[lace] lace on Ann-Marie site

[Janice Blair]

Hi Ann-Marie,
I took a peek at your lace on the webshots site.  Can you tell me why
the two pieces called Easter "lady" look like witches on broomsticks.
Is it a Swedish folk tale or something?
Take a look if you missed it.
http://community.webshots.com/user/annma1

Janice

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Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
A mistake is simply another way of doing things. Katherine Graham

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[lace] Milanese lace - An Introduction

[Jean Peach]

I have found the book Milaca Lace - An Introduction
by Patricia Read and Lucy Kincaid  for
8 pounds and 50 pence.  Of course there would be
postage as well, if you want to know where to get this
book please contact me privately.

Jean in Newbury UK

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[lace] Prickings

[Jean Nathan]

The inner packet of cereal boxes used to be grease-proof paper (nice and
waxy), but now they all seem to be going for foil.

Jean in Poole

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Re: [lace] Re: lace-digest V1 #3720

[Sue Clemenger]

I agree whole-heartedly with Josette!
I know people who are historical costumers and needleworkers who might
be interested in copies for their "libraries" as well!
--Sue (from very hot and smoky Montana, so I sympathize with you guys,
although with our sparse population we aren't having the deaths that you
are facing)

Jo Martin wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I personally feel that the magnificent opportunity that both Tess and Jeri
> offer us to have a copy on a CD of such an important book as Ricci cannot be
> left aside:
> I will sure love having it, and am ready for the cost, whatever it could be
> We certainly never will have the chance to be able to get copies of old
> books of interest before long
> 
> Thank you Tess and Jeri,
> 
> Friendly yours,
> 
> Josette ( from very hot France)
> >
> > Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:05:05 EDT
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [lace] Download time vs quality for book reproduction - Ricci
> >
> > Dear Lacemakers,
> >
> > This memo from Tess is about rare books in my collection, so I am adding
> more
> > information below Tess's for you to consider.   Jeri
> > - --
> > In a message dated 8/12/03 8:57:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > writes:
> >
> > << As you know, we are working on the Ricci books.   The Professor has
> just
> > sent
> >  me the "proof" he made of the first volume.   As usual, it is excellent.
> >  However, when I try to enlarge the pictures they are a bit fuzzy--the
> detail
> > is
> >  lost. I have had this problem before and he usually manages to change
> > things,
> >  but this is a special case. The book is so large that he says that most
> > people
> >  won't want to download it if he makes it bigger--which would be the case
> if
> >  he made the pictures clearer.   (They are fine for someone who doesn't
> > actually
> >  make lace and only wants to see nice pictures, but not for someone like
> me
> >  who drools over details.)
> >
> >  And, of course, we will be talking about two volumes (I'm halfway through
> > the
> >  second), so that would make a "good" copy twice the size!
> >
> >  What do people think about all of this?   Download size vs. detail
> quality?
> >
> >  My thought is that he could post it as he now has it, and then take the
> >  finished set and make a separate CD out of it.   Both volumes brought up
> to
> > good
> >  detail would just fill a CD.
> >
> >  Please give me some opinions and direction on this.
> >  Thanks.
> >   >>
> > - -
> > Dear Lacemakers,
> >
> > These two original Elisa Ricci books "Old Italian Lace" were published in
> > 1913 by Lippincott, and you can read them in English.  There is
> considerable
> > informative text.They are out-of-print.  I paid $1,000 for them, but
> have seen
> > them for as much as $1,400.  In making a decision for Tess, you might like
> to
> > consider how difficult and inconvenient it is to do research and learn
> about
> > laces when your language skills are  limited to English.  So many lace
> books
> > from Europe have no translations to English.  These two volumes are
> "classics".
> >
> > The Dover paperback "reproduction" gives no text, just a few captions.  It
> > also is very limited as to what pictures are shown.  For anyone
> anticipating
> > doing in-depth study of Italian laces, the Dover edition is inadequate.
> It is
> > the Dover book that is listed for borrowing from IOLI.
> >
> > Because of the weight and size of these original books, their age, and the
> > many pictures that are hand-tipped (glued) onto pages along one edge of
> the
> > pictures (creating possibility of damage to them during scanning), I do
> not
> > anticipate giving permission for them to be scanned again.
> >
> > If I did not have the originals but knew how hard it would be to borrow or
> > buy these books, I would think a separate CD of clear images might be well
> worth
> > the price.  (I spent much more than the price of the CD's Tess produces -
> for
> > each individual book purchased at the IOLI convention.)
> >
> > Tess:  Since you are doing this as a volunteer, and making the CD's
> available
> > to lacemakers **at cost**, it might be best to take orders before
> commiting
> > to a separate Ricci CD.  We would not want you to be stuck with inventory!
> >
> > Jeri Ames in Maine USA
> > Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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Re: [lace] Prickings

