[lace] Lace Guild Website - Technical update - All clear
Mozilla OK now. Just needed to clear my cache to get the updated stylesheet. So if anyone else has problems, try a refresh/reload first. David (webmaster) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Three Pair Fiandra stitch
There's a description of how to work Punto Fiandra di Gorzia in an article by Cindy Heineman on p18 of the current IOLI Bulletin (Summer 2003). Photos are promised for the next issue. And now I must go and sort out packing for my trip to New Jersey! Jean in Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Guild Web Site update
Shirley in Adelaide wrote: Jean is off to the US of A at the weekend to the IOLI lacefest - for which I even found a pic of Hasbrouck Heights - isn't Google wonderful!) Coincidence?? Our Australian Lace Guild Conference (which is a week long) will be held at another HH place. If you go to http://www.hosannaheights.com/ Just a reminder, as it says on the web site, that if you have a lace event that you think is of international (rather than just local) interest, let us know and we'll be happy to include it in our events section. We insist on a graphic, but we can usually find something ourselves if need be. Sometimes people send info about courses or events in continental Europe to the Lace Guild for inclusion in Lace magazine, but as that only appears every three months, announcements often appear too late for people to plan. In contrast, we can post on the website within a couple of days, so please also communicate directly with us. Although the info doesn't reach quite the same audience, currently our home page is accessed 1100 times per week, and is the first item on the list when you search for the term 'lace' with Google. David (and Jean who is having a stressful time packing) -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] OIDFA UK Website
For some time the OIDFA UK group has had its own website, authored by Kate Canter. Kate has had to give this up, and David agreed to take over responsibility for the site, which is being hosted in our domain. He has redesigned it and added preliminary information about the 2004 Congress in Prague. The address is: http://www.q7design.demon.co.uk/oidfaUK/ If you have any links to the old site (either on your computer or on your own web pages), you may wish to update them. Jean -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Suse Bernuth
Aage wrote: Some time ago I saw in a German book a table runner (is that the word?) designed by Suse Bernuth. It was with a pattern of grapes and wine leaves and also with some gold decorations. I simply had to have this pattern. Some investigation gave the result that it was represented on page 60 in an exhibition catalogue named Suse Bernuth - Klppelspitzen im Stil der 50er Jahre by Deutsche Klppelverband. The catalogue also included prickings of some of the patterns, including this one. And now I turn to you for help: If anybody has this book, can i have or buy a copy of the pattern sheet with this pricking? If anybody can help, please send me a mail. I bought this book in 1992 but I'd never looked at the prickings until just now when I saw Aage's message. And guess what - the pricking she wants isn't in my copy either. I wonder if there are a whole lot of copies where it's missing. Does anyone have it? If so I'd like a copy too. Perhaps the Deutsche Kloppelverband could provide it. Jean in Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Web Site Update
Among the usual updates to the Lace Guild Web site we have mounted a selection of the Lacemakers' Census 'luggage tags', referred to by Tamara in a recent posting. We've also got details of the Lace Guild Convention there, updated the suppliers' ads, and the events etc. Also it's Tinkerbell time again. David (Webmaster) and Jean, in Glasgow. -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Advent calendar
This is David replying to the queries re the Lace Guild Advent Calendar as Jean is away until Friday. 1. Regarding the heart on day 8, which Merlene would like to make, I don't know at the moment whose pattern it is. We mount a list of credits later, but I haven't prepared them yet. I don't think it's Jean's - I'll ask her when she gets back. 2. Regarding problems people have with individual doors. I suspect the cause is as follows. All the pictures are loaded in the background when you go to the page, and this takes some time - longer than to load the doors, which are just a single image. The reason for this is so there is no wait when you pass the cursor over the window. The images don't necessarily load in order (you'd think they would) so that if you are impatient you could be trying to get the image before it is there. Your browser thinks it's missing and 'remembers' this. The only thing to do is to force a refresh and/or clear the 'cache' and then leave it plenty of time to load again. Or you could try another browser (e.g. Mozilla) which has a separate 'cache' and will not have this bad memory. Thanks for the thanks. I trust everyone is working hard on the quiz - for their own satisfaction rather than to win a prize. David (webmaster) -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] I just saw a beautiful angel...
David writing. Ann-Marie Lördal wrote: The angel is so pretty but I can´t get to the pattern! The cursor changes into a hand on it as on the other pictures that gives us a pattern but this one does not show a pattern. Could someone please help me on how to open it. I'm sorry, Ann-Marie, but you must be using a browser like Netscape/Mozilla, Opera or Safari, that doesn't behave properly with the cursor coding, as I mentioned when I announced the calendar originally on 30th November. There are only three patterns - for 3rd, 5th and 11th December. There is no pattern for the angel and, as Jean wrote in her message, she doesn't have the pattern, as in this case she didn't make it - someone gave her the piece of lace: This angel was given to me for my little granddaughter and I was told it came from one of the suppliers at the IOLI 2003 Convention. It's not a pattern I've seen anywhere - it's a part lace (like Honiton) but there are some bits of Milanese braids in it too. Perhaps somebody else on the list knows who the supplier may have been or recognizes the design. David (in a cold and frosty Glasgow) (...who had actually been playing with the coding to fix the cursor problem for next year - although this would prevent anyone who is still using Netscape 4 from seeing the calendar. Anyone out there? I still have a problem with presenting info' in the status bars with these browsers - probably the same problem as before - I suspect it's to dow with escaping quotes in javascript, for those who know about these things. I'll have another go at it again this week, perhaps. Any suggestions for next year's competition will be gratefully received - after you've sent off your entry for this year's.) -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Recoded Advent Calendar - last chance for competition
I've re-coded the Lace Guild Advent Calendar page (for next Christmas) so that the cursor should behave correctly in all modern browsers and the page still work in Netscape 4. I've tested it with Mac browsers and Windows IE 6. If you are using any esoteric browsers, especially on Windows or Linux, I'd be obliged if you could check the page for problems (web address in the signature). Remember you still have the weekend to send in competition entries. We'll announce the winners next week and mount a list of credits to the pieces. Wishing you all a Happy New Year, David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] OIDFA Prague Congress
This is for all of you hoping to go to the OIDFA Congress in Prague next July (and even if you're not there are some interesting pictures). The web site for the OIDFA Prague Congress is at http://unicoagric.czu.cz/oidfa2004 David has also put information downloadable in Word format (text only) on the OIDFA UK web site at http://www.q7design.demon.co.uk/oidfaUK/ Jean in grey, gloomy Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Advent Calendar Competition Results
Well, the staff at the Hollies are back after the Christmas and New Year break, so Maggie forwarded the advent calendar entries to us - 77 in all, a record high. Last night we put them into an electronic hat and picked out the two winners, who are: Susan Lambiris, from the US, and Rosemary Brown from Britain. Congratulations to them, and commiserations to the other entrants from all over the world. The answers and the credits for the designs are now on the web site. Jean and David PS For those who asked about the heart on the 8th December - it's part of a handkerchief corner in Honiton Lace Patterns by Elsie Luxton (Batsford). We obviously couldn't tell you earlier as it was a competition clue! -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [lace] Technical Nottingham Bucks headside question
Julie wrote: This is a staggeringly technical question, but I would like to know the answer and can't think of who else to ask. I am working through Chapter 3 Bucks Point of Pamela Nottingham's The Technique of Bobbin Lace Completely Revised New Edition. Neither is wrong (or they're both right - depends which way uou look at it!) The important thing is whether you like the result so go ahead and do what sems best to you. The first time the 'valley' headside appeared Pam Nottingham will have explained exactly what to do, after that you're supposed to use what you've learnt already and any other diagrams provided (at least that's the way I write instruction books). Right now I'm working hard at my latest effort for the Lace Guild - An Introduction to Bedfordshire Lace - which I'm hoping to finish by the middle of February. Is there anyone out there with time to test a pattern for me? Jean in very wet and windy Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website update
We've just posted a new set of Lacemakers' Census 'luggage tags', including some international ones. Also, we forgot to mention that at the end of last month we did an extensive update of lace events organized by The Lace Guild. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] An Introduction to Bedfordshire Lace
This is David writing, as Jean is at the Glasgow Lace Day, where An
Introduction to Bedfordshire Lace, which she wrote for The Lace
Guild, is being launched. ('Launch' sounds very grand - actually
she's sitting at a table selling copies and signing them.) So if you
are within striking distance of Glasgow, hurry along.
