[lace] eBay seller
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[lace] ebay lace
Alice I think the first photo you showed us is a revival era Milanese. The detail shots are really quite good. The shapes of the individual motifs is what makes me question the age. Also the way the tapes are divided by rows of twists and each segment has a little hole in it--that would have been done differently in really old Milanese. I'm not sure about the age of the figural piece. It may be old. Lorelei H - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] eBay item for those who love the Arachne theme...
Item number is: 230644356692 Best, Susan Reishus - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
It looks to me like a fancy sewing stand...and the top section is a pincushion with a storage drawer. If I translated the size correctly (about 36), it's about right to stand beside a chair and hold supplies. The only other thing that comes to mind would be some type of finger braiding or craft where the top edge is pinned to something to add tension to the whatever, and the work is done in mid-air with the fingers. The feet could hold the stand steady while the fingers worked the craft. Alice in Oregon -- where we just set a record for rain total in March, and also the record for the latest day in the year for reaching a 60 degree temp for the day. Tomorrow will be the first day this year to get that warm. Previous record was March 27. - Original Message - From: Laurie Waters lswaters...@comcast.net I wrote a few days ago with an inquiry about an Ebay item, but I gave the wrong number. It should have been 390300855726. Does anyone recognize this? Thanks, Laurie - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
Gee, no response to this inquiry.?This is a needelace akin to Armenian knotted lace. One of several variations, this is Turkish needle Oya. Can be crocheted,beaded, etc. Oya loosely translates to embellishment. Learning to make the knot is easy enough. Consistency, for beauty is HARD. As time allows, I have been working on it. Not much success, so far. But I persist Google and go to You Tube..lots there...or write to me. past Pieceworks have had a couple of articles. Smiles BarbE Texas. 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://community.Webb - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
On Mar 27, 2011, at 4:59 PM, Laurie Waters lswaters...@comcast.net wrote: Anyone care to venture a guess if this is related to lacemaking? Laurie http://lacenews.net - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
On Mar 27, 2011, at 4:59 PM, Laurie Waters lswaters...@comcast.net wrote: Anyone care to venture a guess if this is related to lacemaking? Laurie http://lacenews.net - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
It says that it is a lace pillow stand. The small pillow looks removable and the stand itself looks fit for a Honiton pillow. Agnes Boddington Anyone care to venture a guess if this is related to lacemaking? Laurie http://lacenews.net - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
I don't understand - the eBay item number 390300855726 takes me to a picture of a mahogany stand of some kind - Klöppelständer Mahagoni um 1840/60 wohl Nordeutsch - which sounds lace-related, although I don't know how. But there's no lace in the picture, not needle lace, bobbin lace, embellished lace ... Where does that number take you? Margery. margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Engle. Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 2:28 PM To: Laurie Waters Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726 Gee, no response to this inquiry.?This is a needelace akin to Armenian knotted lace. One of several variations, this is Turkish needle Oya. Can be crocheted,beaded, etc. Oya loosely translates to embellishment. Learning to make the knot is easy enough. Consistency, for beauty is HARD. As time allows, I have been working on it. Not much success, so far. But I persist Google and go to You Tube..lots there...or write to me. past Pieceworks have had a couple of articles. Smiles BarbE Texas. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Fwd: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
Malory. I was answering this email from Laurie. I did go the site she listed and it is Oya. I do not question your answer to this eBay number. ERROR bet'cha! I have not checked her link...or yours..WHY? 'cause I am trying to get used to TEXTING (horrors) on my new play prettyan iPad. I am too old for this! I hesitate to say thisI am trying not to go over to my friendly ( ahem) old computer. This short correction and I am 'emailed' out!!!I will go and look later..need to take an aspirin and a nap :-d) BarbE Mar. 27, 2011 4:59:54 PM CDT To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726 Reply-To: Laurie Waters lswaters...@comcast.net Anyone care to venture a guess if this is related to lacemaking? Laurie http://lacenews.net - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
Wow.you gals are fast.. Barb...back for more aspirin an nap. Giggle giggle On Mar 30, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Margery Allcock margerybu...@o2.co.uk wrote: I don't understand - the eBay item number 390300855726 takes me to a picture of a mahogany stand of some kind - Klöppelständer Mahagoni um 1840/60 wohl Nordeutsch - which sounds lace-related, although I don't know how. But there's no lace in the picture, not needle lace, bobbin lace, embellished lace ... Where does that number take you? Margery. margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Engle. Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 2:28 PM To: Laurie Waters Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726 Gee, no response to this inquiry.?This is a needelace akin to Armenian knotted lace. One of several variations, this is Turkish needle Oya. Can be crocheted,beaded, etc. Oya loosely translates to embellishment. Learning to make the knot is easy enough. Consistency, for beauty is HARD. As time allows, I have been working on it. Not much success, so far. But I persist Google and go to You Tube..lots there...or write to me. past Pieceworks have had a couple of articles. Smiles BarbE Texas. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Ebay item #390300855726
Apologes, I wrote a few days ago with an inquiry about an Ebay item, but I gave the wrong number. It should have been 390300855726. Does anyone recognize this? Thanks, Laurie http://lacenews.net - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
I don't think the pillow is usable and it also looks to be too high. I rather think that it might have been a very fancy setup for netting or something like that. -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Laurie Waters Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:37 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726 Apologes, I wrote a few days ago with an inquiry about an Ebay item, but I gave the wrong number. It should have been 390300855726. Does anyone recognize this? Thanks, Laurie http://lacenews.net - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726
A second thought, might it be a hat stand? -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Laurie Waters Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:37 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726 Apologes, I wrote a few days ago with an inquiry about an Ebay item, but I gave the wrong number. It should have been 390300855726. Does anyone recognize this? Thanks, Laurie http://lacenews.net - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Ebay item #390300855726
Anyone care to venture a guess if this is related to lacemaking? Laurie http://lacenews.net - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Ebay item
At 03:50 AM 11/02/2011, Diana Smith wrote: Does anyone have idea what this item is/was used for? Listing number 290532958457 H - when I first saw the tortoise shell bobbins they looked like clothes pegs to me and it reminded me of a kit I have from the 1930s which was a Silk Stocking Repair Kit. However, as there is no way of telling the size of this article I just can't say. David in Ballarat - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Ebay item
Does anyone have idea what this item is/was used for? Listing number 290532958457 Diana - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] Ebay item
