Re: [lace] Tour All Hollows Museum in Honiton

2017-04-02 Thread Jean Nathan
en go up into the gallery. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK From: owner-l...@arachne.com on behalf of J-D Hammett Sent: 02 April 2017 07:33:59 To: Helene Ulrich; Arachne Subject: RE: [lace] Tour All Hollows Museum in Honiton Hi Fellow Arachnids, Sorry, but this

[lace] Books/secondhand books

2017-03-20 Thread Jean Nathan
one and decide to give it a go. Maybe they'll get hooked. If just one person starts to make lace because of a book they found in a charity shop, that's one more person to keep it alive. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

Re: [lace] 150-year old wedding dress

2017-02-13 Thread Jean Nathan
value (not only monetary value) have been lost permanently in circumstances like this. The owner is obviously being very wise now in intending to take it to a cleaner who specialises in lace items. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK Subject: Re: [lace] 150-year old wedding dress The thing about thi

[lace] Lace Guild Web site

2017-01-11 Thread Jean Nathan
quality of what David and Jean produced. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Missing emails

2016-12-10 Thread Jean Nathan
and there's nothing they will do about it. Just have to check the archives for Jeri's posts. Jean Nathan in Poole Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Pho

RE: [lace] Lace Article in New Mexico

2016-03-14 Thread Jean Nathan
roblem here and the original sender not only used a Yahoo address to send from, but also send t to the dontpanix address instead of arachne, because they don't appear in the archive. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsu

[lace] Scanned lace books

2016-02-10 Thread Jean Nathan
are useful if a book you are thinking about buying is included on one of these sites and you can look before you buy, and also for a book which is unobtainable/out of print, but obviously there are some who will abuse it. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@a

[lace] Sari silk

2016-02-01 Thread Jean Nathan
As well as fabric dye, I once read that you can convert washable ink into permanent ink by adding vinegar. Haven't tried it, but the principle was explained as the difference in the acidity of the two. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachn

RE: [lace] Oneida lace--summer 2008

2015-11-27 Thread Jean Nathan
Could it be from this Torchon Bead Bracelet Book: http://harlequinlace.com/products/torchon-beaded-bracelets-book Jean Nathan n Poole, Dorset, UK > From: hottl...@neo.rr.com > Subject: [lace] Oneida lace--summer 2008 > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 18:50:37 -0500 > To: lace@arachne.com &

[lace] Electronic versions of lace books

2015-09-06 Thread Jean Nathan
screen, but on my PC at least there are two pages side-by-side. Don't think I'll be bothering. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

[lace] Mini wire lace discovery

2015-08-08 Thread Jean Nathan
being more versatile than the Spinster, it's also a lot cheaper. Amazon is selling the Spinster for GBP14.95, Maplins is selling the mini drill for just GBP5.99 Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@ad

[lace] Torchon and direction

2015-08-06 Thread Jean Nathan
I always thought that the reason for working some laces from the back was for several reasons including: Sewings joining end to start is on the wrong side and so is the sewing in of ends. The very short ends of threads thrown out and cut off weren't visible from the right side. if you need to ad

[lace] E'Bay seller

2015-07-20 Thread Jean Nathan
Correction. Nothing came up when searching for items by the seller, but there are still a lot listed when searching by other means. He's calling his items "DAPHNE Collection". Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the li

[lace] E'Bay seller

2015-07-20 Thread Jean Nathan
Looks like Ebay are true to their word. Just searched for items by this seller and there are none. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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

[lace] Smoke smell in books

2015-06-29 Thread Jean Nathan
I had some success with sealing a book in a ballooned plastic bag with a fridge odour remover pack for a month. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera

RE: [lace] Copies of prickings from dark sources

2015-06-14 Thread Jean Nathan
t line) on to paper or card in the right place is hit and miss and very tiring. I used to draw markings on pricking card or trace but now I can't, so it's photocopy or scan and, if it's my own design use Lace XRP with snap-to-grid switched on. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To

RE: [lace] Copying a brown pattern

2015-06-08 Thread Jean Nathan
clear than if written on white. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK > > And why not photocopy in colour, keeping the practical brown background? > Then you would not need to make all that extra work of eliminating it and > would not have to use the blue film. Well, I would do that. > &g

