Fw: [lace] Tambouring by hand and machine

2006-07-08 Thread Leonard Bazar
Dear Brenda Cannot say precisely how the Indian workers managed it, but the article I read had an illustration showing the results, which did have the beads on the loop side of the stitch, not the single thread on the back. It was said that seeing the bead allowed greater speed and accuracy,

[lace] RE: Lace Design software

2006-07-08 Thread Ronna Bruce
Thank you all for your information, I didn't know there was a book to assist with the Lace 2000 product. That's great information. I can't keep playing with the demo now because my husband has replaced the computer it was installed on. I plan to order the Lace 2000 - and the book. Wish me

Re: [lace] Tambouring by hand and machine

2006-07-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Cannot say precisely how the Indian workers managed it, but the article I read had an illustration showing the results, which did have the beads on the loop side of the stitch, not the single thread on the back. It was said that seeing the bead allowed greater speed and accuracy, If it was

[lace] Lace Guild Website Update

2006-07-08 Thread Jean Leader
We've just done quite an extensive update to the Lace Guild's website, specifically to the Young Lacemakers and Magazine sections. The Young Lacemakers section has been completely refocussed, with a primary aim to provide support to lacemaking in the British school curriculum. However the

[lace] on using lace design software

2006-07-08 Thread bevw
Hi everyone While on the topic of lace design software - I thought I'd write down some ways that I use my particular program (and I'm certain that the other programs will do as much and more): - for scanning an old pricking to make a more 'true' pattern. The program doesn't do the true-ing; I

[lace] Re: (not) on using lace design software

2006-07-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 8, 2006, at 23:12, bevw wrote: Hi everyone While on the topic of lace design software Fooled ya, didn't I? g I have nothing to say about lace design software; my one course in it (Arachne '98, in Nottingham) cured me, forever, from such aspirations. I don't have the time or the will

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: What's Your Southern Sign?

2006-07-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Hope this helps :) Yours, Boiled Peanut From: M.D. Some Southerners are pretty skeptical of horoscopes and the people who read them. If we are to ever fully understand all the star signs and the people they represent, we need symbols that all true Southerners understand: OKRA (Dec 22 -