[lace] Re: Wild silk - Tussah

2009-05-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ot so nice for shirts and underwear. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, wri

[lace] Re: Ipswich lace prickings

2009-05-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On May 13, 2009, at 11:22, jeria...@aol.com wrote: Dear Arachnids, Elise lives near me. I'm able to take care of her questions. The question was asked on the list and answered on the list. I don't see a problem with that. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-

[lace] Re: Ipswich lace prickings

2009-05-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ever attempted the reproduction of the Ipswich lace. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

[lace] Re: larger pillows

2009-05-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
not travel well on a plane (and neither would a large pillow, any more) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe la

[lace] Miss Channer and Mr Collyer

2009-05-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
now I like it very much. I guess it's true that black is the most elegant colour, suitable for every occasion :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachn

[lace] Re: selling lace - limitations

2009-05-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
fferent designers have different attitudes towards the issue. But, since none of those attitudes can be enforced anyway (except through innate courtesy towards the designer's wishes)... One might as well *appear* to be generous :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lac

[lace] Re: Gimp vs Ground

2009-04-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
even over yet!) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

[lace] Re: Fouriscot

2009-04-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
into a *particular* problem that I couldn't solve myself, there was always someone here (on Arachne), who could translate a snippet for me. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Re: Question on leashes

2009-04-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
illow; your leashes are so d...d short!" To each her own comfort zone :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y

[lace] Re: photos

2009-04-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e, or password, or anything else too daunting, while it allows me to view everybody's treasures. I don't even try to upload anything of my own there, though :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) -

[lace] Re: Metallics

2009-04-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
(never mind the hot tip of your iron)... I'd probably iron it "through a (damp) cloth", not directly. That's how I was taught to iron all "delicates", back in the days when we ironed everything. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace

[lace] Re: Schneeberger Lace

2009-04-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
saying a short "e" (as in men, pet, let, etc) twice - "e e" - and then eliminate the space -"ee". It's not *quite* "ey", though "ey" will do in a pinch :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia,

[lace] Re: Metallics

2009-04-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
verly fond of metallics in general (they're neither fish nor fowl -- not wire and not "fabric", with the worst features of both) but, since they're hard to avoid in contemporary projects, I learnt to tame them. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ L

[lace] Re: Thread choices questions

2009-04-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Apr 20, 2009, at 21:35, Clay Blackwell wrote: Assuming that "all sizes" means all sizes currently available on the market, [...] Ah... I assumed that "all sizes" included "dream sizes" (back to 16th/17th century) as well as those *currently* av

[lace] Re: Thread choices questions

2009-04-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
nge of coloured linen became available would you like it to be: a, about 40 wraps/cm - fine enough for point ground Most of the others are already available, if not easily and not in the full range of colours. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington

[lace] Re: bangles

2009-04-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
re the d...d thing, even though it did fit me to a T :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address

[lace] Re: Arachne anniversary

2009-04-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Apr 13, 2009, at 18:06, Brenda Paternoster wrote: I don't remember the arachne convention in 1998 - probably had Exec business that evening. It would have had to have been an exhausting humdinger of a meeting; Arachne '98 (in Nottingham) was a week-long event :) -- Tamar

[lace] Re: Poor Copy

2009-04-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
who's not interested in what you have to say can always skip reading your messages and/or try to change the subject to something that interests them more. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To uns

[lace] Re: Arachne anniversary

2009-04-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
would like to join it. Please, add me to the list. My address is... (whatever it was then; not the @rockbridge.net). Sincerely, Tamara P. Duvall was *not* the way to talk to a computer, however polite it might be in other circumstances. He told me what to do and I received acceptance by return mai

[lace] Hoe, toe and tow

2009-04-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
on the one hand, while, on the other hand, more people read "stuff" on the Internet, which replicates both the right and the wrong "info" with lightning speed) -- "toe the line" (correct) being replaced with "tow the line" (incorrect, however "likely&q

Re: [lace] Arachne anniversary - was Holding spangles

2009-04-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
thought too but, since maths has never been my best friend -- not even in the arithmetics subcategory -- I just assumed there was a trick to it that I never mastered. Or maybe something to do with differences in international ways of calculating totals ... Yours, since June 14 of '95, -- Ta

[lace] Shaping the ruffs

2009-04-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t; altogether. Plate LXVI on the same page shows a partlet (drying on the line) with a ruffle; the ruffle is not detachable, but part and parcel of the garment. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) -

[lace] Re: pins

2009-04-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
encouragement" or "for a small price". It's always used in the same way: "for two pins, I'd... (do something or other)". Must have been invented once the pins were factory made and no longer expensive :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-

[lace] Re: what is "darning magic thread"?

