[lace] newbie
Hello everyone - my name is Christiane Johnson and I an such a newbie I squeek. When I was little in Switzerland, my grandmother taught all her grandkids lace, tatting, knitting, crochet and embroidery. She was an exact teacher. No oops were allowed. LOL. She loved her bobbins and we did not play with them, I did some lace but not enough to have even the basic stayed with me. It is a memory only. Lace knitting that I can do, but it is the bobbins that interrest me no. Since all my children are grown up and gone, now I have time to devote to the lace. I search the web and found you, Joined and stayed quite. I have been reading the emails for the past weeks and decide to take the plunge. You all are so advanced that it is galling to have to ask such silly question. So my question is: how do I start? I live in Mountain View, California, USA. Is there some of you who could get in touch with me and take me in hand and get me started? Do I go and buy the bobbins and start on my own and hope for the best? Classes to take? not that I found anything like this in my searches. All help is more than welcome. Thank you for letting me join your group. Christiane There is no errors, only new pattern - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie
Hi Christine, Jenny had suggested a French site with some good info. If you don't speak French (I don't) I have found that you can get a "google translation". Do realize that this "translation" isn't totally accurate but you can kind of get the idea of what it is about. Jenny said: If you can read French the I thing this site would be a find http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dentelle.fuseau/ especially the "Trucs et astuces" I have jsut looked at the pictures :) Here is the "translated" version: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://perso.wanadoo.fr/d entelle.fuseau/&prev=/search%3Fq%3DLa%2Bdentelle%2Baux%2Bfuseaux%26hl%3Den%26 hs%3DF08%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official OR http://tinyurl.com/rja2c Then check out Tricks & Easy Ways. I hope this may help, Shirley Primavera Wisconsin USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie:)
Hello all:) My name is Summer, a crafter from Grand Rapids, MI. My first and favorite art has been beadwork. Recently I've felt like I've hit a plateau, technique wise, and have decided to branch out into other arts. I've always had a love for fiber, and my favorite beadwork is netting (which is a form of beaded lace), so I decided to focus on fiber lace making. Helpfully, I have recently inherited some lace-making materials from my grandmother, who doesn't know the first thing about how to use them:) They include the double-pointed needles and mesh shuttle for netting, bone and metal shuttles for tatting, and a bobbin lace kit. I've begun to do some tatting, and have really taken a liking to it (though I prefer the needle to the shuttle). I've contacted a couple local lacemaker's guilds here in West Michigan and in Lansing, and have fortunately found someone willing to take a stab at teaching me bobbin lace. I'm really excited about these new arts! The more I began to search for online resources, the more this list seemed to stand out as "the place to be". So here I am! I look forward to learning with and from you all:) Summer - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] newbie
Hello all, I am new at bobbin lace, I find it quite intriging. I have found a woman online who is tutoring me for free, she is a Godsend. She will not let you continue to new lessons until she feels your ready, this is done by scanning your work and sending it to her. If you have any questions shes right there, and believe me I am full of questions. I can't get enough of this stuff, the more I learn the more I want to learn. I hope some day I can master this beautiful art form. Thats what it is to me, not a hobby. Well I guess thats it for my book unless anyone knows where to locate "free" prickings. Don't mean to be cheap just frugal. I had a friend of mine make a skeleton of a roller pillow and I finished it out just like I wanted it. I am quite proud. I gave him some instructions for bobbins so he'll be working on those for me. We barter back and forth. Well again thats it. see ya later. Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clarksburg, West Virginia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie
Lynn wrote: The web site you need is Lori Howe's Lacy Fairy site: http://lace.lacefairy.com/ Contained ever link to every site connected to lace you'll ever need. Links to patterns free patterns: http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lesson-PatternLinks.html Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie
On Monday, March 21, 2005, at 08:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway, I have a question. I have every intention of continuing on with lacemaking. What sort of pillow would you recommend to buy, and where might a good place be from which to buy it? Also, are there perhaps several purveyors of lacemaking tools etc. that you could recommend? I'm sure you'll get lots of answers, but it would help us if we knew where you lived - at least the country if you don't want to be more specific. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] newbie
