oooh I saw this on Martina Wolter-Kampmann's dvd, "Kloppeln auf der Rolle"
where she cut a circle of the plastic a good inch wider all around than the
circular pricking. Looked smart on the 'rolle' (bolster pillow).
I agree with Janice, that if you leave too many pins in a fine pattern such
as Buc
Like others, I am looking forwarding to hearing what classes I got for this
summer and also to meeting other Arachne at the lunch. I picked up a cute
raffle prize for the lunch last week. You will have to attend to see what it
is ;-}
I also wrote to the 2011 and 2012 convention hosts asking t
I had heard the idea that Ulrike uses and have used it ever since. I cut my
sticky plastic covering about an inch or so wider than the pricking and place
the pricking on the pillow, then lay the sticky plastic over the top of it,
securing the pricking to the pillow. I am presently working a la
Given the discussion on wig-making, I should probably give the complete
title of Mark Campbell's 1867 book.
The title page says:
"Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work, Dressing Hair, Making Curls,
Switches, Braids, and Hair Jewelry of Every Description." Compiled from
Original Designs and
With larger prickings on a cookie pillow, such as a square pricking, I pin
down the part that shows, and only one pin per corner, for the lower part
that is covered with a dressing cloth. I just pin at the sides where
needed.
Then as I move down, and move the dressing cloth, those side pins can
I love this idea. Need to make one and give it a try.
Marji
From: Noelene Lafferty
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Fri, April 9, 2010 2:44:01 PM
Subject: RE: [lace] Securing prickings
I secure my prickings with just a normal lace pin pushed right in, but I do
hav
David,
I would like to share a method that I learned from Robin Lewis Wild. It only
works on a straw filled pillow and it does involve the sacrifice of some pins.
It also works best if the pins are long. I have found that this method secures
the pricking very firmly to the pillow and puts the
I secure my prickings with just a normal lace pin pushed right in, but I do
have a special drawcloth - it is a square of two layers of fabric, with a
large "U" shape cut out of one side, the width of the lace I am making. It
usually the same size as my block pillow. It covers the pillow, except f
Ulrike Voelker also says that there are other reasons that the pricking
gets kinks or buckles. She advises not using a card that is extremely
stiff, and also be careful about how you're placing the pins. The
headside and footside pins (or edge pins, if not an edging), should be
tilted *slight
Dear David,
You have to use the right pins to get the pricking on the pillow. The right
pins have a very flat head. I use ordinary sewing pins, which are thin in the
shaft and usually have a nice flat head. I press them into the pillow well,
almost a slight depression there, and I never have
I'm afraid that the ideas about racks and stands are not practical,
because they would necessitate lengthening and shortening the leashes of
each bobbin each time you put them "in storage". I'm quite certain the
joy would be gone forever if that had to be done!!
Clay
On 4/9/2010 1:11 PM, Sus
If Dorothy Wolfe of Stanhope, NJ is on this list, this is to let her know
that I have received her IOLI bulletin, way out here in California. Besides
my bulletin, I received two other bulletins stuffed inside of mine. One
happened to be for a lady in a nearby city that happens to belong to my
"U shaped wooden tines, shaped like tuning forks, with holes near opening to
pin to pillow, etc."
Perhaps these devices need a stand, so the base could be set into a strip of
two long pieces or perhaps better, a U shape. If the bottom edge of the U
shaped device was squared off, or perhaps better,
"...visited Colonial Williamsburg...wigmaker shop...tools...fairly simple.: a
wood stand with two poles and three strands of string wound on the
poles...a comb(similar to a carder...)...would wind the long lengths of hair
over/under/over the 3 strands. Slide it over(repeat)...alternating
lengths..
Ulrike Loehr (I've forgotten her married name) cuts her blue plastic film
bigger than the pricking and uses that to secure the pricking to the pillow.
I don't find that this works well if you have a piece on the pillow for a
long time, but then you can pin through the film only, and this pin ten
That would work, unless your thread catches on the tape :p
I would like to share Sally Schoenberg's method, hope she doesn't mind - sew
long loops of thread into the pricking at strategic points (e.g. where you
would normally pin), and pin the loops tight 'way back from the pricking,
thus tetherin
In message <20100409135311.6c1a7298...@gex-cn05.ncable.net.au>, David C
COLLYER writes
Dear Friends,
Another questions for your wonderful combination of minds.
How do you secure your pricking to the pillow?
If the pricking card is a square or rectangle, then one pin in each
corner - flat hea
Dear Friends,
Another questions for your wonderful combination of minds.
How do you secure your pricking to the pillow?
I ask this because when I am working on something like a square or
hexagonal edging I try to use as few pins as possible. I can't stand
the bobbins I am using catching on the
I went searching for a leaf pattern to try out the Lime Sherbert
Blendables Sulky thread, and really didn't find what I was looking
for. So I drew one up and worked on this last night
http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinburg/BLgallery/HS_leaf.jpg
It
measures 3.7cm(1 7/16th inches). I think it turned o
-I use the ones I make myself that I crochet. It holds as many bobbins as I
want and then I stack them. Bobbins never fall out or change places.
Instructions. chain as long as you want, I do 40. Single crochet back . The
next row is double crochet skip 1 double crochet repeat to the end. Single
I use very long hat pins with my spangled bobbins. I run the pin
through the spangles and stick it, upright, into the pillow. Twelve
pairs fit on one pin and because they're stored upright, they take
very little room on the pillow.
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
Visi
For what it's worth, when I began studying Binche with Michael Giusiana,
I quickly realized that with hundreds of bobbins on the pillow, I needed
to find a system! I asked Michael about this, and his response was that
successful bobbin management was what separated the girls from the women!!
Hi Lorri -
A picture of my Christina with the "wings" that my DH made has been
added to my album in Webshots. (
http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/571334706pwYDpA ) I designed
it, he crafted it. We had to go through three designs before I found
the ideal shape and size.
Clay
O
I have just been trying out something new to bundle up bobbins:
Jewellery pouches with draw strings, about 10x12cm.
I bought 10 on ebay for £2.99 plus p/p.
You put 5-6 pairs in each pouch, pull the string, then pin the pouch(es) out
of the way on your pillow.
For the bobbins to stay in the right
Dear all,
Many thanks for all the helpful comments and suggestions on teaching bobbin
lace to beginners, both here on the list and via off-list e-mail. I will be
writing individually shortly, however I wanted to say a public thank you
first.
I just this minute got a copy of the Fouriscot book I
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