[lace] Needle lace

[Aurelia Loveman]

As every now and then one of us spiders writes something wistful 
about wanting to make needle lace, I thought it might be nice 
actually to do something about it. I have posted the first 
installment of "Needle Lace in Five Easy Lessons" on my blog, which 
you can access at:  .  Tell me what you 
think.


Aurelia
Maryland USA

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[Margot Walker]

Thanks for posting this Aurelia.  I'm a rank beginner in needlelace  
and my embroidery guild has asked me to teach it to them in the  
Spring.  I've warned them that it will be 'the one-eyed leading the  
blind', but they insist.  So your blogs are sure to help me out.


On 23 Sep 2007, at 16:53, Aurelia Loveman wrote:

As every now and then one of us spiders writes something wistful  
about wanting to make needle lace, I thought it might be nice  
actually to do something about it. I have posted the first  
installment of "Needle Lace in Five Easy Lessons" on my blog, which  
you can access at:  .  Tell me what  
you think.




Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site:
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot

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[Valerie Stewart]

 Hi everyone. I would like to teach myself to do
needle lace. Can someone point me in the right 
direction. What book would be best to learn from
Thanks
Valerie

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[Agnes Boddington]

Hello Hendrika

Our worksop this coming Sat is needle lace, and our lace teacher is 
running it.
She does have a bolster pillow as described by Lorelei, but after Sat I 
may be able to tell you more.


Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK

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[Mica J]

I have a question regarding needle lace, but first a quick intro.  I've been
lurking on this list on and off since 1995.  I consider myself primarily a
bobbin lace maker, but these days I seem to spend more time tatting than
making bobbin lace.  Recently though I've decided to take the plunge into
needle lace.  I am trying to teach myself from Valerie Grimwood's book.  I
finished the first flower, am working on the leaf motif and that's it as far
as patterns go.  I know that a big part of needle lace is laying down the
cordonnet, and that's where I have trouble.  Is there a "right" and a
"wrong" way of doing it (i.e. where to start, how to lay it down so you can
get as much done in 1 round as possible...)?  Specifically, I am looking at
the floral mat that is also shown in the book, however there are no working
notes provided for that pattern.  It seems like there is a huge leap going
from the 2 patterns with working notes to that little mat.  Or am I making
too big of a deal out of this, and it will ge easier with practice?  I
assume that once I make more needle lace, I will figure out how to run the
cordonnet so that I am not forever cutting it and adding in new threads.  I
would hate to reinvent the wheel if I don't have to!  Also, are there any
other books recommended for beginners?  I also have Lovesey's book, but do
not find it as good for a total beginner.  Thanks in advance for any answers
to my convoluted questions.  I am sure I will have more questions once I
actually start the pattern.  Taking a leap and working on a pattern with no
pattern notes is a lot more daunting than it should be!

Mica
Upstate NY

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[Janice Blair]

Catherine  wrote:
You may like to see my 'Parasol for Iris' on the Guild of Needlelaces web
site.  Click on 'Gallery' at the top, then Catherine Barley and you will see a
small selection of my work.  Click on individual pictures to enlarge -
'Parasol for Iris' is the first image and I had some multi-purpose greeting
cards printed of the parasol which with the help of colleagues/friends I was
able to raise £1,512.00GBP
($2,440.33USD - 2,936.20AUD) which I sent earlier this year to Breast Cancer
Research.>

http://www.guildofneedlelaces.org/

Thank you for sending the link for the Needlelace Guild.  Inspiring.  I can see 
how 
the parasol took so long to complete, and congratulations for raising so much 
money for a good cause.  I just spent the afternoon looking at my ancient 
Dilmont Encyclopedia.  My teacher said it had the best selection of needle lace 
stitches available and I think she was right.
Janice

 Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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[Lorelei Halley]

I found an interesting piece of needlelace online:

http://www.muzeumtatrzanskie.com.pl/?strona,doc,pol,glownaen,1426,0,306,1,142
6,ant.html

Lorelei

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[Susan]

Hello All!  Visit Italian-needlework.blogspot.com for a great (but too short!) 
article on needlelace shoes by Ferragamo.  Oh my, I would wear them in a 
heartbeat if they were my size!  How about you?  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, 
PA, USA

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[L.Snyder]

HI Everyone;
A needle lace project has been rattling around in my head for a while 
now, but I'm seeing it in wire. do any of you have experience with 
needle made lace in wire?

Lauren in wet and windy Snohomish WA

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[Jane Viking Swanson]

Hi All,  I got Catherine Barley's NL book for my birthday last
week (DH let me do the shopping).  It is fantastic!  And I think,
for once, I am actually going to follow the lessons in a book.
I'm always jumping ahead of myself which works sometimes
but I can see there is a lot to learn and the more practice I
get the better!  After my 1-1/2 day NL class last fall I made a
few more flowers and then designed a holly leaf and berry
pin.  I had a little too much faith in my ability to figure things
out .  

And thank you Catherine for starting out with a Gros Point
project!  All the designs are very lovely and immediately
grabbed my interest.  I'm too excited to start with something
I can do, I appreciate the challenge!  With a few less life
distractions than I've been having I'll start a sampler using
threads I have already.  I've ordered more .  And needles
too though I remembered to check my sewing basket and
there was a pack of ball point needles (39 cents!) that I'd
gotten years ago just in case I ever needed them.  I did
look at the thinnest thread I use for Carrickmacross and
thought "you're out of your mind".  Luckily the lace-maker-
voice drowned out the normal-person voice and said 
"oh, give it a try".

The other funny thing was when I looked at the first pattern
I thought it looked awfully small.  After I looked at the 60/2 
thread I thought maybe I should make it smaller .
I usually use #12 Pearl cotton in my Battenberg lace and
the difference between the two threads is quite striking!
I may work with the tatting cotton I used in the NL class
first and work my way down to the thinner threads.  I do
know the thinner threads will look bigger when I work with
them.  The holes in the Carrickmacross net looked 
impossibly small to me at first but once I tried buttonholing
around them they got bigger (to my eye at least).

Jane in Vermont, USA where the leaves on the trees are
out and getting bigger every day!  Lilies-of-the-Valley are
out too.  What a divine fragrance!
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[Beth Schoenberg]

Hi, Tamara, Jane, and all,
 (old age is the pits; don't do it ); threading the finer 
needles (to finish off a project) is slowly becoming a problem, ... 


"Old age is a terrible price to pay for wisdom," isn't it?
Lilies-of-the-Valley are out too.  What a divine fragrance!
How would lilies-of-the-valley look in Venetian Gros Point?   Too bad 
the scent couldn't be worked in, too!

Beth Schoenberg
-- in sunny and very, very dry Wanniassa, Canberra
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[Tess1929]

Check out the Prof's site: He has just posted the old DMC needle lace book.  
There are a couple of other new ones too, thanks to Devon.

To see the postings of the month, go to Postingsof the month: 

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/2004-11.html 

I'm scanning a lovely old book right now which is a translation into English of 
a description of an exhibition held in Paris in 1900.  I saw this book some 
years ago at a museum library, but they wouldn't let me scan it.  Then, 
mirabile dictu!, it arrived quite by surprise from a lacemaker in California.  
This and ILL are how I find books to scan for all the lacemakers in the world 
to see.

But without the Professor, this work would never come to fruition.  He is 
remarkable. And patient.

Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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[Clive & Betty Rice]

Dear Aurelia,

Thank you ever so much for the instructions you posted on your blog.  I once 
took a needle lace workshop with the local chapter of EGA, but since I had just 
begun having arthritis in my hands, I felt under pressure to keep up with 
others in the class so gave it up. Maybe I'll have another go at it...Let us 
know when you post another lesson.

Happy Lacemaking,
Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia

...I have posted the first 
installment of "Needle Lace in Five Easy Lessons" on my blog, which 
you can access at:  .  Tell me what you 
think.

Aurelia
Maryland USA

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[Tiziana]

Hello  All,
thank you very much, Aurelia.
I love needlelace and I'm looking forward to following your lessons.

Best Regards
Tiziana
Taranto (Italy)



2007/9/23, Aurelia Loveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> As every now and then one of us spiders writes something wistful
> about wanting to make needle lace, I thought it might be nice
> actually to do something about it. I have posted the first
> installment of "Needle Lace in Five Easy Lessons" on my blog, which
> you can access at:  .  Tell me what you
> think.
>
> Aurelia
> Maryland USA
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[Barb ETx]

Thank you so much, Aurelia.
Is this not the best group ever?!
Smiles, BarbE
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  Subject: [lace] Needle lace


  As every now and then one of us spiders writes something wistful
  about wanting to make needle lace, I thought it might be nice
  actually to do something about it. I have posted the first
  installment of "Needle Lace in Five Easy Lessons" on my blog, which
  you can access at:  <http://aurelove.blogster.com>.  Tell me what you
  think.

  Aurelia
  Maryland USA

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[lace] Needle-lace blog

[Aurelia Loveman]

Lessons 3 and 3a ("The Lace Fillings" and "Cloth Stitch") are now 
available on my blog . Lesson 3b 
("Double Brussels Stitch") will be out next week.


