Re: [lace] Starting a Scroll
Thanks for help received from fellow Arachneans. I decided to use the diagrams on pages 35-36 of Bridget Cook's Practical Skills in BL describing 'a wide scroll start'. I just had to mentally reverse the diagrams as my scroll was going in the opposite direction. Today I started finished the first of the butterfly's wings. I'll post a photo when it is finished. Thanks again, Pene in Tartu, Estonia where we had a sudden snowstorm the skies are clear again. - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Chicago Flower and Garden Show
If any of you are planning to visit the Chicago Flower and Garden Show at Navy Pier (http://www.chicagoflower.com/ ), look out for stand 10 â Women's Journeys in Fiber http://womensjourneysinfiber.com/ I believe we are next to the Chicago Botanic Gardenâs stand somewhere against the north wall. I donât go till Friday so havenât yet seen it, but I understand our fiber element is drawing a lot of interest, and Navy Pier expect 60,000 visitors to the show over the 9 days it is on. The group is a collection of weavers, quilters, surface design artists, felters etc. Last year was my first time participating and our theme was Aprons: Myth, Mystery and Fantasy, and mine includes both bobbin and needle lace. Sue sueba...@comcast.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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Pillow stands
Hello everyone, I am wondering what everyone is using as a pillow stand for a cookie pillow. Do you have a freestanding prop only used for your pillow, or do you make all your lace with the pillow propped up on the kitchen table? If you have a prop for use on a table, did you make it or buy it? At my apartment we were really wanting for space, so my pillow rested on my lap when in use, and I would roll up a t-shirt under the pillow to give it a little slant. Now that we are in a house I suddenly have much more space, and could set up on a small table or get a full stand. What do you reccomend? Katelyn Schreyer krschre...@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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Pillow stands
Hello Katelyn and everyone There are some really nice purpose built lace tables out there, the Tablemate folding table is popular too. I have space, and a room with good light for lace etc. (there is lots of 'etc.'). I use a plain office table where I can spread out all my lace gear. I find that a small table is too confining. I can shut the door on the lace project ready to come back to, without having to put away and take out again later. You will probably get lots of different answers :) On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Katelyn Schreyer krschre...@gmail.comwrote: a little slant. Now that we are in a house I suddenly have much more space, and could set up on a small table or get a full stand. What do you reccomend? -- 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] [Lace] Stands
Hello Everyone Katelyn I use a stand when I`m sitting in an armchair. My pillowstand stands at the side untill I use it. I can take my stand outside in the summer and make lace. Daphne Martin - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Pillow stands
I have two pillow tables and one collapses much better than the other. For the collapsable one, it's something like a snare drum stand, but made of wood. The other stand is more like a table, round top that slants. Can send photos this evening is needed. Beth McCasland Seattle -- Beth Sent from this little messenger --Original Message-- From: Katelyn Schreyer krschre...@gmail.com To: lace@arachne.com Date: Tue, Mar 13, 12:50 PM -0400 Subject: [lace] Pillow stands Hello everyone, I am wondering what everyone is using as a pillow stand for a cookie pillow. Do you have a freestanding prop only used for your pillow, or do you make all your lace with the pillow propped up on the kitchen table? If you have a prop for use on a table, did you make it or buy it? At my apartment we were really wanting for space, so my pillow rested on my lap when in use, and I would roll up a t-shirt under the pillow to give it a little slant. Now that we are in a house I suddenly have much more space, and could set up on a small table or get a full stand. What do you reccomend? Katelyn Schreyer krschre...@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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Stands
I have a sit-kneel chair with table from Lin Nigel Mason and have used it for at least 15 years, maybe more. I can't remember when I got it. It is very comfortable and you can adjust the table to slope. The table has a removable ledge at its front edge which holds the pillow firmly in place. http://www.sitkneelchairs.com/ Sue sueba...@comcast.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. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Pillow stands
