Yes, "Old Shale" and "Feather and Fan" are indeed the same lace
pattern, and very old they are, too. It is an exquisitely beautiful
pattern, and not all that difficult to make. Knitting-Arachnes may be
interested to know that even if you are making yards and yards of it,
it never gets boring an
I'm a little behind but just wanted to share my attempt at wearing lace. I
bought a mock turtle neck in grey for my niece and it looked a little plain -
and for her that would never do. I drew her initial and made a 10 stick braid
(like is shown in Gilian Dye's An ABC of Lace Patterns) in the shap
Hi all, hope you have all had a happy holiday and are gearing up for Hogmany
(New Years Eve) for all of you unlucky enough not to be native Scots.
Anyway back to the important stuff - Lace specifically wire lace - what was the
gauge of wire recommended a few weeks ago when this was under discu
This is for collectors and future collectors - who may want to establish lace
and lace equipment values. If you are one of these people, you might like to
copy this on paper and put with your estate/inventory papers for future
reference.
Years ago, I learned about auction practices by attendin
Dear Spiders
All the talk about what people have for Christmas dinner made me realize that
I could probably get the recipe from someone in England for "White Sauce" to
have on our C. pudding. My mother always made a brown sugar sauce but DH's
family was English and now that all the older ladies a
Thanks all for your help - I'll be making White Sauce for New Year's dinner
and DH will be very happy :)
Jane
in sunny Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, Canada
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This talk of knitted shawls reminds me of a conversation at a social event
recently. My acquaintance's mother-in-law is a knitter, and is currently
working on a circular tablecloth. Either there's a mistake in the pattern
or she has made an error because it isn't working out right; in particular
I obtained a copy of A Manual of Bedfordshire Lace, but the Part III that is
supposed to be in the back pocket is missing. Can anyone tell me what
exactly is in Part III, and can I use the book without it? From the sounds
of it, all the instructions on how to do the various parts are in it and I'm
the suggestion of using 3 circular needles, so that the knitting spans two
of them with a third to knit onto and off, but I'd like to know are there
any sources of circular needles that are longer than normal.
How long is her current set of circular needles? Looking through my
collection they var
As the digests seem to be few and far between maybe I can ask everyone what
lace related items they received for Christmas? I only got a few. My DH got
me a One and Only pillow from Snowgoose which I have to cover. My family
thought it rather odd that I should get a huge box which when unwrap
Hi Steph -
Years ago, when I was knitting a lot, I was given a lovely
zippered case which had all the circular needle "tips" along
with various lengths of the nylon "spanners" that screwed
into the tips to form your circular needles. The set
includes a number of connectors so that if the longest
Would you believe, not a single one??? In desparation, having worn out
both rollers in my roller pillow over the past 23 or so years, I bought
myself a new roller pillow.
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
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From: "Janice Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lace-digest"
I received several lace gifts for Christmas this year. :) (Most were
bought in October and stashed away for my young son to wrap and put under
the tree for me.)
Here's my list:
- green horseshoe
- 4 dozen rosewood Binche bobbins
- wooden pricker handle with a vise to hold the needle
- bent ne
A magnifier/light, really needed because of the very poor
night lighting in our house (walls are dark brick, a real light
soaker). (from son-and-heir)
Ulrike Lohr's book Beginning of the End - well, actually I
ordered a copy from her when she was in Australia, and it
turned up just before Christm
Not just Cooma, Noelene! There was a howling gale here yesterday, and the
temperature plummeted, and today is decidedly chilly, and there's still a
strong wind!! Glad I'm not in one of the yachts taking part in the
Sydney - Hobart race!
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
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> A magnifier/light, <
Noelene got her light! Lucky lady!! I had asked for one,
and even specified the make and model number AND had
found a circular which advertised it at 40% off with free
shipping!! I gave it to DH around the end of November, and
was confident that it would be under the
Part III contains the Working Notes for the patterns (see page vi of the
main book) and is a necessary part of the book. We still have a few spare
and can arrange to send you one if you contact us directly.
Ruth
Ruth Bean Publishers
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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:02:43 -0500
From: "
On Dec 27, 2004, at 17:32, Janice Blair wrote:
[...] maybe I can ask everyone what lace related items they received
for Christmas?
In some ways - tons. In some ways -I don't know yet :) The silk from
Pipers came a few days before Christmas; it was a present from myself
to myself, but "partially
Hi Janice and everyone
Fun question! I didn't get anything lace-related from my gang, but I got a
really nice Christmas card, in the exchange, from Antje. A pair of cool
commem. bobbins came in the mail from a lace friend.
I had the privilege and pleasure of reviewing "Geklvppelter
Weihmachtsschmuc
On Dec 27, 2004, at 11:58, Jenny Barron wrote:
Anyway back to the important stuff - Lace specifically wire lace -
what was the gauge of wire recommended a few weeks ago
You can't recommend a single size wire for wire-lace; like all other
lace, wire lace will have its own demands as to the size of
On Dec 26, 2004, at 5:07, Jean Barrett wrote:
yesterday I finished my version of Lenka's wire 'Paisley' motif which
I bought at the NEC this year. I am very pleased with it and have
already started a second one, however . . . When I had finished it I
realised that because of all of the beads w
After receiving an absolutely beautiful piece of lace (a silver butterfly
from Jane Viking Swanson) in the Christmas Card Exchange, I had a thought
that I hope will appeal to others.
It started with my plan to scan the lace and put it on a web page so several
of my distant lace friends could see i
Well, I got a beautiful lace book for Christmas from my daughter.
It all started with Jane (a fellow arachnian) sending out an email with her
latest project (keep emailing them, Jane). It was a "Nativity scene in
bobbin lace" I knew I had to have the pattern so I went hunting. I tracked
it do
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