[lace] Re: lace-digest V2007 #84
I enjoyed reading about the idea of making bobbins with dowels and pony beads. When we moved from Holland to the U.S. in 1984 I could not get bobbins quickly and was unfamiliar with the sources, so my DH made some for me out of pony beads and dowels!! Of course I eventually found more of the type I used in Holland. Many years later I got them out to make wire lace. We made them shorter and put an eye screw in the end of the dowel on top and drilled a tiny hole in the side to anchor the wire. They are perfect! Always lurking in Sunnyvale California Paula Harten Paula - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: JMK Arts Center and lace for children
Hi, all. I know I am a lousy excuse for an arachne member - I read, but rarely write. I thought I ought to put in my "two cents" though, since my "two cents" is also represented at the JMK Arts Center. I was honored to be suggested by The Lace Museum and to have some of my needle lace pieces accepted for display. I had no idea what a big deal this was. I sure hope someone did sneak in something of Tamara's ;-) For something different, check out Nina Libin's BEANILE tatting that is also in the exhibit. I had forgotten about submitting the story about lace for children to the IOLI bulletin. This year I created a Rainbow Fish project that worked very well at the Sunnyvale Hands on the Arts festival. I will share if anyone is interested. I really enjoyed the video of the Spanish lacemakers. They make lace like well trained concert pianists! Paula Harten Morgan Hill, CA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace-digest V2006 #79
Hi all, My husband has made several different lovely continental bobbins for me. He started to try it with a German-made lathe attachment for his electric drill we got when living in Holland. That was not so successful and it was more than 15 years later that he had a chance to take a workshop with David Springett here in California. I was so surprised that he could make a bone bobbin, among others in the first day. I learned to spangle them and will eventually have enough to use. I tried the workshop with him two years later, and he haad bought a proper lathe after the first workshop. I don't have time for it now, but he does it once in a while. The continental ones he does have such a lovely smooth finish and feel so good to use. The thread stays on just fine, as i use a double hitch on the bobbin before winding. I have always done that and it prevents the bobbins from escaping and allows me to work close to the end of the thread. We won't be able to sell any until he retires AND learns to make them all the same size!! For myself I don't mind as I have always mixed all sorts of continental styles of bobbins. Paula Harten in wet Morgan Hill, California Paula - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: the sound of bobbins
Hi all, Since i still see some comments on the sound of bobbins, I thought i would pop out of lurkdom and tell about the latest bobbins my DH has made for me. When we were in Hilo, Hawaii in October he found a man who sold him some pieces of Koa wood. He made a few rather slim bobbins - sort of shapely honiton style. He doesn't worry about tradition and I don't mind, although I work mostly with Danish style bobbins. The Koa wood bobbins make a wonderful klinking sound when they strike each other. i hope he will find time to make some more. Paula Harten - in an amazingly warm and sunny California. Paula - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] uploaded lace images
Hi all, I think this message didn't show up as I sent it from the wrong e- mail address. I have been lurking as usual, but was encouraged to put up a couple more lace images when I finished my first piece of Gros Point - very timely, don't you think? Certainly not as good as Liz's and I hope to study with her at the IOLI convention in August. I also have put up my Point de Gaze fan and a scan of an old piece- the cow in linen. We had been chatting some time ago about doing honiton in heavier thread and I had done this several years ago to have for a county fair with the theme of "Cows". It is #80m linen and I just started in one corner and designed as I went. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but it was fun Paula Harten California - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: photo stamps
Greetings from the "semi-lurker" Paula, I don't chime in much because I typing has become a chore for me. I learned about this photo stamp offer through our San Jose newspaper. By the time I got mine and saw that they were, in fact, quite nice, the trial had ended. It made no sense to tell everybody about it. I mainly did it to make stamps for my children who were both ready to announce weddings. Since the processing was the same for more, I decided to do my needle lace fan and a picture from our garden rail road for my husband. They were received with mixed emotions from the kids, but we really liked all of them. I suppose I now have something that would be of value to a serious lace stamp collector. I hope they do do it again so we could start putting more lace images out there. Speaking of putting images out there, I have tried twice to upload the picture of my needle lace fan for those who are not IOLI members to see, and an ornament I made using one of Brigitta Gornik's balloon patterns as printed in the IOLI bulletin, and I get the message that the page I am requesting is unavailable. I can access my page, but it won't let me upload any more pictures. Has anyone else had that trouble? Paula - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Museum Christmas exhibit
Just a slight correction to Elaine's message - The Holiday exhibit at The Lace Museum in Sunnyvale, CA will , hopefully, be up by Nov. 9, so you can get inspired and find ornaments in plenty of time to send as Christmas gifts. The 2004 edition of Ele Schwartz's tatted ornaments will be available. Paula Harten - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace survey
Greetings, I do not usually write much as I am a lousy typist, but I thought I would mention my latest lace projects. The strip of Sedlice lace, a Bohemian lace, in the 2004 OIDFA Bulletin#1 caught my eye since the picture and pricking were there, I decided I could try to figure it out. It became obvious that techniques I had learned from Christine Springett would probably the solution to making this lace. I just happened to have exactly 36 bobbins wound with Bouc 100 linen, which turned out to be a good weight to use. It has been a fun challenge, and I may move it up on the cookie pillow and make enough to use it on a guest towel or something. I have finally finished the Point de Gaze fan I designed - it is being submitted to IOLI for a future issue, and decided to "back up" and do the Gros Point pattern #1 in Catherine Barley's book. On the collecting side, I am helping to put together the new calendar from The Lace Museum and studying two strange pieces of needle lace in the museum's collection with the help of very close photography. Have a fun Summer - wish I were traveling to Europe too. Paula Harten - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wire snowflake on webshots
Just a quick note to let you all know that I have posted my wire version of one of Tamara's snowflakes on webshots. Paula Harten - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #172
Hi all, I am returning to my computer after spending a day with a group at The Lace Museum sorting a lot of donated lace that has been piling up. Thanks to some dedicated volunteers, our storage system is getting a major overhaul!! I thought I better answer Ann-Marie's question. I made the lace directly on the ornaments. First, a tape of an appropriate width was wrapped around the ornament to create the desired spaces. This takes some juggling and pins are helpful at this point. Then I tack the points of crossing with thread. Sometimes I also run some basting threads between the tapes to keep them from shifting and distorting my design while working. I can clip them as needed. I try to start and end the wrapping at the top where the cap will help to hide hide the ends. Then I work needle lace stitches in each of the spaces, alternating dense and open areas of stitching. Carefully stitching into the tape makes it unnecessary to do any work over the edges. I have tried various shapes and find they do not all work as well as the heart. or the onion shaped ornaments. I have just uploaded another ornament to show an onion shaped one. I have also finally put up my version of the needle lace penguin by Ruth McCartney. My husband and I, too, enjoyed the Blue Penguins in New Zealand - even helping to band some one evening as they came ashore. Paula Harten >Subject: [lace] web shot Paula Harten > >Hello >I am looking around in the webshot album, it is so nice to see your work. >And I must ask Paula how she did get the ornaments inside the lace!? >Ann-Marie >http://community.webshots.com/user/annma1 > > > > > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] men making lace
Message from a lurker: Please note my new email address. I don't think anyone has mentioned an American man who tats, Dan Rush-Fischer He designs beautiful patterns and has a web site: www.tribbler.com/tatman/ When he lived in California, he won the tatting prizes at the county fairs. the large round doily that pops up when you open his site, is not his design, but was worked by him and is presently on display at The Lace Museum in Sunnyvale. Paula Harten Morgan Hill, CA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
