[lace] Mary Corbet - Early Modern Embroidery & Lace Pattern Books

2021-01-25 Thread Sue Babbs
Hi All Mary Corbet's embroidery blog https://www.needlenthread.com/2021/01/early-modern-embroidery-lace-pattern-bo oks.html has a useful link in it today to an archive of publications from the 1500s into the 1800s on the subject of embroidery and lace patterns. https://archive.org/de

Re: [lace] Irish Lace Pattern

2018-03-08 Thread Lorri Ferguson
] Irish Lace Pattern Yes I bought Jeans book of bookmarks they have Thistles,Roses,Daffodils and Shamrocks? I made the Rose one for my sisters birthday haven't got round to making the others yet. They are all very pretty and made using Bedfordshire techniques. I don't think they a

Re: [lace] Irish Lace Pattern

2018-03-08 Thread Sue Harvey
Yes I bought Jeans book of bookmarks they have Thistles,Roses,Daffodils and Shamrocks? I made the Rose one for my sisters birthday haven't got round to making the others yet. They are all very pretty and made using Bedfordshire techniques. I don't think they are for the absolute beginner but

Re: [lace] Irish Lace Pattern

2018-03-07 Thread lynrbailey
enix, Arizona desert, where it was 82F , 25C today. "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." -Original Message- >From: Lorri Ferguson >Sent: Mar 7, 2018 3:56 PM >To: lace arachne >Subject: [lace] Irish Lace P

Re: [lace] Irish Lace Pattern

2018-03-07 Thread Adele Shaak
son wrote: > > I have a student that would like a bobbin lace pattern for a bookmark that is > a typical 'Irish pattern'. > > I know BL was not a prevalent as other laces, but the student wants a BL > pattern. If there is not a bookmark pattern then an edging or ins

Re: [lace] Irish Lace Pattern

2018-03-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
This http://www.emblibrary.com/EL/Products.aspx?Catalog=Emblibrary&ProductID=C9855 would adapt to a braid lace. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email

Re: [lace] Irish Lace Pattern

2018-03-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
mething like this http://clipartbarn.com/celtic-knot-clipart_30327/ <http://clipartbarn.com/celtic-knot-clipart_30327/> to make a braid lace design. > I have a student that would like a bobbin lace pattern for a bookmark that is > a typical 'Irish pattern'. > Brenda in A

[lace] Irish Lace Pattern

2018-03-07 Thread Lorri Ferguson
I have a student that would like a bobbin lace pattern for a bookmark that is a typical 'Irish pattern'. I know BL was not a prevalent as other laces, but the student wants a BL pattern. If there is not a bookmark pattern then an edging or insertion pattern would do as we can create a

[lace] Looking for assistance on bobbin lace pattern

2017-01-26 Thread Valhalla Bee Farm
Good morning, all. Seems like I contact this list only when I need something. Sort of like the child only phoning home when they need money. LOL : ) I do read all the posts. Not able to participate much since I am a shop owner and very involved in my husband’s bee business. Today, I am look

[lace] Pattern: "Lone"

2016-06-06 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Does anyone have the Tonder pattern 'Lone"? Or do you know what book it is in? I am trying to make it for my daughter's wedding garter and I believe the pricking card I have is incorrect in one area as pairs are not working out correctly. If I knew the book it was in I would try to find it be m

[lace] Lace pattern in print.

2016-06-05 Thread Anna Binnie
I feel very pleased at present, a workshop I gave in Orange NSW has a report and my response and my pattern in the latest issue of 'Australian Lace'. Anna from a cold overcast Sydney and surveying the affects of the 2 day storm front - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com conta

RE: [lace] Pattern

2015-10-29 Thread Agnes Boddington
Hi Susan Thank you for the info, will try the Lace Guild. Agnes From: Susan Roberts [mailto:su...@susanroberts.info] Sent: 29 October 2015 17:24 To: Agnes Boddington Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Pattern Hi Agnes I thin it's a Barry Biggins design and in one of hi

Re: [lace] Pattern

2015-10-29 Thread Susan Roberts
Hi Agnes I thin it's a Barry Biggins design and in one of his two books (a friend has got mine at the moment so I can't check but I think it is in the Alphabet one). The Lace Guild should have both in the library Best wishes Susan -- Susan Roberts

[lace] Pattern

2015-10-29 Thread Agnes Boddington
I am looking for a pattern, can anyone help as to where/what book I can find it? It is a Honiton pattern of two dolpins by Caroline Biggins. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, wr

Re: [lace] What is a vectorized lace pattern?

