[lace] Lace events in Spain

2010-07-05 Thread AGlez
Hello all, In Spain there are also many lace events going on, especially during the summer time. For example, tomorrow I am driving to the North West (Galicia) to attend the III Congress of Lace and Textiles, which will be held in Orense. I will attend a course of Freehand Lace, by Marianne

[lace] Re: Lace events in Spain

2010-07-05 Thread AGlez
Hello again, Sorry, forgot to put the link: http://palilleirasbarrocas.blogspot.com/ http://ourensepuntodeencontro.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

[lace] Finland

2010-07-30 Thread AGlez
Hello, I am travelling to Finland next August, and would like to know if there is somebody from Finland on the list that can give me some information about lace in her/his country, or anybody from another part of the world who knows what I should not miss while being there. Thank you very much

Re: [lace] Cluny lace.

2010-08-29 Thread AGlez
Hello Liz, For me, the books by Mick Fouriscot are the best. Not only have they beautiful laces and pictures, but also very good colour diagrams. Cluny de Brioudehttp://www.amazon.ca/Cluny-Brioude-Mick-Fouriscot/dp/2841670902/ref=s r_1_5?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1283070676sr=1-5 by Mick Fouriscot

[lace] Lace experience in Finland

2010-09-01 Thread AGlez
Hello all Arachneans. It seems that Laurie and me had the same idea in different places of the world! I have just created a blog where I want to include information on places where lace is made. In fact, the blog is intended for Spanish lacers, who have very little information of this kind in

Re: [lace] Nanduti

2010-09-04 Thread AGlez
So interesting, Lorelei! This summer I have been learning how to make Teneriffe lace, with the book by Alex Stillwell. The difference between both is that Teneriffe is made on a little pillow and is usually white, whereas ñanduti is made on fabric and is colourful. Making this lace has been for

Re: [lace] Unusual Torah binder (bobbin lace)

2010-09-16 Thread AGlez
Hello all, I have been looking at the book Carolina mentions, and what she calls flowers are kind of dots or round motifs, with pairs entering and going out... And these round motifs are repeated all through the lace. At a first sight, I couldn't see anything repeated on the lace, and I thought

Re: [lace] Spanish felt lacemaker dolls on LaceNews

2010-10-21 Thread AGlez
A really interesting article, Laurie. I remember having some of these dolls when I was a child. They were so typical! Unfortunately, I don't keep them anymore. Congratulations for your good web page. I follow it with great interest. Regards from Antje, in Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] lace dresses etc

2010-10-21 Thread AGlez
Thanks a lot Lorelei. Very interesting. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com

Re: [lace] Silly footside question

2010-10-24 Thread AGlez
Hi Sister Claire, Here in my country (Spain), we put the foot side on the left. Good luck with your edging. I like Kortelahti very much. Her designs are so personal and different. Best regards from a delicious autumn day in Spain Antje - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] seeking help with Brigitte Bellon pattern

2010-11-03 Thread AGlez
As far as I can see in the picture of the shawl, once she has finished the rose ground (don't forget to cross the last pairs to close the little square that forms the rose ground) she has to make a narrow trail of half stitch.This narrow trail borders the rose ground area, and the tricky part is

Re: [lace] seeking help with Brigitte Bellon pattern

2010-11-03 Thread AGlez
You can find some interesting information on how to make zig-zags in this site: http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/diamonds.htm#zigzag Regards Antje - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Kortelahti Pattern

2010-11-16 Thread AGlez
Hi Miriam, I would say you have to work it all in one. First you have to join section 1 and 2 (to form one triangle of the hexagon) and make 6 copies of this triangle. Once you join the 6 parts, you get the complete pattern. If you look at the picture of the finished lace, you don't see a joining

Re: [lace] Cheers

2010-11-24 Thread AGlez
Nice article and the work you do. I especially like the last paragraph: “Bobbin lacemaking is a fine art, not a craft,” Rice says. “It’s a gossamer—it’s an art in that we develop a portrait when we’re making the lace. We are artists.” Best regards Antje, in Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] everything!!!! and collaboration and thanks

2010-12-19 Thread AGlez
Hi Brian, Although I am not able to collaborate with you, because I don't have nor use the bobbins you are studying, I am also very grateful to read all you are writing, as I had never thought there could be such a variety of one type of bobbins. Thank you very much for sharing your

Re: [lace] re: lace photos (red prickings)

2011-01-18 Thread AGlez
In most parts of Spain red was the colour used for prickings. And continues being. In other parts of Spain, yellow has been used, also green. Nowadays, it seems that most lacers continue using red or orange. But I myself use blue, as I find it more relaxing for my eyes. I started using blue after

Re: [lace] Cipke - type of bobbinlace?

