RE: [lace] Re: Lace with and without an end use
>>This is the "process vs. product" argument again. I'm an unrepentant process-oriented person. I have no particular use for lace. I don't wear Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com>>> Ditto - I also love the process and couldn't care less about what happens to the lace but I do finish most pieces. It is amazing how these pieces get used sometime or other. Sometimes someone starts a crazy quilt and then I can make a contribution. I suffer from incurable experimentation - different threads, different textures etc etc! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - 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] ID of East Devon decorators styles. Preliminary communication. Only bother to read if you are a bobbin enthusiast.
Dear All, Trust me to get all excited and have to share it with you. With great respect to non bobbin enthusiasts, I know only a few will be interested.. That is fair enough. As Diana has found with East Midland bobbins the issue of alphabet style of the makers is quite significant when it comes down to the finer aspects of identification of makers. With East Devon bobbins we have nothing to start with, sure i can group bobbins according to what they depict, but we have no idea who the maker is nor whom the decorator may be. So today i took the initial steps to examine alphabets styles of decorators, and whist this work has only just begun (You cant imagine how boring it is, even though i am more than keen!) I have ID two decorators by their style of *numbering* The first uses all straight lines to draw the number *8* I have ID two of these bobbins. (two very exciting and almost unique bobbins) ' The second uses an *exclamation mark* ; broad top, down to a pointy bottom; for the Number 1. I have ID 22 of these bobbins. Sorry to be up on cloud No.9 I will come down to earth soon, i can assure you East Devon Bobbin collectors have a look and see what you have got. If you think you can contribute to this project and want me to send you a sample image, you will need to drop me a personal email. Brian - 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] Re: Lace with and without an end use
Lyn Bailey wrote: But I know of others who just like to make lace, and perhaps no actual contemplated use is necessary. What kind of a lace maker are you? This is the "process vs. product" argument again. I'm an unrepentant process-oriented person. I have no particular use for lace. I don't wear it and don't care if any hangs on my walls. However, I love the doing of it. I love crossing and twisting. I love seeing something beautiful forming before my eyes. Most of all, I love solving the puzzle of how a pattern is made. I couldn't care less about finishing it. My friends acknowledge me "Queen of Unfinished Projects". It is -extremely- rare for me to finish something unless it's for a gift. And I have to admit, a few times I have failed to finish a gift (about THAT I'm ashamed, but not about unfinished things that aren't gifts). In the Arachne archives there should be an essay I wrote about product vs. product people. If anyone really wants to read more of my opinion, I'm sure it's in there somewhere. 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/
Re: [lace] de-fuzzing lace in progress?
Hi Beth! I have the same problem, and I do keep a pair of fine tweezers with my tools. They are especially helpful when the fine fur (nearly invisible, since my cat has lots of white fur) gets caught in the threads just where I'm working. I can actually remove the fur before it gets worked into a piece. Clay Sent from my iPad > Yesterday while I was making lace with some friends, I noticed that despite > careful use of cover clothes, my cats have managed to add their fur to the > lace. In spring their fine fur seems to float everywhere > > Does anyone have any tricks or suggestions for removing fine hair from > lace. I've considered keeping a pair of tweezers with my tools. > > > - 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] de-fuzzing lace in progress?
