Re: [lace] Claire's lace

2010-09-17 Thread Claire Allen
Thank you so much for your kind compliments. I am looking forward to seeing it again tomorrow. I have quite missed it. Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 17 Sep 2010, at 21:44, Lorelei Halley wrote: > Claire > Your flower is pretty, but your waterlily mat

[lace] Claire's lace

2010-09-17 Thread Lorelei Halley
Claire Your flower is pretty, but your waterlily mat is amazing. Thanks for posting the link. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com

Re: [lace] accidents

2010-09-17 Thread Claire Allen
Had one today while making a lace flower to wear to the Lace Guild Exhibition tomorrow. While sewing the flower on to the band trying to push the needle through a stiff piece of fabric I managed to force the eye of the needle completely inside the top of my finger right alongside the nail. Ow ow

[lace] accidents

2010-09-17 Thread Lorelei Halley
I had a similar experience to Nancy's. But at the point where everybody in the room saw my broken threads, the teacher said "does anybody have any glue?" I cracked up, laughing so hard I forgot all about the tragedy. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

Re: [lace] Accidents

2010-09-17 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
On 17/09/2010 16:57, David C COLLYER wrote: Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. Have you ever pushed in a pin really hard, only to discover to your peril that it was upside down??? I did it this morning and am sure it scraped the bone. Ooh, that sou

Re: [lace] Accidents

2010-09-17 Thread Nancy Neff
yeoowww! My worst accident was in the last 15 minutes of the last day of the week-long (mornings) Honiton class at the Arachne convention in Nottingham. It was my first attempt at Honiton. I had struggled with the fine threads, had finished the first leaf and the circle of the flower, and was f

Re: [lace] Accidents

2010-09-17 Thread Carol
On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:07 AM, bev walker wrote: Hello David and everyone ow, ow, ow. I've done that to a finger, but not as dramatic a push (can I say you get a 'point' for that?). Yes the ol' cut off the pair before they're finished trick...done that too. In my Honiton days I had a glass b

[lace] Popes lace vestments

2010-09-17 Thread nicholas anne
Hi, I am watching the service from Westminster Abbey on tv at the moment and wondered if anyone else is watching and has noticed the beautiful lace vestments that the Pope is wearing? Anne Nicholas Middx England - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscrib

Re: [lace] Accidents

2010-09-17 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Oh yes, David, the same happened to me some time ago. And it wasn't only to push very hard it was, I couldn't see it, the point where two parts of the pillow came together what means I pushed on the wooden part. Awful! Good luck for the next lacing day. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Accidents

2010-09-17 Thread bev walker
Hello David and everyone ow, ow, ow. I've done that to a finger, but not as dramatic a push (can I say you get a 'point' for that?). Yes the ol' cut off the pair before they're finished trick...done that too. In my Honiton days I had a glass bobbin slither off the pillow pointy-end down to my fo

[lace] Unwritten rules

2010-09-17 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Friends, As I was making lace today I noticed myself doing a few things which I've discovered work for me but would not be mentioned in books necessarily. Then I began to think, I bet most of us do such things. Now these could be the very short cuts, handy hints etc. which would be of gr

[lace] Accidents

2010-09-17 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Friends, I'm afraid there was a bit of language at the lace pillow today. Have you ever pushed in a pin really hard, only to discover to your peril that it was upside down??? I did it this morning and am sure it scraped the bone. Any other interesting accidents out there? Like cutting o