FYI,
The bobbin winder shown at
http://www.geocities.com/atatter.geo/kieth_enevoldsen.html
was designed by the husband a member of Lacemakers of Puget Sound. When I
recently discussed this design with her, she mentioned that some of the
parts in the original design are no longer available. She i
On Mar 12, 2005, at 13:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...] the greatest impact was wars,
when women were taken as "slaves" and moved with the armies to other
areas.
Weavers of unique luxury textiles were usually men. They were
captured and sent
to the conquering country's major cities to produce
On Mar 11, 2005, at 22:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Devon) wrote:
This bag is pictured in "Greek Lace in the Victoria and Albert
Museum". They
describe it thus:
Constantinople, Purse; mid 19th century.
A fine example of Greek Needle-point lace made up fine, well-spun silk
threads. The background is i
Gentle Spiders,
I haven't had time lately to post much, but I do try at least to skim the
list as often as I can. I'm tickled Keith's Lego bobbin winder is still
giving people ideas!
But my post today is on a different topic. Exciting news! My daughter will
be getting married in a year and a half
Dear Jeri,
The website of the Museum uses the Silk and Satin title, while the Lace and
Linens one appears on another website which is called "Tour Texas". I am
inclined to trust the museum about the title. I know that at our museum, an
exhibit is in the works for years. Sometimes there is a
Dear Texas Lacemakers,
On February 22, I wrote the memo below to Arachne. There are questions for
our members in Texas. There has been no response. Ordinarily, I would let it
pass, as so many do. But, the next day I received a request to put this
announcement on a Historic Costume list. My
In a message dated 3/12/05 7:44:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> I just happen to have got some these kinds of lace to identify and
> catalogue and have borrowed a book from the Preston Lacemakers library called
> 'Armenian Needle lace and Embroidery' by Alice Odian Kas
Hello Helen,
OIDFA is the Organisation internationale de la Dentelle au Fuseau et á
la l'Aiguille or in eglish
International Bobbin and Needle Lace
Organisation
It is in english and french, french because the organisation was once
built in Le Puy en France.
There you coul
Hello Janice,
I don't know who was the person interested in the string method for winding
bobbins. I haven't read too many messages... Perhaps Carolina's explanations
on this method can be useful for you. This is her web site:
http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/winder.html
Many greetings
from An
Helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
What's OIDFA?
this is their homepage
http://mapage.noos.fr/oidfa/
jenny barron
Scotland UK
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Hi,
What's OIDFA?
Helen in sunny Somerset
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Hi
>>The purse is, indeed, beautiful (if highly impractical ). But can anyone
>>tell me what kind of lace it is? And how it's made?
It is Bebilla, a needle lace. Also known as Oya, Arab, Smyrna, Armenian ans
maybe other names as well.
I'm not being a smartie! I just happen to have got
Tamara wrote:
). But can
anyone tell me what kind of lace it is? And how it's made?>
I'm so glad Tamara asked this question. I asked the very same question of my
lace teacher last Monday, and neither of us could figure out the answer.
I'm even more glad that Devon gave the answer, which I shall
Bibila will be taught in Athens, but it's needle, not bobbin lace.
On Friday, March 11, 2005, at 11:23 PM, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
And will it be taught in Athens? If it's bobbin, and if it will be
taught, then I may have to start re-thinking my plans for the summer of
'06.
Margot Walker in Halif
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This bag is pictured in "Greek Lace in the Victoria and Albert Museum". They
describe it thus:
Constantinople, Purse; mid 19th century.
sounds intriguing - where can we see it?
jenny barron
Scotland
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