RE: [lace] Santina M. Levey's Books - for Researchers (Long)

[Noelene Lafferty]

Thank you very much, Jeri, I will indeed print this out and store with my
copy of Santina's book.

Noelene at The Angle
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> 
> If you own any books by Levey, please print this *before it goes to
Arachne
>  Archives* and becomes difficult to read and the format changes, and then
> place  it in your Levey book(s) for future use.
> 

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RE: [lace] Wedding Hankie poem

[Noelene Lafferty]

It's just a square of fabric
Edged with lace that's made by hand
For the happy bride to carry
When she gets her wedding band.

But when the day is over,
Wash and fold with care
It can become a pretty bonnet
For a new born babe to wear.

Just turn one edge over
And gather fold so neat
Some ribbons on two corners
And the bonnet is complete


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> 
> Does anybody have a wedding hankie poem that starts with the Bride and
> then goes on to the Baby Bonnet (and hopefully back to the bride). I'm

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[lace] Threads for Cluny de Brioude dentelle polychrome

[Noelene Lafferty]

The Bord de mer patterns in Cluny de Brioude dentelle polychrome book call
for Soie d'Alger.   I assume this is the Au ver a Soie D'Alger in Threads
for lace, but if I try the Ganse princesse edge with an equivalent 22 wpc
thread, it looks far too thin.  Has anyone tried this pattern and can
recommend what thread to use please?

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[lace] My Lace Poetry

[Noelene Lafferty]

I have been asked for a copy of my lace poetry book by someone overseas.  It
is no longer available, so I have set up an Etsy shop where you can buy a
copy in PDF format and download it.   The shop is called NoelenesPoetry.

 

Noelene at The Angle

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[lace] Mounting on silk fabric

[Noelene Lafferty]

A friend of mine is seeking advice on how to mount some lace she has made on
to some fine silk fabric.   It was brought back from Japan for her, and the
giver says it is "vintage" silk offcut from a kimono.   It is 13" wide by
39" long.  The longer sides are woven and wont fray.  She wishes to sew her
lace, which she has made to the measurement, onto the shorter sides.

Can anyone suggest the best method of sewing her lace on to this flimsy silk
fabric?

Noelene at The Angle
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RE: [lace] Testing whether Italics will process on Arachne's Old Server

[Noelene Lafferty]

Your test here in Australia came through as with others, Jeri.  Punctuation
but no italics, or bold, or underline.

I would welcome a change to another email exchange base, as messages from
some members of Arachne get truncated as soon as they use an unusual
character like an apostrophe, and I have to go to our archive to read the
whole message.

I run a small email chat group, just for Australian lacemakers, through
Google Groups which is free, has no ads, does not generate any spam, and
allows the inclusion of formatted text but I don't believe it would be
possible to mass transfer 1,000 plus new members on to it.  And it does not
offer any support (being free), so there is no way I can enquire about this.

Noelene at The Angle
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RE: [lace] Beginners patterns

[Noelene Lafferty]

Alexandra's website is https://alexstillwell.wordpress.com/.   
The fish pattern, with full instructions, is under "PDF Help Files"

Noelene at The Angle
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> Hi all I remember a conversation a while ago about beginners patterns.
>  someone mentioned a website, I think, Alex Stillwell. I bookmarked it but
> when my computer crashed I lost everything and I can't now find it.
> 
> There was a  simple fish pattern

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[lace] New Book Bedfordshire Lace Designs

[Noelene Lafferty]

Jeri, thanks for your advice that a new book by Jana Novak is available.

I don't think I've seen mention of the new book by Louise West, Bedfordshire
Lace Designs.   I've just received my copy from the UK, and am delighted
with it.

To quote the forward, the designs in this book have been inspired by a range
of sources, some historical, others from plant life, and one from another
artist's paintings    The book is not aimed at the complete beginner to
lacemaking, but at the lacemaker who has some knowledge of Bedfordshire who
wants to work new patterns.

The book starts with a simple bookmark with full working instructions, and
progresses through a total of 25 various lovely patterns of increasing
difficulty until the final patterns are just the pricking and a photo of the
worked lace.

Author: Louise West
Title: Bedfordshire Lace Designs
Language: English
87 pages, soft card cover, 2017
19.95 UK Pnds.
ISBN 978 0 9957370 0 6

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[lace] French lace term Aponce

[Noelene Lafferty]

I thought I would share this with Arachne.

On page 14 of Cluny de Brioude by Fouriscot and Arpin (not the Cluny de
Brioude dentelle polychrome) is a phrase "Pour obtenir une belle aponce .."
and goes on to say don't make picots and substitute plaits for tallies.   My
Google Translate app failed to translate the noun "aponce", and no amount of
research helped - it led me down the track of "ponce" being related to
sandpaper and smoothing things.

I asked a French speaking friend for help, and through her French lacemaking
friends, she finally came up with a meaning.   It means a join, as in when
you join by overlapping your two pieces of lace and sewing them together.  I
was given a quote written by Michel Jourde in an old edition of La Dentelle
describing this technique.

Noelene at The Angle
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[lace] Translating lace books

[Noelene Lafferty]

I sent a message to Arachne yesterday, but it didn't show up on my computer,
so here it is again.  My apologies if it is a duplicate.

I recently discovered the free Google Translate app for android smart phones
and tablets.  

You set your languages (e.g. French to English), point the lens of your
phone or tablet at the printed text, press the camera button, and it
translates for you.   It can't understand lace terms, of course, that's
asking too much, but it does at least enable you to get the gist of the
text.

And I was pleased to discover it worked with Japanese, so I can finally read
the text in my Japanese bobbin lace book!.

Noelene at The Angle
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RE: [lace] La Dentelle Russe

[Noelene Lafferty]

I recently discovered the free Google Translate app for android smart phones 
and tablets.  

You set your languages (e.g. French to English), point the lens of your phone 
or tablet at the printed text, press the camera button, and it translates for 
you.   It can't understand lace terms, of course, that's asking too much, but 
it does at least enable you to get the gist of the text.

And I was pleased to discover it worked with Japanese, so I can finally read 
the text in my Japanese bobbin lace book!.

Noelene at The Angle
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RE: [lace] Books/ out of print books

[Noelene Lafferty]

In support of the Lace Guild's second hand books - even though I live on the
other side of the world, and am not a member of the UK Lace Guild,  I have
bought several books this way.

Noelene at The Angle
noel...@lafferty.com.au

> This is a blatant advertising email because we have boxes and boxes of
books
> which we would love to get out there in the wild again. If you are looking
for
> a particular book it would certainly be worth dropping the librarian an
email
> to see if she can help.
> 
> Clare, in wet and windy Portsmouth

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RE: [lace] Lace in India

[Noelene Lafferty]

I'd be interested to know if Sulachona is still lacemaking - she was the
inspiration for my "Peacocks and Rainbows" poem.

Noelene at The Angle
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> We did have an Indian lacemaker, Sulachona, on Arachne some years ago. I
> don't know if she is still around?
> 
> Jane Partridge

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RE: [lace] Seeking pattern

[Noelene Lafferty]

Source of the snowdrop pattern has been located - it is from a Kant
magazine, 2003/1

Noelene at The Angle
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> It is the snowdrop pattern my friend is seeking, and she has tried to
contact
> the blogger, without success.
> 

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RE: [lace] Seeking pattern

[Noelene Lafferty]

It is the snowdrop pattern my friend is seeking, and she has tried to
contact the blogger, without success.

Noelene at The Angle
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>  The Snowdrops patternB probably comes from the Lace Express. Not sure
> which issue, but will check tonight when I get home.Laura Sandison

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[lace] Seeking pattern

[Noelene Lafferty]

A friend of mine is seeking the source of a pattern at this blogspot:
http://artylady.blogspot.com.au/

Does anyone know where it comes from please?

Noelene at The Angle
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RE: [lace] Support pin in Binche cloth areas

[Noelene Lafferty]

I attended a class in Mechlin lace here in Australia several years ago, with
Ulrike Voelker.  She used fine insect pins as support pins, and even brought
some with her to sell to us.  

