Re: [lace] Contributing / helping build community
I had someone local tell me I was doing my tatting joins wrong (it was different than how this person prefers to do them) Robin the next time someone says something like this to you just quote There's more than one way of skinning a cat! You might also tell them that you'll try their method and that perhaps they might like to try yours and maybe you will both gain something from the experience. I am NOT a professional nor am I some uber OCD designer. I'm an artist and a mom. Professionals are paid for their skills but I don't think the majority of lace tutors who are paid a very nominal sum, can claim to make a living from the fees they receive. However, they do give up a considerable amount of their time to pass on their skills to others but neither are they a charity! They cannot be expected to pay their own travelling expenses to travel hundreds of miles, leaving their own families to fend for themselves, as the majority of them are mums too. I spoke to one lace tutor at an IOLI Convention some years ago who said her young son announced at a family gathering that he was A Lace Orphan! Husbands and kids don't enjoy mum being away and having to fend for themselves, sometimes for a week or more, with poor mum returning home to total chaos when often suffering from jetlag too. I for one, take my hat off to all those generous souls who submit the odd article for a lace bulletin and even if they are classified as a 'Professional', they do not receive payment for this but submit them for the benefit of the lace community at large. We've all read the very interesting reports from participants at the IOLI Convention this year and thoroughly enjoyed them. One doesn't have to be a 'Professional' to send a pattern with brief instructions as to threads, number of bobbins required etc. just a generous spirit and a little of their time. Anyone who has the nerve to crticise these generous lacemakers should be ashamed of themselves. The above is not a criticism or directed at any individual, but just an attempt to reassure the less confident that we are all equal in that we have a common interest and are all eager to improve our skills in that direction. If we don't like/approve of something that someone has been generous enough to send in, we don't have to take it on board. We need these generous spirited lacemakers for our craft to survive and the last thing we want to do is to upset them and risk losing the valuable information and patterns they generously donate for the benefit of us all. They were all 'beginners' once and have been extremely grateful to their tutors/friends for passing on/sharing their skills with them too. Robin, we'd love to see your patterns. Catherine Barley UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.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/
[lace] Surprising Lace Conference
Yesterday I was invited to attend a conference being held on 18th-21st November, 2014 in Riga, Latvia as it celebrates the 'European Capital of Culture'. The title of the conference is Surprising Lace: Art Craft Creativity in Europe. Here is more information about the accompanying exhibition: http://www.latvia.travel/en/event/exhibition-surprising-lace Registration closes on 19th Sept, 2014. I did find a list of entries which had been accepted for the exhibition but now I can't locate the web-site. If I find it I'll post the list. Hugs from Tartu, Estonia Penelope - 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] Baby piece
Hi spiders My neighbour, who I have been helping to learn to make lace over the months of this year has just become a grandmother again to a new baby girl and my husband suggested she might like to make a small piece of lace for the new baby. Now had we started a couple of months ago we might have achieved something to go on the card for the arrival, but that happened in the week and she is still working, slowly on and off on her poppy. One more petal to go. We have not had a lace session this month due to my husbands birthday and then some major family situation when he brother was shipping back to this country 8 months after a major accident which has left him with some major brain damage, so for a woman who already has a couple of serious health issues herself it has been a very stressful month and not conducive to calm lace making. Anyway I spoke to her this morning about the baby lace and she seemed pleased with the idea so I am again coming through all of you to ask if you have any suggestions of simple braid type lace pieces that might go into a frame on the babies wall and not be consigned to a drawer after the first few days. I have seen a stork but thats for the here and now, not for a young child, have seen the elephants on the lace guild site which looked good, so are there any other good pieces out there. I will check out my books during the afternoon to see if anything comes up but its difficult to know what pieces are available without having every book that exists and most I have never seen or heard of but I do have a goodly number myself so far. I am sure there are one or two grandmothers out there so would be interested to know what ideas you might have used yourselves. Always grateful Sue T Dorset - 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] Baby piece
HI All, I'm thinking I have seen a tape lace rocking horse by Janice Blair. I may be dreaming but Janice can tell us. What a lovely idea! Jane in Vermont, USA where we are having exquisite weather! jvik...@sover.net Hi spiders Anyway I spoke to her this morning about the baby lace and she seemed pleased with the idea so I am again coming through all of you to ask if you have any suggestions of simple braid type lace pieces that might go into a frame on the babies wall and not be consigned to a drawer after the first few days. I have seen a stork but thats for the here and now, not for a young child, have seen the elephants on the lace guild site which looked good, so are there any other good pieces out there. I will check out my books during the afternoon to see if anything comes up but its difficult to know what pieces are available without having every book that exists and most I have never seen or heard of but I do have a goodly number myself so far. I am sure there are one or two grandmothers out there so would be interested to know what ideas you might have used yourselves. Always grateful Sue T Dorset - 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] Wedding Day
At last my lace ring pillow has been used. My Gt. nephew married his lovely bride on Saturday and their son Charlie carried the pillow and carried out his duties really well. The whole day was lovely. I tried to upload to my album but it went on to the Arachne flicker site ( probably did it wrong) Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK 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] Lincoln exhibit?
