Re: [lace] What would YOU do?

[Malvary J Cole]

Carol - what a shame that happened to you.  I hope you can get the rest of 
the 'mess' sorted out with no broken threads etc.


I had an incident, but with no malicious intent, when I was making lace at 
an old heritage farm - 1850's houses with earth and straw floors.  I had 
temporarily put my pillow on my chair while I stretched and had turned away 
to look at someone else's lace.  There were no visitors in the farmhouse at 
the time.  While my back was turned, a little boy of about 6 came in and 
walked over to look at my pillow.  He put his hands on the front corners of 
the pillow and leaned over.  Of course, the pillow flipped over and landed 
face down in the straw.  The look on the kidlet's face was a picture of 
horror and alarm, especially as his mum came in just at that moment.


I did Jacquie's trick of holding the pillow upside down while the bobbins 
untangle themselves and then carefully tipped it flat again.  Luckily there 
were no broken bobbins or threads.


Malvary in Ottawa where it is only -5c with windchill of -12c today. 


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Re: [lace] How do you feel about "Restored Bobbins?

[Malvary J Cole]

Boy - I should have proof this message before I sent it. I'll try again so 
it makes sense!


I might try one of the products.  For the rings, it doesn't matter if they 
are
a little loose - weren't some of pewter rings loose and called 'jingles' or 
similar.  Some of the bobbins have a spiral and generally are too rough to 
use as they are at the moment.


I've been pondering this for quite a while, so I can ponder a bit longer - 
must finish my curtain before I do anything else!


Malvary in Ottawa

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Re: [lace] How do you feel about "Restored Bobbins?

[Malvary J Cole]

I might try one of the products.  For the rings it doesn't matter is they are
a little loose - weren't some of pewter rings were loose weren't they called
'jingles' or similar.  Some of the bobbins have a spiral and general are too
rough to use as they are at the moment.

I've been pondering this for quite a while, so I can ponder a bit longer -
must finish my curtain before I do anything else!

Malvary in Ottawa

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Re: [lace] How do you feel about "Restored Bobbins?

[Malvary J Cole]

I have rewired several bobbins where the wire has long since gone to 
wire-heaven.


I'm sure (as Jacquie has also mentioned on several occasions) that the 
spangles we see on old bobbins we buy today are probably not the spangles 
that were on the bobbin when it was new.  Some of those old spangles are 
s big that I and probably others would not find them comfortable to use. 
So, I take off the old beads and use them to respangle the bobbin and save 
the excess to spangle old bobbins which have no beads.


A couple of years ago I bought several old bobbins which had originally had 
pewter inserts, bands, plugs etc.  I took them to a local pewter worker that 
I know and after a very long discussion decided that there was no way that 
new pewter could be added at an even remotely economical method.  Now I have 
to decide what to do - whatever it is will not be even remotely like it was 
originally.  I'd just like to do something with them so that they can be 
used again.


Malvary in Ottawa where the sun is a-shining to welcome the day and it is 
only -14c today. 


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Re: [lace] Teachers

[Malvary J Cole]

One time I had a class of seniors at a local community centre.  Starting off 
with "put 2 over 3, put 2 over 1 and 4 over 3" one lady couldn't understand 
that the bobbin then took on the number of the space it was in, not the 
number it was when it started.  Anyway, after several tries of explaining 
and she still didn't understand I put 4 chairs in front and had 4 parcels on 
the chairs and showed her two over 3 - she didn't have to remember which 
parcel was which, she had to remember that the chairs were 2 and 3.


Finally, the penny dropped.

Later as I was going round the class, I heard a little mutter from her "put 
chair 2 over chair 3."


Malvary in Ottawa where it has warmed up to -17c 


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Re: [lace] Re "Hide" some feeback

[Malvary J Cole]

"Jacquie wrote:  If the person registering the event couldn't read, they 
weren't in a position to say.  I have this all the time as my surname is 
Tinch - quite unusual.  It gets written as Linch, Pinch or Finch.  NO, T 
for Tango."


And, in researching our family tree (Jacquie's and mine) our name of Cole 
has been Cole (gr-grandfather), Coles (gr-gr-gandfather), Coals 
(gr-gr-gr-grandfather) and that name is fairly easy.


Malvary (sister to Jacquie) in Ottawa, Canada where the sun is shining 
(-14C, but the sun IS shining) - snow forecast for tomorrow. 


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Re: [lace] "HIDE" Bobbin

[Malvary J Cole]

I had a quick look in Ancestry - there are several women with Hide as their 
middle name but most of the use of Hide as a first name are men.  I then 
looked at those who were married to a husband named Hide, but couldn't see 
any of them who were lacemakers.
I doubt that the women with middle name Hide would have a bobbin with that 
name on with no sign of their first name.


It could well be the letters for a secret message:  Happy I.. Dearest 
Emily (couldn't think of an "I" word); or perhaps the initials of their 4 
children:  Henry, Irene, David, Elizabeth


Malvary in Ottawa where we have managed, so far, to miss all the big snow 
dumps that have happened all around. 


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[lace] Re: Crewel World raffle

[Malvary J Cole]

I got my friend to draw a name out of  a bag today.

The winner of the raffle is:

Barbara Engle

Barb - if you would send me your snail mail address, I'll put the book in 
the mail to you.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's Capital), Canada 


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Re: [lace] lace prickings

[Malvary J Cole]

"Lorelei Halley wrote When I have an edging pattern where the repeats don't 
fit right on the roller I pad the roller with several layers of wool to make 
its diameter larger"


When I'm using my roller pillow it is because I'm making a long length.  In 
my opinion it is better to have the pattern a little larger than the roller 
so that as you go over and over the pattern the pin holes are not always in 
the same place.  If the roller is padded to make the pattern fit snuggly 
round the roller then the pins are always going in to the same hole. 
Possibly not a problem with a straw filled roller, but with a foam roller it 
will break down if a long length is made.


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we are forecast to get 5-10cm of snow over 
night.  The skiers will be happy as we lost a lot of snow cover last week.


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Re: [lace] Hand-made lace on ebay - no chance

[Malvary J Cole]

"Jean Nathan wrote: A City and Guilds lacemaker is offering Goth hand-made 
lace gloves with an opening bid required of £250."


When I looked at the pictures (one of finished glove, one work in progress 
and 3 of other things), I thought perhaps the £250 included a skull, 
gravestone and a very nice stone angel.


Actually, I think the angel IS worth £250.

Malvary in Ottawa where we have some snow (not as much as UK), but we can 
cope better.


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[lace] Re: [lace-chat] Re: Edwardian Farm

[Malvary J Cole]

If you campaign your local PBS station, they might show the series.  We have 
had Victorian Farm here in Ottawa, but that might have been on TV Ontario 
which is also a Public Broadcast Station with some support from Ontario but 
also with public support.


I realise that the PBS station in Watertown, NY does carry a lot of UK 
programming because of the support it gets from local Canadian viewers, but 
if enough people support and campaign their local PBS station they might 
carry it - they are there to provide programming that they get support for.


Malvary in Ottawa - waiting for Edwardian Farm in a year or so! 


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Re: [lace] Help Needed

[Malvary J Cole]

"Jacquie wrote:  My sister Malvary is making a curtain in strips (and the 
pressure of everyone asking how she's getting on with it has helped her 
being near to finishing) which she has joined on the pillow to get a good 
tension at the joins, but she found even with only one strip to join on, it 
reduced the portability considerably."


I would also confirm that there is a fair amount of shrinkage and to pin the 
finished length back onto the pillow requires a bit of pulling to get the 
design in place.


After having made a big boo-boo in laying out the completed pieces for the 
'last strip' I took  8.5 days to unpick the strip, re-organized the pieces 
and set off once again to work the last strip.  However, I didn't like the 
way two strips looked, so I completed the strip I was working on, then cut 
off one strip, turned over one strip to face the other way, and now I really 
am working on the last strip.  I have about half to go.  I want to get it 
finished before Lace Convention in April next year, which I don't think will 
be a problem, might even get it finished by Christmas (but probably not).


