Please remove my email address from this list. Thanks, RMC > On Mar 5, 2020, at 6:25 AM, lace-digest <[email protected]> wrote: > > lace-digest Thursday, March 5 2020 Volume 2020 : Number 013 > > > > In this issue: > > [lace] left handed hitches > [lace] The end of Egyptian cotton - The New Yorker > [lace] 2020 Arachne Bookmark Exchange > [lace] teaching left-handers > Re: [lace] Left handed tricks? > Re: [lace] Left handed tricks? > [lace] 2020 Arachne Bookmark Exchange > [lace] Prescencia thread > > Note: To unsubscribe from the digested form of the list you must > unsubscribe lace-digest [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:56:22 +0000 (GMT) > From: Elizabeth Pass <[email protected]> > Subject: [lace] left handed hitches > > The talk of problem hitches, left-handed winding, anti-clockwise etc. reminds > me of the time that I used teach children on Saturday mornings. (I did it for > sixteen and a half years). One girl had great trouble winding clockwise, so I > suggested that she look at the head of the bobbin and imagine that it was a > clock face, then check with the electric wall clock. The second hand would > show the direction to wind the thread. This proved to be a success - no more > anti-clockwise and the hitch stayed put. One day the hitch wouldn't stay, and > the bobbin thread kept lengthening, the bobbin had been wound anti-clockwise. > I asked, "Did you look at the clock?" "Yes," she answered. I looked at the > clock. It was going backwards! > > Liz Pass > In Poole, where it's gale force winds and wet. > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 04:58:37 -0500 > From: Vicki Bradford <[email protected]> > Subject: [lace] The end of Egyptian cotton - The New Yorker > > Dear Arachnids, > > I found this article from The New Yorker quite interesting and wonder how it > might relate to our lace threads....? > > Vicki in Maryland > The end of Egyptian cotton > The New Yorker > > News Desk A series of political and climatic upheavals has yielded diminishing > quality in a commodity once believed to be the best in the world. Dockworkers > loading sacks of Egyptian cotton onto boats in Alexandria, in 1922. The fame > of Egyptian cotton is much like that of Italian olive oil or French wine, > where provenance is a shortcut for quality. Photograph from National > Geographic Image Collection / Alamy In 1994, Ayman Nassar, an > Egyptian-American who grew up in California, briefly Read the full story > > > Shared from Apple News > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:14:22 -0800 > From: Lin Hudren <[email protected]> > Subject: [lace] 2020 Arachne Bookmark Exchange > > Hello Everyone. > > > > It is coming on Spring in the northern hemisphere so time to watch the new > growth of leaves and bulbs. It is a time of creation and renewal. I would > like to thank all those participants in the Arachne exchanges the last > years who love to make and share lace. Let's let the fun begin again. > Bookmarks can be used all year long so they are cherished all year with > fond memories. > > > > This year the schedule will go like this: > > February 29 Sign Ups begins until March 14 > > March 16 Exchange partner assignments made and emailed out > > June 1 All bookmarks should be in the mail, please > > > > Same guidelines apply as the previous exchanges: send in name, snail mail > address, email address, how many bookmarks you wish to make and any > geographical preferences you have to me at *[email protected] > <[email protected]>*. After making your bookmark(s) please take a > picture and email directly to me. If you wonder if your partner was unable > to send in a photo of the bookmark they sent to you, just send a photo upon > receipt and I will make sure everyone is represented. I will be following > up to make sure we get photos of all of them so if you think you will have > a problem, just let me know. Thanks. > > > > If this is your first time or you are participating for an additional time, > I hope you will have lots of fun. Any type of lace and pattern is > appropriate. Any skill level is welcome. This is creative license at its > best. Don't be shy. This is your time to shine and have fun. > > Thanks and hope you will enjoy as much as I plan to. > > Hugs, Lin and the Mali > > [image: http://www.amazing-animations.com/animations/goodmorning15.gif] > [image: > 🤗] > > If it is to be, it is up to me. > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 09:53:12 -0000 > From: "Alex Stillwell" <[email protected]> > Subject: [lace] teaching left-handers > > Hi Elena > > Re: teaching a left-hander > > Being a left-hander, or as my father always put it ‘a southpaw’, I > frequently have to change hands. When this happens I make the movements > left-handed, watch myself making them and write down what I do. Then I change > the words left and right and work the technique right handed