RE: [lace] lace express
Hi Andrea ! An interesting observation! I don't have that publication, but I have noticed the same effect in other books and magazines. Try this: turn the picture upside down. Now does it look right? Sometimes the publishers make mistakes, and turn photos upside down - especially when there isn't something in the picture to make it obvious "which end is up"! But it does beg the question... why does it work that way? I don't have an answer - ;) Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Andrea Lamble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Hi Jenny et al, Yep, definitely says 1/06 on the cover. Does anyone else get the optical illusion effect with the piece illustrated on p37 (a very pleasant torchon piece) - when you start to look at it it appears as you would expect - ecru lace taken on a white background - as you continue looking at it, slightly changing your focal length it looks like it has been 'quilted' on to some white fabric. All very intriguing. Happy lacing Andrea Lamble Cambridge, UK - where it is cooler and raining (gently) although as I type thunder is rolling in the distance. >From: Jenny Barron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Jenny Barron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: lace@arachne.com >Subject: [lace] lace express >Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:26:49 +0100 (BST) > >was that the first issue of 2006? The web site says it was sent on the 2nd >June > >http://www.laceexpress.de/cgi-bin/web_store/web_store.cgi?page=/magazines/le1_06.htm&&cart_id=7730860_2379 > jenny barron > Scotland - where it is far too hot, roll on Autumn > >Jackie Bowhey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings all, > >Has anyone received their April issue of Lace Express? > >Jackie in cold and windy Brisbane > >- >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: >unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >- >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: >unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ The new MSN Search Toolbar now includes Desktop search! http://join.msn.com/toolbar/overview - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] SNAKES!!
For those of you who have wanted patterns for the famous Springette Snakes, there is a little booklet on eBay right now which is an early edition of her patterns. They should serve your beginning students quite well! http://tinyurl.com/l8acb Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] 8 Times its Weight in Gold
On the other hand, the hankie I am making now is Binche lace, and is an old pattern which has been reconstructed. I'm using very fine thread (140/2) and began working the lace on the day after Christmas, 2005. I have just (today!) turned the third corner. I estimate that I have worked a few hours a day (occasionally all day!) for an average of five days a week on this piece (yes... I'm obsessed!), and still have one full side and a corner to go. I'd say that I have worked on it at least 10 hours a week since the day after Christmas. Taking off two weeks for another project that got in the way, I'm going to say 20 weeks at 10 hours a week... That's 200 hours!! At $10/hour, that's $2000!! And remember - it's only 3/4 complete right now!! No wonder they called it the lace of Royalty!! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = UK minimum wage (assuming you are more than 21 years old) is 5.05 GBP per hour - so your hankie would "cost" more like 250GBP Brenda On 5 Jun 2006, at 19:16, Viv Dewar wrote: > I timed myself this weekend at 1.75hrs for 4cm. So assuming a “minimum > wage” of about GBP4.50/hour and allowing about £5 for yarn and the > simple cotton hankie to attach the lace to – my hankie should “cost” > about £210! Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Thread Type Request
Hello Rhiannon - As many people have said before, there is no such thing as a "silly" question on this list!! And getting the right thread is critical, not silly! At any rate, I found "Plum Pudding" in "A visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace" by Geraldine Stott. All of the patterns in the book are worked with the same size thread, which she recommends as Piper's polycotton #2/80. She also suggests Unity 150, Brok 100/2 or 100/3. For the gimp, she used Coton a Broder 18. Her recommendations are interesting, as the threads are not the same weight! Brok 100/3 is heavier than 100/2. But the Unity thread is roughly the same as the 100/3. And you may have used an Egyptian cotton instead, and in that case a 70/2 or 80/2 would have been your choices, I would guess. Good luck figuring out which thread is on your pillow!! Hope this has helped a little. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Rhiannon Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Thanks to both Dorte and Sue, I can carry on now and maybe even finish it to start a GARTER - it seems to be popular at the moment. Not only on the list but I have three people's weddings to go to and a piece of lace would be a unique present. Thanks again Rhiannon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Blossoms, Bloopers and other Loehr titles
