In an email dated Tue, 30 Sep 2003 6:53:23 pm GMT, "Panza, Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>The fortunate flip side of this is that boys are learning lace, at least in
>the US. I've heard from several school-teachers who brought in lace as an
>after-school activity for the kids, and they've g
In an email dated Tue, 30 Sep 2003 8:50:01 pm GMT, "Helen Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
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>One thing I do notice, is that in the late 80's and early 90's,
>when I supported myself, and lived at home, I had money to burn
>and the interest rates were phenomenal :-) ), and I would
>easily spe
In an email dated Tue, 30 Sep 2003 9:13:31 pm GMT, Emma Crew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>--- Jazmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Heather is right on here for my life as well. At home
>I knit or tat, because I have a three year old who tends to launch
>himself at me unexpectedly. Bobbin lace is a
In an email dated Tue, 30 Sep 2003 9:57:57 pm GMT, Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Heather wrote:
>
>
>Having found lacemaking in the last nine years (bought a Dryad kit in
>1994 by mail order), finding IOLI and local lace groups, Arachne and
>conventions, I was of the opinion that lace
In an email dated Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:19:44 pm GMT, "ann DURANT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Dear Liz and all,
>
>but you have left out one major Lace Fair - at least, I think
>it's major, being up in the North like me - and that's The
>Great Northern Not Just Lace Fair - known to
>its friends
Liz Beecher wrote:
>- A horseshoe thing to lift my threads off the pillow from the dutch people
What a cool gadget! And so simple, too. I couldn't figure out what you were talking
about from your description here, and then I happened to go to your blog and saw the
picture. I wonder whether an em
And don't forget the East of England fair in Peterborough in May. Third
year, next year. And the one at Billingshurst in West Sussex in March - that
one's been running for many years. And one in Tunbridge Wells in the autumn.
They are still out there, but the queues that meant we had to clos
On second thought, after seeing the pictures on the Kleinhout site, I think it might
be possible to use a rigid, satin-covered headband.
Avital
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There are two pieces of 'man made' as opposed to 'woman made' lace for sale
on ebay :-). I think the seller actually means machine-made, but 'man made'
conjures up a wonderful picture in my mind.
Not really relevant, but if anyone wants to have a look:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI
Scoff not! Iain makes lace when we are on holiday which is 7 weeks a year. He
thinks it helped him re design our bobbins and to understand more when
talking to the ladies in our business. :-)
KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS
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> On Tuesday, Sep 30, 2003, at 18:49 US/Eastern, Margot Walker wrote:
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> > A supplier at last year's OIDFA Congress had a pillow that was part of
> > a backpack. It was really neat and compact. I don't remember who the
> > supplier was - I think Finnish or Danish. Does any one else remember?
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 03:15 AM, Julia wrote:
As part of my degree I have to write a 12,000 word dissertation, related
to
marketing, on a subject of my choice.
snip
Over the past 11 years I have witnessed a growth not only in the number of
lace-makers around, but also the number of su
Sadly, this is the book which was put together so badly that it couldn't be
scanned. The problem is in the binding which causes a deep ripple to appear
in every page. I tried all sorts of tricks to smooth it out, but it still
wouldn't come up with a clear scan.
This is in every copy of th
Dear lacefriends,
Please appologize my questions which have nothing to do with bobbinlace but
I couldn't find the english words and I must prepare my "lace-sewing-class"
for a group of people who speak better english than german.
How do you call in english
1.) "Stich" is it prick or stitch or anoth
Hello,
I was just wondering if anyone out there knows if any good studies of Albanian
textiles have been published and are readily avalable. I would be able to
find assistance if such a publication is only availible, but would prefer
if someone could suggest something in English, Italian, French or
>-- Messaggio Originale --
>Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 14:58:47 +0200
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [lace] Albanian textiles
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
>Hello,
I was just wondering if anyone out there knows if any good studies of Albanian
textiles have been published an
Dear all
I will emerge from lurkdom briefly to report that at my two classes this term I have
four completely new beginners and two returners, and this I should say is about
average for the start of a new year. I usually tell people that Lacemaking is
increasingly popular; modern media is cert
Hi Arachnes:
My email program seems to have taken a dislike to AOL email addresses,
and is refusing to reply directly to either Tess or Devon, but as this
is of some general interest I'll send it to the list.
After Devon reminded me that there are other ways to buy used books
than on ebay (tha
> After Devon reminded me that there are other ways to buy used books
> than on ebay (thanks, Devon ;-) I found a copy of 'Chats on Old Lace
> and Needlework' here in Canada that was only $25 US (the ebay auction
> ended at $57 US!) so I bought it.
>
I think the ebay bidding often stops right a
Devon wrote:
I think the ebay bidding often stops right at the price that you can
get things on "Bookfinder". My approach is go right to Bookfinder and
eliminate the suspense.
