Re: [lace] Sewing Out

2016-08-15 Thread Vivienne Walton
Hi, I have been using fray check for nearly 40 years but as Joepie says, do a double knot on each pair. Dip a pin in the Fray check bottle and just touch the middle of each knot individually. Leave strictly alone, about 30 minutes, before touching it. My lace was going out to up to 31 shows ( Bi

Re: [lace] ADMIN: Survey Request - please send privately

2016-08-01 Thread Vivienne Walton
Please don't leave. I used to be on Arachne but it got not nice. I left. After many years I have come back. It isn't as much fun but if interesting people leave it will not get better and maybe fold. We need less drawn out fussing, more David emails and a bit of humor. Arachne is very dry now. A

Re: [lace] Survey Request

2016-07-30 Thread Vivienne Walton
C and D > On 30 Jul 2016, at 07:35, Catherine Barley > wrote: > > Catherine Barley Needlelace > www.catherinebarley.com > > Original message > From : hcl...@mac.com > Date : 29/07/2016 - 20:17 (GMTDT) > To : lace@arachne.com > Subject : [lace] Survey Request > > I would like you pleas

Re: [lace] Supporting young lacemakers

2016-07-24 Thread Vivienne Walton
I totally agree. I have perhaps or at least one of the largest number of Torchon lace patters that I sell at Biggins. After you have made your design and the lace its self so you know it has no problems, you have an item to sell for perpetuity. To make lace and to even charge 50p per hour the la

Re: [lace] Supporting young lacemakers

2016-07-22 Thread Vivienne Walton
I do know Julia Roberts knits. Some very fine knitting. I have seen a picture of a shawl she knitted. Vivienne > On 22 Jul 2016, at 18:29, Devon Thein wrote: > > I guess there must be some celebrities who do knitting or crocheting since > someone said there was. The last one I recall was Rosie

Re: [lace] Need help to get on to Flickr please

2016-06-30 Thread Vivienne Walton
I too couldn't get on it. Vivienne > On 30 Jun 2016, at 10:20, Brian Lemin wrote: > > I am sorry to trouble you but I do not know how to get on to "Arachne's > Flickr" to view photos. > > > > I would be glad of a helping hand. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Brian > > - > To unsubscribe s

Re: [lace] Design Challenge

2016-06-27 Thread Vivienne Walton
Sorry but I am not on face book. Vivienne > On 27 Jun 2016, at 03:03, Jenny Brandis wrote: > > Hi everyone > > > > I am an administrator on the facebook > Lace8 Users Group that is > running a lace design challenge at the moment and would like to

Re: [lace] spanish lace pins

2016-06-16 Thread Vivienne Walton
It makes me think of when I did demonstrations with my lace. People would be stood looking and I would hear some says " she knows what to by the codes on the bobbins" I would have had to have a mind like a computer . I then spangled all my bobbins in green but it didn't help! Vivienne > On 16

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2016-06-10 Thread Vivienne Walton
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[lace] Lace site

2016-06-10 Thread Vivienne Walton
Hi every one. I want to explain that our site Bigginslace.co.uk is back and is not hacked. Google don't like we have moved to EKM and we don't understand the instructions to remove it. I am sorry I rejoined too later for the bookmark event. I love bookmarks and will certainly join the next event

Re: [lace] Honiton

2012-10-11 Thread Vivienne Walton
Yes you are quite right, sorry, Vivienne Sent from my iPad On 11 Oct 2012, at 17:10, Claire Allen wrote: > I may be mistaken, but I think Vivienne was talking about visiting the Lace > Shop in Honiton rather than the Lace museum. > > Claire > > > Claire Allen > www.bonitocrafts.co.uk > Cra

Re: [lace] Honiton lace shop

2012-10-10 Thread Vivienne Walton
I went many many years ago and was distressed to see they took large pieces of lace apart to sell in smaller sections. Vivienne Sent from my iPad On 10 Oct 2012, at 17:53, Julie Ourom wrote: > I was in Honiton a year or so back, spent a weekend there. I thought I wrote > a posting to Arachne,