[lace] shawl complete
I've put some pictures of my finished Shetland Lace shawl on the website http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 Edith North Nottinghamshire - 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] shawl complete
Dear Edith, thank you for sharing your pictures. Your shawl is exquisite. Where did you learn how to do it? And what sort of yarn and needles did you use? I've long been interested in doing something like that, but wouldn't know where to start. Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where it's snowing again and beginning to stick - not just the 'rain or sleet' of the forecast.) Edith Holmes wrote: I've put some pictures of my finished Shetland Lace shawl on the website http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 Edith North Nottinghamshire - 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] shawl complete
Edith, it's lovely. I had a couple of Shetland shawls when I was small, because my Mum had family up there, but I don't know what became of them. What kind of yarn did you use, and what size of needle? Do you knit from charts, or from written instructions (or both)? Margery. = margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Hertfordshire, UK = -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Edith Holmes Sent: Monday 08 February 2010 08:46 To: lace Subject: [lace] shawl complete I've put some pictures of my finished Shetland Lace shawl on the website http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 Edith North Nottinghamshire - 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] Threads
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:23:35 +0100 From: Francis Busschaert francis.busscha...@telenet.be Subject: [lace] Breaking threads i have been following this BREAKING thread also Hi Francis Thanks you for your explanation regarding the winding and S and Z. I have always thought it played an insignificant part regarding this problem but have never taken the time to do the maths. The idea that static electricity caused by the rubbing of the thread on the cover cloth can cause threads to break is also without foundation. The amounts of static electricity that can be caused by thread and cloth rubbing are very, very small and totally insignificant. 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
Re: [lace] shawl complete
Dear Edith Your shawl is wonderful, I am jealous and at a loss of words (!!!) Maybe we will see you sometime. We are going to Harrogate Lace Day.If you are maybe we could meet up? Maureen East Yorkshire - 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] shawl complete
BEAUTIFUL! Norma http://normasneedlez.blogspot.com http://sistersstitching.blogspot.com NATA #847 Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. --- On Mon, 8/2/10, Edith Holmes ed...@holmesfamily.demon.co.uk wrote: __ Yahoo!7: Catch-up on your favourite Channel 7 TV shows easily, legally, and for free at PLUS7. www.tv.yahoo.com.au/plus7 - 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: Breaking and Twist to Thread
With all due respect, I have to disagree, Francis, as not only is thread wound on a bobbin, but it has movement after that, whether in working stitches in bobbin lace, how people turn the bobbins as they work (even if a small amount, it accrues), and other dangling, etc. Though I am not an expert in bobbin lace, I have worked with textiles, fwiw, for decades. Sewing thread for hand sewing twists just with simple running stitches, and is compliant and stronger, when allowed to unfurl. (Often thread cut from the spool, and threaded with the last from the spool, handles better, going along with the twist, than threading a needle from the first cut end). Even when knitting lace or a plain sock, one must continually allow the yarn (or object), to unwind. Not done, this put bias on objects so they tend not to lay on grain which adds stress, but especially, as untwisting too much will weaken (not often a problem in hand knitting, rather over twisting is) the yarn and will break or wear soon. It isn't as obvious with thread, as it often has tighter twist but more importantly, it is happening on a more micro way than say yarn, (in a more obvious macro way.) As with a cake recipe, you provide the components, and scientific physics principles for something that will rise, have texture, etc., as desired, but this doesn't factor in the human component, which results in occasional failures. I believe the practical vs. theoretical applications apply here. If the thread was free, and not imposed upon by the bobbin, these characteristics and problems would be more obvious, and sooner, but thus tend to show up once the thread is in application, and sadly so. Perhaps there are spinners on this list that can supply more perspective. From what little spinning I have done, better helps me understand yarn and thread; the observations and conclusions I had come to long ago, but of which, keep evolving. Best,Susan Reishus ...now there was the sugestion of the way you put the spool of thred to wind in on your bobins that is blabla there are very few added on or taken of twists to it easy to calculate it you take the diameter of the spool and multiply by PI 3.14 and you have the outer diameter lets say 1cm * 3.14= 3.14cm per extra twist so if you needed 1 meter of thread on your bobin you have 100cm / 3.14 =31twist per meter extra if you work into fine threads like 70/2 Nec you are around 400 to 600 twists per meter that 31twists will be ignorant to the tbehavior of the thread and again the Z or S and the adding or takeingof will be minimal some will say now: but if you need 10 meters it will be 10 times that amount? not realy only the distance from the threadspool to the bobin counts and then again you will fearly end up on an even dispercion of the added or taken of twists... Francis - 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: shawl complete