Excuse my frivolity but how about a 'travel' washing line and pegs for taking on that cruise! The long brown things look a bit like the old fashioned wooden 'dolly' pegs and the thick cord could be the washing line - ideal for your nylons and other 'smalls'!! Andreausually in Cambridge, UK, but at present in Prague where there have been some lovely sunny days this week. From: dian...@tiscali.co.uk To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Ebay item Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:50:21 + Does anyone have idea what this item is/was used for? Listing number 290532958457 Diana - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] Ebay item
I've had a really good look at this and I think Andrea is right. I've seen similar looking pegs and line systems back in the 80s in camping shops so it rang a bell. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ --- On Thu, 10/2/11, Andrea Lamble andreal...@hotmail.com wrote: Excuse my frivolity but how about a 'travel' washing line and pegs for taking on that cruise! - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Ebay item
I would like to know more about this bobbin id anyone can help please. It looks like a German hooded bobbin. The Jenny Lind style is new to me. Perhaps I should know about it but I do not! Any help will be gratefully received. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antique-LACE-BOBBIN-mid-19thC-Jenny-Lind-Style-Turning-/370463728638?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item56415be3fe From Brian and Jean Cooranbong. Australia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Ebay item
Just an idea, the seller probably knows about wood-turning for furniture, but not about bobbin turning ? I did a quick google for Jenny Lind wood-turning style, to see that there are links for furniture about it. On 12/6/10, Brian Lemin brid...@bigpond.com wrote: I would like to know more about this bobbin id anyone can help please. It looks like a German hooded bobbin. The Jenny Lind style is new to me. Perhaps I should know about it but I do not! -- 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 arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Ebay lace
Meanwhile I managed to make the pictures clearer, There is a gimp around the motives. And the little things are worked in linen stitch and look as if two spiders meet in one piece, Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Ebay lace pictures
For those of you who don't want to mess with IE vbg, here are the links to the actual pictures from the html source file for the Binche kerchief ... http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_099_006.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_100_006.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_101_006.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_102_004.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_103_005.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_105_004.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_106_004.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_107_005.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_108_001.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_109_004.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_110_001.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_112_004.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_113_002.jpg=600 regards Louise - 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] Ebay lace pictures
Le 01/07/10 14:49, Louise Bailey a écrit : For those of you who don't want to mess with IEvbg, here are the links to the actual pictures from the html source file for the Binche kerchief ... http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_099_006.jpg=600 and from Clay's pictures of lace at Sweet Briar : Bintche handkerchief edgings http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2037869680048870129OTbyqf http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2341682610048870129qdwEtB very similar .. dominique from very very hot Paris ..34°C today or so they say .. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Ebay item ? Crochet??
Dear Friends, check out this item on ebay which the seller describes as big lot of vintage antique crochet 160385479531 While the picture is not too closeup I think there might be some lovely laces here - 4 days to go, currently only AUS$9.95 David in Ballarat - 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] ebay item 250543185374
Hi Patty - I agree with you that it's probably not Tonder. What struck me was that the loads and loads of finger-like gimp-work looks a lot like Beveren. Any thoughts? Clay Patricia Dowden wrote: Hello all, ebay item #250543185374 Just curious about this piece of lace, it says Txnder, can it really be without tallies? It's a pretty piece all the same, Irene = I am not convinced this piece is Tonder. The footside has catchpins (Bucks-like) The headside has 2 pairs minimum (not a Tonder practice which usually only has 1 pair before a bundle) The design is not very Tonder like (classical swoops and not Tonder like flowers) and contains thistles, a much more English sort of subject I am more inclined to the sort of point ground made during the Regency in England, especially because of the interior gimps defining the stems of leaves. So to me it is regency Bucks. Patty - 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
Re: [lace] ebay item 250543185374
I looked at my copy of the reprinted book on Tonder Lace by Emil Hanover and though I could find no thistles the same general design layout is found in some of the laces he describes as Tonder Lille types. 'Regency Point' has no gimps around the outside of cloth areas so I think I would rule that out. Considering the number of loops and fingers I've failed to get a good look at the finishing of a pair of gimps, this will sometimes indicate which side the footside was worked which narrow down the possibilities- perhaps someone with better software than mine. Diana in Northants - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] ebay item 250543185374
Hello all, ebay item #250543185374 Just curious about this piece of lace, it says Tønder, can it really be without tallies? It's a pretty piece all the same, Irene - 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] ebay item 250543185374
Hello all, ebay item #250543185374 Just curious about this piece of lace, it says Txnder, can it really be without tallies? It's a pretty piece all the same, Irene = I am not convinced this piece is Tonder. The footside has catchpins (Bucks-like) The headside has 2 pairs minimum (not a Tonder practice which usually only has 1 pair before a bundle) The design is not very Tonder like (classical swoops and not Tonder like flowers) and contains thistles, a much more English sort of subject I am more inclined to the sort of point ground made during the Regency in England, especially because of the interior gimps defining the stems of leaves. So to me it is regency Bucks. Patty - 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] Ebay pillow
Hi Laurie - In the book, The Complete Book of English Bobbin Laces, Pam Nottingham gave directions for building a very similar pillow. When I first started making lace, I built a pillow based on her instructions. I suspect there were a lot of pillows like this at one time! Clay Laurie Waters wrote: Does this Ebay pillow look familiar to anyone? 120458476616 I think it's English. It isn't the first time I've come across something like this, the one in my collection has old wooden spangled bobbins, so it has some age. I wrote to the seller, she said she bought it in an antique shop in North Wales about 20 years ago. She thinks it's stuff with sawdust, although I find that unlikely. Maybe some English lacemakers out there recognize it? Thanks, Laurie - 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] Ebay pillow
Does this Ebay pillow look familiar to anyone? 120458476616 I think it's English. It isn't the first time I've come across something like this, the one in my collection has old wooden spangled bobbins, so it has some age. I wrote to the seller, she said she bought it in an antique shop in North Wales about 20 years ago. She thinks it's stuff with sawdust, although I find that unlikely. Maybe some English lacemakers out there recognize it? Thanks, Laurie - 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] Ebay item 180391829649
It looks like it could be something to slide under the needlelace while working to raise a small area. Springetts used to give away a small inscribed 'rolling pin' on their needlelace courses for this purpose. Of course I may be wrong!! Diana in Northants - Original Message - From: Laurie Waters lswaters...@comcast.net To: lace@arachne.com Cc: l...@lanl.gov Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 3:00 AM Subject: [lace] Ebay item 180391829649 Anyone have any idea what this Ebay thing is? 180391829649 Thanks, Laurie - 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
Re: [lace] Ebay item 180391829649
Dear Laurie I would also say that it is a lifting stick used in needlelace, when you are using a needlelace pillow.You can still buy them new from Needlepaws, based near Tamworth. Bob Weston makes them, his wife, Anne Weston was formerly Chairman of The Guild of Needlelaces.They are very good quality and a very useful tool to have. But a chopstick will work just as well which is what I use.However they come in sets with other tools and make a very good present. Have you ever tried needlelace? I do enjoy doing it, but do more bobbin lace. Maureen East Yorkshire (it is sunny today, but forcast rain for tomorrow (maybe!!) - Original Message - No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.41/2277 - Release Date: 08/02/09 05:56:00 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Ebay item, Lace display
Yes, it looks like a lifting stick for needlelacers. The Guild of Needlelaces sells them for £4.50!! Contratulations, Pene, for your 2nd prize. What a teriffic display of lace you had. Well done to the whole group who participated. Thanks for the URL so we could enjoy the diplay, too. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 435 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Ebay item 180391829649
Anyone have any idea what this Ebay thing is? 180391829649 Thanks, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] eBay ?bobbins
Some more 'I don't know what they are so I'll call them bobbins' on eBay. Item number 160318638519 Diana in Northants - 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] eBay ?bobbins
Item number 160318638519 I cant find anything like it in the books!. I can guess: 1: A thread waxer. The wax would be in the hole and the thread passed through the slot! (?) 2: Ornamental ends for something! Say knitting needles? Frankly I have no idea! - Original Message - From: Diana Smith dian...@tiscali.co.uk To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:50 AM Subject: [lace] eBay ?bobbins Some more 'I don't know what they are so I'll call them bobbins' on eBay. Diana in Northants - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3897 (20090228) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com - 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] eBay 120365023152? French object (tool)
I've done a few jewellery classes and have drawn wire by hand. Even very thin wire very definitely has to be clamped at one end and clasped tightly with pliars at the other end on order to pull it through the holes and it's quite a physical effort. Gravesend Adult Ed Centre has a very well equipped jewellery workshop. For wire drawing a heavy metal plate with holes in (rather like a very heavy knitting needle gauge) is clamped at one end of the apparatus. The wire is filed to a point to push a few mm through the required hole, grasped with very heavy pliars and pulled through to narrow and elongate it. There is no way the little contraption on ebay could be used for wire drawing! I think it may be for positioning threads in embroidery - or even for crimping pastry but not wire drawing! Brenda On 27 Jan 2009, at 05:25, Avital wrote: So my guess was right (and if I'd been paying attention, I would have seen the French and translated it but I've had a cold for a couple days). It's a tool for drawing wire. Wire is made by hammering a piece of metal into thinner and thinner (and longer) pieces. The final wire is formed by drawing it through a gauge with pre-formed holes (we're talking about wire-making by hand). I wasn't sure about it because most of the wire-drawing tools I've seen had handles that enabled you to clamp them to a work bench because you want the gauge to be fairly stable so that you can draw the wire through with a pair of pliers. If the metal were very soft, I guess you could use a hand-held wire-drawer like this. Here's an article explaining the process: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_drawing Most wire-making is done by machine these days but there are jewelers who do wire-drawing by hand. Arlene Fisch describes the process and tools in her book, Textile Techniques in Metal. (Great book. Pity it appears to be out of print at the moment.) Avital On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com wrote: The online translation is for the ebay item is: Draw wire Handle in oak Very beautiful general presentation So must be something for wire to place while working with it. Conceptually reminds me of a French knitter so one can work in a tube. The openings seem disturbingly harsh for threads, imho. I agree that often listers can unknowingly misrepresent items. Best, Susan - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - 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] eBay 120365023152? French object (tool)
On 27 Jan 2009, at 05:25, Avital wrote: So my guess was right (and if I'd been paying attention, I would have seen the French and translated it but I've had a cold for a couple days). It's a tool for drawing wire. Wire is made by hammering a piece of metal into thinner and thinner (and longer) pieces. The final wire is formed by drawing it through a gauge with pre-formed holes (we're talking about wire-making by hand). I wasn't sure about it because most of the wire-drawing tools I've seen had handles that enabled you to clamp them to a work bench because you want the gauge to be fairly stable so that you can draw the wire through with a pair of pliers. If the metal were very soft, I guess you could use a hand-held wire-drawer like this. Here's an article explaining the process: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_drawing Most wire-making is done by machine these days but there are jewelers who do wire-drawing by hand. Arlene Fisch describes the process and tools in her book, Textile Techniques in Metal. (Great book. Pity it appears to be out of print at the moment.) Avital On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com wrote: The online translation is for the ebay item is: Draw wire Handle in oak Very beautiful general presentation So must be something for wire to place while working with it. Conceptually reminds me of a French knitter so one can work in a tube. The openings seem disturbingly harsh for threads, imho. I agree that often listers can unknowingly misrepresent items. Best, Susan - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - 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] eBay 120365023152? French object (tool)
I agree with Brenda, this item is not for 'drawing' wire but might be for sizing although very limited. My wire 'gauge' (used to determine the size) has about 3-4 dozen holes from very fine to pencil size. Lorri (formerly a custom fine jeweler) Subject: Re: [lace] eBay 120365023152? French object (tool) I've done a few jewellery classes and have drawn wire by hand. Even very thin wire very definitely has to be clamped at one end and clasped tightly with pliars at the other end on order to pull it through the holes and it's quite a physical effort. Gravesend Adult Ed Centre has a very well equipped jewellery workshop. For wire drawing a heavy metal plate with holes in (rather like a very heavy knitting needle gauge) is clamped at one end of the apparatus. The wire is filed to a point to push a few mm through the required hole, grasped with very heavy pliars and pulled through to narrow and elongate it. There is no way the little contraption on ebay could be used for wire drawing! I think it may be for positioning threads in embroidery - or even for crimping pastry but not wire drawing! Brenda On 27 Jan 2009, at 05:25, Avital wrote: So my guess was right (and if I'd been paying attention, I would have seen the French and translated it but I've had a cold for a couple days). It's a tool for drawing wire. Wire is made by hammering a piece of metal into thinner and thinner (and longer) pieces. The final wire is formed by drawing it through a gauge with pre-formed holes (we're talking about wire-making by hand). I wasn't sure about it because most of the wire-drawing tools I've seen had handles that enabled you to clamp them to a work bench because you want the gauge to be fairly stable so that you can draw the wire through with a pair of pliers. If the metal were very soft, I guess you could use a hand-held wire-drawer like this. Here's an article explaining the process: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_drawinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_d rawing Most wire-making is done by machine these days but there are jewelers who do wire-drawing by hand. Arlene Fisch describes the process and tools in her book, Textile Techniques in Metal. (Great book. Pity it appears to be out of print at the moment.) Avital On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.commailto:elationrelat...@yahoo.com wrote: The online translation is for the ebay item is: Draw wire Handle in oak Very beautiful general presentation So must be something for wire to place while working with it. Conceptually reminds me of a French knitter so one can work in a tube. The openings seem disturbingly harsh for threads, imho. I agree that often listers can unknowingly misrepresent items. Best, Susan - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.commailto:majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.heremailto:y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.commailto:arachnemodera...@yahoo.com Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.htmlhttp://paternoster.orpheuswe b.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.commailto:majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.heremailto:y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.commailto: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