Hello All! A friend just returned from a visit to the UK saw a sampler exhibit some lace in the Lincoln area. I'm assuming from her comments that these were in the same venue. Does anyone know anything about an exhibit there? She was impressed by the dozens of bobbins laid out on the pillows with the work as if the maker had stopped mid-project. She said they were collars she had a better appreciation for them having seen some of my attempts. Of course I'm thrilled she stopped to view the lace! Lace osmosis does work!! 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/
[lace] Help with mystery lace bonnet
Hello everyone, I have a friend that purchased a very old appearing, unusual lace bonnet made with metallic thread from an eBay vender. Since I have never seen anything like it I turn to your wonderful knowledge to help her guess at the age, style, and material etc. There are two heavy metal balls hanging from two sides, possibly to provide weight to keep it on when worn because the lace is very light weight she says. Here is the flicker link to see the pictures: https://flic.kr/ps/2ozHdT Which is my second question, I never could get the pictures to load into my set on arachne2003. I haven't uploaded for a while so things must have changed since my last additions ( which were thanks to Clay's helpful directions back then but didn't work this time). Guidance again is appreciated. Thanks so much, Vickie in Virginia Be joyful always: pray continually: give thanks in all circumstances. - 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] Sacramento Arachne Photo
Hi All, Sue Babbs kindly put the photo that was taken using Janet Goodacre's camera at our get-together in Sacramento onto Flicker. You can find it in the Photostream or in Albums, Arachne Personal. I am sure we all will recognize who is who but I don't want to name everyone as I am sure to forget someone. Janet is front row right in black top with Bedfordshire collar she probably made herself. Her Beds is wonderful. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/14963315756/ I happened to look at the 2011 photo and saw that I was wearing the identical outfit today at a lace meeting but hopefully looking a bit slimmer. :-) Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego www.jblace.com www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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-chat] Pennsic Wars
Our group was an informal lot, and met up in a piece of privately owned ancient woodland with a big field attached. For a number of years it worked very well with a few competitions of hawk throwing and knife throwing. One session where they were working with flint and steel to light a fire. I learned quite a bit from one of our friends about cooking on the camp fire and many pleasant evenings spent round log fires, chatting. The sight of a field half full of tents and tipis with candle lanterns burning and some of the fires lit is magical. Many of the folk there took up some sort of craft, beadwork, weaving on finger looms and jewellery making so my lace pillow fitted in very well. We imported a few books from America about Buckskinning and still have those in our shelves today all these years later. Our costumes were generally made with cotton, wool or leather, most as practical as possible for working around the tent during the day and then dressing up in better for the evenings and my blanket coat is still up in the loft, which we made out of a whitney blanket. Some of our day stuff was a bit tongue in cheek and we once organised a hobby horse race with the men starting off running the course between the tents guaranteed to have us all in noisy laughter all afternoon. In the evening my husband sang a song he had made up mentioning various people and their part in the race was very well received. For One of the arachne lace exchanges my partner sent me the humming bird (before I bought the disc and made one myself). It was definitely the best one I could have received and is now attached to my long pocket which is part of my evening dressing up outfit, as well as some lace cuffs and a lace edged kerchief I made to wear to keep drafts off my neck and prevent pain but looked ideal.So I was able to bring both hobbies together for about 7 years before we stopped going, but we still have the costumes stored. We also went to the re enactors market when it was held in Oxford one year and close to there another year. Ruth Goodman was there manning her stall which was all about Tudor times which is her favourite time but she also does other television programs from other times down the centuries for british television one of which featured Pat (sorry my brains gone dead) the lady who got a cbe for services to lacemaking last year who showed her how to work a piece of bobbin lace to give to the lady of the mansion when they did a christmas special. Right time to get back into the here and now, I have some work to do. Sue T Dorset UK Okay, now I know it is SCA. I didn't know anything about either when I lived in Pennsylvania. I had heard the name, probably on Arachne at some time but never followed it up. Sounds like fun. I remember going to a reenactment in Lichfield, England when my kids were little and it sounds a lot like that. I went again on a visit and this time found a bobbin maker and bought my one and only jingle bobbin. I used to demo at another reenactment in Illinois every September, but it was only for a weekend, which was enough sometimes as it could be very cold. Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace-chat] Pennsic Wars