Welcome, Christiane, to both the Arachne list and to making lace. According to my atlas, your town is between Palo Alto and San Jose. You live in an area that has quite a few lace makers, and fairly close to the Lace Museum in Sunnyvale. Contact them. They may have lists of lacemakers and teachers in your area. They do have classes, too. They also have some supplies. Arachneans in that region, please contact Christiane with the lace group near her. Find and bookmark the webpage of Lacefairy. Lori has a section on lacemaking, and various information that could be helpful to you. There's also web links to various suppliers. Explore their pages so you get an idea of the materials we use. The beginner kits listed on Van Sciver Bobbin Lace, Lacy Susan, the Lacemaker, and other suppliers will give you an idea of the basic things you need to get started. The Lace Museum can probably help you there, also. Ask questions on the List. We all began some time, and were at the same place you are. There's probably others out there who are too shy to write, but will appreciate the information also. Jenny started last year with nothing but the list for advice, and she has done alot in one year. Jenny... maybe you can tell Christiane some hints to get her started. It's a fun art, but we warn you that it is very addictive. You can make or buy your first equipment. It depends on how much you want to spend and how handy you are with tools. So, keep in touch, and keep asking questions. We're happy to help. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon --- Christiane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone - my name is Christiane Johnson and I > an such a newbie I squeek. .Lace knitting > that I can do, but it is the bobbins that interrest > me now. > So my question is: how do I start? I live in > Mountain View, California, USA. Is there some of you > who could get in touch with me and take me in hand > and get me started? Do I go and buy the bobbins and > start on my own and hope for the best? Classes to > take? not that I found anything like this in my > searches. All help is more than welcome. Thank you > for letting me join your group. > > > > Christiane > > > There is no errors, > only new pattern > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls > to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] newbie
Hi Christiane, To quote Alice... Jenny started last year with nothing but the list for advice, and she has done alot in one year. Jenny... maybe you can tell Christiane some hints to get her started. Hints to total beginners 1. Have a go - with whatever tools you can get your hands on 2. Google is your friend - try searching with words like "bobbin lace tutorial" "Rosemary Shepherd" (or any other well known lace makers name) this will bring up http://www.lacedaisypress.com.au/ "torchon lace" (or any other variation of lace you like) "lace making" Make sure you use the " as this tells Google to look for the phrase rather than the individual words anywhere on the page 3. Ask, ask and ask some more - the only silly question is the one you did not ask 4. Check out the following sites as they have a wealth of info Lacefairy This site is in need of a good sortout but has the most interesting information http://lace.lacefairy.com/ Jo Edkins Lace School This has free lessons and animated pictures demonstrating the stitches and was an absolute blessing for me when I found it http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/ If you can read French the I thing this site would be a find http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dentelle.fuseau/ especially the "Trucs et astuces" I have jsut looked at the pictures :) and to blow my own horn - see what I have managed to learn in 12 months at http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace.html Give me an email if you think I can help. Jenny Brandis Kununurra Kid Kununurra, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Newbie
Here is the "translated" version: http://tinyurl.com/rja2c Then check out Tricks & Easy Ways. Wow, no wonder people have trouble with the English language! I *know* the words are in English it is the content I am having a chuckle over. A Model to me is a tall, slender person who walks on the platform showing off clothes - not a pattern or pricking. Wire to me is metal, not something as fine as lace thread :) Which has just made me think - to make a thread the fibre is spun, then two or more of these threads can be plied together the same technique is used to make string, rope, cables etc. So why are then not all called thread? I am guessing it has to be the thickness and/or composition of the "thread" But that is my "Jenny question" for DH when I see him (I love to stump him with this sort of "Jenny logic") Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.brandis.com.au Lace Making in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia Index http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace.html No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Newbie