RE: [lace] eBay 120365023152? French object (tool)
My husband has a gadget rather like this. He uses it to set the teeth on his tenon saws. Liz Pass (Poole, 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: [lace] eBay 120365023152? French object (tool)
So my guess was right (and if I'd been paying attention, I would have seen the French and translated it but I've had a cold for a couple days). It's a tool for drawing wire. Wire is made by hammering a piece of metal into thinner and thinner (and longer) pieces. The final wire is formed by drawing it through a gauge with pre-formed holes (we're talking about wire-making by hand). I wasn't sure about it because most of the wire-drawing tools I've seen had handles that enabled you to clamp them to a work bench because you want the gauge to be fairly stable so that you can draw the wire through with a pair of pliers. If the metal were very soft, I guess you could use a hand-held wire-drawer like this. Here's an article explaining the process: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_drawing Most wire-making is done by machine these days but there are jewelers who do wire-drawing by hand. Arlene Fisch describes the process and tools in her book, Textile Techniques in Metal. (Great book. Pity it appears to be out of print at the moment.) Avital On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com wrote: The online translation is for the ebay item is: Draw wire Handle in oak Very beautiful general presentation So must be something for wire to place while working with it. Conceptually reminds me of a French knitter so one can work in a tube. The openings seem disturbingly harsh for threads, imho. I agree that often listers can unknowingly misrepresent items. Best, Susan - 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] ebay item/horsehair
In a message dated 11/6/2008 3:44:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm surprised that, as Jeri suggests, horsehair lace crimps when wet. It never did when I washed my horses' mains and tails when they were still attached to the animals. Having no experience with washing horse hair, I will offer the suggestion that whenever you have two different fibers in a piece, they may react differently to washing. The linen may even shrink, causing the horse hair to look as though it has crimped, or the horsehair may react differently than the linen, causing a puckering. I have a piece of Alencon with horse hair going through the picots and the effect is that of picots strung on a piece of fishing line, or other stiff synthetic.In my piece of Alencon the horse hair is white/ almost transparent, stiff and very straight. If washing created puckering, I think the user might just remove the horsehair, since its purpose seems to be to keep the picots all neatly in a row.But the picots could exist without it. They would just be less orderly looking. Devon **AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear0001) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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There's also a piece in the Northampton Museum and Margaret Tite has a piece in her collection. They're both beautiful, especially since they use blonde, brown, and black hair. On 4 Nov 2008, at 23:26, Brian Lemin wrote: When I was studying for a few days at the Luton Museum, the then curator brought me a piece of human hair lace to see. It was a veil to a hat. I never thought to photograph it, but it remains a fortunate memory of mine. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] eBay item-human hair lace
There is also an entire fan in Chantilly technique, very complex, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art made in what appears to be either blond or gray human hair. From the same donor there are some dress ornaments in human hair. I think they are supposed to be French. Devon **Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav0001) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] eBay item-human hair lace
I wonder if this is an off-shoot of the 18th c. practice of making jewelry from the hair of a loved one. Originally, these were made as love tokens... and one would *never* wear such an item until they were formally betrothed! But this was a way to keep the loved one near to your heart. When cameras were invented, and lockets with pictures were all the rage, the hair-jewelry industry re-invented itself, and the jewelry was marketed as mourning jewelry, being made from the hair of a deceased loved one. But entire pieces of lace from hair!... Imagine how long the hair would have had to be, and how many times - even then - that you'd have to replace a strand with a new one. What an enormous nuisance - that would certainly discourage me from working it!! Clay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is also an entire fan in Chantilly technique, very complex, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art made in what appears to be either blond or gray human hair. From the same donor there are some dress ornaments in human hair. I think they are supposed to be French. Devon **Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav0001) - 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] eBay item-human hair lace
In a message dated 11/5/2008 9:42:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But entire pieces of lace from hair!... Imagine how long the hair would have had to be, and how many times - even then - that you'd have to replace a strand with a new one. What an enormous nuisance - that would certainly discourage me from working it!! Actually, this is very interesting. In the case of our piece, I would say that you could get away with hair that is a foot or 18 inches long. As in working with fine silk, you don't actually use that much. The fan like most large chantilly pieces, is made in strange illogical shapes, suggested by the flowers, but not obvious to the eye. They are then sewn together, making all the joins interior joins, so that the edges have no ends that need to be finished on them. The hair, when it gets to a short end can be brought into the many stranded gimp bundle (probably the wrong term here) and disappear, while other pieces are brought in neatly. Actually Chantilly is a good mode for using short pieces, better than say, a long torchon strip. Devon **AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from-aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear0001) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The beautiful piece of hair lace in the collection of Northampton Museums is needle lace and is in varying shades of blonde and light brown - we were lucky to be able to display it in the expo in 1999. Some years ago someone asked if I could make a piece of lace from horse hair. They supplied hair from a horses tail and I attempted what turned out to be a very short piece of torchon!! It was very brittle - either from a very old tail or a very old horse ;o) Diana in Northants - Original Message - From: Margot Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ARACHNE lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:19 AM Subject: [lace] eBay item There's also a piece in the Northampton Museum and Margaret Tite has a piece in her collection. They're both beautiful, especially since they use blonde, brown, and black hair. On 4 Nov 2008, at 23:26, Brian Lemin wrote: When I was studying for a few days at the Luton Museum, the then curator brought me a piece of human hair lace to see. It was a veil to a hat. I never thought to photograph it, but it remains a fortunate memory of mine. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - 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]
