I am entering the hospital for heart surgery on Monday and am
unsubscribing Lace as soon as I post this. Friends can e-mail me
privately. You all behave. Luv and Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann Rice in
Roanoke, Virginia USA
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I recall many years ago in our couuntry county in Virginia, the Home
Demonstration Club had a class? project? or whatever that they were
covering opera pumps with fabric. My mother had had polio so couldn't
wear pumps but did cover a pair of her "old ladies comforts." It was a
situation of sandin
Lovely Spiders spinning your lace,
Clay puts on a Class Act with Lace at Sweet Briar. Sweet Briar is her alma
mater, so she does have clout there. Do you suppose that's why we're treates so
well?
Sweet Briar is an (as we called it in the Old Days) exclusive girls college in
the beauty spot of V
Clay, come to Roanoke for the BRLG lacemaking session tomorrow and you
can see the photo of the "Fans with loopy stirrer spines" - my copy of
"Lace" arrived yesterday. Betty Ann On 02/11/12, Clay
Blackwell wrote: I, for one, would love it if
someone posted to Webshots with a picture
of one of th
Dear Peg,
I have found that threads do fray more in sewings when using a crochet hook or
needlepin. A *magic thread* will work wonders and not only preserve your
thread but your sanity as well. You can goodle "Magic Thread" and probably get
lots of information about using that technique.
Hap
Dear Spiders, I have a giclee of Vermeer's Lacemaker and I just went to
my living room to check. She is putting up a pin while holding a
pair of bobbins in her left hand separated by her forefinger. This is a
treasure that Friend Husband bought for me when he got himself a Civil
War print.
Dear Friendly Spiders, I am unsubscribing for a few days and will be away
from my computer during that time. You all behave and I'll read you all
later. Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA
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I have that issue of the IOLI Bulletin and will be pleased to copy the
page for you if you are a member of IOLI. Are you? I believe it would be
illegal, or at least unethical, for me to do otherwise. If you aren't a
member, why don't you join? It is a marvelous organization and
encompasses all s
together. Case in point, look below! I belong to another list and
my postings appear in the format that I write them in. Is there help for
me? Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA On 09/13/11, Clive & Betty
Rice wrote:If a piece of lace i have finished
requires washing, I put the piece of
lace
If a piece of lace i have finished requires washing, I put the piece of
lace in a glass jar with my washing solution and distilled water. Shake
the jar a bit. Rinse the same way, changing the distilled water several
times until it is clear as can be. I have a round glass gallon jug - the
type we
Am I reading the e-bay listing right? Opening bid AU $52.50, and air
postage a whopping AU $69.00? For that pillow, one could take a piece of
large pool noodle, wrap it with woolto make the roller, then use a flat
piece of styrofoam to make the base. Cover it all with fabric, stick
some rubberi
Wow!! Can't wait for you to bring the finished piece to BRLG for a
proper look! congratulations. B.A. in Roanoke, Virginia USA On
08/04/11, Clay Blackwell wrote:Greetings,
gentle Lacemakers!
As some of you know, I have been working on a "magnum opus" since
October of last year. I have been wor
ember that "Lace Faire?" Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke,
Virginia USA On 07/16/11, Clive & Betty Rice wrote:(snip)
I have a bone bobbin with blue bells and a blue bell on the spangle that
was made by David Naylor. I got it at a Lace Faire somewhere in Surrey
when we return
that "Lace Faire?" Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke,
Virginia USA On 07/16/11, Clive & Betty Rice wrote:(snip)
I have a bone bobbin with blue bells and a blue bell on the spangle that
was made by David Naylor. I got it at a Lace Faire somewhere in Surrey
when we return
When did David Naylor pass away? I have a bone bobbin with blue bells
and a blue bell on the spangle that was made by David Naylor. I got it
at a Lace Faire somewhere in Surrey when we returned to England for a
visit with relatives in the 1990s. As I recall, we just happened to
find the Fair wh
Thanks, David, for posting the URL for the Ballarat Courier. Great photo
of you! I have tried for days to find the article in the Geelog
Advertiser to no avail... Has anyone else had any luck with the
Advertiser? Purely loved your sweater! Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann in
Roanoke, Virginia USA
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Forgive my not "clearing" the excess stuff when I replied previously to
Lynn and the List. Lynn, your US lace stamps were issued in 1987, and if
you click on each stamp, an enlarged image is available. I couldn't get
the little icon in the top right to work when I tried it after my
previous post.