I learnt a lot in those classes about lacemaking, but never went on with
that type of lace.  But I still take out my samples sometimes and am in awe
of just how fine and delicate they are!   I should use them as encouragement
to try some Binche!

Noelene at The Angle
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 > I saw Jo's post on her Binche sampler and comment about tension problems
> in cloth areas because of no support pins

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RE: [lace] Dog pattern(s)

[Noelene Lafferty]

Michel Jourde also designed several dog heads:
http://mjourde.over-blog.com/page/14

Noelene at The Angle
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> I am looking for dog patterns in both lace and blackwork. If you know of
any
> then could you please let me know how to find it/them.
> 

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RE: [lace] "Antique Indian Plains Lace bobbins"

[Noelene Lafferty]

Here's a Tiny URL to Brian's link, which gets split into two lines by
Arachne and won't work that way:
http://tinyurl.com/h8tj3fc

There was an article in Piecework fairly recently about lacemaking being
taught to Native Americans in the past, but I can't lay my hands on my copy
at the moment.

Noelene at The Angle
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I have challenged the seller, but perhaps some of our American members can
tell me if the Colonial missionaries taught lace to the Plains Indians?

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RE: [lace] Pincushions - Styrofoam vs. Sawdust Fillings

[Noelene Lafferty]

Someone gave me a bag of the beads they use to stuff dolls to use in a
pincushion.  I found they worked very well.  I've had the same pincushion in
use for over 10 years, it has never altered shape, holds the pins well, no
sign of corrosion in some brass pins that have been in there for ages (I now
use stainless steel).  And is quite weighty, so it sits on my pillow without
bouncing off.

Noelene
noel...@lafferty.com.au

New Year's Resolution:  Make a pincushion for a friend?
 

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RE: [lace] Lace-related Treasures for Day Dreamers

[Noelene Lafferty]

Jeri, what a lovely, cheering thought for those alone on Christmas Day.  I'm
not alone, but dealing with some family medical problems, and these
confections brightened my day.   I'm quoting the entire message below so
those on Arachne who don't get your messages can see it too.

Noelene

-Original Message-
From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
jeria...@aol.com
Sent: Monday, 26 December 2016 2:36 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Lace-related Treasures for Day Dreamers

This note is especially for lacemakers who may be alone this  Christmas Day:
 
The January/February 2017 "Victoria" magazine shows a SweetMarveLace  lace
doily in a lovely photo on page 20.  
 
A name search came up with this address:
 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetMarveLace
 
For Canadians, the above did not show, but the search brought up  another
address for lace maple leafs from this company:
 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/186431558/12-sugar-doilies-25-edible-maple-leaf
 
The promotional description suggests these confections can  also be used to
decorate cakes.  They are expensive, but if you  are treating a very dear
lace friend or friends, how lovely.
 
"Victoria" is a lifestyle magazine for those with daydreams  and money to
spend on a luxurious way of life.  I regard it as being  promotional news.  
Laces often appear in various features, and can  inspire you.  Perhaps they
will lead to developing a program for your  lace group.  I hope that people
around the world are able to access the  "Victoria" web site:
 
_www.victoriamag.com_ (http://www.victoriamag.com)  
 
You do not have to subscribe to the on-line site to read  it.  Read the
Privacy Policy at the bottom of the page.  I am Not  Subscribed, and can
still read it.
 
I buy the ($5) magazine at the book store 6 times per year (for  privacy and
to stay off any shared lists), and have put the _www.victoriamag.com_
(http://www.victoriamag.com)  reminder on my  calendar for January, March,
May, July, September, November.  This way, I  can read what is on line and
maintain privacy.
 
Wishing all Lace Friends around the world the blessing of  a Peaceful and
Happy New Year,
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center 

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RE: [lace] New Lace Museum in Detroit Michigan USA - please repost

[Noelene Lafferty]

I am leaving Jeri's message attached to this, so those who do not receive
her emails can read about this.

Thank you for reporting this, Jeri.  It's knowledge like this that makes
those fortunate enough to travel make specific plans so they can visit
places like this.

Noelene near Canberra, Australia
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Sent: Friday, 16 December 2016 6:14 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Cc: k...@wirelace.net; j...@jeanleader.net; spind...@gmail.com;
jeria...@aol.com
Subject: [lace] New Lace Museum in Detroit Michigan USA - please repost

We exist to quickly present news of importance to the international lace
community.  Why has no Arachne member written about this new lace museum
that opened less than a month ago?
 
I am half a continent away, there are lace experts closer to it, and I am
the first to find it while doing a search for something else?  Or, in a
reversal of faulty mail reception, has someone written, but the news not
come to me?
 
Would someone or a lace group in the Detroit Area please  physically visit
this museum, write a report to us, and find out if IOLI is  writing about
this new member?  IOLI is mentioned at the bottom of the  new museum's
website:
 
_www.thelacemuseumllc.com/_ (http://www.thelacemuseumllc.com/) 
 
This museum's name is close to the name of The Lace Museum in Sunnyvale
California.
 
About 20 years ago, Lace Fairy was developing as the first virtual lace  
museum in the U.S., with my support.   
 
The name Lori Howe wanted to use was Lace Museum.  I suggested not  trying
to compete with an existing museum, even if the management of that museum
was slow to present itself to people who owned computers.  Now, we
Americans have a welcome mid-western lace facility, with very  little in the
name to differentiate it. 
 
The Sunnyvale museum's address is: 
 
_www.thelacemuseum.org/_ (http://www.thelacemuseum.org/) 
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
 
The  Lace Museum, Detroit:  Proud  Member of Michigan Museums Association
and International  Organization  of Lace, Inc.

www.thelacemuseumllc.com   Curator:  Mary Gen Salmon  PH.  937. 681.7219 he 
Lace  Museum, Detroit:  Proud  Member of Michigan Museums Association and
International  Organization  of Lace, Inc.

www.thelacemuseumllc.com   Curator:  Mary Gen Salmon  PH.  937. 681.7219 
The Lace  Museum, Detroit:  Proud  Member of Michigan Museums Association
and International  The  Lace Museum, Detroit:  Proud  Member of Michigan
Museums Association and International  Organization  of Lace, Inc.

www.thelacemuseumllc.com   Curator:  Mary Gen Salmon  PH.  937. 681.7219The 
 Lace Museum, Detroit:  Proud  Member of Michigan Museums Association and
International  Organization  of Lace, Inc.

www.thelacemuseumllc.com   Curator:  Mary Gen Salmon  PH.  937.  
681.7219Organization  of Lace,  Inc.

www.thelacemuseumllc.com   Curator:  Mary Gen Salmon  PH.  937. 681.7219

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[lace] Christmas Card Exchange

[Noelene Lafferty]

Postman brought me my card and beautiful, dainty snowflake mounted on red to
show it off, from Mina in Slovenia.

 

Thank you Mina, it is beautiful!

 

Noelene at The Angle

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[lace] Christmas Card Exchange

[Noelene Lafferty]

I received a beautiful card from Daphne in Norwich, UK today, with a lovely
ornament for our tree to her own design.   

 

Thank you, Daphne.   I posted mine last Monday, I hope they reach their
destinations soon.

 

Noelene at The Angle

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RE: [lace] Olympic Tribute to Lace

[Noelene Lafferty]

There's a video clip on it on an Australian Yahoo news site, Here's a Tiny
Url of it http://tinyurl.com/zeszpkg.   It's about 7 or 8 pictures down from
the top.   I don't know how long it will be there for.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW

Did you see the closing ceremony with the tribute to bobbin lace?B  What a
surprise!B  And so lovely.B  I would have liked to have seen the working
side of the pillow to see if there were really bobbins on it, or just the
finished piece of lace.B  Probably just the lace.
Do we have any List members in Brazil?
Alice in Oregon -- 

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RE: [lace] pictures from OIDFA Congress in Slovenia

[Noelene Lafferty]

Thanks for that Arlene.   As Arachne splits the long link into two lines,
here's a Tiny URL to the google site:
http://tinyurl.com/zyqnkfc
Noelene at The Angle

Here is a link to a photo album that shows all the country stands and, I
believe, the individual contest entries, as well as some other displays. B I
think I read somewhere that Russian won the award for best country stand.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNrVsdlhD5JrvNVg1W3_L8A3e07HfZcHiWHAj2g
h
V3w3yZQhAsxRC1w7y8VEfAZ5w?key=bkYtck80QkhnNDRmdDFvT1FNM1pkdzU3YjUzNTZB

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[lace] Lacemakers' Hands

[Noelene Lafferty]

Yvette Slabbert in New Zealand has a wonderful blog size with some really
good articles about lacemaking:  https://letslace.com/.

