Because RA makes it uncomfortable to flick bobbins side to side, I move them
by lifting so crossing and twisting is down above the pricking, not on it.
That means my lace always rides up the pins, so even with torchon, I push
the outside pins all the way in after I've work each inch or so to stop t
I found that I couldn't tell where the hole was in a transparent cover, so I
made another, and stuck a circle of pale blue transparent film on the
plastic before cutting the hole, leaving a thin pale blue rim around the
edge of the hole.
Jean in Poole
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Guys this is long so if you have no interest in my 'amusing' stories and moral about
impervious learners then hi and bye.
Liz
See below for observation on teaching
Ruth wrote:
> But I do find that I tend to take the "blame" for my students' failingsif
> they don't do follow up practic
A cheap way to own a 'loom' with many arms is to buy a wheel of straight
pins with coloured heads. (I don't know what it's really called, but
some brands of coloured plastic/glass headed pins come stuck into a
plastic wheel.) It works really well, especially when you remove your
work. You ju
My favorite teneriffe loom(s) is(are) plastic canvas shapes. I use them
all the time for teaching the technique for Stitching Festival Shows
(formerly called Creative Arts & Textiles Show--CATS). You can get them
in various sizes, shapes, and different manufacturers have different
numbers of spok
Dear Spiders and Linda,
We [the other members of the Saturday Group} couldn't kick you off because
you always get out grey matter moving as you have with this discussion.
Linda continually challenges us with new projects and with the way we tackle
our own.
Cheers.
Dot
Alberton, South Africa.
Whe
Sorry to post to the list but I have deleted the e-mail address for Diane
Zierold in Maine.
If she could just post to me concerning OIDFA Prague, I would appreciate it.
Linda Sheff
NELG
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>>>From: Jean Nathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I found that I couldn't tell where the hole was in a transparent cover, so I
made another, and stuck a circle of pale blue transparent film on the
plastic before cutting the hole, leaving a thin pale blue rim around the
edge of the hole.<<<
A friend o
To all my Arachne friends whether touched by this new terror, or not
I didn't contact our Spanish Arachnes, but I have thought of you - and
also of those Spanish friends from pre BL days with whom I've lost
touch. I'm also thinking now of all you US (and other) arachnes touched
by 9-11. The Madrid
Thanks to all for help sorting out the number of repeats on the
Jane Atkinson circular edge I am attempting.
I found the circular grid much harder to work than I expected.
After struggling for a day or so, I worked backwards and
undid all 52 pairs, hung the pairs of bobbins on a bobbin tree
to ea
Lori posted her site with the various examples of the lacemaker. I wonder what it is
about the original picture that inspired so many versions and whether there is a lace
version out there. I tried to copy and paste the address would today this dumb
machine would not cooperate. When the "bowl
On Mar 18, 2004, at 4:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Liz) wrote:
It's interesting, as a trainer in my main life, we are always told
that there is never anything wrong with the student - it's always the
fault of the teacher.
WRONG.
There are some people who are impervious to any teaching.
Surely not *a
Hello spiders,
OK Tamara you are making me nervous. I am new to this lace making stuff :)
What in the world is a tallie. Another stupid question.
Lynn :)
wildgun004smate
Clarksburg, WV
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Lynn, just in case Tamara's not on-line at present, I'll answer.
A tally is a little woven decorative shape, usually (but not always) worked
instead of a Ground Stitch. Two pairs of bobbins are used, with just one
single thread being woven backwards and forwards through the others until the
desir
But, Tamara, I find tallies in wire seem to be easier. Once I have set the
edge it doesn't change.
Lorri
> "They" say it takes 1000 talies to make them *dependably* good. *Then*,
> you learn a different way of making them, which takes another 1000. And
> *then*, you get to make them in *wire*,
On Mar 18, 2004, at 23:21, Lorri Ferguson wrote:
But, Tamara, I find tallies in wire seem to be easier. Once I have
set the
edge it doesn't change.
*Too* true...
My own countless (leaf) tallies notwithstanding (I used to love Russian
Tape above all techniques, and still "marry" it, sometimes,
In a message dated 3/16/2004 6:33:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, Irene Whitham,
writes
> I too am going to the Tonder Lace Festival. I'm looking forward to
> meeting everyone! How will we know who's who?
>
> I would also like to see the exhibition in Copenhagen, could Avril
> please gives us th
As of Thursday evening, March 18, 13 Arachnes have said they plan to attend
the OIDFA Congress in Prague.
Not everybody has mentioned whether or not they will be at the Banquet. Four
said they were not going to come. Six said they were taking the tour.
Elaine Merritt
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On Mar 19, 2004, at 1:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It seems to me that one year, one of the suppliers --was it Barbara
Fay? --
offered to keep a list of those Arachnes who registered there.
I've only been to *one* "Tonder event" -- in 2001 -- and it was
Gabriela Kister-Schuler (Kloeppelkiste)
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