[lace] out of date books
Hi Arachnids Many of us are concerned about lace books going out of date. My printer will Print-on-demand and then send out books for a very small initial fee. He is not cheap but totally honest and you will receive more than the normal royalty rate. i.e. all you do is send him a book and then receive royalties. Let me know if you would like his details. Blow the dust Alex - 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] Colour of linen
Hi Linda Thank you for your reply. I knew we would have someone who could give us the definitive answer. Blow the dust, let,s make lace Alex -Original Message- From: Bill Linda Mitchell Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2015 6:25 PM To: Alex Stillwell Subject: Re: [lace] Colour of linen DH (who is a botanist) thinks this is not a valid point. The membrane of the root will allow only selected minerals to come into the plant system. For the iron molecules to cross the membrane, they would have to be in a soluble form. Iron oxide (the red form) is not water soluble. There is iron in the plant, the lack of which causes chlorosis (much like iron-deficient anemia in animals). This iron is in a different form than iron oxide. Best to all, Linda, the string-a-holic in a very hot (and likely to be that way for another week or so) NW Oregon. -Original Message- From: Alex Stillwell Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 1:28 PM To: Arachne reply Cc: Brenda Paternoster Subject: [lace] Colour of linen Hi Brenda Re: . but I have also read somewhere that the soil and growing conditions has some effect on the colour of unbleached flax/linen. Where the soil is rich in iron and has a reddish colour the flax fibres will absorb some of that colouring. That also sounds feasible. If busy lizzie flower stems are placed in red ink they will absorb the colour into the flowers, absorbing iron sounds much the same. Any botanists out there who can give a definitive answer? Blow the dust, let,s make lace. Alex - 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/ - 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] out of date books
Personally speaking, whilst I love Kindle books for anything thatâs going to be read just once - immediate and easy to store - for any type of reference book or one with instructions etc I strongly prefer the printed version, so much easier to flip from page to page to find whatever it is you are looking for. Re: .pdf files - unless you have the full Adobe software they are not editable but they are scaleable so might be printed at any size. The only way to know what the intended size is, is to include a scale or the 10cm x 10cm square. Brenda instead of hunting down the essential book âPractical Skills in Bobbin Laceâ by Bridget M. Cook, you can get it in the Kindle shop now for a very reasonable price - itâs a godsend to have it available everywhere on an iPad or KIndle. Or â100 Traditional Bobbin Lace Patternsâ by Cook/Stott. The bad thing being that itâs not possible to print from Kindle apps, so you can only use screenshots and then youâre not able to know which size the patterns were originally - that wouldnât happen if there were PDF files available, which allow for printing at exactly 100% Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com 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] 3D printers - out of date books
Would we really want to do this, however, considering we have some excellent bobbin turners who would likely be put out of work by such a move? Technology can have devastating effects on livelihoods - call me a Luddite if you wish! Jane Partridge On 5 Jul 2015, at 13:13, Achim Siebert ac...@achims.de wrote: To stay nerdy: with the upcoming 3D-printers, we’ll eventually be able to make our own bobbins - 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] Re: pattern qustion
Dear All, I got the missing parts very quick thank Clay. Thank you all others who tried to help me. 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] out of date books
There are even further possibilities today. Instead of just stopping to have their books printed, the authors could make those volumes public domain and give them to project Gutenberg - usually there’s already high quality PDF files available or can at least be created easily. Or arrange for that to happen in case of their decease by a testamentary note or some such. I presume most authors would like to have their work to live on and be common and well known to advance the cause of lacemaking. Some of this is happening already - instead of hunting down the essential book „Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace“ by Bridget M. Cook, you can get it in the Kindle shop now for a very reasonable price - it’s a godsend to have it available everywhere on an iPad or KIndle. Or „100 Traditional Bobbin Lace Patterns“ by Cook/Stott. The bad thing being that it’s not possible to print from Kindle apps, so you can only use screenshots and then you’re not able to know which size the patterns were originally - that wouldn’t happen if there were PDF files available, which allow for printing at exactly 100%. A big oversight by Amazon. They could at least include a page containing a picture of a 10x10 cm square with measurements given for comparison. Achim from Berlin - with nearly 29 °C in my room now and high humidity, trying to move as little as possible Am 05.07.2015 um 09:36 schrieb Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net: Hi Arachnids Many of us are concerned about lace books going out of date. My printer will Print-on-demand and then send out books for a very small initial fee. He is not cheap but totally honest and you will receive more than the normal royalty rate. i.e. all you do is send him a book and then receive royalties. Let me know if you would like his details. Blow the dust Alex - 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] OIDFA Lace translator
