RE: [lace] lace photos

[Ayla Middleton]

Thank you Clay and Joepie for the advice on wire lace. I'll have to be
brave and just start trying I think.

As for attendance at lace days and online shopping, two books purchased
from roseground just arrived with a pile of fair brochures attached to
the invoice. I'd love to attend but flying to England is a bit much
when I have difficulty making it to lace days out of my city in new
Zealand! But as a "young one" I do know I need to make more of an
effort to meet other pacemakers and get to know the community.



Sent from my Windows Phone From: J D Hammett
Sent: 18/04/2013 5:52 PM
To: Ayla Middleton; Sue Harvey
Cc: Lorelei Halley; lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] lace photos
Hi Arachnids,

Firstly my thanks to Lorelei for the inspiring lace webpages. They are
lovely.

Secondly, There seem to be fewer Lace days and fairs in the UK as Sue said.
The reason for that is probably not just the fact that people are using the
net, but also that the people who used to organise them (and note here that
it often has been the same few people taking up the work of putting these
things on) tend to be getting a little older. Younger ones may not have the
time nor the inclination (No time? Shy? Not feeling 'up to it'?, etc.) to
take up the mantle.

Thirdly, I have used to the stiffen the edges of lace; spangle wire (24 and
26 gauge), different sizes fuse wire and millinery wire. Spangle wire and
fuse wire don't rust. Millinery wire which is cotton covered steel will rust
if in damp surroundings; spangling and fuse wire are brass/copper based and
cause fewer problems. They look pretty in the edge but they will tarnish and
may discolour the lace on the edges in the long run. Stainless steel wire,
difficult to get hold of and a nightmare to handle as it is very springy,
discolours less. Sterling silver wire is expensive.

I tend to use short pieces (enough for a section such as a petal or a
butterfly wing) with only the ends wound onto a stout bobbin. These curled
up ends will be discarded. Put as few bends, windings and kinks in the wire
between the bobbins at the end as possible, any unnecessary bends etc. can
cause kinking which is particularly difficult to remove. So handle gently
and bend gently to the shape needed as you work the wire into the lace.

Hope that helps.

Happy lace making,

Joepie, East Sussex, UK



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From: Ayla Middleton


I've been thinking of trying something like the brooches with wire gimps at
the edges. Does anyone have any advice on what type and gauge of wire to
use? Can you just wind them on bobbins as you would thread? wouldn't the
half-hitch cause problems?

thanks
Ayla
Wellington, NZ

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[lace] RE: wire on lace

[Ayla Middleton]

Thank you for the advice Alice. I have some 22 guage spangling wire, so
I will start by playing with that. It always comes off the spool in
loops so I can see how keeping it above the lace would work.

Ayla

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Sent: 19/04/2013 4:50 AM
To: Ayla Middleton
Cc: 
Subject: wire on lace
As someone else said... no hitches on wire.  You want to keep it as
smooth as possible.  Large projects that need a long piece of wire
require it to be wound on a (preferably fat) bobbin and have some sort
of hook to keep the wire from unwinding.

Your brooch pieces might be similar to flower petals I'm making.  They
have a wire gimp on the edge to hold the shape.

My pattern calls for size 22 or 24 wire.  I tried 26 gauge but thought
it a bit weak for the my petals.

My petals run 3 to 6 inches long.  Since I need a 'stem' on my petals,
I cut my wire so it hangs 3 inches longer on each side of the petal.
I don't try to put it on bobbins.  I curl up each end in a loose coil,
the sharp end of the wire in the center of the coil, and have the
length of the wire slightly curved up from the tip of the petal.  It
looks weird the bobbins and thread lie on the pillow, and the wire
curls up above them.  When working, I lift my thread up over the wire
coil instead of moving the wire like a normal gimp thread.  As the
petal grows, the wire is fastened down in place.  I do use extra pins
at the point of the petal to anchor the wire in place when I begin
each petal.  Wire is more cantankerous to work with than thread but
sure saves having to heavily starch all the petals.

My petals are worked with a pair of passives on the outside of the
wire gimp.  I've also worked in the past where the wire was the
outside edge and the workers just wrapped around it and back into the
threads.  Just be sure to have a good twist or two on each side of the
wire so it's securely held in place.

A local craft store sometimes carries a craft wire that's 22 or 24
guage and covered with a plastic coating, in colors.  I've been using
up a supply I got some years ago.  I hope they have some more when I
go shopping again.

Experiment with your project and see what works for you.

Alice in Oregon  -- expecting relatives momentarily.  Been cleaning
for weeks. 