[lace] Copying a brown pattern (2)

2015-06-08 Thread Jean Nathan
My OH has just said he would use the "remove colour cast" tool in a photo editing program to change the grey to white. We both use Photo Shop Elements, but different editions - they all have that tool. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@a

[lace] Copying a brown pattern

2015-06-08 Thread Jean Nathan
eplacement tool with white or use the paint bucket to fill the grey area with white. It depends on how the grey is made up as to whether the colour replacement tool will work or not. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscr

[lace] Scam

2015-05-03 Thread Jean Nathan
I received the (Lace) Don't waste time message from Lun Hudrun and from Janet Theaker and didn't click the link, but Malware Bytes has found malicious items which obviously got through AVG so think I'll change my anti-virus program. Been busy re-setting passwords. - To unsubscribe send email to m

[lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

2015-04-19 Thread Jean Nathan
a problem and the spangles do break sometimes. That's a price I'm happy to pay and always have wire, pliers and a few spare beads with me to do running repairs. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@ad

[lace] Hopful seller on ebay 2

2015-02-05 Thread Jean Nathan
Whoops - forgot the link. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/African-Head-Unique-Bobbin-Lace-One-of-a-Kind-Wall- Art-original-piece-by-Mia-/291374054516?pt=UK_art_Paintings_GL&hash=item43d73 f3c74 or tinied: http://tinyurl.com/o2cwgbl Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send emai

[lace] Hopeful seller on ebay UK

2015-02-05 Thread Jean Nathan
on their work (although I do think what she's asking is excessive), but I can't see anyone outside of the lacemaking community appreciating the what went into it. Most will think it just took an hour or so. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord

[lace] Tardis

2014-12-06 Thread Jean Nathan
n.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS including photos. I find the programme quite scary, but them I'm a wimp. A lot of the Doctor's adversaries would make good subjects for lace. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscri

RE: [lace] Salamander group

2014-09-02 Thread Jean Nathan
> Looking at the salamander picture reminded me of this picture. > http://www.mcescher.com/gallery/switzerland-belgium/development-iii/ > > Joke Sinclair All artists get their inspiration from somewhere. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...

[lace] Beginner-intermediate-advanced

2014-08-26 Thread Jean Nathan
hed item. Although I do admire what many of you do, I don't aspire to do the same because I know and accept my limitations. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Lace question on a quiz show

2014-08-26 Thread Jean Nathan
all the Honiton and Nottingham lace industries a "hobby"! Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Follow up on stains email (2)

2014-07-12 Thread Jean Nathan
On second thoughts it might not be that simple because the blood has dried, but worth a go. It definitely works for fresh blood, but must be the saliva of the same person as the blood. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

RE: [lace] Follow up on stains email

2014-07-12 Thread Jean Nathan
For your blood stain, if you haven't already washed it, your own saliva will dissolve the blood. Just suck it and see! Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK. > > Since then I had some dental work and have since found a small blood spot on > the shoulder of a blue cotton blouse, so wou

[lace] Fan sticks

2014-05-12 Thread Jean Nathan
o the sticks to ensure that it opens to an approximate semi-circle and stops each stick flopping all over the place. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@g

[lace] Chantilly lace

2014-05-10 Thread Jean Nathan
mblance to traditional hand-made laces of the same names. It appears to be that Guipure means "robust" motifs joined together with brides rather than a net ground, Chantilly fairly fine with mesh ground and often with a border, Alencon a fine(ish) lace with all-over repeated outlined mot

RE: [lace] Lace for wedding gown

2014-05-10 Thread Jean Nathan
good if you want to go with deeply coloured ones as some are now choosing to do. Jean Nathan, Poole, Dorset, UK - 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

RE: [lace] Girls Scout/Guide lace badge

2014-04-27 Thread Jean Nathan
There's a Crafts badge which includes lace-making at least for the UK: http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/guides/gfibadge/badges/craft.html Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK > > > Dear Amber, et al, > I found the Textile Artist badge, but there is no online information as > to t

[lace] Bruge and Kant

2014-03-06 Thread Jean Nathan
"second hand", i.e. someone else's version rather than the author's. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Another group of "lace bobbins" on ebay

2014-03-03 Thread Jean Nathan
for instance. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Wooden-lace-bobbins-craft-/261412981449?pt=UK_Cra fts_Lace_Making_ET&hash=item3cdd6d8ac9 http://tinyurl.com/ndexmf5 Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.

