Hi Jenny
Most of your identification seems to be spot on, the only ones I would disagree
with are:
Sallie -> Jeanette is tape lace/braid lace with a stem stitch gimp down the
centre and joined with sewings all along the length of the candy cane.
Amber -> Marina (should that be Martina?) is Ten
Hi Alex
It sounds right to me, but is difficult to Google because of all the M&S hits!
"Spencer bodice" does come up with a few illustrations, but they vary quite a
bit in style. If you don't get a more definitive reply on here the best person
to ask is possibly Gwynedd Roberts, she's very go
Hi Sue
Detailed discussions about Kate's wedding lace last year established that it
came from six different factories, one of them being in Derbyshire, and at
least one other in France. If you trawl through the Arachne archives you
should find more info.
Brenda
On 19 Jan 2012, at 05:58, Sue
Sue is in Dorset UK so won't want to buy from USA.
In UK domed polystyrene pillows are available from DJ Hornsby by mail order
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/djhornsby/Pillows.htm
Brenda
On 22 Jan 2012, at 14:03, laceviolins...@comcast.net wrote:
> You can order square blocks from Pete at Snowgoose
Dear All
I have received an email from Leigh C. Eckmair, Historian/Archivist of the The
Gilbertsville Free Library in NY with an image of a small piece of turned wood
which she thinks may be a lace bobbin.
I have posted the image to
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/IDquery.htm
Per
Dear Spiders
Today I received five reels of Anchor Lace thread. I'm pretty sure it's
exactly the same as lace thread introduced by Coats two years ago to "replace"
the old filato di Cantu. Please see the updated info at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm#coats_lace
Brenda
ad soft for making bobbin lace out of wire. I think it will
> be very helpful to have the chart for wires you have started. I have
> many, many different wires and would be happy to send you some for
> your chart if you like.
>
> Kim
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Bre
I speak UK english but I would pronounce it as LASS-ISS.
The first syllable is LASS as in a girl and the second is pronounced with an
'S' at the end, not 'Z'.
The stress is on the first syllable.
Brenda
On 22 Feb 2012, at 11:27, Margery Allcock wrote:
> I speak UK English, so this may not be
Have a look at this for a fashion statement.
http://pinterest.com/pin/189151253069377511/
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Yes, there are courses - in London, San Francisco and Melbourne - but not
exactly cheap!. Have a look at the Prescott and Mackay website
http://www.prescottandmackay.co.uk/
then click on the shoemaking section - and look at the video. Although there's
no lace being used I'm sure it could be!
B
Guetermann only produces spun silk, whereas Pipers and Bart & Francis both sell
reeled silk and spun silk.
In silk production cocoons are softened in hot water and then skilled hands
find the ends of the silk fibre which is then reeled of in a continuous length
(about one Km or longer) and th
I have replied off list to Lesley.
> Wondering if anyone here has any information about the Harmony Lace Group
> in Cyprus? I'm in Cyprus this week and I've found where the group meets
> but notice that it meets on alternate Wednesdays. I'm hoping that this is
> going to be one of the Wednesdays
The website (English version)
http://www.bart-francis.be/index.php?action=home&lang=EN
does have an email address at the bottom of the page
i...@bart-francis.be
but it's not got a mail-to link, you need to either copy and paste or type
directly into your email program.
Brenda
On 27 Mar 2012,
Susie is correct in saying that the reason some messages appear funny is
because the sender is not using plain text. Different systems interpret the
html or rich text in different ways, so the problem is partly the way the
message was sent and partly the way the receiving computer translates it
I have just seen some lacy masonry on the sewing forum, though the thread there
was about the (machine) lace trim on the model's dress.
http://www.thesewingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=40145
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As Devon says, it's not necessary to plait threads for a gimp, just use several
strands together to make up the required thickness, which is at least four
times, and preferably six times the thickness of the main thread.
Mixing cotton gimp with linen thread is OK, they are both cellulose fibres,
Hi Clay
There's nothing written in stone to say that you can't mix fibre types, it's
just something that I've "always understood" that traditionally protein fibres
go with protein fibres (silk, wool, etc) and cellulose fibres go with cellulose
fibres (cotton, linen). Cotton and linen are stron
That's what I always do for a long url - and I get the 404 error for for
https://plus.google.com/photos/112893045695607884541/albums/53631781412340200
33/5747848285770303906?banner=pwa&gpsrc=pwrd1#photos/112893045695607884541/al
bums/5363178141234020033/5747508343146431426
On 2 Jun 2012, at 07:
Thanks for your thoughts - as it's probably a mass production I'll go with some
sort of machine made lace.
