Re: [lace] How I wash lace
My good lacemaking friends, As most of you know, I am roadkill on the information superhighway, and my postings on Arachne bear this out. When I post to this list, I use paragraphs, spaces, and everything else to make for comfortable reading. However, when it comes to the List, it all runs together. Case in point, look below! I belong to another list and my postings appear in the format that I write them in. Is there help for me? Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA On 09/13/11, Clive Betty Ricedol...@verizon.net wrote:If a piece of lace i have finished requires washing, I put the piece of lace in a glass jar with my washing solution and distilled water. Shake the jar a bit. Rinse the same way, changing the distilled water several times until it is clear as can be. I have a round glass gallon jug - the type we had before plastic came on the scene. I take the lace out of the water and just let it relax on a linen tea towel. It will still be very wet as I wrap it aroung the clean jug, finger pressing it as I go. A long length can be spiraled around the jug without ill effects. Lay the jug on its side on the linen tea towel until the lace dries. My jug is quite heavy so will stay where I put it. Works like a charm. I had several bookmarks (all white) that had been in the drawer long enough to look limp and sorry. I washed them and they all fit on the jug at the same time. There were 6 or 8 if I recall. Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Willow pattern plate
Jean, Your plate is really lovely. The dark blue gimp really brings it to life. Congratulations of a beautiful piece of lace. I remember back in the early 1980s when I was going to lace classes with Alex Stilwell in Essex, she made a Willow Pattern plate piece that was oval, is this the same pattern or another design? Regards Jenny DeAngelis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] to wash or not to wash?
I have put hand made bobbin lace on some dresses and blouses that go in the washing machine, and washed them many times without any problems. All of this lace is torchon or tape lace, made in a fairly thick cotton. Some is Filatu di Cantu, which washes extremely well. The lace needs to be eased into shape a bit when it is damp, but is otherwise fine. I do not machine wash Bucks or other point laces. These are stitched / tacked on to garments, so that they can be removed before laundering. In all cases where I have washed garments without a problem, the lace was cotton or silk (personally I don't much like linen). I once made a motif from a Lace Express magazine, in synthetic threads (machine threads, may have been Sulky, but I'm not sure now). I stitched this to a t-shirt and put it through the regular wash, then tried to stretch it back to shape as I would with cotton or silk. Almost all the connections snapped! So I will not be working in synthetic machine threads again! The colours were perfect for what I wanted, but the t-shirt is now a disaster! Sue Babbs (Still in the UK, but flying back to Chicago tomorrow) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] washing lace
Having read the current thread about washing and pressing lace, I got motivated again, to repress the two hankies I recently completed. I had steam pressed them after I finished sewing but photos showed up new hankies looking like old hankies, with creases etc. So I just bought a new iron, checked it out and then wet the cotton and repressed them and they look much better. It is always good to read and then re read things said on these subjects from time to time as it reminds folk like me. So please dont think we have all heard them too many times before. grin. thanks folks, they look much better. Sue T Dorset UK It is not common practice to wash lace until it is necessary. If the item is only a few inches across it can be placed on a sheet of polstyrene and pinned to it through all the pinholes around the edge - like blocking out. (Check that your pins are not affected by the washing agent by leaving some pins in it for a few days). Place face down into the water containing a suitable cleaning agent and left to soak, you can even boil it if the lace is cotton or linen. Polystyrene is not affected by boiling water. When clean rinse under a tap or use de-ionised water. Finally prop up the polystyrene so that the water drains off and allow to dry. When the pins are removed the lace should look like new. Best wishes Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] blue willow misc
Hello All! Congratulations to Celia--I'd love to see some WIP (work in progress) lace with the adopted bobbins! Jean, nice job on the blue willow. Have you considered adapting this design to make a fan? You've made some lovely ones already the blue willow would make a nice addition to your collection. I survived last Saturday's Tonder workshop without breaking the thread--my first goal. Since I didn't have the specified threads, I substituted Madeira 80 Cotona then purchased some silk for a second effort. I fell in love with Valdani au ver a soie over-dyed perle for the gimp. Has anyone used this stuff? It sure is dreamy to look at I've paired it with YLI 100. So many threads ideas to test drive! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Support group
