[lace] Lace Magazines
I had wondered what had happened to The Lace Guild's letters page, and when I asked, I had the response that there hadn't been any letters sent in, and those that were had been passed on to the relevant people for response! Emails tend to be answered straight away, or forwarded to the relevant experts to answer, so it might be an idea if you do chose this method of communication to make it clear that your intention is for it to be published in the magazine concerned. Even the 'silly' questions have their place - not everyone knows the answers and beginners are sometimes afraid to ask (and experienced lacemakers too embarrassed!) Where book reviews are concerned, do check the magazine's policy. The Lace Guild have a team of reviewers for Lace, and the books reviewed are those which have been acquired for the library, so members know they can borrow them if they don't wish/can't afford to purchase. Most of the guild libraries welcome copies of new books - budgets for purchase are limited, and it isn't always easy to know when a self published book is available, especially those published in far flung places :-) In message AA4458ED184A43899E9E79C99D4454B6@Lacepc, Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com writes Even a letter to the Editor with a pat on the back, or a grizzle about something would be OK!! Most Editors these days accept emails, so there is No Excuse! :) -- Jane Partridge - 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-like art piece
Oh don't tempt me Vicki. I feel a chandelier coming on :) David in Ballarat, AUS Heres an amazing artwork that isnt lace (though it could be replicated in lace?). It is from an exhibition in Michigan and this was the winning entry in a competition. http://hyperallergic.com/154971/anila-quayyum-agha-sweeps-artprize-winning-both-jury-and-public-grand-prize-awards/ - 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] The Royal Lacemaker
Dear Friends, Last night I reluctantly finished reading The Royal Lacemaker. What a lovely read: such an unusual topic and also a page turner. It certainly informs you about the lifestyles of the poor women who made lace in Devon in the 1830s. 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] Northwest Regional Conference, USA
The next Northwest Regional Lace Conference will be June 18-21, 2015 at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, hosted by the Portland Lace Society. For classes, teachers, and details, look up portlandlacesociety.com website and click on the rainbow. The theme is rainbows and butterflies, and there's lots of lace butterflies on the website to entice you. (Lace note -- a couple of them are mine.) It's not time yet to register, but it is time to check things out and start making plans. If you have any questions, contact either me or the person listed on the website. Alice in Oregon -- where summer is over and it's rainy this week. - 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] One day lace class
Next week I get to lead a one day bobbin lace introduction class at a textile center. They are having a week of classes with a different skill/craft presented each day. I'll have 5 hours to teach the rudiments of bobbin lace to 8- 12 ladies. To have enough class time for be able to make something, i have the bobbins all wound, and the pillows will have the patterns mounted on them. I'm also taking four experienced lace makers to assist so all questions can be immediately answered, and mistakes caught promptly. We will be doing a Christmas Spiral which is mainly a straight strip of clothstitch, with a couple sections of twists in the middle to add interest. When finished, it will be wrapped around a dowel with or without hair spray, to turn it into a spiral. It starts and ends on a slant. The thread ends at the bottom are tied in tassels. The neat thing about this pattern is that is can be ended at any point down the length and still make a pretty spiral. Everyone can work as far as time allows, and then end it at that point. Even the slower students will have a finished item. I found it interesting when making samples that the strips would twist and hold shape without stiffening. We are using tightly twisted crochet thread, and the twist of the thread makes the whole thing want to twist. This sort of crash course is not our usual teaching method so we are rather curious if it will work out as we hope. The textile center is over an hour's drive from my home so this is a major excursion. The five people going are from four different towns so just getting there in only two cars takes planning. Finding 12 empty pillows was a challenge. I came up with 8 and the other ladies found the rest. I have lots of bobbins so that was no problem. I now have one week to finalize any diagrams and/or handouts to use with the class. Other than that, I just have to pray for good weather crossing the mountain. I don't like to drive that road in pouring rain. Alice in Oregon - 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] One day lace class
Hi Alice Enjoy your class, and please do report back on how it goes. The more twists you can introduce into the lace, coupled with a Z (or 2S/3Z) thread the more it will spiral. Discussions on Arachne a few years ago about lace spiralling led to this web page. http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/curlylace/curlylace.html Brenda On 14 Oct 2014, at 20:03, lacel...@frontier.com wrote: I found it interesting when making samples that the strips would twist and hold shape without stiffening. We are using tightly twisted crochet thread, and the twist of the thread makes the whole thing want to twist. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.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] 5 Hour teaching session
