[lace] Yes I have been surfing

Having visited the archives again, and then clicked another couple of links, here's another one... http://www.authentic-macrame.com/main.php Not exactly hand made lace, but still an interesting site to browse. Now I really must go and type up the minutes that I am procrastinating about!! Maxin

[lace] More Eye candy

Just came across this via a link on the archives. I think we may have been here before, but it is just so beautiful. http://arnica.dk/index.php?adLinkFrom=google &language=uk And who thought knitting was plain and boring?? I did once

[lace] Lace Auction

What wonderful eye-candy. it begs the question, how did they ever make it without strong lights and magnifiers?? Does give us something to aim at though :-) Still Dreaming Maxine in a bitterly cold, wet and in places, snowy, New Zealand - which is fine if you are snow junkie and not a needle/

[lace] Re: thread thickness question

On Jun 16, 2006, at 16:35, Brenda Paternoster wrote: Sue's right, Bockens 35/2 is quite a bit thicker than Soie Gobelins. Remember too that silk is more 'squashy' than linen so is more likely to flatten and become thinner but wider during the measuring/wrapping and so give a slightly lower w/

[lace] Re: Brioude pillow and leather (work) cloth

On Jun 17, 2006, at 22:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (privately, and I hope she doesn't mind my responding in public): Sr. Judith invented Withof Duchesse. Don't know anything about an S- named town. Hah! I _knew_ (well... HOPED ) it would come to me, if only I stopped trying to remember, and

[lace] Re: Brioude pillow and leather (work) cloth

On Jun 17, 2006, at 14:26, Leonard Bazar wrote: Hilary Booth described her experiences making lace in Le Puy [...] It took me four afternoons to master the art of swinging the bobbins on the oilcloth without picking them up - have you tried to make a leaf with a rolling weaver? ... No spangled,

[lace] Brioude pillow and leather cloth

Dear Jean I think the leather cloth may go under the bobbins, so is the worker cloth not the cover cloth. Hilary Booth described her experiences making lace in Le Puy in the summer of 1981 ("Lace" 26, pages 17-18) and said "The pillows are French-style with a roller, and covered in oilcloth. ...