Hello, Spiders of all kinds,
Sorry to double up, but I'm just unsubscribing for 3 months while I go to
Europe, and wanted to get everyone in one swoop.
I'll think of you all while looking at lace in Europe (hopefully!!), and also
lace books, which I will post back as usual, since our suitcases wil
ASlice wrote:
>I live 50 miles from the west coast of the USA. IOLI conference is 1200
miles from me, and that is considered 'close'. It's less than 3 hours by
plane. Our group has a good percentage attending because of the
location. We even have three people driving because it's only three
Hello lacemakers,
Irene wrote:
>Do any of you make lace outside?
Finally, we have weather nice enough for being outside and I am going to give
I think it would be great to sit outside to make lace, I'm going to get out
there this evening when it is dry from washing it.
Happy lacemaking,
Irene Whit
Ricki wrote:
>After learning something about the irreplaceable value of some antique lace,
I'm wondering if anyone could tell me a bit about lace museum collections. I'd
be interested in knowing which ones top the recommendation list, no matter
where they are. I would also be interested in learn
Malvary wrote:
>I know our posture isn't always what it should be when we are making lace,
>but I think we would very soon have a bad back if we had to lace like this.
>http://membres.lycos.fr/sitelle/lace/litlacer.htm
Let alone the fact that your lace wouldn't keep clean for very long with all
Carolyn wrote:
>Curiouser and curiouser -- on the lace fairy web site there is another
painting with I swear the exact same lacemaker -- labelled La dentelliere
d'Caudry by Jean Skupien. Maybe this lady went around modelling, or maybe
all the local artists got together and painted her at work? Or
Try getting the new Australian booklet brought out by one of the New South
Wales groups. It's called "Orange Blossom lace" and it only costs 17.50
Australian dollars. It's got lots of patterns for wedding things with an orange
blossom design. It's floral torchon, but I'm sure you could adapt to Buc
Dee, you are not supposed to put your name anywhere when you write to your
secret pal!! Only sign "Your secret Pal", not Helene, or Dee, or anything that
can be recognized!!
Also, use someone else's name and address on the parcels. I use my husband's
name, or a friend of mine, whose permission I a
Yes, well, the difference in opinions just shows you that for people to say
"it's not" is hogwash!!
OK, I wouldn't suggest doing your own thing if you are making patterns for an
exam, I suppose in that case you'd better stick to traditional ways, but why
not experiment? How did that "well-known" l
Tamara wrote:
>That's what I've been doing; starting on whichever side was going to
hide the knots the best. But then I had a moment of panic - what if
that's all wrong??? I wouldn't mind being wrong in my own work but, if
I decide to publish a pattern which uses the tie-off, I wouldn't want
to
Yummy! I wish I had $13,000 to spare :-)
Helene the froggy from Melbourne
Lynn wrote:
>Has anyone seen this piece of lace up for sale on ebay at almost $13,000
US.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2219&item=7323077731&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V
Boy have I got the wrong idea a
Shirley T. wrote:
> For those interested in miniature lacemaking, you might like to take
>a look at our Guild home page at
>http://www.austlaceguild.org/pages/branches/sa/salaceshop.htm
I saw that gorgeous miniature lace shop at the Adelaide AGM last year. It
looked absolutely divine. What a sham
Please avoid AFL at all costs!! In Australia, it means Australian Football
League,
and you wouldn't want to be mistaken for *that* lot, would you? Just imagine the
kind of people you could get if they surfed the Internet for AFL and came up
with
your site as an answer
Helene, the froggy from
Sorry, Robyn, I would say papyrus still has the edge on it if you go by
age...:-)
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Autumn is here and the oaks are turning. Gum
trees, of course, completely ignore the seasons and shed all the time!
Robyn wrote:
>For information, nothing has beaten the track rec
Devon, thank you so much for posting that letter. I had a look and there is
quite a
bit of lace, on its own and on costume. Lovely!
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, where the weather is so nice I've been
spending
an hour lacing on the back terrace after work everyday!. Pity the mozzies chase
Beth wrote:
>Gentle Spiders,
I'm looking for a room-mate for the IOLI convention in Denver this summer.
Only
rule is non-smoker. Please contact me off list.
Oh, I found a cute spider pin at a jewelery shop in the French Quarter that I'm
going to be wearing at the convention.
Beth McCasland
>I have put up on my website the improvised version of a block pillow - it
>will do until I get an 'official' one.