Malvary in Ottawa who has just come back from Grand Cayman where it was hot 
and sunny to cool and cloudy but no snow yet! 


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[lace] UK Lace 140

[Malvary J Cole]

I can now see what everyone is talking about.  My copy of Lace arrived this
morning.  It was mailed by Air Mail on 30th September.

I wonder where it has been.  I hope that it visited some nice places on its
way to me.

Malvary in Ottawa where I have just one strip of curtain left to make (to
replace one that I have just cut off)

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[lace] Visit to Brussels

[Malvary J Cole]

One of my lace friends is going to Brussels to visit family in November.  She
asked me if I knew of places she should visit, but as I've only been to Bruges
I wasn't able to help, but I knew just the place to go, and here I am!

She will be in Brussels in mid-November for a week and would like to include
some lace in her visit.  Can anyone suggest what are 'musts' for her during
her short visit.

Thanks in advance

Malvary in Ottawa where severe winds are forecast for overnight.

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Re: [lace] Modern bobbins.. "Artistic" (?) Pictures

[Malvary J Cole]

Margery wrote " Brian, these bobbins remind me of the ones made by Acorn"

I thought that too, but when I found my Acorn bobbins I realised that the 
tail end of the bobbins Brian has shown doesn't have the trademark acorn.


I must get around to spangling my Acorn bobbins and put them into use - 
haven't needed them while working on my curtain because the thread is a 
little heavier and I look for bobbins with long necks to hold lots of 
thread.  Love my aluminum ones for that.


Malvary in Ottawa where it is 'supposed' to be a bit warmer today after a 
very dreary, cold Sunday.


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Re: [lace] Clamp bobbin

[Malvary J Cole]

"Tatman" wrote You press down on the spring loaded red part to reveal the 
hook and clamp it on the thread end to finish up that part of the lace.  I 
haven't had a chance to use it. "


This is exactly the Test Clip Adapters from Radio Shack with a hand-made 
wooden handle.


The part number is 2700334 and unfortunately are no longer available from 
"The Source" (formerly Radio Shack) in Ottawa, but I did buy up all that I 
could get my hands on when available.


They are very, very useful and invaluable to use up short ends, or to catch 
on to a broken thread.


Malvary in Ottawa where we have an absolutely beautiful fall day 


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Re: [lace] bobbin turner - Canada

[Malvary J Cole]

"bev walker" wrote  We can add the late Mr. Le Grande, Vancouver BC, who 
turned many many bobbins of the same midlands style for sale to lacemakers 
in the BC Lace Clubs of the time - c. 1970 through 1990 maybe?"


I bought lots of Mr. Le Grande's bobbins when I first started they were 
quite inexpensive as well as being quite big.  I wanted some smaller ones, 
so I asked him if he could turn me some smaller ones.  In due course 6 pairs 
arrived the bottom more like a Honiton bobbin - quite pointed, but not 
drilled for spangles.  He wrote that they had all been made out of one piece 
of lignum vitae.  The colour ranges from black to pale yellow, some are 
multi-coloured.  I started to drill holes using a little drill bit in a 
pin-vice (I didn't have a drill that would hold the tiny bits in those 
days).  Boy, is that wood hard!!  I later learned that it is supposedly one 
of the few woods that is so heavy/dense that it won't float.  I can attest 
to its hardness.


I believe that Mr. Le Grande's wife was one of the founding members of a BC 
lace group and only died within the last few years.


Malvary in Ottawa who has just returned from the funeral of one of our 
lacemakers, Joyce Granger, who came to Canada from Nottingham to be near her 
daughter. 


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Re: [lace] Bobbin makers

[Malvary J Cole]

"Margot Walker wrote ...Anton Nahorny (who died a number of years ago), 
Wray Barton and Gary Wood.  The latter two may have  retired."


Wray Barton and his wife Marjorie lived on Vancouver Island, then they moved 
across country to the Annapolis Valley.  Marjorie and I were quite good 
friends at the time.  Then I got a call from her saying that they were 
moving to the Azores - they had bought a farm.  Since that day I have heard 
nothing more from them.  I have quite a lot of Wray's bobbins including some 
painted ones - there was a lady who painted them for the Bartons.  I have 
one lovely one with a scene of a hillside with sheep and a sheepdog.


Malvary in Ottawa where retro lacing has stopped and forward lacing is now 
well underway again. 


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Re: [lace] lace and glue

[Malvary J Cole]

"Clay wrote. and give a reasonable rate for skilled work...  $15 per 
hour is not unreasonable."


I think that the Ontario minimum wage is around $10+ and I find $15 is only 
a little over minimum wage.  Car mechanics, plumbers, electricians charge 
well over $50, computer tech charges $88 per hour!  So why would our skill 
and expertise be less valuable?


Malvary in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Re: [lace] Bobbin makers

[Malvary J Cole]

I have lots of bobbins made by Alan Hazel.  He also made me bobbins from a 
chunk of my maple tree which came down in the severe ice-storm we had in 
1998, and some from a neighbour's walnut tree.


Malvary in Ottawa, where the retro lacing is almost at an end, perhaps 1 
more day will have it off the pillow and ready to start again. 


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Re: [lace] Accidents

[Malvary J Cole]

My worst accident was one day when I had gone away for a weekend break and I 
was carrying my pillow complete with tools etc into the hotel.  I was 
waiting for the elevator while my friend was at the counter asking a 
question.  I could feel that I was losing some of my load, so hitched it up 
against myself so that nothing fell off.


I felt a sharp prick on my lower stomach and thought that perhaps I'd 
snagged a pin.  When we finally got to the room, I discovered that what I 
had snagged was in fact my very fine crochet hook.


It was firmly imbedded through my skirt, slip, underwear and tum.

I can't remember how I got it out, but I do remember it was very sore and I 
had a large bruise for quite a few days.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's Capital), Canada where I have been retro 
lacing all week because I have done a big, big error on the curtain I'm 
making and I'm having to undo about 3 weeks of work.  I've carefully cut out 
some of it, but I need to undo the rest. 


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Re: [lace] Lamp ideas please

[Malvary J Cole]

Sue wrote: "I found an advert for a clamp on one which would do, but would
prefer something I can maybe pin to my pillow, so wonder what others in the
UK use?"

I have a couple of booklights which work very well and aren't too large or 
heavy.  One was from my sister, Jacquie, and came from the UK.  It has a 
clip on the base so I put a piece of card through the clip and then pin the 
card to the pillow.  I have a second one, which is smaller, but works just 
as well.  The advantage is that you can bend them to exactly where you want.


Malvary in Ottawa where the weather has moderated a little and it is only 
28c today 


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Re: [lace] Agnes in Elloughton

[Malvary J Cole]

Sorry to hear the news and I empathize with Agnes, BUT there is no excuse 
not to make lace.


As someone with brittle bones who recently has made a habit of breaking arms 
(mine) there is no reason why Agnes won't be able to make lace.  A little 
slower perhaps, but it is good therapy for those stiff fingers.


I will admit that doing sewings is a little difficult and she may want to 
work on something with a little heavier thread - wouldn't suggest Honiton.


Regards to Agnes

Malvary in Ottawa where it looks like our heatwave might have broken for a 
few days. 


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Re: [lace] Dragon pattern?

[Malvary J Cole]

"Sister Claire wrote " Does anyone know of a dragon pattern in some kind of 
tape lace that I could buy or find on line?"


There were some dragon patterns in Lace magazine a few years ago - I don't 
remember what type of lace they were.


Malvary in Ottawa

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Re: [lace] Tea Dying

[Malvary J Cole]

I echo what others have said about dying and I'm not sure how stable tea 
would be.  You have to be careful with tea anyway as much of the tea is very 
orange (called Orange Pekoe with good reason).  You would have to try black 
tea to see what colour comes out - or use herbal teas which have a very nice 
range of pink/red colours.