2015-03-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
years ago. > On 6 Mar 2015, at 16:21, Maureen wrote: > > Typed Vectorised lace pattern in Internet it came up with lots of images of Vector lace patterns and listed them as Vector seamless lace patterns. Looks a bit like machine made Lace. Be interested to hear what anyone else thin

Re: [lace] What is a vectorized lace pattern?

2015-03-06 Thread Maureen
Thank you, I thought my search was too simple. Maureen E Yorks - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

Re: [lace] What is a vectorized lace pattern?

2015-03-06 Thread Amanda Babcock Furrow
"Vectorized" doesn't refer to the lace or to the pattern. It refers to the computer image. Any lace pattern you scan in can be converted to a vectorized image. A vectorized image is one that is saved in the computer as a set of drawing instructions - lines and arcs and such - i

Re: [lace] What is a vectorized lace pattern?

2015-03-06 Thread Maureen
Hi Typed Vectorised lace pattern in Internet it came up with lots of images of Vector lace patterns and listed them as Vector seamless lace patterns. Looks a bit like machine made Lace. Be interested to hear what anyone else thinks. Maureen E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord

[lace] What is a vectorized lace pattern?

2015-03-06 Thread Dmt11home
I have been asked what a vectorized lace pattern is. I have no idea what it is. Does anyone know? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com

Re: [lace] Pattern suggestion thanks - and Idrija lace books

2015-01-10 Thread laceandbits
know she's not offering it for sale via any suppliers: possibly there's not enough difference in cost and selling price for her to be able to offer a discount to them. Jacquie in Lincolnshire Original message >From Beth Marshall Date: 10/01/2015 19:44 (GMT+00:00)

[lace] Pattern suggestion thanks - and Idrija lace books

2015-01-10 Thread Beth Marshall
Hello all thanks to all those who replied (on & off list) with pattern suggestions - I now have lots of ideas (if only I had enough time to try them all), one of which is to try Idrija lace as there seem to be lots of very attractive smallish motif patterns available for that; As I've never

RE: [lace] Pattern suggestions wanted

2015-01-09 Thread Vicki Bradford
Beth, Noelene is right. I wrote to them a while ago and they were very happy for the continued interest in their late father's designs. The catalogue was 6 euros plus postage. They will tell you how much to send and you can pay with PayPal.? Vicki in frigid but sunny Maryland ---

[lace] pattern suggestions

2015-01-09 Thread Lorelei Halley
Beth I have collected some free patterns on my personal website, and on laceioli. The ones I've found are all expired copyrights so that is not an issue. http://lynxlace.com/bobbinlacefreepatterns.html About 1/4 down the page there is a section of easy patterns, some from LePompe, and some I design

RE: [lace] Pattern suggestions wanted

2015-01-09 Thread Noelene Lafferty
Beth, there's an email address on Michael Jourde's blogsite. If you write to that, his children who still run the site will send you a catalogue. I translated my email into French first using on line G**gle Translate, but I'm sure writing in English would be OK. Noelene at The Angle noel

[lace] Pattern suggestions wanted

2015-01-09 Thread Beth Marshall
Hi everyone As it's quiet on the list I'm going to creep out of lurkdom and ask for suggested sources for fairly quick, simple patterns using relatively small numbers of bobbins. Having joined in with the Salamander project and loved it I've realised that the main reason I don't make lace th

Re: [lace] pattern for a large star

2014-12-10 Thread lacel...@frontier.com
My star experiences have been in the 3-5 inch range, but I can imagine one a bit bigger.  I think you could take any star pattern you like and enlarge it to the size you want.  Adjust the size of thread to fit the new size, and make it. For the top of a tree, I can see various ways of mounting it

[lace] pattern for a large star

2014-12-09 Thread Regina Haring
I was wondering if anyone has made a large bobbin lace star that could be used at the top of a Christmas tree - a star perhaps six inches across. If you have tried this, does it look as good as you had hoped? And where did you find a pattern? Looking forward to your comments, Regina Haring Nanuet,

