[lace] Bucks Prickings
Hi Arachnids I am interested in the prickings that Elizabeth Ligeti wrote about. Even though I examined most of the prickings at Luton Museum when I was researching Bucks I did not see one that did not have the ground fully pricked. Making ground without pinning it is certainly one of our folk memories, but without the evidence I suspected that the practice was rare. No lace worker would go to the expense of having someone prick all the ground if she was not going to use the holes, nor would she have gone to the trouble of pricking all the holes herself. Does anyone know about any prickings like these? 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/
[lace] Christmas exchange
I have now received some nice lace from both my exchange partners: Lin Hudrun sent a Christmas card with needle lace Christmas pudding and Holly branch. Liz Ligetti sent a tatted Christmas ornament and a tatted bookmark. Many thanks to both. Agnes Boddington - 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] Exchange
Dear Lin, I received a lovely angel from Alice Howell. Best wishes for a Happy Christmas to all lacemakers. Carole Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android - 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] Holiday Lace Exchange and Decorating with Lace
Thank you to those have been writing about sending lace to participants of the Arachne holiday ornament exchange.  How do you display the lace ornaments you have received from other members of Arachne?  The 4 Christmas trees that are decorated at the Lace and Embroidery Resource Center each year are up. None have lights, garlands or tinsel.  Three contain hand-crafted angels from many nations, a majority of which are embroidered or made of lace.  The fourth tree holds metal ornaments that are sold in museum shops - depicting angel-themed art.  Over time, you send treasured friends to Heaven.  It is wonderful each year to be reminded of them by ornaments that they made.  Jeri Ames in Maine 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] Bucks Prickings
Hi Alex Like you I’ve studied many old prickings over the years but very few without the ground pricked. I have a theory, no doubt you have also thought of it! That in order to save time when working large areas of point ground some workers would work a row of stitches without pinning up, at the end of the row the pins were inserted into the pricked holes all in one go. One worker bobbin would follow a row and would therefore be used to tension the work. I’ve tried this and it works well. Diana - 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/