[Edith Holmes]

I use a cork mat, and pricking parchment that I get from lace suppliers.  I
have two sizes of cork mat, as it's not easy having to move large prickings
halfway through.  I put a photocopy of the piece on top, fixed with paper
clips and use drawing pins to hold the two sheets firmly in place on the
cork.

I rub over the top sheet with a piece of beeswax.  Wax paper is not easily
available (not the same as baking parchment, which is more similar to
greaseproof paper).  I used to use it for making collars for royal iced
cakes.

Don't forget that some pieces of lace need a mirror image copy for the
second half (collars and lappets particularly) .

Edith
North Nottinghamshire
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[lace] Admin: Arachne webshots album

[Avital Pinnick]

I've just set up a Webshots album for Arachne.

1. Go to http://www.webshots.com
2. Login (click on link in upper right corner).
3. Fill in Username: Arachne2003 and Password: honiton
4. Click on My Photos.
5. CLick on Create new album (I suggest that you use your name so that we
can keep track of who "owns" what.

Since the service is free, there are some limitations on how many photos can
be uploaded. I'll try to keep an eye on it from time to time to weed out old
photos.

Ann-Marie, thanks for the idea!

Best wishes,

Avital
Arachne moderator

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Re: [lace] FAQ

[Avital Pinnick]

I'm in the process of updating it. I'll ask Liz about it. The FTP site has
not been working for a while.

Avital

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From: "Annette Gill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: [lace] FAQ


> Is the FAQ for the Arachne list still available?  I've tried several times
to
> get it, both by ftp and by requesting it from Majordomo, but always get an
> error.
>
> Regards,
> Annette,
> London
>

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Re: [lace] Prickings

[Annette Gill]

I tried a cork mat at my lace class, and it seemed tougher to push the
pricker in
to than the polystyrene.  The waxed paper sounds like a good idea - is it
called
baking parchment?  If so, I already have some, though I can't remember why
I bought it since I hardly ever bake.  (I love baking, but since I live
alone, I have to eat the whole lot myself.  I could freeze it, but nothing
beats the taste of cakes and biscuits fresh out of the oven!)

Regards,
Annette, in London


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From: "Steph Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


> When I first started making lace I used an odd bit of polystyrene tile as
a
> pricking board.  After about a year someone persuaded me to blow an entire
> GBP1.50 on a cork pricking board.  This is so much better to use than the
> tile, that you should order one Annette.  Then go to Sainsburys and look
for
> wax coated paper for baking and wrap the cork tile in the wax paper.
Every
> time you prick the needle picks up a tiny bit of wax from the paper,
making
> it slide more easily through the card.  One wrapping of the paper lasts
> ages, so one roll is a lifetime's worth (well unless you use it for
cooking
> as well).

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re:[lace] Pictures on Arachne (fwd)

[Bev Walker]

Hi everyone and Annette

I will be posting the picture of my bolster to the Lace Forum, in the
thread on pillows. It is a yahoo group. Yes, these groups are easy to
join. and yes I'll let the list know when I've posted it.  good plan :)

bye for now
Bev in Sooke BC (west coast of Canada)

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Re: [lace] Prickings

[alice howell]

At 08:32 AM 8/16/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Laminating - what a brilliant idea!  My office has a photocopier, a lot of
>blue paper and a small laminator - I'm all set!


A word of caution -- there are different weights of laminating film.  Be
sure you have the very lightest/thinnest weight for  patterns.  Some of
the heavier weights are very difficult to pin through.  Try one and test
it before making a bunch of them.

