[lace] Re: Le Pompe patterns, shorter
On Jan 30, 2007, at 9:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Orla) wrote: I'm really interested in seeing how you guys are doing this pattern without sewings since when I started working on this project about a year ago I didn't have a clue on how these verticals were done. Not sure which specific verticals you mean but, in short, pairs travel from one section of the lace to the next and connect, same as they would to an ordinary sewing footside (where a pair from the main body of work goes through the footside passive/s, then through the worker-in-waiting, then rests for a spell). Sometimes -- in fact quite often-- you have to trade a worker for a passive, or vice-versa. But those are techniques quite common in many later laces as well -- Freehand, Flanders, Milanese -- to name just a few (that I'm more familiar with). No sewings and no added/removed pairs. The lace is truly continuous, almost to the point of being monotonous :) The *real* trick-cycling in that paricular pattern is the *horizontal* line separating the crooked x-s on the l.h. side, which looks like a plait. That one, I never would have believed to be possible to make without sewings. But Burkhard unlocked that one too. And I tried it today *and it WORKS*. Christmas in (almost) February doesn't begin to describe this particular bit of excitement :) I'd love to find a different way of doing those verticals since they appear in several Le Pompe patterns. However since I only have 3 repeats left on this hankie it's a change that will have to appear in future pieces. No, changing at this point would be silly. But, in the future... Why not? I'l try to get this pattern into the next (April) Bulletin. But, the cut-off date for submissions is Feb 15 so, any snags appear between today and then and I'm not gonna make it. In which case, look for it in the August issue. -- 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] Batavia lace
Just wanted to say thank you to Jenny Brandis for the file on the old Dutch lace, being Dutch myself, I really appreciate it. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] who was Fulvia Lewis
I would also be interested to know a little about her. Annette in Wollongong, Australia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vibeke Ervo Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 9:30 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] who was Fulvia Lewis Dear All, I have been asked about Fulvia Lewis. I have her book and know that her lace was actioned recently. That is all I know, but my friend is sure that I can get some facts through Arachne. Help me, please. Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.16/660 - Release Date: 30/01/2007 5:04 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.16/660 - Release Date: 30/01/2007 5:04 PM - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Batavia lace
I worked one repeat of the Batavia lace last year, if you were going to do it, I would recommend enlarging the pricking and doing the bigger size. As you don't want to even think about how long that little piece took! I cut it off, and put it into my SCA notebook for events. Nancyanne NJ USA Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:16:46 +0900 From: Jenny Brandis Subject: [lace] SCA lace Hi Tamara In 1629 the Dutch East India company ship, the 'Batavia' was sunk off the coast of Western Australia. In 1994 the OIDFA published work by Rosemary Shepherd and E. Spee-Van Oost on the lace found on the wreck but I do not get that publication so am not sure what it says. Late last year I wrote to the WA Museum requesting a scanned copy of the 4 page pamphlet they made about the lace, including the pricking by Rosemary Shepherd and they very kindly emailed me a copy. It is over 800kb in size and as I can not remember if you are on broadband or not I have put it on my website at www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace/downloads/batavialace.pdf so that you can take a look at it. Would it fall into the right era for SCA - seeing as it was wrecked in 1629? Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace.html - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:39:13 -0500 From: Debora Lustgarten Subject: Re: [lace] SCA lace Hi Jenny, I'm going to chime in and say that in my SCA Kingdom, an end of period date of 1650 is acceptable, so this lace would qualify as period for me. Regardless, I'm very grateful for the article and the working pattern! Thank you! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bill Hornsby Lace Bobbins
Hello all, If any of you are interested Bill Hornsby is back at his lathe and is now making lace bobbins again. Happy lacemaking, Ben Edwards www.djhornsby.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Update on David's Tønder lace-smaller images
I've had a request for smaller images for those with dial-up connections. Rather than remove the large images, I've made an alternate page. You can access either from the original page http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/OldLace/ Or go straight to David's page, Large images: http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/OldLace/david.html Small images: http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/OldLace/david2.html Enjoy! Barbara Snoqualmie, WA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Horizontal bars in Le Pompe
How did Claire Burkhard (and you) worked the horizontal bars? Could you give us an explanation or point us to a diagram in her book? Thanks! Debora L. Finishing the torchon bookmark that's between me and the Le Pompe... The *real* trick-cycling in that paricular pattern is the *horizontal* line separating the crooked x-s on the l.h. side, which looks like a plait. That one, I never would have believed to be possible to make without sewings. But Burkhard unlocked that one too. And I tried it today *and it WORKS*. Christmas in (almost) February doesn't begin to describe this particular bit of excitement :) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Bill Hornsby Lace Bobbins
Great!!! Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Edwards Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:07 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Bill Hornsby Lace Bobbins Hello all, If any of you are interested Bill Hornsby is back at his lathe and is now making lace bobbins again. Happy lacemaking, Ben Edwards www.djhornsby.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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] Another suggestion for a pillow stand