2011-01-21 Thread AGlez
Hello Mark, I think that you were doing the same than me: googling for Lepoglava. Lepoglava is in Croatia. Cipke means lace in many Slovak languages. Have a look at this interesting video about this the lace in Lepoglava. Scrolling down the page you will see the huge dome pillow. I suppose they

Re: [lace] Brass fan frame

2011-01-31 Thread AGlez
Hi Dot, The frame is amazingly beautiful. I would make a lace fan and put it between two pieces of glass (cut to size and shape) as it seems to me that there is enough space for it at the back of the frame. The difficult part will be to find a pattern that matches the space. You will probably

Re: [lace] ?torchon lace?

2011-02-18 Thread AGlez
Yes, it certainly looks like a pattern with spiders and whole stitch diamonds. Regards from Antje, in Spain. - 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:

Re: [lace] free lace books

2011-02-23 Thread AGlez
Hi Jenny and interested Arachneans, It is interesting to know that the patterns of this book from Galicia are free to download. And that the book is a recopilation of patterns from the area of Galicia, a very famous area for its laces. They are mostly torchon and guipur types, and intended to be

Re: [lace] lace photos

2011-03-18 Thread AGlez
Hello all, As a Spanish lacer, I also want to make my small contribution to this discussion. Apart from what Carolina has said, there is also a tendency in Spain to take a pattern or design (which here normally has no instructions on how to make it), and work it in a free manner. So, you cannot

Re: [lace] Cast Your Bets Ladies Gentlemen

2011-03-31 Thread AGlez
Six? Greetings from Antje, in a sunny Spain! - 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

[lace] Enciclopedia de las Señoras

2011-04-03 Thread AGlez
Hello Susan, and Jacquie... Here comes some Spanish help for your inquiry. The book is not Therese Dillmont's. You would wonder if you understood what it says in the introduction. As a resume, I am making a quick free translation for you: This book is for general utility. It contains jobs

Fwd: [lace] Little Urchin

2011-04-03 Thread AGlez
-- Forwarded message -- From: AGlez antje.gonza...@gmail.com Date: 2011/4/3 Subject: Re: [lace] Little Urchin To: laceandb...@aol.com OK.. thanks for this explanation. As a non English speaker, I didn't understand the message completely. Now I do. And I really like the little

Re: [lace] making randa from OIDFA bulletin nbr 1 2011

2011-04-05 Thread AGlez
Hello Gon, I have got in touch with the author of the article in the OIDFA bulletin to find out how wide the randa is. I think she has used old linen to make it. I will tell you as soon as she answers me. Randa is a term used in some parts of Spain to describe a type edging. In fact, the word

Re: [lace] Hinojosa

2011-04-06 Thread AGlez
I got in touch with Hinojosa Lace thanks to Carolina's pattern books. I didn't know Carolina then, and met her through Arachne. That was many years ago.. perhaps 10? Carolina learned to make this type of lace from one of the few women that still knew how to make it in those times. Because this

Re: [lace] birthday

2011-04-13 Thread AGlez
I am also very happy to belong to this group. I have learned a lot here, and I like its seriousness and that there is always someone out there to give a very valuable answer. A few Spanish lacers tried to create something similar in Spain, and had a lot of problems with the people. We finally

[lace] Norway

2011-04-14 Thread AGlez
Hello all, Are there any members from Norway in the list? I would like to get in touch with you. Please, write to me privately. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Antje, in sunny Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

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 myself

Re: Re:[lace] Lace Postcard

2011-05-26 Thread AGlez
Hello all, As a Spanish lacer, I can say that the pillow of the postcard is like our vertical pillows. The bobbins are the traditional Catalonian boxwood bobbins used all over Spain. And even the pattern is a traditional model made in Camariñas and Almagro, a mixture of torchon and guipur. The

Re: [lace] Terminology help

2011-05-31 Thread AGlez
Hello Alice, A long time ago I bought an International Lace Dictionary, perfect for these cases. It says: Polohod: half stitch Platno: cloth stitch tocena paska: meandering tape tocenych: (must be something related to tapes, as the word has the same start)) Reticek: plait, braid, bar I bought

Re: [lace] How do you sit?