Well, I use the Advanced Book Exchange ( http://www.abebooks.com )
because I think it has more books (14 copies of Chats
Dear lacefriends,
I will try to tell you about our country. In Deutscher Klöppelverband we are
meanwhile about 4 500 members of about every age. We try in our organisation
to do something special for children, for example design for them, a class
only for them on our convention. There are several t
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>Here is another thought - the main way to be qualified to teach lace at Adult
>Education etc is to take City & Guilds - but everyone you talk to says that
>the only way to do that is if you are not working. So, who has time now to
>devote 2
In a message dated 10/1/03 11:10:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< The bookseller says it is a "first Canadian edition". If he is right,
and this is not the original edition, it would have been made in a
different print run, probably by different printers. >>
Dea
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tamara
P. Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On Tuesday, Sep 30, 2003, at 18:49 US/Eastern, Margot Walker wrote:
>
> I don't remember who the
>> supplier was - I think Finnish or Danish. Does any one else remember?
>
I have got their details somewhere - but can'
Hi Devon,
AOL routinely refuses to accept emails from ISPs who have certain types of
gateways. I don't understand the techie part of it - my husband loses me in
the first sentence of his explanations! Suffice to say, I have an email
address which I cannot use ever to email anyone with an AOL add
Dear All,
I just want to thank everybody who has responded to my request for
information about the lace industry and how it is changing. You have all
given me some brilliant ideas and a great deal of information.
I felt as you had all made the effort to respond I should make the effort
back i
Hi all,
I just completed a Torchon wedding garter & would like to do another
preferably in Bucks. Any suggestions where to find a nice pattern?
Thanks,
Joan
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Mine is a 1919 impression published in London by T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.,
Diana (Northamptonshire, UK)
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I've been thinking a little about Julia's question, and I'm not
necessarily sure that you can use membership numbers to Guilds as an
indication of a trend, alone. There maybe a variety of factors as to
why membership numbers of Guilds are changing - a decline might not in
itself mean less lacemake
And my copy of "Chats on Old Lace" is dated MCMVIII, and published in
London by T. Fisher Unwin. The pages have a texture like that of fine
blotting-paper, and if I think about "ripples" long enough (for 5 minutes
or so), then yes, I do seem to see something like rippling. Otherwise it
wouldn't hav
Hi Joan -
I discovered a really pretty Bucks Garter pattern in Bridget
Cook's "Introduction to Bobbin Lace Patterns". It's on page
61, and is made all "of a piece" - with hearts on the
scalloped sides and a flower "insertion" in the middle.
After you make the lace, you attach it to ribbon, then r
Good for Iain!
I'm still trying to persuade my DH that "husbands do the spangling"
But I shouldn't complain too much - we went to Peterborough this year and he
accepted that "I have the money" and "he has the bills" for the first time
in our (16 year) marriage. I spent more than I had, but his flex
If anyone knows of a web site with the backpack pillow on it I would be
interested in having a look. Jane mentioned having 22 pair of bobbins
on it so how wide is the roller? Does it have a firm working apron or
is it geared more for European "hands up" work rather than "hands
down"? My DH s
Avital wrote:
The horseshoe is fairly flat and can be pinned to the pillow through
holes in it.. I missed out on buying one last year at convention so I
used a plastic bracelet from the $ store instead. I just lifted the
bobbins through the center as I had already started on a motif. It
I seem to have created the impression that I think it's odd for men to make
lace - I don't. I know at least three male lacemakers personally, and they
all make superior lace to me. It was the expression 'man made lace' that
tickled me, putting a gender on the maker
(so there should obviously also
Ilske and Everybody
I think it is interesting that Ilske tells us that the German lacemaking
organization has 4500 members. Considering that the population of Germany
is less than the U.S. and the IOLI has 1600-1700 members, that means that
the percentage of lacemakers in the population in Germany
> > I don't remember who the
> >> supplier was - I think Finnish or Danish. Does any one else remember?
> >
> I have got their details somewhere - but can't remember where. The
> couple were from Finland - I ended up buying the travel set minus the
> bobbins
Jane
If you (or anyone else) remember
In a message dated 10/01/2003 5:45:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Considering that the population of Germany
> is less than the U.S. and the IOLI has 1600-1700 members, that means that
> the percentage of lacemakers in the population
I think the fact that the number o
Actually, yes - I think that Tracy Jackson (The Lacemaker)
in Warren, Ohio, has a store-front operation which also
entertains gatherings of lacemakers on a regular basis.
Sounds like heaven to me - but it's too far away for a "day
trip"
Clay
> Is there even one vendor
> with a store front and reg
I think it's important to note that not all lacemakers in
the US belong to IOLI. In our Guild of 14 members, I
believe less than half belong to IOLI. Nearly everyone
belongs to a regional group, known as the North Carolina
Regional Lacers. The primary reason is that the NCRL
meetings, twice a ye
I got my insect pins from Theo Brejaart and find him very easy to deal with
from this distance, so I suppose the Uk people would also have no trouble!
Usual disclaimer, just a very satisfied customer.
Sue Fink
Masterton, New Zealand
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What a sensible man Iain Biggins must be! Good on Him, I say!
I can understand his idea that it should help him with the business. I am
sure the customers think the same.
Long may he make lace.
from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is cold and wet!
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I have incorporated one of my old macrame rings (I knew I'd
find a use for them eventually) into my drawcloth. The ring is
about 3 inches in diameter. I cut two squares of fabric about
10 inches by 10 inches, and trace the inside of the ring onto
the very centre of one piece
I then stitched th
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