Gentle Spiders, Yesterday while I was making lace with some friends, I noticed that despite careful use of cover clothes, my cats have managed to add their fur to the lace. In spring their fine fur seems to float everywhere The cats have not been laying on my lace pillow. Does anyone have any tricks or suggestions for removing fine hair from lace. I've considered keeping a pair of tweezers with my tools. Either that or get a white cat? Beth McCasland Where the spring flowers do a terrific job of brightening the gray rainy days Seattle, Washington, 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] Lace with and without an end use
When you consider the hours spent on any project they have to go to someone who will love and appreciate them, or find a home on our walls, or whatever. Those items that have been sitting in my box or in a folder are a bit sad and not so alive. I have got lots of books and patterns and every time I look through them I have a list longer than my arms of items I would love to make but when made where would they go. I have run out of wall space. I am also from a time when I make what I need and need what I make or a gift for someone special. Only occasionally have I given someone something and seen the blank look on their face. They have no concept of the time and skills used, the craft or the value of this hand made gift, so I am more careful these days. Sue T Dorset Uk where we have had a bright day, living near the coast means its always a bit cooler than I would like but always grateful for the sunshine. Sue brought up an interesting topic. Making lace with an end use and a recipient, or making lace for the love of it. Me, I find that I like making things with a use in mind, and I tend to choose those projects. Handkerchief edgings, bookmarks, applique for a T shirt, a decoration for a particular item of clothing is what draws me. But I know of others who just like to make lace, and perhaps no actual contemplated use is necessary. What kind of a lace maker are you? And do you have any idea why? Me? I think it's because I am, at heart, a German peasant, who needs things to be useful. What about you? Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it's a bit to chilly and cloudy to be a beautiful spring day, but it's definitely spring. - 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] adivice on format please. Test
Looks fine to me Brian!! Sue in East Yorkshire where we've been demonstrating lace all day!! - 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] Mary McPeek Lace
I have three pieces of lace make by Mary McPeek that I was asked to âsellâ. I opted instead to do an auction. A portion of the proceeds will go to the IOLI scholarship fund. anyone interested may email me at barbnl...@yahoo.com for details. the auction will close on May 31, 2014. Sent from Windows Mail - 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 with and without an end use
Sue brought up an interesting topic. Making lace with an end use and a recipient, or making lace for the love of it. Me, I find that I like making things with a use in mind, and I tend to choose those projects. Handkerchief edgings, bookmarks, applique for a T shirt, a decoration for a particular item of clothing is what draws me. But I know of others who just like to make lace, and perhaps no actual contemplated use is necessary. What kind of a lace maker are you? And do you have any idea why? Me? I think it's because I am, at heart, a German peasant, who needs things to be useful. What about you? Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it's a bit to chilly and cloudy to be a beautiful spring day, but it's definitely spring. - 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] adivice on format please. Test
Hello Brian and everyone Your post, brackets, and * * 's look fine in my browser. I just checked at the mail.archive.lace and your present message there looks fine on my screen too. Is that what you meant when you "go to read...posts" - at the archive? or do you mean when you read them in your sent mail? Your previous message looked fine, too, though I wondered about your use of the *, so that would be instead of a bracket? In some transfers between mail programs, the diacritical marks become code gibberish to the eye, although the text is legible. On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Brian Lemin wrote: > This is written in plain text > > 1. I noticed that my Brackets are a pain when I go to read my posts. > 2. It looks as though I can use * * in place of them > 3. If i write in plain text will the brackets be OK? () > > -- 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] Milanese books - correction
Sue, I wish someone had the power to do that too...I need a day at least three times as long :-) Karen in Malta - 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] Milanese books - correction
Talking about coincidences, I used to live in the town for the first 29 years of my life but dont remember ever seeing the lace section in the museum until years after I had moved away and was visiting my parents, just after I started making lace, probably about 2001. I have since visited several times and bought some of their patterns for myself and friends. I decided to make a clock face in bucks point lace (using Alex Stillwells pattern) which keeps begging me to do it. It was to be a gift to my sister who left the town 20 years ago to live in Canada. Her son makes fabulous wood items so we got our collective thoughts together via the internet and he is making the body of the clock plus he bought the face when he saw something he loved, while I get on with making the lace. When i received the measurements I realised that the piece in question wouldbe too big to fit, so reduced it and Alex kindly checked it and told me what thread would work on the new size. Since then I found a piece of lace made by me which was made using one of the patterns redrawn from an old piece of lace and sold by the museum to raise money to aid the preservation of the Lace Dealers Pattern Book. Symbols within the lace which I made because I just loved the pattern are just so right for my sister, and is a much better fit for the clock as is, so she is getting that but I still Must now make this other lace but can now return to the proper size and make it just for Me:-) I have also bought the introduction to Milanese lace book you mentioned which is very good and I have plans to improve my skills in this very beautiful lace. Now if any of you know how to make each day last twice as long or me be able to speed up more than my current speeds I would be very grateful. There is so much beautiful lace out there I must make. I think I might have to abandon making lace for others in the future and just keep working on all these forms of lace for the love it them rather than making something with an end use and an end user. Sue T Dorset UK Dear All As Jill noted, the latest copy of Lace has arrived - and I see that the introduction book is reprinting. Worth the wait if you are new to Milanese, or just want the basics (and a bit more) in a convenient form leonard...@yahoo.com - back from Woking lace day, to which Veronica Main had brought some goodies from Luton Museum for us to admire - by chance including the original unit pricking I had used for the length of Bucks on which I was working! - 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] Milanese books - correction
Dear All As Jill noted, the latest copy of Lace has arrived - and I see that the introduction book is reprinting. Worth the wait if you are new to Milanese, or just want the basics (and a bit more) in a convenient form leonard...@yahoo.com - back from Woking lace day, to which Veronica Main had brought some goodies from Luton Museum for us to admire - by chance including the original unit pricking I had used for the length of Bucks on which I was working! - 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/
