Re: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief
My guess is a chalice veil. They're fairly common and about the size of a large handkerchief. Avital - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] My understanding is that while there was a pall which covered the entire(closed) casket, a pall cloth was used to cover the face of the deceased during the wake. This served two purposes... it hid the face (which, without the intervention of modern undertakers, may have been an unpleasantsight). AND - it served a distinct purpose during the wake, because if the deceased person were not quite sincerely dead, any breathing would cause the cloth to move, signaling that the person was still alive. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Coloured Lace
On 22 Jan 2006, at 05:31, Tamara P Duvall wrote: The twined (or twisted, according to The Cook Book) gimp _does_ outline a shape much more clearly than a single one, because the basic threads pass between the two and are hidden. The technique is also useful when basic threads are used in that manner (no thickening, but a solid line of colour). But it's impossible (so far as I can tell) to use a twisted gimp in a gimp-loop (a very useful trick)... There's no Paradise in BL :) Why not? It should be possible to work out in advance how many twists the gimp pair will require and apply them. Then when you get to the position where you need to pass the basic pairs through just separate the gimps in the right place and voila! Might be a bit difficult to tension though. BTW - I'm not volunteering to try it out! Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Prince Christian
Dear Avril, Thanks for posting about the Prince's christening gown - we got little bits about the christening live during the tennis last night, but the first standard news was this evening. Between my mother and my lace buddy we videotaped 4 of the 5 channels' evening news broadcast to pause and study the lace on a big screen TV later. (I think all of them were much the same, since I saw all but 1 anyway). My Mum, bless her, kept the colour photo on from the front page of the Sunday newspaper (didn't think of that). If you get a chance to see the lace, I would love to hear more details. (I went to see the wedding dresses when I was in Copenhagen in 2004, and was quite disappointed that the handkerchief had been artily displayed and I couldn't really get a good look at the corner - the photo on the cover of Kniplebrevet gave a better idea). Christine Johnson (was in Perth, but now back east in Sydney, Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Russian Tape Lace
About five years ago I went on a Waterways of Russia tour, a delightful journey in a boat gliding along the canals, rivers and lakes that joined Moscow to St. Petersburg. I was with my dear friend Pat, who sadly died a couple of years ago. I remember listening to the nightingales singing in the birch trees along the banks as the midnight sun still shone long after 11 pm. In the north we stopped at the lakeside in the Vologda region and were lucky to see the lace-workers, even in the the cold climate, outide working at their bolster pillows which were set with the long side at the front and were worked round as the pattern progressed. I recall this thread being discused a while ago and remember sending Lori some photos of the lace workers and the actual tape lace I purchased from them, on her web-site. I bought a mat, a butterfly and an angel. I used the angel pattrn for my Romanian Point Lace book and there are similar designs in a recent book on lace angels. Angela in foggy, cilly, frosty Worcestershire UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief
Helen et al, That was my first thought but, after 'selling' a beautiful jet-mounted mourning ring, with a lock of hair -presumably of the deceased - plaited at the back to a lovely American lady, and then having the sale cancelled very abruptly when I explained that it was 'mourning' as in death/dying/grief, rather than morning as in daytime, I hesitate to put people off anything by explaining nowadays! Still - her loss was my gain, as the ring was then sold to me, by the jeweller, so I was doubly happy! Carol - in a cold and grey Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Helen Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 6:03 PM Subject: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief Could it be a pall cloth? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Shetland Lace Greeting Card
Jane held a drawing for a Shetland Lace Greeting Card, and I won! I received the card yesterday and posted a picture to my blog. http://tatt3r.blogspot.com/ On the back, it says Unst Heritage Center photo by Judith Marsden Shetland. Thanks, Jane. It is a beautiful card. I'll bring it to the next West Michigan Lace Group meeting for 'Show and Tell'. Lenore in SW Michigan enjoying the sunshine! - Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, more on new and used cars. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Shetland Lace Greeting Card
It's a lovely card. Tell me Lenore, the circular mat underneath the card; is it a mix of hairpin crochet and tatting? Brenda On 22 Jan 2006, at 17:39, Lenore English wrote: Jane held a drawing for a Shetland Lace Greeting Card, and I won! I received the card yesterday and posted a picture to my blog. http://tatt3r.blogspot.com/ Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Danish Royal Christening
Dear Avril, Thanks for keeping us informed. I was away for the weekend and so have not seen any TV coverage, just a Sunday newspaper. If you discover any further details of the lace, please let us know. Regards Annette in a very hot Wollongong, NSW Australia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Avril Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2006 2:37 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Danish Royal Christening Hi Everyone, Just to let you know that the new royal prince in Denmark was christened today in one of Copenhagen's most beautiful churches, the Church of Christiansborg Palace. His name, which according to the Danish royal customs, was first made public at the moment of his actual christenng and he will be known as Christian, Valdemar, Henri, John. It was a truly beautiful ceremony and Mary looked radiant in her new role as mother. The baby was wearing the beautiful robe of Brussels lace made in 1870 for the christening (in the same church) of Christian the 10th of Denmark. It has been a tradition for the royal family to use the gown and it will be on display in the royal palace of Amalienborg next week. Check this site out for pictures and video http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Temaer/Oevrige_temaer/2006/Prins/index.htm 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]
