At 7:22 pm -0500 11/11/06, Bev wrote:
I made a leaf according to Jean's directions.
It looks good, Bev - nice to know my instructions made sense.
What I forgot to add was that I was working with 4 bobbins of Soie
d'Alger and up to 4 bobbins of Soie Ovale, one of which was used as
the
Dear Friends
For all the British Lcemakers - I have some sad news. Bill Whitling (alias
Bill Bobbins) died on Sunday Morning (12th Nov).
On 20th October he was feeling well so Carole took him along to Pudsey . He
really enjoyed the day meeting old supplier friends and seeing
A link I won't put on my bobbin lace link pages
ttp://www.doishugei.com/lace/tatting-e.html
but the tatters among us might be interestes in the shutles and double hooks
(with how to).
Jo Falkink
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Hiya all, and thanks a lot for the advice on the sewing.
Thought I would introduce myself a bit. I am Tania from Denmark, I am 31
years old and very interested in history and historical crafts. I do sewing,
bookbinding, spinning (not yet tried spinning linen) embroidery and right now I
am
Hello Tania and everyone
My main problem right now is that my threads keeps getting caught in the pins
that hold the pricking to the roll (using a french/danish pillow?) How do you
put the pricking on so that the thread does not get caught?
A couple of ideas, you could use a continuous
Hello Tania, and welcome!
One of the first things I was taught when I began making lace (and had
the good fortune to have a teacher for the first few lessons...) is that
after you have positioned your pricking on the pillow, you then dress
the pillow with cloth. A cloth is placed _over_ the
I hadn't thought about the work cloth idea for a roller, but that
should work too.
I also almost always have a work cloth under the bobbins, so
presumably the cloth could be pushed further up the pillow to smooth
over the pins that fasten the pricking to the roller.
the pillow with cloth. A
Hi Tania,
Are you asking about Mellemværk Serviette (spelling might be wrong)?
I have only seen them in Denmark, never in Canada unless it is at a Danish
person's house. I have always liked them but I haven't gotten around to
making any.
The Danish magazine, Kniplebrevet did a big article on
When I make gingerbread houses, I sprinkle coconut on the royal Icing to look
like snow.
For your turkey, you can put fresh grapes or cranberries around it on the
platter. It looks good and it is easy.
Cheers,
Candida
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Only passing this onto my senior friends - (don't be offended -old is old)
If you don't have a gym membership, try this. I came across this exercise
suggested for seniors, to build muscle strength in
the arms and shoulders. It seems so easy, so I thought I'd pass it on.
The article suggested
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