[lace] Re:[lace] waxing thread for BL/Liers weekend/picots

2005-07-29 Thread Dagmar Steinbachova
Puvodni zprava Od: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Predmet: [lace] waxing thread for BL/Liers weekend/picots Datum: 29.7.2005 04:48:49 On Jul 28, 2005, at 9:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Part of the instructions to new lacema

RE: [lace] Waxing thread for bobbin lace

2005-07-29 Thread Jane Bawn
> Adele Shaak Wrote > on29 July 2005 01:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [lace] Waxing thread for bobbin lace > > > If somebody has a piece that was made, say, at least 5-10 years ago, > that had beeswax on it, it would be interesting to hear from them as to > the current condition of the piec

Re: [lace] Jeri

2005-07-29 Thread ljh
...and not only is she generous with resources, she is the one person who will alert the lacemaking world of important events such as the possible closure of an important museum, the quality of an exhibit AND she extends her generosity and caring to other people, for whom she advocates brilliantly.

[lace] Research for Shrewsbury lacemaking

2005-07-29 Thread Laurie Hughes
A cartoonist/artist friend of mine is going to draw a long story about Shrewsbury, UK, so he'd like to know more about bobbin lace. Does someone remember which website has a picture of moving bobbins on it? Does anyone have pictures (preferably moving pictures so he can get the gist of the moveme

Re: [lace] Research for Shrewsbury lacemaking

2005-07-29 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 7/29/05 7:52:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > A cartoonist/artist friend of mine is going to draw a long story about > Shrewsbury, UK, so he'd like to know more about bobbin lace. > Dear Laurie, I've forwarded this to the Lacefairy, as (last time I c

Re: [lace] threading the needle

2005-07-29 Thread Sue Babbs
Jeri, threading the needle as the thread comes off the spool had never occurred to me. I'm trying to visualise this one, and think I need to get a magnifying glass to see it in action. As far as my brain can work out without using a magnifying glass, after you have threaded the needle there wi

Re: [lace] threading the needle

2005-07-29 Thread Alice Howell
At 07:35 AM 7/29/2005, you wrote: Jeri, threading the needle as the thread comes off the spool had never occurred to me. after you have threaded the needle there will still be two threads hanging either side of the needle and they will lie beside each other and go through the fabric in

[lace] Interesting and hopeful ;-)

2005-07-29 Thread Barb ETx
This could apply to about anything that keeps us passionate. Enjoy http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/livingtoday/050107/tat.shtml BarbE - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Interesting and hopeful ;-)

2005-07-29 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 7/29/2005 10:49:37 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > This could apply to about anything that keeps us passionate. > > Enjoy > http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/livingtoday/050107/tat.shtml > That is truly inspiring to see -- only wish they had in

Re: [lace] threading the needle

2005-07-29 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 7/29/05 10:37:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > after you have threaded the needle there will still be two > threads hanging either side of the needle and they will lie beside each > other and go through the fabric in exactly the same way whichever wa

Re: [lace] threading the needle

2005-07-29 Thread Sue Babbs
Thanks very much Jeri, for all that info and all the effort you put into writing it. I rarely use thread doubled (unless like someone else said I am sewing on buttons) and rarely have problems with thread twisting/ tangling/ shedding / or anything else extraordinary, and until I heard it menti

[lace] tatting and netting

2005-07-29 Thread Joy Beeson
At 12:12 PM 7/28/05 -0400, Lynn Carpenter wrote: >Basically, what I have found, whether I am working big nets for bags or >fine hair-net mesh, is that tatting shuttles work best for tatting, and >netting shuttles, whether the "needle" type or one of the "netting shuttle" >types, work best for nett

Re: [lace] distances

2005-07-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Yes, we've got some good roads in UK but there's too much traffic on some of them. Yesterday the M25 was clogged up - no obvious reason but I think there had been an accident earlier in the day - and it took nearly an hour to go less than 10 miles. Four lanes of traffic at a standstill. Bre

[lace] Fwd: Catastrophy

2005-07-29 Thread Andy Blodgett
Andy Blodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:04:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Andy Blodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Catastrophy To: Barb ETx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Being new to bobbin lace (on my second piece), I have now discovered the benefits of holding down the bobbins when

[lace] Re: Catastrophy

2005-07-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 29, 2005, at 22:07, Andy Blodgett wrote: Today I left my bobbin lace for a while and covered it nicely but, but forgot to put the hold down over the bobbins. I set it to one side and later in the day was doing something right beside the pillow and dumped it upside down. Lots of un-lad