RE: [lace] Speed and efficiency in lace?

[Jay Ekers]

On a different scale - a very large scale -  Choi + Shine, architects, have
designed  international lace projects handmade by skilled crocheters from
all over the world.http://www.choishine.com/

2016 Amsterdam Light Festival  - a sail spanning a canal.
"The Six antique motif designs used for the proposal were found in a 100
year old archive of needle made laces and chosen for their beauty in
repetition of the shape and their thematic variations. However, needle made
lace proved to be not only very time consuming, but also not feasible as it
required working with short lengths of yarn .   The task was to find a
method that would allow us to make a large scale lace motif with a
continuous yarn, without cutting, to maximize the strength of the finished
work. Crochet seems to be the most promising method
that could simulate the appearance of the needle made lace while using a
continuous yarn."

"Urchins" were designed for Singapore  in about 2016 - two lace orbs, each
fifteen feet in diameter!.   

"More than 50 people dedicated three months to meticulously craft by hand"
the urchins that were shown in the "Lace not Lace : Contemporary Fiber Art
from Lacemaking Techniques" exhibition at the Hunterdon Art Museum in
Clinton NJ.  2018/2019

For  the festival associated with in 2018 the  Commonwealth Games on the
Gold Coast, Australia," 60 skilled and talented crocheters meticulously
crocheted each motif using the customary hook and marine grade  rope to make
the radically upscaled Urchins.  Each urchin was carefully crafted from
hand-crocheted lace to mimic the striking and harmonious patterns found in
nature. Together, the Urchins embody the spirit, diversity and landscape of
the Gold Coast." 

Jay in Sydney
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I think the idea of community effort to make a large project is a great
idea. I know that was practiced in the past to get a large project finished
in the smallest amount of time. Many different lace makers would work on a
portion of the lace and then a trained person would sew the pieces together.
I would love to participate in a project that was like that.

Karisse
Cold, wet
Washington State

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RE: [lace] Travel advise - lace related

[Jay Ekers]

When we visited in August last year, the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in 
Vienna, Austria, had a very large room where lace of many types was displayed.
There is an online collection:  
https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?=lace

Incidentally, "Anno O. alias Bertha Pappenheim, the first of Sigmund Freud's 
recorded “cases” to be treated with psychoanalytical discussion therapy, was 
not only a prominent Jewish women’s rights activist and protector of women in 
need, she was also known as a generous collector of lace and cast iron objects. 
A representative selection of these heterogeneous and yet linked objects which 
the collector both sold and donated to the MAK."

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Thursday, 11 July 2019 2:58 AM

I am planning to attend OIDFA next year in Estonia.  I would like to travel for 
a month ahead of the congress and am searching out lace sites in the countries 
on my list.  I plan to visit Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and 
Austria. However, I can't find any lace-related references in the travel guides 
I've been reading on these countries, not even in the museum listings. 

Alice in Oregon -- where it is gray and cloudy this week, and sometimes wet

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'Clifhangers' with some postings eg [lace] 20th century bobbin lace grounds

[Jay Ekers]

I only get part of Devon's messages.  The last character received is nearly
always a 'b'.
Jay in Sydney

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Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2018 10:02 PM
To: Arachne 
Subject: [lace] 20th century bobbin lace grounds

Vis a vis the catalog for Lace, not Lace. I am including Veronika Irvine in
the show, and her interesting mathematically derived 21st century grounds.
However, as I was scrutinizing Pierre Foucheb

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RE: [lace] My AOL message failed to get past Arachne's panix blockthis morning

[Jay Ekers]

Devon,
I am using Outlook and only got  a few words when you were using AOL.
Your recent posts "[lace] Arachne Anniversary-history" and "[lace] point
ground honeycomb? In Mechlin" via gmail were complete.

Jay in Sydney

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RE: [lace] hint

[Jay Ekers]

I had the same problem and found the little butterfly hairclips were useful
to mark the ring pair.  A previous use for the clips was to hold a metallic
thread on a bobbin.
Jay in Sydney


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I have started using small elastics to mark the ring pair, they are easily
put on or taken off when they are no longer a ring pair, no more unlacing to
find the ring pair back. They are small, about 1/2 inch diameter, and wrap
around the bottom of continentals 2x to stay in place. 
*Marianne*

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RE: [lace] Lace stands

[Jay Ekers]

I have heard these called Belgian stands. My Australian made one has given
many years service; it is the same as Tess described but additionally has a
plate that fits over the top cross bar - this supports the pillow without
needing a lap. I usually lay a rubber non-slip mat beneath the pillow for
security  so I can safely get up and leave without having to move the
pillow. 

Jay in Sydney   

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Tess1929
Sent: Sunday, 14 May 2017 12:59 AM
To: Arachne to post
Subject: [lace] Lace stands

Interesting that nowhere do I see the simplest form of lacemaking stand.  It
is a simple adjustable column (raises or lowers to any convenient height),
is steadied by a flat area for one's feet, and supports one edge of the flat
pillow while the opposite edge rests on one's lap.  With the column
compressed, it measures about 18" high and depending on the size of the foot
plate about 8" wide.  Jeannet van Ord gave me one years ago, and it fits in
my suitcase.  I have used it for travel and classes, and around the house
when space is limited.  Several friends have copied it, thanks to their
woodworking husbands, and seem to find it as useful as I do.

Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine USA, where spring is trying slowly to
appear.

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RE: [lace] A Collectors Guide to Lace Bobbins. Now ready! and Question for you!!!

[Jay Ekers]

You have had some articles published on the 'Arizona archives',
https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/  

Is this not suitable, or doesn't reach a wide enough audience?

Jay in Sydney.

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Brian Lemin
Sent: Friday, 5 May 2017 12:17 PM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] A Collectors Guide to Lace Bobbins. Now ready! and Question
for you!!!


Summary.

I am looking for a reputable "lace" based web site that would care for "my"
publication (Please remember the generosity of the Diana Smith Collection)
and be available for all web users  and bobbin collectors to consult.

 

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RE: [lace] Lace in India

[Jay Ekers]

In January 2014 ago we were in Cochin in Goa, a southern Indian state settled 
by the Portuguese.
Nuns among the settlers made lace and the knowledge has been passed down.  I 
bought a bobbin lace doyley in a shop selling lace and embroidered items by a 
local women's group so a few years ago lace was still being made commercially 
in at least one place in India, albeit in small quantities.

Jay in Sydney
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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] English translation for Lassen book?

[Jay Ekers]

As far as I know there was not a translation of the whole book but "Joining
and attaching Lace, an undervalued craft" is a translation of the words only
- it is useless without the diagrams of the original book in Dutch.

I have a spare copy of the word-translation (bought many years ago when I
had mislaid my copy which, of course, turned up soon afterwards). If this is
what you are looking for, e-mail me privately with your address and I will
post it.

Jay in Sydney
jek...@bigpond.net.au

--- 
Hello friends,
B  Does anyone know if there is an English translation for the book :B  "Het
Lassen en Aannaaien Van Kant" by Louise Allis-Vidderleer?B It's a spiral
bound book from the Kantcentrum Brugge June 1993

Thanks so much,Vickie in Va.B 

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RE: [lace] Needle lace resources?

[Jay Ekers]

Beeton's Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in
1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler.  A facsimile edition was first published in
USA in 1986 by Exeter Books.

It has a chapter on Point lace - machine made braids tacked to a pattern and
the design completed with needle lace fillings (variations on button-hole
stitch mostly). There are a few patterns - is this what you are looking for?

Jay in Sydney, Australia

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Susan
Sent: Friday, 26 June 2015 3:14 AM
To: Arachne
Subject: [lace] Needle lace resources?

Hello All!  I'm looking for an online resource for needle lace circa 1860.
When I checked the Arizona Digital Archives, the closest I found was Therese
de Dillmont 1900  1910.  There doesn't seem to be a search function on the
Arizona site so while I tried to read thru all the descriptions, I may have
missed some.  Google wasn't much help either.  Should I look elsewhere?  I'm
trying to get a sense of what needle lace motifs were in vogue in that
timeframe.  Any suggestions?  Many thanks.  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie,
PA USA 


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RE: [lace] International Lace Day

[Jay Ekers]

In Australia Father's Day is observed on the first Sunday of September.

Jay in Sydney

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Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2015 12:46 AM

 
Do all (or most) nations have Father's Day on the 3rd Sunday in  June?  If
so, let us think about how many people it took to come to an  agreement!  
 

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RE: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

[Jay Ekers]

These use a similar idea to the bobbins that used little bought spools of
wound thread.  A great improvement here that you are able to wind the
bobbins yourself.

Jay in Sydney
jek...@bigpond.net.au

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Earl  Ruth Johnson

Here is the link to the maker's website
http://fsegevaudent.free.fr/lesfuseauxspecid.html  The first two photos on
the left are of similar bobbins.  The top photo on the right (of the two
rows of photos of his work) is a short video showing how to shorten the
thread.

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[lace] Lace in Cape Town?

[Jay Ekers]

I will be in Cape Town for several days beginning Monday 9 February while DH
attends meetings.
Any recommendations for museums etc where lace is displayed?

Jay in Sydney  

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[lace] For Los Angeles lacemakers:

[Jay Ekers]

Margaret Wertheim (Pythagoras Trousers and the hyperbolic crochet coral reef 
project) is a co-founder of  the Institute For Figuring, an organization based 
in Los Angeles, California, that promotes the public understanding of the 
poetic and aesthetic dimensions of science and mathematics

Margaret, who wrote: A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space: An Exploration of the 
Intersection of Higher Geometry and Feminine Handicraft, is interested in 
contacting lacemakers in the Los Angeles area.  [DH met her at a conference 
recently and suggested that after the crochet coral reef she might find 
lacemaking interesting :), hence her request.] 

The Institute For Figuring
PO Box 50346  Los Angeles, CA 90050
Phone: 323-999-7095
e-mail: m...@theiff.org

Jay in Sydney
jek...@bigpond.net.au

http://www.theiff.org/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Institute-For-Figuring/116548341707763
Wikipedia has an article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_For_Figuring.\

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RE: [lace] bobbins

[Jay Ekers]

The Arachne bobbin was to celebrate the 1st anniversary in 1996.
I have a pair, one dark blue the other light blue (now slightly greenish with 
age).
They were from England.
Possibly Margaret Hall?  We have had a few new computers since then and the old 
information is lost. 

Jay in Sydney

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Sent: Wednesday, 13 August 2014 11:56 AM
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Subject: [lace] bobbins

Hello All!  My bobbin pics are posted.  Can anyone share additional info?  The 
first is the Arachne bobbin with spider bead spangle.  
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RE: [lace] Chantilly Lace

[Jay Ekers]

I  clicked on a couple of the Handmade bobbin laces from the city of
Chantilly, France. http://www.housefabric.com/Chantilly-Lace-C285.aspx

The descriptions of two only asserted that they are made in France; or are
original Chantilly lace made in France.  But for a third, 

Please Note; This lace is produced on true Chantilly Lace Lever looms.
Pieces are 3.3 yards.

This is a definition of 'hand made'?

Jay in Sydney

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From: Clay Blackwell; Arachne
Subject: Re: [lace] Chantilly Lace

I have been asked to make a wedding dress for my niece, and started 
looking on the Internet to see what fabrics might be available.  
Imagine my surprise when I discovered Handmade bobbin lace from the 
city of Chantilly France!  Judging from the pictures, some of it is 
awful, some not bad (but expensive), and I would wager that it is all 
machine made and possibly hand-finished.

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[lace] Thread identifiaction?

[Jay Ekers]

I bought a partially used cone of thread from a lace trading able.
It is fairly fine, perhaps a 50/2 if it were cotton but there is a fine
sheen - silk ? / rayon? / ?

Identification inside the cone is:

B1627
2/8s Rev. Q4703
Shetland
Driftwood

Driftwood could refer to the colour but it doesn't feel like a Shetland wool
-synthetic feel.

Any ideas what the thread is?

Jay in Sydney

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RE: [lace] Jana Novak PDF books

[Jay Ekers]

Thanks for the information, Liz.
This site however, does not show the 4 Scan Books on the Moravia site. 

I was only able to download a French translation from the Moravia site.
Jay in Sydney


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The Lace Bee
Sent: Wednesday, 9 November 2011 5:13 PM
To: lizke...@netscape.net; lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] Jana Novak PDF books

I recently contacted the Moravia site as I was having difficulties trying to
buy on it.  My contact was forwarded to Atelier MB who responded.
Apparantly
they have taken over the Moravia stock and are now the suppliers in Europe.
 
Thought you might need to know.
 
http://www.ateliermb.ch/

Kind Regards

Liz
Baker

thelace...@btinternet.com


Pene's message:
http://www.ateliermoravia.com/
http://eshop.ateliermoravia.com/clanek.12%7E.htmlthere is a Download
section, which includes Scan Books where 4 books are shown.

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RE: [lace] can we help Mary Corbet with her lace query?

[Jay Ekers]

No idea of the type of lace but, in shape, it resembles the lace sewn onto a 
tea cosy.

Jay in Sydney

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Hello All!  I thought it might be nice if we could return the favor (her 17thC 
book review) by helping her identify handmade lace from the Utah Quilt 
Museum.  She has pics posted on her site.  Don't look at me, I have no clue!  
But I'm certain someone on Arachne does.  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA

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RE: [lace] Lace in East Canada?

[Jay Ekers]

Thanks to all who replied to my query.

Unfortunately, the Mail administrator returned the e-mails I sent to the
contacts, listed in the USA and Canadian lace groups site. I will search
telephone books when I get geographically closer.

Jay in Sydney

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[no subject]

[Jay Ekers]

I will be in Durango, Colorado, USA, for a couple of days from 18May 2011,
while DH is at a conference.  Then until 11 June we will be touring in Nova
Scotia/Newfoundland.

Are there any lace interests we can visit then?

Jay in Sydney

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[lace] Lace in East Canada?

[Jay Ekers]

Sorry! I forgot to enter a subject.

 

 

I will be in Durango, Colorado, USA, for a couple of days from 18May 2011,
while DH is at a conference.  Then until 11 June we will be touring in Nova
Scotia/Newfoundland.

 

Are there any lace interests we can visit then?

 

Jay in Sydney

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RE: [lace] first pillow

[Jay Ekers]

A friend made a needlelace pillow for me and filled it with sand.

Jay in Sydney

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Clay Blackwell
Sent: Tuesday, 19 April 2011 7:08 AM
To: Jo
Cc: 'Arachne'
Subject: Re: [lace] first pillow

saw dust, perhaps?

On 4/18/2011 3:21 PM, Jo wrote:
 My first pillow was a roll of about 10 cm wide and a diameter of 5 cm,
 filled with ... Sand!
 I soon discovered I must have misunderstood something on the street fair.