When Ulrike talked about her book and the title, she didn't bother with a long lesson on German language, she just told us what she was thinking when she came up with the title... While my memory may have mixed up what each word literally means, her notions were snowflakes and the changing nature of driving snow/snowdrifts... Somehow, I think her spoken English thoughts about the title are good enough for me. Besides, I expect that even the Germans allow for artistic license. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = On Mar 20, 2006, at 18:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clay) wrote: > Schneeverweht means snowflake - no argument about that. Erm... There is, actually Schneeverveht means "snowbound" (from "Schnee" - snow and "verwehen" - "to cover up (something)" or "to blow over (something)"); "snowflake" is Schneeflocke. German has that peculiar habit of stringing independent words together to form a totally new one. English does it sometimes too, but nowhere nearly as much... I vaguely remember encountering _one word_ which took more than a line, and meant something like "the field first-aid station for wounded and dead soldiers" (in Remarque's "All's Silent on the Western Front"). Blew my mind away > But she described durchgedreht as snowdrifts/blowing snow, Except that it has to be a verb, I think; a past participle of "drehen" (to turn, to roll). With the "durch" (through) indicating just how thorough the process had been. Her titles are as difficult to translate - properly - into English as poetry is, which is probably the reason they never are, even if the rest of the text is. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Stylish Blossoms
I took a class with Ulrike several years ago and she talked a little bit about "Schneeverweht und Durchgedreht". She explained that the German language allows lots of latitude in use and connotation. Schneeverweht means snowflake - no argument about that. But she described durchgedreht as snowdrifts/blowing snow, and spoke of the way snow can be blown about and create different appearances to the landscape... I understood that to mean the versatility of snowflakes as a ground, the way the different grounds lend totally different effects to otherwise similar pieces; and also that durchgedreht refers to the way one change in the way a snowflake is worked can make all the difference to the whole ground. And by the way... the picture on the cover of that book was taken in India. She said the actual mountain peak had a nearly vertical face, but when cropped and turned almost 45 degrees, the picture took on the appearance of a mountain range. So the concept of looking at something "in context" extends to her use of this picture as well. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Jo Falkink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = > First, let me reiterate: the u _is_ umlauted (I just can't reproduce it > on my keyboard), so nothing to do with "blood" (that one, even I know; had > to plow through parts of Remarque all those years ago ). If a German hasn't an umlaut available, (s)he spells the umlaut as an e behind the letter that should get the umlaut. So Bluete, Gruende etc would be a correct German spelling hounoring the umlaute. > There's "Schneeverweht und Durchgedreht" (literally: covered with snow and > ?rolled under? )... A book about Binche. Which is a lace full of > "snowflakes" and altogether difficult, being made in the finest of > threads... No wonder one can feel "snowed under" when making it :) The Dutch word that looks a lot like Durchgedreht (doorgedraaid) is an expression for food or flowers that doesn't meet its minimum price at the early morning auction. Usually due to overproduction. The food/flowers is taken from the market and destroyed or fed to the cattle. A secondary meaning of the word could indeed be interpreted as "snowed under". But more precise is: became nuts due to an overload of work/impressions. But these paralels in similar languages can sometimes be deceiving. Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Reconstruction, PS
Tamara wrote: >I thought the book _was_ out So why don't they have it yet?< I understood from the Arachne raffle that the book was an advance, and when I went to the website in question, there were several books which were just being released and would be available in the next few weeks. This was one of them. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = The following was included in one of the communications I had from the Kloeppelbuch: > we will send the book via cheapest route as soon as we get the book > after its release. I had asked for the cheapest route (no surprise here to anyone who knows me and my pocket snake ), but the second part of the sentence shook me in my socks... I thought the book _was_ out So why don't they have it yet? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Point de Gaze
