[lace] Another Lace Auction at Drouot
Another big lace auction at Drouot in Paris, February 4, 2015. See the LaceNews post at http://tinyurl.com/o4jum3w. Some major flounces, and a fragment of Alençon with bees that is said to be part of the famous bed hangings made for Josephine but adapted for Marie-Louise after the divorce. Perhaps, but I thought most of the hangings were accounted for. Laurie _ Laurie Waters lacen...@gmail.com, lwaters...@comcast.net http://lacenews.net/ http://lacenews.net - 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] 2015 Lace Book Purchases and Errors in Them
There is always something to say about lace. At the beginning of each year, I check to see which available lace books I did not buy in the past. If it is thought they might add valuable information to my libary, they are then mail ordered. Sight unseen, because we all know that lace books go out-of-print quickly. This is a reminder to lace book authors, even those with several proofreaders (highly recommended). Please read what you have written aloud (or, as if you are reading it aloud). Proofreading is not a speed reading contest. Two books (of 4) just came in that would have benefited from more attention to page 1. One is a reprint of a very early book of patterns for needle lace, and the publisher reprinting it has spelled the 16th century printer's name incorrectly on the very first page of explanatory text ! As to the second: I try to think like a research person 100 years from now who may pick up a lace book in one of the few libraries of real lace books still existing by then. I start by reading the Introduction and the Bibliography. I want to know the author's intentions. And, I want to know from which experts she/he has drawn information. We must think beyond today to a world and time when even less people per capita will have a knowledge of lace and lace making. Here is another first page where I am left guessing (and I have the advantage of having read some 4,000 books on lace, embroidery and textiles). What was meant - in spoken English ? Please be sure to give every section of your precious books proofreading attention. Now I know why the second book was not purchased when originally available. What did the author mean to say in her Introduction ? Is the technical text correct, or is this a tip-off to further problems ? Should a researcher of the year 2115 continue reading this book, or reach for another with a first page that makes sense ? At this point of personal questioning, I often reach for my orange editing pen and write critical comments right in the book. The book stays, because authors in the future may list it in their Bibliographies, but future owners of it have a fair warning of some misgivings. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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] Butterfly project
Since it's been quiet on the list, I'll make some comments on the butterfly I've been making the past three weeks. It's 18 inches wide. Originally, it came from a Bayeaux pattern that's four inches wide. This is the working diagram for the tiny butterfly. To deal with the large size, I'm using size 20 crochet thread with perle cotton gimp. I'm heartily glad that I'm not trying to make the tiny pattern from this diagram. I haven't counted, but I'm guessing I have about 60 pairs going at one time and 6-10 gimp. Even with every thread pathway drawn out, it's slow going in places. Plus I've found a few mistakes -- such as a 3 pair crossing that had 3 pairs coming in but only two going out. Some gimp lines are drawn in such a way that's it's impossible to work the way it's marked. I've become very good at adding a pair when one was needed, and throwing out extras. I have one Bayeaux book that I read through before starting since it's been probably 15 years since I did a Bayeaux project. But the author of this pattern never read this book. G The butterfly is full of three-pair crossings but the book has none listed. I had to guess on how that stitch was made. (Hey... maybe I invented a new crossing!!) I'm 2/3 done at the moment. I've spent a lot of hours on this since Christmas since my DH has been under the weather, so I stayed home with him, and then our weather turned very cold -- below freezing for several days. Good lacemaking weather. By the time DH was feeling better and the weather had warmed up, he had kindly shared his bug with me, so now I'm staying home for myself. I figured this was a good way to spend the next several days. Who knows By the time I've got rid of the bug, the butterfly might be finished. If you want to see my butterfly, you'll have to come to the June18-21 Lace Conference in Oregon. After all this work, I'll be showing it off there. (Check the webpage portlandlacesociety.com for details and info on the conference.) Alice in Oregon -- under very foggy skies but no 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/