following my > instructions. For difficult processes I have even recorded myself talking my > way through them, transcribing and then changing lefts and rights. > > Hope all goes well > > Alex > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 16:21:15 +0100 > From: Ursula Mesnaric <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lace] Left handed tricks? > > Hello > > I most time only read your mails, because of my English is noch the best. > > I want to tell you another trick I used to learn left handed students > all of my textil techniques: > > I`m sitting on a stool and have mirror in my lap, size about 20 x 30 cm > (8 x 12 inch). > I work in front of the mirror, so I look at my work from the right side, > as I would normally work. > > My student is sitting vice versa of me, looking *in the mirror* (not on > the left side of my work). > She or he will see me working as I would be a left handed. > > I developed this, when my left handed son was a small child and wants to > learn knitting and crochet. > > This way I teached knitting, hand sewing, knotting, braiding, winding > bobbins, every technique. > In my classes most time about 1/3 to 1/2 of the students were left handed. > And the method works. > > I hope, my explanations are clear enough, that you can understand what I > mean. > > best regards, Ursula > from Germany, where is a very sunny day. > > > > > > >> Am 26.02.2020 um 18:05 schrieb Beth Harpell: >> Elena, >> >> Great, so glad to help! Best of luck with all of your lefties! >> >> Beth >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to >> [email protected]. Photo site: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 10:45:35 -0500 > From: "N.A. Neff" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lace] Left handed tricks? > > Brilliant!! > > Nancy > Connecticut, USA > > >> ... >> I`m sitting on a stool and have mirror in my lap, size about 20 x 30 cm >> (8 x 12 inch). >> I work in front of the mirror, so I look at my work from the right side, >> as I would normally work. >> >> My student is sitting vice versa of me, looking *in the mirror* (not on >> the left side of my work). >> She or he will see me working as I would be a left handed. >> ... > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 10:17:40 -0800 > From: Lin Hudren <[email protected]> > Subject: [lace] 2020 Arachne Bookmark Exchange > > Hello Everyone. > > > > It is coming on Spring in the northern hemisphere so time to watch the new > growth of leaves and bulbs. It is a time of creation and renewal. I would > like to thank all those participants in the Arachne exchanges the last > years who love to make and share lace. Let's let the fun begin again. > Bookmarks can be used all year long so they are cherished all year with > fond memories. > > > > This year the schedule will go like this: > > February 29 Sign Ups begins until March 14 > > March 16 Exchange partner assignments made and emailed out > > June 1 All bookmarks should be in the mail, please > > > > Same guidelines apply as the previous exchanges: send in name, snail mail > address, email address, how many bookmarks you wish to make and any > geographical preferences you have to me at *[email protected] > <[email protected]>*. After making your bookmark(s) please take a > picture and email directly to me. If you wonder if your partner was unable > to send in a photo of the bookmark they sent to you, just send a photo upon > receipt and I will make sure everyone is represented. I will be following > up to make sure we get photos of all of them so if you think you will have > a problem, just let me know. Thanks. > > > > If this is your first time or you are participating for an additional time, > I hope you will have lots of fun. Any type of lace and pattern is > appropriate. Any skill level is welcome. This is creative license at its > best. Don't be shy. This is your time to shine and have fun. > > Thanks and hope you will enjoy as much as I plan to. > > Hugs, Lin and the Mali > > [image: http://www.amazing-animations.com/animations/goodmorning15.gif] > [image: > 🤗] > > If it is to be, it is up to me. > > > > > > > Hugs, Lin and the Mali > > [image: http://www.amazing-animations.com/animations/goodmorning15.gif] > [image: > 🤗] > > If it is to be, it is up to me. > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 12:52:26 -0000 > From: "Alex Stillwell" <[email protected]> > Subject: [lace] Prescencia thread > > Good morning Arachnids > > I have been using an old reel of Prescencia mercerised thread no. 40 and I > prefer it to the Finca range. It gives a softer appearance more like my > antique Bedfordshire lace. Does anyone know a supplier in Great Britain? > > Blow the dust > > Alex > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of lace-digest V2020 #13 > **************************** >
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