Sue and David
OIDFA had a study group going in the late 90s to clarify exactly that point.
There is a large class of laces, now called "point ground laces". Virtually
every lacemaking country in the 19th century made a version of this kind of
lace. Point ground, of course, is CTTT pin. So in 200
Dear Sue,
I am an avid Bucks Point fan but try as I might I cannot detect
what the essential difference is between Bucks and Tonder perhaps you could
enlighten me.
In my experience the main differences are these:-
- Toender is worked in the opposite direction from Bucks (but I don't)
- Toender
The beauty of Polycotton thread is that is holds its shape, and never
creases!!
The bad part is that it is springy and wants to do it's own thing, - not what
I want it to do! The half-hitch does not always stay done up for one thing.
However, I find lace made from a good polycotton is useful, - e
There are a number of different styles of Scottish jacket. The most common is
a Prince Charlie, which is very like a normal dinner jacket, but shorter. It's
worn with a vest and bow tie and is always black. The other types are single
and double breasted variations with or without flaps at the hem
Gentle Spiders,
In the book I'm currently reading (The Dress of the Venetians,
1495-1525; by Stella Mary Newton), among the many untranslated Italian
(and/or Venetian) words/phrases/sentences there's one, which I'd
really, really would like to know the *exact* meaning of.
It's: Provedadori s
Dona
I realize this answer is very late relative to your inquiry. I have seen some
individual floral torchon patterns designed by Geraldine Stott and they are
very pretty. I have not seen the whole book, but based on the individual
ones, I'd say use hers. She is a very good designer with clear d
Sue
Chemical lace is a machine made lace based on embroidery. the base fabric is
some kind of synthetic which can be easily dissolved with acid or some other
chemical solution. The machine does cotton thread embroidery upon the
synthetic fabric. The embroidery pattern is designed in such a way t
Thanks for update David, I have been wondering whether your Tonder piece was
finished yet, another question as I hope to start making some myself
shortly, I am an avid Bucks Point fan but try as I might I cannot detect
what the essential difference is between Bucks and Tonder perhaps you could
enli
We've just added a new selection of items from the Lace Guild's
Collection to the Lace Gallery which you can access from the Guild
page - url below.
You'll also find some new items on the Errata page (accessed from
Publications). Thank you to Jean Nathan for recently pointing out an
error
On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:51, laceandb...@aol.com wrote:
Most of the threads on large plastic cones are industrial threads so
although that
doesn't exclude cotton and linen,
The large (1000m) cones of both Bouc and Fresia linen had been wound on
plastic cones for years (though I don't know for
Per Susan: "I am sure you all here have a wealth of info on the best ways
to clean lace or keep it white."
Oh! My!
Once again, the clean laces in my archival storage boxes are levitating!
This is for the new members of Arachne.
Lace should not be compared with clothing washed with h
hi hallo,
an other small test is fire
just burn a bit
and smell
if it smells like paper it will be cotton or linnen or hemp (could be
hemp if you say it is that old, hemp was sometimes trangly more
available then linnen)
then you do the Brenda magnifying test for making the difference to
long
Bev,
the text says that they will be made not that they are finished.
Sorry , we have still to wait.
Ilske
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They are made, perhaps they aren't uploaded yet. But they must be somewhere,
maybe at the Museum site itself. I'll try to find them to share the link,
because they are really beautiful.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Margot Walker
wrote:
> I think there are no photos because the press release
I think there are no photos because the press release says the the
museum "will" be making the bookmarks. In other words, they aren't
made yet.
On 19 Jan 2009, at 14:43, bev walker wrote:
Hi all
I have just received a press release from Musée de Retournac about
the 12
bookmarks sent wit
Hi all
I have just received a press release from Musée de Retournac about the 12
bookmarks sent with 12 books from la Ville Retournac in France to the US
Presidential Inauguration. There are two lovely photos, one of a bookmark in
progress, and the other of several of the beautiful bookmarks, on a
We are going out to a Burns night supper on saturday for my 60th birthday,
(did I just admit to that, LOL). My husband has a kilt I made to wear at
our living history camps and usually wears a red soldiers coat from the
period 1800's. He has socks/hose, sparren but no modern jacket, so we have
How would you change a suit jacket into a Scottish one? What is so
different?
Just interested.
Karen in Malta
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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
Sue
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 3:26 PM
To: Brenda Paternoster
Cc: Arachne
Subject:
Delores,
Two other factors can make thread stiff; one is the amount of twist. There
was a cotton thread called Unity that was around when I started making lace
(about 30 years ago) which was *the thread* for Bucks as it was highly twisted
and the lace made with it was *crisp*.
Some threads are
Thank you Brenda,
There is no label. The 'cone' is a plastic cyclinder and is not smooth. It
is about 5 inches in diameter and the thread is ecru. It was purchased from
a discount yarn shop in the sixties. I have used it to make samples of
edgings when I first started lace making in the ni
David, your work is so beautiful... I'll never be in your class but it is
inspiring, nonetheless!
Sr. Claire
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:23 PM, David in Ballarat
wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> Some of you may recall that large piece of Toender lace I've been working
> on. Well this week I finally got bac
I see what you mean about being recognisable, Thank you for you explanation
and for the link which I found very interesting.
I have a lace butterfly bought in Bruge in the 1980s which I wonder if its
done in this way.
When I bought it I bought it as a pretty brooch of lace that I liked, but
now
Dear Friends,
Some of you may recall that large piece of Toender lace I've been
working on. Well this week I finally got back to it after about 18
months doing other things! I've added a couple more inches this week
and am half way through turning the last of the 4 corners.
Whilst making one
Hello Sue
Chemical lace is cotton embroidery on acetate fabric, then the whole
lot is steeped in acetone or something similar to dissolve away the
acetate leaving only the embroidery. Discovered in the 1880s I think
so Victorian but slightly late for the 1850s setting of the TV
programme.
Brenda, you may have seen this coming, but I now have to ask what chemical
lace is please?
Thank you for such great info on the rest of the email, brilliant.
I think that they filming would have been done at different points and the
producer showing what they showed in the time allotted to each
Hello Delores
I have a 1950s book "The Identification of Textile Fibres" which goes
into great detail about microscopic and chemical tests to distinguish
one fibre from another, but unless you have your own laboratory to
hand
If you are just trying to decide between linen and cotton the
Today I was so excited to get a postcard with superb photos of Antique
Downton bobbins. One showed clearly that the decorators of East Devon
bobbins (Honiton) used the same decorator. To me, that is exciting!
Please continue with your generous donations of pictures of antique bobbins.
I prob
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