Re: [lace] Holiday Ornament Exchange

[Anna Binnie]

I am wondering since there have been quite a few changes to the way we do
things post COVID, should we also change how we operate?
I personally love the email exchanged we have had over the years and I love
how much I have learnt and people whom I have met.
So I am suggesting that we keep Arachne as is.

If people want ornament or other lace exchanges then perhaps someone ought to
put their hand up to run it.

I have recently been elected as President of the Australian Lace Guild and the
guild has restructured as well. As the first President of this restructured
guild I really have my hands full trying to organise two conferences, one for
this year and one for 2024. I am also on a steep learning curve on editing web
pages. Last time I edited a web Page was in the mid 1990s and we used HTML as
a programming language. Yes the school in which I worked had its own intranet
since there were very few educational resources online in those days.

For the first time the Australian Lace Guild has a National Administrative
Committee made up of individuals in every state. This would have been
impossible in 1979 when it was set up. Now we are communicating in real time
using our various devices in real time.

At present I want to focus on my current commitment and just continue to lurk
on Arachne.

Anna in hat hot steamy Sydney.

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> On 4 Jan 2023, at 8:45 am, Hazel Smith 
wrote:
>
>  I think the exchange on facebook was set up separately following a
> disagreement over who was to organise. This happened 3 or 4 years ago
(maybe
> more) and was enough to put me off the whole idea.
>
> Hazel Smith (Wiltshire, UK)
>
>On Saturday, 31 December 2022 at 20:52:24 GMT, lacysuze...@gmail.com
>  wrote:
>
> Thx for the update Liz—Obviously I missed that memo! I disconnected
> from FB,
> NextDoor Neighbor etc. for security/privacy reasons so that’s the
end
> of
> that. Sincerely, Susan Hottle in So Flo where we have regained our 80*,
sunny
> & breezy after bone chilling temps for Christmas
>
> iPhone
>
>> On Dec 31, 2022, at 3:09 PM, Liz Roberts  wrote:
>>
>> 
>> I thought the ornament exchange moved to Facebook?
>>
>> Liz R where after a week of frigid temperatures we now have some
beautiful,
> spring-like weather.
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Re: [lace] "Four Great Lace Collections" & Threads of Power exhibit

[Anna Binnie]

Yes most definitely the thread for lace was hand spun. The early needle laces
were made using hand spun linens which have long fibres.

Anna from a windy Sydney who has just learnt to spin wool

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> On 1 Nov 2022, at 9:57 pm, Vicki Bradford  wrote:
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> Hi Devon & all,
> I’m not sure if this will make it to the list because I’m one of those
> hangers-on still using AOL, but on a somewhat off-topic point, I was taken
by
> Devon’s comments about how fine some lace threads were. While visiting
the
> V some years ago, the same thoughts occurred to me. As a spinner as well
as
> a lacemaker, it also struck me that as fine as the threads were, they were
> also most likely at least two-ply, thus making the observation even more
> amazing. As far as I can find, the first machine spinning originated with
the
> invention of the Spinning Jenny in around 1765, but some information
suggests
> that the thread produced from these machines was coarse and not strong. In
any
> case, earlier laces would then most likely have used handspun thread?  What
do
> others think?
>
> Vicki in Maryland
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[lace] Someone may have been hacked

[Anna Binnie]

Dear Spiders
I have just recieved emails from two spiders with odd links to them. Needless
to say I did not go any further, simply delegated both emails to the bin.

There seem to be quite a few hackers out there.

For the record I never send out links to any sites. So if you get anything
with a link from me, please bin it. Thanks

Keep smiling and making lace
Anna from Sydney where we are in lockdown.
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[lace] Translation please

[Anna Binnie]

Many years ago I bought a second hand book on Russian Tape lace and am now 
finally going to work some of the patterns.

My problem is that I think it is written in Dutch. The diagrams are excellent 
and the patterns are self explanatory.

I would like to know what is the English translation of ‘vlasgaren’. It is the 
thread suggested, is this linen or cotton?

Thank you in advance

Anna in a warm and cloudy Sydney where I have a green garden to enjoy.
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Re: [lace] Question

[Anna Binnie]

I am about to put the pieces of the pattern together to start making it. Sadly 
I cannot help you as yet.

Anna from a smoky Sydney where we are experiencing hazard reduction burning.

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> On 31 Aug 2020, at 3:20 am, Charlotte Moore  wrote:
> 
> Has anyone made Christine Mirecki’s Dreiecktuck Natalie? I am trying to 
> finish it but the edge patterns do not match the body of the shawl?
> 
> Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
> Abraham Lincoln
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Re: [lace] Interested in lace in Australia?

[Anna Binnie]

Elena, Barbara Ballantyne is a crochet expert and lives in Sydney. Barbara has 
written several books, some on the history of Irish crochet and others on 
fillet crochet.

Anna in a cold Sydney

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> On 24 Jun 2020, at 4:01 am, Elena Kanagy-Loux  wrote:
> 
> Dear Arachnids,
> 
> I hope you are all well!
> Brooklyn Lace Guild has just received an email from a fine art student in
> Melbourne Australia who is interested in crocheted lace. She read about my
> experiences winning a grant to travel across Europe in 2015 and is
> interested in doing something similar to study crocheted lace.
> So I'd like to ask for two things on her behalf:
> 
> Where are there lace schools/instructors globally who specialize in crochet?
> (Certainly Ireland is a big one, and I have some friends there, and I also
> met crochet lacemakers from Orvieto, Italy on my travels)
> 
> Also, any idea about potential grants for art/textile research in
> Australia? The ones I know of are for Americans.
> 
> Thank you all very much!
> Best,
> Elena
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[lace] Nancy Neff

[Anna Binnie]

Hi all is there anyone who lives close to Nancy or knows her physical address 
or phone number. There was an odd posting on Facebook minutes ago and she may 
have had a fall.

Anna who is currently in NYC
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[lace] Madge Milston

[Anna Binnie]

I have just been contacted by Madge Milston’s daughter, Leah. Leah has lost 
everything in the bushfires at Mogo including her mother’s lace and craft 
equipment that she kept as a mementos of her mother. Is there anyone out there 
who may have a pair of Madges bobbins that is willing to return to the family? 
If so please contact me off the list.

Thank you

Anna Binnie in an overcast Sydney, where we has a few drops of rain.

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Re: [lace] would like to help

[Anna Binnie]

I’m in Sydney and at present the answer is nothing at present. There are 
charities such as the Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul and the Red Cross who 
are actively supplying those worse affected with the essentials. As the crisis 
extends we do not know how many people will be affected and how many will lose 
everything. Most of us are staying at home and out of the way. If you want to 
help now make a donation to those charities. They are also helping to feed the 
rural fire fighters the vast bulk of whom are volunteers. Yes you read 
correctly Australia runs on the goodwill of its population. Our rural 
firefighters have regular jobs and are people like you and me who choose to 
spend their weekends training to fight bushfires in their areas. 

We are all checking with each other. But the fire threat is still very real for 
so many parts of the South and East coasts. I suspect that Western Australia 
and South Australia are also being impacted as well.

Having said this once the fires are out, perhaps later this month we shall know 
the impacts and I suspect there will be appeals for very specific things. I 
know the areas that have been burnt have lacemakers and there are small craft 
supply shops etc. So please keep us all in your thoughts, And please wait until 
our Lace Guild starts it’s appeal.

Thank you for your concerns

Anna in a hot Sydney where we have has smoke in the air for the last month.

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> On 4 Jan 2020, at 5:16 am, sylvie nguyen  wrote:
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> Being greatly concerned about people and animals in Australia, can someone
> please suggest ways of helping?
> Thank you,
> Sylvie
> norther Illinois, USA
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Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin Winter 2019 & Lace magazine news

[Anna Binnie]

Thank you, I was wondering if you could download it on an iPad.

Anna

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> On 30 Jan 2019, at 2:37 am, J Reardon  wrote:
> 
> When you join IOLI and subscribe to the digital Bulletin, they send you an 
> email with a link to the magazine and access instructions when each issue is 
> published. I download it to iBooks then read on the iPad. Very easy. 
> 
> Jean
> 
>> 
>> 
>> I've just checked the IOLI website and they too have an 
>> e-subscription/membership but no indication how one down loads the 
>> magazines. Can anyone tell me more about this.
>> 
>> 
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Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin Winter 2019 & Lace magazine news

[Anna Binnie]

I have recently signed up for an e-Membership of the Lace guild, and so 
far so good got the two Lace magazines for the year thus far. And if I 
get a membership number I will be even more happy.


I've just checked the IOLI website and they too have an 
e-subscription/membership but no indication how one down loads the 
magazines. Can anyone tell me more about this.


I have subscribed to electronic knitting and quilting magazines, they 
have been really great. I have the patterns accessible wherever I am, I 
can print out what I need and do not have to worry about physical 
storage or the vagarities of the postal system.


Anna in a hot sunny Sydney where they have predicted another week of 
temps in the id to high 30's C.


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Re: [lace] What is the best way to start bobbin lace?

[Anna Binnie]

Does the mother want to learn herself or teach her sons?
As an educator, I feel 2 years is too young to start lace, they need to 
have developed a working memory that allows them to hold quite a bit of 
information and they need good fine motor skills. The four year old may 
be just ready.


Is the mother basically saying I want a hobby how do I start.

If it is the latter question I would say suggest U tube BUT also put her 
in touch with a local group she may just need time out from the 
munchkins or talk to real adults. She may be socially isolated and may 
simply need to get out with people.


Also invite her to arachne as well

Anna in a wet Sydney

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[lace] Geri Ames Thank You

[Anna Binnie]

As we come to then end of another year I should like to make a public 
Thank You to Jeri Ames. She has been our go to person for most lace 
questions; Geri has either a reference or links to answer these 
questions. She shares her knowledge freely and generously. At Brugge 
this year she organised an Arachne get together which brought members 
from all parts of the world together over an evening meal.


Geri thank you so much for all you have done and are doing for this chat 
group.


I should like to finish with a happy season's greetings to all who 
celebrate at this time and all who do not.