2009-04-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
s and diagrams (there are times when *both* the left and the right side of my brain go on strike) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

[lace] Re: Teachers - and Students!

2009-04-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
sted in your niece's hysterectomy. Or, not during class. You wanna tell me all about it, join me outside, while I'm *already* wasting my time, smoking (7minutes, watch in hand). -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of

[lace] Re: Continuing from starting and finishing

2009-04-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
in the midst of a project. They stick out like a sore thumb and are almost impossible to forget. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

[lace] Re: metallic thread question

2009-03-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
lso used to be avaiable as "Jewels" -- emerald green, sapphire blue, amethyst purple and ruby red). But all of these are a tad finer than the Titolo. And, I no longer know what's still available in Madeira threads, not having bought any in several years. -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: Joan Kelly patterns on eBay.co.uk

2009-03-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
where near that price. Mine -- bought brand new when it was still in print -- has $19.95 pencilled in. Dollars, not pounds. Though I've, probably, got £65 worth of fun out of it :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of

[lace] Re: tensioning the threads and word structure

2009-03-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
d pull the two threads up and apart, to set the twists slightly, before putting up the pin. After the worker has started its return trip, the twists will resettle, evenly, around the pin. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly

[lace] Re: silk thread

2009-03-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ner layers. Unwind the spool a bit, testing every 6 inches or so; you may come to something salvageable. And, if not... there should be still enough left -- and now in even more colourful glory -- to put on your shelf to admire :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.n

[lace] Lace on licence plates

2009-03-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
of group number, trousers etc of dual number. It's easier in Polish, where we *still* have all four (though also in vestigial form), with their own special endings. English has gotten rid of all the grammatical non-essentials :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n

[lace] Re: Lacemaking or Lace making

2009-03-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
*and* the Intertubes (for when I'm feeling playful). Strike the iron while it's hot! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

[lace] Re: Thanks

2009-03-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ing the triangles above the "waist" to back and tack them to the head for wings. The triangles below the "waist" form the skirt (yes, it's a little funny, tapering towards the bottom, instead of widening). 6) Add a piece of lace for the halo, paint or embroider fa

[lace] Re: lace on hankies

2009-03-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
field. So, I made an edging with roses in it for one of the 3 hankies (all I had the patience for ) and gave her the whole box. She had two hankies for blow and one for show and was very happy with the whole. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Vir

[lace] Mismatched repeats (was: Shakespeare in lace/Reticella terminology)

2009-03-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
employed as "extenders", replacing the ones shown with the wider laces. Even though they look more like insertions or somewhat fancy entredoux (spell?) to us, today. A bit like buying "mix and match" swim suits, except that they (the early lacemakers) seemed too be more "

Re: [lace] new website

2009-03-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
her "T' collection. Janice Tamara should have it in her stash, Janice Sure do:) Haven't got "roundtoit" yet, though... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Re: Pronunciation of Arachne

2009-02-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
from a different angle. Which makes it interesting all over again :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@ad

[lace] Re: Lacemakers Handshake (and transport)

2009-02-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
27;t know where I'll put them all, if any more show up". At least I knew I was on the right flight :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace] Re: Pronunciation of Arachne

2009-02-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Feb 24, 2009, at 13:00, sueba...@comcast.net wrote: Do we add a secret handshake too?! I thought we had one -- intertwine all 4 front "legs" in a plait. Was I mistaken? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly

[lace] Re: Pronunciation of Arachne

2009-02-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ot; and "h" (as in "horn"). And anyone who challenged me on that, would be asked "what makes you think it's an *English* name?" Better off to find some good books on various lace techniques perhaps? Much, much, better. Yours, still shaking her he

[lace] Re: Rescued piece of lace/thread

2009-02-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t, there seems to be no 2-ply linen available that is that coarse :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y.

