Re: [lace] Blood spot

[Sue]

Hi Alex, it was a small drop of blood and the vanish didn't seem to help at 
all, I didn't use salt as I can never remember which way to do it and have 
set stains in, in the past this way which i didn't want to do again.  I used 
the neat liquid I normally use in my washing machine, rubbed it into the 
stain with my finger tip and it came out.   It then went into the machine 
with a normal load and is sparkly bright clean now, thank you.

Sue T

Hi Arachnids

I’m a little late replying and am surprised that on one mentioned blood
stains should first be soaked in salt water, 1 teaspoon to 1 pint, 
preferably

immediately, but even if it has dried it helps to soften the stain.

Hope it has all come out.

Alex

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[lace] Bedfordshire

[Noelene Lafferty]

I think I've found a printing error in Pamela Nottingham's Bedfordshire
Lace Making.  My edition is a hard cover, 1992.

 

On page 11 is a diagram of how to do a leaf.   She says make a cloth stitch
and Take the third thread to the right under and over the outside thread.
But in the diagram, this looks like the third thread to the left being taken
to the left.  In other words, I think the diagram has been printed as a
mirror image.

 

I've looked in her book which covers all three types of lace, and in the
Beds section, the diagram is printed the other way  round (correctly, IMHO).

 

Heather, have fun with your attempt at Beds.   I cannot cope with light
continental bobbins, I'm working my foray into Beds with my spangled
Midlands.  I do love the squared off bobbins too, but keep these aside for
doing tape laces (where the spangles on my Midlands would be a nuisance when
doing sewings).

 

Noelene at The Angle

I used to be in Cooma, but have recently moved to live with my son and DIL
on 9 hectares of Australian bush about 20 minutes south of Canberra.

I've written no new lace poetry recently, except for some little ones to go
with Alex Stillwell's lovely pamphlets on baby bonnets / wedding hankies.
But my book of poetry will be on sale at the weekend at the OIDFA conference
in Adelaide.

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