[lace] Make your own paper strings

[Jean Nathan]

Fot those who can't get, and want, paper strings, and who weren't lucky in 
he raffle, I saw a possibility on a cardmaking TV programme if you can get 
cardmaking/scrapbooking supplies easily. Uses for wide, coloured paper 
ribbon included twisting it into paper string.


Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK 


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Re: [lace] lacemakers in Bavaria?

[martina . dewille]

Hi,

I am one of the lacemakers in Bavaria. There are quite a number of lacemakers 
arround here.
Of hand I know of lacemaking groups in Schönsee, Nordhalben, Abenberg - there 
are 
or were still bobbin lace schools and there are bobbin lace museums. But I know 
of 
more individuals and small groups here.

Debbie, if you or your daughter wants to get in touch with me I am very pleased 
to help 
you to find lacemakers in the new place.

Martina in Bavaria, Germany




On 15 Jan 2007 at 18:52, the Mouzons wrote:

My daughter and family will be moving (temporarily) to Germany (in
Bavaria?) sometime this year...we are wondering what is going on in
that part of the world when it comes to lacemaking. She is so excited!
 She was a little girl when we lived in England (came back to the US
when she was 6) and really misses living in different cultures.  I'm
saving my money for a visit as I can't be away from the grandbaby that
long!

Debbie in Florida
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Re: [lace] Thanks

[Brenda Paternoster]

Hi Bev

It wasn't me - I've  been reading this thread with interest but haven't 
had any input to it.  I think it was Sue Fink's idea (?) to use 
styrofoam with magic threads, which sounds like a great idea, will have 
to try it next time - and promise only to stick the pins in the foam or 
the pillow ;-)


Brenda

On 16 Jan 2007, at 01:03, bevw wrote:



 I think Bev's idea of pinning to a piece of




It wasn't me, but I am flattered (thank you). Possibly Brenda ;)


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Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html

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Fw: [lace] Re: Angle of corner

[Sue]

I am working a bucks point strip for my garter piece, headside with picots 
and footside with the worker left on the outer edge.  I like the way it is 
looking, and I have been using an extra twist in that pair, but it still 
doesn't stay straight.  As it is a long piece which will be gathered that 
doesn't matter, but does that mean I am pulling the tension too tight?  I 
used to do just 3 twists on each of the two pairs, but read in one of the 
books about the extra twist and have been doing that.
I managed a scan of two of the pattern repeats and am happy with the look, 
but as I broke a thread after coming through a gimp, I have begun to be 
gentle with it:-(

Sue T, Dorset UK

I was taught that an extra twist on whichever pair was at the foot edge 
would counteract the tendency for PG lace to curve.


I wasn't *taught* that -- I seem to have spent half of my lacemaking life 
re-inventing the wheel -- but I was happy to see my instincts confirmed 
by, I think, Skovgaard. If I make a piece of PG lace which is built on a 
circular grid, I don't add that extra twist at the footside; I welcome the 
in-curving. But, if the piece is to be straight, I do add a twist to the 
inner "worker-in-waiting" and to both inner and outer "resting" workers 
for an insertion -- otherwise, the main work tends to bulge a bit.


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[lace] lace books on ebay

[Jenny Brandis]

 Hi folks

If you are in the UK you may be interested in ebay item number
270079891128 with 12 hrs to go and no bids so far ..

There is three books and seven folders which she has made up herself over
the years.

1st book-Thistles, roses, daffodils and shamrocks. In this book is the
designs for four bookmarks using bedfordshire lace techniques By Jean
Leader.

2nd book-Bolillos. In this book is the patterns for hankies, table
cloths, napkins, photo frames, fans etc.

3rd book-Starts and finishes. In bucks point lace. A-Z on lace making. By
Sheila Brown.

The folders contain patterns, prickings, pricking card, cloths etc. They
cover Schnee berger patterns, Misc patterns, Duchesse lace, Torchon
patterns, Beds patterns, Bucks patterns and many more!!

I have no affiliation but thought someone might be interested. the cost
of postage is huge to Australia.!

Jenny Brandis
Kununurra, Western Australia

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Re: [lace] David's Old Tønder Lace page-Update

[Antje González]

 I am astonished! I wish you all the best working this lace... I will look
at your site regularly to make my mouth water!

Greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara, Spain

http://antje.gonzalez.iespana.es

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[lace] New zealand lacemakers

[Rosemary Naish]

Debbie,

There is a New Zealand Lace Society, who have a website  
www.lace.org.nz  which is regualrly updated. I hope this helps your 
friend.

Rosemary,
in sunny Somerset.

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[lace] Lobster Afficot Raffle

[Rosemary Naish]

Margot,

The lobster claw, sorry I mean the afficot, has arrived today, and it 
is intact.  Now all I need to do is make something that needs an 
afficot!


Thank you,

Rosemary
in sunny Somerset, where its warm enough to go out in a short sleeve T 
shirt today!


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[lace] RE: [lace] David's Old Tønder Lace page-Update

[Sue]

Looking forward to following your progress with this one David, well done for 
all the work done so far re-drafting.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK

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David has begun his lace, and he sent me two photos, so that we can watch his 
progress.

There is a link on the old page



Or you can go directly to the new page

http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/OldLace/david.html

What an undertaking! David, I applaud you.

Barbara

Snoqualmie, WA
USA

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[lace] aficot

[micki cameron]

I have been trawling the internet for a lace supplier who sells aficots.  And
trawling I still am, have been reading interesting bits and pieces about other
items used to polish needlelace 'rolls', like a cow's tooth or a lobster's
claw, but since I suspect the first will not surrender a tooth readily and the
last time I saw a live lobster was when one resolutely clickety clacked his
way across the tiled floor of the Cape Town bistro to freedom.  Then I didn't
know one could make lace and even if I had I would not have interrupted that
dash for the sea for anything in the world.

Can anybody help?  I mean, point me to a vendor who sells them (aficots I
mean)

I have been sent home sick today, but a hefty dose of paracetomol later and I
felt a lot better.  In between sleeping I sat at my lace pillow and finished a
little silk table centre piece I had started on the weekend.  Hated the sewing
up and wished I had 'magic threads' but am so pleased with the end result.  I
am toying with the idea of mangling it (as per Arachne discussion many moons
ago).   Would the silk tolerate mangling?

Next on to-do list is a needlelace 1/12th scale 'flapper dress'  oh, for
inspiration

Micki
from an overcast and chilly scottish highlands

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[lace] Fw: Enviando email: 987851.jpg

[ehc]

Hi, spiders

take a look.
Marcia Ganem is from Salvador, Bahia, and she loves Nhanduti and all sort of
laces.

elizabeth horta corrêa
Nhanduti de Atibaia
G.A.S Grupo dos Amigos da Serra

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[ehc]

Marcia Ganem - photo n° 2

You can see more in
www.marciaganem.com.br
Also in english.

elizabeth horta corrêa
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[lace] Chain Letter from/to Arachnes

[Jeriames]

Dear Arachnes,

Today I received a chain letter from a member of Arachne that, printed, ran 
to 17 pages of people's private e-mail addresses.  It did not have [lace] in 
the subject line, but I recognized the sender's ID and opened it.

I am sending this as a warning to all - if you see a screaming subject line 
in all capital letters referencing the TV program "Good Morning America", it is 
a chain letter promising payments.  Bill Gates (Microsoft) can assemble all 
the lists he wants through other, more legitimate methods!!!

Of course, if I had not opened it, I would not know my privacy had been 
violated, and my address was being forwarded on to many other people.

With these things, even with a claim it was on a TV program, you need to know 
that not everyone participating may be law-abiding.  Some could be crooks 
trying to assemble lists to use for identity theft, as it is one avenue into 
private lives which can be combined with others.

We cannot buy insurance to protect ourselves from this sort of thing.  We 
depend on "friends" to be considerate and intelligent.

Several times in the past I have asked you to remove my e-mail address from 
your computer address books.  Please do this.

We need to protect ourselves, so we can concentrate on those people and 
things we love.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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[lace] lace Thankyou

[Daphne Martin]

Dear Jeri
 Thankyou for the warning. Where do these people get off??




