[lace] Re: Magnifiers
I use a pair of 3.5 drugstore reading glasses for sewing. They are half glasses, so I can look over them if I want to see who has come into the room, and they fit into a container like a toothbrush case, so I can always have them in my pocket. I don't have any problem wearing them over my prescription glasses -- since my eyes don't match, the only alternative to wearing magnifiers over my glasses would be prescription magnifiers. But they require you to hold your work up close to your face -- not a serious option with pillow lace, I gather. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where iris are in bloom. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] re: magnifiers
Hi all I use one of the magnifiers that's pins to your lace pillow, adn cannot work without it. I bought mine from the daylight company. The only problem I have found is, the lens being some kind of plastic/perspex or whatever, it scratches easily, and I managed to do so somehow when pulling out pins. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Magnifiers
I've been working in 140/2 on a Binche edging, and while I had the magnifier light several years ago, and then switched to the headgear magnifier (Mag-eyes), I find that keeping good strong light on my work is the best solution. The Mag-Eyes were good when I was working some miniature lace. When I got to a spot that I really needed the magnification, I could tip my head slightly and have it. When I didn't neet it, the magnifiers were not obtrusive at all. A good solution for occasional magnifying needs. Works beautifully for my embroidery as well - where I use them more consistently. Clay - Original Message - From: Panza, Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Arachne lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:43 AM Subject: RE: [lace] Re: Magnifiers For fine (anything beyond 28 threads/inch) embroidery, I use magnifiers that clip to my eye glasses. I simply can't resolve the holes any more, and come up/down in the wrong hole too often. However, those focus too closely to use for BL. They're for work in-hand. This weekend I sure could have used a magnifier on my pillow. I was learning Tonder from Guenvor Jorgensen (sp?), with 120/2 cotton (the finest cotton thread I've ever used) and several times couldn't find the hole. It was pre-pricked, but with such tiny holes that I couldn't always find them with the pin in gimpy areas (where the gimp moves back and forth in fingers, or the gimps enclose one space and start another). Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com - 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] Re: Magnifiers
The Daylight Company website I quoted A HREF=http://www.daylightcompany.co.uk/;http://www.daylightcompany.co.uk//A also has a link for US visitors to their US site - A HREF=http://us.daylightcompany.com/;http://us.daylightcompany.com//A Hope this may help - I know they aren't cheap but they are fantastic quality and as I said before, their customer service is wonderful. Dad has in the past rung them up in a panic because his spare bulb has gone west and he hadn't replaced it - they put one in the post straight away because they knew that Dad needed it because of his sight problems and said send a cheque back by return. Once Dad got the hang of using his credit card he now just rings them up and gets stuff sent by express back. Nice people. Usual disclaimer - we don't have shares in the company - only the normal consumer's need to make sure they do well so we can continue using them. Regards Liz Beecher I'm A HREF=http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee;blogging/A now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Magnifiers
On Wednesday, Oct 15, 2003, at 16:54 US/Eastern, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: Hi All, Something else came up in Ithaca. I used a magnifier (fits on my head and the lenses go up and down) for my Needlelace class like I did when I learned Carrickmacross. Sumac's Withof teacher, Susie Johnson, suggests that they go as long as they can without magnification. I have to agree with Susie -- leave the magnifer off as long as you can. At least in BL, anyway :) In BL, you move by touch most of the time; after you know what your'e suposed to be doing, that is :). A properly pre-pricked pattern aids you in that; you don't need to *see*. When I used to do miniature needlepoint, I used to use a magnifying lamp on any canvas with more than 32holes per inch, but it was a pain in the, um, head... working through a magnifier, one's not working in real time as it were. I found I had to stop and rest my eyes *much* more frequently than when working on the pieces which did not require magnifcation. And, getting back into work, in its blown-up version, was very difficult. None of those problems appeared with even *slightly* larger canvas, which I could tackle by unaided eye-sight. Now the BLers do have good lights Some do, some don't :) As soon as Ott makes a *battery-operated* portable lamp, I'm going to buy one; untit then, I'll stick to utilising the natural light as much as possible, even if it means sticking my nose right *into* the pillow every once in a while :) Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
