Re: [lace] more knotting & tatting?

2010-08-09 Thread Sue Duckles
They call it Scoobidou Faye it's done with 'plastic cords' and depending on how you do it you get either a round or a square cord. Sue in EY On 9 Aug 2010, at 04:22, colonialart...@frontier.com wrote: oh yeah.. the josephine knot is what the kids nowadays were using to make these pretty

Re: [lace] Agnes with a broken wrist

2010-08-09 Thread Sue Duckles
Alex, with comments like that you'll be making everyone fall and break a wrist... VBG Seriously though, it's not nice breaking a bone I remember it well!! but if I ever do it again I'm asking for this surgeon! Hope it's better soon, it's bad enough being a leftie in a right handed

[lace] Knotting

2010-08-09 Thread Jane Partridge
In message , mary carey writes Hi All, My understanding of a Josephine knot is both halves of a square knot with a single strand "space" inbetween. That sounds more like a picot - a Josephine knot is a ring made up of stitches which are either the first half of a double stitch or the second

Re: [lace] Knotting

2010-08-09 Thread colonialartist
That is correct, if you do it during a chain you get a neat continuous twist to the chain. Hmmm I have never seen knetting.. and this tuning fork implement... hmmm shoulds like something I need to look into.. will have to find these instructions also.. Faye Hegener , just awake and getting

[lace] Netting

2010-08-09 Thread Laceandbits
Jane said "We used netting "needles" at college - look like a rod with a tuning fork at either end - you need something thinner than a shuttle if you are aiming for a fine mesh." It's the mesh stick, not the needle, which controls the size of the holes in the net. But I think that a shuttle sh

[lace] Wonderful Description from 1860

2010-08-09 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Friends, I have almost finished reading a book which was a school prize awarded to my Grandfather, David McGARVIE, in 1902 when he was 10 years old. I can tell you that the language is even quite difficult for an adult. I doubt it has ever been read. The book is called "Crown & Empire - G

[lace] Re: knotting and tatting?

2010-08-09 Thread Tatman
For those that want to know more, from what my sources tell me, the first recorded statement of "tatting" is in 1834. And with most handiwork you can assume that it had a beginning of many years before that with teachings and word of mouth. If you want detailed research on the history and recorde

[lace] Book Review for Left-handed Stitchers

2010-08-09 Thread Jeriames
Yvette Stanton's "The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion - A Step-by-Step Stitch Dictionary", published by Vetty Creations in 2010, 978-0-9757677-3-3, PB. My copy came from Ruth Kern Books in the U.S., priced $29.(U.S. Amazon for $23.) This new book from Australia may be helpful to th

[lace] IOLI vs OIDFA

2010-08-09 Thread L.Snyder
Hi everyone; I am looking for input... I know what IOLI is, and have been to a number of their conventions. Their conventions are essentially their annual general meeting with classes, the classes being the more time consuming part of the week long event. I have heard of OIDFA, but have ignored

[lace] 18th C Embroidery Techniques

2010-08-09 Thread hottleco
Hello! Thank you Jeri!! And I can't believe I actually own this book & missed the article on knotting. I don't buy many as I'm a frequent patron of the library. And dare I say that it is in my "will do later" pile...er file! I bought it for the blurb on Hollie Point, but there is some great

RE: [lace] Netting

2010-08-09 Thread Annette Meldrum
Hi all, Margaret Morgan teaches netting here in Australia and I did her class in Brisbane at the Australian Lace Guild AGM. One of the hardest techniques to pick up. The knot is very involved and goes wrong if you loose concentration. I finished one small doyley in class over 2 days (and much of t

Re: [lace] Ithaca Lace Day roommate

2010-08-09 Thread lynrbailey
Funny thing, I too am looking for a roommate, but for the nearby campground. I pay, for four days, what I expect is less than one day for a double room at the hotel. The campground has nice bathrooms, good showers. This is a state park, and there is no electricity available. I am tenting. P

RE: [lace] Book Review for Left-handed Stitchers

2010-08-09 Thread Margery Allcock
I'm intrigued. Will the lace or embroidery made by a left-handed worker be identifiable as such, once finished? And will this enable the maker to be more nearly identified? I'm imagining future textile experts saying "well, this was made by a left-handed person in the early 21st century, and we