Hi Jane ! Lucky You!! Any chance you can scan it and post it on the Arachne photo site so we can see it? Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Jane Viking Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Hi All, I was in a shop yesterday trying to find a price on an antique thing for DH. I spotted a bit of lace for $20.50. I studied it the best I could in the dim light to make sure it was handmade. I'd forgotten that you can just look at the back and see if it's been sewed onto commercially made net. It sure looked like Point de Gaze to me! That's a needle made lace for our newbies. The guy rings it up and I find out it's on sale and the total cost was $13.04USD. It's 36" (91.5 cm I think) long and 2" (5cm) wide. It's a lovely graceful design with a double layer on the edge roses and tons of teeny tiny couronnes!! I've been studying it under a magnifier and I can tell there were at least two lace makers working on it. If I'm not mistaken yardage was often made by more than one lace maker. The couronnes (buttonholed rings) on five repeats have bigger openings in the center than the other seven repeats. Both lace makers were very consistent! Of course, you can only see the difference under magnification. It's got a number of repairs and some wear but I'm quite thrilled with it! I can even see the basting threads on the back of some of the motifs. I gather they got sewed into the lace and it was too hard to pull them out. And if you're making yardage as your livelihood you wouldn't take the time. It also has a commercially made edge attached that I've seen on other pieces of edging. I think that is what was sewn to the garment. I think a lot of PdG was made around 1900 because it was very popular. I don't know if this is from then but it could be. Oh, I know why else I was writing. The final cost therefore is a little over $1.00 USD for 3" x 2" (7.5 cm x 5cm) of lace. I'm hoping the original lace makers made better wages than that! Jane in Vermont, USA hoping I can send this. The computer or the server or something in between is acting very odd tonight. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Reconstruction of Old Laces
Sorting through all of this, it appears that 1. PayPal adjusts the conversion rate of international purchases to offset the fees it pays to do business with credit cards. The buyer pays this rate. 2. PayPal converts the funds before placing in the seller's account. The conversion fee is charged to the seller's account. 3. With domestic purchases, many sellers say they will not work with PayPal purchases involving credit cards. Presumably that is because PayPal also passes the cost of credit on to the seller in domestic transactions. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Cindy Rusak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Good Morning Arachnes, Tamara, I think you would find that the exchange rate that Visa would charge you would be about the same as what Paypal charges you. When we first moved to the US and checked into using our US visa cards for foreign currency purchases the 'hidden' fees were somewhere about 2-1/2% so I continued to use my Canadian Visa for foreign currency purchases because it did not have the hidden charges. Unfortunately about two years ago my Canadian Visa also decided it needed that little extra so it doesn't matter which card I use now. What I mean by hidden charges is that in the exchange rate they use includes an extra 2-1/2% and it doesn't appear as an extra charge. Maybe you have a better Visa account that doesn't charge a fee - you'd have to check your user agreement Cindy Rusak - in sunny, almost looking like spring, Wisconsin. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Reconstruction of Old Laces
By the time I learned about www.kloeppelbuch.de, my copy of "Reconstruction..." was "in the pipeline". But I ordered another book which caught my eye. I got a number of emails from Kloeppelbuch: the first thanking me for opening an account, the next confirming my order, the third telling me the book was being prepared for shipment, and the fourth telling me that the book had been shipped. But I did not get multiple confirmations with different order numbers, so Tamara - you may have two books on their way to you. As far as PayPal goes, I also keep a separate account for PayPal to access. Seems like a prudent thing to do, if you are able to set up a "free" account at your bank. It's not likely to be worth it if you have to pay bank fees every month to maintain it. But I checked my figures. My PayPal invoice also came in German (which I never studied, but have picked up enough to muddle through in the essentials...). I checked the conversion rate given by PayPal, and then checked my PayPal account. It was spot-on the amount that it should have been. But then I checked an on-line currency conversion table, and noticed that while the dollar has weakened about a penny a day for the last week, it was never as low as the rate that PayPal was using. So they're making money there... And when I read the fine print, I saw that the conversion fee is paid by the recipient. So what you see on your PayPal account is what you pay. The booksellers will receive slightly less. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = On Mar 17, 2006, at 14:33, Tess Parrish wrote: > All the information that I had lost is now retrieved thanks to all > those who have written me in the last ten minutes since I posted my > request. The best email of all was this one: > >> I think I have found the book, Reconstruction of Old Laces, you want. >> Go to www.kloeppelbuch.de. Or, if that does not work, >> try http://www.xn--klppelbuch-fcb.de/ It is under their new books. >> Some of the site is in English, they will take PayPal and I saw the >> logo for Visa and Mastercard. I have not investigated further. Since >> the book you want is a new book they will ship it free. I have just bought the book from the site, and here's an update on the above, from a compu-idiot... 1) If there is an option for "plastic" (Visa/Mastercard) it wasn't offered to me. Check/Money Order or PayPal were the the only choices for payment method. (I chose PayPal). Too bad, since the dollar continues to creep upwards and, by the time the Visa bill came, it might have been a bit more favourable vis rate of exchange. As it is, PayPal calculated it at almost a dollar more than the Currency Converter did. Small potatoes, but cents add up to dollars, and dollars help the retirement fund :) 2) I used English for the account sign-up, but the PayPal invoice came in German. Disconcerting to say the least, given that my German had never been all that good, and has rusted through since... 3) The PayPal confirmation came at $25.01 for the 20Euro purchase... The fee for the currency exchange was not included, so I'm not sure how much the transaction will _actually_ come to. Somewhat important, since I have a totally separate bank account to serve PayPal, and keep only enough money in it to pay for the current purchases (so that it can't be "raided" by some puter-savvy "cowboy"). I'll need to "prime the pump" first thing Monday, and it would have been nice to _know_ just how much... I hope the sky won't fall if I don't do it till Monday... I was counting on being able to pay by Visa, so didn't worry about the lack of funds in the PayPal account. By the time I was told that Visa was not an option, I didn't know how to back out of the transaction (with the bookseller; PayPal is easy, since "pay" and "cancel" are still in English, even if everything else is not ). 4) Although PayPal seems to have charged me only once, I got _two_ confirmations of the order-process, each with a different (consecutive) number from the Kloeppelbuch, and my account also seems to show two orders. We'll see how the cookie crumbles, but I'm not prepared to pay twice for a single book, nor do I want two single books... At least they _are_ books, not CDs. I hope 5) Pox on technology... :) PS The shipping, on new books, _is_ free (for surface mail, up to 20 kilo, I think), and there was no shipping charge attached to my bill. I thought something about getting the upcoming new Voelcker (nee Loehr) book from them too, since their price is a whole Euro less than that of Fay's, but decided that, all things being equal, I'd not desert an old (10 yrs? more?) friend/supplier for such peanuts; treachery has a higher sticker price than a Euro :) Anyway, with the book (Stil-Bluten, umlauted "u"; no idea what it means, or where the Ulrike's usual pun is) not due out til
Re: [lace] About me!
Hello Agnes! Thank you for your nice "About Me". I feel that we know you a bit better! I applaud the efforts you and your husband are making to provide basic bobbins for an affordable price. It is possible to buy plain bobbins by the sack, but it's so much more satisfying to have an array of nice woods on your pillow early on! Beginners will thank you! Christine Springett is a delightful person and a very good teacher. You will enjoy your workshop in June!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Agnes Boddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > some friends then also got interested in bobbins and lace, and since then there has been no stopping him, and I started to sell bobbins on ebay. We try to keep them affordable, do not claim them to be pieces of art, but very functional, nice looking bobbins. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] S/Z twist - was RTFM - should have know this!