>Take a look and let me know what you think of it.
>http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/block.html
That looks great, Jenny!! Just watch out when you pin in the holes between the
squar
I was just reading old emails and found this one of tamara, and that reminded
me of
something else. Do all the stamp collectors know that Italy has just put out an
embroidered stamp on fabric similar to the Swiss one (but with a different
embroidery on it :-), of course? Our stamp dealer in the ci
Malvary wrote:
>The other question I would raise - are you allowed to import them into
>Australia, they are filled with sawdust and wood shavings. Probably ok, but
>better to make sure before you buy one.
Definitely not without having to pay for fumigation, which will add to the
cost! You
cou
Dera Martina,
Cluny lace is also called LePuy lace, as it is the main lace they make there.
It's
similar to torchon and Beds, with lots of tallies and plaits.
A good series of books to get hold of is the series written or edited by Mick
Fouriscot, on various subjects, including Cluny, and publish
Devon,
I'm just catching up with my digests and read you account of the "Living
Billboard
Campaign for Modern Lace". Thank you! I loved it!! And of course, went to see
the
photos...
However, how on earth can you expect to compete favourably with 8 big black
breasts?
:-) lace cannot possibly w
Thanks, Jo,
a great thing to keep in favourites!!
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne
Jo wrote:
>I just found site with many links to many color and conversion charts!
>http://users.rcn.com/kdyer.dnai/conversion.html
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Hello, Brenda,
I didn't know DMC 50 was a Z ply. I've used it for years, and never had any
problem
until I used it with this particular metallic thread which I have never used
before.
I'm going to make the smae bookmzrk with a linen thread and the same metallic
silver, just to see what happens!
Brenda wrote (a few days ago...)
>I've just added the stuff about BL occasionally curling to my website,
>with a link to a snakes gallery. Additional pics for the gallery would
>be welcome.
I just finished a Christmas torchon bookmark (for next year, of course!) made
with
green DMC cotton 30
Other than that, my hubby and I swore off gift giving
this year. As hideously corny as it sounds, we're
happy enough with each other that we didn't feel the
need for anything more, and not stressing out over
gifts was a gift itself (we tend to get what we
need/want as it comes up, not wait for onc
Happy New Year to you and all Arachnes!
I haven't been able to look at my mail because of the public holidays (4 days
off
each time as Friday 31st Dec was my rostered day off, what bliss this year!!)
so I'm
just catching up and specially admired your work, Sue. Please keep lacing, and
posting th
Your volunteering is noted, Devon! I'll use you as a model as soon as I have
made
something wearable..:-)
That's my problem! I don't really dress the proper way for emphasizing beautiful
lace, and I don't make lace to wear (except fo a 3D orchid brooch for my
mother)!
Knitted fabrics are not part
Tamara wrote:
> Out of sheer cussedness, I checked the currency converter on the day of
delivery (Oct 19) and it would have cost me U$ 31.30, had she not been
honest. I checked again today, and the same GBP 17.99 "translates" to U$
33.32. That means, that the buying power of the (once almighty) dol
Anita wrote:
>BTW, has anyone got a nice pattern for said christening gown that I might
borrow? I've looked in Vogue, Butterick, Simplicity, etc. etc. but not
been 100% pleased with the patterns there.
I can't remember exactly where, but I saw a round christening robe
somewhere (could it have be
Linda wrote:
>However, all my husband's astronomy lists are just as busy as ever.
Probably mostly men in those, Linda :-)! They've got nothing to do before
Xmas! You wouldn't catch my DH making Xmas presents, cooking Xmas food or
writing Xmas cards, exept maybe 1-2 for his "work" (He is president
thanks to you all who sent me emails with instructions on how to burn in
multiple sessions.I don't have a burner, actually, I an burn occasionally
at work, when I can get hold of the work burner, but I just want the photo
shops to do what they advertise they can do!!
Yours in lace!
Helene the fro
Dear Ewa,
It is always sad to lose someone who was a Master of their craft, or art,
and who also worked so much for the lace community. I have 2 of Inge's
books, and admire her work very much.
please convey all my sympathy to her family and friends.
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne.
It is with
Thanks, Dorte, I know you can do that, when you have a burner, which I
don't, except at work, where it's inconvenient, since it's in a branch
library 6 kms away from where I work...