Her latest project is to document pictures of lacemakers'  hands making lace
- see her blog site for more details.   

So I wrote her a poem to go with the display:

Hands above the bobbins
Hands with bobbins held
Move with speed to place a pin
Move slow to tension thread

Old hands, young hands
Hands both dark and fair
Hands young and plump with gift of youth
Hands lined with time and care.

Some with rings or bracelets hung
And nails of polish bright
Others show the scars of time
In the lamp's exposing light

But underneath's the product fine
With twisted thread in place
A joy to work, a joy to see
The delight of making lace.

Noelene at The Angle
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RE: [lace] Re: Lazy Loops

[Noelene Lafferty]

When I have a lot of magic threads at the beginning of a piece, I make them
quite long, and plait them together, in a couple of groups.  I also knot the
raw ends together.   I then pin all the ends together through the loops with
one safety pin.   When I finally finish the piece, I undo each plait in turn
to use the threads to finish off.  Keeps them tidy.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW
noel...@lafferty.com.au

Rats! I wish there *were* a Lazy Loop - I'm lazy! With Magic Threads I find
I have to move the threads and their supporting pins at least once during
the work. Is there a way to avoid that?

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RE: [lace] need help with one-liner

[Noelene Lafferty]

I've gots lots of longer poems, Sharon, but this might be short enough for
you

Peacocks and Rainbows

Some people knit wool into blankets.
Some crochet with treble and chain.
Some people cut lovely new fabric
Just to sew it together again.

But me, I like to use bobbins
And weave patterns in thread without fear.
And if someone should say it's so useless
So are peacocks and rainbows, my dear.

.....Noelene Lafferty
   The Angle, NSW, Australia
noel...@lafferty.com.au.

I really need help with finding a new humorous one or two liner or maybe a
short poem concerning lace makers for an upcoming project I have in mind for
a friend who could really do with a lift.  We all know the one about lace
makers do it on pillows.  Is there anything different? Thanks.  Sharon

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RE: [lace] Biggins / Presencia

[Noelene Lafferty]

Thanks for re-quoting Brenda's message, Clay.   Brenda's emails are amongst 
those that get cut off for me as soon as something like an apostrophe is used.

It is indeed very sad news that Presencia Span are insolvent and we may soon 
have to do without their wonderful Finca thread, and a great shame for sellers 
like the Bigginses that they too have to go out of business.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW
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RE: [lace] Please don't use the lace@dont.panix address!

[Noelene Lafferty]

I would like to second Jeri on this.  Sometimes members post to Arachne
using software that doesn't send in plain text, and I get messages cut short
- usually it is as soon as someone uses an apostrophe, then the rest of the
message is missing.   The only way I can read the message is to go to the
Arachne archives, and if the don't.panix address has been used, then the
message is not there.

Best wishes for a very happy 2016 to all, full of lacemaking joys.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW, Australia
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RE: [lace] Christmas Ornaments and Decorating for One

[Noelene Lafferty]

Jeri, thank you for your heartfelt Christmas message.

And our list has been quiet of late - a real shame, as the informative
exchanges that take place here were of enormous benefit to me when I first
started lace - what was it? - over 14 years ago.  

And I'm sure Arachne has been of great help to many alone, or in isolated
places, in keeping contact with the lace world.

Facebook seems to have taken over of late, but that method of communication
leaves a lot to be desired for me.

Jeri, your Christmas tree, and in particular the lacis box sounds wonderful.

My Christmas present was a copy of Lace by Santina Levey, and I look forward
to many hours of enjoyment with it.  

Seasons greetings to all, may 2016 be a year of lace related challenges and
triumphs.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW, Australia
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For those lacemakers who are alone today, Merry Christmas:   

Our lace community has become rather quiet, and so this moment to thank a
couple of our members.
 

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RE: [lace] Christmas bobbins

[Noelene Lafferty]

Why I Like to Make Lace
By Noelene Lafferty

In today's busy world
Where life is one rush
And it seems to me speed is the norm -
When people can't stop
To hear a bird sing
Or thrill to a thundery storm -

In a quiet little nook
Just my own little space
I like to make time that's just mine -
With pillow and thread
And pattern all pricked
And bobbins all neatly in line.

There's something so good
To place thread over thread
And slowly see lines making sense
To cross and to twist
And to put up a pin
And forget all about feeling tense.

So when pressure is on
I retire from the world
Leaving troubles behind in my wake
To create something of beauty
So calming and quiet
And marvel at what I can make.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW, Australia


  Also, does lacemaking fill an emotional need for you like it does for me?

Vickie in Va.

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RE: [lace] Book by Ulrike Lohr

[Noelene Lafferty]

Barjac Ombree?  Available from Barbara Fay books in Germany.

Noelene
The Angle, NSW, Australia

I wonder if anybody could give me the name of a book.  It is a book by
Ulrike Lohr and it is about a lace she discovered that was only made around
one town in France.  It is a point ground lace with delicate motifs
surrounded by a prominent gimp. The book's title is the name of the lace and
as far as I can remember it stats with Bal.!  

 

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RE: [lace] Re: 3D printers - out of date books

[Noelene Lafferty]

The Hornsby plastic bobbins were in a class of their own, far superior to
any other plastics I've ever seen.   I've still got a lot of them in use on
my pillow/s.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW
noel...@lafferty.com.au

Nothing new under the sun.  DJ Hornsby were selling plastic bobbins based on
their hand turned ones back in 1988 when I started.  They marketed them for
people who wanted a lighter bobbin as there were a similar price back then.

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[lace] Holly Van Sciver's website

[Noelene Lafferty]

I can't seem to connect to Holly Van Sciver's website.  Says it's not
available.  Do others have the same problem!

 

Noelene at The Angle, NSW

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RE: [lace] Undelivered Arachne Mail / Archives

[Noelene Lafferty]

Many thanks Amanda for the explanation of why certain messages go missing.
We have a similar problem with another chat group I belong to, and I will
pass this on to those who are affected.

My biggest problem with Arachne (I use Explorer, but nothing goes into Spam
and I don't miss any messages) is that many messages get truncated, it seems
to be as soon as the sender uses some form of punctuation other than a full
stop or comma.   If the subject is interesting (like yours Alex recently on
Bucks picots!), I immediately go over to my internet where I have a direct
link to the Arachne archives as a bookmark on my top bar, and read the
message there.

As you say, these mailing lists are a tiny and shrinking part of the
internet, and it's not likely that this could ever be fixed, so I've had to
find my own way round the problem.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW
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Hi!  It's your friendly local (...ok, Philadelphia-based) lace-making
systems administrator.  I think I can tell you what's going wrong.

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[lace] Updates

[Noelene Lafferty]

I concur, Alex, long may Arachne continue.   Some days there are very few
messages, but when real information is available, or help needed, we're all
here ready to respond.

 

My latest "discovery" involves a large half stitch fan in a pattern in
Ulrike Voelker's "Master Torchon".   It is supposed to be a French fan, with
the workers looping around a final passive pair, but this doesn't work well
for me, it's never a smooth inner curve.   So for the final stitch at the
pivot point, I've used the "turning stitch" of CTTCT (the final twist
because it's half stitch), and pin back both pairs.  Each time I get to the
inner pivot point, I use the same pin, just taking it out and replacing it.
It has worked beautifully, I now have a half stitch fan with a lovely smooth
inner curve.

 

Noelene at The Angle, NSW

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RE: [lace] Copying a brown pattern-clear contact paper

[Noelene Lafferty]

Agree, Devon and Lyn in Lancaster.  I'd rather search for exotic threads and
bobbins. 

