Happy New Year!
We've pulled the winners of the Advent Calendar competition out of the
electronic hat and they are
1. Ilske Thomsen
2. Connie Longford
The answer is now on the Lace Guild website. We've also mounted a list of
credits for the lace in the calendar .
Thank you to everyone who
Hello everyone,
I need your help. :-)
The lace of Malines is a bobbin lace. It is characterized by a wire a
little thicker which determines the contour of the designs. The
decorations the Malines almost always comprise a design of flowers
with four leaves. The design is also present in the
Where did you get this information, just out of curiosity?
Admittedly, off the top of my head, I would consider the use of the term
wire, to actually mean gimp, or if writing for a non-lace public, perhaps
thicker thread is the term to be used. I would also think that a reference
to the
Hello Nathalie,
at the beginning the Malines, Valenciennes and Binche were very similar. After
a while the contour-thread and the specific grounds appear.
The Malines laces were always made with very fine linen thread which has often
a shiny look because it is smooth.
The motives are mostly in
Go to the website and click on the calendar, and then on the left hand side
there is a list of choices, including answers. This will give you each
clue's answer (which I can't remember) and the overall answer, which I won't
tell you in case anyone has notyet worked it out
Sue
Can any one
Nathalie
Devon and Ilske have both given you good answers. But I want to add some
things.
Firstly, the description you give is too narrow, and a bit misleading in some
respects. Mechlin and Malines are two names for the same town, in German and
in French. There is a ground called Mechlin or
Happy New Year to everyone.
I have just returned from holiday, and got back onto Arachne. I have missed
you all, and hope you are all well and safe.
I made a quarter of the Bucks pt. wedding handkie I started in December,(part
of the first corner, and all of one side, and into the 2nd corner) so
a merry and smashing day!!
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fiancé Ludwig
that she had always dreamed of being married in a
white gown he realized he had his work cut out for him.
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