It is lovely, Edith. Look at all those lovely little perfect stitches! http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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: Breaking and Twist to Thread
Another thought to add to the mix. I wind my bobbins to ensure I am not adding or removing the thread's twist, but I still find it untwists as I work. Years ago it was suggested to me that I might be twisting my bobbins as I work my lace unintentionally. I now keep an eye on my threads and find from time to time I need to give my bobbins a twist the other way to put the twist back on the thread. Claire Kent,UK Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 8 Feb 2010, at 17:32, Susan Reishus wrote: With all due respect, I have to disagree, Francis, as not only is thread wound on a bobbin, but it has movement after that, whether in working stitches in bobbin lace, how people turn the bobbins as they work (even if a small amount, it accrues), and other dangling, etc. Though I am not an expert in bobbin lace, I have worked with textiles, fwiw, for decades. Sewing thread for hand sewing twists just with simple running stitches, and is compliant and stronger, when allowed to unfurl. (Often thread cut from the spool, and threaded with the last from the spool, handles better, going along with the twist, than threading a needle from the first cut end). Even when knitting lace or a plain sock, one must continually allow the yarn (or object), to unwind. Not done, this put bias on objects so they tend not to lay on grain which adds stress, but especially, as untwisting too much will weaken (not often a problem in hand knitting, rather over twisting is) the yarn and will break or wear soon. It isn't as obvious with thread, as it often has tighter twist but more importantly, it is happening on a more micro way than say yarn, (in a more obvious macro way.) As with a cake recipe, you provide the components, and scientific physics principles for something that will rise, have texture, etc., as desired, but this doesn't factor in the human component, which results in occasional failures. I believe the practical vs. theoretical applications apply here. If the thread was free, and not imposed upon by the bobbin, these characteristics and problems would be more obvious, and sooner, but thus tend to show up once the thread is in application, and sadly so. Perhaps there are spinners on this list that can supply more perspective. From what little spinning I have done, better helps me understand yarn and thread; the observations and conclusions I had come to long ago, but of which, keep evolving. Best,Susan Reishus ...now there was the sugestion of the way you put the spool of thred to wind in on your bobins that is blabla there are very few added on or taken of twists to it easy to calculate it you take the diameter of the spool and multiply by PI 3.14 and you have the outer diameter lets say 1cm * 3.14= 3.14cm per extra twist so if you needed 1 meter of thread on your bobin you have 100cm / 3.14 =31twist per meter extra if you work into fine threads like 70/2 Nec you are around 400 to 600 twists per meter that 31twists will be ignorant to the tbehavior of the thread and again the Z or S and the adding or takeingof will be minimal some will say now: but if you need 10 meters it will be 10 times that amount? not realy only the distance from the threadspool to the bobin counts and then again you will fearly end up on an even dispercion of the added or taken of twists... Francis - 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] Lace Books
I hope it is alright for me to offer these for sale on this site all monies go to the charity I have been given some lace books to sell for Scouting in Africa I can only offer them for sale in the UK because I think the postage outside the UK would make them too expensive. The postage will have to be paid by the buyer as they are on offer at a cheap price. They are: Traditional Bedfordshire Lace Technique and Patterns by Barbara Underwood- Hardback- Excellent condition £8 A Manual of Bedfordshire Lace by Pam Robinson Paperback - Fair condition - £4 Beginning Bobbin Lace by Gillian Dye Hardback Excellent condition - £5 Bobbin Lacemaking for beginners by Amy Dawson paperback excellent condition - £4 Miniature Bobbin Lace by Roz Snowden paperback immaculate as new condition - £7 The Batsford Lace Pattern Pack by Elsie Luxton 32 work cards unused good condition £4 Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace-chat] :-) FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY LANGUAGE