I like the light blue, and use a Powder Blue soft card which is 130 GSM.  It
cost me $A4.50 for a pack of 50 sheets and I cover it with clear contact
paper - just the cheap stuff from the supermarket or hardware store, and
rough it up a little with a pot scrubber (kept especially for the purpose,
of course!).

Noelene at The Angle, NSW
noel...@lafferty.com.au


A few years ago I bought a ream of red thick paper, I think 24 pound paper. 

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RE: [lace] teaching

[Noelene Lafferty]

Thanks for that line "Teaching is teaching" Alex, it prompted me to start
writing again.

Teaching Lacemaking.

Teaching is just teaching
Whatever subject might be sought
But if you become a teacher
By your pupils you'll be taught.

Take the task of teaching
Lacemaking from the start
You'll find yourself presented
With new ideas to take to heart.

"Why are there two twists there?
Why can't you work uphill?
Why don't my pairs remain the same?
Why is my fan a frill?"

So then you have to puzzle
Work out the reason why.
And not just do it without thought
'Cause it's pleasing to the eye.

And the pleasure gained in teaching
Passing on this noble art
Is worth the time and effort
And gladdens every heart.

Noelene at The Angle
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Teaching is teaching, whatever the subject. .
Happy lacemaking and teaching
Alex

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RE: [lace] Lace Police

[Noelene Lafferty]

Me too.All you need to do is take a plain Birch bobbin, inscribe it with
the words with a fine marking pen, and then give it a couple of coats of
clear nail lacquer.I have a couple that say "So much thread, so little
time" I made myself, as well as a couple to commemorate workshops.

Stick on nail transfers make good decorations with a coat of nail polish,
too.

Noelene at The Angle
noel...@lafferty.com.au

 [snip]Incidentally just last week I caught one of my students using a
bobbin with the inscription YOU CAN FUDGE IT AS LONG AS TEACHER DOESN T SEE.
Guess where she heard that? I must get one.[snip]
Wow !  I want one like that, too.
When you find out the source, please let us all know.
Linda (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.).

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[lace] Lace Police

[Noelene Lafferty]

Will this do?

The world is full of rules and laws
Controlling all we do.
We must do this, we can't do that
Our freedoms are so few.

But when it comes to making lace
There's guidelines there, not laws.
We don't need fussy Lace Police
"You can't do that, because ."

So if you make your lace for joy
Just pleasure in the making
Then thumb your nose at Lace Police
It's not YOUR rules you're breaking.


Noelene at The Angle
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RE: [lace] Metallic threads

[Noelene Lafferty]

How about lining it with a silk-like fabric, Janice?

And there's got to be a poem about lace police and lace snobs lurking in my
head somewhere!

Noelene at The Angle
Where the weather has decided to bypass Autumn and go straight to winter
noel...@lafferty.com.au


I used a metallic thread in a bobbin lace shawl and I found it very scratchy
when I wore it that it now languishes in a drawer. B Just a word of warning.
JaniceB Janice Blair

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RE: [lace] Re: Contemporary Lace Workshop

[Noelene Lafferty]

I looked up Laura Friesel, and found her website: Laura Friesel,
http://laurafriesel.com/

Wonderful work, thanks for letting us know of her Tina.

Noelene
noel...@lafferty.com.au

I recently had the opportunity to take a Contemporary Lace workshop with
Laura Friesel. B Many of you may have seen her work at lace events or
exhibitions, she is now sharing her techniques and tips in workshops. B She
covered sources of design ideas, ground/stitch and color selection, mounting
and much more. B It was a fun and engaging workshop and she opened up new
areas of exploration in lace. B You might want to keep an eye out for this
exciting artist and lace teacher .

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[lace] Arachne Commems

[Noelene Lafferty]

Thanks to all who have replied to me, letting us know an idea of how many
bobbins/shuttles might be involved.   The response has been great!

 

It's just a shame that all those lacemakers don't contribute every now and
then with an email to Arachne, sharing their latest project, or a workshop
experience, or a new book discovered.

 

Noelene at The Angle
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[lace] Arachne 20th Anniversary Commemoratives

[Noelene Lafferty]

Just to let Arachne-ites know - we managed to form a small international
committee, and have approached a couple of suppliers in order to be able to
have commemorative bobbins (of different sorts) and tatting shuttles.
This process is now underway, and we will let you know when a decision is
made, and how to order.   The plan is that everyone will order direct from
the supplier, and pay them direct.

To get an approximate idea of numbers required, would anyone who thinks they
might like a bobbin or more, and/or a shuttle, please email me direct at
noel...@lafferty.com.au and advise how many they think they might like.
This will definitely NOT be committing to an order, we just want an idea of
numbers involved.  Please do not send your email to the list, send it to us
direct c/o me at noelene at lafferty dot  com dot au.  I'm repeating the
address this way in case the digest deletes the email address, like the
Archive of messages does.

Noelene, Janet, Antje, Helen and Avital
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RE: [lace] Arachne Commemoratives

[Noelene Lafferty]

Such a good thought to plan this a year ahead, Jeri.

In my mind we need a single supplier who will
(1) supply both midlands, continentals and squares,
(2) also supply shuttles,
(3) someone who accepts credit cards or PayPal, and
(4) who would be willing to post out individual parcels world wide
themselves, with everyone ordering direct from that supplier.
(5) Those wanting commens would have to commit to an order say 4 or 5 months
in advance so that the supplier could know what quantity to make.

Postal charges are now so horrendous for international (and local) postage,
that anyone ordering would have to accept the cost involved, but this would
be a very special occasion.   I would dearly love to have a bobbin (or two)
to celebrate 20 years of Arachne.  I think I already have most other commems
issued.

I was the Australian agent for a batch of Arachne commems once; I also
organised a similar issue of commems locally recently, and I've learnt a lot
of lessons from both experiences.   Sending a large parcel of bobbins in
bulk to another country often attracts import duty, which complicates things
no end.  And means an awful lot of work for the organiser re-posting,
whereas a supplier is usually set up to post out world-wide.

I'm willing to act as an Australian rep in a discussion committee along
these lines.  Anyone from other countries interested in forming a committee
to discuss this, please email me direct at the address below.  I am retired,
am not in the best of health so don't travel much, and therefore have some
time to spare for this, as long as it doesn't interfere with my lacemaking
time!

Noelene at The Angle.
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RE: [lace] Commemoratives

[Noelene Lafferty]

Does anyone know what date is our 20th anniversary?

Might I suggest Chris Parsons in the UK be approached to do a commemorative
bobbin, and we could all purchase direct from him?  He did a beautiful one
for us before.

I love coming across my commem bobbins as I work.

I'm never alone when I sit at my lace
Every bobbin I own is a friend
And brings back to my mind some special time
When over my pillow I bend.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW
noel...@lafferty.com.au

I'm with Liz, would love to add a commerative Arachne bobbin to my pillow.
But really wouldn't know where to begin to actually get something like this
organized.

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RE: [lace] The "new" bobbin.

[Noelene Lafferty]

I'll bite, Brian - what's a Noquette please?

Noelene
noel...@lafferty.com.au

Re the exposed piece of thread.  Time to re invent the Noquette to keep it
covered.
Brian

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RE: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

[Noelene Lafferty]

There is still something in our mailing system truncating some messages
coming to me via lace@arachne.com.  

All I received of Ruth's message just sent was a "b" in the body of the
message, so I looked it up in the archives, and as the subject is so
interesting, thought I would pass it on here in plain text so others that
this happens to might read it.I've never seen bobbins like this before,
Ruth, and they are very interesting.  It would be good to hear from anyone
who has used them.

Ruth's message read:
I am shamelessly copying this link from a Facebook site of which I am a
member:  http://madentelle.blog4ever.com/ma-dentelle-chantilly-avance. 
Have a look at the unusual bobbins in the first and especially the third
photo.

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.

I am intrigued!  Has anyone used this type of bobbin?  I am wondering if
this could be the biggest development in bobbin design since... well, since
forever.


Ruth Johnson
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Earl & Ruth Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 2015 7:46 AM
To: Lace Lace
Subject: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

b

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RE: [lace] Cataloguing lace books

[Noelene Lafferty]

The capacity of the program is only limited to the size of your storage,
Jeri.  And I've been using it for several years now, ever since I first got
a "smart phone".  It's certainly not some "fly by night" program.  