I would say that I had a piece of filet lace which was very badly stained 
and I left it in soak, changing the water every day for about 2-3 weeks. 
Rubbed the stained bit with neat cleaner (i.e. Orvis or one of the liquid 
soaps suitable for woollens and cold wash).  However, I'm not sure that even 
that much soaking will remove rust stains.


Malvary in Ottawa where it is a lot cooler today after two very scorching 
hot, high humidity days. 


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Re: [lace] Re: Sunday Edition, CBC One

[Malvary J Cole]

Here is the link to the article.  It is part way through hour 1

http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/2010/05/may-23-2010.html#hour1

Malvary in Ottawa

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[lace] Sunday Edition, CBC One

[Malvary J Cole]

There is an item coming up on this program a little later about the Lacemakers
of somewhere in Southern India which is (according to CBC) the last place
where lace is made by hand.

Not sure what type of lace.  I'll listen to the article and post the
web-address later so that others can hear it.

Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where it is cloudy/sunny this morning, forecast to
be sunny this afternoon and 28c.

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Re: [lace] Re: Lace on Airplanes (& spiraled wire comment)

[Malvary J Cole]

"Susan Reishus wrote:  Some bring a prepaid, self-address mailer, just in 
case their expensive or favorite needles are at risk. That means either 
stepping out of line, or trusting someone else to post it, but perhaps 
helpful to some."


When leaving Heathrow (London) there had not been anywhere to mail anything 
(not even a mailbox), however on my most recent return to Canada Jacquie and 
I noticed that they have opened a Post Office on the departure level of 
Terminal 3.  I don't think there is a mail box in Ottawa.


At Heathrow the check-in people ask if you have anything pointed in your 
luggage.  I said "just my knitting" and was told that it would not be 
allowed through security.  I do take my counted cross-stitch, but no 
nail-clippers (not allowed in Ottawa either).  I have a spool of dental 
floss with the little metal cutter on the top which is stupid really because 
dental floss is so tough it would make a lovely garotte.


Malvary in Ottawa where we have a super weekend forecast for Victoria Day 
(to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday - only in the colonies they say).


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Re: [lace] lace sizing

[Malvary J Cole]

I was thinking (I do occasionally) - is there any clue to be obtained from 
the patterns that are given for the decorations for the Christmas Balls. 
One of our lace group made lots and lots of so when she sees this, perhaps 
she will write - if not I'll jog her memory - Colette how did you measure 
the amount of lace you needed in relation to the circumference of the 
Christmas Ball?


Malvary in Ottawa where is is a grey day. 


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Re: [lace] Posh Bags

[Malvary J Cole]

That should read PO Box 2114  (not P OP Box)

Malvary
- Original Message - 
From: "Malvary J Cole" 

Cc: 
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Posh Bags


OK - I give in - I went down to the basement to find a Lace Society 
Magazine.


The Address is:

Posh Bags
Janette Smith
P. OP. Box 2114
Salisbury, Wilts
SP2 2BD

Tel:  01722 320161

Malvary in Ottawa where it is supposed to be much warmer (4c at the moment 
and rained most of the day) later in the week.  Hooray, the chaps can come 
back and rebuild, under warranty, my front steps which were falling apart. 
When they were built originally it was pouring with rain the whole time 
and the workmen said that they can tell because some of the stones were 
attached properly.




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Re: [lace] Posh Bags

[Malvary J Cole]

OK - I give in - I went down to the basement to find a Lace Society 
Magazine.


The Address is:

Posh Bags
Janette Smith
P. OP. Box 2114
Salisbury, Wilts
SP2 2BD

Tel:  01722 320161

Malvary in Ottawa where it is supposed to be much warmer (4c at the moment 
and rained most of the day) later in the week.  Hooray, the chaps can come 
back and rebuild, under warranty, my front steps which were falling apart. 
When they were built originally it was pouring with rain the whole time and 
the workmen said that they can tell because some of the stones were attached 
properly.




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Re: [lace] Plimoth Jacket/Waistcoat photos published

[Malvary J Cole]

Here is the link

http://www.ealonline.com/sources/1004/jacket.php

Malvary in Ottawa where it is cold again today after +10 yesterday and will 
be +6 again tomorrow but was -14 overnight and only 0 today. 


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Re: [lace] Shredding threads

[Malvary J Cole]

When we (Jacquie, Tamara, Julie and I) went to IOLI in Montreal, Jacquie and 
Tamara were taking a course doing Cluny de Brioude.  Tamara made 'leather' 
cover cloths and I was given one which I still enjoy using.  Tamara would be 
able to tell you what she bought to make the cloths with.


Some of my students have made cloths with a hole from a heavy non-fraying 
suede type fabric.


Malvary in Ottawa where it is snowing again, but quite warm 0c, so perhaps 
it won't stay (rain forecast for Friday). 


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[lace] Yippee

[Malvary J Cole]

The postman came, and so did my copy of Lace.  No date as to when it was
posted.  But - it is here now.

Malvary in Ottawa where it is -7c, bright and sunny

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Re: [lace] Lace Fan

[Malvary J Cole]

Jeri wrote:  The 64-page January issue of "Lace", the publication of The 
Lace Guild  (U.K.), arrived here yesterday (Feb. 4).


Lucky you, Jeri - mine still hasn't arrived.  Thank goodness my sister had 
got hers because we needed to get in our applications for Convention 
otherwise we'll end up with nothing.  In class she found out that some of 
her students had already got their's and had sent in their forms.  Her copy 
didn't arrive until the next day.


Malvary in Ottawa - still waiting, and waiting 


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Re: [lace] bugle question

[Malvary J Cole]

Hi - just looking at mine and thinking back to the course - we didn't do 
anything special with the bugles.  It looks like there were two twists then 
the two bugles seem to be only on one thread of the pair and then there were 
two more twists.  So that the bugles folded side-by-side.  The bottom one 
(in the cloth stitch diamond) was done with a sewing where the thread was 
put through the bead and it was on a long loop that was brought back into 
the work after 2 or 3 rows of cloth stitch.


I've posted a scan of mine at

http://community.webshots.com/album/153488286KFcbyg

Malvary in Ottawa where it is only -4c with flurries today but the forecast 
for tomorrow is for the coldest day of winter with a windchill of -29c


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Re: [lace] Query about putting beads on lace

[Malvary J Cole]

How funny - I just found my piece too, a couple of days ago.  Nice picture 
of all us arachnians.


Malvary in Ottawa where it is snowing great big fluffy flakes at the moment. 
Monday temp +6c, yesterday 0c, today -3c, tomorrow -4c, Friday -13c


- Original Message - 
From: "Brenda Paternoster" 

To: "Gray, Alison J" 
Cc: 
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Query about putting beads on lace



Hi Alison


I did a beaded lace workshop at Lace Guild convention four years ago - 
there's a picture of my sample at

http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/arachne/convention2006.htm
and would you know the sample is actually right beside my computer as I 
type.  I was having a tidy up a few days ago, found it at the bottom of a 
box and it's not gone back yet!


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Re: [lace] Re: Cranford (long)

[Malvary J Cole]

I've taped it because it was on over a series of Sunday evenings and I 
didn't think my friend would enjoy it.  It is the book we studied for GCE's 
(final leaving exams to those in US and other places).  I thought I'd be 
interested in seeing it on film and see how much of it I remembered 50 years 
later!


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where it is only -5c today with a few little white 
bits falling out of the sky today. 


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Re: [lace] Faces on beads

[Malvary J Cole]

Have you tried the fine marker pens that you can use on plastic?  I have a 
Staedtler permanent Lumocolor which says it is waterproof on most surfaces - 
cd/dvds etc.


Don't know if it will work on pearl beads

Malvary in Ottawa (but I bought the pen in England and safely use it to 
write notes on the plastic film on my lace patterns)


- Original Message - 
From: "pene piip" 

To: "Arachne Arachne" 
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 5:48 AM
Subject: [lace] Faces on beads



Does anyone know how to put faces on pearl beads?
I think that the beads for Jana Novak's nativity figures already have 
faces on them.

Has anyone found a pen or marker that writes on pearl beads?

