[lace] making a roller
Hi I am making a roller pillow as the ones I have are not wide enough. I have started with a swim noodle and added extensions of the same kind to make it thicker. But I need to make it even thicker! What is the best way to do? I have a lot of the elastic ribbon kind you can use on a sprained ancle. Or is there something better to use? I am most grateful for your advice. Regards Ann-Marie http://community.webshots.com/user/annma1 If there is an attachment that is called sanitizer along with my mails it is from my mailserver that checks all my in- and outcoming mails for viruses. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Floral torchon
I've been doing my own version of floral torchon with Australian Wildflowers - wattle, gum leaves, boronia, sturt's desert pea - for some years. I've been using Buck's Techniques in Torchon lace to get the more flowing lines of bucks but in Torchon - using gimps and added pairs, and careful use of the worker around gimps - a gum leaf actually looks like a gum leaf - not a geometric shape as in 'normal' Torchon! It gives an added dimension to Torchon lace. The wattle pattern was in the English lace magazine some years ago. Hopes this helps Jenny Rees Canberra Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have finally finished removing all the weeds and burnt remains of trees, digging over and putting new soil and mulch in all the gardens - and can now get on with replacing some of the plants!! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Drawnwork
If Tina E. McCarty is on this list, would she please contact me? Thanks! S Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Kortelahti prickings
Thanks to everyone for your help with locating the prickings but after looking again at the picture and getting out a tape measure and realising how big it is (centimetres just don't mean anything to me - must be my age) I've decided not to attempt it. I know I could reduce it in size but I think I'll just put it on my wish list for the moment. jenny barron Sunny Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] making a roller
At 01:29 AM 3/28/2004, you wrote: Hi I am making a roller pillow as the ones I have are not wide enough. I have started with a swim noodle and added extensions of the same kind to make it thicker. But I need to make it even thicker! What is the best way to do? Hi, For a temporary roller, a swim noodle works well, but it does not hold up well over time. My travel pillow had one and it disintegrated in the center section after making only 120 inches of lace. The best material for a roller is wool cloth. A swim noodle would work as a base to a roller that had at least an inch of wool cloth wound around it. The pins would stay in the wool part and would not break down the noodle. OR -- Use a wooden dowel (or a support cylinder of some kind) and wrap it tightly with wool to the size you want the roller to be. Then cover the wool with whatever material you want on the top. The wool is nice to pin into, holds the pins well, and will release the pins without stress. And---it will not disintegrate as long as you don't let the wool moths get into it. It will last forever-- or at least your lifetime. G This is all personal opinion, so there may be other ideas and viewpoints from roller makers of different kinds. I'm interested in comments from other people on this subject. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon -- where a sunny day is beginning. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Prague
Dear lacefriends who come to Prague, I have a question. In the bulletin about the congress they wrote, that the lacetour end on July 23, but no the exact time. So I asked in Prague if they now when? They answered me imediately and told me that there will be a meal in the evening and that we stay this night too. Did you understand this in the same way? It would be ok to stay there this night but I couldn't get a flight at saterday, don't ask me why. So I have to stay there till sunday and could see some more of my beloved Prague. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] making a roller
Dear Ann-Marie, I have made roller (bolster) pillows for my lace class, and Friend Husband made table-top frames for them to sit in. I went to the local carpet shop and got the rollers the carpets come rolled on. They are made of *heavy* stock about 1/2 inch thick, 4 to 6 inch diameter, and hollow in the middle, and they are free! FH cut them into the proper lengths in his wood shop. I wound them with strips of felt I bought by the yard at the fabric store. I have found that good quality felt works well as a padding; stretch it well and use strips not so wide as the base 'cause it will stretch easier. If one has an old wool blanket or coat, the last few winds can be wool, but the felt alone is fine on my watch! Then cover it with muslin followed by the final cover. I don't particularly like bolster pillows and still have a couple in my pillow stash. Handy to have tho should I ever decide to do a 15 inch wide piece of lace g... Lori probably has a roller (bolster) pillow directions on her web site. Happy rollering, Betty Ann in Roanoke Virginia USA Ann-Marie Lördal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Subject: Re: [lace] making a roller At 01:29 AM 3/28/2004, you wrote: I am making a roller pillow as the ones I have are not wide enough. I have started with a swim noodle and added extensions of the same kind to make it thicker. But I need to make it even thicker! What is the best way to do? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Torchon water lily