From: Jenny Brandis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Wow, no wonder people have trouble with the English language! > I *know* the words are in English it is the content I am having a > chuckleover. > A Model to me is a tall, slender person who walks on the platform > showingoff clothes - not a pattern or pricking. Wire to me is > metal, not something as fine as lace thread :) Well, a model to me is a miniature of something (like a model airplane) and wire can be extremely thin...but-- "the circumference of the fuseliere can be decorated at the points with crayfish"?! and "elastic wire"? Jenny, anthing threadlike that's heavier is cord or string (or yarn, if it's fuzzy). Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie questions
Happy holidays to all! I finished making my second ornament ever and want to make more. I have some questions: - How do you calculate how much thread to wind on the bobbins per pattern, so you don't waste much? - How do you prepare starch and apply it the old-fashioned way? - Is there a way to hide the knots of joined pairs of bobbins if you decide to use left-over thread on another pattern? I know most of us will be busy with last-minute holiday preparations, so I wish to send all lacemakers best wishes of joy and happiness! Cheers, Debora L. In a Toronto without so much as a fleck of snow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie question
Any thread left on the bobbins at the end of a project: I throw away any thread that's less than about 15 inches. Those longer than that I wind the bobbin on to an empty thread spool (I always keep the spools from sewing thread whem they're empty), tie the next length to the first and so on until it's all on the spool. Then I use that thread for mounting the piece I just finished, for odd sewing jobs or embroidery - especially useful if you make lace with coloured threads - for making tassles or for making the dolls my grandmother used to make (and I believe featured in a Dryad leaflet) (cut ot the knots for these). In case anyone's interested in the dolls, when you've collected quite a lot of different threads: wind the thread around your hand and remove the short resulting skein. Tie thread around it near the top, then again a short distance down (gives the neck and hair). Cut through the loops at the top to make the hair. Tie around the middle for the waist. For a girl, cut the loops at the bottom to form a skirt. For a boy, divide the loops to form two legs, tie round close to the bottom to make feet and cut through the loops at the end to make fringe feet. Make a second, thinner skein around your hand, tie a thread around near both ends and cut the loops. Poke this through the body previously made between the waist and the neck. Embroider eyes, nose and mouth. Result a little doll with fringe hair, hands and feet or skirt for Christmas tree ornaments One suggestion I saw a long time ago on this list for short length of threads (again especially coloured ones and particularly with metallics) is to put them inside a clear plastic ball with a loop (a bauble) to hang on the Christmas tree. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] newbie tatter
Is there a tatter in the area of La Grange Texas who would be interested in assisting a newbie.? If so please send me you email addy. Thanks, BarbE - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Newbie:)
Welcome, Summer! This is a wonderful list, and I suspect you'll enjoy it. But you've really done exactly the right thing... you've found a teacher in your area! That is really the best thing you could do in the beginning. When you meet your teacher, she (or he...) will be able to determine if the bobbin lace kit you got is something you can work with, or if it needs to be replaced. Unfortunately, there is a very unsatisfactory "kit" on the market that is really unsuitable for the purpose. If you have one of these, then your teacher will be able to help you find the equipment you need. Do keep us posted! We love to hear how you're doing in your new art! Clay Summer wrote: Hello all:) My name is Summer, a crafter from Grand Rapids, MI. My first and favorite art has been beadwork. Recently I've felt like I've hit a plateau, technique wise, and have decided to branch out into other arts. I've always had a love for fiber, and my favorite beadwork is netting (which is a form of beaded lace), so I decided to focus on fiber lace making. Helpfully, I have recently inherited some lace-making materials from my grandmother, who doesn't know the first thing about how to use them:) They include the double-pointed needles and mesh shuttle for netting, bone and metal shuttles for tatting, and a bobbin lace kit. I've begun to do some tatting, and have really taken a liking to it (though I prefer the needle to the shuttle). I've contacted a couple local lacemaker's guilds here in West Michigan and in Lansing, and have fortunately found someone willing to take a stab at teaching me bobbin lace. I'm really excited about these new arts! The more I began to search for online resources, the more this list seemed to stand out as "the place to be". So here I am! I look forward to learning with and from you all:) Summer - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Newbie questions
