[lace] Re: Vermeer's Lacemaker on Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Dear Arachnes, I managed to get into Cambridge this weekend, and visited the Vermeer exhibition. I'm not a great visitor of Art museums, but I thought this was fantastic, the Dutch masters were certainly masters. Reproductions don't give you any sense of the quality and finish on these paintings - some of which I thought at first were glazed, and ter Borch's silks really glisten. It's subtitled Secrets Silence, and centres on women at home doing simple domestic tasks. I brought away a real sense of serenity. Obviously The Lacemaker was one picture I had to see and it is fascinating with its narrow focus on the girl absorbed at her pillow pulling you in. Most of the other pictures have a wider view of women in an interior setting. And it is more 'abstract' than a lot of the others, which strive for an almost photographic realism. It is not the only lace pillow on display, Nicolas Maes' Young Woman Sewing is also here, having set her 'frivolous lace pillow' aside to concentrate on more virtuous plain sewing (the curator's description). Lots of discarded shoes in the pictures, which the curators firmly interpret as being icons of the women's realm being domestic, rather than anything naughty, even in the two Steen's of Women Undressing. Anyway, don't take my poor review as the last word, go and see for yourself if you can. I'll be going back again. Louise In cloudy Cambridge, please send us some rain soon! - 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] Bobbins
Years ago I went away taking my lace with me. I then realised I was short of about 10 bobbin. My husband thought of using the Dolly pegs which were under the sink where we were staying. They of course already have a head to hitch your thread to. Worked a treat. Vivienne - 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] Re: the lacemaker exhibition
I managed to get to see this last week and it was a stunning display. The real painting was so much better than in any reproduction I have seen. It is a jewel, the colours are so rich. I would never do this as a cross stitch or tapestry now as they would dull the colours. I bought the book with the exhibition catalogue and look do,yard to a long slow peruse of it. I was so disappointed not to get into the talk on that lunchtime, there were 70 seats and the queue was 200 long at least Lynne Baldock UK Where its still sunny and dry and the best autumn for years. Sent from my HTC - 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] Re: Ring Sizer
The original picture referred to, was symmetrical cylinder embellished with carved relief and a finial, on the end we could see. It showed at least half of it, which wasn't tapered like a ring sizer would be. I just don't see the logic of why a ring sizer would be placed in with needlework (far removed would be wpi-wraps per inch tool, but they too are straight cylinders marked with how many wpi). I am certain that a styptic pencil or powder is correct, as they used to be the de riguer for needlework and especially men's shaving so confiscated for needlework use. The only other would be for fine tools, including netting tools, and this item could be long enough to host them. I can see finer bone hooks needing protection (head especially), stilettos that can damage hands, children and the work itself, etc. Most old kits show fine tools for finest work, and don't have today's thicker and ergonomic handles, etc. Perhaps we could assume that the tool's use varied upon the decision of the owner and could also serve as a roll for very fine lace edging, even while hosting other tools. Many things were made for more than one use, and I am known to to find odd items at hardware stores, to girls junk jewelry stores, to fulfill my needlework needs in unusual ways, as I am sure we all do. Best, Susan Reishus (Must we send entire digests back to the list? It creates a false sense of dejavu and even causes concern for alzheimers...) :) - 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] Alternative bobbins
This discussion reminded me of a man who used to demo lacemaking at the State Fair. He made a set of bobbins from pencils.. round ones, cut to five inches, and with a thread area cut out. He wanted to show that expensive equipment was not necessary. I also remember the local lacemaker, years ago, who carved her bobbins from driftwood at the beach. Alice in Oregon .. where we're supposed to have our first rain-free day this month. - 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] Demonstration idea and spread the word
Two things. First, I have come up with an idea for demonstrating. It may be personal only to me, but it may be useful for someone else to build on. When we were in Sweden, 2004, I chanced upon Vadstena, sort of between Stockholm and Goteborg. Two stationary lace supplies stores. One store is the national association store, and they sell prickings. I mean, how cool is that. (they are also online) One of the things they sell is prickings suitable for church use. So I bought one. At the time, it looked difficult, now, 7 years later, it doesnât look that bad. Heck, Iâm now learning Binche, so a 6 foot or so edging in 40/2 linen, with Torchon ground is not going to be insurmountable. Just need to take measurements of the altar. This is an Episcopal church, and that always means coffee hour. Making the lace that goes on the altar during coffee hour on Sundays should certainly go a long ways toward at least raising the consciousness of the church concerning lace making. Who knows, it may result in a place for lacemaking meetings! You have to remember, you non-Americans, that most people do not know what bobbin lace is, they have never seen it done, and they usually donât know anyone who does it. They have no grandmother or great aunt who did it. Most have never even seen, consciously, hand made lace of any sort in person. Recruiting from that lot is a long row to hoe. The lady in England who had seen lace demonstrated several times before she gathered the admirable courage to have a go is not a common circumstance in the US. Second, On those few times I have demonstrated, I have handed out a half sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper with lists of the local IOLI chartered groups, IOLI url, a few suppliersâ websites, a beginner book I like. I direct them to the next step. It thus behooves ALL chapters to have a website, if at all humanly possible, as that is the most likely way to make contact, AND to keep the website current. Knowing what was going on 2 years ago does not inspire confidence in the existence of a lively, vibrant group. I believe it is much easier to email to a link with a question, than to make a phone call. And the more information you put on the website about the availability of meetings, lessons, demonstrations, along with pictures of membersâ completed works, the more likely you are to attract new people. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where I can finally air out my sleeping bag and the good down comforter that kept me so warm in my tent in Ithaca, New York last weekend, where one morning it was 34F, 1C. But I had much more money for books. - 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] internet follow-up for beginners?/was lace fish
