Re: [lace] Nanduti vs. Teneriffe Lace
My big question is the spelling of 'Teneriffe' vs 'Tenerife'!!! Everything that pertains to the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands is spelled with one 'f''. It seems that things associated with the lace use two 'f's'. Alexandra Stillwell's book is spelled Teneriffe Lace. It is my suspicion that this is where the second 'f' came from. Any ideas I do not think we can blame Alex for this one! The DMC Library has a Book labelled Teneriffe Lace Work' Best Jean - 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] Tatting community/ helps
I'm connected with a couple of great tatting communities. *InTatters* and the *Tatting section of IOLI*. You can get some great help and advice there. I've been tatting for a long time and very much prefer shuttle tatting. If you are looking to learn I recommend this style - it's much easier to do some of the trick of the trade. However, needle tatting is great for those who have issues like arthritis of bad carpel tunnel. This is best set of tatting videos I've found: http://entrelanzaderas.blogspot.com/2010/10/clases-de-frivolite-tatting-lessons.html Happy Easter! Robin -- Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. *Your* sky. *Your *limit. Now, let's dance. *~Tom Hiddleston* - 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] New photo on Flickr
I have just uploaded a photo of my latest project... The Phoenix, designed by Louise Colgan. I started this in Guttermann silks, but was really frustrated with how badly the thread behaved on my pillow... constantly untwisting or throwing the hitches! And, I did not like the colors I had used. So I cut the project off the pillow, and started again, experimenting with an embroidery silk which I found. It is called Planet Earth Silk, and the colors are vibrant! Furthermore, the thread is a two-ply with an S-twist, so behaves ever so much better! I breathed a sigh of relief when the pins were all removed and the piece didn't self-destruct!! You can see a photo of it on Arachne's Flickr site, see address below... Clay - 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] Arachne pin
I found my old Arachne pin a few days ago, took a photo, and finally figured out how to upload to the Arachne flickr account. I've put it in the Arachne Anniversary set, I hope that's OK. Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au - 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] Arachne pin
Excellent location! Thanks, Noelene! Clay I found my old Arachne pin a few days ago, took a photo, and finally figured out how to upload to the Arachne flickr account. I've put it in the Arachne Anniversary set, I hope that's OK. Noelene in Cooma - 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] Thread Questrion
I'm thinking of doing a pattern from Lace Express. The thread is listed as DMC No. 80. The Threads for Lace book lists three: DMC Broder machine DMC Cordonnet DMC Special Dentelles The pattern designer is from Australia. Which thread would be most likely available in Austalia? Thanks, Alice in Oregon -- where the weather is supposed to be nice for a week, so they say. - 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] Live Blogging Young Lace Makers Symposium
In a bold experiment, I am going to attempt to Live Blog the Young Lace Makers Symposium in Pavia, Italy April 4-10. I am also hoping that other participants will add their comments and pictures to the Blog. The Blog will be in the LaceIOLI site _http://laceioli.ning.com/_ (http://laceioli.ning.com/) where the administrator, Lorelei Halley has been kind enough to add a Blog area. The plan is to put the blog posts as comments under the heading Live Blogging the Young Lace Makers Symposium- Doily Free Zone. If you would like to experience the Young Lace Makers Symposium via the blog, please do. If it is a success perhaps others will want to Live Blog other lace events. If it is a failure well, that may be amusing, too. :-) Devon - 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] Arachne spider pricking
Hi All, I was wondering, perhaps I missed it. Exactly how wide across is the pricking suppose to be so we make the spider and web the correct size? thanks Susie Johnson Morris, IL where the sun is shining! - 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] Thread Questrion
Which pattern Alice? I have had such a lot of joy from just looking at my copies of Lace Express. I have a granddaughter Alice, hopefully she will be asleep for her afternoon nap soon Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia - 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] Thread questions Answered
Thanks for the varied help. I have come up with 3-4 threads that are the right size. Now I just have to choose one and obtain it, enough for the whole project. I don't want to run short so I'll probably over-buy and be using the thread for years afterwards. G Thanks to all who responded with ideas and suggestions. Alice in Oregon .. getting ready for lace meeting 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Gender roles, Lacemaking
Devon and all who chimed in on the male lacemakers/workers thread: Thank you all for the interesting discussion that ensued. The laceworker (passementwerker) from Valenciennes that I wrote about was called Jean Monfort. He and his wife Jacqueline Moreau and their son Pierre indeed came early to this country - they were on the first ship that came to New Netherland with passengers, the Eendracht in 1624. The fact that his name appears on a ship's manifest indicates that he owed the Dutch West India Company for his passage - had he paid for his trip outright, his name would not have appeared. They returned to the Netherlands for at least three years, during which time their son married, and then came back to New Netherland. When Jean Monfort was born, Valenciennes was part of the Spanish Netherlands, not France, and was therefore very Catholic. It appears that the Monforts like many others who were Huguenots (French Protestants) did not acknowledge this until they moved to Amsterdam where he joined the Walloon Reformed Church. Devon, I wrote to the folks who run Philipsburg Manor and Van Cortlandt Manor in Westchester (NY) a few years ago, asking if they knew anything about lacemaking among the early settlers, and they replied that they were also interested but had not been able to find any indication that lacemaking was pursued by the Dutch or anyone else here at an early date. There are old roller pillows in some of the small museums, but they appear to date from the 19th century, not earlier. I have heard that the Netherlands were historically able to produce the best thread for lacemaking, but that it was the Belgians who were more involved in making lace. Regina Haring Nanuet, NY On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:05 AM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: I think that we should try to affix dates to our historical evidence. If I understand Regina, she must be talking about male lacemaking between 1609 and 1674 when New Amsterdam ceased to exist under that name and became New York. Several of the people who are citing the activities of family members appear to be discussing lace making activities of the 19th century. A two hundred year difference in time is significant. I think that the term Lacemaker for a man may well mean an entrepreneur, as in the case of the 17th century grave of the major entrepreneur in Honiton where I think the term Lacemaker is used to describe him. But, might it not be the case that such a person would know how to make lace? Wouldn't he most likely learn the business from the bottom up, so that he can exercise quality control and train the workers? Regina, I would be very interested in any information you have about lacemaking in New Amsterdam/New York, or in reading anything that you may be writing about it. Devon - 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] Arachne spider pricking
On Mar 29, 2013, at 6:23 PM, C Johnson wrote: Hi All, I was wondering, perhaps I missed it. Exactly how wide across is the pricking suppose to be so we make the spider and web the correct size? If you're talking about mine, here's the answer. *If it gets through this time; I tried to send it last week, when Janice Blair asked, and no luck. Top to bottom (right down the middle of the spider) the pricking is 95mm. Across, (where the upper of the bottom set of legs is attached), it's 85mm. Distance between the pins is ca 3mm. I can't remember what thread I used for it -- probably Madeira 50/2, with either some no-brand copper metallic, or else Sulky. But, of course, a pattern like that can always be scaled up or down, to the thread of choice. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - 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/
