Re: [lace] ribbon as gimp

I don't know how often it is done, but I am actually making a 1/4 inch lace insert and putting the ribbon through as I make my 5 metres of torchon. Mostly because I don't think I can face threading thru when I finish. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROT

[lace] Story about "The Horror"

Dear Fellow Spiders, I just have to laugh at all the tales about "The Horror Kit". I bought this kit right before I found a lace class. After this weekend class of frustration at which I almost threw the teacher's pillow (a nice one) in a nearby lake in frustration I went home determined to co

[lace] Errata/2 Pair Inventions

Hello everyone, There had been a major problem (overexposed photos of lace) in the first print of the booklet. I tried to correct that one as best I could, by including extra sheets of photos... But now, another mistake has been brought to my attention by a careful reader - thanks, Bev Walker -

[lace] The Horror Kit

Hello all, Just wanted to put my two cents in, I too bought the US Horror Kit. I picked it up, tried to figure out what was going on, then put it back down for three years. Then one day I decided that I still wanted to learn how to make lace. I went on line with Jan in England, three lessons

Re: [lace] Horror kit

Vivienne, the kit that you first used, made by Dryad, is not actually such a bad kit. It is certainly not made to last through years of lacemaking, but at least the materials approximate the things we use when we buy "real" equipment. The horror kit, on the other hand, is made in the US and conta

[lace] Horrible Kit?

I don't know how "horrible" that kit is when I think about the fact that it was my first bobbins, etc. (I still have them and plan to use them for heavier threads.) It brought me to lace...along with the Nostalgia days In Morris, IL. So it can't be ALL that bad. It may run off a few, but it cert

Re: [lace] Horror kit

I know what you mean about the "kit" but it was the first lace pillow I ever had. My husband was a head teacher and I was talking in his staff room about crafts. I said I had always fancied Lace. One of his classroom assistants said she had the "stuff" in her attic. I paid £10 for a old Dryad kit w

[lace] Sylko UK

The last Sylko I bought was in the summer and was from Woolworths. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Re: Christmas Card exchange

At 12:53 AM 10/24/04 -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: >And so was I - in Poland - and so was my DH (in US). But he's 25 yrs >older than I am, and the only person in US I know, who puts his label >on the back of an envelope (makes better sense, to me, since you can >re-inforce the sticking propert

re: [lace] Horror kit

(good topic for Hallowe-en) Hi everyone: > there are at least 4 people that we never hear of, who took a stab at > lacemaking and gave up Although I wouldn't recommend The Kit to anyone, particularly, let's give people who do crafts the benefit of the doubt - not everyone who tries this kit think

[lace] A little tatting story

I have a funny little story to tell. Remember last year when I finished the tatted ornament book I had mentioned that I was going to finish the animal bookmark book? I have been working away on it this year. The Friday Morning Lacemakers had a pool going on when I would start yet another book

[lace] lassen /joining

>> On our side ofe the pond, you have the possibiliy to let some >> professional sew your lace. > > Yes, we know, and envy you with all our hearts :) Though I've heard of > some Americans who did send - at a great expense - their lace off to > Belgium to be joined and mounted, and received back a

[lace] Ribbon gimps

I haven't seen Tahiti Ribbon, but I'd guess from its name that it is a very narrow ribbon, Here in UK we can get double sided satin ribbon that's only 1.5mm wide (made by Offray). I have used that as a gimp in torchon. Brenda Brenda, which grid size you use to work these torchon patterns and w

[lace] Re: Sylko UK

Coats UK website gives a Consumer Service contact number for stockist enquiries: http://www.coatscrafts.co.uk/en/1/prosewsyl.html I've noticed that many haberdashery departments now only stock Gutermann 100% polyester threads. Anita In Bromley - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTEC

[lace] Silko UK

helloo everyone I cannot obtain Silko anymore, and i have tried (smile) What 100% coloured cotton can i use, and is the cost comparable?? Who sell it and where?? Name and address or email please. I use DMC 80 white. Thank you for all the help this site has given me over the years. Take are