Brenda
On 23 Jun 2012, at 14:31, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
> Can anyone identify the lace in this skirt
> http://pinterest.com/pin/238409373994498471/
Bren
Yes, I'm sure it is machine made; possibly chemical lace neatly snipped apart
and stitched to the hat.
Brenda
On 28 Jun 2012, at 02:47, Robin D wrote:
> http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article940892.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Queen+Elizabeth+II+leaves+a+Service+of+Thanksgiving+in+Saint+Macartin%27s+Ca
Hi Peg
Claire's Lace
http://www.claireslace.co.uk
in UK have large continental bobbins which are 6" / 15cm long and have a 2" /
5cm neck, so good for thick threads.
Brenda
On 6 Jul 2012, at 01:06, Witchy Woman wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where I can get the larger type of bobbin that is used
I've just seen this link to a Shetland lace fence, knitted with string
http://www.facebook.com/whitebarnfarm
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I concur with what Clay says - Pat Earnshaw's identification books are absolute
must have's for anyone interested in identifying the various types of lace.
My copy of Machine Laces and Lace Machines is also mch read - although I
confess to only taking in about a quarter of it, but it really ma
I thought this thread was about the UFO candle holders as shown in
http://www.ateliermb.ch/shops/dentelle/eu/contents/en-uk/d9.html
A circular edging goes under the glass and a candle sits in the depression in
the middle of the glass.
Brenda
On 17 Aug 2012, at 02:44, wrote:
> Would someone p
> and then when it gets near the end, bring in a newly wound bobbin, work
> together for a couple of stitches, and then throw out the old. Another
> option might be to use a tailor's know (I think that's what it's called) to
> tie the new to the old and throw out the old, but that would be mor
That website states
"The diaries cover the period of May 1940 to December 1942"
I'm pretty sure that her lacemaking didn't start until some time later - she
told me once that she'd had surgery and was supposed to take thing easy for a
while so she learned to make lace and hadn't stopped talking
You have to log in using the same user name (arachne2003) and password
(honiton) as you originally did for webshots. Your computer is probably
remembering the details for you for Webshots.
I got onto Smile OK. The first pictures loaded quickly, but they kept coming
and kept coming - I didn't
Thanks for that info. I know that she hasn't posted much recently, but has
anyone heard from Sister Claire?
Brenda
>
> I heard from Miriam this afternoon. She reports she and Avital are OK.
>
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Brenda
On 22 Nov 2012, at 04:59, Maxine Diffey wrote:
> Sister Claire is safe, but her health is such that she has had to leave
> making bobbin lace, and is now trying lace knitting.
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Thank you Jean and David for yet another nice lace calendar.
Because of all the other things going on in my life at the present time I just
haven't got around to making any changes to mine, or thought of quiz questions,
so if anyone wants to look at all the same pages again, just for fun, it's a
Hi Jean Mary
It's a lovely site and I'm sure it will grow and grow. and grow. You have done
the hardest part in getting it up and running, and so nice to launch at
Christmas with a seasonal pattern.
Just one bit of advice, the grey navigation bar is not easy to see on the home
page and agains
On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 04:16 AM, lace-digest wrote:
I am trying to find any patterns for bobbin lace trims or insertion for
church use (Christian motifs). I have seen a copy of Lace for Church Use
by Marie-Claire Downham and was disappointed. Most of the patterns are
just pretty lace patt
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 12:11 AM, Dora wrote:
I am writing to these lists because I understand that many of the
threads I am investigating are primarily lacemaking threads. People on
these lists would have knowledge about them.
I have volunteered to mend the altar linen - once I learned
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 12:11 AM, Deborah wrote:
Anyway (she says, getting to the point) I want to make
a garter for my friend's wedding, so can anyone
suggest a suitable equivalent to 70 Egyptian white.
Pipers Silks threads would be ideal, if there is an
equivalent.
46 wraps/cm so Pipers
On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 02:29 AM, Dora wrote:
What is the tex or deniere size of Madeira tanne 80 thread?What system
exactly is it Madeira uses? I have tried asking them - getting everything
but the answer! In fact, it sounded as if the salesman had never head of
a
thread size.
