Re: [lace] My Thistle Bookmark got a
Well done Sherry, it is a pretty piece so an achievement for you and also a well done to the designer, it is lovely. I have also got the patterns but haven't attempted to make them. Sue T Dorset UK ribbon for second place at the New York State Fair. I put a picture of the bookmark and ribbon.up on my blog. Address in signature. I have to thank Jean Leader for the design that burned my A_ _ to learn how to do bobbinlace and to in the end finish it and get a ribbon for it. I love this design. Maybe in the coming months will attack one of her other designs. Daunting in deedy Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] New at www.LaceCurator.info: Crocheted Maltese Lace
Hi Robin et al, I wonder if it is also because crochet grows much quicker than knitting, and infinitely faster then bobbin lace! I started a crochet cardigan, admittedly in double knitting wool, last night, and have now finished the back, and halfway through one front - I couldn't possibly have done that much in knitting. Especially as I neither like nor am good at knitting!! However, I can also remember that, when I was a small girl, anything hand-knitted instead of being purchased, was somewhat looked down upon, as it was assumed that the parents were unable to afford to buy the more expensive bought and knitted clothing, as handknitting wool/yarn was cheaper in those days! How times have changed - I could have bought a casrdigan for the three-year old grand-daughter for half the price I have paid for the wool, and not to mention the crochet hooks, buttons, patterns etc - as well as my time. But I am sure Phoebe will love it - after all, it is pink, with purple buttons, as she requested! Carol - in North Norfolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: robinl...@socal.rr.com robinl...@socal.rr.com To: lace@arachne.com lace@arachne.com Cc: Sent: Sunday, 25 August 2013, 4:48 Subject: Re: [lace] New at www.LaceCurator.info: Crocheted Maltese Lace Elizabeth Kurella ekure...@gmail.com wrote: Personally, I've always half-wondered if it isn't low self-esteem. Crochet was for many years very commonly done and had no real glory. So many people turned up their noses, Oh, that's just crochet! 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/
Re: [lace] My Thistle Bookmark got a
They are an excellent project for making you think, I made Jeans Rose bookmark for my sister ( her name). I don't know who was the more pleased, her for receiving it or me for managing to make it. Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. Sent from my iPad - 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] early lace on display, plus lecture workshop
Hello All! Serendipity is wonderful--while looking for one thing, I stumbled across another! A friend has informed me that the Cleveland Museum of Art has Italian Renaissance textiles on disply in Gallery 118 (others in 117)--including lace. If you are unable to attend but would like the accession numbers to view the lace online, please contact me off-list I will forward her file. Otherwise we may bump into other at the cases this fall. Based on the accession info, these examples appear to be from the Ida Schiff collection donated by JH Wade. In addition, in conjunction with TAA, there will be a lecture workshop on Buratto Filet Laces in November. Info is on their website at http://www.taacleveland.org/program.html This is good karma for those of us who hope to get a seat at Gilian Dye's lecture on early lace in Ithaca. Whoever gets to Cleveland first, please write a review! 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] New at www.LaceCurator.info: Crocheted Maltese Lace
I think, too, that crochet gives you lots of freedom to create just from the end of the hook right where you are, and you don't have to plan it all out ahead of time. You can decide to put in extra stitches or skip a couple if things are getting tight. You can stop at any moment and stick in a bobble, or tie off your thread and just begin again someplace else. You can turn around and go backwards or you can slip stitch further down the row. That immediacy lets you be really creative if you want to be, and it makes it comparatively easy to shape your crochet into something that looks like something else, even without a lot of training. So an amateur who has done enough crochet to understand the possibilities can just take a look at some other kind of lace and say I'm going to do that in crochet and turn out a reasonable replica. So - it's portable, it's cheap to do, it allows for great creativity - no wonder people use it to create so many different looks. And you can pull out your mistakes *really* easily ;-) Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) On 2013-08-24, at 11:25 AM, Elizabeth Kurella wrote: New at www.LaceCurator.info is crocheted Maltese lace. It seems to me that crocheting lacemakers are more likely than any other lacemakers to produce crocheted variations of many other lacemaking techniques. I‚ve seen crocheted Cluny, reticella, point plat, Gros Point, Battenberg, filet and others. Anyone care to share thoughts on why? What‚s the most innovative imitation you‚ve seen? Come visit www.LaceCurator.info and share. - 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/
[lace] Aurelia
Dear Arachnids I was sad to hear about Aurelia passing away. She offered to proofread for me when I started revamping my âCassells Illustrated Dictionary of Lacemakingâ as âSalex Illustrated Dictionary of Lacemakingâ. Every morning she would reply with corrections to my rewriting interspersed with witty comments which would have me in stitches. She made what would otherwise have been drudgery into a delight. For that I shall be eternally grateful. Knowing her is an inspiration that will remain with me. I consider it an honour to have known her and been able to call her my friend. 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] Disposing of Files. Comment-a-Day for Next 7 Days
I loved the points from the old files. You are correct - we need to save this information and not let it be lost to future generations. Some days I get overwhelmed when I start to look at the very small collection I have. I can not imagine the files you have. Just know not everyone is not interested. Shell - who is working on the same lace bookmark again as I keep making mistakes! On 8/22/2013 5:18 PM, jeria...@aol.com wrote: So quiet. Since there is no interest in my collections, I have started the painful process of purging. (It sort of reminds of what happened in the English lace-making villages, when all their lace equipment ended up being destroyed -- we tsk tsk now, but probably no one was interested in saving those things at that time.) This is not a task to leave for an executor unfamiliar with the subject matter. Difficult. Some files were saved from as far back as 1952, when I was just starting high school. Others are even older, and were collected through years of antiquing. They are examples of what can happen when a passion for embroidery, lace, and hand-sewing has never faltered. Other people move from basket weaving to macrame to paper-making to gardening to etc. without much focus, but that was never my blueprint! The paper files have included every single newsletter from various groups, and document what we were doing to keep these skills and these aspects of womens' history alive. Reflects focused interest on the 2nd half of the 20th C. There is little mail on Arachne, and I found a few tidbits in some quite old Embroiderers' Guild newsletters that might amuse, to share. Following is one entry for each day of the next week. Some are informative. Others are supposed to be amusing. 1. Hand work should be hand laundered! 2. Keep a set of plastic embroidery hoops for pre-treating stains. Stretch the fabric on the hoops (this is not about lace); it is much easier to remove spots when material is taut. 3. Warm corn meal (uncooked, of course) brushed over needlework will usually pick up most soil (furrier's trick). Good hint, if you live in an area where there are dust storms. 4. To remove dust from unglazed framed needlework, crumble stale white bread onto needlework. Leave on for several minutes. Shake off and grayness should come off with the crumbs. (After this, Jeri would suggest having a friend hold a piece of screening over the needlework frame while you vacuum to remove any crumb particles that did not shake off. Some vacuum hoses have an adjustment so there is not excessive pull. You should use the adjustment, and securely tape a piece of machine-made net over the nozzle. You don't want to pull loose stitches, beads, lace appliques, etc. into the vacuum cleaner.) 5. A stitcher's husband stepped on a needle. She looked at him in disgust as she pulled the bloody needle out and said, You BENT it! 6. A stitcher's friend, an archeologist, was asked for an opinion of her Greek needle lace sampler. She explained that it was a lost art from an island in the Aegean Sea. The friend's comment was, My dearsometimes there is a reason for these arts to be lost. 7. When I was giving a lecture, I wore an antique lace shawl. After commenting that it was at least 100 years old, one of the students asked, Did you do the work yourself? 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/ -- Smile! Shell Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau - 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/
