Heavens... that takes me back! I used to have to do that for my
Gran... grandad eventually made a gizmo for her (not sure what a swift
is, but it's probably similar) 4 arms with 'hands' on the end on a
revolving spindle. I used to love winding wool with that! See how
fast you could make
Devon wrote:
write-off for charitable giving to cultural institutions or not.>
If we make a payment or donation to a registered charity, and complete a
statement that we are UK tax payers, then the charity can claim back 22% of
the sum paid, which represents the basic rate of tax which the
After many years of battling with the problem of threads shredding and
experimenting with all the suggested solutiotions I have found the biggest
culprit is the cover cloth and the friction between the threads causing the
threads to fray as threads slide across the edge of the cover cloth as you
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Hallo to all
i have a question
You all knwo that one can do frivolite (tatting) with needles
i have seen somewhere in the past
a website were you could buy large (very large) tatting needles
say about 2milim diametre or even more
does anyone knwo about were i could find this?
why? i have a very
Francis,
Could be that she may be thinking of the Takashima tatting hook by Doi
Shungei: http://www.doishugei.com/lace/tatting-e.html
I am pretty sure you use this the way your friend is describing. Here is a
link by Dan Rusch-Fisher on how it is done using this type of hook:
http://www.tribble
How lovely!!
It would seem to me that fashioning a large needle from many easily
found objects would be possible... From a plain dowel in the width and
length desired, put into a pencil sharpener to get the points, and then
use fine sandpaper to smooth the edges and the points. A finish of
Dear Aurelia
Your book has completed stage 1 of its journey, I saw Anne yesterday, one of
my lacemaker friends, and gave her your book. She will pass it to her
daughter, Pamela, who works for an airline and she will post it when she
crosses the pond next. I may, or may not, hear anythingmore be