Yes, I,ve worked the aforementioned torchon water lily. I think I bought the pattern from Linda Fountain, but several suppliers stock it. I made mine in pink Pipers silk and was very pleased with it, but dont attempt it if you are a beginner! I don't think I managed a single repeat without unpicking, and you need about 7 pairs of gimps on the go at once. Quite a challenge, but worth it if you have the patience. Christine (Oxford) _ Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you. http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] making a roller
Thank you for your suggestions about rollers. This is not a bolster I am going to make, just a roller to put on top of my Christina pillow as I am going to make a scarf from the latest danish Kniplemagasinet and the roller for the Christina pillow was just that not wide enough. I never thought about the carpet rollers or wooden dowels, I had just the swim noodle in my mind-) But I am going to find some wool or felt to roll around it so it gets more sturdy. I have just thought about making one scarf so hopefully it will hold up for that. If I want to make more of them I guess I have to get a better base in the roller. Thank you both Alice and Betty Ann for your suggestions. I am going to keep your mails so I can refer to them if I need to make a better roller some day. Yours Ann-Marie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace-In Reminder
A reminder for local folk that next Saturday and Sunday, April 3/4, will be the Lace-In for the Prairie Mill Lacemakers at Midway Village, 6799 Guilford Road, Rockford. On Saturday we meet from 10:00 to 5:00 so bring a sack lunch and on Sunday we meet from 12:00 to 5:00. The Fibre Arts Faire, which will be in the same building, will start at 12:00 both days so we have time to gossip and catch up on Saturday before the public come to see us. Bring any type of lace you are working on. Last year it was good to see some needle lace, tatting and crochet as well as the dozen or so pillow with all types of bobbin lace. We are looking forward to meeting the Wisconsin lacemakers again and hope some of the lacemakers from further south in Illinois will visit us. I have been promised by Gwen that the Midway Museum will have a display of lace on show this year. If you need further details you can contact Gwen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fibre Arts Faire will have all types of fibre crafts on show and we are hoping to sell some hand made lace, knitted scarves and knitted beaded bracelets to raise funds for a possible convention in Illinois. Janice Blair Crystal Lake where the wind is getting stronger and March is going out like a lion. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] making a roller
On 28 Mar 2004, at 10:29, Ann-Marie Lördal wrote: Hi I am making a roller pillow as the ones I have are not wide enough. I have started with a swim noodle and added extensions of the same kind to make it thicker. But I need to make it even thicker! What is the best way to do? I have a lot of the elastic ribbon kind you can use on a sprained ancle. Or is there something better to use? When I needed a wide roller pillow I used a roll of polystyrene Warmaline (sp?). ie the stuff that is sold for putting between wallpaper and the wall for added insulation. The complete roll was a little bit too thick for what I needed so I just unwound a layer or two. Made sweater on it with no problems. Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Spring Lace Day - Richmond Area Lacemakers
Just a note to let everyone in the Pacific Northwest / BC Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island areas know that we're having a lace day on Sunday, April 18th. For full information and a map, please email me privately. Thanks. Adele [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace in Turkey
One of our lacemakers is going to vist Turkey for a few weeks in May. She would like to know what she can find there that is to do with lace and lacemaking. She is one of our newer lacemakers and is learning bobbin lace but is quite interested to see and learn as much as she can. Would like any info that anyone would like to send please. On the subject of threads. Does anyone know if there are any variegated cottons available such as the ones that DMC used to produce? Happy lacemaking from Jenny Reynolds on a beautiful sunny and warm (29C forecast) Autumn Day in Canberra (but it would be lovely to get some rain - we're desparate walking on the lawan in like walking on potato crisps!!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace and Textile Day at Clay Cross, Derbyshire, UK
Hello all. ..I'd just like to thank everyone (especially Jane and Christine) for organising a terrific day at Clay Cross Adult Ed Centre last weekend. There were many lace making and bobbin making suppliers in attendance and I think a great time was had by all. I for one enjoyed the Taster Session of Smocking which was held during the afternoon and I know that the Felting Taster Session was a terrific success. As usual, the Centre Staff were obliging and helpful, and I must say a great big Thank You to the folks who cooked all those lovely Baked Potatoes for sale in the Coffee Bar. Roll on next year, (or perhaps a Xmas Lace and Textile Day) later on this year could be arranged so that all us Lace-aholics in Derbyshire and surrounding area could give families some ideas for Xmas Pressies!! Thanks again to all, Regards, Babs Short (Chesterfield, Derbyshire) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Floral Torchon
