Re: [lace] Chesapeake Region Lace Guild lace day
I've sent Laurie the information she needs to put on her blog regarding the CRLG Lace Day on October 22. I'm sending it to all of you as well. CRLG FALL LACE DAY Program Speaker: Holly Van Sciver (Lester Lace) Where: Bethesda Chevy Chase High School 4301 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 When: October 22, 2011 Time: 9:00 doors open; 10:00 Meeting; 11:00 Program; 1:00 mini-workshops Cost: $8.00, if registered early; $10.00 at the door Early registration deadline: October 15, 2011 The CRLG website will be updated shortly. We hope to see you there! Elaine ~~~~~ Elaine Chock Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC) ~ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Simon Toustou roller pillow
I also have a relatively new "Simon roller pillow," and it's gorgeous. My only problem is that I can't seem to find a pricking that is "worthy" of being worked on it. Elaine ~~~~~ Elaine Chock Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC) ~ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Whole Stitch
At the most recent Ithaca Lace Day, I attended a Paris Lace class taught by Helena Demeyer-Fransen (sorry if I've misspelled it). She mentioned making a "whole stitch," and then she went through all sorts of "definitions" to make sure she was getting the point across. Obviously there was just about every definition in use by one or more of her students, so she was at a loss for a moment. She then asked if we were familiar with the Belgian color-coding system. Most, if not all of us, said yes. "So," she said, "when you get to this point you make a RED stitch." That seemed to do the trick. Elaine "Whole Stitch" in bobbin lace is as bad as the confusion of crochet stitches. Continental bobbin lace and English bobbin lace use the term differently. ~~~~~ Elaine Chock Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC) ~ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Question about using colored thread in lace
Sue: I saw the picture of Diane's bookmarks a couple of weeks ago, and she was kind enough to let me know that "Winter" came from Corrie Versluis' book, 's Gravenmoerse 2. I checked with Lacy Susan, who had a copy, and I got it right away. Then came the decision -- all the bookmarks are so nice that I had to make up my mind which one to do first. I absolutely love Diane's "Winter" (which is even prettier than the one in the book) and decided to begin with that one. Then I realized I didn't know how to handle the colored thread. Thanks to Diane, I now have that information as well, and I'm off to wind bobbins and begin. Thank you again, Diane, for all your help -- I'm grateful to belong to this group, where people are willing to share not only their love of lacemaking, but their techniques for doing it right. Sue, there's been a long discussion about 's Gravenmoerse lately. I love the use of color in these patterns. It's unlike any other lace I've seen (I'm a "plain vanilla" girl and love making lace with white threads). Up till now my only acquaintance with colors in lace has been in Bloemwerk -- red flowers on green stems in a blue pot, for instance. This is entirely different. I hope you'll able to learn more about it from that discussion or from some of the ladies here. Elaine At 03:53 AM 3/25/2006, Sue wrote: >Diane, >What lovely clear instructions, I understook it completely, first >time of reading:-) > >Now I have a question after looking at your bookmarks. What is the >difference which makes that Gravenmoerse lace. The three bookmarks >gorgeous, but what identifies that as Gravenmoerse? I didn't get >time check out the other photos but I shall have another look later. >Thank you for the lovely description of working method. >Sue T in the UK > >>Elaine, >> >>I love "Winter" and have worked it, 2x I think. When >>I got to the point where the colored worker was added >>I hung it on a temporary pin, worked the first pinhole >>of the cloth stitch trail, closed that pin, pulled the >>temp pin and gently pulled the worker until it was >>snug. I just left that extra white pair in the trail >>as a passive pair because you will need it again at >>the end when you throw out the colored thread. >> >>When I got to the end, I just laid the colored pair >>back toward the top of my pillow and let it hang until >>I was done with the piece. I cut the bobbins off >>before I pulled the pins out of the piece. After the >>whole thing was off the pillow I snipped the threads >>close to the work. No knots needed! >> >>You can see mine here at >>http://photos.yahoo.com/drswilliams >>Winter is the red and white bookmark in the first >>photo. >> >>Have fun with it! >> >>Diane Williams > >- >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: >unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~ Elaine Chock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC) ~ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Question about using colored thread in lace
