[lace] Knipling-Tonder 2013

I will be in Tonder too. Let me know when and where you will meet and I will do my best to turn up. Vibeke in Copenhagen - 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:

[lace] Men making lace with beards in bags

"Elizabeth Ligeti" wrote: “Somewhere I read of some old men on the continent,(6 or 7 of them, I think.) who taught lacemaking at a lace School - and their beards were so long they had them tied up in little bags to keep them out of the way of the pins!” Do take a look at Tønder in Mrs. Pallise

[lace] another male lacemaker

Jean Jacques Rousseau made bobbin lace when he lived in Switzerland from 1762 to 1765. See: Gertrude Whiting: Swiss Lace Patterns. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 33 (1949). http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/nb49_lac.pdf Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe s

[lace] le Pompe complete

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Lorelei Halley wrote to Kim: … Many of the LePompe laces show a winkiepin or "pin after 2" edge. But since I haven't seen the entirety of both published versions, I can't make a blanket statement… You can now see both volumes, actually the ones Mrs Palliser had

[lace] Fake Vermeer / placing pins

Years ago I bought 'Handmade Lace and Patterns' by Annette Feldman (1975). It is a strange book, while the history of lace chapter is traditional, all the patterns are restricted to crochet, knitting and tatting. At that time I collected pictures with paintings of lacemakers, making friends buying

[lace] Vermeer - women and domesticity

If you want to study Dutch domesticity at the Time of Vermeer, take a look at: Franits, Wayne E.: Paragons of virtue : women and domesticity in seventeenth-century Dutch art. Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN: 0521431298 Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to majord.

[lace] Lace Festival in Lepoglava, Croatia

I have just come back from Croatia, where I enjoyed myself attending part of the Lace Festival in Lepoglava. This year it took place 22nd to 25th September, and it takes place at that time every year. Some of you might want to plan to attend future Festivals. You can see the program here: http://w

[lace] thorns etc.

On the Arizona site you can find the book by Sophie Davydoff: 'La dentelle russe, histoire, technique, statistique' (Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig, 1895). Look at plate A you will see thorns of wild pear used as pins in the Minsk area of Russia. In the OIDFA Bulletin 4/1999 p. 46 you can see a lace

[lace] re: Designing Flanders Lace

Deutscher Klöppelverband published in 2009 “Flandrische Spitze im Aufbruch”. It is a very thorough book and contains amongst others a very charming example of how to create a flanders lace from a picture of a row of elephants. Even if you cannot understand German you should find the book very use

[lace] lace in Textileforum

Textileforum 3/2010 was in my letterbox yesterday, it is so new that it is not yet on their homepage http://www.textileforum.com/ It is a special Lace issue: lots about modern lace and design. Besides 8 pages about machine lace and 2 pages about Oya. Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send em

[lace] re: Devons article

The IOLI Bulletin has also arrived in Copenhagen. I thoroughly enjoyed Devon's article. By some strange coincidence I have in this weekend been looking through a book by somebody, Emelie Metcalfe, who was at school with the Empress Eugenie. She did not find her that beautiful either! It is writ

[lace] Dillmont

The original French edition was issued in 1886, an English version is available online at: http://encyclopediaofneedlework.com/index.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20776/20776-h/20776-h.htm Ruth P. Hellmann has written about Therese de Dillmont in the Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club v

[lace] Toender tallies

You can see other examples of leaves in (late) Tønder patterns: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html Hannover, Emil. Tønderske Kniplinger det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum Udstilling 1908 [Laces from Tønder, Denmark; Danish Museum of Applied Art Exhibit 1908], Lehmann & Stages, 1911,

[lace] Toender Festival

Sue mentioned the next Tønder Lace Festival. It will take place 4th to 6th June 2010, see: http://www.kniplings-festival.dk/engelsk/default.htm About Tønder patterns, beware that Johanne Nyrop Larsen published patterns which everybody then believes to be Tønder patterns, but they were in fact Cz

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

I decided to order Patterns of Fashion 4, when Rosemary Shepherd was so enthusiastic about it. I found that Amazon.co.uk offered it at half price at the moment, so even when they have to add our 25% Danish VAT, it is still very cheap, and I ordered a copy for a friend too. It has arrived and I am