2011-08-14 Thread AGlez
Hello Ilse, The best place to sit is the place where you are comfortable making lace. But as a rule, I would say that you need to rest your back always on a surface (back of chair or of a sofa). You must feel your back relaxed. Usually, after making lace for a while, especially if it is a new

Re: [lace] books on demand/backing up files

2011-09-14 Thread AGlez
Hi Bev and all, After having lost very important data several times because I forgot to backup, I am using now a program which backs up automatically. You can download it for free at http://www.rdcomp.net/ It is called EZBack-it-up. You can make the backups to an external hard disk or to a

Re: [lace] a very old lace book

2011-10-11 Thread AGlez
Thank you so much, Tess. So beautiful drawings... and the sentences in the center... I have downloaded it, to look at it slowly later on. Best wishes, Antje González (Spain) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

[lace] Re: New bobbin lace magazine!

2011-12-13 Thread AGlez
Correction! I am afraid that I have made a mistake in the letter I posted this morning. Twist and Cross is a magazine which appears every four months, with three issues a year. I am sorry for having used the wrong word (quarterly), which is so similar to a Spanish term that means 3 times a year.

Re: [lace] Mixing Linen and Cotton Threads

2012-01-08 Thread AGlez
Hello, But what if we wash the lace? Doesn't cotton and linen shrink differently? Best wishes, Antje González, in sunny but cold Spain. ___ *Photography is like life... you can change perspective by changing your point of view!* - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Antje's magazine

2012-01-29 Thread AGlez
Yes, you are right Lorelei. This is a piece of the Spanish Hinojosa tape lace. Best regards, Antje González, from a very cold Spain (2º below cero at this moment)! ___ *Photography is like life... you can change perspective by changing your point of view!* - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] beautiful website

2012-02-07 Thread AGlez
Hello Arlene, Bev and Alice. As a Spanish lacer, perhaps I can answer you some questions. The person who runs the site is a man. The information of the lace meetings is collected mainly from the web. The pictures are made by people attending this meetings. For more precise information about the

Re: [lace] beautiful website

2012-02-07 Thread AGlez
You are right, Bev. This is the name of the association of lacers he created. Best wishes. Antje, from Spain. - 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:

Re: [lace] New Estonian BL Book

2012-02-19 Thread AGlez
Hello Pene, Thank you very much for your information. I have the first book and it is really beautiful. It has such good ideas, with mixtures of threads and forms. I suppose we will be able to buy it soon at online suppliers. Have a good Sunday. Antje, from Spain. ___ *Was immer du tun

Re: [lace] Kensington Palace Lace

2012-03-27 Thread AGlez
Incredible! Thanks for the link. By the way, eliminate the final *. Antje, from a sunny Spain. * * *Photography is like life... you can change perspective by changing your point of view! * - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Lace in Majorca

2012-04-19 Thread AGlez
Hi Janet, As far as I know, in *Palma de Mallorca (Baleares)* there is a Lace Demonstration on the *9th of June*. Best wishes, Antje, in a very windy Spain. * * - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: Spanish Lace Pillow Re: [lace] lace photos - what is it?

