[lace] Really small thin bobbins. Why?
It may surprise many of you to know that my collection of bobbins is "very" junky! I got them because they had degraded pewter, sealing wax heads, they were bent, beaten up or anything that would help me "get inside" bobbins and their makers. Today I poured them out on to the table to just see what I had and I separated out about 6 very short, very thin, bone bobbins. They had been spangled. I have always thought that they were very old (whatever that means) but then as I looked at them, they had clearly been used a lot (warn smooth, spangle holes very large etc) I began to wonder if they might have had a special role in lace making. Why would historic lace makers want such small bobbins, (just because they had them?) or did they have a special role in lace making? Thanks Brian and Jean from Cooranbong, Australia -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.5 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3844 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Non spangled bobbins
For some time now I have looking at just "when" East midland Bobbins started to be spangled. I clearly know why Honiton bobbins were not spangled because they have to "thread" the bobbin through "whatever" from time to time and a spangle would be a darned nuisance to say the least. (It must be obvious that I do not make lace, but none-the-less I love your hobby) But what about the other areas of the UK that made lace. Did they have similar reasons for not spangling their bobbins? e.g.. Bedfordshire, Malmesbury or Downton bobbins. oh yes Suffolk too! PS was there a "West" midland lace industry? Brian and Jean from Cooranbong, Australia -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.5 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3844 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Any word on IOLI website?
Does anyone have any updates on the IOLI website? I finally have spending money again and was planning to rejoin. I have had a couple of my virtual correspondents tell me that the IOLI link in the sidebar of my blog doesn't work, but I'm reluctant to take it down for fear I'll forget to put it back! Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA http://lost-arts.blogspot.com/ Ravelry ID: alwen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace lady pattern...
Can anyone please refer me to the source of a pricking, believed (in the English "The Lacemaker" for September of this year, and shown on page 14) to be designed by Pamela Nottingham? The lace is a combination of Torchon edgings and tape lace, in the form of an outline of a lady in a long dress, cape and bonnet. It looks to be a simple and straightforward design, which I would like to try - it would be interesting to work in colours, I should think? Thanks, in anticipation - Erica McLeod, in New Zealand (where it is a spring day, now, but was definitely winter this morning!) Erica and Ian McLeod Coalgate, New Zealand - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Christmas card greeting
Carol's "best wishes and may your pins never bend" reminded me of a poem I wrote (last year? I forget) for Christmas cards for lacemaking friends. If anyone taking part in our annual Christmas Card exchange would like to use this in their card, they are more than welcome to do so. Especially at Christmas, Here's a greeting that brings A whole lot of wishes For life's nicest things May your lace give you pleasure May your pins never bend May the thread on your bobbins Last right to the end. May there always be prickings And bobbins galore And lacemaking friends Coming in your front door. And then through the New Year May the same things hold true So that each day is filled With life's best things for you! Noelene in Cooma, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Het Lassen - practice
One way to practice Het Lassen is to use machine laces .. anything you have on hand. Cut it apart, then overlap to match the pattern and overcast across two rows, then trim ends. If you can find a machine lace piece that is vaguely similar to the style of your own lace, even better. A bit of practice will make the job less scary when you do it on your own lace. (A hint out of the 'Het Lassen" book.) Alice in Oregon -- another beautiful fall day - Original Message From: Scott Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:16:54 AM Subject: [lace] Het Lassen The discussion of Het Lassen was very timely! ... How nice to know that it is a perfectly acceptable way to clean up bad start. I feel rather like a child who played hooky from school, only to discover that it was a holiday anyway! I love that my plan, which felt vaguely like cheating, turned out to be a legitimate fix with its own lacemaking term and everything! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Web Site/Lace Collection Protection
