[lace] How to stiffen a small lace piece?
I am finishing a small oval of Hungarian lace (from Louise Colgans class)and before removing the pins, what should I do? I plan to frame it. Marilyn Jensen Whidbey Island, WA Where the sun is shining and it's 60 degrees on this Palm Sunday! Sent from my iPod - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Teaching Lace
Thank you all for your wonderful reflections regarding teaching lace. I just finished my first teaching of beginner lace using Gillian Dye's Beginning Bobbin Lace book. I had 7 students, including one with macular degeneration and one that had had 2 strokes. I discovered that some students are happy just learning the bookworm (lady with 2 strokes was very happy doing them and stopped coming when we moved on to the next bookmark); some are happy with just a plain cloth stitch bookworm without the extra spaces - twisted worker in the middle-(the gal with vision problems). These new students were very happy just taking their time with the projects and working at their own pace. I had thought we would get farther along in the book but with just 3 lessons, they got just so far and were happy staying there and getting comfortable with the basic stitches. We formed a weekly group and named ourselves The Laughing Lacers of Whidbey Island. So now I have some people to lace with, which I could not find before! Marilyn Jensen, Whidbey Island, WA where there is a grey whale feeding in our backyard. (the Puget Sound) PS Thanks for the answers to the question about stiffening lace! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Aluminum Bobbins
I have some aluminum bobbins which make such a wonderful sound when lacing- does anyone know who the maker is/was and if they are still making them? Marilyn on Whidbey Island ,WA where the sun is shining and tulips and rhodies are blooming! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Help for Flanders Lace
A beautiful teaching book and patterns are available from Vera Cockuyt in Belgium= you can reach her at vera.cock...@belgacom.net. She has written instruction books and taught Flanders and other laces for a long time. Marilyn Jensen, Whidbey Island, WA. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com