In a message dated 24/06/2005 04:31:09 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Is there a general rule of thumb for enlarging or reducing a pattern if
> you wish to use the /Threads for/ /Lace/ book and use a different size
> thread than the pattern recommends?
To add to what Tamara sai
I did a few small (6 pairs) torchon projects with wire and discovered that
3 plies of .1mm works about the same as 1 ply of .2mm. The 3-plies however
looked much better for the cloth stitch areas. The 3-plies also behave
more like normal threads.
I don't use hooks on the bobbins. Thicker wire don'
Hi, I spotted an Arachne 1st anniversary bobbin on E-bay and thought that
some of you might like to know about it. I haven't figured how to put up
the clickable url but this is the Item number: 8200923461
Kim
from Delaware
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Kim Czerwinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, I spotted an Arachne 1st anniversary bobbin on E-bay and thought that
some of you might like to know about it. I haven't figured how to put up
the clickable url but this is the Item number: 8
At 01:35 AM 6/24/2005, you wrote:
I don't use hooks on the bobbins. Thicker wire don't need a hitch as long
as you don't pull the bobbins but *fold* the wire itself
For the thinner wire I use "haarklemmetjes" for example nr 70057 on
http://www.mariebelle.nl/nl/dept_74.html
I also saw someone
Dear all -- I think the following episode may gladden the hearts of
proselytizing spiders, especially Devon:
On Wednesday evening, five of us TerraPins (local Baltimore chapter
of CRLG) were demonstrating lacemaking at the Baltimore Museum of Art
(by invitation). The Museum was crowded with v
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> http://www.bart-francis.be/shopping/E_frame.html?http://www.bart-francis.be/sh
> opping/E_grp_15-1.html
>
this man , Francis, is a gem . he's got the most incredible threads and some
really beautiful fabrics . there's one he made out of horsehair and
copperwire which is incredibly beautiful
Dear Gentle Spiders,
Having just read Aurelia's posting about demonstrating Wednesday at the BMA
and her delight at having "wonderful, marvelous 8-year-olds" watch them. My
11 year old granddaughter (more about her below) will demonstrate with me at
the Wilderness Road Museum in Dublin, Virgi
On 24 Jun 2005, at 04:27, Kathy wrote:
Is there a general rule of thumb for enlarging or reducing a pattern
if you wish to use the /Threads for/ /Lace/ book and use a different
size thread than the pattern recommends? For example, the pattern
calls for Copley Marshall 80/2 (48 wraps/cm)and I
I have had 3 kinds of hookies, for rayon and metallic threads, and I
think any of htem would work for wire if they had a means for anchoring
the beginning (like a hole drilled in the neck).
The first kind I tried were the ones with the C head. I think they
were from Biggins, but not sure. Per
Dear Lacemakers,
while searching for something else entirely, (isn't that just the
way?), I happened on this webpage about Thelma Goldring:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/belfast/A2109629.shtml
This lady makes all sorts of exquisite Irish lace, and won a Churchill
Fell
Linda Walton wrote:
while searching for something else entirely, (isn't that just the way?), I
happened on this webpage about Thelma Goldring:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/belfast/A2109629.shtml
This lady makes all sorts of exquisite Irish lace, and won a Churchill
Fel
Moving this to lace, for the usual reason - more likelihood of getting
answers, since there are a lot of well-travelled people on lace who do
not subscribe to chat.
PS If responding drectly to Faye, I think it would be safer to ignore
the addess in the signature, and stick to the one in the he
Hi everyone, and Tamara, and Brenda
It's none of my nevermind because I don't do wire - but (I'll say it
anyway) wouldn't a chart of 'wires for lace' be better at someone's site
with other info about lacemaking with wire?
For 'threads for lace' we can nip back and forth among the fibre content -
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