Re: [lace] Lace Police
On 22/04/2015 07:47, Alex Stillwell wrote: [snip]Incidentally just last week I caught one of my students using a bobbin with the inscription YOU CAN FUDGE IT AS LONG AS TEACHER DOESN T SEE. Guess where she heard that? I must get one.[snip] Wow ! I want one like that, too. When you find out the source, please let us all know. Linda (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - 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] Dickey Pots - written sources please? and cherry blossom pattern?
Yes, I have found the 'sideways discussion of auxiliary equipment' of very enjoyable interest. I have not heard of any of this in 'our culture' here in the USA. Lorri Yes, the stoof was still in common use in the Netherlands in the 1950s in the Salland area when I was growing up. Both of my grandmothers used one when they were sitting at sedentary tasks. The clay receptacle, called a test, held peat coals. At church there was a row of them which could be reserved for a fee. This dickey pot sounds a like the STOOF (pronounced stoaf as in boat) A stoof was a wooden box of about 10��� wide, 10��� deep and 8��� high which had five holes in the top and an opening -10 x4 inches) in the front. Inside was a pottery bowl were one could place some embers and the stoof was then put under the skirts to keep feet and legs warm, not only when sitting at the lace pillow, but also in church. I suppose there could have been accidents, but I have never heard or read about any. Another meaning of the word STOOF (or to take the root of the verb STOVEN in Dutch is to cook gently :-) . I also think it could have been used by anyone who was working while sitting for longer periods. It was certainly still in use early in the twentieth century. I remember my grandmother (born 1900 or thereabouts) had one of these which belonged to her mother. I hope this sideways discussion into auxiliary equipment is of interest to other lacemakers. Happy lace making, Joepie. - 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 Police
Me too.All you need to do is take a plain Birch bobbin, inscribe it with the words with a fine marking pen, and then give it a couple of coats of clear nail lacquer.I have a couple that say So much thread, so little time I made myself, as well as a couple to commemorate workshops. Stick on nail transfers make good decorations with a coat of nail polish, too. Noelene at The Angle noel...@lafferty.com.au [snip]Incidentally just last week I caught one of my students using a bobbin with the inscription YOU CAN FUDGE IT AS LONG AS TEACHER DOESN T SEE. Guess where she heard that? I must get one.[snip] Wow ! I want one like that, too. When you find out the source, please let us all know. Linda (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - 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] Every week an edging or an insertion
Dear Arachnes, This week we have an edging and an insertion published on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5 http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5 They share the design which was made by Lia Baumeister. She also made them. We wish you happy lacing with these two. Gon Homburg, from a grey and windy Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 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 Police
I suspect I might have been involved, although it wasn't on my pillow last week when Alex saw it. When a group of us go on lace courses we save the silly sayings and have a bobbin made. I have several different ones now, adds to the fun. I would guess that Stuart Johnson, Winslow Bobbins or Margaret Wall would have made them. But any of them will make bobbins to order. Linda Walton wrote: On 22/04/2015 07:47, Alex Stillwell wrote: [snip]Incidentally just last week I caught one of my students using a bobbin with the inscription YOU CAN FUDGE IT AS LONG AS TEACHER DOESN T SEE. Guess where she heard that? I must get one.[snip] Wow ! I want one like that, too. When you find out the source, please let us all know. Linda (in High Wycombe, Maureen E Yorks 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] Lace Police
Hi Arachnids I teach traditional techniques (note the word traditional, not correct) and encourage my students to experiment with alternative techniques, including anything they think may improve their lace. My second rule of lacemaking is Your lace must be beautiful. I also recommend that if someone criticises her technique she should sit up straight, look down her nose and state firmly that it took time and effort to work out how to get the effect she wanted (even if it was a mistake in the first place). You would be surprised how many have come back to me saying it works. Incidentally just last week I caught one of my students using a bobbin with the inscription YOU CAN FUDGE IT AS LONG AS TEACHER DOESN T SEE. Guess where she heard that? I must get one. Happy lacemaking. Alex - 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/