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I cannot imagine even trying to make lace with horse hair, my granny had a horse hair sofa when I was very young and when you sat on it you sometimes got pricked by a loose hair sticking through, can still remember jumping when that happened. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Amazing item on eBay no 120328659264 Antique bobbin lace mourning memorial made of human hair - the hair of Anne Clerke. Diana in Northants - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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It's the type of thing the Victorians did (is it right to say Victorians for 19th century Americans?) but I don't think it's BL, looks more like NL to me. Brenda Amazing item on eBay no 120328659264 Antique bobbin lace mourning memorial made of human hair - the hair of Anne Clerke. Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I downloaded the picture which is quite clear. I think there is a chance it could be BL. Diana - Original Message - From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Diana Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [lace] eBay item It's the type of thing the Victorians did (is it right to say Victorians for 19th century Americans?) but I don't think it's BL, looks more like NL to me. Brenda Amazing item on eBay no 120328659264 Antique bobbin lace mourning memorial made of human hair - the hair of Anne Clerke. Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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When I was studying for a few days at the Luton Museum, the then curator brought me a piece of human hair lace to see. It was a veil to a hat. I never thought to photograph it, but it remains a fortunate memory of mine. - Original Message - From: Diana Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:50 AM Subject: [lace] eBay item Amazing item on eBay no 120328659264 Antique bobbin lace mourning memorial made of human hair - the hair of Anne Clerke. Diana in Northants - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 4540 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns
If you look at his history, he deals in all sorts and has sold more than one copy. Vivienne I would do, but as far as I can see you haven't given us a link. This makes it difficult for us to write any letters of condemnation to him. This is a typical example of the 'other side of the coin' created when e-bay decided to stop contact between, and to keep anonymous the identity of, bidders. I appreciate that it was designed to stop crooks contacting underbidders with false offers of the same item for sale (which anyone with a modicum of common sense would be wary of), but it now means we cannot warn bidders that the item they are bidding on is not genuine in some way. Writing to the seller direct is the only remaining option left to us, and if enough of us do it, telling him that 'the lace world' is on to him, it may slow him down a bit. Have you thought of writng to the Lace Guild, Lace Society and the Lacemaker's Circle? A warning letter in those may help reduce his customer base. Good luck Vivenne, and you may need it. From what I have heard e-bay are usually fairly disinterested in this sort of matter. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I also cannot find a link to this listing but surely the person is doing nothing wrong merely selling a 'second hand' item - not a reproduction/copy. This is the whole idea - to sell unwanted items! Would it be better to send them to landfill - which would benefit no one? Diana in Northamptonshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns
I am not going and never was going to pursue it. I just think why pay more to a ebayer than to the original designer like Joan Kelly and Christine Springett! He starts his bid on my patterns at £1.95. The new one is £2 and I can help you if you need advise. So, if no one is willing to over pay he has to stick to the many other things he sell like ladybird books. Vivienne - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Ebay seller
Hello everyone. I have been reading about the Biggens patterns on e`bay. The lady in question Chris Greg would be horrified to know she is doing anything wrong. I bought a card which was advertised as handmade lace. It turned out to be machine lace. It is still pretty so I did`nt mind, I did write to her and pointed this out to her, she apologised and refunded my money. I did`nt want her to do that because as I have already said I was happy. She told me she was selling the lace items for an old lady who has given up lacemaking and is`nt too clear in her head about many things.[It comes to us all in the end] So the prices have come from her and the seller went by that. Yes I can see what Vivienne said about the price it was put in the auction for should have been a lot lower. But if you don`t know what price things are new, what can you do??? In essence the seller is not doing anything wrong as such, she just took advice from the owner of the patterns etc. Which was misguided. Daphne Norfolk England [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of IMSTP9.gif] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Daphne, I haven't looked at her site but the friend who told me has. In her history she has sold more than one copy of patterns. Does a little old lady have more than one copy? I think she may be very savvy. We once bought a car which we had been told had only been driven by a little old lady. We later found we had been conned! I am not trying to stop you buying her stuff but if you want people like Christine Springett and us at Biggins (I think the wonderful Joan Kelly is no longer designing) to keep on designing for you all you need to support us. The lace world is shrinking so you all need to support us. Joan is a wonderful (sorry Joan) old lady and if she got 10p for every pattern of hers that has been stolen she would be a lot better off in her retirement than she actually is. I can hold my hand up and say, even before we designed our own patterns I never ever copied someone else's pattern. If I really liked it I sent off for one. This is my last email on the subject. Since I have been in plaster, though I am working as much as I can I have a lot of time to think. I shall try to come up with a new subject soon. Vivienne - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns
Presumably I'm searching incorrectly, because I can't find any of Vivienne's patterns on ebay. Can you give us a link or at least an item number Vivienne so we know who this person is? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns I am not going and never was going to pursue it. I just think why pay more to a ebayer than to the original designer like Joan Kelly and Christine Springett! He starts his bid on my patterns at £1.95. The new one is £2 and I can help you if you need advise. So, if no one is willing to over pay he has to stick to the many other things he sell like ladybird books. Vivienne - 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] lace Ebay seller
To Jean and everyone Here is the link for the e`bay seller. LACEMAKING - LOVELY QUALITY HEAVY BRASS PATTERN PRICKER Item number: 380036862095 There are no patterns at present on the link. DaphneSunny norfolk England _ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I finally found the Biggins snowflake pattern on ebay under completed listings - no-one wanted it. I'd be a bit miffed if I thought someone was trying to rip off designers, but what's listed, (single patterns and odd reels of thread as well as equipment) is clearly someone giving up lacemaking. I don't think there's any attempt to steal designs, just to sell on what's no longer wanted rather than put in the trash. As a published author, I'd rather my work was passed/sold on rather than end up as rubbish. 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] Ebay Biggins patterns
We have found someone selling Biggins patterns on Ebay. The are starting with Snowflake beginning £1.95. You ca buy it from us at £2 plus can ring us if you need any help! Please don't encourage these people. Vivienne - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ebay lace patterns
