Re: [lace] Rose and Radish - Ornamented Metal Lace Drain

2008-10-04 Thread Susie Finlay
Hello to One and All! I really like these.  I'm thinking...why can't I make one using wire, using the drain trap as a form.  Things that make you go h.  Susie Rose – Up in the mountains outside of Las Vegas Prayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need. My online store:  http://Susie

Re: [lace] Rose and Radish - Ornamented Metal Lace Drain

2008-10-04 Thread Jean Nathan
Jeanette wrote: Would let an awful lot of rubbish through the bigger holes though. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [E

[lace] Rose and Radish - Ornamented Metal Lace Drain

2008-10-04 Thread jeanette
http://store.roseandradish.com/product-exec/product_id/1641/nm/Ornamented_Me tal_Lace_Drain Would be a nice view after rinsing the sink would it not? Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape,South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECT

[lace] Felt Padding for any Lace Pillow

2008-10-04 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Thirty years ago, I was taught to use wool - not a synthetic - for padding lace pillows. Reason is that wool breathes and releases moisture through evaporation. Foam and synthetics hold moisture long enough to damage pins. I find th

Engineering felt. was [lace] large patterns

2008-10-04 Thread Jay Ekers
A Google search brought up Australian suppliers of engineering felt but it is available in a confusing variety of types: "The types of Engineering Felt available are A, B, Firm White Felt (FWF), Saddle Felt, Podiatry Felt and Removalist Felt." What type are you using? Jay in Sydney [EMAIL PROTEC

[lace] Bookmark tails was Gravenmoerse, 10th anniversary and sale price

2008-10-04 Thread viv . lace
Dear All Thank you for your kind comments. I've had a couple of requests for how I do the finishing off so here goes! This bookmark has a straight edge so as I go down the sloping edge I work from the body of the bookmark in cloth stitch (CTC) until the two outside pairs are reached. Tw1 the wea

[lace] Large pattern

2008-10-04 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Another thought - I made myself a large pad (larger than the pricking) and used that on top of my pillow, when I made a large piuece of lace. I could then lift the pad off the pillow and repositionon it, as aI worked down sthe pricking. Someone here on Arachne described seein some lacemakers on t

Re: [lace] Large lace patterns

2008-10-04 Thread viv . lace
Dee I can sympathise. In 2002 I started to make a Lace Fan from a design by Bridget Cook. There were two other arachnes making the same fan at the same time and we all had issues with the design. But what finished me was the stretching to get to the bobbins I was working. I had to sit at a table, n

[lace] large patterns

2008-10-04 Thread Sue Fink
I have watched this thread with interest! Personally, I would not attempt a large pattern without my engineering felt! I have several pieces of difference sizes which makes it easy to build up to a size I might want. Engineering felt is very suitable for putting pins in and is about 1 to 1.5 cm.