2012-05-02 Thread AGlez
Hello all those interested in Spanish lace, Sorry for not having got in touch before. But I have a good excuse: I have been at the Diada of Arenys, and afterwards took a few days off at the Mediterranean coast. As Carolina has already told you, in Spain there are now so many lace meetings, that

Re: [lace] Mirecourt

2012-05-14 Thread AGlez
Hello all, There is also a book on this lace, called Dentelle de Mirecourt, from the editorial Didier CARPENTIER, published in 2008, with beautiful patterns and diagrams. Also a short introduction on history. As far as I understand (I only read French, but don't speak it), it says lace in

Re: [lace] OIDFA Lappets book .. errata on 14

2012-06-14 Thread AGlez
Hi Alice, I have been looking at the pattern you mention and I think you can simply join Number 2 of the first pattern with Number 3 of the second one. And this would make the whole half lappet. As the second pattern seems to be identical at the beginning and at the end, it seems that the

Re: [lace] the Queen's outfit with lace

2012-06-28 Thread AGlez
Hello all, The very moment I saw the Queen with this blue outfit, I thought of the typical English blue china of Wedgewood. Have a look at

Re: [lace] Early laces book errata

2012-09-10 Thread AGlez
Thank you very much, Liz, for this information. I have already printed the pages. So, in the future, if I want to make something of the book, I will have the corrections there. On the other hand, although it is very probable that I never do anything of the book, I must say that it is an excellent

Re: [lace] Peacock necklace

2012-09-16 Thread AGlez
Hi Sue, I have seen this piece of lace in the Czech Republic this summer, at a wonderful exhibition of laces from the school of Iva Proskova. The coloured part of the motives is needle lace, or at least the original lace is. I don't know if the pattern is on sale. Perhaps getting in touch with

Re: [lace] Eva Schaefer

2013-03-13 Thread AGlez
I am very sad of the loss of Eva Schaefer, whom I met through Arachne, and with whom I had lost touch a few years ago. Thanks to her, I had the opportunity to learn a lot things related to bobbinlace. She put me in touch with Mariña Regueiro, whose courses I have been attending for many years. She

Re: [lace] Where can I buy this pattern?

2013-04-29 Thread AGlez
Hello Ann Marie, The butterfly pattern is designed by Pam Mattioli and is included in Vuelta y Cruz /Twist and Cross Number 2. The web site is www.vueltaycruz.es If you want more details, I am the editor of the magazine and can inform you. Best wishes, Antje, from Spain. Antje * *

Re: [lace] Where can I buy this pattern?

2013-04-30 Thread AGlez
Hi Pam and Arachne colleagues, Pam and I know what is going on on in many of our lacemeetings. So, no wonder her reaction. There are indeed quite many people who sell patterns taken from books and magazines here in Spain. A subject very difficult to avoid and to fight, because not even the

Re: [lace] Need help with Brigitte Bellon pattern

2013-05-17 Thread AGlez
Hello Vila, The pattern is beautiful, and I have made a scarf from the same book, which is made very similarly. I think there is nothing wrong in your piece of lace. (And there wasn't either in the one you cut off, as I can see). Number 2 is ok: you must leave the 2 edge pairs plus the guide

Re: [lace] Widwives - knitting versus crochet

2013-05-22 Thread AGlez
It is amazing! But I am sure that a very low percentage of watchers found out the difference! Don't you think so too? Best wishes from Antje in Spain, where spring does not want to settle down. Antje * * *Photography is like life... you can change perspective by changing your point of view! *

Re: Fw: [lace] Protection of intellectual property

2013-05-26 Thread AGlez
Hello all, After a busy weekend in lace meetings, I want to share with you more complaints of some happenings in my country. Instead of repeating all my words, I hope you don't mind to have a look at an article I have written in my blog. Thank you very much.

Re: [lace] Intellectual property

2013-05-27 Thread AGlez
Hi Brian, Regarding your suggestion, I must explain that my magazine is only sold printed. And what Spanish people are doing, with most books and magazines on sale is scanning and/or photocopying them and selling them or exchanging them for free download on the web. To Jacquie's question why

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

Re: [lace] Old Beds

2013-10-27 Thread AGlez
I did not want to disappoint David in the first moment, so kept quiet. But now that Lorelei and Clay have given their opinion, I agree that this piece of lace is machine made. As Lorelei said, the cloth stitch area and the tallies reveal that it is not hand made. Nevertheless, it is a beautiful

Re: [lace] Blue film

2013-11-20 Thread AGlez
In Spain it is also difficult to find blue film. It is sold in lace meetings and is very expensive. I also agree with Devon that we should print on blue paper. It is easy to print the pattern in our home printer. We do not need to print on cardboard, because we can put cardboard under the blue