Our small lace group here in Tartu have been making Janice Blair's little 
angel that

was on the inside of the front cover of the Fall 2009 IOLI Bulletin.
I'll take some photos of the finished ones.

Pene in Tartu, Estonia
where we are still waiting for snow.

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Re: [lace] Lace Wellingtons

[Malvary J Cole]

Boo hoo - they only go up to size 10

Malvary in Ottawa

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Re: [lace] tatted caterpillar and updated website

[Malvary J Cole]

Sue - I think you need .uk on the end of the north down lacemaker web-site 
address:


www.northdownslacemakers.org.uk

Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where it is a cool but sunny day at the moment. 
Just getting a new door fitted, but the supplier forgot the handle, so I 
can't open and close it nor lock it.



- Original Message - 
From: "Sue Martin" 

To: "Arachne" 
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 12:11 PM
Subject: [lace] tatted caterpillar and updated website



Hi to those of you looking for a caterpillar



I have found a caterpillar try the following
www.geocities.com/emmacrew/tatting/doodlebugs.html  I hope this helps



I am a member of North Downs Lacemakers and we have just updated/revamped
our website www.northdownslacemakers.org do have a look if you have time.



Sue Martin

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Re: [lace] real danger comming to the USA???????? or just a fluffy knit

[Malvary J Cole]

I didn't have any problem leaving Ottawa with my knitting, but had to put it 
into my checked luggage at Heathrow.


Be careful hoping to put things into an envelope and mail them  back to 
yourself if they fail to pass security.  There is a mailbox in Ottawa, but 
no mailbox in sight anywhere at Heathrow Terminal 3 (although I understand 
there is one in the arrivals lounge - perhaps so you can send a card to say 
you arrived?)


Malvary in Ottawa 


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Re: [lace] We did it

[Malvary J Cole]

A quick check on google tells me that French Ivory is a plastic produced to 
simulate ivory.  It is made from celluloid plastic with some ground powdered 
ivory mixed in.   It was first produced by the Xylonite Company in 1866.  It 
is most commonly made into sets for the dressing table - very popular and it 
is often found in second-hand and antique shops.


Unlike ivory, and if you can see the grain, the grain on French 
Ivory/celluloid should show wavy parallel lines. The lines don't intersect 
or cross-hatch as they would in ivory.


Malvary in Ottawa where it is very windy and supposed to rain later.

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Re: [lace] We did it

[Malvary J Cole]

Sue - your other options are:  Wood, bamboo, French Ivory.

When you remove the fabric that is on the sticks at the moment, do so very 
carefully as it will give you a good template.  Also, before you remove the 
fabric spread the fan out and draw a good shape and take careful 
measurements.  It will make life easier when/if you decide to make the lace.


I have a lovely set of sticks which I bought at a flea market but there was 
no fabric on them, so it is much harder to draw the shape as there is 
nothing to hold the sticks in place to draw around - also it isn't the usual 
half circle design it is more of a half oval shape.


Malvary in Ottawa where it has cooled down a little today after temps in the 
30's and a humidity temp into the low 40's on Thursday when I was lawn 
bowling 3 games! 


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Re: [lace] torchon lace query

[Malvary J Cole]

I am making an edging which I started at Lace Convention in Bristol (2005?) 
(Lavender and Lace workshop).  I was just turning the 4th corner when I 
noticed that I had done Dieppe ground in the triangle next to the footside 
rather than the Roseground that was in all the other triangles.  I really 
don't know why I didn't see it earlier.


However, it screamed at me, so I started to undo.  I had taken out many of 
the pins so had to put pins back before I could undo each element.


The lace pillow is at my boyfriend's apartment but I don't go there very 
often, so it took me about 2 years to undo!!  However, earlier this year I 
finally got there and am now going forward again.  I'm not saying that there 
are no other errors in the lace, but I couldn't live with that one.


Eventually, I'll finish it and be able to let the teacher know that it is 
finally done!


I was looking for the Arachne cover cloth and pin cushion that sister 
Jacquie made for me.  Could find it anywhere and was very upset, and then 
realised that they were the ones in use on that pillow.


Malvary in Ottawa where we have a very hot day today - summer solstice has 
been and gone, and mother nature has finally clicked the summer switch.


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Re: [lace] Bobbin winders

[Malvary J Cole]

Looked that up in Lace 42, but find that it was plans/ideas used to build an 
electric bobbin winder for Dr. Yvonne Hawkins sister.  The motor from an 
electric food mixer was used,.


Malvary in Ottawa.

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Re: [lace] Bobbin winders

[Malvary J Cole]

I had written to Sheila privately and have looked through the issue that she 
suggested might be the one where the article was included, plus a few issues 
on each side, but as yet haven't been successful in finding it.


If I can find it (and if the Lace Guild don't mind it being posted on the 
web), I can scan it and post it on my photo site, or if it isn't very big I 
can type it out and include it in a message.


Malvary in Ottawa where we have a grey day with 60% chance of drizzle

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Re: [lace] smelly lace book

[Malvary J Cole]

If the book has mould the following might work.  We have a phone in show on 
the radio.  Last week's guest was an antique and furniture conservator. 
Someone phoned in because he had a wooden chest which had been stored in the 
basement and had got some mould inside.  The conservator did not recommend 
using bleach because of the long term damage that it does, but he did 
recommend using vinegar.  He said to put a dish of vinegar into the wooden 
chest and shut the lid down.  He said the mould spores are drawn to the 
vinegar.  Perhaps standing the book on end and fanning the pages a little 
inside a container and putting a dish of vinegar inside the container might 
work.


I have not tried this, but it is offered as a possible solution to the 
problem.


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we have a lovely sunny morning, but showers, 
then thunderstorms forecast starting mid-afternoon right in the middle of 
our lawn bowling tournament. 


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[lace] Lace exhibition by Embassy of Hungary

[Malvary J Cole]

For anyone in the Ottawa area, I thought you might be interested about this
exhibit.

The Embassy of the Republic of Hungary is pleased to bring you an exhibit of
Halas Lace in cooperation with FRAMED!, and we invite you to come and see
these wonderful examples of Hungarian art and culture.
This lace has been created for more than a century in the small town of
Kiskunhalas, Hungary.  Woven from whisper thin fibers of a Saudi Arabian water
plant, these works are stunning in their incredible detail, and have won
awards around the world rivalling the best lace of Venice and Brussels. For
those with an interest in world textiles and highly refined handwork, this
exhibit offers an opportunity normally open only to those traveling to Eastern
Europe. The exhibition is open to the public: June 5 -June 21.



FRAMED! 1075 Bank St. Ottawa , ON
613-730-0477
fra...@intranet.ca



Framed Gallery Hours: Weekdays 9-6, Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12-5.



Parking lot next to and opposite the Gallery, but very convenient for bus,
too.



 www.halasicsipke.hu   is the website of the lace house where it is in Hungary

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Re: Was [lace] Lace Article You May Enjoy now selling lace

[Malvary J Cole]

Hi Sue - as someone else said this is Honiton Point.  When Jacquie and I 
were at Lace Convention in Worcester we were able to get a whole pile of old 
patterns for Honiton point.  A couple of days later at the Antiques Market 
at Covent Garden (held on Mondays for anyone who is visiting London), I was 
lucky enough to find a large piece of Honiton Point.  If anyone is 
interested I can scan both a piece of pattern and the piece of lace.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's Capital), Canada where it is very dark 
outside (just after midnight) and raining - thunderstorms forecast.



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Re: [lace] Seeking information TIA

[Malvary J Cole]

I had a look at the information mentioned by Bev (link is as follows:
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/periodicals/nol_7071_3.pdf

In looking through it, there are articles and lists of member of National 
Old Lacers Club - I assume this is a forerunner of IOLI - the logo looks 
similar.