Anna in a hot and muggy Sydney

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Re: [lace] Armenian Lacemakers?

[Anna Binnie]

Hi Elena
The lace that we call Armenian lace is also called Oya in Turkey and is 
also practiced in Greece and that part of the Mediterranean. There are a 
number of authors who have produced books on the technique. Widen you 
search to Mediterranean Lace or Greek lace or Oya. I know of one author 
who is of Greek origin who lives in Australia. Sadly all the Armenian 
neighbours I have do not make lace and when I asked to see their laces 
all I was shown was knitted lace.


Anna from a humid Sydney

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Re: [lace] World Lace Congress in Brugge Belgium, workshop summary (long)

[Anna Binnie]

As promised I will start by letting people know about the workshops that 
were held from the 13-16 August as part of the festival. As with all 
lace events we had to register for workshops before were arrived. I 
chose Valenciennes.


I chose to stay in a small hotel about 1.5km from the workshop venue, 
quite deliberately so I would get a bit of exercise walking there and 
back and my eyes would have to focus on distant objects during my walk. 
I have had quite a bit of experience attending conferences both local 
and overseas, but all were professional, so coming to a new city and 
walking caused no issue for me. I also arrived 2 days before the start 
of the workshop. Jet lag is something that takes me days to recover from 
allowed me to work out how long it would take for my walk to the venue 
etc.and I took this into account with my bookings. Exploring Brugge in 
an unhurried way during the weekend.


Monday morning at opening time, I arrived at the workshop venue where a 
line had already formed. We needed our registration numbers and those 
who didn't have them waited in the 'naughty corner' while everyone else 
was processed. I had my number and wlked straight through and into 
class.The class requirements had been sent about 6 weeks before the 
class which meant that I had all me equipment and bobbins all prewound, 
ready to start. BUT I forgot my bits and pieces to make the pricking (I 
had been spoilt by my favorite Paris lace teacher who always provides us 
with a real pricking in class). Fortunately my friendly class mates 
helped me out.


The class had 5 participants; 3 ladies from the US, a French lady and 
me. Our tutor was Chantal Ferier who gave us 3 small projects; 
Valenciennes grounds (yes there are 2 types of ground), a sample 
bookmark and a round edging. The ground is basically plaited and uses no 
pins. The pins are used as support for the footside and the picot edges 
and later we learnt that pins are also used to support the 'pattern'. 
Over the 4 days we worked, we chatted, we shared and Ann our French lady 
had a wicked sense of humour that was politely translated by our 
teacher. yes the class was bilingual; English and French. Our notes were 
essentially diagrams and we filled out any further explanations as 
Chantal went through each step. Our note books were fully utilised. I 
would love to have Chantal do a workshop in Australia, she also teaches 
Flanders at Kantcentrum.


The workshop day was broken up by morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. 
The coffee was great and there were a variety of herbal teas, so I ended 
up bringing my own English breakfast, just in case I wanted tea instead 
of coffee. Lunch consisted of small rolls and wraps with a huge variety 
of delicious fillings. Afternoon tea incorporated left overs from lunch. 
It was a good time for all of us to socialise and share our varied 
experiences in class.  Yes we all did tours of each others classes and 
it was amazing to see the variety of lace being taught. I believe there 
were 11 classes running simultaneously.


Classes ran from 9am to 4pm but we were allowed in from 8.30 am and many 
of us stayed until 4.30. I left my pillow and lace equipment in the 
class room since the whole building was locked at 5pm and not opened 
until just before 8.30 am.


At the end of the 4 days I was only part way through my sample, but one 
of the ladies from the US had completed hers; she was the only one who 
finished the sample at the time. I've just got back to mine and it will 
hopefully be finished today or tomorrow. Then I'll do the edge.


When I checked how far I walked, most days it turned out to be 5km. 
After class I would wander around Brugge checking out needlework shops 
and chocolate shops and working out where to eat my evening meal ( my 
hotel provided breakfast). I must say a friend of mine was also staying 
in the same hotel and she was doing Lier(?) Lace; an embroidered net 
lace which is exquisite.


On Wednesday morning on my way to class I passed through the market 
square and there was a real food market, fruit, vegetables, cheeses, 
pastries, meats and sausages. Well the sight and smell of the peaches 
was just too much and I bought a few. They reminded me of the peaches I 
ate in Tuscany!!!


My walks through Brugge in the mornings showed me a beautiful town with 
lovely locals. The tourists came by train and bus mid morning and well 
the town changed.


My next report will be on the festival itself.

Anna in an overcast Sydney more rain on the way!

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Re: [lace] World Lace Congress in Brugge Belgium

[Anna Binnie]

Dear Jeri
I have not responded to your first email because I'm still sitting in 
the afterglow of one of the best lace experiences of my life! it is so 
difficult to put into words everything about the Brugge lace festival.


I think I will take the time and write it all out from my perspective 
but it may be quite long.


I did a class and it was only yesterday I got back to my pillow to work 
on my sampler and thought why did I find it so hard initially, it all 
started to go beautifully. Again I must report back on the workshop


It was my first trip to Belgium and I was pleasantly surprized at how 
nice everyone was from the airline I flew through entry to the country 
to arriving in my hotel. All was perfect. For those who have never 
traveled I can expand on why it was so perfect.


I think I shall perhaps send three emails, one on the lace exhibits and 
conference, one on the workshop and one on travel in Belgium.


Anna from Sydney where the sun it out today before the much needed rains 
return tomorrow.




This was definitely the most educational of all European Congresses I have
attended in the past 20 years.need to leave something for others to write
about.

Jeri Ames in Maine USALace and Embroidery Resource Center







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Re: [lace] Binche

[Anna Binnie]

Susan, thank you for showing that you can learn the techniques of Binche 
by expanding the pricking and using a thicker thread. I've been battling 
for years that to learn a technique you need to see the threads clearly 
and as some of us are aging , instead of using magnifiers we should 
consider using thicker threads instead.


When I was in Brugge for the festival, one of the men demonstrating lace 
at the Brewery was making a Binche edging is thick linen, he was using 
his teachers working diagrams as the pricking. Lace was beautiful and 
study enough to pop it in the washing machine!


Anna in Sydney where the gentle sound of rain is filling the water tanks

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Re: [lace] Temporary pins in Binche

[Anna Binnie]

Susan please remember always it is your lace it is your interpretation 
of a pattern and unless you are submitting your work for assessment, 
your lace should be done in a manner that is convenient for you, and 
makes life easy for you.


Always ignore the lace police they only have power if you allow them to.

Anna from a cold wet Sydney


On 8/9/18 4:09 am, Susan wrote:
Thanks to all who wrote & saved me from the lace police! Good to know that support pins are “legal” & encouraged. 


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[lace] Recent posts

[Anna Binnie]

Wow!!! We have had some of the most amazing posts in the last few 
weeks/months!


Can I thank everyone who has participated and put in their thread of 
information. Our combined minds have produced several very worthwhile 
references to lacemakers in the future.


Thank you all and I have enjoyed reading all the different topics we 
have covered recently.


Anna in a cold Sydney downunder

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Re: [lace] Thresds

[Anna Binnie]

Alex, what evidence is there for this statement. I'm not being difficult 
just interested in the processes of lacemaking


Anna in a cold wet Sydney


On 3/9/18 5:37 pm, Alex Stillwell wrote:

Hi Arachnids

Because black is so difficult to work with, much of the black lace was made
using white thread and subsequently dyed black.


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Re: [lace] Guttermans Threads

[Anna Binnie]

The Gutterman sulky varigated are really beautiful when used with 
Christine Marecki's patterns of flowers


Anna in a cold wet Sydney, the rains have finally come, I hope our 
farmers are getting some of this


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Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Anna Binnie]

Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher 
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace 
guild are booked out. She has even written 2 how to books one on 
Retecella and one on Amelia Ars. Both show the traditional and modern 
colour.


Anna from a warm Sydney Autumn morning

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Re: [lace] Aurifil 80

[Anna Binnie]

Hi I have several reels and plan to use it soon. Its thickness is very 
close to the old DMC retours no 80. I think it is a little finer. it has 
a lovely sheen and the thicker thread can act as a good gimp. I have 
used the 28 thickness and it is a dream to use with a lovely sheen.


I think the Aurifil 80 may even work for Honiton if you want colour.

Anna from a hot Sydney

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[lace] Schneeberger Lace

[Anna Binnie]

I have been playing with Schneeberger Lace recently and the Historian in 
me is asking lots of questions.Can any of you help me please I really 
want references to books and museums not just hearsay.


From what I have read Schneeberger lace is a 20th century lace, who 
developed it?


Does it come from Schneeberger?

Where has it evolved from?

Are there any original patterns around anywhere?

Are there any examples in any museums (I have already checked my goto 
museums, the VandA and the Met in NY)


Thank you

Regards

Anna in a very hot and humid Sydney

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[lace] Aurifil 80

[Anna Binnie]

Sorry if I'm a bit of a bore, I remember there was a discussion on this 
thread, could someone please tell me its equivalents or its wpi, please.


I have just used the 40 and 50 for machine quilting and used the 28 for 
lace and thought the 80 would be great for finer laces.


Thanks

Anna in a very dry Sydney, no rain for the last month and the lawn has 
almost died off


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Re: [lace] Poppy project

[Anna Binnie]

Just a note, Janice Blair gave permission for Australian Lacemakers to 
use her design for poppies on the Centenary of ANZAAC. It was printed in 
Australian Lace in (I think) 2014.


Anna in a sunny Sydney

On 31/8/17 3:27 am, Sue Babbs wrote:
I've sent a message to the organizers of the poppy project to see if 
bobbin or needle lace poppies would be acceptable to them, and will let 
you know when I get a reply.


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Re: [lace] commemorative poppies for the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

[Anna Binnie]

On 28/8/17 10:32 am, robinl...@socal.rr.com wrote:

I didn't see anything in the instructions about putting stems on the 5,000 
(website figure) or 62,000 (Sue's figure).  Too bad they don't want bobbin lace 
poppies, too.
Oh you can make bobbin lace poppies, our local community celebrations 
included all types of handcrafted poppies including ceramics.