Faye: I got them from Susan Wenzel, who owns Lacy Susan. Her e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED], and her website is www.lacysusan.com. Elaine At 12:44 AM 3/25/2006, Faye Owers wrote: Dear Elaine, I have not heard of these books would you be able to tell me were you purchased them please Faye Owers Tasmania [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elaine Chock Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:08 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Question about using colored thread in lace Good morning, everyone! I'm about to venture into the world of 's Gravenmoerse lace, using pattern books 1 and 2 by Versluis. (I particularly like the "Winter" bookmark.) [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~ Elaine Chock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC) ~ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Question about using colored thread in lace
Good morning, everyone! I'm about to venture into the world of 's Gravenmoerse lace, using pattern books 1 and 2 by Versluis. (I particularly like the "Winter" bookmark.) It suddenly dawns on me that I've never inserted color into a lace piece before, when the colored motifs are surrounded by "plain" color ground stitches. I assume one ties the colored threads to the plain ones (individually) for the motifs in the 's Gravenmoerse laces, and then reverses the process at the end of the motif? Is this true? Or does one just tie a knot with all four threads (two plain coming out of the ground, and two variegated going into the motif) at the beginning and end of the variegated motif? In either case, what do I do with the little ends of thread that will probably be "sticking out" at the start and end of the variegated motifs? Just want to clarify this before I go further. I've got pattern pricked and will be winding bobbins over the next couple of days. Thanks for any advice you can provide. Elaine ~~~~~ Elaine Chock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC) ~ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lace tools
I think this is what you're looking for. I found one in my local needlework shop. This is from Nordic Needle, and I'm sure they mail their products all over the world. http://www.nordicneedle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=300-700-0001&Category_Code=E12-00-00&Product_Count=13 At 06:31 AM 3/12/2006, Brenda Paternoster wrote: Hello Jenny Just where did you find that gadget? I have similar fingernails. Brenda On 11 Mar 2006, at 19:33, Jenny Barron wrote: Just discovered a new lace tool today. I bought a needle tugger meant for pulling needles through thick fabric and spotted the potential for pulling pins out of the pillow - I'd use tweezers but it puts my teeth on edge - it's basically a thin plastic tube you put over the pin and pinch and then pull out. I suffer from nails that peel and shred when I pull out any quantity of pins so I think this is going to save my nails jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~ Elaine Chock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC) ~ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Handy and inexpensive lace tools
Good morning! At 07:20 AM 3/5/2006, Jo Falkink wrote: Don't be impressed too much by the price of many tools. Most have a cheap alternative. For example bobbins of wood bbq-sticks and old magazines (as poited out already), a string as a bobbin winder, the "JÄLL laundry bag with stand" of Ikea as a pillow stand. I hadn't thought about using "string as a bobbin winder" for ages! My first teacher taught me how to do this, and for ages I carried a string to every class or workshop. Then I got an "official" bobbin winder and forgot all about my trusty string. I also remember the first time I saw one of those "tongue depressor"-type bobbin stackers. It was in Belgium, and I thought it was a really neat idea. I've used them ever since. I once got a homemade gizmo made of two pieces of plastic held together with velcro. This was about the size of a silver dollar, and the purpose was to sandwich a bobbin's spangle between the plastic so the spangle would be protected while using a bobbin winder. I also have a collection of crocheted bobbin holders -- you know, those double-stitch things that can store a Continental bobbin in every hole. When pinned to the pillow and covered with a tight cover cloth, you can take your pillow wherever you go, without having the bobbins rearrange themselves when you're not looking. I live near an IKEA, but it never occurred to me to use one of their products as a pillow stand. I'll have to check it out! This makes me wonder about other things we've learned or discovered as we've gone along. Does anyone else remember a tool or technique that you once used and have forgotten about? Or one that you've used so long, and it seems so simple/effective, that you take it for granted and assume everyone else uses it, too? Perhaps you've invented something yourself to fulfill a particular lacemaking need. It might be fun to share these. Elaine - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Looking for an OOP book
I just got my copy of the book/folio called "Onder de Loep," by Nora Andries. It's a small box set of old Belgian laces with a paperback book and a couple of pattern folios. There was a previous folio called "Caroluskantjes," containing another group of laces from the same collection, but it's now out of print. Does anyone know where I might be able to locate/purchase a copy? Thanks! Elaine ~~~~~ Elaine Chock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC) ~ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
