I don't know if anyone on the list is still looking for this book by Susanne
Thompson, it doesn't come up very often and it's sitting with no bids at the
moment
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Further-Steps-in-Honiton-Lace_W0QQitemZ8391956018QQcategoryZ64290QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
jenny barron
Snowy NE
I don't know if anyone on the list is still looking for this book by Susanne
Thompson, it doesn't come up very often and it's sitting with no bids at the
moment
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Further-Steps-in-Honiton-Lace_W0QQitemZ8391956018QQcategoryZ64290QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
jenny barron
Snowy NE
I just bought some great containers for storing threads. They're deep
enough to take, upright, all but the very large cones of thread and you
can see what's in each box. I got them in the fishing tackle section of
Walmart. If you go to http://tinyurl.com/kxczm the ones I bought
are pictu
Dear Friends,
I hvae many of the tools which have been discussed here. However, there's
one which hasn't yet, and that's my shuttle winder for tatting.
It was designed and made by a bloke in Pennsylvania (whose name escapes
me) - perhaps his daughter is still on the list. It works on Clover and Bo
For those of us who can't get to fishing shops, possible we could use
good eyebrow tweezers .Any thoughts?
Sheila in a wet (at last) Sawbo'
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For those of us who can't get to fishing shops, possible we could use
good eyebrow tweezers .Any thoughts?
Sheila in a wet (at last) Sawbo'
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NO way! They don't hold on once you let go of the handles :)
David in Ballarat
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On 5 Mar 2006, at 13:48, lace-digest wrote:
a string as a bobbin winder,
I have tested this one out on our lace class and we are all in the
dark. We would love to know, how does a piece of string work as a
bobbin winder?
Elsbeth
Worcestershire, UK
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I've never used the string method, winding bobbins is a good excuse
to sit in front of a film all evening :o) Here's a link to a website
description
http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/winder.html
This is how it was explained in an email to Lace by Janice Blair last
year when I was wonderi
Not sure who exactly, there was a UK lace supplier who sold the hackle
pliers done up neatly in a plastic packet; a kind lacemaker from the
UK sent me one a few years ago. Possibly SMP lace?
Like David said, the tweezers won't stay shut like the little pliers.
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> a string as a bobbin winder,
I have tested this one out on our lace class and we are all in the
dark. We would love to know, how does a piece of string work as a
bobbin winder?
Hello Elsbeth,
This is the method I have always used to wind my bobbins, especially if I
don't need to wind too many. I
The problem with eyebrow tweezers is that they're like scissors - they open and
close freely, so when you put them down, the thread falls out. Hackle pliers,
on the other hand, are like small clamps - they are closed unless you pinch
them open. The particular hackles that I like have rubber-l
Sorry, I hit the "send" button too fast...
The other option if you can't get to a fly-fishing supply shop is to go to a
place like Radio Shack (electronic supplies). They have wire clips which
feature a little "plunger" top which, when depressed, causes a small metal
hook to come out of the e
I've always got a pair of eyebrow tweezers with my lace
tools, but the point of the hackle pliers is that they work on
the reverse principle to tweezers - you have to squeeze them
to release the thread.So you squeeze to open them, clamp
the thread, then you can put them down, holding the thread
On 3/7/06, Antje González <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/winder.html
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> As a difference with Carolina's method, I don't use a ring, I just hold the
> string with my fingers. And I don't use a string, I use any left over thread
> (have to change it after a whil
There is an unfortunate disadvantage to the stability of the hackle
pliers - you do need strong fingers to open them. V. frustrating if
the fingers are affected, such as with arthritis :(
But once affixed to the bit of thread, the h/p work a treat as a third hand.
On 3/7/06, Noelene Lafferty <[EMA
Bev wrote:There is an unfortunate disadvantage to the stability of the hackle
pliers - you do need strong fingers to open them. V. frustrating if
the fingers are affected, such as with arthritis :(
This is true. But there are different types of h/p devices, some being stiffer
than others. And t
Hello lacemakers,
I just got a lace book in the mail that I purchased on ebay and it smells of
smoke, is there anything I can do?
Otherwise the book is great, I picture myself using a noseclip while making
lace from this book!
Irene Whitham
Surrey, BC
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Does anyone have the "reverse tweezers" shown on Holly Van Sciver's web
site? It's more expensive than hackle pliers, but I'm wondering if it is
easier to squeeze than hackle pliers, and whether it holds a fine thread as
well, and perhaps is easier to manipulate on the pillow due to its slim
profil
Just two weeks ago I discovered: a ring on one end , a clothes peg on the
other. Peg through the ring to tie it around your belly or attach it to your
belt. Find something to attach the peg to, perhaps a pin on your pillow. It
saves a hand to control the bobbin and target thread. I use kite thre
Barbara,
I have those reverse tweezers. I don't use them very
frequently, but they are nice to have in the box in a
pinch (pun!).
You are right; I have hung them onto a length of
thread and manipulated like a bobbin. I usually use
very fine thread and it worked just fine.
Diane Williams
Galena
To use a tip mentioned on SmallStuff (for miniaturists) put your book in a
bag where you have sprinkled a deep layer of cat litter and leave it
there(changing cat litter from time to time) till smoke smell is gone.
