[lace] Re: lace-digest V2008 #106 Magnifiers
Dear Arachnians, One solution I use to see my work more clearly is to wear more glasses! I wear contact lenses usually because I am very short-sighted, but with my lenses in I need reading glasses as well for close work. I buy various strengths of cheapo glasses and just add another pair if I can't see clearly enough with one. I have been known to wear up to three pairs at once when dealing with a difficult sewing or undoing a knot. It works for me! Libby in wet and cold Shrewsbury UK. Have we had summer? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] First plays with the full Lace R-XP programme
As soon as my Lace R-XP disc arrived yesterday morning I installed it and started playing with it. Here's what's happened so far. Opened a design from Lace 2000 in Lace -R-XP. No problem. There are no threads already installed, but there is a list to choose from with wraps (thanks Brenda) and you get to choose the size of the grid for that thread. Tried to choose a thread. Got a message to say the program had encountered a problem and had to shut down. Tried again. Same thing happened. Restarted the program and chose a thread. No problem. Opened a Lace 2000 design. No problem. Tried to add another thread. No problem. So it seems (at least on my computer) that one thread (any thread) needs to selected before a design is opened - and presumably before a design is started. Save the design as a Lace R-XP file and exporting to both PDF and EPS all worked OK. Opened PDF file - line quality not that good on screen, but haven't tried printing to see if it's better printed because I use a laptop and am currently working in the living room and my printer is in the bedroom. Tried opening an EPS file in Word 97. Got 399 pages of letters and numbers. Inserted the EPS file as a picture in Word - wonderful! Opened the EPS file in Adobe Photoshop Elements. Took forever, and the result was faint. Started a new A4 document and used the 'Place' command on the 'File' menu of Elements. Very quick, but the same faintness. So, being impatient, 'Place' is obviously the way to go. The lines were good quality even though faint, and I'll play another time with enhancing the contrast. Thickened the lines to 5 and exported to EPS. 'Placed' in Photoshop Elements. Same faintness, but lines again good quality. Haven't tried printing from Elements yet either, but did save the image successfully as a .JPG file. So far I'm a very happy bunny with the improvements to Lace 2000, which I loved anyway. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wanted: Mother and twins bobbin
I've bought glass bobbins from Keith's Glasscraft on ebay and can recommend them/him. There's a mother and twins bobbin for sale right now. See: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/KEITHS-GLASSCRAFT On 25 May 2008, at 18:59, Earl & Ruth Johnson wrote: Does anyone know where a friend of mine could purchase, either new or vintage, a "mother and twins" bobbin. This lady lost her twin sister at birth and it would mean a lot to her to have such a bobbin. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] First plays with the full Lace R-XP programme
Jean, may I askdid you save your Lace 2000 design in RXP before trying to choose a thread/grid size? I'm wondering if that is what caused your shut down. If you start a new design in Lace RXP, you definitely don't need a thread selected to open a design. I've been working on all the testing up to the last couple of versions without any threads added at all. I haven't had problems with faint lines in exports, but I don't have Adobe Photoshop, so can't comment about that. The programmer told me that the easiest way to get an exported file into the next programme was to have both programmes open on the screen, and just drag the design from RXP across to the other programme - worked well for me, so that's what I put in the book. Copies of the book are on their way to both America and England. If any of you actually used the thread/grid sizes from Lace 2000, all you have to do is add them yourself to your copy of RXP.If you click on "Functions" then "Add a Thread", you'll see a box with a list of grid sizes in it. If you click on the downwards-facing arrow to the right of the white box, you'll see a list of threads to choose fromif the one you want to add isn't there, just type the name in the white box. We've tried to only list threads which we know are actually available, but, on the other hand, couldn't possibly list all the threads available, so this was a "short" list to get you started. After selecting or adding the name of your thread, choose the grid size and it'll be there next time you want to use it. And good news! Unlike Lace 2000, if you have to reinstall your programme at any stage, your thread/grid sizes will be saved for you - no more lost preferences (that's what happened to me some years ago, and is why I have no thread/grid sizes of my own in Lace 2000 - I never got around to rebuilding my list.) Ruth -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Wednesday, 28 May 2008 5:46 PM To: Lace Subject: [lace] First plays with the full Lace R-XP programme As soon as my Lace R-XP disc arrived yesterday morning I installed it and started playing with it. Here's what's happened so far. Opened a design from Lace 2000 in Lace -R-XP. No problem. There are no threads already installed, but there is a list to choose from with wraps (thanks Brenda) and you get to choose the size of the grid for that thread. Tried to choose a thread. Got a message to say the program had encountered a problem and had to shut down. Tried again. Same thing happened. Restarted the program and chose a thread. No problem. Opened a Lace 2000 design. No problem. Tried to add another thread. No problem. So it seems (at least on my computer) that one thread (any thread) needs to selected before a design is opened - and presumably before a design is started. Save the design as a Lace R-XP file and exporting to both PDF and EPS all worked OK. Opened PDF file - line quality not that good on screen, but haven't tried printing to see if it's better printed because I use a laptop and am currently working in the living room and my printer is in the bedroom. Tried opening an EPS file in Word 97. Got 399 pages of letters and numbers. Inserted the EPS file as a picture in Word - wonderful! Opened the EPS file in Adobe Photoshop Elements. Took forever, and the result was faint. Started a new A4 document and used the 'Place' command on the 'File' menu of Elements. Very quick, but the same faintness. So, being impatient, 'Place' is obviously the way to go. The lines were good quality even though faint, and I'll play another time with enhancing the contrast. Thickened the lines to 5 and exported to EPS. 'Placed' in Photoshop Elements. Same faintness, but lines again good quality. Haven't tried printing from Elements yet either, but did save the image successfully as a .JPG file. So far I'm a very happy bunny with the improvements to Lace 2000, which I loved anyway. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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]
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Hello one and all Jean I can`t wait to get my copy of R-XP after reading how pleased you are with it. I went onto Biggens site last night and found a notice saying that Vivienne has broken her leg. I hope like me you all send your best wishes to her for a speedy recovery. Daphne where the sun is shining at last in Norfolk Great Britain _ All new Live Search at Live.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Alice - one place you might want to research is Lace in Calais in northern France (one end of the chunnel). They have a big manufactured lace industry - smuggled machines from Nottingham. I haven't been to the Museum there, but do have a couple of pieces of lace from friends who live close by. Malvary, back in Ottawa where it looks like a sunny day. From: "Alice Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had planned to make a quick trip via tunnel train from Brussels to London, and then tunnel train back to Paris. It would be a bit expensive for just a couple days because the tunnel train is not part of the rail pass that I have, but V&A's lace collection is worth visiting (when open). > So I'm exploring alternatives for those couple days alloted to London. Alice - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ebay bobbin lace?
190224579806 Is it bobbin lace? Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.brandis.com.au - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Wanted: Mother and twins bobbin
Malcolm Fielding in Australia used to do exquisite mother and babe bobbins, in different woods. If your friend contacts him, he might agree to make what she wants. http://www.thelacebobbinshop.com/mainframe.htm Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] First plays with the full Lace R-XP programme
Hi Jean, Thanks for posting. My Lace R-XP should be on its way now. Please keep posting your experiences so that I can learn from you. Just showing my computer ignorance, what is an EPS file? Is that what I need to use to export to Word?I am sure Ruth will chip in with any advice we need. I missed reading about her R-XP book but I am sure Lacy Susan will carry it at convention. Janice http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com Check for class spaces, many are full. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ebay bobbin lace?
190224579806 Is it bobbin lace? Jenny Brandis == Most assuredly bobbin lace. Quite a mix of techniques, large scale, turns corners. I would say handmade, but I could be wrong. The turned corners are what decided me. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mother and twins bobbin
I have a couple of mother and babe and mother and twins, one mother and triplets, and one grandmother, mother and babe bobbins. All bought second-hand through ebay. I also had two identical mother and babe bobbins (except for the names) made in bone for the twins, and two in wood for me to use, all with spiral inscriptions of name and date of birth, by Roseground Supplies when my nephew and his wife had twins three years ago. Don't know of anyone currently making anything other than mother and babe as part of normal output, but I'm sure you should be able to find a bobbin maker who would do one for you. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Plays with Lace R-XP
No, Ruth, I didn't save my Lace 2000 design before choosing a grid/thread size. Thought I'd mention what happened when I tried in case anyone had the same experience and thought there was something really wrong, which there isn't. I assume by drag and drop you mean hold the left mouse button down in the R-XP window and drag across to Word or Photoshop Elements and then release the button. Didn't work. Tried using 'Edit' and 'Select all' and dragging it again. All that happened was that I could move the design about in the R-XP window, but it didn't appear in either Word or Elements when I let the mouse button go. Or am I doing drag and drop incorrectly? I'll take my laptop to meet up with the printer tomorrow and see how the exports to Elements print. I will be ordering your book from SMP. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Plays with Lace R-XP
Jean SMP have told me that they will have copies of Ruths book in over a weeks time. All being well.I`m looking forward to it, because Ruths other book has been a godsend. DaphneCold Windy Norfolk England > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lace@arachne.com> Subject: [lace] Plays with Lace R-XP> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:42:41 +0100> > No, Ruth, I didn't save my Lace 2000 design before choosing a grid/thread > size. Thought I'd mention what happened when I tried in case anyone had the > same experience and thought there was something really wrong, which there > isn't.> > I assume by drag and drop you mean hold the left mouse button down in the > R-XP window and drag across to Word or Photoshop Elements and then release > the button. Didn't work. Tried using 'Edit' and 'Select all' and dragging it > again. All that happened was that I could move the design about in the R-XP > window, but it didn't appear in either Word or Elements when I let the mouse > button go. Or am I doing drag and drop incorrectly?> > I'll take my laptop to meet up with the printer tomorrow and see how the > exports to Elements print.> > I will be ordering your book from SMP.> > Jean > > -> 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: Mother-and-Twins
Hi My husband is a bobbin maker, and has made quite a few mother-and-babes, no twins as yet, but could have a go if you wanted him to. He'll try anything. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK (dark and dreary at the moment). (www.sixpennybobbins.co.uk) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wet bank holiday bookmarks
I spent much of the very wet and windy bank holiday seeing how many variations I could work on one small BL pattern and the result is to be seen at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/bookmarks/bookmarks.htm Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ebay bobbin lace?
