[lace] Happy Anniversary
This was posted, by Liz S Reynolds (who started the list), on April 12, 2000, under the heading: Happy Birthday to us: "For the record, today is the 5th birthday of the original lace list. Between lace and lace-chat and the digests, we have 1120 members. Who'd have thought there were that many lacemakers on the net? I certainly wouldn't have guessed it back in 1995! Congratulations to all of us for bringing the old Renaissance art so successfully into the Information age. -Liz" -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Re: Belgian color code
That’s, probably, because they're are familiar with the *Danish* colour code, which is a simplified version of BCC (no orange, brown, or turquoise). It does have the blue for plaits, but plaits are used less in the Danish laces. Greet, what’s turn-over stitch? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > On Sep 18, 2017, at 12:20 PM, Adele Shaak wrote: > > Thank you, Greet, for the extended colour code. Most of the lacemakers I know > are familiar with the meanings for green, purple, red, and possibly yellow, > but most do not know the other ones. > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] DMC Memory Thread CorrectionI
On Jan 31, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Helene Ulrich wrote: > On further reflections, I am not sure if I am talking about the > Venetian Stitch or a Princess Stitch. Since I am not at home I cannot > check my reference guide to see which stitch I mean. > > It is the stitch where you weave a worker back and forth between to > passives very close together, similar to making a leaf or tally, but > with only three threads. Can't help on the memory thread, never having worked with it. As to the stitch, what you describe is called "Venetian Cord" in Bridget Cook's "Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace". She has no Princess (stitch or cord), but she does have what she calls "Grand Venetian Cord". For your purpose -- a handle to a basket -- this is what I'd recommend. Instead of a single "weaver", the Grand Venetian Cord has two, crossing in the middle, between the the two "core" passives (each of which can consist of any number of threads). It's slightly wider and flatter than the 3-thread one, it's easier to maintain the straight lines at the sides, and the Cross in the middle adds a nice bit of texture. It also has a pleasant rhythm in making: *(simultaneously) T one weaver with the core thread/s on the right, T the other weaver with the core thread/s on the left, C the weavers in the centre* (repeat, * to *). T(T) C; T(T) C. Keep pushing the weavers up the core threads, to make sure that the core threads are completely covered. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Sari silk yarn question
On Jan 31, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Bev Walker wrote: > Salt sets dyes too, but I prefer to use vinegar. The rule of thumb I was taught as a child was that vinegar was for animal fibers (silk and wool), while salt was for plant ones (cotton and linen) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Early lace etc
Dear Spiders, Thank you so much for the warm "welcome back" I received from many of you, both in public and in private. This is my third attempt at clawing my way back to sanity and lacemaking (one and the same?) and, hopefully, this time it'll work. And please forgive this wholesale thanks, instead of replying each one of you individually; a lot of the extra responsibilities that I had to take on after my husband's death aren't going away and, if I'm to have any time left for lacemaking, I need to manage it carefully :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Re: Early Lace Books by Gilian Dye
Thanks, everyone, for prompt replies. Especial thanks to Bev Walker, for suggesting Barbara Fay; I just got a mailing from her (well...) and had two books (not Dye) on my bucket list already. Might as well add the three by Dye. -- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Early Lace books by Gillian Dye
After a 4 year hiatus, I'm trying to get back to lacemaking, and have a lot of catching up to do. Can someone tell me how to obtain Gilian Dye's books on the Early Laces (I have the Elizabethan Lace but nothing published since then -- 3? 4? new books, I hear)? I do not have her e-address to ask directly. I did try the Archives first, honestly I did. But, when I searched for "Gilian Dye's lacemaking books", all I got was a push for a beginner's kit (pre-Elizabethan Lace?) and a couple of E-Bay offers. I'm too 'puter-illiterate to tighten up my search... Is E-Bay really my only option? Yours, with teeth chattering, in a very cold Virginia -- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin
Mine came today (I'm in Virginia). Haven't yet had the time to open it; it's been "that kind" of day. On Nov 5, 2015, at 5:30 PM, Helen Bell wrote: > I received my Bulletin the same day that my mother did - Monday (might've > been Saturday). I'm in WA State and she's in Australia. > > Hopefully yours has now arrived, Sue. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace Identification/Translation of Label - Eastern Europe
On Oct 7, 2015, at 4:22 AM, Olga Ieromina wrote: > > СНЕЖИНКА > > SNEGINKA Lace Guild of Vologda named by Labor Medal of Red Flag Hi Olga, The name of the factory gets transliterated from the Cyrillic alphabet in several ways. The way I remembered was Snezhinka, so that's what I googled, and came up with yet another version -- snejinka. Whichever way you spell it, it's still a snowflake :) Anyway... Here's some lace eye-candy, from the factory's catalogue: http://snejinka.ru/catalog/kruzhevnye-izdeliya They make other things too, including snow boots decorated with lace. http://snejinka.ru/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Re: spiders in lace
Not having read Whiting (at the time), I used to spend a lot of time making those spiders as flat as possible... > On 1 Aug 2015, at 16:31, d2one...@comcast.net wrote: > > In researching material for a workshop on torchon spiders for our guild, I > came across Gertrude Whiting's directions for "Plain Torchon Spiders". > "Pins are used in the center of the spider bodies only. These centers should > be raised to give an arched effect > Does anyone try for that raised effect in spider ground nowadays? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Arachne spider pricking
On Mar 29, 2013, at 6:23 PM, C Johnson wrote: > Hi All, > > I was wondering, perhaps I missed it. Exactly how wide across is the > pricking suppose to be so we make the spider and web the correct size? If you're talking about mine, here's the answer. *If it gets through this time; I tried to send it last week, when Janice Blair asked, and no luck. Top to bottom (right down the middle of the spider) the pricking is 95mm. Across, (where the upper of the bottom set of legs is attached), it's 85mm. Distance between the pins is ca 3mm. I can't remember what thread I used for it -- probably Madeira 50/2, with either some no-brand copper metallic, or else Sulky. But, of course, a pattern like that can always be scaled up or down, to the thread of choice. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Tamara's Arachne Logo Lace
Thanks, Clay! Both for uploading the pics, and for the kind words. On Mar 22, 2013, at 3:01 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote: > I have uploaded two pictures to the Flickr site for Tamara. I created a new > set and called it Arachne 20th Anniversary, and it is the first set that > appears (as of now). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets > > Nice work, Tamara!! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] anniversary logo
Scans of the lace and the pricking have gone to Clay Blackwell (thanks, Clay! And thanks, Bev, for offering, but Clay offered first ), who said she'd upload them to Flickr, so everyone will be able to see them. It was *definitely* Lenka's design. I have Jacqui's spider -- she made me a brooch with it. I still wear it sometimes, though it gets tedious having to explain to everyone "no, I didn't make it; I can't make anything that fie". And I printed off Carolina's at the time it was first posted, so I know which one is whose. Both Jacqui's design and Carolina's use the same concept: a lacy spider, with an @ for its belly. Lenka's is the other way around: an @ sign, with a spider in the center of the "a". I can't remember whether hers had a "web"; mine does. Hers might not have had it, because she was designing for wire, which would have held the shape without any help. Mine's made in thread, and needed more structure. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] anniversary logo
Trying again. When I tried yesterday, I was told my message was rejected as spam... On Mar 20, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Liz and Ken Roberts wrote: > How about commemorative name tags? > > Or maybe someone on the list (with more knowledge and talent than I)would be > willing to design a small piece of commemorative lace that we could each work > for ourselves? Some 10 years ago, Lenka Suchanek (then a member of Arachne list), designed a logo for us -- a drawing of an @ sign, with a spider in its center, to be made in lace of one's choice. This being during the time when my lacemaking mind was still working fine, I made a pricking using that drawing as my basis, and made a lace piece (kinda-sorta Milanese) on the pricking. Since the pricking is mine, not Lenka's, I don't think there could be any copyright objection to my sharing it with everyone who'd like to use it. I'd be happy to make it -- and a photo of the lace -- available, but someone else would have to do the uploading. All I'm able to do is e-mail the pricking (and not today, either; it has to be clear-copied. These days, it's a major project, requiring lots of concentration, and therefore slow) and the photo to someone willing to do the posting. There's no way I'd be able to learn how to upload to Flicker or wherever we're posting. On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Lyn Bailey wrote: > I think logistically we can do all sorts of things, although it would be nice > to have a unifying logo. Who will come up with this logo? And if there is > more than one suggestion, how will it be chosen, or will we again have a > choice. With all the creative talent on this list, I am sure there are > several more than capable of the job. Evidently there were other logos for > Arachne on anniversaries past. Could someone take a picture of what there > was and post it? > > Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] peccadilles
On Mar 18, 2013, at 4:26 PM, lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrote: > [...] am convinced that peccadille is the French for the Spanish piccadillo, > which means, in French, a small sin, > http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionnaires/francais/peccadille/58870 and > http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnaire/francais-anglais/peccadilleAt > least, that's what it means now. Means the same thing in English, too: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peccadillo Indeed, that was the first interpretation I thought of, not the Piccadilly Circus at all. But, once the Piccadilly Circus connection was pointed out, I wondered just what sort of "monkey business" (if not, necessarily, a full circus) had been going on there, in 16th and early 17th century... :) Nothing, it appears; there was no Piccadilly Circus till (early) 19th century... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Lace in contemporary fashion
On Mar 18, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Leonard Bazar wrote: > [...] > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1b3218fe-8717-11e2-bde6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2NvNh > cA53 gives an interesting insight into how designers, High Street and couture, > are using lace now. [...] It finishes with a glossary of types of lace, > useful to us because > it's how the terms are used by the fashion industry, ie the users, not by us, > the makers. As ever, divided by a common language! The Mountbatten family should *sue* for that "Battenburg" lace. And Cluny should invade :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Fwd: [lace] Re: Christmas Ornament
Somehow (doubtless through the "magic" of the intertubes) the following message, although meant for the list, ended up in my inbox only (I think). If anyone can help Bonnie, please use "reply all" or else write to her directly. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bonnie Berg" > Date: January 25, 2013 12:30:01 AM EST > To: > Subject: [lace] Re: Christmas Ornament > > I am trying to purchase a Brigette Bellon bobbin lace pattern of 2 shephard, 2 sheep and 2 stars. By any chance can you tell we what book it is in? Thank you, Bonnie Berg, Shreveport, La. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Re: working with black thread
I use light or medium grey as background for everything -- white, black and colour. It provides enough contrast for me (except grey itself, of course), being a neutral colour it doesn't interfere with any other, and it doesn't make my eyes tired from being "loud" or too "distinct". Years ago, I bought two huge rolls of medium grey transparent Contact plastic and put that over patterns printed on white paper. Now that its beginning to run low and I'm trying to conserve it as much as I can (I've not been able to replace it), I laid in a supply of grey printer paper, run my patterns off on that and cover them with the -- easily available -- transparent, "no colour", Contact plastic. The colour of the card is, for me, immaterial, since the pattern (printed on ordinary weight paper -- cheaper than card) is stuck on top of it, before the whole is covered with plastic. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] everybody helped!