Aurelia
Maryland USA

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[Aurelia Loveman]

Lesson 3b ("Double Brussels Stitch") is now available on my blog. And 
after much communing with my computer maven, who periodically talks 
turkey to my pitiful few computer skills, I have now got Lessons 3c 
and 3c-2 ("The Side Stitch") out on my blog too 
(http://aurelove.blogster.com). I love the Side Stitch. I know that 
some of you have been following these lessons --  I would love to 
hear what you think of the Side Stitch.


Aurelia
Maryland USA

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[Aurelia Loveman]

Lesson 3d ("Point de Rose") is now available on my blog 
().


Aurelia
Maryland USA

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[Ilske Thomsen]

Valerie,
why not first working after Aurelia's blog. She made it very clearly.

Ilske

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[Lenore English]

here's the link to Aurelia's blog.

http://aurelove.blogster.com/index.html

I've been working on the lessons, am patiently waiting the next installation.
I found some beautiful needle lace projects here:

http://www.guildofneedlelaces.org/index.html

I wish I had seen these pieces before I started my sampler.  Mine
looks very bad, but I'm determined to finish this and try another
small piece.

Lenore in Michigan

http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com

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[Aurelia Loveman]

Lesson 5, "Cutting from the Working Base," the fifth and last entry 
of my "Needle Lace in Five Easy Lessons," is now available on my blog 
. I have really enjoyed doing this bit 
of online teaching, and am grateful to those of you who have written 
back about your experience with these lessons.


I am about to put on a new blogster-hat. From here on out, for the 
next few weeks or months, I shall be putting out on my blog a 
novel-in-progress. Nothing to do with lace (at least, not so far), 
nothing to do with Tina. I am still as much of a devoted lacemaker as 
ever. This is my second novel.  My first one, published years ago by 
William Morrow, was called "The Good  Wife."  This one will be called 
(I think) "A Look in the Mirror."  Wish me luck!


Aurelia

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[lace] Needle lace pillow

[Margot Walker]

I have one and it's as the others have described.  It has its own  
stand which keeps the pillow from rolling while you use both hands to  
make the lace.  One of the little Czech bolster pillows in a bread  
basket would do the job.


Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site:
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot

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[tess parrish]

I can't resist: go to 
 and you will see the needle lace pillow I made after visiting the  
lacemaking group in Venice a few years ago.  This should give you an  
idea of what it looks like and from that how to put it all together.   
It sits on your lap while you work.

Also, I have just been scanning the Italian version of the DMC needle  
lace book.  It will appear on the site under This Month, but wait a  
bit: it is still being processed by John Cropper, our loyal computer  
expert.  You can find other copies of the same book in French and  
English as well. Go to:   
 (English)   
   (French)

For those newbies who may not know about the Archives site, go to 
 and be prepared for a feast!  You can search for something  
specific, check out the newest additions, and find a wealth of old  
books (pre-1923) that have been scanned and posted on the site.   
"Topics" will give you an idea of the subjects covered, and there are  
probably more perhaps not listed that way.  This collection is in  
large part due to the many people who have lent their own precious  
books and documents and allowed them to be scanned and thus saved for  
posterity.  If you have any that should be in the collection and which  
you want to lend for the site, we would be happy to hear from you.

Enjoy!

Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in snowy Maine USA

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[Jane Partridge]

In message , Delores Miller 
 writes

Tess, could you give us dimensions of the pillow and the dowel?  Is the
dowel what we use for closet poles in the USA?  TIA


The purpose of the dowel is simply to put a curved surface under the bit 
that you are working on, much as you would use your finger if you were 
holding the work in your hand. It doesn't have to be a dowel - I 
normally use a pencil!  (It goes between the pillow and the cloth pad 
which is under your work, so the lead is unlikely to come into contact 
with your work.) Then again, I only need to use it when working the 
cordonette (the final outlining of closely worked buttonhole stitches 
over two or more new threads laid along the cordonnet) - at this point 
because you are trying to get the needle under several taut threads it 
is easier if the section is raised slightly. The rest of the time I pin 
the "pad" to the pillow and work with it "flat" against  the curve of 
the pillow. The cordonnet (the foundation of two parallel  threads which 
are couched down along the pattern outlines before you start working the 
fillings) is worked before the work is pinned to the pillow.


I have one of the SMP polystyrene pillows (covered), but tend now to use 
the foam packaging tube that contained the free puppy in a pack of 
Andrex toilet paper some years ago - it is about 6 inches diameter, the 
foam being about an inch thick - perfect for clipping my clip on 
magnifier to!  This tube is probably about 14 inches long, but as long 
as it is big enough to hold the work you are doing the length doesn't 
really matter. The useful bit about using a tube is that you can store 
things inside it - my magnifier lives inside the tube when I'm not 
working.


Because you start with the pattern tacked to a slightly larger pad of 
cloth, I haven't found it necessary to cover the foam tube - the work 
and thread don't come into contact with it. Do have a cloth to pin over 
your work when you leave it, though, as you would for bobbin lace.


--
Jane Partridge

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[lace] needle lace revisited

[Agnes Boddington]

As promised, I am reporting back from our needle lace class yesterday.
Personnally, I only got as far as couching down the outline thread for a 
five-petalled flower.
As a result of the position I was working in, I developed a thumping 
headache (quite common as

a result of a childhood accident), which still has not subsided yet.

Most of the group were beginners, only a few had done needle lace before.
One is actually a member of the UK Guild of Needle Lacers: 
http://guildofneedlelaces.org
and has a wonderful domed wooden box which she bought from them a few 
years ago,

the top is used as a pillow as described by several Arachne members.
However, the top is hinged and tilts backward to reveal a nice storage box.

Our lace teacher has a home made roll, covered in cloth, I estimate it 
is 30 cm long with a diameter of
15cm. To make working on it easier, she uses a chop stick to lift the 
material sufficiently.


I will have another go when I find the time to do so, but for the moment 
will stick with bobbin lace,

as I don't have nearly eanough time to do that on top of teaching.

Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK

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[Beth Marshall]

I've only done a little needlelace, several years ago - I can't quite remember 
how I decide where to start and finish a cordonnet, so I can't help with that 
question. 

I used the Grimwood book alongside Catherine Barley's book - I found 
Catherine's instructions pretty clear as a near-beginner, IIRR. 

Beth
waiting for the gathering clouds to produce some rain for my garden
in Cheshire, N W England

Mica J wrote:
> Also, are there any other books recommended for beginners?  I also have
> Lovesey's book, but do not find it as good for a total beginner.  

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[Patricia Dowden]

I have a question regarding needle lace, but first a quick intro.  I've been
lurking on this list on and off since 1995.  I consider myself primarily a
bobbin lace maker, but these days I seem to spend more time tatting than
making bobbin lace.  Recently though I've decided to take the plunge into
needle lace.  I am trying to teach myself from Valerie Grimwood's book
I also have Lovesey's book, but do not find it as good for a total beginner.


Thanks in advance for any answers
to my convoluted questions.  I am sure I will have more questions once I
actually start the pattern.  Taking a leap and working on a pattern with no
pattern notes is a lot more daunting than it should be!

Mica
Upstate NY

=

Hi Mica, 
I myself have only done a few attempts at needlelace, but as to your concern
about cutting the thread, consider these points.

1.  They only have to be construction grade, eventually, all the of the base
threads will be covered with buttonhole stitches, so the number of ends or
cuts does not make a lot of difference.

2.  While it is convenient to have a more continuous frame of threads, it's
not critical.  You mentioned tatting, and while hiding ends are a larger
issue in tatting, the framework in needlelace is much less of a technical
issue.

My basic approach is a pretty simple minded divide and conquer method

If a double thread approaches a "Y" in the pattern, take the thread on the
side of the new branch out and back from the end of the branch.  This could
include a multiple branched branch - just one thread out and then double
back to the starting point of the single thread.

When I meet the end of a doubled loop (as from the above simple or complex
branch), take the current thread through the loop to anchor it.  Then baste
before and after the loop and the loop itself. 

Baste at will, it all comes out.

Don't try to figure out the whole path from the beginning.  It's not worth
the effort.  As you get more experience and have solved different paths, it
gets easier.  

RELAX! And enjoy your new art!

Patty

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[Branwyn ni Druaidh]

Oh wow!  Following a link from your link, I found this:
http://www.fioretombolo.net/reticelloantico.htm

It's very picture heavy, and not all the pictures loaded for me.  But all
the reticello lace, on all the different items!  Wow!  When I get done with
a couple of recreation peices (when I get good enough for a couple of
recreation peices) I want to do that!

Bronwen

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:24 AM, silvia gardiol  wrote:

> At this link:  http://www.tuttoricamo.com/_MenuComeSiFa.asp (italian
> and english version) you can find some instructions and history of
> Reticello, a traditional Italian embroidery
> Silvia
>
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[lace] needle lace questions

[Lorelei Halley]

Lenore and Liz
I would be very interested in hearing the answers to Lenore's questions.  Even
though I don't make needle lace myself, I am interested in the process.  And
who knows? When my eyes just can't do bobbin lace anymore, maybe I'll switch
to needle lace where I can use a magnifier.  Just hearing the discussion about
how to work needlelace, and hearing the anwers to questions from a relative
beginner would be very interesting.  I'll read them all and store them in
memory.
Lorelei

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[lace] Needle lace resources?