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From: Ayla Middleton 
I've been thinking of trying something like the brooches with wire gimps at
the edges. Does anyone have any advice on what type and gauge of wire to
use? Can you just wind them on bobbins as you would thread? wouldn't the
half-hitch cause problems?

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Re: [lace] Where Have All the Tatters Gone? (digitally)

[Joy Beeson]

On 4/17/13 11:36 AM, Karen Bovard wrote:


 'Where have all the tatters gone!?'


I've been wondering myself.  I used to belong to a couple of 
tatters' mailing lists --e-tatters was one-- but I lost 
track of one, and the other outgrew the mailing list.  It 
wasn't as bad as the big Knitlist, which had so many 
messages per day that I had to drop out because I didn't 
have time to delete them unread.  (And I wonder where 
Knitlist went?  Google turns up a few entities called 
"Knitlist", but none match -- one is only ten years old!)


But the tatting list was crowded enough that it had to move 
to a web forum, and I still don't know how to read a web 
forum.  Not to mention that at the time nobody knew how to 
scale pictures, so posts didn't scroll, and when you clicked 
on "view image", all you could see was one ring or maybe a 
clover.  So gradually I stopped dropping in, and eventually 
forgot where it was.


So the only tatters' group I still know of is TechTat 
, a 
deliberately low-volume group that sometimes goes months 
without any of the members remembering that they belong. 
But there was a flurry of posts yesterday, about getting 
started in designing patterns.


--
Joy Beeson
http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/~joybeeson/TAT/TATEX09.HTM
http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html
west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.

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RE: [lace] New Website

[Annette Meldrum]

Dear Catherine,
Thank you for sharing. Your site is amazing as is your work. It is wonderful
to be able to see and study your work up close.
It will be inspirational to us all and what a lovely start to my day here in
wet Wollongong, but the sun is peaking through.

Annette Meldrum, Australia
 

On Behalf Of Catherine Barley
Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 6:25 PM

I've been busy lately putting a web site together and thought you might like
to take a look.  I really enjoy seeing the work of others and thought
perhaps I should share some of my efforts over the past years.  There may be
the odd typo/error and I'd be grateful if you spot any, to let me know.

Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com

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Re: [lace] New Website

[Sue Harvey]

Congratulations  Catherine on your excellent site, I really enjoyed the way we 
could actually see "work in progress" from start to finished project.

Was the parasol  displayed at the 7 exhibition a few years ago?   I believe it 
was the one we admired when we went to the exhibition.

Sue M Harvey
Norfolk
U.K.

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[lace] IOLI Bulletin/convention

[Janice Blair]

Hi lacemakers,

I finally got my Bulletin this week after hearing my friends already had theirs 
last week.  There are more photos of the poppy project in it and an article by 
Devon on her trip to Sansepolcro.  Wish she had taken me along.  Louise Colgan 
who taught at the Australian Lace Guild National Conference last year has 
written an article about it.  I hope to be able to sit down soon and read 
everything in detail.

I also want to take this opportunity to mention the upcoming IOLI convention, 
and I hope I don't offend anyone by this.  Some classes are already filled to 
capacity, such as those taught by Louise Colgan, Ulrike Voelker, and Allie 
Marguccio but we still have some spaces with Anny Noben Slegers, Jean Leader, 
Holly van Sciver and many other teachers.  Don't think you are too late in 
registering as I am sure Brenda Glenn, Registrar, will be able to place you in 
a 
class, and maybe one that you might have thought was already filled.   Please 
note that Brenda's email address on the form was wrong.  She is with Comcast, 
not Camcost.  Most people in the US know that Comcast is a national carrier, 
but 
there might be areas where people have never heard of it.

For those of you who are waiting anxiously to know what your classes are, we 
are 
still working hard on placements.  If your check has been cashed, you know that 
it was received by Brenda.  Unlike previous conventions where the checks were 
not deposited for a considerable length of time, now that IOLI is a co-host, 
the 
checks were sent to the Treasurer within a week or two.  If your check has not 
been cashed, email Brenda to check that she received it at 
busybe...@comcast.net 
 we know that a few applications have gone astray in the mail.

Janice Blair
IOLI Teacher Coordinator

 


 Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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[lace] Yaspe silk scarf

[Janice Blair]

Hi Ruth,
I made the scarf last year and I made it the full width of the
pattern. I 
converted a block pillow by turning it sideways and made a roller
for the center 
section so I had a pillow wide enough to work it and room for
all the bobbins.  