Mary wrote: What type of pillow are you using? I can't get on with the high-domed mushroom ones recommended for beginners at all. I got on fairly OK with quite a low domed one for edgings and small pieces, but the work and the pricking still both rose up the pins. Now I almost exclusively use a flat pillow. The pricking stays flat, and the work only creeps up the pins a bit. I push the edge pins in all the way round, with only the last inch or so not pushed in, to keep the work down. If the work is more than about 6 inches square or round, I also push in pins *around* areas of cloth stitch. That means that if my tension isn't all it should be and the threads don't lie parallel, I can use a large pin to push them about a bit without wrecking the look of the lace. When I'm satisfied with how the area looks, I then take the pins out. In Bruges lace, there are two ways of working the edge. For the one that you're doing, you're missing a twist in the workers before working the last passive pair. Twist the workers before the last pair of passives, then CTCT the worker with this last pair of passive, put in the pin, CTCT and work back through the passives. That will put a twist in between the edge pair and the main passives. It also leaves a twist in the last passive ready for when you get back to it. The other edge method is four-about-the-pin-edge, where two pairs of workers alternate. When you get to the last pair of passives, twist the worker pair twice, CTCTT, put a pin *under* both pairs rather than between them so that they both go around over the pin. What was your worker will now be on the outside. Leave it there and work back with what had been the last passive pair. Next time you get to this edge, those two pairs will swap places again. This method gives a straight edge with a good gap between the edge and the first pair of straight passives. If you've got different coloured threads, try it with mixed colours so you can see where the threads are going. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie question
Hi. This question is pertaining to wrapping around a pin. I was working the Baby Heather Edging in the book called Lessons in Bobbin Lacemaking by Doris Southard. The instructions state... T pair 5 times. Set pin at #3. Then bring the twisted threads around the pin to form the open-loop edge. Thats what I did and they look "OK" but not great. I was wondering if there was a particular method for wrapping around a pin. -Your baby spider Lydia (who is just beginning to weave her webs) - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie update
Hello everyone Hi Jenny Thank you for the warm welcome! I feel like I know so many of you already. I have had a strange day, it seems as if I a destined to succeed at learning bobbin lace making as things seem to be falling into place for me. I rang Torchon House to order a catalogue and John commented that he had sent 6 pillows (note I now know to say pillows, not cushions) to Kununurra a few years ago. So I decided to try to track down if there was once a group here. Thinking hard I rang the secretary of the Agriculture Show (our vet) and she suggested I ring a lady who "knows everyone who does a craft in town" . I rang her and she was one of those who got one of the six pillows! She gave me the name of the woman who used to do the teaching (Alice Cunningham) and said that she believed that Alice would like to get the group active again. I then rang a friend and invited her to learn with me so that I would not be the only beginner and have ended up agreeing to teach her tatting too. I rang Alice and left a message and am now waiting impatiently to hear from her in the hope that I will have a LOCAL teacher. Such a rare opportunity. I am so excited! Now I don' t think I can wait until August and will have to ask Husband Dear if I can get my birthday pressie early It has been a good day! Thank you all. Jenny Brandis Kununurra -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 2/25/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie update
Jenny, your discovery of other lacemaker/s in Kununurra is great news, I do hope you will provide us with continuing updates on your progress to get a group going again! Lacemaking can be a solitary occupation, but company is so rewarding and such a great learning tool. I was all alone here in Cooma but wanted company and to be able to talk about lace, so I started my own group here, and I now have about 8 others to share my lace with. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie intro