[lace] Pattern help

2014-04-11 Thread Charlotte Moore
Thank you for your help in looking for a rocking horse pattern. You have given me 3 choices now to choose. Thank you again for your help. Charlotte Moore Still beautiful in Georgia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. Fo

Re: [lace] Pattern help

2014-04-10 Thread Clay Blackwell
The book is "Russian Lace Patterns" and the co-authors are Anna Korableva and Bridget M. Cook. Batsford Press, 1996. The pattern is on page 27. I worked this pattern in a workshop with Vera Cockuyt and she had enlarged the pattern and introduced the use of color. It is a very sweet pattern! C

Re: [lace] Pattern help

2014-04-09 Thread J D Hammett
and actually thought I had it in my collection. Alias I cannot find it. If you happen to know of this pattern please let me know. It was a tape lace pattern. Many thanks Charlotte Moore - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here.

RE: [lace] Pattern help

2014-04-09 Thread corinne
[lace] Pattern help I need a pattern of a rocking horse. I know I have seen one and actually thought I had it in my collection. Alias I cannot find it. If you happen to know of this pattern please let me know. It was a tape lace pattern. Many thanks Charlotte Moore Today has been a beautiful s

Re: [lace] Pattern help

2014-04-09 Thread Jacquie Tinch
eed a pattern of a rocking horse. I know I have seen one and actually > thought I had it in my collection. Alias I cannot find it. If you happen to > know of this pattern please let me know. It was a tape lace pattern. Many > thanks > > > > Charlotte Moore > > Tod

[lace] Pattern help

2014-04-09 Thread Charlotte Moore
I need a pattern of a rocking horse. I know I have seen one and actually thought I had it in my collection. Alias I cannot find it. If you happen to know of this pattern please let me know. It was a tape lace pattern. Many thanks Charlotte Moore Today has been a beautiful spring day in

[lace] Lighthouse Lace Pattern Neede

2014-03-26 Thread Jeriames
What would help everyone on Arachne to get back to this subject in the future would be a subject line like the one I have given above, for our permanent archives. The "Help, Please!" made me think of those Spam emergency memos we all have received at one time or another from a relative or

RE: [lace] WANTED knitted lace pattern

2013-10-31 Thread Angel Skubic
andis Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 5:59 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] WANTED knitted lace pattern I have just received 100gm of 2 ply silk that is from ebay I am hoping to make a piece of lace such as a wedding ring shawl or Estonian shawl but now the yarn has arrived I am getting

[lace] WANTED knitted lace pattern

2013-10-30 Thread Jenny Brandis
I have just received 100gm of 2 ply silk that is from ebay http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/350849985827?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT &_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 It is length 5395 meters or 5900 yards the yarn

Re: [lace] Parchment [was Needle lace pattern done]

2013-08-19 Thread Nancy Neff
Hi Peg, Actually there are sources of genuine animal-skin parchment on the web. One on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/p6xstfy. It's probably worth $5 to see how it does. There were others. Search in Google for "real parchment for sale". It will be interesting to hear how it goes, since the surface may

Re: [lace] Needle lace pattern done

2013-07-31 Thread J D Hammett
-Original Message- From: Witchy Woman Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 2:02 AM To: Arachne Group 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 of a

[lace] Needle lace pattern done

2013-07-31 Thread Witchy Woman
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 peopl

Re: [lace] Idrija lace pattern book

2013-06-19 Thread AGlez
Thank you very much for this information. I hope that the translation is soon on sale so that we can buy it. The book looks very interesting. Best wishes, Antje * * *Photography is like life... you can change perspective by changing your point of view! * - To unsubscribe send email to majord..

RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-15 Thread Ruth Budge
ed!! Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: jo [mailto:yhgr@xs4all.nl] Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2013 4:51 PM To: 'Ruth Budge'; lace@arachne.com Subject: RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software Hello Ruth The website of Easy-lace seems still alive. I made some

Re: Fw: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-15 Thread Bev Walker
FWIW I have had Easy Lace for a long time and it is perfect for my purposes, part drawing tool part hobby software. We tried to locate the developer not long ago and as mentioned the company is no longer in business even though the website is still up. On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Sue wrote

Fw: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-15 Thread Sue
Just to add my bit to this conversation, I have the Easy Lace program which could be sold on to an interested buyer, as I no longer use it, but I have been using Lace 2000 which has been improved upon by 2 further updates which I love and use a lot. No axe to grind and just a user, someone who

RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-14 Thread jo
Hello Ruth The website of Easy-lace seems still alive. I made some adjustments to http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com/design+software+compared but I might not have all the details right from the description page, could you fill me in on the question marks and other details I missed. For example is

Re: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-14 Thread Anna Binnie
On 15/06/13 7:13 AM, jo wrote: @Anna Couldn’t you share some of your templates, why let others reinvent the wheels? I shared my baby steps on http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com/software+reviews but never tried to walk the lane any further. @spiders using http://www.gimp.org I just wrote a tuto

RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-14 Thread Ruth Budge
"You can find several overviews in the software section of http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com ." The information is just a little bit out of date, I'm afraid.Lace RXP was replaced by Lace8 a year ago and Easy Lace went out of business about three years ago. Knipling is good for the more

[lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-14 Thread jo
@Liz You can find several overviews in the software section of http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com Perhaps more than you might want to know yet. @all spiders If anyone sees out of date information, please join and update. @Anna Couldn't you share some of your templates, why let

[lace] pattern drawing software

2013-06-13 Thread Liz and Ken Roberts
Thank you everyone for all the great suggestions for pattern making software. What a great lace community this is! I had no idea there could be that many options and I will definitely try them all out. Liz in sunny and humid Missouri where we frequently have weather you can wear. - To unsubscrib

RE: [lace] Idrija lace pattern book

2013-06-12 Thread Annette Meldrum
Hi all, just getting through emails after my trip. While in Ljubljana, Slovenia on holidays, I was able to attend the launch of this book. It is wonderful quality but has not yet been translated. I was told that an English translation will be available early next year so you might wish to delay you

Re: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
; I will have a great opportunity through my employer to explore/learn any of > several hundred different computer software programs over a week's time. > Besides Excel (and its formula mysteries) I thought I would check out any > possible programs that could be used for bobbin lace

Re: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-12 Thread Anna Binnie
that could be used for bobbin lace pattern making. Does anyone have any suggestions of ones to explore and why you prefer it? My week to access starts this coming Monday. Thanks! Liz in Missouri - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe l

[lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-11 Thread Liz and Ken Roberts
I will have a great opportunity through my employer to explore/learn any of several hundred different computer software programs over a week's time. Besides Excel (and its formula mysteries) I thought I would check out any possible programs that could be used for bobbin lace pattern making.

[lace] pattern

2012-11-30 Thread Lorelei Halley
A pattern for a crocheted evergreen tree: http://irishcrochettogether.blogspot.com/2012/11/its-beginning-to-look-lot-li ke-christmas.html Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail

[lace] Pattern for clock

2012-08-15 Thread Daphne Martin
Wasn't there an exhibition some years ago, of lace-covered CDs? People from all over made the lace and sent it in, and there were some patterns published. Maybe those would work for your candleholders. Does anybody else remember this? Adele Yes Adele I remember it and I have the files. Daphne

[lace] pattern sharing helpful hint.

2011-11-20 Thread Jane Partridge
This is helpful with anything that is critical as to size. As some printers and copiers distort by different amounts horizontally and vertically, may I suggest that the one inch lines are shown in both directions? In message <1321831893.79540.yahoomail...@web125718.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, Donna

[lace] [LACE] pattern sharing helpful hint.

2011-11-20 Thread Donna Fousek
Hi All,   I know we all like to share or download free patterns over the internet. I have noticed that they do not always come across to the scale sent. I have an idea that might help stop the madness. I began putting a 1 inch scale line on the pricking before sending so the recipient can tell if t

Re: [lace] pattern and thread size

2011-08-11 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Sue The various working angles of different Bucks patterns doesn't make a huge difference to the size of thread needed. A rule of thumb is that if you make a winding of 10 wraps it should fit snugly between two adjacent pinholes along the footedge (or two vertical pinholes within ground) fo

Re: [lace] pattern and thread size

2011-08-11 Thread Sue
Thank you Brenda and Jane, I just printed it off bigger, following your suggestions. As it was a pretty small piece, the larger print still looks like it will work and comes up a bit like a large church window which was what I was looking for and I think will still fit inside one of those card

