Lace Express 2/2003 has a pattern for triangular corners' designed by
Michela Zongher who graduated from and has taught in the lace School of
Gorizia.
A few working diagrams are included.
Jay, a first-time grandmother who has just arrived home from visiting
Sarah and Emily, born 29 Dec. <2VBG> No
The URL is on more than one line.
If you copy the separate lines into a text file; delete the carriage returns
so that the URL is on one line; copy the one line; and put it in the
address line of the web page, you will be immediately shown the enlarged
picture of the painting.
I know, I had your p
A friend made me a pillow for my one foray into needlelace. It was covered
with velvet and filled with sand to make a firm surface to pin the prepared
pattern onto. And the beginners piece of punto-in- aria is still there .
My pillow is rectangular and has no stand but it is just possible that th
I sat my pillow on a table, the same as a lace pillow, but it has no stand.
The e-bay 'pillow' would be very high if used this way.
Jay
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The web site
http://www.cipka.sk/
shows a cheerful coloured edging - would be great on little girl's clothes.
(I'm just back from 2 weeks visiting my twin granddaughters. They are seven
months old but I am looking ahead )
The fan headside looks thicker than a twisted pair - possibly a plait? Thi
In a travel article in old magazine, 'Australian Gourmet Traveller, June
1977', I came across a reference to 'Isola Maggiore, the lacemakers island
on lake Trasimeno'.
Google provided several references to the island - after all it is said that
St Francis spent his 1211 Lent on the island, sleep
Soon after I started bobbin lace I saw, in Nyplattya Pitsia (double dots on
the 'a's) by Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti, a diagram of "the lace pillow and the
sheet by which bobbins can be moved". The 10 or so pairs of a beginner
don't require much 'moving' so I just mentally filed it away as a curiosity.
Still laughing.
When demonstrating we often suggest that lace can be made using inexpensive
tools to see if this is a hobby you are prepared to invest much time and
money in. But we suggest pillows made from discarded polystyrene fruit or
vegetable boxes, not the contents!
Follow the links below
I also have the Milanese dvd. I bought it directly from Hensel Productions,
the producers. I queried whether or not it could be played in Australia and
Mr Hensel wrote a long reply, describing the 'copyright protection' that has
divided the world into incompatible regions. He concluded:
"In the
Hello Jean,
Barbara Joyce, who posted pictures of her "Humming Bird", supplied me with
the e-mail address. Hensel's snail-mail address is:
John & Kathy Hensel
Hensel Productions
P.O. Box 825
Marcola, Oregon
USA
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In our correspondence Mr Hensel only mentioned havi
Anna Pavord, in the "The Tulip" 1999, described the many attentions that
must be paid to the growing of the bulbs. In the mid 1850's, in
England:
"Awnings were rigged up to shade the tulip beds Calico, lighter than
jute, made the best summer covers, though growers in the Midlands often
used N
Hello Clay,
Just by coincidence I am in the middle of making such a pillow.
Actually closer to the end if you consider that I have had it in mind
ever since I read many years ago about the idea of a 'revolving collar'
in Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti's book "Nyplattya Pitsia - Bobbin Lace" (Two
dots on the
Also 'vertically' challeneged, I struggled with the pillow bag over a
shoulder until problems with my shoulders made that impossible. I
resorted to strapping the bag on to a folding wheeled 'trolley base' -
the sort that was used for a suitcase before suitcases came with
built-in wheels. Because o
(Sorry Aurelia, this was meant to go to Arachne.)
An interesting article about an extraordinary lacemaker, thanks Barb B
in Michigan for letting us know about the article.
But one statement surprised me - perhaps another case of a journalist
getting it wrong?
" they began to look for
One of the trips mentioned is a visit to the Archaeological Museum in
Heraklion.
"Thee town's lacemakers will hold a special exhibition for the group
displaying Cretan lace, bibila and dessies (finger lace)."