Anna

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Re: [lace] commemorative poppies for the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

[Anna Binnie]

Just a little bit of background. In 2015 when local communities around 
Australia were producing poppies to commemorate the Centenary of ANZAC 
it was being said that the War memorial in Canberra wanted to collect 
all the poppies produced by the different communities and would plant 
them all in the gardens surrounding the War Memorial. Problem was that 
many of the poppies produced were not on stems and could not be 
'planted' and since 2015 the poppies have played a major part in local 
commemorative services since. I know that locally at least one wreath 
layed and the ANZAC Centernary commemoration was made from hand made 
poppies. The rest were put into a huge display.


So I believe that the poor War Memorial in Canberra could not go with 
its original plan and so the request for more poppies. We have until 
next year so no real panic just pull out your red and black yarns and 
start knitting, crocheting etc.


Anna in a cold and cloud Sydney

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Re: [lace] Carbon Dating Lace, by Dr. Laurie Waters

[Anna Binnie]

I've just finished reading the paper. Excellent review on how 
radiocarbon dating works! And the answer, well read the paper.


Thanks Laurie!

Anna from a cold wintery Sydney

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Re: [lace] PieceWork, July-August 2017 - An International Selection

[Anna Binnie]

I get mine as an eMagazine borrowed from my locla library through 
Zinnio. I know that you can buy electronic copies through Zinnio if you 
have an account.


Anna from a wintery Sydney

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Re: [lace] Anniversary ideas for a small guild?

[Anna Binnie]

A commemorative bobbin and an afternoon or morning tea/get together. 
Have a cake to share and perhaps a small snack and tea/coffee or if you 
are daring and don't need to drive a glass of bubbles.


Anna who is currently re-organising her craft room and rediscovering 
'treasures' in a cold Sydney


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Re: [lace] Lace Patterns-Value

[Anna Binnie]

I wonder what the average amount of time is for designing a pattern? When we
ask people to contribute a pattern to a project are we essentially asking for
50 hours of their time? At a rate of say, $10 an hour, is it the same as
soliciting $500 from people or asking them to provide over a week a full time
labor?


Dear Devon et al
In the last year or so I contributed a pattern to 'Australian Lace'. It 
is a small linen basket.


Yous wonder how much time it took, well it started off as a commission 
for a Workshop I give every year to a small group in Orange NSW. They 
asked for something with a circle and something that everyone could do 
but would challenge everyone. Group size was 9 and experience went from 
1year to 25+ years.


The thought process took several months, once the basket was hit on, it 
became easier.


Basket basics were designed while camping in the remote Cape Range 
National Park. My husband and his friends were caving everyday for 4 
days leaving me in camp free to design.


The basic structure took a week to draw up and put in the stitches.

The drawing up of the pricking and thread diagrams took another month.

First test run took 5 days

Second test run took 2 days

Teaching notes and diagrams took 3 weeks.

I had posted photos on Facebook and a lady from the US wanted the 
pattern, I sent it and all the information to her in exchange for 
'payment' which was a $5-$10 donation to a charity helping people. She 
donated to a local women's refuge.


The group was so excited by that workshop that they wrote an article for 
'Australian Lace' I was also excited by their response and wrote an 
article about the workshop from a teacher's perspective and decided to 
publish the pattern.


I have designed lace for other workshops in a variety of laces, so here 
is my take:-


Some lacemakers are takers as in 'give me, give me, give me' as in greedy!
More lacemakers a VERY grateful for anything you do give them both in 
your designs and in terms of patterns and tuition.


There are some (and these are in the minority) who take share and 
exploit! It is because there are these lacemakers that I've decided NOT 
to try and earn anything from my patterns. If i share my patterns I 
share them gladly if I wish to sell them then all I ask is for people to 
make a donation of about $5-$10 in their local currency to a local 
charity. In this way the purchaser gets their pattern, a charity gets 
some money to keep functioning AND the pattern recipient gets the tax 
benefit of her donation AND I don't fret about copied patterns. I see it 
as a win win win situation.


I know there are rouge copies floating about the country, in fact I know 
who obtained them without due process. It is amazing what information 
you can get out of checking who is viewing and downloading things from 
your own webpage, especially when the webpage was 'password protected' 
for the benefit of those who signed up to do the online workshop.


Anna in a very wet Sydney, the sun was out for a few days.

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Re: [lace] Pella thread & Kortelahti lace

[Anna Binnie]

 The Pella thread turned out to be quite  interesting.  I am very 
pleased that it is so uniform & smooth compared to other linen threads I 
have used.  Is this a characteristic of the twist, the fiber, the plies 
or some combination thereof?  Whatever their process, I found it easier 
to tension & the ivory color is quite pretty once you realize it is not 
white-white.  The only downside is a  "springlike" characteristic & I've 
had a few backlash/tangling incidents that I would like to express in 
Finnish!  When I wound the bobbins, I cut individual lengths rather than 
wind from the spool.  Would windi!

 ng from the spool help maintain thread control?  Suggestions are welcome.  
Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA


I love Pella thread for working Finish patterns.
I always wind my bobbins from the spool. I have very few problems with 
twists and curls doing it this way. When I wind the second bobbin of the 
pair I do what you do and yes I get the twists and curls.


The trouble with Pella is that it is hard to get, I usually import from 
Holly van Scriver since there are no Aussie suppliers for this thread.


Anna from Sydney where the sun has finally come out!

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Re: [lace] Lace in India

[Anna Binnie]

I'm not sure if it still happens, in the mid 1970's the Indian 
government were trying to support rural industries by selling their 
wares in government sponsored shops in touristy areas of India, such as 
Delhi and what was Bombay. I bought a number of items in these stores, 
dresses embroidered with mirrors and a nightie and dressing gown hand 
embroidered with handmade bobbin lace trims. I still have many of the 
items I bought since they were very good quality and reasonably cheap 
for what they were. So 40 years ago bobbin lace was being made 
commercially even if on a small scale.


Anna from a very wet Sydney

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Re: [lace] RE: Carbon dating of lace

[Anna Binnie]

I should add a few amendments to this.
There are lots of factors that can cause measurements in dating with an 
error margin of upto 100 years and sometimes even more, these factors 
can include the fact that the lace could have been made from old thread, 
ie some one made lace with a thread they found at home that may be 
decades old. The dating can only be as accurate as the age of the thread 
not when it was made. Then other factors come into play, if the lace was 
washed or poorly stored in its life it could accumulate contaminants 
some of which could be carbon based and organic in nature. This could 
add to the uncertainty.


Since bobbin lace has only been around since late 1400's at the earliest 
pattern books date to the early 1500's therefore bobbin lace was around 
before then, the oldest bobbin laces would be 500 -600 years old. The 
dating uncertainties could give you a date with a very large margin.


However if you are looking at a piece of textile with embroidery such as 
needle lace or a piece of sprang that has a history to the Ancient 
Greeks then carbon dating can be quite accurate in the sense that it can 
tell you whether it is 1000 or 2000 years old or more recent. This form 
of dating can determine if a cloth is a forgery or the real deal.


Carbon dating is based on a statistical analysis of the ratio of carbon 
14 to carbon 12. As such it can be quite accurate but it won't be able 
to tell you with any certainty if the Lace is 100 years old or 200 years 
old. That is why I mentioned that lace is in the historic period and you 
would be better to date the lace using type, style and thread composition.


Anna in Sydney where it has just started to rain


On 14/2/17 9:45 am, Anna Binnie wrote:

The most reliable carbon dating is up to about 15,000 years. That is
about 3 half lives (carbon 14 half life is 5,740 years with an error of
30 years). So for lace it should be reasonably accurate.



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Re: [lace] RE: Carbon dating of lace

[Anna Binnie]

The most reliable carbon dating is up to about 15,000 years. That is 
about 3 half lives (carbon 14 half life is 5,740 years with an error of 
30 years). So for lace it should be reasonably accurate.


Laurie why did anyone want to carbon date lace. I'm assuming it is 
needle lace or sprang. Bobbin lace falls into the historic period with 
lots of documentary evidence available.


Anna from a Sydney where the heat wave has passed for a while at least.



Very interesting. And you would know. What date range do you think carbon
dating works best for?


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Re: [lace] Support pin in Binche cloth areas and Flanders

[Anna Binnie]

Getting the tension right in Flanders is a bit tricky. I never use 
support pins BUT I do tall my students when they tension they should pat 
their bobbins down rather than pulling them. You never pull the worker 
bobbins just keep them loose and allow the ring pair and ground to 
tension them.


Julie I have some notes I can send you on this if you like

Anna froma hot Sydney summer where the tamp out side at 9.30am is 33C 
and expected to get over 40 again!!! We have had 40C+ days at least 
twice a week since New Year!



On 5/2/17 6:04 pm, Julie Shalack wrote:

I just finished my third or fourth Flanders exercise without support pins and I 
am not really happy with the cloth areas.


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Re: [lace] Strive to remain beautifully linked, like lace threads

[Anna Binnie]

Dear Jerri
I usually hate the 'me too' responses to comments made on the list BUT 
today I really had to say I agree 100% with you and yes my dreaded me 
too response.


I wish these was a way in which members of the list can agree with a 
comment as important as yours without clogging up each others inboxes. I 
wish we had a 'like' button like Facebook.


Thank you Jerri

Anna from  warm Sydney, preparing for more heat next week



Being divisive is not healthy for life, love - or  lace.



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[lace] Gon Homburg

[Anna Binnie]

Hi fellow spiders
I'm writing to publicly than Gon and her team of lace teachers and 
designers who over the last 2 years have produced an edging pattern, 
pricking and instructions every week! This is a mammoth effort and the 
results cover every type of continuous lace from beginner to advanced. 
Today she published her 100th and final pattern.


I have looked forward to visiting her page every week for my little 
treat. I've decided to make all 100 but where to start?