[lace] What is an antique in the U.S.

2014-02-14 Thread Jean Nathan
I'm going by the American editions of the Antiques Road Show that have been shown in the UK, which of course is the only way we can judge what's considered an antique in the US. Obviously the "experts" on that programme have been lax in their definition of an antique. Jean Nat

RE: [lace] Miss Channer's Mat, newest

2014-02-14 Thread Jean Nathan
st would be happy just to have it printed on paper and not necessarily on buff card as the original was and prick it themselves. This would make it very cheap for them to produce. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: u

[lace] Stunned - Heron and dragonfly (revised)

2014-02-13 Thread Jean Nathan
in the top search box gave the totally different result. Ebay is behaving strangely lately. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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

[lace] Stunned - Heron and dragonfly

2014-02-13 Thread Jean Nathan
This second one didn't sell - even at only £10.00 Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] re:stunned

2014-02-13 Thread Jean Nathan
are (hopefully) antique (we already are if you use the US version)! Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Net in fashion

2014-02-04 Thread Jean Nathan
collection is Wow! Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Another "lace bobbin" on Ebay - any ideas on what it is?‏

2014-01-31 Thread Jean Nathan
ly dip in the middle. Looks too new for animal ivory, but could be vegetable ivory. or as has been suggest some sort of plastic. Used as a knife rest, it would roll. My favourite suggest is a bead for a door curtain, but I'm not convinced about that. Jean Na

[lace] Another "lace bobbin" on Ebay - any ideas on what it is?

2014-01-31 Thread Jean Nathan
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-or-Antique-Turned-Lace-Bobbin-/400656136511 ?pt=UK_Crafts_Lace_Making_ET&hash=item5d48f7793f tinied: http://tinyurl.com/nntydkv Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@add

RE: [lace] lace foyer table

2014-01-27 Thread Jean Nathan
actice lace?? Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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/

[lace] Lace foyer table

2014-01-27 Thread Jean Nathan
I shouldn't have said "I found nothing" - I did find tables, but no lace foyer table. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. P

[lace] Fan patterns

2014-01-22 Thread Jean Nathan
Looks like Stuart Johnson's web site is in the process of being built - all I got was details of just four of his bobbins. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, wri

[lace] Embroidered flour sacks - history

2014-01-15 Thread Jean Nathan
larly when learning about the different laces we make. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorest, UK - 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] Article about lace in UK publication "Sew - Home and Style" 2nd attempt‏

2014-01-12 Thread Jean Nathan
searching Amazon for instructions books. I wasn’t impressed, but I think I’d probably be wasting my time pointing out to them what they’ve omitted in their suggestions on how to get started, and especially telling them how awful the House of Crafts kit is. Jean Nathan

[lace] Article about lace in UK publication "Sew - Home and Style"

2014-01-12 Thread Jean Nathan
In Issue 56, February of 2014 of "Sew - Home and Style" there’s a 3-page article about lace (starts on page 28) entitled “Laced in History”. It’s a UK publication and therefore only deals with the UK. The first page is about Honiton lace by Margaret Lewis of Allhallows Museum, who finishes b

RE: [lace] Print On Demand books - Shelving

2014-01-09 Thread Jean Nathan
hing next to the base of the pillow, never on the side where the lace in progress, bobbins and pins are. So that problem never arises. I'd assume that everyone does the same. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: u

RE: [lace] print on demand/ringbinders

2014-01-08 Thread Jean Nathan
In the UK Staples carries both two- and four-ring A4 plain cover binders in two, possibly three thicknesses. Rymans might also carry them. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help

[lace] Miss Channer - Crowood Website

2014-01-08 Thread Jean Nathan
hey'll continue looking is unclear. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Miss Channer - Crowood web site

2014-01-08 Thread Jean Nathan
their business, in which case that edition is lost forever, but at least we'll know that that avenue can't be pursued further. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, wri