 Jo

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RE: [lace] Danish twins wearing lace

[Jay Ekers]

Adding an  s solves the problem
i.e. blogspot

Jay in Sydney

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Sent: Friday, 15 April 2011 8:27 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] Danish twins wearing lace

I couldn't get this page to work but there are many, many photographs at:


myroyal-myroyalsblogpot.com/2011/04/christening-of-danish-royal-twins.html


Patricia in Wales

2003

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RE: [lace] Too good to be true

[Jay Ekers]

Possibly, but I am not an authority.

There is bobbin lace made in villages in the north.
A few years ago I purchased a stole / table runner from a market in Rio de
Janeiro that looked like pictures of Brazilian lace displayed on a web site
that is no longer available.  However, it looks very much like the lace in
the background on
http://campatlas.wetpaint.com/page/Fairloom+of+Boulder

Definitely more flamboyant than this dress!
But different villages may specialise in different styles of lace.
 
Lace Fairy has an article on Brazilian lace with pictures of the lace makers
and their equipment.  Unfortunately, most of the links to lace sites are
broken.
http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/International/Brazil.html

Sorry, not much help g

Jay in Sydney

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Maxine Diffey
Sent: Saturday, 5 March 2011 10:06 AM
To: Lace digest
Subject: [lace] Too good to be true

Thought folks may be interested in this auction
http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=359055372  
Do you think this is authentic?

Maxine in wet and cooling NZ - we needed the rain where I am!!  Just hope it
is not raining in Christchurch.

I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light.
Mary Gardiner Brainard

My Blog: www.kiwimeskreations.blogspot.com

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[lace] Elizabethan lace Book - thread question

[Jay Ekers]

DIL, a member of the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronists) has chosen to make 
a simple bobbin lace edging, p32 in 'Elizabethan Lace' by Gilian Dye.  The 
edging will be in linen thread to match a linen shift.

The suggested thread is 50 linen or Special Dentelles 80.  The Bockens 50/2 
linen I have is 24 wraps/cm compared to 30 wraps for the cotton ('Threads for 
lace').
I made a sample with 80/2 linen (28 wraps/cm) and that wasn't too bad although 
the single loop picots were a bit iffy - they are tiny in the illustration too. 
 

Has anyone made this pattern?  What thread did you use?

Jay in Sydney

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RE: [lace] Cipke - type of bobbinlace?

[Jay Ekers]

Following up from the link below I came to:
http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/lace.html

There is this about the large dome:

Lace Tent is an interesting project initiated by Akiko Sato, a japanese
artist (photographer). The tent measures 3x2 meters. In order to finish it,
ten local lace-makers worked for two monts, six hours a day. The project has
been supported by the Embassy of Japan in Croatia and by the City of
Lepoglava, and the project has been realized in 2007, in the presence of
H.E. Mr Shirakawa, ambassador of Japan in Croatia, and his wife. One lace
tent is kept in the City Museum in Lepoglava, and another in Japan.

Jay in Sydney

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AGlez
Sent: Saturday, 22 January 2011 8:15 AM
To: Arachne
Subject: Re: [lace] Cipke - type of bobbinlace?

Hello Mark,

I think that you were doing the same than me: googling for Lepoglava.
Lepoglava is in Croatia. Cipke means lace in many Slovak languages.

Have a look at this interesting video about this the lace in Lepoglava.
Scrolling down the page you will see the huge dome pillow. I suppose they
are doing a kind of lace marathon... all lacing at the same time in a big
project...

http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/lace.html

Thanks to Laurie Waters for the information in your blog. Although I don't
buy lace antiques, I love looking at them and, if I like them, try to find
out something more about them. And this is the case of Lepoglava lace.

Best regards,

Antje Gonzalez, from Spain.

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RE: [lace] Visit to The Netherlands

[Jay Ekers]

Many thanks for the information on museums with lace, de Gouden Leeuw and
Pakhuis Koophandel, Margot and Jo.  Lonely Planet, which is usually a very
helpful guide lists neither!  In fact, 'lace' is not even in the index.

Ank and Jo, thanks for informing Roelien, she has e-mailed me. 

Looking forward to my lace adventures - Arachneans are very helpful, as
usual.

Jay

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Sent: Thursday, 28 October 2010 3:44 AM by Margot Walker
There's a wonderful costume museum (with lots of lace) in Noordhorn,  
a short bus ride from Groningen.  See:  http://home.kpn.nl/pilat004/ 
frame.html

Sent: Thursday, 28 October 2010 4:59 AM by Jo
Don't miss http://www.museumpakhuiskoophandel.nl/
The page lokatie shows how to walk from the train station, or which bus to
take.
You can plan your public transport at http://www.9292ov.nl
36 minutes for direct trains, 50 for other trains.

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RE: [lace] trip to Italy

[Jay Ekers]

In January this year the banner on the Museo Del Merletto in Burano gave
opening times: - from first November to 31 March 10am/4pm, 1 April to 31
October 10am/5pm; closed Tuesday, 25 December, 1st January and 1st May.
However, when we got close it was obvious they had omitted to say which
year!  Peering through the windows we could only see a vast empty space.
The building looked all spruced up so perhaps they were just a bit behind in
replacing the lace.

There were several shops selling lace and in one there was a woman making
needlelace.

The many coloured houses shone in the bright sunshine, the canals a
kaleidoscope of reflections, and there were very few tourists so the island
itself was a delight for first time visitors but you should check with the
museum if that is your main reason for the trip.

Jay in Sydney

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Subject: [lace] trip to Italy

What is the current status of the sights in Burano? It is a long  
boat ride, and if it hasn't changed from the last time I was there,  about 8

years ago, I am not sure it is worth it

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[lace] RE: gold plated pins

[Jay Ekers]

Brass pins used in the more humid Sydney area do tarnish after a while. Not
a problem as they clean easily if soaked for a few minutes in a hot dilute
solution of liquid detergent, and vinegar.  Rinse and dry well afterwards.

No problem, except for the forgotten UFO where the pins were so corroded
they could not be pulled out of the pillow block (high density polystyrene)
so it had to be discarded.
 
Now I mainly use stainless steel pins.  This change, of course, does not
help the brass pin makers g

Jay in Sydney

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Sent: Sunday, 11 April 2010 12:27 AM
To: viviennewal...@aol.com; lace-c...@arachne.com
Cc: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] gold plated pins!


The people who make many of the pins in the world have been looking for 
a long time at the problem of brass pins tarnishing.

Vivienne,
it's a luxurious idea, but I find my brass pins, many of which are about 15
years old and used over and over, have not tarnished at all.

Perhaps it is the constant use which prevents this.

David in Ballarat

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RE: [lace] Securing prickings

[Jay Ekers]

If it is paper+contact it is only re-usable a few time so make two copies
originally and file the spare photocopy.

Jay in Sydney

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Sent: Sunday, 11 April 2010 12:25 AM
To: pene piip; Arachne Arachne
Subject: RE: [lace] Securing prickings

At 05:08 PM 10/04/2010, pene piip wrote:
Ulrike Voelker also showed those of us attending one of her workshops 
that you can also cut the contact that you place over the pricking with 
an extra 2 to 3 inches around the edge  then stick the contact to the 
pricking  the pillow  you don't need any pins.
I have a problem with that because what do you do when you take the 
pricking off the pillow, the contact then sticks to anything underneath.
I suppose then you'd have to develop a filing system for your prickings.

