[lace] Knitted lace
There has been some discussion on Ravelry about this: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/outdoor/penguin_audiobooks_knitting?size=original I think it's chemical lace, hand stitched between two sections of hand knitted garter stitch. I don't think that the person holding the needles and yarn so awkwardly was the knitter of the main section of garter stitch, but she may have had something to do with the upper section which has a couple of mistakes! Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - 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/
[lace] Ancillary to Teaching Lace to Children
Teaching lace to children is part of the survival of lacemaking. I have always thought that lacemaking, especially geometric Torchon, has the ability to help the mind work mathematically. Pairs going in and out, moving from place to place. If that is so, it may be a means of helping school age children develop brains that think mathematically. We are not, of course, talking numbers here, but things like geometry, perhaps even logic. If there is an arguable connection, there is an 'in' with the schools. Lacemaking certainly can do no harm, and if it might help students in math, logical thinking, seeing connections, or help children who learn visually to learn mathematical concepts, this may be the way to get an in with the schools, and with the parents who influence the schools. After all, engineering, physics, math, science and the like have only been easily open to women recently, yet our group, usually composed of more mature women, has a fairly large number who deal with such topics, and, I suspect, a large number of women who would have except for other factors. So, you math/science/engineering/physics types, is there a connection between geometric lace and your discipline? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it is typical July weather, sunny, hot, humid. But not much of a chance for a thunderstorm. High 90F, 29C. 80+% humidity. - 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] Knitted lace
If you zoom in on the letters, they look as if they are simply made from the knitting yarn laid in place to form the letters. There do not seem to be any stitches over them. I think someone has carefully place the yarn on to the the fabric world equivalent of sticky backed plastic. I forgot what it is called, and then maybe washed or ironed that plastic out. Or maybe it is still in place. Clever book cover! Sue There has been some discussion on Ravelry about this: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/outdoor/penguin_audiobooks_knitting?size=original - 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] Knitted lace
Yes, this If you zoom in on the letters, they look as if they are simply made from the knitting yarn laid in place to form the letters. seems so. but often letters from one row are connected with letters on the row below. On one point the thread is cut, it's the sixth row under the connection of the two needles, because the letter wasn't laid in another way. Nevertheless it looks interesting and it needed patience to do it. Ilske - 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] Teaching Lace to Children
Hello All Our group here in East Yorkshire have been demonstrating lace today and are back again tomorrow, at a Garden Centre in Dunswell, just outside of Hull. This morning we had a lady who was very interested, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that she takes it further... while she was chatting to Maureen, her son of around 14 was eyeing up the practice pillow after showing him what to do, we set him the challenge of finishing off the small piece of lace that was on there just a small 'fish' shape he finished it and was extremely proud to be able to take it home!!! With any luck it will stay with him for the rest of his life, that he CAN do something like this!!! Sue in a hot, sticky, East Yorkshire - 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/
[lace] Knitted lace
Seeing the back of the letters would give lots of clues. It looks to me like a machine made novelty with the yarn sewn on a sheer fabric and excess yarn trimmed off. The T's are crossed with a short pieces of yarn. All the rows were probably stitched at the same time, across the fabric. The loops could interlock as needed. Since it's computer controlled, it would be easy to order specific names and have them incorporated. I think that the back would show stitches in a clear thread that are not seen in the picture. I've done lots of craft sewing and have done some weird things with a sewing machine. This lettering would have to have a stabilizing backing on it. The picture looks like there's a sheer film under the letters, probably synthetic fabric. It would have to be soft for draping, but sturdy. The loops for the person to knit into for it to look attached are interesting. It must come in a kit for the knitted yarn to match the stitched lettering. Thanks for an interesting puzzle. Alice in Oregon .. where it's clear, dry, hot for the third week. Three lace meetings this week, plus the town festival. Busy, busy, buy. - Original Message - If you zoom in on the letters, they look as if they are simply made from the knitting yarn laid in place to form the letters. There do not seem to be any stitches over them. I think someone has carefully place the yarn on to the the fabric world equivalent of sticky backed plastic. I forgot what it is called, and then maybe washed or ironed that plastic out. Or maybe it is still in place. Sue There has been some discussion on Ravelry about this: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/outdoor/penguin_audiobooks_knitting?size=original - 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] Topic Changed to - Teaching Children (in England)