Dear David -- For once, I read the original note to the list and then followed up by reading all the responses before I jumped in with my own 2 cents worth... And while I found some satisfaction in the fact that I've been at this obsession called lacemaking long enough to recognize all the variations on the theme of CT, CTC, CTCT and the opposite TC, etc..., I was surprised that your response was the only one which related to my own immediate reaction to Jenny's original note (which, btw Jenny, I think your attention to detail on this point is admirable. My tendency was to just "do it", and then when I needed to talk to someone about a problem, I found that my vocabulary was deficient!!). Yes, I agree that bobbins can be wound in either direction, as long as you're consistent. But like you, David, I think that if you're not mindful of the twist of your thread, you'll spend a lot of time chasing misbehaving bobbins who have thrown their hitch!! I know that there are two schools of thought on treating Z-twist and S-twist threads differently. Some teachers insist that if you wind your bobbins "properly", the twist is of no consequence. But I am a firm believer (from my own experience with threads, relatively brief though it is...) that if your threads usually behave, and suddenly you find yourself with a "rogue thread", the chances are that you usually use an "S" twist but have found yourself with a "Z" twist and are treating it the same. (of visa-versa). So my suggestion re winding is to keep doing what works for you, but to bear in mind that the twist of your thread CAN make a difference, and when those bobbins start misbehaving, then rewind them (and then, obviously hitch them) in the opposite direction and see if that makes a difference. Some threads are more difficult than others. Silks and metallics are unruly, no matter how you wind them. For these threads, I like to use a collar on the thread to keep it under control. This is made easily from a clean drinking straw, cut in a length to fit the thread section of the bobbin, and then cut up the length to open it. Fitted over the thread, it closes up again and keeps the thread in place. I still hitch the thread, but it doesn't have the tendency to hop off the head of the bobbin that it does without the collar. Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Dear Jenny, > > Bobbins can be wound clockwise or anticlockwise - it does not matter as > long as you are consistent > Ref: Introduction to Bobbin Lace by Rosemary Shepherd page 17 that's quite true, but the important things to consider then is the direction of the half-hitch which holds the thread on (this too must be consistent according to direction) and most importantly whether the direction of winding is effected by whether the thread is a "Z" or "S" twist. (here we go again...) David in Ballarat - doing much much mroe than merely lurking :) > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] bobbin makers
Sorry about the confusion! Yes, Richard Worthen is providing the commemoratives at the Spring NCRL lace day. I was referring to the FALL lace day in my note! Richard's bobbins have a consistent design and are beautifully finished. When made for commemoratives, he has them engraved by laser, for a truly elegant look. His bobbins are mostly a variety of hardwoods with inlays of other materials and beads. He also carries a number of very nice lacemaker's tools and display items. Richard does not have a website but can be reached by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA CLIVE Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = No, the Registration for NCRL says Richard Worthen will provide the commemorative bobbin at a cost of $9 each. I don't know his address or contact and suggested that you, Clay, provide that to the list. B.A. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace] bobbin makers > Yes! Fran is an excellent choice. I believe (could be wrong...) that she > is providing the commemoratives for the NCRL Fall Lace Day this year. > > Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] bobbin makers
Yes! Fran is an excellent choice. I believe (could be wrong...) that she is providing the commemoratives for the NCRL Fall Lace Day this year. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = How about Fran at Knotwork Lace Tools http://www.lacebobbins.com/ I have several of her Danish bobbins, and love them. She also makes other styles of bobbin. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Best wishes to Margaret Adkins
I've just learned from Susan Wenzel that Margaret Adkins is retiring. She is the person who made the wonder pillow bags and bobbin holders that so many of us have used and loved. I know of at least one person who intended to buy another bag before long, and now she won't be able to! I wish Margaret all the best in her retirement, and hope that this is not being forced on her by ill health. I hope she knows how much we have loved her work! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Quiet List?
Hi Bev, Betty Ann, and Patsy!! Thank you for letting me know that it wasn't my server or computer!! I had lots of mail this morning (although still not much from the list!). On the other hand, yesterday was our first truly beautiful spring day, so at least around here, everyone spent as much time outside as they could!! I thought the sunbather I saw was going a bit far, but the bicyclers and gardeners were having a wonderful time!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA bevw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = I was wondering the same, then couldn't think of a lace question to wake up the list! LOL I was away and now I'm back. I have put a few pins in the lng lace for the garter ( = it is only lng because it seems that way. 1 metre of lace isn't much, and especially if a person keeps putting off working on it LOL). and started a tear drop motif from the BBellon book. I can put this aside any time and work on the garter lace. But I haven't. :p On 3/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is everyone away for the weekend? I haven't gotten a bit of email for 24 > hours! I'm wondering if my new mail server is missing something!! -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com thinking that tea and lace, for the evening, might be a nice thing to do - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Quiet List?