I've been lurking for a year or so now, but decided to introduce myself because I finally finished something. My name is Julie and I live in Antioch IL. I've been lacing for about 2 years on and off and am mostly self taught. I'm getting married next month and decided I wanted a lace garter. Little did I know what I was getting myself into. Started in October and finished in March. Pictures are at community.webshots.com/user/quilterx Besides bobbin lace, I also quilt, knit and spin. Julie __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Newbie questions
Hi Debora, and welcome! Alice has given you excellent advice. Many fine lacemakers handle knots exactly as Alice has described. I'm a little anal (OK, I'm a lot anal!), so if I can avoid it, I don't leave knots in my lace. I'll try to describe one technique for doing this, although once again, there are lots of ways to accomplish it. When you see that a bobbin is running low on thread, take a new bobbin that is wound with the same thread, tie a (temporary) knot at the end of the thread and pin through that knot and into the pillow well above the pricking and your work. Now guide the new thread down among the pins and into your work, so that the new bobbin lies next to the one that's running out of thread. Join the two bobbins (use a twister tie to hold them together, or a tiny rubber band). Now use them as one for a while. Just a few stitches is all you'll need. When you think the new thread has been worked into the lace fairly securely, separate the two bobbins and gently lay the old one to the back of the work, continuing to work only with the new bobbin. When the lace is off the pillow, here's what you'll have: There will be a long end (the new thread), a short space where there are two threads running parallel to each other in the lace, and another long end (the original thread that was running out--this may still be attached to its original bobbin). With great care, cut both long ends very close to the lace. No knots, and the double thread will be almost unnoticeable. It's best to do this with a passive, rather than a worker, and it works best in a cloth stitch area. Usually, though, it's the workers that run out of thread! If this happens, you can "exchange" the worker and a passive by putting in an extra twist when they meet. Do this a row or two before you hang in the extra bobbin. I hope this is clear! Happy Holidays to all, and Happy New Year! Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA > Happy holidays to all! > I finished making my second ornament ever and want to make more. I have > some questions: > - How do you calculate how much thread to wind on the bobbins per pattern, > so you don't waste much? > - How do you prepare starch and apply it the old-fashioned way? > - Is there a way to hide the knots of joined pairs of bobbins if you decide > to use left-over thread on another pattern? > I know most of us will be busy with last-minute holiday preparations, so I > wish to send all lacemakers best wishes of joy and happiness! > Cheers, > Debora L. > In a Toronto without so much as a fleck of snow > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Newbie questions
It's best to do this with a passive, rather than a worker, and it works best in a cloth stitch area. Usually, though, it's the workers that run out of thread! If this happens, you can "exchange" the worker and a passive by putting in an extra twist when they meet. Do this a row or two before you hang in the extra bobbin. In small projects with few workers this exchange trick can even avoid the need for adding new threads. But the exchange trick requires tensioning skills. In my experience the the exchange is best fixed when the double part goes through one or two ctct (or tctc) stitches or a few firm twists. Thus you can double the runner starting with the last cloth stitch before the edge and ending after the first cloth stitch of the new row. Remember it takes two to tango, in other words: both threads of a pair should break at the same spot before your work gets a chance to weaken, or the doubeling trick gets visible. Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Newbie questions
Mary wrote: > > pins.> And Jean responded: > What type of pillow are you using? I can't get on with the high-domed > mushroom ones recommended for beginners at all. I have found that the domed pillows work fine for straight pieces which are fairly short, like bookmarks, and for small motif-type lace. But the larger the piece, the more the dome distorts things. As for the "levitating lace" problem, remember that while your pins inside the piece need to be straight, you should put your headside and footside pins in at an angle, leaning out. This will insure that your lace is "locked" down on the edges, and the problem of levitating lace between the edges will be mostly eliminated, except for the largest designs. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie in OZ