I remembered that in "Tina The Little Lacemaker", published last year by
the Rocky Mounta
Encyclopedia of Needlework, Therese de Dillmont (1987 English edition by
Bracken Books) has an illustration of Danish lace "Hedebo" - that is
'finished off with a row of buttonhole stitches'. Figure 959 shows the
detail of the work.
Jay in Sydney
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The chapter on Point Lace in "Beeton's Book of Needlework", has
ill
I often work with jagged line of pins and, like Tamara, also prefer not
to be "boxed in" by a completed section on the right although for me
it's more a practical matter than a *feeling*. I must lift the bobbins
slightly when I tension them and as I am very right-handed, I pull the
bobbins more to
A few years ago DH attended a conference in Turkey and I asked him to
bring me some oya/bebilla as a gift. He didn't find any in the souvenir
stores but eventually found a craft store and purchased a small
polyester square edged with flat flowers pivoted on pyramid stems - the
flowers feel soft bu
Jay Ekers, Australia, 10E
But here in New South Wales we are on daylight saving for a few more
months, so currently 11E?
Jay in Sydney
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Have never seen or heard them, alas, but an Arachne poster several years
ago mentioned Puerto Rican bobbins that are made of bamboo and sound
like wind chimes.
Jay in Sydney
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Similar 'palm leaves' are on a doily on the front cover of "Learn to do
Irish Crochet: Easy-to-follow Instructions and 5 projects" by Nan
Mensinga, published in 2000 by American School of Needlework #1291.
Similarly, p22, in the Dover Needlework Series "Masterpieces of Irish
Crochet Lace: Techni
In an exchange with Pene Piip, now living in Estonia, I received a book
with patterns of Estonian Bobbin Lace by Eeva Talts, 2003, (IOLI has a
copy she donated.)
Lacemaking in Estonia has had its ups and downs. The tradition of bobbin
lacemaking lapsed during the Soviet period, surviving mainly on
ght soap are:
Sodium tallowate, water, sodium cocoate, and/or sodium palm kernelate,
glycerin, fragrance, sodium chloride, titanium dioxide, etidronic acid,
tetrasodium EDTA.
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Don't let my DH hear you say that!
While I did start off with 'dolly pegs' and the ubiquitous 'broccoli
box' for a pillow, lacemaking has became my dominant hobby and now there
is always a book or bobbin I need, urgently or 'just in case'
Jay in Sydney,
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In a
Hello Gom,
The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has a large lace collection. It is open
to the public 10:30 - 13:30 Monday to Friday and is 'manned' by
volunteers from the Lace Guild.
The New South Wales branch of the Australian Lace Guild has its annual
general meeting on the 6th August at Linwood w
In a workshop by Karen Blum we were shown how to convert eyebrow
tweezers - jokingly, I think, she said it is more appropriate to use
'women's' tools. She wraps a rubber band very tightly just above the
handles so that pressure is required to open the tweezers and insert a
thread. When the pressur
A vendor at a recent lace day was selling telescoping metal rods with a
magnet on the tip. They were 60 cm (24") when fully extended but
collapsed down to pen size; they also have a pocket clip as a pen does.
Jay in Sydney
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Previously I have found Lorelei Halley's website very useful but had
mislaid the url. A search on Google gave www.loreleihalley.com/ for the
home page but
"This account has been suspended.
Either the domain has been overused,
or the reseller ran out of resources."
Does anyone know if this is ju
Aantal spelden is the number of rows of grid points
in a pattern repeat ie double the number of edge stitches.
If that is not clear consider that the left hand pair from the last
ground stitch on the left passes out through the left edge gimp and
makes the edge stitch in a pinhole one row below t
As Tamara P Duvall, said Monday, 12 June 2006 10:56 AM
>The Nobecourt/Potin book, OTOH... I think it might be, essentially, the
same one which came out in 1990 as "Bayeux Lace; Yesterday's Lace For
today"
In my copy of this 1990 book (English translation by Kate Riley and
Geneviève Minet), the
I'm seeking information re lace-related sightseeing in Prague and Spain
as I will be tagging along behind DH when he attends conferences next
month.
