Re: [lace] flickr
Great explanation, Lorelei. Just one thing to add. Janice was telling me that she needed an email address rather than user name to login to Flickr. If that is the case, she will need to use: arachne2...@yahoo.com Sue sueba...@comcast.net -Original Message- From: Lorelei Halley You have 2 ways to add content to flickr: 1. as Janice Blair2. as arachne2003 If you sign on as Janice Blair flickr won't let you add anything to arachne2003. So you have to sign out as Janice Blair. Then you have to sign in as arachne2003 before flickr will let you add anything to the arachne sets. The arachne2003 password is Honiton (the capital H is necessary). Once you are signed in as arachne2003 you can add anything to your set of photos on arachne2003. Basically, flickr thinks you are 2 different people. But it only allows you to be one person at a time. 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Royal Honiton Lace Honiton knots vs wasting thread
Hello All! Am I the only one who is being driven crazy (-ier!!) by the knot theory of Honiton?!? Or is this simply a function of using tatting cotton enlarged prickings (i.e. Honiton Big Bold)? The rolled back knot invariably rears its ugly little head, along with brother sister knots on adjacent bobbins usually all at the same point in the work. Since cotton thread is the least expensive component of my lacemaking, should I add new threads with freshly wound pairs instead of using bowed off pairs? Should I wind less thread per bobbin initially so there is less waste if it's thrown away? Is rolling back the knot so integral to the Honiton process that I should bite the bullet on the premise that it will get better if I start a pattern in the correct scale? Even with magnification, I'm having trouble seeing my Big Bold version so avoiding extra fiddling is desirable. Advice is welcome! On a happier note, the inter-library loan dept. has graciously delivered! the Luxton/Fukuyama book Royal Honiton Lace. Oh my, oh my!! The hankie on pg 71 has just the right balance of ferns, ivy, misc. leaves, lily of the valley, butterflies, birds roses. The Duchess of York (Victoria Mary in 1893) was a lucky lady! 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Royal Honiton Lace Honiton knots vs wasting thread
Hello Susan and everyone Yes, you are correct - the thicker threads will not behave as the fine threads do for Honiton lace, so adjust your technique accordingly. My free advice for today is don't fight your materials ;) You *can* do whatever works for you to make the lace the way you want! On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 12:02 PM, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! Am I the only one who is being driven crazy (-ier!!) by the knot theory of Honiton?!? Or is this simply a function of using tatting cotton enlarged prickings (i.e. Honiton Big Bold)? -- 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Dora
Dear Agnes, It is never a good idea to give this much personal information on the internet. Too many non-lace people may be signed up on Arachne just to fish for private information. We uncovered one recently that had nothing to do with lace. Not long ago, I warned about this. Others agreed. Everything we write is picked up by Google and other search sites. If anyone does a search, they find all the information. It never goes away. I do not know how the Nigerians got my e-mail. But they did. The activities they undertake are criminal and cannot be prosecuted. The U. S. Postal Service, banks, senior organizations and the government warn to be very careful about what you put out there. Phone calls come in frequently that are scams asking for identity information (date of birth, banking information, etc.) and promising cash lottery prizes that appeal to many people. The elderly are trusting, and become victims. In Maine (a rural state with low population) it has become so bad that TV channels report each scam innovation immediately. Someone once wrote on Arachne that it is illegal to distribute membership lists in some countries, and I think England was mentioned. Let us hope Dora does not become a victim of the many hoaxes out there. (You will notice I have removed her last name from the subject line - and that is what we should do to protect her from now on.) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 2/2/2013 11:54:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk writes: So many people have contacted me asking for Dora's address and tel number, and I hope nobody objects to me posting here rather than to each person individually: - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Flickr
Hi, Sue Babbs was correct. I had to sign out of Yahoo and sign in as a different user and used the one below. it worked. When I got in, I couldn't remember what I was going to post, so I put on the Thomas Lester piece that I finished in January. I enlarged it to 125% of the pricking that Holly Van Sciver designed using elements from one of his designs. I used Brok 100/3 and DMC 16. Took over 280 bobbins on the pillow at one time. I love doing this style of Bedfordshire lace as the way you work it is entirely up to the lacemaker. At one point I had more than 6 prs of workers coming from the left to right on the final fern. Holly has added the pattern to her selection for convention and it fits in nicely with the free style lacemaking that she is willing to teach alongside her usual Beds lace this summer at IOLI convention. Thanks Sue, Janice Great explanation, Lorelei. Just one thing to add. Janice was telling me that she needed an email address rather than user name to login to Flickr. If that is the case, she will need to use: arachne2...@yahoo.com 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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] What is the future of Czech lace?
