[lace] International Lace Day
Today (October 1st) is International Lace Day. So make some lace today remember those who made lace in the past. Pene in a wet Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] International Lace Day
Hello Pene I have never heard of international lace day before. But I will be making lace today, as my friend Sue is coming around tonight, and we ARE going to finish that Bedfordshire sampler! Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK pene piip wrote: Today (October 1st) is International Lace Day. So make some lace today remember those who made lace in the past. Pene in a wet Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] International Lace Day
Yes Miss!! Like Agnes I'd not heard of it before but as she says we'll be finishing the sampler we started in May! We got most of it done on a 2 day course and it's taken us this long to do the rest! Looking forward to finishing it though, because i've got a hole in the pillow and want to take the cover off and see if it's worth repairing I do have a replacement for it though! (So that if it's not repairable I've not lost a pillow, so I can play with it and see what I can do!!) And it's sunny here today, but the forecast for the weekend is. wet!! Sue in EY On 1 Oct 2009, at 09:01, Agnes Boddington wrote: Hello Pene I have never heard of international lace day before. But I will be making lace today, as my friend Sue is coming around tonight, and we ARE going to finish that Bedfordshire sampler! Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK pene piip wrote: Today (October 1st) is International Lace Day. So make some lace today remember those who made lace in the past. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] International Lace Day
Hi Spiders All, I know nothing about an International Lace Day but, The Lace Guild (in the UK) inaugurated, several years ago, and probably more than I want to think about, a 'National Lace Day' in September, where we in the UK - and presumably anyone else on the planet who wanted to join in! - made lace in public, and sometimes in quite unexpected places. It was - and is still, I think - very popular, and did publicise lace, but although I did and still do my bit, and make lace in some very public places, there was a lot of interest, with yards of the beginners' snake being made, but not many actually came forward to join a class! But - I am still trying ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk To: pene piip p...@eggo.org; lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [lace] International Lace Day Hello Pene I have never heard of international lace day before. arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] International Lace Day
In message 1a4298c6c6c044e99553b6900bb76...@xpmce, Carol nestalace.ca...@btopenworld.com writes I know nothing about an International Lace Day but, The Lace Guild (in the UK) inaugurated, several years ago, and probably more than I want to think about, a 'National Lace Day' in September, where we in the UK - and presumably anyone else on the planet who wanted to join in! - made lace in public, and sometimes in quite unexpected places. The first National Lacemaking Day was in September 1991(think it was on the 15th) - it just happened to coincide with a garden party that had been organised to raise funds for our local hospice, and I was asked to demonstrate lace - the first demonstration I had done! This was the reason why I designed my Giles the Dog bookmark - so that I could make some lace to sell - I had only been making lace for two years then! The Guild still organises National Lacemaking Day - the second Saturday each September, and over the years people have sent articles into Lace about what they were doing on the day. As for Giles - she'll probably shoot me, but this link shows the one that Sue Duckles was working when she joined Anne Weston and I demonstrating lace at a papercraft show in Hull a week or two ago, and the one I had worked earlier amongst the other lace I had on display - including a butterfly tatted by David Collyer. (Sue had been tempted by some beads on a neighbouring stall when the photo of her Giles was taken, so she doesn't know about it - yet!) http://www.cig.canon-europe.com/a?i=lLjfBVCKw0 -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] International Lace Day
Oh those beads (drool). glass beads. perfect for spangles!! Giles does look good though doesn't he?? I'll take a photo of the finished article when the camera battery is charged and put it up for you all to see! Thought I spotted you 'lurking with intent' Jane So we have a National Lace Day and an International Lace day eh 2 excuses to make lace!! Lovely!! Sue in EY On 1 Oct 2009, at 11:18, Jane Partridge wrote: In message 1a4298c6c6c044e99553b6900bb76...@xpmce, Carol nestalace.ca...