Re: [lace] wood bobbins to apply eye bolt to
Hello Devon! I know that Jan Gardiner of Lacewing Designs in England sells bobbins specifically for wire working, but it is much easier and cheaper to make your own. Just buy any basic, cheap bobbins, drill them slightly to get a start, and then screw in the tiny hooks that are sometimes used for putting in the back of pictures for hanging. They are really cheap, too - I think mine cost me about 3p (GB) each, and they work beautifully. If you cannot get hooks small enough, sometimes you can get loops or rings attached to a screw thread that you can just open slightly with a pair of pliers. Hope this helps! Dee Palin Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Graph paper
Hello Janice! If you click on each of the boxes in turn, I think especially the last one, you can change the way the graph/grid is arranged on the paper. Hope this helps. If not, email the man who owns the site - Jeremy (his email address is on there somewhere, if not, I can find it and let you have it) - and he is very helpful. Hope you manage it OK. Dee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Graph Paper
I have recently discovered another site with free graph paper/grids. This one has polar and logarithmic grids, too. http://www.pdfpad.com/graphpaper/ I emailed the owner and asked if he could alter the polar ones so that they radiated from a corner, to make a larger size for designing fans, collars etc. He has now done this, and says if anyone has any other ideas, would they please let him know and he will do his best to supply what is required. Dee Palin Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fanleaves
I have been lucky enough to buy two sets of beautiful bone fansticks one of which dates from 1890, and the other smaller one from 1910. The fanleaves were completely shredded, and I have removed them. I am now looking for a pattern to make new fanleaves for them, and thought I had been so lucky to get a copy of Henk Hardeman's Torchon Lace Patterns as there is one in there. It needs exactly the right number of fansticks for the larger of the two sets I have, and on measuring the width of the leaf, it is exactly right. However, when I join the pieces of the leaf together, I find that the outer circumference is too great, so I reduced it to 80% of the original, and now the shape fits beautifully - BUT of course, the width has also reduced, and it is no longer wide enough. I thought I had solved it by scanning the reduced pattern into Word, and then stretching it, but this also alters each piece of pattern so that when it is joined up again, the pieces do not make a complete semi-circle. As it is on a polar grid, and the holes when reduced are very close together at the bottom, it is not possible to simply add more holes and continue the pattern to fit the sticks. My lace teacher tells me that there is nothing I can do about it, and that I will have to design my own! I am still hoping that I may be able to use this pattern, as it is really perfect. Can anyone help, please? Also, does anyone know where I can buy polar grid paper to design my own fanleaves? Thank you. Dee Palin Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] makers of arachne commerative bobbins
Happy New Year! I have been subscribing to Arachne for about 8 months now, and this is the first mention I have seen of commemorative bobbins - when are these available, and could I get one for 2005 (as that is when I started subscribing) even though it is 2006 now? Dee Palin Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace dye
Jan Gardiner of Lacewing Designs makes one of her designs in natural-coloured silk (a dragon) and then dyes it, and you can attend one of her courses in Salisbury to learn how to do it properly. The fact that the dyes do bleed into each other is a vital part of the appearance of the finished article. Dee Palin Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] wire lace- Gloriana book
I have both Gloriana books and Copper Wire Lace by Anne Dyer and I think they are all very good. Another I would recommend is Textile Techniques in Metal by Arline M Fisch. ISBN 0-7090-6007-6 On the back cover it says Applying the techniques of fibre arts to gold, silver, copper, and brass. Weaving - Knitting - Machine Knitting - Crochet - Basketry - Braiding - Bobbin Lace - Knotting It is a lovely book and well worth a look. Dee Palin Gloucestershire - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: [lace] wire lace- Gloriana book I have become enthralled with wire lace and am aspiring to learn how to make it myself. I believe that the only book on the subject is called Gloriana and I am wondering if it is worth buying it for myself for Christmas. (I never like to leave something as important as the selection of my Christmas gifts to amateurs.) Is this the only book or is there another? Devon in New Jersey, where the 6 inches of snow threatened for today has failed to materialize - 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-chat] Antique Bone Fansticks
I have bought two sets of antique fansticks, both made of bone, one of which has gold paint decoration on it. They both have the old, very dirty and torn, fanleaves on them, which I want to remove so that I can make my own bobbin lace to attach. Could anyone please tell me the safest way to remove the remains of the old fanleaves without damaging the bone? Thank you. Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Antiwue Bone Fansticks - Again!