Dear Jenny, There is a lace group (or at least a lace contact) in Kununurra, so help may be closer than you realised. Not surprisingly, they aren't on the rotation for the WA monthly lace days (but then neither are Geraldton and Narembeen and they are a lot closer to Perth)! Please e-mail me privately for contact information if you would like it. I've no idea how large or small the group is - I assume they're friendly. (I returned east late last year after 18 months in Perth where the local lacemakers were very welcoming). This seems like a good opportunity to put in some free advertising for this year's AGM - a week of lace workshops, a shopping day, display etc - in beautiful Perth (one of the best kept secrets in Australia). It won't be on the scale of the meetings in the US or Europe, but it's a great chance to network with other Australian lacemakers and learn from a variety of tutors.(And, for those Australian Arachneans from the eastern states, WA is a great place to go on holidays generally). I have picked a pre-AGM wildflower tour already and will book as soon as I get the all-clear after my recent health scare. I am reluctantly conceeding that the Darwin-Broome-Darwin cruise with lots of excursions to shore via Zodiac that I had been planning is probably not a good idea :-( Christine J, Sydney (missing Perth despite living there for such a short time) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Newbie update
I rang Alice and left a message and am now waiting impatiently to hear from her in the hope that I will have a LOCAL teacher. Such a rare opportunity. Alice and I have finally spoken on the phone and I will be going to her home (a caravan) to see her bobbin lace gear tonight to get an idea on what some of the things I have read about actually look like. Wish me luck. Jenny -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 3/1/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Newbie Reporting In
Hi all, Well, I made my cookie pillow and have been working my way, with the help of our instructor Dale Pomeroy, through the bookmark projects in The Torchon Lace Workbook by Bridget M. Cook. So far all is going well. On my own, I made a roller pillow loosely following the instructions in Doris Southard's Lessons in Bobbin Lacemaking. It turned out quite well and I'm very proud of it. I'm looking forward to showing it to Dale! Next in line is Roz Snowden's Miniature Bobbin Lace, as I'm a miniaturist, and this would marry my 2 main interests! I still need to get bobbins and thread for this adventure, though. That's it for me! I love reading this group's Digest and picking up tidbits (or avalanches LOL) of information. Thanks to all! Sue Coulter You must do the things you think you cannot do. --Eleanor Roosevelt - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] Newbie intro
Hi Julie (and list) welcome to the list, and wow, that is a beautiful garter! The beading is a unique (and sexy ) addition. -- bye for now Bev (a some time spinner and occasional quilter) in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Newbie questions - thread
Hi Debora, Welcome to the world of lacemaking!! To every question, there's usually several answers since there is a variety of types of laces and kinds of thread. So here's one opinion. How much thread to put on the bobbin is an age-old question. Most patterns, once you are past the very beginning projects, won't tell you. You sort of learn to guess, with experience. You also learn that it's not the end of the world to have to add more thread when a bobbin runs out. Since you are beginning, chances are you are doing Torchon bookmarks. My Torchon teacher told us to use 4 times the length of the finished pattern for basic Torchon where the threads take turns doing the various stitch patterns and no single pair does all the cloth stitch sections of the item. However, if you have one pair acting as worker down through a bunch of fans, that pair will need a whole lot more. You can actually use a ruler and measure the amount of thread needed to do one fan. Or take a thread and pin it back and forth over the path of the fan worker on one fan, and then measure the thread. Multiply by the number of fans to get the thread length needed. Add an extra foot, to be safe, plus the leash (the part between the pattern and the bobbin). For the majority of small Torchon projects like bookmarks, you are fairly safe to wind one yard on a bobbin. Some thread will be extra. but most projects can be completed without needing more. If you are doing a long (yards) edging, just wind the bobbins full and go for it. If/when you run out, you add more. If you are going to do a series of small items with the same thread, you can wind one bobbin full, then unwind just the amount needed for a project from the full bobbin to the second bobbin. At the end of an item, discard the thread left on the second bobbin, and unwind more from the full bobbin for the next project. This way, you only have to rewind half the bobbins between projects. Please note that these comments work on Torchon. If you are doing a tape lace, it's a completely different story. Write back again when you start tape laces. Second question: Starch -- old fashioned kind: Someone else will have to detail this one. I use spray starch if I have to starch something, so I don't have to cook