[lace] App for lace designers with Macs
I don't on a Mac, but I do own Knipling and Lace 2000/Lace R-XP. I've had a look at Jo's Bobbinwork. Have to say that I'm obviously among the less intelligent when to comes to computer programs. I get on fine with Lace 2000/Lace R-XP and have designed quite a few pieces with it, but, after a dozen or so attempts and many hours with Knipling, I'd just about managed to draw a straight line. So that's gathering dust in a cupboard. I have no idea what Jo's Bobbinwork is supposed to do. I'm probably being thick, but there doesn't appear to be any instructions/help file on what to do with it. I've managed to get a couple of grounds in the window from the sample files, but what I'm supposed to do with them after that, I don't know. There doesn't seem to be a simple way of drawing fans, marking rose ground, tallies, spiders, etc as there is with Lace 2000/R-XP, so I suspect it's intended for something more advanced than I'm interested in. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Suffolk Bobbins
I am ashamed to say that I have forgotten an Arachne person who has been so good to me about the bobbins found in Suffolk (Forgive me) I really want to know *when* they were found and I think the place was Ely (?). A guy called Geoff (?) Coulton wrote the find up many years ago in the English Lace Guild mag I do believe. To that person whom I have so rudely forgotten their name No... I am not publishing the pictures you so kindly gave me. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] App for lace designers with Macs
I do have a Mac and I also have Knipling (the Mac version) but like Jean I just don't get on with it and it's gathering dust on a shelf. From time to time I've looked at Jo's Bobbinwork, and had a dabble with EazyDraw but again I don't get on with them. Lace 2000/Lace R-XP has never been available for Mac. In the end I bit the bullet and bought Adobe Illustrator and I can do all I want with it including bending and stretching patterns drawn on conventional straight grids. It takes time to draw the basic pattern and I have several pre-drawn grids of dots to work with but the possibilities of what it can do are enormous. For three examples of what it can do see the patterns offered as the next free pattern on my website http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/pattern/lacepattern.htm Brenda On 30 Jan 2011, at 08:24, Jean Nathan wrote: I don't on a Mac, but I do own Knipling and Lace 2000/Lace R-XP. I've had a look at Jo's Bobbinwork. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] App for lace designers with Macs
I have had a look at eazydraw this weekend and I must admit it's really not for me. I have an old version of Illustrator which I shall stick with and as I am a student at present I shall take advantage of the Adobe 80% student discounts and get CS5 very soon. Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 30 Jan 2011, at 10:42, Brenda Paternoster wrote: I do have a Mac and I also have Knipling (the Mac version) but like Jean I just don't get on with it and it's gathering dust on a shelf. From time to time I've looked at Jo's Bobbinwork, and had a dabble with EazyDraw but again I don't get on with them. Lace 2000/Lace R-XP has never been available for Mac. In the end I bit the bullet and bought Adobe Illustrator and I can do all I want with it including bending and stretching patterns drawn on conventional straight grids. It takes time to draw the basic pattern and I have several pre-drawn grids of dots to work with but the possibilities of what it can do are enormous. For three examples of what it can do see the patterns offered as the next free pattern on my website http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/pattern/lacepattern.htm Brenda On 30 Jan 2011, at 08:24, Jean Nathan wrote: I don't on a Mac, but I do own Knipling and Lace 2000/Lace R-XP. I've had a look at Jo's Bobbinwork. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] App for lace designers with Macs
Apologies for not trimming my last post people. I just hit reply without thinking. Doh! Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace design program for Windows - mainly braid lace
Hello, last week I thought about another attempt of getting a lace design program for my laptop. I am still working with Windows XP. I am teaching once a week at a local school 8 afternoons. Occationally I would like to draw up easy braid patterns for the group. But since I am always short of time, I am thinking of drawing some motifs just to print out, whenever needed. Is this possible using the actural version of Lace 2000 or newer? Or is this program rather suitable for torchon lace patterns. I would also like to include some colourcode diagrams in my notes for the students. Is that possible in this program. And where can I get it? Best regards, Martina On 30 Jan 2011 at 8:24, Jean Nathan wrote: I don't on a Mac, but I do own Knipling and Lace 2000/Lace R-XP. I've had a look at Jo's Bobbinwork. Have to say that I'm obviously among the less intelligent when to comes to computer programs. I get on fine with Lace 2000/Lace R-XP and have designed quite a few pieces with it, but, after a dozen or so attempts and many hours with Knipling, I'd just about managed to draw a straight line. So that's gathering dust in a cupboard. I have no idea what Jo's Bobbinwork is supposed to do. I'm probably being thick, but there doesn't appear to be any instructions/help file on what to do with it. I've managed to get a couple of grounds in the window from the sample files, but what I'm supposed to do with them after that, I don't know. There doesn't seem to be a simple way of drawing fans, marking rose ground, tallies, spiders, etc as there is with Lace 2000/R-XP, so I suspect it's intended for something more advanced than I'm interested in. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