Is everyone away for the weekend? I haven't gotten a bit of email for 24 hours! I'm wondering if my new mail server is missing something!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Educating the masses
EXCELLENT suggestion, Jane! We should all carry a small "show&tell" kit in our purse! Now, to go round up a few little items for mine!!... Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Jane Dobinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Hello Spiders Today I put into practice my plan to have lace in my purse since I was going out to lunch with 3 older ladies. I took along a note card with a picture of a Downton lacemaker that I picked up in Salisbury (thank you Hendrika for the idea), a Midlands bobbin, my "Jane" pattern hanky and the yellow silk bookmark that I made for Bev for the Gazette. The perfect opportunity presented itself and away I went :) They were fascinated and the end result is that I have been invited to attend a group called "Questors" where I'm to give a presentation on lacemaking ! I think it will be great and will further our cause :) Jane in spring-like Sault Ste. Marie Ontario - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fw: [lace] Re: Helpful cheap tools--reverse tweezers
Hi Bobbi - Yes, Richard Worthen is the maker, and that is the little gadget that I've mentioned. I gave him one of my own swivel hackles and asked him to put a bobbin "handle" on it. Since then, he has made hundreds of them! They're handy to have to help with those really short broken threads. I guess it bears mentioning that once Richard has put a handle on then, they no longer swivel, but that's not a necessary component for our use. Clay Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Roberta S Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Hi all, First I want to apologize for not being 100% sure of the maker. But at Convention last year in Denver I bought a bobbin with one of these little swivel things on the end. It is exactly the 'rotary hackle' that Tamara is talking about but in stead of that metal shaft there is a wooden bobbin (nice looking too!). It's wonderful! I *think* that the maker was Richard Worthen. Can't find a web site for him though. Anyone with any thoughts? It is a lovely piece though and if anyone is interested I will send you a photo of mine. Be safe and make lots of lace! bobbi ~*~ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. == On Mar 7, 2006, at 19:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robin) wrote: > I have a pair of reverse tweezers, but I didn't get them from Holly. > They're a little longer than a bobbin, which I prefer to the very short > hackle pliers. And, since they're made from ribbon-shaped metal > instead of the round (wire-shaped) metal of hackle pliers, I find it > easier to pinch them open. Ah... But the hackle pliers on the swivel-handle that Clay had introduced me to aren't round at all at the pinch part... :) They're as small as others at the "business" (thread holding) end, but they flare out immediately into a comfortable 5mm flat width where you pinch them to open... And, as Clay had said, the handle is both skinny and as long as most bobbins, so can be paired with a bobbin when two need to run parallel for a bit (retiring the broken end of a thread and introducing a fresh one)... Also, at their widest part, they're still only 5mm wide, which means they don't take up as much space on the pillow as the more traditional, shorter ones. They really _are_ great, at least the original ones are. You can see them here: http://www.traditionalangler.com/Griffin_FlyTying_Tools.asp Griffin-made are the ones I used to get; I don't remember what the other brand (the ones where part of the spring protrudes) was, since I never got any. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Helpful cheap tools
Bev wrote:There is an unfortunate disadvantage to the stability of the hackle pliers - you do need strong fingers to open them. V. frustrating if the fingers are affected, such as with arthritis :( This is true. But there are different types of h/p devices, some being stiffer than others. And the electrical wire clamp requires very little finger strength. I'd suggest testing them in the shops to see if one will suit you. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Helpful cheap tools
Sorry, I hit the "send" button too fast... The other option if you can't get to a fly-fishing supply shop is to go to a place like Radio Shack (electronic supplies). They have wire clips which feature a little "plunger" top which, when depressed, causes a small metal hook to come out of the end. When you hook your thread in this and release the plunger, the hook retreats and the thread is clamped in place. They're very inexpensive and come in a variety of sizes and colors. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA The Browns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = For those of us who can't get to fishing shops, possible we could use good eyebrow tweezers .Any thoughts? Sheila in a wet (at last) Sawbo' www,lace-helpandhistory.info - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Helpful cheap tools
