[lace] Re: making a Honiton Pillow
On 8/30/10 7:38 PM, "lovelacejoy" wrote: > When our famous marvelous lacemaker Pat Perryman heard I was making pillows > she rang me to say they should weigh 3 lbs I crossed my fingers and said I > was sure they were about 3lbs. I immediately went to weigh them and they were > all > just over 3 lbs. Phew I will have to weigh mine. 3 lbs feels about right when I lift it. > And I always used to put in a sprig of Lavender to make a nice aroma when the > pins went in. I like this idea! I have some out in our garden. :) Thank you Peggy for your thoughts and tips. :) -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats - 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: Making a Honiton pillow
Another remark, it is worthwhile to try a lace the traditional way, with materials that were conventional for the time. Once you get the basics of the lace, you can make decisions on substituting what is available now (if you want). I like the way the honiton bobbins hang on the dome shape, mostly self-tensioning. More free advice, don't yank on the bobbins as you might for Torchon lace ;) On 8/30/10, Tatman wrote: > On 8/30/10 12:59 PM, "bev walker" wrote: > >> Stuff until there is absolutely no possible way you can get more straw >> in without busting the cloth cover. The surface should be rock hard >> and smooth. Your pricking card will operate more effectively. > > Actually I did bust a little of the seam as I was pounding down the straw. > Had to re-stitch with stronger thread. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Making a Honiton pillow
On 8/30/10 12:59 PM, "bev walker" wrote: > Stuff until there is absolutely no possible way you can get more straw > in without busting the cloth cover. The surface should be rock hard > and smooth. Your pricking card will operate more effectively. Actually I did bust a little of the seam as I was pounding down the straw. Had to re-stitch with stronger thread. Thanks for the tips everyone -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats - 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: Making a Honiton pillow
More ideas, both I've had done, and witness to as being effective: 1. Put the pile of straw on a tarp outside and run a lawnmower over it a few times. 2. Put the straw through a garden shredder. You really don't want those knots by the way. You'll see when one has somehow worked its way to where you want to put a pin... Stuff until there is absolutely no possible way you can get more straw in without busting the cloth cover. The surface should be rock hard and smooth. Your pricking card will operate more effectively. The action of stuffing is hard on the hands and wrists so don't waste time with little cutting devices on the straw - and there is a reason for using the straw, it is because they had lots of it to hand at the time. On 8/30/10, Tatman wrote: > How ingenious! Good repurpose of a garden tool. I thought about using the > food processor, -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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: Making a Honiton pillow
Do you have a friend with a chipper/shredder? Maybe dumping the straw into that would save you some work :D Or if you have a mulching lawn mower with a bag? On 8/30/2010 11:01 AM, Tatman wrote: How ingenious! Good repurpose of a garden tool. I thought about using the food processor, but don't think my wife would like that LOL!! I still have more straw to cut up for another pillow of sorts. So may look for less painful and resourceful ways to get the straw cut. -- Ruth R. in OH roxw...@krafters.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Making a Honiton pillow
How ingenious! Good repurpose of a garden tool. I thought about using the food processor, but don't think my wife would like that LOL!! I still have more straw to cut up for another pillow of sorts. So may look for less painful and resourceful ways to get the straw cut. -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats On 8/30/10 9:35 AM, "lbuy...@nc.rr.com" wrote: > Mark, > I admire your fortitude in being willing to make your own Honiton pillow. I > have one aquaintance who tells me that she uses a string trimmer to get her > straw finely chopped. She does it outside on a concrete patio and has the > straw in a 10 gallon plastic bucket (wearing protective gloves and goggles). > I have not tried this myself, but it sounds like much less work than cutting > the straw by hand. > Liz Redford > Raleigh, NC, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