Re: [lace] Arachne

2013-11-28 Thread AGlez
*Né fur tai tele per Aracne imposte* It seems to be part of a poem of Dante's Inferno. Here is a translation of the poem and some information. I imagine there must be more in the Internet, but not easy to find. Antje, from central Spain, where it has been snowing tonight! - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] Arachne

2013-11-28 Thread AGlez
Sorry, forgot the link: http://www.dantepoliglotta.it/en/premessa-39/ - 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] Arachne

2013-11-28 Thread AGlez
Reading this text, I understand that the poem describes a monster (Gerione), whose body is flecked with knots and roundels of such bright colours that they exceed the phantasmagoria of the multicoloured drapes made by Turks and Tartars http://www.dantepoliglotta.it/en/premessa-14/, *besides the

Re: [lace] Freehand Lace Power Point

2013-12-03 Thread AGlez
Hello Susan, There is a German book called Freihandspitzen von der Schwäbischen Alb, edited by the German Kloeppelverband, which starts with very narrow edgings with 5 -7 pairs. In fact it is a very simple edging, which you can also find in patterns of Le Pompe and this type of laces. If you

Re: [lace] Another Bobbin Lace animation

2013-12-29 Thread AGlez
Thank you Jean. An amazing concert! Happy New year! Antje, from a sunny but freezing cold center of Spain. https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistAndCross - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] lace bobbins?

2013-12-31 Thread AGlez
At first sight, I thought they could be flutes. But after seing that the holes are different in each stick... I think my guess is incorrect. Then I thought the sticks can be part of a mobile that emits relaxing sounds, kind of this: http://www.maykaesoterismo.com/images/moviles/PERFUMES%20005.JPG

Re: [lace] lace bobbins?

2013-12-31 Thread AGlez
But then, David, why are there different number of holes? Antje González, from Spain. - 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:

Re: [lace] Photos

2014-01-02 Thread AGlez
Hello Sue, I am outside the USA and can enter with Arachne's password. There is no difference depending on the place you live. As far as I have experienced. Antje González, writing from Spain. ww.vueltaycruz.es https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistAndCross - To unsubscribe send email to

Fwd: [lace] Photos

2014-01-02 Thread AGlez
Sorry Joepie and all who read my last message. Wrong information: what I should have said is that you have to close the session of Flickr if your name appears on it, that is, if you are logged in with your name (you can see this on the right top of the screen) and log in again with Arachne's ID:

Re: [lace] filing notes away

2014-01-06 Thread AGlez
Great idea. I also do it sometimes. Regards from Antje, in Spain ww.vueltaycruz.es https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistAndCross - 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:

Re: [lace] Christian Church Lace

2014-01-27 Thread AGlez
There are about six or seven patterns for church clothes in one of Koretelahti's books. They are lovely, and different, if you like Korthelati's designs and don not mind it not being Bucks. The book is Nyplättya pitsia (bobbin lace) ISBN 951-99305-9-0 You can probably buy it directly form her or

Re: [lace] This is cute! How to make a ball of lace.

2014-02-21 Thread AGlez
Hello Delors, Ann Wild has a book: http://www.ann-wild.de/Buch.html But it does not seem to be available now. Perhaps in some other distributor. Good luck and have a nice weekend. Antje González ww.vueltaycruz.es https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistAndCross - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] Translations of lace books

2014-03-06 Thread AGlez
I am a translator too and have translated two lace books into Spanish. After that, the editor did not ask for more translations, because not many Spanish lacemakers bought these books and it was a big expense for them. Actually, it is an immense work to translate a lace book because it is, in

Re: [lace] Footside

2014-04-23 Thread AGlez
I could read it completely, as always. Antje González, in Spain. ww.vueltaycruz.es https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistAndCross - 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:

[lace] Lacemakers in Leeds (UK)?

