In the UK readily available means you go to a specialist supplier for what
you want. Outlets like Asda (Walmart) only carry goods that will sell quickly,
and blue film isn't one of them. They might sell self-adhesive shelf covering,
but what I've seen in my local Wilko is opaque and patterned, so
Jean's first point is the important one. Devon speaks of this product being
readily available in the UK. That doesn't mean in your local supermarket or
stationery supply store. It means from a Lace Supplier. The only difference is
there are more of them over here. Even for us it's still mail order
I just thought I would let you know that I have managed to contact
William Hall Co via telephone and after a nice gentleman named Philip
sent me an email, whatever blockage there was in the airwaves seems to
have disappeared so all is well. I can get my Bockens linen lace thread
from him.
Have you tried: http://www.x-film.com/products/bookmapdocument-covering/?L=1
They do this in all kinds of colours. I have thought about asking for a
sample to see whether it would be suitable.
Agnes Boddington- Elloughton UK
Thanks to all who replied, on the List or directly. Some people did
I remember that when I first started to learn BL we were taught to prick
through one card to make another. You soon learned who not to lend your
prickings to!
The black substance Devon referred to would be heelball, which is a mixture of
wax and lamp-black (soot!), and used for polishing
Hello Devon and everyone
Maybe it was in the late 1990's that I first heard of covering a pricking
with blue film, was it from another lacemaker, could even have been on
Arachne?!
When I bought a lace kit from Pussy Willow Lace Supplies, about 1990, the
pricking was on blue card. The prickings in
I forgot to mention that in those long ago days of the 1970s the pattern
was accompanied by a blue print of the lace. This was actually a
cyanotype, a kind of photo reactive paper which had had a piece of the lace
laid on
it and put in the sun (?) thus producing a sort of photographic image
The only advantages I can see to using the sticky film is that you can
stick the paper pattern on the card with it, and, arguably, it might be useful
to keep the color of the card from transferring to the lace. Many years
ago I found myself trying to rehydrate threads by putting a damp
Thank you Janice for sharing that info.
Brenda
On 21 Nov 2013, at 11:43, Janis Savage wrote:
I just thought I would let you know that I have managed to contact William
Hall Co via telephone and after a nice gentleman named Philip sent me an
email, whatever blockage there was in the
It was definitely the photocopy machine that led to the adoption of blue
film. When I started taking lace lessons in 1971 my teacher pricked the
prickings. She would draw them on graph paper because it is more accurate to
prick the intersection of two lines, than a dot. Then she would prick
Thanks to all who replied, on the List or directly. Some people did name
a dealer who has blue film. So far, only one English dealer lists rolls as
well as small pieces of blue film (SMP Lace).
I'll do some more research on
the possible suppliers, and then decide if the cost plus shipping
Well, we have covered the Blue Film (and alternatives) subject to death,
so I thought to look at some of my bobbin lace books for photos of old and
not-so-old lace makers and lace pillows for a sense of history and with a
sense of present-day conservation experience.
For centuries, lace
Hi One of the Lace Suppilers in UK , If you buy a pattern from then you
have the option of buying the pattern that has been laminated or just in paper
form, and now you can buymatt laminating pouches from Amazon , think the last
lot I bought worked out about 10peach A4 size , But earlier
Yes we do offer laminates which are very popular. If you buy the Matt laminates
in the right thickness you don't need to prick them. You go straight through
the laminate. Also, for our customers we copy the pattern they are getting onto
a pale yellow so, as if you had covered it with blue film,
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