On May 27, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Jane O'Connor wrote: > Thanks for the many ideas and books to look into for numbers. > > Lots to choose > from now and all seem to be perfect. I'm late to the table, as usual (life interferes) but a few more ideas: Ulrike Löhr's: "ABC" (self-published, in 1999) has numbers, placed on a 45deg angle. Sally Barry's "Flower Grounds in Point Ground Lace" (self published, 2008) has numbers, too, IIRC. I can't seem to lay my hands on the volume to check but, as I remember it, the numbers are "reverse", that is empty spaces, set in PG Ground. Sally's website: http://www.gis.net/~scbarry/index.html And, why not blow my own trumpet, since you only want a 50... I had a pattern for a five and a zero -- Russian tape, with raised gimp; individual numbers, not "grounded" -- published in the IOLI Bulletin vol. 23 #3 (Spring 2003), when IOLI was celebrating its 50th anniversary. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: Question - bobbin lace pattern for sailboat
On May 23, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Chris Brill-Packard wrote: > Hello Everyone, > Does anyone have a bobbin lace pattern of a sailboat ? In addition to the Kortelahti lace pictures which incorporate sailboats that Antje mentioned, there's a small sailboat (as an individual motif) in: "Motieven in kleur; 220 patronen in Russiche kant" by Sebastiana van den Herik. In the same book, there's also a motif of a full old-fashioned sailing ship (3-masts and very pretty). Both books (van den Herik's with English translation) are available for loan to IOLI members. To join IOLI: http://www.internationaloldlacers.org/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: Bulletin
On Apr 7, 2011, at 5:28 PM, Janice Blair wrote: > I was sorry to read a note from the editor, > Cindy, that the next Bulletin will have Tamara's last article as Bobbin Lace > Editor. I was surprised to read she has been doing it for seven years. Time flies, when we're having fun :) In my semi-retirement, I hope to be able to still contribute something, every now and then, but also to have some time to make lace for myself, or for gifts, Christmas exchanges etc. All of which had to be discarded, given the relentless deadline drumbeat, not to mention "life". And I'd like for all Bulletin subscribers to keep their eyes peeled for a *rising* star -- Kim Davis. For several years, Kim's been a part of a little group (which includes Devon and Gil Dye, among others) of aficionados of the earliest laces (as well as fans of wire lace). She's had a couple of -- scattered -- articles in past Bulletins and has one, second in a series, in this one. My own copy of the Bulletin came this afternoon and I haven't yet had the time to do anything more than skim through it for pictures, but her article -- translating the old into the new (starting with a piece of an early lace, tracing its "family" through different incarnations, reproducing the the original, and *then* rendering a single repeat of it, in wire, as a necklace) -- looks like a real tour de force. With Kim on board -- even though she's not taking on the official title of BL Editor -- I feel quite comfortable saying: Don't cry for me, Argentina :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: Fiberglass Safety Warning
On Apr 8, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote: > I was told that Mr. Campbell used wool military blankets that he bought from > the military surplus stores, and that the blankets were 100% wool. I also have a Campbell pillow and, at the time I bought it, I asked what the filling was and was told it was wool. And it does handle like wool; I also have a wool-fillig block pillow from Germany and a wool-covered roller that I made myself, so I know how pins feel going into wool. I also know what fiberglass handles like :) When I was a child, a builder left a pile of leftover scraps for a couple of days, in the courtyard of our tenement. A whole lot of us kids got to play with the pretty, shiny, "cotton wool". We all itched and scratched for days, not to mention that all the myriad cuts we had took forever to heal. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Fwd: Lace mailing list - LaDearl (Dearl) Kniskern
Gentle Spiders, Apologies for forwarding to both lists, but I know that not everyone who knew (or "knew", electronically) Dearl reads the Lace-chat. Dearl was a fellow Virginian and we have met -- though only once -- in real life, years ago, through Arachne. She didn't post all that often but some of you may remember her tag-line: "My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance". I'm including Roy's e-mail address in my forward, in case anyone would like to send him a message. Begin forwarded message: > From: Roy Kniskern > Date: March 31, 2011 9:43:18 AM EDT > To: t...@rockbridge.net > Subject: Lace mailing list - LaDearl (Dearl) Kniskern > > Hello Tamara. I'm Roy Kniskern, Dearl's husband in Christiansburg. She has > spoken often of you. I know that up to a couple of years ago before she had a > small stroke that greatly diminished her vision Dearl was quite active in > both the Lace and Lace Chat mailing lists. > > Dearl died very suddenly Saturday evening, March 26. As we were saying our > goodbyes to my son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter and giving hugs and > kisses and laughing Dearl just dropped to the floor and was gone. Our son is > an EMT but couldn't save her in spite of his best efforts. Doctors say it was > likely that a clot developed and went to the heart (she'd had an angiogram > the preceeding Thursday) and was gone probably before she hit the floor. So > typical of her to go down laughing. > > I know she would like the on-line groups to be aware of her passing. She had > many friends and acquaintances there. I'd appreciate it if you would pass the > information on to them. > > Best regards and thank you, > > Roy Kniskern > > > -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: British symbols in lace for wedding
On Mar 27, 2011, at 3:14 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: > Further to the discussion of which British symbols could be included in a > lace design for Kate and Wills' wedding, I've just seen an article which says > that they have asked that the four national flowers of the British Isles - > rose, thistle, shamrock and daffodil - be featured in the icing design of > their wedding cake. In 1992, Jean Leader (Lace Guild website) wrote a booklet, called "Thistles, roses, daffodils and shamrocks. 4 Bookmarks using Bedfordshire lace techniques. The designs have that Art Nouveau-ish, sinuous look to them and the diagrams, for all they're in just black on white, are very clear and cover both general instructions and problems specific to each design. *Very, very* nice. The booklet looks to be self-published, which, presumably, means that it could still be available. Apologies if all of this has been mentioned before. For several weeks, I have not had the time to read arachne and am just trying to jump back in now. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: Clamp bobbin
On Oct 13, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Mark, aka Tatman wrote: > http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinburg/IMG_5848.jpg > > 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. One of those neat lace gadgets I find interesting and buy > and then don't use. H. ;) I have one of those clamps (though blue, not red), from before Clay's discovery of swivel hooks. They hold the short end of the thread well but, because they're so short and stubby, they're as much of a nuisance as help. But, seeing this... I have a couple of bobbins where the neck/head broke off but I haven't thrown away the body. Double "hmmm" :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
On Oct 8, 2010, at 4:40 PM, Noelene Lafferty wrote: > I have some spare bobbins with thread left on them and when using short > lengths of thread - for example, doing Christmas decorations or the gimp in > a bookmark, I tie my short length of thread to the existing thread. I > especially do this when getting beginners to do the Springett Snake. > > I don't like thread tied to bare bobbins, too much trouble to get the off. Nothing to add, nothing to take away (as we used to say in Poland). That's what I do, too, and for the same reason. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: Subject: Re: [lace] bobbins... and now, teaching?
On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Janice Blair wrote: > The heart bookmark pattern is useable now and available if you email me off > list. Call it "Key To My Heart" :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Thanks, Kim!