[Susan]

Hello All!  I'm looking for an online resource for needle lace circa 1860.  
When I checked the Arizona Digital Archives, the closest I found was Therese de 
Dillmont 1900 & 1910.  There doesn't seem to be a search function on the 
Arizona site so while I tried to read thru all the descriptions, I may have 
missed some.  Google wasn't much help either.  Should I look elsewhere?  I'm 
trying to get a sense of what needle lace motifs were in vogue in that 
timeframe.  Any suggestions?  Many thanks.  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA 
USA 


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[lace] needle lace resources

[Lorelei Halley]

Susan
The dominant form of needle lace in 1860 would have been point de gaze. So if
you are looking for motifs, look there. A google search will turn up quite a
lot. Also some collections:
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo/albums/point-de-gaze-antique

http://lynxlace.com/StitchesofPointdeGaze.html

On this last one, look for the book by Pat Ernshaw. It is about how to make
the various laces, with stitch diagrams. But she gives the historical context
of each style of needle lace. That will point you in the right direction.

Lorelei Halley

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[lace] Needle lace resources

[Susan]

Thank you Bev & Gina, I was able to find a few more items.   Based on the 
photos & accompanying instructions, it seems like the needle lace that I am 
referring to--with laid cordonnet etc--was overshadowed by tape based lace 
during the mid 1800's.  I was surprised & delighted to find some great photos 
of Honiton tape!  Needless to say, one could get lost in all the books & 
articles on the Arizona Digital & Antique Pattern sites.  Sincerely, Susan 
Hottle, Erie, PA USA



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[lace] Needle lace resources

[Susan]

Thank you Devon & Lorelei!  I'm on digest so just now received your excellent 
suggestions & links.  Devon, my lace guild is demonstrating various techniques 
on Sunday at a Victorian home owned by a historical society.  In an effort to 
be relevant to my surroundings, I thought it would be helpful to know what type 
of needle lace would have been worn when the house was new in 1862.  I will 
take modern samples but now I can use my Lace app (& iPad if there is wifi 
available) to illustrate this beautiful technique.  Sorry to say, my grasp of 
lace history is weak so when my usual searches didn't return enough info, I 
asked for help.  Lorelei, all I can say is yowza!  The photos posted on Ning 
are beyond delicious & your analysis of point de gaze stitches & their uses is 
excellent.  Plenty to digest before 1pm on Sunday!  Thanks for reminding me 
that one of my favorite pieces of lace is the point de gaze fan in the Koon 
collection.  BTW--I wanted to thank you for posting your tape!
  lace lesson.  There are loads of individual diagrams for specific points in 
the pattern.  Thorough & oh so helpful!  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA

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[lace] Needle lace resources

[Susan]

Thank you Jay--another resource to track down!  In this particular instance, 
however, I was hunting for needle lace made with a laid cordonnet--although 
this was not clear from my question!  I will endeavor to be more specific in 
the future.  My initial search returned several resources for tape based lace 
with needle lace fillings so now I will add Beeton to the list.  Thank you for 
helping to round out the picture!  Sincerely, Susan Hottle 


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[lace] Needle lace resources

[Susan]

Thank you Barbara for adding Madame Goubaud to my reading list.  Surely I will 
be better prepared for the next demo at a historical home, of which there are 
many in Western Pennsylvania & Northeastern Ohio!  We had a good turnout 
yesterday in Niles, OH in spite of the intermittent downpours.  The Ward Thomas 
house is decorated in period style with many original furnishings & memorabilia 
from the two families.  This included a gown worn by one of the occupants when 
she attended Alice Lee Roosevelt's White House wedding to Mr. Longworth.  It 
was ivory & featured princess lace & medallions of metallic embroidery.  Our 
group was seated in the library where W. Aubrey Thomas, a member of Congress, 
met with his constituents in the early 1900's.  In addition to needle lace, we 
demonstrated tatting, Irish crochet, Bedfordshire lace & lucet cording.  Some 
patrons even recognized what we were making & would like to learn!  We hope to 
see some of them at our program sponsored by the lib!
 rary next month.  Again, thanks to all to lent a hand on the history side!  
Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA 

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[lace] needle lace resources

[hottleco]

Thanks Rita, indeed Beeton is on gutenberg & available to all.  Lorelei, you 
have hit the nail on the head.  No wonder I wasn't finding much other than tape 
lace when I initially searched for needle lace online!  Point de gaz(e) 
wouldn't have been made by amateurs.  Ironically, that fact brought the most 
enlightenment at our lace demonstration.  By showing them the basic beginner 
pattern that I was working, then flipping to the exquisite example in the Lace 
app, patrons could get a handle on the skills needed to produce such an 
item--even though some stitches were identical.  So thanks for pointing me in 
the right direction & Santa for bringing me an iPad!  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, 
Erie, PA USA

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[lace] needle lace fillings

[hottleco]

Take a quick gander at www.needlenthread.com today.  Mary Corbet posted a 
whitework piece with some very lovely needle lace.  Susan Hottle

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Re: [lace] Needle lace

[J-D Hammett]

Hi fellow Arachnids,


Thank you very much Sue for the eye candy, even if the feet would not 
co-operate;-) Those shoes are beautiful as is the other work on that site.


Happy lace making,


Joepie in East Sussex, UK, where it is once again raining.









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Hello All!  Visit Italian-needlework.blogspot.com for a great (but too short!) 
article on needlelace shoes by Ferragamo.  Oh my, I would wear them in a 
heartbeat if they were my size!  How about you?  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, 
PA, USA

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[lace] Needle lace book

[Ann-Marie Andersson]

I have an antique needle lace book that needs a new home. Please email me
privately if you are interested and I will send photos and details.

Kind regards
Ann-Marie Andersson
Sweden

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[lace] needle lace pillows

[Lorelei Halley]

Mary
I've seen that youtube video that you mentionned, and did notice that it was a
cookie shape not a bolster that the woman was using.  I do have several
different shapes and sizes of cookie pillows.  Perhaps I should experiment
with different ones to see if one would work better.  Maybe my Honiton pillow
would work.
Lorelei

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[lace] needle lace tutorial

[Lorelei Halley]

Just recently I have created a very basic needle lace tutorial, and I've
posted it in two different places.
http://lynxlace.com/needlelacetutorial.html

http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/group/beginners/forum/topics/tutorial-plain-bo
okmark

http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/group/beginners/forum/topics/tutorial-plain-bo
okmark-1

The content is the same, but they look different because the software is
different.  It is not a pretty pattern, but just a simple bookmark.  But I
tried to get photos of the major technical elements, to make it easier to
picture what is supposed to happen.

Lorelei Halley

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Re: [lace] needle lace

[Catherine Barley]

Hi Lauren

I have no experience of working needlelace in wire but gather it can be done 
and I would be interested to know how you get on with it - assuming you're 
going to give it a try!


Catherine Barley
UK

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HI Everyone;
A needle lace project has been rattling around in my head for a while now, 
but I'm seeing it in wire. do any of you have experience with needle made 
lace in wire?

Lauren in wet and windy Snohomish WA

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[lace] needle lace jewelry

[Lorelei Halley]

Lauren
I can't recall seeing any wire needle lace (wire bobbin lace is fairly
common).  But metallic looking threads could certainly be used.  There are a
few examples among the NEEDLELACETALK photos.
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo
Once on that page, do a search on "earrings" and another on "necklace".
Lorelei

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Re: [lace] needle lace

[Jennifer Audsley]

Hi, I attempted some wire needlelace a couple of years ago. It's very
challenging, almost impossible to back track & redo mistakes as the wire
has "memory" & retains kinks etc. I didn't finish the piece. Fun though, do
have a try. Can't remember the gauge of wire I used, it was very fine
copper wire. I'm on holidays, but when I get home will try & find it & post
a pic.

Jen (usually in Melbourne, currently in Sydney), Australia.

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Re: [lace] needle lace

[Jennifer Audsley]

Hi Lauren,

I have spent a couple of days re-organising all my sewing, crocheting and
lace-making stuff (very therapeutic and good fun too!). In the process I
found my wire needle lace piece. I've uploaded the wire reticella photo on
Lorelei's Ning needle lace site: http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo

The design is one of Liz Ligeti's, I will get back to working on it and
post another pic with - hopefully - more progress. And a close up so you
get a better idea of how it's coming together.

Jen in Melbourne, Australia.

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Re: [lace] needle lace

[L.Snyder]

HI Jen!
 The picture is wonderful! I will have to compare, but I think the wire 
I am using is about the same size you used. Your stitches are a lot 
finer that mine are right now. I'll have the push mine together, make 
them tighter and smaller. I love the look! Thanks for posting the picture.

Needlelace in wire is possible!
Lauren


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Hi Lauren,

I have spent a couple of days re-organising all my sewing, crocheting 
and lace-making stuff (very therapeutic and good fun too!). In the 
process I found my wire needle lace piece. I've uploaded the wire 
reticella photo on Lorelei's Ning needle lace site: 
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo


The design is one of Liz Ligeti's, I will get back to working on it 
and post another pic with - hopefully - more progress. And a close up 
so you get a better idea of how it's coming together.