I just wondered if anyone gets their pictures done on CD at a shop and has
actually managed to get the shop to put se
Tamara wrote:
>So I got a big stack of cheap-ish CDs in preparation. They were
>*supposed* to be the kind one can *add* data to. "Supposed" is the key
>word... :) There's a disagreement betwen my puter and my discs; I can
>read someone else's disc, I can burn my own... But I *cannot* add to a
>
Tamara wrote:
>...I have lots of "issues" with the US's "do it my way or take the
highway" attitude, but the placing of the address label isn't one of
them :)
it does make sense, if you're trying to have millions of pieces of mail
processed, efficiently, by a dumb machine... I'm a great proponen
Bev wrote:
>...For a *lace* tool, the decision to buy a digital camera was a good
one.
I use it more than I would have thought, the main factor being the
immediate results. I use it to examine a piece of antique lace, where
the screen resolution is easier for me to see than a magnifying glass.
I
Hello, hello, I seem to have raised a storm with my "Digital
cameras-against" posting!! Thanks to all who wrote back to me, I can't
answer all of you individually, you are too many. Because it isn't
directly lace related (although it is indirectly, since we are talking
about photographing lace, ple
Lovely garter, Mimi. I like that blue!
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne
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Tamara wrote:
>(or seems to; the older generation tends to put the return
>address at the back of the envelope, rather than in the upper left
>corner of the front, and the PO doesn't seem to bother to check for
>that)...
I think putting the return address on the front is an American habit, I've
Dot wrote:
>I know there was a long discussion on digital cameras a while ago, when
the possibility of my aquiring one was nil. I am now in the market for one
and would like to ask who ever posted at that time to forward their very
interesting articles to me.
Hello, Dot,
like you, I've been thin
>2) I understand there is a Ring thing that works even better than the
Green Horseshoe, and that it has extensions to make larger rings. Does
anyone know of these? Can you point me in the right direction to find
them, please? - and perhaps give me it's correct name!
Maybe somebody who
Dear Dora,
thank you for the report on your visit. I have printed it out (in
B&W,only, unfortunately, those costumes are magnificent!) to give to my
lacemaker friend who is Hungarian and came to the AGM to learn how to make
Halas lace. She will love it.
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne
Find loc
Patty wrote:
http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date
Wow, thanks for that experiment, Patty!! It certainly looks different
without the gimp, doesn't it? The gimp really lifts it and make it so much
more beautiful to look at!
I will try to remember that lesson in my own handmade lace!
T
There is no reason why they can't both have been Lord Battenberg. the
grandfather was Lord Battenberg, then when he died, his eldest son became
Lord Battenberg, so Prince Philip must have been the son of the younger
son, and his father did not get the title. Simple.
The name was changed during the
>The original design is on Tamara's website. I have changed quite a lot of
>it. I tried out Tamara's neckpiece, then undid it. I tried out my own
>version and undid that too. In the end, I left it out altogether.
Solochona, your lace is exquisite! You make me ashamed of myself at doing
so little,
Nicky wrote:
>...My husband and I were both delegates at the Scarborough Convention
this
year, I am a member he isn't. When it came to the AGM he was officiously
refused entry by the woman on the door, I queried it but she was adamant
that he was not allowed in - as was another mouthy person attend
Noelene in Cooma wrote:
>And for us tatters, the "zingers" - the little gadget you can pin
like a brooch which has a retractable cord, to which can be
attached your cut-down crochet hook (I have an old Milwards
one about 2 inches long with a tiny plastic handle and hanging
loop - now if I could onl
dear Barbara,
just catching up with my digests, and I just wanted to say thank you for
posting those beautiful pictures of Withof lace! How I wish my sight was
good enough (and my patience :-)) to make such fine lace!!!
Isn't Yvonne lovely? She gave some classes here some years ago, and was
just a
Thanks very much for all the notes and suggestions about working
hands-up. I've had a go (I had already looked at the picture on Jo
Annette wrote:
>...I tried tilting up my cookie pillow as in the picture), and it's not
as good as I thought it might be. I have what is called diffuse RSI,
whic
From: "Helen Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [lace] RE: lost items
Mother, dear, you forget about the body of Azaria Chamberlain which was
never found in the Ayers Rock vicinity
Oh, but she has been, apparently! There's been big stories about a
Victorian hunter and his mates who claims he
Carolina wrote:
>I subscribed Cipka magazine some months ago, including past issues.
The 7 pages magazine displays 5 or 6 little patterns some ones with
diagrams.
Thanks for the info, Carolina. 10 euros is not bad, I'll think about it.
As you said, they have very modern lace, which you don't usua
Carol wrote:
>I recently bought my copy at work - there are several booksellers that
come round leaving remaindered copies of various books/items in offices,
for the staff to look over and order, and my copy was half-price when I
bought it about six weeks ago.
Lucky you, Carol!! I'm waiting for
Welcome to the list, Dorte, and thank you for posting the address of your
photo site. They're great.
I hope you'll enjoy lace, and will take more photos..:-)
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea with
Erica of NZ on Saturday afternoon...after going to the wrong hote
Can I ask for your help, please?
I know there's been a big book published a little while ago called "Greek
lace from XX Museum", or similar. I thought it was from the British Museum
or the V&A, but I can't find it anywhere in my booksellers' catalogues.
Has anyone got the proper co-ordinates for i
When I use fine thread in a light colour, if there is just a bit left, I
leave it on and do a half-hitch to prevent it from getting loose.
Then, when I want to wind thicker thread, or metallic thread, I tie the
end of the new thread to the one already on, and start winding my new
thread on on top
Tamara wrote:
>...click on "Vzorniky", and you'll see a booklet for sale, with a
>selection of lace patterns from Bobova (no thongs, though )...
>http://www.cipka.sk/
Nice site, Tamara. I was interested by the "Cipka" section. Is that a
magazine? Have they got lots of patterns in them? Easy to do
Adele wrote:
>A Czech lacemaker who had immigrated to Canada and was showing her
stuff at our (now-defunct) Craft Museum used any old hard plastic (like
empty Tic-Tac boxes) which she ***melted in acetone*** ... apparently
in Czechoslovakia it was a lot easier for her to get hold of acetone
and
Carol wrote:
>The mothe rof one of my child students took a mat the child had made to
be laminated, and it wasn't too successful! There were bubbles all over
the place, and it didn't do the mat justice at all. I wonder if that was
due to the size of the mat - maybe a bookmark, being a lot smalle
Carol wrote:
>The mother of one of my child students took a mat the child had made to
be laminated, and it wasn't too successful! There were bubbles all over
the place, and it didn't do the mat justice at all. I wonder if that was
due to the size of the mat - maybe a bookmark, being a lot small
Rhiannon wrote:
>I recently made my friend a mobile for her son's birthday ( he was only 1
btw)using some xmas window decoration patterns. So that they would hang
and not waft i used fabric stiffener that i got from a local haberdashery
shop or there are a few lace/sewing shops online that also sel
>The lace list is hardly the place to express one's political
opinions...especially to an international audience...it is very
inappropriate and i hope that
i will see no further evidence of this bad taste...carole walker scott
Hi, Carole,
we've had that discussion before, if you are referring
Beautiful lace, Sally! And i think your method of pinning the pricking
down is pretty smart too. I'll have to try it next time.
I've also had patterns moving up, so now I use a flat pillow when I do a
wide pattern rather than a cookie, even if the slope is not too much. Or a
roller pillow, of cours
Adele wrote:
>A couple of years ago I bought 3 'traditional' pillows from a fellow in
>LePuy. He has a web site. The pillows have rollers. The pillows are
>pretty but toxic to pins! The rollers are made with carpet scraps.
>Indoor-outdoor carpet with rubberized backing
Please, Adele, can you p
Adele Ward wrote:
>Last time I counted, I had 20 or 21 pillows
>My favorite are the straw ones made by Robin Lewis-Wild.
Wow, Adele, I didn't know she made pillows as well as write books. Is it
the same person?
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne
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> Ok..that is the second person who mentioned horsehair pillows...will
someone explain horse hair pillows to me??
> Cearbhael
Oh, Cearbhael, that sentence brought back regrets for me!!!We used to have
an old single horsehair mattress which came from my grandmother's house
when I was young. We took
Karisse wrote:
>The name of the magazine is "Pizzo di Cantu" Do you need to cover the
>pricking with something after you iron it on? Just wondering
>who has had experience with these and what it was?
Hi, Karisse,
I've never had anything to do with lace iron-on patterns, but I remember
embroidery
>Sorry, I forget the most important thing. When I designed my first
>pattern, a Torchon-lace, I named it after her Hertha. To say her thank
>you for this wonderful craft she "gave" me.