For myself, I do the common paper pattern on file folder (tagboard) with
a transparent adhesive film on top.  The color of the adhesive film is
determined by the thread color.  Clear for colored threads and colored
for light threads.  I found colored transparent removable bookcover films
in the dollar store (and stationery stores) that give me a color choice.
However, since the film is removable, it does not stick permanently.  The
edges of the film need to be taped to the tagboard backing to be sure
that they don't loosen or shift.  This work fine for one-time patterns.

I find that I can use these pattern 6-8 times before the holes become
worn.  If a pattern is needed more than that, I make another one.  In
fact, if I'm in production (like making a rose bouquet), I set up two
patterns on two pillows and just alternate them.  One can be worked on
while the other is resting the completed lace.

Happy lacing,


Happy lacing,

Alice in Oregon - Gained 2 students from county fair demo!!
Oregon Country Lacemakers  
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[lace] laminating

[nicky.h-townsend]

Hi all
I have begun to laminate patterns which are either on coloured light card or
paper (the colour determined on the thread to be used) - depending  on
whether the pattern is likely to be used more than once - and it is quite
easy to put the pins in without pricking beforehand -  I have found this
especially helpful for students who have problems with arthritis, RSI etc.
If you are thinking of buying a laminator go for one which takes both A3 and
A4. A4 size only could be limiting, I feel it has been a worthwhile
investment.

Nicky in sunny Suffolk

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[lace] the threads of life

[Rosemarie Peel]

Dear Ann
   It never ceases to amaze me how our lives entwine like one big piece of
lace. I'm very interested in the friendsreunited site at the moment and
wonder how many of my class-mates took up lacemaking - there were a couple
of girls I taught to crochet when we were in the 6th form (in the 60's!)

>  There can only be one H Massingham - Harold Massingham was a
>student at Manchester University at the same time as me - early to mid-50s.

Rosemarie Peel
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK
   http://www.lacet-pubs.demon.co.uk

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[lace] Lace in dressmaking

[Jean Nathan]

I was taught how to join lace when I did a City & Guilds in Dressmaking and
Pattern Cutting, taught by a lady who, in 1934, worked on the hand-sewn
trousseau for the Princess Marina who died in the UK in 1968.

The method was to place right side to right side, and using a thread of a
colour to match the lace, but as fine as possible, hand stitch across the
join with a *very* small running stitch or back stitch. Then to trim the
seam to under a quarter of an inch, lay the seam to one side and make very
small buttonhole stitches over the cut edges, while also stitching the edge
down so that it couldn't be lifted again once the join was finished.

Jean in Poole

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[lace] Prickings for lace

[Margot Walker]

If I'm going to use the pricking only once, I photocopy it on blue paper 
and iron fusible interfacing to the back.  There's no need to prick and 
I've had good results with this easy method.

Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
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[lace] Prickings for lace

[Jean Nathan]

I have four of pin vices. The 3 aluminium ones set in wood will only take
small needles, but the pistol grip one with a black vice will take much
bigger needles. The aluminium ones will take a larger needle if you cut it
in half with a pair of pliers - lets it sit further into the pin vice, and
cuts off the thickest part of the needle near the eye which you don't use
when pricking.

Jean in Poole

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[lace] blackout

[Liz S. Reynolds]

As you've surmised, Panix went down in the blackout. Their part of
manhattan didn't get power back till Friday night. The system message says
mail had more problems coming back up than most other services, and that
messages will may take a while to deliver while the backed-up queues
gradually empty.

I hope everyone was safe and well. I spent the night in my office, which is
well provided with backup diesel generators. DH works nearby so I managed
to get him signed in and he stayed with me. Being pregnant, I got dibs on
the sofa :*) The nanny spent the night with Grace, we got home by bus in
the morning, it turned out to be a 3 1/2 hour trip (as opposed to the usual
1 hour by subway).