2014-04-30 Thread AGlez
Hello to all, I am staying in Leeds from the 28th to the 31st of May and would like to know if there are any lacemakers from this group living there and if it would be possible to meet. It is always so nice to meet up and put faces to the names we usually only read. Looking forward to your

Re: [lace] lace style sheet, was lace proof readers

2014-05-20 Thread AGlez
Hello all, Although my English may not be correct in many ways, I want to give my opinion, based in what I have studied a long time ago. In fact, we can use the word LACE in singular or plural depending on its meaning. If we use lace (in singular), we are using the word with a collective

Re: [lace] For Lace Tell Collectors - Jack be Nimble

2014-05-28 Thread AGlez
Hi Jery, Thanks a lot for this nice lace story. And for all the other interesting posts you send regularly to this list. In fact, I usually do not have enough time to read them all! But I keep them to read in a quieter moment. Best wishes and thanks again for all your information. Antje

Re: [lace] Noelene's Poems - Inspired by Lace

2014-07-22 Thread AGlez
Same happens to me! I thought is was a problem of my computer. I must always check my junk box in order not to loose any of the interesting emails from Jeriames. Antje González, in sunny Spain ww.vueltaycruz.es https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistAndCross - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Messages not getting through

2014-07-23 Thread AGlez
The messages sent by Jeri Ames, Celtic Dream Weaver and Devon go to my Junk Box. There are no capital letters in these messages nor strange signs. It has been happening for many weeks now, and I always mark it as no spam. But nothing seems to change. Thank you very much to all those who are

Re: [lace] Jeri's posts

2014-08-15 Thread AGlez
Hello Jeri and all, I have just started reading this messages about Jeri's postings and I must say that I am a bit puzzled. I cannot find the initial query, but have found the sentence people do not read what I write on Arachne, supposedly written by Jeri. And the first thing that comes to my

Re: [lace] Lace salamanders

2014-08-22 Thread AGlez
I like all these kind of initiatives. The problem is that we cannot participate in all of them, as we don't have enough time to make all we want in bobbin lace! Anyway, is there a place in this web where we can see the requirements to make the salamander? Being able only to read the basics in

Re: RE: [lace] Annoying pnctuation.. test two in html

2014-08-23 Thread AGlez
We must all be really proud and happy because, as far as I know, this is the only list only lace related, which makes it so interesting for most of us. There is the chat alternative for those who also want some other kind of socializing, and it is really nice to have this option too. Have a nice

Re: [lace] Lace salamanders

2014-08-25 Thread AGlez
I am also very sad to hear this piece of news. His patterns and his name are well known by me too. Now I have an extra desire to make the salamander: a kind of memorial to Michel Jourde. Thanks a lot to Susan who has so kindly sent me the pattern. Best regards. Antje González ww.vueltaycruz.es

Re: [lace] Photos from OIDFA Adelaide Congress

2014-08-28 Thread AGlez
Hello Jean and David. Thank you very much for this link to the pictures in Adelaide. It is a pleasure to be able see all what was happening there. I like the Irish participation with all the lacey doors! So original. Best wishes from Antje in a very hot Spain, after a nice and cool summer.

[lace] Salamander group

2014-08-28 Thread AGlez
Hello to all those interested in working Jourde's salamander. Last week somebody asked how to start the salamander. And I cannot remember who sent this SOS. But it made me think that, as we are quite a few interested in working it, we could form a kind of group and help each other as we go on

Re: [lace] Majorca bobbins

2014-09-18 Thread AGlez
Hello, I agree with Maria: what we call in Spain Majorca bobbins are the normal Catalan bobbins but with a pointed end. See here: http://www.lamerceria.com/productes.asp?idsubfamilia=2 , fourth item of the list. What I do not know is if they were traditionally used in Majorca or if they are

Re: [lace] AOL mails

2014-10-30 Thread AGlez
So do I. Emails from certain persons always go into my spam folder. But... not only AOL ones. Carolina, yours went into my spam box too! Perhaps because the message itself included the word AOL? And.. does it happen to everybody? Greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara (Spain) ww.vueltaycruz.es

Re: [lace] Lace curtains

2014-11-17 Thread AGlez
Congratulations on your curtains, Tess! I am also a fan of curtain-making, although I have never made so big ones! Yours look beautiful! Antje González , from a cold wintery Spain. ww.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Christmas Raffle

