[lace] Turn over stitch

2017-09-19 Thread lacel...@frontier.com
The Turn Over Stitch is CTTC. This is used when two colors meet and you want them each to return the way they came rather than crossing through the stitch. If you need to put a pin, you can CTTpinC. In point ground, you would put a pin under the stitch. In many cases, no pin is used. Just

Re: [lace] Turn over stitch

2017-09-19 Thread Carol
Ah ha! Thank you Alice. My brain was in overdrive trying to figure out how/why to turn a stitch over! Once again different names for the same process tripped me up. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.. Best regards, Carol Melton West of Phoenix Arizona, USA Valley of the Sun where it has been

Re: [lace] Belgian color code

2017-09-19 Thread Susan Roberts
Dear all I did Chantilly year 1 at the Kantcentrum in July this year, Lieve Pollet uses turquoise for pairs that are carried with the gimp in Chantilly. She did say it wasn't part of the official colour coding. It does make it clearer that the pairs aren't thrown out which it would appear if a

Re: [lace] IOLI Magazines - a Review Flax

2017-09-19 Thread Clare Lewis
I never saw the old museum but Vernon and I visited Texture on our way back from Krakovany earlier this year, it is an amazing place and well worth a visit. Watch out for all the pigeons, they are everywhere and you can even buy one to take home with you. On 19 September 2017 at 00:23,

SV: [lace] IOLI Magazines - a Review Flax www.worldlacecongressbrugge2018.be

2017-09-19 Thread Greet Rome-Verbeylen
Dear ladies, The Flax Museum in Kortrijk changed and renuwed in 2015. Please have a look at our lacetour programm for next year: www.woldlacecongressbrugge2018.be : click on "Lace tour"", then on "Kortrijk", click and you will find more information about the new Texture museum. It is now more

[lace] Lace Family Tree

2017-09-19 Thread DevonThein
Jean Reardon wrote: I wonder if, what with modern technology, that chart has been translated to electronic format or published in some form so it is available to those who are unable to drop into the Linnenmuseum for a visit? I'm sure a lot of work went into creating it. It would be such a shame

RE: [lace] Lace Family Tree

2017-09-19 Thread jo
Only half of the mail showed up in my mailbox (usually quotes are a problem) found the rest in the archive. As the link to the photograph was too long here a tinied version http://tinyurl.com/y79bofrz > It would be nice if the Lace Family Tree was in digital form, but from what I am hearing it

[lace] Flax and Lace Museum in Kortrijk

2017-09-19 Thread Jeri Ames
Subject was changed, so it will be easier to search in Arachne archives for Lace in Kortrijk.   Could someone share a web site where those who do not travel can see the laces in the Lace Museum in Kortrijk?  All I found was tourist bureau stuff.     Everyone should be able to see a few of the

[lace] RE: Flax and Lace Museum in Kortrijk

2017-09-19 Thread DevonThein
I ran Kant through the collection search and this was the result http://erfgoedinzicht.be/collecties/?q=kant=gallery=horizontal It says there are 1342 pieces of lace, although this may be in different museums. I don’t recall that the lace at the Flax museum was all that exceptional, though.