The Winter OIDFA bulletin was delivered some time ago, and I was hopeful someone who does not write often to Arachne would introduce this subject. The 4-page article starting on page 12 is about 100 Years of Czech Contemporary Lace, by Anna Halikova. Anyone who attended the Prague OIDFA Congress a few years ago will remember the incredible originality of modern Czech laces that were exhibited. I also remember an exhibit of their laces, maybe 25 years ago, at The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. Czech lace has had government support in the years since WWI. Now, the State Institute for Art Industry in Prague and the Atelier of Lace and Embroidery at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague are closing! The article lists questions the international lace community should be asking. 1. What is the future of Czech lace? 2. How will professional training of lace makers continue? 3. Who will develop and design the new lace patterns? 4. Will there be enough qualified lace teachers? 5. How many art designers and lace makers will make their mark in this field? 6. Will lace become only a hobby? 7. Will lace makers stay active in handicraft? 8. Will computers help lace in its future development? Surely, we have some things to say about this development. I recommend an old web address to you - Blen - a government-sponsored virtual museum site, paid for by 4 European nations. One was the Czech Republic. When Lacemakers of Maine first discussed Blen at least 15 years ago, we talked about a virtual lace museum for America, knowing that our government would never support lace as it is done in other nations. The result was Lace Fairy, which many of you have used. This is the address given in the OIDFA article: _http://www.blen.net/blen_11/blen_11.htm_ (http://www.blen.net/blen_11/blen_11.htm) If you would like to visit a museum in each of the 4 countries, select Museum History (on left). It will take you to Spain, Finland, Portugal, Czech Republic. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Dora
Hello Jeri and everyone Just a headsup, no 'person' in Nigeria got your e-mail, nor did a person from anywhere else - it was scooped by a computer program. Who wrote the program and propelled it into pestering us? I don't know. Dora's address is probably safe enough within our e-mail list and if in a phone book, that is online somewhere, too. My 'favourite' spam mail are the lace textile promotions supposedly from China. But I only get those at my e-mail address that itself contains the word 'lace.' I have my card ready to mail to Dora. I hope that our contacting her cheers her up. On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 2:19 PM, jeria...@aol.com wrote: I do not know how the Nigerians got my e-mail. But they did. -- 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Lace Magazine
My Lace Guild magazine arrived today but DH didn't tell me. I spotted the envelope after dinner and settled down for a read. Imagine my surprise when, on page 21 there is a photo of my needlelace effort for the Lace Street. I sent the photo I based the design on of my home along with a scan of the lace and Susan put a note in that it looks just like the real house. Then, on page 30 there is a design based on a Viking Stone from St. Martin's Church in Kirklevington which is the small village in Cleveland, UK that I moved from to the US. Imagine, there were lacemakers nearby and I knew nothing about them. I moved here in 1982 and didn't start making lace until 1993, Wow - 20 years ago!! Anyway, now that I know how to get my photos on Flickr, I have added one of the Lester piece after I cut the bobbins off. Looks like spaghetti lace. And, now that the house has appeared in the magazine, I added that one for you all to see in my gallery on Flickr. Thanks also again to Sue Babbs for the review of Lace8 which I have now got to work on my Macbook in VirtualBox. 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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] help to learn technique
Hello JJ and everyone I don't know of such a book that would decode a pricking on its own, unless the pricking has been marked, in which case some publications do have charts with a glossary of conventional markings (such has a symbol representing an area of half-stitch, another symbol to indicate a tally...) but I'm supposing you mean a pricked card with no lines drawn on. If we have a pricking without a picture of the finished lace or diagrams, we are pretty much on our own for deciding what the dots mean. Some of the arrangement might look familiar, such as a Torchon grid (45 deg. angle), a diamond shape that looks like it should have a hole in the middle could be a spider crossing, or CTC rows or CT rows within the diamond. It is a challenge, but do-able, with experience in lacemaking, to work an example from 'nothing but the pricking' - however for beginner-improver level, best to look for something with at least a diagram? On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 6:50 PM, c s cskn...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a book or written instructions somewhere that explain how to do a pricking without someone writing out the directions? What I mean, is if I find a pricking, that I could make the pattern with nothing but that pricking? -- 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace Magazine
The first time in America, ClayThere have been many courses in Australia and in the UK ranging from 2 days to a week. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au On 03/02/2013, at 12:07 PM, Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net wrote: ..(This is in Virginia, USA.). This is the first full-week course offered for the Lace designer programs, . - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Largest Glacier-Calving Ever Filmed...
Adam LeWinter and Director Jeff Orlowski filmed a historic breakup at the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland. The calving event lasted for 75 minutes and the glacier retreated a full mile across a calving face three miles wide. The height of the ice is about 3,000 feet, 300-400 feet above water and the rest below water. a.. CHASING ICE captures largest glacier calving ever filmed Malvary in Ottawa where the weather went from +12 to â12 in less than 24 hours and today it is snowing again. 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace-chat] Largest Glacier-Calving Ever Filmed...
Marion let me know that the link didnât go through, so here it is again. http://www.youtube.com/embed/hC3VTgIPoGU?rel=0 Malvary 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
