Re: [lace] pins for wire lace

2017-07-25 Thread Clay Blackwell
I have several boxes, and I am fairly certain I hit them at my local quilt shop! Clay Sent from my iPad > On Jul 25, 2017, at 4:12 PM, > wrote: > > Quick update--I have asked a friend in the quilting/notions supply business > about the Bohin #4

[lace] pins for wire lace

2017-07-25 Thread hottleco
Quick update--I have asked a friend in the quilting/notions supply business about the Bohin #4 30x0.85 pins that Lauran recommended to see if she can get them. If anyone is interested, please contact me off list. Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] spanish lace pins

2016-06-16 Thread David C COLLYER
Linda, When working point ground the "Ulrike" way, we are advised to use fat pins for honeycomb and picots and thin pins for the rest. Different heads would be nice, so I would know which is which during the work, and especially while sorting the pins afterwards. While I don't follow all

[lace] Pins

2016-06-16 Thread Laurie Waters
Don't forget Adam Smith's famous description of pin making (from "The Wealth of Nations", 1776, when he is talking about division of labor: To take an example, therefore, from a very trifling manufacture; but one in which the division of labour has been very often taken notice of, the trade of

Re: [lace] spanish lace pins

2016-06-16 Thread Beth Marshall
Might not work in an area of honeycomb with closely-packed pinholes, but I usually use glass-headed pins for picots -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] spanish lace pins

2016-06-16 Thread Linda Kukolich
When working point ground the "Ulrike" way, we are advised to use fat pins for honeycomb and picots and thin pins for the rest. Different heads would be nice, so I would know which is which during the work, and especially while sorting the pins afterwards. It doesn't help me follow, though. With

Re: [lace] spanish lace pins

2016-06-16 Thread Vivienne Walton
lace bobbins I came across a website > selling pins. Here's their description. > > Spanish lace pins. > These short redheads come all the way from the oldest pin factory in Spain. > Traditional lace making pins that were originally colour coded for following > a pattern but we like

[lace] spanish lace pins

2016-06-16 Thread ELIZABETH PASS
Sorry about the gobbledegook! I'll never understand this e-mail program. What I sent and what I received were totally diferent. While searching the internet for Spanish lace bobbins I came across a website selling pins. Here's their description. Spanish lace pins. These short redheads come

[lace] spanish lace pins

2016-06-16 Thread ELIZABETH PASS
Spanish Lace Pins These short redheads come all the way from the oldest pin factory in Spain. Traditional lace making pins that were originally colour coded for following a pattern but we like them just in flame red! 0.59mm x 26mm (approx 200 pins

[lace] Pins

2016-06-16 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Brian I have just reached your list of pins. When I updated my dictionary in 1996 I asked Arachnids if there were any correction or omissions that needed addressing, Obviously you missed it. All the more reason for you to make a good job of this one. I had one reply to my request, very

[lace] Pins... pretty well sorted! but...

2016-06-15 Thread Brian Lemin
Hi Arachnids (of the kindest types!) Thank you for all your help, references and "especially" for being reminded that I wrote an article on Arizona Webdocs about Pins and Lace Making. ( https://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs.html.. You will need to scroll down quite way to get to

Re: [lace] Pins in books

2016-06-15 Thread Louise
Dear Brian There are a couple of pictures in Gertrude Whiting's old time tools and toys of needlework (Dover 1971) the Venetian ones are glass headed some with spherical heads and others shaped as animals and birds p143 On page 145 are East Midlands pins described as King pins, Bugles or

[lace] Pins

2015-07-18 Thread Kathleen Harris
I was sitting at my lace pillow, moving pins from the back of my lace to my pincushion, when I started wondering. How long do other lacemakers leave the pins in their work? When making Torchon or Flanders lace, I leave the pins round the edge, and push them right down. I start to remove pins

Re: [lace] Pins

2015-07-18 Thread Malvary Cole
of response. First of all if working on a length of lace on a roller pillow (and less so on a block pillow depending on the size of both the block and the lace), pins do not stay in the lace for 24 hours, probably an hour or two if you are sitting at a long session of lacemaking. Pins get taken

