Last week I was struggling with the magic chains (russian gimps), not
quite understanding what I was surposed to be doing and Daphne reminded
me to look in the Pam Nottingham book (Bobbin Lace making) where there
is a very clear picture plus the information I needed to guide me
through. (I
Hello Sue and everyone
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:43 AM, Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
track then, because I had almost finished it) Not only was I doing the
twists on every row which was wrong, I was also taking the inside 2 threads
out instead of the outside threads to the centre!
Is this like milanese where, instead of cloth stitch over 2 pairs,
lift centre bobbins up, pass workers through, and split centre bobbins
and place on outside of the 2 original outside bobbins?
Sue in EY
On 19 Oct 2008, at 17:20, bev walker wrote:
Hello Sue and everyone
On Sun, Oct
I received a great email earlier today with an excellent explanation of
the whys and reasons for doing the gimp thread which did also mention
that it can be done the other way as well depending on various things.
The pass was what I was not doing in the first place but did find out
about it
On Oct 19, 2008, at 5:43, Sue wrote:
Last week I was struggling with the magic chains (russian gimps), [...]
Not only was I doing the twists on every row which was wrong, I was
also taking the inside 2 threads out instead of the outside threads to
the centre!
OK, I'm totally
Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was also taking the inside 2 threads out instead of the outside threads to
the centre! -
When Bridget Cook taught Russian lace in Pittsburgh, we learned to take the
center two over the outer two gimp threads. We called it the bra stitch
(lift and
Hello Fellow Arachneans
Just asking are there any areas in the north of Spain (Barcelona
to the border) which are worth visiting for lace? I'm going (with the
family, unfortunately as far as lace is concerned) to Baqueira in the
Pyrenees for a week starting Friday. We're driving
Just asking are there any areas in the north of Spain (Barcelona
to the border) which are worth visiting for lace?
Post your question on lace, not on lace-chat. I know there's at least
one lacemaker in the Barcelona catchment area (Carolina de la Guardia),
who'll be able to answer your