Jen in Melbourne, Australia.


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[lace] needle lace pillow

[Jenny Barron]

I've never seen a needle lace pillow like this before
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19158&item=8171844426&rd=1
Are they commonly used?
jenny barron
Scotland

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[lace] needle lace pillow

[Tess1929]

I have just taken a picture of a lace pillow I made after my trip to Venice 
and Burano some years ago.   We see pictures of bobbin lace pillows everywhere, 
but I've only found one other needle lace pillow pictured (on Lori's 
site--where else!).

This one is an accurate reproduction of the actual working lace pillows used 
by the lacemakers in Venice and has a pattern pinned to it which I got at 
Lidia's in Burano.

If anyone is interested, let me know, and I'll email the picture to you.   
I've sent it to the Professor, and it may end up on his site as well.

By the way, have you checked out the needle lace video?   It might help you a 
lot.   You can find it on Holly van Sciver's web site: <
http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/Springett%20Videos.html> She gives advice on 
how to make a 
pillow as well as making the lace itself.

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[lace] Needle lace example.

[Brian Lemin]

OK, thank you for the replies that I have had regarding the use of the 
tools.  Now I am thinking that I should have a picture of the needlelace 
that the tools and their users produce.


Any volunteers to send me a scan/ picture of a piece of needle lace?

BTW the general consensus is that there is no special needle for needle 
lace.




Jean and Brian from Cooranbong, Australia 


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[lace] Needle Lace Revival

[DevonThein]

Catherine writes:  Is there no one out there who  makes beautiful fine white
needlelace and who can pass on these techniques for the benefit of future
generations?  I have done my level best over several decades, travelling many
thousands of miles both here in the UK and overseas to pass on my skills, but
all I hear is "I couldn't possibly see to do such fine work" but I see
beautiful fine white Honiton lace still being made, along with gorgeous
Binche, Bucks etc so why is it so difficult to find a tutor to teach
'Traditional Needlelace" I wonder?

 In the US, Carolyn Wetzel is investing a tremendous amount of time, effort
and money to become a needle lace teacher with expertise in Aemelia Ars,
Alencon and Frisado de Valladolid. She is a real asset in perpetuating needle
lace.

I think it is imperative to give some recognition to, and to exhibit, youngish
needle lace artists. With no encouragement, they will stop doing needle lace
art and go on to do something that is better understood and appreciated.

My exhibit Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques
has several young(ish) needle lacemakers in it.
One is Penny Nickels. She has a blogspot called Donkeywolf
http://donkeywolf.blogspot.com/ where you can see two works that will be in
the show. One is The Jersey Devil, the other is Just Girly Things. She
employed some gros point techniques in Just Girly Things. If you continue to
scroll down, and go to another page with older posts you will see The
Endurance, about the Shackleton Expedition. I love the way that she varies the
stitch densities in the snow. While Catherine does not know about Penny, Penny
knows about Catherine because we have discussed Catherine’s snow oriented
work. Penny is not afraid to spend a lot of time working on her art. She is
largely self-taught, which is amazing.

Maggie Hensel-Brown will also be shown. She is an Australian who works in
Punto in Aria technique.

Also, E.J. Parkes, who has made a life size arm in very fine needle lace
stitches, showing the musculature and bones, etc.

I think I see the signs of an upcoming lace revival.

Devon


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[lace] Needle Lace revival

[Laurie Waters]

OK Devon, you left my name off the list of traditional needlelace teachers…
is the 2012 Alençon class already forgotten? The one where we used all the
traditional equipment and threads – all the stuff I learned as a student in
Alençon?  And the subsequent Needlelace Practicum?  Unfortunately I had to
cancel the Belgian needlelace class last year, but we would have been
studying 18th c techniques.

I’m writing write my first article for the IOLI bulletin as the new
Needlelace Editor, and I’m going very hard at the traditional techniques.
The subject of the first article will be hand position. I’m taking no
quarter here, this will be a very rigorous series of articles.  I have so
much I want to say – the field of modern needlelace has forgotten so much of
what made this lace a viable commercial product, in its very finest form.
I’ve been studying the subject for well over 30 years, so don’t be surprised
at what you will read!

Laurie



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[lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Janice Blair]

Devon wrote


Carolyn had a full class at the Winter Lace Conference in Costa Mesa, CA in 
February and she is one of the teachers at the IOLI convention in San Antonio 
in July.  Her classes are listed on the IOLI website.  Please consider signing 
up for needlelace if there is space available. I have been disappointed in the 
past when a needlelace class is cancelled because it needed a few more 
students, and I signed up again so I hope the class is successful.  The 
advantage of needlelace is that transportation of equipment is easy, unlike 
flying with lace pillows these days. Poor eyesight is not a handicap these days 
as I have magnifier glasses that clip onto my regular glasses to help me to see 
what I am doing. Come and join the fun.
Janice

 Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 
jblace.com

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[lace] Needle lace revival

[DevonThein]

If you watch a 17 minute interview with Maggie Hensel-Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsO5wICsojY conducted by Angharad Rixon,
proprietor of Textile Support and the genius behind The Doily Free Zone, you
will see that she credits a class with Margaret Stephens with setting her off
on her lace journey.
I am featuring a series of three pieces of Maggie’s depicting unexceptional
moments in the show Lace, not Lace, in New Jersey. These are based on the
style of historic punto in aria such as the Judith and Holofernes lace in the
Metropolitan Museum. Maggie is now making another series of works dealing with
issues of the status of women. She has begun to incorporate, very cautiously,
some color in the work. Her piece
“ Tripped up and strung up on a never ending stream of comments from strange
men” is probably best viewed on her Instagram account. But, it incorporates
little male figures that reference ones often found in Italian needle lace.

So, in fact, young artists are learning the skills from traditionalists who
preserve and teach them. In addition to that, although my sample is very
small, I think that the new needle lacers may start out with larger, irregular
stitches, impressionistically applied. But, as they develop, they tend to seek
out more sophisticated techniques, looking at Catherine’s work and others,
and to incorporate them, and also to improve their technique and regularize
the tension.

But, an interesting situation that I am encountering is that people who are
not in the lace world already are more readily attracted to large pieces, and
ones with irregular stitching because they can see what is happening in them.
When there are exquisite small pieces that use the techniques perfectly and in
a sophisticated way, members of the public tend to blank out and not even
think about how the piece is made. Thus it becomes less interesting.

It is sort of a situation where say, you are a person who has enjoyed seeing
huge Roman mosaics, and then you see very small miniature Byzantine mosaics.
You say, “Wow, this is like a huge beautiful mosaic, but someone had the
skill to make it minute”. Instead, in the lace world, you say about a large
piece made in cord, or rope,  “this is fascinating in the way the threads
move in and out in a complex fashion.” But when you see a small complex,
intricate piece where you can barely see the threads moving in an out in
complicated patterns,  you say, “this is like lace trim from the five and
dime”.

Challenges…In a way, the public needs to learn about the techniques used in
a simple way,  before they can appreciate their use in a more complex way.

Devon


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[lace] needle lace types

[Marianne Gallant]

All this talk about needle lace got me thinking I might want to get back 
into doing some. I do have a couple of books, but I started wondering 
what was new. So I went to the Vansciver website, and noticed that the 
only books on needle lace available at the moment are Italian books, 
most of them about Aemilia Ars and a few about Veneziano lace. Since I 
have not seen either of these laces, nor can I see the books (I can only 
purchase lace materials online), it made me wonder what type of lace 
Aemilia Ars is. Is it made similar to the type of needlepoint lace that 
Nenia Lovesey and Catherine Barley have in their books? Like is the lace 
made separately and then sewn to fabric? I don't care much for the 
Reticella type lace where you cut a hole in linen fabric and then fill 
it with needle lace stitches.
I just wish I could figure out where I got the pattern from for the 
needle lace angel that I started eons ago. It looks like it will be a 3D 
type angel, though fairly small, and I have done about 1/4 inch of the 
dress/skirt, it has beads added near the hem, but I have no idea how to 
continue or what stitches should be used. And don't tell me to do my own 
thing, I don't know enough to do that.

*Marianne*

Marianne Gallant
Vernon, BC Canada
m...@shaw.ca
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[lace] Needle lace needles

[H M Clarke]

Hi,

I have a question for those of you who do, or know about, the finest needle 
laces. What size needle do you use? I’m thinking about when you use really fine 
thread (180 cotton, maybe). 

Thank you in advance, Helen (on the sunny west coast of mainland Canada)

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[lace] needle lace Guild UK

[Aliceknit]

I  am a lapsed member of the Needlelaces Guild UK
and would like to renew my membership but cannot find their email address.
Can someone help please.
Thank you - Alice Wilmshurst   

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Re: [lace] Needle-lace blog

[Clive & Betty Rice]

As usual, Aurelia, a heartfelt "Thank You" for your generosity in sharing your 
expertise with us.

Happy Lacemaking,
Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA

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Lessons 3 and 3a ("The Lace Fillings" and "Cloth Stitch") are now 
available on my blog . Lesson 3b 
("Double Brussels Stitch") will be out next week.

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Re: [lace] Needle-lace blog

[Lenore English]

I have to add a note of appreciation, too.  I've been inspired to
follow the lessons.  I'm a total novice when it comes to needle lace,
and I am pleased I can keep up with Aurelia's lessons.