Dear Alice, Will be interested to hear the results of your teaching exercise. It would be wonderful if you inspired at least one person to keep going. Alice was my paternal grandmother and my inspitation. She died the week I turned 10 and one of the last things she did was to teach me to crochet. I am mid 60s and it remains a passion together with bobbin lace, now, and other things. Hope one day to teach Alice lace, she is my granddaughter but only 3, so something for the future. 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/
Re: [lace] One day lace class
Brenda I really enjoyed reading your article on lace that likes to twist. Could that explain why my leaves and tallies like to twist? Jill Milton Keynes, England - 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] Christmas Card Exchange
Hello Janet and Sallie I intended to join the Christmas Card exchange this year but life has thrown rather a lot of curved balls at me this year. My DH suddenly passed away at the beginning of July and I did not realise what a lot of legal problems I would have to deal with and they are still going on. As if this were not enough, our postal workers have been on strike for 10 weeks now and it does not look as though any settlement will be reached soon. I dont think there will be any Christmas post in South Africa this year. I don;t actually remember if I put my name on the list but if I did I think you had better remove it. I hope that by next Christmas my life will have settled down again. I am so grateful for my lacemaking friends who are helping me to get through this difficult time. Seasons Greetings to all Arachneans. From Janis Savage in Honeydew South Africa where we are desperately waiting for the first rain of the season. On 2014/10/13 06:00 PM, Bertrans1 wrote: We are getting ready to send out the pairings and thought we should send out a last minute reminder to those who forgot to send us your name, address number of ornaments you want to makeup. So if you forgot or misplaced the details, please send your name and address. If you need the details again, please e-mail us and we will send them to you offline. Thanks to all who have already sent your info. We hope those who have joined will enjoy their surprise ornaments as much as we have enjoyed making this happen. Janet in UK Sallie in WY 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/ -- Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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] One day lace class
Hi Jill It’s the same reason - leaves and tallies have more twists than crosses - and the twisting will be more if you use a Z plied thread. Most people (in UK) make their leaves and tallies by weaving one thread around the other three but that actually produces two twists on the outside. lacemakers who are used to unspangled bobbins often make their tallies by the flicking method: Cross the two middle threads, Flick the right hand pair twice to make two twists Cross the two middle threads, Flick the left hand pair twice to make two twists The end result is exactly the same as weaving (however you choose to hold the 3 bobbins) but it makes it clearer that a complete pass is four twists and two crosses. See Tess’s video on Avital’s website: http://apinnick.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/leaf-tallies-in-bobbin-lace/ Brenda I really enjoyed reading your article on lace that likes to twist. Could that explain why my leaves and tallies like to twist? Jill Milton Keynes, England Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.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/
[lace] Halloween fabrics
Keepsake Quilting has some Spider web fabric - mauve/purple with black spiders webs all over it, - as a reduced price right now. Good Arachne Fabric!! keepsakequilting.com should find them I think, and look in their Bargain Bin. Those into Owls - there is some Owl fabric there, too!!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. - 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] Spider Web and Lace Patterns for Machine Embroidery
For those of you who have embroidery machines or know someone who does, I thought I would share the information I received from Kreations by Kara on her new spider patterns with you. https://kreationsbykara.com/?s=BIN+Spidey+ https://kreationsbykara.com/?s=BIN+Spidey+post_type=product post_type=product Also check out the following links for Advanced Embroidery Designs. There are other lace-related patterns throughout the site. http://www.advanced-embroidery-designs.com/html/category-freestanding_bobbin _lace.html http://www.advanced-embroidery-designs.com/html/category-freestanding_batten berg_lace.html https://www.advanced-embroidery-designs.com/html/category-freestanding_lace. html https://www.advanced-embroidery-designs.com/html/category-freestanding_croch et_lace.html Vickie McKinney Colorado Springs, Colorado 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-like art piece
I'm here on the sidelines, cheering you on! (-: Vicki in Maryland -Original Message- From: David C COLLYER lt;dccoll...@ncable.net.augt; To: twohappybees lt;twohappyb...@aol.comgt;; lace lt;lace@arachne.comgt; Sent: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 10:14 am Subject: Re: [lace] Lace-like art piece gt;Oh don't tempt me Vicki. I feel a chandelier coming on :) David in Ballarat, AUS gt;Heres an amazing artwork that isnt lace (though it could be gt;replicated in lace?). It is from an exhibition in Michigan and this gt;was the winning entry in a competition. gt; gt; gt;http://hyperallergic.com/154971/anila-quayyum-agha-sweeps-artprize-winnin g-both-jury-and-public-grand-prize-awards/ - 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/