I'
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 05:45 AM, lace-digest wrote:
There is something very peculiar about this book, and I'm glad to find
that
it's not just my copy!
It doesn't matter where I put it, when I go looking for it next, the
book has
walked off somewhere else. I spend my whole life searching
On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 10:46 PM, Jacqui wrote:
BTW, when I did my dressmaking training, l was taught to use silk to sew
on
wool fabrics, not cotton. But as silk became harder to find I used cotton
and
never noticed any difference in either sewing or end result and
performance.
And now
On Thu 12 Jun 2003 (21:59:43), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Brenda:
>
>Thanks!
>
>I think I'm getting your book this weekend. It might take it awhile
>to get to me. I'm ordering it from Britain because it's cheaper -
>which is not
>unusual.
>
>In case your book doesn't say, I haev one question.
>
>
On Sun 15 Jun 2003 (18:23:59), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Brenda:
>
>Could you please do me a favor and tell me if there are linen thread
>sizes in Fresia and Bockens that are equivalent in wraps/cm to Egyptian
>and Brok cotton thread sizes 70/2 through 120/2?Most of the altar
>linen I need to d
On Sun 15 Jun 2003 (18:38:34), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>One more - how many wraps per cm is Londonderry 100/3? It is fairly
>inexpensive and possibly fine enough for the coarsest of the altar
>linen.
>
>Dora
>
Londonderry linen isn't available in UK - the only size I've seen is 80/3 which
measur
On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 05:01 PM, Liz wrote:
Please can someone tell me what "The Caron Collection Wildflowers, 100%
hand-dyed cotton thread" is like.
I have just found a hardanger pattern, a few years old, which uses this
thread in conjuntion with, (or in stead of) the usual thread - Perle n
On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 06:46 AM, Sue wrote:
"Here in UK ordinary sewing thread is Sylko 50 (50/3 cotton count)"
I was told some years ago that Sylko is no longer pure cotton, but is a
cotton/polyester mix. Is this correct?
I don't think so.
Sylko is a brand name for mercerised sewing co
I have been doing a bit of spring cleaning !! and have unearthed a couple
of my pattern booklets from about 10 years ago "Computer Lace Patterns;
Candy Stripes; Set 1". (There never was a set 2 as set 1 didn't sell and
half were given away at the time)
Anyway, it's one simple torchon edging
I have changed the pattern on my website - it's now the Beds-Maltese flower
trellis edging. Actually it wass changed last week but the pattern file
got a bit corrupted so I didn't announce it until I'd got it fixed.
The trellis edging received 26 votes, the rose hankie got 19 and the random
bo
On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 03:48 AM, Devon wrote:
I wonder if there is any way to tell from a piece of lace if it was made
with
the footside on the right or on the left. I would think this would be
particularly hard with the Bucks type laces that these were.
In a private e-mal someone has to
Because I've been getting so much junk mail recently I've been cutting and
pasting the senders' names into a kill-file mailbox. Unfortunately one of
them was just "V" which wrongly sent a lot of legitimate messages into
the Spam mailbox which I just delete.
I'm fairly sure that I've caught a
I had 56 names in the shopping basket for the pattern booklet raffle, and
Paige picked out the following winners:
Pam Thompson in USA
Jeanette Fischer is South Africa
Jill Treeves in Heathrow UK
Sorry there couldn't be more winners.
Would those three people please send me their postal address
On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 02:10 AM, Lynne wrote:
I have sitting in front of me two reels of Madeira Metallic thread. One
arrived this am by post (no 2) and the other (no 1) in a similar fashion
the day before. They are meant to be identical ie same number but the
threads look totally different
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 11:35 AM, Noreen wrote:
I'm looking for a source for true linen thread, preferably colored.
Any links or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Moravia linen marketed by Jana Novak in Denmark comes in about 45 colours
in sizes 40/2and 50/4.
Atelier Moravia, Mejerivej 1
On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 04:09 AM, Karen wrote:
I wish to purchase a copy of Suzanne Thompson's Further Steps in Honiton
Lace, which is currently out of print.
I've managed to borrow a copy from my local library (and have had it out
on
loan since March!), which I am working through. I fin
On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 03:42 AM, lace-digest wrote:
Does anyone know if there is a reference that talks about different
threads
(say tatting #80 vs #70) and how much the grid size (dots/inch) should
change
to accomodate one thread or the other? I'm particulary interested in
Torchon
On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 09:05 PM, lace-digest wrote:
i'm getting ready to start Jana Novaks Crib pattern from her Nativity Set.