Yes it's bobbin lace - but probably not really vintage - it's the sort of BL made for export from Asia/China. Brenda On 28 May 2008, at 18:12, Patty Dowden wrote: 190224579806 Is it bobbin lace? Jenny Brandis == Most assuredly bobbin lace. Quite a mix of techniques, large scale, turns corners. I would say handmade, but I could be wrong. The turned corners are what decided me. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire lace
As I have seen a couple of references to Susan Lambiris' class at convention this summer, I just wanted to say that the last time I saw the class spreadsheet Susan had only one opening in both her am and pm class, so if anyone is thinking of signing up, they should do it now. Most classes have been filling nicely but there are still a few places in the 's Gravenmoer classes with Susan Wenzel, Tatting with Georgia Seitz, Flanders with Kathy Kauffmann, Romanian Point and Irish Crochet with Sylvia Marariu, Floral Bucks Point with Holly van Sciver (she will take all levels of students), and just one or two spaces with some other teachers. If you are still thinking of coming to the IOLI convention in August contact our Registrar, Sylvie Nguyen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and she will tell you if we can squeeze you into a class. BTW, my house has been inundated with flowers that generous lacemakers all over the US have been sending for us for the convention. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com Check for class spaces, many are full. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Moprtha & Twins
Ben Archer has a lovely mother & twins bobbin on his website see below: http://www.ararcherltd.co.uk/index_files/Page457.htm Diana in a wet, miserable Northamptonshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mother & twins
Sorry about the misspelling ;o( more haste less speed!! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Mother and twins bobbin
I'm intrigued. What's a grandmother, mother and babe bobbin? Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:27 PM To: Lace Subject: [lace] Mother and twins bobbin I have a couple of mother and babe and mother and twins, one mother and triplets, and one grandmother, mother and babe bobbins. All bought second-hand through ebay. I also had two identical mother and babe bobbins (except for the names) made in bone for the twins, and two in wood for me to use, all with spiral inscriptions of name and date of birth, by Roseground Supplies when my nephew and his wife had twins three years ago. Don't know of anyone currently making anything other than mother and babe as part of normal output, but I'm sure you should be able to find a bobbin maker who would do one for you. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Wet bank holiday bookmarks
Hello Brenda, your variations on the bookmark pattern turned out very pretty and so interesting and different. I did not realize, how relatively easy it is to do so many different variations on a single pattern. Thank you for the download patterns! They are on my to-do-list Martina in hot and humid South of Germany On 28 May 2008 at 20:17, Brenda Paternoster wrote: > I spent much of the very wet and windy bank holiday seeing how many > variations I could work on one small BL pattern and the result is to > be > seen at > http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/bookmarks/bookmarks.htm > > Brenda in Allhallows, Kent > http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] mother and babes etc
i have mother and babe bobbins - babe inserted inside large bobbin; mother and twins; grandmother bobbins- one inside another and a great-grandmother bobbin which barry adams made for me when my mum died. he made the 'babes' in different colours to see them clearer. excuse lower case, i've just had a cataract removed and mustn't bend my head for a week. alas so lace making!roll on next wednesday. he also did 'jack in the box', bird cages as well as doing named bobbins . sheila in sawbridgeworth - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