Re: [lace] weather
I too was enjoying the weather reports from around the world. The desert in southwest USA has very moderate winter temps. Phoenix, AZ area temps today are 71 - 50 deg F. Presently it is 66 deg F and very few clouds. The summer temps are not so moderate..112-118 deg F. That's when we hide in the AC. :-) Carol Melton Goodyear, AZ. USA On Jan 9, 2015, at 5:54 AM, Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net wrote: Actually, since the list is relatively quiet, I've appreciated the short messages describing the - 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] Pattern suggestions wanted
Hi everyone As it's quiet on the list I'm going to creep out of lurkdom and ask for suggested sources for fairly quick, simple patterns using relatively small numbers of bobbins. Having joined in with the Salamander project and loved it I've realised that the main reason I don't make lace these days is that my current UFO projects (a wide cluny edging from one of the retournac pattern sets and a bucks point edging in very fine black silk, both using 30+ pairs) are totally unsuitable to my current life style (commuting full-time worker) - I just don't have the time or mental energy to get anywhere with them(takes me about 20 minutes just to unpack or pack up again on the beds pattern - given that most weeks I'll have less than 2 hours lacemaking time - including the getting out and putting away - it's just not worth bothering to get the pillow out). What I need is some relatively small projects using far fewer bobbins - there are patterns out there, but they're not in my library (I've tended to concentrate on the traditional continuous laces in the past) and I don't get to lacemakers' fairs or the few shops which sell lace books. So, any suggestions for pattern types/sources? Particularly cheap or free patterns (my lacemaking budget is even more limited than my time). Which lace styles/techniques would fit the bill? Ideas, please! (and if anyone can tell me where to see more of Michel Jourde's patterns and how to order them - all I have is the link for his blog, doesn't really help with seeing what's available to order...) Thanks in advance Beth in Cheshire, NW England - where the weather is unusually mild for the time of year (about 10-12 C tonight - normal for January would be about 4-6 C daytime maximum) and with very strong winds (potentially gale force) forecast overnight. - 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] Pattern suggestions wanted
Beth, there's an email address on Michael Jourde's blogsite. If you write to that, his children who still run the site will send you a catalogue. I translated my email into French first using on line G**gle Translate, but I'm sure writing in English would be OK. Noelene at The Angle noel...@lafferty.com.au (and if anyone can tell me where to see more of Michel Jourde's patterns and how to order them - all I have is the link for his blog, doesn't really help with seeing what's available to order...) - 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] Preferred cloth size
I'm taking a straw poll here just /before/ I start a new project. It is a gift for an artisan exchange that I'm part of locally. To my knowledge, I am the only lacemaker in the exchange. We are medieval reenactors, to give a touch of context. My current (cunning) plan is to gift my recipient a lace trimmed cloth, with meaningful embroidery to her in the centre. (as time permits.) I'd like to leave it nebulous on if this is a hankie, napkin, cover cloth for a basket, or something of that ilk. That being said, what size would you find most pleasing? (The pattern is square by nature, but such that it could be made rectangular as needed.) I am a beginner lackemaker, and I own a small bolster pillow and a 16 cookie pillow. (Honestly, these are the main size constraints!) Any words of wisdom from the group? Heather -- in snowy SW Ontario Canada who is also taking advantage of a quiet lace group to ask silly questions. :) - 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] Preferred cloth size
It is not a silly question, just one you do not know the answer to.For covering objects, I think something in the 18-20 inch range would be usable. A little big for an handkerchief but could also be used for a table topper. Good luck with your project. Lorri Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 15:21:32 -0500 Subject: [lace] Preferred cloth size From: jazmin...@gmail.com To: lace@arachne.com I'm taking a straw poll here just /before/ I start a new project. It is a gift for an artisan exchange that I'm part of locally. To my knowledge, I am the only lacemaker in the exchange. We are medieval reenactors, to give a touch of context. My current (cunning) plan is to gift my recipient a lace trimmed cloth, with meaningful embroidery to her in the centre. (as time permits.) I'd like to leave it nebulous on if this is a hankie, napkin, cover cloth for a basket, or something of that ilk. That being said, what size would you find most pleasing? (The pattern is square by nature, but such that it could be made rectangular as needed.) I am a beginner lackemaker, and I own a small bolster pillow and a 16 cookie pillow. (Honestly, these are the main size constraints!) Any words of wisdom from the group? Heather -- in snowy SW Ontario Canada who is also taking advantage of a quiet lace group to ask silly questions. :) - 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/