I was afraid I would not have enough thread on the three
different color spools 
of silk thread, so I decided to do it all in one, but
there was plenty.  You can 
see the finished result on my photo page on Flickr
(link at bottom of Arachne 
emails). I don't remember having much of a problem
with the hitch, but I used 
bobbins with a thistle style head and put the
hitch on that area.  I had 
problems with tensioning because of the slubs on
the thread but I got used to 
tensioning as I went, rather than waiting until
I reached the end of a section. 
 I also used a metallic thread to join the
sections together.  This I would not 
do again as it feels scratchy on bare
flesh.  In the photo you can see the 
tassels which were made from bobbin
thread.  They annoyed me with the curling 
and I felt they looked a bit wimpy.
I got rid of them and using the pattern, 
made two sections that were straight
on one side and had the curved pattern on 
the other side.  I then sewed them
on to each end of the scarf. I enjoyed making 
the scarf.  It was a challenge
even though it is basically a simple Torchon 
design.  You have to watch where
the workers change place to change the areas of 
color.  I seem to remember it
was in an area of the pattern that was hard to 
see.

Janice 


>I am
interested in corresponding with gentle spiders who have used Yaspé silk
thread.  This thread has many, many slubs and these slubs are quite large and
long.  I am about to start a Christine Mirecki scarf pattern.  Curious spiders
can see the pattern at her website http://www.mirecki.net/ .  Then go to
Patterns, Scarfs and Shawls and the name of the pattern is “Schal
Lena�.>
 Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago,
Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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[lace] Swedish bobbin lace video

[Ann-Marie Andersson]

Swedish Television recently sent a nice video from 1971 about Swedish bobbin
lace making. You can see it here:
http://www.ur.se/Produkter/175103-En-hantverksresa-Knypplerskor

There are also videos about other crafts, for instance one from 2000 about a
hair worker in Våmhus, Dalarna:
http://www.ur.se/Produkter/175248-En-hantverksresa-Harkullan
That lady is now the only professional hair worker in Sweden, but there are
others in Våmhus who have it as a hobby. Google hårkulla or hårarbete if you
would like to see more.

Ann-Marie Andersson
Sweden

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[lace] wire on lace

[lacelady]

As someone else said... no hitches on wire.  You want to keep it as smooth as 
possible.  Large projects that need a long piece of wire require it to be wound 
on a (preferably fat) bobbin and have some sort of hook to keep the wire from 
unwinding.

Your brooch pieces might be similar to flower petals I'm making.  They have a 
wire gimp on the edge to hold the shape.

My pattern calls for size 22 or 24 wire.  I tried 26 gauge but thought it a bit 
weak for the my petals.

My petals run 3 to 6 inches long.  Since I need a 'stem' on my petals, I cut my 
wire so it hangs 3 inches longer on each side of the petal.  I don't try to put 
it on bobbins.  I curl up each end in a loose coil, the sharp end of the wire 
in the center of the coil, and have the length of the wire slightly curved up 
from the tip of the petal.  It looks weird the bobbins and thread lie on 
the pillow, and the wire curls up above them.  When working, I lift my thread 
up over the wire coil instead of moving the wire like a normal gimp thread.  As 
the petal grows, the wire is fastened down in place.  I do use extra pins at 
the point of the petal to anchor the wire in place when I begin each petal.  
Wire is more cantankerous to work with than thread but sure saves having to 
heavily starch all the petals.

My petals are worked with a pair of passives on the outside of the wire gimp.  
I've also worked in the past where the wire was the outside edge and the 
workers just wrapped around it and back into the threads.  Just be sure to have 
a good twist or two on each side of the wire so it's securely held in place.

A local craft store sometimes carries a craft wire that's 22 or 24 guage and 
covered with a plastic coating, in colors.  I've been using up a supply I got 
some years ago.  I hope they have some more when I go shopping again.

Experiment with your project and see what works for you.

Alice in Oregon  -- expecting relatives momentarily.  Been cleaning for weeks. 



- Original Message -
From: Ayla Middleton 
I've been thinking of trying something like the brooches with wire gimps at
the edges. Does anyone have any advice on what type and gauge of wire to
use? Can you just wind them on bobbins as you would thread? wouldn't the
half-hitch cause problems?

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Re: [lace] New Website

[Nancy Neff]

What lovely work! and a very sophisticated web site.  I am blown away by how
beautiful your needlelace is--you have such talent.  I've tried my hand at
needlelace and I find bobbin lace so much simpler & easier to control, so I
really admire your abilities. (and slightly envious as well :-)
 
Nancy Neff
Connecticut, USA


>
>
>I've been busy lately
putting a web site together ...
>
>Catherine Barley
>Henley-on-Thames
>UK
>
>Catherine Barley Needlelace
>http://www.catherinebarley.com/
>
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[lace] Doing my bit to promote lace

[Gray, Alison J]

Have just come back from our 'knit & natter' group which meets weekly at
lunchtime where I work.  I took some of my lace in to show them all.  We have
a lapsed lacemaker, at any rate someone who has all the equipment and went to
classes some years ago, but hasn't done any since. She says she is now
going to dig out the books she has to have a look, so here's hoping...  mind
you she's knitting a scarf at the moment that she started 5 years ago.