Surely you'd just trim off the extra plastic once you've finished.
David in Ballarat

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RE: [lace] What is an afficot?

[Jay Ekers]

Hello Pene,

check
www.guildofneedlelaces.org/Sales.html

They have a photo of an aficot for sale for 9 English pounds.

Jay, currently visiting grandchildren in Perth, Australia
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Can anyone describe what an afficot looks like  how is it used?
Thanks,
Pene

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RE: [lace] News about nanduti

[Jay Ekers]

Thanks, Elizabeth,

Having only ever seen nanduti in white, I was surprised by the colour.  
And there are more amazing coloured pictures on the linked site
http://renyangela.multiply.com
Look under 'photos'.

Jay in Sydney
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Hello Spiders

I post some photos I made in Paraguay. I think you will like it.
Excuse me, but I didn't make the translation of the text. Having any
questions, ll be happy to respond.

elizabeth horta correa
www.nhandutideatibaia.com.br

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Engineering felt. was [lace] large patterns

[Jay Ekers]

A Google search brought up Australian suppliers of engineering felt but it
is available in a confusing variety of types:

The types of Engineering Felt available are A, B, Firm White Felt (FWF),
Saddle Felt, Podiatry Felt and Removalist Felt.

What type are you using?

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Saturday, 4 October 2008 5:42 PM
To: lace digest
Subject: [lace] large patterns

I have watched this thread with interest!  Personally, I would not attempt a
large pattern without my engineering felt!  I have several pieces of
difference sizes which makes it easy to build up to a size I might want.
Engineering felt is very suitable for putting pins in and is about 1 to 1.5
cm. thick; 

snip

Sue Fink,
Masterton,
New Zealand

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RE: [lace] What is it?

[Jay Ekers]

Could it be a tool for making sewings?  If there is an eye at the bottom of
the curved replaceable pieces it could be a lazy Susan.

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2008 11:23 AM
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Subject: [lace] What is it?

Anybody have any idea what item 290209323102  on Ebay is?
Laurie

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RE: [lace] What is it?

[Jay Ekers]

Could it be a tool for making sewings?  If there is an eye at the bottom of
the curved replaceable pieces it could be a lazy Susan.

Jay in Sydney
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Subject: [lace] What is it?

Anybody have any idea what item 290209323102  on Ebay is?
Laurie

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+ was RE: [lace] Jane Atkinsons travel report via her website

[Jay Ekers]

A fan pattern I bought in Spain it had this symbol in it.  I didn't
recognise it but when I manage to convey my ignorance, the owner found a
piece of lace and indicated the roseground on it.

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2007 6:43 PM
To: Jenny Brandis
Cc: Arachne Arachne'
Subject: Re: [lace] Jane Atkinsons travel report via her website

Hi Jenny

There's no picture of finished lace so you can't be sure what's 
intended, but my guess is that the upright Xs are in place of where I 
would use a diagonal square to indicate a rose ground/cane ground 
filling.

Brenda


 Does anyone know what stitch is used in the patterns that look like an 
 X ? it is based on 4 pins so I am guessing it is some sort of crossing 
 of threads - but which? 
 http://www.patronsroka.com/product_info.php?products_id=43 uses this.


Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html

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RE: [lace] Ells and other old measurement

[Jay Ekers]

As Brenda reported 30 July 2007

an English ell is 45 inches whilst a French ell is 54 inches.


In August last year I accompanied DH to a conference in Prague. And I just
happened to photograph a standard ell - an upright metal strip attached to a
door frame.  Too many photos that day to write the location of them all but
it is sandwiched between a picture of a gate at Stara Radnice and a
picture of Schwarzenberg Palace.  Tycho Brahe's fatal illness originated at
a banquet in the Palace on the 13th of October 1601 -  I was being shown
places relating to Tycho's stay in Prague by Alena Solcova, a mathematician
/historian, and the ell just turned up!

Never thought to measure the ell itself but Alena bent her arm against it
for the photo; it is about twice as long as the distance from her elbow to
the centre of her palm.  She was my build so, assuming our arms are of
similar length, the Czech ell at some time in its history was about 64 cm
(25 inches). 

Jay in Sydney
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RE: [lace] A Request for Assistance, from Lacefairy

[Jay Ekers]

Viewing the screen with Microsoft IE, all but one menu (in blue) dropped
down and showed sub menus, on mouseover.  
No response from For beginners  

Many thanks for providing what has become an extraordinarily useful site.

Jay in Sydney
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I have made a new front page for http://lace.lacefairy.com 
I know it works using web browser Mozilla Firefox but I'm not sure if it
does
with Microsoft IE. 
Each menu (in blue) should drop down and show sub menus, on mouseover. 
Would users please let me know if it's working and what they think -
directly
at:

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as I am not on Arachne right now. 

I also want to tell Arachne that I have added some new crossword puzzles
under LACE FUN menu. Or the direct link is:
http://lace.lacefairy.com/Fun/lacecross.html

Lori Howe
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RE: [lace] Peacock!

[Jay Ekers]

In case you change your mind g, a peacock in a similar style features on
the cover of 'Decorative Kloppelbilder'(2 dots over the o) Gudrun Ihle (Hg),
#937 in Barbara Fay's Jan 2007 catalogue.

Jay in Sydney, just a satisfied customer...
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Sent: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 9:34 PM
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Subject: [lace] Peacock!

Congratulations Rosemay on your wonderful website.
One comment: I am not going to show your peacock to my daughter; she 
would want me to do one for her and I would not know where to start!
When she was little, she had this imaginary friend she called Keycock. 
He or she ate with us, slept in her bed, had doors held open for him/her 
etc.
We did not know what it was, until we went to a country park, saw some 
peacocks and my daughter very excitedly called out: Keycock.
She is 25 now, and will buy anything depicting a peacock from clothes to 
jewellery to pictures etc.
Anyway, thank you for sharing with us.

Agnes Boddington
Elloughton - East Yorkshire UK
Bobbin maker


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[lace] RE: [lace] Re: [lace] [lace] De Linnenkast and Salzburger Klöppelspitzen Reihe

[Jay Ekers]

The Austrian folder Salzburger Kloppelspitzen Reihe number 6, contains 12
Old-Flanders patterns - continuous laces, no corners.  
Barbara Fay has it listed in 'Altflandrische Spitze' (page 6 in her Jan 2007
catalogue) along with 'Onder de Loep' by Nora Andriess, an analysis of old
Flemish laces from late 16th to late 17th century from the collection of the
St Carolus Borromeus church in Antwerp.
 
Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Friday, 9 February 2007 11:17 PM
To: bevw; Sally Schoenberg
Cc: Lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Re: [lace] [lace] De Linnenkast and Salzburger
Klöppelspitzen Reihe

I have the Austrian folder number 5, which has lots of wide Torchon 
patterns, from the museum in St Gilgen. No Flanders or Binche.
Also, Linenkast 4 (and 3). These are both patterns found on household linen 
through Netherlands, reworked by the OIDFA study group.  Linenkast 4 has 
some Paris patterns, some narrow and wide  Binche, some narrow plaited 
laces, and so on - but they are all straight pieces (no corners). An 
excellent book - just wish I had numbers 1 and 2.
Hope this helps,
Milada Marshall
wet Somerset, but about to go to Brugge. 

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RE: [lace] Music motifs

[Jay Ekers]

Hello Mary,

There is a picture of a treble clef designed by Claudine Beauvain on the
site http://perso.orange.fr/guipure/
Look under 'Trucs et astuces', then 'Motifs'.  
Go down the left to the box 'Entraînement global'; on the right is 'Clé
de sol'.

