Re: [lace] webshot

[Jean Barrett]

Hello Ann-Marie,
There are some lovely laces on your album pages. I particularly liked 
the picture of the cottage, the last one. I have done the Korlelati one 
and I bought another from the Swedish Guild in Nottingham I think, but 
have not seen that one before. Do you know where the pattern is from?
best Wishes, Jean in Cleveland U.K.
On 6 Mar 2004, at 10:28, Ann-Marie Lördal wrote:

I have finally mounted some of my bobbinlace and updated my webshot. 
It is
Cottage and The ladies from Vadstena. I have some more to mount but 
that is
more difficult than making the lace sometimes!

Ann-Marie
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[lace] Practical Skills (The Cookbook) on ebay plus what are these?

[Jean Nathan]

There's a copy of the now out-of-print? "Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace" by
Bridget Cook on ebay (and hardback). Considered by some of us to be
essential. Starting bid wanted of 4 pounds 99 pence (approx. 9 US dollars).

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3593028947&category=112
4

or search for item number 3593028947

And what are these (apart from the pastry crimper)?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3278249569&category=114

or search for item number 3278249569

I've emailed and told him/her that I don't know what they are, but they're
not lace bobbins. So far the description's not been changed, but
then perhaps he/she doesn't really want any bids. The only way anyone will
bid on them is if they know what they are, and then they'd have to find them
by accident.

Jean in Poole

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[lace] Re: ... what are these?

[Antje González]

> or search for item number 3278249569 on ebay

Hi Jean ,
hey are definitely no bobbin-lace bobbins. The little artefact with a wheel
is like our modern "pizza cutter" (sorry for this stupidity). No, now
seriously, it is like the wheel used to copy and mark the patterns in
sewing.
The little black thing with a hood reminds me of something similar I got as
a present from Marroko: inside there was black powder, to draw the line
under your eye.
The other objects are a mystery to me.
Have a nice Sunday. Here today it is a really sunny spring day.
Greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara, Spain.

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[lace] Visit to a lace dealer

[Rosemary Brown]

Dear all

I promised that I would report back after my visit to a local lace dealer's.  The 
visit was truly a treat, and all because one of our number  (I don't remember who) had 
advertised the web address to us all.  Thank you!


The Mendes are professional Lace Dealers, semi-retired, in that they no longer have a 
commercial shop, but trade via fairs and their web-site. I invited my friends from the 
Forest lace class to join me in the visit.

We were welcomed into the Mendes' home to find a wonderful array of lace that we were 
able to dip into, handle and examine to our hearts' content.  No gloves! First was a 
box full of 19th century laces.  A beautiful and unusually fine example of Teneriffe 
lace came out first, followed by examples of Brussels Duchesse and some Honiton.  
Could we tell the difference?  I think we learned to!  Carrickmacross and Limerick 
lace teased the mind, and some tamboured laces too, but the selection included 
examples of most of the laces that interested us. A  fine Bedfordshire cap with 
dangling lappets, a piece of Maltese with interesting plaited hangings at the ends and 
a lovely collar in Point de Gaze needlelace.  Some of the lace was labelled from the 
collection of the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, and it was interesting to see 
this as a sure provenance for the pieces and their dates.  There was little in the way 
of English laces, beyond a few Honiton collars, the Bedfordshire cap and a couple of 
Bucks edgings, the majority being Brussels and other types of Flemish lace. The 
quality of every piece was impeccable.

A box of earlier date - 18th century mostly - contained Mechlin, which bears great 
similarity to Bucks Point, and Flemish tape laces, looking very much like the Milanese 
laces. We discussed the differences between these two laces and established that the 
Flemish workers tended to pass the spare pairs from the grounds across the back of the 
prior worked tape lace, when the Milanese workers didn't.  There was a Renaissance 
style tape lace in there too which was useful for comparison, but must also have been 
contemporary. 

There were very large lengths of uncut lace, possibly intended for church use, or even 
never used, in Brussels lace and also Carrickmacross.  As enthusiasts as much as 
dealers, they assured us that they never sold their best pieces unless really pressed 
to, and then only on to people who knew and cared about what they were buying - other 
dealers or collectors.  They certainly never cut up the lace to sell on as bits.