Re: [lace] pattern and thread size

2011-08-10 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Sue If you have one of the later editions of Threads for Lace have a look at the thread wraps per space - page 8 in Ed5. The finer the thread the more leeway you have in the number of wraps/cm you have, but. for a Bucks (point ground) pattern using a 58 w/cm thread (slightly finer than

[lace] pattern and thread size

2011-08-10 Thread Sue
Hello Spiders, I have a pattern I like and want to make, its bucks but the original calls for Brok 100/2 which I dont have or anything else that fine. I dont mind using Egyptian 60/2 so can anyone tell me how much bigger the pattern might need to be, to take the difference. 39 wpc rather than 5

[lace] new lace pattern

2011-07-14 Thread Janice Blair
Hi All, I have been offline due to a storm last Monday. We have no power and being on well and septic, so we have no water. ComEd say maybe electric by tomorrow! I have had a shower this week but am getting in need of another one. It's amazing what you can do with baby wipes! I am hauling

[lace] bobbin lace pattern for sailboat

2011-05-24 Thread Lorelei Halley
Jacquie The sailboat and rainbow that you refer to is one of Ilske Thomsen's patterns, and it was posted on my website for about a year. I've since replaced it with other patterns of her, but I could re-post it. Give me a few days. Lorelei Halley - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.

Re: [lace] Question - bobbin lace pattern for sailboat

2011-05-24 Thread Laceandbits
There was also a pattern of a sailboat under a rainbow with was given as a free internet pattern, via arachne, many years ago now. It was in the days before we had broadband access and it was big files and took agaes to download. I was able to use the pattern itself, but a lot of the other

[lace] pattern for a sail boat

2011-05-24 Thread Lorelei Halley
There is also a sailboat pattern in Perryman & Voysey's Honiton book. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003

RE: [lace] Question - bobbin lace pattern for sailboat

2011-05-24 Thread Andrea Lamble
Dear Chris, There is a tape lace sailing boat in Pamela Nottingham's book - Bobbin Lace Making (ISBN 0713441321) on page 30. Andrea in a very dry Cambridge, UK > Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 03:26:56 -0700 > From: cbpu...@yahoo.com > Subject: [lace] Question - bobbin lace pattern for

[lace] Re: Question - bobbin lace pattern for sailboat

2011-05-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On May 23, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Chris Brill-Packard wrote: > Hello Everyone, > Does anyone have a bobbin lace pattern of a sailboat ? In addition to the Kortelahti lace pictures which incorporate sailboats that Antje mentioned, there's a small sailboat (as an individual motif) in: &

Re: [lace] Question - bobbin lace pattern for sailboat

2011-05-23 Thread AGlez
Hi Chris, There are a few nice sail boats in Eeva Liisa Kortelahti's book "Let's make bobbin lace", ISBN 951-99922-3-5, reprinted in 1995. The boats are inserted in a picture... I mean: it is not an isolated boat, but it also has a sea and a sky, making a square motive. I hope I have made mysel

[lace] Question - bobbin lace pattern for sailboat

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Brill-Packard
Hello Everyone, Does anyone have a bobbin lace pattern of a sailboat ?   I would greatly appreciate the source and how to purchase/obtain the pattern.   It will be used as a raffle item for a local children's hospital next year.   The group doing the raffle contains several sailing groups

Fw: [lace] pattern re-sizing

2010-09-19 Thread Sue
Yes thank you for that line Caroline, need to understand better how it works but hope it will be of help in the future sometime. Mind you I do find the arachne mail easier to understand then charts, but thats just me:-) Sue T caroline Ingle wrote: I would like to suggest the following l

[lace] Re: [bobbinlace] New lace pattern on my website

2010-09-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
OOPS! Sorry. I had changed the link to point at the spider mat pricking - but I didn't upload that pricking (which is a .pdf file). All fixed now. Brneda On 8 Sep 2010, at 06:14, Stephanie wrote: > I voted, what a nice pattern :-) I tried the printer friendly > pricking, but that page was n

[lace] New lace pattern on my website

2010-09-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
At long last I have got around to changing the BL pattern on my website! The voting was: Spidermat = 136 votes Collar = 91 votes Circular edging = 61 votes So, spider mat it is. Unfortunately I can't find the actual mat to get a bigger picture. When it does reappear I will make a better scan.