The problem with eyebrow tweezers is that they're like scissors - they open and close freely, so when you put them down, the thread falls out. Hackle pliers, on the other hand, are like small clamps - they are closed unless you pinch them open. The particular hackles that I like have rubber-like pads on the tips so they grip the thread quite well when closed. This means you can put them down and pick them up again just as you would a wound bobbin. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA The Browns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = For those of us who can't get to fishing shops, possible we could use good eyebrow tweezers .Any thoughts? Sheila in a wet (at last) Sawbo' www,lace-helpandhistory.info - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Handy and inexpensive lace tools
Hello Jane!! Your method makes PERFECT sense to me, having finally learned the Springett method, and also being comfortable with the continental method for tallies. Yes, elevating the passives would make it much easier to navigate the worker through them, AND... tensioning on either side is something I learned from another participant at Christine's workshop, and really helps me keep the tension even from one side to the other. For many, your method may be just the ticket!! I'm constantly delighted with the power of this list - we cross-pollinate with ideas, and everyone benefits! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Jane Dobinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Hello All A few years ago, I was determined to master making leaves and so chose a doily pattern with leaves all around the centre. I had been taught by a Finnish lady and found her technique very difficult, especially now that I have a bad thumb joint. I decided to try Julie Nichol's method, the one commonly used in England I think, where one holds the 3 bobbins in between your fingers of your left hand and then works the "weaver" as if it were a "shuttle". I found it to be a real problem with my hand cramping so came up with the idea of making a little "pillow" (4"x5"x1/2") of stryrofoam, covered in fabric. I set the bobbins on the "pillow" at the right angles and then hold them in place with my left hand on top. I can then easily use my weaver to make the leaf since there is space between the bobbins and pillow. I've used this idea with all my students and they can make good leaves from the start and get better the more they make. I teach them to tension upwards at both sides. Hope this makes sense - maybe will help somebody else who's struggling. Jane in sunny, mild Sault Ste. Marie Ontario - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Springett workshop
Yes, Christine still uses that expression when describing how to make a picot! In our workshop two weekends ago, she told us who coined that phrase, but I have forgotten now. Maybe someone else can remember. She was careful to give credit to a number of teachers who have been important to her. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Elizabeth Ligeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = In the mid 1980's the Springetts came to Australia (Twice), and gave us workshops. When tensioning up carefully, christine told us to "Milk Fairy Cows" (How do you do that? - Very Carefully!) I wonder if she still tells students that!! It is such a silly phrase, - that one Never, Ever forgets it! It still makes me smile when I find myself telling me to "Milk Fairy Cows", if I am being too enthusiastic with tensioning up David gave a wonderful talk on bobbins, and the other time Christine gave a great slide show of her collection (or some of it). They were both memorable occasions. Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Handy and inexpensive lace tools
That swivel head hackle from Tamara is like the one I discovered in the fly-tying shop! I gave Tamara one, and between the two of us, we managed to briefly clean out the supplies in tackle shops near us and shared them with friends all over! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Jacqui Southworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:39:28 +, you wrote: >Nope, I'll have to disclaim the credit for that. I learnt about them from >Jacqui Southworth, who lives in a fishing port, so she's a more likely >source. Bought mine from the UK Lace Guild at an AGM. Thanks for the credit Steph, but I couldn't find any locally because they are used in fresh water (fly) fishing. I got mine from somewhere else, but I can't remember where, and Tamara sent me a pair on a swivel head which are really dinky :-) ttfn Jacqui Jacqui Southworth, Fleetwood, Lancs, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Larkholme Lace - Bobbin Lace Supplies, painted bobbins and tools,books www.larkholmelace.co.uk *** Mother's Day and Easter bobbins now available *** - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Handy and inexpensive lace tools
