[lace] Bookmark arrival
I have received an amazing bookmark from may favorite place in the world - ENGLAND! *happy dance* Thank you Sheila Brown *big smile* Now I must go buy a book to put it in. 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/
RE: [lace] Machine made
Hi All, Punch cards are also used for knitting machines and you can get some lovely lacey patterns. Must "dust off" mine and make something. There has been talk about knitted socks on another list, years since I have tried some of those. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW - 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] Stanhopes
Hello All! Thank you Allison!! Loved the link to the peeps on the Woodsetton site. These would make delightful commemorative bobbins at any lace event & I wonder if anyone stateside will offer them? The Alice in Wonderland series would be my first choice! Oh my--more bobbins!! Sincerely, 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] DMC Retors d'Alsace 40 and 60
On 27/04/13 8:24 PM, Achim Siebert wrote: Does anyone know what those threads compare to in thickness (wraps/cm)? Retor d'Alsace cotton - no. 40 and 60 on eBay. I guess it's comparable to Broder Machine 40 and 60 which are given in Brenda's book as having 36 and 46 wraps/cm. The intended use is as couching and/or filling thread for Carrickmacross lace or Brussels needle lace - will that work? yes they are almost the same. I would go for the 60 which would work if you use it to couch the thicker thread in Carrickmacross as well as being used to produce filling stitches. The 40 would be too thick for couching but not thick enough for the cord. Anna from a sunny Sydney where she has just fed the sulphur crested cockatoos who fly in for breakfast. - 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] Louise's Milanese Butterfly
Hiya Sue and others on the lists...since I always like to see what people are doing...for my reading and looking at eye candy pleasure I thought I would share some of my Milanese that I have made. Of coarse there is so much more lace to make...like Janice Blair's Milanese Mask...and I think there is a swan there too...and then there is Tamara's dove. So much to do...so little time...but I enjoy the making and the looking after projects are finished. I was so fortunate to take Louise Colgan's Milanese class last May I think it was. She is a great teacher and she really knows her stuff. I am so itching to get back into my Milanese Lace for I love it ...has to be one of my favorite laces for it is lace ( the Braids) within Lace. If you click on April 2006 at my blog URL in my signature below you can see my butterfly I changed the fillings inside my wings...but that is the nice thing about making your own lace...you can do whatever you want to. If you go to May 2006 you can see my heart also designed by Louise Colgan and if you go to May 2012 you can see Louise working on my pillow and if you go to June 2012 you can see my finished Seahorse from the class I took with Louise. I am so glad I was in her class. I so enjoyed myself and I still owe her a couple of painted square bobbins. I must get on them. Louise if you are seeing this email...I haven't forgotten. I have also taken a class of Milanese with Pat Read and I have also finished Louise's hummingbird from her DVD which I think is a must have if you want to learn how to do Milanese Lace. Anyhooo...there are some things for you all to look at. And...and...I believe Sandi Woods will be teaching at Ithaca Lace Days this coming Columbus weekend in Ithaca, New York. Sandi as you know has a couple great Milanese Books out in print. This year it will be really hard to decide which class I am taking in Ithaca. Something to look forward to I am sure though. Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.com/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - 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] punch card
Hi Arachnids This type of loom is called a jacquard loom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom The concept of how it works was the bases for punch card and tape reading computers in the 60s and 70s L Kind Regards Liz Baker I believe the Jaquard system was applied to the lacemaking machines in about 1830s? I think - I'm sure someone will know the exact date. Before then the machines could only make bobbinet - sometimes called tulle net, a copy of Bucks point ground. Happy lacemaking Alex - 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] Machine made
This type of loom is called a jacquard loom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom The concept of how it works was the bases for punch card and tape reading computers in the 60s and 70s L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 27 Apr 2013, at 17:23, "David Collyer" wrote: >> The cards with holes that the machines use are called punch cards and > and >> this system was used to control many machines before comuters could be > used to >> control them. I always say that lace prickings were the original 'punch > cards', more in fun than meaning it, but who knows? > > Dear Friends, > I am writing this from my hotel room in Saigon. Those cards were being > used by the weavers I saw last year in Varanasi, India > David in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam > > - > 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/ - 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] tatting or bobbin lace
Hello Gon and everyone This is good. The Bobbin Lace Lady is more rare the The Tatting Lady, but she makes an appearance once in a while. I met her at a museum where we had a craft display. The BL lady pointed to one of us tatting, 'that's bobbin lace! there is the lace, and there is the bobbin' (the shuttle). Well, there was logic in a way. On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 2:53 AM, Gon Homburg wrote: > > group on Thursday. Because a day can be long my friend who was are > responsible > for our stand decided to take some tatting with us. ... > And yes a lady came and asked us if we were making bobbin > lace. -- 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] Machine made
> The cards with holes that the machines use are called punch cards and and > this system was used to control many machines before comuters could be used to > control them. I always say that lace prickings were the original 'punch cards', more in fun than meaning it, but who knows? Dear Friends, I am writing this from my hotel room in Saigon. Those cards were being used by the weavers I saw last year in Varanasi, India David in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - 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] Machine made
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:41:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Liz and Ken Roberts Subject: [lace] Machine made lace on TV show "How It's Made" I just saw this show tonight. It is episode 551 dated 4 18 13. It was interesting to see they used a card with holes in it to create the pattern. I guess I'm prejudiced though because I think hand made lace is 1000 times nicer! Hi Liz The cards with holes that the machines use are called punch cards and and this system was used to control many machines before comuters could be used to control them. I always say that lace prickings were the original 'punch cards', more in fun than meaning it, but who knows? Happy lacemaking Alex. - 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] DMC Retors d'Alsace 40 and 60
Does anyone know what those threads compare to in thickness (wraps/cm)? I found two 25 g spools of Retor d'Alsace cotton - no. 40 and 60 on eBay. I guess it's comparable to Broder Machine 40 and 60 which are given in Brenda's book as having 36 and 46 wraps/cm. The intended use is as couching and/or filling thread for Carrickmacross lace or Brussels needle lace - will that work? Best, Achim. - 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 or bobbin lace
I often read on Arachne about the lady who see bobbin lace demonstrated and states that it is tatting. Thursday and Friday the Lace Festival in Deventer was going on and I was attending and taking care of the stand of our lace group on Thursday. Because a day can be long my friend who was are responsible for our stand decided to take some tatting with us. We had quite a lot peple who were interested in what we were doing, also because the tatting group wasn't present. And yes a lady came and asked us if we were making bobbin lace. We laughed and I remembered all the times I read on Arachne about the tatting lady. Of course this is the other side of the ocean. Gon Homburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 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] Conventions
Charlotte Moore wrote: I agree. Having regional meetings would be an excellent idea. If conventions are so far from lace members and basically only certain sections of the country are well represented then they are the ones making decisions. I like the idea of proxy voting. That way all members have a voice in decisions. Wait a minute! Sure, there were more Portland-area attendees at the Portland convention than at the Minneapolis convention (and so forth), but these conventions are most assuredly not regional in terms of representation. There are many, many people who show up at convention after convention. One of the reasons I enjoy going to IOLI convention each year is to renew friendships with people I only see at that venue. At the IOLI AGM there is ample representation from members around the world. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds) - 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/