Look at the display again; it was there even though the description was
not in English. IF you clicked on the little icon on the right top, the
display is enlarged and the display can be seen in detail. Happy viewing,
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA On 06/19/11,
lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrot
Dear Gentle Spiders, Less than a week from the day I ordered the Jean and
Joyce's Floral Bucks Pattern book, it arrived from Scotland. Can't
complain about the Royal Mail or the USPS, or for that matter, the rate
of exchange. What amazing patterns and beautiful lace is in this book!
Happy Lacemaki
Oh my, Dear Spiders, What have I missed? All this posting about Jean's
Book hasn't given me a clue about what of you speak! Did I delete
something unawares? Bucks Point is my favorite, and I definitely want
this book. Please, please tell me how I can get one. I know I can go
to Arachne archive
My condolences in Margaret's passing. I met her 'way back after Ibegan
lacemaking in Chesham, Bucks, and she had a weekend course at Missenden
Abbey. Wonderful lady, good friend to all, and a credit to the fine Art
of Lacemaking. With sadness at the passing of an artist, Betty Ann Rice
in Roanoke
Besides the "demonstration pillow," I'm quite sure that Pat didn't give
the writer (journalist?) the geography that the writer mentioned in her
visit to Honiton. Guess she thought it added color.
Firstly, Honiton, Devonshire is not anywhere near the North Sea; it is
about 13 miles from the Engli
When we lived in England, I learned that "glass curtains" were only the
sheer fabric that were hung over glass windows. I think perhaps that is
what Jo referred to rather than "Fiberglass" curtains. They were
usually made of rayon, nylon or sheer cotton. If this is what Jo means,
that would mak
Yes, I have bought the square cut beads and one can't tell them from the
old ones except the holes have a fine powder-like as one beads with
them. Mind you, it is almost invisible, but can be seen. For the life
of me I can't remember where I bought them. England? USA? Does anyone
on the list
One can buy Boyle crochet hooks at Wal-mart today. Boyle is the
manufacturer. Sizes such as you describe are quite large and used with
yarn or wool (yarn might be a "Southern Thing" describing something of
acrylic or or man-made fiber rather than wool from animals. .
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virgin
I'm glad to have gotten the identification of the laces going...I didn't
have the magnification so could only look at the photo as shown, thus it
looked like crochet. Crochet is the most common thread work done in the
period up to the 1970s in Middle America. Tatting was quite common as
well. O
Hi Sue and Sallie,
The lace in the first picture in the dining room is crocheted, I
believe. The lace in the setting room also might very well be crocheted
lace.
Happy viewing,
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Jan 2, 2011 05:46:39 PM, sueba...@comcast.net wrote:
I've uploaded Sallie's pics
I began bobbin lace in 1977 while living in England and heard many times
that in the "old times" it was known as pillow lace and bone lace. I was
also told that "bone lace" was because fish bones were used to support
the threads before pins were invented. I do have some reference to that
somewhe
Hi Sherry, I believe that I have one of your Celtic bobbins. I have
over 3,000 bobbins (I counted and photographed them a few years ago for
insurance purposes, and there were 3,000 plus a couple of fragile antique
bone bobbins. It would take some time to search to find it. What vendor
could I h
Being prompted by Clay, and procrastinating as usual, I went to E-bay
and exercised the "Buy it Now" option and got Sherry's painted black
bobbin with "Hear the Peacefulness" in gold with a matching spangle. I
love her painted black bobbins. According to the description, this is
the last of her
Naughty, Naughty, Brian...
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Dec 2, 2010 01:08:53 AM, brid...@bigpond.com wrote:
Just to prove to you all how crazy I am, I have come up with this
idea about
the symbolism of one of the bobbin style genres.