Hi Just read the posting on the ebay lace patterns and wanted to know as a rule are these patterns originals that someone has bought but not used. I would be a bit worried that the patterns would not be clear and therefore a waste of money. The best way I find is wait for the laceday to come along and stock up that way you get the most up to date ones. They are cheap enough and like Vivien has said you do get a good back up service. _ All new Live Search at Live.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns
Hello Vivienne - I'm sorry, but I don't understand. This person seems to be selling a legitimate copy of the pattern - not something that was reproduced for the purpose of selling it while keeping the original.We buy previously owned lace books all the time on eBay, and I have been thrilled to be able to find patterns, etc., that have gone out of print. I realize that the eBay and internet stores are really hurting shops which have a physical location. And I realize that we will all be sad when there are no longer lovely little shops to browse around in. But for people who don't have lovely little shops nearby, the internet is a wonderful thing. So please, help me understand why these people shouldn't be encouraged. Clay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have found someone selling Biggins patterns on Ebay. The are starting with Snowflake beginning £1.95. You ca buy it from us at £2 plus can ring us if you need any help! Please don't encourage these people. Vivienne - 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] Ebay Biggins patterns
They probably bought them from Vivienne in the first place. Do they take back unused patterns? I wouldn't expect them to. Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 4:55 AM Subject: [lace] Ebay Biggins patterns We have found someone selling Biggins patterns on Ebay. The are starting with Snowflake beginning £1.95. You ca buy it from us at £2 plus can ring us if you need any help! Please don't encourage these people. Vivienne - 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] ebay item
I agree with Clay - I think it's oilcloth (imitation leather). In the second from last picture (of the studs around the edge), I'd say that, under the stud which is above the right side of the box upright, you can see the weave of the canvas the leather coating is applied to. Admittedly this is the trim around the edge, but it matches exactly the rest of the covering. I also think the folds/creases in the covering look more like old oilcloth than old leather. With leather, I'd have expected some of the top finish to show wear along the creases (think of your leather handbags/purses), which it doesn't with this item. 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] Ebay item
The following is described on ebay: VINTAGE LACE MAKERS STAND Description: Solid wood bottom weighted stand and pillow shelf. Leather lace apron. Used for a bolster pillow, Size: 36 high. Shelf 8 x 7 Apron 14 x 11.5 I haven't heard of lacemakers wearing a leather apron, but I could be wrong of course, and I wouldn't have thought an 8 x 7 shelf would be big enough to hold a bolster pillow. Item number: 290234882216 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTIQUE-LACE-MAKERS-STAND_W0QQitemZ290234882216QQihZ019QQcategoryZ19158QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem tinied: http://tinyurl.com/5l9dg4 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]
Re: [lace] Ebay item
I would have thought the leather apron was to go over the pillow (like a cover cloth) to prevent the bobbins/threads catching on the edges of the pricking. Or perhaps it's used to fasten the top of the bolster to the stand? The shelf wouldn't be big enough to sit the whole pilow on, but it would be enough to support the back end of the bolster while the lacemaker sat with the other end on her lap. (Like some of the continental lacemakers prop their bolsters against a wall). Anyone with a bit of knowledge about antique lacemaking equipment have any idea how it was used and where it might have originated? Beth In Cheshire, NW England VINTAGE LACE MAKERS STAND Description: Solid wood bottom weighted stand and pillow shelf. Leather lace apron. Used for a bolster pillow, Size: 36 high. Shelf 8 x 7 Apron 14 x 11.5 I haven't heard of lacemakers wearing a leather apron, but I could be wrong of course, and I wouldn't have thought an 8 x 7 shelf would be big enough to hold a bolster pillow. Item number: 290234882216 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTIQUE-LACE-MAKERS-STAND_W0QQitemZ290234882216QQihZ0 19QQcategoryZ19158QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem tinied: http://tinyurl.com/5l9dg4 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Ebay item
I wondered if the leather apron was actually the cover for the bottom half of the pillow because the thing that first took my eye (and ears) was an old lady making honiton lace in a shop in Honiton itself in about 1975, I remember well going into the shop and hearing this beautiful rhythm of bobbins hitting the leather as she worked, and her pillow had such a covering, so maybe? Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.4/1475 - Release Date: 30/05/2008 14:53 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ebay item
I wrote to the seller asking for clarification about the leather, and if he had any pictures taken from the side to see if there is a ratchet system. My poor copy of Kloppel/kissen/stander is almost worn out because I use it so much, but it doesn't illustrate something exactly like this; and no mention of a leather cover. It does seem to be fastened fairly permanently to the stand. Le Puy pillows are occasionally covered with leather; makes a nice bouncy surface for the bobbins. There is another 'leather and lace' item on Ebay just now; a leather pillow advertised as Belgian - 310053688931 - would appreciate comments. I've never seen a leather covered pillow like this before, but there are precedents for the general form in Belgium. I always get a little suspicious when I see upholstery tacks so close together - might be a backfitted item. But someone has used it to make lace. Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay item
Hi Laurie - This is an interesting pillow! I question whether the surface is really leather. The way that it has slightly split at the corner of the roller box makes me think it it one of those oilcloth type covers, which were so often used in the French pillows. But what struck me as most interesting was the fact that apparently, at some point in time, the lacemaker who owned this pillow used the front part of the apron for a piece of straight lace (or two or seven?). You can see the tell-tale pin holes going across the front of the apron. Or is this just where she used the apron to make her prickings? The pin holes are completely different from the design of the lace *on* the pillow, but this has apparently been staged, as the number of bobbins is all wrong, and they appear to have been tied on for effect - using two threads per bobbin (!) and knots all over the place!! Still... it's an interesting piece. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: Laurie Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wrote to the seller asking for clarification about the leather, and if he had any pictures taken from the side to see if there is a ratchet system. My poor copy of Kloppel/kissen/stander is almost worn out because I use it so much, but it doesn't illustrate something exactly like this; and no mention of a leather cover. It does seem to be fastened fairly permanently to the stand. Le Puy pillows are occasionally covered with leather; makes a nice bouncy surface for the bobbins. There is another 'leather and lace' item on Ebay just now; a leather pillow advertised as Belgian - 310053688931 - would appreciate comments. I've never seen a leather covered pillow like this before, but there are precedents for the general form in Belgium. I always get a little suspicious when I see upholstery tacks so close together - might be a backfitted item. But someone has used it to make lace. Laurie - 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] ebay bobbin lace?
190224579806 Is it bobbin lace? Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.brandis.com.au - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ebay bobbin lace?
190224579806 Is it bobbin lace? Jenny Brandis == Most assuredly bobbin lace. Quite a mix of techniques, large scale, turns corners. I would say handmade, but I could be wrong. The turned corners are what decided me. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ebay bobbin lace?