-Liz

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[lace] A question cutting of handmade lace lengths

[ysandra sliverneedle]

Now this may seem a strange question for you all, but, still I would like to
know. How is handmade bobbin lace cut in lengths for dressmaking?
Here is what I have in mind. I found a place which will hand make lengths of
11 yards of lace for me for my Elizabethan dress I am making, BUT, I need to
convert this 11 yards into lengths that are useable without destroying the
lace.
Any suggestions other than making it myself to length? Many thanks in advance
for your ideas, and experiences.
Ysandra

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Re: [lace] Prickings for lace

[WaltonVS]

Hi, can I suggest you are not using the right sort of blue film. The one me 
and my friends use is not shiny but matt and does not make your pins sticky. 

 KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS

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Re: [lace] Prickings for lace

[Steph Peters]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:34:04 +0100, Milada wrote:
>Following recent local talk about the method of doing prickings, may I ask
>what is your normal / preferred method?
I use 2 methods, depending on whether I need to work repeats on the same
pricking for that piece of lace. My choice of methods is determined by the
fact that I find working on sticky plastic unpleasant.  It makes the pins
sticky, makes doing sewings harder and reflections from the shiny surface
make it hard to see the lace in some lighting set ups.  So I put a bit of
effort in to prepare a pricking I find pleasant to work with.

For a single use pricking I scan the pattern into the computer, adjust its
size and print it on light blue 160g/square meter card.  I find light blue a
good colour for most of my lace, but some day soon I shall buy a pack in a
darker colour as well.  A pack of 100 sheets of this card from one of the
office supply warehouse places is quite cheap and lasts for years.  If I
want to make the same pattern again I just reprint on another piece of card.
This method does depend on keeping all the scans saved at the right size on
the computer, and having computer backups to restore them if anything goes
wrong.  The card is light enough to use without pre-pricking; the pins go
through it easily.  As a result I can use this method for laces like Withof
that don't have premarked pinholes.  The possible drawback to computer
printed prickings is that the ink might run if it gets wet.  My laser
printed prickings won't run, but test your printer because some inks will
run when wet.

If I'm doing an edging where I will work over the same pricking more than
once then I like to preprick through brown card.  The needle I use for
pre-pricking has a smaller diameter than the pins for the piece.  Thicker
and sturdier card is better for Honiton, because the same pin comes in and
out several times and the pinhole is used to make the sewing.  I find glazed
card is nicer to work on than unglazed.
--
A liberal is a person whose interests 
aren't at stake at the moment. - Willis Player
Steph Peters  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [lace] Prickings

[Steph Peters]

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 07:26:16 +0100, Annette wrote:
>I don't have anything to prick onto yet, so I use the bottom of my polystyrene
>mushroom pillow.  I've just bought a block pillow, and intend to use the side
>of the blocks to prick.  I suppose I ought to go and get a polystyrene ceiling
>tile from B&Q!

When I first started making lace I used an odd bit of polystyrene tile as a
pricking board.  After about a year someone persuaded me to blow an entire
GBP1.50 on a cork pricking board.  This is so much better to use than the
tile, that you should order one Annette.  Then go to Sainsburys and look for
wax coated paper for baking and wrap the cork tile in the wax paper.  Every
time you prick the needle picks up a tiny bit of wax from the paper, making
it slide more easily through the card.  One wrapping of the paper lasts
ages, so one roll is a lifetime's worth (well unless you use it for cooking
as well).
--
A liberal is a person whose interests 
aren't at stake at the moment. - Willis Player
Steph Peters  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[lace] Re: IOLI convention

[LaBobbins]