I forgot to mention that one of the sticks is broken about an inch from the top. What glue can I safely use to repair it, please? Thank you. Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal Parcel
Dear Secret Pal Thank you for another lovely parcel which arrived this morning. You must have bought loads of that pretty wrapping paper in my favourite colour! This parcel was just great, as always. I love the little teddy, and he supports such a good cause too. I support Breast Cancer Charities myself, as my Mum was a victim. The emery board is in another of my favourite colours and will be saved for a special occasion! The little candle holder and candle are so pretty - almost too pretty to use - and the apron will be pressed into service over Christmas, as the one I have now is a bit past its best, to say the least. (VBG) The little coin purse is so sweet. I like the belt loop on the back, and it will be so useful when I take the dogs for a walk, as I will not have to take my bag, but will have some change handy for parking etc. The serviettes/napkins you sent me in a previous parcel have been used and admired when we have had special visitors. I have never seen such pretty ones in England. I am greatly looking forward to finding out who you are next month. Thank you once again for my parcel. Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] cleaning the rack from a grill pan?
I always part fill the sink with very hot water and lots of strong thick bleach. Leave the grill in there for about 10 minutes and most of the gunge will just wipe away. The rest you can get off with wire wool. Hope it helps! Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] How did you start making lace?
I started making lace thanks to one of my jewellery-making students. I had seen Lenka Suchanec's website, and thought that it would be wonderful to make some jewellery in precious metal wire using lacemaking techniques. I was talking about it during class one day, and one of my students said she went to a lacemaking class. I asked her (very naively!) if she could 'just' teach me the stitches so I could have a go with wire. She encouraged me to go to her class, and although I have tried with wire, and been on a wire lacemaking course, I am not as keen as I was on that, but am totally addicted to lacemaking. I know some members of my family find me a bit of a bore on my pet subject Dee Palin Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal
Dear Secret Pal Our postman calls at 7.15 in the morning, so I had your parcel to open before breakfast. As always, it was a really great one. The dogs have already been playing with their toy, and very nicely taking it in turns. The make-up kit is really good and neat - I shall use it when we go away as it will be so easy to pack. The tea I tried with my breakfast, and it is delicious. The little angel pin is destined for my favourite jacket - I love the way the little heart moves. I was fascinated to read about Floriade, and can't wait to finish this message so I can go on the website to see where you went! Thank you so much for another lovely parcel. I can't wait to find out who you are! Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Anna magazine
I tried to order a copy from my newsagent, and they said they would get back to me when they had it. I have not heard from them yet. Dee Palin Gloucestershire UK - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:35 PM Subject: [lace] Anna magazine Can I take it that no one in the UK has seen the latest issue of Anna yet? I have had no response to my original question. Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New Lacemakers
What an achievement, David! BTW what are Gumnuts? Dee Palin Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal - again
Hello Secret Pal! I have just unwrapped my Bush Pen, and realised that the Koala can be unclipped from the pen and that the pen is real wood! The Koala is so cute - I am going to put him with the Wombat, and they can keep each other company. Thank you again! Dee palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Camelot Lottery Fraud
Over the past few days we have been contacted via email several times saying that we have won £300,000 (Oh - if only!!!). We thought it was a bit fishy, but have gone along with it so far, until they said we had to pay to receive a package from a firm of couriers containing documents we would have to sign before we could claim our winnings. We have contacted Camelot who operate the British Lottery, and they say they know all about it and that it is definitely a con. We are lucky that we realised in time that no official promotion asks you to pay before you get your winnings, and we had not given any information to them that they could not have found in a telephone directory. We have heard of these things before but never actually come into contact with it. It certainly makes you think! (and dream!!! VBG) Dee Palin Gloucestershire UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Lace note cards
I would very much like to see the notecards that Janice Blair writes about, but when I tried clicking on the blue address, I could not get into the photos. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong, please? Thank you. Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal
Dear Secret Pal Thank you so much for my parcel which arrived this morning. What a lovely lot of goodies - and I have plans for all of them already! The wombat is gorgeous and I have decided to call him Wally. I love soft toys, and this one is so different and cute. My daughter will be so envious. I am going to display him on my dressing table. The bookmark is in use already - I have just started reading a new book, and was using a bit of an envelope to mark my place. The artwork on it is very interesting, and I love the design on the snake's back - it looks like you should be able to adapt it to a lace design! The embroidery kit is so pretty. I shall take it with me when I go away on holiday in a week's time. It will not take up too much room, and will be fun to do. The bag is very nice, and as I have an 'event' to go to soon that I am a bit apprehensive about, I will use it then for the first time and it will be just right. The spangles are so pretty and unusual. I have never seen beads that shape before, and they will certainly look really special on my pillow. The gloves you sent me last time really do work - I use them all the time in the shower, and am so smooth now! The threads you sent me are in use in a Hardanger embroidery that I have been wanting to do for a long time when I could find the right threads, and these are perfect. Thank you once again for a lovely parcel. 'Speak' to you next month. Take care. Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal
Dear Secret Pal I received my parcel today, and am absolutely delighted with it. Did you know my favourite colours? I can't remember if I put them on my info, but the threads are so pretty, and I will definitely use them soon. The gloves are fascinating - I had never heard of such things before, but will try them in the shower tomorrow - I will be all smooth and shiny! The pencil is too good to use, because I will never have another one, and want to keep it as a souvenir of where you are, and the little duck keyring fob is so sweet. I shall enjoy having him on my keys, and at least I won't lose them as frequently as I usually do - I locked them in the boot of my car only two weeks ago, and had to get my husband to come over to sort me out - he was not pleased!!! (Understatement of the year!) As for the fridge magnet, it is on my fridge right now. I guess you made it, and it is lovely. It is so nice to have something you have made yourself, and I will treasure it. Thank you again so much - don't worry that it was a bit late - it was really worth waiting for! Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal
I hope someone can help me as Brenda is away. I have joined the above scheme, and have sent off my parcel, which has been received and acknowledged. But I have not received one myself. I do not know if one was posted and has been lost, or if the system has broken down somehow. Can anyone advise me please? Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] names and place on arachne
I was not talking of sending my name to my Secret Pal, but on lace chat/lace putting my name and where I come from when I send in a message as suggested by someone else. I thought that if I did this, my Secret Pal would be able to tie that up with parcels she had received from me, even though I use a friend's return address, in which I am supposed to to put items to do with my local area, which would be of interest to to her. - Original Message - From: Helene Gannac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:42 AM Subject: [lace] names and place on arachne Dee, you are not supposed to put your name anywhere when you write to your secret pal!! Only sign Your secret Pal, not Helene, or Dee, or anything that can be recognized!! Also, use someone else's name and address on the parcels. I use my husband's name, or a friend of mine, whose permission I asked for first, of course!! Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, Australia. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Posting to Arachne I think it is a good idea to put our names and where we come from - EXCEPT won't that give us away to our Secret Pals? Dee Palin Forest of Dean Gloucestershire Do you Yahoo!? Try Yahoo! Photomail Beta: Send up to 300 photos in one email! http://au.photomail.mail.yahoo.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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Posting to Arachne
I think it is a good idea to put our names and where we come from - EXCEPT won't that give us away to our Secret Pals? Dee Palin Forest of Dean Gloucestershire - Original Message - From: CLIVE Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:34 PM Subject: [lace] Posting to Arachne Dear Gentle Spiders, Would it be asking too much if each of us signed each posting with our city and/or country where we live? Fran talked about being in London during the 70s, but is she still there? That is one of the things we Gentle Spiders who use Arachne are supposed to do, so step up to the challenge, lacemakers! Happy Lacemaking and Posting (not to the hounds, to Arachne) Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA - 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] Bombings
I think everyone here in UK would be thankful to everyone for their messages of sympathy and support. My cousins only missed the devastation because they decided to go in later to work than usual. Their mother nearly went mad trying to contact them, but all the phone networks were blocked. Thankfully, around lunchtime, she heard that they were OK. We hear and read of these things elsewhere, and think that they will never happen to anyone we know. It is a tremendous shock for us when it does. I can't imagine how people begin to rebuild their lives if they or their families are actually involved in this sort of thing. Dee Palin Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Computer
Hello everybody! I am having loads of trouble with my computer and can only get online once a day, if I am lucky. 'They' say it could be weeks before it is sorted out properly. However, I am still intending to participate in Secret Pal etc, but please don't be worried if I can't post things online as quickly as I should. If anyone needs me my telephone number is 01594 510519 (UK). If I have real problems, I will try to get in touch with Brenda by phone. Thank you. Dee Palin in the Forest of Dean - where things using TECHNOLOGY aren't reliable!!! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins
I have four Malcome Fowler bobbins. He told me they were made of Pyrex and that in the unlikely event that they broke, he would repair them. Mine contain pieces of my four dogs' hair - two of them are now deceased, so I love the reminder of them, but I keep them in a display cabinet. They are too precious to risk. BTW The BT man has come, and wreaked his magic, and I am back online - don't dare assume it will be forever though!! Just keeping my fingers crossed! :. Dee Palin, in the Forest of Dean to which I must apologise for decrying its technology!!! - Original Message - From: Carol Adkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins Hi All, I would agree that some of the bobbins - such as the ones made by Tuffnell - are quite chunky, so I am not too keen on those. But - Malcolm Fowler makes the most delightful glass bobbins - they are slim and dainty, and with all sorts of lovely things in the bobbins - such as titanium spirals (lovely variegated blueish colours) and copper spirals (brown/gold variegated colours) as well as pot pourri, ribbon, coloured seed beads, lacey bits - you name it he'll do it! I have a small fortune's worth of his bobbins and despite their delicate looks, they are sturdy - unless you chuck them on the floor, of course! For those of you in the East Anglian area, he is coming to the Wymondham Lace Day in June 2005!!! Carol Subject: RE: [lace] Glass Bobbins - 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-chat] Computer
Hello everybody! I am having loads of trouble with my computer and can only get online once a day, if I am lucky. 'They' say it could be weeks before it is sorted out properly. However, I am still intending to participate in Secret Pal etc, but please don't be worried if I can't post things online as quickly as I should. If anyone needs me my telephone number is 01594 510519 (UK). If I have real problems, I will try to get in touch with Brenda by phone. Thank you. Dee Palin in the Forest of Dean - where things using TECHNOLOGY aren't reliable!!! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Bobbins
I saw the Arachne bobbin on eBay, and it looks very similar to one issued by the Lace Guild as a Membership bobbin a couple of years ago. I think it must have been made by the same person. BTW is there in Arachne Membership Bobbin? I would love to have one, if there is. Dee Palin Forest of Dean Gloucestershire where the sun has decided to shine, without thunder and rain, and my Internet connection is now working again! (Hope that isn't tempting fate!) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace
I did mean below the neck, just where the main 'handle' of the bobbin starts, (there is usually a little bulge at the end of the neck, and it is drilled just below the bulge) then you wind the wire up from there up the neck, so that it does not untwist. Dee Palin Forest of Dean, Gloucester - Original Message - From: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 6:36 AM Subject: [lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace On Jun 21, 2005, at 14:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you can always buy basic bobbins, drill the top and add your own tiny hooks that are used for hanging the cord behind pictures. I bought some from my local DIY shop for 3p each. You also need to drill a tiny hole just below the neck so that you can start your wire there and it won't twist undone. The hole *just below* the head (which is what I think Dee really meant) is something that Jacquie Tinch mentioned in a private message to me (sorry, Jacquie, for not responding *yet*; things are hectic...), saying that, as she had been using precious metal (silver), she had no intention of wasting any more of it than she had to... It certainly lit a bulb in my head, even though I'm not yet ready for precious metals, and may never be... Lenka's bobbins have the hole drilled at the bottom of the neck, close to the body of the bobbin. It may not sound like much of a difference - what's an inch or so, aferall - but, with Lenka being out of business of selling wire, and most of other suppliers not carrying anything below the 32 gauge, *all* of one's stash becomes rather precious, and every inch counts... :) PS Does anyone know what 34 gauge is, when translated into the increments of a centimetre? I have a spool (too short, alas, being only 80m) of 0.18mm wire (Swiss-made), and no clue what it corresponds to, vis-a-vis gauge... -- 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] Lace, Girlguiding Lenka
You could use slabs of polystyrene insulation instead of pillows - it comes in a variety of thicknesses, and is not too expensive. I used 3 inch thick recently for my friend to have a go and it worked well. We covered it with a plain covercloth with a piece of felt underneath, both of which were pinned on - no sewing involved! Jan Gardiner of Lacewing Designs (near Salisbury, I think) sells her own wire lace bobbins. They have the hook at the top, not on the side as Lenka's. They are £10 for 10, but you can always buy basic bobbins, drill the top and add your own tiny hooks that are used for hanging the cord behind pictures. I bought some from my local DIY shop for 3p each. You also need to drill a tiny hole just below the neck so that you can start your wire there and it won't twist undone. I can't find Jan's phone number at the moment, but she has a website. She also teaches wire lace. Dee Palin Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire - Original Message - From: Rosemary Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:23 PM Subject: [lace] Lace, Girlguiding Lenka Dear Arachnes I think I should add my name to