[lace] Help please
I am working a piece of lace that on a corner needs one of the inner pins to be worked into at least six or seven times. As this is more times than I would normally use one pin hole does anyone know of a neat way of doing this to avoid bulkiness or holes. Ann UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re Help please
Hi What lace are you working? Torchon, Russian braid? It would be helpful and then perhaps we can all come up with an answer for you! Pat The lace is a wholestitch braid which at the corner turns to halfstitch braid and reverts back to wholestitch at the next corner. Ann - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Help please
Hello Ann Yes, use the Bruges pivot pin method. The first time you work that pinhole in the usual way (by working through the last passive in cloth stitch, twist the workers and stick the pin). On the next and subsequent times you come to that pin work until the last pair of passives, twist the worker pair and wrap the worker pair behind the pin, over and under the passive pair and continue. The wraps of thread from the worker pair will stack up on the pin. As soon as you've finished that pinhole and got one or two more pins stuck remove the pivot pin and tension gently. The stack of threads should then all lie down close to each other. If you work with the footedge on the right, English fashion, you will wrap clockwise, if it's on the left, continental fashion, you will wrap anti-clockwise. Brenda I am working a piece of lace that on a corner needs one of the inner pins to be worked into at least six or seven times. As this is more times than I would normally use one pin hole does anyone know of a neat way of doing this to avoid bulkiness or holes. 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] Gunvor
How sad and sudden. It was with great sadness, I heard the news of the passing of this incredible lady. While a student of hers I decided to go to Tonder for their festival and week of instruction in Hoya. It was one of the most delightful experience of my life and I have Gunvor to thank for it and for passing her love of Danish lace and culture on to so many of us. I've lost a friend, we have all lost a treasure. Audrey Yingling Los Alamitos Ca. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re Help please
Brenda thank you for your detailed explanation. When I come to work the corner of this piece of lace I will try this method and let you know how I get on. Ann UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] TONDER LACE PINS
I just have a quick question or two. What type of bobbin is traditionally used for Tonder lace? Should I avoid spangled ones? What is the size of pins I should use?I have be trying to look before I go to class in case I have what I need. Thanks Candy PS I have googled and saw lots of pretty lace, a few bobbins and no definitions on the size of the pins. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] TONDER LACE PINS
Presumably the traditional bobbin is one of the continental styles with the rounded bottomshowever, I've successfully used ordinary spangled Midlands bobbins for Tonder for years. As for the pins, I use the same pins as I do for everything else - fine lace pins that I use for Bucks. Tonder doesn't have the sewings found in Honiton, for instance - and is to avoid catching the spangles on the threads during a sewing that Honiton-workers use a non-spangled bobbin. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 October 2006 10:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] TONDER LACE PINS I just have a quick question or two. What type of bobbin is traditionally used for Tonder lace? Should I avoid spangled ones? What is the size of pins I should use?I have be trying to look before I go to class in case I have what I need. Thanks Candy PS I have googled and saw lots of pretty lace, a few bobbins and no definitions on the size of the pins. - 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]
Re: [lace] TONDER LACE PINS
Traditionally, the bobbins used in Denmark are the long ones with spherical knobs at the ends, usually beaded. However, you can use any continental or East Midlands bobbin that you like. Since there are virtually no sewings in Tonder lace, it's perfectly fine to use spangled bobbins, if that's your preference. If you're going to be doing a wide lace that uses many pairs of bobbins, you'd be smart to select something narrow, such as a Binche bobbin. For pins, I like 30 x .50 steel pins. For some interesting pictures of Tonder bobbins and lace, please take a look at http://lace.lacefairy.com/International/Denmark.html. For an interesting discussion about How to Select a Pin, go to http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/Pins.html and scroll down to that title, below the listing of pins. Enjoy your class! Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA I just have a quick question or two. What type of bobbin is traditionally used for Tonder lace? Should I avoid spangled ones? What is the size of pins I should use?I have be trying to look before I go to class in case I have what I need. Thanks Candy PS I have googled and saw lots of pretty lace, a few bobbins and no definitions on the size of the pins. - 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]
Re: [lace] TONDER LACE PINS
I have googled and saw lots of pretty lace, a few bobbins and no definitions on the size of the pins. Generally Tonder uses very fine, long pins. I'm no Tonder expert, but I feel the finer pins are better because you use very fine thread and you often close your pins (ie, C-T-T, pin, C-T-T). If the pin is wider than two twists of the thread, then the thread starts having to go an extra distance to get around the pin, and the pin itself is changing the shape of your lace. I don't know if I've explained this very well - hope you understand what I'm getting at. But, if you're taking a beginner class, they might use a thicker thread (in the class I took at PNWC this June the beginners used size 120 thread; more advanced students used 160). If you're using the 120 cotton you might be perfectly happy with the normal fine lace pins of .55 mm or so. I used the 160 cotton at my class and I remember being glad that I had brought the very fine Tonder pins, which were already in my stash. Unfortunately I bought the pins a while back and I don't recall the brand name of the pin or what size they were. But, I just put some side by side and measured - 9 pins cover about 3.5 mm, so I guess they're about .4 mm each. Lovely pins. Wish I could get more, though I do recall they were very expensive! Hope this helps. And - if anybody recognizes these pins from the description I've given, and knows where I can get more, do let me know. Adele 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-chat] :) Fwd: The Middle Wife
I expect that all the grandmothers and all the teachers (past and present) will enjoy this one... :) From: N.N. By an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second-grade classroom a few years back. When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome. Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant. This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday. First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord. She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement. Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, oh, oh, oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning. My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this. Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall. And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew! This kid has her legs spread and with her little hands is miming water flowing away. It was too much! Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe.' They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff, they all said it was from Mom's play-center!, so there must be a lot of stuff inside there Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, if it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another Erica comes along. -- 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]