@btopenworld.com writes I know nothing about an International Lace Day but, The Lace Guild (in the UK) inaugurated, several years ago, and probably more than I want to think about, a 'National Lace Day' in September, where we in the UK - and presumably anyone else on the planet who wanted to join in! - made lace in public, and sometimes in quite unexpected places. The first National Lacemaking Day was in September 1991(think it was on the 15th) - it just happened to coincide with a garden party that had been organised to raise funds for our local hospice, and I was asked to demonstrate lace - the first demonstration I had done! This was the reason why I designed my Giles the Dog bookmark - so that I could make some lace to sell - I had only been making lace for two years then! The Guild still organises National Lacemaking Day - the second Saturday each September, and over the years people have sent articles into Lace about what they were doing on the day. As for Giles - she'll probably shoot me, but this link shows the one that Sue Duckles was working when she joined Anne Weston and I demonstrating lace at a papercraft show in Hull a week or two ago, and the one I had worked earlier amongst the other lace I had on display - including a butterfly tatted by David Collyer. (Sue had been tempted by some beads on a neighbouring stall when the photo of her Giles was taken, so she doesn't know about it - yet!) http://www.cig.canon-europe.com/a?i=lLjfBVCKw0 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: International Lace Day
According to the American I.O.L.I. organization, October 1st has been designated as National Lace Day, this is probably just for the North American continent. Sorry that I wasn't quite accurate in my last posting. 1st September is, here in Estonia some other European countries, designated as the first day of the new school year, so is only practical for those lacemakers who don't have any offspring attending school. Personally, I think that there should be an International Lace Day, but would prefer it to be in a month when it is possible to sit outside in public make lace, but I know that would be difficult to please lacemakers in both northern southern hemispheres. Pene in Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] International Lace Day
Giles looks very good. Jane sent him to me some time ago and I made it for a friend who has a white and black jack russell dog which I thought was quite apt. I love your choice of colours though, he looks totally different. Good luck all with the bedfordshire piece. Sue T Dorset UK Giles does look good though doesn't he?? I'll take a photo of the finished article when the camera battery is charged and put it up for you all to see! Thought I spotted you 'lurking with intent' Jane So we have a National Lace Day and an International Lace day eh 2 excuses to make lace!! Lovely!! As for Giles - she'll probably shoot me, but this link shows the one that Sue Duckles was working when she joined Anne Weston and I demonstrating lace at a papercraft show in Hull a week or two ago, and the one I had worked earlier amongst the other lace I had on display - including a butterfly tatted by David Collyer. (Sue had been tempted by some beads on a neighbouring stall when the photo of her Giles was taken, so she doesn't know about it - yet!) http://www.cig.canon-europe.com/a?i=lLjfBVCKw0 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Arachne Card Exchange
Happy Lace Day, everyone! As it is the first day of October, I want to remind everyone that October 15 is the deadline for joining in the Arachne Card Exchange. I apologize for not sending the original announcement to everyone on Lace Chat, but made the assumption that everyone on Chat was also on the main list... I have been informed that this is not so... The rules for this year's exchange can be found in my original posting, dated September 23, 2009. This can be found in the Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/lace%40arachne.com/msg30537.html Each person may sign up for one exchange, and quite a few people have signed up to do a second card in case someone doesn't receive their card. If you have not yet written me to be included in the exchange, please consider doing so!! If you do not hear back from me within 24 hours, it is probably because my fickle Comcast has rejected your email, so ask a friend who has a different ISP to try to send it for you. I will have the list sorted and make the assignments before the end of the month, so that each person will have at least a month to complete their project. (Some have already started their projects, and a few have even completed them!!) Yours in Lace, Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] UK Lace Day-lacemakers at Parham House
In September, I was in England with friend and husband, driving around to many gracious homes, especially those replete with portraits of people wearing 17th century lace. I had entered Parham House in West Sussex and was scrutinizing a portrait with lace in it, pondering the eternal question, is it English lace or from the continent, when my friend came running to me crying, Devon, there is a lacemaker! I assumed she meant a lacemaker portrait and turned around to behold several people sitting in this spectacular 17th century home making lace. There could not have been a more beautiful setting for lacemaking. In another room, there were other lacemakers. All were situated in proximity to portraits featuring the lace styles of the 17th century. It was magical. I was told that this was the first year they had demonstrated there, and that they had had to demonstrate on Sunday, not Saturday, the official UK Lace Day. My