it, etc. I usually just starch ornaments or 3-D items that have to hold a shape. For the spray starch, I pin out the item on a cardboard covered with plastic wrap or wax paper. If there are ends or tails that don't need starched, cover them with bits of the wrap or paper. I have separate pins that are used only for starch so I don't have to keep washing them. Spray lightly and let dry. Spray again if it needs to be stiffer. Third question - Left over threads: If you have lots of thread left, and doing small projects, you can wind off enough from a full bobbin to a second bobbin to do the next project. It is possible to tie two threads together and then wind the knot onto one bobbin far enough down that the knot might not appear in the project. If the knots will appear, and you really want to do this, wind the tied threads onto the bobbins at different distances so they don't all appear at the same area in the project. In this type of situation, just trim off the 'tails' that stick out from the knots after the item is removed from the pillow. At a little distance, the knots will not be seen. Your other choice is to leave long enough tails to thread on a needle, and weave them in. This long a tail would be a real nuisance while working. The weaving in would be a nuisance when the project is off the pillow. This is usually done only at the end of a project to get rid of all the ends. If you are doing bookmarks, you can make a fringe at the top of the bookmark, as well as the bottom. Just knot the threads together and pin them 5 inches above your pattern. When the bookmark is done, and you have fringed and trimmed the bottom, turn the pillow around, knot the top threads to match the bottom threads, and trim the ends. Remember, the thread is actually one of the cheapest parts of your equipment. The cost of the discarded thread is pennies. If the project is small, don't deal with knots in it. Save the knots for yardage projects when you will use more than one bobbinful of thread. The knots, in this case, are usually spread out enough that they are not readily seen. Thus you have one person's opinion. There'a always more than one way to do something, and one opinion. Maybe someone else will give an alternate one. Take your choice, and go for it! Merry Christmas, Alice in Oregon --- Debora Lustgarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Happy holidays to all! > I finished making my second ornament ever and want > to make more. I have > some questions: > - How do you calculate how much thread to wind on > the bobbins per pattern, > so you don't waste much? > - How do you prepare starch and apply it the > old-fashioned way? > - Is there a way t
Re: [lace] Newbie Reporting In
Hi Sue all spiders, Good choice I think that book is brilliant for miniature lace, we were lucky enough to see Roz Snowden at a lace day last year her work was superb and she had several doll houses all dressed with lots of lace. Have you seen the site for printables for miniaturists it is really good with quite a few freebie print offs: www.printmini.co\printables (no association with site just enjoyed looking) Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK So happy to have finished the decorating and now have a brand spanking new workroom, heaven. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 7:44 PM Subject: [lace] Newbie Reporting In > Hi all, > Well, I made my cookie pillow and have been working my way, with the help of > our instructor Dale Pomeroy, through the bookmark projects in The Torchon > Lace Workbook by Bridget M. Cook. So far all is going well. On my own, I made a > roller pillow loosely following the instructions in Doris Southard's Lessons > in Bobbin Lacemaking. It turned out quite well and I'm very proud of it. I'm > looking forward to showing it to Dale! > Next in line is Roz Snowden's Miniature Bobbin Lace, as I'm a miniaturist, > and this would marry my 2 main interests! I still need to get bobbins and > thread for this adventure, though. > That's it for me! I love reading this group's Digest and picking up tidbits > (or avalanches LOL) of information. > Thanks to all! > Sue Coulter > > You must do the things you think you cannot do. --Eleanor Roosevelt > > - > 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] Newbie to Bobbin Lace & Arachne
Welcome to the wonderful world of LACE, Michelle! Get in touch with the lacemakers who are members of the Rocky Mountain Lace Guild http://www.rockymountainlaceguild.org/ and you will have lots of help. And you can also join the International Organization of Lace, Inc (which was the International Old Lacers, Inc.) http://www.internationaloldlacers.org/ The 60th Annual IOLI Convention is planned to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 4-10, 2013 so start saving for this. All the information about classes is available in the newest issue of the Bulletin. I attended the convention which RMLG hosted in 2005, & I had a great time. Make lace & make more friends, Penelope, an Aussie living in Tartu, Estonia - 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/