In
the instructions it says to: "Work with the 19 pairs on linen stitch,
twisting the workers, between B-B, work 1 row of whole stitch." I looked
in the
books t
On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 06:36 PM, Robin wrote:
I'm particulary interested in Torchon lace. <
From: Brenda Paternoster
For instance a 2mm grid would have 4mm between footedge pins, <<<
That depends on how the grid is used to graph the lace. Some people graph
a
torchon p
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 09:18 PM, Miriam wrote:
I would like to
make the pattern by Margaret Flux published in the Logarithmic lace book,
from the Lace Guild in the UK. It says in the book that the pattern was
reduced in size from the original.
Does anyone of you know by how much I have t
Dear Spiders
Last term I had a new BL student. She's young (late 20s), keen to learn BL
and is having a few private lessons now that classes have finished for the
summer. However she's in England studying for an MA in Fashion Design and
will be returning to her native Hong Kong in September,
On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 12:24 PM, Lori wrote:
"Mr. Dodge was making a note to remind himself that lace was owed to him as
payment for the debt. What is even more interesting about this entry is
that the gentleman purchasing the chintz needed five weeks to return with
the lace in hand. In
On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 03:47 PM, Alice wrote:
I believe that both of these lace items are machine made. It is very
common for lace sellers (who often don't really know much about lace) to
label any lace item as 'handmade'. As is often said, let the buyer beware!
It's not only eBay that ha
On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 03:47 PM, Heather wrote:
Does anyone know of a good source for hankie blanks, preferably
linen, and ideally in Canada? Shipping from anywhere else, and exchange is
starting to prove expensive, but I might have to cave on the Canadian
angle.
The lace isnt finished ye
I have to confess that I've done very little BL all summer! Nothing of any
consequence since finishing Lucy's wedding garter, though I've been
thinking about my Lace Guild luggage tag, and yesterday I got the bobbins
out to make a short length of torchon edging to put on a friend's 40th
weddin
On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 02:41 PM, Clay wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2339278080
The seller has listed what appears to be a paperback book by
Pamela Nottingham on "Bobbin Lace Making". The cover
suggests that this is an older book, although the lister
doesn't
On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 02:41 PM, Jane wrote:
My understanding is that gum arabic is a traditional paste used for
paper and fabrics.
Gum arabic is also the main binding agent in watercolour paints.
Brenda - who's been in Gravesend all day; officially the hottest part of
the country toda
On Sunday, August 24, 2003, at 04:53 PM, Devon wrote:
I think that what people want me to
provide is the name of a fine hand laundry capable of handling these items.
Do
such places exist anymore? How does one find them? I am also in a quandry
because many of these items from the 20's have neglig
I've just added three pictures to the arachne Webshots community gallery.
They are the three pieces of lace I made for each DD 's wedding - more on
my own website if you are really interested!
Thank you Avital (?) for setting it up.
Look at http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date
B
On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 08:39 PM, Jane wrote:
I was very sorry to hear about Doreen Wright - and a little surprised that
there has been no more comment about her.
I never knew her, except as the founding chairman of the Lace Guild (and
I
was only a teenager at the time so not very inter
On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 05:18 AM, Jeri wrote:
If you have Doreen Wright's book, it would be nice to print and put in
the book:
http://www.laceguild.org
Thanks Jeri for that suggestion; I've just printed it off; now to find the
book! I think I know where it is.
Brenda
http://users.ar
I've just found my copy of her book to add the print out of The lace Guild'
s website obituary, and it's signed by her - on 28 August 1981, 22 years
ago today!
Brenda
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On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 04:41 PM, Sherry wrote:
I was wondering what those of you that have Doreen's book think of
it. Can anybody tell me what the copywrite date is and is it still in
print?
I think it's fair to say that it's not the best BL book around, but it was
the first of the *mo
On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 10:17 PM, I wrote:
On the subject of Miss Channer's mat; copyright is the right to exactly
reproduce. I believe that if you own a worked mat (from a purchased
pricking), and then re-drew it from scratch using a suitable grid you would
own the copyright on the new
On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 10:35 PM, Jean wrote:
Through adult education, I've got a choice of a 2 hour x 24 week class in
Poole for 120 pounds (190 dollars), but 84 pounds (132 dollars) for women
over 60 (men over 65),
Kent Adult Education used to have a similar concession, but got done for
On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 10:35 PM, Irene wrote:
I found a pattern that I want to do, it is a pattern by Karen Trend Nissen.