2014-12-18 Thread AGlez
Hello all Arachne friends, I have been putting some order among my lacemaking magazines and have found some duplicates, which I would like to raffle among all those of you who are interested. The three magazines for the raffle are old La Encajera magazines (numbers 1, 10 and 21). I am putting a

[lace] Christmas greetings

2014-12-24 Thread AGlez
With my preferred Christmas song, I want to wish all Arachneans a Merry Christmas Season and a Happy New Year, in which health and love may be with you. I also hope that you continue enjoying lacemaking as much as until now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S84RLgnz7Rs Arachne is the best bobbin

[lace] Winners of the Raffle La Encajera

2014-12-24 Thread AGlez
Thank you very much to all of you who have participated in the raffle. There have been 21 participants and I have 3 magazines. The three winners are: Number 03: Amanda Dorrell Number 14: Tammy Padilla Number 17: Vicky Bradford Congratulations to you! I will send your magazines after this feast

Re: [lace] Vemeer

2014-12-31 Thread AGlez
Hello Rose, The painting is fantastic. I love Vermeer. And to your observation I want to add that I imagine that this system of heating was used by many people in those times, including, possibly, lacemakers. Here in Spain, for example, many years later (around 1950), my mother, who was a school

Re: [lace] Identification of a type of lace

2015-02-03 Thread AGlez
I would say it is a machine made lace. The borders of the motifs look weird to me, making me think that they are not made by hand. But I would need to see a more enlarged picture. Does nobody else think it is machine made? Best wishes, from Antje in Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Threads Book

2015-02-12 Thread AGlez
Fantastic work, Brenda. For me your book is also a basic side table book! It saves us lacemakers so much work! Thank you very much! Best wishes from a cold Spain... Antje González - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

Re: [lace] Idrija Lace Books

2015-01-12 Thread AGlez
The Lace School of Idrija has recently published two books: one of narrow tape and the second of broad tape lace, with very good technical instructions. Well, all of the books they have published have good technical instructions. But, if you want to learn and follow the steps to their technique,

Re: [lace] Commemoratives

2015-03-15 Thread AGlez
Alison Tolson, in the UK, also paints beautiful bobbins, commemorative too. http://www.alisontolson.co.uk/ Antje González, Spain - 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

Re: [lace] Arachne Commemoratives

2015-03-16 Thread AGlez
Hello all, I have been speaking with Alison Tolson and she can supply all the types of bobbins listed and will be able to supply tatting shuttles too. She can take payment by PayPal and as an alternative, credit or debit card can be used via her Etsy shop. She ships worldwide. She paints lovely

Re: [lace] bobbin weight

2015-04-20 Thread AGlez
I think we tend to work best with the bobbins we are used to work with. In my case, Spanish continentals, which most of you may find too big. Mine are 10,5cm long and woodbox. The first course I did of a technique different to torchon (many years ago) was a Tonder course. I had been told that

Re: [lace] Candida's lace

2015-05-03 Thread AGlez
Yes, Mariña's book has been published a few years ago. This is the book: http://www.roseground.com/images/product/e2af6568c737eb554f12fc6122b19721.jpg I think it is fantastic. Barbara Fay sells it. But I don't know about distributors in the USA. In case you do not find it, get in touch with

Re: [lace] Bolster Pillow

2015-05-13 Thread AGlez
I love the feeling of pinning on wool layers. Much better than using Styrofoam or other synthetic material. It's true that these pillows made of wool blankets are heavy and not appropriate for travelling. But I don't travel with them anyway, so for me they are the best choice! Interesting this

Re: [lace] Copying a brown pattern

2015-06-08 Thread AGlez
And why not photocopy in colour, keeping the practical brown background? Then you would not need to make all that extra work of eliminating it and would not have to use the blue film. Well, I would do that. Greetings from Spain, where summer temperatures have come too early! Antje González

Re: [lace] Bobbin storage

2015-06-27 Thread AGlez
What a good question! I see that we all have the same storage problems! I have kept changing the way I store my bobbins, and now I have them in transparent plastic boxes (in fact, those for chocolates of Ferrero-Rocher, http://idealgift.com.my/add-on-gifts/ferrero-t16.html). They are the perfect

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