Dear Miriam, The translation was done according to the Academy of the Hebrew Language special dictionary for Lace, Needlework and textile terminology. You may find this special dictionary in the Academy web page, and see that I've followed, to the letter, the Academy guidelines in translating these terms. Therefore, your notes should be addressed to the Academy committee. Yael -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Miriam Gidron Sent: יום א 05 יולי 2015 12:38 To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] OIDFA Lace translator Hi, As a native Israeli, who grew up on the Hebrew language and is using it daily, I right away checked on the OIDFA translations from English into Hebrew. I have studied graduated in translating so I guess I still can say something in this respect. Many of the words I found are old fashioned and no longer in use. Hebrew is a living language which adapts to changes and uses in modern times. I would never use some of the terms given. I do teach lace from time to time and I have learnt lace making from a teacher using Hebrew. I must say that she did translate some of the terms from the Czech language but they worked well and made lots of sense. Many embroiderers and weavers use some terms which are identical to lace making terms and I have never heard any of them use some of the words I have found on the OIDFA translator. We do have an academic language committee which comes up with new terms to be used in Hebrew rather than using foreign words but many of them just don't seem to survive the academy. There are new words for computer terms and some just don't find their way into the daily language. I doubt there are many of you who would refer to these translations but if they are done they should be done properly. I have written a comment to OIDFA. Miriam in Arad Israel - 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/ - 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] out of date books
Hello Brenda, Personally speaking, whilst I love Kindle books for anything that’s going to be read just once - immediate and easy to store - for any type of reference book or one with instructions etc I strongly prefer the printed version, so much easier to flip from page to page to find whatever it is you are looking for. That depends a lot on how good the PDF or eBook was prepared - there can be contents pages that link directly to the respective pages or appendices with linked catchwords. So it might actually be much easier to find something. I’d for one would love to have your edition 6 in that format eventually. Re: .pdf files - unless you have the full Adobe software they are not editable but they are scaleable so might be printed at any size. The only way to know what the intended size is, is to include a scale or the 10cm x 10cm square. This is not really necessary for PDF (if done correctly, which nowadays most of them are). If I look at an A4 PDF document at 100%, I see exactly A4 on my 27’ iMac (I can put a sheet of A4 paper in front to check and it fits perfectly). And if I print it at 100%, I get the exact size intended. So for a PDF with patterns, it will usually be printed correctly. Even better: if the author states to use the pattern at e.g. 170% magnification, you don’t have to go to a copy shop but just print it at 170% and you’ll have the correct size. This is of course only true if the whole workflow is done digitally, i.e. the book being written inside Indesign, PageMaker, QuarkXPress or Apple’s Pages. Even Word can output to correctly sized PDF now as far as I know (I haven’t used it for some years). For scans of old books converted to PDF this doesn’t apply necessarily - the creator of such a PDF will have to have some technical prowess and a good scanner to reach a 1:1 result. So I’m quite confident that the problems we still have within the digital world will be gone eventually. I’m always fascinated how well everything works together already - take for instance my cutting plotter (Silhouette Cameo): I can draw any form with any fillings and any fonts, print it with registration marks, then put it into the plotter and end up with an exactly cut out form. I use this to make e.g. nostalgic stickers with fancy outlines for cookie jars, bottles etc. Measurements I used in the software are always correct to a 10th of a mm. To stay nerdy: with the upcoming 3D-printers, we’ll eventually be able to make our own bobbins in any form and size we might want to (unfortunately only in plastic and not in wood). Even now it would be possible, the affordable machines for home use have a maximum working area of 12x12x12 cm and a 0.1 mm accuracy. I’m looking forward to the possibilities this will open up as soon as that technology will be a bit more advanced and reliable. Best, Achim. - 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] OIDFA Lace translator
Hi, As a native Israeli, who grew up on the Hebrew language and is using it daily, I right away checked on the OIDFA translations from English into Hebrew. I have studied graduated in translating so I guess I still can say something in this respect. Many of the words I found are old fashioned and no longer in use. Hebrew is a living language which adapts to changes and uses in modern times. I would never use some of the terms given. I do teach lace from time to time and I have learnt lace making from a teacher using Hebrew. I must say that she did translate some of the terms from the Czech language but they worked well and made lots of sense. Many embroiderers and weavers use some terms which are identical to lace making terms and I have never heard any of them use some of the words I have found on the OIDFA translator. We do have an academic language committee which comes up with new terms to be used in Hebrew rather than using foreign words but many of them just don't seem to survive the academy. There are new words for computer terms and some just don't find their way into the daily language. I doubt there are many of you who would refer to these translations but if they are done they should be done properly. I have written a comment to OIDFA. Miriam in Arad Israel - 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] out of date books
I bought the cook / Scott laces stitches for the kindle on iPad to use when teaching so I could keep my copy at home. It does the job but the kindle does not render the page the same way as the written book. What is on one page and easy to see in the paper copy is over 2 or three pages on the kindle regardless of which way you hold it up. The means that the photo and diagram are not shown together L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 5 Jul 2015, at 11:06, Achim Siebert ac...@achims.de wrote: Some of this is happening already - instead of hunting down the essential book „Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace“ by Bridget M. Cook, you can get it in the Kindle shop now for a very reasonable price - it’s a godsend to have it available everywhere on an iPad or KIndle. Or „100 Traditional Bobbin Lace Patterns“ by Cook/Stott. - 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] 3D printers