You can take a peek at my needle lace, after lesson 3a, on my blog.

http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com

Lenore in SW Michigan

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> Lessons 3 and 3a ("The Lace Fillings" and "Cloth Stitch") are now
> available on my blog . Lesson 3b
> ("Double Brussels Stitch") will be out next week.
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Re: [lace] Needle-lace blog

[Lenore English]

I have been following the lessons, and have some pictures on my blog.

http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com

I tried the Side Stitch this weekend, but took it out last night.  I
think I started my first row with the stitches too close together, and
toward the end my stitches were crowded.  I needed to leave out
stitches at the edge to follow the curve of the leaf, and that gave me
trouble for some reason.  I'll sit down tonight and see if I can
conquer the Side Stitch.  Your second diagram is much clearer, and I
think that will help a little.

I like making needle lace, it's very different from tatting or bobbin
lace.  I've done a lot of sewing, and it's relaxing to settle down
with only a needle and thread.  Thanks for posting these lessons, I
would never have tried needle lace on my own.

Lenore in Michigan


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> (http://aurelove.blogster.com). I love the Side Stitch. I know that
> some of you have been following these lessons --  I would love to
> hear what you think of the Side Stitch.
>
> Aurelia
> Maryland USA
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Re: [lace] Needle-lace blog

[Lenore English]

I cut my little leaf from the working base, and have updated my blog
with a picture.  I can see room for improvement, but I am pleased it
stayed in one piece when I removed my couching.  I have enjoyed
working my first piece of needle lace so much I've already started
another.  It's a little ornament for the ornament exchange of our lace
group.

Once again I have to thank Aurelia for putting these lessons on her
blog.  I never thought to  try needle lace, and now my mind is reeling
with possibilities.

Lenore in SW Michigan

http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com/



On Nov 11, 2007 4:50 PM, Aurelia Loveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lesson 5, "Cutting from the Working Base," the fifth and last entry
> of my "Needle Lace in Five Easy Lessons," is now available on my blog
> . I have really enjoyed doing this bit
> of online teaching, and am grateful to those of you who have written
> back about your experience with these lessons.
>

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RE: [lace] Needle-lace blog

[Angel Skubic]

Oh I am S excited myself...I am going to do the leaf and I went to
that site for that Dillmont book and found whole lots of other books and
leaflets etc to help me learn stitches etc. I am going to try to make a
sampler out of the Plate VIII in Dilmont's Needle Point Lace book. That
way I can try all the different stitches. I also want to try to do it
with the stitches currently in place. I think I am going to really like
this. Something that I can actually carry with me to work on. The
Dillmont book was a great pattern book but there are a couple of others
that are more "how too" books. Anyway...busy busy busy trying to learn.
Love that I already have most of the stuff I need being I do bobbin
lace, tat, crochet etc...Going to use color in this so I can see what I
am doing from row to row...

Wish me luck...thanks for the inspiration...

Cearbhael

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I cut my little leaf from the working base, and have updated my blog
with a picture.  I can see room for improvement, but I am pleased it
stayed in one piece when I removed my couching.  I have enjoyed working
my first piece of needle lace so much I've already started another.
It's a little ornament for the ornament exchange of our lace group.

Once again I have to thank Aurelia for putting these lessons on her
blog.  I never thought to  try needle lace, and now my mind is reeling
with possibilities.

Lenore in SW Michigan

http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com/



On Nov 11, 2007 4:50 PM, Aurelia Loveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lesson 5, "Cutting from the Working Base," the fifth and last entry of

> my "Needle Lace in Five Easy Lessons," is now available on my blog 
> <http://aurelove.blogster.com>. I have really enjoyed doing this bit 
> of online teaching, and am grateful to those of you who have written 
> back about your experience with these lessons.
>

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[lace] Lace needle Lace Pillow

[Hendrika van Kooten]

-A friend who is a superb needlelacer but is not on the Lace list send me
the following -e-mail .

  I obtained a used copy of a book on needle lace, a great book by Nenia
Livesay. Needle lace used to be worked on a needle lace pillow so you can use
both hands and the author recommends using one. I have to hold it with one
hand. There is a picutre in this old book. I have searched for one, have
looked on the Lacis website and have not found any such thing. It is different
than a bobbin lace pillow. Have you ever heard of a needlelace pillow in your
years of doing lace?

If I can't find such a thing, I may try to make one up to see if it helps when
I start another project.

-Replies to forward to my friend will be appreciated
-Thanks in advance

Hendrika van Kooten
 Simcoe County Lacemakers
Township of Springwater
Ontario, Canada

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Re: [lace] Needle lace pillow

[Ilske Thomsen]

Hello Everybody,
the describtion you have given are like the ndl.lace pillows look  
like. If somebody has the book "needlelace" from Pat Earnshaw you can  
see on page 6 an engraving from a lady with such a pillow. And on page  
13 a drawing from another type used in Burano.


Ilske

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Re: [lace] needle lace pillow

[Delores Miller]

Tess, could you give us dimensions of the pillow and the dowel?  Is the 
dowel what we use for closet poles in the USA?  TIA


Delores Miller, Sedo-Woolley, WA, USA 


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[lace] needle lace pillow dimensions

[tess parrish]

Delores asked me for the dimensions of the pillow I made:

The pillow I made was as close to the ones I saw in Venice as I could  
get after coming home and scrounging what I could find.


The diameter of the pillow needs to raise the work to convenient hand  
level when it is placed on the lap.  Thus, mine has a diameter of 6"  
and is 12" long.  The dowel that I had at had happens to be 2" in  
diameter, although I suspect that the Italian ones might have been  
closer to closet pole size (1").  Not less than that, though, because  
it is what you use to free both hands for working and you need space  
to be comfortable. Its diameter is  added to the height of the pillow  
on your lap.  I made my dowel a little longer than the pillow itself,  
perhaps because that was the length of the piece of wood that I had,  
or maybe to make it easier to slip out when necessary.


The main thing is to make it personal.  It needs to fit you, not some  
set of rules.  The ones the Italian lacemakers were using were all  
different, probably most of them home made.


Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine USA, where the predicted cold snap is  
just beginning to arrive: +2 degrees fahrenheit at 10 pm and will get  
lower overnight.


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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Sue Duckles]

Must admit, as I'd decided to do a different pattern to Agnes, I  
managed to finish one petal (for practice only... I was set a  
challenge by the teacher to get it finished so they could show how to  
finish off!!...)  That petal is definitely in the 'here's my first  
practice' category!!!


I think if Agnes wants to do some more, she should get a needle lace  
pillow (at the same time as I do) and then we can both get Mike to  
make boxes for them to sit in!!  LOL (I'll get told off for that  
one.)


It was a fun day though.  Definitely one of those things that one  
could take most places to sit and do in 'quiet moments' long as it  
wasn't on a plane not sure that the needles would be allowed!


Sue in Brough (next door to Elloughton) UK
On 18 Jan 2009, at 12:55, Agnes Boddington wrote:


As promised, I am reporting back from our needle lace class yesterday.
Personnally, I only got as far as couching down the outline thread  
for a five-petalled flower.
As a result of the position I was working in, I developed a thumping  
headache (quite common as

a result of a childhood accident), which still has not subsided yet.

Most of the group were beginners, only a few had done needle lace  
before.

One is actually a member of the UK Guild of Needle Lacers: 
http://guildofneedlelaces.org
and has a wonderful domed wooden box which she bought from them a  
few years ago,

the top is used as a pillow as described by several Arachne members.
However, the top is hinged and tilts backward to reveal a nice  
storage box.


Our lace teacher has a home made roll, covered in cloth, I estimate  
it is 30 cm long with a diameter of
15cm. To make working on it easier, she uses a chop stick to lift  
the material sufficiently.


I will have another go when I find the time to do so, but for the  
moment will stick with bobbin lace,

as I don't have nearly eanough time to do that on top of teaching.

Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Agnes Boddington]

I think Sue needs to talk to my husband herself about the box!
Agnes

Sue Duckles wrote:
Must admit, as I'd decided to do a different pattern to Agnes, I 
managed to finish one petal (for practice only... I was set a 
challenge by the teacher to get it finished so they could show how to 
finish off!!...)  That petal is definitely in the 'here's my first 
practice' category!!!


I think if Agnes wants to do some more, she should get a needle lace 
pillow (at the same time as I do) and then we can both get Mike to 
make boxes for them to sit in!!  LOL (I'll get told off for that 
one.)


It was a fun day though.  Definitely one of those things that one 
could take most places to sit and do in 'quiet moments' long as it 
wasn't on a plane not sure that the needles would be allowed!


Sue in Brough (next door to Elloughton) UK
On 18 Jan 2009, at 12:55, Agnes Boddington wrote:




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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Malvary J Cole]

Sue wrote:
" Definitely one of those things that one  could take most places to sit and 
do in 'quiet moments' long as it  wasn't on a plane not sure that the 
needles would be allowed!"



I would just say that the one thing that I have been able to do on planes is 
my counted cross-stitch.  It has never been queried going through security.