good luck! I believe that the group was the Wey Valley Lace Group. Parham House also features a fantastic needlework collection, so that it was a double treat. The quality of the embroideries and stump work was on a par with the finest in England. Most amazing for me personally, was that there was an embroidered Mexican rebozo in the needlework display dating from the 18th century. It is considered one of their finest pieces at Parham, and I was stunned to see that it had a bobbin lace border along the two long sides, made in colored thread. Some time ago, I got involved in a question about Mexican bobbin lace making, and found that while it is quite likely that bobbin lace making may have been going on from early Spanish colonial days, there didn't seem to be any written record of it before about 1800. So, if the rebozo is the date that it is supposed, and if the lace is original and Mexican made, this might be the piece that pushes back the known date of Mexican bobbin lacemaking into the 18th century. (I have a feeling this is not something English lacemakers think about much, but in North America we think about it.) I could not believe my good luck in serendipitously finding myself at a lace demonstration in such a perfect house for lace demonstrating. What an inspired idea, both for the Wey Valley Lacemakers and for Parham House. I hope that someone does write this up for the Lace Guild publication. Devon from New Jersey, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Apologies to the list for the golbal post- Attention especially Adelaide lacemakers
First, apologies to the list for the general posting. Dear All The good news is that my antidepressant load has dropped by 50%. Bad news is divorce remains unfinalized and even worse, after Bobbie Donnelly took the time wto meet me in NYC, it took about 8 weeks to get Jeff to retie the broken threads and... I'm still in panic mode and unable to face putting in a pin... I will be in Adelaide this coming Tuesday through Thursday. The Adelaide group was kind enough to suggest a meeting; I've been hesitant based on my own inadequacieis... but apologize to the list in general, and request any Adelaide lacemakers who would be willing to let me watch THEM do lace for 30-60 min... sometime between Tues and Thurs of this coming week... We will be driving from Melbourne Sunday so will have transport. The very many kindnesses of this list in the past appreciated daily, and with many thanks in advance Carrie Salafia cell phone 914-356-5606 which will be working in OZ. Flying Friday afternoon from NYC straight to Sydney, connecting to Melbourne and driving to Adelaide (with colleagues/friends from Perth so we at least don't have horrible jetlag to complicate our tour on your road system!) -- Carrie carolyn.sala...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] International Lace Day
I shall never heard of an International Lace Day. We in Catalonia (Spain)lacemakers celebrate 21nth. October the Day of Santa Ursula. Catholic Ursuline nuns are related with laces. Their convents and schools sprang from France to different European countries and they brought with them early laces everywhere they went. There are recorded lace sales in convent's archives of Gorizia in the year 1686 (Merletto a Fuselli, Edizioni della Laguna, published by La scuola Merletti-Gorizia. Regards. Carolina-Barcelona-Spain pene piip escribió: Today (October 1st) is International Lace Day. So make some lace today remember those who made lace in the past. Carolina de la Guardia http://www.carolgallego.com Witch Stitch Lace -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.carolgallego.com Witch Stitch Lace - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re: Lace in Translation
Dear Tina, thank you so much for sharing this with us. Some pieces are really astonishingly. Best regards Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: [lace-chat] US Justice Sonia Sotomayor and her Lace
Hello everybody, and hello especially to Tony and Shirley for waking up an idea that was floating about here, some years ago, and went fast asleep for some reason. Some of us here are yearning after Project 7 in Alex Stillwell's book on Geometric Bucks Point. It is the world's most gorgeous jabot. Just what the justices on the US Supreme Court really need, don't you think? Male as well as female. Can we produce nine jabots in the coming year and put the US Supreme Court on the fashion map? Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Lace in Translation
Dear Ilske, It is an exciting exhibition and it is truly amazing to see what can be achieved using different mediums. Tina Allen Dear Tina, thank you so much for sharing this with us. Some pieces are really astonishingly. Best regards Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Setting in
Dear Arachnids You have already had the reply that 'setting in' is the process of starting to make a new piece of lace. I believe it can also be referred to as 'setting up' but that term can also mean the process of moving the lace up the pillow to a new position by bundling the bobbins in a cloth, removing all the pins, relocating the pricking and replacing sufficient pins before continuing. Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