As you all know, I am not shy, and write frequently in this forum. My most recent post was about the hope that authors could use modern technology to continue to print books after the initial runs were finished, so that valuable texts would, in essence, never be out of print. This was prompted by a friendâs search for out of print books she wanted/needed for a class. She is a Lurker on Arachne, has never posted, to my recollection, in the 3 years, (has is been that long, or only that long, depending on viewpoint) I have been a member. To my great surprise and pleasure, there has been a swell of emails trying to help her find these books, asking what they are, pointing out caches of books not in the forefront, where they might be purchased, or borrowed. It just shows what we are made of. What we are. A group of caring friends, ready to reach out and help or just touch someone, as needed. It is an honor to belong to such a group. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where we are now having seasonal weather. Sunshine. Cool mornings, warm afternoons. Good for sitting on or under the deck and making lace. The record flooding is over, except for the debris on the playground in the park behind the house, which was a swift, deep river last week. No one has played in the playground since the flood, itâs too dirty, and may have unsavory things lurking there. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] books on demand
Dear Lacemakers I have been discussing with Alex Stillwell the possibility of re-printing my book Needlelace Designs Techniques - Classic and Comtemporary as I have received numerous emails during the last twelve months or so, asking if I can help locating a copy. Unfortunately I can't but have bought the odd second-hand copy when I've seen it at a reasonable price and have passed it on. One generous supplier at a lace day recently sold me a copy at a little less than the original price, saying that they couldn't possibly sell me a copy of my own book at the asking price. I won't disclose their name, but they know who they are! Amazon are asking ridiculous prices! Alex tells me that Books on Demand here in the UK only print black white but as my book does have some colour plates, I am wondering whether it would be worth all the time and effort involved, as I wrote this book before the days of Windows and digital photography? All the information is on the old type 'floppies' and colour reproductiion is from transparancies, so one can begin to imagine the time and effort that this would involve, and I have no wish to go down that road if nobody wants to buy a copy because there is no colour! The majority of the illustrations are B W and a few are white lace, but with just a coloured background. If I were able to get copies printed in B W do you think anyone be interested in purchasing a copy? I'd really appreciate your views on the matter. Many thanks Catherine Barley 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] books on demand
Hi Cathy I would be happy to buy a copy in black and white rather not have a copy at all, especially as I have just taken up needlelace again after a very,very long break. Corinne In Sunny Sussex On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Catherine Barley catherinebar...@btinternet.com wrote: Dear Lacemakers I have been discussing with Alex Stillwell the possibility of re-printing my book Needlelace Designs Techniques - Classic and Comtemporary as I have received numerous emails during the last twelve months or so, asking if I can help locating a copy. Unfortunately I can't but have bought the odd second-hand copy when I've seen it at a reasonable price and have passed it on. One generous supplier at a lace day recently sold me a copy at a little less than the original price, saying that they couldn't possibly sell me a copy of my own book at the asking price. I won't disclose their name, but they know who they are! Amazon are asking ridiculous prices! Alex tells me that Books on Demand here in the UK only print black white but as my book does have some colour plates, I am wondering whether it would be worth all the time and effort involved, as I wrote this book before the days of Windows and digital photography? All the information is on the old type 'floppies' and colour reproductiion is from transparancies, so one can begin to imagine the time and effort that this would involve, and I have no wish to go down that road if nobody wants to buy a copy because there is no colour! The majority of the illustrations are B W and a few are white lace, but with just a coloured background. If I were able to get copies printed in B W do you think anyone be interested in purchasing a copy? I'd really appreciate your views on the matter. Many thanks Catherine Barley 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. Photo site: 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] books on demand
I was one of those lucky enough to obtain a copy at a reasonable price recently because we were using it for a section in my Diploma in Lace Studies at the University of Malta. It is a beautiful book (I knew because I had seen it before) and I think I would have been grateful for a copy even in black and white. I can imagine, though, that a short wait will soon see these books on demand being reproduced in colour too as that is the way technology is moving along. Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Catherine Barley Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:10 PM To: lace Subject: [lace] books on demand Dear Lacemakers I have been discussing with Alex Stillwell the possibility of re-printing my book Needlelace Designs Techniques - Classic and Comtemporary as I have received numerous emails during the last twelve months or so, asking if I can help locating a copy. Unfortunately I can't but have bought the odd second-hand copy when I've seen it at a reasonable price and have passed it on. One generous supplier at a lace day recently sold me a copy at a little less than the original price, saying that they couldn't possibly sell me a copy of my own book at the asking price. I won't disclose their name, but they know who they are! Amazon are asking ridiculous prices! Alex tells me that Books on Demand here in the UK only print black white but as my book does have some colour plates, I am wondering whether it would be worth all the time and effort involved, as I wrote this book before the days of Windows and digital photography? All the information is on the old type 'floppies' and colour reproductiion is from transparancies, so one can begin to imagine the time and effort that this would involve, and I have no wish to go down that road if nobody wants to buy a copy because there is no colour! The majority of the illustrations are B W and a few are white lace, but with just a coloured background. If I were able to get copies printed in B W do you think anyone be interested in purchasing a copy? I'd really appreciate your views on the matter. Many thanks Catherine Barley 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. Photo site: 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] books on demand
Hello Catherine and everyone I think it would be timely to make your book available again either as BoD or eBook, pdf. For the latter you could go with colour. The information on the floppies should be stored to current media storage (e.g. a memory stick) if possible. Maybe you've done that already. There are ways to convert the transparencies to jpg now, too. On 9/13/11, Catherine Barley catherinebar...@btinternet.com wrote: I have been discussing with Alex Stillwell the possibility of re-printing my book Needlelace Designs Techniques - Classic and Comtemporary... Alex tells me that Books on Demand here in the UK only print black white but -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] E`book
Hello Catherine I think an e`book is a brilliant idea as you can send the book anywhere in the world without extra cost. There is also another good reason for having e`books, that is you don`t have boxes of books waiting to sell. I do have a copy of your book bought when I did the City and Guilds. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Books on demand
There is one possible way round the problem of books which were produced before the advent of windows and digital photography, i.e. on a typewriter and with diagrams cut out and glued on to a page - yes we did used to have to that! If the publisher has released the copyright back to the author, the author could photocopy the book, keep those as a master copy and then produce more photocopies from those to comb bind and sell at a bit more than cost. Comb binders aren't expensive, and modern scanner/printers are relatively cheap. Not practical for a lot of copies, but could work if a few were asked for. Not a nice hardback copy, but probably better than nothing and more tactile than a cold CDROM. Having said that Jane Atkinson made a CDROM copy of her book 'Pattern Design for Torchon Lace'. The copyright page would need to be updated to show that it was the author who had legally produced the copy. I'm sure there are other ways of getting out-of-print books available - many which are out of copyright are already available on various archive sites. 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] books on demand black and white.
First let me say, I know nothing about needle lace. The transition from old-style printing to new-style printing could get a bit confusing. Your particular issue is color. If your color is just to make the pictures of the work prettier, I'm sure no one would care. If, however, your color has to do with the actual making of the lace, such as the color coding on lace diagrams, so that one color means one type of stitch, and another color means another, that's a different matter entirely, and would require some extra thought. I do not know how books go to the printer nowadays, my last experience in a publishing house was in 1968, when there were galley proofs, rolls of paper. I know so much has changed. It does seem to me possible that in the digital age, a digital picture of a page might be all that is necessary, if color is required. Insert that picture in where the page should be. I'm sure that with the international ingenuity which exists today, there's gotta be a wa y. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where the weather is perfect. -Original Message- From: Catherine Barley catherinebar...@btinternet.com Sent: Sep 13, 2011 10:09 AM To: lace lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] books on demand Dear Lacemakers I have been discussing with Alex Stillwell the possibility of re-printing my book Needlelace Designs Techniques - Classic and Comtemporary as I have received numerous emails during the last twelve months or so, asking if I can help locating a copy. Unfortunately I can't but have bought the odd second-hand copy when I've seen it at a reasonable price and have passed it on. One generous supplier at a lace day recently sold me a copy at a little less than the original price, saying that they couldn't possibly sell me a copy of my own book at the asking price. I won't disclose their name, but they know who they are! Amazon are asking ridiculous prices! Alex tells me that Books on Demand here in the UK only print black white but as my book does have some colour plates, I am wondering whether it would be worth all the time and effort involved, as I wrote this book before the days of Windows and digital photography? All the information is on the old type 'floppies' and colour reproductiion is from transparancies, so one can begin to imagine the time and effort that this would involve, and I have no wish to go down that road if nobody wants to buy a copy because there is no colour! The majority of the illustrations are B W and a few are white lace, but with just a coloured background. If I were able to get copies printed in B W do you think anyone be interested in purchasing a copy? I'd really appreciate your views on the matter. Many thanks Catherine Barley 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. Photo site: 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] blue willow and misc
