membership... Oh, that might be a
shop
Puts hand up - 'Lavender Rose' is/was a company dealing in needlework items.
One of my embroidery pals made several angels in cross-stitch from kits from
Lavender Rose. I wondered if 'Windsor' had been the pen-name of the person
who did the needlelace instructions for the kit, as Clay mentioned.
Was it the same class I was in? I also took Nancy's class one year and she
did not require or work with a pillow. However, I had a decorative sofa pillow
about 5 x 10 and about 4 inches thick, very firmly stuffed. Because arthritis
in my fingers makes it difficult some days to hold
not sure if one could google to find out or
not.
Lorri
Graham, WA. in the foothills of Mt. Rainier
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Delores asked me for the dimensions of the pillow I made:
The pillow I made was as close to the ones I saw in Venice as I could
get after coming home and scrounging what I could find.
The diameter of the pillow needs to raise the work to convenient hand
level when it is placed on the lap.
Hello Everybody,
the describtion you have given are like the ndl.lace pillows look
like. If somebody has the book needlelace from Pat Earnshaw you can
see on page 6 an engraving from a lady with such a pillow. And on page
13 a drawing from another type used in Burano.
Ilske
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SMP lace sells needlelace pillows for £4 uncovered (£8 covered)
See
http://www.smplace.co.uk/sfr_cat.htm
Sue (in snowy Illinois)
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While I covet a needlelace pillow with beautiful wood and turnings and
perhaps a little drawer like the ones seen in books, I took a class with Irma
Osterman and she had us use a tailor's ham. It worked fine, was inexpensive and
did not eat up valuable lacemaking time in having to construct
I can't resist: go to
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/illustrations/pt_nlp.pdf
and you will see the needle lace pillow I made after visiting the
lacemaking group in Venice a few years ago. This should give you an
idea of what it looks like and from that how to put it all
Tess, could you give us dimensions of the pillow and the dowel? Is the
dowel what we use for closet poles in the USA? TIA
Delores Miller, Sedo-Woolley, WA, USA
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deemill...@verizon.net writes
Tess, could you give us dimensions of the pillow and the dowel? Is the
dowel what we use for closet poles in the USA? TIA
The purpose of the dowel is simply to put a curved surface under the bit
You can see a picture of my needlelace pillow at
_http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/_ (http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/)
Choose the Gallery option, and you'll be able to select a variety of
pictures of lace pillows. Needlelace is 3rd from bottom of list. My
needlelace
pillow has a
-A friend who is a superb needlelacer but is not on the Lace list send me
the following -e-mail .
I obtained a used copy of a book on needle lace, a great book by Nenia
Livesay. Needle lace used to be worked on a needle lace pillow so you can use
both hands and the author recommends
Hello Hendrika
Our worksop this coming Sat is needle lace, and our lace teacher is
running it.
She does have a bolster pillow as described by Lorelei, but after Sat I
may be able to tell you more.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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A needlelace pillow is smaller than a bolster pillow, but larger than the
roller from a roller pillow. A padded cylinder on the order of 4-6 (10-15 cm)
in diameter and 8-10 (20-30 cm) long. The actual size is not important. What
is important is to have some curvature, to get the ends of the
I cut my little leaf from the working base, and have updated my blog
with a picture. I can see room for improvement, but I am pleased it
stayed in one piece when I removed my couching. I have enjoyed
working my first piece of needle lace so much I've already started
another. It's a little
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To: Aurelia Loveman
Cc: lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] Needle-lace blog
I cut my little leaf from the working base, and have updated my blog
with a picture. I can see room
Lesson 5, Cutting from the Working Base, the fifth and last entry
of my Needle Lace in Five Easy Lessons, is now available on my blog
http://aurelove.blogster.com. I have really enjoyed doing this bit
of online teaching, and am grateful to those of you who have written
back about your
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