What a shame you couldn't rescue any of her lace stuff, Ilske. Aren't
relations really annoying sometimes!!
Li
Jean Nathan wrote:
>I'm still looking for a supplier of horn bobbins. The one supplier I
>contacted who advertise horn in the lace magazines, doesn't actually have
>horn listed in their catalogue
Jean, there is a place in the south of France that makes horn bobbins.
It's in a little town called Re
Liz Ligeti wrote:
>...I have recently finished another other long-term UFO!! I brought a
>"Penelope" brand (I think) tablecloth, printed pattern on beaut. linen,
>and all the embroidery floss needed, when I left England to come to Oz -
>in 1960. I started working on it in 1964 - when having Helen
> Hi, Karen,
> I'm answering on lace, as I don't know whether you belong to lace-chat.
> some of us Australian spiders could be of assistance for people who know
> the names and place and date of birth, marriage or death of relatives
> from
> Australia.
> Our public libraries hold CD-Roms of the In
dear Ilske,
thank you for writing about Danish lace, it was very interesting. I
haven't read anything about lace in Scandinavia, so it was all new
information for me. Thank you!
helene, the froggy from Melbourne
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Erika wrote:
>The competition for the AGM was 'miniature lace', and the entries may be
>seen on a website...
>http://www.color2dye4.com/lace/
How lovely, Erika! Did you take the photos? That's when I regret not
having a digital camera!!
The only thing that could make it better would be having som
Malvary wrote:
>I'm not doing too much lace at the moment as I'm working hard to finish
an
>afghan for my cousin's wedding on the 24th July. Squares are all done,
>I'm sewing it up and then I have to crochet the border
Malvary, what I want to know is: who is going to wear the Afghan? Is it
for y
Christine J wrote:
>...And, only last night, I tied off some samples I made for Pat Milne's
>invisible joins workshop in ?about 1992...
Pity you weren't a bit closer to Melbourne, Christine, you could have
joined our group yesterday and Saturday at the Ashburton Community Centre
in Melbourne and g
Jenny Barron wrote:
>That could be our next question - what's your longest running UFO? & what
>are the chances of it ever being finished? Mine is the huge Bruges flower
>mat I started on Jan 1st 2000 and haven't finished the central section
yet
>as using the pillow gives me back ache if I use it f
YoAnneke wrote:
>I enjoy reading all your emails about all the laces in progress.
> Due to my fractured wrist I am not making any lace at all at the moment,
>but I am looking through all my lace books, something I normally never
>seem to have the time for, and making plans for what to work after my
What lace(s) are you working on now? Maybe don't list all the ones you
have in progress (unless you want to) - this survey is for the projects
you are doing *right now* - short and sweet?
Lovely idea, Bev! I hope this is not too late, I haven't been reading my
mail lately, too busy rushing home a
Clay wrote:
There's a novel on ebay right now which lacemakers have enjoyed over the
years, and I thought someone on the list might like to get this copy...
It's Janine Montupet's "The Lacemaker", and it is a romanticized story
about
a lacemaker - and lace. All good fun, but not to be taken to
Dear Karen,
what I did, after I found out the pattern I had was faulty, was to
photocopy the piece twice, then carefully cut out the faulty point between
dots, and replace it with a correct one, then rephotocopy the result. It
worked perfectly.
I also photocopied the (perfect) pattern at 125% in c
Devon wrote:
>...I recently ran a search on the NY Public Library's online picture
>collection on lace and saw many fashion prints. The site is
>http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/searchresultsK.cfm?keyword=lace...
Thanks so much for that website address, Devon! I love costume, but am
hopeless at sea
Hi, Karen,
the pattern you want to redo is not the one by Bridget Cook which came out
a few years ago in Needlecraft magazine, is it? Because if it is, watch
out, one of the bits is wrong, there must have been a crease in the paper
it was photographed on, there are a few holes missing. I found ou
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:07:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bev Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
We took Kant Kwartaal for a while at the Victorian Branch of the ALG. I
can look next time I go there, but it won't be for a month. Let me know.
Do you have the page numbers on your copies? That would help when we look
We could take that one step further and do a "book" with seven fairy tales
or nursery rhymes containing seven things. I'm asure we can find them if
we try.
I can think of Snow White and her seven dwarves, The little tailor and his
seven giants, Puss in boots (the boots go 7 leagues at a time), the
>How about the seven maids with seven mops from "The Walrus and the
>Carpenter"?