On Sep 25, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Kim Davis wrote: > The book mentioned here is by Sandi Woods, not Louise Colgan. Thanks a million (or, to be precise, $26.95 +shipping ). The book is listed on Holly's site as being by Colgan. It looked somewhat familiar (I have Sandi's book, too ) but, since only a part of the cover is pictured and the lettering is small, and I didn't remember the title of Sandi's book... I figured Colgan went a similar route and designed her own alphabet. After all, lots of people have been designing letters; alphabets are always popular. > The pieces are stunning. The techniques used are a bit different, there is a > lot more > in and out of pairs. Yes and yes and yes, on all counts. That why I love to drool over Sandi's book, but will never attempt even a single piece. Colgan's ideas and mine -- put the pairs in and let them play; take them out at the end, not in the middle -- are much more in harmony :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Re: Thanks Jeri PS
Oh, and Sherry... Since you're so much "into" lace angels, you might be interested in another book, also available on Holly's site: Angels in Russian Tape Lace, by Hanne Sonne. They're all somewhat similar in overall shape, with differences in fillings and head-shapes. I haven't seen the book myself but I think all the angels there are in white. Vera Cockuyt has been working them in colour and they're *stunning*. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Re: Thanks Jeri
On Sep 25, 2010, at 8:55 PM, Celtic Dream Weaver wrote: > for the info on the Milanese books from Holly Van Sciver. Me, too! I was totally unaware of Colgan's Alphabet Inspirations book. Since I'm a great fan of Colgan's Milanese designs and techniques, I've printed out Holly's order form and will get it in the mail on Monday (or, maybe, if I'm impatient enough, in an e-mail later tonight ) > The angel pattern I was speaking of was just one angel. I saw the picture of > it years ago finished. Sherry, the angel you're talking about is, I think, one of the workshop projects. I saw it (at least, I saw *an* angel she had designed) in her portfolio this spring, at the Lace At Sweet Briar. Louise did say she was planning on publishing a new book but wasn't sure which patterns would be included in it. I asked about the possibility of a new book, because she had an absolutely *darling* little honeybee, which I "have to" make one day; it's absolutely brilliant. She said that one was likely to be included, which made me very happy. Don't know what else might be in that book (she also had a darling thistle, but that one I got the pattern for in class) or when it's likely to be available. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Re: Variations
On Sep 20, 2010, at 4:06 AM, Alex Stillwell wrote: > Learn your standard techniques first then use all the > judgement you have to adapt them and make your lace as beautiful as it can > be. Hear! Hear! I, too, find it's perfectly OK to "break the rules" if you're doing it on purpose and *for* a purpose. But first, you need to know what the standard is... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Re: thread sizes and pricking
On Sep 18, 2010, at 1:57 PM, Sue wrote: > I have just found a nice little motif pattern I want to make for my Mum and > the pattern quotes madeira tanne 50 (which is 39 wraps and is 2Z) in Brenda's > book. I want to use my gutterman silk which says it is 27 wraps and 3Z). > Would it be sensible to print the pattern out slightly bigger for the silk > and if so by how much.Time is a little short now for me to have time to > make some samples to see which ones best, so I hope you lovely spiders will > come to my aid here. It's probably too late, since I see that you've already copied your pattern @ 140% but... I have designed some initials (mostly tape and leaf tallies but some very basic fans in the frame as well) and used to work them in Madeira 50. Since it's becoming harder and harder for me to make sewings in that size thread, I'm moving to Gutermann's silk myself. And found that it gives me the same density and overall look, when the pattern is copied @150%. Yes, it's quite a bit bigger than the original... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Looking for a lace-reporter in Ohio
Gentle Spiders, So, yesterday afternoon, Devon sent a (private) message: > I was having one of my long to-do's with Lyn Baily of Lancaster, PA, on the > subject of lace in early America, which is, like early America, a pretty > unexplored region. [...] Lyn continued to surf the internet and came up with > this intriguing hit. There is a person, employed by Arrogant Frenchman > Productions http://www.arrogantfrenchman.com/ who is going to impersonate an > exiled French lace merchant, who has fled the French Revolution and is going > to try to help out people in the colonies by employing them in lacemaking and > selling to the gentlefolk. But he has yet to make the latter's acquaintance. > This is to happen at Colonial Williamsburg on Oct. 2 and 3, 9-5. I feel > certain that there is the germ of an article for the Bulletin in this. I just > don't know how to capitalize on it. I don't think I can go to Wiliamsburg. I > don't know if he would want to write an article. Any thoughts? > > http://www.pinetreebarn.com/williamsburgfestival/distinguishedguests.html#lacemaker > describes the character that is being assumed for this day. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrogantfrenchman/sets/72157603580376569/ > actually has pictures of him making bobbin lace and strips of bobbin lace. Williamsburg is too far for me to make a one day trip and still observe an exhibit closely enough to report on, so I passed it on to "Our Woman in Williamsburg", Su Carter (BTW, all the people mentioned here -- Devon, Lyn, and Su -- are Arachneans; isn't it nice?). Who promptly replied: > Not here!!! It's in Ohio: > > Pine Tree Barn > 4374 Shreve Road > Wooster, Ohio 44691 > > Sat Oct. 2 & Sun., Oct 3 > Colonial Williamsburg Festival - Colonial militia living history encampment, > the finest in Ohio artists and crafts, music, “proper” food, and > presentations on Decorating Williamsburg Style, including floral > demonstrations. All licensed Williamsburg products 10% off. Handcrafted 18th > c. furniture on sale.[...] > > Sorry, can we find someone in Wooster, Ohio -- I'd love to hear a good report > . . . I'm planning to retire as the BL Editor of the Bulletin as soon as possible, but I too would like to see a report of the not-so-arrogant-anymore Frenchman pushing lacemaking into America (if no longer The Colonies ), so I took myself off to the IOLI Directory. There is an IOLI member in Wooster listed, but I don't know her. And my grasp of Ohio's geography is too weak to determine whether "Our Woman in Ohio" (Ruth Rocker) is within a reasonable driving distance of the event... Ruth? Or anyone else in Ohio? Any chance someone could go, take some photos and write a report for the Bulletin? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Working Bobbin Lace PAtterns using Wire
On Sep 1, 2010, at 6:28 PM, bertrans1 wrote: > Des anyone know how to use wire vice thread for use in bobbin lace patterns? > I asked this once before, but saw no comment regarding the use of wire. > I am a beginner and would like to learn how to use it. > Thank you to whoever can provide me with instructions, etc. > Sallie O. Several people on the list have made bobbin lace using wire as their "thread" and each of us has preferred methods, wire choices/suppliers, bobbins, etc. There are even teachers/workshops of that branch of lacemaking. Perhaps if you provided the info that Bev mentioned (You don't say where you are located, or if you are a beginner at lacemaking itself, or a beginner at using the wire), we might be of more help. I have just plowed through 2 weeks of Arachne-lace postings (been busy with other things, still am; Arachne-chat will have to wait ) and most of what I'd read is a blur but I seem to remember that you mentioned 28 gauge wire. That's fairly thick for some of us (I use 32) and you don't even mention what kind of wire it is (copper, steel, brass?) you're thinking of using... Or what sort of lace patterns... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Washington, DC based lace pattern themes/Bethesda
On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:18 AM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: > Hmm. Liz, were you looking to make a theme based pattern for Gros Point, or > for Bedfordshire, since I know you are teaching both? Perhaps a nice Gros > Point of cherry blossoms and roses on a jabot for a Supreme Court judge. I > think turkeys and bald eagles in Bedfordshire, ala Thomas Lester. How about Presidential ivory teeth clamping a twig with cherry blossoms for Gros Point and wooden teeth chomping on a turkey for Beds? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: dentifying a piece of lace
On Aug 15, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Lorelei Halley wrote: > Nathalie > What Patty said was right. This is Russian style bobbin tape lace, made by a > beginner who doesn't have good technique yet. Looking at the piece I had an impression that it was lack of *judgement* rather than skills, which was at fault. The thread is a little bit too thin/fine for the type of lace and 4 passive pairs (two each side of the gimp) aren't, quite, enough. Three passive pairs each side of the gimp, executed in a slightly thicker thread, would have resulted in a much nicer lace, even in the hands of a beginner (though nothing but experience could have helped the "holly leaves" masquerading as leaf tallies). And, the too-fine thread might have even been used on purpose. As Lorelei says, this kind of lace was done all over the Eastern and Central Europe and, at times, the "gauzy" look (to both the "Russian Tape" kind of lace as here, and to the Torchon type) was considered to be desirable. It was a bit like the "suspension of disbelief" that we're expected to take with us to the theatre, to enable us to ignore the men who come and change the scenery. The lace technique and style was primitive/coarse but, because it was made in fine thread, we were supposed to think it "fine". Natalie's piece: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4889690935_fddc9ecd98_b.jpg -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] RE: fioretombolo
On Jul 4, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Shirley wrote: > http://www.fioretombolo.net > > I just checked this website and under the Italian province of Lombardia, the > first pattern shown is our "own" Tamara Duvall's Swan. I haven't moved :) But Milan is in Lombardy, the Swan is in Milanese technique... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Sunday Edition, CBC One
On May 24, 2010, at 8:07 AM, lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrote: > It begins at the end of minute 28. Very interesting. I bought a lace hankie > with a handmade lace edging about 3/4 inch wide around it for 12 Euros at > Mont Ste. Michel, France. The lady assured me it was made in France, > although there was nothing in writing to that effect. I wonder where it > actually came from. Might even have been from France :) Polish hand-made lace from Bobowa (bobbin) and Koniakow (crochet) can sometimes be found at the Warsaw airport and in some "folk" stores aimed, mostly, at tourists. But you have to know something about lace, because the shop assistants aren't likely to. I bought a really nice, large, lace-ornamented tablecloth and a set of 6 napkins to go with it, some 10 years ago. I was told that it was "Bobowa lace" by one of the assistants and that it was "Koniakow lace" by another. In fact, it was needlelace, probably made in China (but still very nice and worth the low price) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Sunday Edition, CBC One
On May 23, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Adele Shaak wrote: > Bev wrote: > >> Perhaps they meant making lace by hand commercially. For their living. > > Yes, that's exactly what they meant. And the report may have been advertised > as being about "the last place in the world etc., etc., " but the report > includes information on the competition the Indians get from the Chinese, so > I don't think that somewhat overblown claim was made by the reporter herself. No, it's unlikely to have been her own claim; probably, that's what she was told by the workers. Everyone wants to be "unique" and "exceptional"; if you can't be the first, you take pride in being the last :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Looking for a pattern
On May 17, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Mark Myers wrote: > I am looking for a sailboat pattern or maybe a light house pattern. Nothing > too involved. Fairly simple. To add to all the other suggestions: There's a sailboat and a 3-mast ship in Motieven in kleur (Motifs in colour) by Sebastiana Van den Herik. Russian tape, fairly simple (straightforward and not too difficult) and, like all her patterns, very effective. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Tatting bikers
On May 8, 2010, at 2:10 PM, noekkentved - Arne wrote: > At least I know a couple of motorcycle owners, who are talking a lot about > their bobbin-lace ability (and indeed they are very good as lacers..) - > and indeed they have not shown any tatoos. > Of course it can be different from tatting MC owners :-) I'm pretty sure that one of the tatting teachers here in US travels on a motorcycle, full black leather et al. Can't remember her name, not having much connection to the tatting world but remember seeing her at, I think, the Hasbrouck Heights IOLI Convention. So, anything is possible and Irene's sighting could have been for lace. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: How do you call?
On Mar 24, 2010, at 15:06, Antje González wrote: I think there are two different things to consider: "honey comb stitch" (TTC.TTC) and "honeycomb ground" (the 2nd grid drawn by Jane). Yes, that's how I always understood it, too. TTCpinTTC is honeycomb *stitch* and can be used on any grid. Honeycomb ground, to me, is the one where some of the pins are missing (Jane's 2nd grid) PS to Antje. I'll get back to you; promise (ha ha ). Just swamped with "stuff"... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Shredding threads
On Feb 24, 2010, at 23:57, Vicki Bradford wrote:
I was also in the Cluny de Brioude class in Montreal. Our class
materials instructed us to bring a leather piece to work on.
