[lace] Thread for 's Gravensmoer lace
I recently acquired a copy of 's-Gravenmoerse Kant by Tiny Bruins and Hanneke Troost. Throughout, they refer to using Egyptian cotton 50/3, but according to my copy of Thread for Lace, there is no such thread Do they mean Egyptian cotton 50/2? Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Thread for 's Gravensmoer lace
Holly Van Sciver lists Egyptian cotton 50/3 on her web site http://vansciverbobbinlace.com/2Threads.html. She ships internationally. Just because a thread isn't listed in Brenda's book doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It just means Brenda hasn't measured the thread. If you buy some, send Brenda a yard or two of it, and it will promptly appear on her web site in an addendum. Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA I recently acquired a copy of 's-Gravenmoerse Kant by Tiny Bruins and Hanneke Troost. Throughout, they refer to using Egyptian cotton 50/3, but according to my copy of Thread for Lace, there is no such thread Do they mean Egyptian cotton 50/2? Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Threads
Dear Arachnids I have enjoyed my contact with Brenda P. as I have sent her a few threads she didn't have. She has replied each time, so that I know my sample arrived safely on her door step and each one was added to the addendum and are in the new version. I sent her a new one around Christmas 05. Sharing with her makes me feel especially satisfied when I collect her free pattern from her website. grins Thanks Brenda! Enjoy the moment. Susie Johnson Morris, IL Where it is a lovely Spring Day! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] pattern question
Sorry -- but sewing those six pinholes is your only option. All the threads are needed to go around the leaf, so sewings are the method to attach the second side to the first side. If the size of the leaf diminished from the base to the point, and threads were dropped off along the stem, then the threads would be picked up along the second side without sewings needed. These leaves use all the threads almost to the point, thus you have none to drop off. Sewings are the technique of choice to complete the leaves. However, this type of sewing has a large loop around the pin so it is very quick and easy to make each sewing. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon -- with a couple nice days but rain is coming for Easter --- Ken and Barbara Saltern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am starting the pattern Poplar Leaves (# 2.4) from Claire Burkhard's book Lace for Ten Pair. I understand the start but when you get to the first leaf what happens in the center. There are 6 pinholes that go where the center vein would be and the only way I can see to work them is with a sewing. That's not a problem but I wondered if anyone else has done this pattern and found another way? Barbara Saltern Nazareth, PA USA (where we have had a couple of warm sunny days and I love them.) - 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] Fan exhibition at Holyrood Palace - Edinburgh
Yesterday I accompanied my twins to Edinburgh and while they explored I walked to Holyrood Palace to see the exhibition of fans. Well worth the visit - saw four sizeable lace fans, one of which is a Carrickmacross fan, two Honiton fans and not too sure what the other type of lace is called, vaguely recall it being a continental lace. Lots of other fans executed in different materials and styles, even some using ostrich, jay and other types of feathers. Beautiful postcards of fans on sale in the shop. The girl who was selling tickets to the exhibition told me that the Faberge fans were her favourites, I also thought they were rather special. However the intricate lace fans were breathtaking and done so expertly. One of the Honiton fans had a very dense ground which made the lace look darker and quite solid. The hardback book which accompanied the exhibition was in the hall for reference, and they commented on this fan - can't quite remember what they said. The Carrickmacross fan is so beautiful and since I like this style of lace it is encouraging to see an expert piece up close. A few anxious guards at the exhibition - there is one particular fan which is liberally crusted with diamonds - and the diamonds were not small either! Micki from the scottish highlands - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Duchesse
Hello, Duchesse lace in France : http://home.tele2.fr/catherineherve/05_galerie.htm Dentellez bien Sof - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Thread for 's Gravensmoer lace
Barbara's seen this thread and replied with exactly what I would have said - if anything's not listed in Threads for Lace it's because I haven't seen it, not that it isn't/wasn't made! I have just received the pack of silk and hemp samples that I ordered from Aurora Silk in Oregon - thanks Dee for the contact info. I'll be looking at those, and a few oldies that I picked up in Durham, over the weekend and they will get added to Addendum 3, From the other sizes of Egyptian cotton, that I have seen and measured, I'd guess/expect 50/3 to measure about 30-32 wraps/cm and that means that ordinary Amman Sylko machine sewing cotton would be a substitute. Brenda On 13 Apr 2006, at 16:53, Barbara Joyce wrote: Holly Van Sciver lists Egyptian cotton 50/3 on her web site http://vansciverbobbinlace.com/2Threads.html. She ships internationally. Just because a thread isn't listed in Brenda's book doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It just means Brenda hasn't measured the thread. If you buy some, send Brenda a yard or two of it, and it will promptly appear on her web site in an addendum. I recently acquired a copy of 's-Gravenmoerse Kant by Tiny Bruins and Hanneke Troost. Throughout, they refer to using Egyptian cotton 50/3, but according to my copy of Thread for Lace, there is no such thread Do they mean Egyptian cotton 50/2? 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] Thread for 's Gravensmoer lace
Thanks for all the replies to this I've checked the prickings in the book - they are all 4mm between footside pinholes, so Egyptian 50/3 would be about 30-32 wpc as Brenda guesses/expects. That being the case, I can happily use my Finca 40 which my local craft shop stocks (but I have to drive up to Canberra for any other sizes). BTW Brenda, I have a paper pocket stuck to the inside cover of my Threads for Lace, in which I keep a broken bobbin head and neck, carefully marked 1cm down from the base of the head, so that I can check any new thread I come across. Now to get rid of at least one of the three works in progress before I start! Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ From the other sizes of Egyptian cotton, that I have seen and measured, I'd guess/expect 50/3 to measure about 30-32 wraps/cm and that means that ordinary Amman Sylko machine sewing cotton would be a substitute. Brenda - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Fan exhibition at Holyrood Palace - Edinburgh
