[lace] prickings/needlelace

2009-09-02 Thread catherine
Janice Blair wrote: The pattern was drawn on the plastic and then placed down on the felt so the ink would not come off on the threads. We were not working on any type of pillow and the plastic gave the work some stability. My piece is finished and framed! It may not be the best tensionwise,

Re: [lace] prickings/needlelace

2009-09-02 Thread Maureen Bromley
Dear All I also use architects linen where I can when I work needlelace but agree with Catherine that architects linen is very pale. I had a reasonable store of this as I worked in a solicitors office and they used to use it for the plans on legal documents but now that everything is

[lace] Swedish translation

2009-09-02 Thread tess parrish
A great big thanks to Ann-Marie Anderson for translating the Swedish pattern for me. It amazes me how we can all communicate with each other all over the world thanks to Arachne. The pattern is for a vest, done in thin wool, and is made of squares all joined together afterwards by

[lace-chat] A Little Wordplay for Lovers of Words

2009-09-02 Thread Clay Blackwell
I've run across this list of excellent puns on the internet... some are very clever, all are amusing, for those of us who love word-play! http://phoenomi.com/2006/09/12/a-little-wordplay-for-lovers-of-words/ Clay To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: