[lace] Ignore email Horrible Vacation

2011-07-31 Thread Jean Nathan
Lyn suggests sending the email back. Official advice is NEVER reply to scam/spam email. It lets the originator, be it electronic or human, know that your account is a live account and can generate even more unwanted mail or worse. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] starting wilth torchon

2011-07-31 Thread lacelady
We start students with Torchon because it is very basic. The students learn the main three stitch formations, then learn to change from one to another in a pattern. Expand that to include formations like diamonds, spiders, adding gimp, fans, picots then they have a fairly good foundation

[lace] Starting with torchon

2011-07-31 Thread Jean Nathan
Lyn wrote: I know of no book that teaches bobbin lace by starting anywhere than with what is considered Torchon. It's simplest, and with Torchon under your belt, you can go a long way. In some ways torchon isn't the simplest because, being so geometric, every mistake stands out, unlike many

[lace] Henna designs As source of lace inspiration

2011-07-31 Thread Lora
Came across these henna pictures while browsing and was immediately struck by their lace like quality, using similar motifs and patterns. http://www.funzug.com/index.php/fashion-trends/most-beautiful-henna-colours.html Some of them would translate into beautiful lace pieces don't you think? -

[lace] North Downs Lacemakers

2011-07-31 Thread Sue Martin
Hello everyone I hope it is OK for me to post this to you all at Arachne but the North Downs Webpage is down. We are all working hard to correct the problem but until this is done if you require tickets or information for our Lace Day on 24th September this year please contact me on

Re: [lace] Henna designs As source of lace inspiration

2011-07-31 Thread Agnes Boddington
I found this site, where there are loads of designs in the flat which could be adapted to lace designs. http://mehndidesigns.hosuronline.com/home/ Agnes Boddington - Sunny Elloughton UK PS Does anyone have surplus rain for my veggies? Came across these henna pictures while browsing and was

Re: [lace] Ignore email Horrible Vacation...

2011-07-31 Thread lynrbailey
In the 'old days' we'd be using snail mail to order lace supplies, often sight unseen, we wouldn't know each other, you couldn't learn to make lace online, see each other's work, all sorts of things. As my grandfather said, you gotta take the bitter mit the sweet. Lyn in Lancaster,

Re: [lace] Starting with torchon

2011-07-31 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Doreen Wright's Bobbin Lacemaking starts with point ground. Also various books about Honiton, Flanders etc start with the basics of that type of lace. I know of no book that teaches bobbin lace by starting anywhere than with what is considered Torchon. Brenda in Allhallows

[lace] starting lace with Torchon

2011-07-31 Thread tess parrish
Yes, torchon can be boring--but not to a beginner! There are so many things to learn when one is first starting and torchon does make it simple. On the other hand, I found myself quite mixed up when I started, because everything was white, passives and workers alike. When I found

Re: [lace] starting wilth torchon

2011-07-31 Thread Ilske Thomsen
How to start learning lacemaking belongs where you live and what the different teachers think it would be the right. I know people which started without any lace-type in mind of the teacher. Other with braid lace or Torchon. In the Netherlands I knew people starting with Point Ground lace or

Re: [lace] Free Cross Stitch Pattern for The Lace Maker by Jan Vermeer

2011-07-31 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
Hi Lorri,    I tried to right click and save it to Word but when I clicked paste I only got part of the chart too. So I just went and clicked on each chart and saved the picture. I still don't know how this will print out. When looking at the pictures on the monitor the graphs look narrow and

Re: [lace] Free Cross Stitch Pattern for The Lace Maker by Jan Vermeer

2011-07-31 Thread Adele Shaak
Hi Everybody: The chart is bigger than letter-sized paper, and my software was cutting off the chart after 10 inches. So I went into the page setup dialogue box (under file in my web browser - I'm using Firefox) and scaled the size down to 35%. At that point the entire height of the chart

Re: [lace] starting wilth torchon

2011-07-31 Thread Tregellas Family
My lace teacher/mentor of 20+ years, started her lace journey with Honiton!!! I started with Torchon but one of my students wanted to make lace pictures from the very beginning and she is only working in Milanese. So, as Ilske said, it depends on what one wants to do in lace and also

Re: [lace-chat] lipstick

2011-07-31 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
On 29/07/2011 11:24, Agnes Boddington wrote: SNIP There are teachersand then there are educators. SNIP This is one of the reasons why I was a home educator and didn't send my kids off to school to be with teachers. Lesley To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com