Re: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2022 #39

I have to admit I don't actually know. They are working through godaddy. I can only say arachne.com isn't a name that lends itself to ilk. I've had occasional inquiries over the years but have had no trouble declining. Whoever it is seems very interested and came back several times to raise

RE: [lace] Re: Honiton frog patterns

o:i...@thecraftcorner.co.uk> Sent: 22 June 2022 09:46 To: 'Daphne Martin'<mailto:ladylace...@msn.com>; 'ROBERT MORRIS'<mailto:dalmorri...@aol.com>; 'Jane Partridge'<mailto:mous...@live.co.uk>; 'Clare Lewis'<mailto:clareandver...@gmail.com> Cc: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@ar

Re: [lace] Re: Honiton frog patterns

Nobody has the damn right to just take other peoples patterns and pretend they are their designs. It is totally disgusting and really unfair. Where is the care for our designers rights. ?? I had a damned Dutch woman take all my patterns and marked them as her own. It did’nt works out when she

RE: [lace] Re: Flickr photos for Arachne

Hi Sue, Thank you so much for putting all the effort in to keep this going. Happy lacemaking, Joepie, East Sussex, UK From: Sue Babbs Sent: 19 January 2022 19:52 To: Arachne Subject: [lace] Re: Flickr photos for Arachne I thought you'd

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2021 #28

Go to the Flickr site and click on “Photostream” in the top menu bar. First there are the doily books that were just raffled off, then there’s a piece of early spangled lace, and then Carmen Roig Ortuño’s lace pillow. Adele > On Oct 9, 2021, at 6:03 PM, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: > > Where do I

Re: [lace] Re: spangled lace

Congratulations on your auction find. Did you get any information from the seller on how they came into possession of it? I’d love to know about it’s journey through time. Jean Reardon Western Pennsylvania > On Jun 2, 2021, at 10:11 AM, N.A. Neff wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I received

Re: [lace] Re: Lace countries of the world?

Dear Veronika, That sounds like a fantastic idea, but it would certainly be a difficult task! Devon and I have spent many hours discussing just how many lacemakers were active during certain time periods like in the late 19th century revival industries. While it is impossible to compile this

Re: [lace] Re: [Lace] Return to class

Jane, Having the teacher wear one pair of gloves and move from pillow to pillow could theoretically transmit a virus from one student to the next. If the teacher puts on a new pair of gloves each time she approaches another pillow it would be fine. Bear in mind that medical professionals advocate

Re: [lace] Re: [Lace] Return to class

On 8/15/2020 7:31 AM, Jane wrote: But I wonder if it maybe better for the teacher to use close fitting disposable gloves. Would it be okay to go from pillow to pillow with these? (I'm wondering out loud). That ever-popular citation "I read somewhere" that for disease prevention gloves are

Re: [lace] Re Lace identification

Incredible, thank you Jane. Sue Turnbull I agree with needlerun, but also the thought that went through my mind was Limerick?, though I'm wondering about Nottingham (Leavers) as some of the net sides have been stitched into (splitting the twists) rather than the careful darning which would

RE: [lace] Re: Why is Burano mesh very rectangular looking?

Laurie That is a very interesting account. I would never have thought that the manner of holding thread and the use of a pillow could make so much difference. A valuable point of view. Also, regarding "Old Flanders". I think that is a term concocted by lace dealers and those trying to promote

Re: [lace] Re: Why is Burano mesh very rectangular looking?

Thank you Laurie. I have seen people in Burano making needle lace and I think it is as you describe. At the time I thought it was odd, but I wasn't really processing what I was seeing. I guess I have done my part to expand the confusion by translating Vieux Flandre to Old Flanders. Yes, it is a

RE: [lace] RE: Lacemaking in Colonial Spanish America

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Re: [lace] Re: Pewter in bobbins

I find my bone bobbins are heavier than the wooden ones, so don't mix the two in projects Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com -- Original Message -- From: "J Reardon" To: "Arachne" Sent: 1/5/2020 8:28:33 AM Subject: [lace] Re: Pewter in bobbins So sorry. Auto correct changed my subject from

Re: [lace] re the Marian Powys essay. Not so good!

