[lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Francis Busschaert
polycotton def the best for this count 18 threads per cm and upwards or you can just use innerlining for skirts it is qiute gloss but as smooth as the of a but you do not realy need to tear downyour pillows now it can be simply overcome whit leather all of you know Anni Noben

Re: [lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Laceandbits
In a message dated 24/02/2010 08:40:39 GMT Standard Time, francis.busscha...@telenet.be writes: so the threads will never ever shred on the surface the leather is highpolllished Hi Francis, Leather or plastic is nice to use with continental bobbins, where you want them to slide, but with

Re: [lace] Le Puy - was Rescued Laces

2010-02-24 Thread Madame RD
Hi there are two books about La guipure du Puy . here's one on amazon http://www.amazon.fr/Guipure-du-Puy-Mick-Fouriscot/dp/2841671550 now of course you know that Mick Fouriscot isn't a lace maker and is the editor of the book . guipure has no ground , only head and foot. it is usually

[lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Jane Partridge
In message 24138.3f5865c.38b64...@aol.com, laceandb...@aol.com writes Never did solve the mystery, unless, possibly, had been wound those two bobbins with a different thread somehow. But if they were, it wasn't observable even with strong magnification. Could they have formed the first pair

Re: [lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Laceandbits
In a message dated 24/02/2010 11:11:09 GMT Standard Time, jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk writes: Could they have formed the first pair wound Unlikely. Mum was of the school to wind her bobbins in pairs, and as I remember there was a *pair* working the cloth stitch fans. Different enough to

Re: [lace] Finally finished a shawl

2010-02-24 Thread Clay Blackwell
Oooo! Lucky you! The shawl I made is the Queen Silvia! Clay On 2/23/2010 10:39 PM, Sue Babbs wrote: Me too! Especially as I was given Nancy Bush's Estonian Lace Shawls book for Christmas - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

RE: [lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Sue
And that leather thing dear friends is what got me hooked into lace making, on a visit to Honiton before I had even heard of bobbin lace we popped into a gift shop and I heard this wonderful rhythmic sound , followed my ears and there sat an old lady making lace with a leather cover exactly as you

Re: [lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Clay Blackwell
Ah- HA! Then it's definitely the lace gremlins! I suspect they've been around since dirt, but in modern times, some of them have morphed into computer gremlins. Clay Never did solve the mystery, unless, possibly, had been wound those two bobbins with a different thread somehow. But if

Re: [lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Malvary J Cole
When we (Jacquie, Tamara, Julie and I) went to IOLI in Montreal, Jacquie and Tamara were taking a course doing Cluny de Brioude. Tamara made 'leather' cover cloths and I was given one which I still enjoy using. Tamara would be able to tell you what she bought to make the cloths with. Some

[lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Dmt11home
Throughout this discussion I have been wondering whether the shedding threads problem was in any way related to the use of English verses continental bobbins. I have always used continental bobbins with bulbs on the bottom and wound in the continental fashion, which is opposite to the

[lace] this is a comunication over the KANTCENTRUM

2010-02-24 Thread Francis Busschaert
i just treceived this information of the kantcentrum Chers Fans de dentelle, Depuis quelques mois, le Centre de la Dentelle de Bruges (Kantcentrum) est géré par un nouveau Bureau de direction. Cette nouvelle direction a pu conclure un accord avec le conseil municipal de la ville de Bruges et

Re: [lace] this is a comunication over the KANTCENTRUM

2010-02-24 Thread Jennifer Barron
hope you don't mind but I ran the text through a translator, parts are obviously odd but the gist is clear I think, I've not trimmed your post so those who speak French can clear up the oddities in translation jenny barron Scotland hers Fans of lace, For a few months, the Center of the Lace of

[lace] Babelfish version of Kantcentrum announcement

2010-02-24 Thread Dmt11home
I am thinking that delighted by a new wind in poop might be something more along the lines of a new wind in the sails. Ah, Babelfish, it never ceases to amuse. I am very excited about the municipal lace collection being on display again, as it was not on display when I visited several years