RE: [lace] Fwd: Fw: Crowood Website Enquiry

2014-01-07 Thread Jean Nathan
Catherine C. Channer 1874-1949" - Anne Buck, C.C. Channer - Ruth Bean, 1 Dec 1991 ISBN-10: 090358526X ISBN-13: 978-0903585262The supplement is titled: Miss Channer's Lace Mat Supplement to In the Cause of English Lace by Anne Buck published 1991 by Ruth Bean Publishers Carlton, Bedfor

RE: [lace] Channer mat-copyright

2014-01-07 Thread Jean Nathan
hat action had been taken regarding another Ruth Bean publication? Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Miss Channer mat- copyright

2014-01-07 Thread Jean Nathan
any other versions which have no designer noted on them, it would really need to be established when it was first made available to establish when copyright runs out - good luck with that. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscr

RE: [lace] Channer mat-copyright

2014-01-07 Thread Jean Nathan
d as the supplement to "In the Cause of English Lace".) It also states what is and is not permitted - it's an offence to copy work without the consent of the owner. Use for educational purposes is allowed (but I don't think saying you are using it to learn Floral Bucks would co

RE: [lace] Miss Channer's mat pricking and Pope's cope

2014-01-05 Thread Jean Nathan
cost a lot to have the machinery set up to do that, and that could be part of the reason why Ruth Bean was unwilling to produce more. But I suspect that most people would be willing to prick it themselves if they could just get their hands on a legal print of the pricking. Jean Nathan in Poole,

[lace] Miss Channer's mat pricking and Pope's cope

2014-01-05 Thread Jean Nathan
t and Pope book, you'll see just how large it is - half the pricking spreads across two A3 pages and those two have to be mirrored for the other half. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address

RE: [lace] Re: Chandler's Mat

2014-01-04 Thread Jean Nathan
Adele wrote: I wouldn't have thought it would be legal. I haven't compared the two, but isn't the Ruth Bean one a "version" of the mat - i.e. not an exact copy of the original. Both of those designs and photos would still be under copyright, but you could always make a pricking of a similar mat

[lace] Miss Channer's mat

2014-01-03 Thread Jean Nathan
after the author's death. But does anyone know where it is? The pricking published by Ruth Bean was reconstructed for them by Patricia Bury, and Ruth Bean owns the copyright to this version of the pricking. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com cont

RE: [lace] Miss Channer's mat

2014-01-03 Thread Jean Nathan
again who knows the business has been sold and whether or not any books are in print? There doesn't appear to be any information on the web - I suppose it's on Facebook. Don't these people realise they're missing out on a lot of people if they don't also have a web page?

[lace] Lace8 (2)

2014-01-01 Thread Jean Nathan
/Lace8.aspx and the download is on: http://crafts.ilsoft.co.uk/pages/Downloads.aspx I have no connection with Ilsoft, but really like their lace design program and have upgraded as each new edition came out. I'm currently using Lace8 on Windows 8.1 - a big jump from my almost-dead Windows XP syst

[lace] Lace8

2014-01-01 Thread Jean Nathan
king and picture so I can print them on one page for reference while working. If you're used to the toolbar selection of functions it takes a while to get used to the right-click on the page way of doing it. Although most other programs used this method, the way RXP does it gets ingrained in

[lace] some comments about the list

2014-01-01 Thread Jean Nathan
long enough to reach to the far side of it. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] lace bobbins?

2013-12-31 Thread Jean Nathan
This is another case of "We don't know what they are but why let the truth get in the way of a sale? Most of the world don't know what lace bobbins look like, so we'll call them lace bobbins so a non-lacemaker will buy them, and we'll get rid of them." Jean Nat

[lace] Planning your next travel pillow?

2013-12-27 Thread Jean Nathan
it for a stupidly large amount on ebay. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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] Lace Guild Advent Calendar

2013-12-24 Thread Jean Nathan
worth them putting in the effort every year to bring us the calendar. Thanks again. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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.