A reminder to anyone using the program - if you update your version of the
program, remember to backup your bookshelves to Archive first, then import
the bookshelves back into the program when the backup is up and running.

Your books can be synchronized between your smart phone and your tablet/s
via Goodreads (another free program).  You can export to, and import from, a
CSV file ("comma separated values") which can in turn be imported into
several different types of programs.

You can have multiple "bookshelves", each containing the books of your
choice.  Mine has never graduated to anything but lace books, but I really
must get down to creating bookshelves specifically for bobbin lace, tatting,
needlelace, etc.

And as Shirley has so joyfully discovered, yes you can make a record on an
entry to show who has borrowed that particular book!  Good work, Shirley!

You can read more about it at http://tinyurl.com/b5lh98x.

Noelene at The Angle.
noel...@lafferty.com.au


A nice solution to a book collector's needs.  Is there a maximum  capacity?
 I mean, did Evan Leybourn make an app for cataloguing thousands  of books?
 And, how many years will the app be operable for  users?  (Such things have
a way of losing support over the passage of  time.)

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[lace] Cataloguing lace books

[Noelene Lafferty]

Seeing some members of Arachne send messages on their smart phones/tablets
(many of which get cut off when I receive them after the first apostrophe,
so I have to go to the archives to read the full message), I thought I’d
share a book cataloguing App I found on Play Store.  All you do is start
the app, point the camera lens of your smart phone at the barcode, and hey
presto, the full details of the book including a cover picture is stored. 
It’s a free app, just called “Book Catalogue” by Evan Leybourn, available
from the Google Play Store.  And if for some reason the cover picture isn’t
available in the data downloaded, you can take your own picture of the
cover.    If there’s no barcode, (like the UK Lace Guild booklets) you can
key in an ISBN number, or if there’s no number, key in the data yourself.  I
love it!

It works on my tablet as well, and the data is synchronised between my phone
and my two tablets.  The only drawback is that the camera lens in my 7 inch
tablet does not recognise the barcodes, so I always use the phone to
actually enter the book into the catalogue.

As an avid collector of lace books, I've found this app a great way to have
a full catalogue of what I own.

Noelene at The Angle
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RE: [lace] mathematics and lace

[Noelene Lafferty]

Tiny Url of site is http://tinyurl.com/pe778h8
Noelene at The Angle
noel...@lafferty.com.au

For more on Veronika Irvine's work on computer generated grounds, based on
math, see
http://laceioli.ning.com/group/contemporary-bobbin-lace/forum/topics/designi
n
g-new-bobbin-lace-stitches?commentId=6475898%3AComment%3A42281&groupId=64758
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RE: [lace] Thread management/organisation

[Noelene Lafferty]

Leftovers.

The lacework now is finished,
The piece is on display.
But now the bobbins in the box
Have thread too good to throw away.

It seems a crime to throw it out
Could it make another mat?
But no, I know I'd then run short
There's not enough for that.

So then I got to thinking
I guess I'm no spring chicken
My time to lace is precious now
So use it while I'm still kicking!

So thread gets stripped and thrown away
It gets chucked in the bin
And I can wind with conscience clear
And make lace with a grin.

Noelene at The Angle, NSW
noel...@lafferty.com.au

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

Karen in Malta

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RE: [lace] Pattern suggestions wanted

[Noelene Lafferty]

Beth, there's an email address on Michael Jourde's blogsite.  If you write to 
that, his children who still run the site will send you a catalogue.   I 
translated my email into French first using on line G**gle Translate, but I'm 
sure writing in English would be OK.

Noelene at The Angle
noel...@lafferty.com.au

(and if anyone can tell me where to see more of Michel Jourde's patterns and 
how to order them - all I have is the link for his blog, doesn't really help 
with seeing what's available to order...)

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[lace] Season's Greetings

[Noelene Lafferty]

Especially at Christmas,
Here's a greeting that brings
A whole lot of wishes
For life's nicest things-

May your lace give you pleasure
May your pins never bend
May the thread on your bobbins
Last right to the end.

May there always be prickings
And bobbins galore
And lacemaking friends
Coming in your front door.

And then through the New Year
May the same things hold true
So that each day is filled
With life's best things for you!

I wrote this several years ago now, and it's been a Christmas tradition of
mine to send it to Arachne each Christmas.

And a reminder that the Arachne Christmas Card exchange can be seen at 
http://www.brandis.com.au/arachne/2014/index.html

Merry Christmas, fellow lacemakers!

Noelene at  The Angle, NSW
(formerly of Cooma, NSW)
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[lace] Christmas Card

[Noelene Lafferty]

I've received a lovely Christmas card from Laura in Albuquerque, with a
lacey ornament for my tree. 

 

I've scanned it and sent a picture to Jenny in Kununurra for the Arachne
2014 Christmas card page.

 

Thank you Laura.

 

Noelene at The Angle

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[lace] Retirement

[Noelene Lafferty]

Retirement.

They all promised me
when retirement was due,
I'd be doing so much with my lace.
I'd have oodles of time
To plan and create,
And have projects all over the place.

But then the day came,
And I planned to sit down
With all of that thread that I'd bought.
With pins and my pillows
And bobbins galore
And great piles of books just to sort.

But where does the time go?
I really can't say<
The days seem to disappear fast.
As the days now fly by
I seem to do LESS
Just where did I find time in the past!

Noelene
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RE: [lace] bobbin weight

[Noelene Lafferty]

Sorry to disappoint, Liz R and lrb , but that's an oldie and in my lace
poetry book.  (I've got a large stack of these recently printed if anyone is
looking for a copy).

But the muse is stirring again, and I'll post the new one in a separate
email.

...Noelene
noel...@lafferty.com.au

Hurray!  I am so glad the muse has struck again!
Liz R, Raleigh, NC

> The Torchon Tug
> 
> The Torchon Tug is an awesome force
> To keep all those passives in line.

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RE: [lace] bobbin weight

[Noelene Lafferty]

The Torchon Tug

The Torchon Tug is an awesome force
To keep all those passives in line.
If they start in to waiver all over the place
Just give them a tug and they're fine.

A Point Ground Pull is a different affair.
The thread is so fragile and thin.
A Torchon Tug here would wreak havoc galore
And probably pop out a pin.

And Bedfordshire lace is a class on its own
With techniques to avoid any grief
Give a good Torchon Tug to tighten a trail
But watch out when making a leaf.

'Cause a leaf in this lace needs the greatest of care
In keeping the tension just right.
The first thousand leaves are the worst I am told
And I only make two in a night!

...Noelene
noel...@lafferty.com.au

Lyn
I think some tensioning is always necessary, regardless of bobbin weight
relative to thread size. I just do it differently. For fine thread laces it
is enough to just stroke the bobbins in a downward direction, like petting
them.
For thicker threads, especially thicker linens, actually tugging on each
pair relative to every other is necessary.
Lorelei

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RE: [lace] lace photos

[Noelene Lafferty]

Plain text on Arachne splits a long link into two lines, which won't work
without editing, so I've translated it to a Tiny URL:
http://tinyurl.com/koz3q5q

Noelene

 Maria Bissacco has posted 137 photos from the Peniche 2014 lace day. I hope
you can see these, even if you don't have a facebook account.
https://www.facebook.com/maria.bissacco.16/media_set?set=a.741237575939495.1
0
73741848.11597776960&type=3

Lorelei

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RE: [lace] 2. Ann Bernard's Blog (Jeri's Comments) Long

[Noelene Lafferty]

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra own one of the Nottingham Lace
Panels.It is not on public display at the moment, but their database
reference to it contains a good deal of interesting information.
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RELAWM32146/

My favourite picture of a lacemaker at work is also held by the AWM in
Canberra:  http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/ART02909/. 

They hold a number of lace related items, including a "French style lace
pillow" http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/REL35910/

...Noelene
noel...@lafferty.com.au

Lace  guild bulletins and personal letters have come to me from
time-to-time, telling of additional locations, as  the lace community tries
to recapture history.  One letter  from Devon Thein to the New England Lace
Group suggested there is a copy in the  U.S. - in the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, donated in 2007.  She received  this information from Brian Lemin in
Australia. 
However, the http address  provided failed for me today.  There is at least
one member  of the New England Lace Group who could confirm this location,
if she would come  out of lurking.
 