Dear Spiders,
   Just my 2 cents worth about the Convention.  One week before the 
Convention I tripped off my last porch step and broke my left side of my foot.  My 
only 
question to the Orthopedic was "Can I go to my convention next week? Yes, in 
a wheel chair."
This was my DH vacation time!  I do not know what I would have done without 
him.  Thank goodness we live 20 minutes away form the convention site.  He 
drove me every day.  I was spared the mad rush to the sales room on Sunday by 
going in on Monday.  Lots of goodies to see.  I saw Lenka and introduced myself.  
I had signed up for the Wire Lace Sculpture class.  
  Everyone in the class was so nice.  I only knew 1 other lacer, Pat Morris, 
from the Lost Art Lacers.  We got right to work and with Lenka's wonderful 
instructions we were off.  I was so inspired that when I got home I finished the 
top portion of the figure.  It was interesting learning how to add beads in 
different ways.  I felt real bad about not being able to get to the Arcane 
Gatherings but the bad weather, driving home out of it, seemed more important.  On 
Wednesday, since I had to cancel my trip to the Cooper Hewitt, I made lace all 
day.  On Thursday we learned how to add heavier wire to shape the wings and 
head and of course add more beads, my favorite item.
Friday we oggled Lenka's photo album.  What glorious work!  She even KNITS 
lace to make areas of fabric fold.  It is truly amazing.
  The Banquet was very nice, even if I did not win anything.  It was so nice 
to see people wearing their lace finery.  It was so nice to talk to Tamara, 
Pat, Jeri, Lee, Kenn and all my classmates at the convention. They are a 
wonderful group of people involved in lace and I am very proud to be part of it.
  I was so grateful I could attend, even at a limited basis.  It certainly 
did not reflect in my wallet.  Lenka has so many goodies I could not resist.
  As you can see I really had a good time.
Yours in mending,
Laura in NJ, we were not in the dark at all. 

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[lace] Cork bulletin board for prickings

[Jeriames]

Dear Lacemakers,

At a craft shop, you can buy one cork bulletin board.  Mine is framed with 
wood, which I painted to match decor.  You can use the wrong side for pricking 
patterns (it will get chopped up).  You can prop up the best side and pin the 
instructions for the lace you are making to it - or, use it for it's original 
purpose as a bulletin board.

A friend made a small cork pricking board for me, from a large one.  It is 
about 4" x 6".  She covered it with white felt, and glued gold ribbon to the 
edges.  Very pretty in my supplies box, and of a convenient size to travel.

Lacers in parts of the world where you can get rolls of old-fashioned waxed 
paper (used for wrapping food) -- remember it is good to place a layer of waxed 
paper under the pattern you are pricking.  It waxes the pricking needle and 
makes this task swifter and easier, especially for arthritic fingers.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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Re: [lace] Prickings for lace

[Helen Crews]

Hi, Darlene, I have found a pin vise is the best answer.  You can add
whatever needle you like to it, very narrow ones, big ones for bigger
threads.  I use the smallest needle I can find, that keeps the pattern from
"swelling" the holes too early, making it easier to use more than once.  I
keep all patterns I have used.  but then I am a packrat at heart!  ;>)  Have
a very nice day!  Helen, Virginia Beach

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Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:07 PM
Subject: RE: [lace] Prickings for lace


> Well, since I'm such a beginner I try and find fast and easy ways to do
> prickings. Since I'm not absolutely sure which enlargement or not will
work
> best with my threads I make photocopies and then enlarge them at the local
> Staples onto coloured card in various degrees of enlargements. For those I
> use clear transparent film and prick through both layers at once with a
> ceiling tile underneath. I also have 'blue transparent film' and use that
> when I've copied onto white stock.
>
> I can see that I've been using too large of a needle for pricking - I'm
sure
> the one I've used is larger than my pins so I'll have to try and use
> something thinner. Another lesson learned. Thanks,
>
> Darlene Mulholland
> www.darlenem.com
>
>
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[lace] Prickings for lace

[Jane Partridge]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Milada Marshall
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Following recent local talk about the method of doing prickings, may I ask
>what is your normal / preferred method?

I usually use the first of Milada's two methods - although as I mostly
work my own designs, I rarely use photocopies.  Most of mine are pricked
straight from the graph paper draft, or from a print out if I have used
the computer to design the pattern (I use FastCAD - not one of the
specific lace programs, simply because we already have it on the
computer - it serves the purpose!).

In class, if a student brings in a book from which she wishes to do a
pattern, she is given the choice of either walking down to the local
photocopy shop to make a photocopy, redrafting the pattern onto graph
paper, (particularly if it is not a very true pattern to start with!) or
tracing the pattern onto tracing paper.  The pricking is then made on
pricking card, the pattern markings transferred first in pencil (easier
to correct if you make a mistake in copying at that stage), then drawn
over with a fine, *waterproof* pen. Finally the pencil markings are
erased.  I (personally) mainly use one of Winslow's prickers but if
using my pin vice use a size 8 Sharp/Quilters needle in it.  