Otherwise you can see details and download a pdf of the book contents
with a free pattern extract from the 'Publications' section of The
Lace Guild web site, http://www.laceguild.org/. (You can also order
a copy from the 'Sales' section if you should wish.)
Thanks to those Arachne list members who volunteered to check
patterns or proof-read the book. Complimentary copies will be in the
post to them on Monday.
David
(in Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
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[lace] Lace Guild Website update
We have just mounted an update to The Lace Guild's web page with extracts and a pattern from the January issue of 'Lace'. One of the reasons for posting mag extracts on the web is that one can use more colour than the magazine can, and this update takes full advantage of that with colour photos of some of Pat Rowley's exquisite Victorian fans and of some very stylish lace hats that Bristol Lace Group made for Ladies Day at Ascot (although we're not sure that they wore them there). David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] New lace book from the V A
Thought you might like to know how I happen to have a pre-publication copy of the new lace book from the VA to review for 'Lace' - it just shows what this list can do. Back in December Jeri Ames, a good friend who I got to know through this list, passed on to me information about a new VA lace book which she'd been sent by her local bookshop in Maine. I passed it on to Rosemary Green, the Lace Guild's librarian, at The Hollies in Stoubridge. She contacted the VA - wheels turned and at the beginning of this month a copy was on her desk. And I'm the lucky one who gets to review it! The book is lovely - there's an introduction about the development of lace and then photographs of 100 pieces of lace from the VA with wonderful close-ups of some of them. Definitely worth having. Rosemary will have it on the Library stand at the Lace Guild Convention in Scarborough - came and see it for yourself if you can. Jean in Glasgow where it's been snowing! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] penguin pattern needed
Elaine wrote: The Lace Museum here in Sunnyvale, CA has had an urgent request for a lace pattern of a penguin. I think the English Lace Guild published a Penguin Pattern Book a couple of years ago. If anyone has a copy they would like to sell, please contact me privately. Or if someone has a pattern for a penguin and wants to send it to me in a PDF file, that would be great. The Penguin Pattern book is still for sale from the Lace Guild (£5.95 to the US). Just check the 'Guild Publications' section of the web site (address in the signature below) under the sub-section 'Pattern Books'. Buying from The Lace Guild or from authorized US distributors means that the profits are used to further lacemaking. David (Webmaster) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild website update with Exhibition Gallery
Regarding the winning entries to The Lace Guild's Myth and Mystery Competition and Exhibition, Jane Partridge wrote: The list is to go on the Guild website - I'm sure many are eagerly waiting for Jean and David to do the update this time! It's live, complete with pictures. Had to compromise between making them large enough to see yet not so large that they take forever to load. Quite a large update, so let us know if you find any glitches. Jean and David (in Glasgow) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
Only the 10th of the month (by the time this reaches you) but another quite extensive update to the Lace Guild's website: 1. More stuff relating to the Myth or Mystery Exhibition - The Catalogue and The Commemorative Bobbins are now mounted (you can buy them too) and details of the overflow display of entries at The Hollies. 2. Details of the 2005 Calendar (you can buy this too). 3. Details of the new Membership Bobbins and Christmas 2004 Bobbin (shop early!). I also have an apology to those who couldn't get past the first page of the Census Luggage Labels. I'd coded this in Javascript (easier for me) but if you are accessing the web from work it is possible that some well-meaning idiot has disabled Javascript. (Your home machine will be ok as all browsers default to scripting 'on'.) I may put up a single non-javascript page which will take a week to load but will allow the patient to see the contributions. But not soon. Still got the April (sic) Lace mag to mount, but you can't have everything at once. David and Jean (in Glasgow) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website update
We have just mounted an update to The Lace Guild's web page with extracts and a pattern from the April issue of 'Lace'. The three extracts include pieces by two Arachne list members. First, you have a chance to read about and see Miriam Gidron's fan. Then you can read an extract of the article Jean wrote about her 'An Introduction to Bedfordshire Lace' book. And, once again, the web gives you added value: the butterfly illustrated on the web is not the one used in the magazine article, but 'Sarah's Butterfly', the one she named for our granddaughter, who was one year old last week. David (and Jean) in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Myth or Mystery - Hollies exhibition and extra Visitors' Trophy
Jane Partridge wrote: Myth or Mystery at The Hollies. The Hollies will be open on the following Saturdays: 24 July, 31 July, 7 August, 14 August, 21 August and 28 August from 10am to 5pm. Visitors can vote for a Visitors' Trophy to be awarded to those exhibits on display at The Hollies. I'd just like to make clear that the Myth or Mystery exhibition at The Hollies will also be open during the week: Monday to Thursday: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm by appointment only - please phone (01384 390739) or e-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to make arrangements. Friday: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm - no appointment needed but groups over five in number are asked to contact The Hollies in advance. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Art Trade or Mystery book
On 17 Aug 2004 Leonard Bazar wrote: Some of us have mentioned the UK Lace Guild's/Pat Rowley's Art Trade or Mystery - Lace and Lacemaking in Northamptonshire ... For those not familiar with it and interested in East Midlands lace, it could be worth considering, as it's got a lot more than that in it, and covers some things which do seem to strike a chord with Arachnes. I know the Lace Guild does take plastic payment, but of course postage etc could make it uneconomic; without that, it is I think good value. For anyone interested in getting this book I think it's carried by some US suppliers (e.g Lacey Susan, Holly van Sciver). Alternatively if you want to order it direct, you'll find the price including overseas postage (in GB pounds) on the Lace Guild web site http://www.laceguild.org - go to the printable form under Sales (top right). I'm just back from a couple of weeks in the US - a week at the IOLI Convention and then a week in Maine - both thoroughly enjoyable. More later when I've caught up on sleep lost flying east! Jean in damp Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] IOLI Convention/Meeting
Here in the UK visitors are allowed to come to the annual general meeting of The Lace Guild so I was surprised that visitors were not allowed at the IOLI meeting (my friend was turned away too). Perhaps it's a country difference in the rules governing such organizations? There haven't beem any problems with visitors at Lace Guild AGMs - visitors are reminded at the start of the meeting that they do not have a vote, and anyone wishing to speak has to give their name and membership number (Comvention attendees have their membership no. printed on their badges). Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] fair entry categories
I think the annual Royal Highland Show is probably the nearest Scottish equivalent to state fairs.This usually has three lace classes in the Handcrafts section - two for bobbin lace and one for tatting (needle lace often fits in one of the embroidery classes). In most cases a particular item is specified e.g handkerchief but this is changed each year. I reckon this has several advantages - entrants know what to make, pieces to be judged are similar, and the display at the show will probably look better. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
Summer's almost gone, and we've now updated The Lace Guild website (address in the signature). As well as the usual new event listings, we've made revisions to the suppliers pages and updated our own prices following changes in postal rates. Of more general interest is the featuring of articles from the July issue of 'Lace' - one on Turkish needlelace from Gwynedd Roberts, and an article by Arachne's own Sue Babbs. The Young Lacemakers' section also has new material, although the French version is awaiting translation. Finally, we would draw UK members' attention to the change in dates and venue for the Lace Guild's 2005 Convention, details of which are on the site. Let us know of any problems (after refreshing/reloading your browser if you still see the old pages). David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] green man