On the pattern it has a note: 24 par tr. nr. 80/3 B. I think it means
24
pairs, thread # 80/3 Bomuld (cotton). Is this correct? Could anyone
please
tell me what
On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 10:34 AM, Jean Barrett wrote:
I wonder if the thread used in your pattern is the DMC Special
Dentelles 80? This is the same thickness as the DMC Fil a Dentelles 70
and comes in small balls and lots of colours. That is the only thread I
can find listed in Brenda's b
I wrote:
80/3 means three of those threads plied together, so 840 yards of cotton
80/3 weigh 3lbs.
Should have been
*80 times 840 yards of cotton 80/3 weigh 3lbs*
Also:
The Goldschild thread you have is NeL 80/3, Nm 50/3.
That means three plies of linen thread.
On the Linen number (NeL) 300 ya
On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 05:39 PM, Liz wrote:
Spiders - this has made me think - how many of you who design use computer
programs and which do you use
I use an old Acorn RISC OS computer and !Draw which comes with every RISC
OS machine for the straightforward grid laces (torchon etc) and th
On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 08:43 AM, lace-digest wrote:
Someone from the states was amazed that I wouldn't drive to Birmingham, UK
for a meeting - which is only 170 miles away.
They told me that it would only take them 2 1/2 hours
2 1/2 hours would mean going at 70mph all the way which is th
On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 08:43 AM, Jean wrote wrote:
I keep thinking about using a computer, but still haven't made up my mind
which way to go. I've got CorelDraw, but until someone tells me how to make
the page full size and put a dot on it (and I used to teach computing!!)
just to get me
On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 08:26 AM, lace-digest wrote:
While leafing through some of my books this weekend, I came across a Lace
Pattern Book published by the Lace Guild. Don't have any idea how old it
is; the cover is Dk. Blue and the first page pricking is Janet McGoldrick'
s
Penguin.
On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 07:53 PM, Sally wrote:
She's been looking over my books and loves the peacock handkerchief edging
in Michael Guisana's Binche I book ( I'm not sure about the spelling or
the title, because Cathy took the book home with her tonight promising to
guard it with her
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 03:15 AM, Julia wrote:
As part of my degree I have to write a 12,000 word dissertation, related
to
marketing, on a subject of my choice.
snip
Over the past 11 years I have witnessed a growth not only in the number of
lace-makers around, but also the number of su
On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 01:20 AM, Viv wrote:
I'm still trying to persuade my DH that "husbands do the spangling"
Oh no!
I tried to persuade Terry to wind some bobbins once. He tackled it like
whipping an eye onto a fishing rod, and used similar tension. Result was
- the neck of the f
On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 01:20 AM, Joan wrote:
I just completed a Torchon wedding garter & would like to do another
preferably in Bucks. Any suggestions where to find a nice pattern?
Joan
All you need is a Bucks edging that you like. Make two copies of that
edging and place them side by
On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 02:42 PM, Christiane wrote:
She wants to make a collar designed by Ulrike Loehr (shown in the book
"Kloeppelkurs"). In this book the used thread is Linen 50/3, 60/3, 35/2,
40/2 or
Silk 40/3. But - which silk is 40/3?
First of all you have to decide which "Linen 50/
On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 07:59 PM, lace-digest wrote:
Did anyone go to The Knitting and Stitching Show at Ally Pally this
weekend?
Yes, I went on Sunday - and spent a fortune on a huge amount of new threads.
I'd hoped to find one or two but I've just added about 40 to the
Addendum2 list
On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 07:59 PM, Dina wrote:
My lace class is making a group entry for the Lace Guild's "Myth & Mystery"
competition and our piece is a freestanding totem pole.
Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols
for
earth, air, fire and water which w
On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 01:30 AM, Irene wrote:
Some time ago there was talk about some little lace angels with wood
bodies.
I have lost the link to the supplier, does anyone remember who sells
these?
