Upon rereading your message, I just realised that you were asking
specifically about getting the ground flat and even. Several of the books I
have suggest folding the backing material (brown paper or whatever) at the
point where you are working, so that you have enough room to move your hook.
After
Hi Sharon,
Allow about 3x the length of the finished cord and enough strands for 1/2
the desired thickness of the cord.
Knot the ends together at each end. Attach one end securely, eg. to a door
knob or pin to a cushion or get someone to hold it.
Insert a pencil at the other end and start twisting
Hello Lace Friends,
I have been hoping to find a copy of the book "Russian Lace Patterns" by
Anna Korableva and Bridget M Cook; but haven't yet found one for sale. I
just wondered if anyone reading would have a copy they wish to sell; or any
suppliers reading have a copy in their stock for sal
On Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003, at 13:44 US/Eastern, Janis Savage wrote:
One of my lacemaking friends had her first lessons in Paris, with a
very
strict teacher.
She had copious notes describing each stitch and ground in detail.
Cross & Twist were denoted as X & O.
So a half stitch is XO
XO is just lik
And I'm not sure about the dogs either! We've had two dogs over the years,
and both of them in turn could tell the red car from any other coloured car in
a lineup.
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
Tamara wrote:
> People have trouble distinguishing between *pairs* of colours; they do
> not see ever
On Monday, Nov 10, 2003, at 10:21 US/Eastern, Panza, Robin wrote:
have to *stop and think* what the last letter of a
word might be)...
No, just straight memorization.
C= 2 over 3; N= 2 and 4 over 1 and 2. You don't need to associate it
with
words unless you want to.
There's *nothing* "straight"
Hello all
Tamara said:
There's no confusion at all about the "Cross"; the *term* seems to be
used "accross the board", and, even though it doesn't always start with
a C in all languages, it does in *most*. In a pinch, it could be
substituted by X, and it would still be understood by all (well, "a
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:16:43 -0600, you wrote:
>When I was in our local needlework shop today, the owner suggested that I
>try Wildflowers thread by Caron for tatting. Has anyone tried this and how
>does it work up?
Yes I've tried it. The colours in the thread I used were quite muted, so
th
When I was in our local needlework shop today, the owner suggested that I
try Wildflowers thread by Caron for tatting. Has anyone tried this and how
does it work up?
Sylvia Andrews
tip of Texas
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>>>From: rick &sharon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can someone help me? I once had the directions for making a twisted cord
out of embroidery threadDoes someone out there know how to do this?
We're starting a class making lace amulet purses and I thought this would
come in handy for the neck cord
Can someone help me? I once had the directions for making a twisted cord
out of embroidery thread..haven't a clue what happened to them :( It was
very handy to make a matching cord for an embroidered pincushion etc. I
vaguely remember that you started with about eight times the finished length
o
Thanks to all for your encouragement and tips. I will try subscribing to the
irish lace list. I appreciate all your help.
Sharon in UT
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Tamara wrote:
and Robin replied:
Not my experience either. The last school I taught at put on a play where
the stage had to be painted with a huge rainbow. Three male teachers (two
brothers and the son of one of them) were doing the painting and asked that
the names of the colours be written o
I hope any one with information about this will post to the list. I would
also be interested in a California retreat.
Thanks--
Madelin in Ukiah, CA
>I would like info on the retreat next summer. >
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>>>From: Tamara P. Duvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
an otherwise "innocent" honeycomb hole will have a CTCTT, instead of the CTT
before the first pin (afterwards, it's business as usual)... An all black
diagram -- unless it's a *thread by thread* one (and, personally, I don't
wanna "go there" ) wil
>>>From: Bev Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
While colour coding might simplify matters for some, it complicates for
others. And woe is the colour blind ;)<<<
That worried me, too. We'd be shutting a chunk of people out of lacemaking
if all our patterns stuck to a color code. Add to that the pr
>>>From: Tamara P. Duvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had some problems deciphering that (could be because I'm not a
native speaker, and have to *stop and think* what the last letter of a
word might be)...<<<
No, just straight memorization.
C= 2 over 3; N= 2 and 4 over 1 and 2. You don't need
Avital
I was able to enlarge the photos a little and photo P05832 is fascinating - a detail
of a knitted lace shawl. It looks so much like cobwebs - just as if you took your hand
and scooped up a large cobweb. It is so fine. The work is unbelievable to me. Thanks
for the photo opt.
Pam Take a
The Shetland Museum has expanded its site considerably and now has a photo
archive with over 25,000 photos, includng hundreds of lace shawls:
http://photos.shetland-museum.org.uk/ShetlandMuseum/controller.
Unfortunately, since they're trying to get you to buy the images from them,
you can only see
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