I have just been reading some French articles
Dear Jaboteers and Other Lacemakers, I told you all about my being
intervied last summer for my Bridgewater College alumni magazine. The
article appears in the Fall 2010 issue, and I'm quite pleased. So often
the technique is described all wrong, and the facts confused. The
writer did a great
Well, then, The Lace Guild needs to set the fee to pay the costs. We pay
what we are asked. I surely haven't complained. The complaints seem to
come from "in-country." Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Nov 5, 2010 05:02:41 AM, paternos...@appleshack.com wrote:
The UK membership is £26; the
I pay £35 for my The Lace Guild subscription and the fee has risen through the
years. In 2007, that translated to $71.65! This year the £ reckoned to
$51.18. We also pay a fee for using VISA. Yes, we pay for the airmail service
and get our issues quickly. Sorry 'bout that.
I have been a m
Excellent photo, Mark. That's the fine wire clamp sold by Radio Shack,
two to a package. Each package had two - one red, one black. One type
has the end that pushes down open on the end, thus the wooden insert.
They have another "style" that is closed on the end.that pushes down.
I've used the
Daphne,
You should have related that lacemaking is a "fine art" or "fiber art." I, and
many lacemakers in the USA, consider "crafts" differently than lacemaking.
Cardmaking, wooden lawn orrnaments, box making, and the sort of things that can
be sold at craft fairs as "crafts." Do lacemakers g
Dear Spiders and Southern Sisters,
I shall be away for a week or so and am not sure if I'll have access to e-mail.
Going to the wilds of CT. :) So, I'm unsubscribing.
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
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Dear David,
In that same vein, I recall several years ago when Arachne had a bookmark
exchange. I sent my pardner, she was in California, two bookmarks, one bobbin
lace and one tatted. I got nothing in return and after I posted that message
on the List, you, Dear David, sent me a beautiful Buc
Forty lashes with a wet noodle for not deleting the message I used just for the
arachne address to look for David Colyer. So Sorry...
Betty Ann
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David Collyer,Your addy that I have doesn't work and I need to contact
you privately. Please contact me privately. Thanks. Apologies for
posting to the list. Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia usadol...@verizon.net
Jun 30, 2010 08:27:24 PM, nnef...@yahoo.com wrote:
Clay, I'm glad to hear your co
I envy the youth of lacemakers who ride motorcycles! Woe is me! I rode a
Honda back in the 1960s and 1970s when my late first husband rode a Harley. But
that was before I learned lacemaking except crochet. Oh to be young again...
Happy riding AND lacemaking,
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia US
This is in reply to Sue's posting about Florence Nightingale's wearing
lace in the newspaper feature As I began my training as a professional
nurse 55+ years ago, we were taught to emulate Florence Nightingale. All
patient records were printed at that time, so "probie" students had to
print the "
Dear Lacemakers and Sobbing Sisters of Southern Secessionists,
Clive and I shall be away until Sunday or Monday, and I shall unsubscribe from
both lists so Verizon won't collapse under the weight of the e-mails. Everyone
Confederate History Month and Make Happy Lace.
Betty Ann Rice in Roanok
Dear Gentle Spiders, Do any of you Gentle Spiders know Beverly Gamble of
Westfield, MA? I don't know if she is on Arachne. I just had the nicest
thing happen to me... Arriving in the USPS was my Lace Circle magazine in
a brown mailing envelope. Enclosed was a note from Beverly Gamble saying
that
tical listing and
deciding if it was too late to change the redish colour to - say light blue?
What do you think? Should the size of the text be a bit bigger too? Can change
that at the same time if need be.
Regards
Jenny B
Clive & Betty Rice wrote:
... However, I find it very difficult to
Dear Jenny
First let me say, I do admire your computer skills.
The cards are lovely, and you did a great job displaying them, Jenny. However,
I find it very difficult to read the names by having red on a darker blue.
That being said, I didn't take part int he exchange so can't be critical.
Tw
Janice, mine came the end of last week - either Friday or Saturday. Betty
Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Nov 9, 2009 08:38:54 PM, jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I was just looking on the UK website for the Lace Guild and I saw
that the magazine info had changed. Has anyone in the US received
the
Good Lord! We can do that without all the mathematics. Right,
Lacemakers? Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Oct 27, 2009 11:38:28 PM, nnef...@yahoo.com wrote:
Shoot! Yahoo mail appended my exclamation mark to the end of the URL.
grrr.
Here's the link (calmly): http://en
Hummm, Schizophrenia? :) Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Oct 25, 2009 06:19:49 AM, yhgr@xs4all.nl wrote:
Dear Spiders
My question might look a bit weird but perhaps together you are
inventive. I
have this rather technical diagram with a tree in the centre:
http://bobbinwork.goog
I know very well that the Justices own their own robes; I made the query to
mean,"If the Court owns the robes, then the Court should own the jabots." In
contrast, if the Justices own their own robes, they should be presented with
their own jabot.
