Hello Devon!
I know that Jan Gardiner of Lacewing Designs in England sells bobbins
specifically for wire working, but it is much easier and cheaper to make
your own. Just buy any basic, cheap bobbins, drill them slightly to get a
start, and then screw in the tiny hooks that are sometimes used
Hello Janice!
If you click on each of the boxes in turn, I think especially the last one,
you can change the way the graph/grid is arranged on the paper. Hope this
helps. If not, email the man who owns the site - Jeremy (his email address
is on there somewhere, if not, I can find it and let
I have recently discovered another site with free graph paper/grids. This
one has polar and logarithmic grids, too.
http://www.pdfpad.com/graphpaper/
I emailed the owner and asked if he could alter the polar ones so that they
radiated from a corner, to make a larger size for designing fans, c
I would just like to thank everyone who sent me such helpful advice about
redrafting my fanleaf, and particularly to Carolina who took so much trouble
to sort it out for me. I can't wait to start it now!
Dee Palin
Gloucestershire
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I have been lucky enough to buy two sets of beautiful bone fansticks one of
which dates from 1890, and the other smaller one from 1910. The fanleaves
were completely shredded, and I have removed them. I am now looking for a
pattern to make new fanleaves for them, and thought I had been so luc
Happy New Year!
I have been subscribing to Arachne for about 8 months now, and this is the
first mention I have seen of commemorative bobbins - when are these
available, and could I get one for 2005 (as that is when I started
subscribing) even though it is 2006 now?
Dee Palin
Gloucestershire
Jan Gardiner of Lacewing Designs makes one of her designs in
natural-coloured silk (a dragon) and then dyes it, and you can attend one of
her courses in Salisbury to learn how to do it properly. The fact that the
dyes do bleed into each other is a vital part of the appearance of the
finished a
I have both Gloriana books and Copper Wire Lace by Anne Dyer and I think
they are all very good. Another I would recommend is Textile Techniques in
Metal by Arline M Fisch. ISBN 0-7090-6007-6 On the back cover it says
"Applying the techniques of fibre arts to gold, silver, copper, and brass.
I started making lace thanks to one of my jewellery-making students. I had
seen Lenka Suchanec's website, and thought that it would be wonderful to
make some jewellery in precious metal wire using lacemaking techniques. I
was talking about it during class one day, and one of my students said s
I tried to order a copy from my newsagent, and they said they would get back
to me when they had it. I have not heard from them yet.
Dee Palin
Gloucestershire UK
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What an achievement, David! BTW what are Gumnuts?
Dee Palin
Gloucestershire
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I think it is a good idea to put our names and where we come from - EXCEPT
won't that give us away to our Secret Pals?
Dee Palin
Forest of Dean
Gloucestershire
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I think everyone here in UK would be thankful to everyone for their messages
of sympathy and support. My cousins only missed the devastation because
they decided to go in later to work than usual. Their mother nearly went
mad trying to contact them, but all the phone networks were blocked.
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I have four Malcome Fowler bobbins. He told me they were made of Pyrex and
that in the unlikely event that they broke, he would repair them. Mine
contain pieces of my four dogs' hair - two of them are now deceased, so I
love the reminder of them, but I keep them in a display cabinet. They are
Hello everybody!
I am having loads of trouble with my computer and can only get online once a
day, if I am lucky. 'They' say it could be weeks before it is sorted out
properly. However, I am still intending to participate in Secret Pal etc, but
please don't be worried if I can't post things onli
I did mean below the neck, just where the main 'handle' of the bobbin
starts, (there is usually a little bulge at the end of the neck, and it is
drilled just below the bulge) then you wind the wire up from there up the
neck, so that it does not untwist.
Dee Palin
Forest of Dean, Gloucester
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You could use slabs of polystyrene insulation instead of pillows - it comes
in a variety of thicknesses, and is not too expensive. I used 3 inch thick
recently for my friend to have a go and it worked well. We covered it with
a plain covercloth with a piece of felt underneath, both of which we
I cannot say about lace teaching, because I have only been making for 5
years and have not tried, but I know from experience of teaching silver
jewellery making that
- I did make more jewellery than before.
- The quality of my work definitely improved as I demonstrated the 'proper'
way of doin
Thank you very much to Sue Babbs for her email. I was struggling with
printing the image of Kuda's lace, as I kept getting a large white bit of
paper on the left, and the image half missing on the right. Thanks to her
notes, and a bit of fiddling, I have managed to do it. I'm so delighted.
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I got a thread gauge very similar to the one you mention from Makit Lace in
England. Their phone no is 01480 810810, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't
thjink they have a website. The gauge comes with a book comparing different
threads. I find it invaluable, and use it all the time.
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