Re: [lace] Finnish Travel Pillow Again

Fellow Arachneans, some of you were interested in the "backpack pillow", the small finnish travel pillow with matching (and fitting) bag. I found Theo Brejaart has it in stock, there's a picture at his online ctalaogue Mine was cheeper, but I bought it at the annual german BL congress, directly fr

Re: [lace] Finnish Travel Pillow Again

http://www.theobrejaart.nl/pillows.html http://www.theobrejaart.nl/finnish.html At 09:17 AM 10/7/2003 +0200, you wrote: Fellow Arachneans, some of you were interested in the "backpack pillow", the small finnish travel pillow with matching (and fitting) bag. I found Theo Brejaart has it in stock,

Re: [lace] Chantilly-Bayeux

Hi All, The book published by OIDFA on 'Point Ground Lace' gives details of the few differences in Chantilly and Bayeux. While Chantilly seems only to have used silk, white and cream are known as well as the usual black, Bayeux used cotton, linen and silk, not all together. The other difference

[lace] bobbin-winder

Hi, Ruth, Are you sure it is a lace bobbin-winder? It could very well be a textile bobbin winder. I've got some big bobbins from my grandmother's family (never found out who used them) which look like a very elongated double cone (sorry, I don't know the mathematical name!!), the length being abo

[lace] New book finished

Emerging from lurkdom to ask if it would it be considered advertising to mention that I have finished my new tatting book? Well, after two years of working on it, I have finished it. Doing a happy dance! It is larger and more detailed than the last tatting book I did. this book is tatting wit

[lace] INVALUABLE PAIR "Bobbin Holders". UNUSED. on ebay

Well, here's a novel use for opening rings. We used to have these in various sizes for hanging stirrup leathers, hay nets, etc on for display when we sold horse tack back in the early 80s. This person is saying they're for 'project threads together'. I assume she means the flat plastic or card bob

Re: [lace] INVALUABLE PAIR "Bobbin Holders". UNUSED. on ebay

Well, here's a novel use for opening rings. Thanks for brightening up my morning. I'm still laughing. I wonder what cheap everyday household object will we next see touted for sale? Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) PS: for those who missed it, the URL is http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/

[lace] re:Finnish lace pillow

I have the Finnish lace pillow and enjoy it very much. Its portability is wonderful. If you look closely, the roller can be turned and it can actually make corners (It is possible to see a portion of the ratchet if you look carefully.) I have not used it for corners, I usually do corners with a

[lace] men making lace

Message from a lurker: Please note my new email address. I don't think anyone has mentioned an American man who tats, Dan Rush-Fischer He designs beautiful patterns and has a web site: www.tribbler.com/tatman/ When he lived in California, he won the tatting prizes at the county fairs. the large

[lace] bobbin holder

Helen, you bring up an interesting possibility. I measured the opening at the end of the bobbin holder and it is quite narrow (1/16th inch, 3 dm). The opening in that appendage (for lack of a better word) is about 2-1/4 inches (5-1/2 cm long) and the entire appendage is 3-1/2 inches (8-1/2 cm) lon

Re: [lace] bobbin holder

As someone who has a sewing machine fixed on my table in my studio, my first thought when seeing those binder rings in the ebay auction was that they are perfect for sewing machine bobbins! As a "future" bobbin lace maker, I would have never thought of lace bobbins if it hadn't been mentioned