[lace] Re: Washington, DC based lace pattern themes/Bethesda

2010-09-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:18 AM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: > Hmm. Liz, were you looking to make a theme based pattern for Gros Point, or > for Bedfordshire, since I know you are teaching both? Perhaps a nice Gros > Point of cherry blossoms and roses on a jabot for a Supreme Court judge. I > think t

[lace] Washington, DC based lace pattern themes/Bethesda

2010-09-01 Thread Dmt11home
seem to have merged in my mind, and an internet search reveals that a lot of other people are merging their Washington myths as well. Fortunately, I had not designed a lace pattern showing a coin not flying over the Potomac. So, it is unnecessary for me to institute a redesign to show a

[lace] pattern prickings

2009-08-31 Thread catherine
From: catherine To: lace-c...@arachne.com Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:15 AM Subject: pattern prickings Yes , you are correct Sue. Architect's linen is used for needlelace and is placed over the pattern and 2 or 3 layers of calico before couching down the outline of the pattern through all

Re: [lace] pattern prickings

2009-08-28 Thread Sue
OK, I understand now, I sort of got it right but for needlelace, not bobbin lace. Thank you all for some very good and clear emails. As I am not a needlelace person I will stick to the tried and tested card and blue paper I have used for 8 years:-) It just seemed the right time to ask the que

Re: [lace] pattern prickings

2009-08-27 Thread bev walker
I have used both - the paper and the linen (yes, the linen is 'old technology'), the latter was actually for a needlelace sampler - but...I washed the linen first! So of course I got a tough piece of fabric, not a glossy paper-ish medium. The fabric is so tough it was difficult to push a needle thr

Re: [lace] pattern prickings

2009-08-27 Thread Beth Marshall
I think it was architect's linen that is good for needlace, rather than architect's paper for bobbin lace prickings. (I suspect architects no longer use architect's linen now that everything is designed on computers and printed/photocopied ad lib) Beth enjoying a rare sunny day in Cheshire, NW E

[lace] pattern prickings

2009-08-27 Thread Sue
We are currently using some architects paper for pattern making before cutting some weird shape in wood, but in the back of my mind I am thinking I have heard that architects paper makes good Lace Pricking paper/parchment. Do any of you researcher lacemakers out there know if I am right. I have ju

[lace] Pattern?

2009-07-20 Thread Carol
Hi Lacers All, I am hoping that one of you can help me!I must have more patterns, prickings and books than any sane person needs but ...Many years ago, one of the first things I made was a paperweight for my husband, which was a sort of Tudor Rose design - very simple tape lace, but quite

[lace] pattern raffle

2009-04-16 Thread Sue
Still waiting for Carol in Suffolk to let me know her postal address for the bucks pattern. (Just in case you missed the original post.) Sue T Dorset, UK Bobbin Lace and Glass engravings http://www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubsc

[lace] Pattern

2009-04-07 Thread Sue
I have been thinking of making a garter pattern to pass on to one of my sisters families to use and to pass on into the future. Yesterday a special aunt passed away and somehow I feels like I would like to keep her name going with this piece of lace. I wonder if any of you lacemakers out there kn

[lace] lace pattern/drawing

2009-04-02 Thread Sue
Sorry folks, one more clarification of the pattern raffle/drawing. What is on offer is two separate pattern sheets only, not a booklet (that is what I bought for me which is what gave me the duplicate patterns). So whoevers names, and there will be two, are drawn out in about 10 days time will

[lace] lace pattern raffle

2009-03-31 Thread Sue
A couple of people have asked if I will post my raffle internationally and the answer is yes. I now have 19 names in the pot so far but will drawer it on the 11th April. We were on our way to visit my very sick aunt who is in a care home close by so didn't do more than a quite look around the

Re: [lace] pattern for stool?

2008-12-17 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Patsy, and others who requested the 'folding lacemakers' foot stool' I am very sorry I haven't gotten it out yet. Life has come crashing down on me: My husband's health. I am till intending to get them out (I saved all the requests). I will put it on my list for just after Christmas. Please f

[lace] Russian Lace pattern

2008-11-16 Thread Laceandbits
Hi Nova and all The definitive answer form Bridget about the way the filling is worked for the face of the doll, pg 24 of her Russian Lace Patterns book is as most of us thought, whirlpools worked over four pairs (which is why they are square). Complete three of the plaits and the fourth to the