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RE: [lace] re: some Michel Jourde patterns:

[Noelene Lafferty]

I used Google Translate to read the late Michael Jourde's blog site, and
spend many happy times browsing through the gallery there of wonderful
completed designs.

There is a catalogue available, and as Sue from France says, his children
are continuing the sale of his designs.   I sent my condolences to the
family through the website (again, using Google Translate to compose my
message in French before sending), and enquired if patterns were still for
sale, to which they replied yes, and that they do accept PayPal.

But as Sue says, I think they will time to organise.

Noelene near Canberra, Australia
noel...@lafferty.com.au.

His children are continuing the sale of his designs, but I think
they will need time to organize - they have their own lives. I doubt if
Michel Jourde sold abroad, apart from Lace Express and it's an entirely
different kettle of fish.  I'll let you all know if I find anything.
Sue, from France

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RE: [lace] iPhone Case Antique Lace iPhone 5S Case by JoyMerrymanStore

[Noelene Lafferty]

Thanks for the URL Jeanette.
What amused me was the comment on the site:
"No actual lace was harmed in the making of this case".

Noelene, near Canberra
noel...@lafferty.com.au

Here is the tiny URL - it is something special - the case I mean!
http://tinyurl.com/qexz4cx

Jeanette Fischer
South Africa

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[lace] Noelene's poetry

[Noelene Lafferty]

I've just heard that an Australian visiting the upcoming IOLI meeting in the
USA is able to take 20 of my poetry books with her in her suitcase.

 

As yet, I don't know how they will be sold there, but if you are interested,
keep an eye out for them!

 

Noelene at The Angle

With my new email address now working with Arachne.

noel...@lafferty.com.au

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RE: [lace] Noelene's Poems

[Noelene Lafferty]

Sorry, my books won't be available at the IOLI convention, freight to the US
would be prohibitive.   I only updated the original booklet and had some
printed for the OIDFA congress in Adelaide this year, and sadly, they didn't
sell well, so I definitely don't want the additional expense of posting them
overseas.

The new booklet is some 20 sheets of A5 paper, printed both sides, with a
card back, clear plastic front and wire spiral bound.  I'll make enquiries
at the Post Office next time I'm in town to see what they would cost to post
overseas, but that won't be until much later this week - we now live some 20
minutes drive out of the southern outskirts of Canberra on 9 hectares of
Australian bush, and fulfilling overseas people's ideas of Australian life
by having kangaroos and wallabies hopping wild in our front and back yard!

Noelene at The Angle
noel...@ozemail.com.au

I have received an email from a UK  lacemaker who has kindly offered to buy
a copy of Noelene's Poems for me but we are wondering if it will be
available at the IOLI Convention this month in the US or whether I've got it
wrong and that it will be available at the OIDFA Convention in Australia,
also taking place this month?  Noelene is Australian so maybe I've got it
wrong!  However, I do seem to recall Holly Van Sciver being mentioned with
regard to having copies for sale.  Can anyone else recall any US lace
vendors being mentioned?

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[lace] Bedfordshire

[Noelene Lafferty]

I think I've found a printing error in Pamela Nottingham's "Bedfordshire
Lace Making".  My edition is a hard cover, 1992.

 

On page 11 is a diagram of how to do a leaf.   She says make a cloth stitch
and "Take the third thread to the right under and over the outside thread".
But in the diagram, this looks like the third thread to the left being taken
to the left.  In other words, I think the diagram has been printed as a
mirror image.

 

I've looked in her book which covers all three types of lace, and in the
Beds section, the diagram is printed the other way  round (correctly, IMHO).

 

Heather, have fun with your attempt at Beds.   I cannot cope with light
continental bobbins, I'm working my foray into Beds with my spangled
Midlands.  I do love the squared off bobbins too, but keep these aside for
doing tape laces (where the spangles on my Midlands would be a nuisance when
doing sewings).

 

Noelene at The Angle

I used to be in Cooma, but have recently moved to live with my son and DIL
on 9 hectares of Australian bush about 20 minutes south of Canberra.

I've written no new lace poetry recently, except for some little ones to go
with Alex Stillwell's lovely pamphlets on baby bonnets / wedding hankies.
But my book of poetry will be on sale at the weekend at the OIDFA conference
in Adelaide.

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RE: [lace] Interview with Julia Evseeva, director of the Vologda Lace Museum

[Noelene Lafferty]

Is there a link to this interview please?
Noelene at The Angle, NSW
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Subject: Re: [lace] Interview with Julia Evseeva, director of the Vologda
Lace Museum

An interesting and informative article.  Thank you.

Maureen
E Yorkshire UK

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RE: [lace] Lace with and without an end use

[Noelene Lafferty]

I'm another who just likes the making, and doesn't care much what happens to
the finished product - if indeed it gets finished.   A good challenging
pricking, a combination of threads and/or colours, whatever appeals.

Incidentally, for those on Arachne who knew I lived in Cooma at "The Round
House", DH and I have recently moved to live with our son and his partner
(and her grandmother) in a beautiful house in a valley about 20 minutes
drive south of Canberra, with hardly another house in site, and once settled
in, I'll have lots of time to tackle some of those lace projects I've had on
my "want to try" list for ages.  And I've already got two students lining up
to learn lacemaking once I get settled.

Noelene at The Angle, via Tharwa
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What kind of a lace maker are you?  And do you have any idea why?  Me?  I
think it's because I am, at heart, a German peasant, who needs things to be
useful.  What about you?

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RE: [lace] Milanese Books (Read & Kincaid)

[Noelene Lafferty]

Good news, Janet.   Print on Demand would be wonderful for all those great
Batsford books for which Amazon etc ask such ridiculous prices.

Noelene in Cooma

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I have, in my hand, a letter from Anova Books, the company that owns the
Batsford imprint.

They are about to add the Read & Kincaid books to their Print on Demand
service and also make them available as ebooks. 

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RE: [lace] pins

[Noelene Lafferty]

Wow, Alex, what type of lace are you using such fine pins on?

Noelene in Cooma

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I have been using the Watkins & Doncaster stainless steel pins no.0. They
are the finest I have used and, although they are very long I have had no
trouble with them bending as they are very sharp and pass into the pillow
easily.  I also purchased nos. 00 and 000, two sizes finer. I will let you
know how I get on with them.

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RE: [lace] beginner pattern

[Noelene Lafferty]

Tiny URL for the link: http://tinyurl.com/m3c2zle

Noelene in Cooma
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Sue
If your student has learned turning stitch and how to do sewings, this
simple piece could be made into a bracelet.
http://laceioli.ning.com/photo/tape-lace-pattern-dmc29-lph?context=album&alb
umId=6475898%3AAlbum%3A3116
It is from DMC's Die Kloeppelspitzen
Lorelei

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RE: [lace] Vologda lace on Sochi quilt

[Noelene Lafferty]

Sorry, should have said the quilt is in the "Look of the Games" link at that
site
Noelene
If you go to http://sochi2014.bosco.ru/en/, scroll through the samples of
art in the quilt to Vologda lace, there is an hilarious (to me) description
of how the lace is made.

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[lace] Vologda lace on Sochi quilt

[Noelene Lafferty]

If you go to http://sochi2014.bosco.ru/en/, scroll through the samples of
art in the quilt to Vologda lace, there is an hilarious (to me) description
of how the lace is made.

Noelene in Cooma
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RE: [lace] Stunned

[Noelene Lafferty]

Thank you for the explanation of the maker of the Honiton picture on eBay,
Jean.

