Years ago a friend asked, based on the term "seamstress", if "lacestress" was
the right title for a lacemaker. I told her that was a very accurate term
sometimes.
Lorraine in Albany, NY
taking stock of each new blooming plant, even those dandelions
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I've been following the talk about lace terms and one thing that comes to my
mind is something my lace guru, Carl Newman, called a bobbin lace project that
was a mix of Beds, Cluny and Torchon. He called it Bastard Lace! Although it
is an unkind term to use with people ;-) I think it can cover a te
>>>From: Patricia Ann Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
a bobbin lace project that was a mix of Beds, Cluny and Torchon. He called
it Bastard Lace! <<<
A kinder term, if someone has trouble with this one, is "Hybrid Lace".
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/
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The one thing that no-one has mentioned in all the discussion going on
so far,is where do you start when you have a beginner to whom you wish
to explain how to work a stitch
There you are with your threads wounds onto the bobbins in pairs and you
are going to work a bandage. Regardless of wo
Bearing in mind that some Arachne members are still on dial-up, I decided to
copy the spreadsheet so it could sort off line. I don't have Excel, but I do
have Microsoft Works and used the spreadsheet in that.
However I had to play a bit to get it to work. Copying the whole lot from
http://spr
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
, bevw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> It is easy for the newcomer to be
>confused.
>
But it is also very easy for us to assume they have little or no
intelligence! In fact, if you have a knitter, explaining that each pair
of threads/bobbins is virtually the equivalent
If you can edit the spreadsheet (depends on the browser you use - it works
with IE and Firefox), then you'll see a File popup menu on the top left - in
there you'll find "Export" to lots of file formats (text, Excel sheet, PDF
...). This saves the whole sheet directly to your machine.
Best, Achim.
one of the columns though if I have a book in a
foreign language, which is why I'd want to download it.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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From: Achim Siebert
To: Lace
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace terms spread sheet
If yo
is why I'd want to download it.
>
> Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Achim Siebert
> To: Lace
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [lace] Lace terms spread sheet
>
>
> If you can edit the spreads
rom: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace terms spread sheet
Hi everyone -
This has been an interesting thread, but I admit that my foggy brain
is not quite able to understand the advantage here...
I have a copy of the "International Lace Dictionary" (Spee, van den
Hi Sue
Fatal mistake there: Achim is a man!
I agree with you though, I too thank them for their efforts, and I have
never heard of the booklet that Clay mentioned.
Is this still available and where?
Agnes Boddington - Ellougthon (a bit of watery sun at the moment) UK
Sue Duckles wrote:
Hi
Ooops. Sorry Achim!! (Am I forgiven???)
Thanks for that Agnes!!
Sue
On 9 Jan 2008, at 13:04, Agnes Boddington wrote:
Hi Sue
Fatal mistake there: Achim is a man!
I agree with you though, I too thank them for their efforts, and I
have never heard of the booklet that Clay mentioned.
Is th
Clay, the book you mention seems out of print. How about making the online
sheet less basic by using your sources? ;-)
I see lots of advantages: the internet is (or will be soon) available
anywhere, anytime (thinking of e.g the iPhone), so you dont have to take a
book with you. And you don't have t
No problem, Sue! And not fatal at all - life is fatal!
I also make bobbin lace since 18 months only now, before that I did some
knitted lace (and socks of course), crocheting, and I tried filet work, some
tatting etc. etc.
Best, Achim.
2008/1/9, Sue Duckles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Ooops. So
and how, photos and
who I gave the finished project to. Those are moved to a final notebook for
lace projects.
Notebook leans again the leg of my light table.
Susie Johnson
Morris, IL
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From: Achim Siebert
To: Lace
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:50 AM
Subj
2008/1/9, C Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Brenda's book is already magnificent isn't it?
> Rather than add more to make the little volume larger, why not do this:
I don't want to make it larger - I'd like to have it as an excel sheet on my
computer monitor, which sit's next to the lace pillow
Thinking in terms of portability - e.g. having the reference at hand when at
a lace meeting, the paper reference is at least portable even if so, like,
passé (but I like my sticky-noted, bookmarked, well-thumbed thread
companion!)...
I don't have one, don't know how they work, but think there migh
Hi Achim
Threads for Lace is actually a Word document plus a couple of Adobe
Illustrator files, and the Addenda lists are html tables. It's never
been in a spreadsheet format.
Would a scan of text put into an Excel document be searchable/sortable?
Presumably you'd need OCR software.
I hav
Spiders
It appeared that the public version of the lace Glossary (the one that
should visible without a google account) didn't reflect the latest updates.
I tried to fix that. It is available in the following formats:
HTML (to view online)
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqBZkXTYrukMmT23
On 3/15/06, The Browns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> to explain how to work a stitch...
The word 'stitch' is even ambiguous! Hardly a 'stitch' is taken in
making bobbin lace, in sewing terms. Like knitting and crochet, the
'stitch' is a complete set of movements, but unlike them, not
performed wit
On 3/15/06, Jane Partridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> , bevw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
> > It is easy for the newcomer to be
> >confused.
> >
> if you have a knitter, explaining that each pair
> of threads/bobbins is virtually the equivalent of one of their st
From: Jane Partridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Likewise we have got a reporter hooked, but why sort out "special"
> equipment - I gave up having a separate pillow long ago, and now when
> demonstrating those (of any age) who want to have a go do so on the
> piece I am working at the time -
The reason
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