I've been through a variety of stands through the years. It is most important that the chair to table height fits yourself. Propping the pillow on something and having it rest on your lap is one way to get the working surface at a usable height. The shoulders should be relaxed, upper arms hanging down, and elbows bent about 90 degrees. It's like the recommended working height and posture for typing. When I first started, my teacher suggested using a TV Tray. It was lower than the normal table, and would fold up for transport if needed. That works fine with some chairs, but is too tall for other chairs. I then got an adjustable folding stand from Kenn Van Dieren. That worked fine until I went to IOLI conference and needed to be able to put it in a suitcase. I then got one made that was three inches shorter so it fit my largest suitcase. But being shorter, it's comfortable only with short chairs. There are several different stands around that fold, and are intended for cookie pillows. Then the adjustable Rubbermaid tables came on the market. It has been a favorite at home since the height can vary with chairs or pillows, and is a bit larger surface to hold accessories. It also folds to take to demos. The Rubbermaid, or similar barnd, table adjusts to four heights, and is flat. There's another adjustable table with L shaped legs that has to be carefully checked out. I got one that can't be adjusted flat. It was an imitation of the original table and, though cheap, was a bad buy. Buy from a reputable company and watch the bargains carefully. The ultimate in a table that's easy to transport to classes, meetings, demos, etc., is the Instand Portable Computer table. (No connection to the company, just a satisfied customer.) It comes in two sizes. It has a flat tray top, and a set of folding legs that come in a bag about 3 x 2 x 12. It doesn't take much room in a bag or suitcase, quick to set up and take down, has a non-skid top so the pillow doesn't slide off, and can be set up on a slant if desired. It is expensive so cost must be considered. For practical use, I like the Rubbermaid variety best. For travel, I like the Instand. For cost, the plastic tables would be least expensive (under $20) with folding wooden stands next (under $100) and the Instand most expensive ($120+). Of course, if you want to go really deluxe, I've seen fine furniture round tables with adjustable height and ability to slant. There could be other tables around that would also serve the purpose. I have a manicure table that I had shortened 4 inches that is a favorite. The legs fold up for transport but it is heavy. I only take it when I'm doing multiple days of demo (county fair). I make most of my lace in the living room while the TV is on. (I have this odd idea that I should spend part of each day in the same room with DH.) My table is designated to whatever project I'm doing that day, usually lace, and not used by DH for anything. Use whatever works for you, and expect to try different methods with different pillows or projects. I have even worked lace in a recliner chair with a small cushion propping up the far side of my pillow. Doesn't work with all projects but it does with some. Alice in Oregon... hoping to stay home on this wet, snowy, windy day. - Original Message - From: Katelyn Schreyer krschre...@gmail.com I am wondering what everyone is using as a pillow stand for a cookie pillow. Do you have a freestanding prop only used for your pillow, or do you make all your lace with the pillow propped up on the kitchen table? If you have a prop for use on a table, did you make it or buy it? - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] pillow stands
Katelyn I have a pillow stand that I bought from Lacis many years ago, but rarely use it. I have found that a typing table is exactly the right height for a pillow stand. The rolled up towel sounds like a good idea. Another thing that works for me is to use a standard table (I have a very large worktable) but pair it with a chair that allows you to adjust the height of the seat -- a secretary's chair. I can then raise the chair seat to get the distance between it and the table top right for my hands. When I first started lacemaking I used a rather odd setup. I made a board about a yard long (1 m) and nailed a strip about 2 inches high onto it, about 5 inches from one end. Then I leaned the far end on the edge of the table and the end with the strip on my lap. The pillow lay on the board with the strip to stop it sliding all the way against my stomach. This gave me a slope to the pillow, and I could adjust the degree of slope by moving my chair closer or farther from the table. |_ It is another setup that I haven't used recently. 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Pillow stands