[lace] pattern advice please

2008-09-11 Thread Wendy Davies
Hi all My mum came over yesterday and has said she is making a cake for a lady reteiring after 50 years in the St Johns Ambulance, I showed her one of my christmas cards I have made and asked if I could maybe do one for her to place on top of the cake for a keepsake for the lady. Has any body got

Re: [lace] lace pattern from germany

2008-09-09 Thread Sue Duckles
Hello All Kloeppelshop are the ones that did not email me back, but sent the patterns to England as soon as I paid the full amount including german postage by paypal! Sue in EY On 9 Sep 2008, at 14:49, Agnes Boddington wrote: . I did find the ebay ID for the german shop: kloeppelshop and t

[lace] lace pattern from germany

2008-09-09 Thread Agnes Boddington
Hello Ann-Marie and those that are interested. I looked on the website you specified for lace patterns http://www.kloeppelwerkstatt.de/ I emailed them about how to order and pay for patterns, but have not had a response from them yet. However, it also stated that their patterns are availble at

Re: [lace] pattern ID

2008-05-10 Thread martina . dewille
Hello Mark, the flower is beautiful. I have never seen it, so I can't help with the source. Compliments, Martina in Germany On 21 Apr 2008 at 14:33, Mark, aka Tatman wrote: > Hello Lacers, > I recently did a piece of Schneeberger(?) lace from a photo I found > on the > internet. I don't hav

[lace] Lace pattern book

2008-04-27 Thread Carolina de la Guardia
Hello all, Good news. A new Lace Pattern book have been published in Spain, by the Xunta de Galicia, Department of Arts and Crafts. While, the first book: ENCAIXE GALEGO TRADICIONAL included the lace patterns usually worked in this area, this second book: FIOS E CORES, contains coloured lace

[lace] pattern ID

2008-04-21 Thread Mark, aka Tatman
Hello Lacers, I recently did a piece of Schneeberger(?) lace from a photo I found on the internet. I don't have the pricking, just did it straight from the pic. It was a good learning curve for me and had to improvise. It was a personal challenge and not something I normally do. I have a lot of

RE: [lace] pattern downloads

2008-01-21 Thread Jenny Brandis
Very true but it does give a measurable indication of interest. Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia >> The 2007 Card Exchange patterns has been downloaded 2784 times since >> it went up in mid Dec. Not all accessing events were downloads. Robin P. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAI

[lace] pattern downloads

2008-01-19 Thread Jenny Brandis
Hello everyone As a point of interest I have been checking the number of times the card exchange patterns have been accessed The individual ladies who provided their patterns will shortly receive an email letting them know what numbers of the individual PDFs have been downloaded - but the comb

Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-03 Thread Sue Babbs
it that I have spotted. I bought my copy from http://www.palickovani.cz/start.php a few years ago Sue - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 7:31 AM Subject: Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern Dear Lacemakers and

Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-03 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Dear Jeri, yes ther eis or was a full book of M. Eremiá^sova. I bought it during the lacetour in Prague, if my brain works correct, directly from herself. The text is in Cech, English and German. It is edited from Anna Haíková. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-03 Thread d2oneill
Yes, IOLI library has the book Milca Eremilasova listed on page 63 of the 2007-2008 handbook, in the "History" section. Many pictures of her work, and a biography as well. -- Doris O'Neill in Chicago area -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dear Lacemak

Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-03 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lacemakers and Collectors, Is there is a book of this artist's work? Not just a picture or two in other books, but a full book? A few years before the OIDFA Prague Congress, a friend toured Czech Republic. She sent an oversized postcard packet/folio of 13 cards, with a small multi-languag

Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-02 Thread Clive & Betty Rice
ublic http://lacespider.blog.cz/ Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:55:26 -0600 From: "Sue Babbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern It's a piece by Milca Eremiasova (sorry I don't feel like tracking down all the accents for her name). She is

Fw: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-02 Thread Sue
t: Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern It's a piece by Milca Eremiasova (sorry I don't feel like tracking down all the accents for her name). She is a Czech lace artist. There is a photo of the piece in the biography of her lacemaking, on page 37, but no pricking. It is dated 199

Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-02 Thread Agnes Boddington
I especially liked the one of St. Agnes of Bohemia - think she looks a bit like me? Joking apart, I was amazed at the work of this artist, and depressed as I'll never be this good. Wishing you and your families all a happy and healthy 2008. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

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