RE: [lace] Knitting v crochet

2013-12-09 Thread Jean Nathan
Patricia wrote: > I can knit and have done so since my teen years but I find crochet difficult. > It isn't that I don't understand as I do and it is simple. The problem lies > in how I have to hold my hands to crochet; it causes problems for them and did > so long before I developed arthritis in

[lace] Wreath bags for pillows

2013-12-04 Thread Jean Nathan
hants, the most expensive being £6.99 (plus postage of course), but they do look a bit flimsy. I wouldn't think they'd last long if you were regularly putting your pillow in it and taking it out. Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing t

[lace] Heelball

2013-11-23 Thread Jean Nathan
According to the on-line dictionary: "A wax colored with lampblack that is used to stain and polish the edges of the soles and heels of shoes or to take rubbings of brass or stone inscriptions." Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Heelball

2013-11-23 Thread Jean Nathan
I've got a stick of heelball from when I did my teacher training many, many years ago. We had it for taking rubbings of tree bark, stone walls and other textured surfaces. Could be useful in getting natural "patterns" as inspiration for designing lace. As for my pen thickening, I've concluded that

RE: [lace] Fine pens

2013-11-22 Thread Jean Nathan
Adele wrote: > > I guess you must be using a soft-tipped pen? There are some that are hard-tipped - I think the one I found was from Staedtler ("pigment liner"). It made very fine line (.05) and the ink was permanent. I think it was pricey, though - maybe $10. I use rOtring technical pens, around

[lace] Fine pens

2013-11-22 Thread Jean Nathan
Is anyone else as ham-fisted as me? I can turn a 0.1mm drawing pen into at least a 0.3mm one in the time it takes to put the markings on one pricking? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

[lace] Blue film, etc

2013-11-21 Thread Jean Nathan
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

[lace] Machine Embroidery

2013-11-10 Thread Jean Nathan
Would Cindy Comeyne pleae contact me privately on jean...@hotmail.co.uk. - 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] Lace identification please (3)

2013-11-09 Thread Jean Nathan
I don't use my machine to replace bobbin lacemaking - it's nothing like it. But it is useful if you just want a "quick" bit of decoration on something. I put "quick" in inverted commas because it isn't in sewing machine terms - probably 30 minutes up to an hour to complete a design. But if it's one

[lace] Lace identification please (2)

2013-11-09 Thread Jean Nathan
And forgot to add that you also hand finish by snipping off any stray threads from your finished machine embroidery. - 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.

[lace] Lace identification please

2013-11-09 Thread Jean Nathan
Those of us who have sewing machines which can embroider in hoops can produce this kind of "lace". Lots of designs available on the web, some free and some very intricate. Instead of fabric, water soluble stabilizer is used, load the design into the machine, press 'go' and disappear to do something

[lace] brass lace pins & a Waulking song‏‏

2013-10-30 Thread Jean Nathan
Jeanette wrote: Don't know. She'd have to tell you that, but I think she gave me the micrometer back at the following week's lacemaking group. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubs

[lace] brass lace pins & a Waulking song‏

2013-10-30 Thread Jean Nathan
Now here's dedication for you. I lent my micrometer to Eve Morton, who measured the diameters of all her mixed up pins to get them sorted in sizes again. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: u

[lace] Storms in the UK

2013-10-29 Thread Jean Nathan
Should have added that four people were killed in the storms in the UK- a couple when there was an explosion at their house which was though to have been cause by a gas main fracturing when a tree fell on it, one person when a tree fell on their car and another when a tree fell on the mobile home s

[lace] Storms in the UK

2013-10-29 Thread Jean Nathan
Where I am on the south coast, we had quite a bit of wind and a lot of rain. Several trees were brought down in the area, some blocking roads, other narrowly avoiding houses. We have a huge oak tree in the garden and there's a lot more light coming through it now, as it lost about half its leaves -

[lace] Learning lace on your own

2013-10-21 Thread Jean Nathan
One reason for starting with Torchon is that is geometric on 45 degrees and if you make a mistake such as not closing the pin or forgetting a twist it is soo obvious and it might not be so obvious in other laces. So it's great if you're the type of person who wants to know that their work is pe

[lace] tools for lacemaking

2013-10-17 Thread Jean Nathan
Perhaps forceps in the UK are slightly different to hemostats in the US - I've never had any trouble with them cutting threads. - 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:

[lace] tools for lacemaking

2013-10-17 Thread Jean Nathan
Just had another thought - if forceps cut thread, then they'd cut the tissue if they were being used in surgery to clamp off blood vessels. So we must be talking about different things. The ones I use have ridges which interlock, but the ridges aren't sharp. - To unsubscribe send email to majord..

