I know in Chicago there's tons of good fiber stores. Maybe not in your
suburb, but there are many weavers, spinners, and other fiber people in the
Chicago area.
I live in Colorado Springs, and we have 4 fiber stores in the Springs
proper. One of those stores caters to weaving (called Green Valle
Liz
Art quilts are the most serious and commonly practiced textile craft in the
U.S., all over the country, as far as I can see. I live in a suburb of
Chicago and every yard goods store has quilt fabrics and how-to booklets.
Some knitting and crochet yarns exist, but not in much variety and just
--
Robin
I have been reading up about Bethesda, Maryland, - learning a bit before
next years IOLI convention. Lots of information, - but Nothing at all about any
Handcrafts! Please tell me what the main crafts are, if anyone knows. - Might
they be Patchwork and Quilting (Is it near Amish c
I admire you chopping all that straw, Mark.
When I made my 2 x 24inch diameter pillows, around 1977/78 in my ignorance,
I did not bother to chop the straw up much. Just stuffed it in, in
handfuls, hammered it down, stuffed some more, more hammering, etc till I
had it more or less filled to the br
Just a comment about Comcast as an internet provider.for some peculiar
reason, Comcast blocks the email addresses of all sorts of well-known and
international providers. My own provider is a world-wide company, and is
the second biggest provider in Australia, and yet I cannot get email
mess
Wow! Amazing reaction to my announcement, and I'm quite bowled over. I want
to thank everyone for all their responses, and all the wonderfully varied
opinions and advice. And for visiting the site - 265 views so far! I've
already set up some interviews that I think you will enjoy.
After 5 posts
Thank you all for your help.
I have passed on your information to my friend, who lives up country, and a
letter with all your suggestions is in the mail to her.
I know I speak for her when I say a big "Thank You".
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. - where it is cold and grey again!
lizl...@bigp
I must have made about a hundred Honiton pillows since I started teaching
Honiton Lace in 1981. It used to take me 3 evenings to cut up half a bale of
Barley straw with a pair of scissors and many sore fingers until I manage to
find a chaffer. I still have it now but haven't used it lately.
what are the dimensions of your pillow?
Faye
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From: "Tatman"
To: "Lace list" , bobbinl...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 1:38:22 PM
Subject: [lace] Finished Honiton pillow
Update on my Honiton pillow I am made. I stuffed it really tight and sewn
up
I made a bolster pillow many years ago for my reenacting... My Landlord is a
dairy farmer and I asked them what has the least dust and they recommended I
use barley... So I went into my landlords haymow, it was filled to the
rafters on one side with barley.. In mid August I did this too and bo
Hello All! The inter-library loan dept. scored again--The Art of Tatting just
arrived & what a book! Thank you for posting the recommendation. I wanted to
add my 2c to the discussion of textiles as art because they are rarely
considered such. For some reason, textile arts are always in the c
Hi Mark
Certainly remove twigs and other foreign matter but I'm sure the laceworkers
did not cut their straw into such small pieces. In fact, such small pieces
would most likely tend to pack down quite quickly. They would just take a
handful, fold it a few times and stuff it in. A mallet was somet
Another remark, it is worthwhile to try a lace the traditional way,
with materials that were conventional for the time. Once you get the
basics of the lace, you can make decisions on substituting what is
available now (if you want).
I like the way the honiton bobbins hang on the dome shape, mostly
On 8/30/10 12:59 PM, "bev walker" wrote:
> Stuff until there is absolutely no possible way you can get more straw
> in without busting the cloth cover. The surface should be rock hard
> and smooth. Your pricking card will operate more effectively.
Actually I did bust a little of the seam as I wa
More ideas, both I've had done, and witness to as being effective:
1. Put the pile of straw on a tarp outside and run a lawnmower over it
a few times.
2. Put the straw through a garden shredder.
You really don't want those knots by the way. You'll see when one has
somehow worked its way to where y
Update on my Honiton pillow I am made. I stuffed it really tight and sewn
up the opening. Double sewn it so it wouldn't accidentally come undone or
rip. And here is my new Honiton pillow
http://tat-man.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_5094.jpg
I also made 3 cover cloths(as directed in t
Hi Mark
I enjoyed seeing your progress. How about trying a pair of garden shears!
Did it myself over a wheel barrow some 30 years ago.
Catherine Barley
Henley-on-Thames
UK
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Do you have a friend with a chipper/shredder? Maybe dumping the straw
into that would save you some work :D Or if you have a mulching lawn
mower with a bag?
On 8/30/2010 11:01 AM, Tatman wrote:
How ingenious! Good repurpose of a garden tool. I thought about using the
food processor, but don
How ingenious! Good repurpose of a garden tool. I thought about using the
food processor, but don't think my wife would like that LOL!!
I still have more straw to cut up for another pillow of sorts. So may look
for less painful and resourceful ways to get the straw cut.
--
Mark, aka Tatman
web
Mark,
I admire your fortitude in being willing to make your own Honiton pillow. I
have one aquaintance who tells me that she uses a string trimmer to get her
straw finely chopped. She does it outside on a concrete patio and has the
straw in a 10 gallon plastic bucket (wearing protective gloves
Hi all,
I am going ahead with my proposed project of making my own Honiton pillow so
I can get started on learning more about Honiton Lace. My dear friend,
Celtic Dreamweaver showed me how to do this lace several years ago. But I
was using her tools and pillow. And I really want to get going on
Avital--
Thank you for taking the time to write such a long and
informative
(and well organized!) email about Laurie's new
LaceNews blog.
Jacquie's
points about the value of a blog in addition to
Arachne had already changed
my mind about it; your points
have totally convinced me. Plus I appreci
Another reason for an external site is just that - it's external to
the list. Currently the only people who can read the Arachne messages
are members of the list. A blog, however, can be seen by anyone surfing
to the site. This has the potential to attract new lacemakers/list members.
I say g
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