Before I went away on my recent trip I asked about LED lighting in relation
to lacemaking with a view to possibly changing some of our lighting in our
home and maybe for our trailer caravan. We went to a Motorhome show and
rally and there i got graphic first hand knowledge of the difference it
Jacquie wrote:
If anyone wants the basic instructions for Milanese you can't do better than
the little blue book published by The Lace Guild and written by Pat. There are
far more step by step instructions in this book than in her original book, and
it is inexpensive and not too costly for
Regarding the Lace Guild's Milanese Lace book, Janice asked:
Is there anything more in this book than is in both Milanese books by Pat
Read?
I am lucky to own both books with braids but always looking for more.
It's a reprint of the four articles by Pat from the Guild's magazine 'Lace',
Hello All! I was quite interested in Clay's comment about work submitted for
an IOLI lace competition. While I can't speak to organizational efforts at all
embroidery groups, the Stan Hywet Stitchery Showcase held in west Akron, OH has
three categories for each section that is judged. Not
Hello all,
After a busy weekend in lace meetings, I want to share with you more
complaints of some happenings in my country.
Instead of repeating all my words, I hope you don't mind to have a look at
an article I have written in my blog. Thank you very much.
Hello,
A friend let me borrow some hand outs from a Milanese lace class
taught by Louise
Colgan. They had great diagrams and instruction. I know there is a DVD of
her instruction http://www.henselproductions.com/milanese.html
She's teaching a IOLI this year and I'm so excited to take her class!
Years ago I put a picture on my website for some of the tatting shuttles I had
collected over the years at that time. One of the shuttle was silver and was
made by Frank Newborn. This shuttle had his mark on it and the silver markings
for England. Anyhow...I guess Frank didn't make too many of
I have to say that the modern world we live in, that seems not to give a fig
about intellectual property is a great concern. Stealing seems to have
taken on a different meaning to many.
I oft-times make model airplanes (RC models) and the convention that we
appear to have taken on is that a
Hi Brian,
I am sad to say that even 'copy blocked' websites are not immune to copying.
They just make it a little harder, not just a right-mouse-button-click to
copy the information. At best. it means that the illegal copy will take a
little bit more effort to make and will probably produce a