Alison in Colchester, Essex, UK where the sun is shining but I just wish the
wind would calm down (I wrote this a while ago and then got interrupted, since
then we've had a hail storm with added thunder and now it's sunny again you've
just got to love the British weather)

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Re: [lace] New Website

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Catherine!

Congratulations for such a lovely website!  I loved seeing your beautiful work! 
 Thank you for sharing!

Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA

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On Apr 18, 2013, at 4:25 AM, "Catherine Barley" 
 wrote:

> I've been busy lately putting a web site together and thought you might like
> to take a look.
> 
> 
> Catherine Barley Needlelace
> www.catherinebarley.com
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RE: [lace] lace photos

[Maureen]

Hi

I have several new students and they all seem to be buying of the internet
as a lot of the suppliers are using this form of selling nowadays.   But it
doesn't help if they want to see what they are buying.

I am also involved for our local  lace group and we are having great
difficulty getting anyone to come to our meetings nowadays.But I have
managed to get suppliers for our Lace days for 2013 and 2014.

Maureen
E Yorks   UK

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Re: [lace] lace photos

[Jacquie Tinch]

I suspect that it is a combination of things, and the lack of organisers is 
almost the least. 

One of the main problems is that there are far fewer suppliers, and with the 
cost of transporting their goods most of them are not willing to/can't afford 
to attend lace days and fairs where they are not even going to cover their 
costs so there is now a small core of them who are at nearly every event over 
quite a large area and it is unusual to find anyone else. It is only the very 
largest fairs who are still able to attract a wider range of them. 

Related to this there are also fewer lacemakers (and this situation will 
continue until we can get more and younger people enthused), at the moment 
possibly with less available money, and they know they are going to see mostly 
the same suppliers so why bother to go to the lace day or fair. If they do go 
it's to meet friends and chat, not to buy from those same suppliers, which in 
turn makes the suppliers less likely to attend that event again. A real vicious 
circle.  

Add to that the cost of venues and insurance is going up (although cover for a 
UK lace day is free to Lace Guild members), making it more of a gamble for the 
organisers that they won't be out of pocket at the end of the day. 

Many of the events in Spain at least have some back up support in the way of 
venue and/or finance from the local government, because the Spanish authorities 
take their lace heritage more seriously than their counterparts in the UK. 

Jacquie in Lincolnshire. 

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[lace] New Website

[Catherine Barley]

Good morning all

I've been busy lately putting a web site together and thought you might like
to take a look.  I really enjoy seeing the work of others and thought perhaps
I should share some of my efforts over the past years.  There may be the odd
typo/error and I'd be grateful if you spot any, to let me know.

Catherine Barley
Henley-on-Thames
UK



Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com

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Re: [lace] lace photos

[Rochelle Sutherland]

It is unfortunately not an isolated problem. It is happening in a lot of the
creative arts. In defense of the younger ones though, as I'm 40 and have
earned my stripes in the business world, I know that sometimes it is difficult
to get others to hand over the reins. It is often frustrating to see things
slow down but not be allowed to do anything about it. I know it is almost
always easier to do it yourself when you have been doing something for some
time, but could I encourage everyone to take a younger one under their
wing, by force if necessary, and plan for them to succeed you. Please don't
see them as a threat or taking over, but as a plan for longevity. It is vital
for the survival of our craft and the diversity of creative arts in our
societies. New blood and new ideas and sometimes new ways are good things.
---
Rochelle Sutherland 
&
Lachlan (15 yrs), Duncan (13 yrs) and Iain (12 yrs)
http://www.houseofhadrian.com.au/

From: J D Hammett 
>To:
Ayla Middleton ; Sue Harvey
<2harv...@tiscali.co.uk> 
>Cc: Lorelei Halley ;
lace@arachne.com 
>Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 3:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [lace]
lace photos
>
>
>Hi Arachnids,
>
>
>Secondly, There seem to be fewer Lace days
and fairs in the UK as Sue said. 
>The reason for that is probably not just
the fact that people are using the 
>net, but also that the people who used to
organise them (and note here that 
>it often has been the same few people
taking up the work of putting these 
>things on) tend to be getting a little
older. Younger ones may not have the 
>time nor the inclination (No time? Shy?
Not feeling 'up to it'?, etc.) to 
>take up the mantle.
>
>

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