The more we looked at the lace and made intelligent comments, Joachim (Mr Mendes) 
produced further interesting pieces, including a netted bonnet, a piece of early 
Flemish Chrysanthemum lace dated 1620, Hollie Point on a baby cap which was quite 
immaculate, and finally producing some very fine 18th  century lappets when time was 
running out!

We ran out of time two and a half hours after arriving after a total feast of lace and 
chat.

For further reference, their website address is: www.mendes.co.uk - it's well worth a 
visit!

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Re: [lace] Romanian Point Lace patterns

[Steph Peters]

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:34:10 -0500, Jane wrote:
>Hi All,  I thought Angela's message of today would be on Romanian Point Lace
>patterns but I see it is not.  Guess she's busy with Miriam!  What fun
>they're having I bet .  I was interested to see Karen Bovard's e-mail.  I
>have not done RPL but I thought the tapes were
>not crossed over each other.  I suppose some patterns can be adapted if you
>can get the tapes to abut rather than cross over
>each other.  And that is, of course, if you wish to take the time to
>figure that out!

I took a class (arranged by Angela) where we learnt some basics of Romanian
Point from a young Romanian girl.  She wasn't the expert at lace, her mother
was a full time lace maker, but she knew plenty about it.  I'm fairly sure
that the design we did had the tapes crossing each other.  I've certainly
crossed the tapes when making up designs of my own since, and it works OK.
If a design can be done with the tapes butted up rather than crossing it
will probably look better, but I don't think that this is a hard and fast
rule.
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[lace] visit to a lace dealer

[Carolina G. Gallego]

Rosemary Brown wrote:

I promised that I would report back after my visit to a local lace dealer's.  
The visit was truly a treat, and all because one of our number

(I don't remember who) had advertised the web address to us all.  Thank you!

It was me, who reported the web address to all spiders. You and your 
group have been lucky visiting in person the treasures that this lace 
dealer displayed on their page.
I am glad you enjoyed your visit.

Best regards.

Carolina. Barcelona. Spain.
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[lace] visit to a lace dealer

[Carolina G. Gallego]

Rosemary Brown wrote:

I promised that I would report back after my visit to a local lace dealer's.  
The visit was truly a treat, and all because one of our number

(I don't remember who) had advertised the web address to us all.  Thank you!

It was me, who reported the web address to all spiders. You and your 
group have been lucky visiting in person the treasures that this lace 
dealer displayed on their page.
I am glad you enjoyed your visit.

Best regards.

Carolina. Barcelona. Spain.
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Carolina de la Guardia
http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/
http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/encajebrujo.html
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[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #75

[Susan Caccia]

I hope I'm replying properly, I'm not very proficient with lists.   I see on
www.abebooks.com there are 3 copies of Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace
available to buy. One in Australia, and 2 in Great Britain if anyone is
interested.
Kate

> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:45:20 -
> From: "Jean Nathan" > Subject: [lace] Practical Skills (The Cookbook) on
ebay plus what are these?
>
> There's a copy of the now out-of-print? "Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace"
by
> Bridget Cook on ebay (and hardback). Considered by some of us to be
> essential. Starting bid wanted of 4 pounds 99 pence (approx. 9 US
dollars).

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[lace] Supplier of Egyptian Cotton, Canada

[Barbara George]

I don't keep a note of US suppliers and now I need one!

Can anyone tell me where someone living in Vancouver can obtain Egyptian
Cotton, preferably the smaller threads 180/2, 160/2.
This is for making ropes for model ship-building!

Thanks

Barbara
Cape Town, South Africa

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Re: [lace] Supplier of Egyptian Cotton, Canada

[Ruth Budge]

Barbara, look at Susan Wenzel's website:   www.lacysusan.com - she keeps
Egytian Cotton in just about every size made.

Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)

Barbara George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I don't keep a note of US suppliers
and now I need one!

Can anyone tell me where someone living in Vancouver can obtain Egyptian
Cotton, preferably the smaller threads 180/2, 160/2.
This is for making ropes for model ship-building!

Thanks

Barbara
Cape Town, South Africa



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