If you are interested the page is

 http://www.kloskant.com/uk/index-uk.html

I am so grateful that there is such a generosity of spirit within the 
lace community that individuals are prepared to pay for a web page and 
make the time to produce patterns and working diagrams whose main 
purpose is to educate lacemakers where ever they live.


Thank you Gon

from Anna in a very wet Sydney on the other side of the planet from 
Amsterdam


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Re: [lace] OIDFA - 2018 Congress Cancellation

[Anna Binnie]

Or we could do both and support all lace enthusiasts!

Anna from a cloudy Sydney



We have two possibilities to go to the lace festival in Bruges in 2018 or
looking forward to the OIDFA meeting in 2020.



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Re: [lace] Construction foam pillows

[Anna Binnie]

Hi Susan et al

I have just made a foam pillow, so here are some suggestions:
The foam you will buy will probably be bigger than you want , so trace 
the size and shape on the top by pencil or felt tip pen.
cut using a hot wire cutter, my husband constructed one for us. It is 
similar in principle to a wax embedder that beekeepers use; essentially 
a wire that is heated up and passes through the foam cutting it (think 
wire cheese slicer).


When the foam is cut to size you need to cover it. Ask you local 
friendly quilters for off cuts from their last quilt, you need the 
batting. Cut this to size to comfortably cover the top of your pillow. 
You may need a second layer.


Now cover the lot with plain fabric. You do not need to sew it, simply 
pin it in place or use hot glue.


I hope this helps

Anna from a chilly but sunny Sydney

On 14/08/16 7:44 AM, Susan wrote:

Hello All!  Our tiny lace group is getting ready to teach lace to a Girl Scout troop 
again this year.  Last year, we borrowed pillows from everywhere for our workshop.  
This year, one of the considerations is to make construction foam pillows--like the 
ones that are sold for $5 at IOLI convention.  This would allow each scout to have a 
pillow to practice at home for a very reasonable cost.  I saved my CF pillow from 
Sacramento & luckily it has a bar code on the bottom so I should be able to find 
similar material at Home Depot or Lowes.  My question is:  how to cut/shape this stuff? 
 Has anyone made one & would you be willing to share some practical information?


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Re: [lace] ADMIN: Survey Request - please send privately

[Anna Binnie]

Dear Everyone
Thank you Avital for bringing the issue of the survey onto the list. I 
personally am annoyed with all the individual responses.


I did not respond to the survey because I was not told why it was being 
carried out, 'curiosity' is not sufficient. The survey is not annonymous 
since you are responding with your email addresses. What happens to the 
results was not clearly articulated either. Before you all claim but it 
is amongst us and it could be fun. Think about the dark side.


Who are we We all claim to be lacemakers or have an interest in 
lacemaking, but could there be someone who wants to hack into our 
accounts or find out about us for their own purposes.


Loyalty cards collect all sorts of information for their customers and 
while we may get a 'bonus' something, they get a profile of our shopping 
and some times sell this information onto other parties.


Please be aware of your own privacy and your own security and be careful 
about what information you give out about yourself and to whom.


Anna from a cloudy but warm Sydney

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Re: [lace] Category for Tenerife or Ruedas

[Anna Binnie]

Hi All
I make Teneriffe and am about to embark on Nanduti.

They are made differently but look similar.

They come from drawn thread work which is embroidered lace BUT

Teneriffe is made on a circular disc and I have a few that are other 
shapes (OK all home made). The base thread is held in place by pins that 
surround the disk. Initially the thread is woven over the base thread, 
some patterns are formed by knotting the decorative thread onto the base 
threads. The completed motifs are joined using a knotting stitch.


Nanduti is done in a similar way BUT the base thread is mounted on 
fabric after the centre is completed the the fabric is cut away. The 
motifs are joined at the initial setting up stage. First motif is free 
then the other motifs are joined as the base thread  is sewn on.


Now it is a type of needle lace but has some knotting as its base. 
Therefore take your pick. When I enter Teneriffe in shows I usually put 
it under needle lace since that is usually the closest category.


I hope this helps

Anna from a wintery Sydney

On 1/07/16 1:54 AM, Devon Thein wrote:

What category would you ascribe if you were cataloging a piece of Tenerife
lace or Spanish Ruedas? Under what words would you look for it? Would you
call it "Embroidered Net"?


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[lace] Lace pattern in print.

[Anna Binnie]

I feel very pleased at present, a workshop I gave in Orange NSW has a 
report and my response and my pattern in the latest issue of 'Australian 
Lace'.


Anna from a cold overcast Sydney and surveying the affects of the 2 day 
storm front


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Re: [lace] DMC Broder Machine 50

[Anna Binnie]

I have just discovered Aurifil. It comes from Italy and it comes in 3 
sizes 28, 40 and 50. The DMC equivalents are, Broder Machine 30  = 
Aurilil 28 and Broder 50  = Aurifil 50. best part is that if you are 
working Flanders or Point Ground laces, the Aurifil 50 and 28 can be 
used together as base thread and gimp. Oh it also has a silky shine when 
worked up.


Check out you local quilting shops. They have huge colour range as well.

Anna in Sydney where winter has finally come and rain for the first time 
in months!


On 31/05/16 4:36 PM, Janis Savage wrote:

Dear spiders worldwide

As the number of fine threads in colour are diminishing just as coloured lace
is becoming more popular, can anyone tell me of a good replacement for DMC
Broder Machine 50 in colours.


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Re: [lace] New lace group in Brooklyn, NY

[Anna Binnie]

Wow how wonderful, another thing to do when I'm visiting family in NYC.

Let us all support them.

Anna from a smokey Sydney (hazard reduction burns to protect us next 
summer from bush fires)


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[lace] membership

[Anna Binnie]

I was under the impression from what I was told was that the reason the Circle
failed was a bit of both - lack of members and lack of members willing to
serve on their Committee.

Jane Partridge

I would like to comment on Jane's comment. I believe that membership of 
many Lace Guilds is down and that there are fewer members willing to 
take on the role of 'running' things. The question of subscriptions is 
also a major problem for many groups, printed magazines cost, they cost 
to produce and they cost to mail These costs are rising further as 
members age and few new members come to take their place membership 
drops leading to a rise in subscriptions leading to a further drop in 
numbers.


Sounds like a chicken and egg situation. But let us look at the 
sociological changes that have occurred in the last 40 years. In the 
1970's when most guilds were established, many women did not work 
outside the home, many young women were at home with children and 
importantly had the time to learn crafts and serve on committees. Today 
young ones have to work to afford their first child, most return to work 
within a year of that child's birth and try to juggle work, home 
children. These women do not have time for guilds in the traditional 
sense. However, from my own family experience these women do access the 
web to learn their crafts! They form themselves into stitching groups 
outside the guild structures.


So as we age and fail to attract the young we have to rethink the whole 
notion of the future of guilds and organisations. We also have to look 
at us, many of us are aging, I laugh when I consider that 30 years ago I 
was one of the youngest in the local guild and I still am.


Those of us post retirement age have a heap of issues to deal with 
starting with our own health, family members health and need for our 
assistance and in general spreading ourselves amongst all the community 
groups many of us are involved with.


Sadly I have no solutions BUT I think that we collectively can come up 
with local solutions and it will be these that will inspired others.


Anna in a sunny Sydney where Autumn is trying hard to arrive.

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Re: [lace] Keeping Arachne a Vital Lace News Resource- comment on 'Piecework'

[Anna Binnie]

Hi All
I'm taking the opportunity to have a whinge about 'Piecework' May June 
2016 issue I get this as an emagazine through my local library.


There is an illustration of a beautiful piece of  gros point lace 
labeled as crochet, it is on page 12.


The rest of the magazine is simply beautiful eye candy with lots of 
projects, especially knitting, crochet and even 2 tatting patterns (very 
basic but lovely). A great article on Oneida Lacemakers.


Anna from a beautiful Sydney, sun is shining temps are still in mid 20s 
I really love our weather at present!


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[lace] Thanks

[Anna Binnie]

To all spider who replied, thank you.

I have downloaded the part I was most interested in and am currently 
enjoying it.


Anna from a wet Sydney

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[lace] Book enquiry

[Anna Binnie]

Hi Spiders
I'm after a book which is no longer in print and my Guild library does 
not have a copy of it.


Does anyone out there know where I can find a copy of it.

The book is 'Fascinating Lace' by Claire Burkhard 1986. ISNB is 
9783258036106.


I've already done a Google search.

I want to read the book not necessarily purchase it. If it is in a 
library, that could be a help, depending on the location, I may be able 
to visit said library and read it there.


Thank you in advance

Anna in a hot and sunny Sydney

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Re: [lace] Arachne Lurker's Complaints

[Anna Binnie]

Hi All
As an Australian I feel I should say a few things.

Firstly I have found noting offensive said by anyone, so cultural 
differences are not the issue.


I believe the issue is simply computer access to the web.

I have been involved with computer education since the late 1980's.

A couple of facts concerning access to the internet in Australia, it is 
a major problem. large cities and towns, no problem but out in the 
sticks you may not even have mobile phone contact let alone internet.


Most places still do not have broadband internet which most of Europe 
and the Nth America take for granted. In some places we pay by the 
download in Megs NOT gigs.


Further I feel the lady is probably new to computers and the internet 
and needed help.


Browsing using Google is not easy if you do not know how  or cannot 
access the internet easily.


I'm not sure how to solve the problem but please be mindful of some real 
physical difficulties out there


Anna from a hot Sydney

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Re: [lace] Lace8

[Anna Binnie]

Ruth is on Arachne so I assume she will write to you privately

Anna from a very overcast Sydney.

On 2/11/15 12:03 PM, Nancy Neff wrote:

Does anybody know whether Ruth Budge had updated her book for Lace8?Â


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Re: [lace] Every week an edging or an insertion

[Anna Binnie]

Thank you Gon we now have 52 weeks of insertions. You have given us a 
whole years worth of insertions, some new techniques, some variations on 
something not so new and all inspiring.


