Re: [lace] luring the public to lace
What is yarn bombing? Karen in Malta Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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] Any lace to see in Florence?
Thanks a million. I'm really grateful and hope there will be time (and, even more important, energy - physical as I tire easily) to see it this time. If not, it will be on my list for the next visit. Karen Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: sally13n...@q.com Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:37:29 To: Karen M. Zammit Manduca; Arachne, Lace Subject: Re: [lace] Any lace to see in Florence? Hi Karen, Aha, I've found it!  Here's a website of museums in Florence:  http://www.museumsinflorence.com/index.htm  It's very good, and I'm pretty certain that the lace display I saw was in the Palazzo Davanzati museum. Half way down the Palazzo Davanzati's page the lace collection is mentioned. Sally - 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] There's never enough room
No Devon. That's where the old pieces of lace come apart from first. Any repairs show up because it's impossible to match thread after many years have passed. Karen in Malta --Original Message-- From: dmt11h...@aol.com Sender: owner-l...@arachne.com To: dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: Arachne ReplyTo: dmt11h...@aol.com Subject: Re: [lace] There's never enough room Sent: May 27, 2012 6:26 PM Why not do what the lacemakers of old did, and make the lace in clever little pieces that fit together, then join them, expertly. Devon - 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/albums/most-recent Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Arthritic hands and picking up bobbins
I sure admire you for persevering in the face of your problems. Karen in Malta Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: "Jean Nathan" Sender: owner-l...@arachne.com Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 08:28:35 To: Lace Reply-To: "Jean Nathan" Subject: [lace] Arthritic hands and picking up bobbins The problem with the method in the video is that the bobbins are being held up in the hands and her fingers are supple. I couldn't do that because my hands aren't supple and also would become tired within a few minutes. Assuming I could do it at all, I'd have to stop and rest them before I could continue. I'd also think it could be quite a painful method for some. I tried one project with Bruges style bobbins, but gave them away because I couldn't cope with them - I need the spangle to move them. There are over 90 different types of arthritis - osteo which is bone rubbing on bone (usually) from wear and tear on a joint and which most of us get as we get older, and the inflammatory types which affect soft tissue such as rheumatoid, psoriatic, lupus. People with osteo arthritis often can't understand what is so different between what they have and the inflammatory types. In my case it's rheumatoid and there's little evidence of it in my hands because it's controlled well but it doesn't take much to cause one or more finger joints to inflame. That's the reason why I would choose to move bobbins by the spangles. The other reason isn't choice; as I said previously, my fingers don't work properly. It seems to be an interruption to the signal between my brain and my fingers, probably in the same way that the tingling and pain in carpel tunnel syndrome is cause by pressure on the nerve by inflammatory tissue in the wrist, the signal to my finger tips doesn't always get there. I can be doing some sewing and happily thread needles, then suddenly I can't get the thread anywhere near the eye of the needle or into the place I'm aiming at on what I'm sewing, and I start dropping the needle, am unable to pickup the thread or a pin. Grip goes completely. My bobbins stay on the pillow even when I'm doing a plait. I envy those of you who have the dexterity to choose how you work. Fortunately most of us can find a way we can manage. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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/albums/most-recent - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Arthritic hands and picking up bobbins
You must have made her very happy. How wonderfully thoughtful. Karen in Malta Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: "J D Hammett" Sender: owner-l...@arachne.com Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 10:17:55 To: Jean Nathan; Lace Reply-To: "J D Hammett" Subject: Re: [lace] Arthritic hands and picking up bobbins Dear Jean and fellow Arachnids, Firstly I have to say how much I admire Jean for finding ways around her problems and still producing beautiful lace. Secondly, with apologies to cat-lovers, there are many ways to skin a cat. There are as many ways of making lace as there are lacemakers. Watch some of the really traditional lacemakers carefully and you will begin to see differences in the way they hold and/or place their bobbins, place their pins, work their patterns, make their sewings etc. Most people find one way easier than another and it is a matter of experiment and choice to find what works best for you. Don't ever give up because of a problem. I have even helped a woman who'd lost both hands in a horrific accident to make lace with her artificial hands. Extra large bobbins with spangles, large berry pins and simple patterns worked although she did need some help with tensioning and very occasionally with pin placement. Bobbin winding was beyond her so I did that. Being able to make lace gave her great pleasure. Happy lacemaking, Joepie, East Sussex, UK From: Jean Nathan Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:28 AM To: Lace Subject: [lace] Arthritic hands and picking up bobbins The problem with the method in the video is that the bobbins are being held up in the hands and her fingers are supple. I couldn't do that because my hands aren't supple and also would become tired within a few minutes. <-- -> I need the spangle to move them. My bobbins stay on the pillow even when I'm doing a plait. I envy those of you who have the dexterity to choose how you work. Fortunately most of us can find a way we can manage. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - - 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/albums/most-recent - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] lace photos
I haven't tried This link because I've just woken up and am still in bed. All it should take is simply clicking on the link which will be highlighted in blue. Having said that, sometimes the links do take me nowhere. One case was yesterday's link to a film on French lace. For the benefit of those who were discussing trimming posts last week, yesterday Avital helped me find out how to do so on my BlackBerry Torch. Yippee! Karen in Malta Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Lace photos
In my case, if it"s blue I just click on it because it's a live link. Karen in Malta Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Lace photos
Thankfully it's never happend in about 15 years of internet...hopefully there'll never be a first time! :-) ) Karen Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Lace photos
That's a different story altogether then. Karen Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Moderator going on holiday
Enjoy Karen Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Quiet?/what lace
Mary Carey says she is working on a memory quilt. What is that? Karen in Malta Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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] Trimming posts - another warning
I'm not sure what's happening in gmail since they've uodatd this. Yesterday when I "replied to All", I couldn't see the original message in the "reply" window to delete it! Karen in Malta Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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] Current project and thread question
Linen tends to soften with washing but, on the other hand, from my limited experience with similar types of tape laces, it is tension and method of work that results in a stiff, crisp lace so I am not sure whether these will soften. I have not yet had to wash any of the tape lace pieces I have kept for myself. Karen in Malta Let your email find you with BlackBerry® from Vodafone - 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/