I'll read your Marian Powys essay no matter where it is published or how many footnotes it may contain (I prefer zero, but that’s just me). About a decade ago I discovered a very interesting factoid about the famous first line of Jane Austen’s “Pride & Prejudice” (“It is a truth universally

RE: [lace] RE: East Midlands lace villages

Brian, I took me a while to dig out the article as it was written by Scilla Stephenson not Pat Brunsden, my mistake as Pat is looking into the poor house records. It is in lace 117, p15, and is in response to an article in Lace 114 p12 which had a more general analysis of occupations in the

RE: [lace] RE: East Midlands lace villages

That was interesting Louise, One of the things I do is keep an eye out for "England's Oldest Bobbin". Currently it is a Honiton Trolley dated 1662. We stand a chance with Honiton bobbins to reasonably date the bobbins because many have a date on them. What I took from your email, was that

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Lady Carnarvon’s coronation gown

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Re: [lace] re Find my past "free" ancestry site = correction

Correction to my previous message - I was hurrying and didn't proof read properly -Original Message- From: Malvary Cole Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019 9:50 AM To: brid...@bigpond.com ; Lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] re Find my past "free" ancestry site I double ch

Re: [lace] re Find my past "free" ancestry site

I double checked part of the 1871 census for Honiton, Devon and there are several ladies described as Lace Makers or Lace Manufacturers, and it shows where they were born. There are many more ladies with no occupation shown and I many of them may well have been lace makers, but it wasn't

Re: [lace] re Find my past "free" ancestry site

With Ancestry ,Find My Past, The Genealogist and any other websites with census transcriptions you can report transcription errors (and there were plenty of them down to poor handwriting, transcription by non-native/non-local people and general lack of palaeography skills) but if they have chosen

Re: [lace] Re Honiton? Beds?

http://laceioli.ning.com/groups/group/show?groupUrl=identification-history_source=activity=6475898%3AGroup%3A208=1#comments You will have to scroll through two pages of comments to get to the photos. Devon > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

RE: [lace] Re: Sad news - Jacqui Southworth

Dear Friends I too am sad to hear of Jacqui's death. I never did get to meet her but she taught me a lot over the last 20 or so years. I still have some of that very fine silk she sent me. David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] Re: Sad news - Jacqui Southworth

I join you in being very very sorry that Jacqui has passed. Cancer is never easy to deal with (it took my mother from me) I didn’t know her personally but have been avidly reading and sometimes answering her posts since Arachne was new! We will all miss her terribly! Please pass on to her

Re: [lace] Re Devon Thein

Hello Ann and everyone A name happens to be in your e-mail address. The phishing-software doesn't know 'you' but has detected a person's name. You should have a 'report phishing' option in your message window, through which your server, talktalk-dot-net (yes?) is alerted. Hope this helps in some

Re: [lace] Re: new photos

Oh it's beautiful Ilske! I love it. Catherine Barley UK Sent from my iPad Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com > On 14 Apr 2019, at 08:37, Ilske Thomsen wrote: > > Hello Arachneans, > in my album you find two photos about my stole. Sue Babbs was so friendly to > upload

Re: [lace] re: Lace Hats

Thanks for your reply Susan. I will try to source a book. Karen On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 22:49, Susan Vossier wrote: > Christine Mirecki has designed lots of hats, several of which are sold > published separately, but the ones which fitted Karen's description > (rounded crown, wide brim) I have

RE: [lace] Re: Kopek/Whirlpool filling

. :-)} From: Clare Lewis<mailto:clareandver...@gmail.com> Sent: 20 February 2019 23:58 To: J R<mailto:j...@zoominternet.net> Cc: Arachne Reply<mailto:lace@arachne.com> Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Kopek/Whirlpool filling I discovered that a kopek is a heck of a lot of different t

Re: [lace] Re: Kopek/Whirlpool filling

I discovered that a kopek is a heck of a lot of different things in different languages when I tried to Google for an answer to my question! Anyway, thanks in no small part to a very patient Sue Babbs I have now uploaded three photos to the Arachne Flickr page showing the top and underside of a