Clay and Elizabeth, I have a few Floral Torchon patterns by Geraldine Stott. None of them require the addition of extra pairs during working...whereas Torchon traditionally is made up of geometric shapes, these are basically flowers drawn on the Torchon grid. To my eye, used to working Bucks, the flowers look a bit square, rather than the flowing designs you can get in Bucks. I presume that the square look is due to the 45 degree grid. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Elizabeth - and spiders! I'm still a relative newbie myself, but when I hear the term floral applied to a lace (Bucks or Torchon, for example...), I think of designs in which you need to add threads in some areas and throw them out in others. In strictly geometric torchon, the threads work around pins and proceed through from one section to the other in an orderly fashion with a consistent number of bobbins. But in floral torchon, the threads which move into a motif may not be sufficient to fill that section, and so more threads have to be added... at the completion of the motif, the threads may need to be thrown out again. My guess is that the term floral derived from the presence, in many of these designs, of floral motifs... however, I think that is actual fact, the motifs do not always represent flowers. I've stuck my neck out here, and will eagerly wait to see if I'm right, or if, as that awful show said, I'm the weakest link! (A definite possibility with regards to my grasp of lacemaking technical terms!!) Clay - Original Message - From: Elizabeth MacPherson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 11:59 AM Subject: [lace] Floral Torchon Dear Spiders, What is Floral Torchon? I have not heard this term before. Are there books on this type of lace? Thanks for any help. Elizabeth MacPherson - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fwd: coloured Honiton
This time I wasn't *asked* to forward, but I think that was the intention, and the message is an interesting addendum to the discussion... Begin forwarded message: From: Jean Peach [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: March 28, 2004 3:53:45 EST I went for a lace day at the V A, a little while ago now. Ann Day was our mentor for the day, we saw some pieces of lace from the reserve collection, one was a coloured piece of Honiton lace. I do have a picture of this lace as we were allowed to take pictures for our own use. I believe this piece of Honiton was made in the early 1800's. I did not loose an hours sleep last night, I stayed in bed an extra hour G Jean in a warmer Newbury, no strong winds thank goodness. I think *our* change of time is still a month away, though I can't swear to it; I let DH stick a newspaper (with a clock on it) in front of my face, before I register such -- non-lace-y -- irrelvancies :) And I probably wouldn't even bother to do that much, if it weren't that I'm the designated time-changer on all the household appliances (like the microwave)... - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace bobbins
Even though I no longer do the bobbin lace, I have enjoyed keeping on buying some of the different continentals. I always preferred them to the Midlands. I know a lot of people moan about them untwisting the threads, but the best way to stop that is to work the bobbins as you come to them and when you have too many for your hand, just lay them quietly down and put a pin in your pillow to hold them to one side. That stops the unwinding most of the time. I am hoping to get back to working with some of the point ground laces and some of small items. So I won't have to spend too much time and tire my eyes out before I complete something. Roslyn in Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: time change
I started answering Alice privately -- the way she'd sent the message to me -- and then thought I'd better send my response to lace, in hopes of stemming the potential torrent of (confirming) info... On Mar 29, 2004, at 1:22, Alice Howell wrote: You don't have a month. You have a week. Next Sunday is IT !! Shows you just how with it I am (not!)... g I hope Severn will remind me next Saturday as usual because --sure as sure -- I won't remember myself... At least, thanks to a friend of Danek's (years ago), I learnt to anticipate *which way* the change goes, spring forward and fall back being set phrases, in everyday use. As I'm sure you've guessed by now, we had none of that foolishness about time changes when I was growing up in Poland, and it's hard to teach an old bitch new tricks... g I do -- sort of -- remember when the *autumnal* time change happens; my father almost missed his plane back to Poland in '76 because of it, which has made the last Sunday of October indelibly engraved on my two surviving brain-cells... For those without aids to memory (like husbands), here's more info on the subject of the time change in US: When we change our clocks Daylight Saving Time begins for most of the United States at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of April. Time reverts to standard time at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time. In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1 am Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It starts the last Sunday in March, and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment. - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