Malvary in Ottawa

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Re: [lace] Moving Lace

[Malvary J Cole]

Lesley - if you can still work for a little further before you need to move, 
I recommend using a 'felt bridge' i.e. 1 piece of felt about 2" wide with a 
piece about 1.5" wide centred on it, with a piece about 1" wide centred on 
that, and stitched together.  Tuck the bridge under the pricking and work 
until you are completely on the 1" wide piece (if you make the layers 
different colours it helps you see).  Then when you pull out the pins that 
are only in the pillow you can lift the felt bridge and the pins stay fairly 
firmly in the felt.  You can then move the whole thing.  (Measurements for 
the felt are approximate and you can make it with more layers so that the 
last 1" of pins are through even more layers.)


I agree about keeping all the bobbins in a bundle and also try to keep the 
threads a little slack when you move the whole thing.


Malvary in Ottawa. 


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Re: [lace] Re: Aluminum Bobbins

[Malvary J Cole]

I have several Aluminum bobbins, but I have no idea who made them.  I also 
inherited a few of mum's aluminum bobbins (although I think hers would 
probably be made of aluminium as they were English)!


I love them.  I don't find them any different to work with except that they 
hold lots of thread because the necks are longer than on most of my wood 
bobbins.  I have a couple which have the names of lakes in the Lake District 
(NW England) and others commemorate marriages and/or births of members of 
the royal family.  They are straight with no other decoration than the 
inscription.


When I was at the Lace Show in Birmingham last November there was a company 
there selling aluminium bobbins, but although I loved the colours I did not 
like the feel of them as they were too heavily decorated with grooves and 
bumps.


I tend to look for plainer shaped bobbins (wire in grooves, pewter inlays 
etc are ok if the bobbin is smooth) and prefer lovely colours in the wood 
grain or other forms of decoration.


Malvary in Ottawa where it is grey at the moment after a very hot sunny day 
yesterday (I got a little bit of sunburn where I missed with the suncream). 


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Re: [lace] colours

[Malvary J Cole]

Jacquie is quite right.  In fact, I had started a message to that effect 
last night, then decided to go to bed instead. (Although I think it might 
have been sky blue pink with rainbow stripes).  Oh, and by the way, Jacquie 
doesn't have a tv.


Good luck in the rally on Sunday, sis!

Malvary in Ottawa where it is a lovely warm sunny spring day and I'm off 
lawn bowling.


Jacquie wrote:  It's sky blue pink with a rainbow border.  Simples!


And Malvary will bear me out on this one, so I know I'm right.


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Re: [lace] Silk thread

[Malvary J Cole]

I bought some "Udderly Smooth" but found that I couldn't use it because of 
the smell.  It is quite highly perfumed, so if anyone has an allergy to 
perfume this product is not for you.


I use Merino Lanolin Skin Creme which has no perfume and no colour.  It 
comes from New Zealand and was quite expensive.  But I bought a big 
container and it has lasted me about 3 years so far and I'm not quite 
halfway down yet.  You only need a tiny bit and it takes the dryness away 
immediately.  One of my students who was sitting scratching her hands used 
some and then called me the next day to say that she had had the best 
night's sleep in ages because she wasn't woken up by the itch in her hands.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada 


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Re: [lace] silk and cotton

[Malvary J Cole]

"Sue wrote:  We tried to work out to order enough of the venus thread to 
work our special napkins last year and still have 20 spools unused, LOL  So 
our counting and working out was way off.


I am on the other side of the problem.  I am making a curtain and ordered a 
full box of thread when I started.  I have finished 3 strips of 9 and am 
about half way through strip 4.  I had a scare at the Lace Society meeting 
when one of the vendors told me that the main colour may have been 
discontinued.  I am still waiting confirmation of that.  I have been able to 
buy 4 more reels from a company in the US, but may be searching for more if 
I find that the colour has been discontinued.


Wait for future requests if I find that it is no longer available.


Malvary in Ottawa 


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Re: [lace] silk and cotton

[Malvary J Cole]

Sue - when my sister Jacquie came to teach Milanese for the first time here 
in Canada, she told us that we needed two pillows and two sets of bobbins. 
The first set was to practice the stitches that we were going to use on the 
finished piece and the second set was for the actual pattern.  We were 
reminded that when we left the pillow for any length of time (i.e. lunch or 
overnight), then we should practice a repeat or two before going back to the 
actual pattern just so we could get back into the rhythm of the pattern.


It also meant that if, when we tried a pattern that we didn't like the 
finished effect, that we wouldn't have to undo work on the 'special' piece.


Malvary in Ottawa, who is now over jetlag from my time in England. 


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Re: [lace] re: IOLI Bulletin

[Malvary J Cole]

Having just come back from UK after attending the Lace Guild Convention in 
Worcester and the Lace Society AGM in Alcester, my 'stopped' mail has now 
been delivered and I don't have my IOLI Bulletin either.


Malvary in Ottawa, where it was 30c when we touched down on Monday, but has 
cooled off a bit since.


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Re: [lace] Thanks

[Malvary J Cole]

Alex - if you need better instructions than mine you might want to look at 
the following website 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/2812/doll.html


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada

- Original Message - 
Alex Stillwell" wrote:  The church doll has taken my fancy for this 
particular

chapter  I have a photo of the Church doll but I need to work out how
to produce her from a square hankey. 


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Re: [lace] Handkerchief material

[Malvary J Cole]

It has also been mentioned here before that you can often pick up cotton and 
linen handkerchiefs very inexpensively at your local charity shop.


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada 


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Re: [lace] Ideas

[Malvary J Cole]

The first thing that I thought of for a small piece of lace with corner 
without having to make the edge for the whole hanky was a Church Doll.  A 
little doll made from a hanky that was given to children to play with in 
church so that there is nothing hard to make a noise if it was dropped.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada

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Re: [lace] Picture of the "slince" element

[Malvary J Cole]

Unfortunately, for me, at least, there was a caption saying that this image 
or video had been moved or deleted.


From the time I took an Idrija course with Bridget Cook, I seem to remember 

her saying that slince was a spider.

Malvary in Ottawa

- Original Message - 
From: "Sister Claire" 

To: "Arachne" 
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:39 PM
Subject: [lace] Picture of the "slince" element



I just love the people in my forum!

One of them got in touch with a colleague who has a friend who teaches 
lace.
Three photos made their way back through that channel to me and now to 
you.


The first is the pattern for sukane slince: <*
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...incevzorec.jpg

*


The next one is a photo of the "the element called slince": <
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...bum/slince.jpg

.


The last one is a sukane slince edging: <
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...incerobcek.jpg

.


Now that we know which part of the lace is a "slince", maybe that will
advance understanding of the passage?

Sr. Claire

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Malvary J Cole]

Sue wrote:
" Definitely one of those things that one  could take most places to sit and 
do in 'quiet moments' long as it  wasn't on a plane not sure that the 
needles would be allowed!"



I would just say that the one thing that I have been able to do on planes is 
my counted cross-stitch.  It has never been queried going through security.


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada 


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Re: [lace] Mixing fibres and gimp question

[Malvary J Cole]

This is primarily for Avital - just a quick question for my own information, 
but I thought others might also be interested


I heard a program yesterday talking about the rules of Kosher with respect 
to fabric and it mentioned that linen and wool can not be mixed.  One of the 
reasons given was that the Essenes (at Qumran) dressed only in linen because 
the invading Romans dressed in wool fabric.  However, I'm sure the rules of 
Kosher regarding this was probably much, much earlier than that, and that 
the Essenes were actually just following the law.  Also, during the Exodus 
they would have probably worn wool - they probably wouldn't have been able 
to grow a crop of flax in the dessert or taken the time to stay in one place 
for that long.


To get to my question - does the mixing of thread only apply to linen and 
wool or does it apply to other threads?  Would linen and cotton be ok 
because they are both 'plant' origin OR would wool and silk be ok because 
they are both 'animal' origin, but you couldn't mix cotton and silk any more 
than you can mix linen and wool?


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada

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Re: [lace] A new career?

[Malvary J Cole]

What came to mind was the piece of lace made by the lacemakers in Montreal 
at IOLI.  Sort of like maypole dancing.


It could work nicely in the Cirque setting.  Tatting might be a little more 
difficult, slipping that knot from one side to the other!