Re: [lace] Re bobbin winder

Hello Alice and everyone About replacements bands for The Pocket Bobbin Winder - I bought a packet of neon colour rubber bands from the dollar store, work well, the colours make them easy to find (a incidental plus LOL), seem to be a standard North American stationery size. If the band

Re: [lace] Re bobbin winder

The plexiglas winder is very compact and good for transporting to classes, etc.  It's designed for Midlands bobbins but has an adapter for continentals. Mine worked very well for many years -- but then the elastic bands that provide the tension wore out.  Replacing them with the right size

RE: [lace] Re: Kopek/Whirlpool filling

A kopek is a Russian coin. That makes sense as a name for this filling because it is round. Whirlpool is an excellent descriptor, as well. "Whirlpool Filling and Kopek Filling are the same thing, I am told that Bridget Cook gave them an English name when she wrote Russian Lace Making." Jean

Re: [lace] Re: Kopek/Whirlpool filling

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Re: [lace] Re: What is the best way to start bobbin lace?

On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 12:16 PM Devon Thein wrote: > Actually, I found the Springett videos to be a very satisfying experience. > (...) Of course they were VHS, so I doubt I could even manage to play them > now. I have them on 4 DVD's (available at VanSciver Lace

RE: [lace] Re: What is the best way to start bobbin lace?

Devon I belong to that group on facebook, and Bev is right. Lots of beginners asking advice. It is useful. The other alternative is laceioli, which also has a beginners group. http://laceioli.ning.comBoth are free to join. I like the ning software better. Both allow posting photos, so

Re: [lace] Re: What is the best way to start bobbin lace?

Gina writes: I taught myself, starting with The Torchon Lace Workbook by Bridget Cook. I'm attempting to teach myself Beds from books and from Christine Springett's Beds video series. I have to say, Beds has been more challenging than the Torchon was. I'm still taking baby steps :) I'd love to

Re: [lace] Re: What is the best way to start bobbin lace?

I am no expert but I would be happy to be part of a group, come down from New York and work in Pennsylvania to do a series of YouTube videos? I used to teach Bobbin lace making at the spirit of Crosstitch festival... Sent from my iPhone and if I'm driving please excuse Siri derived typos. >

Re: [lace] Re: Expanding cloth stitch with weaving techniques

Veronika, Excellent analysis, pictures, and discussion! (What are you using for your diagrams? Inkscape?) At the end of the discussion on your website, you commented about whether the pattern will show up in bobbin lace, and it occurred to me that perhaps adding some extra twists and crosses

Re: [lace] Re: Carrickmacross, Silk Mill, Buttons, Painting Yarn

Okay, I just created album "Carrickmacross guipure" with an example. It's been badly washed so the loops at the edge are collapsed, but those loops identify it as Carrickmacross. On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 12:13 PM N.A. Neff wrote: > Actually there's a guipure form of Carrickmacross that is lace

Re: [lace] Re: Carrickmacross, Silk Mill, Buttons, Painting Yarn

Actually there's a guipure form of Carrickmacross that is lace without question. It's much less common than the applique form. I'll try to find a good picture to put up on Arachne2003; my specimens are too hard to dig out right now or I'd photograph those... With regard to whether applique is

Re: [lace] re: Ebb 'n' Flow

Hello Karen,I'm so glad that several people have replied to my report about Ebb and Flow. For some reason I have not received my original emails and neither have they appeared in Arachne Archives. I've not long returned from Jane Atkinson's design workshop in Wimborne. My head is still

Re: [lace] re: Ebb 'n' Flow

Yes, I tried to get there from Liverpool on public transport, and it was not easily possible to get to Poole or Bournemouth - not by train or coach. So sadly I had to give up on the idea when I was in the UK in September Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] re: Ebb 'n' Flow

Hi Karen, You asked "I will be in London on the last weekend of the exhibition and hope to somehow get there. Is it possible with public transport?' Technically yes it is possible but you are looking at a 3 hour journey each way on the Saturday according to Google. Take the train from London