Yes it's bobbin lace - but probably not really vintage - it's the sort of BL made for export from Asia/China. Brenda On 28 May 2008, at 18:12, Patty Dowden wrote: 190224579806 Is it bobbin lace? Jenny Brandis == Most assuredly bobbin lace. Quite a mix of techniques, large scale, turns corners. I would say handmade, but I could be wrong. The turned corners are what decided me. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] eBay
I just took my first look at eBay. Was I looking in the right place? I followed the links: Home Buy Crafts Needlecrafts Yarn Tatting Lacemaking and there wasn't really anything of interest: some ethafoam pillows (no thanks!), tatting patterns and threads, a couple of bobbins that seemed grossly overpriced to me... There must be something that I'm missing! Thanks, Sr Claire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] eBay
Hello Sister Claire When you go on ebay, you can see a menu Search Options. Type in what you are looking for (e.g. lacemaking bobbins) and leave at all categories. Go down and tick the box Worldwide - and click on show items. You'll get a lot more results coming up then. Ebay is making it more difficult to find what you are looking for, e.g. if you put an item on ebay UK and lit it as worldwide, it does not automatically come up on all ebay sites. An other alternative is to search ebay by country: e.g. ebay.co.uk - ebay.ie etc. Hope this helps. Agnes Boddington- Ellougthon UK Sister Claire wrote: I just took my first look at eBay. Was I looking in the right place? I followed the links: Home Buy Crafts Needlecrafts Yarn Tatting Lacemaking and there wasn't really anything of interest: some ethafoam pillows (no thanks!), tatting patterns and threads, a couple of bobbins that seemed grossly overpriced to me... There must be something that I'm missing! Thanks, Sr Claire - 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] eBay
Hello Sister Claire - Try doing a search. Enter the words (lace, lacemaking) and see what you come up with. If you use the parentheses, you'll get a search on any or all of the terms. If you don't use the parentheses, you'll only find items which contain all of the terms. You may want to do a search that identifies various kinds of lace, as in lace(Bucks, Bedfordshire, Honiton, Flanders, Duchesse). The quotation marks would not be part of your search string, but the parentheses would be. This will find items that are described as lace with any of the words within the parentheses as descriptors. As you play around, you'll discover lots of junk that you don't want to see and can refine your search string so that you eliminate those things before they even pop up on the screen. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: Sister Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just took my first look at eBay. Was I looking in the right place? I followed the links: Home Buy Crafts Needlecrafts Yarn Tatting Lacemaking and there wasn't really anything of interest: some ethafoam pillows (no thanks!), tatting patterns and threads, a couple of bobbins that seemed grossly overpriced to me... There must be something that I'm missing! Thanks, Sr Claire - 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] ebay item #130215900660
I wrote to the seller of the Romanian point lace piece(s? on ebay, this is the answer I received. Hi sorry for being late to respond this piece is ready made it's only one set that my aunt made. it's one piece for the centre table and 5 small pieces for small tables - ayazeji If this is a set of 5 pieces, 1 large and 5 small, then the listing is rather misleading, to my way of thinking. And they still want rather a lot for it. Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ebay bidding lunacy
A bidding war on two Springett/Fountains/Roseground bobbins has just ended between two people from the USA. Each won one of the bobbins. http://tinyurl.com/27hw6f finished at GBP41.00 still available spangled from Rosegound Supplies at GBP10.25 http://tinyurl.com/2z8p3n finished at GBP52.70 That particular one is no longer available, but there's a similar one currently available from Roseground called Maypole, also at GBP10.25 Roseground do a whole range of decorated and painted bone and other bobbins, just as Springetts used to do. They're still selling several of the Springett designs as well as many new ones. I have no connection with Roseground, but have always been satisfied as a customer. I always research before bidding on anything. 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] Ebay stuff and bills
I have just put a bunch of stuff on ebay to sell...and I will be putting more on ebay this weekend as soon as I get more pictures taken. I am writing to you to let you know the stuff is there so you can go and take a look. As you know things are tough moneywise in America today. I am finding it hard just to get my bills paid. Some of the things I am selling is hard for me to do like my boxed set of Lace Dragon Patterns...but I need to keep the bill collectors from hounding me more than I need the patterns. When things get better someday...I can always get more patterns. The stuff on ebay is knitting, tatting, bobbinlace, shuttles, painted bobbins and so on. I will be listing crochet stuff and I am going to part with some of my Manuela size 20 in color 203 that people love...that is the blue, pinkish purple colorway. I have a bunch of it for I bought up all Handy Hands had of the thread years ago for a shawl I was making...I have decided that I don't need all of the thread. I will also be selling the light popular one too which is the yellow,pink purple and blue one too. I am planning on selling as much as my heart can take to part with. I aplogize in advance for letting you know about all of this stuffThis is my way of helping my family out and that is selling some of my stuff since I don't have any income myself. My seller ID on ebay is: fortheloveoflace there is a bunch of stuff there...and good luck to you if you are bidding on any of it. I am hoping that my stuff will find new homes. If you have any questions about the listings please use my yahoo address and not the one that is attached to my ebay account. Someday, I will have to see if I can figure out how to change the contact email address for ebay. Again I am sorry. Sherry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ebay thingy
Isn't it one of those tools that is used to make rugs etc., the thread going though the hole then the tool is pushed though the backing, which is usually sacking, and then withdrawn leaving a loop. Quite an ornate one if it is that, what do you think ?? Rosemary in Portugal - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ebay thingy
I have two of the tool you mean and no they have a metal tip or point with a lever to grip the material to pull it through the hessian. I'd wondered about a drop spindle but not being a spinner I have no idea how these things work - again maybe not!! Diana in Northants - Original Message - From: Rosemary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 3:00 PM Subject: [lace] ebay thingy Isn't it one of those tools that is used to make rugs etc., the thread going though the hole then the tool is pushed though the backing, which is usually sacking, and then withdrawn leaving a loop. Quite an ornate one if it is that, what do you think ?? Rosemary in Portugal - 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] Ebay Item
Does anyone know what this is for? It looks old and interesting, but I am not sure it is anything to do with lacemaking. Item no. 140172227937 Dee Palin Warwickshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay Item
I am wondering if it is a old fashioned swift? Wind the thread around it straight from the spinning wheel, tie off and lift upwards to have a hank of thread? Reverse the process when you want to wind the thread off the hank onto bobbins. Just an idea. Jenny B Kununurra, Western Australia At 07:01 PM 27/10/2007, Dee Palin wrote: Does anyone know what this is for? It looks old and interesting, but I am not sure it is anything to do with lacemaking. Item no. 140172227937 Dee Palin Warwickshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay item 270139922469