[lace] Fwd: [lace-chat] Berlin museuems and sightseeing recommendations please

2009-02-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
tm> To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsa

[lace] Re: book sale affected by delay in receiving the digest??

2009-02-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
wouldn't have guessed it back in 1995! Congratulations to all of us for bringing the old Renaissance art so successfully into the Information age. -Liz -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) -

[lace] Re: Leaving lace to 'set'.

2009-01-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
adverse effect vis tensioning. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

[lace] Re: Mystery of Origins of BL

2009-01-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
arriages are mentioned, they always seem to be within the Venetian community or, at most, within the Veneto (Venetian posessions on "Terrafirma"). Not to foreigners. I have not yet, however, reached the "Venice and the Dress of Foreigners" chapter. T

[lace] Re: Mysteries of lace origin

2009-01-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ier than mid 16thc. Perhaps this mail has been sooo long, excuse me. No, no, no! *How better* to spend a winter day, than to snuggle up to a mystery? :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubsc

[lace] Re: Mysteries of lace origin -- another long one

2009-01-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
have a place at the table -- if only as poor relations -- because passementerie is made of cords, criss-crossing and shaped into loops. There's linguistic support for that, too. In English, there's the confusion of "laces" (cords vs textile), as you say. The f

[lace] Re: Mysteries of lace origin

2009-01-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
nts of "Venice and Italy" (as specifically stated by RM), not those of the Netherlands? After all, Antwerp was geographically closer than Venice and the merchants there were as powerful and enterprising as those of Venice... Are you suggesting that Antwerp sold its lace to the Vene

Re: [lace] Mysteries of lace origin -- very long

2009-01-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Another oops... On Jan 22, 2009, at 15:56, Tamara P Duvall wrote: I'm concentrating on Le Pompe, because it's the first known book of patterns dedicated strictly to bobbin laces. It was published in Venice, which is supposed to be the cradle of bobbin lace (or, at least one

Re: [lace] Mysteries of lace origin -- very long

2009-01-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Ooops... On Jan 22, 2009, at 15:56, Tamara P Duvall wrote: I haven't given up yet (half of the book still to be read) but, it looks, like there's not a trace of bobbin lace in Venice before 1525. And yet, they were selling it 9yrs later... 1536-1525=11, not 9. Math is not

[lace] Mysteries of lace origin -- very long

2009-01-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
up yet (half of the book still to be read) but, it looks, like there's not a trace of bobbin lace in Venice before 1525. And yet, they were selling it 9yrs later... So, did it spring from the sea, in its finished perfection, like Venus herself? None of the slow gestation (development) peri

Re: [lace] Swiss lace

2009-01-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
;s what it was) which she wore at the inauguration was really very nice and "lacy", in the chunky, Le-Pompe-plaited-lace, way... I'd love to get a closer peek at those earrings, too; it's the first time I remember seeing a photo of her wearing *dangly* earrings. -- Tamara P Duva

Re: [lace] bookmarks from France

2009-01-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
#x27;s bobbin carriers. And yes, I *did* refresh, so it's not an issue of a stuck cache... Maybe not my day, despite it being such a wonderful and unforgettable moment of history. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Wa

[lace] Italian translation, please?

2009-01-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
me? I can make a stab at the "le pompe" bit; I assume it's "pomp" in the sense of "pomp and circumstance". But, the other two words, in that particular configuration...? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

Re: [lace] Thread Identification

2009-01-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t know for how many. 15 at least). Some of them have their labels *inside* rather than outside, so that's another possiblity of finding out what the thread is. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) -

[lace] Re: Black Hankie Linen

2009-01-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
inute, which side of it you'd want to be the "right" side. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y.

[lace] Lace At Sweet Briar (was: Jenny's Bobbin Case)

2009-01-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
beautiful (and lace-friendly, with well-lit rooms) but I was struck by the "yesteryear prices" of the event. Less than $10 per hour of tuition? $80 for a double room? It's a steal... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Form

[lace] Re: Bobbin case

2009-01-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jan 9, 2009, at 0:05, Lorri Ferguson wrote: What is the 'click on' address for Sally's drawings? http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date It's the first two "albums". The first one holds one "photo", the second holds two -- Tamara P Du

[lace] Re: Webshots, bobbin holders and identify lace type pls

2009-01-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
often -- using but a few pairs, but enchanting from the technical point of view and very effective. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

[lace] Community Webshots

2009-01-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
en log on and it still lets me see all the pics I want to see... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.

