I've gone off Miss Channer's mat - especially since I began my Honiton
adventure
But does anyone know if a copy Liz Warley's Honiton mat as pictured
on the front cover of Lace 114 - April 2004 is available antwhere?
Viv
Worcestershire UK
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Dear All
I've finished the second Gravenmoerse Bookmark - October
I've
uploaded the full picture for those interested.
But I had some trouble with
the special half-stitch netblock things when taking pairs in and out, there
seems to be too much thread!. I've put a high resolution detail of the book
Hi Spiders
I have finished the lace for the hood and about to start a piece to go around
the cloak. I still have a lot of thread left on some of the bobbins. Can I mix
new thread with thread already on the bobbins or should I use new all the way
through as it is going to be quite a length. I am
Hi Viv -
I think I see your problem. It looks like you started correctly, and
the first and second pins are in the right places. But I think you may
have made your mistake at the third pin. Here, you should have put
another twist on the outside pair of the trail, put up a pin, and then
I think you should wash the wool before re-using it. Wool that has
been used loses some of its elasticity. Washing it will bring it
closer to its natural, springy state. Otherwise you may end up with
some weird tension after you've washed the whole piece.
Avital
On 7/13/08, Wendy Davies [EMAIL
Hello Wendy and everyone
If in doubt, replace your 'old' thread with that newly unwound from the main
spool. If thread has been wrapped around a bobbin for awhile it will
'remember' which you will see as curls when you take the thread off. Now,
having said that: if wound correctly*, I haven't
Hello Wendy,
I don't think there is any need to worry about 'mixing' the thread. I
presume you will be using the same make, colour and weight of thread.
You've noticed that the bit you unwound was kinked, but it wouldn't have
seemed kinked if you'd carried on the same piece of lace.
I
Provided you wind your bobbins properly so that it doesn't get
untwisted or over twisted in the process, ie roll the bobbin into the
thread rather than wrapping the thread around the bobbin, the thread
will be OK to use for the next project, but only do that if the lengths
are sufficiently
I think I may have just discovered the cause of my bobbins unwinding while I
work. Not all of them, but some. Could this be due to me winding the bobbins
improperly, against the curve of the thread? It's a real pain having to
rewind bobbins at frequent intervals, and this happened when I did
Dear All,
I know Jeri and others have recommended Orvus for cleaning lace. I bought some
at a feed store, and am wondering if I got the right thing. The label says
industrial product - not for home use. I did some research and it is supposed
to be very mild, so I'm wondering why it would be
Sister Claire
Winding bobbins properly isn't about the curve of the thread,
whatever you mean by that, it's about not adding or taking away from
the amount of twist put into the thread during its manufacture.
If you think you may be winding incorrectly try winding some narrow
ribbon onto a
Thank you, Brenda.
What I meant by curve of the thread was that I was perhaps not winding
into the thread, as you described earlier, Brenda.
Sorry I don't express myself in proper lacemaker's terms. I'm doing my best
to learn without a teacher. My Torchon pieces are pretty good now, after
Hello to One and All!
I make a lot of bookmarks for gifts. I usually use the same weight and color
thread for the bookmarks. I wound several of what I call a Mother bobbins
with a lot of thread. When I'm ready to make another bookmark I attach an
empty bobbin at the end wind off some thread
I'm using the same thickness thread on a piece. after I started it
I realised that the thread was ecru and white so, it's an old, old
piece of lace that I've just made!!!
Sue in EY
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Thank you, Francis and Clay! Very interesting, and I'm glad to understand the
difference. The industrial kind I got has a lot of bubbles - plenty! It seems
to work just fine. It wasn't really inexpensive - about $25 for a gallon jug -
but a little bit goes a long long way. I saw that some
Hi all
This thread reminded me of a now infamous family story regarding 23 year old
DD, then aged 10 or 11.
I had gone along to the regular parents evening as usual, and seated on one
of the chairs set out for waiting parents, I noticed that my daughters form
teacher kept giving me the odd
Morning All
I'm having a brilliant day today the sun is shining, the birds are
singing and I'm about to listen to a dvd of Andrea Bocelli's Vivere!!
It was a birthday present from my husband! I also got a brilliant,
gorgeous, fantastic pair of bobbins from my son!! (Thanks Agnes for
On Jul 13, 2008, at 7:41, Sue Duckles wrote:
So a day of coffee, good music, sun and making lace!
Happy birthday and happy lacemaking, Sue! Sounds like even Mother
Nature is participating in the celebrations :)
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Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington,
hey - y'all ready for the newest sport?
http://www.extremeironing.com/
:)
Regards,
Ricky T in Utah
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Sure can tell *they* didn't grow up in the age of Pre-Permanent Press if
they think ironing is a Sport! Brings back memories of military
creases in my Dad's Sherrif's uniform shirts!!! Not at my house - I'm
an Olympic Hot Tub Sitter!
Linda, the string-a-holic in Oregon
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