> The cards with holes that the machines use are called punch cards and
and
> this system was used to control many machines before comuters could be
used to
> control them. I always say that lace prickings were the original 'punch
cards', more in fun than meaning it, but who knows?
Dear Friends,
I
At 11:47 AM 25/10/05 -0500, C. Johnson wrote:
That makes you the Grand Duke of Lace. I like it.
Susie
How about Comte de Dentelles??? Or perhaps Graf von Kloppeln?
Has the ring of many of my forebears in it:)
David
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At 10:29 AM 24/10/05 +1000, Shirley wrote:
Grande Dame of Lace! Distinguished don't you thing?
Susie
How about that David???
Guess I'll just have to settle for my Granny's name for me when I was a
little tacker - "Little Sir Echo (of Lace)"
David in Ballarat
Shirley in Corio Oz
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At 11:32 PM 22/10/05 -0400, Dearl Kniskern wrote:
dear dowagers and gaffers
Nah! It can't be "Gaffers". That's a Pommie word which
isn't used down here in the Land of Oz.
We could use "Codger" or "Cove" - but they too are now archaic.
David
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LOL. but since you ask, no grey or gray. Annoyingly thin at the
forelock, and a badger-like colour scheme of brown/black with white.
the bit left at the back is still blonde, but the sides are grey. Still
blonde everywhere else :)
David
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Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island,
> Since I'm an "Arachne Dowager", with more than 10yrs of seniority and
tons of
Hey, so am I. Shall we strike a bobbin for the Arachne dowagers ~ or
perhaps a needlepin... :p
Me too - but what on earth do you call a dowager bloke???
David in Ballarat
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At 07:44 PM 12/10/05 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What an achievement, David! BTW what are Gumnuts?
It is a List of Australian Lace Makers - that way we don't have to concern
ourselves with misunderstanding of slang :)
David
Dee Palin
Gloucestershire
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Dear Friends,
Last week I completed teaching another class in Lace Making for Beginners
here in Ballarat. I duly gave each of the students info on joining Gumnuts
and arachne so I'm hoping that soon we shall hear from:-
Ina in Ballan; Lynn and Judith from Bacchus Marsh and Dawn from Ararat
All
Dear Friends,
I spent a long exhausting day at Geelong yesterday judging the lace at
their 150th show.
Of course I am unable yet to announce any results, but I'm sure the various
winners will do that when they know.
I have photographed every piece and so if any of you would like photos of
t
Dear Friends,
Had to tell you about a wonderful old book I've been loaned. A woman
contacted me recently to identify her grandmother's beautiful hand made
lace. I often dread doing this as the lace turns out to be quite ordinary.
However, this time it was indeed unusual.
Her grandmother had b
Jenny,
frog (green tree frog by preference)
crocodile (or fierce lizard)
dragon (my favourite animal)
cow (granddaughters favourite animal is a brahman bull :) )
Nope - but I've got a beaut kangaroo here in Tape lace.
David in Ballarat
Jenny Brandis
Kununurra, Western Australia
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Dear Friends,
>> What's a good word for a collection of lace makers?
>A "Motif"
What about a "Spangle" of lacemakers? - a beautiful circle of sparkling old
beads :)
David in Ballarat
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Could you please contact me - my email to you is bouncing.
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Dear Friends,
I had a phone call this week from a woman who finds she no longer wants to
make lace and needs to get rid of her gear. Can you believe that??!!!
Anyway, I went over to her house today and bought myself a fabulous 22"
cookie pillow stuffed tightly with horse hair!!! (Got one
Dear Julie & other interested Friends,
When adding in a pair of bobbins at the gimp in point ground lace
(Chantilly, Bucks Point), should I add in a pair of bobbins or 2 single
bobbins? Does
it matter?
When I first started Chantilly, I always wound a new pair for add ins such
as you have desc
Dear Tamara
Threads from Pipers can be ordered direct from the website or from a
particular dealer in Geelong. They only take about 5 days from the UK though.