Actually, we were told to bring fake leather ("skin", I think it was
called), which is what I did bring for myself and a couple of other
people. Can't remember what it's called here, but it's sold as car-seat
cover fabric; slick on the right side and bonded knit on the wrong
side. Similar to, but thicker than, "plastic" tablecloth material.
I now use a piece of real leather, fairly thick and with a deeper cut
in it -- more of a U than a kidney -- to frame my work. My bobbins are
neither true Continentals (bulb at the bottom), nor Midlands (which I
can no longer pick up with any comfort); they're tapered squares, made
for me by Neil Keats, in Australia. His heads (double, to accomodate
the hitch, also double) are perfectly balanced and almost never loose a
hitch, even with silk or metallic threads. I have no problems with
shredding thread. But then I had no problems with shredding thread even
when I used faux suede workcloths, either straight and folded or with a
working hole in the middle. The only thing I avoid in a workcloth is
pattern; I find it distracting and prefer solid colours. Covercloth
(the piece I throw over the pilow when I leave it), on the othe other
hand, I do like to be pretty and have several of those, some very
bright and fancy.
I wonder what experience others have had using the plastic green
'horseshoe' intended to raise threads a bit to avoid catching on
exposed pins? I confess I own one but have never used it.
I tried mine for a while -- I'm a sucker for gadgets and can't resist
buying them. And, once I bought them, I want to at least give them a
chance of proving their worth -- and it annoyed me. It kept getting in
the way, I had problems with the bobbins escaping its confines, I had
problems with moving it in concert with, or independent of, the
workcloth. It wasn't worth the frustration and I don't even know now
where it is. Not somewhere I can easiy find it, that's for sure :)
Over time, everyone develops her/his own preferences as to the tools
used and "tricks" to go with those tools. What works, perfectly, for
one person may not work at all for someone else. But we don't know what
works and what doesn't until we try. And Arachne is the best place I
know of to find out what others think is "perfect". Some of those
suggestions I have adopted, wholesale. Some, I have adapted to suit me
better. Some, I have discarded after trying out. There are no "one size
fits all" answers to *any* problem :)
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Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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[lace] Re: A Challenge: was... Tallies in 17th c lace
On Feb 15, 2010, at 22:40, Kim Davis wrote: I suspect one of the reasons museums in general do not have images out there is because they don't know exactly what they have, and don't want to admit it. That may be one of the reasons. Another reason could be that they don't know how much detail lace-fanatics really require for proper study. I saw that aspect of it, when I got into correspondence with a museum in Poland. The museum holds a series of miniatures of several figures from the Jagiellonian royal "line" by Cranach. I have a few postcards with those figures and, some of the trimmings on their clothes -- the shiny ones in particular, but some white veil trimmings as well -- looked like they might have been very early bobbin lace, as it was transitioning from the passementerie stage. But, of course, by the time the miniatures were further miniaturised and then printed on postcards, it was really hard to tell what was what. The people at the museum were very friendly and obliging and sent me -- for free -- a disc with photos of all the miniatures in the series. Very good photos, as such :) But, even by isolating and magnifying fragments, the best I could determine (before I got into the same situation that the photographer of Antonioni's "Blow Up" did) was that it was not bobbin lace. So I gave up, thanked them most effusively and that was that. But. *Had it been* bobbin lace and I wanted to study the design of it, I'd have been up the creek, without a paddle. Photos of lace for study purposes require very good photography, with multiple, close-up shots of different bits, all done at very high resolution . Which might be another reason why some museums shy away from posting photos of their lace collections. A while back, there was a bit of a "campaign" to get the Metropolitan Museum in New York City to photograph their lace collection and make it avilable, on-line, to everyone who wants to study it. Victoria and Albert did, why couldn't the Met? I got into a correspondence with Tom Campbell (then the curator at the Ratti, now the director of the Museum) on the subject and this was, in part, the response I got: Data entry staff cost a minimum of $25 per hour, for the most rudimentary data entry, not to mention proofing and correcting by the curators or other specialist staff. Photographs by our photography studio cost about $200 per image, when broken down in terms of staff time. The Museum holds 5000 pieces of lace. More than one photo of each piece would really be needed for proper study. And it was more than 2yrs ago; I expect that the costs have gone up since. He also suggested "substantial donations" were always welcome but, even those could not guarantee that they'd be directed at exactly the spot (lace) that I was interested in. He also suggested I should come to NYC and do my study in person. Since the reason I wanted to study on line was the little matter of the cost of getting to NYC and staying there for a week or longer, I realised that his idea of "substantial donations" and mine were not even in the same ballpark... Nothing's ever as simple as it appears at the first glance :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Tallies in 17th c lace (was: 17th century Genoese lace on Ebay)
On Feb 14, 2010, at 13:09, Nancy Neff wrote: I didn't think the 17th century lace had leaves?? Yes it did. Leaves -- and other "woven" shapes, like triangles -- appear even earlier than 17c, at least in Genoese lace. By early 17c they were fairly common. I'm pretty sure that the Parasole pattern book, on the Arizona U website, has some patterns with leaves. But, although some were made the same way we make them now, quite often, they were constructed a bit differently. We now make leaves with just two pairs/4 *threads* -- one thread weaves over and under the remaining 3. Many of the early laces used 4 *pairs* in the construction of a "leaf", with one pair whole-stitching through the remaining 3 (or more, if more pairs needed to travel somewhere else), with the shape determined by the number of twists on the weaver (between the edge and the central pairs). Janet Arnold's book -- Patterns of Fashion 4 -- has a photo of lace (in possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC), dated "c1575-1600", which has leaves made in a manner similar to ours, with one thread weaving around others. The difference is that the weaver -- coloured (purple or gold) is added and removed as needed and it weaves around the 4 (rather than 3) basic colour threads, making realy nice, fat, "pumpkin seed" tallies. (p 55. plate 72A) Rosemary Shepherd's book -- An Early Lace Workbook -- shows both types of tallies. A "probably second half of 16th c" piece, on p56, uses two pairs, with one thread as weaver. Two more pieces, also second half of the 16th c, have both 2-pair leaves and 4-pair triangles (pp 71-74). So far as I can tell, *the only* progress we have made (technique-wise) since the earliest laces, is in the area of half-stitch; I haven't seen any motifs made using it (never mind grounds, which are later). But, given that we seem to have forgotten, since that time, some other -- equally clever -- tricks, the honours are at least even :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Tatra Mountains Museum
On Feb 12, 2010, at 16:59, Lorelei Halley wrote: Devon No, you aren't having senior moment. The text does specify bobbin lace, but the two pictures are needlelace. Only the middle one is bobbin lace. Ah well, we can't expect tourism promoters to be lace experts (but it would be nice). What's *really* weird is that the school never taught/made needle lace; only bobbin. Over the years, it had gone through many changes, expanded to other subjects (including embroidery), dropping some others (including bobbin lace) but, so far as I know, it never made needle lace or, at least, not of the type pictured. So, the question arises: just where did they get those pieces? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Breaking threads
On Feb 4, 2010, at 6:23, Jean Leader wrote: I know from my teaching that some lacemakers have trouble with some threads untwisting and breaking but I've never been able to work out why. All I know is that the reels of thread they give up on work perfectly for me when I try them out. Nine times out of ten it may be true and then there comes the Rogue Reel (or the Suspect Spool, depending on which side of The Pond you have to cope with it) :) Because I design patterns for publication and because I like to work in colour, I often acquire an entire/nearly entire colour range of a given thread (something that's currently easy to obtain. Unfortunately, the "current" never lasts, so I have lots and lots of thread that's useless for my purpose). Of the three drawers-full of Madeira 50/2, one colour -- ONE! -- breaks about 5 times as frequently as any other. I'm aware of it so even if I forget, the moment it breaks for the first time I'm reminded of the minefield and start "treading lightly": I begin to treat it with extra-special care and manage to finish the project. But the pain-in-the-neck is real, not imagined and someone coming to that thread without the "precondition" I've had is likely to respond by throwing her hands up in the air, denouncing the thread and avoiding the entire brand in the future. Actually... I think it's a chemical used to dye the thread. I've had 'dentical-same problem with the same colour/shade in two other "lines" -- one other cotton and one linen. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Lace reference in Literature: LONG.......
On Feb 4, 2010, at 14:50, Mark, aka Tatman wrote: Chapter XVI. How from a Brother One Becomes a Father: I know nothing about that, but just look at this wonderful rosette which a slice of wood-cells of the pine presents under the microscope! Compare the most beautiful Mechlin lace to that if you can! These thinkers forget to love. == I assume Victor Hugo would have knowledge of this lace being made in that area of the country or knows that lace is prominent for this time??? He seems to be a history/research type of writer from my own observation. The time-frame and the "scene" of the Miserables -- written in 1862, when Hugo was 60 -- is right after the French Revolution (1815-1835). So, what Hugo writes about is not something he's likely to have known first hand (even supposing, in the first place, he'd have been interested in such detail), though the time lag is not all that great. Given that lace is but a minor "frill", barely mentioned here and there, I'd not expect him to be all that accurate about it *for the time he was writing about*, though it might have been accurate enough for when he was writing the book. I've seen such tiny anachronisms slip into the writings of most meticulous researchers, down to and including historians who slipped into writing fiction (my favourite "eye opener" was a prisoner, being interrogated in prison and leaning negligently against a chair-back. In the early Middle Ages). So, it's (as we say in Polish): "the wisewoman predicted: (it could be) this way, or (it could be) that way" :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Breaking threads
On Feb 2, 2010, at 4:26, Jane Partridge wrote (in response to Sue): if it is the thread on the same bobbins each time, next time one breaks, instead of joining the already wound thread back in, try re-winding it from the spool first?. Actually, if it's the thread on the same bobbin, you might want to check the *bobbin head*. Sometimes, a tiny nick in the head will develop which will fray the thread as it's unwound off the neck and "fed" into the lace. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: lace at the Cleveland Museum of Art-Schiff Collection
On Jan 31, 2010, at 16:20, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: When I put the link in arachne, it duplicates itself. The first copy seems to have a short underline before and after, which you have to cut off. The second version has a parenthesis which you have to cut off. The second/duplicate link (in parentheses) in Devon's (and some other people's) messages always works for me, without having to do anything other than click on it; the ( ) aren't a part of the URL (on my screen, they're black, like ordinary text, not blue, like e-sensitive stuff). One of those poxy 'puter mysteries :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: My lace
On Jan 19, 2010, at 12:55, Alice Howell wrote: What have you been doing? Once I cleared the post-Christmas debris? Decoding yet another pattern from Le Pompe. Book II, for a change :) My life seems to move from one IOLI Bulletin deadline to another, with a bit of Free Clinic volunteering in between. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Christmas bauble cover
On Jan 7, 2010, at 15:19, Sue wrote: I have even been buying up a few baubles in the sales in shops with a few left, so I will be using this pattern. Thank Eve for this lovely pattern. I'd like to extend my thanks to Eve also; have printed off the pattern and hope to make it one day, if I have any time to spare. Meanwhile... Don't know about UK but, in US, you can sometimes buy clear glass (not coloured) baubles. You can pack the curly remnants, taken off the bobbins after finishing a project, inside a bauble, for a messy but lacy (and somewhat "moderne") "background" to your lace. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: IOLI Bulletin - Devon does it again!!!