Anna from a sunny Sydney



Again it is Wednesday and time to inform you about the insertion of this week.
It is published this afternoon on my website http://bit.ly/1MN8SBK
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Re: [lace] What media constitues Lace

[Anna Binnie]

Hairpin crochet is crochet since it can be done with fine thread say 
forming a handkerchief edge or it can be done in thick yarn to form a 
sweater or cardigan. It is the same technique and out in OZ it has 
always been classed as a separate crochet technique.


Anna from a cloudy Sydney where it is supposed to be Spring!

On 6/09/15 4:46 AM, Lorri Ferguson wrote:

At the fair where I work, the Washington State Fair,  if the piece is done
with yarn it goes in the Crochet Class and if it is done with finer thread
then it goes in the Crochet/Lace class.  The same is true of larger yarn
Knitting -it goes in the Knitting Class, but if it is done with fine 'lace
yarn' or thread it goes in the Knit/Lace class.
Hope this helps, if you need further info (like the classes used at the Wash.
State Fair) just let me know.
Lorri


Subject: Re: [lace] What media constitues Lace
From: paternos...@appleshack.com
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 08:51:56 +0100
CC: lace@arachne.com
To: c...@fastmail.us

In the board scheme of things any textile constructed with decorative holes

is

lace, but if there are specific sub-categories  then I would say that

hairpin

crochet should be in the crochet class - and similarly a Shetland lace

shawl

would be in the knitting class etc.

If the work is good and it’s compared to things like crochet afghan

blankets

etc then it’s probably to the advantage of the hairpin piece.


On 5 Sep 2015, at 03:57, c...@fastmail.us wrote:

She specifically asked me if Crocheted Hair Pin Lace
should be in the Lace or Crochet Category.  I'm at a loss since I would
consider it crocheted, but there are other "lacy" crochet designs that I
have seen. Plus all the Knitted Lace.  I am searching for an opinion
here.


Brenda in Allhallows
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Re: [lace] RE: Wool for a bolster pillow?

[Anna Binnie]

I would you wool felt. I have a wool felt pillow which is now 30 years 
old and works a charm and still hold the pins. As a quilter I often have 
strips or wool wadding/batting left over from some of my quilts. I've 
used these when repairing roller pillows and for my bolster. Again works 
very well and you can buy it by the metre which means that you can buy a 
length say 20cm long and have the 1-2m width of the fabric to roll onto 
the bolster.


Anna who is recovering from a head cold in a cool Sydney

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Re: [lace] Thread for a boobin lace scarf

[Anna Binnie]

I am curious - how did you use the contrasting colour?  Was it the
worker in your cloth stitch sections?

Im using colour as workers on the cloth stitch areas but also as a 
gimp, two types 'in your face' ie 2 strands wound on and 'gentle' one 
strand.


Anna from a cloudy Sydney where I think a storm is brewing and my 
daughter's cat is on my lap as I wrtie


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Re: [lace] Thread for a boobin lace scarf

[Anna Binnie]

My question to you is, what qualities should I look for when choosing a thread
for a bobbin lace scarf?  I would like it to be soft and flowing so I am
thinking silk or a silk blend and I want the grid size to be fairly large,
maybe 8 mm between footside pins.  My biggest concern is that the threads I
have been looking at do not have much of a twist.  Will they fall apart as I
am working?  The shop owner is very knowledgeable and dyes and spins some of
the threads that he sells.  So what questions should I ask him about his
threads?





I am currently working on a silk scarf, with silk designed for knitting 
and not very tightly spun. It is working out a treat!!! When you 
wind your bobbins make sure it doesn't untwist the twist. Since I have 
dylexia with right left issues my rule is to wind a few bobbins  bobbins 
with a bit of thread and work a small sample and check if it unravels or 
tightens up. Someone on the list will tell us which way to wind.


I'm assuming you will be using torchon in your design. Rule of thumb:-
How long do you want the scarf to be, say 40 inches, wind footside 
bobbins with 1 1/2 x 40 inches ie about 60 inches
footside passives about 45 inches (assuming no twists on these otherwise 
allow more)


all others except workers 2.5 x length
workers would require a whole lot more and you will have to add extra 
thread think about 10 x length of scarf, it depends on how far they have 
to travel across and back.


When you buy your silk look at the length of thread not the weight.

For my scarf I bought 3 x 30 gm ball which contain 300m and another 300m 
of a contrasting colour. I'm using 74 pairs of bobbins on a 0.8mm grid 
and the scarf is quite wide. I have used up 2 balls of the main and half 
the contrasting colour. This means I have extra thread if I need to add 
to workers or miscalculated initially.


I hope this helps

Anna in a cool but sunny Sydney

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Re: [lace] Thread management/organisation

[Anna Binnie]

I usually have a number of small projects or things I want to 'try out'. 
I use my left over thread to make lengths of simple lace or experiment 
with a new lace or produce samples for teaching purposes.


The lengths of lace or experiments get sewn onto hand towels. If the 
lace is stitched all around, then you can throw the whole thing into the 
washing machine.


Anna from Sydney where the rain has stopped and the sun is shining

On 29/01/15 7:21 AM, Karen ZM wrote:

Has anybody got suggestions for dealing with leftover thread from bobbins
please?

I currently have several bags with bobbins that would have been used for
various lace projects. These have substantial amounts of thread left on the
bobbins and the roll/reel/cone of thread used is in the same bag for
identification.

When I come to need the bobbins for another, large, project, what should I
do with the thread?  Too much to discard and yet winding it back onto the
original roll/reel/cone will probably result in quite an untidy mess.

I promise I tried to look at the archives before posting what I am sure has
been discussed before, but they seem to be unavailable for now. On the
other hand, the list is a bit quiet so it will give us something to talk
about, and perhaps we will also get some newer ideas too.

Karen in Malta

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Re: [lace] 's Gravenmoer and a bolster pillow

[Anna Binnie]

I'm currently working a 's Gravenmore scarf using a bolster pillow. The 
pattern is and adaptation of Susan Wensel's scarf from a workshop she 
gave in Sydney in 2013. I have over 70 pairs and since I'm using a thick 
silk thread it is about 8 inches wide.


May I say it is working well and for a scarf I would not use anything 
other than a bolster or wide roller pillow. So to your friend all I have 
to say is go for it!! If you love a bolster then the 's Gravenmore 
will not be a challenge except if you are learning it new.


Anna from a warm Sydney

On 16/01/15 8:04 AM, Valhalla Bee Farm wrote:

Good afternoon all -

Is it possible to ’s Gravenmoer technique making a scarf using a bolster pillow?
I have a friend who wants to take the class at IOLI convention in August, but
she has always worked on a bolster pillow and therefore feels most comfortable
that way.  She doesn’t want to request the class if it isn’t possible.

Thanks for any help.
And - see you in Coralville, IA.

Jane Nelson
Lincoln, NE USA

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[lace] New York lace groups and shopping

[Anna Binnie]

One of my sons lives in New York city, Manhattan to be specific. I plan 
to visit him in the next few months. Could any locals tell me if there 
is a lace group that meets there, and let me know where and when they meet.


Also is there any must see places, I plan to visit all the usual museums 
and galleries while he is at work. But are there any special lace type 
places?


Finally are there any must see shops that supply laceamkers but I'm also 
into embroidery, quilting and knitting.


Anna from a cooler wet Sydney

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Re: [lace] Every week an edging or insertion

[Anna Binnie]

On 1/01/15 1:13 AM, Gon Homburg wrote:

Dear Arachnes

I just published the edging for this week 1 on my site http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
http://bit.ly/1wTaqm5
Lots of fun with it.
Also I wish all of you a Happy New Year with lots of lace fun.

Gon Homburg from a grey Amsterdam, The Netherlands
At least it doesn’t rain.

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Dear Grom
on behalf of all on this mailing list thank you for the patterns 
especially when you have continued to work while we have all played


Anna from a sunny Sydney where it is already New Years Day

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[lace] New Book on Embroidered Lace

[Anna Binnie]

I have just come home from the last Lace Day for NSW Lacemakers and 
apart from being able to relax since I'm no longer President of the 
Branch, I had a wonderful surprize which I simply must share.


Margaret Stephens one of our best needle lace teachers has just produced 
a book on Embroidered Lace, specifically Reticella. It is simply lovely 
with full working instructions, can't wait to start working the samples. 
And they are in colour not all boring white. How very exciting 
and both modern and traditional.


The book is called 'Embroidered Lace' and if this is your thing please 
contact Margaret on


mar...@stephensonline.com.au

Oh the book costs $30 Australian.

from

Anna in a very rainy/monsoonal Sydney summer storm

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Re: [lace] Heather Billington - Point Ground Lace book

[Anna Binnie]

You can buy it directly from Heather Billington, Australian privacy laws 
prevent me from giving out her address and email to a wide speard group. 
However I shall forward the original email to her if that is OK


Anna who is preparing for her husband's Caving Club Christmas Party (at 
our house in a couple of hours) in a sunny and hot Sydney



This appears to be a book titled Floral Emblems of Australia in  Point
Ground Lace, by Heather Billington, though neither full title  or author are
mentioned in the inquiry to Arachne.



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Re: [lace] Scania lace

[Anna Binnie]

Laws concerning copyright vary from country to country.
The rule of thumb I use is to ask the author of the pattern permission 
to use the pattern, I state exactly how I want to use it and how many 
copies I want to make and to whom it will go. I have never had a rejection.


Anna from a hot Sydney

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[lace] Janice Blair's Poppies

[Anna Binnie]

I simply have to publicly thank Janice for being so generous with her 
poppy patter. After David told us about his poppy and his intention to 
wear it on ANZAC Day, I contacted Janice off list to ask her for the 
pattern and to also ask if it could be published 'down under'. She very 
generously sent me the pattern with her permission to publish. It has 
just appeared in Winter issue of 'Australian Lace'. Now there is plenty 
of time for all Aussie and NZ lacemakers to make their poppies for next 
years ANZAC Centenary.


Thank you Janice and thank you David for showing the way and thank you 
Elizabeth for publishing.