Thought you'd be interested in this from an article by Jan Dalley in this weekend's Financial Times ...somewhere, in almost any church in the land, you can see that impish grinning ancient face with leaves and branches spewing and flowing out of his mouth and whirling round his head, or sprouting from his cheeks and eyebrows like mad leafy whiskers. Sometimes the whole head is made of leaves; sometimes it's as if a puckish face is peering out through a dense net of foliage. He can be sinister, he can be rather cuddly-looking. He was also called Jack o' the Green or Jack o' the Woods: he is the spirit of the wildwoods, the Panic elemental force. He is the King of the May; lord of misrule: some say he's the origin of Robin Hood. Whatever: he is definitely nothing to do with being pious on Sundays. We looked up the mighty, intricate, dinner-plate sized Green Men in Winchester and Norwich, St Giles in Edinburgh, Southwell Minster... He's all over Europe; you can find him in India. We discovered a researcher who claims that in Exeter cathedral there are more images of the Green Man than there are of Jesus (he has counted)... Jean in sunny but chilly Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
We have just updated the Lace Guild website with extracts of Lace Magazine for October, and also the Young Lacemakers page. There is a bookmark pattern, some attractive lace from the Czech Republic, and an article by the Chairman of The Guild about a lacemaker she encountered in Sri Lanka. The usual diary info update will follow at the end of month. I have this nagging feeling there's something else we should have been preparing. Let us know if any of you can think of it. David (webmaster) and Jean (in Glasgow) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Guild Website Update
In reply to our query: The usual diary info update will follow at the end of month. I have this nagging feeling there's something else we should have been preparing. Let us know if any of you can think of it. Several people wrote: Advent-calendar That's what it was. Thanks for reminding us, but there isn't much time left now. I guess we'll just have to see if we can throw anything together. Let you know tomorrow. David (in Glasgow) and Jean (out teaching lacemaking) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Advent Calendar
OK, we managed to get something together in the St Nick of time (ho! ho! ho!). A different type of competition this year - doesn't require vast (any?) knowledge of lace, so we look forward to lots of entries. For those who have joined the list in the last year and wonder what on earth we're going on about, it's the annual Advent Calendar on the Lace Guild website (address in our signature below) which you get to by clicking on the sprig of holly on the top menu bar of the home page. You can only open the windows up to the current date (so no cheating possible) and I'm afraid you need javascript (scripting) turned on in your web browser, so there may be the odd work computer that will not let you open the windows. Two of the days have links to small lace patterns - but you'll have to wait a few days for the first. There's a competition with prizes - this year jigsaw puzzling some of the lace pictures together again. That's about it. If you have any problems email us and we'll try to sort them out. Best wishes, Jean and David -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace Guild Website Advent Calendar
Janice Blair wrote: I clicked on the Lace Guild web site http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/ went to the Advent Calendar, waited patiently whilst it set up, clicked on door #1 and nothing hasppend. Silly me, it is still November here, but surely December 1 in England now even though it is only 1 a.m. in the morning. Cheat! When we first started (seven years ago) we changed the picture by hand everyday about midnight UK time. However then I got round to coding it (it does work on a computer you know) and 'it' checks the time 'itself' - and yes, the time is your computer's local time. (Which also means that if your computer battery is flat and the date has gone back to 1904 or something, you are going to have to replace the battery if you want to open the windows.) And Tamara wrote: It took a bit of time to load; Yes, I forgot to warn you, it will be slow first time because it loads all the pics (even though you can't see them) in the background. Next time they should still be in your computer's 'cache' so with any luck the page should load more quickly. (I could try to write even more complicated code that only does the background loading on the right date, but, then, it's just an Advent Calendar not a guided missile system :-) ) David -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Advent Calendar problems
Apologies for cross-posting, but a couple of people have been having trouble seeing the advent calendar. They have the December 1st date, but still see the Myth and Mystery logo instead of the holly. I would say: 1. It's not my fault 2. They could try the French page (a good excuse to learn French :-) ) 3. Clear their cache (works like a good dose of salts) but it's not their fault either (probably your ISP) so I've set up a temporary duplicate page that has never seen Myth or Mystery at: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/index.htm (Note the '.htm' instead of the normal '.html') I think that will work. David (webmaster, designer, magician) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Duchesse-Sluisse on eBay
At 11:58 am -0500 10/12/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elaine Merritt, Devon Thein, Jean Leader, Angela Thompson, Collectors: What do you think of this item and the pricing? I've had a look at eBay (not something I do very often) and I'd agree with Barbara Joyce $350 sounds unreasonably high for that little cut piece, I think the website mentioned by the seller as showing an example of a Sluisse leaf must be http://home.hetnet.nl/~aplag/hoofdpagina%20Nederlands.htm (Google is your friend) Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] More on the Advent Calendar Competition
We're back from a week with our son, Ian, in Torino (Turin to us Anglo-Saxons) having had a very enjoyable (and white) Christmas there. David and Ian managed to get in a day's skiing in Sestriere after the weather had cleared, which was a source of great satisfaction as it had been some years since they had skied together. When we got back we had a message from someone who had trouble submitting the electronic form for the Advent Calendar Puzzle. This was the second person who had had a problem, although we've already had forwarded a couple of dozen entries which went through OK (as did my initial test). If anyone else is having a problem, just send your entry directly to us in an email and we'll add them to the pile. You've still got until 3rd January. David and Jean (back in Glasgow - at least until tomorrow, when we're off to Jean's brother's near Newcastle for the New Year) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Advent Calendar Competition Results
Well, the staff at the Hollies are back after the Christmas and New Year break, so Maggie forwarded the advent calendar entries to us - 110 in all (beating the 77 entries of last year). We've just put them into an electronic hat and picked out the three winners, who are: Carla Guzzi (from Switzerland), Heather Muth (from Canada) and Bridget Marrow (from Britain). Congratulations to them, and commiserations to the other entrants from all over the world. The answers and the credits for the designs are now on the web site. Our thanks to all those who sent good wishes, and wishes to everyone for a Happy New Year. Jean and David -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website update
We finally got round to a January tidy of the Lace Guild website. We've mounted a new set of census 'luggage labels' - very international this time - added info on a couple of CDs (no, you can't download tracks from iTunes, they are not that sort of CD), and mounted details of programme for the Lace Guild's Convention at Bristol next April. The Advent Calendar was taken down and stowed away with the Christmas decorations, but we're accepting contributions and quiz ideas for the next one now. Jean and David in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: competition rules
At 8:21 pm -0500 16/2/05, lace-digest wrote: There must be some restrictions on what a group can enter, even if the rules/classes for individual entries don't apply. I suppose we'll have to inquire of the Lace Guild...any volunteers to do so from interested Arachneans in England? It has to fit the theme and there'll be a restriction on size - probably much the same as for the last competition: To enable safe handling, maximum dimensions of the package containing entries to be 100cm (40) in any direction with the total of height + width + length not exceeding 190cm (75). This will come under the rules. We'll have full details of everything on the Lace Guild web site soon (I think it's just the dates of the exhibition that still have to be confirmed). The Lace Guild has a CD available with pictures of entries to Myth or Mystery (see http://.www,laceguild,org) - that would give you some idea of the variety of entries from groups last time. Jean in sunny Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Myllan from Brussels