I inherited my mother in law's cookbook, and to be honest, I stopped using
the
Winding With a String:
Another variation, with both ends of the winding
string attached to things, is on the Lacefairy
website. Look up Lacefairy, click on Arachne FAQ's,
then on Winding Bobbins--which gives you three
choices, one of which is Winding With a String.
I find this a very portable met
I've also purchased books on eBay with smoke smells. I've had success
putting the book in a zip top baggie large enough to hold it with a
little room left over and putting in with it either an unused dryer
softener sheet or a deodorant soap bar. I've also read online about
using baking soda in
Hallo Tamara and all spiders,
We use "dinky" meaning , small, sweet, dainty anything like that, can be an
object or a person.
Happy lacing
Sue M.Harvey
Norfolk UK
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I tried baking soda in a ziplock bag, but it didn't work and then the pages
got all powdery too. Eventually I threw the book away
Sue
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Baking soda works a treat, especially if the scent from the deodorant
bar or the dryer thingie aren't agreeable. or 20 Muleteam Borax - but
don't get any on the pages. Best if you have a holder with a
perforated lid.
For books, you would want to flip pages from time to time to get out
the embedded
I have had the same problem from second hand books. I find a protected spot
outside and leave the book out for several days opened, occassionally giving
the pages a flick through and keeping an eye out on the weather and it seems to
work well.
Janette in Canberra Australia
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here is an address that opens a file that someone put together on smells in
books. perhaps one of them will work.
Christine
Katy TX USA
http://www.cgrove417.org/cghs/kasl/disaster/ridcigsmoke.doc
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I've been going to physical therapy for a couple weeks now because of a
kink in my back. In one of my exercises I lay on a rolled up towel under
my shoulder blades, it feels great! Today the therapist said she wanted
me to start a new excercise with a "foam roll". My first thought when I
saw the
I've had success a couple of times by standing the book upright with the
pages fanned out in a cardboard box. Put one of the deodorant-type air
freshener blocks that's supposed to absorb smells in the box, and wraping
the whole lot in a large plastic bag. After about 8 weeks, the smell had
gone
At one time I considered making a curtain on such a roll :)
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> saw the 36" long, 6" diameter ethafoam roll was "WOW! That would make
> one HUGE roller pillow!" LOL! She apologized that it was going to cost
> about $21 and insurance probably woul
If you ask your therapist, she'll give the name of the name of the company
they get their supplies from. That's how I got my pillow. It's been a
couple years so I don't remember the company. You can also search in the
Internet for physical therapy suppliers.
Cherry Knobloch
Chesapeake, Va USA
Dear Irene,
A method I have used with some success for getting rid of "smells" is
to put the offending object into a black plastic bag, a fair amount
of coffee grounds (dry, not used) and seal the bag up and put in the
sunshine for a number of days. For books it takes longer because you
h
I have a pair of reverse tweezers, but I didn't get them from Holly.
They're a little longer than a bobbin, which I prefer to the very short
hackle pliers. And, since they're made from ribbon-shaped metal
instead of the round (wire-shaped) metal of hackle pliers, I find it
easier to pinch the
Hi Irene,
Try putting in a plastic zip lock with a piece of charcoal. I have also been
told that for that old musty smell often found in old furniture to put cedar
boughs in the cupboard or dresser. I wonder if it would work for the book.
Joan
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I think it was early last year, probably around March, I bought two
books from the second hand stock at The Lace Guild's HQ. I remember that
both of the books had a smoke smell when I bought them. I haven't done
anything with them, other than sit them on the shelf, and came to check
through one of
On Mar 7, 2006, at 19:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robin) wrote:
I have a pair of reverse tweezers, but I didn't get them from Holly.
They're a little longer than a bobbin, which I prefer to the very short
hackle pliers. And, since they're made from ribbon-shaped metal
instead of the round (wire-shap
Hello Spiders
Today I put into practice my plan to have lace in my purse since I was going
out to lunch with 3 older ladies. I took along a note card with a picture of a
Downton lacemaker that I picked up in Salisbury (thank you Hendrika for the
idea), a Midlands bobbin, my "Jane" pattern hanky an
Hello Secret pal, Thankyou for the package which arrived today. I love the
kingfisher brooch. The little book is lovely. I have several other books in
the same series and they are really informative. Of course the bobbins and
needlestick and the beads are always welcome..however many you have it is
In a workshop by Karen Blum we were shown how to convert eyebrow
tweezers - jokingly, I think, she said it is more appropriate to use
'women's' tools. She wraps a rubber band very tightly just above the
handles so that pressure is required to open the tweezers and insert a
thread. When the pressur
Another cheap friend/tool has just occured to me: tweezers (ordinary,
not "cross action"), fairly large and long (ca 6"/15cm), of which about
a third (at the "business end") is thin _and curved_... I hadn't
thought of it earlier, because I don't use it all that often. But, in
laces where one ha
A vendor at a recent lace day was selling telescoping metal rods with a
magnet on the tip. They were 60 cm (24") when fully extended but
collapsed down to pen size; they also have a pocket clip as a pen does.
Jay in Sydney
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