Re: [lace] pins for wire lace

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

Re: [lace] Pins in books

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

Re: [lace] Pins

Kathleen wrote 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 toset in place. I would make a couple of points - this is a question which crops up from time to time and usually generates lots of

Re: [lace] Pins

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

Re: [lace] Pins

I agree that you cannot always leave the pins in if working a narrow edging on a roller pillow. For that reason, I changed to a block pillow. But I do think that thread sets in its position in lace. If you come to your lace one morning, and find that you made a mistake the previous day, and

Re: [lace] Pins

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

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

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

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

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

Re: [lace] pins and thorns

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

: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

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

Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

: 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

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

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

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 (please correct me if I'm a bit early here), but pins of

Re: [lace] Pins, thorns and bone slivers

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

RE: [lace] Pins

In the US the Hawthorne tree has thorns about an inch. I have one so I see if I can struggle through the wild roses this weekend and take a look. I don't think the tree is in good shape as it has old man's beard moss growing all over it. If I get there, I'll clip the thorns. Diane Z Lubec,

Re: [lace] pins

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

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] Re: lace (pins) in fiction

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

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] pins!

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

RE: [lace] pins

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

RE: [lace] Pins

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]

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

try this Jeri and see if it looks familiar http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/worcestershire/museums/forge-hill.htm jenny barron Scotland -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 June 2003 16:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]