[lace] New book: All about making Floral Bucks Point Lace by Alexandra Stillwell

2013-10-28 Thread Cheryl Anderson
- To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

Re: [lace] Storms in UK and Europe!

2013-10-28 Thread scotlace
Clay We in my part of Wales got off very lightly considering what was expected. The storm's path remained on the English side of the Severn Estuary (aka Bristol Channel) and we were deluged (nothing new there!) rather than blown to bits. According to our local news the main problem was flooded r

Re: [lace] Storms in UK and Europe!

2013-10-28 Thread Brenda Paternoster
We're in North Kent but we got away lightly this time with no structural damage and no power cuts, just a bit of debris around the garden. The worst for us was about 8-9am. Brenda > I am so concerned about all of my friends in the UK and Europe who are > experiencing the storms! > Brenda

[lace] Storms in UK and Europe!

2013-10-28 Thread Clay Blackwell
Dear spiders! I am so concerned about all of my friends in the UK and Europe who are experiencing the storms! These are so similar to the storms we had last year, and they were devastating! So, please keep us posted as you get past the worst of the storms, and as you learn of others who were

[lace] old Beds

2013-10-28 Thread Lorelei Halley
Brenda Thanks for that link. Much better photos and diagrams. 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. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] Old Beds - and Lace ID

2013-10-28 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 27 Oct 2013, at 20:27, Clay Blackwell wrote: > I agree that the cloth stitch in the Barmen is the give-away, It's machine made, but not Barmen machine which has threads moving almost exactly as they might in torchon BL. It looks much more like Leavers machine, and "bobbin fining" Leavers l

Re: [lace] Seeking pins 29 mm x .86

2013-10-28 Thread Cynce Williams
Wawak has Dritz brass dressmaker pins. Don't know if those are what you want. Dritz® Brass Dressmaker Pins #20 1 1/4" - 200/Box | WAWAK Sewing Supplies http://www.wawak.com/products/product.cfm/pid/14864/Dritz-Brass-Dressmaker-Pi ns-20-1-1-4-200-Box/ Cynthia On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:06 AM, dmt11h.

Re: [lace] DP - IOLI Arachne lunch 2014

2013-10-28 Thread Donna Fousek
I to do not know if I can make to CA. next year but I hoping to make to15. But I do like the idea of just meeting in an area for a get together. Does it have to be at lunch. Why not a cocktail hour in the evening.  Donna Near Chicago. On Friday, October 25, 2013 6:51 PM, Lin Hudren wrote: Recent

[lace] Seeking pins 29 mm x .86

2013-10-28 Thread Dmt11home
I am making a piece of lace and have been using a box of pins labeled "Unplated Brass Pins, 29 mm x .86, 100 grams." I would dearly love to get another box or maybe even several boxes of these as I am now scavenging them from the beginning of the piece which I think will have a deleterious e