When was the last time you'd ordered? I ordered a batch on
Sunday/Monday and was told that the delivery date *within UK* is 21 days;
Go
Dear Jen,
Here goes. Why isn't thread manufactured today that is as fine as those
available in the early lace-making days. I'd
have thought that with the technology available these days (fibre optics,
micro and nanotechnology etc etc) that small
wouldn't be a problem. If they could do it in the 1
Dear Friends,
My first thought was "When did Marco Polo go to China?" Sure enough, his
dates are 1254-1324. Trade is always a two way street. While I don't
necessarily think that it was Marco Polo or his father or their expedition
that was the most likely contact point, I do think that trader
Dear Tom & Sylvia.
You are obviously one of my mob Sylvia I have appear to have the same
philosophy when it comes to lace making. I'm doing at least 12 hours a day
at the moment in order to finish this large piece of Chantilly. Even so it
will take me about another 6 months. There's never a
Dear Annette,
I have a copy of Elwynn Kenn's "Point Gound Patterns from Australia" and
am wondering how different her other books are, ie is it worth getting the
other books as well? Are the patterns all different? I'm not ready to
do her patterns yet, but after hearing of the problems peopl
Dear Friends,
Many thanks to all those who took the trouble to answer my question re
passing through large numbers of passives prior to a gimp and picot.
Isn't it amazing all the ideas one can get from just such a little
question? That's where Arachne is invaluable. It's answers such as these
w
G'day Bev.
Weave through the pairs closest to
the picot and wrap the weavers only, on the bulk of the threads where you
have a whole lot of them at the headside.
Hadn't thought of that - sounds like a great time saver too. I'd been
weaving all the way. Now could you please just explain in a little
(which is the bit on the angle, not the flat bottom)
David
Clay
Clay Blackwell
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> [Original Message]
> From: David Collyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> There's an even better way which works in a similar fashion. Got to your
> supermarket and buy a bunch of those ver
Dear Friends,
Here's a question I just thought up today after quite a few years of lace
making now.
In working this very complex Chantilly cloth, I find a problem which also
often arises in Bucks Point. The number of passives between the work and
the picots on the edge (can never remember which
Dear Friends,
In this past week I have started a quite large piece of Chantilly because I
definitely needed something to relive the stress and tension of conducting
a big concert last Sunday.
For those of you who have Ulrike Loehr's book called "Schwatzarbeit", it's
the one on p.73. I've scanne
Dear Karisse, Clay and others,
Since you're working with Midlands bobbins, you're in luck! The easiest
way to keep your pillow tidy is to go out to your nearest craft or knitting
shop and buy a bunch of stitch holders
There's an even better way which works in a similar fashion. Got to your
super
Dear Friends,
And here's the saga of my brother and 3 sisters (only one of them ugly, nit
saying which :)
Raie is our oldest, and she does the finest embroideries and well as plenty
of spinning, dying, knitting etc. Her husband is the bobbin turner.
Then me.
Christine is a mere 54, and does glori
Dear Friends,
We ought to try and remember that the world is a globe and that while many
of you are busy making your lace in Summer, just as many of us are busy
making ours in Winter :) We just happen to walk upside down, that's all -
or is it you mob who do that
This week I have finally fi
G'day Jo,.
The seven wifes could come from the seven continents, however, Antarctica?
A Japanese Kimono, an Indian from North America (the mens costumes are more
impressive), a colourfull South Amercian, from Europe many period or
fokloristic costumes could be picked.
That's a great idea, except th
At 03:45 PM 1/06/04 -0700, Pamela Thompson wrote:
When I was small I remember a large spreading rose in my Grandmother's
yard. She said the name of the rose bush was The Seven Sisters. It was
light pink. There were seven roses on each stem.
Aaaahh! Gorgeous. And don't forget those beautiful l
G'day all,
> There is a linear measure called
> the "pica", used exclusively for measuring type.
> There are six picas in an
> inch, and twelve points in a pica.
