Yes I can confirm that. As a past member of the Westhope Group I was told that
she passed away that morning but had been suffering from dementia for several
years and passed away peacefully in a nursing home. She has been sadly missed
for several years now!
Catherine Barly
UK
Sent from my
I saw a post on Facebook saying Barbara Underwood had died, but I don't know
anything more than that.
I have several of her books and have worked a number of pieces from them. She
is certainly a super star in my lace firmament!
Liz Redford
Raleigh, NC, USA
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there is an older woman whose son owns the local lumber store and he
mentioned to me that she owned a bobbin winder when i was buying wood
for mine, so i assume she is an able bodied lace maker if she is not
too far into her elderly years. i think i will slip in there with some
baked cookies or a
sorry! i read the email without thinking. you were talking about
winding the bobbins. i am definity going to use this, so i will
practicing it tonight. i really want to get some winding done. i'll
bet it takes no time by rolling the string up or down the leg. it
was working great with the
i have another book on cluny lace that has 2 methods of doing picots,
but one is the same way i have been doing it, and they both suck.
excuse my slang, but its true. i tried for an hour last night doing
the other and it was even worse. the picot pattern i orginally started
out with works the
Yes, you use one string on the bottom of the bobbin to
wind the thread on the top of the bobbin.But the
best way to see how it works is (at first) to forget
about the thread at the top and get the feel for how
the string can make the bobbin spin.
I don't remember where you live but next time
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Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [lace] barbara underwood double picots
i'll watch out for that tonight when i work on it again.
maybe the tension is not equal, and that is throwing it off.
i'll definitely
do you mean that there are two different strings attached, one at the
bottom of the bobbin and one at the top? the string method would be
much better because the amount you of thread put on the bobbin per spin
would be more on such a small thread than on a wide dowel or even the
smallest dowel.
the thread is size 50 and it isn't the twisting that is the problem.
it is the thread slipping out of place which would stop if it were
twisted. instead of leaving bare thread i am going to try to just
twist it 6 times and then do a half stitch. it can't come undone with
that method. i've done
i think it is better to go by what you think looks better on the picots
because i don't like the way these look. they are done correctly, and
they look like the ones in the book, so i followed the directions
correctly, but i would prefer something different. i'd like to know
where to buy picot
Hi Suzy
Try twisting the thread 5 times - the number of twists depends on the
thickness of the thread and the size of the pin. You need just enough for the
little
twisted cord to fit round the pin and 5 is usually about right for medium
weight thread.
I guess you are doing picots on the
Picots vary according to the sort of lace you are making. So picots in Beds
are different from in Binche which aren't the same as those in Bucks lace
etc. As you learn a new sort of lace the constant question is how does this
sort make picots?
Sue
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that should help. i went ahead with my pattern and did not take out
any pins in the picots until there was an inch more lace underneath it,
and then it didn't move. maybe i took the pins out too soon. i hate
to think they will come out once the lace is washed. i will try to
twist 5 times
You may well may doing this, Susan, but you didn't mention it in your last
message.
Jacquie in her detailed response to your picot question said:
Now very
gently snuggle the threads until they are the same tension; you
should be able
to see the twisted bit going round the pin now, and then
i'll watch out for that tonight when i work on it again. maybe the
tension is not equal, and that is throwing it off. i'll definitely
watch for that because i don't want it to fall to pieces once i get it
done. this is just a practice pattern for a book mark i am making with
old wound bobbins.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:19:21 -0500, Sue wrote:
Picots vary according to the sort of lace you are making. So picots in Beds
are different from in Binche which aren't the same as those in Bucks lace
etc. As you learn a new sort of lace the constant question is how does this
sort make picots?
For
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if anyone is interested, the best method i have come
up with so far is
to attatch the bobbin to a thin dowel with a rubber
band, and then
twist it down my leg like a spindle. the thinner
the dowel, the more
twist per push, and the bobbins fill up faster.
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