[lace] Re: AQS/HLG lace display - long post
a size 16 bent hook(manufactured that way and perfect for joinings so you don't have to struggle) Oh wow! When I was small, my Mum bent her fine crochet hook in the lid of the tin she kept it in. It languished there until I discovered (as a teenager) how good it was for taking sewings in Honiton. I've used it ever since (30-40 years) and nothing compares to it. Yet I've never seen anything like it anywhere else before. Does anyone in the UK stock these bent hooks? Jane Southampton - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re: AQS/HLG lace display - long post
Hi Jane Wig hooks can be used for honiton.However I found that parts of them were very sharp and therefore cut the thread.Not much use, so I use a very fine beading needle will the eye sticking out of the handle, threaded up and this works fine.I also use a needlepin to keep my hand in. However, if what you are using working, then it is probably best not to change it. I bought mine from Dennis Hornsby (now dead) but maybe his son Bill is still trading. Not sure as I seem to think that he was stopping. I am sure that someone will know the latest situation. or just contact a wig maker and maybe they will let you have one or two. Maureen East Yorkshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re: AQS/HLG lace display - long post
Hi Jane et al, +I think most general suppliers in the UK sell these bent pins and Lazy Susans - and yes - they do make life a lot easier. Carol - in Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: [lace] Re: AQS/HLG lace display - long post a size 16 bent hook(manufactured that way and perfect for joinings so you don't have to struggle) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: Hornsby - was [lace] Re: AQS/HLG lace display - long post
Bill and his wife Sylvia took on Denis's business for a while before Bill, having dabbled in local politics, went into the Church and is now an ordained minister. I've done a bit of Googling and discovered that he is now vicar of Goudhurst in Kent http://deaneryintheweald.org.uk/?page_ref=210 Goudhurst is where my 5xgt grandfather hanged in chains for smuggling! Sylvia continued the lace business, and I think maybe one of the daughters works with her. They have a good website (which I know is maintained by the son-on-law) http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/djhornsby/Home.htm Usual disclaimers, just a long memory! Brenda On 29 Apr 2010, at 09:03, Maureen Bromley wrote: > I also use a needlepin to keep my hand in. However, if what you are using > working, then it is probably best not to change it. I bought mine from > Dennis Hornsby (now dead) but maybe his son Bill is still trading. Not > sure as I seem to think that he was stopping. I am sure that someone will > know the latest situation Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: Hornsby - was [lace] Re: AQS/HLG lace display - long post
Fibs! That's where he was born, he was gibbotted in Horsmonden. Brenda On 29 Apr 2010, at 16:10, Brenda Paternoster wrote: > Goudhurst is where my 5xgt grandfather hanged in chains for smuggling! Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com