On my first piece of lace the teacher told me to cut the bobbins off after
I sewed and knotted each pair about 3 inches from the knots. Then to roll
the dangly bits of thread together and over sew them. I'd spent months
making a beautiful piece of extremely fine torchon only to completely ruin
This topic has still got my husband insensed by the women's behaviour. He is
head of security at one of the museums in Oxford and wanted to share this
particular tale with you of something that happened recently.
They have a very beautiful, simple chair in one of the collections. It dates
from
So sorry to read about this happening to you, and for that matter any
lacemaker who has had similar experiences. I haven't yet had the incident
happen to me(crossing fingers and saying a prayer). But my time may come
that I may have reacted just as you calmly have. In a public place and
especial
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I must apologize to everyone on Arachne, I received the subject email from a
relative so thought it was safe to open, it wasn't. The message hijacked my
address book and keeps sending out emails with the "OMG" message.
I was only recently made aware of the problem whe
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/23157786/269087697/name/SNUGGLING_ON_THE_BEACH.wmv
You haev to watch this.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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Liz wrote about the man who broke the vases:
"The guy was charged with criminal damage but I can't find out if he was
prosecuted or convicted and hubby can't find out from the musuem's
grapevine."
Yorkshire Post 8th August 2006:
"Mr Flynn, of Fowlmere, Cambs, was arrested on suspicion of caus
Ita Aber, author of the article in question, also produced a DVD that
pretty much rounds up all the information available about Spanier Arbit,
including showing someone doing it at the Israel Museum. This DVD was available
from the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework
_http://www.pomegran
EIther no evidence, could be noone saw who did it, even though everyone knew
who did it. Or could be the man was considered looney.
Yours,
Villandra Thorsdottir
Austin, Texas
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Or they concluded it was just an accident I suppose. Not something that seems
to be acceptable in this day and age though.
Claire
Kent, UK
Claire Allen
www.bonitocrafts.co.uk
Crafty stuff I want to show off.
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> EIther no evidence, could
Avital
Interesting. Where are these illustrations 2 and 3? I looked at your
flickr photos, but can't see the actual thing being made, so I can't see the
structure. The article's description of the pillow sounded like a Spanish
bobbin lace pillow, but your illustration doesn't look at all lik
How wonderfulbut she must have smelled very fishy after all that!
Karen in Malta
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I have now seen the word 'docents' on Arachne a few times and I am ashamed
to say I haven't a clue what it means!! Could someone explain?
Sue Fink,
Masterton, New Zealand
Where it is still lovely hot summer
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A docent is a volunteer, usually at a museum, historical site, nature park,
etc... They usually do public interface work rather than behind the scenes
support work. I spent a lot of time as a "living history" docent at a local
historic site before being hired as interpretive staff.
Katrina Wor
I always thought that it was a silly place to put the vase, it was on a
ledge on the stairway and not protected by anything at all to stop it
falling or being knocked off which it subsequently was. I believe it was a
very valuable Chinese Vase.
I remember the episode well, as they must have came
As a criminal defense attorney, I can tell you that the 'crimes' we're
discussing are on the very border between criminal behavior and rudeness.
There is no crime anywhere of criminal rudeness, or criminal lack of manners.
When one approaches this line, in Carol's case, where no one is really
Katrina
I can't disagree with your definition of anthropology. But your definition of
history fits history as it was done 60+ years ago and earlier. I started
graduate school in 1971 and there was beginning a new approach. (The
dinosours kept slogging along in the old way.) Every generation red
She probably has a point, but that would vary by locality. In Texas if
someone damages my $5 item the court doesn't care that it was worth $5, they
care that it was my item. I imagine it would matter if the damage was
intentional or accidental. Intentional is criminal, accidental is a civil
I'm sorry, Lorelei, but I'm confused. What are Illustrations 2 and 3?
I don't know anything about the article except what is written there.
The pillow basically a bolster pillow. Spanier arbeit is closest to
braid or tape laces. The braid is 4 warp strands (like 2 pairs of
passives) made of soft c
Spanier Arbeit has not much to do with bobbin lace. Ill try to explain
(having learned it some 15 or so years ago), but give you as well a link
to a pdf where you will find good fotos.
You work on a bolster pillow on a tape lace-like pattern. While working,
two ticker cotton threads follow the out
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