[lace] Pricker cover
Thank you all for the many suggestions. Let me elucidate a little about Malvary's request for a cover for my pricker needle. As she said, the dense styrofoam doesn't stay on reliably, the cork (which was from a pressurised Cava bottle) also slips off when you're not expecting it to; ouch. Although it wasn't a full cork, I cut a cube that was plenty big to cover the point and some, and would think that loose in a bag a complete cork would be more likely to get knocked off than a smaller bit is. My Richard Gravestock pricker has a wooden handle, and despite having been modified by a puppy many years ago, is too fat for toothbrush type boxes. The whole point of my exercise is to have the lightest possible weight load in my tool bag - partly because I am lugging it to classes but also for flying, so I don't want to add another layer of wrapping to the pricker. I just changed from a clip-loc type plastic box to a fabric bag to reduce weight flying to Spain, which is why this is a recent issue, and in the autumn I am teaching Milanese lace at Ithaca (assuming enough people sign up!) so will again be lace weight-watching. I have some tubing, and will try that. If the internal dimensions are right it might push down over the collet and grip securely. For accurate pricking, I only have a very short needle point sticking out (0.5cm) which is probably one reason why it's difficult to get anything to stay on. I don't want to keep taking the needle in and out as the collet is tightened with pliers each time so the needle is secure. Carrying pliers as well would rather defeat the weight gains of changing from a box to a bag. I will also try the jewellery findings, either from stick pins or some earings which have a push on type not-butterfly; until I try the potential problem I can see is that my needle is probably a lot finer than most jewellery studs so it may slip out. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - 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-chat] Re: [lace] Pricker cover
I got some small rubber bits from somewhere (cannot remember now) for my lace prickers. They look like mini rubber corks, and in my experience stay on very well and do not appear to blunt the pricker. It is brick-red dense rubber, similar to the old fashioned bath and sink plugs. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] Pricker cover
They sound like test tube bungs Agnes Sue in EY On 19 May 2011, at 12:40, Agnes Boddington wrote: I got some small rubber bits from somewhere (cannot remember now) for my lace prickers. They look like mini rubber corks, and in my experience stay on very well and do not appear to blunt the pricker. It is brick-red dense rubber, similar to the old fashioned bath and sink plugs. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] pricker cover
Hello All! My favorite pricker has a wood handle a metal screw-type end with adjustable/removeable needle. The cover is one of those plastic wine bottle corks rather than the real deal. It stays on beautifully the whole thing fits inside a zippered pencil box with other tools (#14 crochet hook, Luneville hook, pencil, paper scissors etc). Every time I use it, I remember the lace event where I received it in New York. There was a winery nearby they donated a bag of corks for the occasion. So drink up ladies--for medicinal lacemaking purposes only!! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA between thunderstorms yet again - 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] Pricker covers (was: Needle covers)
- Malvary Cole malva...@sympatico.ca wrote: With all the good suggestions for covering the points of scissors, does anyone have a good idea for covering the end of a pricker that lives in the lacemakers tool bag. I was given a small piece of beeswax (formed in a candy mold) for lubricating a pricker. I put it into a plastic bottle cap and keep my pricker and other large stabbing things (such as divider pins) stuck into it. The beeswax is tacky enough to hold onto what's stuck into it and the bottle cap is hard enough that nothing pokes out the bottom of the beeswax. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - 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] pricker
I think you mean S.M.P. not S.P.L. Brenda On 20 Feb 2004, at 06:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last week someone was asking about a pricker with a wooden head (smile). It was called wood handle pricker. I explained I wanted one easy on my hand because I had rheumatism in my hands. It cost £4.00 in 1999 I bought one from: S.P.L. The Lace Workshop Churchfield Road Chalfont St Peter Bucks SL9 9ER England Tel/Fax 01853 891 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bye to all at such a great list. Alice W in Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] pricker
Last week someone was asking about a pricker with a wooden head (smile). It was called wood handle pricker. I explained I wanted one easy on my hand because I had rheumatism in my hands. It cost £4.00 in 1999 I bought one from: S.P.L. The Lace Workshop Churchfield Road Chalfont St Peter Bucks SL9 9ER England Tel/Fax 01853 891 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bye to all at such a great list. Alice W in Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]