Anna from a cold Sydney winter has finally arrive, not cold enough for 
heaters yet


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Re: [lace] Lace Guild Magazine - Christine Johnson

[Anna Binnie]

Christine is currently on a cruise and may not have email. She is on 
Arachne so she will get your message. In 'real life' Christine is a 
talented and generous lacemaker. She gave a wonderful presentation in 
February on the use of Gimps. The presentation was at a NSW Lace Day. 
She is going to give a lecture on her work on Tonder Lace at the NSW 
October Lace Day and in November will give us a 2 day workshop on gimps.


She acts as 'mentor' to most of us at the Epping Lace group. I wish 
there were more people like her!


As an aside, the NSW Lace Days this year are featuring our local lace 
researchers, we have had Barbara Ballantyne talking on Irish Crochet, 
Rosemary Shepherd on early laces. In June we will have Annette Meldrum 
talking on Boris lace followed by a workshop in August on Boris Lace, 
and Christine in October. We are blessed that some of the best 
researchers are locals!


Anna in Sydney where winter has come!

On 4/05/14 3:40 AM, Jill Harward wrote:

Dear Spiders,



My Lace Guild magazine arrived yesterday and I was over the moon to see the
pattern and working diagram of Christine Johnson's Medieval Garden and for
which Christine was awarded the John Bull Trophy for 'lace by a lacemaker
who is not a teacher'.



I just had to write to thank Christine, who I think is a member of Arachne -
she will not know me, I am generally a 'Lurker' but I felt compelled to
write to Christine for being so generous in submitting this pattern to the
magazine and the time spent originally working out a coloured diagram of the
technical drawing.  I first saw the photo of the finished lace on the back
of issue Number 151 and just 'drooled' over it and wished it was a pattern
available to us.



Well my wish came true as here it is, looking absolutely beautiful again in
the current issue.  I have been floundering a bit for the past five or six
months due to some sad family circumstances and doing a little bits on
pieces already on the go but none of them seem to pull me in to get
enthusiastic again.  All I keep saying to my friends is that I need
'inspiring' but had no idea what to do, that is until I opened the Lace
Magazine yesterday and Woo Hoo!  I cannot possibly do any justice to your
amazing piece Christine but you have spurred me on and at last I have found
my 'get-up-and-go' and diving into my cupboard for a spare pillow, bobbins
and thread!!  I cannot wait to get started J  I guess this is also giving
advance warning to Jacquie Tinch, our lace tutor just what I will be turning
up with in class - she is probably turning a nice shade of puce at the
thought - only joking Jacquie, she relishes a challenge!



That's it and all that is left is to say once again a huge thanks to
Christine for unknowingly lifting my spirits.



Jill



In Redhill, Surrey in the UK, where it is a Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
and the sun is shining - usually Bank Holidays are notoriously a wash-out

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Re: [lace] Brugge Kant

[Anna Binnie]

Ok I'm not trimming the post because I feel it is too important to lose 
the thread.


I usually hate the 'me too' comments BUT on this occasion I agree with 
both writers. I am passionate about history especially scholarly 
histories and it pains me that most good ones are not in English. Please 
could authors of such works write or have their work translated into 
English. OR failing that why not write everything in Latin! At least I 
could then translate it myself


Anna from a wet Sydney


On 6/03/14 6:57 AM, jeria...@aol.com wrote:

Please!  Why do European lace experts assume that people who speak and
read English are not interested in the lace history of the countries where lace
  originated?  The reality is that in terms of population, there are  more
people fluent in English around the world who would buy their books --  if we
could read them!   I have three Bruggeman books, and am only  able to read
one smaller one of 63 pages that is in English.

If Belgium will be the location of the 2018 OIDFA Congress, as  is rumored,
may I beg of Belgians to listen to my plea and  influence your authors and
museums to publish scholarly lace books in  English.  Within 4 years,
perhaps you will be able to oblige.  Thank  you.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
--

In a message dated 3/2/2014 _kim@wirelace.net_ (mailto:k...@wirelace.net)
writes:

Hi!  I am wondering if anyone is aware of an English  translation of Brugge
 Kant by Martine Bruggeman, 1985?  I have a  few pages with some
information I am after for my research, but I only  speak English fluently.
Thanks,  Kim

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Re: [lace] Crowood books

[Anna Binnie]

I've just checked
 the book is available at the Book Depository

 http://www.bookdepository.com/Cause-English-Lace-Anne-Buck/9780903585262

free postage to Australia

Hope this helps

Anna from a wet Sydney

On 9/01/14 12:49 AM, David C COLLYER wrote:

Dear Friends,

 publication details of In the Cause of English Lace
(which, of course, they already have) in the hope they can find it. I
added
that there are some lacemakers who would sell their grandmothers to
get their
hands on a legal copy!


I bought this book from Crowood about 2 weeks ago with full Master Card
details etc. Then just a couple of nights ago I received an email from
them saying that the book is no longer available and that nothing will
be deducted from my Master Card!

What a pain!!
David in Ballarat, AUS

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Re: [lace] Oya, Bibilla and Needle Lace

[Anna Binnie]

  Bibilla Knotted Lace by Dickson
 Needle Lace Flowers by Figen Cakir.  I may get that for

Christmas from DH (on my wish list on his Amazon account- I like to make
things  simple).  Does anybody have this book?  Any comments?

I have both books, bought one (Dickson) locally and the other (Cakir) 
through the book depository. Both are excellent and I intend to teach 
myself using both books ( I should point out 2 of my friends have 
offered to help if I need it so I have a fall back). The books have 
different flowers. They both have very clear diagrams and instructional 
notes. The Cakir book has a short history of the lace and ranks the 
flowers according to difficulty and she includes suggestions on how to 
use the flowers, eg hair clips, necklace,keyrings and clothing trims. 
The Dickson book has lots of instructional diagrams for virtually every 
'stitch' and every project, including where the thread should go. It 
also has a number of Australian flowers which in my mind is a real 
plus.I would recommend both books simply because they have different 
patterns and they are some of the best eye candy I've seen for ages. If 
you can't afford both and you want to learn then buy the Dickson book. 
If you already know the technique then you buy one and save for the 
other, seriously!


Anna in an overcast and finally cool Sydney

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Re: [lace] bobbin lace is like chess

[Anna Binnie]

I do both bobbin lace and play chess, yes they are similar. Both require 
you to think/ do problem solving in similar ways. Think ahead of your 
current move, work out where you are going next and plan the next phase. 
How often have we studied a pricking before we have wound the bobbins 
and tried to work out where to go nest.


Anna from a hot and sunny Sydney



I agree Rebecca. My husband is a good chess player but has never learnt
bobbin lace. However he has often studied what I am doing and has detected a
mistake before I was aware of it.
Like chess, he examined the possibilities of pathways and was able to see
the upcoming problem.



Lorelei posted that she compares learning bobbin lace to woodcarving. I
compare learning bobbin lace to chess. In one chess lesson you can learn the
basic moves and play a simple game of chess, but it takes a lifetime to
master the game. I think bobbin lace is like that.






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Re: [lace] Recent Emails

[Anna Binnie]

On 4/11/13 10:01 AM, c...@fastmail.us wrote:

A few days ago I stopped getting any emails from lace or lace chat.  Can
anyone tell me if there has been a problem with the server or if it
could be at my end.  You can reply directly to me.

Cindy


Same thing has happened to me but I got your email.

I suspect that everything has just gone quiet since all the threads have 
run out of steam


Anna from a sunny Sydney

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[lace] Lace Teachers

[Anna Binnie]

To follow the discussion I had 2 brilliant bobbin lace teachers.

I started lace when I was 26 years old and a very new Mum. Jenny Fisher 
was my first teacher, quite demanding and exacting but I learnt the 
basics when I couldn't get to regular classes, she had private classes 
for me (and my toddler) in her home. She would show me the next few 
stages, give me a few notes and a handful of prickings that kept me 
going for a while. I didn't have that much time since I was also 
completing my teacher training at the time.


Soon child number 1 was joined by his brother and the older one was at 
preschool. So another Mum and I hit on the idea that we would look after 
each other's babies while the eldest were at preschool. We would do the 
initial child grab at preschool, she would go and teach at the 
university. At lunch time she would collect our babies and take them to 
her home and I would go to my afternoon lace class and after class I 
would reclaim my 2 from my friend. This went on for 2 years and very 
successfully. And the children loved their mixed up days.


My second teacher was Margaret Holt to whose class I went on those 
afternoons. both Margaret and Jenny were instrumental (amongst others) 
in setting up the Australian Lace Guild in 1979. Margaret taught 
textiles at teachers college where her classes were first held, when she 
became too sick her classes were transfered into her home where her 
father insisted that we kept coming regardless of how sick Margaret was 
since we cheered her up. She encouraged us to fly, once we had the 
basics it was a case of what do you want to learn next, so we would all 
work on something different, and we would all explore different styles, 
a bit of beds a bit of bucks then back to torchon etc. AND she 
encouraged us to design. One of our number could sketch flowers and her 
legacy is a portfolio of sketches for lace patterns. Our job was to put 
in the correct fillings and work a sample.


I learnt so much from both teacher, and since then my main source has 
been books.


Anna from a sunny Sydney

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Re: [lace] Old beds

[Anna Binnie]

Many of our older more set in their way teachers, say you have to learn 
things in a set order. It is often the way they learnt or were taught.
Has anyone thought that this may be why young people are not taking up 
lace? Our young people want to fly before they learn to walk but often 
they do fly given enough encouragement and good foundations.


Recently I rethought the whole notion of why we learn lace the way we 
do. In lacemaking towns children learnt honiton or bucks or beds and may 
never have learnt torchon at all. They had to be productive early and 
the sooner the better.


I think that once some one has mastered cloth stitch and half stitch 
they should be able to do any lace at all. There are no concepts that 
have to be learnt other than those 2 stitches and every lace goes from 
there. So question why are we statring beginners on torchon and not say 
Milanese or beds or honiton?