RE: [lace] App for lace designers with Macs
I have no idea what Jo's Bobbinwork is supposed to do. I'm probably being thick, but there doesn't appear to be any instructions/help file on what to do with it. Under the links on the right of http://code.google.com/p/bobbinwork/ you will find links to user guides. I've managed to get a couple of grounds in the window from the sample files, but what I'm supposed to do with them after that, I don't know. You can make variants, such as reduce a vierge (or however that is claaed in English) to a roseground or whatever is in between. You can change the colors of threads to see how the threads run through the ground and plan some Dick durch dunn variation (http://tinyurl.com/4b935xg). A twist more or less can have a big influence. The how to is available in Dutch: http://tinyurl.com/6ezazgu A tinied automated translation: http://tinyurl.com/4jtvhpj If the slightly more computer literate contribute by adding an English translation or their own way of explaining, or even add more how to pages to the wiki, I might (don't hold your breath) get encouraged to resume development some day. There doesn't seem to be a simple way of drawing fans, marking rose ground, tallies, spiders, etc as there is with Lace 2000/R-XP, so I suspect it's intended for something more advanced than I'm interested in. These functions are not yet implemented. Please stop suspecting and start reading: compare the what and in practice on the home page http://code.google.com/p/bobbinwork/ following the link to the issues might be a bit too technical for you but that could also shed some light on my not yet implemented intentions. Except solving technical puzzles I desperately need gui designers to help thinking. So Achim, a chance to turn your general critisism into something practical and reply to isssue 33 ;-) Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace design program for Windows - mainly braid lace
Years ago, on our old machine (Windows 3.1 to start with, upgraded to 95!) I used version 2 of FastCAD, which I got on with very well. Time passed and first we bought a non HP printer, then the hard drive failed, and of course, by then it was obsolete and the version of FastCAD I was using wouldn't print with the new printer (a Xerox Phaser) anyway. After looking around at what was available as shareware (we couldn't afford the £400 to upgrade FastCAD at the time) I downloaded DoubleCAD - very similar to Turbocad. Yes, I'd got a program which with constant reference to the manual I could get a pattern out of, but it put me off sitting at the computer for hours trying to get something done. Last year, I gave up and bought Lace R-XP (my machine now runs Windows XP Pro) - we had downloaded the trial version some time before. What I have found is that the commands in Lace R-XP are very similar to FastCAD - so some things I can guess without needing to look up how to do. There is a feature for saving motifs - which means that yes, you would be able to print out just the motifs. You can use colours when you draw the pattern, then adjust the size and tell it whether you want to print in colour or black white in the print sequence. There is a full range of grid angles, - I use mine mostly for Torchon and Bucks (but I don't stick to 60 deg!). I Googled for Lace R-XP, which brought up IlSoft's website and details as to how to order online - the CD arrived in the post a few days later. Looking at mine now, it is compatible for Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and Vista. I must admit from playing with the trial version (which you can't print or save from) I had at first dismissed it as not giving me the range of options I could get from a CAD program, but having bought the full version I am quite happy with it. (Other than using their product to design on my computer again, I have no association with this company). In message 4d4561d3.20325.d01...@martina.dewille.web.de, martina.dewi...@web.de writes I am still working with Windows XP. But since I am always short of time, I am thinking of drawing some motifs just to print out, whenever needed. Is this possible using the actural version of Lace 2000 or newer? Or is this program rather suitable for torchon lace patterns. I would also like to include some colourcode diagrams in my notes for the students. Is that possible in this program. And where can I get it? -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Travel Posters on LaceNews