Some of these are really clever! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine. A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. Dijon vu - the same mustard as before. Practice safe eating - always use condiments. Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death. A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy. A hangover is the wrath of grapes. Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play. Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion. Reading while sunbathing makes you well red. When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired. What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway.) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes. She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion. If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed. With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress. When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered. You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it. Local Area Network in Australia : the LAN down under. Every calendar's days are numbered. A lot of money is tainted - It taint yours and it taint mine. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat. He had a photographic memory that was never developed. A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. Acupuncture is a jab well done. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4846 (20100208) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: KATHERINE HEPBURN
I was told to send it to girls only but... All the boys I know, know some girls they might want to send it to... The funny part... I didn't even have to change the subject line; I'm the same star as my source. No wonder I took to her like duck to water the moment I met her :) From: M. D. Here's some fun just for the girls...DON'T read ahead, please or it'll spoil the fun. Ladies Only ... Which Movie Star Are You? This is kind of fun! Ever wonder which movie star you are most like? Well, a team of researchers got together and analyzed the personalities of movie stars. The gathered info has been incorporated into this quiz. There are only 10 questions so it doesn't take long. Number your paper from 1 to 10, then answer each question with the choice that most describes you at this point in your life , and then add up the points that correspond with your answers. Send this to all of your friends (including person who sent it to you )with your star's name in the subject line. And don't ruin the fun by not responding.. Don' t look ahead or you will ruin the fun! 1. Which describes your perfect date? A) Candlelight dinner for two B) Amusement Park C) Roller blading in the park D) Rock Concert E) Have dinner see a movie F) Dinner at home with a loved one 2. What is your favorite type of music? A) Rock and Roll B) Alternative C) Soft Rock D) Classical E) Christian F) Jazz 3. What is your favorite type of movie? A) Comedy B) Horror C) Musical D) Romance E) Documentary F ) Mystery 4. Which of the following jobs would you choose if you were given only these choices? A) Waiter/Waitress B) Sports Player C) Teacher D) Policeman E) Bartender F) Business person 5. Which would you rather do if you had an hour to waste? A) Work out B) Make out C) Watch TV D) Listen to the radio E) Sleep F) Read 6. Of the following colors, which do you like best? A) Yellow B) White C) Sky blue D) Teal E) Gold F) Red 7. Which one of the following would you like to eat right now? A) Ice cream B) Pizza C ) Sushi D) Pasta E) Salad F) Lobster Tail 8. Which is your favorite holiday? A) Halloween B) Christmas C) New Year's D) Valentine's Day E) Thanksgiving F) Fourth of July 9 If you could go to any of the following places, which would it be? A) Reno B) Spain C) Las Vegas D) Hawaii E) Hollywood F) British Columbia 10. Of the following, who would you rather spend time with? A) Someone who is smart B) Someone with good looks C) Someone who is a party animal D) Someone who has fun all the time E) Someone who is very emotional F) Someone who is fun to be with Now total up your points on each question: 1 a-4; b-2; c-5; d-1; e-3; f-6 2. A-2; b-1; c-4; d-5; e-3; f-6 3. A-2; b-1; c-3; d-4; e-5; f-6 4. A-4; b-5; c-3; d-2; e-1; f-6 5. A-5; b-4; c-2; d-1; e-3; f-6 6. A-1; b-5; c-3; d-2; e-4; f-6 7. A-3; b-2; c-1; d-4; e-5; f-6 8.. A-1; b-3; c-2; d-4; e-5; f -6 9. A-4; b-5; c-1; d-4; e-3; f-6 10. A-5; b-2; c-1; d-3; e-4; f-6 NOW . Take your total and find out which Movie Star you are: (10-17 points) You are MADONNA: You are wild and crazy and you know it. You know how to have fun, but you may take it to extremes. You know what you are doing though, and are much in control of your own life . People don't always see things your way, but that doesn't mean that you should do away with your beliefs. Try to remember that your wild spirit can lead to hurting yourself and others. (18-26 points) You are DORIS DAY: You are fun, friendly, and popular! You are a real crowd pleaser. You have probably been out on the town your share of times, yet you come home with the values that your mother taught you. Marriage and children are very important to you, but only after you have fun. Don't let the people you please influence you to stray. (27-34 points) You are DEBBIE REYNOLDS : You are cute, and everyone loves you. You are a best friend that no one takes the chance of losing. You never hurt feelings and seldom have your own feelings hurt. Life is a breeze. You are witty, and calm most of the time. Just keep clear of back stabbers, and you are worry-free. (35-42 points) You are GRACE KELLY: You are a lover. Romance, flowers, and wine are all you need to enjoy yourself. You are serious about all commitments and are a family person. You call your Mom every Sunday, and never forget a Birthday.. Don't let your passion for romance get confused with the real thing. (43-50 points) You are KATHERINE HEPBURN: You are smart, a real thinker. Every situation is approached with a plan. You are very healthy in mind and body. You don't take crap from anyone. You have only a couple of individuals that you consider 'real friends'. You teach strong family values. Keep your feet planted in them, but don't overlook a bad situation when it does happen. (51-60 points) You are ELIZABETH TAYLOR: Everyone is in awe of you.