Hello, Yes, I know exactly what it is but it's difficult for me to explain. It's an mushroom iron or egg iron. It use to iron small pieces of women hat in 19 century in France. This one is in smelting (?). It can be electric too Here: http://www.dentellieres.com/Reportage/R2003/Tours/tours3.htm On left picture you can see the iron. On back picture you can see women hat, the women use the fer à coque to iron them. Look : http://www.mot.be/cgi-bin/ID-DOC.cgi?language=enmode=Idata=0649%3C-%3Edv1466lw.jpg%3C-%3Edv1466.jpg%3C-%3Epaddestoelstrijkijzer%3C-%3Efer%20%E0%20balloner%3C-%3Emushroom%20iron http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=RETROUVERFIELD_98=UTILVALUE_98=entretien%20du%20linge%20NUMBER=12GRP=0REQ=%28%28entretien%20du%20linge%29%20%3aUTIL%20%29USRNAME=nobodyUSRPWD=4%24%2534PSPEC=1SYN=1IMLY=MAX1=1MAX2=250MAX3=250DOM=All Dentellez bien Sof in France with a automn weather Laurie Waters a écrit : Does anyone have an idea what this might be? The listing says fer a coque de dentelliere. Thanks, Laurie - 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] Ebay item 270139922469
Hi Ilske, For big collars (fraise in French = strawberry!)the iron you use is like scissors or (as ther is on the picture) you use straw (metallic or bulrush ?). The egg iron is more near the back of the women hat where she put her chignon to make round. Sof Ilske Thomsen a écrit : Sof, It could be that I undestand now. It is to make the small plaits in German Plissee into textile. On the pictures into parts of the bonnets. this big collars coming from Spain during the time of Philip II were made like this too. Is it so? Ilske - 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] Ebay item 270139922469
Sof, It could be that I undestand now. It is to make the small plaits in German Plissee into textile. On the pictures into parts of the bonnets. this big collars coming from Spain during the time of Philip II were made like this too. Is it so? Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay item 270139922469
Thank you Sof, for the explanation. Ilske Am 5. Jul 2007 um 09:51 schrieb sof: Hi Ilske, For big collars (fraise in French = strawberry!)the iron you use is like scissors or (as ther is on the picture) you use straw (metallic or bulrush ?). The egg iron is more near the back of the women hat where she put her chignon to make round. Sof - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ebay item 270139922469
I believe it is an iron for pressing frills. It looks very much like the puff iron I used when I was smocking. See http://store.marthapullen.com/?page=shop/flypageproduct_id=721category_id=14for a contemporary electric version. Beth Stoll in Albuquerque - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ebay item 270139922469
Does anyone have an idea what this might be? The listing says fer a coque de dentelliere. Thanks, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ebay books
FYI, and I apologize for this, but just wanted people to know that I've got two more listings of lace books that I'm selling from my collection on Ebay (check on lswaters). Won't be selling any more until at least next year, after my exhibition ends in February. Thanks, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] eBay yet again!
Not only unbelievable, Jean, but the seller has it listed twice - same picture, same price Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes well, the holder is vintage, antique, new, old-looking, period, modern . any more adjectives you can pluck out of the dictionary? And as for the beads around the bobbins - a good example of how to wreck and completely devalue vintage (a couple might be justified in being called antique but I wouldn't like to say) bobbins. Some of the spangles are old and original, others modern. Unbelievable. 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]
Re: [lace] eBay yet again!!
The bobbin in the centre of the picture was made by Archibald Abbot - I have a couple the same, bottom of his range, identified by Christine Springett. Mine don't have the green seed beads added though! Brenda On 7 May 2007, at 22:29, Diana Smith wrote: I really don't know what to think of these items. Item number 130110911474 Bobbins on a (and I quote) VINTAGE ANTIQUE REPRODUCTION holder? Judging by the spangles some of the bobbins are probably oldish but the beading is obviously more recent. Yours Madam - for just $175!!! Diana in Northants - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] eBay yet again!!
At 07:29 AM 8/05/2007, Diana Smith wrote: I really don't know what to think of these items. Item number 130110911474 Bobbins on a (and I quote) VINTAGE ANTIQUE REPRODUCTION holder? Judging by the spangles some of the bobbins are probably oldish but the beading is obviously more recent. Yours Madam - for just $175!!! Oh dear me no - that little holder would go nowhere towards making a decent piece of Chantilly :) David in Ballarat Diana in Northants - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.5/793 - Release Date: 7/05/2007 2:55 PM - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ebay descriptions
Wonder why some sellers list a few lacemaking bits as Partial lacemaking kit, rather than e.g. bobbins, wire, beads and books. It's not much of a kit with the pillow, pins and pricker missing, not to mention a pattern and some thread. 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]
Re: [lace] Ebay descriptions
Dear Jean, Its 7 characters longer for the title to list everything. MIght not fit. Reference to kit tempts the bidders to open the auction. They don't claim to be a complete kit, so it is still accurate. If the listers can think up a more appropriate way to title the objects, write to the seller. We definitely want more lacemakers. We want lace tool sellers to be happy and do it again. :))Kate Henry - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:02 AM Subject: [lace] Ebay descriptions Wonder why some sellers list a few lacemaking bits as Partial lacemaking kit, rather than e.g. bobbins, wire, beads and books. It's not much of a kit with the pillow, pins and pricker missing, not to mention a pattern and some thread. 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ebay item
Here's another strange pair of 'bobbins' on eBay - item number 230037008494. Any ideas as to what these were used for? Diana in a wet and miserable Northamptonshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ebay
Hello Everyone I would just like to advise anyone buying patterns on Ebay to be wary of a seller called Sandie 8246. I`ve just bought a copy of Christine Springetts Torchon Lace collar. On screen it is the original. It arrived today and is a photocopy which I think has been reduced. The picture of it certainly has. Plus I had to chase her to get it posted several times. For this I paid .50p for the pattern and .65p for the postage. Thank goodness it wasn`t more. Some people eh?? Daphne Sunny chilly Norfolk [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of imstp_chubbi_en_by_im.gif] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ebay item
Just because they are long and skinny doesn't make them bobbins. G They are markers of some kind. It looks like each cube has X 1 2 / on the sides, and each one gets turned to mark or record a series of actions/stitches/threads/ But..What? It's probably some manufacturing machine marker. One end fits over a rod, and the other slides in a slot. Anyone familiar with lace machine parts? Alice in Oregon -- sunny days, cool nights, and my walnuts are falling. --- Diana Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's another strange pair of 'bobbins' on eBay - item number 230037008494. Any ideas as to what these were used for? Diana in a wet and miserable Northamptonshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] ebay item
Someone has already contacted the seller with this suggestion. I think I agree. Dear Seller. I am a lace maker but the tools concerned have nothing to do with the craft. My Father used to use something like that for filling in the old fashioned type of football pools(12X meant home win,away win or draw)back in 1950. But the seller doesn't agree. Thank you for taking the time to email me. I will add this information at the bottom of the listing. The tools look too old to be pools counters so If anyone else can help with the mystery I would love to know more! Thank you. Liz Pass (in Poole where the sun has just decided to shime after a day of rain) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/471 - Release Date: 10/10/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