Re: [lace] Pins

2015-07-18 Thread Kathleen Harris
Hi Sue, I don't belong to a class or group, so I have developed my own way of working over the years. I was curious about how other lacemakers worked. The pin question isn't the sort of thing that is taught - except that I was told always to leave pins in for 24 hours, to allow the thread

[lace] Pins

2015-07-18 Thread lacel...@frontier.com
As a beginner, I was told to leave the pins in overnight.  I think this was a general rule to cover the chance that the thread being used took longer to conform than usual.  I have seen a bookmark that had the last inch curled when the rest of it lay flat.  I contributed this to the final pins

Re: [lace] Pins

2015-07-18 Thread Kathleen Harris
to time and usually generates lots of response. First of all if working on a length of lace on a roller pillow (and less so on a block pillow depending on the size of both the block and the lace), pins do not stay in the lace for 24 hours, probably an hour or two if you are sitting

Re: [lace] Pins

2015-07-18 Thread Bev Walker
Hello everyone Some comments - I usually leave at least an inch-worth of pins in, not really to let the lace set, but to mind the finished work against, for example, tensioning too firmly and bunching the lace out of shape. Some patterns have a particular passive that can be a culprit. If I

RE: [lace] pins

2014-03-25 Thread Noelene Lafferty
Wow, Alex, what type of lace are you using such fine pins on? Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au I have been using the Watkins Doncaster stainless steel pins no.0. They are the finest I have used and, although they are very long I have had no trouble with them bending as they are very

Re: [lace] pins

2014-03-25 Thread Clay Blackwell
I also use those fine insect pins. I make Binche lace, and when the long and very fine pins went out of production several years ago, I bought every (expensive!) vial of them that I could find. So I still have a good supply, and guard them like Gollum my preciou)! I discovered the insect

Re: [lace] pins

2014-03-25 Thread Ilske Thomsen
With my Chantilly as well as Binche laces with the Danish silk I used those insect pins too. But they weren't easy to find and expensive too. At the beginning they aren't easy to handle. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

RE: [lace] pins

2014-03-25 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Nolene I’m using size 0 pins for Floral Bucks using 100/2 Egyptian cotton. I will be using the 00 pins with 190/2 Egyptian cotton and finer. I bought the 000 pins to see what they are like to use – but I think they will be too fine; they are like hairs. Happy lacemaking Alex - To

[lace] pins

2014-03-23 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Arachnids I have been using the Watkins Doncaster stainless steel pins no.0. They are the finest I have used and, although they are very long I have had no trouble with them bending as they are very sharp and pass into the pillow easily. I also purchased nos. 00 and 000, two sizes finer. I

[lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song‏

2013-10-30 Thread Jean Nathan
Now here's dedication for you. I lent my micrometer to Eve Morton, who measured the diameters of all her mixed up pins to get them sorted in sizes again. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song‏‏

2013-10-30 Thread Jean Nathan
Jeanette wrote: I wish I had you for a friend then I could also sort my pins How long did it take her to sort the pins? Don't know. She'd have to tell you that, but I think she gave me the micrometer back at the following week's lacemaking group. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK

[lace] brass lace pins new Bulletin

2013-10-30 Thread hottleco
Hello All! Following advice from Adele Bev, I measured my pins as 26x.6. They are still a mystery as I don't know what they are used for. They were in an orphan box of mixed supplies including an inexpensive foam Honiton pillow many sizes of white thread but my friend wasn't learning

Re: [lace] brass lace pins new Bulletin

2013-10-30 Thread Sue Duckles
Mine are that size and they're used for torchon and bedfordshire Granny Sue in a sunny East Yorkshire On 30 Oct 2013, at 14:12, hottl...@neo.rr.com hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! Following advice from Adele Bev, I measured my pins as 26x.6. My Tatty Blog

Re: [lace] brass lace pins new Bulletin

2013-10-30 Thread hottleco
Thanks Sue! You other Arachne members are going to get me organized in spite of myself. Love your tatting blog--just the right blend of chat info! Have sent a link to tatty friends who haven't yet taken the plunge on Arachne. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA Sue Duckles

[lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

2013-10-29 Thread hottleco
Hello All! After looking in Arachne Archives consulting Google without results, I thought I would ask: how would I know what size brass pins I own? There was a reference to Adele's measuring system on a 2006 Tonder post, but I didn't find a follow up. After Devon's pin question, I dug out

