Just to remind everyone on Arachne that Bridget Cook has had her comprehensive Idrija book reprinted. Â Another author who was shocked by the high amounts second hand copies of the out of print books were being offered and sold for. Â It includes instruction and patterns for both narrow tape (what we think of as 'typical' Idrija) and broad tape designs.
The reprint is available from Bridget, £20 plus shipping which is currently £2.80 in the UK.  You'd need to enquire from her for overseas shipping costs.  PM me if you want her contact details.  As far as I know she's not offering it for sale via any suppliers: possibly there's not enough difference in cost and selling price for her to be able to offer a discount to them. Jacquie in Lincolnshire -------- Original message -------- >From Beth Marshall <b...@capuchin.co.uk> Date: 10/01/2015 19:44 (GMT+00:00) To Arachne <lace@arachne.com> Subject [lace] Pattern suggestion thanks - and Idrija lace books Hello all thanks to all those who replied (on & off list) with pattern suggestions - I now have lots of ideas (if only I had enough time to try them all), one of which is to try Idrija lace as there seem to be lots of very attractive smallish motif patterns available for that; As I've never tried Idrija I could do with an instruction book to help with the techniques before I leap into any more complex patterns - can anyone tell me what Idrija books are out there, and which ones are worth buying for a beginner to this type of lace? Doesn't matter too much if they are not in English, particularly if their are plenty of good diagrams (I've been making lace long enough to "read" diagrams plus I can read French and Spanish pretty fluently, and make out a reasonable amount in German or Italian - armed with the international lace dictionary I'll tackle most lace publications) Meanwhile, going into the "lace" folder on my computer to dig out the Spanish pattern books Lorelei mentioned (which I had downloaded ages ago and forgotten about) I found a tape-and-fillings pattern for a treble clef - no idea where I downloaded this pattern by Claudine Bouvain from, there's just the pricking and a picture of the completed motif in my files, originally white but it would look glorious multi-coloured in really bright silk threads and I have a ridiculously large stash of those so I shall be preparing my pricking and winding some bobbins tonight.. Beth - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
