Hi Jenny and fellow Arachnids,
Thank you Jenny, beautiful, clear explanations and photographs. My
preference is to use smooth wire and doubling up in the bottom bead, using
twisting the wire tightly around itself on either side of the bead (at least
3 twist each side) before cutting very
Hi Noelene and fellow Arachnids,
This as the other responders describe it a implement to hold the threads
down, just above the beginning line of the pattern, at the start of
continental laces which don't start with paired bobbins. However, having had
a look at the photographs on the
The word means Thread bridge - similar to the horseshoe, or what I use is
a thin piece of wood 2mm thick (various lengths as needed), with holes
either side to pin down.
I also use this as a Bedfordshire stick : when starting at an angle or
semi-circle working in both directions with laid open
Anybody recognize this thing? Ebay #221200831052.
Laurie
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Laurie,
Anybody recognize this thing? Ebay #221200831052.
While I haven't seen one in that shape, I'd say it's an antique
version of a bobbin tree - something I can't live without.
David in Ballarat, AUS
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Dear Friends,
I was so sad today to learn of Eva Schaeffer's death this week.
I've been thinking of her a lot lately as it was she who sent me the
spools of both black and white silk which have enabled me to make
some of my larger pieces of Chantilly Lace. In fact I'm using it on
my current
Dear Friends,
I'm currently doing some family history research for one of us, and
find that IF her female relatives were not Lace Makers, then they
were Straw Plaiters.
Can someone please tell me exactly what they produced? Some of these
were as young as 5 and 7 years of age on the
I think they made hats.
At the Luton Museum, which I visited for lace purposes, there was an awful
lot about straw plaiting and the hat industry. In fact, I got the feeling
that people might move between lace making and straw plaiting depending on
what was hot.
Devon
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I am very sad of the loss of Eva Schaefer, whom I met through Arachne, and
with whom I had lost touch a few years ago. Thanks to her, I had the
opportunity to learn a lot things related to bobbinlace. She put me in
touch with Mariña Regueiro, whose courses I have been attending for many
years. She
Dear David, I'm taking a stab here, but millinery straw braid would be my
guess. Straw hats were common for summer use, and at least some were made of
straw braid, perhaps a half inch wide, although I'm sure it varied, which was
then sewn together over a form for the proper shape. Such a
http://www.strawcraftsmen.co.uk/
Interesting site on traditional straw craftspeople.
At some rural craft fairs, there is usually someone demonstrating tradional
corn dollies and symbols, sometimes used to ward off evil spirits.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
Dear Friends,
I'm currently
Hallo David, don't know if it is the same thing, but my Gt Aunt Polly made what
we called straw dollies which hung in the house and were made with the current
years straw and replaced the previous years dollies which were then burnt, I
think it was something to do with getting a good crop the
There is an article about straw plaiting in Luton, and Bedfordshire here.
It is really very interesting and illuminating about a trade that was
similar to lace making. There are many parallels. For instance, you could do
it
in cottages. Italians did it better. The disruption of trade with
Dear David,
I am indebted to Jean Leader for the gift of a 192-page book from England
by Veronica Main Swiss Straw Work, self-published in 2003, ISBN
0-9541795-0-1. If you do a search of her name and the subject, you should be
able
to find out how to order it directly from Veronica. If
Straw was plaited into narrow braids, which were then used to make
hats.
Luton in Bedfordshire was a centre for hat-making, and Hitchin in
Hertfordshire (where I live, about 8 miles from Luton) was a
straw-plaiting town. We used to have a building called Plait Hall
but it fell into disuse and
Hello Guillermo and everyone on the lace list
I met Eva through this list, years gone by, after a question I had written
about Spanish bobbins. She very kindly, and with a hint of mischief, sent
me several each of 6 different styles of bobbin used in areas of Spain. The
real prize and pain were
Re:
Dear Friends,
I'm currently doing some family history research for one of us, and
find that IF her female relatives were not Lace Makers, then they
were Straw Plaiters.
Hi David
Luton was a centre for the plaiting industry. Among other things they made
straw hats on a commercial scale,
Marjorie writes:
When youngsters were making lace, they sat still where they could be
supervised; but plaiting was a craft which could be done while
standing up or walking about. Plaiters could therefore go roaming
around the countryside, getting up to goodness knew what, while
plaiting
The TV and newspaper pictures of the Cardinals in Rome for the election of a
new Pope show only tantilizing glimpses of the wide lace edgings on the
suplice-like garment they wear (the rochet) . Though I assume these varied wide
lace trims are not handmade, they look very lovely. Does anyone
thank you for this, Jeanette. It made me chuckle out loud.
Patricia in Wales
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Jeanette Fischer, South Africa.
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Me too!!! Still giggling in fact! It appealed to my ipad user hubby too!
Sue in East Yorkshire where it can't decide whether to blow, shine, rain or
snow!!
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thank you for this, Jeanette. It made me chuckle out loud.
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