Re: [lace] mangling lace
Dear Sharon, Dear Sharon, Dear Sharon,  It would be nice to hear what our current members have to say. For additional information, there are 82 memos in the Arachne archives at: https://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=Mangling+lace&l=lace%40arachne.com  Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 5/25/2018 3:19:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, rswhite...@shaw.ca writes:  At a recent lace getaway we were fortunate to have a very brief description on mangling linen lace How many of you have tried this and what suggestions would you pass on about your experience ? Sharon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] mangling lace
At a recent lace getaway we were fortunate to have a very brief description on mangling linen lace. How it improved the appearance and feel of the lace was remarkable. How many of you have tried this and what suggestions would you pass on about your experience ? Sharon - 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] Mangling Lace
In a special-interest publication, I have come across a long review of a new book about mangle boards, used for smoothing damp linens. The book is $185, so I thought the review would be an inexpensive substitute. It will give those who are interested a jumping off point for printing pictures, etc. from the internet. It is the last book reviewed at this site: http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/books-received-october-2015/5287 If you do not know about this subject, go to our archives and put "Mangling Lace" in the subject line. http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html Would someone please comment briefly about this subject so that those who do not receive my notes to Arachne will be alerted to go to the archives to read it? Thank you. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center Hugs, Lin and the Mali The end of all of our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. -T.S. Elliott On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 7:28 AM, wrote: > In a special-interest publication, I have come across a long review of a > new book about mangle boards, used for smoothing damp linens. The book > is > $185, so I thought the review would be an inexpensive substitute. It will > give those who are interested a jumping off point for printing pictures, > etc. from the internet. It is the last book reviewed at this site: > > http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/books-received-october-2015/5287 > > If you do not know about this subject, go to our archives and put > "Mangling Lace" in the subject line. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html > > Would someone please comment briefly about this subject so that those who > do not receive my notes to Arachne will be alerted to go to the archives to > read it? Thank you. > > Jeri Ames in Maine USA > Lace and Embroidery Resource Center > > - > 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/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Mangling Lace
In a special-interest publication, I have come across a long review of a new book about mangle boards, used for smoothing damp linens. The book is $185, so I thought the review would be an inexpensive substitute. It will give those who are interested a jumping off point for printing pictures, etc. from the internet. It is the last book reviewed at this site: http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/books-received-october-2015/5287 If you do not know about this subject, go to our archives and put "Mangling Lace" in the subject line. http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html Would someone please comment briefly about this subject so that those who do not receive my notes to Arachne will be alerted to go to the archives to read it? Thank you. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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] Mangling lace
Thanks, Elizabeth and Sally !! I also had the questions about cotton lace... Clay Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: I wrote to Sally about mangling lace just as the convention was about to start, but today received her reply, - and asking me to pass it on to Arachne in case others have the same questions about it, so here is her reply with my questions, too:- 1)Will it work on cotton lace? Yes, I've had good success with cotton lace but I've mangled mostly linen lace and not a lot of cotton lace. But the pieces I did do turned out nice. They were flat when they dried, needed no ironing, and they had the correct shape. 2)Do you roll the lace in one direction only, - or do you move around the table so you mangle in the other direction, too. I roll in all directions until the shape is correct. I judge the shape by eye. 3)If it is only one way, doesn't it distort the lace? Judging the shape by eye works really well, I think. I think lacemakers often don't trust their eyes but they should! Linen thread that's been woven, which is what lace is and handwovens too, it's much stronger then you realise. It's a weaver's maxim: groups of threads are very strong, even when a single thread is fine and breaks easily. I am presuming that once you wet the lace - 4) and how wet is that - sopping wet, and blotted, or just damp/misted? - you start mangling it, and then leave it where it is, - Do Not lift and turn it, but move yourself around the table if necessary? I wet until the lace is sopping wet and all the threads are soaked. But, it is important to get almost all the liquid damped out before mangling. All of my dish towels are linen and I mangle them. We got a new high tech washer this summer, and it spins hard. My heart sank when I first took them out of the new washer and they looked permanently pleated. But, it turned out that they mangled better then before because they are less wet with the extra spinning. I do lift and turn the lace as I mangle it so I can get good pressure on all parts of the lace and get a good shape. Lace, if it's small enough, I let stay where it is to dry. Long pieces I hang on the shower curtain rod. ~~ So if any others have been wondering about it - now we know, and can have a go at it, as it sounds, from the Montreal demo, that it is very successful Thanks, Sally, for taking the time to answer my letter. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is clouding over, after a cold, but sunny morning. [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] Mangling lace
I wrote to Sally about mangling lace just as the convention was about to start, but today received her reply, - and asking me to pass it on to Arachne in case others have the same questions about it, so here is her reply with my questions, too:- 1)Will it work on cotton lace? Yes, I've had good success with cotton lace but I've mangled mostly linen lace and not a lot of cotton lace. But the pieces I did do turned out nice. They were flat when they dried, needed no ironing, and they had the correct shape. 2)Do you roll the lace in one direction only, - or do you move around the table so you mangle in the other direction, too. I roll in all directions until the shape is correct. I judge the shape by eye. 3)If it is only one way, doesn't it distort the lace? Judging the shape by eye works really well, I think. I think lacemakers often don't trust their eyes but they should! Linen thread that's been woven, which is what lace is and handwovens too, it's much stronger then you realise. It's a weaver's maxim: groups of threads are very strong, even when a single thread is fine and breaks easily. I am presuming that once you wet the lace - 4) and how wet is that - sopping wet, and blotted, or just damp/misted? - you start mangling it, and then leave it where it is, - Do Not lift and turn it, but move yourself around the table if necessary? I wet until the lace is sopping wet and all the threads are soaked. But, it is important to get almost all the liquid damped out before mangling. All of my dish towels are linen and I mangle them. We got a new high tech washer this summer, and it spins hard. My heart sank when I first took them out of the new washer and they looked permanently pleated. But, it turned out that they mangled better then before because they are less wet with the extra spinning. I do lift and turn the lace as I mangle it so I can get good pressure on all parts of the lace and get a good shape. Lace, if it's small enough, I let stay where it is to dry. Long pieces I hang on the shower curtain rod. ~~ So if any others have been wondering about it - now we know, and can have a go at it, as it sounds, from the Montreal demo, that it is very successful Thanks, Sally, for taking the time to answer my letter. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is clouding over, after a cold, but sunny morning. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mangling Lace
I was pleased to see this topic raised again. A friend has mangled her lace and been very thrilled with the result. She said that she put a towel under it when she did it, but I get the impression on the list that perhaps you do it straight on the flat surface. Comments please? Sue Fink, Masterton, New Zealand Where we are watching UK's heat with great envy, they are forecasting all sorts of baddies for us down here! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mangling lace
Does the "Mangle" idea work for Cotton lace too? Regards from Liz in frosty Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