I wish someone could give us information here in Cooma, Australia, about the
previous owner of some bobbins and shuttles we've recently acquired.   They
were sent to our local tip as landfill when the rent on a storage unit
hadn't been paid for some time, but luckily our tip has a Recycle Shop and
the stuff was inspected (and rescued) before it was dumped.  The consignment
included over 35 pair of Malcolm Fielding bobbins in Australian hardwoods
(never used, still with their labels and some with certificates), other
collections of bobbins all with the Australian wood inscribed on the body,
some threads, and two hand carved shuttles from a Tasmanian artist who
describes herself as a "Scrimshaw and carving artist,  which had cost the
original owner a great deal of money, and which were hidden in a fabric
purse in a bag of thread!  But no lacemaking pillows whatsoever.   There was
an enormous quantity of other stuff - cartons and cartons of craft books
(including lace books from the 1980s and 1990s), knitting wool, wool and
silk ready for spinning, fabrics, and so on.

We assume the previous owner had passed away, and the executor of her estate
had no idea these things had value!  All we can find out is that she was a
doctor, her name, and that she had lived in the small town of Tumut, but
no-one seems to know anything about her.  The bobbins are now sold - we were
able to offer the Recycle Shop a lump sum for the whole box, then resell
them among our local group of lacemakers.

Noelene in Cooma
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Bill Blake was an ex-miner who learnt to make Honiton lace with Elsie Luxton
after he retired. Back in the 1990s he was teaching Honiton lace in
Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Somewhere I have a photo of him at his lace pillow.
Sadly he is no longer with us and I wonder if whoever is selling his lace
realises how much work was involved.
Jean in wet, grey Glasgow

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RE: [lace] Long Live Lace!

[Noelene Lafferty]

Sorry about the line spacing on my poem, I typed it in in "text" mode and it
looked OK my end, but the internet machinery has got rid of some but not all
line breaks.   If anyone wants a properly spaced out version, please email
me direct.

It's a problem receiving Arachne emails from certain members, too.   They
are OK if I read them on my android tablet, but when some messages come
through to my PC (running on Windows XP), as soon as there is an apostrophe
in the message, it changes that to a "b" and truncates the rest of the
message.

Noelene in Cooma
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Long Live Lace

As old age encroaches things start going wrong That medical treatment can't
help.
There are twitches and spams, and all sorts of aches And just to bend down
brings a yelp.

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[lace] Long Live Lace!

[Noelene Lafferty]

Long Live Lace

As old age encroaches things start going wrong
That medical treatment can't help.
There are twitches and spams, and all sorts of aches
And just to bend down brings a yelp.

But if one has an addiction to something as nice
As lacemaking and all of its treasure
There's no time for self pity or to fret about pain
There's too much to do that is pleasure.

As well as just having lace projects galore
There's books with ideas to astound
And talking with friends at a meeting, or now
On internet groups that abound.

So nurture your lace, invest in your books
Until your bank balance is zero.
They'll help to make years a pleasure to bear
And send troubles quick smart out the window.

Noelene in Cooma
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RE: [lace] Book Binding

[Noelene Lafferty]

I am currently looking at reprinting my little book of lace poetry,
"Inspired by Lace" in A5 format, with a clear plastic front, stiff cardboard
back, and spiral bound in wire, not plastic.  I've written quite a few new
poems since I had the original little booklet printed.   I can have them
done in a relatively small batch of say 20 or 30, and the batch delivered
free here in Australia to any address I nominate.   I'll do a trial run of
20 for myself first to make sure it works, and if I'm happy with them, then
I can have a batch printed and sent to Adelaide for the OIDFA conference
later this year (sadly, I can't go myself, although I'd love to).

If anyone on Arachne is going to the OIDFA conference in Adelaide and might
want a copy (cost will be under $A10 each), could they email me direct
please?  That way I might get an idea of how many to send down.

Noelene in Cooma
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I have a plastic magazine holder from the Stationery shop to hold a number
of spiral bound, self published lace books from Aussie authors and find that
is neat and effective.

Mary Carey
Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

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RE: [lace] Miss Channer's mat

[Noelene Lafferty]

Some Ruth Bean books are available from The Crowood Press:
http://www.crowood.com/category.asp?cat=36&class=Ruth-Bean-Publishers

Apparently they also have Torchon Lacemaking by Elizabeth Wade, and Torchon
Lacemaking by Jan Tregedgo.

Perhaps if they were to receive many email enquiries for Miss Channer's Mat,
they may be induced to reprint it!   I've emailed them asking if there is
any likelihood of it being reprinted.

Noelene in Cooma
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[lace] Christmas Cards

[Noelene Lafferty]

I received my lovely card from Alice yesterday -  a lacey Christmas stocking
hanging from a stair rail!   So pretty.   Thank you very much Alice.

 

Noelene in Cooma

Where summer has arrived with a heatwave!

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[lace] Bull Brand Irish Linen

[Noelene Lafferty]

I have just acquired from a deceased estate a quantity of reels of Bull
brand Irish Linen, 100/2 - Brenda's book says it is 33 WPC.  I gather it is
no longer available, a Google search did not turn up any "hits".

It is a very smooth thread, no slubs, compared to the 100/2 Fresia I have
been using for Christmas decorations. 

Has anyone ever used this?Is it waxed?   Will it wash OK?  I look
forward to experimenting with it.

Noelene in Cooma
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RE: [lace] blue film and book inventory

[Noelene Lafferty]

I've just checked the exported CSV file of my lace book catalogue.  It
opened immediately in Excel, and has 40 columns of data!

Noelene in Cooma
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I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue

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RE: [lace] blue film and book inventory

[Noelene Lafferty]

I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue
by Evan Leybourn for some time.   It uses the camera in the phone to scan
the barcode, which then automatically searches the internet for that book,
and places all details of it, including a thumbnail of the cover and a brief
description, into the catalogue.Then, when I bought my android tablet, I
also placed the app on that and I synchronise the data between the two
appliances.  

If the book has no barcode, its ISBN number can be keyed in manually.
Failing that, the entire details can be keyed in manually and a picture of
the cover taken and included.

Having it on my mobile phone means I can always check if I already have the
book if I see something for sale.
Oh yes, and the whole thing can be exported to or imported from a
spreadsheet CSV file and emailed.  And it doesn't have any advertising!

Noelene in Cooma
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Who else has their books inventoried, and how did you do it?
Alice in Oregon

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[lace] Kenmare lace festival

[Noelene Lafferty]

The Kenmare Lace Festival (in Ireland) has put the winners of their recent
competition on their website:

http://www.kenmarelace.ie/?page_id=46

 

Noelene in Cooma

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RE: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!

[Noelene Lafferty]

I'm self taught from a book - Rosemary Shepherd's "Introduction to Bobbin
Lacemaking" which is based on the correspondence lessons she wrote for the
Australian Lace Guild.   When you live in a small country town in Australia,
there's no other option.   The book is still available from Rosemary direct
at www.lacepressaustralia.com, and is now in its 4th reprint.  It is
interesting to read the history of this book in an article on the site.

Thank you for your thoughts for our bushfire victims, Catherine.   Rosemary
Shepherd lives in the area experiencing the worst of the present fires, but
is OK.

Noelene in Cooma
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RE: [lace] Christmas Card Exchange 2013

[Noelene Lafferty]

The link to email Janet for the Christmas Card exchange 2013 did not appear
correctly in the email I received - it ran Sallie's name into the end of it
without a space, and when I clicked on it to put my name down, the email
bounced back.

The correct address should be jannettheak...@hotmail.com.

Noelene in Cooma
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... janettheaker1@hotmail.comSallie from Wyoming, USA
bertra...@gmail.com Please reply to janet & 

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[lace] Internally wound bobbins

[Noelene Lafferty]

Can anyone explain the type of bobbins shown in this youtube clip please?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiThF6N4QlQ 

 

I have some hooded bobbins but these are something entirely new to me.

 

Noelene in Cooma

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RE: [lace] scarf bobbin

[Noelene Lafferty]

Cheap chopsticks make ideal bobbins for scarves, with the hair grip as 
suggested by Liz, or just rubber bands tightly wound above and below the thread 
to stop it from slipping.  I've tried this - it works.

Noelene in Cooma
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I have a vague memory of a friend saying she used pencils to wind her yarn on 
when making a scarf when she didn't have large bobbins.  

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RE: [lace] Re: What Kind of Lace Is This?

[Noelene Lafferty]

Arizona lace books are listed in alphabetical order of author.