Anna in Sydney where the smoke from the bush fires is very evident. The 
fires are more than 30km away but the smoke is covering Sydney


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Re: [lace] New at WWW.LaceCurator.info

[Anna Binnie]

A non-lacemaking friend of mine was in Turkey and bought some lace which 
was sold as 'handmade'. When she gave it to me she said that she had 
bought it for me because it looked interesting, but was not convinced it 
was hand made. When I opened the tissue I saw two small pieces of Oya 
lace, I assured her it was hand made. She beamed with joy.


Moral of the story, many non lace makers are skeptical of 'hand made 
lace' but buy it if it appeals to them.


Anna in Sydney where our Spring day is forecast for a top of 38 degrees 
Centigrade and strong winds.


On 10/10/13 1:00 AM, jeanette wrote:

The Brussels article is so interesting!  I wonder how many unsuspecting
tourists buy machine lace as handmade lace.


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Re: [lace] tatting with the 'wrong hand'

[Anna Binnie]

On 18/09/13 6:07 AM, Karen Bovard wrote:

I did that once so that I could better understand what my new tatting students
were going through in the learning process.  It was an interesting
experiment.  I was successful in that I was able to learn tatting
'left-handed'.
I am left handed and learnt to tat with my right hand, I also knit and 
crochet with my right hand. When you are learning a new skill the hand 
you use is not really relevant since it is still a muscle memory excercise.


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Re: [lace] Borrowing lace books from Inter-Library Loan

[Anna Binnie]

I have been a user of inter-library loans for quite some time.

I've used both university inter-library loans and municipal ones. In NSW 
where I live there is a charge for using both. The university ones are 
part of a research budget and I've never seen an account for these. Most 
recently ie since 2000 or there abouts many books are now scanned and 
freely available over the web as are journal articles so that need is no 
longer really there. The municipal ones do incur a small charge, the 
most recent one cost me a princely sum of $2.


Anna from a sunny cool Sydney where the bushfire season has already started!

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Re: [lace] Old lace magazines

[Anna Binnie]

Never ever through anything out.
Firstly give or sell them to other lacemakers in your area. Many lace 
guilds or groups have a mechanism to recycling old magazines / books etc 
to newer members be it a sign at a lace day saying 'free to a good home' 
or selling them for a small cost and using the money for library books.


Secondly many OP shops will accept them and sell them on to interested 
parties. my knitting group always goes there for extra knitting needles 
and old knitting patterns.


Thirdly donate them to a local school or church group for their annual 
fair, most have a secondhand or preloved table with books and other bits 
and pieces. I once bought a huge selection of tatting patterns at a 
charity fair (these were taken from magazines and on the surface did not 
look good but the patterns were lovely).


Forthly offer to send out a list of what you have (ie we contact you 
privately) and if we want them then we can pay you the postage for your 
magazines.


Finally there is ebay

Anna who has just returned from a long weekend away in Canberra.

On 30/07/13 3:23 AM, Miriam Gidron wrote:

Hi,

I was going over some old lace magazines and was wondering what you are
doing with them. Do they end up in the recycling bin or do you give them to
other lace makers.

I have so many magazines and I want to down size a bit. To tell the truth
many are already old fashioned. There are so many new ideas around that
these magazines are just  passe.

Miriam
in hot Arad, Israel

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[lace] John Bull Trophy

[Anna Binnie]

Hi Spiders
I've just discovered that one of my friends and member of my lace group 
has just won the John Bull Trophy from the Lace Guild in Britain. Her 
Medieval Garden is just lovely! Congratulations to Christine and all the 
winners. A gallery of their work is on the Guild website.


Apparently 3 of the winners are from down under! (I had to wave the flag 
here).


Anna from a cold and sunny Sydney

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[lace] children's Lace

[Anna Binnie]

In our discussion about teaching children we forgot to mention social 
media like Facebook.


Last year shorty after I was elected President of my Branch of the 
Australian Lace Guild, I set up a state Facebook page as an outreach 
tool. Go out to the market place where the young hang out. Most of my 
regulars are people like me but at a recent craft fair I told the young 
ones to find us on Facebook and the affirming looks were great and our 
'likes' jumped.


Yesterday I used it to affirm the show results for 2 children who do not 
even live in my state. I offered their teacher to put up the winning 
entries on Facebook. She sent me photos of the winning entries and up 
they went with a bit of a buzz and affirmation from the State Facebook 
friends.


 https://www.facebook.com/NswBranchAustralianLaceGuild



We are all part of a very small world even if distances between us are 
the size of a planet


Anna from a sunny and warm Sydney

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Re: [lace] Teaching children

[Anna Binnie]

Jenny, having met you for the first time last year, I'm not at all 
surprised that the munchkins keep coming back. You are an inspirational 
teacher.


And surrogate grandmother how lovely. There are lots of very young 
grandmothers



I must admit i have been surprised that the group has continued for so long!!



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Re: [lace] Teaching children

[Anna Binnie]

Joke wrote:


Also parents nowadays expect all adults, who work with children in
after school activities or clubs, to be CBR checked as well.





In Australia anyone who works with children needs to get a police check 
done. It is standard for teachers, ancillary staff, volunteers and 
sports coaches even parent coaches. I laughed when my then 20 year old 
son needed police clearance to coach his sister's basketball team (the 
girls were all 17 or 18).


It is no big deal since the schools/ departments of education have to do 
it. It has had an impact on our local lacemakers who teach children 
lacemaking during holidays and after school since we have to supply a 
list of all volunteers if we are visiting a local school, however some 
of our country groups have discussed the issue with the local police who 
have given them general guild lines to work with.


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[lace] when and where to teach children lace

[Anna Binnie]

Hi all
Ive enjoyed the conversation here are a few hints learnt from experience

If you want to teach lacemaking but your local school is not open to it, 
try the local library. Some local libraries are happy to host a 1 to 2 
hour session in one of their reading rooms. Sometimes they will allow 
you to use it for free as part of their normal activities. Youth clubs, 
church groups and other types of organisations that have a hall or 
suitable venue are worth an approach. Work as a group, teaching children 
can be exhausting and you need at least 2 people present just in case. 
Make sure you have the parents' mobile numbers as well.


Try organising lace classes during school holidays but not the long 
summer one. If the children are off school for a week or 2 parents are 
less likely to go away and may welcome an hour or 2 off. Do not offer 
all day classes since you could be used as a cheap child care alternative.


My group provided all the materials to the children and only charged a 
nominal amount. The pillows and bobbins stayed at the venue. This was 
more inviting for cash strapped parents. We held our classes during the 
holidays after Easter (our Autumn). We invited parents or carers to join 
the children for the classes. One of the grandmothers has joined our 
Lace group and is learning to help her grand daughter.


I hope this helps

Good luck

Anna from a cold Sydney

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Re: [lace] Teaching children

[Anna Binnie]

On 7/07/13 11:13 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote:

I am astonished that no one has challenged the notion that people with
superior math/science/computer programming skills make the best
lacemakers!!

I've just logged on and yes I was totally affronted with that statement 
too. Let me put it in perspective I hold a PhD in Physics and I have 
taught physics for the last 20+ year to adults at university and 
children in high school. Good lacemakers are people who are naturally 
good at lacemaking REGARDLESS of other skills. One of the best 
lacemakers I know (her work is in the Powerhouse museum) is not 
mathematically great BUT she is trained in textiles and had spent her 
working life as a costume designer. I'm a good lacemaker BUT not the best.


As an educator I hate cover all statements about ability in one area and 
success in another.


Anna from a cold Sydney

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Re: [lace] In Fine Style - Tudor Stuart Fashion

[Anna Binnie]

Just found it on the Book Depository


http://www.bookdepository.com/Fine-Style-Anna-Reynolds/9781905686445


for $A61 and free postage to us.

I always check this site out for all my books. They have a good 
selection of all types of craft books.


Anna in a cold and wet Sydney


On 23/06/13 2:16 AM, David C COLLYER wrote:

Dear friends,
what would I do without you???

Many thanks to the person who recommended I try www.abebooks.co.uk


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Re: [lace] Pattern drawing software

[Anna Binnie]

On 15/06/13 7:13 AM, jo wrote:


@Anna

Couldn’t you share some of your templates, why let others reinvent the
wheels? I shared my baby steps on
http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com/software+reviews but never tried to
walk the lane any further.

@spiders using http://www.gimp.org

I just wrote a tutorial for grids on
http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com/grids#Tutorials-Gimp but still have to
learn to connect the dots efficiently. Any hints?

Jo


I'd be happy to share my Visio templates with anyone who asks for them.

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Re: [lace] Pattern drawing software

[Anna Binnie]

On 12/06/13 11:28 AM, Liz and Ken Roberts wrote:

I will have a great opportunity through my employer to explore/learn any of
several hundred different computer software programs over a week's time.
Besides Excel (and its formula mysteries) I thought I would check out any
possible programs that could be used for bobbin lace pattern making.  Does
anyone have any suggestions of ones to explore and why you prefer it?

My week to access starts this coming Monday.

Thanks!
Liz in Missouri

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Hi I use Visio, a Microsoft product. Only problem is that you have to do 
all your own programing but on the plus side you can make up your own 
modules and save them in your templates. Once you have made up your 
pattern you can save it as a tiff and import it into a word document. My 
teaching notes and prickings have been produced this way. Unfortunately 
it is not available for Apples and I have to work on 2 computers.


It is also good for patchwork templates.

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[lace] Apology

[Anna Binnie]

I want to apologise to all spiders who may have sent me an email and had 
it bounce in the last 2 days.
A stranger sent me an email with an attachment that was so large it 
filled up my inbox and all subsequent emails were 'bounced'.


All is well now

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Re: [lace] kindle lace books?

[Anna Binnie]

I have scanned images of lace, lace patterns and working diagrams and 
saved them as pdf. These can then be put on your ipad or reader. And 
there you have it.


I have actually saved some of the papers from the Arizona Uni website 
(the one with lace books) onto my ipad to read. may I also say I have 
some journal articles there as well as knitting patterns etc.


I think we should use our technology. Why carry a heavy lace book when 
you can carry an ipad or similar?


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Re: [lace] facebook lace groups

[Anna Binnie]

Thank you everyone who replied about the facebook pages. I'm having a 
ball investigating them.