I have a copy of Milca Eremiasva - Rec Krajky, the book Brenda
Paternoster mentioned.  There are also a few musicians in 'Contemporary
Bohemian lace' by Vera Leva-Skrovanova. If you are going to be at
Linwood for the Christmas meeting, I could bring them for you to look
at.

If you have access to 'Anna' magazine, search back a few years as they
have had simple designs of musicians - sorry I don't which issue. 

Jay in Sydney
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[lace] Lace in Prague? Lace in Spain?

[Jay Ekers]

I'm seeking information re lace-related sightseeing in Prague and Spain
as I will be tagging along behind DH when he attends conferences next
month.  

We may have a couple of days free in Prague between 10-12 August.
Vaguely remember a posting last year from someone who had made
lace-related day trips to nearbye villages which would be ideal but I
wasn't going then so unfortunately didn't save it.  Any ideas for this
period?  While the conference is on I will have plenty of time for
sightseeing in Prague itself.
Any 'must sees'?

The free time won't be completely finalised until we return home, DH has
a knack of attracting commitments as he goes g but it seems likely we
will be in Spain from 1-5 August - initially in Madrid then in
Barcelona, unfortunately not in time for the 'great lace days' but I
hope to visit some museums and lace shops.
The lace fairy site lists museums in Barcelona, Arenys de Mar, and
L'Arcoç.  Unfortunately neither DH nor I speak Spanish - are there
likely to be English brochures in the museums?

Thanks for any suggestions.

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RE: [lace] Re: IOLI?Montreal Book Translation

[Jay Ekers]

As Tamara P Duvall, said Monday, 12 June 2006 10:56 AM

The Nobecourt/Potin book, OTOH... I think it might be, essentially, the

same one which came out in 1990 as Bayeux Lace; Yesterday's Lace For 
today 

In my copy of this 1990 book (English translation by Kate Riley and
Geneviève Minet), there is on page 42 a photo of a handkerchief and the
original prickings. They will be published in a separate edition.

Does any one know if they have been published, or if the recent 'La
Dentelle de Bayeux' by Potin and Nobecourt (in French) includes these
prickings?

Jay in Sydney
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RE: [lace] 's Gravenmoer lace

[Jay Ekers]

Aantal spelden is the number of rows of grid points
in a pattern repeat ie double the number of edge stitches. 
If that is not clear g consider that the left hand pair from the last
ground stitch on the left passes out through the left edge gimp and
makes the edge stitch in a pinhole one row below the ground stitch, then
back in through the gimp to make a ground stitch one row below the edge
stitch

Jay
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Subject: [lace] 's Gravenmoer lace

I recently acquired a copy of the book Kant uit Vlaanderen en 's
Gravenmoer
and an intrigued by the notation with each pattern.  An example,
translated
for me by a Dutch friend, is as follows:

 

Aantal paren: 59   Number pairs

Aantal dike draden: 5  Number of thick threads

Aantal spelden: 68   Number of pins

 

I don't understand the Number of pins line.  Can anybody offer an
explanation?  Surely one would need more than 68 pins!

 

 

.Noelene in Cooma, Australia

 

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[lace] Lorelei Halley's website?

[Jay Ekers]

Previously I have found Lorelei Halley's website very useful but had
mislaid the url.  A search on Google gave www.loreleihalley.com/ for the
home page but

This account has been suspended.
Either the domain has been overused, 
or the reseller ran out of resources.

Does anyone know if this is just temporary?

Jay in Sydney, Australia
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RE: [lace] Helpful cheap tools

[Jay Ekers]

In a workshop by Karen Blum we were shown how to convert eyebrow
tweezers - jokingly, I think, she said it is more appropriate to use
'women's' tools. She wraps a rubber band very tightly just above the
handles so that pressure is required to open the tweezers and insert a
thread.  When the pressure is released the jaws close round the thread.

I prefer the rotary hackle pliers, thanks Tamara, because they can be
paired easily with a new bobbin but if they are not available this does
make a satisfactory working tool out of something usually to hand. 

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Wednesday, 8 March 2006 6:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [lace] Helpful cheap tools

I've always got a pair of eyebrow tweezers with my lace
tools, but the point of the hackle pliers is that they work on
the reverse principle to tweezers - you have to squeeze them
to release the thread.So you squeeze to open them, clamp
the thread, then you can put them down, holding the thread tight,
and use both your hands to manipulate the other end of
thread

Noelene in Cooma
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  For those of us who can't get to fishing shops, possible we could use
  good eyebrow tweezers .Any thoughts?
  Sheila in a wet (at last) Sawbo'
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RE: [lace] Re: Helpful cheap tools

[Jay Ekers]

A vendor at a recent lace day was selling telescoping metal rods with a
magnet on the tip.  They were 60 cm (24) when fully extended but
collapsed down to pen size; they also have a pocket clip as a pen does.

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Wednesday, 8 March 2006 4:22 PM
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Subject: [lace] Re: Helpful cheap tools

And another cheap date... I don't use brass pins; all of mine -- 
irrespective of the size and shape -- are either stainless steel or 
nickel-plated. So my toolbox (ex-cosmetic organiser g) also holds a 
magnet stick... It's ca 3x0.5x1/16 and it allows me to sweep the 
floor, for dropped pins in my immediate vicinity, without too much 
effort. I keep thinking that, one of these days, I'll get a longer 
stick -- at least 6 -- which would allow me to sweep without having 
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RE: [lace] visit tot Sydney Australia.

[Jay Ekers]

Hello Gom,

The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has a large lace collection.  It is open
to the public 10:30 - 13:30 Monday to Friday and is 'manned' by
volunteers from the Lace Guild.

The New South Wales branch of the Australian Lace Guild has its annual
general meeting on the 6th August at Linwood which is in a Sydney
suburb.  There will be vendors selling books, bobbins and thread etc.
If your friend is interested have her e-mail me closer to the date for
directions.

She would be made welcome I'm sure at any of the local lace groups -
depends where she is staying as to which is convenient.   E.g. in the
north west of Sydney the Epping Lace group, to which I belong, meets
10:00 - 14:00 on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month; there is a
direct train from Central Sydney to the Epping station.

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Wednesday, 1 March 2006 5:17 AM
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Subject: [lace] visit tot Sydney Australia.

Dear Arachnes,

A friend of mine is travelling to Sydsney Australia from the 15rh of  
July for about 3 weeks. She asked me to investigate if she could  
visit any lacy places or lace exhibits.
Could you inform me about it, so that I can tell her?

Happy lacing
Gon Homburg
in a cold and snowy, rainy Amsterdam
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RE: [lace] Needle and bobbin

[Jay Ekers]

Don't let my DH hear you say that! 
While I did start off with 'dolly pegs' and the ubiquitous 'broccoli
box' for a pillow, lacemaking has became my dominant hobby and now there
is always a book or bobbin I need, urgently or 'just in case' g 

Jay in Sydney,
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I did take a fly at explaining it as a method of lace production that
requires very little capital or infrastructure, labor being the primary
input.

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Sunlight soap, was RE [lace] olive oil soap and lace

[Jay Ekers]

Different formulations in different countries?  Haven't seen bar soap
for a long time but cakes of Sunlight bath soap here (Australia) are
labelled as 'pure soap'.  Don't know what is normally added to 'unpure'
soap but the ingredients listed on the packet of Sunlight soap are:
Sodium tallowate, water, sodium cocoate, and/or sodium palm kernelate,
glycerin, fragrance, sodium chloride, titanium dioxide, etidronic acid,
tetrasodium EDTA.