For those who, like me, like a tilted pillow (whether cookie or block) and want to be able to work at tables of different heights, I've found a folding table-top easel which works very nicely as a pillow stand. It's at: http://flaxart.com/Art-Materials/Studio-Needs/Easels/Sketch-Box-Easel Unlike any other bookrest or stand I've seen, this one can support the bottom edge of the pillow *below* the table--a big help when the table would otherwise be too high. It's solid and well made, and has a nice drawer for bobbins etc. Not the cheapest thing in the world--and shipping costs would be pretty high for anyone out of the US, I suspect, though inside the US they aren't bad--but it works *very* well for me and is a lot more portable than even the neatest fold-up table I've seen. I have no connection to Flax except as a satisfied customer, but I am *very* pleased with this. Now to get my pricking on and play! Sue Susan Lambiris Raleigh, NC http://home.earthlink.net/~slambiris/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Another suggestion for a pillow stand
By coincidence I have one of these but not for a lace pillow support - I use it for art work (how novel!). However I do use a large sketching case to store bobbins which has a slanting lid and is perfect for getting the pillow angle just so. I bought both at a local art supply store, have seen similar for sale at Michaels Craft Supplies. It is satisfying to find what we need in otherwise non-lace places :). http://flaxart.com/Art-Materials/Studio-Needs/Easels/Sketch-Box-Easel -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Free valentine pattern (DP)
I just wanted to let you know that there is a new pattern on my web page http:// jblace.wordpress.com/ It is a snowdrop heart I designed for a talley workshop at my L.A.C.E. guild lace day a few years ago. I think you will be 62 talleys more towards your goal of 1,000 once you have made it. I made it to fit into a coaster but if you want to use it for something else you might like to add plaits around the outside of the heart to make it more stable. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Free valentine pattern (DP)
Hiya all. Thanks for all the good advice for a poor newb like me. I have updated my live-journal, if you want pics of my new project. I decided to use some 100% cotton used for sewing quilts for the fir tree fan, seem to work pretty well, although it does not keep the shape as well as linen. The lightest Bocken linen I had vas 80/2 and that was a bit too coarse for that piece. Tania (Denmark) - Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Livejournal
I forgot to add, my livejournal is http://tania-gru.livejournal.com Tania from damp but pretty warm Denmark - Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Livejournal/sore fingertips
Thanks for sharing your experience, Tania. To sooth sore fingers, and with the widely spaced pins in your pattern, you could use the glass-topped pins sold for sewing silk. Clover is one brand, the pins are sometimes sold in multicolours, all white or all red, etc. These pins are fine enough for lacemaking, and easier on the fingertips. If the lace I'm making is too fine for these pins, and the slender stainless steel pins are giving me grief, I end up placing the pins by grasping what I can of the shank and easing them into place (in other words avoiding poking the tip). I have tried adhesive pads on the fingertips, which hinder more than they help. On 1/31/07, Tania Gruning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I forgot to add, my livejournal is http://tania-gru.livejournal.com -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, 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] Re: Horizontal bars in Le Pompe
On Jan 31, 2007, at 12:29, Debora Lustgarten wrote: How did Claire Burkhard (and you) worked the horizontal bars? Could you give us an explanation or point us to a diagram in her book? It's something she calls a false plait, though it's not the same kind of false plait that I know from laces with sewings (twist a pair, sew into the other side, come back making one sewing over the twisted bar for every two twists). What happens here is that a twisted (1 twist only) pair comes from the left and another from the right. They meet in the middle with a whole stitch (CTCT). Then they go on to whatever part is next on the agenda. This false plait is solid only at the point where they meet where they leave work and go back to work the two pairs are parallel and not connected. But, with good tensioning, they get so close together they *look* like a single line. As for the diagram... There are 3. Two are on page 72 (Würsselmodel mit XX, from p. XIII of Neuw Modelbuch) and one -- further extended, involving two pairs coming from the left and two from the right towards the middle -- is on p.74. I have no trouble understanding the diagram on p.74 and no trouble understanding the upper one on p.72. But, the lower one on p.72... :( If it were possible, it would hold the two pairs together longer, so would be a better solution. But I can't figure that one out, no-how. It looks like a series of 3 half stitches, not 2. But, if I try making 3 half stitches, they move downwards, not sideways; ie, they separate the two pairs further instead of uniting them. I've tried enlarging the diagram and colouring in the path of one of the pairs. And it doesn't move the way Burkhard's diagram says it should. So that's a bummer, unless and until someone out there can explain to me what it is I'm missing. But, for the moment, I'm quite happy with the effect produced by following the upper diagram. -- 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]
RE: [lace] Re: Horizontal bars in Le Pompe
This interesting exchange on Le Pompe explains a little to me why each pattern in Claire Burkhard's books (50 Patterns, 10 Pair and Fun with Corners) are such a challenge to start with for me with their changes in direction, dropping out pairs then bring them back in again, etc. Once I've done one, it all makes sense, but it's always a bit of a puzzle when I start one. 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] Re: Batavia lace (was: SCA lace)
On Jan 30, 2007, at 19:16, Jenny Brandis wrote: In 1629 the Dutch East India company ship, the 'Batavia' was sunk off the coast of Western Australia. In 1994 the OIDFA published work by Rosemary Shepherd and E. Spee-Van Oost on the lace found on the wreck but I do not get that publication so am not sure what it says. In 1994I wasn't a memeber of OIDFA, so I don't know what it says, either :) It is over 800kb in size and as I can not remember if you are on broadband or not I have put it on my website at www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace/downloads/batavialace.pdf so that you can take a look at it. Many thanks. I do have broadband but this way is better, because others who might be interested get to have a peek, also. The pamphlet is now printed out, for future reference. The trick will be to keep track of all the paperwork I've been printing out recently. At least I'm getting my money's worth out of my printer. And the printer is keeping healthy, what with all the exercise it's been getting :) Would it fall into the right era for SCA - seeing as it was wrecked in 1629? I think someone has already answered that question; while the official cut-off date for SCA is 1600, it is, afterall, a Society for *Creative* *Anachronism*, so the rules could be and are stretched here and there :) And it's not all that much of a stretch, either; even though the lace might have been made in 1629 or '28, the *pattern* could have been 30 years older :) What I find fascinating abut Shepherd's repro of this piece is that it's much lighter than I would have expected it to be at that early date; there's only a single pair everywhere where I'd expect a plait! Since I'm certain she's inspected the original lace (fragments of) carefully and reproduced it faithfully, I must conclude that there had been a tremendous change in the space of 50 years or so. Not so much in the design itself, but in the execution methods. -- 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] Re: Horizontal bars in Le Pompe
On Jan 31, 2007, at 22:06, Noelene Lafferty wrote: This interesting exchange on Le Pompe explains a little to me why each pattern in Claire Burkhard's books (50 Patterns, 10 Pair and Fun with Corners) are such a challenge to start with for me with their changes in direction, dropping out pairs then bring them back in again, etc. Once I've done one, it all makes sense, but it's always a bit of a puzzle when I start one. Yeah, Burkhard is *great*. I have been in awe of her ever since I got the 50 Patterns (have the other two now also, but they are later); she gets more bang out of a cleverly manipulated pair than anyone else I know. Great fun and learning made easy :) -- 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]
Re: [lace] Free valentine pattern (DP)
Thanks, Janice, I'm going to have a go at this; maybe after a few dozen talleys/leaves I will have put the devil behind meYou astound me with your talent. Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA where we're supposed to have winter sometime tomorrow - I doubt it. - Original Message - From: Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just wanted to let you know that there is a new pattern on my web page http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Uses for Stockings: was: holding bobbins down for travelling
On 1/30/07 4:11 AM, madame RD wrote: but what about butch cut and in a gibson butch cut is a derogatory term for crew cut. The phrase went out of style when the little boys wearing butch cuts grew up and kept on wearing them, so it's not surprising that someone under sixty hasn't heard it. A gibson is a very old do -- found on neolithic figurines, I believe, and popular in ancient Japan -- but it takes its name from Charles Dana Gibson, whose Gibson Girls tended to wear it. It's quick and easy: just twist long hair into a knot on top of the head. Ideally, the knot should be low and flat -- I unwind it half a turn after forming it -- and the hair that's not in the knot should pouf a little. If the knot is tight and pointy, and the hair is slick and tight, you've got a Mama Katzenjammer. The Katzenjammer comic strip was modeled after Max und Moritz, but I googled up an on-line copy and their mama did not appear, and the two women who did appear didn't wear such a do -- but would have looked right at home with someone who did. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the lake has frozen over. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Speeding
Sitting on the side of the road waiting to catch speeding drivers, a police officer sees an Aston Martin V8 Vantage puttering along at 22 MPH. He thinks to himself, This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder! So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over. Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies, two in the front seat and three crammed in the back with their eyes wide open and white as ghosts. The driver, obviously confused, says to him, Officer, I don't understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem? The officer replies, You weren't speeding, madam, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers. Slower than the speed limit? she asked. No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly. Twenty-two miles an hour! the old woman says a bit proudly. The police officer, trying to contain a chuckle explains to her that A22 was the road number, not the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error. But before I let you go, I have to ask, is everyone in this car ok? Your passengers seem awfully shaken and they haven't muttered a single peep the officer said. Oh, they'll be alright in a minute. We've just pulled off the A220. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Free valentine pattern (DP)
I just wanted to let you know that there is a new pattern on my web page http:// jblace.wordpress.com/ It is a snowdrop heart I designed for a talley workshop at my L.A.C.E. guild lace day a few years ago. I think you will be 62 talleys more towards your goal of 1,000 once you have made it. I made it to fit into a coaster but if you want to use it for something else you might like to add plaits around the outside of the heart to make it more stable. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] A Difficult Question
Nothing unusual here - I grew up KNOWING that I was born of the Immaculate Conception! Of course my Sainted Mother never did it!! Happy Lacemaking if you're spending your time wisely B.A. in Roanoke, Virginia USA - Original Message - From: David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] [lace-chat] A Difficult Question Subject: How would you handle this question? (snip)So you're telling me that there has been NO sex in this family for 200 years? No wonder everyone's so grouchy around here. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