On Jan 7, 2010, at 19:27, Janice Blair wrote: I got my Winter IOLI Bulletin this afternoon and as this usually is the Bulletin that has the details about convention in, I tend to go to the center pages. Not this time. Devon Thein has written a long, long (9 pages) article, several without pictures, that is a fascinating read. DH kept asking me questions and my reply was "I'm reading!!" I usually start "real reading" (as opposed to "flipping through") with Devon's contributions. Not this time :) Came back from my stint at the Free Clinic so bushed, I didn't think I could give it full justice, seing that it was not a litle bon-bon but a boxfull of them. Tomorrow. Today, all I was able to notice are the little -- and lovely -- changes to the layout and the new "How do I...?" column which, as a dedicated "lace techie" (rude mechanical), I find of particular interest. We're growing; if not in size, then in poise. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Happy New Year and another BL project done!
On Jan 1, 2010, at 17:11, Mark, aka Tatman wrote: To bring in the new year 2010 I finished this morning another UFO bobbin lace project that has been on my pillow since last year :) I too decided to ring in the New Year with some lacemaking, hoping that "start as you mean to go on" will apply. Didn't finish the project -- it's got at least another day or two to go, what with all the tallies -- but made some visible progress. Happy New Year everyone! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] A Lace Tree
A friend sent this to me and just in time, too. What an excellent idea! :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/woolly_fabulous/3511417616/in/photostream/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Dated Lace on Synagogue Textiles
On Nov 20, 2009, at 21:42, Regina Hart wrote: According to WorldCAT.org, a couple of US libraries have the book: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57343022&referer=brief_results Chances are most libraries that have it don't circulate it, but if you're near one, you can visit. That's what I love the most about Arachne -- the team work. What one person doesn't know, another one does and, brick-by-brick, a solid "house" of knowledge gets built :) Thanks, Gina. And, to think that I almost didn't reply to the original post.. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Dated Lace on Synagogue Textiles
On Nov 20, 2009, at 15:46, deanna7 Cohen wrote: I found this interesting article on Synagogue textiles that are shown in the State Jewish Museum in Prague. Does anyone know if any of these pieces are photographed elsewhere. The pictures in this article are not very good and I haven't been able to find them elsewhere. http://www.blen.net/blen_14/140306.htm At least *some* of the laces from the Blen site had been fairly well photographed -- with some even diagrammed for further help in understanding -- in the catalogue that the Jewish Museum in Prague published in 2004. The Museum held a special exhibition of their laces to coincide with the OIDFA Congress in Prague. The English title of the catalogue is: Laces from the Collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague (no authors listed on the cover but, in the end-of-the-book info, you can see that the text was written by Dana Veselska and the photos are credited to Dana Cabanova and Jiri Tatransky), The catalogue's ISBN # is: 80-85608-86-3 There were only 1000 copies printed, so I don't know how easy/difficult it might be for you to obtain one to even look at; I cannot find it listed in the IOLI holdings and, if they don't have it, an ordinary library (library loan) is even less likely to. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Good news for Brugge!
On Nov 18, 2009, at 17:14, Clay Blackwell wrote: I've put my money with the hungry this season, and to those who "fall between the cracks" with health insurance. But I would surely put some money toward saving a monument in the lacemaking world. Ditto and ditto. Hitting 50 wealthiest Belgians for "big ticket" support is great but I'm sure that some grassroot, small donation, support could be helpful too, if there's some way of doing that (charge my Visa, with the help of the 'puter) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Fwd: lace exhibit
Arlene used to be on Arachne, years, and years ago. Does't have the time anymore, but still makes lace and pays attention to "things lace": From: Arlene Essex Date: October 28, 2009 15:15:23 EDT To: 'Tamara P Duvall' Subject: lace exhibit Hi T – here’s some info about a lace exhibit at the Wadsworth Athenium in Hartford, Ct which just opened. Maybe you can send this out to anyone you know who lives in the area and would be interested. http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/visit/ The Allure of Lace October 17, 2009- February 28, 2010 This exhibition draws from the museum's costume and textile collections and features individual lace pieces, along with lace incorporated into clothing, handkerchiefs, and fans from Europe and the Middle East, as well as 20th-century dresses, samples, lace making tools and portrait miniatures. This exhibition is made possible with generous support from The Costume & Textile Society of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Book: Neue Weihnachts-Klöppelmuster
On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:20, Sister Claire wrote: I recently received my copy of the Neue Weihnachts-Klöppelmuster by Brigitte Bellon (2009, Barbara Fay Verlag, Gammelby. ISBN 978-3-925184-40-6) and I would like to share my very, very positive impression of it. I've yet to see a *single* book by Bellon that's not worth at least taking a look at; *all* of her books are great. Most of the projects are imaginative and charming, but quick to make (few pairs). I don't have *every* book she's ever written, but I do have quite a few :) As for availability... Barbara Fay Verlag usually carries them (and some of them have been published by her house). One of my favourite books suppliers -- competitive prices and reasonably priced shipping (used to be free. Ah, the good old days ). http://www.barbara-fay.de/j/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Flowers and stiffner
On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:45, Alice Howell wrote: If your wire gimp is crinkling, then I suggest that it's too fine a wire for the project. Your wire should bend readily but hold it's shape once it is put in place. In the USA, the craft shops carry a package of colored wires for general craft use and this wire works very well in lace flowers. Your craft shops might have a similar wire. I don't know the official gauge of this wire. A firm colored wire can make a nice outside edge of a flower An excellent source of all kinds/gauges of craft wire (icluding fine enough to make lace with), in UK: http://www.wires.co.uk/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Chantilly question
On Oct 12, 2009, at 10:10, Sue Babbs wrote: In geometric Bucks, the pinholes would go on the pre-existing grid and it would be all straightforward. In floral Bucks they could be moved so that the design flowed well. I don't have enough background knowledge of Chantilly to know what should happen. Should I use the regular pinholes, or should I use ones placed to look more attractive? Bucks is the only (to my knowledge) Point Ground lace which makes the distinction between "geometric" and "floral". All other PG laces seem to ignore that distinction and use the "stick to the regular ground for as long as is feasible/sensible but the *result* is more important than the measuring tape". Ie, "looks" trump the "rules". Most of the pin adjustments I've seen are, usually, very close to the motif -- the pins there will skip a ground pin, halve the distance between the motif and the next ground pin, alter the angle, etc. -- you don't want huge, gaping, holes where a ground pin ought to have been. But the overall look is what matters the most. Actually... This seems to be true not just of PG laces but of every kind/technique, with the exception of Torchon (the Queen of Strait Jackets ) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Super-Supreme Jabots
On Oct 8, 2009, at 3:48, Betty Rice wrote: As to the jabots, I firmly believe that a gift to each Justice of the United States Supreme Court is most appropriate. [...] The robes do not belong to the court, do they? No, the robes do not belong to the court; they belong to individual Justices. Not only that, but, since there's no uniform "prescription" as to what a Justice's robe ought to look like, they each have an awful lot of leeway. That's why Scalia's robe is so different from anyone else's -- he's designed it himself. I'm pretty sure that Justice Renquist (previous Chief Justice, before Roberts) designed his own, too; IIRC, his wasn't just plain black, but had coloured chevrons on it. This isn't England; our Justices are staunch individuals. And they don't wear wigs, either :) If, BTW, y'all are planning for a spring 2010 delivery (as per Aurelia's posting), then Justice Stevens -- and his signature bowties -- is likely to have been retired by then. And be replaced -- my fondest hope -- by another "lady Justice". Which would make 3 recipients likely to ever wear a pretty lace jabot, if offered a gift of it. For the current Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) membership and what they look like, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States#Current_membership -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: finding books etc in the Archives