Jay Ekers
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Subject: [lace] olive oil soap and lace


I understand that a brand called Sunlight is used by textile
conservationists in other parts of the world, but I don't know this
product's composition.

The Sunlight soap 'here' (North America) is a harsh hard soap which is
used for laundry, used to be every home had some, but you can still
buy a package of the yellow bars. It isn't very nice on the hands, but
a little bit goes a long way, and it could be used for every day
textiles too.
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bye for now
Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
Cdn. floral bobbins
www.woodhavenbobbins.com

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[lace] 'Bone' lace - accurate terminology in Kihnu

[Jay Ekers]

In an exchange with Pene Piip, now living in Estonia, I received a book
with patterns of Estonian Bobbin Lace by Eeva Talts, 2003, (IOLI has a
copy she donated.)

Lacemaking in Estonia has had its ups and downs. The tradition of bobbin
lacemaking lapsed during the Soviet period, surviving mainly on the
island of Kihnu, but is again in demand for national costumes.
In a brief discussion of equipment:
Formerly pegs, perch bones or slivers of plum-tree were used to fix the
lace.  Fish bones are still used in Kihnu. In other places pins are used
instead.

Jay in Sydney, Australia   
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RE: [lace] doily pictures

[Jay Ekers]

Similar 'palm leaves' are on a doily on the front cover of Learn to do
Irish Crochet: Easy-to-follow Instructions and 5 projects by Nan
Mensinga, published in 2000 by American School of Needlework #1291.  

Similarly, p22, in the Dover Needlework Series Masterpieces of Irish
Crochet Lace: Techniques, Patterns , Instructions, which is an abridged
republication of Irish Crochet Lace, originally published in the DMC
Library by Th de Dillmont - late 19th century. 

If you are feeling nationalistic g there are instructions for five
elongated ones arranged as a maple leaf, p133, in The Technique of
Irish Crochet Lace  by Ena Maidens, a 1986 Batsford book ISBN - 7134
4491 6.  This book provides an historical background of Irish Crochet
Lace and stitch instructions for it.  There are also short descriptions
of the most popular twentieth century Irish laces that 'are currently
being discovered after many years of neglect'.

Jay in Sydney
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Subject: [lace] doily pictures

For those who might be interested, I have posted pictures of the doily
crochet here:
http://www.woodhavenbobbins.com/doily_page.html
--
bye for now
Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
Cdn. floral bobbins
www.woodhavenbobbins.com

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RE: [lace] Sounds of the bobbins

[Jay Ekers]

Have never seen or heard them, alas, but an Arachne poster several years
ago mentioned Puerto Rican bobbins that are made of bamboo and sound
like wind chimes.

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Friday, 3 February 2006 7:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [lace] Sounds of the bobbins

I was in Brugge/Bruges, Belgium at the Lace Centre a few months ago. We 
had been through the lace display and were looking for the Lace Atelier 
(studio/workshop) that had been noted at the front gate. The signage was

scarce and the hallway we'd ventured into was long and all the doors
were 
closed. But from the far end we heard a musical, wooden tinkling. No

We ventured down the hall and opened the door a crack. Yes! A room full
of 
ladies of assorted ages (about 25 or so) all working away. The bobbins 
made the music we heard.

Donna in Surrey, B.C. Canada
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RE: [lace] Oya eureka!

[Jay Ekers]

A few years ago DH attended a conference in Turkey and I asked him to
bring me some oya/bebilla as a gift.  He didn't find any in the souvenir
stores but eventually found a craft store and purchased a small
polyester square edged with flat flowers pivoted on pyramid stems - the
flowers feel soft but stiffened slightly, possibly cotton or polyester.
The English version of a four language description in the box begins: 

Iğne oyasi, a kind of exquisite needle-work, which has been created in
different parts of Anatolina since the 17th century, comprises the
weaving of silken thread with a needle.

Pleased with his find he dug deep in a box of oddments and found a
string of oya; separate trumpet flowers and leaves about an inch apart
on a thick cord, presumably to be cut apart and sewn round the edge of a
cloth.  These are very stiff and 'plastic -cy' but without sacrificing
one I can't tell if they are nylon or not.

Flushed with his success my 'capital D' DH decided to make his present
even better by buying the equipment to make it - I am a bobbin lacemaker
and equipment is a big deal :).  I would have loved to see the
conversation that ensued between a man who spoke no Turkish and two
women who spoke no English, but eventually one of them brought out a
sewing needle!

Jay in Sydney, Australia
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Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2006 5:42 AM
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Subject: RE: [lace] Oya eureka!

 



Seriously, since they're trying to earn a living by selling oya, using
cheap

materials makes sense. Nylon thread is cheaper than natural fibers and
probably

last almost indefinitely. The oya on my scarf are *extremely* sturdy.
They could

easily withstand frequent laundering.

 

Avital

 

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RE: [lace] Lace-in relay

[Jay Ekers]

Jay Ekers, Australia, 10E

But here in New South Wales we are on daylight saving for a few more
months, so currently 11E?

Jay in Sydney
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RE: [lace] Re: Angle of work

[Jay Ekers]

I often work with jagged line of pins and, like Tamara, also prefer not
to be boxed in by a completed section on the right although for me
it's more a practical matter than a *feeling*. I must lift the bobbins
slightly when I tension them and as I am very right-handed, I pull the
bobbins more to the right than the left, so if I'm not taking care the
thread can catch on the right hand pins.
Tallies to the left are impossible!

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Tuesday, 17 January 2006 10:44 AM
To: lace Arachne
Subject: [lace] Re: Angle of work

snip
Like Robin, I tend to work logical sections, ie as far as a part will 
go, before pushing a bunch of bobbins out of the way and moving on to 
the next bunch. But I tend to work those sections in a general 
upper-right to lower-left direction, even if the line isn't exactly 
smooth. That has always seemed the most comfortable way to me, 
irrespective of where the headside is. The one time I tried to do it 
the other way around (in a case of two headsides and no footsides), I 
felt boxed in while working the part on the left. So, if the 
pattern's sections indicate that they ought to be worked upper-left to 
lower-right, I usually do not follow my own advice (finish the logical 
section first if possible), but work them only partially before moving 
to the side.

-- 
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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Hedebo stitch : was RE: [lace] Buttonholes and Blankets

[Jay Ekers]

Encyclopedia of Needlework, Therese de Dillmont (1987 English edition by
Bracken Books) has an illustration of Danish lace Hedebo - that is
'finished off with a row of buttonhole stitches'.  Figure 959 shows the
detail of the work. 

Jay in Sydney
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To: lace Arachne
Subject: [lace] Buttonholes and Blankets: was Re: IOLI Bulletin -
question

snip

While searching for these pictures, I came across tantalizing references
to hedebo buttonhole stitch, which might be tailor's buttonhole, and
might not.  The only definite statement was that it was slightly
different from the usual buttonhole.  

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Fnger Lace. was RE: [lace] OIDFA in Greece in May (very long)

[Jay Ekers]

One of the trips mentioned is a visit to the Archaeological Museum in
Heraklion.
Thee town's lacemakers will hold a special exhibition for the group
displaying Cretan lace, bibila and dessies (finger lace).

I remembered that in Tina The Little Lacemaker, published last year by
the Rocky Mountain lace Guild, there is a picture on page 225 of a
finger lace doily from the collection of Vasna Zago: this was knitted
on the fingers (purchased from the maker in France).
Is the Cretan lace the same as this?
 