the Guiding list here. I have been involved for most of my life and am still helping to run a Brownie pack, having done the Commissioner bit too in the past. I have never tried to teach any of the girls to make lace, although I did run a young person's group at home for some years, some of whom were also Brownies and later Guides. I have however been asked to run a workshop at a Trefoil Guild training/activity day in September. (Trefoil Guild for those not into guiding are the 'old guides'.) Since it is my field, I have offered bobbin-lace, but have to assume that it will be for total novices. So here's a nice one. Has anyone got any good suggestions to fill one and a quarter hours for total beginners and them to produce something at the end of it? Usually I reckon a first session is taken up entirely with bobbin-winding and pattern-preparation. At present I do have a plan to produce a strip of torchon ground attached to a safety pin, a sort of lacy badge tab, and am expecting to prepare all prickings and wind all bobbins in advance. Also I have to collect/beg/borrow a supply of pillows! This could be very time-consuming for me, but I see no alternative if the groups (of ten at a time) are to achieve a satisfying result. I have always found that torchon ground is quick to pick up and learn. It will finish with a knotted fringe at whatever length they have managed to produce at the end of the session! An hour and a quarter is really not very long at all, is it. Any alternative suggestions would be appreciated and considered! I am also about to go visiting to Vancouver and was very disappointed to learn of Lenka's change of direction. Last year I failed to find her there, and had hoped to at least buy some of her bobbins this time. Is there anyone supplying these in UK do we know? I now feel very privileged to have attended one of her workshops a couple of years ago when she was here. Rosemary in Sussex and 'Badger' to 2nd Kingston Buci Brownies - 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-chat] celluloid bobbins
I showed this item on eBay to my DH who studied them carefully and pronounced that the pegs on the side were to stop the bobbins rolling across the pillow when in use! I have to say I don't find them attractive, and wouldn't want them on my pillow, no matter what they were made of. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lenka Suchanec
I have been reading all the emails about Lenka, and would like to add my two-penn'orth!!! It seems to me as if Lenka has had some kind of personal tragedy, and has decided that she cannot teach any more. I sympathise completely, and think that she should be treated with compassion. I realise that she is contracted to teach, but maybe for some reason she cannot, and I think although it is very inconvenient and I am not belittling the problems it will cause, she needs to be helped and supported at the moment. I hope someone elsewhere agrees with me!!! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] What happens to the lace teacher's work?
I cannot say about lace teaching, because I have only been making for 5 years and have not tried, but I know from experience of teaching silver jewellery making that - I did make more jewellery than before. - The quality of my work definitely improved as I demonstrated the 'proper' way of doing things, and started practising what I preached! - I had to try all sorts of new techniques that I had only read about before, because my students wanted to try them and I had to be the 'expert'. - My designs improved by leaps and bounds, sparked off by my students' ideas and inspirations, and by the need to create designs that they could use and learn from. ALSO - I made some very good friends. I have retired from teaching now. I miss it no end, but have found that the experiences I had and the confidence I gained through my teaching, have inspired me to try out lots of new things that I would never have tried before. If you are thinking of teaching - go for it! You will enjoy the experience and be greatly enriched by it. You will also be surprised at how much you know that you did not think you knew (VBG) Dee Palin - Original Message - From: Linda Greyling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:08 PM Subject: [lace] What happens to the lace teacher's work? Hi Friends My questions is directed to all lace teachers. When you started teaching - did you make more lace than before? - did the quality of your work improve? - did you try new kinds of lace to accommodate students? - did you become more creative in your own designs? What makes you continue teaching? Looking forward to your answers and any comments that would be useful to help someone decide to teach or not. Linda Greyling Helderkruin near Johannesburg South Africa. --- This message (and attachments) is subject to restrictions and a disclaimer. Please refer to http://www.unisa.ac.za/disclaimer for full details. --- gwavasig gwavasig - 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] Kuda's Pattern
Thank you very much to Sue Babbs for her email. I was struggling with printing the image of Kuda's lace, as I kept getting a large white bit of paper on the left, and the image half missing on the right. Thanks to her notes, and a bit of fiddling, I have managed to do it. I'm so delighted. Thank you to Kuda, of course, for the lovely pattern. I look forward to trying it. Dee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Thread Gauge
I got a thread gauge very similar to the one you mention from Makit Lace in England. Their phone no is 01480 810810, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't thjink they have a website. The gauge comes with a book comparing different threads. I find it invaluable, and use it all the time. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