On Oct 7, 2009, at 16:46, Aurelia Loveman wrote: "Two-Pair Inventions" -- sounds like J.S. Bach to me. That was intentional; my son was learning to play Two-*Part* Inventions at the time. Seemed like a nice word-play (something I always found hard to resist ). Cindy Hutton (of the Norfolk/VA Beach lace group) designed the first cover, with the clef, when I donated the first version to their Lace Day's goodie bags. Add a Three-Pair Inventions to it and you no longer have just a booklet, but a book. That would be a delight. Why don't you? Because my Inventive juices aren't flowing as freely now as they used to :) I started with an experiment, on a small scale, exploring the possibilities of how far one could push just two pairs. The thing grew and the booklet/monograph that's now at the Arizona U site is almost double the original size (including an experiment/reworking of one of the small centres in wire, by Paula Harten, then of California). Good times... :) Three pairs don't sing the same siren song of discovery. On the one hand, there already exists the distinct lace technique -- 3-Pair Fiandra -- the pattern body of which keeps growing, even though the number of its teachers is limited. On the other hand... I suppose I could apply what I've learnt, over the past couple of years, about mid-16th c laces (a 3-pr tape or a 3-strand plait, using a pair as a "strand, each branching off, in distinct ways and in various directions) to a Three-Pair Fantasia and it *would* be richer than a 2-pair experiment. But... not *sufficiently* richer, to merit the effort :) The thing will have to stay as it is. And, all things considered, it's not a bad effort, even if I say so myself. If you don't mind oodles of sewings... if you need practice at leaf tallies... if you want a Christmas ornament which won't take weeks to make... You might want to give it a try :) http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/monographs.html#D scroll down to "Duvall" For colour pictures of the snowflakes go to my "website" (URL in the signature) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: finding books etc in the Archives
On Oct 5, 2009, at 17:57, Noelene Lafferty wrote: Thanks for that Tess. Wouldn't it be nice if there were more lovely people like Alex in this world. Hey, I'm a nice person, too :) With Tess's kind help/hard work (sine qua non) I was able to make my own "booklet" (Two-Pair Inventions pamphlet) available for everyone. Only, to find mine, you have to go to "Monographs" (rather than "Books") to find it. And, of course, it no longer makes any money for The Lace Museum in Sunnyvale... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Tenerife Lace books
On Oct 5, 2009, at 12:28, bev walker wrote: Go to www.handweaving.net where Kris has links to the lace documents and sells the CDs :)) While there why not check out the still small lace gallery? It is a subset of the weaving gallery. It needs more laces :D Except that... When I tried to submit one of my reconstructions - very a propos, being from a book that's available on the main site (Le Pompe, Book II) -- I was unable to. When I pursued it, I was told that (for once ) it wasn't just the fault of my own lack of 'puter literacy but that something was "broken" and would get straightened out. By-and-by. It may have been -- the "event" happened about 2 yrs ago -- but, by now, I've lost all interest in contributing to it; I'd rather make lace than fight with user-unfriendly sites. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: UK Lace Day-lacemakers at Parham House
On Oct 2, 2009, at 9:57, Susan Reishus wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebozo [...] I can easily see that a shawl or stole could be of daily use, and that a more quickly woven stole could be embellished with bobbin lace, and faster than making one of solid lace, which essentially would be a mantilla. A kind of merging of two garments... From the link you provided: The photographs of Agustín Casasola depict soldaderas, the female soldiers of the Mexican Revolution, wearing rebozos de bolita. I can't find any of those photos to check it out but, doesn't "rebozo de bolita" mean "bobbin rebozo"? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Saving Making a Leaf tally
On Sep 9, 2009, at 22:30, Clive & Betty Rice wrote: I saved Tess's video by opening it and simply clicking on "Favorites" which is on the strip that has File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools, Help. Then I click on Add to Favorites and renamed it Making a Tally. When I want to review it, I simply click on Favorites and scroll down to Making a Tally. Simple. I use Internet Explorer so this works. Mind you, this is simple because I am roadkill on the information superhighway, and I can do it! My roadkill is bigger than your roadkill, so it was still too complicated for me. Or, maybe, there's a reckless, rebellious, gene somewhere in my make-up, which baulks at the idea of "saving" anything measured in kilobytes :) Google is my friend; it knows where YouTube "lives". Type in: "making a leaf tally+YouTube" and there you are... It's already *been* saved -- on YouTube; I don't have to waste space on my personal 'puter. Now, to find the time to actually *watch* the clip and see which tally-making version Tess is showing... If it's the "chiropractor" one, I'm outa there :) Back in '06, in Montreal, I took the Cluny class and the teacher (Nathalie. Nathalie... what? Can't remember) tried to teach us that one. I failed, miserably. But I was as fast and as effective using Tess's *old* (and my favourite) method -- TTC, tension; TTC, tension -- so Nathalie told me not to change a thing :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: box folders
On Sep 3, 2009, at 22:26, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Or perhaps something like this, called a document box? _http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/product_specific.cfm? ClientID=15&Pro ductID=17284_ (http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/product_specific.cfm? ClientID=15&ProductID=17284) Devon In a message dated 9/3/2009 8:47:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 4l...@tussah.com writes: Is this what you are looking for? http://tinyurl.com/expandingwallet It's an expanding wallet from Office Depot. Well, no :) I know what Tess is talking about, because I bought a bunch of them in England, back in 1988, and used them till they fell apart. But I never saw them Stateside. It's a *single* folder -- not expanding, not a box -- much like ours are, except that they do not have the spine holes to put them into a binder. But, instead of opening like a book -- two parts, each with a little pocket at the bottom -- it's more like an envelope. There's a little flap on top and the "envelope" is held closed with a piece of elastic , which slides over a corner. Very efficient, very simple and I don't know why it's not made here. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Cost of linen thread
On Sep 3, 2009, at 6:22, Brenda Paternoster wrote: [...] a sample of the finest size which I have measured as 34 wraps/cm [...] Would you be prepared to pay 12-15 Euros, 10-12 GBP, 18-21 USD for a 250 metre spool of fine, coloured, linen thread? For comparison: 34wpc is the same as for Bockens 120. That thread (no colours; bleached and cream only), on 500m spools is $8.50 at Lacy Susan and $10.95 at Van Sciver Bobbin Lace (in both cases, before shipping and/or sales tax where applicable). So, you get twice as much for half the price but no colours. You might, then, want to use the coloured linen for accents rather than whole large projects. In which case, a spool of 250m would last a looong time. So, yeah, I'd buy it, for something special; I love linen, even with slubs :) There just is no other fiber which has the same lasting endurance, the body, and the property of getting better and better (shiny and soft) with repeated washings. Though a bit would depend on how easily available it would be (shipping is expensive here but shipping from abroad is prohibitive) and what the range of colours was. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: lace (pins) in fiction
On Aug 30, 2009, at 22:12, Su Carter wrote: A No. 3 Broad-headed Extra Long would grace any true pinhead's collection." -- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett Su, recovering from her unexpected overdose of endorphins To help you recover in a hurry... You owe me for a keyboard (and Mac ones don't come cheap) -- wine all over the place. I only gurgled through most of the quotation (including the image of a "microscopic cockerel" on a pin's head) but the "true pinhead's collection" was just too much... Especially in conjunction with a similarly double-edged and textile-related term, used (though not by Pratchett, so far as I know) in reference to annoyingly stupid people: "a pinprick". -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: threads - sizes and plies
On Aug 25, 2009, at 7:45, Dona B. wrote: For years I've used Holly's thread comparison chart but I can see that your book would be a good addition, Brenda. Is that available for purchase in the US? What are the chances it would be available at Ithaca in Oct.? Very good to excellent :) The newest edition of the book is listed on Holly's website: http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/1Books.html#New%20Books! Last book in the second row, @ $24.95. I think all American suppliers carry it; it's indispensable for anyone serious about lacemaking. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Fwd: Re: Where does your lace guild meet?
I thought this was worth forwarding to the list, since it adds to the general "pot" of suggestions. Marji's message had my own message to the list appended, but I'm stripping that off; it wasn't all that important in the first place (just something to get the discussion going)... As an aside... Even after 36+yrs in the US and even though I now often do it myself, I still, sometimes, pause and wonder at how willing Americans are to travel, long distance, to meet. And hour in the car -- one way! -- is not considered to be much of an obstacle, unless it's at night and, sometimes, not even then. When I was growing up, visiting a friend who lived 20 minutes away by bus or tram was going to "where the devil says good-night"; an hour (by train) meant spending the night, as likely as not... Begin forwarded message: From: Marji Sakievich Date: August 23, 2009 23:04:20 EDT To: Tamara P Duvall Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Where does your lace guild meet? We decided not to have a permanent library. We met a local restored college building that is attached to the library. It is a beautiful building. Academy Square in Provo, UT. It is the site of the original Brigham Young University. The city is centrally located for our ladies, some who travel over an hour to meet with us. My other guild meets in a library in a city closer Salt Lake City. That is an hour drive for me. Some of us belong to both guilds so we get to meet twice a month. The Beehive Lacers have a library in someone's home. Marji -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Where does your lace guild meet?