I answered Jeri privately. Joepie -Original Message- From: jeria...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 4:58 AM To: lace@arachne.com Cc: jdhamm...@msn.com Subject: [lace] Topic Changed to - Teaching Children (in England) In a message dated 7/3/2013 1:51:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jdhamm...@msn.com writes: Just for interest sake, where are there children's groups, either as classes or clubs with some tuition? In my immediate area the schools will not even put an A4 poster up to announce that there is a lace class or lace club starting (or re-starting) locally. Joepie Dear Joepie, Americans thought the problem of educating young lacemakers had been solved in England! Certainly, most of us have checked the Young Lacemakers option on The Lace Guild's site: _www.laceguild.org_ (http://www.laceguild.org) --- Perhaps parents would be more comfortable if you teach in a library, shop, church, museum, or YMCA meeting room. Suggest you investigate that in advance. Libraries are especially nice, because a parent can go elsewhere in the building to read while you are teaching. Enlist at least one volunteer aide. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center. - - 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/
[lace] ( lace) Teaching children lace
Well Done Sue!! Keep up the good work Daphne Norfolk Uk - 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/
[lace] In Fine Style - Hair Grease; Lace Collar Usage Today - Stain Prevention
Please file this memo under Lace Conservation. In the June 21st announcement of the exhibit at the Queen's Gallery in London bearing my title To London to Visit the Queens, Kings, Princesses, Princes, etc, private questions have come in asking about the exhibited cloak band's area which would be concealed by the wearer's hair being of plain woven linen, avoiding the expensive lace being exposed to grease. Grease is the word the curator used in the book's text, on page 87. The origin of the grease is not given. Let's look at that famous van Dyck depiction of Charles I. Did you notice the asymmetrical cut of his hair? It is slightly longer than his chin on the right side of his face, and a lot longer on the left side, meaning it rests on the lace collar band all the way around the back. http://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/2203 Other costume books have been consulted. Valerie Cumming's A Visual History of Costume - The Seventeenth Century was quite revealing, though almost all photos are black and white. Another portrait of the King, full length, by D. Mytens, also shows the asymmetrical haircut. Other male portraits in the following pages, all from the early 1630's, show the 1st Earl of Holland, 2nd Earl of Warwick, and William Style of Langley, all with this hair cut, which would have resulted in their lace cloak bands being exposed to whatever was used to properly style their hair. By mid-century, some collars had become deeper, so that more lace could be seen below the longer hair on the left! We can learn from this. Conservation teaches us to be aware of dangers to our laces. Many older collars are inherited or bought in used condition and have skin oil stains around the necklines. These are very difficult to remove, because strong soaps, scrubbing, and hot water are strictly forbidden. Only if a lace is strong and relatively new, can it be soaked for days in room temperature distilled water to which Orvus soap has been added. The longer lace soaks, the more threads expand. This helps release stains. But, anyone considering this needs to read my many memos of the past on Arachne, practice on other laces, then use extreme caution. Otherwise, a professional conservator must be engaged, resulting in considerable expense.. There are suggestions for wearing lace collars today. Most important is to select a garment to wear under lace collars that will cover the neck, so the lace rests on fabric. Do note, however, that the garment should be color-fast (old 19th C. collars have often picked up black dye from dresses). Avoid pinning brooches into lace collars. Loosely basting them onto the garment is safer. When you are preparing for a lace-wearing event, spray your hair before you dress. Also, apply spray perfumes and all your makeup and powders in advance. Lace should be the last thing you don. If it must go over your head, a shower cap briefly stretched over the face is a stain preventive. If you will be driving a car with a seatbelt or standing in a crowded elevator with women who will finger your lace with hand-lotioned hands, and so forth, you have to be prepared to get closer to your final destination before you put on your laces, or cover them completely with a shawl while in transit. Sounds like a lot of bother. But, it is much easier than wet cleaning lace. Oils, perfumes and hand creams may not show as stains immediately. These become imbedded in threads and subsequently attract dirt that will cling to lace fibers. They are also attractive meals to moths and minute microorganisms that like to feed on them, and leave stains and holes in their wake.. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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/
