Hi Fellow Arachnids and especially Binche fans,
In the course of an Internet search for photos of Binche lace prompted
by the recent mention of a candle pattern, I came across a photo from
the cover of a new video/DVD from Hensel Productions - Binche Lace with
Sally Schoenberg. I don't know her a
Hi Sherry,
Several years ago, I saw the picture of this little candle, drafted a
pattern from the really tiny picture and worked it for a Christmas card
exchange (GumLace, not Arachne). When I was in Brugge in 2008, and was
telling the story of how much trouble this tiny little project involved,
d on the number or pairs used for each pattern unit and I'm not sure
that it is compatible with a mathematical approach - but some of the
accompanying patterns demonstrating the use of the grounds as part of a
complete pattern are just gorgeous.
Have probably rambled sufficiently at this stage.
nd are appropriately mounted!
Christine J
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 18:40:34 +0100
From: "Jill Harward"
Subject: [lace] Lace Guild Magazine - Christine Johnson
Dear Spiders,
My Lace Guild magazine arrived yesterday and I was over the moon to see
the pattern and working diagra
recognise the origin of
most lace patterns - Jenny B the book you need is "Spitze von Einst in
Kloppelbriefen von Heute" (with apologies to our German members for the
missing umlaut) by Christine Mirecki, published in 2011.
Annette, I'm so sorry to hear about Kerry Taylor.
Christine
mat using an ivory colour some years ago, but sadly it was my
demonstration piece and I set an all-time record for the number of
mistakes in one piece of lace.
Best Wishes,
Christine Johnson in a wet Sydney, Australia
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Hello Fellow Spiders,
Akiko from Japan gave me my first bobbin holders - she cuts old
pantyhose/tights/stockings(or whatever else you may call them) into 6mm
wide strips and uses the "yarn" created in this manner. Her tension is a
little looser than mine, so the ones she has given me are better th
Twist all pairs with the desired number of twists.
SUMMARY of the sequence (starting to look easier now with less words):
Crosses
Twist middle
Crosses
Twist outsides and pin
Crosses
Twist middle
Crosses
Hope this helps,
Christine Johnson, along-time lurker
(Sydney, Australia)
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ell check has just objected to lacemaker, lacemaking "gunna"
and spellcheck - I yielded only to the last).
Christine Johnson
(Sydney, Australia)
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t have been in widespread
use in the UK - just in the areas or by the teachers our few founders
encountered. These terms became entrenched in our Proficiency Assessment
scheme and are in general use here.
Christine Johnson
(Sydney, Australia)
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I enjoy your discuss
Hi Spiders,
In the course of the discussion of what we like least about bobbin
lacemaking (add me to the "tally" group), someone said that it was agreed
that we all like the moving of the bobbins best. Looks like I might be the
odd one out here - I love the drafting of the pricking (I used to say "
Christine J
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Subject: Book or CD?
> Hi Carole,
> I will buy a book every time. I look at a lot more patterns t
Hi Spiders,
Just a couple of follow-up notes.
1. My apologies to Barbara Joyce for mistaking her surname for her first
name.
2. As Sally noted, a more accessible source for the filling is Karen Trend
Nissen's "Knipling 3" (one of my all-time favourite books)
3. There is picture of the (slightly wid
Hello Spiders,
I've been lured out of lurkdom by the discussion of the filling for David's
antique Toender pattern. The filling is known as "Lopper" (which translates
as "fleas") in Toender lace, and is the same as the Beveren filling which is
translated as "lice". It is, as ?Alice (guilty of skim
Dear Jean,
The most recent "Four Seasons" I have seen was in "La Dentelle", issues 89 -
92.
By the way, I am searching for someone who is going to the NEC (?is it in
early September) to collect an order from Richard Gravestock. At least some
of the UK lacemakers on Arachne have met me and might f
luble problem - solve on paper, then
back to the computer.
Christine Johnson (Sydney, Australia)
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Hi everyone,
Sorry to send this to the general list, but I haven't had an answer to the
e-mail I sent to the address I have. Anne, could you contact me privately
please at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Christine Johnson (Sydney, Australia)
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love to hear more details. (I
went to see the wedding dresses when I was in Copenhagen in 2004, and was
quite disappointed that the handkerchief had been artily displayed and I
couldn't really get a good look at the corner - the photo on the cover of
"Kniplebrevet" gave a better idea).
Dear Kathy,
The method Pat read taught us in class doesn't involve working multiple
times to a pivot pin.
Once you have worked down the braid as far as the pivot pin, work the pivot
pin as a blind stitch (= do NOT work edge stitch, just pin the workers) and
the work to the outside edge, work the e
Dear Pene,
Many years ago now I made half of quite a large edging in Torchon lace in
polyester thread (some cheap brand I bought at the supermarket because it
was a perfect colour match for the fabric on which I wanted to mount it).
Mindful of all the dire warnings about synthetic threads and with
Dear Jenny,
There is a lace group (or at least a lace contact) in Kununurra, so help may
be closer than you realised.
Not surprisingly, they aren't on the rotation for the WA monthly lace days
(but then neither are Geraldton and Narembeen and they are a lot closer to
Perth)!
Please e-mail me privat
Dear Tamara and ?Jean (I've managed to "lose" lace-digest #53 with the
relevant posting, so I'm not too sure who I'm speaking to)
Anne-Marie actually published 4 booklets.
Christine J (Sydney, Australia)
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her it had
already been bought be someone else and sold on.
Christine Johnson
who has been off the air for about 6 months and recently re-subscribed after
the trip to Greenland/Iceland and moving back across Australia from Perth to
Sydney. (I don't believe it, but Sydney does seem like "home&
Last year or maybe in 2002, I finished a smallish Bedfordshire project I
started with Christine Springett in ?1993 - it was a handkerchief corner that
you could almost imagine was butterfly-shaped. (Don't ever be tempted to lend
me bobbins; this project was done using borrowed bobbins and my friend
I usually lurk, but thought I would mention that I am frantically working to
finish a Binche handkerchief edging before I have to move house. It's a fairly
simple one, from a 1999 issue of Kant. There are various other pillows with
unfinished workshop projects on them (I've become more disciplined
xcept Volume 13, No 1 - so Helene or Jo, if you have access to this issue,
I'm looking for the first part of the Russian triangles set, please
Christine Johnson (in wet and windy Perth, Australia, contemplating packing
all of those lace magazines for the move back to Sydney)
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air tradition of people using an
intro paragraph to say that not much is known... and then to do a general
history of lacemaking and they seem to get away with it :-)
Christine Johnson (The Torchon Nut!) in sunny Perth, Western Australia
PS. I found a great twined gimp pattern - in Kant Kwarta
Thanks for posting the scan - it looks great. Perfect colours. And, yes,
that's a twined gimp, as used in Torchon.
Christine J
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Subject: [lace] Twined Gimp
I've uploaded a scan of a corner of my Seashore mat with the
twined gimp (thanks for posting Christ
hotocopy of a
photocopy from my local lace group's collection that I haven't found the
source of yet. The caption is in Russian.
Christine Johnson (ex-Sydney and Newcastle, now living in beautiful Perth -
the best kept secret in AUstralia).
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