Clarifying,
Betty Ann in Roanoke Virginia U
Dear Gentle Spiders,
I was set right by Bev about the title of Alex's book. Upon revisiting
Lacy Susan, she does have the book. And since I have a birthday coming up
soon, Friend Husband will have the request on his breakfast plate in the
morrow. Thanks to all who have replied to my posting.
As t
Clay referenced Ruth to either Lacy Susan or Holly Van Schiver Lace for
Alex's book referenced in the Subject line. I don't find the book listed
in either web site. Am I missing something? I'd love to have this
book. Since I volunteered to make a jabot for the US Justices, I a Bucks
pattern. Ha
Aurelia and Other Gentle Spiders, Sure, we can do it! Put me down for
one of them. I've been wanting to use the big block pillow... Happy
Lacemaking,Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Oct 1, 2009 03:36:14 PM, aurel...@earthlink.net wrote:
Hello everybody, and hello especially to Tony and
I spent last Saturday demonstrating at a Heritage Festival in Fincastle,
Virginia (whose "county limits" reached to Wisconsin in Colonial days)
and had lots of comments about what price I sold lace for.. My comment
often was, with a laugh, "If you ahve to ask, you can't afford it." Or,
" I don't s
Hi Vickie,
Just so all you Gentle Spiders know, Vickie is an excellent lacemaker and
I haven't a clue why she hasn't answered her own question :)
However, It will be interesting to read the replies to your question,
which is a very good one. First, I wouldn't put fray check on bobbin
lace. Person
Ah! Nolene...Now I see what you mean. I have one of those except there
is a plug on the bottom and when the plug is removed, a small bobbin
falls out. I think it is called "Cow and Calf" or "Mother and Baby" I
got the bobbin in an antique/junk shop in England in 1978
or thereabouts. The plug on
I saved Tess's video by opening it and simply clicking on "Favorites"
which is on the strip that has File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools, Help.
Then I click on Add to Favorites and renamed it Making a Tally. When I
want to review it, I simply click on Favorites and scroll down to Making
a Tally. Sim
I think you'll see what Tess and Tamare are describing if you go to
Beth's referenced website (Ryman.co.uk) and click on "Box files" on the
left. Beth's reference are the folders and can be bought in any Dollar
Store in the USA. When we shipped out of UK to return to America I used
the box files fo
I'd like to know if Posh Bags that Viv asked about, has a web site...
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h of white (or any other
colour) felt. If you need to buy the felt it would probably be as
expensive as buying a new polystyrene pillow. You just have to accept
that polystyrene isn't as durable or long lasting as chopped straw or
hay.
Brenda
On 14 Aug 2009, at 16:46, Clive &am
Dear Maureen,
I assume you're asking about a pst. cookie pillow. When this has happened
to me, I remove the cover and cut white felt - several thicknesses in
graduated sizes to mimic the shape of the pillow - and place over the
worn part of the pillow. Works like a charm and is an inexpensive
solut
Dear Alice,
I do know that the deodorizer, Febreeze© is used by people who clear
houses/rooms where dead people have been for awhile. We had a horrible
dead mouse-odor and could not find the source. We phoned our friendly
mortician who gave us the name of the "cleaning crew" who gave us
Febreeze Â
Dear Gentle Spiders and Sobbing Sisters of Southern SecessionI've
unsubscribed to both Lists because Clive and I will be away until next
Monday planning a Civil War tour for our group next March. However, I
shall make some Tönder lace while I'm away. Will read you next Monday.
Happy Lacemaking,Be
Sorry, I forgot to sign my posting I just sent about our Lace @ Sweet
Briar
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Some of us were fortunate enough to make it to Sweet Briar College in
Amherst, Virginia this past week for the third Lace at Sweet Briar. Clay
Blackwell puts on a class act, let me tell you! There were around 35
lacemakers there which made for a friendly, cheerful, atmosphere. There
were lacemaker
I perused this booklet by Osma Galliger Tod Monday when Norma came for
lacemaking Monday. We had a chuckle about the author's saying that bobbin
lace was a very inexpensive hobby. We decided the booklet MUST be VERY
old!
