[lace] fun at home / current projects
My current project is teaching myself programming with Java. One of the java programming object is a canvas. It appeared that java canvas is textile too! So I'm learning more than programming. The lacy part is I'm trying to write a polar grid generator (for round edges) that keeps the angle between the pins constant. So far I've proven my theory on http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/grid-EN.html to be OK. Don't hold your breath. While on holloday, I did the headband of Tamara's Durga Ma http://www.t-n-lace.net/00-03/00-03.html http://community.webshots.com/photo/92372935/183705550hVxKQV or http://tinyurl.com/8cmyn After carfully miscalculating a third time, I decided to cheat. And we also have an exposition with our lace circle in november. Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] fun at home!!
Thanks to all who replyed about having fun at home. Wow, are we ever a productive group. Our bobbins are moving!!! It will be fun to hear how convention was when they get home, but at least we haven't been sitting twiddling our thumbs! Happy lacemaking, Irene Whitham Surrey, BC - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fun at home
Hi out there, I have the wonderful luxury of being off work for 2 1/2 months! I was determined to catch up with all my lacemakingless months throughout the school year. I have so far made 5 wire lace pins. Colored wire and silver plaited wire. It was interesting to "feel" the difference in using the different wires. It is nice to get used to different gauges. I am getting used to making leaves. They are a lot easier in wire than making them in thread. Enjoy the rest of the summer, Laura Oppedisano - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fun at home
Hi Irene & All Spiders I have just finished the lace edging for the Credence Table for our holiday parish church. Thank you Tamara, for mentioning the Bruges tie-off - looked up Cathleen's excellent directions and have it finished. I'll wait until tomorrow to cut off the threads. I'm also working on a Schneeberger table mat, one of two, that will be used at our Cathedral. I've also made 3 bookmarks in the past week, 2 of my own (first) designs, that are quick and easy but that look good. Our parishioners at our holiday church love to buy from me - a little more money for lace supplies :) Of course, several of my other pillows have work in progress but these are the main things right now. Happy lacing to all Jane in Sault Ste. Marie where we've finally had rain - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fun at home and adhesives
Hi All, Currently I am working on a little edging for a wedding cake card designed by Kirsty-Ellen West. It is driving me straight up a wall!! Very happy to have to clean the house tomorrow and having little time to lace this one. Some of us who do like to 'secure' the ends of projects that are going to be given away and know nothing of how they will be handled or cared for regardless of instructions are using archival glue. I know of one vendor in the U.S. who sells archival glue but I found mine at a scrapbooking store. It is clear with a fine point on one end and a wide point on the other end. So far it has worked out marvelously and used sparingly appears to keep the fabric [threads] as soft as they were on the rest of the lace. As to how it will be in 10 - 15 yrs. from now, I haven't a clue, but since it is acid free, one hopes it remains as good as it was the day it was used. Jane O IL. USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take time to laugh, it is the music of the soul - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Irene, Have you thought of putting on some of your music(loudly) when you make lace! Give him a taste of his own medicine and maybe teach him what music is supposed to be. I suppose you should check with the other neighbours first. I have a mat that has been sitting on my pillow for a while and I really should get stuck into it but I'm busy at the moment sewing costumes for a show. Maybe I can use the lace as a stress reliever (though not outside as it doesn't get much above 8C at the moment) :) Janette in chilly Canberra, Australia -Original Message- From: Whitham [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 5:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] fun at home!!! Dear lacemakers: For all of us that didn't go to convention let's have fun at home!!! I was just about to go outside to make lace in my garden when my neighbour decided to share his head-banging music with the rest of us. Not the quiet afternoon I had hoped for. What lace projects are you working on? Happy lacemaking, Irene Whitham, (looking for earplugs) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 28/07/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 28/07/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] fun at home!!!
What lace projects are you working on? Hi Irene and other gentle Spiders: I'm ploughing ahead with my second 5-metre piece - the OIDFA pattern "Sneeuwpoppen". This time I'm keeping track of how much I do each week, because I want to finish it by September (started May 17th). I find I keep trying to outdo myself each week - so I'm spending more and more time on it - help! it's taking over my life! Last week I did 21 inches. I usually want to stay inside when I make lace - it may be hotter than outside but at least it's not windy or dirty (I live on a busy road and get lots of black dust on my patio). I may try sitting out this evening, though. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Irene and Stay-at-Home Spiders, I am presently working flat-out on a garter for our daughter, who is getting married on October 15th - which seems a long time away, but we are going on holiday for five weeks on the 17th August, and so it needs to be done and dusted before I go! I feel heartily sorry for the lace-makers of olden times who made lace as a full-time job - I am even getting a sort of callous on the finger of my right hand ... I also have a decorative mat on the go on a large pillow, a gaudy-in-the-extreme clown picture in the making for my second grandson, a 'princess' for the four-year-old grand-daughter who is in training to become a princess herself, a bookmark for my Mum who sadly told the Ladies Guild at church that she hadn't had a bookmark from me (despite having lots of other things, no bookmark!) one of the 'egg' designs from the German book, and an extremely wide edging for my daughter-in-law's father's deacon's robes ... I think that is all!But they have all come to a halt until the garter is finished, and here I am on the computer instead of slaving away ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - where it is gloomy and grey, but not much actual rain today. Subject: [lace] fun at home!!! > Dear lacemakers: > > For all of us that didn't go to convention let's have fun at home!!! > > What lace projects are you working on? > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Lacemakers. I am studying Honiton and my assignment is a poppy. I am about 1/2 done with it. I am working in 170/2 Egyptian Cotton. Unfortunately, I am lacing inside the house. I have a bad case of Poison ivy so the sun is not really what I need right now. That air conditioning feels wonderful. But I am sitting at a window and can see my lovely flowers as I work! May the sun shine brightly on your projects today! Susie Johnson Morris, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.comcast.net/~cjohnson0969/home.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Whitham Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] fun at home!!! Dear lacemakers: For all of us that didn't go to convention let's have fun at home!!! I was just about to go outside to make lace in my garden when my neighbour decided to share his head-banging music with the rest of us. Not the quiet afternoon I had hoped for. What lace projects are you working on? Happy lacemaking, Irene Whitham, (looking for earplugs) - 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] fun at home!!!
It is a lovely, but HOT afternoon here and I am hugging my a/c ;-) As for lace, I have just set up a Kortelahti edging for a hankie. It is the one that is all 1/2 stitch leaves. I really enjoy doing it.I made one before and it is lovely for the more contemporary bride. The TV is providing and afternoon of English mysteries and I love 'em. Just passed by the computer after refuiling my glass and saw the email. Have a happy, BarbE near Dallas TX - Original Message - From: Whitham To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:38 PM Subject: [lace] fun at home!!! Dear lacemakers: For all of us that didn't go to convention let's have fun at home!!! I was just about to go outside to make lace in my garden when my neighbour decided to share his head-banging music with the rest of us. Not the quiet afternoon I had hoped for. What lace projects are you working on? Happy lacemaking, Irene Whitham, (looking for earplugs) - 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] fun at home!!!
Dear lacemakers: For all of us that didn't go to convention let's have fun at home!!! I was just about to go outside to make lace in my garden when my neighbour decided to share his head-banging music with the rest of us. Not the quiet afternoon I had hoped for. What lace projects are you working on? Happy lacemaking, Irene Whitham, (looking for earplugs) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