Re: [lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

2013-10-29 Thread Bev Walker
Susan and everyone As I've often wondered the same about a box or two of pins that have lost their label...A quick google of 'pin size chart' produced this web page: http://www.americanpin.com/pins.html Dritz, Prim and other pin brands should have info on their pages as well? 29 mm is the

Re: [lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

2013-10-29 Thread hottleco
Thank you Bev--you are the Superior Googler! I was looking for pin index got something else entirely. American pin makes bank pins like we used in Kim's wire lace class. AP seems to have fine silk pins no chart/index but will follow up even without a micrometer. LOL Sincerely, Susan

Re: [lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

2013-10-29 Thread Adele Shaak
mm across, then each pin is .55 mm in diameter. The finest lace pins are about .40 mm diameter. These are used when making very fine laces, but they do bend very easily. For that reason I prefer using .50 - .55 mm diameter pins, or even larger ones if I'm making something in coarse thread. Adele

Re: [lace] brass lace pins a Waulking song

2013-10-29 Thread hottleco
in a row. (you alternate where the heads go). Then you can measure and divide by 10. So if your row of 10 pins is 5.5 mm across, then each pin is .55 mm in diameter. The finest lace pins are about .40 mm diameter. These are used when making very fine laces, but they do bend very easily

[lace] pins and thorns

2011-05-24 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Linda To get this tale by the tail, (sorry, couldn't resist that), we first need to find the earliest mentions of it, then we can understand the context, and the exact way in which the words were used. I still think there may be more to this than meets the eye . . . Just my thoughts, I

[lace] pins and thorns

2011-05-24 Thread Jane Partridge
I wonder if it wasn't an old wives' tale as such, but that someone saw a lacemaker using thorns or bones (BTW, having been stabbed by a sea bass bone I could see those being used!) and commented on it, this then being translated in gossip circles to lacemakers use bones/thorns instead of pins

Re: [lace] pins and thorns

2011-05-22 Thread Linda Walton
On 21/05/2011 22:57, Alex Stillwell wrote: [snip] I think we have had plenty of evidence that thorns have been used as subsitutes for pins [snip] Sorry - I think I must have missed a bit among all these fascinating messages: so what was the original evidence for the kinds of things used

Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

2011-05-21 Thread Alex Stillwell
:10 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers The point is well made. Pins have been around since the bronze age so the question begs to be asked why use thorns, fish bones etc when you have access to pins. Now since lace making as we know it came into being around the 15th century

Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

2011-05-21 Thread Alex Stillwell
with the very fine linen used in 17th century. It's my science background that always asks for proof. Happy lacemaking - Original Message - From: robinl...@socal.rr.com To: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net; lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 5:35 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Pins

[lace] pins and thorns

2011-05-21 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Bev This article is producing some interestin observations. As I suggested, using thorns may only be folk lore and your observation would support that theory. The cactus thorns came up in another reply when I asked if anyone had used thorns for making lace. but I also doubt if they would have

Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

2011-05-21 Thread The Lace Bee
: From: Anna Binnie l...@binnie.id.au Subject: Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers To: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net Cc: lace@arachne.com Date: Saturday, 21 May, 2011, 1:10 The point is well made. Pins have been around since the bronze age so the question begs to be asked why use

Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

2011-05-21 Thread La
The Brazilians do use thorns from a tree to use as pins.  They are very sturdy and quite effective.  After a while, the blunt end tends to get a little mushy and looks a little like a fuzzy top.  Some use bobbins that have had a nut stuck onto the end of a thin stick.  I've tried to use this type

Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

2011-05-21 Thread Dmt11home
In fact, I have often wondered if it wasn't some kind of technical or commercial development regarding pins that was responsible for the switch to point ground laces from those with Flemish or plaited grounds. Point ground laces take less time to make. If you have more pins than time, why

[lace] pins and thorns

2011-05-21 Thread Alex Stillwell
Dear Arachnids Thank you for all the replies. I think we have had plenty of evidence that thorns have been used as subsitutes for pins and we have had some interesting comments about pins in general. I find these discussions are always enlightening. Long may Aachne last. Happy lacemaking Alex

[lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

2011-05-20 Thread Alex Stillwell
Dear Arachnids These ideas about using thorns and fish bones have been around for a long time. Has anyone actually tried using thorns or fishbones to make lace? I mean the very fine lace made at the time the thorns were supposed to have been used. Did they work or not? Regarding the type of

Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

2011-05-20 Thread Anna Binnie
The point is well made. Pins have been around since the bronze age so the question begs to be asked why use thorns, fish bones etc when you have access to pins. Now since lace making as we know it came into being around the 15th century (please correct me if I'm a bit early here), but pins of

Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

2011-05-20 Thread robinlace
Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net wrote: These ideas about using thorns and fish bones have been around for a long time. Has anyone actually tried using thorns or fishbones to make lace? I mean the very fine lace made at the time the thorns were supposed to have been used. Did

[lace] Pins

2011-05-19 Thread Jean Nathan
Rebecca wrote: Does anyone know of a thorn that would work as a pin? The longest thorn I can think of is on the Pyrocanthus bush, also known as Firethorn. Very effective as a boundary hedge to keep out intruders. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

RE: [lace] Pins

2011-05-19 Thread Diane Z
, Maine -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 1:02 PM To: Lace Subject: [lace] Pins Rebecca wrote: Does anyone know of a thorn that would work as a pin? The longest thorn I can think

[lace] Pins etc

2011-05-19 Thread Brian Lemin
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs/lb_2010_15.pdf I wrote an article with the help of Arachne members way back about pins. It can be found (hopefully) by clicking on this above link or else the tiny URL below and scrolling down to it. The article was more historic than opinion,

[lace] Pins

2010-04-11 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi all, I would like your views. Though I am a supplier this is not promoting any thing I sell but I think Lace makers need to express an opinion on. The people who make many of the pins in the world have been looking for a long time at the problem of brass pins tarnishing. they tell me they are

[lace] pins

2010-04-11 Thread Alex Stillwell
Vivienne, it's a luxurious idea, but I find my brass pins, many of which are about 15 years old and used over and over, have not tarnished at all. Interesting to read that you have pins that have never corroded too. Perhaps the manufacturer will look at the quality of the brass used to make the

Re: [lace] pins

2010-04-11 Thread Sue Babbs
My brass pins don't seem to have tarnished (or certainly not enough to bother me). I also have enough pins to keep me in my bent pins for many years, so I would not be interested in these gold-plated pins. I stock up with pins for any pupils I have when I visit the UK, as I don't find that

RE: [lace] pins

2009-12-04 Thread Sue
I had a diagram on a spare piece of styrafoam that I followed with berry pins when I first started to learn Bucks Point I remember several lacemakers coming over to me at a lace day to see what I was doing with the berry pins. It was a complete success and have taught a couple of others Buck Point

[lace] pins

2009-12-03 Thread Lorelei Halley
Devon and Alice Your ideas about the ghost pillow or sticking pins into the diagram sounds like a good one. I should try that and maybe I won't get lost so often. I always keep the diagram just next to me on my worktable, but my eye doesn't always find the correct place. I just turned the

[lace] lace (pins) in fiction

2009-08-30 Thread Su Carter
Likely this is already in the collection--the book has been out for a few years--but I've only just gotten around to reading it and now that I've recovered, dried my eyes, and picked myself up off the floor beside the sofa, I just had to share: What's the most expensive pin ever made

Re: [lace] lace (pins) in fiction

2009-08-30 Thread bev walker
T. Pratchett is genius ;) In one of the Discworld books, there is a fleeting reference to lacemaking - I think it is a departmental description for one of the Deans at Unseen University. There might be other such sightings :) On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Su Carter sucar...@cox.net wrote:

[lace] Re: lace (pins) in fiction

2009-08-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Aug 30, 2009, at 22:12, Su Carter wrote: A No. 3 Broad-headed Extra Long would grace any true pinhead's collection. -- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett Su, recovering from her unexpected overdose of endorphins To help you recover in a hurry... You owe me for a keyboard (and Mac ones

Re: [lace] Re: lace pins and finger tips

2008-09-24 Thread Sue
Well that is two of you suggesting this as a possible cause and although I have been using this pricker for several years I have had a new pin put in and it is further in than before. Better for some things in preparing patterns but I wonder if the part of the pin in use is thinner than