Happy Lacemaking,
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
May 25, 2009 11:32:52 P
Welcome, Liz,
I hope to meet you on May 30th at our NCRL Lace Day in the Raleigh area.
Clay Blackwell, who is on this list, is President and also is
founder/organizer of the Lace at Sweet Briar which follows NCRl in June.
You'll like this lot of men and women, most of whom have an opinion about
any
Nope, hairpin lace and broomstick crochet are different techniques.
Hairpin lace alludes to the u-shape of the old fashioned hairpins which
were used before the invention of the "modern" hairpin forms.
Broomstick lace alludes to the broomstick before the invention of the
large sized knitting needl
Sorry, Gentle Spiders, I couldn't get the URL for the Black Diamond
Supply to work. Try to Google "Merino Lanolin Cream and see if that
works. I think Black Diamond Supply is changing their web page to be able
to take orders on line. Hope so anyway.
Happy Lacemaking,
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia
Merino lanolin skin cream can be ordered in the USA and Canada from Black
Diamond Supply in Hamilton, Montana. They have a web site but take
orders by phone. I don't think it is very expensive for the results
obtained. They have different sizes. Thanks for suggesting this,
Malvery. www.lanolincr
That would work - place yourself at the short end with the handle on the
wheel on your right and the bobbin to be wound in the which-a-doodle on
your left. I have a reproduction made way back when by D.J. Hornsby
which is a bit different because I sit with the long side facing me.
Betty Ann in Ro
Wonder if the D-shaped pillow referenced by Rhiannon, is by Kenn Van
Dieran...If so, I'm sure Kenn can be persuaded to make more if a
lacemaker is unsuccessful in their bidding. I have always been very
happy with Kenn's pillows, and last bought one of his "many-block"
pillows at Rockford IOLI. Us
I figure I'll be hit by a bus before I get brain damage or die from the
lead in the pewter my bobbins contain!
Happy Lacemaking,
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA who is back on line after a
battlefield tout of Middle Tennessee.
Apr 8, 2009 01:23:00 PM, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
(snip) Using b
Gentle Spiders, As soon as I click "send" I'll unsubscribe to the list.
We're away to Middle Tennessee for a Civil War tour and lectures. You
all behave and I'll resubscribe next Monday. Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann
Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA
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Adding my $2 (I don't come cheap) to this thread, I "do lace" with
tongue-in-cheek. Many years ago, a couple of lacemakers would comment,
"Shall we do lace on Monday?" Then Virginia deemed that we can have
personal license plates for our cars if we're willing to pay the annual
fee. Making a hast
I'm really not curious about the word, and I don't have that particular
book of Bridget's (I don't think) but why doesn't someone ask Bridget
what it means in reference to her use in her book?
;&nbs p; ;&nbs p;&nb
sp;&n bsp;
Thanks, Jean, From the Master's Mouth comes the Real Story! This is one
of those pages to be printed and stuck in David's turning bobbins
book. Wonder if Christine has the camel bone bobbin? I'd love to have
one... Many of my bobbins are the among the first that David made 'way
back when he began
Dear Dom and
others
Then,
of course, there is always the "tatting lady" who will insist that we are
"tatting" like "my grandmother did, but
Ah, yes, Gentle Spiders, We often meet the "uninitiated" while
demonstrating. The only time I demonstrate at "craft shows" is when the
sponsorer is a friend or it is held at a historic site or home. I was
just off the Blue Ridge Parkway at Cockram's Mill, a historic site that
is deep on top of the
Dear Francis and others, Many years ago I took a lace knitting class with
Diane Willet at an IOLI Convention. With diabetic neuropathy bothering
my hands and fingers, I was dropping stitiches easily. Diane, who is a
wonderful teacher, suggested wooden needles. I find them warm and
gentle, so...t
I have some Oliver Twist and can almost vouch that I got them at IOLI
from Roseground who sells in Nottingham UK Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann
Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA
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A 10 mm is the same as USA 15. Betty Ann in Roanoke, VA USA
Feb 6, 2009 10:08:00 AM, francis.busscha...@telenet.be wrote:
hallo to all
i need a fast answer
is the knitting needle numbering from USa "american " needles the
same
as the numbers we use in europe
here a number 10 is 10mm d
Haven't received any Arachne for the past 24 hours. Betty Ann in
Roanoke, Virginia USA
