, 2007 4:05 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace joining
Alice,
This week I finished a
large motif and found myself holding an extra pair at the final point.
No way was I going to undo 50-60 hours of work to find where it was
supposed to go. I just threw it back knowing that sooner
Karen,
not only this
Don't ever forget - any one of you - that mistakes in lace are only
proof
that it has been hand-made.
It's a help not become a spider, a real one ;-))
Ilske
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Hello Alice and all Arachneans,
there are classes, here in Europe, where you can learn how to Lassen
fine laces together. I visited several of them.
And there is still another possibility to put them together. You can
start such laces with pairs as well and put in the beginning what we
call
Are these the same magic threads that Christine Springett uses?
I keep looking at a piece of Bedforshire lace I started on her course
last June. It has some magic threads in, but for the life of me I cannot
remember how I did it! I still have two pairs to add, but cannot face
doing so, before
Hello Agnes -
Christine has just published a new book about Magic Threads! So contact
one of your suppliers and get a copy. Her books are well-done, and will
probably be just what you need to remember the lessons she taught in
your workshop.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA USA
Agnes
Hello Agnes,
I don't if
Are these the same magic threads that Christine Springett uses?
this is the same methods, because I don't neither her nor her books.
But I thinks. there aren't, as far as I know, several such methods.
I try to explaine it to you but you know English Isn't my mother
Cut a longish piece of thread (12); white is best as it doesn't leave
coloured marks on the pin hole as you pull it out!
Tie the ends in an overhand knot.
Hang the pair(s) on at the pin hole as needed and pass the loop end of your
magic thread into the centre of the pair(s) and out under one
Dear Lacemakers,
The magic thread technique Jacquie in Lincolnshire described is illustrated
on page 55 of Christine Springett's book: The Torchon Lace Book. I have a
friend who learned this technique from Christine and my friend uses magic
threads all the time, with beautiful results. She
Many thanks for all your help with the magic thread technique..
I will have another go at my piece of lace, ttrying the methods
described to put in the magic threads.
I will be going to the Harrogate lace fair in March, and Christine will
have a stall there, so I'll buy the book then.
Agnes
With a round of Arachne applause I would like to thank Ilske for the brave
effort to explain magic threads.
The explanation is correct. It is one of those things that takes a lot of
words whereas if someone shows you how, then it is quite simple really.
On 1/13/07, Ilske Thomsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not necessarily so! I've seen machine laces with
mistakes in them. Machine laces are only as good as
their designers and programmers (whom I assume are
human like me). One way to identify some machine
laces is to find a small mistake, and then locate the
same mistake in each repeat of the
I'm not Jo, but I've had an interest in this phase of
lacemaking.
I think it was mentioned by someone else that there
are two approaches to joining lace. Laces started
with paired bobbins, with threads looped neatly over
pins, the end can be sewn into the beginning while the
lace is on the
Well, I know that I am going to get plenty of flak for this opinion,
but here goes anyway:
There comes a point where neatness and carefulness become
obsessiveness, and we surely are fluttering about that point now.
Yes, the ending threads have to be sewn into the beginning, trimmed
off,
Flak??? NO... Agreement!
I have said the same thing to my students and to
myself. People see the item as a whole piece, and
can't imagine how on earth it was made. Only another
lacemaker (or a lace judge) will be able to pick out
the mistake or joining or whatever.
I have to tell on myself.
Alice,
This week I finished a
large motif and found myself holding an extra pair at
the final point. No way was I going to undo 50-60
hours of work to find where it was supposed to go. I
just threw it back knowing that sooner or later I'd
find where the pair was supposed to be. Sure enough,
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