Hemostats are indespensible!! I use them when I spangle bobbins... It's almost as good as having another hand! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Barb ETx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = In the same vein, Clay, Coming from a non-fishing family..however a medical one, I use hemostats > hackle plier which could be used to hold broken threads while repairing, or could be used when you get to the bitter end of a thread and there isn't enough to hold it on a bobbin, but there is enough to get to the end of the project! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Handy and inexpensive lace tools
Years ago, I think it was Steph Peters who introduced us to the hackle plier which could be used to hold broken threads while repairing, or could be used when you get to the bitter end of a thread and there isn't enough to hold it on a bobbin, but there is enough to get to the end of the project! Eager to acquire a couple of these, I went off to the fly-fishing shop where I found them. I also found something called a "swivel hackle", which was just the length of a bobbin! I found that it was perfect for the purpose, and use those instead of the smaller ones. Later, at a lace day, I asked Richard Worthen to use one of his broken bobbins to put a bobbin "handle" in place of the metal on swivel hackle. He did, and since then has made and sold hundreds of them! Of course, this fits into the category of "handy", but with Richard's fancy bobbin addition, they are no longer inexpensive! But you don't need the bobbin end on it for it to work, and I consider the person who orig inally discovered hackle pliers to have "invented" a wonderful lacemaking tool! I also love to use ultrasuede as a work cloth when working with continental bobbins. The bobbins don't roll quite as quickly on this, but still move when you want them to. But I've found ultrasuede to be unsuitable for spangled bobbins - they really don't move on it very well. Clay Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA Elaine Chock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = Good morning! At 07:20 AM 3/5/2006, Jo Falkink wrote: >Don't be impressed too much by the price of many >tools. Most have a cheap alternative. For >example bobbins of wood bbq-sticks and old >magazines (as poited out already), a string as a >bobbin winder, the "JÄLL laundry bag with stand" of Ikea as a pillow stand. I hadn't thought about using "string as a bobbin winder" for ages! My first teacher taught me how to do this, and for ages I carried a string to every class or workshop. Then I got an "official" bobbin winder and forgot all about my trusty string. I also remember the first time I saw one of those "tongue depressor"-type bobbin stackers. It was in Belgium, and I thought it was a really neat idea. I've used them ever since. I once got a homemade gizmo made of two pieces of plastic held together with velcro. This was about the size of a silver dollar, and the purpose was to sandwich a bobbin's spangle between the plastic so the spangle would be protected while using a bobbin winder. I also have a collection of crocheted bobbin holders -- you know, those double-stitch things that can store a Continental bobbin in every hole. When pinned to the pillow and covered with a tight cover cloth, you can take your pillow wherever you go, without having the bobbins rearrange themselves when you're not looking. I live near an IKEA, but it never occurred to me to use one of their products as a pillow stand. I'll have to check it out! This makes me wonder about other things we've learned or discovered as we've gone along. Does anyone else remember a tool or technique that you once used and have forgotten about? Or one that you've used so long, and it seems so simple/effective, that you take it for granted and assume everyone else uses it, too? Perhaps you've invented something yourself to fulfill a particular lacemaking need. It might be fun to share these. Elaine - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Change of email
For those of you who have me in your address books, please note that I have a new email address. I have unsubscribed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and will be cancelling that account shortly. My new email address is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Leaves.
That's exactly what Christine instructed us to do in our workshop last weekend. So as a result, not only are the leaves wide, they tend to be "plump" as well. We were working with variegated thread which is relatively large, so the leaves were "huge"! She instructed us to gently pull the three passives in succession until the leaf lay flat between the two pins. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA bevw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: = I recall that Christine Springett says something similar, in the first Bedfordshire video. I tried it and it worked! Similarly with plaits, you work to just past the point where you want the plait to enter the work, or make a change, place the pin and tension to snug the stitches into place. Now contrarily there might be a teacher somewhere who instructs that we dont' use the pins to tension against, they are merely to hold the work in position, but I find them useful that way. On 3/3/06, The Browns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Veronica Sorenson used to advise making your leaves slightly longer than > you needed .info > -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
