I have an old International Lace Magazine, that I purchsed 2nd hand (it is
dated 1991), and is featuring Valenciennes lace.
It shows round and square ground, and the square ground diagram says :
Made with 4 pairs: with the centre pair, make a linen stitch, and throw in 5
times The diagram
Good morning All and Sue,
Sorry, I should have explained more. Bibilla is the Greek version of
the knotted needle lace found around the eastern Mediterranean. It is
ine of the courses being offered at next years OIDFA Congress in Athens.
Jean in Cleveland U.K.
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On 31 May
Thanks Jean, it sounds good wish I could get to Athens next year it would be
lovely.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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From: Jean Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Maureen Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Brian Lemin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005
I just found an interesting way to frame a piece of lace on eBay. It has
antique bobbins with it. See:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7326933234
I have an assortment of odd bobbins. A few years ago I set up a display
of different bobbins by wiring one sample each of 3-4
Hi Liz! and everyone!
wow, that was a nice happening - did you get her name? There aren't a
whole lot of us - I shall have to go to the next 'annual luncheon' and ask
ok, who here's been in England recently LOL - yes, it is a small world ;)
My story: This annual luncheon has often been held at a
Dear Friends:
I have lived in Lowell, MA for 40 years, all of my adult life. It is a
small, comfortable city with a population of about 150,000, less than 1 hour
north of Boston and very much alive with ethnic diversity. Lowell wasn't just
another mill city during the Industrial
Dear Jean and all,
When I read about a Bibilla class being offered at OIDFA my ears pricked up.
Do you have details of the classes on offer? I have not been able to find
any details of classes and would be grateful for any details or direction as
to where they are listed. I am hopeful of attending
We've just updated the Lace Guild's website for June, and also mounted:
1. Extracts from the April issue of Lace.
2. A Pattern on the Young Lacemakers' page
3. Updated list of second-hand books for sale from The Lace Guild,
which includes some new additions.
The url is in the signature.
Hi Brenda !
Thanks so much for the inside corner pattern!! It is DELIGHTFUL, and
will be wonderful for a picture frame or a similar application!! I'm
always looking for new ways to use lace, and this certainly adds a new
dimension!
Clay
Clay Blackwell
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From: Brenda
On Jun 1, 2005, at 18:38, Annette Meldrum wrote:
Dear Jean and all,
When I read about a Bibilla class being offered at OIDFA my ears
pricked up.
Do you have details of the classes on offer? I have not been able to
find
any details of classes
I don't think there are any, as yet. There
In a message dated 6/1/05 7:17:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't think there are any, as yet. There should have been a meeting
of EC in May, where a sampler workshop (workshop?) would have been
given, and plans for the Congress (including all the workshops)
On Jun 1, 2005, at 21:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...] nearly every week I read in the
papers of museums that are opening - most of more appeal to men. How
do
they raise the money for more museums?
I don't think it's strictly a matter of the Venus/Mars (women vs men)
problem...
From
Gentle spiders:
My DS pointed out to me that the Wikipedia articles on lace could use some
expansion. He has helped me create a WikiProject on lace to coordinate
efforts to expand Wikipedia's lace articles. I hope many Arachnes will
kindly lend their assistance to this project. (Some of you
I think Bibilla lace is also sometimes called Armenian Lace. It is a
knotted needlelace.
Elena Dickinson has published a book on Armenian Lace, and there is also a
video of her instructions. She makes it look So easy, - and it is Not!! It
is hard to get all the loops the same size, and nice
Dear Secret Pal,
Thank you for the lovely gifts that you have sent. The first thing I did was
boil the jug and make myself a lovely cup of Yorkshire Tea, just what I needed
at the end of a long working day. The travelling brush will be just the thing
that I need to take with me when I go to
Hello, all fellow spiders,
DH and I are going to Europe in August, and we will sart with 10 days in
England (no problems, we're going to friends, and I know the country well
enough!!), and then, we are flying to Copenhagen to spend a week there or
around. I joked that DH wants to have tea with
And I mostly hear you guys (that's Michigan-accent for y'all) with my
undetectable-to-me Michigan accent.
You should hear Tamara's broad Australian accent way down here :)
David
http://www.michigannative.com/ma_home.shtml
:)
Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA
alwen at i2k dot com
To
On May 31, 2005, at 23:54, A Y Farrell (Yvonne) wrote:
I fear there will be trouble Tamara when we meet later in the year and
I find out your Aussie accent isn't as strong as I read it to be, LOL.
Don't worry; English being my second language, I'm like a sponge - I
pick up the accent that's
Just as I don't - usually - respond to/forward chain letters, so I
don't - usually - respond to/forward the soft and fuzzy (BS to me
g) stuff, aimed at propping up the self-esteem of a part of the
population. Send this to breaks me out in hives as much as share
this with does...
Let's hope
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