Thanks for that explanation Lorelei - and I've also had a more-than-usual
careful look at your Honiton pieces. Now I can probably go to the Luxton
book and understand better.
Karen
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Casein is also used in the older types of carpenters' glues - and it's very
strong, especially the type that is "cooked" i.e. it comes in small beads
and has to be heated until it melts into a watery consistence.
Karen in Malta
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Hi Clay and everyone
To add to the conversation, 'casein' is a component in some knitting needles
I bought, made in Australia, the casein a by-product from the dairy
industry.
I think this might be the same protein in the 'milk yarns.' My casein
knitting needles have a faint but rather odd and di
Dear Jeri -
By the time the milk in this yarn *becomes* the yarn, it has long since
lost its original identity. This is not a fiber which has been dyed
with milk, it is a fiber which has been made with milk protein, in the
same way (whatever *that* is) that bamboo or soy protein is turned into
Super duper lace Alix! I neglected to compliment you earlier. Snocksnarls
will be my new word of the day! What a great term to share with textile
friends. I have already shared the Butterfly Project info with embroidery &
quilt guild friends. You can never have too many butterflies! Thanks
I am currently working some samples for a forthcoming workshop, and at the same
time trying out some of the unusual yarns I got from Uppingham Yarns a few
months ago.
Bamboo yarn is, as Clay says, very soft. Uppinghams had it in three sizes;
2/13.5 which measured 12 w/cm, 2/36 - 23 w/cm and 3/
Dear Milk Lovers,
Lace and embroidery conservators have found milk spots impossible to
remove from Christening gowns and other precious garments or linens on which
milk may be spilt. It leaves brown spots.
So, while you are intrigued by milk being blended with fibers, please think
again.
Ah, so that's why a friend who does rug-hooking belongs to a group
called the "Potomac Thrummers"...! (-:
I always wondered where that name came from, but never bothered to
check. Like Liz said, this list broadens our education everyday! (-:
Vicki in Maryland where temps reached 68F yesterday,
Dear Alice,
It depends on the environment where acid free boxes are stored as to how
long they "last". This differs, depending on many local conditions. Mine
are still fine after 12 years.
The way to test the acid content of a box is with the pen we have
discussed many times on Arachne.
Dear Linda,
I know it may not have appeared in print in the Oxford English Dictionary,
but I assure you that I have been a member of The Embroiderers' Guild of
America since 1968, and "Ort" was used by embroidery teachers in classes that
I attended from that time - 42 years ago.
Embroiderers a
The discussion of milk used with lace was still on my mind when I
visited my local yarn shop this afternoon in search of sock forms for
blocking socks. DH had put a pair of socks I knitted him in the
washer... oops, the yarn wasn't superwash!! They were tiny! Forms
needed!! (And they worke
Joanne and Karen
The difference between "raised and rolled" and "partly raised" is just a
matter of how much of it there is. Please look at my website
http://lynxlace.com/bobbinlace%20newrevival.html At the bottom of that page,
the 2nd from the last row of photos, are of some raised Honiton sam
You live and learn - I always thought the threads left on bobbins were 'oughts'
because you ought to do something with them!
Jean
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I would like to second Karen's question about Partly Raised and Raised Work.
I am currently trying to get to grips with Honiton lace using Elsie Luxton's
book "The Technique of Honiton Lace". I have done the first three patterns,
but looking ahead I see there is a big section called Raised an
Hi All,
I do a lot of filet crochet and I have used both the metal plates with
magnetic markers and highlighters.
With the highlighters, I photocopy the pattern first so I am not ruining the
pattern, and use a highlighter texta (with a ruler if it is a large piece like
an altar frontal), allows y
An ort is a bit of thread left over from a project. That little bit left on
the needle or bobbin or
I work in a pre-school (for ages 3-5yrs) and I save my ' orts' in an old
sweet jar to be used by the children for their collage work with lots of
glue they get used for hair, clo
Oh Kim! Either I wasn't clear, or forgot to state, that you should slip the
pattern into a protective sleeve, or cover with clear wrap, etc., and then use
the cellophane tape with highlighter drawn on the sticky side. I just found
making my own not only worked better, but was cheaper, lasted long
I agree that thread is not best for bird's nests.
One spring when DD was child, I trimmed her hair while she sat at the picnic
table in the back yard. We left the trimmings where they fell and I
suggested that maybe a bird would use them. Several months later we found a
small bird's nest line
Robin wrote:
I believe milk was used to darken, not lighten the lace. Milk is used to brown
crusts on baked goods and can be used like lemon juice as an "invisible ink"
that appears when heated. The speaker (in the book) also compares using milk
to make the lace "cream" instead of the darker "yell
I have another question for today - this time related to Honiton Lace, which
should be my next adventure.
It's not clear to me what is meant by Partly Raised and Raised Work - can
someone explain please.
Thanks,
Karen in Malta
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Thank you Avital - good of you to share and I've printed it so that some
day..
Karen in Malta
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Subject: [lace] Miniature Torchon Tablecloth and
My solution for clews and thrums is to make tassels. I keep a 3"
piece of heavy cardboard with my tools to wrap the leftover thread
on. When it's thick enough to suit your purpose, make a tassel.
Also, I've seen lovely wearable art with the threads scattered over
fabric, topped with organ
Dear Spiders,
I'm gradually moving things from my old Web site to my blog. Today I
posted some photos of a miniature Torchon tablecloth that I designed
and almost ten years ago. I also posted the pricking.
http://apinnick.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/miniature-bobbin-lace-tablecloth-and-pattern/
Bes
Hmmm, I use my thrums to make thrum dolls (string dolls) They are very pretty
when the warp is colorful.
Susie
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Morris, IL
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The word you want for thread ends on the loom is 'thrums.'
Some weavers find uses fo
Hi Linda and everyone
The word you want for thread ends on the loom is 'thrums.'
Some weavers find uses for their thrums, in rug-making, or as tied into
bundles to make dusters (who dusts?!). I once tried to use some in a lace
project, but the integrity of the particular yarn was not good for bobb
I asked my friend who told me that her grandmother made lace. I asked her if
she did it for work or pleasure and here is her reply.
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org
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> Clew
> Likewise, this word comes from an Anglo-Saxon original, and it always
> seems to have meant rolled into a ball: not just of yarn, but a ball of
> anything
In Dutch we have a word written differently. I only recognized the
similarity in sound when I read the description above. Usually we
Hello Elise,
I'm assuming you're working the usual Bucks Point ground stitch at the catch
pin (half st plus 2 extra twists, cttt). Placing the pin beside the pairs (and
next to the footside) instead of between the pairs gives a series of loops
characteristic of the Bucks Point footside. If the
I can't resist words, so I looked up these two in the Oxford English
Dictionary, and this is what I found.
Ort
Although the word is thought to derive from Anglo-Saxon, and there is a
clear explanation from about 1325 that 'ort' means leftover cattle
fodder, the first reference to ort as fibre
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