Anna from a cold but sunny Sydney. OK it isn't that cold but it is for me

On 17/05/13 4:35 AM, Lorelei Halley wrote:

A few days ago Liz posted links to some FACEBOOK lace groups.  I have 2 more
to add to her list:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/irinavlasova/Russian bobbin lace

https://www.facebook.com/groups/138573699519172/   Slovenian bobbin lace

https://www.facebook.com/groups/132437303557971/   Hungarian

Lorelei

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[lace] Facebook page

[Anna Binnie]

Can anyone out there tell me the name or url of the facebook lace page.
I've just joined one for quilting an am having a ball.

Anna from a cloudy Sydney

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Re: [lace] RE: participation in Lace conferences - flights

[Anna Binnie]

It would work if you only have only carry-on luggage.  If you check a suitcase, 
it would not come off at the midway stop.  Or you could mail your luggage 
ahead.  I usually have too much stuff for a week of lace classes to fit in a 
carry-on.  And... I have to allow room for the things I acquire during the week.
Yes it would work, at the check in say you are getting off at the first 
stop on your way through to the final destination. And you simply do not 
do the second part of your trip.


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Re: [lace] DMC Retors d'Alsace 40 and 60

[Anna Binnie]

On 27/04/13 8:24 PM, Achim Siebert wrote:

Does anyone know what those threads compare to in thickness (wraps/cm)?
Retor d'Alsace cotton - no. 40 and 60 on eBay. I guess it's comparable to 
Broder Machine 40 and 60 which are given in


Brenda's book as having 36 and 46 wraps/cm. The intended use is as 
couching and/or filling thread for Carrickmacross lace or


Brussels needle lace - will that work?



yes they are almost the same. I would go for the 60 which would work if 
you use it to couch the thicker thread in Carrickmacross as well as 
being used to produce filling stitches. The 40 would be too thick for 
couching but not thick enough for the cord.


Anna from a sunny Sydney where she has just fed the sulphur crested 
cockatoos who fly in for breakfast.


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Re: [lace] Architect's linen

[Anna Binnie]

On 22/04/13 4:57 PM, Jean Nathan wrote:

DH was an engineering lecturer and taught, among other things, technical
drawing. When the subject started to move to computers, he brought home
what the college had because he didn't think computers would catch on
(LOL) and knew the college would throw out what they had on the
assumption that computers would be the way to go. Of course, DH was
wrong and we had half a dozen full rolls of architects linen in the loft
for several years until we moved, when he threw it out because it was
never going to be needed again and that was long before I took up
lacemaking or knew about needlelace.

Somewhere at the bottom of a landfill in Essex are six full rolls of
architects linen!

Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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I have the architect's linen that my husband grabbed for me under 
similar circumstances. I have also boiled it down to make nighties for 
me and handkerchieves for both of us.


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[lace] Lace conventions

[Anna Binnie]

I have read with interest all the discussions on lace conventions.
Travel costs are the big thing that stand in the way of attending any 
convention this applies to the US as well as Australia where distances 
are very similar. And yes we have the same requirements as well. I've 
been a member of the Australian lace Guild for over 30 years and only 
managed to get to my first 'convention' 2 years ago. It was within 
driving distance. In the early 1990's there were conventions within 
walking distance from my home but I couldn't go.


The main reasons were financial and family; conventions were held in 
school holidays and I was a teacher with 3 children. When the children 
were finally old enough to be left for a week it was cost that kept me 
at home. But at the same time I could afford to attend week long 
Physics, Science and History of Science conferences not only due to tax 
concessions and support from my employer, but these academic conferences 
always gave a variety of accommodation options and food could be 
obtained from a variety of outlets. The registration costs included the 
cost of key note speakers. I sometimes brought my kids with me and they 
were made welcome, my daughter was often singled out by a key note 
speaker during breaks and on one occasion the Governor General 
approached her and chatted to her during the welcome reception.


As a family we regularly attended caving conferences because 
accommodation costs were kept down; we either camped or the conference 
was held in a sport and rec grounds where we stayed in cabins or it was 
held in some variety of community facility and we stayed in a hotel or 
motel AND there were activities for non-cavers and children. Often these 
activities arose spontaneously but non-cavers and kids were welcome! I 
used to make lace or stitch while my husband attended the lectures and 
workshops and the kids did their thing with the other kids. We all kept 
an eye out for the children and some of the mums with young children 
organised their own creche.


This year I ran a patchwork workshop for non-caving partners, it was a 
great success with even more non-caving partners attending than in 
previous years. This conference was held in a Catholic Retreat Center 
that had a variety of accommodation options which included camping, 
apart from workshop facilities for the conference, we also had access to 
the swimming pool and other facilities which included common rooms and 
rec rooms.


Lace conventions rarely make partners welcome and children are never 
seen. If I could have brought my husband and kids to a lace 'convention' 
I would have gone.


As far as staying in a venue that includes the meals this is a hit and 
miss affair. To be totally blunt I hate boarding school food!! While 
there is lots of it, it is boring and done to a price and hence the 
quality is not always there. Yet I have been to functions at boarding 
schools where the food has been simply great. It depends on how much you 
are prepared to pay for food.



Anna in a sunny Sydney

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Re: [lace] Twentieth anniversary flash drive

[Anna Binnie]

Hi All
As a Science Historian, the one thing I can tell right now is that a 
flash drive will be old technology and will have no use within 10 years. 
Data storage devices change every time there is a new advance. It is 
only a matter of a few years before flash drives are a thing of the past 
and only a few more years after that that they will no longer be 
supported ie unreadable.


In the short term it is a great idea but its life is limited.

Anna from a Sunny Sydney

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Re: [lace] washing silk

[Anna Binnie]

I wash silk regularly, all my nighties and slips are silk. I usually do 
what David has suggested on some occasions I have even used 'preen' ( a 
prewash spray on stain remover to remove bad stains. This is a method of 
last resort, and I leave it on for less than minute before washing the 
garment.


Contrary to popular belief silk can be a very robust material and long 
wearing if washed in pure soap (even if you have to grate up a cake of 
soap), use tepid to warm water (if it is too hot for your hand it is too 
hot for silk), rinsed in tepid water, final rinse with vinegar (white)or 
lemon juice (about 1/2 cup to about 5 liters of water) hung up to dry in 
the shade (here in Australia that is inside).


Anna from a sunnyish Sydney

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Re: [lace] New Years Day lace

[Anna Binnie]

From early December, I do not start any new pieces of lace until most 
of my projects from the previous year are finished, freeing up bobbins 
and pillows. Then I spend January planning the next year's projects and 
preparing prickings etc, by Australia Day I've usually started most of 
my new projects. I do this for patchwork and embroidery as well. The 
lounge room floor in January is usually covered with my craft books, 
threads and fabrics. H, the joys of making plans.


Anna in a cool Sydney

On 29/12/12 9:11 AM, mary carey wrote:

Or perhaps some of us would be better occupied restarting a piece which has
been on a pillow for a number of years -


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Re: [lace] lace at the Vatican

[Anna Binnie]

Hi Kim
The Vatican Museum has lots of very interesting things, from memory 
there were some vestments on display but where I can't remember (was 
there in 1999 and again in 2003). Many of the murals and paintings 
feature lace. The catch with the museum is that you should spend the day 
there, there are a huge number of tour groups going through and it is 
really hard to see things when you are pushed along by a sea of 
humanity. I ducked into the side rooms when things got too crowded. Also 
the cafe there does not charge huge prices for a basic sandwich and tea.


If you want a break from the hustle and bustle of Rome a walk through 
the Vatican gardens is lovely BUT you need to book in advance.


I remember seeing Lace in both Milan and in Florence, both in museums 
attached to churches I'll need to check back to my travel notes. If you 
want these please let me know.


Anna in a wet Sydney

On 3/12/12 8:53 AM, Kim Davis wrote:

I am wondering if anyone out there has ever toured the Vatican and
seen their laces?  I would be especially interested if you saw any
metal or metallic lace.  If you think you have info that would not be
interesting to the group or would like to contact me directly, I can
be reached at k...@wirelace.net

Thanks, Kim

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Re: [lace] Lace making and blindness

[Anna Binnie]

I've been doing close work (lace, embroidery, patchwork pieced by hand 
etc) for over 55 years (grandmother put a needle in my hand before I 
went to school) and I actually asked my eye specialist that question 
many yeas ago. His answer was no it should not, doing close work while 
also watching TV in reasonable light actually is good for your eyes. His 
explanation was making your eyes focus from close to distance frequently 
means that your 'eyes' are getting a work out and can actually delay the 
need for 'reading' glasses by a year or 2. And yes I do wear reading 
glasses for lace but not for reading but who in my age group does not.


Most causes of blindness were due to a variety of diseases, viatime 
deficiencies and 'complaints' that are now largely either curable or 
treatable and hence delay the onset of blindness.


Anna from a sunny Sydney

On 27/10/12 9:40 AM, lbuy...@nc.rr.com wrote:

Does anyone know if it is true that doing close work (like making lace) in low 
light for many hours a day can cause blindness?

I have just finished reading The Ruins of Lace.  I the book there is a 
character who is loosing her sight.  The author implies that this is due to her 
lacemaking and that many other lacemakers who have lived in this fictional 
convent have also lost their sight.  I have read this several times in the past 
but never from a source that I thought was reliable.

I have done a little looking on the internet and can't find any indication that 
eye strain can cause blindness.  Is there anyone out there with some 
information on this?  Has the author taken some poetic license?
Liz R
Raleigh, NC, USA

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Re: [lace] Fibre Optic cable

[Anna Binnie]

On 3/09/12 8:48 PM, Jennifer Audsley wrote:

I purchased small quantities on Ebay from a seller The FiberOpticStore.
That was end emitting, but he may be able to help with side emitting. Side
emitting is much more expensive, and bear in mind that end-emitting does
leak some light along its length.



Interesting since the end emitting would be more energy efficient AND 
the type that Telcos would want for communications, while side emitting 
would be the duds since they would lose all their data before it could 
be utlised.


Anna from Sydney

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