> Am 23.08.2017 um 15:09 schrieb Sue Duckles :
>
> We had them at a lace day a couple of years ago, and there was no email
> address available then.
He does now and he answered my query. He is willing to sell copies for Mary
Moseley. He’s even got paypal, so I guess even overseas postage can b
Hi All,
a question I can answer. :-)
In germany 19 cm x 19 cm and 9.5 cm by 19 cm blocks in a frame of roughly 58 cm
x 58 cm have come to be a sort of standard. It is very convenient, as you can
always buy or borrow extra blocks to use with your pillow in order to work on
different things. Lik
> J Reardon wrote:
>
> If you don’t mind my asking, why is it important to wind the bobbins in a
> particular direction for Idrija? (I know I probably spelled that wrong.)
Yes please, I would like to know that, too.
I was under the impression that bobbins were wound according to the twist auf
> Am 12.12.2017 um 10:49 schrieb Alex Stillwell :
>
> Thank you all for looking up possible dates for Bucks point. Your replies
are
> fascinating. All seem to indicate that the point ground laces developed the
> very end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, i.e. when lace
> came back
> Am 04.01.2018 um 04:49 schrieb Sue Babbs :
>
> Ravelry says that Schoeller Souvenir is now discontinued but was fingering
> weight, with Gauge 29.0 to 38.0 sts = 4 inches (10cm) and Needle size US 1½ -
> 2½ or 2.5 - 3mm. It doesn't give wraps per inch
It does give length/weight, 195 m/50 g a
> This is the first I have heard that Aurifil comes in 80. The finest I know
> about is Aurifil 50
It is fairly new, comes in 88 colours and here:
https://www.kloeppel-werkstatt.de/produkt/aurifil-minispule-80wt/
they claim it is about the same thickness as egyptian cotton 80/2
Gabriele
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To
> Jane wrote:
>
> I can only imagine what 240/2 must have been like.
There still was some 200/2 to be had at the end of last century. I bought a bit
of it from Anna Kjems at Lorenzens Gaard. Martina Wolter-Kampmann, who measures
and catalogues thread somewhat similar to Brenda Paternoster, mu
Hi,
Joseph Young wrote:
>
> Just wondering if any of you have contemplated using weaving techniques
> inside our bobbin lace! Obviously it would add complications, but I am
> sure it can be done.
I thought about that since I saw a scarf made by a member of the dutch design
group “Kanteon” rece
Hello all,
like Susan (and I suppose many more) I wasn’t aware that cost for hosting the
pics was carried by a single member.
Thank you, Clay.
I guess you had first offers of reimbursement and I would add mine to that. I
just need to know who is able and willing to collect. If I give five do
Susan wrote:
> Had to chuckle at another quote: “Torchon, an unsophisticated lace of
> repetitive geometric patterns based on diagonals with a heavy, five hole
> mesh...” Most of you know that Torchon is not my favorite & AB managed to
> capture my sentiments in a nutshell.
Are you prepared
Hello,
I guess if I had had a teacher insisting on me learning straight Torchon if I
all I wanted to do is some nice, flowery Beds, I’d not be as positive towards
it, either.
I am sorry about the way things went with your friend, but I do wonder why she
let that teacher frustrate her so much.
Hello all,
when I stumbled across this website I remembered a fairly recent discussion
about using bobbins to create woven structures. Here John Marshall creates lace
on a loom and some of the diagrams have a very familiar look:
http://www.johnmarshall.to/H-TradTech-Karami.htm
Greetings from
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