Just put up a piece on collecting lace-related travel posters on LaceNews. Note, there's a little mature content here. Enjoy. Laurie http://lacenews.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Lace design program for Windows
I have being following this thread and I would like to add my two cents. I am a PC Windows XP user and I had designed with both Corel Draw and Illustrator, until I discovered the specific lace programs: first Lace Designer 3.1, and the update to Lace Designer Gold later Lace 2000,the last one of Il-Soft RXP, and Knipling from Petra Pönisch. I currently work with RXP or Knipling, depending of the drawing I have to do. I feel comfortable drawing geometrical patterns with RXP, because of the user friendly tool of layers and the possibility of printing according wit predetermined threads, but I do not like the polar grid solution that it brings. Knipling, although I have to admit that it is a more complex program, it is better solved, mathematically speaking, and this is something very important when working with curves and polar grids. Round grids, circles and ovals, the possibility to do equidistant ribbons, distort elements and other very interesting tools give me a lot of possibilities and surpass my expectation. Really, every program it is sure that will find the appropriate user and vice versa. 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] App for lace designers with Macs
Brenda wrote : Lace 2000/Lace R-XP has never been available for Mac. My SonIL spent a day working on my MacBook Pro to make Lace RXP work on it. He made it work using X 11 Application and WineHelper. I am not computer guru and have no idea how it works, but I do know I have to use the fn key with the delete key to get rid of my mistakes. I had a glitch once when I exited in the wrong order but Mac has a built in Time Machine which made it easy for him, in Seattle, to restore it to working order. Thanks for geekie kids. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] App for lace designers with Macs
I daresay it would work with BootCamp too, but I've gone down the Adobe Illustrator route now and I'm happy with it. Brenda On 30 Jan 2011, at 17:30, Janice Blair wrote: My SonIL spent a day working on my MacBook Pro to make Lace RXP work on it. He made it work using X 11 Application and WineHelper. I am not computer guru and have no idea how it works, but I do know I have to use the fn key with the delete key to get rid of my mistakes. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace X-RP motifs CD
I've just noticed that Lace X-RP now has a CD available of motifs for Torchon and Bucks Point, advertised at £9.99, but works out a bit more at £14.19 with £3.50 p p added because of the increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20%. And yes, I have just ordered it - anything to spend less time on the computer. Can't take it with me after all! Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
RE: [lace] App for lace designers with Macs
Yes, Brenda, you're right.Lace RXP does work with BootCamp.Not being a Mac user, I don't know the other programmes mentioned by Janice, but I do know that, provided you have the right programmes on your Mac operating system, it is possible to use Lace RXP and indeed, other Windows-based programmes, on a Mac. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Brenda Paternoster Sent: Monday, 31 January 2011 5:26 AM To: Janice Blair Cc: lace Subject: Re: [lace] App for lace designers with Macs I daresay it would work with BootCamp too, but I've gone down the Adobe Illustrator route now and I'm happy with it. Brenda On 30 Jan 2011, at 17:30, Janice Blair wrote: My SonIL spent a day working on my MacBook Pro to make Lace RXP work on it. He made it work using X 11 Application and WineHelper. I am not computer guru and have no idea how it works, but I do know I have to use the fn key with the delete key to get rid of my mistakes. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace-chat] Parking Ticket
Love it, Mike being a typical retired NIMBY , and I half-way there, it shows how not to grow old gracefully! Btw: for those outsied UK, a NIMBY is a Not-In-My-Back-Yard person. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day, Judy, my wife and I To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
[lace-chat] sending messages
Hope someone more computer literate than me, can help. I have a mailing list for friends and family, but when I send an email to this list, all the names and email addresses appear on. e.g. When I get a message from Archne, I can not see the email addresses of others on the list, but when I do the same to my contacts, you do. From a security point not very good. Is there any setting o stop this from happening? Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
Re: [lace-chat] sending messages