From the time I used to be a varietyper composer operator at North
Finchley, London, in 1971, I recall that there is also a relationshi
Dear Sue,
But what do US people call the undergarment (worn under shirts & blouses, in
colder weather), which the English call a 'vest'?
It's a singlet in Australia
David in Ballarat
Sue
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Dear April,
While shopping for some garden flowers, I came across a
"Tatted Fern." Very cute! About 12 inch fronds with 1/3 inch
flat half circles (with ruffled outer edges) alternating up the
"stems." No botanical name, but was not a Maidenhair (Adiantum).
Anyway, a must have for all us gardeni
Dear Liz,
I had heard, on the radio, that she wore a 100 year old
Irish lace veil, and from the picture in the paper, it looks like
Carrickmacross. - and a beautiful piece of carrickmacross, too! I hope to
see it in full, on the TV news, tonight!
I did stay up and watch the wedding and saw all th
Dear Bev,
Just a quick email to let you know that my Arachne Hat arrived here in
Ballarat safe and sound today.
For those who are wondering, it's the one I won in an Arachne raffle on
Sunday 14th. I'm sitting here at the computer with it on right now. In
fact, I'm even wearing it back to front
Dear Dear Betty Ann,
I stand corrected!
http://www.lacefairy.com/TidyDirections.html
With eyes downcast in shame,
Never fear, I have waved my wand and you are forgiven. With a bit of luck
you might even feel ten years younger :)
David
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
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Dear Friends,
I was just going through my books and realized that there is a Liz Bartlett
who is teaching at the IOLI Convention and that the book "Lace Villages" was
written by a Liz Bartlett. Are they one and the same?
Quite a few years ago I think she had a slide show about the Lace Villages
tha
Dear Friends,
I was directed to this website tonight and thought it could be handy for
translating words into other languages.
http://www.babblefish.com/babblefish/
David in Ballarat
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Dear friends,
May I take this opportunity to recommend the magnifiers I bought myself for
Christmas. Their brand name is "Magvu", but I haven't done a search on the
net yet. There are 2 interchangeable lenses: one is 2.5 and the other 4.0
power of magnification. I find the 2.5 perfectly adequate
Dear Roslyn,
Now I don't know famous lacemakers nor if they were men or women, but I had
always thought that the men associated with lace were more like middlemen.
They would buy from a lacemaker and sell to the wealthier lords and ladies in
the communities, towns, and cities.
I can tell you that
Dear Friends,
Perhaps someone will gently share with Ulrike how difficult it is for
non-German-speaking lacemakers to use her various very wonderful books. I
have heard
others who have invested in Ulrike's books express a desire for translations.
Even one, who spends much time translating for OI
At 07:35 AM 19/11/03 +, Annette Gill wrote:
Does anyone know if there really is an English translation for the
"Tonderkniplinger 2" book by Inge Skovgaard? I'm getting contradictory
answers from UK suppliers.
Dear Annette,
If you can do Bucks Point, then you don't need a translation. The diagr
Dear Friends,
I think Age is creeping up on me :-) , I now find that I need to do some
specific exercises for neck and shoulders every so often during lace making.
I have been doing the neck roll and circular shoulder motions, but I wonder
if there are some more effective ones I could do ?
While I
Dear Friends,
Anyone got any idea what this is and how it's used? The seller doesn't know,
but says he/she's been told it's a "lace making needle", and the
instructions are in Greek.
My mother had one of those with English instructions. It's a sort of hand
held sewing machine - note the needle thr
Dear Sharon,
Has anyone tried this type of lace. I'm thinking of doing some for a
christening gown. The part that scares me, though, is that you put in the
ground after you make the motifs, thus joining them together. It seems to me
that it would be difficult to keep the ground looking even as you
Dear friends,
A woman in the USA is crocheting my grandfather's baby bonnet and tells me
that over there Coats no longer make the thread I recommended, which was
Coats-Mercer crochet cotton #40. I find that surprising as here in
Australia it's been the most commonly used thread for generations a
Dear Friends,
I've just returned from a week in Tasmania and thought that some of you may
be interested to know that there are 3 mid-1800s bone bobbins for sale in
the Leven Antique Centre in Ulverstone. One has the name "George" inscribed
in it in dots. The other two have faded blue and red dot
Dear Friends,
This was sent to me by Sue Hanson, who I don't think is subscribed right
now, and I know you'll all appreciate it as much as I did
David Downunder in Ballarat
Be careful my dearest men and women...