Re: [lace] Re: Cameras [was World Lace Congress of 2018 in Brugge, Belgium]

Dear Nancy, I would add to your email about using a camera - if people decide to start using their cameras whether they are on their phone, SLR or point and shoot camera it is imperative that you know how to use your camera before the lace event. Or any other event. Take the time to experiment

Re: [lace] Re: Aurifil Mako 80

Egyptian 80/2 = 50 w/cm Egyptian 80/3 = 35 w/cm Aurifil 80 = 43 w/cm So a little finer than Egyptian 80/3 and a little thicker than Egyptian 80/2 Brenda > > Not sure where this fits but in Ulrike’s recent publication Hearts, she uses it as Egyptian cotton80 equals aurifil 80. > Dianne > > >

Re: [lace] Re: Aurifil Mako 80

Just to add to the fun, may I ask if the thread sample was white or a color? IMHO identical threads sometimes differ in size because of the dye process. Susan Hottle USA Sent from my iPad > On Sep 9, 2018, at 12:43 PM, Dianne Nicholson wrote: > > Not sure where this fits but in Ulrike’s

Re: [lace] Re: Aurifil Mako 80

Not sure where this fits but in Ulrike’s recent publication Hearts, she uses it as Egyptian cotton80 equals aurifil 80. Dianne - 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] Re: Mystery Thread

WOW Nancy you have really been doing 'my homework'. I will dig out my gem microscope today and take a look. I did not when I was viewing at 10 power that the ends sticking out were very straight, also there were various thicknesses. I have printed out the materials w=you have located on line

Re: [lace] Re: Mystery Thread

Alright! NOW I'm happy. :-) Thanks Cindy! Nancy Connecticut, USA On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 10:32 AM, Cindy Rusak wrote: > ...I have a cone of thread that still has the original plastic cover and > labels on it (including the 9052), and it is the exact same as Lorri's > except it is 70/2. The

Re: [lace] Re: Mystery Thread

Hi All, I have a cone of thread that still has the original plastic cover and labels on it (including the 9052), and it is the exact same as Lorri's except it is 70/2. The FFR red label does say Fil de Lin Dentelles, so I think Lorri's thread is linen. From several cones I have, at one point it

Re: [lace] Re: Mystery Thread

There's also a test to distinguish cotton from linen done by pulling the thread apart and testing the strength of the fibers. Bottom of right-hand column on first page: http://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/hr1_fibr.pdf - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Re: Mystery Thread

I'm sorry to be a stickler, but it is actually not conclusive that what Lorri has is linen on the basis of Jane's evidence. Jane's second cone, which is labeled linen, has a different stock number (9051 instead of 9052). We still don't have a 9052 with an outer label on it. Neither of the two

Re: [lace] Re: Viking needlelace !?!

Sorry, not Tafel 29 (Plate 29), but Figure 29 (Abb. 29), item b -- p. 119 of the PDF. And Levey's quote below refers to bobbin lace, which I've not found an example of. The items I'm identifying as lace are needlelace. On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 2:27 PM, N.A. Neff wrote: > I think Levey might have

RE: [lace] Re: Demise of Fine Linen Lace, was Faery Lace

laces. Lorelei Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Demise of Fine Linen Lace, was Faery Lace I have heard of old Mechlin being made with 240/2 linen thread. Liz R, Raleigh NC - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

Re: [lace] Re: Demise of Fine Linen Lace, was Faery Lace

I have heard of old Mechlin being made with 240/2 linen thread. Liz R, Raleigh NC > Can anyone be more specific? What do you mean by "fine linen thread"? > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Re: Viking needlelace !?!

I think Levey might have overlooked something. The German text specifically says that Tafel 29, item b, was done without a ground fabric. Nancy Connecticut, USA On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Devon Thein wrote: > ..."but for the remains of some fragments of the ground material, could be >

Re: [lace] Re: Viking needlelace !?!

Another interesting find is looping that looks like needle lace in the prehistoric American Southwest. The article found here: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/pdf/pecos2008_webster.pdf has a diagram on page 13 which could well be found in a needle lace book and photos of bags on p. 14 in this

Re: [lace] Re: Viking needlelace !?!