Patricia, the secretary of Glasgow Lace Group has asked me if I know anything about a lacemaker from Brussels called Myllan - she had a phone call from her in which she asked if she could come and sell her silver lace jewellery at our lace day next month. She has apparently been at the Christmas Fair at the NEC - did anyone see her there? I 'googled' and found http://www.dentellieres.com/Reportage/R2003/Creully/Lace-creully3.htm but that's all. Can anyone give us more information? Thanks Jean in chilly Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
We have just updated the Lace Guild website with extracts of Lace Magazine for January which include a cryptic lace crossword. As promised, we have also added a page for Seven, the 2007 Lace Guild exhibition and competition, where you can download details of the classes and rules. David (webmaster) and Jean (in Glasgow) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Guild Convention - Bristol - April
At 7:06 pm -0500 14/3/05, Helen wrote: I know I picked up a flier at the Weston-super-Mare fair about the Bristol thing, but I never actually got any further with it, despite it being in my Easter holiday. Let me know when you meet up. I'm only in Bath, so it's not far to travel to meet other lacers if I'm free that day. Helen, you'll find details of the Lace Guild Convention displays, workshops etc on the LG web site http://laceguild.org under Events Try and get there if you can. I'll be there - come and say hello. Jean in wet, grey Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
We have just done a minor update of The Lace Guild website - some Spring cleaning of the events pages - but we've also put something new on the Young Lacemakers' page. This is a bracelet pattern Gilian Dye used teaching children at the 2004 IOLI Convention (which both Jean and Gilian enjoyed thoroughly) together with a picture of some of the girls modeling lace. (Web address in the signature as usual.) David (webmaster) and Jean (in Glasgow) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Helen wrote: Ooh, I like that bracelet! Before I really get started, the cane ground crossing is much like a windmill crossing but with twists everywehre? Cane ground has more stitches! In a windmill crossing the pairs are used as if they were single threads and you work a cloth stitch with a pin in the middle. In cane gound the pairs are pairs - each pair from one plait works cloth stitch and twist (ctct) through the two pairs of the other plait making 4 stitches in all! The corner bits in the diagram are the finish/start of plaits. Have fun with the bracelet. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RSS Feeds?
Anyone on the list subscribe to RSS feeds? I was vaguely wondering whether I should learn how to set this up, and thought about using The Lace Guild website as a testbed. I'd need at least one user to make it worthwhile, so if that is you, please reply to me directly. David (webmaster) -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Bobbin lace fence in NY Times/Joep/Jeroen
On the NKO page with the fence http://www.kantopleiding-nko.nl/Aktiviteiten/Aktiviteiten.html I clicked on Studio DEMAKERSVAN and got http://www.demakersvan.com/ From this it appears that the fence is by Joep Verhoeven and that Jeroen Verhoeven is a different designer. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Second-hand Lace Books (and more on RSS feeds)
The Lace Guild often receives gifts and bequests of books on lacemaking. Usually these duplicate the Guild's own library holdings, so they are put up for sale to provide funds for new library purchases. Currently these books are on view at the Guild's HQ, The Hollies, so only visitors tend to know about them. We decided to publicize them more widely by mounting a link on The Lace Guild's website, where you can download an Excel spreadsheet listing the books currently available and their prices. If you are interested click on the url in the signature below and then go to 'Lace Suppliers' and then to the 'Books' section. And while I'm posting, I will mention that a few weeks ago I asked if anyone subscribed to RSS newsfeeds, and a couple of technologically advanced Arachnes volunteered to test newsfeeds for The Lace Guild website. Thanks to them, who will already have had a newsfeed about the item above. For those of you who know what an RSS feed is (it's explained on the BBC's website) and wish to be at 'the cutting edge of textile internet news' the url for the feed is http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/rss.xml. (Don't click on this link children. There, I told you not to...) David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace Guild second-hand books
Angela wrote: Once you have the Lace Guild home page, click on Lace Suppiers, then Books then Secondhand Books. You should then get up an Excel page giving you the postage rates. At the bottom of this page you should see tabs labelled Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3. Just click on Sheet 2 and the next page appears with the Books listed. If you do not get the Excel page up in the first place I can't help you! If anyone has trouble with Excel, contact me and I'll send them the book lists as text files (.txt). There are two lists - sheet 2 and sheet 3. (I've been told we'll be getting an updated file with some new additions at the end of the week.) Jean in Glasgow where the sun has been shining - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] Browsers -was roseground
Brenda Paternoster wrote: A strange website! I clicked on cours and then etudes des fond and then lancer le cours and got an error page telling me that the browser I'm using is too old and that I should update to IE 5.5 (for Windows) That happened with Safari 1.3, Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac, Netscape7 - all current versions. I know that there is rivalry between browser makers/writers/publishers but in general it's not good practice to make a site inaccesible to a lot of potential visitors. What is it that IE 5.5 for Windows can do that 5.2 for Mac can't? The site uses dynamic HTML which has been written in terms of the Microsoft version of the Document Object Model (DOM). If it had been written better (or later than 2002-3) it would have provided alternatives for the standards version of the DOM which I believe Firefox and Safari follow, as professional modern sites that employ this technology do. It turns out that the Mac version of IE doesn't work on the pages either http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aplimouzin/fonds/, but it would never have had a chance to try, as the checking script that is invoked when you hit the button locks out any browser that isn't Internet Explorer of version number 5.5 or higher. David PS And, no, the page doesn't validate because the person that scripted it makes no pretence that it conforms to any standards - it's written to work with one brand of browser on one platform, which it does. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Help with square Valenciennes ground, please
A friend and I are trying to puzzle out how best to work square Valenciennes ground (the one in 19th century Valenciennes). There seem to be plenty of variations for Valenciennes ground in Cook Stott's Bobbin Lace Stitches and Michael Guisiana's Binche Lace but none of them give us quite what we want. Does anyone have any hints or tips? What we'd particularly like to know about is 1. Angle of the ground - 45 degrees? 50 degrees? or something else? 2. What is the best way of working the plait crossing? There seem to be several variations. 3. Where best to place the pin - in centre of crossing? to one side? below? We know the ground should really be worked without pins but reckon we need to work up to that! Any help gratefully received. Jean in Glasgow where the sun is shining (despite today being a Bank Holiday) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
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. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if necessary. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
At 9:30 pm -0400 1/6/05, Jeri Ames wrote: Some of my guests from overseas will remember that I always recommend this museum to them, if they are visiting New England. And, if they are visiting me, I take them to this museum (a 3-hour drive from my home - and 3 hours to return). It is a model for what museums of this type should be. I do indeed remember - Jeri took me there last summer. It is a wonderful place and I couldn't agree more that it's model for museums of this type. I learnt such a lot from my visit about both textile and social history. I sincerely hope that some way of keeping it going can be worked out. Jean in Glasgow, Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website update
Despite the appalling events of the week, life must go on. We have updated The Lace Guild website with a new selection of 'census labels'. There is also a revised list of second-hand books on the Sales page. David (webmaster) and Jean (Glasgow) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
We've just updated The Lace Guild's website, the main item being extracts from the July Issue of 'Lace'. (The Young Lacemaker page will come later.) In addition the following have been updated: 1. The Events pages (especially lace days) 2. The Suppliers ads 3. The list of second-hand books for sale from The Lace Guild. The url is in the signature. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if necessary. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