The need for follow-up is very critical. We were having some brainstorming in Ithaca. One suggestion made was that teachers could skype with their students. The person who suggested this was thinking about the problems that physical distance pose especially in America where it is quite likely that there is not a teacher for some distance. This person suggested that skype classes would remove the need for teacher and student to travel to be in the same room. Also, video conferencing was mentioned. I think there may still be an issue in terms of trying to find a time when all potential class members are simultaneously available, assuming it is not one on one, which it could be. However, there might also be some potential for a class format where a recorded lesson can be downloaded by the students and later they can receive feedback on their work. Or possibly they could conference briefly with the teacher and other students. Meanwhile, I think that we should all have a good look at the Ning site called Needle Lace Talk that was started by Lorelei Halley. This site has been evolving to fill the need for needle lace instruction. In response to students, a beginners tutorial was started. The beginners, who are from all over the world, follow a set pattern at their own pace and can have questions answered by others on the site, but especially by Liz Ligeti from Australia and Lorelei Halley. The Ning software is very good as it allows you to post pictures along with your questions. So the members of the site are able to post pictures of their work and receive critiques. It is possible to post so many pictures that the person offering advice can post diagrams and even post photos of samples showing each stage of a difficult maneuver. It is amazing how much can be done with this Ning software. I am a big fan of it. Even I can post pictures easily on it, as I often do of hugely blown up details on old lace for purposes of discussion. The Ning software was introduced as free, but as soon as we became addicted to it, they put a price on it of about $250 a year to maintain the site. Personally, I think it is well worth it. (Yes, I am being weaned onto the concept that one may have to accept a payment platform for valuable content on the internet. The New York Times has been working patiently with me to make me realize that :-)) A lot of people have learned needlelace on Needle Lace Talk largely due to it. In fact there are 360 people who have joined this site since it started about a year and a half ago. The site for Needle Lace Talk is _http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/_ (http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/) While I was at Ithaca, there were two ladies who had been taking the beginners class. Around the coffee urn on the final day they were expressing panic about the idea of returning home and trying to continue without any support. I found myself thinking that we need an internet genius bar to help people like them. In fact, if they were Needle Lacers there would be no problem helping them, because they could go to Needle Lace Talk. As always, an issue is who would be willing to man the genius bar, or maintain a Ning site. But, then on the other hand, there are people on this list who are traveling vast distances to demonstrate and teach, so if they are the same people who would enjoy answering questions on the internet, it could work. Devon In a message dated 10/16/2011 3:54:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lynrbai...@desupernet.net writes: Dear Chris, You bring up an important point. Especially for children, you need to have follow up. You can't get people inspired to do something, and then leave them high and dry. There is no lace 'group' here in Lancaster. While I am aware of people who make lace in the area, within, perhaps a half hour drive there may be as many as a dozen. But there is no organized group in the area for follow up. When I demonstrate for adults, I have a small half page of local lace groups within a 100 mile radius, as well as IOLI, internet suppliers, and a beginner's book I personally like for those who are going it alone. I drive at least 90 minutes to my lace group, and could not do that and then spend all day with a have-a-go pillow, nor am I presently equipped to travel that far for lace more than once a month. I have energy issues, and I ignore them at my peril. I'll have to figure out a solution. I am not up, as yet, to weekly teaching stints. I know how much energy that takes. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, toward the end of a beautiful day. -Original Message- From: Chris Brill-Packard cbpu...@yahoo.com Sent: Oct 16, 2011 1:29 PM To: Arachne Lace List email lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Lace fish - hands on Dear Lyn, I sent you a email with the details / tips for a successful hands on teaching of the fish. You asked
[lace] Re: Ring Sizer
I would interpret ring sizer in a needlework sense as a couronne stick for needlelace - ie used to ensure the couronnes (buttonholed rings) worked were the same size - though these do taper. What is coming into my mind where something with a carved finial each end is concerned, is a bell pull end - these have been given away with needlework magazines and included in cross stitch kits over the past few (20-odd!) years and of course bell pulls were used more in the 1800s so would be a suitable needlework project at the time. In message 1318856106.5460.yahoomail...@web34406.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com writes The original picture referred to, was symmetrical cylinder embellished with carved relief and a finial, on the end we could see. It showed at least half of it, which wasn't tapered like a ring sizer would be. I just don't see the logic of why a ring sizer would be placed in with needlework (far removed would be wpi-wraps per inch tool, but they too are straight cylinders marked with how many wpi). -- 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] internet follow-up for beginners?