>- -Gabrielle, still bobbinless in sunny Puyallup
Hi, Gabrielle, why bobbinless?? Are you on holidays, or were tehy all
stolen
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who is trying to sort out all her pins
by size ag
Haddad wrote:
>The "Little" things
>After September 11, one company invited the remaining members of other
>companies, who had been decimated by the attack on the Twin Towers, to
>share their available office space. At a morning meeting, the head of
>security told stories of why these people we
Carolina wrote:
>We, here in Spain it is very common to hear that "somebody has 7 lives
>as cats". It is said, referring to people who has survived to a
>dangerous situation.
Carolina, the English must like cats more than the Spaniards, as they say
that cats have 9 lives, not seven!! I can't remem
Malvary Cole wrote:
>I just remembered the Magpie Rhyme - last line: Seven for a secret
>never to be told.
I think I c an do that one on my own!! All you need is a frame, with these
words written at the bottom, or the top...There you are! Instant secret
lace!!
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne
> Thanks so much, David, for the photos. I do wish I could see the
> originals, they all look great!!
> Are you going to put some of the lacemakers' census entries on the
> website as well? The ones that were in the journal were quite
intriguing.
>
> Helene, the froggy from Melbourne
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>Incidentally, in the exhibition catalogue it states the theme for 2007 is
>SEVEN.
There you are! The theme of the group entry has to be James Bond!! :-)
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who'd be happy to participate as long
as I get a small piece! I have no illusion about my available free ti
Well done, too, Jacquie!!
Gee, I'm dying to see those entries, I hope they publish some in the next
Lace, they all sound fantastic! Just received one, so will have to wait a
long time before the next one, alas. Maybe they will post on the website
before that???
Congratulations to you all,
Helene,
Yes, Liz, Booksellers in Australia are bound by law to buy from England
for some publishers, and from the US for others (haven't got the list of
which is which) . This is an arrangement made by the publishers, mostly to
ensure that no-one "poaches" on their preserves (shades of colonialism!!.
Heav
>...Where I have to disagree with Tamara is about the Bush/Cheney/Carbs
thing.
>It is very cute, as Tamara herself often is, and it's very provocative
>too,but to my mind, utterly inappropriate to the Lace List. If lacemakers
>feel impelled to talk politics with other lacemakers, maybe Lace-chat i
Thanks for posting this, Noelene, I wasn't aware of it, and will love to
buy a copy too. I might have seen it at the AGM, but this way, I've saved
a few months deprivement...:-))
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, where it was 5 degrees Celcius when i
went to work this morning, buit the sky is sti
One can only hope it will come back into fashion soon, like knitting has
this year!! Suddenly, everyone wants to knit, although the same books have
been sitting on the shelves for several years being ignored completely
while everyone queued up for the "mosaics" books!! I suppose it's good
that peop
Devon,
If that rumour is true (perhaps our Belgian spiders could try to find
out?), maybe we should find an email address for the Mayor and all email
our dismay to him about there being no lace in Brugge...We did that once
before for Nottingham, although I'm not sure it's had any effect so far?
Just received my Lace magazine (awairted with baited breath after all the
talk on this list!!), and I spent last evening reading it.
I would like to congratulate all the wonderful lacemakers who made those
lace pieces, particularly the Australian ones, of course :-) Such
fantastic imagination as w
What I'd like to know is how he manages to makes all that lace as well as
the costumes!! I wish I could do a hundreth of what he does!! But then
again, I get distracted by a lot of other things, like reading :-))
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, just about to start a new piece of
torchon, but wh
Thanks for giving that website, JulieO, it confirmed my suspicions that
the books I read as I was a child in France, which had Caroline Quine as
the author, and a heroine named Alice (can't remember her surname) are in
fact the French version of Carolyn Keene and Nancy Drew!!
I worked as a Childre
>My question now is about bobbins. I know many of you use the spangled
>ones but I was wondering if anyone uses the square European ones I have
>seen on some websites. They look like the would resist the rolling
>problem that has been mentioned and I wonder if they would make a good
>starter bob
>If this appeals, you might also do a search on the museum name to gather
>more information.
>My apologies to those of you who wrote to let me know you have no
>interest in history or historical laces
>Jeri Ames in Maine USA
>Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
Hey, Jeri Ames, why bother ap
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