Dear Jeri and Arachne friends, Jeri Ames wrote: Following on the heels of the unfortunate death of the young Webmaster for International Old Lacers, Inc. and unexpected shut down of the IOLI website: All lace organizations and officers of the same, please review your documents and practices to prevent this happening again. If this applies to you, please add to your next meeting's agenda. Jeri gives sage advice. I just wanted to correct one thing. The young man who passed away ran the webhosting service that IOLI used for its webpage. The IOLI Webmaster is the ever vigilant, Mark Myers. I'm sure that he would assure you all that news of his death is quite premature. Sharon A. Broughton Carlsbad, California, where it is sunny, warm, and ever so dry during this time of Santa Ana winds. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Het Lassen
The discussion of Het Lassen was very timely! I have been re-learning lace after stopping for a dozen years or so, and have been toiling away on a piece of wide torchon. It is going fairly smoothly now, but turning that first corner wasn't pretty! (I had never actually done a corner before having only made straight lengths). I was toying with the idea of just continuing around and remaking that wonky first side with its' embarrassing corner and then cutting off the offending bits, but I wasn't sure how to go about it. How nice to know that it is a perfectly acceptable way to clean up bad start. I feel rather like a child who played hooky from school, only to discover that it was a holiday anyway! I love that my plan, which felt vaguely like cheating, turned out to be a legitimate fix with its own lacemaking term and everything! ;) Thanks to all for the info. Elise - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] taste of cattern cakes - recipe
Hi Bev, Carolyn, et al, When I hosted the Lacemakers' Circle Suffolk/Essex Get-Togethers at the ICI Imagedata Recreation Club, in every November, I used to make huge, industrial quantities of Cattern Cakes, and also a couple of Tanders Cakes - but I also used to make large quantities of the former without the caraway seeds, as it seems a lot of people, unlike me, are not partial to caraway seeds! As someone has suggested, I used to make the 'pinwheel' design by putting lots of extra spices to make it look like a Catherine wheel before I rolled it up like a Swiss roll, and cut it into slices to bake - but I have to admit that, sometimes, when time got a bit short, or I got extremely fed-up with Cattern Cakes in quantity, I used to just hoick out a spoonful of the mixture, hurl in extra caraway seeds, and flatten the spoonful to make the shape right - it didn't have the characteristic Catherine wheel innards, but no-one ever complained, as they tasted the same ... The Tanders cake was a sort of fruit cake - if anyone wants it, I can send the recipe. All best wishes, and may your pins never bend. Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: "bev walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Carolyn Hastings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "lace" Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [lace] taste of cattern cakes - recipe Here is what started it all for me, and there is lace content - for this was in 'The Lacemaker' the newsletter of the Lacemakers' Circle, No. 21, June 1993, by courtesy of one Carol Adkinson (hi Carol!). - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Chinese repros (was: Battenberg on Ebay)
I have run across those crocheted mats and doilies from China, but not repro lace. What is it exactly? Machine-made? Or mass-produced under sweat shop conditions without quality control? Curious, Sr. Claire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Battenberg on Ebay
David wrote: Brenda wrote: The seller says it has no age - so yes, a modern Chinese tablecloth. You can already see that there are 'bulges' of cloth areas inside the tapes. I have a modern Chinese crocheted and cloth tablecloth that also has these bulges, and, as Brenda says, they really are a pig to iron. Whenever its washed DH and I pull it into shape when its wet to make ironing easier, but it's never perfect. 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]
Re: [lace] Battenberg on Ebay
Hi David Yes, I agree - a modern Chinese repro. Whatever the price I wouldn't bother to bid for it. With all that plain fabric between the tape lace bits I'm sure there will be a degree of shrinkage when it's laundered and will be a real pig to iron. It's just not special enough to put that much effort into caring for it. Brenda On 25 Oct 2008, at 08:33, David in Ballarat wrote: there's a large Batternberg table cloth for sale on Ebay - 300267884905 [] I'm fairly sure this is not a modern Chinese repro. Check it out 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] Battenberg on Ebay
Dear Friends, there's a large Batternberg table cloth for sale on Ebay - 300267884905 [] I'm fairly sure this is not a modern Chinese repro. Check it out David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