On Aug 22, 2009, at 23:20, wrote: I am looking for ideas on where a lace guild could meet. I don't have a local-enough guild, so don't attend meetings but one of the locations that has always struck me as mutually beneficent was a sewing notions store, if it's big enough (and many do have a back room which might be suitable). Most lacemakers are "into" more than just lacemaking, so the temptation to keep buying threads and other "stuff" while in such a store is always overpowering :) The issue of a permanent library is something else, however. The only time I've seen one was in Pittsburgh, where one of the guilds (they had two, IIRC -- Robin Panza will straighten me out, if not) was meeting in a church basement/vestry. All other guilds I know cart their libraries with them evey time... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Fwd: Lace in Translation Exhibition
I don't know whether Tina sent this privately by intent or by mistake but I think it's something that everyone on Arachne should see, so I'm forwarding. Begin forwarded message: From: Tina Allen Date: August 22, 2009 15:48:54 EDT To: tallen...@verizon.net Subject: Re: Lace in Translation Exhibition Hi, I've attached a link to the web site for Lace in Translation, an exhibition at the Paley Design center at Philadelphia University that I thought you might find of interest. The exhibition runs from 9/24/09 to 4/3/10 http://www.laceintranslation.com/. Best regards, Tina Allen -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Fwd: Ipswich Lace
Obviously, my memory has played me false :) Begin forwarded message: From: Judith Lamp Date: August 21, 2009 23:39:38 EDT To: t...@rockbridge.net Subject: Ipswich Lace Hi Tamara, I get the summary of the lace digest posts. My late husband subscribed to it for me so I don't know how to post a message. I just finished Marta Cotterell Raffel's book on Ipswich lace. She states that the lace was sold in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia and Virginia. I would not consider that local use. Judith Lamp -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re:Lace songs
On Aug 21, 2009, at 4:34, Nathalie wrote: Anyone know more about lace and music? Lace *is* music (in threads). You can quote me :) It reminds me of an old sci-fi story I once read (45yrs ago? more?), about a group of Earthlings, who landed on a strange planet, where they were allowed -- by the native inhabitants -- to set up a base. The two races got along OK, but never got very friendly, one of the obstacles being that the natives had no ears and could not hear sounds. And then, one of the Earthlings -- on of the crazier ones -- got a weird idea of "translating" musical notes into coloured motion and filming it... Can't remember what piece he used for his first experiment -- something by Beethoven; a sonata, maybe? -- but the natives, seeing it, decided that the Earthlings, afterall, weren't the uncouth clods everyone had thought them to be -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: period lace
On Aug 20, 2009, at 1:16, Lorelei Halley wrote: There is also the Ipswich lace production: local and homegrown, point ground. But I'm not sure what time period the Ipswich lacemakers were active. I know there is someone in arachne who does know. The subtitle of Marta Cotterell Raffel's book on the subject of "The Laces of Ipswich" is: "the art and economics of an early American industry, 1750-1840", so we do know the dates. But, as far as I remember (it's been a while since I read the book and my wretched memory is like a sieve), the Ipswich lace -- despite its energetic promotion by the local worthies -- never really "took" and its use remained relatively local. Also, it wasn't, sensu stricto, Point Ground. Most of it was black and used either Kat Stitch or what's described as "Torchon with an extra twist at the pinhole" (honeycomb *stitch*?) as ground, not the CTTT, typical of Point Ground. Also, some of the laces were "groundless" and I'd have a hard time categorising them. It's a similar story to that of "Tonder Laces". When we think of "Tonder Laces", we think "Point Ground, very fine, large Copenhagen holes". But, given that the laces of the Tonder area were made over a long period of time, there's more to them than that; they changed along with the demands of fashion and taste. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] 1810s vs 1860s
On Aug 19, 2009, at 23:07, lucie...@uottawa.ca wrote: I am trying to figure out what kinds of lace would be extant and available to American and Canadian women (urban and fairly rich, I guess) to decorate their clothes (especially coiffes). I remember reading somewhere that one of the American First Ladies (but, which???) had her entire inauguration dress made of the new-fangled, *machine-made* lace (imported from Nottingham, IIRC). I expect that would have had an influence on the "urban rich" fashions, at least in the US. It would, also, have made a definite difference between the 1810s and the 1860s fashions, the said dress (again, *as far as I remember*) having "happened" somewhere in the early 1820s. For us, "AM" can have a totally different meanting than it does for the rest of the world -- After Machine :) [...] the difference between country clothes that seems to stay fairly 18th centurish and urban clothes which follows European fashion fairly quickly. Have others noticed this too?) The differences between the (slow) country rhythms and the (fast-moving) city ones extend beyond US/Canada and beyond the clothing scope, though clothing is one of the most manifest. You can tell, by their clothing, the "country bumpkins" from the "city slicks" in paintings done all over Europe -- England, France, Netherlands... even Poland -- at different times. But language, also, changed faster in the cities than it did in the boondocks, even in countries where the population was native and (mostly) monolithic, not immigrant and mixed, as in US and Canada. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Early laces
On Aug 12, 2009, at 20:33, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: Gina, Noelene, has got in first!! I was about to mention Rosemary Shepherd's new book on the Early laces. It has a few patterns and very clear working diagrams, and a lot of history about the early laces, threads, etc. A very interesting read. It is, indeed, a very interesting book. Sent me back to the drawing board on one of my past articles, but I won't hold it against Rosemary :) Anything new I learn is always a gift. One of the fascinating things about the -- very few, so far -- books on the early laces is the progress made in deciphering those same early laces. If you start with the Levey/Payne "Le Pompe" (1983) and end with Shepherd's "An Early lace Workbook" (2009) -- travelling via Burkhard's "Fascinating Bobbin Lace", snippets from Nora Andries' "Onder de loep" and Gillian Dye's "Elizabethan Lace" -- you'll notice how much better and more reliable the newer books got in those 26yrs, as more people added their observations into the common "pot". The Levey/Payne was a pioneering work, but the reproductions didn't look anything like the extant laces; some of Shepherd's could fool a museum curator... Not that *Shepherd* has all the answers, though :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Lace teaching happened!
On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:39, Chris Vail wrote: I taught a beginner 16th c. bobbin lace course. It was... interesting. I usually teach this class in two hours to about 6 people at a time (basic twist and cross, plaiting -- I don't cover picots). And just as well, since there don't seem to have been any true picots then :) In the past two years, I looked at lots of the earliest laces, often in great magnification. And I've asked Devon to pay special attention to them for me, in her weekly trips to the Metropolitan, where she volunteers and has access to the said laces. Nothing. Zero. Picots don't seem to appear until much later, when the laces began to get really fine. What those early laces do have are "mock picots" which we know as "winkie pins". For linen and silk, Twist the worker pair (or the pair nearest the pin, in a plait) at least 3 times (or more; some of those early "picots" are really overtwisted), put a pin under it and keep working. For metallic/metal thread, Twist the pair, place the pin under *just one* (outer) thread, Twist the pair again and keep working. On Aug 11, 2009, at 13:20, Regina Hart wrote (re Chris' message): Do you have prickings/diagrams for early work? I'd like to learn more about bobbin lace in this early period, and I wouldn't mind replicating a piece or two. OK, I'm not Chris and can't answer for her (him?) as to what sources *s/he* used, but... In addition to several books on the subject, the IOLI Bulletin has been publishing -- beginning with vol.27, #4 (summer 2007) -- my reconstructions of some of the simpler early laces, mostly from Le Pompe. Not to blow my own horn too loudly, but, while not perfect (I'm working on a correction for one of them, right now ), they're not half bad, either. And most are simple enough so that they can be made, by-the-many- yard, as needed for those early costumes. Nor am I finished reconstructing... And, during that same time, others have also written articles (some with prickings and diagrams) on the earliest laces. So, join us. Subscribe to IOLI, which will allow you to borrow the old issues and will assure you of getting anything new that comes out as well. By-and-by, you should be able to assemble a library of patterns for every occasion to choose from. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: was Shops - now Tools and restorations
On Aug 6, 2009, at 19:07, Clay Blackwell wrote: And while you're in those shops that sell fly-tying equipment and supplies, don't overlook the swivel hackle pliers which are a god-send when you break a thread!! Also... Sometimes, you can find a sort-of-silky (possibly silk?), fine, smooth-cord, fishing line. Makes for the strongest magic loop, ever. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Fwd: [lace] Lacy mosaic
Not me, but I think the challenge might be of interest to others... Begin forwarded message: From: "J. Falkink" Date: July 29, 2009 11:59:16 EDT To: "'Tamara P Duvall'" Subject: RE: [lace] Lacy mosaic Challenge: make it with the chaos ground (ct - ctct, repeat), working with pairs as threads outside the gimps for the hearts. Jo <...> Had to share: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelrodimosaics/3255538665/ -- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Lacy mosaic
Gentle Spiders, For the past few days, I've been pestering my son to explain the mysteries of Facebook to me; could someone -- as 'puter-illiterate and as "dinosaurish" as I am -- manage to dip her toes into that ocean? Is it safe? How does one eat it? What's in it for me??? It's not easy to explore the subject because almost all the roads lead to Rome. Er... to Facebook. Almost anything you click on brings up a "sign up for a Facebook account" screen, without ever answering my original question: "why should I want to?" But, looking at his opening screen, with things he's a fan of, I noticed a non-profit, called Counter Pulse, that *did* open (up to a point). And there, I found this mosaic, with lacy, spidery, hearts... Had to share: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelrodimosaics/3255538665/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Sue Carter?
Hi, and sorry to bother everyone... If Sue Carter (of Williamsburg, VA) is still on Arachne... Would she please get in touch? My e-mails to her get returned with the dreaded "unknown user" explanation... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Something for you all to look at
On Jul 19, 2009, at 16:04, Celtic Dream Weaver (Sherry) wrote:
My husband [...] brought home this Beaded Art On Net that someone
sewed onto what looks like velvet. The beads look like they are
tarnished silver lined glass. I have a feeling at one time it was on
the front of a dress...maybe a wedding dress. It looks very old.
It's likely to be about 90yrs old and you're right, it's likely to have
been a dress front.
My Mother-in-law (born in 1897) had a dress with a similar -- though
coloured (red-bronze, silver and gold. The "silver" looks more
"gun-metal" than silver, by now) and mounted on black, not white, net
-- beaded panel front, when she was "young and flighty" (her words
). She gave me the panel about 25 years ago ("you're the only one in
the family who cares about such things") and I reused it. Made a
(velveteen) dress especially for it, and wore it to her granddaughter's
debutante ball. The dress was a "smash", especially with my MIL, so
everyone was happy. In "mine", some of the flowery motifs were, in
part, metallic thread (satin stitch), not just metallic beads. I never
wore the dress again; there are not that many special occasions that
come my way and, by now, I don't think I could fit into it any more.
Even then, I worried a bit about taking too deep breaths; the net was
fragile and some of the threads on which the beads had been strung
"gave" at the slightest provocation.
Now that I have seen it...he had every right to be afraid for I do not
want to sell it. I think it is pretty and a nice example of vintage
Bead work. I know we need the money...but...oh and he hardly paid
anything for this.
The only way I'd sell it (especially if the original outlay had not
been too high, so that keeping the piece is not a hardship) would be to
a haute couture designer -- directly, and for a boatload of money.
Forget E-bay; you're not going to get for it what it's really worth,
especially in this economy, where even the truly rich are cutting
corners... It's not just that it's old (almost antique ), it's that
you can't get the same quality now. Beginning with the mesh size of the
net (very, very fine in mine and, it looks like, in yours), through the
net fiber (cotton, while most netting now is "plastic"), through the
quality of the beads (uniform, among other superiur qualities)...
Oh, and somewhere (on your website?) you asked about the technique. In
all likelihood, it's tambour work. We think of "tambour" and envision
Liers or Carrickmacross (spell?) but, before the tambour hook was used
to make lace of that kind (thread on net), it was used to attach beads
to net or fabric.