The Lace Guild sell a kit with one little wooden body plus a pattern for
choirister, a
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 03:05 PM, Tamara wrote:
For a long time, I was unable to find "proper" bodies for the little
suckers, um... *angels* on this side of the pond; ours do not have
the dowel necks -- the body cone feeds directly into the head-ball. A
small thing, but annoying, nevert
From my collection (all modern) all the spiral inscriptions read from
bottom to top by turning the bobbin to the left.
This is what David Springet calls a right hand spiral.
In C&D Springett's book "Success to the Lace Pillow" and Jeffrey Hopewell'
s Shire album on Pillow Lace and Bobbins both
On Sunday, October 19, 2003, at 12:18 AM, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
I don't know about the Atelier Moravia *kits*, but the bodies I bought
from Mayra Petretti (who may be carrying more than just Atelier Moravia
"stuff" at the Convention) were definitely identical to the ones I got
with the other
On Sunday, October 26, 2003, at 02:29 PM, Rose-Marie wrote:
Speaking of bookmarks, I'm in the process of making some for Christmas
gifts. I've used one pattern from Gillian Dye's book on Lacemaking for
Beginners, and I would like to know if there is a way of figuring out in
advance how much thr
On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 03:30 AM, Jane wrote:
I imagine I'll have to make my own varigated to get
the effect I'm after but I'm wondering if there are some thicker threads
(I
think I'm using #80 tatting cotton, it's downstairs) with a short change
in
color. And what does everybody else t
On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 12:48 PM, Shirlee wrote:
As far as threads go, I seem to remember someone telling me once that if
you
want to tell if a thread will work for a particular pattern, double it
over &
hold it up to the pattern & see if however many pins' worth of this thread
will c
Helllo all
Jean and Patty have answered Shirlee's query about substitutes for tatting
cotton - what a lot of people call "tatting cotton" is DMC Special
Dentelles 80.
Re: Janice's question about stockists of Oliver Twists & Piper's silk; I
don't know who the traders at Havant will be. I *thin
Dear spiders
Does anyone know of a trader who stocks Altin Basak thread? This is in
response to a query from the Netherlands. I have an old price list
from Allan Rout of Heathside Crafts which includes it, but his website
isn't se up (just a message that the URL is reserved for Heathside
Cr
When I was at Ally Pally Knitting & Stitching a few weeks ago I ordered
a set of threads samples from Habu Textiles who specialise in textiles
and fabrics from Japan. They were sent direct from New York and
arrived a few days ago.
I've just finished looking at them all and have updated the Add
On 11 Nov 2003, at 03:18, lace-digest wrote:
When I was in our local needlework shop today, the owner suggested
that I
try Wildflowers thread by Caron for tatting. Has anyone tried this
and how
does it work up?
It's a softly spun thread, similar to Perle 8 in other makes, not at
all like
On 15 Nov 2003, at 02:47, Tamara wrote:
So. If we used just three (which is all that's really needed, if one
uses other "means" to supplement) colours in our diagrams, even a
*totally* colour-blind person could follow them...
Red (interpreted as "dark grey") = cloth stitch (CTC, or \ // \) (where
Dear Spiders
I'm in the process of re-vamping parts of my website and at the same
time I'm experiencing problems accessing it myself (via the internet).
As part of the updating I've changed all the filenames to lowercase.
If you enter the site via the home page and click through the links it
On 8 Dec 2003, at 02:45, lace-digest wrote:
here here...I love Waterlily and HATE corners. They never did corners
in the
old days. I don't see a need to now.
Pamela Nottingham's book " The Technique of Bucks Point Lace" has a
chapter devoted to 'Fine Old Bucks Point
Patterns'. This chapter inc
On 10 Dec 2003, at 15:50, Tamara wrote:
Oh, no, no, no way! :) I do everything wrong side up, including raised
tallies; it's much easier to hide the endings that way and, since I
(mostly) make little do-dads which have the wrong side hidden when
mounted...
I was told once, by a lace friend who'd
On 10 Dec 2003, at 15:50, Diane wrote:
Hello, I am looking for information on threads used for laces. I am
especially interested in finding information which relates to thread
(in
cotton, flax,...) used in the past. Does anyone know of any books
and/or
websites which focus on this subject?
Pat
On 12 Dec 2003, at 04:07, Tamara wrote:
I've been making that piece as I'd been told to (by several
Arachneans): "lift the left" for the gimp to pass. I expect that's how
your friend had been taught also. That method makes the gimp ride up on
the side facing you.
But what if, instead of "lifting t
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