Susan wrote: Jean, nice job on the blue willow. Have you considered adapting this design to make a fan? You've made some lovely ones already the blue willow would make a nice addition to your collection. Absolutely not! I hate it with a passion. It took a very long time, Partly because I couldn't make lace easily for a few months so it took a very long time, partly because I can see every place where I could have done better and partly because I've decided I'm right off piece lace - continuous lace from now on. I've just ordered the thread for the Peacock fan by Jane Lewis, but will try an resize another fan to fit the threads I have so I can get started on something before they arrive - or maybe I'll do the 'Fire Dance' acrylic fairy I bought some time ago, or .. So much to make and definitely not enough years left to do it all. Sigh. 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] books on demand
Saving info from floppy to a current form of storage is very necessary if the data is important, but a memory stick isn't the most reliable way - a hard drive or CD/DVD is better, and/or upload to a remote server somewhere. Brenda On 13 Sep 2011, at 17:12, bev walker wrote: I think it would be timely to make your book available again either as BoD or eBook, pdf. For the latter you could go with colour. The information on the floppies should be stored to current media storage (e.g. a memory stick) if possible. Maybe you've done that already. 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] books on demand
I hope I'm not just repeating what others have said. I feel that books are a precious resource and need to be protected. Paper books are great but expensive to produce and keep in stock. Ebooks in whatever form are excellent as well. May I suggest that authors keep a master print copy of their books from which they can photocopy extra copies as requested. The buyer should pay for the photocopying and binding (say spiral type) and of course mailing costs. Most copy places can do this with a minimum of fuss. You should also store your original copies as electronic files such as pdfs and I agree with Brenda store it on a number of computers or servers (floppies, CD's and USB all have their problems). During the 94 Sydney bushfires, the fire came to within a kilometer of my home and my Masters thesis was almost complete. I stored copies not only on my computer at home and the university server (which was also in the path of the fire) but on a server in the UK by sending am email to myself at that address (it pays to be a member of the IOP). And other copies sent as email attachments to children and friends. I think I had about 5 back up copies. With cloud computing making its mark soon you will be able to store your books on your cloud site which should be protected from tsunami, earthquake, flood and fires. Anna in a sunny Sydney On 14/09/11 8:00 AM, Brenda Paternoster wrote: Saving info from floppy to a current form of storage is very necessary if the data is important, but a memory stick isn't the most reliable way - a hard drive or CD/DVD is better, and/or upload to a remote server somewhere. Brenda On 13 Sep 2011, at 17:12, bev walker wrote: I think it would be timely to make your book available again either as BoD or eBook, pdf. For the latter you could go with colour. The information on the floppies should be stored to current media storage (e.g. a memory stick) if possible. Maybe you've done that already. 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. Photo site: 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] books on demand/backing up files
Hi everyone I'd like to move the topic forward, to talk about backing up g It is a good idea to have several places and means of storage for important files (any file is important if you don't want to lose it!). I have just increased the external drive for the weekly computer back up to 500 GB. Shocking to me when my first memory stick held a 'massive' 1 MB. I haven't used optical media (CD/DVD) for file back up in ages but it is the very least one can use. USB/Flash (memory sticks) hold more, it is faster to transfer and as a unit tidier than fussing with disks. From time to time I check the data I still have on disks to make sure it is still 'there' but eventually it will be moved to another location. Uploading large files isn't practical for those on dialup (there are still a few of us with coal-fired internet!) but I have been able to use online storage sometimes, and it has sure come in handy. Lace content: With pictures on a 'stick', I can take my netbook to a lace meeting for lace show and tell :) The upshot is, free advice to anyone not yet in the habit of backing up files, now would be a good time to start. Be prepared for storage technology to change yet again - as it does. On 9/13/11, Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com wrote: Saving info from floppy to a current form of storage is very necessary if the data is important, but a memory stick isn't the most reliable way - a hard drive or CD/DVD is better, and/or upload to a remote server somewhere. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