We've been updating the Lace Guild Website over the past week, and it now has quite a few new items: * The Young Lacemakers' page has a new item * There are a couple of new publications and a new set of lace notelets * The Christmas bobbin is now on sale * The events pages are now up-to-date * The Suppliers' pages (paid ads) have had their major 'renewal' revision * There was yet another update to the second-hand books list recently As always: The url is in the signature. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if you get the old pages. Let us know of any typos or problems. Hope that's it for a while. David (webmaster) and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website changes
Along with the extremely minor November update to the Lace Guild website (just a few events added), we've made a couple of changes in overall site format. One aims to increase text legibility with the trend to larger displays over the last few years, and the other to give a somewhat cleaner look. This is not a redesign as such, and you may not even notice what has changed (and I'm not saying for that reason). However we want to find out if anyone has problems with the new format so we can debug them (or even revert to the old format if necessary) in plenty of time before mounting the Advent Calendar at the start of December (no pretence this year, as it's advertised in the new issue of Lace). Notification of any problems - directly to us rather than via the Lace Guild - would be much appreciated. Please say whether you have a Mac or PC, what browser you are using, and what version number (eg Internet Explorer 5, 5.5, 6 - you can find that in the 'about', which in Windows is under the Help menu.) David (webmaster) and Jean in Glasgow PS If it's just that some of the graphics look a bit odd, it's likely that you need to refresh/reload and/or clear your cache (especially with Safari). -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website address - temporary problem
In exploring a necessary change of administration of the www.laceguild.org address I've managed to temporarily muck things up. Please use http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk for the moment. It'll be fixed within a few days I hope. David -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Guild Website address - temporary problem
I wrote: In exploring a necessary change of administration of the www.laceguild.org address I've managed to temporarily muck things up. Please use http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk for the moment. It'll be fixed within a few days I hope. Fixed. Now the compact website domain name registration and forwarding to our underlying web address are handled by the same company, so that should simplify things... ...However the e-mail forwarding is more problematical*. Anyone communicating with the Hollies and finding email bouncing later this month should try using a laceguild.demon.co.uk address instead of a laceguild.org address. If there is a problem I'll post details in the 'Stop Press' section of the website. David * If anyone knows of a company that just does e-mail forwarding at a reasonable rate, I'd be interested to hear. -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild e-mail problem
I wrote: ...However the e-mail forwarding is more problematical*. Anyone communicating with the Hollies and finding email bouncing later this month should try using a laceguild.demon.co.uk address instead of a laceguild.org address. If there is a problem I'll post details in the 'Stop Press' section of the website. Problem hit quicker than I thought and email to the laceguild.org address is *not bouncing* but disappearing into a black hole. The 'recipient at laceguild.demon.co.uk' address is ok though. If you have sent any messages The Lace Guild and had no reply, please resend with that address. The problem will not be fixed until Monday at the earliest. David -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] E-mail problems at the Lace Guild
It never rains but it pours. Following the email problem at The Lace Guild with the laceguild.org addresses, their broadband has gone down so they can't pick up any email at all, even that to the laceguild.demon.co.uk address or sent from the website. The staff may be able to use webmail privately to pick up any really important stuff, but for the moment (until British Telcom accept that it is their fault) we'd suggest you phone or write (remember?) if you want to contact them urgently. David and Jean in Glasgow PS Mail sent to the laceguild.org address after last Thursday is slowly bouncing, in contradiction to what I said about black holes. Mail to the other address will be sitting on Demon's server until it can be accessed and therefore will never bounce. -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild email problems fixed
The email problems at The Lace Guild have now all been fixed. British Telecom restored the broadband yesterday, and I managed to reestablish email forwarding from specific .org addresses last night. Any email to the latter which was sent within about the last four days should now have been received (it would have been queuing); any sent before then should have bounced back to the sender. Check if you are unsure, but make it clear that you are making a duplicate enquiry/order etc. All should be OK now for the entries to the Advent Calendar competition (when it's mounted at the end of the month) which are actually e-mailed from the website. Pheeew. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] French Translation wanted
As usual we are doing a French version of the advent calendar for The Lace Guild website, although this year we've had to share out the work between different volunteer translators. We are most grateful for their efforts, and all is ready for the launch day; however we still need someone to translate one of the patterns that comes later. If you are a native French speaker and have the time to translate a lace pattern from English into French we'd like to hear from you. Jean and David (in Glasgow) -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website - December update
We have just updated the Lace Guild website with extracts of Lace Magazine for October, a festive Christmas tassel on the Young Lacemakers page, and the usual events and suppliers updates and ... ... the Lace Guild Advent Calendar for 2005. Some of you will be familiar with this, but for those who are not: This is an interactive advent calendar which you get to by clicking on the sprig of green holly on the top menu bar of The Lace Guild website home page http://www.laceguild.org. You use your mouse to open the windows, but you can only open the windows up to the current date (so no cheating is possible unless you are a hacker) where you are rewarded with a lace-related picture. I'm afraid you need javascript (scripting) turned on in your web browser for this to work, so there may be the odd work computer that will not let you open the windows. Three of the days have links to small lace patterns - but you'll have to wait a few days for the first. There's also a competition with prizes. This year it is to identify the country of origin of some lace headdresses from traditional costumes. The countries are all European, but North Americans etc. should not be discouraged as we Europeans don't walk around dressed like this all the time (I certainly don't) so we don't really have an advantage. To make it easier there is a drop-down list of countries to choose from. (To make it more difficult there are twice as many countries as pictures.) Some of you might like to try your 'Googling' skills to find the answers (no that isn't traditional European whistling in the dark - you're thinking of yodeling). That's about it. If you have any problems email us and we'll try to sort them out. If you can't see the holly or the text link, try refreshing your browser. The date at the bottom of the page should be 30th November. Best wishes, Jean and David (in Glasgow) PS The calendar may be slow to display first time because it's loading all the pictures in the background. Subsequently it should have them in its 'memory store' and come up more quickly. PPS There is also a French language version of the Advent Calendar, thanks to all our volunteer translators. -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar patterns
Today I had a query about whether the pricking for the pattern on the Lace Guild Advent Calendar for 7th December had printed out at the correct size. It hadn't and was smaller than it should have been - this is something that can happen when the browser has 'Shrink pages to fit' (or something similar) as the default setting. You need to make sure that the page prints at full size - on my version of Explorer I have to select 'Print wide pages'. To help you I've now added the correct size for each pricking at the top of the pattern page after the no. of pairs and the thread. Have fun - there's still one to come! Jean -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Advent Calendar Competition and IE6
Apparently there is a bug in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 2 that has prevented some people accessing the Competition and Credits sections associated with the Lace Guild web Advent Calendar. I have now recoded the pages in a way that appears to have got round this. If anyone still has problems (after refreshing their browser) please email me. I'd hate to prevent people entering the competition. Three countries - two to go. David (and Jean) in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace book corrections (was Muriel Instructions...)