To Devon and everyone Ning is fairly new technology, within the last ten years. It is social network software and yes, those who operate one have the ability to charge user fees. Forum and chatroom software work in conjunction with a domain name, which a person maintains as administrator - individuals subscribe freely (with some admin control if necessary to keep out spam) just as we do for the arachne e-mail list, but the platform is web-based. Pictures, pdf files and such can be posted within messages- a forum for a lace teacher and a group of students would be ideal for keeping in touch. The phpBB (for bulletin board) software is free, worth investigating. On 10/17/11, dmt11h...@aol.com dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Meanwhile, I think that we should all have a good look at the Ning site -- 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] Demonstration idea and spread the word
Having up to date details as to where to go from here is essential, but also is the permission of those whose details you are handing out. Sometimes teachers and groups don't have space for extra people, and you want to avoid the possibility that potential new lacemakers will be put off by the contacts leading to disappointment. Also remember that not everyone, even in this day and age, has a computer or easy access to the internet. I am sure that holds true in the US as it does here in the UK, but so many people take them for granted they don't stop to think that there are still those without! Also, there are times when for one reason or another the website is unavailable. For this reason, there should always be a variety of means quoted to make contact. If you don't know something exists, you are hardly likely to do a web search on the subject - particularly with a subject like lace which can bring up some quite inappropriate sites! Getting out and being seen is probably the best way to spread the word - and despite all the claims that bobbin lace isn't portable I have no problems using my travel pillow on the 4.5 hour train journeys I regularly make! In message DA50B3922072440CBAD1FE282B837851@Cecily, Lyn Bailey lynrbai...@desupernet.net writes Second, On those few times I have demonstrated, I have handed out a half sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper with lists of the local IOLI chartered groups, IOLI url, a few suppliers’ websites, a beginner book I like. I direct them to the next step. It thus behooves ALL chapters to have a website, I believe it is much snip... easier to email to a link with a question, than to make a phone call. -- 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Alternative bobbins
Hi all I agree that equipment costs are definitely a deterrent to potential lacemakers. It's difficult to invest $150 or so in a hobby that you may or may not like. Bobbins, of course, are the biggest expense for a beginner, and I understand the desire to mitigate the cost by creating cheaper, homemade alternatives. Being both creative and a serious cheapskate, I tried to do the same. However, and this is a big however, working with crappy equipment can be a real turn-off. When you have to 'fight' your tools, you can become discouraged easily. Beginners have enough to concentrate on without being frustrated by bobbins that don't handle properly. I know I was really resistant when my (brilliant) teacher recommended that I invest in decent bobbins. Once I did, I had zero regrets. The difference between working with good bobbins and crummy ones really is night and day. I don't mean to suggest that beginners should spend even $2 per bobbin, but I'd recommend that they buy or borrow real bobbins. Unexciting but effective unspangled plastic bobbins can be had for about $9.00 a dozen, and spangling wire + bulk beads are cheap. The cheapest continentals are about $1 each, and there's always eBay. I think even the least expensive commercial bobbins would be miles better than most homemade bobbins. Honestly, by the time you purchase materials and spend the time making your own, I don't even think you'd come out that much further ahead. Perhaps local groups could purchase inexpensive pillows bobbins and loan them to beginners for the price of a security deposit equal to the materials' costs. If the beginner is no longer interested, he or she can return the kit to the club and receive the security deposit back. If he or she disappears with the kit or wants to 'purchase' it, the club keeps the security deposit and invests it in a new kit. If nothing else, please encourage your beginners to spend a few hours working with real bobbins on a good pillow. Decent quality equipment goes a long way toward making the practice enjoyable. Cheers, Gina Industry, Pennsylvania, 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] bringing in new lacers- Netting the Small Fry
I have been following the discussion about the future of lace and the importance of bringing in new membership. I know that here in the states I am usually the youngest person in a class, and I just had my 40th birthday a few weeks back. I see it both locally and on the national level; we are not attracting a lot of new membership. I have been concerned about this and will be facilitating a forum at the 2012 I.O.L.I. convention called Netting the Small Fry. The motivation for this forum is to bring people together and open a discussion about finding, encouraging and supporting new lace makers. It is geared toward bringing in children as well as young adults. I am currently assembling a panel of people who will present ideas. All attendees are encouraged to bring in whatever ideas and/or patterns they have found useful in working with children, demonstrating and intriguing young adults. If you are unable to attend, please consider this an invitation to send something directly to me and I will bring it along to share. I am working with someone on the education committee to bring the results of our forum to a special page on the I.O.L.I website. If you are interested in participating in any capacity, please send me an email off list to k...@wirelace.net Thanks, Kim - 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] Alternative bobbins
