Hello Jenny,
the new link
http://www.dahlie.net/dyn/index.php?lang=en
works properly. And have you seen the place it grews: Dahliengarten
Hamburg Altona. It's exactly the flowwer I mentioned.
Greetings
Ilske
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This one made me chuckle! I think she's killed the poor thing!
What on earth were they trying to represent?
http://tinyurl.com/27k2fk
Clay
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This one made me chuckle! I think she's killed the poor thing!
Although it looks as if she has been well and truly stabbed by a raft of
pins, I think it is probably a silver lurex
Hello All
Firstly I must apologise for the wussy, self-pitying
message I posted the other day on this subject. I must
have been having a bad day. In general our life here
is idyllic and although making contact with local
lacemakers has not been as easy as I expected that's a
very small minus to
Hazel--
Don't know how far you are from Apeldoorn, but that is where Yvonne Scheele
has her studio. While she doesn't offer the type of lace days that I think
you are talking about--more informal, come make lace and enjoy the day--she
does have workshops and classes. You can see her teaching
Firstly I must apologise for the wussy, self-pitying
message I posted the other day on this subject. I must
have been having a bad day.
don't worry - we all have days when we feel sorry for ourselves, and then
up-days. Glad you're feeling cheerier now!
yes, lace-days and groups are easier to
On 6/4/07, Hazel Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello All
I will try not to be too long-winded but some
background is needed. Where I lived in the UK there
were to my knowledge at least four lace groups within
a 12 mile radius of our house. If I wanted to go to a
lace day there were likely to
This one made me chuckle! I think she's killed the poor thing!
What on earth were they trying to represent?
http://tinyurl.com/27k2fk
Clay
Well that's the most weird lacemaker I have ever seen purporting to be a
Spanish lacemaker, I am sure Antje and Carolina will agree with me. It
looks
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, Shere'e [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
I had one person
tell me that because my favorite type of lace is torchon (I really
like the geometric shapes and angles of it) that I was not a real
lacemaker Excuse me?? I have not been back since.
I don't blame you.
Maybe it
As it is, she
could have been doing anything that required an upright support, even
painting!
Yes!
Interesting 'objet' however. Rather a sweet painted face. I love the grey
hair :p
http://tinyurl.com/27k2fk
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Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
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Last year I visited Retournac, France and met Bruno Ythier. Bruno Ythier is
now poised to open what may be a really spectacular lace museum about lace. He
contacted me and told me that he would like to have an electronic map that
shows all the lace clubs in the world and asked if I could
I rather suspect the seller thinks the lady is making the lace on the
table with the two upright pin-things.
Jenny wrote:
Another item I found on e.bay was this dolls house size print of the
Vermeer
painting of a lace maker. Item no. 330120611834 might inerest anyone
making lace for a
Jane wrote:
The others, from lacemakers, are the apologetic I only do torchon
To anyone who says that, or criticises a person who only does torchon, I'd
suggest they had a go at the UK Lace Guild Assessments. And I mean have a
go, not just look at a log book. No mistakes allowed in
Hello Shere'e
I had one person tell me that because my favorite type of lace is
torchon (I really
like the geometric shapes and angles of it) that I was not a real
lacemaker
What a nonsens, for sure you are a real lacemaker. In my opinion
Torchon is one of the most variying laces with all its
oops sent this just to Devon, meant it for the whole list
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More information on the electronic map project can be found here:
http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/indexang.htmClick on We
Need Your Help
Although I have not met anyone in person at
Hello Hazel,
Do I understand right you are looking for posibilities to find
lacemakers on your way you will traveling. In my opinion the situation
in my country isn't the same as in the US or in UK. But i am sure if
you ask before starting your travel on the list there will be some
Hello lacemakers.
As I follow this conversation, I realize I must be a weird one because I
studied Torchon under an instructor for 2 + years, and I know I still have
room for more structure and practice of the techniques. If one wants to be
Technical correct, there is a lot to study.
Also, I
I have always felt that it is best if there be someone in the group
designated to befriend any person who is at the group for the first time or
actually perhaps the first year. This person should be a long term member who
recognizes a new face, or should receive the information that there is
Dear Lacemakers,
If my senior memory is correct, we discussed the subject of membership lists
of various lace clubs on Arachne a couple years ago.
What stuck in my mind is the fact that some members of Arachne reported it is
illegal for clubs in their countries to give out addresses, phone
Hi Devon and All,
What a timely topic! This has always been a subject that is interesting to
me. My own early learning was goofy, until I lucked into finding a fabulous
teacher in the very town I had just moved to 20 some years ago. Then I moved
back to the lace desert and with help,
Whilst on vacation last week I received an email message from a Czech lady who
was going to be visiting the Chicago area this year and was interested in
meeting my lace groups. I intended to reply when I got home and had the info
to hand. Now I cannot find the message, it must have got
Only do Torchon Yikes! Anyone who says that
does not really know Torchon lace. Talk to anyone who
has taken the 'Torchon for Teachers' class -- often
also known as Torchon Torture.