[lace] Dressing the New York Ballet

2009-01-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Not lace but, as great-granddaughter and granddaughter of taylors, a daughter of a dressmaker and a textile maniac in her own right, I found this interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/arts/dance/03cost.html -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington

[lace] Re: Mixing fibers and gimp question

2009-01-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
nd out more (look brighter) than the rest; that's caused by the greater thickness of the gimp. You might want to mark each pair (which will be treated as one) with a differently coloured butterfly hair clip, so that they don't get mixed up at the crossings. Good luck; it's a lov

[lace] Re: or these instructions?

2008-12-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
know... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

[lace] Re: Who could learn to make bobbin lace this way?

2008-12-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Dec 30, 2008, at 1:40, Jenny Brandis wrote: Not me!!! http://www.ehow.com/how_2105908_make-bobbin-lace.html Terrible instructions. But, the best laugh I've had in a long time. Wrap one bobbin around another??? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexi

[lace] Re: "oldest profession", was Pets and lace

2008-12-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
could blame them for accepting, given how poorly paid they were? And given that they had no guild protection (or so it appears from my current reading)? Perhaps they were like the French grisettes of a later era, where payment might have been given, but was never demanded, unlike with the pros.

[lace] Pets and lace

2008-12-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
sed the other fires... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

[lace] Re: what is it?

2008-12-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t was used for *lace*... Who knows. The whole gizmo is supposed to be 50cm in width. That's 19 and 3/4 inch. Even taking off a couple of centimeters each side for the frame it still makes for very wide lace :) But just about right for a hand towel/dish towel width... -- Tamar

[lace] Re: Review: Janet Arnold's "Patterns of Fashion 4"

2008-12-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Still... I ought to have *something* to curl up in bed with, before Christmas :) And the Arnold book can be my New Year's treat. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] Patterns for my young students

2008-11-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
hed in the IOLI Bulletin, in '96). The cross uses very few pairs, but it has a lot of sewings. Take a look: http://www.t-n-lace.net/91-99/91-99-Pages/Image1.html and tell me if you want it -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (For

[lace] Re: Spider Raffle

2008-11-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
major job layoff at his firm)... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Russian lace

2008-11-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
zech, but "kopiec" means "mound" in Polish. OTOH, I think the term "kopec" here refers to the Russian coin (kopek? In Polish it's "kopiejka"), so your instinct for "coin" is correct. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.n

[lace] Re: Russian Lace

2008-11-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t, I'd be grateful if someone who actually *knows* how to do these little "blobs" would post the answer to the list; my curiosity "bump" is itching something awful... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace] Re: pin sizes etc

2008-11-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ility to tension the gimp properly. But that happened only once-twice per repeat, so I never needed more than a couple of those. Having to use a thicker pin for every picot... Yuck. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw,

[lace] Re: "Point" lace differences

2008-10-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
eing matte but the trimmings (bias finish around the neck and sleeves) being shiny. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lac

[lace] Re: [lace-chat] lace on ebay

2008-10-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ed, at different times, to the laces made with pre-made tapes (and other elments, such as leaves, "pearls", etc), which use a needle (point) in their construction. Honiton Point is one of them (Renaissance Lace seems to be another) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp

[lace] Re: What is "worsted Lace" please

2008-10-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
, that a footman's uniform decorated with worsted lace (or laces) would have been more strut-worthy than one decorated with silk or metal ones... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Russian Gimp

2008-10-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
mp will not; on one side (right, since Russian Tape is worked right side up) it will be very prominent; on the wrong side, it'll be barely visible. In both cases described by Herik, BTW, you *also* start your work with: " take the centre gimps to the outsede" before the interac

[lace] Re: IOLI website

2008-10-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Oct 15, 2008, at 15:55, Clay Blackwell wrote: I've received more information via the Southern Region Director, Adele Ward. See below... Right, and I got the same message from Debra Jenny. Hopefully, they'll be able to solve all the problems soon. -- Tamar

Re: [lace] IOLI

2008-10-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
a real problem, which others have observed as well. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: midlands bobbins and spangling