[lace] Re: Gimp Loop (was: Coloured Lace)
On Jan 22, 2006, at 8:03, Brenda Paternoster wrote: On 22 Jan 2006, at 05:31, Tamara P Duvall wrote: But it's impossible (so far as I can tell) to use a twisted gimp in a gimp-loop (a very useful trick)... Why not? It should be possible to work out in advance how many twists the gimp pair will require and apply them. Why not? Because I'm very wobbly at using the gimp loop, even singly, that's why :) Every time it comes up (not often, since I don't do much PG), I have to pull out Ulrike Loehr's (as she then was) Schwartzarbeit, open it to p 11 (passing through), and keep the diagrams for it in front of me while working. Where she says: Once you know how to do it, you'll never understand the problems you had? Well, that's the most blatant lie I've heard, and I've heard many! g For me, the loop-de-loop is like those clover-leaf road crossings... I'll never fully understand them; the best I can do is hold my breath and follow instructions :) Then when you get to the position where you need to pass the basic pairs through just separate the gimps in the right place and voila! Might be a bit difficult to tension though. Or impossible, depending on how many stitches have to be done within the loop. With more than 4 done outside the two gimp-outlined shapes, tensioning can become tricky even with a single gimp; while the gimp is pretty much tensioned on the starting side, you have to pull the entire loop (needs to be large enough to pass the bobbins through back and forth) up through the pairs of the other bit until it's built up enough that the gimp can resume its ordinary course. For every stitch, you have 2 passes (one out, one in) of pairs. In twinned/twisted gimp, you have a twist for each of those passes... If a smooth gimp is hard to pull through (remember that all the twists on the basic pairs have to be kept as usual), I'd think pulling a twisted one through, keeping the twists in correct place, etc would be more than just a bit difficult :) And then there's the problem of figuring the exact number of twists: 16 for a 4-pin concoction (pairs coming in and out from both gimp-enclosed shapes)... If you miscalculate, you're out of luck, because undoing the work within the loop is much harder than your plain vanilla retro-lacing. And then there's the passing itself, opening just the right twist, determining which one is up-thread and which one down-thread, depending on direction... For me, it would be easier to introduce that extra pair of gimps for the parallel shape, or pass up on the pattern... :) But that's _me_ and my problems with geometric imagination; I have to pin the loop in two places (not just at the bottom) to have it resemble the shape shown in the Loehr's diagram, so that I can follow the diagram (and woe is me, when I have to mirror the situation upside down)... I have to loosen/tighten the loop with every pass simply not to lose track of it... And so on, and so forth. People who are not similiarly afflicted might consider the experiment. BTW - I'm not volunteering to try it out! Chicken :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Changing a photo to a pattern
Can anyone tell me the best way to change a photo into a Cross stitch/filet lace pattern, please? I am sure it is not at easy as getting the photo printed onto graph paper!! Life is Never that easy, -- is it? (said Hopefully!!! :)) ) Cross stitch patterns transfer into filet lace Very well, so if anyone had done that for cross stitch, I could use the same method. Thanks. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a bit cooler today. Yesterday was 42.4C or 107F - with High humidity!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Royal Christening
The Sydney Morning Herald has a story to read in English, but only one photo: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/little-prince-christian/2006/01/21/1137734191022.html Pene To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Royal Christening
just a correction, the fond is in solid silver, but when the royalty is christening they bring in a smaler fond in solid gold. That didn't come out in the articel http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Temaer/Oevrige_temaer/2006/Prins/index.htm http://kongelig.tv2.dk/ on thise 2 links there is even more pictures and video to but as yesterday only in danish, there you allso can see the golden fond Dorte from Denmark on a lazy/lacy sunday afternoon www.spaces.msn.com/members/MrsTee The Sydney Morning Herald has a story to read in English, but only one photo: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/little-prince-christian/2006/01/21/1137734191022.html Pene To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: 20-01-2006 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: Cell phones
It's this time of year again... Warnings about the rape of the cellphone numbers (US) are circulating; I had a couple as early as December... Before panicking, check it out, and _do not pass_ to all your friends :) From: J. B. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp At the same time, registering with Do Not Call won't hurt, though it's not likely to help much, either, against the auto-dialers of politicians ( who, like charities, are exempted, and who'll leave a pre-recorded message on any phone that is functional) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Things that keep your brain active
got up to 50F (10C) and that's been going on for almost two weeks - a blessing with heating oil being so expensive! got to 38C(100.4F) on Saturday, up to 42C(107.6 F) here on Sunday, only about 35C today but the weather man says that it will be back up to 42C by Thursday. Sure giving the air conditioner a work out. Cheers, Yvonne. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