A Google search reveals "Singulier et nouveaux pourtraicts" to be written by
Vinciolo, Frederico, the search will also give you a direct link to the
actual book on the Arizona site.

Noelene in Cooma
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I am happy to hear
this!  I just can't find the book on the link you provided, though.  

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RE: [lace] New poem

[Noelene Lafferty]

Why oh why when I write an email in Plain Text, and make sure every
paragraph mark in my original has been changed into a manual line feed by
doing a global search and replace, does the Arachne email machinery take
some of the manual line feeds out?   If you want to keep my poem, can you
edit it yourself so that each verse has four lines please.   The breaks
should be obvious if you say it out loud.

I am looking at putting together a book of my poems plus a few pictures of
lace and their prickings ready for the OIDFA conference in Adelaide,
Australia, next year.   If any kind Arachne member has a small, simple
pricking of a small motif or edging of their own design they would like to
include, I'd be grateful.   I can't pay you (I don't plan on making any
profit from the book), but I would include an acknowledgement in the book
and send you a copy if it all eventuates.   A big "if" right now, printing
costs can be high, but I'd really like to do it.

What's the copyright situation on taking something from an out-of-copyright
book from the Arizona website, redrawing it and making a bit, and using that
in the book?   Please reply to me direct.

...Noelene in Cooma
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Lacemaking is such an adaptable skill
It can suit many levels and ages.
And with internet access to help show the way Just tackle each problem in
stages.

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[lace] New poem

[Noelene Lafferty]

As usual, it's conversations on Arachne that have prompted a new poem.

Lacemaking is good for your health.

Lacemaking is such an adaptable skill
It can suit many levels and ages.
And with internet access to help show the way
Just tackle each problem in stages.

We can't all be experts at Flanders and Binche
And use thread of the daintiest weight
But with the right tools and the proper mindset
You can still do your lace and create.

There's a lady I taught once, some 80 years young
Paralysed in one arm with a stroke.
But with bobbins with spangles each secured by a pin
Her love of creating awoke.

If your fingers have joints which have stiffened with age
Try a bigger size bobbin and pin 
And the exercise gained without physical strain
>From all views, is always a win.

Is your eyesight the worry?  Perhaps a good light.
And a pair of some really good glasses
Even webcam and screen for a really big "look"
Get cracking before the time passes.

For the delight that is gained from creating some lace
Is the best tonic since time began.
Find some way to do it, don't ever say "can't"
And prove to the world that you can.

Noelene Lafferty in Cooma, Australia
April, 2013
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[lace] Arachne pin

[Noelene Lafferty]

I found my old Arachne pin a few days ago, took a photo, and finally figured
out how to upload to the Arachne flickr account.  I've put it in the Arachne
Anniversary set, I hope that's OK.



Noelene in Cooma

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RE: [lace] Nothing on the pillow!

[Noelene Lafferty]

One of my old poems:

My Sanity

I've been out of sorts just lately
And feeling rather flat.
The weather's been appalling
It's even stopped the cat.

I had some jobs to finish
To get entries in a Show.
Ends to finish, hems to turn
It all just laid me low.

And then at last I realized
Just what seemed out of place.
I'm lace deprived - I'm starving!
I need my fix of lace!

All pillows stood there empty.
My bobbins had no thread.
There was no work in progress
To keep me out of bed!

So now the outlook's different
There's bobbins freshly wound
And prickings on the pillows
And challenges abound.

So my sanity is saved again
And for that I'm really glad.
Lace may be an addiction
But I'm still not going mad!


.Noelene
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I can't believe this!  I do not have a lace project in progress!  I don't
know what to do with myself!

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RE: [lace] Translating the Language of Lace

[Noelene Lafferty]

The International Lace Dictionary is certainly an asset to any lace library.
I bought mine from Barbara Fay in Germany by mail order:
http://www.barbara-fay.de/j/.  I just checked and they still stock it.

Noelene in Cooma
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As for books and the like, I urge anyone struggling with foreign language
lace books to try to find a copy of the International Lace Dictionary, last
published in Gent in 1998.  Edith Spee is the first listed Author.  Jeri
recommended it back in 2006 or so.  It is not easy to find, but it is a
great resource.  

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RE: [lace] If you can still count your bobbins......

[Noelene Lafferty]

As I have received a couple of requests for "How Many Bobbins", here it is.
I hope this works with just line feeds in the right places. 
I may not have posted it before, it's quite long for one of my poems.

"How Many Bobbins" by Noelene Lafferty

A friend asked me once

With a quizzical air
"Just how many bobbins are needed?
If you want to make lace
And not spend too much cash
And then they've all got to be beaded."

I took a deep breath
And collected my thoughts
Just how many bobbins' enough?
I thought of my bobbins
In boxes and rolls
Just trying to count would be tough.

"You need some to start with
To make bandage strips"
"Are bobbins that sharp" she did ask.
I ignored that remark
And started again
This would be quite a difficult task

"To start with you need
About 20 odd pair"
"You can't have an odd pair.." "Pipe down"
"But to move on to bookmarks
And simple lace edges.. "
And at this she started to frown.

"You mean you need lots more
But how many's enough?"
There must be a target to aim for.
Like Miss Channer's Mat
How many for that?"
I took another deep breath and said "More".

"To do Miss Channer's Mat
You need three hundred or more
That's pairs, and not for the faint hearted.
And then you need more
For the pillows galore
On which other projects are started."

My friend looked at me
With her quizzical air
"Just how many pillows are needed?
If you want to make lace
And not spend too much cash?"
"I've no answer to that!"  I conceded.

Noelene in Cooma
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RE: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

[Noelene Lafferty]

I'll second that for doing a panel for our moderator Avital, Ilske .  Good
idea.

And it would be wonderful to have a commemorative for our 20th birthday.
I've got all the commemorative bobbins, and the outstanding ones for me came
from Chris Parsons.  He also supplies tatting shuttles made by Stuart
Johnson.
http://www.lace-bobbins.co.uk/ 


Noelene in Cooma
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The panel would be my preference. And to answer David's question we should
give it to the lady who runs our list. And the person/s joining the panel
make a good picture which each of us could download.

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RE: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory

[Noelene Lafferty]

Thanks for all the prompt replies, but the item I saw on the website is not
the wooden bridge to secure threads flat on the pillow.  As I mentioned, it
is a 50 or 30cm long needle-like gadget, with an eye each end.  It is the
two items above the wooden gadget on the langendorfkloeppel website.

The wooden gadget is also described on the site as a "Fadenbrucke" but it
seems to me this needle-like gadget is something different.

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[lace] Bobbin lace accessory

[Noelene Lafferty]

On the langendorfkloeppel site, I have spotted a bobbin lace accessory
called a "Fadenbrucke" which my Google Translate can't cope with, and which
is described as "an indispensable help for the beginning of lace with open
threads".

 

It looks like a needle with an eye at both ends - there are two sizes, one
30cm and the other 50 cm long.

 

My German dictionary translates this as "thread bridge".

 

Has anyone ever used this?  

 

Noelene in Cooma

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www.lacegumnuts.com  

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RE: [lace] Brildor cotton 30/2 thread equivalence

[Noelene Lafferty]

Sorry if I confused people, I meant Page 7 of Discover Torchon, not Brenda's
thread book

Noelene
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I'm sorry but I don't understand what Noelene means by this - there's
nothing on page 7 of Ed 5 about percentages.

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RE: [lace] Brildor cotton 30/2 thread equivalence

[Noelene Lafferty]

I too looked up "Brildor" in Brenda's bible, without success, but by a
process of deduction, (on page 7 she quotes Nel 90/2  and Nel 100/2 as being
90% minimum to 100% maximum size, and Bockens Nel 90/2 is 29 WPC), I figured
Finca 40 (my favourite thread, and also 29 WPC) was the same. 

Does anyone know when "Master" Torchon will be published?

Noelene in Cooma

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I bought Ulrike Voelcker's new "Discover, Explore, Master Torchon" 
book and she mentions using the Brildor 30/2 cotton thread. I haven't been
able to find an equivalence for it.
If any of you have used this thread and are familiar with the "wraps per
centimeter" concept, could you give me the number of wraps for it?

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