On 9/6/18 3:02 PM, Marianne Gallant wrote:
we are no longer in a big hurry to make as much lace as
fast as possible.
And pins are cheap!
I was baffled by descriptions, in old stories, of mottos
marked out in pins, on cushions that were intended for
practical use. It finally dawned on me
I miss Vibeke very much, she was a wonderful mentor.
I have the resources and platform to contain the information, but I will
definitely need
one or more volunteers to get it set up. Once it is set up, I have the
bandwidth to keep
it updated with our current volunteer base. If anyone is
Susan,
Count me among those that happily use support pins in Binche! I discovered
this trick in one of Ulrike's books and it has been wonderful. I am a
tension-er, always tugging and pulling on my threads. I usually use my
regular fine pins, not necessarily the really fine insect pins, but it
"My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members,
please ignore it. I read your emails."Dear Elena,
This project will be worn and thus requires starching,
Are you sure? I have starched Christmas ornaments, but never lace to be worn.
The first question, in my opinion, is whether it
Reading Susan's query, and the replies about using support pins to avoid holes
round the edge of the lace, I've got a niggling memory from the lace
identification we had to do for C (this is going back 20 years or so -
goodness, doesn't time fly!) that one of the laces was to be identified by
This subject has come up a couple of times recently.
One very useful exercise we did at college when I was doing my City & Guilds,
and which I repeated some years later with the ladies I was teaching, was to
make a sampler of various methods of stiffening. The one thing I did
differently with
Hi Elena,
I have had the chance to work with different starching materials on cotton
and linen. I have only ever pressed silk (over a damp cloth).
For starching I strongly recommend using all stainless steel pins to
prevent rusting and always use some sort of a cover for your pricking (blue
David,
I also know you made your “Miss Channer’s Mat” in black with a light blue
background. Soothing on the eye and good contrast!
Cearbhael
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> On Sep 6, 2018, at 9:57 AM, David C Collyer wrote:
>
> G'day
>
> No doubt, but I'm lucky enough to have a fabulous LED light
Susan,
I stared making Binche with a traditional teacher who did not believe in using
support pins. So she showed me all the tricks to avoid the holes. That being
said, I now use support pins all the time. I use the very small pins. I find
that even if I don't take them out until the very
Hi everyone,
I've been really enjoying everyone's conversations lately. Though I've
started some replies, they've languished in the draft box due to my busy
schedule, oops!
I have a question for all of you lovely lacemakers. I'm working on a very
special and exciting project that I cannot wait
Hi Susan,
I started doing Binche a few months ago and ran into the same problem as
you. Then I saw Nancy posting on Facebook that she had started using
support pins when she was doing some of the early Binche lace and also
started having holes appear. I have started using support pins in
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
Hi Susan,
Ulrike's rule is to use a support pin where it helps! If you use very fine
insect pins, and remove them after a few rows, they won't leave a hole.
"Fine" means size 00 or 000. Van Sciver Bobbin Lace carries them, or it may
be faster and less expensive shipping from Amazon, unless you
Some of you will remember Vibeke Ervo who sadly died five years ago. As someone
who was involved in publishing and book indexing she very much wanted to get an
online errata project going and back in 2003 had even put together a list of
errata in Pat Earnshaw’s books and started to gather
Hello All! I am working a small beginner sampler & the weaver changes every
other row. Since I do not know what I am doing (!!), this has lead to small
holes in the slanted edge of the cloth work. While I suspect this is a tension
issue that I must overcome, should I use a support pin at that
This is something which The Lace Museum could connect to our archive.
The archive was my pet project before I had to take over as managing
director,
and things have gotten settled enough that I began working in the archive
last
January.
There are several hosting options I have available and I
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
G'day Alex,
I think if you were making it all day, and also by candle light, you would
prefer to make lace using white thread and then dying it.
No doubt, but I'm lucky enough to have a fabulous LED light and terrific
magnifiers :)
David in Ballarat
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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
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
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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
Hello Lorri,
Sorry I'm a bit late responding to your query.
I have two cones of FFR thread given to me in the '80s.
One is on a grey cone with an internal sticker
ART 9052
140/2
WIT
CA 3500m
LOT 992
The second cone is blue with an internal sticker
Art 9051
100/2
WIT
CA 3000m
LOT 2290
The
Sue
suebabbs...@gmail.com
http://babbsandbaobabs.blogspot.com/
Susan Hottle had the brilliant idea of a “Central Repository of Errata” for
lace books. This would be so helpful to all of us. It would be a great way
for authors to communicate with their readers - and for lacemakers who had
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