We may have a couple of days free in Prague between 10-12 August.
Vaguely remember a posting last year from someone who had made
lace-related day t
Hello Mary,
There is a picture of a treble clef designed by Claudine Beauvain on the
site http://perso.orange.fr/guipure/
Look under 'Trucs et astuces', then 'Motifs'.
Go down the left to the box 'Entraînement global'; on the right is 'Clé
de sol'.
I have a copy of "Milca Eremiasva - Rec Krajky
The Austrian folder Salzburger Kloppelspitzen Reihe number 6, contains 12
Old-Flanders patterns - continuous laces, no corners.
Barbara Fay has it listed in 'Altflandrische Spitze' (page 6 in her Jan 2007
catalogue) along with 'Onder de Loep' by Nora Andriess, an analysis of old
Flemish laces fro
In case you change your mind , a peacock in a similar style features on
the cover of 'Decorative Kloppelbilder'(2 dots over the o) Gudrun Ihle (Hg),
#937 in Barbara Fay's Jan 2007 catalogue.
Jay in Sydney, just a satisfied customer...
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Viewing the screen with Microsoft IE, all but one menu (in blue) dropped
down and showed sub menus, on mouseover.
No response from "For beginners"
Many thanks for providing what has become an extraordinarily useful site.
Jay in Sydney
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As Brenda reported 30 July 2007
>an English ell is 45 inches whilst a French ell is 54 inches.
In August last year I accompanied DH to a conference in Prague. And I just
happened to photograph a standard ell - an upright metal strip attached to a
door frame. Too many photos that day to write th
A fan pattern I bought in Spain it had this symbol in it. I didn't
recognise it but when I manage to convey my ignorance, the owner found a
piece of lace and indicated the roseground on it.
Jay in Sydney
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Could it be a tool for making sewings? If there is an eye at the bottom of
the curved replaceable pieces it could be a lazy Susan.
Jay in Sydney
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Could it be a tool for making sewings? If there is an eye at the bottom of
the curved replaceable pieces it could be a lazy Susan.
Jay in Sydney
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A Google search brought up Australian suppliers of engineering felt but it
is available in a confusing variety of types:
"The types of Engineering Felt available are A, B, Firm White Felt (FWF),
Saddle Felt, Podiatry Felt and Removalist Felt."
What type are you using?
Jay in Sydney
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Thanks, Elizabeth,
Having only ever seen nanduti in white, I was surprised by the colour.
And there are more amazing coloured pictures on the linked site
http://renyangela.multiply.com
Look under 'photos'.
Jay in Sydney
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Hello Pene,
check
www.guildofneedlelaces.org/Sales.html
They have a photo of an aficot for sale for 9 English pounds.
Jay, currently visiting grandchildren in Perth, Australia
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Brass pins used in the more humid Sydney area do tarnish after a while. Not
a problem as they clean easily if soaked for a few minutes in a hot dilute
solution of liquid detergent, and vinegar. Rinse and dry well afterwards.
No problem, except for the forgotten UFO where the pins were so corroded
If it is paper+contact it is only re-usable a few time so make two copies
originally and file the spare photocopy.
Jay in Sydney
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To: pene piip;
In January this year the banner on the Museo Del Merletto in Burano gave
opening times: - from first November to 31 March 10am/4pm, 1 April to 31
October 10am/5pm; closed Tuesday, 25 December, 1st January and 1st May.
However, when we got close it was obvious they had omitted to say which
year! Pe
Many thanks for the information on museums with lace, de Gouden Leeuw and
Pakhuis Koophandel, Margot and Jo. "Lonely Planet", which is usually a very
helpful guide lists neither! In fact, 'lace' is not even in the index.
Ank and Jo, thanks for informing Roelien, she has e-mailed me.
