Re: [lace] Threads for Thomas Lester lace

2008-06-01 Thread Francis Busschaert
Dear Mrs Sally, please do not compare the products used for weaving towards lace. The reason way is that in weaving you have a lot of fibres and such possible attachement fibres for making the products kling to it in lace you have almost no cloth, you create openings rather then weaved colsure

[lace] Lace at Sweet Briar - class opening

2008-06-01 Thread clayblackwell
Hello Lacemakers! There has been a cancellation in the s'Gravenmoerse class at "Lace at Sweet Briar". This class has been at capacity for some time. If any of you would like to take this spot, contact me right away (privately, please!) The Retreat is set for June 22 - 28. Clay -- Clay Bla

[lace] {lacechat] Apology

2008-06-01 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello everyone I just want to apologise for not putting the lace in front of my message about petrol. It was a mistake not a virus.Daphne Norfolk England _ All new Live Search at Live.com - To unsubscribe send email

RE: [lace] Threads and sizing

2008-06-01 Thread Annette Meldrum
Sally, yours is an interesting comparison. I have been told that dissolving Borax in the final rinse water adds body similar to the original sizing. Don't know what Jeri will think of this from a conservation point of view? Annette in a cold and wet Wollongong, South Coast of NSW, Australia -

Re: [lace] magnifier/light SAFETY

2008-06-01 Thread Jeriames
Dear Janice and Other Magnifier Users, We cannot remind our members enough to keep any magnifier away from windows at all times, even at night. This is so they won't forget a magnifier is there when the sun comes into the room and lands on the magnifier. About a dozen years ago, a lacemak

Re: [lace] tallies and leaves

2008-06-01 Thread Agnes Boddington
Thanks to all who helped me get myself sorted on the leaves. Managed to do two, then realized I should have brought in two new pairs, only added one, so am now undoing the leaves again. Good learning curve, I suppose. Should know how to do leaves by the time I finish my small Beds circle! Agnes

RE: [lace] Threads for Thomas Lester lace

2008-06-01 Thread Sally Schoenberg
Ordinarily I wouldn't dream of disagreeing with Barbara Underwood, but in the case of thread, I disagree with her. I've made Bedfordshire with Brok, Egyptian, and Finca. My lace made with Finca was nice and stiff unwashed, but after rinsing it in water, drying and pressing it, it turned into soft

[lace] Exporting and printing with Lace R-XP

2008-06-01 Thread Jean Nathan
This afternoon, I hooked my printer up to my laptop and tried printing out what I'd done so far. Results: From Lace R-XP - brilliant Exported as PDF and printed from Adobe Reader 8 - brilliant Exported as EPS and inserted into Word 97 as a picture - brilliant Exported as EPS and inserted into

Re: [lace] tallies and leaves

2008-06-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jun 1, 2008, at 8:33, Agnes Boddington wrote: Thanks for the comments on continental way of making leaves and tallies. Probably just me being silly, but when I tried both methods in thick string, I could not tell why they were different. The leaves themselves are not any different; they ar

Re: [lace] tallies and leaves

2008-06-01 Thread robinlace
Agnes Boddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ages ago someone showed me an easier way of making tallies and leaves, but I think I wrote it down wrongly as I just end up with a kind of plait-gone-wrong.--- It sounds like the "twist, twist, cross" method. If that's what you wrote down, you

Re: [lace] Lace pillow - Ren Faire

2008-06-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jun 1, 2008, at 13:13, Cindy Rusak wrote: Fellow Arachnes, I am demonstrating at a ren faire and would like to know what kind of lace pillow I should be using. I have picked out a couple of patterns from Le Pompe and Gekloppelte Reticella and would like to use a roller pillow but I don't

RE: [lace] tallies and leaves

2008-06-01 Thread Sally Schoenberg
Hi Agnes, The tallies aren't different. The techniques are different but the end result is always the same - the threads follow the same path. I suppose some lacemakers find the continental technique easier because you shouldn't need to shorten any of the bobbins. I can make good tallies using

[lace] Lace pillow - Ren Faire

2008-06-01 Thread Cindy Rusak
Fellow Arachnes, I am demonstrating at a ren faire and would like to know what kind of lace pillow I should be using. I have picked out a couple of patterns from Le Pompe and Gekloppelte Reticella and would like to use a roller pillow but I don't know if they were used at that time. I'm aimi

Re: [lace] Gravenmoerse - translation please

2008-06-01 Thread Sister Claire
Wonderful! Many thanks! Sr Claire On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Sue Babbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here it is - go to >>> http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html >>> Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton >>> >> >> > - Original Message - From: "Sister Claire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > T

Re: [lace] Gravenmoerse - translation please

2008-06-01 Thread Sue Babbs
Here it is - go to http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton - Original Message - From: "Sister Claire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Gravenmoerse - translation please H

Re: [lace] Gravenmoerse - translation please

2008-06-01 Thread Sister Claire
Hi Viv, I'm dying to see it, but I'm newbie. What is the URL of your album? Thanks! Sr Claire On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 5:01 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All > Thank you for your helpful replies > I've just completed my first > effort from the 's Gravenmoerse book - Bookmark "Mei" > I've

Re: [lace] Gravenmoerse - translation please

2008-06-01 Thread viv . lace
Dear All Thank you for your helpful replies I've just completed my first effort from the 's Gravenmoerse book - Bookmark "Mei" I've loaded onto my album on "webshots" so you can see it if you're interested I've taken Ruth & Pamela's advice and e-mailed "Bob-in" with a query on one of the pattern m

Re: [lace] tallies and leaves

2008-06-01 Thread Agnes Boddington
Hello Brenda, Sue and everyone else. Thanks for the comments on continental way of making leaves and tallies. Probably just me being silly, but when I tried both methods in thick string, I could not tell why they were different. So I am off to my pilow and have another go. Agnes Boddington - d

[lace] Re: Sandra Arnold

2008-06-01 Thread Carol
I am devastated, as Sandra was a very real friend, albeit we didn't see each other since she moved to Cyprus. When the Lacemakers' Circle needed an Editor for the magazine, when I was on the Committee, she was the first person I thought of, and was delighted when she accepted - and she was cer

[lace] FW: Petrol

2008-06-01 Thread Daphne Martin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PetrolDate: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:12:26 +0100 Hello Everyone I`ve been reading about petrol costs America versus England.I liked the saving money tips, will give it a try.In England our petrol is £5 and over for a gallon of petrol, which roughl

[lace] ebay item

2008-06-01 Thread Jean Nathan
I agree with Clay - I think it's oilcloth (imitation leather). In the second from last picture (of the studs around the edge), I'd say that, under the stud which is above the right side of the box upright, you can see the weave of the canvas the "leather" coating is applied to. Admittedly this