Google' supplied basic information on finger knitting but only for
making a very narrow strip 'boa'.  
Can any one supply more information on finger lace?

Jay in Sydney, Australia
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Subject: [lace] OIDFA in Greece in May (very long)

The information on the upcoming OIDFA Congress in May has been posted 
on their website:
 http://www.oidfa2006athens.com/

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RE: [lace] Re: pillow bag

[Jay Ekers]

Also 'vertically' challeneged, I struggled with the pillow bag over a
shoulder until problems with my shoulders made that impossible.  I
resorted to strapping the bag on to a folding wheeled 'trolley base' -
the sort that was used for a suitcase before suitcases came with
built-in wheels. Because of the suitcase-depth base there is room also
for a folding pillow stand.  The trolley is self-standing, and folds to
fit under a table when demonstrating.

It was so convenient to use that I still use it, even though my
shoulders have recovered. 

Jay in Sydney
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Sent: Saturday, 1 October 2005 11:13 AM
To: lace Arachne
Subject: [lace] Re: pillow bag
 

I can see the advantage of carrying a pillow horizontally, especially 
once the project is on it - there's no gravity pulling at the bobbins 
(when using my vertical-carry bags, I secure the bobbins with a bit of 
give, to counteract it). And, if the length of handles was adjusted 
just so, and the pillow supported by the hip (like a baby), I might 
even be able to stabilize it at the other end with my fingers, if not 
very comfortably 

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RE: [lace] Idea for a Christina alternative?

[Jay Ekers]

Hello Clay,
Just by coincidence I am in the middle of making such a pillow.
Actually closer to the end if you consider that I have had it in mind
ever since I read many years ago about the idea of a 'revolving collar'
in Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti's book Nyplattya Pitsia - Bobbin Lace (Two
dots on the first three 'a's)

Had been looking for a variant on the lazy Susan - the middle has to be
stationary - and eventually was pointed in the direction of a TV
turntable. After a long search one was located in a hardware store in
Canberra and I bartered a lace book for it with a friend who lives
there. It will hold up to 80kg so should support a lace pillow!

DH helped with the wood construction of the roller.  The padding is an
old felted blanket. The rings are offcuts of ethafoam. The roller is
about 12 cm (5) and the total width 56 cm (22) which is a bit too big
for comfort for my short arms.  If I do have to make the collar cone
shaped at least it can be a smaller diameter. 

I started trying out a pattern to see if handling the bobbins on a flat
ring is feasible.  Not sure how to cut/saw/hotwire(?) the eathafoam into
a regular cone if this does not work out. Several trips with DH
(youngest son shows no signs of leaving the nest but his 'adulthood' now
leaves me free to gallivant) a Flanders workshop, and an upcoming
Torchon weekend means it is still a work-in-progress.

Recently I found a picture on Lace Fairy site of an actual Christina
pillow and it looks light it is only curved at the outside edge.  
Doesn't look like it solves what has been in my mind as a problem with
yardage, the obvious use for a roller. The temporary solution is a
'hole' behind the roller to allow the finished lace to fall down below
the level of the collar so it does not interfere with the revolving
threads, but I find that the bobbins must have very long leashes or
sometimes they also fall in to that space when the ring revolves.  The
bobbins and threads may just be snagging on the felt and I will not have
the problem when it is all covered, certainly would not be a problem
with a cone shaped ring as gravity would keep the bobbins in place.

For versatility the roller assembly has been designed to be removable
and can be replaced with a stationary flat disc.

If you are interested you can see the 'work in progress' on my web page
under 'Pillows'.

Jay in Sydney, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, 29 August 2005 8:11 AM
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Subject: [lace] Idea for a Christina alternative?

Hello Spiders!!

I have just come across the following item on ebay, and it struck me
that while this is called a home-made pillow, it has possibilities
with regard to making an alternative to the expensive Swedish
Christina pillow.

http://tinyurl.com/95k8g

I have no idea what this pillow on ebay is like, and am not suggesting
that anyone buy it (nor am I saying to avoid it!)  How's that for
non-commital??  But the IDEA is similar to the Christina, assuming that
the center roller is somehow attached to something stable in the middle
and the apron can be rotated.  I'd add some padding (and length) to the
apron to make things a little more pleasant!!

Clay

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[lace] Another use for lace

[Jay Ekers]

Anna Pavord, in the The Tulip 1999, described the many attentions that
must be paid to the growing of the bulbs.  In the mid 1850's, in
England:

Awnings were rigged up to shade the tulip beds Calico, lighter than
jute, made the best summer covers, though growers in the Midlands often
used Nottingham lace.

Jay, In Sydney where thoughts of summer are far away.
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RE: [lace] Videos of lacemaking (3)

[Jay Ekers]

Hello Jean,
Barbara Joyce, who posted pictures of her Humming Bird, supplied me with
the e-mail address.  Hensel's snail-mail address is: 

John  Kathy Hensel
Hensel Productions
P.O. Box 825
Marcola, Oregon
USA
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(541) 933-1460

In our correspondence Mr Hensel only mentioned having one other production
available - Russian Tape Lace with Lia Baumeister-Jonker. 
As we had been discussing dvds I assume this is one, but perhaps his older
productions are not.  If there is enough demand, he may transcribe the older
ones (if that is technically feasible).  I suggest you contact him.

Jay in Sydney, Australia
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Sent: Sunday, 27 March 2005 5:43 PM
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Subject: [lace] Videos of lacemaking (3)

Does that mean that he's producing the Springett videos on DVD? You say you
bought direct from him. How do we contact him?

Jean in Poole

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RE: [lace] Videos of lacemaking (2)

[Jay Ekers]

I also have the Milanese dvd.  I bought it directly from Hensel Productions,
the producers.  I queried whether or not it could be played in Australia and
Mr Hensel wrote a long reply, describing the 'copyright protection' that has
divided the world into incompatible regions.  He concluded:

In the case of our lacemaking DVDs, I have programmed them to play in all
regions. So there is a very good chance they will work just 
about everywhere in the world. I have sold them in England, 
Australia, Estonia, Hungary, Canada, and America with 
success. So it is very likely you will have no problem 
playing a DVD. No matter what you purchase, it is guaranteed 
either a VHS or a DVD will work for you or you will get a 
refund.

And indeed I could play it g.

He also has another production available - Russian Tape Lace with Lia
Baumeister-Jonker, which I  

No connection with the company, other than being a satisfied customer.

Jay, back in Sydney after a glorious three weeks in China.
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Sent: Sunday, 27 March 2005 10:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [lace] Videos of lacemaking (2)

At 03:04 PM 3/26/2005, you wrote:
With videos available in different formats for different regions of the
world, there doesn't yet seem to be any movement of lace instruction to
DVD,

I have a DVD of the Milanese program by Louise Colgan, so I know the newer 
recordings are moving that way.

It would be nice if all the world used the same format.

Alice in Oregon -- still raining steadily.

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Vegetarian pillow - was RE: [lace] wire lace with hammer and nails

[Jay Ekers]

Still laughing.

When demonstrating we often suggest that lace can be made using inexpensive
tools to see if this is a hobby you are prepared to invest much time and
money in.  But we suggest pillows made from discarded polystyrene fruit or
vegetable boxes, not the contents!
Follow the links below but choose la Salle de Marche. At the bottom of the
page is a work in progress - the pillow is a watermelon and the bobbins are
carrots!!!
 