[lace] Lace through the Ages

The OIDFA Bulletins contained such a series of patterns some years ago, as far as I remember they were designed by Pat Perryman and they were issued without instructions. I am at work so I cannot give you the numbers of the Bulletins, write privately to me if you need them. Vibeke In sunny Copen

[lace] Finland and Sweden

Sally Schoenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "I believe the Swedish Lace Guild has a shop in Linkoping which is also within a daytrip of Stockholm." The shop moved from Linköping to Vadstena some years ago, it is likely to have limited opening hours at this time of the year. The shop in Nordiska

[lace] OIDFA in Groningen

I will also be at the OIDFA Congress in Groningen and hope to meet many of you. Please don't choose Thursday evening for the Arachne meeting, I will be attending (my last) OIDFA Council meeting. I will be at the Linenkast course and staying at the University Guest House before going on the tour.

[lace] re: Vintage Danish Lacemaking bobbins?

As a vintage Danish lacemaker I will say that I have never before seen anything like them. Vibeke in cold and dark Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] 1600 tallet

Hi All, I am having a wonderful time at the Tonder Festival, just checking mail at the Public Library. I want to mention the Nordic - and especially Swedish way of numbering the centuries. When we write 1600 tallet, it means 1600 years, so it is 17th century /Jahrhundert etc. In Denmark we use

[lace] Lace Exhibition in Stockholm

Lena Dahrén has asked me to forward this.Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen Below you find a text translated from Swedish about the very special exhibition of lace and freehand lace which starts in May. Here is a link to the homepage of the museum. Don't miss it, there are some nice pictures. http://

[lace] Contents of 'De Linnenkast' 1 to 4

Flanders Ground marked with #. "De Linnenkast", Eenwenoude kanten uit Noord-Nederland. OIDFA Nederland 1992. Hindelopen, 12 pairs, 8 pairs, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden Poppedijne, 10 pairs, 16 pairs, 10 pairs, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden 't Knoopje, 22 pairs, Borg Verhildersum, Leens, 1601 Slinger, 29

[lace] Salzburg Lace by Monika Thonhauser

There had been a cottage industry of Freehand Lace near Salzburg from the 17th century. Thanks to Monika Thonhauser we now know about it. She has published 6 collections of patterns in the Salzburg bobbin lace series. Not all the laces have been made freehand, though probably more than we think to

[lace] Old Flanders Ground

I am sending separate mails about the contents of the Salzburger and Linnekast publications. Many of the old laces were based on Flanders Ground. You will find many reconstructions in recent publications. Out of 18 laces only a few are without Flanders Ground in: Erdmute Wesenberg: Alte flandris

[lace] who was Fulvia Lewis

Dear All, I have been asked about Fulvia Lewis. I have her book and know that her lace was actioned recently. That is all I know, but my friend is sure that I can get some facts through Arachne. Help me, please. Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] lace and angling

When I was looking for something else in the Online Britannica I also had a go at 'bobbin lace' and found this reference to Early history of fishing. Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen --- The first rudimentary reel had consisted of a wooden spool with a metal ring that fitted over the angler's thu

[lace] London

When you are in the Greenwich area do also try to see Ranger's House in Blackheath, with the Suffolk Collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean paintings with lots of lace. Greeting Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PRO

[lace] OIDFA’s Congress in Athens

If you intend to attend OIDFA's Congress in Athens 26th to 28th May 2006, do remember that after 15 December bookings will incur a 10% surcharge. www.oidfa2006athens.com Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] Languages

Now we are discussing languages, I do think it is the right time for me to tell you, the explanation lacemakers - who have not English as their first language - give for dropping Arachne. It takes too long time to read. I do tell them that they should just go on to the next posting every time the

[lace] OIDFA 2006 Athens

I am sure you all appreciate, that at the moment this information is not final and some of it may change. It is also as far as I remember from the information given to the council members at the meeting in Glyfada outside Athens 20-22 May 2005. The organisers had planned that OIDFA's Congress sho

[lace] KTN's Tonder book

I asked Karen Thompson about her translation of KTN's book, she sent me this to forward to Arachne. Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen --- All four of Karen Trend Nissen´s books have been translated to English by Karen Thompson. They can be ordered from Karen Trend Nissen or directly from Karen Thom