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada 


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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Clay Blackwell]

Last fall, at our Fall Lace Day, I took a class from Susan Banbury in 
Charlotte, NC, on beginning Needle Lace.  We each made a flower petal, 
and the class was excellent - Susan is a wonderful teacher!  For those 
who want to try Needle Lace, and don't really want to have to get yet 
another pillow, it is very possible to do Needle Lace in your hands.  
There are numerous paintings showing ladies making lace this way.  I've 
checked my Lovesey books, and there's no reference to this way of doing 
it.  Catherine Barley mentions it briefly in her book, and I have a good 
booklet on beginners Needle Lace from Lavender Rose  (actually, it came 
as part of a kit) which has a 1990 copyright to "Windsor" (no other 
name) and the notation "Snohomish, WA 98291-1365" on the cover...  but 
no other information.  Bev - are you familiar with this? 

Anyway, for small pieces, and beginning work, "in hand" is a very 
workable solution.  Hopefully there are others on the list with more 
experience in NL who will be able to speak to this kind of work.


Clay

Sue Duckles wrote:
Must admit, as I'd decided to do a different pattern to Agnes, I 
managed to finish one petal (for practice only... I was set a 
challenge by the teacher to get it finished so they could show how to 
finish off!!...)  That petal is definitely in the 'here's my first 
practice' category!!!


I think if Agnes wants to do some more, she should get a needle lace 
pillow (at the same time as I do) and then we can both get Mike to 
make boxes for them to sit in!!  LOL (I'll get told off for that 
one.)


It was a fun day though.  Definitely one of those things that one 
could take most places to sit and do in 'quiet moments' long as it 
wasn't on a plane not sure that the needles would be allowed!


Sue in Brough (next door to Elloughton) UK
On 18 Jan 2009, at 12:55, Agnes Boddington wrote:


As promised, I am reporting back from our needle lace class yesterday.
Personnally, I only got as far as couching down the outline thread 
for a five-petalled flower.
As a result of the position I was working in, I developed a thumping 
headache (quite common as

a result of a childhood accident), which still has not subsided yet.

Most of the group were beginners, only a few had done needle lace 
before.
One is actually a member of the UK Guild of Needle Lacers: 
http://guildofneedlelaces.org
and has a wonderful domed wooden box which she bought from them a few 
years ago,

the top is used as a pillow as described by several Arachne members.
However, the top is hinged and tilts backward to reveal a nice 
storage box.


Our lace teacher has a home made roll, covered in cloth, I estimate 
it is 30 cm long with a diameter of
15cm. To make working on it easier, she uses a chop stick to lift the 
material sufficiently.


I will have another go when I find the time to do so, but for the 
moment will stick with bobbin lace,

as I don't have nearly eanough time to do that on top of teaching.

Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Sue Babbs]

I was taught to make needlelace without using a pillow, and did all my City 
and Guilds pieces that way. When I came to try it on a pillow, I found that 
hard and have never adapted to it.  I guess it's like learning on Midlands 
bobbins and then someone suggesting you try continental - or vice versa. 
Hard!


An advantage of not using a pillow is that it the lacemaking is even more 
transportable and can be worked on in odd places (back to the top of the 
mountain standing in the snow!)


Sue

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From: "Clay Blackwell" 



 For those who want to try Needle Lace, and don't really want to have to 
get yet another pillow, it is very possible to do Needle Lace in your 
hands.


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Fw: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Sue]

I must say that I have never really had much desire to work needlelace, but 
looking at the pictures on the site below has kindled some desire to 
reproduce some of the wonderful pieces shown here.

Beautiful work everyone, well done to all and thanks for sharing.
Sue T


As promised, I am reporting back from our needle lace class yesterday.
Personnally, I only got as far as couching down the outline thread for a
five-petalled flower.
As a result of the position I was working in, I developed a thumping
headache (quite common as
a result of a childhood accident), which still has not subsided yet.

Most of the group were beginners, only a few had done needle lace before.
One is actually a member of the UK Guild of Needle Lacers:
http://guildofneedlelaces.org
and has a wonderful domed wooden box which she bought from them a few
years ago,
the top is used as a pillow as described by several Arachne members.
However, the top is hinged and tilts backward to reveal a nice storage box.

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Scotlace]

I second that comment about being able to do cross stitch on a  plane. Of 
course, tapestry needles aren't exactly sharp!  I even had  my pendant cutter 
admired by security staff at Cardiff Airport.  Needless  to say I didn't admit 
it 
had a blade in it :-)
 
Patricia in Wales
_scotl...@aol.com_ (mailto:scotl...@aol.com) 

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[David in Ballarat]

Dear Friends,


I second that comment about being able to do cross stitch on a  plane. Of
course, tapestry needles aren't exactly sharp!  I even had  my pendant cutter
admired by security staff at Cardiff Airport.  Needless  to say I 
didn't admit it

had a blade in it :-)


I've done cross stitch on a plane just a couple of years ago. I had 
actually taped my rather blunt needle to one of my keys and no-one 
noticed. The crew didn't even think of confiscating my work.


Another time (or may be even that time) my circular pendant cutter 
dropped and came in two on the floor. There was a beautiful round 
razor blade lying on the floor. I very smartly put it back together again :)

David in Ballarat - slowly getting over shingles.

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[bev walker]

Hi all

At a Pacific Northwest Lace Conference I took a needlelace class with Nancy
Evans (highly recommended teacher, too); we worked without pillows. The
project was convenient to pull out to work on as I sat on the ferry on the
last part of my journey home. I had all the bits in a pocket of a small case
a friend had made to hold bobbin lace tools.

Come to think of it, when we had an intro class at the lace club some years
ago, we didn't use pillows either. Someone brought one to class and we all
just examined it but no-one tried to use it. As I am a complete duffer with
needle and thread, I took the class from Nancy to understand the structure
of this beautiful technique.

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Sue Babbs  wrote:

> I was taught to make needlelace without using a pillow, and did all my City
> and Guilds pieces that way. When I came to try it on a pillow, I found that
> hard and have never adapted to it.  I guess it's like learning on Midlands
> bobbins and then someone suggesting you try continental - or vice versa.
> Hard!
>
> An advantage of not using a pillow is that it the lacemaking is even more
> transportable and can be worked on in odd places (back to the top of the
> mountain standing in the snow!)
>
> Sue
>
> - Original Message - From: "Clay Blackwell" <
> clayblackw...@comcast.net>
>
>
>   For those who want to try Needle Lace, and don't really want to have to
>> get yet another pillow, it is very possible to do Needle Lace in your hands.
>>
>
>

-- 
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Lorri Ferguson]

I don't know about the 'Windsor',  but 'Snohomish, WA 98291-1365'  is a town,
north of Seattle, WA, that is known for its 'antique shops'.  The numbers
indicate the zip code of the town and block of the establishment, so it is a
fairly recent address (incomplete -not PO Box or 'shop' address).  Windsor
might be the shop's name.

Just a little for clarity.
Lorri


   Catherine Barley mentions it briefly in her book, and I have a good
  booklet on beginners Needle Lace from Lavender Rose  (actually, it came
  as part of a kit) which has a 1990 copyright to "Windsor" (no other
  name) and the notation "Snohomish, WA 98291-1365" on the cover...  but
  no other information.  Bev - are you familiar with this?

  Anyway, for small pieces, and beginning work, "in hand" is a very
  workable solution.  Hopefully there are others on the list with more
  experience in NL who will be able to speak to this kind of work.

  Clay

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[jviking]

Hi All,  I'd hoped the name of the lace maker in Snohomish would come to
mind but it hasn't yet .  When arachne was young we got reports on the
convention in the Pacific NW and an IOLI member in Snohomish gave us the
most reports.  I don't have my IOLI membership...  Oh, that might be a
shop owned by Mimi Dillman - that's her name

Jane with a cold in snowy Vermont, USA
jvik...@sover.net

> I don't know about the 'Windsor',  but 'Snohomish, WA 98291-1365'  is a
> town,
> north of Seattle, WA, that is known for its 'antique shops'.  The numbers
> indicate the zip code of the town and block of the establishment, so it is
> a
> fairly recent address (incomplete -not PO Box or 'shop' address).  Windsor
> might be the shop's name.
>
> Just a little for clarity.
> Lorri
>

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[bev walker]

Puts hand up - 'Lavender Rose' is/was a company dealing in needlework items.
One of my embroidery pals made several angels in cross-stitch from kits from
Lavender Rose. I wondered if 'Windsor' had been the pen-name of the person
who did the needlelace instructions for the kit, as Clay mentioned. Anyway
I'm asking a buddy who might know further - curiosity getting the better of
me now!

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Lorri Ferguson  wrote:

> I don't know about the 'Windsor',  but 'Snohomish, WA 98291-1365'  is a
> town,
>
> --
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada

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Re: [lace] needle lace - pillow

[Alice Howell]

Was it the same class I was in?  I also took Nancy's class one  year and she 
did not require or work with a pillow.  However, I had a decorative sofa pillow 
about 5 x 10 and about 4 inches thick, very firmly stuffed.  Because arthritis 
in my fingers makes it difficult some days to hold something for any length of 
time, I wanted to try the pillow as an alternative, and used it most of the 
time in class.  It worked quite well to support the fabric sandwich as I 
worked.  I did pick the project up for a particularly difficult stitch or angle.

