"My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members,
please ignore it. I read your emails."I've been making lace, off and on, since
1980 when I saw a demo and had a go on a pillow. I was hooked. But I was also
pregnant and working. At that point, as someone mentioned, I did more
I have not received my Bulletin yet, and watch out for it every day â
hopingâ¦.!
I know Dawn Howell has not received hers, either â yet, as I saw her at Lace
Day on Saturday, and asked!
Our Postal service leaves much to be desired!! They changed the system a
couple of years ago, and it is
I have been remiss in announcing the arrival of the Winter 2019 IOLI
Bulletin. I got it a couple weeks ago, accompanied by the annual handbook.
Also, on FaceBook, I saw a post by the Lace Guild that the current digital
Lace magazine is now available. Better yet, in July of this year, the
Thx Jane—When I checked the Archives, I didn’t find the discussion of Cotona
green you mentioned but I did find other interesting tidbits so I annotated
Brenda’s book. The project I referenced did involve pale green Cotona 618
seafoam (!!), but I’ve had similar issues with 668 goldenrod so I’m
"Carrying on from the theme of beginning lace and time to practice, how much
time do members here spend on lacemaking"
I, too, would like to learn how much time the really productive lace makers
spend at their craft. Personally, I'm in my late 60's and still work 3 days
a week. That, plus family
That’s a good question Ann! Like you, I see people sharing so many incredibly
large projects they’ve completed and I wonder where they find the time!
Personally, all of the fruits of my labor in the six years since I began making
bobbin lace can essentially fit in a single envelope. To be fair,
Susan,
There's absolutely nothing wrong in wanting to work in white (or any other
colour) :-).
I remember some years ago there was a problem with a particular, pale green,
Madeira Tanne (they changed the name to Cotona when they started selling it on
smaller reels) that used to unravel during
Tanne/cotona is designed as a machine embroidery thread and like all machine
threads it has a Z twist to suit the way sewing machines work. If it causes
problems with the way you personally work BL the solution is to try and find S
twisted thread; most linens, cotton perle, cotton a broder etc.