Very interesting pictures. While dreaming of Viking needlelace, don't forget nalbinding, which is the Viking version of knitting, done with a needle and thread. As presently constituted at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, at least, it replaces knitting, but could conceivably be more lace

Re: [lace] Re: Demise of Fine Linen Lace, was Faery Lace

Hi Jane, Some of the pieces I have are made with linen thread as fine or finer than 180 cotton. The thread in one lappet is so fine that it is hard to see in the cloth-stitch areas that it's made of thread at all. I will try to upload a photo to Arachne on Flickr when I get home. Nancy

RE: [lace] RE: Shopping for lace in Belgium........ www.worldlacecongressbrugge2018.be

in Bruges. Greet Rome Brugge2018 vzw -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: b...@historichousehunter.com [mailto:b...@historichousehunter.com] Verzonden: woensdag 8 augustus 2018 2:31 Aan: Greet Rome Onderwerp: Re: [lace] RE: Shopping for lace in Belgium www.worldlacecongressbrugge2018

Re: [lace] RE: Shopping for lace in Belgium........ www.worldlacecongressbrugge2018.be

Thank you so much for that list of traders/vendors at the congress, it took me for a walk down memory lane! Oh happy days in Brugge. Diana in Northamptonshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Re: Carrickmacross collar

Thank you Nancy. A beautiful collar. I took a taster workshop in Carrickmacross lace which the Lace Guild organised but can't remember her name. I have dabbled but not made anything bigger than a coaster! Regards Maureen > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

Re: [lace] Re: Carrickmacross collar

Nancy your collar is just beautiful - many congratulations and thank you for sharing. Catherine Barley UK Sent from my iPad Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com > On 22 May 2018, at 16:55, N.A. Neff wrote: > I've created an album called "Neff, Nancy"

RE: [lace] re: posting questions about what teachers say

lliams <drswilli...@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 10:10:33 PM To: Lbuyred; Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi Cc: Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] re: posting questions about what teachers say It means very gently stroking the bobbins to tension them.?? Best used with fine thread. Beginners are used to giving

Re: [lace] re: posting questions about what teachers say

Does anybody know what "milk the fairy cow" mean? On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 1:18 PM, Lbuyred wrote: > I remember hearing the phrase "milk the fairy cow" when it came to > tightening up a picot. But I can't remember who said that. > Liz R, Raleigh NC > > > Sharon wrote, > > > >

Re: [lace] re: posting questions about what teachers say

I remember hearing the phrase "milk the fairy cow" when it came to tightening up a picot. But I can't remember who said that. Liz R, Raleigh NC > Sharon wrote, > > To my surprise I haven't heard a single comment about the characteristic > things lacemaking teachers say. - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] re: posting questions about what teachers say

Sharon wrote: To my surprise I haven't heard a single comment about the characteristic things lacemaking teachers say. My guess is that since this is a public forum the question may feel indiscreet. This is not a characteristic comment (at least I hope not). No names no pack drill. When I

Re: [lace] Re: Help needed

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Re: [lace] Re: Lace (magazine)

That's worrying Sue, we changed how we send out Overseas mags a while ago because of problems with deliveries. Are you regularly not getting your copy or was this a one off? Clare (in her Lace Guild mode) On 26 April 2018 at 14:42, Sue Babbs wrote: > I recently received

Re: [lace] Re: Lace (magazine)

I recently received the end January edition of "Lace" - after 3 attempts from the Lace Guild to get it to me, so do appreciate knowing when others in America or Australia have received theirs Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] Re: Finger looping

It doesn't look like fingerloop to me either. Tablet weaving absolutely goes back this far (and further.. go anglo-saxons!), but this speaks more to rigid heddle than 4 hole tablet to me. (2 shafts rather than 4, effectively). Lovely piece! Heather in snowy SW Ontario, with a tablet weaving

Re: [lace] Re: Finger looping

That is a better idea to me than a looped technique. Well spotted Jane On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 6:37 AM Jane Partridge wrote: > Jean or Bev Walker might be better than me at identification, but could > these braids be formed by tablet weaving? I believe the technique does