>An alternative method is to cut the pricking slightly smaller than the card,
>and take a piece of 'blue transparent film' slightly larger, and use this to
>attach the pricking to the card. You then have to prick all the holes, as
>before, but you don't have to draw any lines. The main disadvantage of this
>is the lack of accuracy, 

One of the main reasons I only use this method for very complex patterns
(and in some methods of needlelace, though I still have some architects'
linen) is that it adds to the cost of the pricking rather unnecessarily.
In changing the colour of the card away from the standard manilla brown,
it is more likely to blend in with the colour of thread I am using at
the time (often greens and blues).  I don't really see how it affects
your accuracy, Milada - if you use a photocopy to produce the pricking
in both methods, then accuracy is down to whether or not the photocopy
is distorted, not the film covering it; and the first method leaves more
room for mistake.  Also, the pattern is less likely to slip if it is
stuck in place!  I was taught to use this latter method when I first
started making lace, and in addition to using the film to hold the
pattern to the card, we were taught to use a Pritt stick (solid PVA glue
stick) to glue the photocopy to the card first.

Of course, working Honiton patterns, you dispense with the need for ink
markings altogether - pattern indications are marked by pin holes.  Here
I do tend to use a photocopy or tracing of the original - my present
very long term project being one of Ann Orr's Quilting designs (the
prick and pounce markings on the pattern sheet were usefully at the
right spacing for the pinholes!).

One method of copying a pattern I haven't tried is the old heel-ball
method, where a rubbing is made of a pricking, and then the new pattern
pricked from the rubbing.  Does anyone still do this?
-- 
Jane Partridge

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[lace] Ceiling tiles for prickings

[Jean Nathan]

Annette wrote:

< I suppose I ought to go and get a polystyrene ceiling
tile from B&Q!>

Make that a packet of 10 tiles from B&Q - they don't sell them singly as I
discovered.

Or you could use a cork bath mat, or cork wall or floor tiles (again only in
packets).

Or a piece of polystyrene from packaging - go to your nearest civic amenity
site (local authority rubbish site) and ask the men there if they have any
polystyrene from packaging. It's free and clean and is often high density.

Jean in Poole

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[lace] Arachne FAQs

[Jean Nathan]

Arachne information is available on Lori's lace fairy site:

Do's and Don'ts

http://lace.lacefairy.com/Arachne/Arachne.html

FAQs on various aspects of lacemaking (but not on Arachne):

http://lace.lacefairy.com/FAQs.html

The Arachne web page is:

http://www.arachne.com/

Jean in Poole

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[lace] Re: Piecework magazine

[Elizabeth Ligeti]

I am Helen's Mother, and thanks for the nice words about the Bucks Fan.  It
was made from a Springett pattern.  I felt, afterwards, that the thread
should have been a bit finer - but I feel that way with all Bucks Point.!
50 cotton seems a bit heavy. - Just my personal view.

It has been a tradition, in our family, that girls get a piece of lace for
their 21st birthday (since the family were lacemakers living around
Bedford), and I asked Helen what she would like. The fan is her choice.
I followed the instructions that came with the pricking, and had no trouble
making it, though I do not make a lot of Bucks Pt. I felt a bit daunted at
the beginning, but gained confidence as I went along. This is what I have
found with all the Springett patterns - they work - easily!  Always a
help.!!!  :))  (Usual disclaimers!)
from Liz in Melbourne, Oz,
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Re: [lace] FAQ and advice of mounting.

[Ann-Marie Lördal]

I have also tried the FAQ to no avail. I don´t know if anything "old" works
anymore. And I still have to agree with the newcomber who thinks we should
use a server that can show our pictures. I don´t won´t to start the
discussion again as we had it this spring. I am just soo curious about
others work.
Does anyone have a webshot album or something like it so we could see some
of the works? I know Lori (?) shows a bit but we are so many members that I
think there would be more to see. I have some of my work in webshots. And
what I am most happy about I have gotten to a stage of mounting some pieces,
it is just hard to find the right kind of frame and such things,  When I see
other peoples work I sometimes get the aha-feeling, I can do like that and
the piece will look much better when mounted.
Ann-Marie in Sweden
 http://community.webshots.com/user/annma1

> Is the FAQ for the Arachne list still available?  I've tried several times
to
> get it, both by ftp and by requesting it from Majordomo, but always get an
> error.>
> Regards,
> Annette,
> London

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[lace] Prickings

[Annette Gill]

Linda,

Laminating - what a brilliant idea!  My office has a photocopier, a lot of
blue paper and a small laminator - I'm all set!