Re: [lace] More thoughts on cover cloths

2010-02-24 Thread Alix Antoine Hengen
I never had problems with shredding threads, I use Natural fiber only for I am allergic to anything chemical in fabrics. As for satin as a cover cloth, I had one wool cloth I put a satin band to cover the edges. And very soon I had the problem of very fine threads of the satin working themselves

Re: [lace] this is a comunication over the KANTCENTRUM

2010-02-24 Thread sof
Thank you very much Francis to put a message in french!!! Better to read for me. This morning, I just took my subscription to kant magazine. I hope to go next summer in the Binche class in kantcentrum. Kantcentrum said to me 15 days ago that it will be organise. Now I begin a feather with two

[lace] french idiom: wind in poop

2010-02-24 Thread Dmt11home
After deducing from context that poop was related to poop deck and that what was probably meant was wind in the sails and posting that theory, I thought to look it up on google. Note that I always post my theories before checking the accuracy of them :-) According to

[lace] Kantcentrum translation....

2010-02-24 Thread Sue Duckles
This is my translation of the French Dear Fans of lace, For some months, the Center of the Lace of Bruges (Kantcentrum) has been managed by a new Office of direction. This new direction was able to conclude an agreement with the town council of the city of Bruges and the owners of the local

[lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Alex Stillwell
The reason I was given to use cotton rather than poly cotton fabric for cloths was that the static from the poly cotton in some way weakens the thread. I am not at all convinced by that as I don't have problems with threads Exactly right. The idea that static electricity has anything to do with

[lace] Shredding threads and cover cloths

2010-02-24 Thread C Johnson
Hi all, I use cover cloths a lot, sometimes covering my entire pillow; so I know from experience that Two (2) problems can result in regard to the shredding of threads and cover cloths: 1.) The longer the working thread between the pricking and the bobbins, the more likely it WILL rub on

Re: [lace] Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Vicki Bradford
I was also in the Cluny de Brioude class in Montreal. Our class materials instructed us to bring a leather piece to work on. I was fortunate to find a remnant of a very soft deerskin leather, comparatively thin and very pliable, plus it felt wonderful to the touch. I believe there were some

[lace] Re: Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Feb 24, 2010, at 23:57, Vicki Bradford wrote: I was also in the Cluny de Brioude class in Montreal. Our class materials instructed us to bring a leather piece to work on. Actually, we were told to bring fake leather (skin, I think it was called), which is what I did bring for myself and a

Re: [lace] Re: Shredding threads

2010-02-24 Thread Tregellas Family
During a Russian Lace workshop a while back as part of the tutor's kit we received a circle of clear plastic tube, fitted together to make a circle. This worked a treat in raising the threads away from the pins as one works around braid pieces while constantly turning the cookie pillow.

[lace] Lace in blog from Norway

2010-02-24 Thread pene piip
In the beginning of December I left a comment on a blog my name was chosen randomly. I then received a very small knitted mitten ornament from the blogger, a lady in Norway. I reciprocated sent her a tatted heart ornament. She writes about the town she lives in (Trondheim) about her travels.

Re: [lace-chat] UK Shonky Deal help

2010-02-24 Thread Agnes Boddington
Hello David These kinds of emails have been doing the rounds in the UK, and some people have fallen for them. They are scams, and quite a few people have lost thousands. Just explain to her very gently that she has not won anything. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK All sounds very shonky to

[lace-chat] Re: Shredding Threads

2010-02-24 Thread Susan Reishus
Thank you, Alex, Jacquie, and Jane, for your sharing.  The thrill, is that my naive question became a wonderful sharing of all sorts of various techniques employed, and perspectives.  I feel that not only the novice to bobbin lace, but perhaps even someone well versed, perhaps picked up a

[lace-chat] Re: Cucumbers

2010-02-24 Thread Susan Reishus
1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just  one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5,  Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium,  Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc13...  David in Ballarat Perhaps the source is a cucumber

[lace-chat] Re: Helpful Husbands

2010-02-24 Thread Susan Reishus
Hi, I know lots of us have help husbands, do pricking for us, put blue film  on our patterns. Some even wind bobbins! One of my classes husband  excelled when  she came home from shopping to find he had straightened her lazy  susan for her.  ;- )  Vivienne Wow, revelatory!  These perhaps, aren't