Re: [lace] Re: Bath-changing style of contemporary Needlelace 1970s onwards

Diaper - also used to describe the diamond pattern in brickwork eg Tudor buildings such as Hampton Court Palace. Liz Pass Another dull day with showers in Poole, Dorset. - Original Message - From: "Jane Partridge" To: "DevonThein" ,

Re: [lace] RE: Earnshaw, Diaper

Weaver person here. A diaper pattern is a small pattern arranged in a half-drop repeat. A birdseye twill makes a nice diaper pattern. Hence in the US we had Birdseye diapers (nappies) which were woven in a birdseye twill. Cynthia On Apr 3, 2018, at 5:10 PM, DevonThein

Re: [lace] RE: Earnshaw, Diaper

No I don't think diamond would be a preferred term, since diamonds can be any size. Diaper patterns are a very common term for weavers, and is understood as being a small repeating pattern, not even necessarily in diamond shape *Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC Canada m...@shaw.ca

Re: [lace] RE: Colour in lace-Northamptonshire lace

Dear Cathie It was brilliant wasn’t it! The visitors book was like a Who’s Who of the Lace world of the time. I remember when Pat Rowley invited me, with my Northamptonshire lace research, to be a part of it my reaction was - Yes Please! The end results finally confirmed what I had always

Re: [lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970's

Hi, David wrote: A couple of years earlier I'd bought Miss Tebbs' book and a reel of very fine thread at a shop in Riversdale Road, Camberwell in Melbourne. I'm sure many here will remember that shop. Yes, I remember the shop David as it was in my local shopping centre when I lived in

RE: [lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970's-Pat Read

Dear Jane, Thank you for this long explanation of the origins of your mother, Pat Read and Lucy Kincaid’s book Milanese Lace: an Introduction. The linkage with the Maidmonts confirms one of my theories, that there were various linkages to the early 20th century lace revival in the lace revival

RE: [lace] Re: Lace Revival of the 1970's

Dear Jane and other Friends, Grandma retired. By now, Mum had a family and spent 4 years abroad. We were in Tasmania and I remember Mum being interviewed on TV (ABC?) about her lacemaking and I thought she did some teaching (I must check this!). I've sometimes wondered what happened to

RE: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

Amy Your discussion about Instagram was very interesting, and I was almost ready to join up and start using them. Until you said they are owned by facebook. Perhaps I will join and see how it works, cautiously. However with search engines and hashtags -- I deliberately set up the opening page for

RE: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

to the group administrators. So I try to be “tactful” about it. Lorelei From: Marianne Gallant <m...@shaw.ca> Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18 I know there are 'pages' on Facebook, but that is just not the same as

Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

er than on content. The ning software allows us > to avoid all advertising and really large photos. The facebook software > limits how much detail in a photo will be seen by the viewer. > > By the way, needlelacetalk is free to join. > > Lorelei > > Subject: Re: [lace]

RE: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

the viewer. By the way, needlelacetalk is free to join. Lorelei Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18 Guess what, there is no group for needle lace. There are several for bobbin lace and tatting, but not needle lace. I think someone should

Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18

This comment made me go have a search for needle lace on Facebook. Guess what, there is no group for needle lace. There are several for bobbin lace and tatting, but not needle lace. I think someone should start one, because on the other lace groups I see more and more young people wanting to

Re: [lace] Re: Hairband Magnifier

Jeri, I think the type you are describing are what I use. Hobby Lobby has something similar. They are listed as: Optisight Magnifying Visor. I bought mine in A.C. Moore at least 15-years ago. On Mar 12, 2018 7:18 PM, "N.A. Neff" wrote: > Jeri, > > Out of curiosity I

RE: [lace] Re: Hairband Magnifier

I have had mine for years. It has 3 sets of inter-changeable lenses in different strengths, which just pop out and in. Absolutely brilliant. Agnes Boddington - UK Try looking up Optivisor. I love mine. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Re: Subject lines for posting/Lace Guild Subscriptions