If you want to send any message to several people without all of their addresses showing use the 'BCC' box (blind carbon copy) rather than the 'CC' box (carbon copy). Your system may require you to put at least one address into the 'to' box, but that can be the list address. Brenda On 30 Jan 2011, at 17:33, Agnes Boddington wrote: have a mailing list for friends and family, but when I send an email to this list, all the names and email addresses appear on. e.g. When I get a message from Archne, I can not see the email addresses of others on the list, but when I do the same to my contacts, you do. From a security point not very good. Is there any setting o stop this from happening? Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
[lace-chat] sending messages
DH sends out messages to multiple friends and addresses them to himself in the To: box and everyone else he wants to receive it goes in the Bcc: box, so none of them know who else has received it. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
[lace-chat] sending to mailing list
Hello all, I had several responses to my question about sending emails to multiple addresses. All adviced me to use BCC for my list of addresses, and one person suggested to put my own email in the to box. Will try this next time. Many thanks for all your help, Agnes Boddington To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Very smart CSI question ..
So, I ask the husband and guess what, he got the answer right. I may be looking into my life insurance in a couple of minutes L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com --- On Sat, 29/1/11, jeanette jeane...@maxitec.co.za wrote: From: jeanette jeane...@maxitec.co.za Subject: [lace-chat] Very smart CSI question .. To: lace-chat@arachne.com Date: Saturday, 29 January, 2011, 19:21 It seems to be the season for silly e-mails. Fortunately I got the question wrong!! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know has been right. A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much, that she fell in love with him right there but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister. Question: What is her motive for killing her sister? [Give this some thought before you answer, see answer below] Answer: She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again. If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American Psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly. If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for you. If you got the answer correct, please let me know so I can take you off my email list. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Very smart CSI question ..
I don't think I'll bother asking ... afraid he may get the answer right. Agnes Boddington So, I ask the husband and guess what, he got the answer right. I may be looking into my life insurance in a couple of minutes L Kind Regards Liz Baker It seems to be the season for silly e-mails. Fortunately I got the question wrong!! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Very smart CSI question ..
He has now said why didn't I get the answer right (like I'm going to admit that). Hubby has explained his thinking that if the guy was there he must be a friend of the woman's mother hence her killing her sister so he'd turn up again. When I said this must make him a psychopath he was quite unphased by it and is, I think , actually proud of the fact Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com --- On Sun, 30/1/11, Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk wrote: From: Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Very smart CSI question .. To: lace-chat@arachne.com Date: Sunday, 30 January, 2011, 22:20 I don't think I'll bother asking ... afraid he may get the answer right. Agnes Boddington So, I ask the husband and guess what, he got the answer right. I may be looking into my life insurance in a couple of minutes L To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Very smart CSI question ..
I did not get the correct answer either (and after reading through, was relieved!!). I posed the question to my DH, and he had absolutely no idea about an answer. So, I'm sleeping soundly tonight, as usual. On the other hand, I suspect with all of the CSI episodes out there, if your DH likes to watch them, *that* could explain his answer. If so, you can sleep soundly too!! Clay On 1/30/2011 5:23 PM, The Lace Bee wrote: He has now said why didn't I get the answer right (like I'm going to admit that). Hubby has explained his thinking that if the guy was there he must be a friend of the woman's mother hence her killing her sister so he'd turn up again. When I said this must make him a psychopath he was quite unphased by it and is, I think , actually proud of the fact Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com --- On Sun, 30/1/11, Agnes Boddingtonag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk wrote: From: Agnes Boddingtonag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Very smart CSI question .. To: lace-chat@arachne.com Date: Sunday, 30 January, 2011, 22:20 I don't think I'll bother asking ... afraid he may get the answer right. Agnes Boddington So, I ask the husband and guess what, he got the answer right. I may be looking into my life insurance in a couple of minutes L To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