If I take the project with me to a meeting or somethingjust to have 
something in my fingers as I sit  then I don't use the pillow.  If your 
fingers are happy holding the project, that's just fine.  Go to it.  If your 
fingers protest the action, try a small firm pillow as a support.

Alice in Oregon ... still just a few traces of snow where huge piles of it sat, 
but the weather is clear and no rain or snow for a few days, though cold.  (PS. 
 My previous messages were put in my Spam folder by my computer.  Sort of 
unfair of it.  Hope I have it better trained this time. )





- Original Message 
From: bev walker 

At a Pacific Northwest Lace Conference I took a needlelace class with Nancy
Evans (highly recommended teacher, too); we worked without pillows.

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Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

[Lorri Ferguson]

Mimi Dillman does live in Snohomish (as do 2 other Lacemakers of Puget Sound
members) but she doesn't have a shop that I know of (she works full time in
the shipping industry I believe).
I don't live near enough to be familiar with the various shops there (it is
some 60+ miles north of me).  I'm not sure if one could google to find out or
not.

Lorri
Graham, WA.  in the foothills of Mt. Rainier
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  From: jvik...@sover.net<mailto:jvik...@sover.net>
  To: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@arachne.com>
  Sent: 01/18/2009 12:45 PM
  Subject: Re: [lace] needle lace revisited


  Hi All,  I'd hoped the name of the lace maker in Snohomish would come to
  mind but it hasn't yet .  When arachne was young we got reports on the
  convention in the Pacific NW and an IOLI member in Snohomish gave us the
  most reports.  I don't have my IOLI membership...  Oh, that might be a
  shop owned by Mimi Dillman - that's her name

  Jane with a cold in snowy Vermont, USA
  jvik...@sover.net<mailto:jvik...@sover.net>

  > I don't know about the 'Windsor',  but 'Snohomish, WA 98291-1365'  is a
  > town,
  > north of Seattle, WA, that is known for its 'antique shops'.  The numbers
  > indicate the zip code of the town and block of the establishment, so it
is
  > a
  > fairly recent address (incomplete -not PO Box or 'shop' address).
Windsor
  > might be the shop's name.
  >
  > Just a little for clarity.
  > Lorri
  >

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[lace] Needle lace and colors

[Lenore English]

I'm still a beginner in needle lace, and ready to start Pattern 5 from
the Guild of Needle Lace Basic Book. It's a bird, looks like a Toucan
or something tropical.

I'd like to do it with several colors - yellow for the bill, white for
the face, blue feathers, but I'm not sure about how to begin.

When I couch my trace threads to begin, should I couch with the color
I expect to use when I do my final top stitching? If I do, I think it
would be best to join it all together as I work, using a crochet hook
to go under and make things secure.

Should I simply couch it all in one color, and hope I can cover it all
with the top stitching? Keep it simple?

Another question is how do I decide in which order to work the
different sections? My pieces have all been simple, but as they get
more complex, I keep wondering where to begin, and what comes next? Do
I want to avoid working over the top of already finished sections? Do
I start in the center and work my way out? Does it vary from piece to
piece and just do what I want?

Thanks for any input you have. I'm working from books without a live
person nearby. Liz in Oz has answered a lot of my questions off list,
but I hate to pester her all the time. So now I'm asking the Arachne
List!

Lenore in Grand Rapids, Michigan

12F above zero. B!

http://tatt3r-lace.blogspot.com

you can see my recent needle lace projects

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[lace] Needle lace beginner questions

[Debora Lustgarten]

Hello Arachnes,
Although the conversation regarding our commemorative plans is 
interesting, I'd like some help on the steps and how-to regarding 
mounting a needle lace project onto the stitching pillow. Do you 
couch the outline threads before mounting the project onto the 
pillow? How do you mount the project so it doesn't come off when you 
pull the needle?

Many thanks in advance,
Debora Lustgarten
In Toronto, with too many projects on the go at the same time, it seems!

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[lace] Needle lace beginner questions

[Jane Partridge]

Traditionally you would start off with a piece of fabric (eg calico) 
folded into three, a little larger than your design. On top of this, 
your design drawn on paper, and on top of that a sheet of architect's 
linen, all tacked together around the edge. Then the architects stopped 
using their linen (this is pale blue after being coated with a clay like 
substance which meant their drawings were safe even on wet days!) and 
started using laptop computers, so these days a lot of people use 
coloured sticky backed plastic. The colour provides a contrast between 
the paper and the thread, making it easier to work.


You then lay your cordonnet - the foundation which is two parallel 
threads (start with a long length folded in half) held firmly along the 
outline of your design by tiny couching stitches. The couching stitches 
are the only ones that go through the fabric pad, all other stitching is 
worked on the surface. We were taught to do all of the outline, 
including any inside the basic shape, in one go, where necessary taking 
the inner of the threads along a line, under and over the threads on the 
other side, or supporting if it doesn't meet another thread yet, and 
bringing it back along the same path to form the double thread then 
couching it down and continuing with the main outline. When you get back 
to the starting loop, you take one thread through the loop and fold it 
back on itself, while threading the other through the first few couching 
stitches so that your cordonnet  is a continuous, strong foundation for 
your work. (Hope that makes sense!).


It is at this stage, once the couching is finished, that I decide 
whether I'm going to work on a pillow or not - dependent on the size of 
the piece. If so, I put a berry pin in each corner of the calico so that 
it goes straight down into the pillow. Occasionally you need to insert a 
couronne stick or pencil under the calico along the stitching line - eg 
when you are working the cordonette (final outline of closely worked 
buttonhole stitches) as this makes it easier to work, so the pins into 
the pillow are moved to allow a little slack.


I often work both with and without the pillow to support - it is the 
spacing and firmness of the couching threads that are important to the 
tension of the work, not the method of support.


The fold of fabric has a purpose - when you have finished, and are 
cutting the couching stitches, it is easier and safer to cut them 
between the layers of fabric than risk your scissors cutting the lace.


Some laces, like Branscombe, and Carrickmacross, were worked on a pad of 
folded brown or paper with the pattern drawn on the underside of a sheet 
of tracing/butter paper - thus protecting the work from the ink.


In message 
, 
Bronwen of Hindscroft  writes

My steps are:  draft the pattern
put transparent sheeting across the
whole page
then start filling in couching structural lines as
necessary.

.  I've also found, for me, that the thicker paper used for craft
projects give me enough support, with the plastic on top.  I know people
who put a pad of material under the pattern paper.



--
Jane Partridge

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[lace] Needle lace beginner questions

[Janice Blair]

Hi Debora,

I work my needlelace on a pad of fabric folded four times into a smaller 
square, 
bigger than my pattern.  I draw my pattern in reverse on a piece of think 
plastic, then I tack the pattern down to the fabric through all the fabric 
folds.  I draw the pattern in reverse so that the ink does not come off on the 
thread. Then I do the couching as Jane described.  I tend to work without the 
pillow but when I use the pillow, I pin the pad down to the pillow but use a 
piece of dowel under it so that I can raise the work off the pillow slightly 
for 
ease of sewing.

When I am done, I cut the couching threads between or on the back of the pad. 
 Wash the fabric and then I can reuse it with one of the other sides up so it 
is 
like a new pad.  I use upholstery t-pins to hold it to the pad.

Janice


On 3/21/2013 7:56 AM, Debora Lustgarten wrote:
> Hello Arachnes,
> Although the conversation regarding our commemorative plans is 
> interesting, I'd like some help on the steps and how-to regarding 
> mounting a needle lace project onto the stitching pillow. Do you couch 
> the outline threads before mounting the project onto the pillow? How 
> do you mount the project so it doesn't come off when you pull the needle?
> Many thanks in advance,
> Debora Lustgarten
 Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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[lace] Needle lace pattern done

[Witchy Woman]

A few months ago I posted a link to a picture I found at the Cleveland Museum
of Art that had incredible lace detail.  The picture is Portrait of a Woman by
Cornelis Janssen van Ceulen.  (Google it and find the Wikimedia page...you'll
be able to zoom in on the picture.)  Thanks to the help of people on this list
we figured out that the lace was probably Punto in Aria.
 
I thought it would
be nice to sit in the Museum, near her picture, and be able to make the same
lace that she's wearing.  So this past week, armed with print outs of the lace
in various enlargements, I sat down with my compass, protractor, and graph
paper and came up with a pattern for the two motifs in the center section of
the collar.  I'm working on the pattern for the edging now.
 
The next step is
to figure out how to set up the foundation threads...very steep learning curve
here.  I'm sure I'll be asking questions when the time comeshere and on
the Needlelace Ning site.
 
I had been thinking of wearing a costume, and
having everything authentic.  I read they used parchment as the base.  Any
ideas where I can find some heavy enough to use for this purpose?  All I've
been able to find is either the kind you cook with, or parchment paper for
calligraphy.
 
I'm enjoying this creative streak very much!
 
Peg
in Fairview
Park OH...were it's a pleasantly cool summer evening...and night
fell...thud...

