[lace] Lace scarve

Now there's a thought Liz, but I might make curtain tie backs using your idea. Bought curtains yesterday for my son and his lovely girlfriend and thought the curtains needed tie backs. I think a large scale project like this could be very positive and encouraging. Great idea, thanks! Mietjie Sc

[lace] Return to lacemaking

Thanks for the welcome back Bev, and also for your and Sally's welcome advice. Sally touched on something that worried me from day 1 when I first started making lace Posture and position at the cushion. Pity there isn't a group of recommendations to follow: cushion at such and such a height a

[lace] Returning to lacemaking after long

I have not been making lace for best part of four years and suspect that it won't be easy to return to it, as I suffered a bad injury to my right shoulder with chronic pain as a legacy. But I think the time is right to give it a try. At the time of the accident I was at beginning of intermediate

[lace] Wild silk from Africa

In my travels on the internet I came across the following site - a community project where hugely under-priviledged people from Namibia are working together to aid farmers and live stock and to make a living for themselves. I quote from the homepage Kalahari Tussah is a development project in

[lace] Spider Raffle

Hi there could you please enter my name in the spider raffle, the spiders sound just lovely thank you Micki Scotland Greetings, Gentle Spiders!! I am following the lead of Vicki who raffled spider socks a few days ago! Wandering through a shop the other day, I spotted "Christmas" ornaments

RE: [lace] Midlands bobbins - spangling

Apologies for getting the continent and Britain mixed up - head is full of everything and anything today. Of course the continent is where it started. I did come across an interesting article this afternoon, by Brian Lemin, where he prods and talks about 'bone lace' - amazing what the internet ca

[lace] Midlands bobbins - spangling

I have been trawling the internet a bit to try and find out more about spangled bobbins and their history and besides uncovering tiny bits of new information, I haven't really come across anything to indicate why there is a difference between continental bobbins and midlands bobbins. I know that b

[lace] disaster! and raffle messages

I had a huge disaster a couple of weeks ago: decided to try out a pattern using an unknown silk thread given to me by one of the members of my lace group. The lace worked up so beautiful that I decided to make an edging for a little curtain for a little window on the upstairs landing. Then I rea

[lace] character bobbin raffle

O! the excitement got too much and I gave the wrong date: thanks to those who spotted the mistake it is MAY and not APRIL and to those who offered to pay postage - thank you for your kind offer but the pleasure of posting is mine, I think whoever wins this bobbin will like it as much as I d

[lace] raffle - character bobbin

I am so excited!!!I have a lovely character bobbin (midlands) to raffle - I have taken part in many of the Arachne raffles and been priviledged to win a couple of them and now I finally have something to offer too: Please write directly to me with your name and the subject line reflecting that

[lace] A resource for children's or beginner lessons, or demonstrators / Highlands Arts and Textile wall hanging update

Dear Julie, your resource is just perfect, thank you!We are having a demonstration day here in Inverness, Scotland on the 14th of April and this will come in just perfect. with something so well thought out I think it will create interest in lacemakeing and get new people interested in th

Re: [lace] polar grid

Thanks Agnes, the graph paper site you sent was just perfect! http://incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/ Thank you too for take the time to answer my question. And thank you too to Eva in spain for her kind offer and advice to use a pastel yellow for working with black threads. Micki Scotl

[lace] polar grid

Could someone point me to an electronic version of a polar grid to use for lace design? I had a look at Jo Falkink's bobbinmaker programme but am lacking the time to learn it at the moment. What I need it for is to design a table cloth for an oval table - in miniature. It will be a table cloth f

Re: [lace] My new website

Jean I enjoyed seeing your collection and also looking at your various items of lace you have made - lovely. Just thought I would mention that some of the links didn't work for me, I use standard internet explorer as a browser, so nothing fancy there. thanks Micki from wet scottish highland

Re: [lace] blog

Brenda Paternoster wrote: BUT at the very bottom of the very long page there are three English bone bobbins - they are MINE! The pictures have been taken from my website without my having been asked for permission and without any credits. http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/bobbins/specials

[lace] Highland year of culture - Inverness Scotland

Regina, i do agree it is a beautiful design, we saw the original artwork for it last night. Earthy colours etc. Will keep the group posted, I expect there will be much hilarity at our first design meeting this coming Friday, we all had the giggles last night when we realised we got wind turbi

[lace] Highland year of culture - Inverness Scotland

etc. Any volunteers from the British contingent of Arachne? We can contribute to your costs and provide accommodation. Please contact me off list if you are interested [EMAIL PROTECTED] thank you Micki Cameron Inverness Lace Group Secretary from a dampish morning in Drumnadrochit, Scotland - To u

[lace] Leif Christensen

I wonder if someone could give me the contact details again for Leif and Bodil please. I have taken out my second last reel of their ultra thin silk and would like to re-order more to replenish stocks. thank you Micki from the north of scotland where we saw the first snows of the winter - far aw

[lace] ] aficot

The shuttle under that catalogue number is like you describe it, in lovely metallic colour. Yummy thanks Micki It is item #7292A in the catalog -I haven't checked the web site, www.nordicneedle.com There is a fine point on one end and a more oval one on the oth

[lace] aficot / needlelace guild

Tamara, I know about Lacis from my miniature knitting forays, never thought they supplies lace items too, so thanks for mentioning them. I had half decided to ago ahead with the mangling until I read your words about silk being at its weakest when wet - of course, duh! don't know why that fact

[lace] aficot

I have been trawling the internet for a lace supplier who sells aficots. And trawling I still am, have been reading interesting bits and pieces about other items used to polish needlelace 'rolls', like a cow's tooth or a lobster's claw, but since I suspect the first will not surrender a tooth read

[lace] Cause of Lace

Oh, wonderful, I had a brief look and there is a fantastic amount to look at and digest. Thank you for the link. Micki > Hello Micki, > > Go here : http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/index.html > > It's old books, publications, pictures > > Ralph and Tess big free job. > > You can

Fw: [lace] Cause of Lace

could you please explain a bit more about these CD's - I have just joined the group and as a newbie to lacemaking am very interested in books, journals, etc. relating to lace. Micki Scotland > > Any lacemaker worth a reel of cotton should have the*Digital Archives of Documents Related to Lace* Vol