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RE: [lace] aficot

[Karen]

Micki - what do you mean by 'mangling'?
Karen in Malta
 

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Subject: [lace] aficot

I have been trawling the internet for a lace supplier who sells aficots.
And trawling I still am, have been reading interesting bits and pieces about
other items used to polish needlelace 'rolls', like a cow's tooth or a
lobster's claw, but since I suspect the first will not surrender a tooth
readily and the last time I saw a live lobster was when one resolutely
clickety clacked his way across the tiled floor of the Cape Town bistro to
freedom.  Then I didn't know one could make lace and even if I had I would
not have interrupted that dash for the sea for anything in the world.

Can anybody help?  I mean, point me to a vendor who sells them (aficots I
mean)

I have been sent home sick today, but a hefty dose of paracetomol later and
I felt a lot better.  In between sleeping I sat at my lace pillow and
finished a little silk table centre piece I had started on the weekend.
Hated the sewing up and wished I had 'magic threads' but am so pleased with
the end result.  I am toying with the idea of mangling it (as per Arachne
discussion many moons
ago).   Would the silk tolerate mangling?

Next on to-do list is a needlelace 1/12th scale 'flapper dress'  oh, for
inspiration

Micki
from an overcast and chilly scottish highlands

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[lace] Re: aficot

[Tamara P Duvall]

On Jan 16, 2007, at 10:52, micki cameron wrote:

I have been trawling the internet for a lace supplier who sells 
aficots.  And
trawling I still am, have been reading interesting bits and pieces 
about other

items used to polish needlelace 'rolls',


OK, not a "real" aficot or even a lobster claw, but... While in 
Montreal for the IOLI Convention, I picked up, at a stand which carried 
needle arts supplies, a narrow, longish, very plain (un-painted, no 
carving, etc) *bone tatting shuttle*. I got it to smooth out wire lace 
but I should think it would work as well on thread lace. It's easy to 
hold (easier than a cow's tooth, I suspect ),  it has nice, smooth 
points (to slide in-between beads, for example) and it has two useful 
sides, which, I expect, would make it longer lasting than a lobster 
claw.


The "funny" thing about it (and the two bone needles I picked up at the 
same stand) was that, although it was in Canada and the vendor was 
defiitely Canadian (very little English), the shuttle was in a package 
marked Lacis, with California address. Same Lacis which peddles those 
BL kits from the very dark and hot place... :)


So, if you don't get a better tip (ie for the real thing), you might 
consider checking with Lacis; they might have more of those things. Or 
some other vendors who carry tatting supplies might -- perhaps closer 
to your chilly Scotland.


am toying with the idea of mangling it (as per Arachne discussion many 
moons

ago).   Would the silk tolerate mangling?


Well, Sally Schoenberg is our resident specialist on mangling and I 
hope she'll give you a definitive answer, but I wouldn't. Silk  when 
wet, is at its weakest (unlike linen); mangling might damage it..


Karen, in Malta. Mangling is a laundering process, done after washing, 
which replaces ironing. Your object should be damp (not sopping wet) 
and a hard roller (Sally uses a rolling pin for lace, for things like 
bedsheets -- what I'd seen done as a child the rollers are huge) is 
rolled over it. It both polishes and gives a nice, crisp but soft, hand 
to the textile.


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Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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[lace] Straight edges in Bucks point

[Leonard Bazar]

Sorry, should have added to my last on this the way used in the 19th century 
Alexandra Stillwell recommends as working best for her - use a thicker pair of 
threads (just one pair) in the footside, and work cloth and twist instead of 
cloth with it.  Has the vice of its virtue - not surprisingly, you can't gather 
or ruffle it easily.  Would not therefore be suitable for a garter, but might 
be worth considering reviving elsewhere, especially if the lace is to be 
attached so that the footside doesn't show - though I suppose you could use a 
suitably coloured thread and make a feature of it.

I'll continue as before, and say that I like the slightly ruffled effect I end 
up with!


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[lace] New Zealand Lacemakers

[Elizabeth Ligeti]

Well done, with your web site.  I enjoyed browsing through it, and also the 
photos in the Gallery.
I have bookmarked the site, so I will be returning to browse some more 
another day!


Greetings to all NZ Lacemakers from hot Melbourne, Oz.

Regards from Liz in MelbournOz
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[lace] aficot

[Elizabeth Ligeti]

Micki,
Have you tried the Needlelace Guild? I seem to remember seeing one on their 
web site in the Supplies section.


However, at the moment, I cannot get their website up - maybe it has changed 
since I bookmarked it a couple of years ago.


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