Jay
Sydney, Australia
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Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 3:26 AM
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Subject: Re: [lace] wire lace with hammer and nails

Two years ago I met a Finnish lacemaker who made lace whith a hammer and
nails too, not with wire but with very thick linen thread.  The result is
beautiful.
You can see her on my website : www.athdentelle.be .  Click on activités
on the left side, then on Les 25 ans de l'Académie de dentelles de
Marche-en-Famenne and there on la salle étrangers, you'll see her work on
the pictures nb 61-62-63 and 64.

Liduina, from a cold windy Ath in Belgium.

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[lace] pillow with rotating 'collar' for bobbins - questions

[Jay Ekers]

Soon after I started bobbin lace I saw, in Nyplattya Pitsia (double dots on
the 'a's) by Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti, a diagram of the lace pillow and the
sheet by which bobbins can be moved.  The 10 or so pairs of a beginner
don't require much 'moving' so I just mentally filed it away as a curiosity.

When I started Flanders, the sudden doubling of bobbins (8 per pin!) brought
it to the forefront again.  Over the intervening years I had toyed with the
idea of using a 'Lazy Susan' (rotating plate for serving food) with the
centre cut out, in place of the original cardboard assembly, but the project
never even got as far as the 'one-day-when-I-have-time' stage.

But now I have an obvious need, although never having actually seen such a
pillow this need is perhaps a might theoretical g. Nevertheless, I have
acquired a metal rotating anulus - called a 'round swivel assembly' here -
its 300 kg loading, intended for rotating of televisions, will surely
suffice g; and I have bought some ethafoam off-cuts and an old felted
blanket for the roller, so am at the final planning stage. 'Not another
pillow!' was DH's initial response but he offered to help.  And he
immediately pointed out something I hadn't thought of.  My experience with
roller pillows is limited to a small travelling pillow, seldom used because
of the limited number of bobbins that can be fitted on the apron, where the
yardage is stored at the back of the pillow.  Not a good idea if the back of
the pillow is rotating!
Eeva-Liisa offers a solution (p7 in my second hand copy of the book
originally published in 1981): off-set the roller in the front of a square
box, not a rectangular one, so the lace can still fall down behind the
roller.

And feasibly the roller could be removed and the square filled with block
insets thus making the pillow more versatile, however
What would happen with, say, a handkerchief edging as it became larger than
the central blocks.  I used a one-piece pricking when I made a fan last year
on a purpose-made block pillow - the system of inter changing the two blocks
worked well but the unpinned lace, resting loosely on its cardboard
pricking, hung over the edge of the edge of the pillow as work progressed.
Not a problem with that (except when packing it to move between home and
lace day g) but I can envisage problems with the lace hanging over a
rotating 'bobbin collar'.  The illustration on p8 of Eeva-Liisa's book shows
circular wedges in place but not what happens when block #1 is re-used! The
pricking could perhaps sit on the bobbin collar, to be lifted up while the
collar was rotated, but the sharp edges of the 'holes' in the pricking might
catch in the threads...

If anyone has used such a pillow, I'd appreciate it if they could recount
their experiences as the 'problem' may be only my inexperience.

Jay, Sydney, Australia
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[lace] headside on fan edging - plait?

[Jay Ekers]

The web site
http://www.cipka.sk/

shows a cheerful coloured edging - would be great on little girl's clothes.
(I'm just back from 2 weeks visiting my twin granddaughters.  They are seven
months old but I am looking ahead g)

The fan headside looks thicker than a twisted pair - possibly a plait? This
would make a firmer edging.  Is it traditional for this type of lace?

Jay
Sydney, Australia
 

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RE: [lace] Bizarre

[Jay Ekers]

I sat my pillow on a table, the same as a lace pillow, but it has no stand.
The e-bay 'pillow' would be very high if used this way.

Jay

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Alice Howell
Sent: Saturday, 17 April 2004 1:33 AM
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Subject: RE: [lace] bizarre

At 06:56 AM 4/16/2004, you wrote:
My pillow is rectangular and has no stand but it is just possible that the
pictured article could have been used as a pillow for a small round motif.
Jay in Sydney, Australia

When  you used this pillow, where did you put it?  The few needlelace 
makers that I've seen working have had the work above the lap so it could 
be easily seen and comfortably worked on.  The old pictures of lacemakers 
with the small round ball pillows had them on their laps.

This would be hard to hold on a lap, and it seems like it would be too far 
away from the eyes if it sat on a table.

I think this is a pincushion, perhaps for hat pins, that sat on a dressing 
table.

I do wish the seller had shown all the cupid cutwork, though.  It is a bit 
unusual.

Alice in Oregon -- where it's a cool wet week following record high 
temps.  And  the Vancouver Volcanoes Lace Day is tomorrow!

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RE: [lace] bizarre

[Jay Ekers]

A friend made me a pillow for my one foray into needlelace.  It was covered
with velvet and filled with sand to make a firm surface to pin the prepared
pattern onto.  And the beginners piece of punto-in- aria is still there g.
My pillow is rectangular and has no stand but it is just possible that the
pictured article could have been used as a pillow for a small round motif.

Jay in Sydney, Australia
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Clay Blackwell
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Subject: [lace] bizarre...

Those ebay sellers never fail to amuse me with their
interpretation of lacemaking!!  Check out the newest old
lacemaker item...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=114item=3287405892r
d=1

Clay


Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.

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[no subject]

[Jay Ekers]

The pattern, reached from the Keystone Lacers home page is at
http://www.keystonelaceguild.org/WoodsPattern.htm

Jay, Sydney , Australia
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   Ooops!
  Sorry - I'm not the greatest typist, as is illustrated by the typo 
  in my freebie pattern found on the IOLI Convention 2004 website
 

I couldn't find this free pattern of Sandi Woods. Can anyone enlighten
me as to where it is? Sue Babbs

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[lace] OT except for Australians - Angela's Romanian Point Lace book

[Jay Ekers]

I have just ordered a copy from Needlecraft Book Service. 
Their October catalogue also lists a couple of other lace books.
Jay

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[lace] RE: Crocheted bobbin holders

[Jay Ekers]

What I'm curious about is how you use them exactly. I have seen the
bobbin 
holders online so I know what a bobbin holder does. But do you insert
the 
bobbins in the crocheted holder? Or do you just pin it over the bobbins 
like I do with a piece of elastic?

Opal, I insert the bobbins in turn about halfway through the spaces in
the holder.  The filled holders can be laid on top of each other.  It is
a little laborious but it does keep the bobbins in the correct order
while they are piled up waiting to be used again, which for me is worth
the effort involved.

For travel, I pin the ends of the holders to the pillow and then pin a
piece of wide elastic backward and forwards over the bobbins as you
described.

Jay, just back from volunteering at the newly re-opened lace study
centre at the Powerhouse museum, Sydney, Australia.
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[lace] RE: Crocheted bobbin holders

[Jay Ekers]

Candace asked:
Does anyone out there have instructions for crocheting bobbin holders?
It looks simple enough, but I wonder if instructions were available
somewhere on the Web. Thanks.

I crocheted very simple ones from listening to a description. 
To hold a dozen bobbins:
Crochet 25 chain. One treble in the third chain from the hook; (one
chain then treble in the second chain) repeated to the end.

Use thick thread for large bobbins, thinner thread for small bobbins. It
is easier to insert and remove the bobbins if wool thread is used
because it has a little more give than cotton thread.

Jay in Sydney where winter has again returned. 
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