Malvary in Ottawa 


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[lace] Urgent help needed to identify object

[Malvary J Cole]

Sorry to post to both boards, but sister Jacquie has asked me to post the
following pictures for some urgent help in identifying this object.  She
urgently needs to find out what this is before the end of the weekend.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568383048jvtGIk

Here is the text of her message to me - she is away this weekend

"Just arrived at Dover and been shown this thing by Pat Read. What is
it, she wants to know, and was sure I would know. Well, I haven't a
clue but do know the way we might fond out. .

"It is NOT a bobbin display thingy (no slots for the necks). On the top
ring there are small holes on top, at the sides and grooves on the
back (see photos). The top comes off but I don't think it should.

"The base has holes on the top only.  Size is about the same as a bobbin
display."

Thanks for all your help.  I bet someone knows what it is.

Malvary in Ottawa on behalf of Jacquie who lives in Stamford but who is in
Dover for the weekend.

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Re: [lace] IOLI membership sec.

[Malvary J Cole]

Hi - her name is Barbara Saltern and her e-mail address is:

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Malvary in Ottawa

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Hi,

Can someone please send me the e-mail address for the membership 
chairperson.  I've sent in my membership ages ago and the check still 
hasn't been cashed and I'm not sure if I'm a member or not, any more.


Thank you,

Patsy A. Goodman
Chula Vista, CA, U.S.A.
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[lace] Sheila Browns Halloween picture

[Malvary J Cole]

As requested by Sheila here is the link to her Halloween picture.  Not
strictly lace, but this is where she had tried to post it.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568383622AnYDez

I hope it works, if not I'll try again.

Malvary

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Re: [lace] Really small thin bobbins. -now Travel pillow

[Malvary J Cole]

As Jacquie says, I have one of the little pillows.  It is very comfortable 
to use and when you could take such things on the plane, it fitted nicely 
into the hand baggage and was easy to use even in the confined space of an 
airline seat.  I haven't travelled with it since 2001and miss having it on 
hand when I'm away.  I'm leary of putting it in a suitcase in case it got 
broken.  I have a long edging on mine that I take when I go to do 
demonstrations (the only time I work on it) as it shows a different type of 
pillow.


Jacquie - perhaps you should cut it off and include it on the quilt or 
whatever it is you are going to make with all the little bits of lace of 
mum's that you took or finish it off and put it round a wedding hanky,  (in 
joke - I also had a piece of lace on a pillow that mum had started and I 
finished it, added it to a hanky and surprised Jacquie and her DH when I 
turned up at her wedding (unannounced).


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Re: [lace] Really small thin bobbins. Why?

[Malvary J Cole]

I have one very, very thin bone bobbin - it has obviously been well used and 
is very worn.  Perhaps they started off thinner because of the amount of 
bone available to use - better to make a thin bobbin than no bobbin at all. 
Mine is of average length, but I do have a couple of very short wood bobbins 
also very worn but where the spangle has obviously worn through and broken 
the end and a new hole has been drilled on the body of the bobbin.  On one 
it is very obvious that this has happened because the remains of the damage 
is still there to see, but on another, I think that the damage has been 
cleaned off and a new hole drilled.


Malvary in Ottawa

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Re: [lace] Re: IOLI website

[Malvary J Cole]

If anyone needs the IOLI Membership form for this year before the website is 
back up and running, let me know.  I have it saved on my computer.


Malvary in Ottawa. 


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Re: [lace] Gravenmoerse, 10th anniversary and sale price

[Malvary J Cole]

I looked at someone's webstore the other day (don't remember the name) and 
was amazed to see bookmarks for sale for $10.00 and handmade scarfs with 
what they say is expensive yarn also for either $10 (shorter) and $15 
(longer).  I'm sorry to say that I find that this undervalue's our work.  It 
must take a while to knit the scarves - ok they aren't very wide but they 
are 40+ inches or 70+ inches long, and if the yarn is expensive that doesn't 
leave much in their for the time spent.  The same with the lace bookmarks. 
Supplies virtually $0 but time and expertise $10 for the whole thing.


Sorry - this might spark some bad feelings somewhere - don't mean to upset 
folks, but I feel that this doesn't represent the time and effort put into 
these items, and is not a realistic price for hand-made items.  Have you 
tried getting a plumber to your house $45-$50 for them just to turn up 
before they even start work or a mechanic to work on your car??


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Re: [lace] Re: lace hankie

[Malvary J Cole]

I find a good source of hankies is your local charity shop.  There are 
always lots at a reasonable price.  Some have embroidery on, but you can 
avoid those.


I made two hankies for the mum and mum in law for a wedding last year.  I 
based the edging on the pattern I had used for the garter.  I used hankies 
which had come from the sale at their church.  They were patterned with some 
drawn-thread type embroidery and looked very nice with the lace on them.


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Re: [lace] lace pins and finger tips

[Malvary J Cole]

Hi Sue - I used them in Montreal at IOLI when my finger got sore after the 
first session of class.  I found them a little awkward at first, but soon 
got used to them.  Have you tried just using 2-3 layers of micropore 
(readily available at the chemist and useful for other things if it doesn't 
work for lacemaking) to see if that would work for you.


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[lace] Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting

[Malvary J Cole]

My cousin, who has a home in Scottsdale, called me to tell me about the
exhibit at the Scottsdale Museum.

The website is http://www.smoca.org/exhibit.php?id=174

There is a list of date for different events in connection with the exhibit
and I see the "Lacey Ladies" will be there on a couple of occasions.

Anyone in that area might be interested in making a visit.  Sadly, I won't be
able to be one of them.

Malvary in Ottawa, Canada

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Re: [lace] Miss Warren

[Malvary J Cole]

The picture on the dust wrapper is also plate 47 facing page 245.

There are several Warren families in the 1901 census for Stoke Goldington. 
Page 239 of the same book says that 1906 was marked by the establishment at 
Stoke Goldington by Mr. Armstron of what is known as the "Bucks Cottage 
Workers' Agency".  (snip some other stuff but it goes on)  Lace-makers who 
had long previously given up their lace work, again brought out their 
pillows, and being assured of immediate sales and remuneration, put their 
energies once more into the delicate and artistic occupation of their youth. 
The Agency moved to Olney in 1909.


Can't find any reference to Habberton Lulham.  Some Lulham's with H as a 
middle initial.


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Re: [lace] Miss Warren

[Malvary J Cole]

Have now found the book.  There is no indication of her age, however, I 
would suspect that the Miss Warren was in the original edition which was 
printed in 1909.  There is a picture of a class but that is dated 1918 so 
would not have been in the original.


Another signal that perhaps she was in the original 1909 edition is the 
length of her skirt which appears to be long.  I think she looks about 25 - 
Rebecca would have been about 42 by 1909 (I know the photo didn't have to 
have been exactly that date, but I would have thought that for someone of 
that age it would have been a 'current' photo, rather than one which had 
been taken years before).  But we will probably never know!


There are several other young Warren girls that would fit the age nicely, 
but who had no occupation shown on the census.  Lacemaking would not 
necessarily have been considered an occupation - what is on the census form 
is what the person filling it in considered to be relevant.  For example, 
some put down the fact that the children were students, but few of the Stoke 
Goldington returns include that information.


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Re: [lace] Miss Warren

[Malvary J Cole]

"Cherry Knobloch" asked:  "The lace maker on the cover is identified as Miss 
Warren, of Stoke Goldington. Does anyone know anything about this woman?"



A quick check at the 1901 census for the name Warren and Stoke Goldington 
lists about 7 families with the name Warren.


3 ladies Elizabeth (55) married; daughter Rebecca (34) single; and Mary A 
(84) widow are shown on the census as being Lacemakers.  I don't know the 
age of the photo nor how old the lady looks in the photo.  Perhaps 
guestimating the age in relation to when the book was first published might 
give an idea of which of the Warren ladies it could possibly be.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada

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Re: [lace] Re: Mixing Threads

[Malvary J Cole]

Here are a couple of rough translations of Francis' text:

1st translation (http://ets.freetranslation.com/)

Explanation by my textile

The seeking to structures and that so strongly possible try to give defense 
is an aspect that returns in all my work.  As well in my textile as in my 
edelsmeedkunst is one permanently seek to form, color, texture,

structure, shadow…

The techniques and acquired knowledge of the different disciplines fill that 
seek on.