Hmm I do not think it would affect the bobbin turners too much Jane. I, for one, would far sooner use a beautiful hand turned wood or bone bobbin by those bobbin turners out there rather than one made of plastic!! (Thinking here of the likes of Sixpenny Bobbins, Stuart Johnson, Chris Parsons and others whose names do not spring to mind at present) and I have a number of all of their bobbins in use at the moment!!) However, there are lacemakers around who only ever use plastic bobbins each to his own!! Some 'collect' bobbins from certain turners (thinking of the bobbin a month clubs), and I can't really see them stopping unless something 'drastic' happened!! Back down off soapbox and into the garden because it's sunny here today!! Sue in 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] Re: 3D printers - out of date books
Hello Jane, I think most of us will want to work with „real“ wooden bobbins. But this might get necessary eventually - I know only one source of high quality bobbins in the European styles like Binche, Mechlin etc. that are affordable (Karin Langendorf), and I’m quite sure that those are also sold by Belgian and French shops. The rest that you might find is one kind of clumsy Danish bobbin that has no smooth finish at all. And then there’s the typical German kind, which is also more suited to coarser thread. The spangled bobbins of England are not as easily copied - and even those are already available in plastic. There are a few providers of those, but they are not adequate tools for really fine laces as Binche, Chantilly and others, as they take too much room on the pillow, are slower to work with and the spangle get’s easily caught in the threads. I like them a lot anyway and use them for Torchon bookmarks and other smaller projects. So for me the 3D-printed bobbins would just be a replacement if eventually there are no bobbins available any more in the French and Belgian styles. I’ll never need them, since I already have a few hundred of my favourites: the Binche type (Bruge or Bayeux style would probably do just as well). Wood turning machines also make progress - there are CNC machines that make very accurate copies of one piece. The cost of those machines is so high, though, that it will probably make no sense to use them for the small market of bobbins. Best, Achim. Would we really want to do this, however, considering we have some excellent bobbin turners who would likely be put out of work by such a move? Technology can have devastating effects on livelihoods - call me a Luddite if you wish! Jane Partridge On 5 Jul 2015, at 13:13, Achim Siebert ac...@achims.de wrote: To stay nerdy: with the upcoming 3D-printers, we’ll eventually be able to make our own bobbins - 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] OIDFA Lace translator
If anyone wishes to comment on the Hebrew lace translation on the OIDFA website, I think it would be best if they contacted me OFF-list (via Jean’s email address). Thank you, David Leader - 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] Flanders beginner books
Can someone recommend a good beginner book that is on the market right now, for Flanders lace? I have the Mary Niven 'Flanders lace a step by step guide', but I find it rather lacking in instructions. There are a lot of historical notes, but not a lot of 'do this, and then do this' type of instructions. Like there is not really any explanation as to how to do the footside, or how to deal with the gimp on the head side. I have been watching the videos by Sally Schoenberg, but it is a bit of a nuisance to watch what she is doing, stop the dvd, try to do the step, not sure if you remember right, go back watch it again etc. It would be so much easier if I had a book with clear instructions. Like, don't tell me to 'practice the ground stitch' before starting any patterns without explaining exactly how to do the ground stitch and how it relates to the foot and head sides. I was going to start with the Chantilly lace, but found the instructions not that clear there either, so I decided I'd wait till August when I can meet up with Dianne who has taken a course from Lia, and she can help me. So I thought I'd try out Flanders, but seem to be running into the same problem, not enough instruction to learn it by yourself. I taught myself to do Bucks and Honiton from books, and had no trouble figuring out how to do it, but these ones leave me baffled. And it seems that books are disappearing off the market faster than I can afford to buy them. I had bought the first Syllabus of Binche a year or so ago, and wanted to get the next one, only to find that it is out of print, I found that Trillium lace still had the third one listed on their website, so i am hoping she still has a copy. Same goes for the Michael Giusiana ones, only book 3 is still in print. So I am hoping someone can recommend a good beginner book that actually tells you the steps and which stitches to use, and not just tell you to work the edge or work the picot, without even telling you how to get there from the ground stitches...The Niven book doesn't even tell you how many pairs to hang where to start In the meantime I guess I'll see if the Valenciennes book by Annick Staes is any good to get started. If not, I guess I'll have to stick to Bucks for the time beingjust thought I'd keep my interest going by trying something new, but I don't need the frustration of not understanding what is going on. *Marianne* Marianne Gallant m...@shaw.ca threadsnminis.blogspot.ca - 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] Basic bobbin lace dog or puppy
Does anyone know of a beginner puppy/dog pattern? My 7 year old just finished her first piece of lace and is very excited. She asked for a puppy to be her next pattern and I want to keep the momentum going. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you, Dagmar - 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/