It sounds as if a few of you may be under the influence of one of the
infamous tattin
Dear Elaine,
I doubt if most of our Arachne members have any idea how much the reprinting
of Mrs. Channer's mat must have cost, or realize that printing it again, now
will be probably much more expensive than printing it originally.
I fully understand all you are saying in your email about the cost
Dear friends,
Can anyone tell me whether that big antique centre in Ulverstone is open on
a Friday. I'll have time to pop in their on Oct 9th before heading down to
Hobart for my big sister's 60th birthday celebrations.
I've made her a nice black Toender edging to surround the X-stitch of her
t
Dear Adele,
But someone else could do the same thing - get the original and make it
into a pricking and a pattern, I mean. All you would have to do is draw it
out and make the pricking and keep records of the process so that you
could prove you didn't just copy Ruth Bean's version.
I'm throwing
At 09:27 AM 16/08/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, can I suggest you are not using the right sort of blue film. The one me
and my friends use is not shiny but matt and does not make your pins sticky.
Dear Friends,
Can I also suggest that the shiny transparent plastic we get here is less
than
Dear Friends,
I have spent about 10 hours today working on the pricking for Miss
Channer's Mat, which will be my next project starting tomorrow.
For some years now I've looked at it and wanted to reduce it to a size
suitable for 2/20 silk. The problem was that the pricking was too large for
the
t either.
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:02:01 -1000 From: David Collyer
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Square tallies. Dear Friends, I figured out my own way of making both
leaf shaped tallies and square ones and it seems to work OK for me.
Here's what I do: First place a sheet of clear cellulit
Dear Friends,
After spending a lovely time the other night sorting out all my bobbins,
remembering who made them, where I bought them etc., I found I could only
scrape together about 210 pairs. As Miss Channer's Mat needs at least 250
pairs, I guess she'll just have to wait for a few more years,
Very slang. I think it might come
from "What are you doing?" because there's also "Wotcher doin'?" but I'm not
sure.
Or in Australia one might hear something like:
"Wotcher gunna gedupda tomorra horra?"
Suppose I'd better translate before I'm asked:
"What are you going to get up to tomorrow, Horro
Dear Friends,
I am currently working on a project for my sister's 60th birthday in Oct -
don't tell her anyone!! She's in Hobart, Tasmania.
First I designed a 4" (10cm) square cross stitch (100 sts each way) of the
faces of her 3 children. I have worked this in 16 shades of grey. Now I am
about
Dear Annette,
As far as slang is concerned, a tanner was sixpence and a bob was a
shilling.
That's most interesting. Of course the amounts were the same in Australia.
However, for us a threepence (pronounced thruppence) was a "tray" and a
sixpence was a "zack". Like you, our shilling was a "bob".
Dear Jane,
I seem to remember reading some time back (possibly years ago whilst I
still had time to read rec.crafts.textiles.needlework!) that the
Fraycheck sold in one particular country (might have been Australia) had
a habit of turning brown over a period of time - whereas that sold here
in the
Dear Friends,
It has been mentioned to me (I think in a private email) that a glue made
of flour and water will suffice in some climates to stick and at the same
time stiffen. This is quite true.
However, I always use Granny's old trick when making up such a glue, and
that is to add a spoonful
Michelle,
If I get them all done and have time I
will thread the ends in, but alternatively I am thinking of cutting them off
very close and dabbing with a spot of a clear-drying glue. I know years ago
there was mention of a product called Fraycheck? that people used for this
purpose, but in the
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