[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/
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] Torchon fan
I have been going through my stash of patterns and I have found a pricking for a torchon fan. I don't have a picture of the worked fan and wondered if anyone would be willing to give me an idea of stitches and any working tips. I can send an attachment scan of the fan privately. Ann UK - 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
I'm another who just likes the making, and doesn't care much what happens to the finished product - if indeed it gets finished. A good challenging pricking, a combination of threads and/or colours, whatever appeals. Incidentally, for those on Arachne who knew I lived in Cooma at The Round House, DH and I have recently moved to live with our son and his partner (and her grandmother) in a beautiful house in a valley about 20 minutes drive south of Canberra, with hardly another house in site, and once settled in, I'll have lots of time to tackle some of those lace projects I've had on my want to try list for ages. And I've already got two students lining up to learn lacemaking once I get settled. Noelene at The Angle, via Tharwa nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au 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? - 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] Re: Lace with and without an end use
I did work some small samples of a type of piece, especially the complex bucks point which is in my folder, before I went on to make a full piece but as my teacher always gave me a corner of a pattern which I copied and using the computer got a square for beds hanky or square edging for photo frame (or could have been a hanky) that is what I made. She occasionally showed us a piece of her lace which might have been withof, Duchess or other beautiful dolphins, it seemed appropriate looking at full pieces as a piece of art or working item. I have been reading your two process vs product and have been amazed and fascinated that you never finish. Will have to train my brain to accept that idea and maybe I will get to try some of the other beautiful types of lace pieces that appeal to me. Thank you ladies. Sue T Dorset UK 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] de-fuzzing lace in progress?
I have both a light and a dark cat, so no matter what color I'm working on, I can see cat hair. Fingers and/or tweezers are the main source of removal. Sometimes I use masking tape to remove hairs from the pillow, to keep them out of the lace. The fingers/tweezers made need to be applied several times, even after the lace has been completed and used. When the light catches the lace 'just so', I find more cat hair. This will continue to happen until some time after the cats are gone. Their hair gets into everything and likes to stick to fabrics. Alice in Oregon -- where we had record high temps for 3 days and are now back to chill and rain. - 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
I do both types of lacemaking. I have given away laces specifically made for exchanges, weddings, birthdays, Christmas, conference decorations and raffles, etc. Sometimes it's specifically for me -- a scarf, collar. or motif. I don't wear much lace on my everyday clothes, but will wear a dainty scarf or a collar to church or special occasion. I'm currently making a tablecloth just for myself. I'm guessing the cats will be gone by the time I get it finished, so it will be safe to have it on my table. On the other hand, I love to try different kinds of lace and interesting patterns. I make a lot of items just for the fun of trying the pattern. There's a variety of projects that were started in a class, and have not been finished. Some will be, but some will be cut off if I decide I'm no longer interested. Many of these projects have ended up on a display board that I take to demos. Hint: Most of you are familiar with the commercial display board that's 24 x 48 with 12 inch flaps folded in on both sides. If you take a sharp knife or cutting blade and score a line between the two flaps, down the center of the big board -- and only through the inside surface layer, the board will fold backwards right in the middle. This gives you four connected surfaces, each 12 x 48. The folded form 12x48x2 inches is much easier to transport than the 24x48 form, especially when it's windy. I put an elastic strap around it so it stays firmly closed during transport. Actually, I have three of these boards now, so I can take just one or all to a demo, depending on space allotted. Alice in Oregon -- where I'm working on a butterfly pattern from an old 'Kant' magazine. - 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?
IMHO cats are selective on the hair shedding front white lace or clothing - dark hairs, dark lace or clothing you guessed it white hairs!!! And multicoloured ones for everywhere else!!! LOL We have one dark tortie cat, one light tiger striped cat and a black and white one!!! I use tiny tweezers. Sue in East Yorkshire, where it's sunny today!! On 5 May 2014, at 08:59, lacel...@frontier.com wrote: I have both a light and a dark cat, so no matter what color I'm working on, I can see cat hair. Fingers and/or tweezers are the main source of removal. Sometimes I use masking tape to remove hairs from the pillow, to keep them out of the lace. The fingers/tweezers made need to be applied several times, even after the lace has been completed and used. When the light catches the lace 'just so', I find more cat hair. This will continue to happen until some time after the cats are gone. Their hair gets into everything and likes to stick to fabrics. My Tatty Blog http://pigminitatty.blogspot.co.uk/ - 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] Re: Lace with and without an end use
I fall into the process group as well. I can't think when I've worn my lace, and I can count on one hand the pieces I've made as gifts. Like Robin, I love the process and the challenge. But beyond that, I am also rather obsessive, and I can't bear *not* to finish something - that feels like defeat to me! I have two pieces on display in my house, but most of my lace is in a notebook. Several years ago! I started a difficult piece and was never happy with the way it was going. I finally decided it needed to be worked with a larger thread. I cut the bobbins off, and put the fragment away (in the notebook). I am now eyeing the pattern again, because I *will not* be defeated by it! Clay 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. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.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] Re: Lace with and without an end use
Clay, I fall into the process group as well. I can't think when I've worn my lace, and I can count on one hand the pieces I've made as gifts. Like Robin, I love the process and the challenge. But beyond that, I am also rather obsessive, and I can't bear *not* to finish something - that feels like defeat to me! I have two pieces on display in my house, but most of my lace is in a notebook. Several years ago! I started a difficult piece and was never happy with the way it was going. I finally decided it needed to be worked with a larger thread. I cut the bobbins off, and put the fragment away (in the notebook). I am now eyeing the pattern again, because I *will not* be defeated by it! While you and I have very similar attitudes to tackling a pricking, I'm afraid my walls are covered with framed pieces of my lace. I've worn a bow tie and jabot a couple of times. David in Ballarat, AUS - 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