Looking fo
Following up from the link below I came to:
http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/lace.html
There is this about the large dome:
Lace Tent is an interesting project initiated by Akiko Sato, a japanese
artist (photographer). The tent measures 3x2 meters. In order to finish it,
ten local lace-makers wo
DIL, a member of the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronists) has chosen to make
a simple bobbin lace edging, p32 in 'Elizabethan Lace' by Gilian Dye. The
edging will be in linen thread to match a linen shift.
The suggested thread is 50 linen or Special Dentelles 80. The Bockens 50/2
linen I ha
Possibly, but I am not an authority.
There is bobbin lace made in villages in the north.
A few years ago I purchased a stole / table runner from a market in Rio de
Janeiro that looked like pictures of Brazilian lace displayed on a web site
that is no longer available. However, it looks very much
Adding an "s" solves the problem
i.e. blogspot
Jay in Sydney
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I couldn't ge
A friend made a needlelace pillow for me and filled it with sand.
Jay in Sydney
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Cc: 'Arachne'
Subject: Re: [lace] first pillow
saw dust,
I will be in Durango, Colorado, USA, for a couple of days from 18May 2011,
while DH is at a conference. Then until 11 June we will be touring in Nova
Scotia/Newfoundland.
Are there any lace interests we can visit then?
Jay in Sydney
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I will be in Durango, Colorado, USA, for a couple of days from 18May 2011,
while DH is at a conference. Then until 11 June we will be touring in Nova
Scotia/Newfoundland.
Are there any lace interests we can visit then?
Jay in Sydney
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Thanks to all who replied to my query.
Unfortunately, the Mail administrator returned the e-mails I sent to the
contacts, listed in the USA and Canadian lace groups site. I will search
telephone books when I get geographically closer.
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No idea of the type of lace but, in shape, it resembles the lace sewn onto a
tea cosy.
Jay in Sydney
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Hello All! I thought it might be nice if we could return the favor (her 17thC
book review) by helping her identify "handmade" lace from the Utah Quilt
Museum. She
Thanks for the information, Liz.
This site however, does not show the 4 "Scan Books" on the Moravia site.
I was only able to download a French translation from the Moravia site.
Jay in Sydney
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I bought a partially used cone of thread from a lace trading able.
It is fairly fine, perhaps a 50/2 if it were cotton but there is a fine
sheen - silk ? / rayon? / ?
Identification inside the cone is:
B1627
2/8s Rev. Q4703
Shetland
Driftwood
Driftwood could refer to the colour but it doesn't fe
Hello Bev,
Re thread:
> B1627
> 2/8s Rev. Q4703
> Shetland
> Driftwood
Secure in my little bobbin lace niche I never thought of weaving, but it is
a large cone - 18cm.
Ilske Thomsen also suggested I burn the thread.
I burnt a piece of the mystery thread, and a piece of perle cotton for
compar
I clicked on a couple of the Handmade bobbin laces from the city of
Chantilly, France. http://www.housefabric.com/Chantilly-Lace-C285.aspx
The descriptions of two only asserted that they are "made in France"; or are
"original Chantilly lace made in France". But for a third,
"Please Note; This
The Arachne bobbin was to celebrate the 1st anniversary in 1996.
I have a pair, one dark blue the other light blue (now slightly greenish with
age).
They were from England.
Possibly Margaret Hall? We have had a few new computers since then and the old
information is lost.
Jay in Sydney
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Margaret Wertheim ("Pythagoras Trousers" and the hyperbolic crochet coral reef
project) is a co-founder of the Institute For Figuring, an organization based
in Los Angeles, California, that promotes the public understanding of the
poetic and aesthetic dimensions of science and mathematics
Marg
Candace asked:
>Does anyone out there have instructions for crocheting bobbin holders?
It looks simple enough, but I wonder if instructions were available
somewhere on the Web. Thanks.
I crocheted very simple ones from listening to a description.