2008-09-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ame time I started lengthening the "leashes". Longer "leashes" are more apt to twist/untwist than shorter ones but they're a necessity when you have many pairs (some of which need to rest away from work for a spell) and -- as I found out -- a convenience even with a few pairs

[lace] Re: re lace hankies, Tamara

2008-09-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
are but, again, you might want to err on the generous side; I've always thought it'd be easier to make little tucks to take up the "extra", than to change the tying ribbons to allow for the lack of coverage. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/

[lace] Re: midlands bobbins and spangling

2008-09-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
had pillows which were block-pillow prototypes, fairly early on. They weren't *all blocks* (9), the way ours are now, but they did have moveable blocks (3) down the centre of the pillow. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Former

Re: [lace] Midlands bobbins - spangling

2008-09-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
groove made in the bottom bulb of the bobbin, rather than hanging, as a separate entity, off of it. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace] Re: lace hankies

2008-09-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
dding hankie (with instructions to remake it into a christening bonnet) -- for my husband's niece's wedding. It was Flanders, with hearts as a motif. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubsc

Re: [lace] Help needed

2008-09-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
I'd do it :) I can't tell, for certain-sure how Ms Gornik had done it, because the photo is not sharp enough. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Ground terminology

2008-09-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 10, 2008, at 13:06, Rhiannon Mann wrote: is point ground the alencon equivalent as I can only find descriptions for needle-lace? Le fond Alencon (in BL) is your basic tulle: CTTT, pin under the stitch. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington

[lace] Re: Tiny plaits, & threads

2008-09-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
*only* in thread Y; I'm lazy enough not to want to make twice what can be made once :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Siebmacher - what type of lace

2008-09-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
he's a real treasure! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: OT - post-Hurricane Gustav

2008-09-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
I was relieved to see that *some* lessons of Katrina had been learned and that there was *mandatory* evacuation this time around (so, how come, they didn't drag you out of your sick bed?) and that the hurricane decreased in force as it approached Louisiana. Keep on keeping safe! -- Tamar

[lace] Re: Mixing Threads

2008-08-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
d create more frustration for yourself) than you do on -- properly -- winding several strands onto the same bobbin. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Apple blossom fillings

2008-08-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
, simple, and *still* provides extra texture. And, raised plaits have "seniority" over raised tallies for those who're "into" reconstruction; they're as old as BL itself... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace] Re:honeycomb delight (or favorite stitches)

2008-08-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
er tried tat one, but it looks tempting. My copy of Practical Skills is full of notes stuck in. Next to the Apple Blossom, I have a note, which says: "The Dutch calll it Margrietengrond" -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Forme

[lace] Re: hitches on the bobbin

2008-08-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
exception is wire, where a single loop is not only sufficient, but kinder on the "fiber" as well. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace] Re: Pivot Truns in Milanese

2008-08-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ifferent problems (including curves and corners and angles), not necessarily tied to any particular style of lace. It's the best single book investment I have ever made and I still consult it with some regularity (and keep adding tech tips to it, as they come up either on Arachne or in other book

[lace] Re: tudor rose or english rose / thanks

2008-08-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
udor or English one, though. Contact Jean through her website: http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/publications/thistlemotifs.html -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: question re: terminology

2008-08-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ies of them forming the ground (missing evey other pinhole, on diagonal). Coene's dictionary, BTW, can be extremely frustrating on this point. Sometimes, it seems to use literal (dictionary) tanslations. Other times, it uses true *lacemaking* ones... -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: additions to terminology list

2008-08-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
language into another language used to be one of our (students at the English dept at the Warsaw U) favourite passtimes. But I'll tell you "straight from the bridge and without fences", that they can be more confusing than enlightening to the recipient. -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: What are you doing instead of IOLI Convention

2008-08-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
one (different treatment of winkie pins and, as a result, a different look). And the write up. Sigh... I hate write-ups... But, once that's done, I'll reward myself with working on something easy that someone else had done all the thinking on. Just moving the b

[lace] The Lace Reader and beyond

2008-08-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
n a big newspaper like NYT. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: using a roller

2008-07-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ng, pull shut and pin to the pillow when transporting. Or, in a pinch, a ziplock bag would do the job as well as a pouch... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTE

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