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[lace] Needle Lace Exhibition Opportunity

[Jeriames]

The Embroiderers' Guild of America is staging an international exhibition  
of contemporary embroidery that features COLOR as its main theme.   This is 
open to members of:
 
EGA
American Needlepoint Guild
Embroiderers Association of Canada
Embroiderers' Guild UK
Association of New Zealand Embroiderers' Guilds
Australia Embroiderers' Guilds
Cape Embroiderers' Guild of South Africa
 
Needle Lace is taught and accepted in these embroidery  groups, because it 
is made with a threaded needle and uses embroidery  stitches.
 
It occurs to me that it would be wonderful to have Needle Laces  
well-represented.
 
For more information, go to _www.egausa.org_ (http://www.egausa.org)  
 
On Home Page, step down Right column and select "For  Artists".
 
Entries are due on or before April 15, 2014.  If you decide to  
participate, please contact me.   Otherwise, I will not know this type  of 
opportunity 
is of interest to Arachne members.  
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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Re: [lace] Needle lace resources?

[Bev Walker]

Hi Susan and everyone
There is a search box for the digital archives site, look on the left-hand
frame towards the bottom on the home page. It has a Google logo but it is
for the site. You can also link to search all of google from there.
Maybe the volume by good ol' Mrs. Bury Palliser has something about
needlelace?
Try searches for needle-made lace, point lace, or any other term you know
for such laces in your time-frame. Perhaps 'point+lace+1860+dress' might
work for what you want.
HTH

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Susan  wrote:

> Hello All!  I'm looking for an online resource for needle lace circa
> 1860.  When I checked the Arizona Digital Archives, the closest I found was
> Therese de Dillmont 1900 & 1910.  There doesn't seem to be a search
> function on the Arizona site so while I tried to read thru all the
> descriptions,
>

-- 
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada

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Re: [lace] Needle lace resources?

[Dmt11home]

I would check Patricia Wardle's Victorian Lace, and Santina Levey in that  
era. Also, look for motifs on the huge triangular shawls that were made to 
fit  over the hoop skirts. Ribbon designs were very popular as were oval 
motifs and  ferns. What is the purpose of your inquiry?
Devon

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RE: [lace] Needle lace resources?

[Jay Ekers]

Beeton's Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in
1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler.  A facsimile edition was first published in
USA in 1986 by Exeter Books.

It has a chapter on Point lace - machine made braids tacked to a pattern and
the design completed with needle lace fillings (variations on button-hole
stitch mostly). There are a few patterns - is this what you are looking for?

Jay in Sydney, Australia

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Subject: [lace] Needle lace resources?

Hello All!  I'm looking for an online resource for needle lace circa 1860.
When I checked the Arizona Digital Archives, the closest I found was Therese
de Dillmont 1900 & 1910.  There doesn't seem to be a search function on the
Arizona site so while I tried to read thru all the descriptions, I may have
missed some.  Google wasn't much help either.  Should I look elsewhere?  I'm
trying to get a sense of what needle lace motifs were in vogue in that
timeframe.  Any suggestions?  Many thanks.  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie,
PA USA 


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Re: [lace] needle lace jewelry

[Adele Shaak]

> I can't recall seeing any wire needle lace (wire bobbin lace is fairly
> common).  But metallic looking threads could certainly be used.  

Hi Everybody:

Lenka Suchanek has been doing small needle lace pendants in wire for the past 
year or two, though I don't think they're on her website. The wire does need to 
be very flexible - she uses fine silver wire that she says works very well. She 
combines the wire with stone beads and some other silver findings for 
jewelry-making. 

Adele
North Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)

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Re: [lace] needle lace jewelry

[Sue]

I never knew I liked needlace before today, some truly spectacular and very 
pretty pieces.  I keep gravitating to the butterflies, the dragonfly and the 
flowers, that fabulous 3D effect just had me hooked.  I guess I might need 
to hunt out some beginner stuff and give it a try.
But not today, I am finishing off one small piece of lace and also can go 
back to trying to work a quilted advent calendar (so its ready for next 
year, not late for this, . )   I just started and was struggling with 
vision, but that is improving now we found a loose screw on my glasses and 
they are now sitting straight again:-).

Sue T Dorset UK


Lauren
I can't recall seeing any wire needle lace (wire bobbin lace is fairly
common).  But metallic looking threads could certainly be used.  There are 
a

few examples among the NEEDLELACETALK photos.
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo
Once on that page, do a search on "earrings" and another on "necklace".
Lorelei


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Re: [lace] needle lace pillow

[sof]

Hello,
In France, we have a specialist of Burano and Venice needlelace. Her 
name is Brigitte Lenormand and she learned with her great mother.
She made a book last years only in french : 
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/2283585678/qid%3D1109930923/171-2539165-5014655

She took her great mother name : Laura Masera.
Dentellez bien
Sof from France with snow again

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I have just taken a picture of a lace pillow I made after my trip to Venice 
and Burano some years ago.   We see pictures of bobbin lace pillows everywhere, 
but I've only found one other needle lace pillow pictured (on Lori's 
site--where else!).

This one is an accurate reproduction of the actual working lace pillows used 
by the lacemakers in Venice and has a pattern pinned to it which I got at 
Lidia's in Burano.

If anyone is interested, let me know, and I'll email the picture to you.   
I've sent it to the Professor, and it may end up on his site as well.

 

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Re: [lace] needle lace pillow

[sof]

Hello,
I Just find on Rosanna web site : 
http://www.dentellieres.com/Collection/Lidia/index.htm

Dentellez bien
Sof from France
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
I have just taken a picture of a lace pillow I made after my trip to Venice 
and Burano some years ago.   We see pictures of bobbin lace pillows everywhere, 
but I've only found one other needle lace pillow pictured (on Lori's 
site--where else!).

This one is an accurate reproduction of the actual working lace pillows used 
by the lacemakers in Venice and has a pattern pinned to it which I got at 
Lidia's in Burano.

If anyone is interested, let me know, and I'll email the picture to you.   
I've sent it to the Professor, and it may end up on his site as well.

 

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Re: [lace] needle lace pillow

[sof]

Hi again,
And Burano museum : http://www.dentellieres.com/Musee/Burano/index.htm
Sof from France
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Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Anna Binnie]

Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher 
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace 
guild are booked out. She has even written 2 how to books one on 
Retecella and one on Amelia Ars. Both show the traditional and modern 
colour.


Anna from a warm Sydney Autumn morning

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Re: [lace] Needle Lace revival

[Devon Thein]

Oops.
Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save your 
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!

Devon

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RE: [lace] Needle Lace revival

[DevonThein]

Oops.
Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save our
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!

Devon

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RE: [lace] Needle Lace revival

[Laurie Waters]

😊  Also, don't forget Brigitte Delesques Dépalle, who wrote by far the best 
manual on needlelace and still teaches. She and I were students together at 
Alençon.

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Oops.
Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save your 
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!

Devon

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Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Catherine Barley]

Such refreshing news I'm now reading about tutors who teach Traditional 
needlelace!  It warms my heart, as I felt I had failed, having spent over 30 
years trying to pass on the legacy that Nenia Lovesey left to us all.  It would 
be a disaster if Traditional Needlelace disappeared into obscurity like so many 
other skills have done,  Modern technology is wonderful but children seem to be 
no longer taught them at school as there is no time apparently but they would 
rather spend their time sitting at computers, game boys, x boxes etc (whatever 
they are)!

Catherine Barley
UK

Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com

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Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher 
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace 
guild are booked out. She has even written 2 how to books one on 
Retecella and one on Amelia Ars. Both show the traditional and modern 
colour.

Anna from a warm Sydney Autumn morning

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Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Catherine Barley]

Such good news Anna, where can I see some of her work?

Happy Lacemaking

Catherine

Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com

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Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher 
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace 
guild are booked out. She has even written 2 how to books one on 
Retecella and one on Amelia Ars. Both show the traditional and modern 
colo

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Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Catherine Barley]

I have looked at Penny Nickels work and agree it is very impressive and can 
recognise the influence of my Snow Queen panel, but for some reason my panel 
does not seem to come into the category of 'Contemporary Fibre Art' - I wonder 
why?  I know people are visiting my website by the number of hits it gets on a 
regular basis and clearly they learn something from the detailed progressive 
images that I have shown there, but my work seems to all be classified as 
'living in the past' recreating old fashioned traditional techniques.  Perhaps 
the skills that have taken me over forty years to perfect are the problem, and 
maybe if I were to incorporate some irregular tension in my work, it may be 
viewed as more 'avant- garde'.  Clearly we all learn from the old traditional 
techniques so it is essential that they continue to be practised, otherwise 
they will disappear into obscurity.

I wish you and all your exhibitors the greatest success with your exhibition.

Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com

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 In the US, Carolyn Wetzel is investing a tremendous amount of time, effort
and money to become a needle lace teacher with expertise in Aemelia Ars,
Alencon and Frisado de Valladolid. She is a real asset in perpetuating needle
lace.

I think it is imperative to give some recognition to, and to exhibit, youngish
needle lace artists. With no encouragement, they will stop doing needle lace
art and go on to do something that is better understood and appreciated.

My exhibit Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques
has several young(ish) needle lacemakers in it.
One is Penny Nickels. She has a blogspot called Donkeywolf
http://donkeywolf.blogspot.com/ where you can see two works that will be in
the show. 

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