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I would be concerned with the "freshly laundered and lightly starched"
(as described) condition of this "vintage" cloth if I were to be
bidding. Is this seller, whose screen name includes "quilter"
qualified to properly launder vintage linen? Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann
in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Ja
My Dear Gentle Spiders, Nancyanne sent me an attachment that opened up
Jenny's bobbin case file immediately. So...I am as happy as a clam this
morming. Thank everyone who tried to help me find it. Even though I am
'puter helpless, I can usually navigate a website. That darm gremlin
must have be
Any helpful hints as to where in your web site we can find the PDF and/or
see your bobbin case, Jenny. I've clicked on everything remotely
suggesting a bobbin case to no avail. Help! Betty Ann in Roanoke,
Virginia USA
Jan 8, 2009 07:56:05 PM, je...@brandis.com.au wrote:
(snip) Have you
My mind had gone suddenly blank - how do I find the webshots? I tried
Arachne2003.com on Google and I know the password is Honiton, but it
didn't appear. Where is it? Help this roadkill on the information
superhighway! Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Jan 8, 2009 03:01:02 PM, lenore.engl...@
Ah, yes, Rhiann, I also have the 1995 edition, and that pattern is an
interesting variation in gimp; your colors will be beautiful, I believe.
Thanks for giving us the edition you are
using.
Brenda, you are quite right about retrolacing on the streets in Belgium.
Back in the 1970s when we were living in England, Clive was in school at
SHAPE HDQ in Mons. I had only been making lace a year or so but was
savvy enough to realize that the "street-lacers," many of whom were young
girls, we
Thanks and much appreciation for the reply to my query about the "ring of
rib" used in Jacqui Southworth's arachne spider in Lace 88, October
1997. I even heard from Jacqui! Haven't done any Honiton since a class
at Missenden Abbey in Great Missenden, Bucks many, many years ago, but
have the book
Dear Gentle Spiders who are an endless wealth of information:
Lace, Number 88, October 1977, page 11 has the arachne Spider by Jacqui
Southworth. The stitch is a "Rib Stitch." My brain can't wrap around
what a "rib stitch" is, or how it is done. It could be my age but I
choose not to admit to
Hi Dee, Try slanting the pillow so you are working with the pattern at an
angle facing you. You may have to put a "blocker" to keep the pillow
from sliding down-forward, but it is worth a try. Happy Lacemaking,Betty
Ann
Oct 2, 2008 01:10:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just started to m
Where do you live, Susan? It would be most helpful if people would sign
with, at the very least, the country where they live. Betty Ann in
Roanoke, Virginia USA
Sep 30, 2008 09:40:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps I wasn't specific enough to warrant a reply. Also if this is
not permitt
Sue, I read somewhere that the finished hankie should be 13 inch square.
I agree with Tamara that "tucks to" fit would be much better than a
skimpy bonnet. Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:26, Sue wrote:
> Before this subject comes to its natural conc
Well put, Clay. I am a great advocate of spangles. They work for me
best although I do use continentals for Bloemwerk and Milanese. I have
both the "rollers" and the squares - I prefer squares. Then, too, I work
palms up and find midlands ever so easy. Then, too, putting the Aero
stitch holder
Actually, Micki, lacemaking came to England from the Continent. Happy
Lacemaking,Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
Sep 27, 2008 09:20:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(snip) What I don't get is the following:presuming that some
continental laces came about because of English
lacemaking w
I quite agree with Clay. This is a wonderful book; I've had mine for
many years. The price is right on eBay, but the cost of shipping to the
USA is, to me, prohibitive. There again, if one wanted it, the postage
can be factored into the cost of the book. Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann in
Roanoke, Vi
Dear Gentle Spiders,
I have a quick question for this cosmopolitan, international group. Please
pardon my putting it on "Lace;" I do not belong to "Chat"
Can American DVDs be played in England? I know that the old VHS tapes cannot;
if I recall from living there, cassettes can.
Clive's cousin
or you and your John.
Luv and Happy Lacemaking,
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
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From: Carol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2008/09/03 Wed PM 02:10:30 EDT
To: Clive & Betty Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] I've got it
Hi Betty,
I
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