Re: [lace] Preferred cloth size
Hi Jazmin, As a fellow SCA-er, I would suggest the handkerchiefs made in late period, with square centers between 4 and 6, embroidery and lace edgings. They were given as tokens. There is a picture of one in Gillian Dye's Gold Silver Edgings page 24. Of course, If you wish to make a larger piece, you can always do so! Best success in your project, Debora Lustgarten Toronto, Ontario, Canada / Ard Chreag, Septentria - 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] preferred cloth size
Jazmin As a lace maker, your work is likely to be much slower than the others'. So I would recommend reining in your commitment and keeping to a size you could actually finish in half a year. A hankie 12 inches per side might be a good size. A veil would probably be too large, in terms of time-to-make-it. What historic time period is at issue? That would affect the kind of object that would fit with that time. 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/
Re: [lace] Preferred cloth size
With regard to size - I wonder what would have been used in medieval times. Were hankies used? I would have thought the cover cloth for a basket would probably be appropriate to the use of the time, but was there bobbin lace? I think probably a punto en aria style which would be fairly quick to do - a long length and gathered at the corners then you could do it on your bolster pillow without having to move it. It could also be quite narrow. Just off the top of my head Malvary in Ottawa where it felt quite a bit milder today at -7c with a wind chill of only -16c (except when I was filling the car with gas and then it still felt ** cold) - 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] Preferred cloth size
Since making lace is very time consuming, I would go for the smallest cloth possible. I recommend a chalice cover on the theory that prior to coasters, that was one of the smallest things you could trim with lace. Devon In cold New Jersey - 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] pattern suggestions
Beth I have collected some free patterns on my personal website, and on laceioli. The ones I've found are all expired copyrights so that is not an issue. http://lynxlace.com/bobbinlacefreepatterns.html About 1/4 down the page there is a section of easy patterns, some from LePompe, and some I designed. Near the bottom of the page are links to whole books available online. The 3 Spanish ones have lots of patterns, some fairly simple. Nearly all are Cluny type designs. Some are bookmarks. The ones called Raizame and Encaixe are the most appealing to me. Diagrams explain the hard pats. http://laceioli.ning.com/photo/albums/bobbin-lace-beginner-patterns The tape lace patterns could me made into picture frames, or made with short sides and sewn onto a pin cushion. http://laceioli.ning.com/photo/albums/free-patterns 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] Re: (lace) preferred cloth size
I'd echo the suggestions to keep the size fairly small (particularly if there's a timescale for completing the exchange) as lace grows pretty slowly. I've found that lace-edged cloths about 8 to 12 inches square are fairly versatile - a couple I made as hankies for my Mum got used as decorative cloths to stand vases, etc, on on polished tables (she reckoned more people would notice them that way, and said they were too precious to blow her nose on), and I use one of mine as a modesty piece inside low-necked tops, carefully folded off-centre so that two rows of lace are visible. Beth Cheshire, NW 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] weather
Actually, since the list is relatively quiet, I've appreciated the short messages describing the extreme weather all over! Misery loves company! It's the perfect weather to retreat into an all-absorbing piece of lace! In frigid Virginia, it was 8 F (-13C) yesterday morning, and today we're sitting at 28F (-2C)... We're on the eastern side of the mountains, so we're significantly warmer than our neighbors to the west. Clay Sent from my iPad On Jan 8, 2015, at 3:21 PM, Adele Shaak ash...@shaw.ca wrote: Shouldn’t this discussion be on Chat? Adele - 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/