The tablemate is a wonderful table to travel with. But if you're flying, be sure to get the small one. There is a larger one, but it weighs more and may not fit in your suitcase. I've bought several of them while they were on sale a various times, and have enough to lend to other lacemakers when they come to my house to make lace! Clay On 3/13/2012 1:46 PM, bev walker wrote: Hello Katelyn and everyone There are some really nice purpose built lace tables out there, the Tablemate folding table is popular too. I have space, and a room with good light for lace etc. (there is lots of 'etc.'). I use a plain office table where I can spread out all my lace gear. I find that a small table is too confining. I can shut the door on the lace project ready to come back to, without having to put away and take out again later. You will probably get lots of different answers :) - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Brian
Can Brian Lemin please contact me or someone send me his email? I have a bobbin query I hope he can help with. Thanks, Lynne In Baldock, North Herts where spring is thinking about it.. - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Prop/stand for cookie lace pillow
Hi Katelyn, My solutions to these problems have been super-thrifty. Although highly nonstandard, I'm sure, they work for me. I have used a small table intended to support a laptop computer as my cookie pillow stand. The table surface (17-1/2 wide x 15-3/4 deep) can be adjusted between flat or tilted, and the height is adjustable. There is a lip across the front of the table surface that helps to keep the pillow from slipping off--and I topped my table with a layer of rubberized shelf-lining, which does a good job of keeping the pillow on the table (thankfully, no accidents so far). I caught a sale at the beginning of the university's term on the laptop stand and paid only $15 at WalMart (current price at the link below is $19): http://www.walmart.com/ip/Laptop-Podium-Black/11062628 I sometimes use a pregnancy pillow to rest between my knees and the bottom of the cookie pillow when I want to sit in my reclining chair and make lace. A link to the pregnancy pillow (base: 10-1/2 wide x 11 deep; height at back: 3-1/2), which I bought at Amazon for $10, is here: http://www.amazon.com/DEX-Products-Pregnancy-Pillow-PP-01/dp/B56JC1/ref= sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1331671515sr=8-1 I am very much a beginning lacemaker, so it is possible that I will decide to upgrade at some point in the future. But these items seem fine to me now (perhaps a case of ignorance is bliss?) Barbara - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Victoria magazine womensjourneysinfiber
Hello All! After returning from a quick trip to Wally-Mart where I was browsing in the periodical section, I was going to post about the Victoria magazine article on Irish lace--only to see that Jeri had beat me to it! Sharp eyes, quick fingers in Maine!! It's not deep reading, but there are some pretty pics including one of a young girl making lace with her grandmother. To Sue, it sounds like Chicago is the place to be this week--what a thrill to have a booth at the Flower Garden Show. I hope you will be wearing your very spiffy apron! Last week when I attended the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, I was discussing the womensjourneysinfiber with another member of South Florida Fiber Guild when she let out a whoop! Turns out she believes her artistic life changed when she met the gal who leads your group. So--you just never know how influential you can be/become when you cross paths with other fiber artists. Such a small world after all. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm B! each Gardens, FL 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Convention in Aug in St Paul?
I was just informed by Galina Khemleva (Skaska Designs) that she is going to have a booth at the lace convention in St Paul MN. (bells went off in my head) is it really coming up so soon? Is there a webpage where I can get more information on the Lace Convention? I live in MN so will want to be there. My sis and her daughter may be interested in coming as well. Thanks anyone who can toss me more info?? Cearbhael - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] convention in August
Angel http://www.internationaloldlacers.org/convnews.html 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Italian lace needlework
Hello All! The internet is a maze of links, some of which I followed this evening--only to stumble upon some interesting stuff. Of course, I'm not sure how I got there but took some notes in case anyone else wants to follow the trail of bread crumbs! My starting point was http://italian-needlework.blogspot.com There is a long list of links on the left column including: tombolo disegni, fiore tombolo Virtual Museum of Textile Arts. There's plenty of needlelace, bobbin lace, reticella etc. etc. There's also a little blurb on a Burano Needlelace exhibit in Vicenza. Hope these are new-to-Arachne links not reruns! Have fun. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 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/albums/most-recent