In response to a thread on corrections pages to lace books, Tamara Duvall wrote: Jean and David Leader started, a while ago, a webpage of errata to books of living authors. It was supposed to collect just such proofreading slip-ups. The project got forgotten over time (part of the reason being that errors needed to be found first, then the author's permission given for such corrections) but it seems to me that the Visual Intro to Bucks Point, with the list of oopsies provided by the author herself would be a heaven-sent addition. To put the record straight, this was one of several disparate projects on the original 'Lacenotes' website put together by Glenys Pople, with Vibeke Ervo being the prime mover. When Glenys was eventually obliged to give up production work, Jean and I (David) agreed to host the site in part of our own webspace http://www.q7design.demon.co.uk/lacenotes/ and I redesigned the web pages according to my own philosophy at the time. We did not include the Errata material already available because it was incomplete, and I didn't wish to design something that I would then have to change. Our involvement was (and is) limited to mounting corrections for which others had obtained authors' permission, and little of that has been forthcoming. However I now realize - what will already be obvious to those of you who work in this area - that a project of this sort will never be completed and the idea of fixed web pages (like the rest of the site) was inappropriate. What one needs to do is set up a database of corrections (Author, book, correction) and allow people to select from a drop-down menu of available authors or books to view a page generated from the database 'on the fly'. That way, new books and authors would only need adding to the database to automatically appear on the menu in the web page. The problem is that our personal webspace is a 'freebie' that comes with our broadband connection and email, and does not include database facilities (such as mySQL) or the necessary support for the technology (PHP or Java Servlets for example) that generates web pages from a database. If this project is ever to get off the ground and onto the web, I feel that it would need web hosting with such facilities. These are quite widely available, but we don't have them, and we are obviously not going to change our ISP and email address to obtain them just for this project. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition
The last competition picture on the Advent Calendar is up today, so you can start sending in your entries (as some people indeed have), or scouring the internet to track down the pictures we 'borrowed'. You've got until January 4th. Even if you're not sure of the answers, have a go. Have fun, and an enjoyable Christmas and peaceful New Year. Jean and David (in Glasgow) -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace book corrections
At 6:16 pm +0100 20/12/05, Jo Falkink wrote: Yahoo supports simple databases. So I created one on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bobbinlace/database I chose the most lively group with the most members I know of. Go ahead and fill it. Though the fields look small, you can type or paste lengthy stories. I just didn't discover any control over wrapping and new lines. If this database is widely supported (that means: gets filled and keeps getting filled) I might consider (this isn't a promise) generating a more accessible version of the contents. But I'd be happy to transfer ownerhsip of the database itself to allow for corrections on the contents. Thanks Jo. I've entered some corrections to my Introduction to Bucks Point Lace on the Yahoo Group site to get the ball rolling. Jean (in Glasgow) PS These corrections are also in the 'Errata' section of 'Publications' on the Lace Guild website. -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Printing problem
We're off tomorrow to visit our daughter and family (were going to go today but thought it better to avoid the snow). We've sent pdf files of the patterns to Pene - if anyone else has problems printing let us know and we can send them to you too. Jean and David in Glasgow where the snow is melting PS Hope you've all sent in your competition entries - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Advent calendar competition problem
On returning to work after New Year the staff at The Hollies had computer problems. Unfortunately, it appears that any competition entries sent between 22nd and 27th December have been lost. (Those before and after these dates have been received.) If you sent your entry in then please send it again. We're extending the deadline until Monday 9th January 2006 to give people time to do this. We apologize for the inconvenience. Jean and David Leader (in Glasgow) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Advent Calendar Competition results
The answers to The Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition have now been mounted on the website. Seems we made it quite difficult this time, and although over 40 entries were received only a few were completely correct. Congratulations to the winners: Christine Johnson (from Australia), Linda Lee (from the USA) and Ilske Thomsen (from Germany) and to all who took part. Hope it was fun. Jean and David PS Could Linda Lee please contact us. Mail to the email address she supplied on the web form bounces. -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] British National Lace Day
This was started in 1991 to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of The Lace Guild and it's usually the second Saturday of September. (I think the timing was to get people interested before evening class sessions started.) Glasgow Lace Group made lace in in Princes Square (an up-market shopping development) for that one - we'd set up a small pillow with lace in progress in Waterstones (book shop) window to advertise it and someone offered me £20 for it - plastic bobbins and all! Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
With the film star back from her North American expedition (and her laundry dealt with, Janice) we've just made a somewhat overdue update to the Lace Guild's website. Included are: 1. Extracts from the January issue of Lace. 2. A couple of items on the Young Lacemakers' page 3. Updated events and lace days. The url is in the signature. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if necessary. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] UK lacemakers please
Sue wrote: Does anyone know where I might be able to purchase the DVD of Louise Colgan's Milanese Lace, in the UK, preferably? You can get it from Suzanne Brackenbury in the UK and you can find her address etc from Google (search for Suzanne Brackenbury). Jean in wet, grey Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] The thistle bookmark by Jean Leader
Edith Holmes wrote: Have any of you seen Jean's new book of motifs, using the thistle, rose, daffodil and shamrock, with a fuschia as well? and Daphne wrote: Where can I buy a copy of Jean Leader's Motifs book please?? It's available from me in the UK (please email me off list for details) or from Susan Wenzel (Lacy Susan) in the USA. I have seen my thistle bookmark made in a colour other than white with beads instead of tallies on the thistle and that worked well. I've also seen one in purple and green but I think it was probably dyed after it was made (it was in a display and I couldn't get close enough to check). Seeing whether it could be worked successfully in colour is one of the things on my 'To do' list but it's nowhere near the top. I have a suspicion that at least some of it would need to be done as a part lace with sewings - colour in the pairs on the working diagram of the thistle flower (p. 7) and you'll see why. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
We've just done quite an extensive update to the Lace Guild's website, adding details of: 1. The 2007 Lace Guild Calendar 2. 30th Anniversary Pattern Book 3. Membership Bobbins for 2006-7 4. 30th Anniversary Commemorative Bobbin 5. New Notelets 6. Second Hand Books available from the Lace Guild (30% off this month) The url is in the signature. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if necessary. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace Guild Website Update
Oops! We got our wires crossed about who'd mounted what and the new membership bobbins and the updated Second-Hand Books list have only just been added. Jean and David At 9:15 am +0100 16/5/06, Jean Leader wrote: We've just done quite an extensive update to the Lace Guild's website, adding details of: 1. The 2007 Lace Guild Calendar 2. 30th Anniversary Pattern Book 3. Membership Bobbins for 2006-7 4. 30th Anniversary Commemorative Bobbin 5. New Notelets 6. Second Hand Books available from the Lace Guild (30% off this month) The url is in the signature. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if necessary. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
Cluny de Brioude was my first choice for Montreal too and that's what I got (-: I've also been wondering where to get the silk so if anyone finds a good source please let me know. The website http://www.auverasoie.com/html/gb/clients.htm has addresses for distributors in the USA (Texas), Australia, Finland and Germany but nothing for the UK - just Other Countries with an address in Paris plus email address. Now I'm hoping they'll answer my email and be able to tell me where I can get it here (have to say it's not something I ever remember seeing around). Jean in Glasgow where we've been having real summer weather - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] IOLI /Montreal