RE:This discussion reminded me of a man who used to demo lacemaking at the State Fair. He made a set of bobbins from pencils.. round ones, cut to five inches, and with a thread area cut out. He wanted to show that expensive equipment was not necessary. L.A.C.E. Fall Newsletter contains a photo of just that. Pencils with grooves cut out and used for makeshift bobbins. I did that for a group lesson and it worked out just fine. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA Good friends are like stars, You don't always see them, but they are always 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] Re: Vermeer's Lacemaker on Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Laurie Waters wrote: I strongly disagree with the characterization of the model - this was probably Vermeer's daughter, and the family lived under the patronage of the middle class. His few buyers often dug him out of deep debt. In fact he probably had only one real patron, Pieter Van Ruijven, and without that support, it would have gone very badly for him. He married well, and eventually moved into his mother-in-law's place with his 10 surviving children. I'm not sure what the evidence is that the model is Vermeer's daughter, but the fact that as an artist Vermeer held an ambiguous position in society, and that he was financially imprudent does not negate the fact that he and his family were part of the middle classes. Class is not equivalent ot wealth - an impoverished aristocrat is still an aristocrat. Anyway, this seems to me irrelevant. We - or the contemporary audience - look at the picture without knowing anything about who the model was and what her father's financial circumstances might be, and her dress and environs clearly place her. Here is a more pertinent question, then, for those who know about the social history of lacemaking in the Netherlands in this period. Why would a young woman of this class be making lace? Would it be to decorate her own clothing or that of her sisters (she appears to have a lace collar), or what? David - 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] Re: Vermeer's Lacemaker on Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
For her hope chest? (or that period equivalent). Narrow lace inserts were used to join pieces of cotton fabric for bed sheets, and modest trim was made for clothing. On 10/17/11, David Leader lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk wrote: Here is a more pertinent question, then, for those who know about the social history of lacemaking in the Netherlands in this period. Why would a young woman of this class be making lace? Would it be to decorate her own clothing or that of her sisters (she appears to have a lace collar), or what? -- 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
Re: [lace] Re: Vermeer's Lacemaker on Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
oops I meant linen fabric, but cotton maybe. On 10/17/11, David Leader lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk wrote: -- 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] Vermeer's Painting
Tracy Chevalier's historical novel Girl with a Pearl Earring, which is a fictional account of one period in Vermeer's life, does refer to one of his daughters working on her lace. I asked Gunvor Jorgensen back when I was reading the book whether she thought it would have been needle or bobbin lace, and she guessed bobbin lace was more likely. Of course Tracy Chevalier may just have been taking poetic license. Regina Haring Nanuet, NY On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:58 PM, David Leader lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk wrote: Laurie Waters wrote: I strongly disagree with the characterization of the model - this was probably Vermeer's daughter, and the family lived under the patronage of the middle class. His few buyers often dug him out of deep debt. In fact he probably had only one real patron, Pieter Van Ruijven, and without that support, it would have gone very badly for him. He married well, and eventually moved into his mother-in-law's place with his 10 surviving children. I'm not sure what the evidence is that the model is Vermeer's daughter, but the fact that as an artist Vermeer held an ambiguous position in society, and that he was financially imprudent does not negate the fact that he and his family were part of the middle classes. Class is not equivalent ot wealth - an impoverished aristocrat is still an aristocrat. Anyway, this seems to me irrelevant. We - or the contemporary audience - look at the picture without knowing anything about who the model was and what her father's financial circumstances might be, and her dress and environs clearly place her. Here is a more pertinent question, then, for those who know about the social history of lacemaking in the Netherlands in this period. Why would a young woman of this class be making lace? Would it be to decorate her own clothing or that of her sisters (she appears to have a lace collar), or what? David - 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] ring sizer
Thank you Jane. Also known as a hedebo stick. 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] Needle Tatting - request for resources