One medium completes the others actual.

Textile becomes happen considered yet surplus as a flat, 2-D.  A design on a 
ground, earlier as a painter its canvas utilize.   A put in of areas, 
flattened figures on a flat whole.   This thus without pushing really by in 
the nature of textile, zijnde structure of fibres.   For me is textile an 
order of fibres.  Fibres, that a certain thickness, form, color smell, and 
feel have.  That fibres form has the basis and that basis thus a strong 
3-dimensioneel character.  The appear me then also complete sin round that 
3-D character away to weave, to knit or to manipulate in a flat 
2-dimensioneel piece textile.  De nature of my
textile view is games with that 3-D feel and the attempt to emphasize in the 
final result, the seeking to an ideal structure, it in such a way manipulate 
of chain and impact a to pieces on self to obtain.  From there that I court 
fast onconventionele inrijgpatronen will apply, no bill want to love with 
the valid rules vlotters, bonds leather, thread thickness that you well and 
cannot utilize with sister and so bond.


Through against the rules of the valid textile in I come to go court to 
stand incredibly very closed by the old baroque and medieval tradition of 
textile.  Also they very strongly had been inclined round that 3-D feel in 
their textile again to give.  Valid rules of thickness and bonds was also 
something that practical onbestaande was.  It gives me a certain feeling of 
freedom and also of solidarity with the age-old textile tradition of our 
western civilization.  A kind of "back to the roots" feeling.


The reason about which I in shawls work am mainly because I a certain frenzy 
have with shawls.  They chain wrap me immoderately, the manner on which you 
carry can she,, drape on the body, has shaved no border.  I attempt they so 
to make that she even, without bearer/body as ground, an object on self are. 
It is not so obviously textile chained to remain hold in a shawl.   A proof 
drawer is mostly 30cm * 30cm.   On the other hand is a shawl approximately

200cm long, here must you then also 200cm remain chain.

For me is the challenge larger.

It demands downright more of myself.

And final is that the ultimate seek.

You own strive, remain move standards and landlords.


2nd translation (http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt)

Explanation at my textile

Zoeken to structures and that this way strong possible try at is give an 
aspect which returns in already my work. Both in my textile if in my 
edelsmeedkunst is permanent zoeken it to form, colour, composition, 
structure, shade…


Techniques and acquired knowledge of different disciplines to fill proposal 
that.


The one medium completes the other in fact
Textile becomes still surplus as a area, 2-D event considered.  drawing on a 
subsoil, rather if a painter its canvas exploited.  Introduce of areas, flat 
characters on a flat whole. This therefore without really by pressing in the 
nature of textile, are  advancement of fibres.  For me textile a chain of 
fibres is. Fibres which certain cross-section, form, colour, and sense 
fragrance have. Those fibres form  the basis and that basis have therefore 
strong 3-dimensioneel a character. The seems me thus total sin that 3-D 
weave character, at knitting or to manipulate in a area 2-dimensional piece 
textile. The nature of my textile vision is game with that 3-D feeling and 
the to attempt emphasise in the final result, zoeken to ideal structure, 
such manipulating collar and screen for a piece on to obtain itself. Of 
there that I rather rapidly non-conventional inrijgpatronen will apply, does 
not want take into account the applying rules of floats, tie leathers, 
garendikte which you, however, and cannot  exploit at sister and such a tie. 
By against the rules of the applying textile entering bowl I free improbably 
very dense to stand at the old baroque and medieval tradition of textile. 
Also they had been strongly tended very for that 3-D feeling in their 
textile to reflect. Applying rules of cross-section and ties were that also 
something practically non-existent was. It gives a certain feeling me; of 
freedom and tevens of solidarity with secular textile tradition of our 
Western civilisation. A type of back to the roots feeling.
The reason why I work in scarfs is mainly because I certain frenzy has with 
scarfs. They captivate me immensely, the way your she can carry, winds, 
drapes on the body, has schier no to border. I attempt them this way

Re: [lace] Pop goes the weasel

[Malvary J Cole]

The meaning I had heard was that the weasel was a hat - made out of weasel 
rather than more expensive pelts, and to pop something is to pawn it.


So, when you think of the rhyme:

Up and down the city road  (i.e. strutting around in your finery with your 
posh hat on you head)

In and out of the Eagle (going into the pub for a drink or two)
That's the way the money goes (when you buy the drink or two)
Pop goes the weasel (you pawn the hat so you have more money)

But I like the other explanation too, especially if the spoked wheel came 
around and 'popped' you on the head if you weren't paying attention


Malvary in Ottawa 


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Re: [lace] hitches on the bobbin

[Malvary J Cole]

Wendy - I think from your description that you are doing two separate 
hitches on the bobbin, if so I can understand why it doesn't unroll easily.


Have you tried doing one hitch but with the thread going round the neck of 
the bobbin twice instead of once.  I do that sometimes with some stubborn 
threads that don't want to stay on the bobbin and with some bobbins that 
don't want to hang on to the thread properly although I'm gradually weaning 
those out of my collection.


Malvary in Ottawa. 


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Re: [lace] roller or block

[Malvary J Cole]

Both Carol and Clay mentioned 'fitting' the pattern round the roller.  May I 
suggest that when using a roller that you have the pattern larger than the 
roller.


If the pattern is fitted closely round the roller, then you are using the 
same pinholes on every rotation of the roller.  This is probably not too bit 
a problem with straw or similar type fillings, but with the proliferation of 
styrofoam type materials the pin holes will become very loose, very quickly.


By having the pattern larger than the roller you will be using a slightly 
different place on the roller with each rotation, thereby extending the life 
of the roller considerably.


Just another 2 cents worth.

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Re: [lace] roller or block

[Malvary J Cole]

Nancy wrote:  "I was going to buy a roller pillow but the man who owns
the site says that almost everyone uses block pillows instead.  Which is 
best?

Roller or block?"


The type of pillow really depends on what type of lace you make.

To help with your decision just remember that you can easily make lengths of 
lace on a block pillow, but it is much harder to make motif's, squares or 
shapes on a roller pillow.


If you will be making lots of lengths then a roller pillow can be a useful 
addition to your collection, especially as you already have four flat 
pillows.


Just my 2 cents worth.

Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada

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Re: [lace] OIDFA

[Malvary J Cole]

The word video is on the top edge of the page when it first opens - it is 
one of the tabs.


Malvary in Ottawa.


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No Sue, an English moment I think.

I couldn't find it either, then supper was ready and I decided that was 
more

important.

But Leonard never mentioned a red lace bra, or Het is niet sexy (whatever
that means).  I wonder why not.

Thanks Clay and Tamara, I'll try again

Jacquie in Linconshire

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lace@arachne.com

[Malvary J Cole]

Alice - one place you might want to research is Lace in Calais in northern 
France (one end of the chunnel).  They have a big manufactured lace 
industry - smuggled machines from Nottingham.


I haven't been to the Museum there, but do have a couple of pieces of lace 
from friends who live close by.


Malvary, back in Ottawa where it looks like a sunny day.

From: "Alice Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I had planned to make a quick trip via tunnel train from Brussels to 
London, and then tunnel train back to Paris.  It would be a bit expensive 
for just a couple days because the tunnel train is not part of the rail 
pass that I have, but V&A's lace collection is worth visiting (when open). 
 > So I'm exploring alternatives for those couple days alloted to London.

Alice


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Re: [lace] Malvary's Coloured Idrija

[Malvary J Cole]

Thanks for letting me see the finished lace.

Glad to know that one person at least, has finished their dolphin.  A couple 
of others who saw me on Sunday at Convention said they were up around the 
dorsal fin.


On Sunday, as I didn't have a class, I finished the one I had been doing at 
the lace-in (and which I forgot to bring to class).  I'm getting quite a 
school of them, so need to decide what to do with them all.