Much impressed by Au Ver à Soie in Paris - there was an email waiting for me with details of UK suppliers when I got up at 8am this morning! Now I just have to decide which of the many colours I want to use... Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Cluny de Brioude class
Having found out where to get the thread specified for the Cluny de Brioude class (not that I've actually got around to ordering it yet) I considered the other things on the requirements list 1. the pillow which it says should be 50 cm x 50 cm - that's about 20 inches square and I'm wondering why such a large pillow for a motif that's only about 3.5 x 4.5 inches - can anyone explain? A 20 inch square pillow is too large for my largest suitcase so I'd have to pack it up as a separate item. 2. leather pad - what for? size? anyone know the answer? I even looked up the pdf file on the Hotel de la Dentelle web site and in French it says 'cuir (sous-mains)' which according to my large French dictionary is a desk blotter. Is it instead of a cover cloth? Does anyone have an email address for the Hotel de la Dentelle so I can ask there? Thanks Jean in Glasgow where it's still warm and sunny! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
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 content may be of interest to those teaching lacemaking to young people elsewhere. The Magazine section includes an article by Jenny Salter, The Lace Guild's Learning and Access Officer, about her work in bringing lace into schools. There is also an article about an exhibition of modern lace, and a free pattern. The url is in the signature. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if necessary. David and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Jean Leader books
At 6:38 am -0400 16/7/06, Jean Nathan wrote: Jean, just been browsing Amazon and came across: Thistle, Rose, Daffodil, Shamrock and a Fuchsia: Five Motifs Using Bedfordshire Lace Techniques (Paperback) by you published June 2006. I've got your bookmarks book and the Bucks point from the Lace Guild, but are you being modest about a new one? If so can we get it from you? It was news to me that the book was on Amazon - must be because I've now invested in an ISBN for it. It's the same book as that mentioned a couple of months ago on the list but I've now had it printed (rather than photocopied). It is available from me price £6 plus postage (currently 49p in the UK but this could well change come 21st August). Jean in sunny Glasgow (I've been sitting in the garden making lace) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Arachne lunch at Montreal convention
At 8:47 pm -0400 16/7/06, Janice Blair wrote: No-one contacted me about an Arachne meeting so maybe we should plan on eating lunch on Monday together in the hotel. Haven't seen any more about this - is it going to happen? I'm in favour. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] London
At 8:37 am -0400 8/8/06, Vibeke wrote: When you are in the Greenwich area do also try to see Ranger's House in Blackheath, with the Suffolk Collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean paintings with lots of lace. This collection of paintings has been moved and is now in Kenwood House, Hampstead, London. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=ConProperty.106 you'll find information about how to get there and what's there including The Suffolk Collection - magnificent portraits of Elizabethan and Stuart men and women by William Larkin, Van Dyck and Lely, given by the Hon. Mrs Greville Howard in 1974. You can see one of them (Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset) if you go to http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100100100h007002 They are definitely worth seeing. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website update
Well, the summer is over - hope you had a good one - and we finally got round to updating the Lace Guild's website. Some of the events have been updated, and there are extracts from the July (sic) issue of Lace (if you want it sooner you have to become a member). The url is in the signature. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if necessary. David and Jean in Glasgow (back from an enjoyable holiday in Ireland) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Oval Leaves
At 11:08 am -0500 8/11/06, Pauline wrote: I have made leaves in the 'English' manner (on the pillow rather than in the hand) all my lacemaking life, but am just starting to experiment with other methods, Be careful - I'm currently suffering from an inflamed tendon in my right thumb and I'm sure it's the result of making lots of leaves 'Cluny de Brioude' style during the summer. (Those of you who've done leaves like that will know there's a very awkward move with the right thumb.) Jean (frustrated at having to rest my thumb) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: leaves
The Cluny de Brioude way of making leaf-shaped tallies doesn't come in the book at all - it's difficult to describe and the best way to get the hang of it is to see someone doing it. However, as I started this thread I'll have a bash You start with your hands palm down, bobbins (up to eight) held between fingers and thumbs. The weaver bobbin is on the left of those in the right hand, the central pendulum bobbin on the right of those in the left hand. 1. Release weaver bobbin and flick it to the left - it goes under the central pendulum bobbin. Release pendulum bobbin, pick weaver bobbin up between thumb and first finger of left hand, pendulum bobbin between thumb and first finger of right hand (this should all flow together smoothly). 2. Tension so that everything looks nice (the word I would use here is 'shuggle' - pull gently, wiggle and so on). Keeping the pendulum bobbin well to the right is important. 3. Turn left hand palm up towards the left, release weaver bobbin (gently) on to pillow, and turn hand palm down again. Hold weaver bobbin between thumb and first finger of left hand. (The weaver bobbin has gone over and under the other treads in the left hand.) 4. Release pendulum bobbin and flick to the left under weaver bobbin. Release weaver bobbin, pick pendulum bobbin up between thumb and first finger of left hand, weaver bobbin between thumb and first finger of right hand. 5. Tension - this time keeping pendulum bobbin well to the left. 6. Release weaver bobbin, turn right hand palm up to the right and pick up weaver bobbin between thumb and first finger of right hand (this is the uncomfortable bit). Turn right hand palm down again. (The weaver bobbin has gone under and over the other treads in the right hand.) Start again at 1. What is nice about this method is that it allows you to control up to 8 bobbins which can be very useful when you're using colours - you can hide the ones you don't need until later inside the tally. But, like Tamara, I reckon that the secret of ridges at the side is packing in as many passes as possible - I get them when working flat on a pillow (with the weaver long and the other threads short). (Clay - is this how Anny Noben-Slegers makes tallies? She came to see Natalie making a tally during the class but they talked in French...) Jean in damp, grey Glasgow, Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: leaves
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 weaver. Also that you start with a cloth stitch, shape the leaf as you work and work a bit further than you think you need to. Finish with weaver and pendulum bobbins at the centre. For weaver to left of pendulum: twist weaver bobbin over left edge pairs, right edge pairs over pendulum bobbin so that weaver and pendulum bobbins are at the outside edges. (For weaver at right of pendulum, twist pendulum bobbin over left edge pairs, right edge pairs over weaver bobbin.) Place pin between the two groups of edge bobbins and tension edge bobbins firmly (you should be able to see everything 'tighten up' as you do this). Jean in grey, windy Glasgow where nearly all the leaves are off the trees - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
We've just updated The Lace Guild website for December. Items of interest include: 1. Updated Lace Days and other events. 2. Updated list of second-hand books from the Lace Guild. 3. Appeal for member to help complete Lace Guild Sampler Project - see Stop Press. That's about it we think. David and Jean in wet and windy Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ...one more thing
Oh, almost forgot, there's one more thing on The Lace Guild website for December. Try clicking on the sprig of holly. J and D -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] miscellaneous lace questions
Debbie wrote: I was looking at the instructions for the wire leaf on December 2 of the Advent Calendar. snip: but I must say that the more I look at this pattern, the more I want to make it! Was that something that went into the planning of the calendar? The earlier the date in December, the more the pattern is seen, the more the desire to have a go at making it? I'm afraid you overestimate our cunning. What with spreading the puzzle clues and patterns over the month, reserving the 'special days' for appropriate pictures, and trying to prevent colour repetitions and clashes, there's little scope for Machiavellian strategems. That said, we're glad the pattern intrigues you, hope you have an enjoyable Christmas and that 2007 will be kinder to you than 2006 has been. Jean and David in Glasgow -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Off to Italy