To hold a dozen bobbins:
Crochet 25 chain. One tre
>What I'm curious about is how you use them exactly. I have seen the
bobbin
holders online so I know what a bobbin holder does. But do you insert
the
bobbins in the crocheted holder? Or do you just pin it over the bobbins
like I do with a piece of elastic?<
Opal, I insert the bobbins in turn ab
>Someone, I think on this list used the word ***artisan***. Artist, one
>who creats and artisan, a skilled craftsman who renders.
The Macquarie Dictionary (Australian) considers an *artisan* to be:
1. one skilled in an industrial or applied art; a craftsman.
2. a member of the urban working
With a lot of help from my DH I've finally taken advantage of the free
web space my provider offers to show some of my lace. None of my
designing, but I did have pleasure in the making.
Included is my second working of Louise's Milanese 'Dogwood' from a
workshop at the lace Museum a few years ag
I have just ordered a copy from Needlecraft Book Service.
Their October catalogue also lists a couple of other lace books.
Jay
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Robin Panza said:
>I prefer to talk about "stitches", but also use C/T. So I think of an
>area
as being "cloth stitch", annotate my pattern as "CS", but think "CTC" as
I'm working it<
I have just come back from a four days workshop on Flanders that
included many hours of colouring in working dia
The pattern, reached from the Keystone Lacers home page is at
http://www.keystonelaceguild.org/WoodsPattern.htm
Jay, Sydney , Australia
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> > Sorry - I'm not the greatest typist, as is illustrated by the typo
> > in my freebie pattern found
I will be in Cape Town for several days beginning Monday 9 February while DH
attends meetings.
Any recommendations for museums etc where lace is displayed?
Jay in Sydney
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These use a similar idea to the bobbins that used little bought spools of
wound thread. A great improvement here that you are able to wind the
bobbins yourself.
Jay in Sydney
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In Australia Father's Day is observed on the first Sunday of September.
Jay in Sydney
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Do all (or most) nations have Father's Day on the 3
Beeton's Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in
1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. A facsimile edition was first published in
USA in 1986 by Exeter Books.
It has a chapter on Point lace - machine made braids tacked to a pattern and
the design completed with needle lace filling
As far as I know there was not a translation of the whole book but "Joining
and attaching Lace, an undervalued craft" is a translation of the words only
- it is useless without the diagrams of the original book in Dutch.
I have a spare copy of the word-translation (bought many years ago when I
had
In January 2014 ago we were in Cochin in Goa, a southern Indian state settled
by the Portuguese.
Nuns among the settlers made lace and the knowledge has been passed down. I
bought a bobbin lace doyley in a shop selling lace and embroidered items by a
local women's group so a few years ago lace
You have had some articles published on the 'Arizona archives',
https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/
Is this not suitable, or doesn't reach a wide enough audience?
Jay in Sydney.
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I have heard these called Belgian stands. My Australian made one has given
many years service; it is the same as Tess described but additionally has a
plate that fits over the top cross bar - this supports the pillow without
needing a lap. I usually lay a rubber non-slip mat beneath the pillow for
I had the same problem and found the little butterfly hairclips were useful
to mark the ring pair. A previous use for the clips was to hold a metallic
thread on a bobbin.
Jay in Sydney
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Devon,
I am using Outlook and only got a few words when you were using AOL.
Your recent posts "[lace] Arachne Anniversary-history" and "[lace] point
ground honeycomb? In Mechlin" via gmail were complete.
Jay in Sydney
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I only get part of Devon's messages. The last character received is nearly
always a 'b'.
Jay in Sydney
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Subject: [lace] 20th century bobbin lace grounds
Vis a vis the c
When we visited in August last year, the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in
Vienna, Austria, had a very large room where lace of many types was displayed.
There is an online collection:
https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?&q=lace
Incidentally, "Anno O. alias Bertha Pappenheim, the first o
On a different scale - a very large scale - Choi + Shine, architects, have
designed international lace projects handmade by skilled crocheters from
all over the world.http://www.choishine.com/
2016 Amsterdam Light Festival - a sail spanning a canal.
"The Six antique motif designs used for t
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