Following Jane Partridge’s comments below that when the index is done, all you will have to do is look at the index to see what is exactly in each issue. I would like to say that as the volunteer who undertakes the indexing of Lace, I am not behind and would add that I indexed Lace 169

Re: [lace] re vintage pattern books

I don't have DMC books but I do have two books that have been invaluable they are:1981 edition of Readers Digest Complete Guide to Needlework and a 1976 edition of Readers Digest Complete Guide to Sewing Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to

RE: [lace] re vintage pattern books

Dear Friends, > I wonder how many of us have copies of the classic DMC *Encyclopedia > of Needle work*? and who has the oldest? Mine is 1928 David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS I also have 2 copies. One is marked 412, April of 1912. The other is older. The beginning is laid out the same except

Re: [lace] re vintage pattern books

Hi, I wonder how many of us have copies of the classic DMC *Encyclopedia of Needle work*? and who has the oldest? I also have 2 copies. One is marked 412, April of 1912. The other is older. The beginning is laid out the same except that the page in the newer book which has the 412 on

Re: [lace] re vintage pattern books

> > I wonder how many of us have copies of the classic DMC *Encyclopedia of > Needle work*? I had bought a copy of that book for sentimental reasons. My mother was given one that belonged to my father’s aunts and, as a little child, I used to love poring over it. Hence, it was one of the first

[lace] RE: [lace] Re: [lace] Dutch Rosaline translation — relief?

Relief also means embossed or raised. Agnes Boddington Subject: [lace] Re: [lace] Dutch Rosaline translation — relief? Relief indeed has a 3d connotation for the rib and a vis is a fish, viske is something like fishlet. Susan schreef op 2017-12-18 17:06: > Is there a Dutch speaker who will

[lace] Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Threading Needles with Pearl /Perlé Thread

Thanks for the directions! I do enjoy Jeri's notes. bobbi -Original Message- From: Lin Hudren Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 3:11 PM To: Jeri Ames Cc: Arachne ; David C COLLYER ; Susan Subject: [lace] Re: [lace] Threading Needles with Pearl /Perlé Thread I was sent these directions

Re: [lace] Re: hint - elastic bands on bobbins

i have used this trick to cover the threads on bobbins in wait to be used to keep the threads clean. i found that Starbucks has a fatter straw so i have gathered a few of those (unused) for the necks that have lots of threads on them. but if your straws are thinner, just use two. thanks for

RE: [lace] Re: hint - elastic bands on bobbins

Good afternoon Regarding the subject of marking bobbins o keep track of specific bobbins. I also found that the elastic bands marked the bobbins if they were on for a few weeks, and this included a couple of painted bobbins I have.I now cut straws into about 1inch(2.5 cms) lengths and then

Re: [lace] RE: Footside on left or right?

Sorry everyone - operator malfunction! The "send" button on my Kindle is where the "delete" button is on my laptop screen! Maybe it was simply that the person who brought the technique to England could remember the technique but put the pricking on the pillow upside down, thus changing the

Re: [lace] RE: Footside on left or right?

Or simply that the person who brought the technique to England put the pricking and put it on On December 12, 2017, at 3:25 AM, J-D Hammett wrote: Hi fellow Arachnids, Janis has put forward an interesting and very plausible theory. Are there any other ideas out there?

Re: [lace] Re: hint - elastic bands on bobbins

I have used small stretchy/elastic hair bands on bobbins to keep the workers identified so I don't mix them up. These have a thread type covering so I don't think they would stick to the bobbins when they get old. I've also used the little stretchy hair bands without a thread covering for small

Re: [lace] Re: hint

First, the elastics don't hold bobbins together, they are just put on the bottom of each bobbin as a marker. And these ones just fall apart when getting old, they don't 'melt' (I don't know what they are made of, not rubber or anything like that, and they don't seem to last very long). And it

RE: [lace] Re: hint

Hi, You are so right Jane, 1. I would NEVER use elastic bands on my bobbins or other wooden objects (bad experience many years ago). It seems that the rubber and wood react together and the rubber rots even quicker. Tie a piece of thread around the bobbins to be marked (with a loop knot for

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