My current was only started in September last year, but is the longest running project of my lace story...a Barbara Underwood floral Beds piece, started at a workshop, then well and truly tanggled by a curious student at school when I took it to show them what I was working on. I have finally untanggled the bobbins and have moved from 1/3 way around to almost 1/2 thanks to our heatwave - record high temp on Thursday - and a very eager visitor turned lace student.  I also have a tatted doily, finally making some progress, with 9 of the 30 final round motives completed, but wont be able to share a pic for a while.
Warm regards,  Laura Forrester @>++ warm and wet Launceston Tasmania  laura_ros...@yahoo.com http://lauraslace.blogspot.com/ --- On Fri, 30/1/09, Alice Howell <lacel...@verizon.net> wrote: From: Alice Howell <lacel...@verizon.net> Subject: [lace] Lace on the pillow To: lace@arachne.com Received: Friday, 30 January, 2009, 10:00 PM During the cold weather I've been making some lace. I pulled out a Binche project started long ago and have been working on it. A couple bobbins on it say Happy Birthday 1999...so I must have started it that year. I know it was before I retired, so that is about right. I did the first inch...looking good. Then the next half inch was one of those where the threads keep changing places, and it's all screwed up. I refuse to take a bunch of it out, so I will soldier on, and hope it straightens itself out when I'm back to the simpler section. This will definitely NOT be a contest entry piece. <G> I've been told that anyone who manages to complete this sampler piece of Anny Noben Slagers can do most Binche patterns. Hope so, because I have her Dolphin pattern waiting. It only takes about 128 pairs of bobbins so I may have to inventory my bobbins, and buy some more. Has anyone used Honiton bobbins for Binche? I have enough of them to do the pattern. The weight would suit the fine thread used. So far I've broken two threads. Is this just from pulling too hard? Or has 10 years of sitting on the bobbins weakened the threads? Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon.... still in dense fog. Should go away in a couple days. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com Make Yahoo!7 your homepage and win a trip to the Quiksilver Pro. Find out more - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