Thanks again

Malvary - back home in Ottawa to see the enormous snow banks (about 90cm of 
snow while I was in England) which are now melting well, temperature of +11c 
today and tomorrow.




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To: "Arachne Arachne" 
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 4:53 AM
Subject: [lace] Malvary's Coloured Idrija



Hello Spiders

Yesterday evening I completed the dolphin motif I started in Malvary's 
workshop at Lace Guild Convention and have just uploaded the pics to

http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/arachne/convention2008.htm
Thank you Malvary, it was a very enjoyable three hours.  I thought my
colours were all too similar whilst on the pillow but now it's off the
different sections show up much better.

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Re: [lace] Lacemaking in 'Larkrise to Candleford'

[Malvary J Cole]

Jenny wrote:   you can go to the BBC iPlayer and watch the episode online at 
your leisure

jenny barron Scotland

But only if you live in the UK.  Not available to outsiders.

Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's Capital), Canada  where we have had an 
absolutely lovely spring day and some of our enormous snow piles have been 
melting away (the pile from where my drive has been shovelled is a lot 
taller than I am)


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[lace] Surprise present

[Malvary J Cole]

When I went to my aquafit class today the instructor said, "I have something
for you".  She fished into her bag and gave me a small piece of Idrija lace
mounted on a piece of card complete in the original package from Slovenia.

Interesting that Idrija is my current interest.

Apparently she had the lace as a gift from someone who went to a meal at her
house.  The guest's husband had worked at the Cdn Embassy in Slovenia.

Malvary in Ottawa (the nation's capital), Canada

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Re: [lace] Lace making dome on ebay

[Malvary J Cole]

I think the picture is missing something - the square base doesn't seem to 
be there, unless the pattern is underneath (but it would nice if they showed 
it.  If the square base is separate with a 'lace pattern' on it, it reminds 
me of a butter dish.


Hard to tell, but nothing lace making related that I can think of.

Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada
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Laurie Waters wrote >>> Does anyone have any idea what this might be?  Ebay 
180208679588.  Doesn't look like it has anythig to do with lace, but I might 
be missing something.


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[lace] Help with old pricking

[Malvary J Cole]

I was able to purchase some very old parchment prickings and am now looking
for some suggestions on how to:

a) get out a fold; and

b) unroll two prickings which have been rolled up together very tightly.  I
have been able to unroll them part way, but am nervous to try to pull them
further in case I break them.  I realise that if I unwind and pin down as much
as I can easily, then perhaps I'll be able to gradually unwind more.

One of the rolled ones has a fabric end.

Has anyone had any experience in working with this type of pricking.

Thanks.

Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada, where we had snow today

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Re: [lace] Question of terminology

[Malvary J Cole]

It is a problem with many books and you need to check out what is being 
described as cloth stitch and whole stitch (or cs + twist or ws + twist).


When we first re-started the Canadian Lacemaker Gazette with the Ottawa Lace 
Guild there was a lot of discussion on this topic and how we were going to 
describe the various stitches.  It was decided that half stitch (CT), cloth 
stitch (CTC) and whole stitch (CTCT) would be the way that the stitches 
would be described.  I don't think the current board of the Gazette has 
changed that, but I'm sure Bev will let us know when she logs on later.


The 3 grounds are (in my mind at least) Torchon ground (half stitch, pin, 
half stitch); Dieppe ground (half stitch, pin, half stitch + twist); and 
Brussels ground (whole stitch, pin, whole stitch i.e. ctct pin ctct)


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nations Capital) where we are battening down for a 
mega storm with 55cm of snow (22 inches) 


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Re: [lace] To the lace makers.

[Malvary J Cole]

Cindy wrote : "I don't know why you would spend so much time doing that when 
you can go and buy lace for $! a yard at Walmart"


I had a similar instance to that one day when I was demonstrating.  One lady 
asked if I ever sell my lace and I said no because people don't want to pay 
what it is worth.  She asked how much I'd charge for the piece I had on the 
pillow.  I knew how long it had taken me as I'd been keeping a note of time 
spent.  I said how much an hour would she pay $45?  She said that was too 
high, I replied not if you are a plumber or a car mechanic, but ok we could 
go lower.  She finally decided that $5/hour was plenty.  The piece of lace 
(about 25 inches) was going to cost her over $200.  So she looked sadly at 
it and said that it was too expensive even at $5/hour.


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where it is snowing big fluffy snowflakes 


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Re: [lace] $65,000 Lace Fan

[Malvary J Cole]

My thoughts exactly - who cares about the gold and diamonds we want the 
lace!!!


Malvary in Ottawa

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Hi Jeri and everyone
Thankyou for the link!
The detailed photos of the decorations on the fan are excellent - but not
much about the lace? Anyone have any ideas about it (maker, designer, is 
it

silk?)



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Re: [lace] Sad news -

[Malvary J Cole]

Indeed, how sad.

I was using her little book on Cantu earlier this week as I have a student 
who has been working on a piece since last summer.


I remember taking a course with her at Ithaca and she made little boxes out 
of paper/light card, one for each student.


Malvary in Ottawa

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Re: [lace] Breaking threads

[Malvary J Cole]

Sometimes it is a question of the thread being too dry.  Depends on where it 
has been stored.  I remember my first Honiton course where someone's thread 
kept breaking.  She was asked to fetch her facecloth, wetted and wrung out 
as dry as she could, then lay it over her work.  She then went for a walk 
around the garden.  When she came back to continue working she had no more 
broken threads.


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada 


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Re: [lace] Postage costs - was Arachne pin badge

[Malvary J Cole]

Hi Jean and others - you can check out the rate that should have been 
charged for sending the parcel.  You would need to weigh the books and 
estimate the weight of the packing but you would definitely get an idea of 
how much you should have been charged.  You also have to take into account 
the size as it is also based on size as well as weight.


http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/offerings/lettermail/int/rates-e.asp

Interestingly, I made a baby blanket for my new great niece and took it to 
the post office to mail.  Needed to also buy a large bubble pack envelope to 
pack it into which I did.  Addressed the envelope, stuck down the flap, put 
on the return address and handed it to the clerk to weigh.  After various 
computations of weight and size he told me that it was too big to send!! 
Duh - it is in one of the Canada Post own brand envelope, so if you can't 
send things that big why do you sell envelopes that size?  Anyway, he folded 
over one end of the envelope and put tape right across it.  It cost me 
$31.00, so $48 for 4 small books sounds a bit high (actually sounds a lot 
high).


Malvary in Ottawa 


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Re: [lace] Cranford

[Malvary J Cole]

I hope it comes to Canada - probably will as we get a lot of BBC tv 
programming.


Cranford was the book I had to study for my final English Lit exams before I 
left school.  I remember the story about the cow.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada

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Re: [lace] Another eBay "thingy"

[Malvary J Cole]

When I looked at it the first thing that sprang to mind is the "do-hickey" 
(don't know its correct name) that is used in synagogues to follow the words 
of the Torah when you are reading.  Avital or Miriam might know, but we 
probably won't hear from them at the moment.


Probably isn't, but other than that I can't think of anything else.  I think 
it is very interesting.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's Capital), Canada

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I've just come across another of those odd things on eBay that makes me 
say, "Wha...?".  Item # 250185020238. 


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Re: [lace] Wendy Lawton Bobbin Lace

[Malvary J Cole]

And she can't even work on her lace with the bobbins hanging from the wrong 
side of the pillow, while she is waiting to be sold.


Malvary in Ottawa

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To: "arachne" 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Wendy Lawton Bobbin Lace



Someone would pay $850 - for a doll??
Sue
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Wendy Lawton's Bobbin Lace doll is up for sale on Ebay 260179193786



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Re: [lace] interesting pic of lacemakers on ebay 150175326927

[Malvary J Cole]

Interesting too, that they have shown the back of the photo which says quite 
clearly that it must not be sold.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's Capital), Canada

"Kate Henry" wrote  interesting pic of lacemakers on ebay 150175326927

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