Seems odd to me that you in Britain are reenacting American history and over here the SCA are doing reenactments loosely based on European history. I guess whatever appeals works. Kind of like lace where we all have our own favorite type of lace. Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego www.jblace.com www.lacemakersofillinois.org On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 6:54 AM, Sue su...@talktalk.net wrote: Our group was an informal lot, and met up in a piece of privately owned ancient woodland with a big field attached. For a number of years it worked very well with a few competitions of hawk throwing and knife throwing. One session where they were working with flint and steel to light a fire. I learned quite a bit from one of our friends about cooking on the camp fire and many pleasant evenings spent round log fires, chatting. The sight of a field half full of tents and tipis with candle lanterns burning and some of the fires lit is magical. Many of the folk there took up some sort of craft, beadwork, weaving on finger looms and jewellery making so my lace pillow fitted in very well. We imported a few books from America about Buckskinning and still have those in our shelves today all these years later. Our costumes were generally made with cotton, wool or leather, most as practical as possible for working around the tent during the day and then dressing up in better for the evenings and my blanket coat is still up in the loft, which we made out of a whitney blanket. Some of our day stuff was a bit tongue in cheek and we once organised a hobby horse race with the men starting off running the course between the tents guaranteed to have us all in noisy laughter all afternoon. In the evening my husband sang a song he had made up mentioning various people and their part in the race was very well received. For One of the arachne lace exchanges my partner sent me the humming bird (before I bought the disc and made one myself). It was definitely the best one I could have received and is now attached to my long pocket which is part of my evening dressing up outfit, as well as some lace cuffs and a lace edged kerchief I made to wear to keep drafts off my neck and prevent pain but looked ideal. So I was able to bring both hobbies together for about 7 years before we stopped going, but we still have the costumes stored. We also went to the re enactors market when it was held in Oxford one year and close to there another year. Ruth Goodman was there manning her stall which was all about Tudor times which is her favourite time but she also does other television programs from other times down the centuries for british television one of which featured Pat (sorry my brains gone dead) the lady who got a cbe for services to lacemaking last year who showed her how to work a piece of bobbin lace to give to the lady of the mansion when they did a christmas special. Right time to get back into the here and now, I have some work to do. Sue T Dorset UK Okay, now I know it is SCA. I didn't know anything about either when I lived in Pennsylvania. I had heard the name, probably on Arachne at some time but never followed it up. Sounds like fun. I remember going to a reenactment in Lichfield, England when my kids were little and it sounds a lot like that. I went again on a visit and this time found a bobbin maker and bought my one and only jingle bobbin. I used to demo at another reenactment in Illinois every September, but it was only for a weekend, which was enough sometimes as it could be very cold. Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace-chat] Pennsic Wars
There are many re enactment groups in this country. Many different times in history and includes American, Roman, Tudor and any other time you can think of.It amazes me how much time and effort goes into researching to get things right and so many times crafts come in as well. We had someone come and demonstrate how a forge worked and allowed people to try their hand at it. My husbands character was of a scot who had gone out to the americas on a vessel and been left behind, so I ended up making the red and beige jacket, kilt, knitted white socks and then 18 months into my lacemaking learning I made him a jabot and cuffs to wear with the jacket. We bought a pair of trews which were worn more than the kilt (it can be very chilly even in August at many of these events). Although I spent more time in colonial type costume with the lovely tight laced wool waistcoat which kept my back nicely warm, he made me a couple of different leather fringed dresses, hand stitched and beaded, sewed beads onto my moccies and also some leggins up to the knee also beaded. My possibles bag was made by him for me with a fabulous turtle design on the front, cut away leather with felt showing through, plaited leather around the shell part, beads, fringes with bells on the bottom so they could tell whether i was in a hurry or not going about my business on the field by the jingles I made, I heard someone say âhere comes a woman on a mission,â LOL. His bag had a bear paw on the front, almost his signature for a while, beautiful work. I was always stunned by his ideas and the end product and able to offer suggestions sometimes. I tried to make a dream catcher once with a bear paw inside the lace to go in the centre of the ring, its ok but not as good as i would have liked, but I was still a fairly new lacemaker at the time, so i wont beat myself up about it. Another one had the dragonfly from one of my patterns. It hung on my wall for a long time and I hung it outside our tent at quite a few camps in the awning part. We got into this via the American confederate and union balls and country music venues we went to. In my folder on Arachne (HURWITZEND) there is a photo of us dancing in my lace ball gown and he in mountain man gear I think. You see I have always been a lover of lace Sue T Dorset Seems odd to me that you in Britain are reenacting American history and over here the SCA are doing reenactments loosely based on European history. I guess whatever appeals works. Kind of like lace where we all have our own favorite type of lace. Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego www.jblace.com www.lacemakersofillinois.org [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of wlEmoticon-smile[1].png] To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