Re: [lace] lace pins and finger tips

2008-09-22 Thread bev walker
Hi Sue and everyone If I vary regular-head steel pins with glass headed pins, my right pushing-in fingertip doesn't get sore. The finest pins I have been able to find, the Clover silk pins with red or white heads, are even good for fine Buckspoint. When I used to do Honiton, eventually I would get

Re: [lace] lace pins and finger tips

2008-09-22 Thread Malvary J Cole
Hi Sue - I used them in Montreal at IOLI when my finger got sore after the first session of class. I found them a little awkward at first, but soon got used to them. Have you tried just using 2-3 layers of micropore (readily available at the chemist and useful for other things if it doesn't

Re: [lace] lace pins and finger tips continued

2008-09-22 Thread bev walker
That would be good. My solution was (shh, said very quietly) to stop doing Honiton. On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:29 AM, C Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: May I suggest you go to the hardware store and pick up the nail punch that would serve to sink the very smallest nail heads. That is what I

Re: [lace] lace pins and finger tips

2008-09-22 Thread Joy Beeson
On 9/22/08 11:50 AM, Sue wrote: We have spoken about the sticky pad things that stick on the end of the finger, can anyone tell me how well they work, if they stay put on the finger for an evening without problems like catching on threads or whatever. Maybe its time I searched some out and got

Re: [lace] lace pins and finger tips

2008-09-22 Thread Jude
I wonder if the liquid bandage stuff would work? I use it occasionally (just paint on a few layers and let dry) when I am quilting or appliqueing when my finger gets too sore. Jude in WY At 02:35 PM 9/22/2008, Joy Beeson wrote: On 9/22/08 11:50 AM, Sue wrote: We have spoken about the

Re: [lace] lace pins and finger tips

2008-09-22 Thread robinlace
Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have spoken about the sticky pad things that stick on the end of the finger, can anyone tell me how well they work, if they stay put on the finger for an evening without problems like catching on threads or whatever. I've tried two types of stick-on

[lace] Pins and threads.

2006-11-14 Thread Ewa Eskilsson
Hi all Lacemakers with a roller pillow! Why not use a sturdy/thick elastick band i.e rubberband to hold the pattern round the roller? Has allways worked for me. No need to move pins back and forth during the work. Re. work raising from the pattern; angle the pin a little further back, that will

Re: [lace] TONDER LACE PINS

2006-10-13 Thread Clay Blackwell
). If you're using the 120 cotton you might be perfectly happy with the normal fine lace pins of .55 mm or so. I used the 160 cotton at my class and I remember being glad that I had brought the very fine Tonder pins, which were already in my stash. Unfortunately I bought the pins a while back and I

[lace] TONDER LACE PINS

2006-10-12 Thread CANDYLVRDG
I just have a quick question or two. What type of bobbin is traditionally used for Tonder lace? Should I avoid spangled ones? What is the size of pins I should use?I have be trying to look before I go to class in case I have what I need. Thanks Candy PS I have

RE: [lace] TONDER LACE PINS

2006-10-12 Thread Ruth Budge
Presumably the traditional bobbin is one of the continental styles with the rounded bottomshowever, I've successfully used ordinary spangled Midlands bobbins for Tonder for years. As for the pins, I use the same pins as I do for everything else - fine lace pins that I use for Bucks. Tonder

Re: [lace] TONDER LACE PINS

2006-10-12 Thread Barbara Joyce
Traditionally, the bobbins used in Denmark are the long ones with spherical knobs at the ends, usually beaded. However, you can use any continental or East Midlands bobbin that you like. Since there are virtually no sewings in Tonder lace, it's perfectly fine to use spangled bobbins, if that's

Re: [lace] TONDER LACE PINS

2006-10-12 Thread Adele Shaak
taking a beginner class, they might use a thicker thread (in the class I took at PNWC this June the beginners used size 120 thread; more advanced students used 160). If you're using the 120 cotton you might be perfectly happy with the normal fine lace pins of .55 mm or so. I used the 160 cotton

Re: [lace] pins!

2005-11-14 Thread romdom
le 13/11/05 23:09, Jo Falkink à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : We just have to be sure we don't leave any pins in the carpet. Alice in Oregon (previously [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seems impossible to me. We've been guests in the town hall for quite some time and they collected a box full of dropped

[lace] Pins angled

2005-05-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Andy Blodgett askes about putting in pins straight or angled. Well, I Always angle my pins - slightly backwards for the Internal pins, and 'Back and Out' for the edge pins. However, if working trails, I sometimes ease the pins Back and Out to keep the work down on the trail pricking.