We're all packed and hoping to catch a plane to spend Christmas with our son in Turin (at the moment it's still on despite the fog at Gatwick). Enjoy the rest of the Advent Calendar and do have a go at the competition. (Get your children/grandchildren to surf the net for the answers.) If anyone has problems submitting their answers (should be ok, but occasionally someone has an odd configuration on their computer) send them to us and we'll put them in the hat with the rest. Christmas wishes to everyone, Jean and David in Glasgow (for the next few hours) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Advent Calendar Competition results
The answers to The Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition have now been mounted on the website. Congratulations to the winners: Anja Guzzi (from Switzerland) and Antje Gonzalez (from Spain) and to all who took part. Hope it was fun. Jean and David -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website update
To start the new year we did a January update on the Lace Guild website, and finally got round to mounting some pieces from the October Lace magazine (too busy before Christmas). Otherwise just an events update, and a stop press notice about visiting The Hollies during February (or not). David in blustery Glasgow (Jean's gone off to see a lace exhibition) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild website update
The Lace Guild's exhibition 'Now and Then' opened at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum yesterday and will be there until the 24th March. I've just updated the Events page of the website with details of the two workshops and gallery talks which will take place during the exhibition. These workshops and talks were finalised too late to be included in the January 'Lace' (due out at the end of the month) so please pass this on to anyone who might be interested. Thank you Jean in wet and windy Glasgow (David is away ski-ing in Switzerland) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Scottish Lace - Hamilton lace
I've visited Hamilton Museum (it's not far from Glasgow). It has lace pillows and bobbins (all of the typical English Midlands type) and some lace but only one piece that is said to be Hamilton lace. I took Jeri Ames there back in 2002 and we were both very unhappy with the scrambled mess on the lace pillow, enough to put anyone off lacemaking, but I haven't been back since. Over ten years ago I tried to follow up the references about Scottish lace that Mrs Palliser quotes but got nowhere. My feeling is that any bobbin lacemaking in Scotland was probably of the 'opportunistic' type - when lace sold well someone set up a 'lace industry' but when the slump came (as it always did) the lacemaking faded away. I'm not quite sure why it survived in New Pitsligo - perhaps because it was taught in the school there as part of the normal curriculum. This is what I wrote about New Pitsligo lace in an article about Scottish lace for a German lace magazine: In the nineteenth century lacemaking developed as a cottage industry in New Pitsligo, a village in north-eastern Aberdeenshire. It is uncertain who introduced lacemaking but it was encouraged by the minister, Rev.W.Webster who came to the village in 1841. He helped to improve the standard of the lace by bringing in teachers, compiled a specimen book and also found buyers for the lace including Queen Victoria. A report on Scottish Home Industries (1895) says that in the summer 50-60 and in the winter 150-160 persons are engaged in making lace. Women giving pretty steady attention to the work should make from 4s. to 5s. a week. The report is illustrated and includes a picture of a New Pitsligo lacemaker working at a bolster pillow outside her cottage. The lace was mainly Torchon, worked with the footside on the left indicating a continental influence, but there were local names for the patterns such as Lady's Fan, Jumpin Jecks and Ox-eye. The workers also referred to the movements of the bobbins as knit and twist instead of the more usual cross and twist. Lace is still made in New Pitsligo but now only as a hobby. And Rochelle, there is another Scottish lace - Ballantrae lace - but you'll have to wait for the July issue of 'Lace'. Now back to all the things on my list (this wasn't). Jean in Glasgow, Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Scottish Lace - Hamilton lace
At 5:52 pm -0500 5/2/07, Rochelle wrote: Interesting the continental influence in Pitsligo. Wasn't that bit late for the migrations of lacemakers from Europe? I thought there were a few 'waves' of migration of lacemakers but much earlier than that. Does anyone know any more about that, or am I wrong? It doesn't need a 'wave' - just one person. It's a bit of a mystery how the lacemaking in New Pitsligo started but according to one account the person who first taught the local women came from Aberdeen but had been a lady's maid in France where she had learnt lacemaking. (This is from an article in the Costume Society of Scotland Bulletin XXVII, Winter 1986, 'A Look at Lacemaking in Scotland' by Elsie McArthur.) Jean in Glasgow. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] My new website
One of my New Year resolutions was to make this the year when I got my own website together - I've been thinking about one for over two years but not getting down to it until now. But it is now up and running at http://www.jeanleader.co.uk David designed it and did all the stuff 'under the bonnet/hood' and I filled in the content. I will be adding to it as and when I have time but I need to get on with other things right now. Jean in wet, grey Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] My new website
At 5:51 pm -0500 28/2/07, Micki wrote on lace-digest: Just thought I would mention that some of the links didn't work for me, I use standard internet explorer as a browser, so nothing fancy there. Thanks to Micki and others who pointed out missing links and spelling mistakes. All fixed now, I hope (the problem was we'd done some re-arranging yesterday morning and overlooked a few changes also needed). Jean -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK http://www.jeanleader.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website update
The cobbler's children are always the worst shod, but, earlier this year we got round to setting up Jean's own website. The result has been a delay in updating The Lace Guild site (now in its 10th year) but we've now got round to mounting some extracts from the January issue of Lace, and we've also updated the Lace Day listings. Jean and David in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] 98 Lace Group Website
Just an announcement that the 98 Lace Group has now a website: http://www.98lacegroup.org.uk/ This explains the purpose of the Group and features some work from its previous exhibitions. In the fullness of time a gallery of the current exhibition at The Lace Guild convention will be added. Jean Leader (Treasurer) and David Leader (Webmaster) -- Jean Leader Glasgow, Scotland, UK http://www.jeanleader.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] thread question
At 5:24 pm -0400 21/5/07, lace-digest wrote: In the book Modern Lace, the author calls for Translucent Lurex thread. Can anyone tell me where in the US this can be obtained or what the equivalent would be? Thanks. Who's the author of this book? What sort of lace is it? The book will be Modern Bobbin Lace by Karen Marie Iversen. She was my 'co-tutor' when I taught some Bedfordshire lace workshops in Denmark earlier this year. I asked her about the threads and she told me you can use 6-strand embroidery thread, 1 strand is needed, the thread has the same thicknes as DMC, Mayflower and Anchor threads, Venus is a bit thicker but not so much (these are 80 crochet cotton). One of my students has made the first design. She used one strand of a 'sparkly' white embroidery thread for the lurex worker and it gave the desired effect. The designs do need to be stiffened - my student tried spray starch, diluted PVA glue and the stiffener sold by the Kantcentrum on samples and we both thought the Kantcentrum stiffener worked best. It's not easy to get hold of as it's methanol-based and can't be posted but I've since been told that this stiffener is really made and used for straw hats which may help you to find a supply. Jean in sunny Glasgow, Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild website update and other things
Life is a bit hectic at the moment as I'm in the midst of preparing the catalogue for the Lace Guild's 'Seven' exhibition which opens in Dudley, West Midlands on 14th July. The judging for the associated John Bull Trophy competition takes place next week and we hope to get the results up on the website before we go away on 4th July (pictures will probably have to wait until we get back). Anyway we did manage to find time to update the extracts from 'Lace' and have included part of Devon Thien's article about Gertrude Whiting. You'll also find my Sea Spiral pattern with a corrected diagram (hope no one has been having problems with that). The url is in the signature - contact us if you have any problems. Jean (and David) in Glasgow where the sun shone today -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