[lace] Third hand

2013-10-17 Thread Jean Nathan
An alternative to hackle pliers are surgical forceps (hemostat in the US) or a mini test clip adapter availble in packs of two from electrical shops such as Radio Shack or Maplins. The mini test clips don't hold the thread as tightly as hackle pliers, but are easier to use if you have difficulty sq

[lace] Programme on Opus Anglicanum on BBC4‏

2013-10-03 Thread Jean Nathan
For anyone in the UK who missed this programme last night, it's repeated on Suday BBC4 at 8.00 pm. Thought Dan Jones was trying to flirt (unsuccessfully) with the lady from the RSN. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@ar

[lace] Lace and maths

2013-07-08 Thread Jean Nathan
I don't think it's maths in particular, but we all know that ALL, absolutely ALL women are totally and absolutely logical in their thinking and there's logic to where the threads move next. The majority of lacemakers are women so the men who make lace are obviously demonstrating their feminine s

[lace] Yaspe silk scarf production

2013-06-11 Thread Jean Nathan
The fringe twister is a very clever variation on an electric or hand cranked drill and a door handle. The only thing I'd do differently for a long cord that I'm going to double and allow it to twist on itself is to have the twisting going on over a space with the strands threaded through one of

[lace] intellectual property and self interest

2013-05-29 Thread Jean Nathan
Sallie wrote: < To do this, isi it possible for the out-of-date books especially from those authors who are still living to post them to a website where they could be downloaded by anyone possibly with a small fee attached to the download.> Authors who have had books published by a commercial pu

[lace] out of print books

2013-05-28 Thread Jean Nathan
One thing no-one has mentioned is that out-of-print books aren't the only good and interesting books available. No-one has mentioned the current excellent books which are currently in print and earning a tiny amount of royalties for the authors, many of whom are on Arachne. Going to the web si

[lace] out of print books

2013-05-27 Thread Jean Nathan
Sue wrote: My contract with my pubisher (not lace books) signed in 1982 states that if the pubisher decides to stop publishing, then I can ask them to continue to do so. If they refuse then I can ask for all materials they have (original manuscript, printing plates, etc) be returned to me an

[lace] out of print books

2013-05-27 Thread Jean Nathan
Catherine mentioned the extortionate prices some secondhand booksellers are asking. They might be asking those prices, but does anyone in their right mind actually pay what they ask? When I see those prices, I get quiet satisfaction thinking that they've still got the book when they could have

[lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-19 Thread Jean Nathan
You've all left out the most important problem of owning an e-reader - where do you put your lace book mark? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

[lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-19 Thread Jean Nathan
I can't see me ever getting an e-reader. For me there's nothing so comforting as holding a book in our hand. They also cost nothing to run, can be recycled, the covers are attractive to look at, (as Joepie says) they provide insulation to your walls, you don't need a printer to get hard copy,

[lace] Exciting find

2013-05-12 Thread Jean Nathan
You have the person's name, and for anyone who has served in the army, you can look up their service record on a web site - can't remember which. Don't know if it's the same for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, but I'm sure someone on this list who's into geneology will be able to say if

[lace] lace & lace resources in magazines

2013-05-09 Thread Jean Nathan
Susan sent a link to Mari Claire Idees, and the link is incorrect. Instead of www.marieclairidees.com it should be www.marieclaireidees.com with an extra e between the r and the i in the middle. The video in the bonus of issude #92 of Armel Barraud hammering nails in a board instead of pins i

[lace] Bobbin winder

2013-05-05 Thread Jean Nathan
There are instructions for making an electric bobbin winder using a Gutterman-type sewing thread spool and an electric drinks twizzler in "Flowers and Butterflies in 3D Bobbin Lace" by Dorothy K Cox. It could probably be adapted to use an electric hand fan. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To un

[lace] Peeps bobbins

2013-04-30 Thread Jean Nathan
Now the question is "What's a twinkee?" Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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/

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