Could anyone tell me when and where this will be held? I am hoping to be
able to make it.
Debra (in Mozambique)
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Hi everyone and Tamara
There is a way to join trails - I won't try to describe it in detail
because I haven't tried it, but in theory you work the last few rows with
threads doubled back, a new set of bobbins looped through them (old
bobbins thrown out, new bobbins, looped through old threads, old
They make the most lovely hairwork in Dalecarlia. And it is fascinating to
see them work. It is like a small pillow with a hole in the middle and they
use a kind of bobbins. The hair is held down with weights in the middle
hole. My son has long, lovely hair and I want him to give some of it to me
t
Yes there are corners to the Waterlily in Bucks Point (That 'Is' the
lace we are talking about, isn't it?)
In the Springett's folio of "Fine Bucks Point Lace Patterns Belonging to the
Misses Sivewright & Pope" the last page has 3 versions - with grounds
varying from "56' to 64' ". They have
This is how most of my Bucks point motifs in wire end, and I like it that way
I'm usually working with the wrong side up, so my suggestion assumes that
orientation; if you work with the right side up (as I seem to recall you do,
Tamara) you might finish off everything but the trails, cut thos
On Sunday, Dec 7, 2003, at 21:44 US/Eastern, Sue Babbs wrote:
Some of the designs say that the corner is a modern addition to the
pattern, but not all of them have that qualification. So are these
corners part of the traditional old patterns?
Or are those patterns original new designs, rather th
> here here...I love Waterlily and HATE corners. They never did corners in the
> old days. I don't see a need to now.
>
Pamela Nottingham's book " The Technique of Bucks Point Lace" has a chapter devoted to
'Fine Old Bucks Point
Patterns'. This chapter includes many examples of corners in Bucks po
Gentle Spiders,
It's easy enough to *start* a cloth stitch trail going in opposite
directions; you hang your passive pairs on a pin (you may want to loop
them, to keep the unworked ones in place until you're ready for that
side), "splayed", hang two worker pairs on the usual pin and start
weav
On Sunday, Dec 7, 2003, at 08:17 US/Eastern, Mary Shue wrote:
I'm making the Love in a Mist bookmark from the Stott Bobbin Lace
Manual.
The book is suddenly very popular, especially the bookmarks :)
My fan threads
seem to be getting pushed to the outside of the fan, rather than
evening
spaced.
Dear Karen and all,
Please note that there is no corner in the Stott book. However, there are
three prickings of corners that go with the waterlilly pattern in Christine
Springett's "Fine Buckinghamshire Point Lace Patterns Belonging to the
Misses Sivewright and Pope" book. Say that fast with a
On Sunday, Dec 7, 2003, at 11:57 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (In
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4. Unfortunately, the dates of the OIDFA convention and the IOLI
convention
in 2000 conflicted, and very few Americans went to Lund Sweden. Those
who
did, met a hairworker in the sales room who was tak
Clay,
Kenwood House (English Heritage) in Hampstead, London has a very large
collection of this type of mourning jewelry.
It may be in your friend's interest to contac them.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/";>http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
and search for Kenwood
Liz
In a message date
On Sunday, Dec 7, 2003, at 09:44 US/Eastern, Anita Awenat wrote:
Now, one other thing, does anyone know if there is a published pattern
of a
corner for the Waterlily pattern. I'd like to try it as a handkerchief
edging, but can't seem to track down an existing corner design. (I'm
not
interested
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> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3259205806
> Unless, of course, they are bobbins for lacemaking - just not for
> bobbin lacemaking.
They look sort of like an inside-out version of a knitting
spool/knitting Nancy to me... so maybe t
I seem to remember seeing a hairwork picture at 4 Mile House - an old stage
coach stop in Denver, Colorado, when we were there a couple of years ago.
Perhaps Helen, in Denver, can enlighten us further!
from Liz in Melbourne, Oz,
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dutch!). But you will not need the words, the diagram is easy to understand.
And if you do, give me a shout - I'll be happy to translate
Esther Perry
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to all who have sent me advice on footsides. I Thank you one and all for
replying so soon. I have printed everything out and I will let you know how its
coming along. I apologize for not writing individually, however, there were
so many responses and I am holding my 8th grandchild. A little
Dear Antje and Lynn, and Lacemakers,
(snip)
> I think you will find this site interesting:
> http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aplimouzin/frame.html
> It includes a course of lace making. If you enter in "cours", and then in
> "torchon", you will find explanations and diagrams of many stitches and
> situati
I should have completed the information. Sorry.
In the site I have just told you, go to "techniek"; then down the page click
on "randslag".
Antje
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Hello again Lynn,
I have found another site with a diagram of a foot (explanation this time in
dutch!). But you will not need the words, the diagram is easy to understand.
Hope this helps, because the french site is not accessible today.
http://www.lokk.nl/defaultboek.html
Greetings and good luck
A
Dear Anita,
There is a version of the Waterlily pattern in A Visual Introduction to
Bucks Point Lace by Geraldine Stott, published by Batsford. According to
the book, there are many variations of this pattern.
The book is still in print. I currently have a library copy, but have
recently order
Interestingly, we have a piece of lace in the Met's collection which is
supposedly made of human hair. It has been catalogued as something , maybe point
"tresse". I have only seen the catalogue card, not the piece. It is a piece of
needlelace. I think it is entirely white, although I recall see
These are the weirdest needlework gadgets (if that's what they are) I've
ever seen! They look like furniture parts with thread stuck in the nail or
screw holes.
Avital
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<< Anyone who has experience with this - would you contact me
please? I expect that the list would prefer that we go
"private", as this isn't strictly lace-related. (well... it
IS, but only in a very broad
A pair of items again purporting to be lacemaking bobbins. What are they?
How do these people decide that anything they have no idea on what it's for
is for lacemaking?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3259205806&category=114
or search for item number 3259205806
Unless, of cou
Many thanks to everyone who posted details of how to get Sally's book. Your
help is much appreciated.
Now, one other thing, does anyone know if there is a published pattern of a
corner for the Waterlily pattern. I'd like to try it as a handkerchief
edging, but can't seem to track down an exis
I got a call the other day from a friend who has spent the
last decade or more restoring the "Old City Cemetery" and
establishing a small museum there. She wants my help in
solving the mysteries of "hairwork", a lace-like art which
was used to create jewelry in the 18th and 19th centuries
(and ear
Good morning,
I'm making the Love in a Mist bookmark from the Stott Bobbin Lace
Manual. There is quite a bit of ground work in the middle. My fan threads
seem to be getting pushed to the outside of the fan, rather than evening
spaced. I'm trying to coax them evenly across the fan but am not
Hello Lynn and wellcome to Arachne,
I think you will find this site interesting:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aplimouzin/frame.html
It includes a course of lace making. If you enter in "cours", and then in
"torchon", you will find explanations and diagrams of many stitches and
situations for beginners i
Lynn,
A Torchon footside is usually worked with the three pairs of bobbins on the
straight side of the lace.
The middle pair is called a "passive" pair - it sits there passively, doesn't
move its position at all, and the other pairs work backwards and forwards
through the passive pair.
Assuming y
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