[lace] Fishbone Lace Pins

2004-10-09 Thread Linda Walton
While the list is quiet, I'd like to take the opportunity to put forward a theory. It's been floating about at the back of my mind for quite a long time, so I've no references to sources, only distant memories that recently came together in a new pattern. Probably since shortly after the time I

Re: [lace] Fishbone Lace Pins and old IOLI bulletins

2004-10-09 Thread Laceandbits
When I was doing lace City and Guilds in 1987 (unfinished at that time as it was interupted by a fairly major car accident) one of my fellow students did some research on the use of fish bones and thorns as pin substitutes. I am fairly sure that her conclusions were that mostly they were not

Re: [lace] Fishbone Lace Pins

2004-10-09 Thread Joy Beeson
At 08:46 AM 10/9/04 +0100, Linda Walton wrote: Probably since shortly after the time I started making lace, I have heard that early lacemakers used fishbones for pins. But I can't imagine any of those little rib-type bones being strong enough to be pushed into a straw pillow, nor taking the

[lace] pins

2004-08-13 Thread JSyzygy
I am working on a Chantilly fan and I am thinking about pins. None of my lace books talk about this subject. I have three boxes of pins: 38 x .40 mm long and thin 30 x .50 mm -- my usual -- 17 x .45 mm short and thin Recall that Chantilly is a you can never have too

RE: [lace] pins

2004-08-13 Thread Panza, Robin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Method might be relevant, so I say that I am using a big octogonal block pillowThe bobbins, all spangled Midlands, lie flat on my pillow while I work( ie hands-down). First of all, the threads looping over the top of the pins. Part of the

[lace] Pins

2004-03-18 Thread Jean Nathan
Because RA makes it uncomfortable to flick bobbins side to side, I move them by lifting so crossing and twisting is down above the pricking, not on it. That means my lace always rides up the pins, so even with torchon, I push the outside pins all the way in after I've work each inch or so to stop

[lace] pins

2004-03-16 Thread Lorelei Halley
Lynn In certain types of bobbin lace one does push the pins all the way down. This is done specifically in free/part laces such as Honiton, Duchesse and tape laces. The reason is that you constantly change directions as you work and sometimes work over parts already finished. You have to get the

[lace] Pins

2003-10-20 Thread Jean Nathan
DH, a former lecturer in engineering materials tells me that whether steel rusts or not depends on whether there is free iron in it. Rust is oxidised iron. Moisture and oxygen causes iron to rust. Steel is a carbon/iron alloy. If the iron has been converted to austenite, the steel will not rust.

RE: [lace] Pins

2003-10-20 Thread Marcie Greer
Aren't most high-quality (modern) stainless pins nickel-coated to inhibit rusting? Marcie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Pins (2)

2003-10-20 Thread Jean Nathan
Marcie wrote: Aren't most high-quality (modern) stainless pins nickel-coated to inhibit rusting? Tim Parker sells an extensive range of pins including yellow brass, stainless steel, nickel plated steel and nickel plated brass. The nickel plated steel won't be stainless steel (austenitic) which

[lace] Pins in a Museum - England?

2003-06-30 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lacemakers in England, Is there a needle museum in your country? Perhaps one of you is familiar with whether they display pins in this museum? Perhaps there is a Web Site? Perhaps they have published a booklet on the history of needles and pins? Was this museum on the tour i/c/w

RE: [lace] Pins in a Museum - England?

2003-06-30 Thread BARRON
] Subject: [lace] Pins in a Museum - England? Dear Lacemakers in England, Is there a needle museum in your country? Perhaps one of you is familiar with whether they display pins in this museum? Perhaps there is a Web Site? Perhaps they have published a booklet on the history of needles and pins

[lace] Pins in a Museum - England?

2003-06-30 Thread Jane Partridge
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Is there a needle museum in your country? Forge Needle Museum, Studley, near Redditch, Worcestershire. (We passed it yesterday, on the way to Coughton Court - home of the Throckmorton Family - of Gunpowder Plot fame - though also on