Thanks for the idea.

Annette,
London

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[lace] FAQ

[Annette Gill]

Is the FAQ for the Arachne list still available?  I've tried several times to
get it, both by ftp and by requesting it from Majordomo, but always get an
error.

Regards,
Annette,
London

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Re: [lace] Prickings for lace

[Linda Walton]

Dear Lacemakers,

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From: "Milada Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 4:34 PM
Subject: [lace] Prickings for lace


> Following recent local talk about the method of doing prickings, may I ask
> what is your normal / preferred method?

Following the advice of people on this list, I tried the method of having my
pattern photocopied on to ordinary paper, so no need to hand-draw any
pattern lines.  Since I can have the pattern copied on to any of a rainbow
of coloured papers, I have no fear of running out of tinted film.

Then - still in the copyshop - I trim the pattern to size and they laminate
it for me.  This heat-seals a very thin layer of plastic all over the paper,
which strengthens and protects it.  Yet it stays so flexible that I can even
wrap it around the small roller of my travel pillow.  There is the
transparent, easily cleaned surface of plastic, but no glue to come off on
the pins.  Also, the plastic is so thin that it takes very little effort to
push the pricker through it.

Yes, I expect it costs a few pence more than other methods, but I believe
the advantages are worth it.  I bless the day I discovered this method, and
especially the person - whoever it was! - who passed on the tip.

Yours gratefully,
Linda Walton,
in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.,
(where there's just a hint of coolness in the air this morning,
and the beech woods are showing the very first hint of Autumn colour).

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[lace] Prickings

[Annette Gill]

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I was told to do it this way and haven't had any problem with getting the pins
in.  As to accuracy, I'm not sure how it would be worse with this method - I
just try hard to prick dead vertically.

I don't have anything to prick onto yet, so I use the bottom of my polystyrene
mushroom pillow.  I've just bought a block pillow, and intend to use the side
of the blocks to prick.  I suppose I ought to go and get a polystyrene ceiling
tile from B&Q!

Regards,
Annette,
London

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[lace] Pictures on Arachne

[Annette Gill]

A few weeks ago, someone was talking about the fact that you can't post
pictures to this list, and mentioned that this had been discussed a lot in the
past.  As a newcomer, I don't know what solututions were proposed and
rejected, but wondered whether anyone had suggested setting up a Yahoo Group
just for the pictures?

I belong to a Yahoo Group for Miniature Dollmaking, and although you can't
post pictures to messages in that Group, they have also set up a second Group
where you can post pictures.  If someone wants to post a picture for everyone
else to see, they send a message to the main list to say they have put the
picture on the MiniDolls Picture Group. If you want to see it, you can go to
the Yahoo Groups web site and take a look.

Would that work for Arachne?  Yahoo Groups are very simple to set up and to
join.

Regards,
Annette,
London

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[lace] Dorset Arts and Crafts show

[Annette Gill]

Elizabeth,

Congratulations to your mother on her Highly Commended!  I remember the
Crinoline Lady, and it was very good.  I hope the seahorse goes well too.  I'm
impressed at the way people can make lace in spite of various physical
problems - I always assumed you had to have dextrous hands and very good
eyesight, but apparently not.  I'm grateful for that myself.

I was quite inspired by the pieces on display, and considered joining DACA
myself as an out-of-county member and trying to produce something to enter.
My mother has entered embroidery before but couldn't this year as she was in
hospital on the day you were supposed to take the entries to be judged. I was
born and brought up in Dorset (in Weymouth), and am interested in Dorset
crafts.  I bought some materials from one of the traders there to make Dorset
buttons.  Many of them are fascinating.  And I remember being taught Dorset
Feather Stitchery at school - I made an apron for my mother that she still
has.  (I know it doesn't really count as a traditional Dorset craft.)

Regards,
Annette,
London

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