Hello, I have an new member to the Western Reserve Lace Society who is interested in learning Needle Tatting.We do have one member who will be able to assist her with her skills. I was wondering if any of you have any good recommendations for DVD or books for reference learning with sources for purchase? I have never researched tatting so I am a little out of my league. Thank you all in advance for any and all suggestions. Chris Brill-Packard - 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] Needle Tatting - request for resources
I had problems with shuttle tatting, so I purchased, Learn Needle Tatting Step by Step by Barbara Foster. Still available on Amazon. Used should be fine. Only book I'm aware of for the skill. After that, regular tatting books, especially charted ones, where no problem to needle tat. I understand there are very fancy things that can be done with a shuttle, which might not be doable with a needle for tatting, but there is so much to do with needle tatting I noticed no problem. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, at the end of another beautiful fall day. I could get used to this. -Original Message- From: Chris Brill-Packard cbpu...@yahoo.com Sent: Oct 17, 2011 8:11 PM To: Arachne Lace List email lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Needle Tatting - request for resources Hello, I have an new member to the Western Reserve Lace Society who is interested in learning Needle Tatting.We do have one member who will be able to assist her with her skills. I was wondering if any of you have any good recommendations for DVD or books for reference learning with sources for purchase? I have never researched tatting so I am a little out of my league. Thank you all in advance for any and all suggestions. Chris Brill-Packard - 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] needle tatting
Have you checked out lacenews? She has a link to a list of lace making videos on youtube and I think needle tatting is represented. Lorelei - 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] Vermeer's Lacemaker
Darling Daughter, Helen Bell, worked a copy of Vermeer's Lacemaker for me many years ago, in Tapestry. I think I bought the canvas, and she certainly did all the stitching. It holds pride of place in my home. One day, as she watched me lacemaking, she said Oh!. She is putting up a pin. Who is? I asked. Vermeer's Lacemaker was the reply. She is holding her hands exactly like you do when you put up a pin! So there you have it - The Lacemaker is putting up a pin for eternity!! I would Love to see the original painting. Lucky you to get there to see the exhibition, Louise.If you get there again - look twice, please - once for you, and once for me! :) Regards from Liz in sunny, warm, Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Goth lace
I've been reading the threads about the Steampunk costumes. I've seen them...very beautiful. There's also a big market for lace in goth clothing. I don't know if she's still there, but for a while there was a lacemaker on eBay who specialized in handmade bobbin laces for goth clothing. The last item I saw was a pair of lace gloves. I still have the link, but since it's over 90 days old, it's not there anymore. They were gorgeous. There is also the high end cosplay costuming for anime lovers that uses a lot of lace. Some of the Lolita dresses are amazing. Peg in chilly Fairview Park OH...looking for my gloves so I can ride my bike to the transit center in the morning. ~~~ G: What is it you want? D: Freedom... to want nothing... to expect nothing... to depend on nothing. from THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand - 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] Needle Tatting - request for resources
Here is an online resource which has a number of demos for various tatting procedures - some with shuttle and some with needle. http://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-tat-online-resources.html Nita Ross in Calgary where it will freeze tonight but be sunny tomorrow. The Rocky mountains are covered with snow. On 17-Oct-11, at 6:11 PM, Chris Brill-Packard wrote: Hello, I have an new member to the Western Reserve Lace Society who is interested in learning Needle Tatting.We do have one member who will be able to assist her with her skills. I was wondering if any of you have any good recommendations for DVD or books for reference learning with sources for purchase? I have never researched tatting so I am a little out of my league. Thank you all in advance for any and all suggestions. Chris Brill-Packard - 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-chat] Christmas Lace Exchange
Hello all, Sorry for the late notice to this group-I forgot to email you. Yes you can send me nasty grams for a day for that. I am organizing the annual lace exchange with Jenny Brandis's help this year. Sign up time is short this year due to a late start. If interested in participating please email me with your name, address, how many cards you are going to make, and where you want your partner to be from (or not from). I will try to meet everyone's preferences to the best of my ability. Sign ups are open until October 31st. I will match up everyone and send out notices no later than November 2nd. Please try to have your lace completed and in the mail to your partner no later than December 5th. Remember to acknowledge when you receive your gift card and send a picture of it to Jenny Brandis for archiving. The more we have sign up the more fun it will be. Thank you all, Amber Lackey Forest, VA, USA 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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
