Ulrike Voelker also showed those of us attending one of her workshops
that you can also cut the contact that you place over the pricking with
an extra 2 to 3 inches around the edge then stick the contact to the
pricking the pillow you don't need any pins.
I have a problem with that because
Unless you have chaired a large convention, and dealt with a large
hotel, you probably don't realize what a meal costs in that environment.
Also realize that part of the price is the room cost, as well as the food
and the service. Unless the group wishes to change the format of future
Arachne
Hi all, I would like your views. Though I am a supplier this is not
promoting any thing I sell but I think Lace makers need to express an opinion
on.
The people who make many of the pins in the world have been looking for a
long time at the problem of brass pins tarnishing. they tell me
Vivienne,
My pins are used all the time and bend and get replaced before they become
unusable through tarnishing.
I have been using these kind since 2001 and when they became hard to get at
one time I bought some silver type I have two pots of those and have never
bothered to use them!!! no I
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thought I would forward this to the list. I am just a pleased customer of
Dear Friends,
I should have said when I first wrote this question, that my pricking
are always photocopies or scans covered in Contact. As such, threads
like these would not hold, or would tear the pricking.
Thanks
David in Ballarat
sew
long loops of thread into the pricking at strategic
At 02:49 AM 10/04/2010, Sue Babbs wrote:
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
Clay,
Ulrike Voelker also says .Instead, we should place a temporary
pin off to the side, but toward you, so that the threads must come
down in a straighter line before moving off to the side.
I have always done that. In fact I use a tall hat pin so that 7 or 8
bobbin holders will still
Dear Liz,
I fully understand what you are saying, but would not like to risk
damage to one of the last pillows made with horse hair in Australia.
Thanks
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
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 really like the sound of this idea. But surely if it's a larger
piece of
At 05:08 PM 10/04/2010, pene piip wrote:
Ulrike Voelker also showed those of us attending one of her workshops
that you can also cut the contact that you place over the pricking with
an extra 2 to 3 inches around the edge then stick the contact to the
pricking the pillow you don't need any
The people who make many of the pins in the world have been looking for a
long time at the problem of brass pins tarnishing.
Vivienne,
it's a luxurious idea, but I find my brass pins, many of which are
about 15 years old and used over and over, have not tarnished at all.
Perhaps it is the
If you want to keep the pricking, just trim off the excess contact paper.
Or in the case of the stuff I buy from Walgreen's, you can just peel it off.
A little of the inkjet ink comes too, but the pricking would still be
useable.
Sue Babbs
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From: pene piip
My piece of plastic has been on the pillow since Sept/October last year and is
still in place. I have worked over a yard of lace on the pricking. I have
just found a problem on this round where the pricking had a quarter inch cut in
it and it is catching the threads. This was my fault for
I have chaired an IOLI convention in Rockford where we managed to keep the cost
of the Arachne lunch down to $20. I did mention in my last email that the I am
aware that the cost covers the room as well as food and service. I am not
attacking Portland as I appreciate how much hard work it is
When I take a pricking off the pillow, I fold the contact behind the pricking.
It may have some lint off the pillow on that part and does not seen to stick
firmly so it can be unfolded and used again.
Janice
I have a problem with that because what do you do when you take the
pricking off the
hm, well - my prickings are paper photocopies with a layer of clear packing
tape. You could try the tethers (or moorings - thanks Sally!), they do hold
and there is no see-saw pulling on the pricking that would cause a tear. I
sew the threads through the pricking with a needle. If there is a
For textile lovers like me, there are now one knitted shawl, one lace fan, and
one tapestry to be seen in my album on the Arachne webshots community.
Aurelia
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Hello Vivienne -
I have no problem treating my brass pins when they get tarnished. Then,
they're good as new. However, I've also shifted to using primarily
stainless pins, because I have less trouble with bending, and also
because they come in so many wonderful sizes.
As for the gold
Hi Janice -
I don't get to all of the IOLI conventions... I go every three or four
years. And so I don't think my opinion is necessarily as valid as that
of someone who is a regular!
However, regardless of the pricepoint, I think that whatever the food
is, in a conference hotel, you're
On Apr 10, 2010, at 10:02 AM, David C COLLYER wrote:
Personally I feel that the pricking would not buckle so much if it
was a thin Manilla-type card, but as mine are always paper with
Contact, this is often a problem. I feel it has something to do
with large areas of point ground, rather
Hi Clay,
We did look into using a college campus in Illinois and the expenses were still
high, but the main problem was getting people from the airport to the colleges.
No public transport and just very expensive taxi rides.
I like your idea of getting together in the evening but most
I do this for a lot of years. I just turn the excess sticky part under.
Reinforcement.
Christa
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From: Sue Babbs sueba...@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 10:28 AM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: Fw: [lace] Securing prickings
If you
Brass pins used in the more humid Sydney area do tarnish after a while. Not
a problem as they clean easily if soaked for a few minutes in a hot dilute
solution of liquid detergent, and vinegar. Rinse and dry well afterwards.
No problem, except for the forgotten UFO where the pins were so
If it is paper+contact it is only re-usable a few time so make two copies
originally and file the spare photocopy.
Jay in Sydney
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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
David C COLLYER
Sent: Sunday, 11 April 2010 12:25 AM
To: pene
pene piip p...@eggo.org wrote:
Ulrike Voelker also showed those of us attending one of her workshops
that you can also cut the contact that you place over the pricking with
I have a problem with that because what do you do when you take the
pricking off the pillow, the contact then sticks
Hi all, I would like your views. Though I am a supplier this is not
promoting any thing I sell but I think Lace makers need to express an opinion
on.
The people who make many of the pins in the world have been looking for a
long time at the problem of brass pins tarnishing. they tell me
Vivienne,
My pins are used all the time and bend and get replaced before they become
unusable through tarnishing.
I have been using these kind since 2001 and when they became hard to get at
one time I bought some silver type I have two pots of those and have never
bothered to use them!!! no I
The people who make many of the pins in the world have been looking for a
long time at the problem of brass pins tarnishing.
Vivienne,
it's a luxurious idea, but I find my brass pins, many of which are
about 15 years old and used over and over, have not tarnished at all.
Perhaps it is the
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