If anyone can forward any suggestions on this subject I'd be most interested too :) During shedding season one is incorporating as much pet hair as thread in lace projects. I have tried tweezers, they are somewhat helpful if you spot the hair before it's incorporated. I sometimes lightly (very lightly) run one of those sticky rollers down the leads before working. The only suggestion that sort of works is changing your project in shedding season to a multi-coloured piece. (Have you noticed how difficult it is to retro-stitch an area if it also includes pet hair?) If I find the hair already worked into my piece I have learned to be philosophical about it and try to think of it as a permanent memento of a precious little life. Sharon on Vancouver Island - 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
Subject: [lace] de-fuzzing lace I have a sheltie and I, too, use a tweezer. I stop often and run a sticky roller over the pillow edge, and my cover cloth to try to keep the hairs out of the vicinity of my pillow. But do not roll the sticky roller over your lace. I did that once, and never again. I still have to pull out a hair or two anyway... Susie Morris, ILlinois - 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
I'm surprised that more of us cat-loving lace makers don't have sphinx cats (the hairless ones). I suppose the silky fur is part of the pleasure of living with a cat. How about keeping a vacuum cleaner nearby? Lorelei - 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
Hi All, My best piece is back on my lounge room wall, Eeva-Liisa's Crucifixion. Made is specifically for my Dad's 80th birthday and he gave it back to me when he downsized as he moved in with one of my brothers. Incidentally, he turned 91 2 weeks ago. I have made dresses, pop over style, for my two eldest (now 8 and 7) for winter with a strip of torchon on the bottom. Lots of crochet lace in Wedding packages over the years. For Bobbin lace, I make it with the intention of being useful but it does not always work out. Have a number of lengths in a special box waiting for something to be sewn on to, including a piece for a top for myself. The one piece I sewed onto a square for a quilt was not my work. When the Kosova ladies were at one of the local Army barracks, one of them made a knotted needle lace doily which went into one of the Childrens' Charity quilts. Have a basic plan on my Bucket List to do a cream-on-cream quilt for a special purpose, with some handmade lace on it. Finishing things is a problem for me - usually will finish part but the actual finishing, e.g., mounting onto linen is often the problem. 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] lost address book
After two weeks in and out and in and out of the shop, I finally have my computer back. Unfortunately, one of the things that could not be completely restored is my email address book. If any of you communicate with me privately, could you please send me a quick email so I can collect your address again? Thanks! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA Lace at Sweet Briar - 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?
I was told to lace away and the remove the offending at hairs with a pair of tweezers. This does work with torchon (but is boring as hell). However with plaited laces such as beds it is virtually impossible. So I now use my very expensive clothes brush almost exclusively to brush my pillow before I start (cashmere side of the brush which is why it was costly and I have no cashmere at the moment) and always cover the pillow, when not in use, with a large scarf Kind Regards Liz Baker On 4 May 2014, at 21:31, Beth McCasland bmccs...@gmail.com wrote: 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. - 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
Initially, when I first started to make lace, I chose a project for one of two reasons. a) because it taught me technique that I wanted to learn. b) because I was going to give it to my mum. With mum's passing, earlier this year, it brought me up sharp just how often I made a piece for mum. Kind Regards Liz Baker On 5 May 2014, at 09:23, lacel...@frontier.com lacel...@frontier.com wrote: I do both types of lacemaking. I have given away laces specifically made for exchanges, weddings, birthdays, Christmas, conference decorations and raffles, etc. Sometimes it's specifically for me -- a scarf, collar. or motif. I don't wear much lace on my everyday clothes, but will wear a dainty scarf or a collar to church or special occasion. I'm currently making a tablecloth just for myself. I'm guessing the cats will be gone by the time I get it finished, so it will be safe to have it on my table. On the other hand, I love to try different kinds of lace and interesting patterns. I make a lot of items just for the fun of trying the pattern. There's a variety of projects that were started in a class, and have not been finished. Some will be, but some will be cut off if I decide I'm no longer interested. Many of these projects have ended up on a display board that I take to demos. Hint: Most of you are familiar with the commercial display board that's 24 x 48 with 12 inch flaps folded in on both sides. If you take a sharp knife or cutting blade and score a line between the two flaps, down the center of the big board -- and only through the inside surface layer, the board will fold backwards right in the middle. This gives you four connected surfaces, each 12 x 48. The folded form 12x48x2 inches is much easier to transport than the 24x48 form, especially when it's windy. I put an elastic strap around it so it stays firmly closed during transport. Actually, I have three of these boards now, so I can take just one or all to a demo, depending on space allotted. Alice in Oregon -- where I'm working on a butterfly pattern from an old 'Kant' magazine. - 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] Beginner's Bruges Duchesse or Bruges Flower lace
Another approach is to make worm bandages out of very coarse thread that quickly adds up to something. My Compact Oxford English Dictionary has a bookmark that is a long strip of cloth stitch made of three colors of Knit-Cro-Sheen, with white bedspread cotton for the passives. The footsides are very untidy because Knit-Cro-Sheen is twisted the wrong way. The units of measurement in The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics are marked by a fringe which, when pulled, reveals a bedspread-cotton bookmark like the one in the OED, but nicely made and only six inches long. I once braided strings for a pair of crocheted booties, which, with the aid of four bobbins, was less tedious than crocheting them. -- Joy reflexes of a plant Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. - 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/