I'd hate for anyone to count the number of mistakes in
my class sampler. (And I've been making lace for many
Do any of your groups belong to a larger center that provides meeting and
storage space? As real estate is at a premium in most areas, the thought has
always intrigued me...something similar to the Textile Arts Center in
Minnesota.
Lacemakers of Puget Sound does rent a meeting space and
Please ignore the last request. I found her and replied. She had written to
my blog address, no wonder I couldn't find her in my email.
I would say that if anyone else wants to come to our Lace Day in Clarendon
Hills this coming Saturday they should check out the details at the
Hi Alice and everyone
At first I thought your subject line referred to the title of the lace book
- Nur Torchon, Only Torchon? by Inge Theuerkauf, which has brilliant
patterns, many quite challenging.
If I was restricted to just one kind of lace, I would choose Torchon, a
wealth of patterns
We're pretty lucky, I suppose, to live in this area because our newspaper,
which has a large circulation in the southwestern part of Virginia, publishes
every week this notice in the Happenings section: Blue Ridge Lace Guild,
contact Betty Ann Rice, 540-563-9034 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As a
I very much agree. I have a very high stress job. (I am an accountant)
and when I make lace I want to relax. It is fun to design, fun to
work, and while I CAN do many other forms of lace (my teacher required
us to learn a minimum of 7 different styles of lacemaking with at
least two different
The public library system here has an on-line database of clubs and
organizations in the Halifax Regional Municipality. You might suggest
the idea to your local library. If they would like to see what it looks
like, they can go to: http://tinyurl.com/qz8w7
Also, the Nova Scotia Centre for
Barbara! Horrors! The group that was _your_ group before you moved to
the Pacific Northwest was _our_ group. Surely you couldn't have meant
the TerraPins (Baltimore area) or the CRLG (regional), all of whom
are the most hospitable people on earth (and P.S., the TerraPins meet
on the first
Oh, good heavens, no! Although I attended only a couple of TerraPins
meetings before I moved from Maryland to the Seattle area, I had a lovely
time meeting all the sweet ladies there.
No, all of the comments in my post referred to Lacemakers of Puget Sound, my
current group, also made up of
Laura, that is a funny! My feelings exactly
Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA who CAN'T give her idenity away!
Some of our members have similar anxieties, but the rest of us are happy to
meet with others. We have yet to have to deal with serial killers...although
the idea could make
Hello Hazel,
The first thing to do is to find out what Lace and lace making is called in
each language for the countries you plan to visit as you travel around, and
how to pronounce the necessary words or at least have them written down for
each country. At least then you have a fighting
Hi,
Devon said I have always felt that it is best if there be someone in the
group
designated to befriend any person who is at the group for the first
time or
actually perhaps the first year.
I wholeheartedly agree. My first visit to the lace guild was bewildering as I
knew no
Dear Aurelia and Barbara!
When I read Barbara's note about her group (before she was a member), I
understood that she meant the group in Washington (state)! I am close enough
to Baltimore (I'm in the land of Lynchburg), that I can feel the glow of the
hospitality that is the hallmark of all
On Jun 4, 2007, at 10:06, Hazel Smith wrote:
As we are planning that over the next few years we will be
travelling around I joined OIDFA assuming that they
would have a similar contact system to the Lace Guild
but this appears not to be the case.
No, they don't. But. Each country has a
On Jun 4, 2007, at 12:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Presumably, if a person
who you suspected of being a serial killer were to approach you and
ask where
the nearest lace meeting was, you might demure.
It *is* quite a dilemma: do you let the craft die out through
privacy-paranoia, or
I laughed until my sides hurt. I hope you enjoy too!
A salesman checked into a futuristic motel. Realizing he needed a
haircut before his meeting tomorrow, he called down to the desk clerk
to ask if there was a barber on the premises.
I'm afraid not, sir, the clerk told him
It is hard to find a joke today without a dirty
word or two in it, but, here is one:
Two tall trees, a birch and a beech, are
growing in the woods. A small tree begins to grow
between them, and the beech says to the birch, Is
that a son of a beech or a son of a birch?
The birch
My mother in law is expressing an interest in being taken on vacation to
Denmark when we visit her in mid-September. my husband and I have already
visited Jutland and Funen several times, so we are thinking of going to
Sealand with her - also it is easy to fly into Copenhagen from London. She
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