--
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Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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[lace] Re: Favourite pattern
On Jul 13, 2009, at 13:26, Sue Duckles wrote: Tamara's snake Sounds interesting!! What snake Tamara? It's a "pocket snake", which keeps my spending in check. When I put my hand in my pocket to reach for the money, it bites :) Nothing much to do with lace per se, except when it goes into a hissy fit at Lace Days and such. But it's grown much more tolerant of lacy and book (especially lace books) expenditures, over the years. We have a truce of sorts now: I don't spend much on clothes and eating out and it allows me to buy almost as many books as I want :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Favourite pattern
On Jul 11, 2009, at 4:40, Jane Partridge wrote: What is your favourite lace pattern out of the ones you have worked, (whether your own design or one that has been published) While I'm very stadfast in my human relationships, I'm afraid I'm rather promiscuous in my lace love affairs and the number of "favourite" patterns is endless... :) Whatever I'm working on is my current favourite, more or less. Some of the patterns offered in workshops had not been as beguiling as others but, since I'm an amateur/hobbyist there's no reason for me to spend time and effort on a pattern that I don't love. At least for a little while :) and which pattern/type of lace have you found most challenging? Teaching myself Flanders, from a book written in Dutch was my greatest challenge, ever. The sudden doubling of bobbins per pin, coupled with the language barrier nearly did me in. Only the absolutely *burning* love of the style (sturdy, no nonsense, never boring) kept me going. And, of course, Arachne... Thank goodness, there was Arachne by then (if still very small), cheering me on, helping me in my "battles of Flanders" and translating the very strange words... Good times :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Novel: The Lace Makers of Glenmara
On Jul 8, 2009, at 20:27, Diane Williams wrote: Has anyone read this book yet? Haven't, and the review you quoted isn't likely to entice me :) My husband found the following in Washington Post book review section a week or so ago: Devastating loss gives way to new life in Heather Barbieri's charming novel "The Lace Makers of Glenmara", about a heartbroken American designer who discovers inspiration, comfort, and friendship in an intimate circle of lace makers from a quaint Irish village. and I thought it might be perfect -- mindless, summer chick-reading, and at the end I give the book to the library, for others to enjoy. But, obviously, "less is more"; a closer look at the book (via the fuller review you provided) suggests that there might be better ways to spend my limited resources :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Lace query (not Torchon but Cluny)
On Jun 24, 2009, at 13:33, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 24/06/2009 18:21:18 GMT Standard Time, di...@coalole.demon.co.uk writes: I was going to use it in dressmaking but if it's hand made I think I would be better making a pricking from the lace and working individual lengths to make the garment I wanted. Why If was good enough to use on the garment when you thought it was machine made, what makes it not suitable now you know it's handmade? Or why would you want to spend hundreds of hours to make the piece of lace you already have? Libra speaking here... :) Make a pricking of the lace, if you really, really like it; maybe, one day, you'll make some of it. Meanwhile, use what you have as you had intended originally. Jacquie is absolutely right; it seems wasteful to have all this nice -- but not exceptional -- quality lace on hand and keep it locked in a drawer somewhere. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Rubberbands for the Pocket Bobbin Winder
On Jun 20, 2009, at 10:21, Norma Harris wrote: Haven't had a chance to see if I want to make one of these winders do you want to bring some of the rubber bands with you? The rubberbands Liz is talking about are, I think, for the Australian pocket winder -- a little miracle of engineering, made of lucite -- not the home made one... See you both tomorrow at Sweet Briar. I'll be parachuting in for the afternoon, to "woman" the registration desk :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: winding bobbins - a comment
On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:55, Patricia Dowden wrote: When I wind bobbins, I lay the first layer (only) tightly side by side down the thread area to give a solid base to the windings. All the rest of the layers are at an angle, up, down, up, down, etc. Alice in Oregon Like Alice, I wind the first layer side by side. Then I bring the thread straight back from where it ends back to the beginning, wind another layer and then straight back again. "My" method seems to be in between the two: down -- meticulously parallel; up -- in about 2-3 angled "hops". Must be yet another side effect of being a libra :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Bridesmaid gifts
On Jun 10, 2009, at 18:12, Sue (Harvey) wrote: That reminds me of a friend who made a beautiful piece of lace for a wedding present for her niece and framed it in a wonderful silver frame, the thank you note received from the bride said "thank you for the beautiful silver frame" the lace was not even mentioned. Ouch. The best-received bridal gift I've ever made was Lenka Suchanek's "Flower Girl", in wire. I had -- but didn't use -- the kit. Instead, I reduced the pattern, changed it a bit (for single strand of 32wire), used the colours which I knew would be used in the wedding and told her it was a Christmas ornament, "the better to remember the year by". She opened the box and went around the entire wedding party, bragging about it, so I knew she liked and appreciated it. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Sandra Day O'Connor's lace scarf-judicial lace
On May 28, 2009, at 8:40, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: At the time, I think the plan was "overbroad" to use Supreme Court terms, in that handmade jabots were to be presented to all the Supreme Court judges, including the men. Definitely "overbroad"; I can't imagine any of the men on our Court wearing lace jabots with their robes, unless we gave them wigs to go with the lace and presented the lot on Halloween :) However, here is a picture of retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor in a lovely lace scarf, a particular innovation of hers. Also pictured is Ruth Ginsburg in a less appealing circular collar. I'm pretty sure that, although this one is the collar I've seen Justice Ginsburg wear most often (at least 3 different photos, before today's ), I also saw her wear another one, at least once. Also lace, but smaller and (maybe) two-part, a bit Victorian-looking. Maybe Nottingham (machine) lace; couldn't see it all that well, but it looked much more delicate than the "lattice" she's wearing in the pictures here. Perhaps it is the case that we will soon have another female Supreme Court judge, making for 2 out of 9. Last count 51% of those affected by their decisions, are women, yet strangely, women are such a minority on the court Yeah, I'm hoping for at least 4 out of 9, during my lifetime... A girl can dream, no? I suppose if the current nominee were passed, Apparently, confirmation is expected, despite the current roadblocks. She'd look cute in lace, too; as good as Justice O'Connor :) one might appeal to her as to whether a special lace collar would be accepted, and she in her happiness at her approval, might agree. I was -- and still am -- of the school of thought that, if we sent the women something lacy to wear with their robes, they'd wear it. No need to ask, since it only slows down the process (Would they even answer the question? Would they even get the question passed on to them or would some clerk think it was something crazy?) But I'm not up for making something the size/fineness of Justice O'Connor's scarf by hand, never mind two of such "somethings" :) One, and coarser - Milanese or Cluny, or something based on 16thc plaited lace (but no ruffs ) -- would be my limit. And when does the next session start? September? October? One would have to step on the gas... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: April Lace magazine- and another dumb question
On May 27, 2009, at 17:41, Carolyn M Salafia wrote: Dear All: And to be honest, I'm still way too emotional to respond to some of you, but I am looking forward to it But I'm righting my ship amnd one thing I can do in that direction would be to resubscribe to the Lace magazine; can some one please point me in the right direction to subscribe again?? Their website is: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/ and you can start from there. But you're either a bit late or a bit early, since they run their subscriptions on a "fixed year" basis, not "from whenever you suscribe" (as IOLI does now). So, you'll get some back (old) magazines, if you subscribe now, or you can wait till their subscription year runs its course and start with the first issue of the year. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Fwd: [lace] Re: Aluminum Bobbins
So, I got this, which, I think, can be safely forwarded to the list-at-large, without offending Lauren. It seems that I was right about the source of the aluminium bobbins. And, if so, then maybe Shirley Tregellas herself will tell us whether those bobbins are still available or not; I think she reads our list occcasionally. Begin forwarded message: From: "L.Snyder" Date: May 21, 2009 23:36:27 EDT To: Tamara P Duvall Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Aluminum Bobbins Nothing wrong with your memory, Tamara! Tregellas is right. I have some, too, way cool! Lauren Snyder in WA I used to have a couple of aluminium hookies and they were made by someone in Australia. Tregellas, maybe? I'm pretty sure that the same supplier made "straight" bobbins as well. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Aluminum Bobbins
On May 21, 2009, at 11:28, Jensen Marilyn wrote: I have some aluminum bobbins which make such a wonderful sound when lacing- does anyone know who the maker is/was and if they are still making them? I used to have a couple of aluminium hookies and they were made by someone in Australia. Tregellas, maybe? I'm pretty sure that the same supplier made "straight" bobbins as well. Sorry not to be of more help but, if we keep your query on the front burner, perhaps someone's memory (better than mine) will be jogged? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: collar
On May 20, 2009, at 20:40, Patricia Dowden wrote: Actually, while the listing inaccurately says the lace is handmade, It doesn't, actually... :) It stays just this side of the truth, because it says the *collar* is hand made :) And so it is - hand assembled, using not hand-made lace. As a trained linguist (in a long-ago past), I do admire the seller's skill with semantics :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Odd request: value of lace bobbins
On May 20, 2009, at 18:36, salafi...@aol.com (Carrie) wrote: I did not inherit them; they were purchased in the 90's, many from an Australian bobbin maker who retired (and I can't for the life of me remember his name), and some from someone in England who did fancy bone bobbins. Another post hit home, in terms of where their "value" lies... I have a bobbin handpainted with an image of Eleanore of Aquitaine. Perhaps you could post good photos of the fancier ones to the Arachne Webshots? I don't know how to do that, but others will. And then, people here would be likely to be able to attribute the bobbins and evaluate them. I've moved away from Midlands and from fancy stuff but I seem to remember a series -- a bobbin-of-the-month club, maybe? -- which had various English queens painted on. Someone is likely to recognise the image once they see it. But, in general... I started making lace in '89, so it's the same time frame. At the time, even the fancy, hand turned, hand engraved and painted, bone, spangled, what-have-you... were most unlikely to have cost more than $10 per bobbin. $15 for something really, truly, spectacular (along the lines of mother and babe, in bone and with embedded wires). I had some really nice ones -- including bone -- and none were more than $5, because I thought it was outrageously high already (my pocket snake hissed and hissed). And, although you'd have to pay more for the same bobbins today, today's price of (new) bobbins isn't what you'd go by. Since your bobbins aren't antiques (100yrs old or more), they're just *used*; you'd need to have *way* more than a 1000 of them to be worth $10K. So don't let your "almost ex" get away with that scam. Can't blame him for trying to pull it, but... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Beds lace in silk
On May 14, 2009, at 5:02, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: I made a couple of Springett's Beds handkie edges in silk, and mounted them on some cream Bridal silk - and we all thought them lovely. However, both christine Springett andf Barbara Underwood saw them and went "Yuk" Beds lace, apparently, is supposed to be crisp and firm and lay straight when laid over the hand, - not soft and 'flowing' like my silk lace! Unless, of course, it's Beds-Maltese, in which case all bets are off and it's supposed to be made in silk (and is made of rayon these days), so it drapes :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