Do you know how long the fan exhibition is on for. Micki? I shall be in the Edinburgh area mid June and would love to see it. Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Jean Leader Workshop
Hi Spiders, We had a great workshop last weekend at L.A.C.E. with Jean Leader. She taught both Bucks and Beds. By now she is probably home and relaxing or doing her laundry. I finished my Beds Butterfly today. I did the one that is on the cover of her Beds book produced by the Lace Guild. I was driving home after two days lacemaking when I realised that I had finished the body on the top and Jean had shown me how to finish a wing on the underside. I had two wrong sides!! Luckily I was able to undo the knots holding my bunch of ends on the body and with a needle I was able to pass the tying ends through to the other side of the work. I made sure I could undo the knots before finishing the second wing. My alternative was to discard the body and do another one by sewing into the wings. There was no way I was going to abandon the wing as it had some decent leaf talleys in it. If you ever have a chance to take a class with Jean make sure you do. I think everyone learnt something. I was waiting for the other Arachne members to report our progress and I know Sylvie Nyguen finished her Beds bookmark and was redoing it with a different thread, plus Susie Johnson completed her Bucks project. Mine is framed and ready for show and tell at our lace meeting on Saturday. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Stain help
I'm always getting splattered with olive oil when I fry eggs (yes, I know I shouldn't). I think the US calls them sunny-side up. I cook them the same way up all through and splish the oil over the tops with a fish slice. Needless to say some gets splished over the cooker top and over the front of whatever top I'm wearing (I do have a pinny in the cupboard, but never think to put it on). I've also spilt olive oil on a pink tablecloth more than once. A pre-wash following by a wash on 60 degrees in the washing machine both with biological washing liquid detergent, a scoop of Vanish power and a scoop of water softening powder has got the oil out every time without a change in colour. I always wash at 60 degrees if I can, I understand that 40 degrees doesn't kill off the housemites that everyone has, and you just end up with clean housemites rather than none.:-) Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] stain help
Dear Lynne, I would now try WD-40!!! You can get it at any large hardward store in a spray can. It will be with things for cleaning cars. David in Ballarat Please oh please can someone help me! Having bought a new pair of jeans at a price I wouldn't normally pay (from Marks Spencer's no less!) but did because they fitted and were comfy - I went and knocked a bottle of garlic oil (olive oil base) over and it went down both legs. I washed them with Ariel and once dry saw the stains were still there, So I rubbed in Fairy Liquid and rewashed them. Guess what? The stain is still there so has anyone any brilliant suggestions for rescuing my jeans! The trainers will have to do but I wanted the jeans to be smart for more than a day. I have considered rubbing olive oil in the jeans to even them up but that is a tad drastic not to mention a waste of oil. Thanks in anticipation.standing by the sink wondering what the *** I do next! Lynne. Lynne Cumming Baldock, North Herts, UK email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Stain help
I usually remove oil stains from my clothes by rubbing the stain with dish soap (Dawn in the U.S.) and then putting it in the laundry with my usual clothes detergent. This usually gets the stains out, although once when the stains were really extensive, I had to repeat the process a second time. Lisa Thompson in Plano, Texas USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Swarfega
Lynne wrote: followed by Swarfega (just bought as the last pot has 'vanished' somewhere in the kitchen That reminded me: Several years ago we lived in a row of houses that had been divided into flats and had a cat. The lady in the upstairs flat next to ours used to feed our cat cheese, which she loved.There was a glass-roofed conservatory at the back of the neighbour's house and the cat used to get onto the roof of the conservatory via dustbin and then a fence, and go into the neighbours flat through the window. She was on the window ledge with the window shut one day, and the neighbour opened the window to let the cat in. The cat stepped backwards of the window ledge into air, fell through the glass roof of the conservatory and into a tank of paraffin which was being stored there. Fortunately she only went in up to her neck. I wasn't home, but DH managed to call his father and they put on motorcycling gauntlets to save getting scratched, and dunked the cat in a bowl of warm water with washing up liquid in it. I arrived home just as they were getting the fighting cat out of the water. We wrapped her in a towel and took her to the vet, who told us to rub Swarfega into her fur and skin all over to kill the paraffin, then wash it off - gauntlets again. All her fur fell out, but it grew back again and she lived to a ripe old age. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] SP Thanks
To my Secret Pal It was great to arrive home from work to find out that your parcel had arrived - I did even take my coat off before opening it!! I can't wait to make the lace bracelet - the beads and thread are gorgeous and I love the colour. I have a friend at work who speaks and reads French very well and I can usually work things out with my bit of school French! The diagrams are very clear so I am sure that everything will work out well. I will let you know! The rosewood needle holder will be a perfect pricker - I do like having nice tools in my lace work bag. The pencils are really cute and really too nice to use - but I know Bethany wants one to take to school! I am definitely keeping hold of one though! Finally the flower clips - want a great alternative to a paperclip. I will certainly enjoy using these - I love nice stationery items too!! Wishing you a Happy Easter. Best wishes Your Secret Pal Nottingham, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
