Re: [lace] Looking for a source of netting for embroidery

2020-03-18 Thread Clay Blackwell
Do you have a color preference? Sent from my iPad > On Mar 18, 2020, at 4:27 PM, Penelope Piip wrote: > > Hi, > > I am searching for a source of netting (6 squares to the inch) for embroidery. > > I found www.filetlace.net but unfortunately the website has closed down from > 29th February

[lace] Looking for a source of netting for embroidery

2020-03-18 Thread Penelope Piip
Hi, I am searching for a source of netting (6 squares to the inch) for embroidery. I found www.filetlace.net but unfortunately the website has closed down from 29th February until September. Does anyone know where I might find some, or have a piece that I could buy from them? Otherwise

Re: [lace] looking for native German proofreader

2019-08-30 Thread yhgr . jfp
Someone has been very helpful and the German introduction is now integrated with the otherwise English website. The German (and Dutch) intro page can be found in the sidebar of https://d-bl.github.io/GroundForge/help/ Speaking of "otherwise English", that is also a second language and I might

[lace] looking for native German proofreader

2019-08-19 Thread jo
Hello German spiders I tried to write a German version of the introduction page for my freely available lace ground generator. No installation required. The rest of the site will remain English only. As I needed a mix of google translate and some personal experience with the language, I

[lace] Looking for Alex Stillwell

2018-12-31 Thread Clare Lewis
Hi all, Happy New Year to you all and apologies to posting to the entire group but I can't find Alex's email address anywhere. AS - if you are reading this please can you PM me about a piece of lace for a Lace Guild book. Many thanks, Clare - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace] Looking for Catherine Brown

2018-12-03 Thread Clare Lewis
Hello, I don't know if anybody can help me but I am trying to contact Catherine Brown who, I believe, is a New Zealander; she makes excellent needlelace. If anybody knows Catherine or can contact her please could they either ask her to contact me or contact me themselves to give them a message to

[lace] Looking for lacemaker in Denmark

2018-08-14 Thread Ann-Marie Andersson
If there is a lacemaker in Denmark on this list, could she contact me privately please. Ann-Marie Andersson Sweden - 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:

[lace] looking for Ann Dix

2017-12-04 Thread Susan McKinnell
I am hoping this works as it is my first post to Arachne.  Anyway, I believe it was on this list I saw someone mention a bobbin lacer named Ann Dix.  I am wondering if this is the same Ann Dix who wrote many Scottish Country Dances, such as Culla Bay?  I am interested as I have been doing

[lace] Looking for assistance on bobbin lace pattern

2017-01-26 Thread Valhalla Bee Farm
Good morning, all. Seems like I contact this list only when I need something. Sort of like the child only phoning home when they need money. LOL : ) I do read all the posts. Not able to participate much since I am a shop owner and very involved in my husband’s bee business. Today, I am

[lace] Looking for a book?

2016-09-28 Thread Brian Lemin
Does anyone happen to have a copy of the book, "Fuseaux Normands" I have no more information that that. no author, no publisher. nothing. sorry. I do have an excellent photograph of bobbins from the book and I was wondering if the book has more pictures? Once I had about 7 year old

[lace] Looking for a pattern

2016-08-29 Thread Susan
I'm sorry I don't know the answer to your question Ann-Marie, but I can see why you are attracted to the star! Very modern, effective use of half stitch that looks almost 3D, like an upturned, fancy Bundt cake pan. My initial reaction is that could it be Czech? I recently saw some work by

Re: [lace] Looking for a pattern

2016-08-29 Thread AGlez
The pattern is beautiful! I haven't seen this exact one, but it reminds me a lot to Brigitte Bellon's patterns. She has a few books on Christmas motifs. I have two or three and this star is not in them. So...it can be that this design is another book I do not know or it is a mixture of designs

[lace] Looking for a pattern

2016-08-28 Thread Ann-Marie Andersson
Sue Babbs has now uploaded the photo for me and you can see it at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/29005082010/in/album-7215767206378804 2/ Hopefully someone knows where I can buy the pattern. Ann-Marie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] Looking for a pattern

2016-08-28 Thread Ann-Marie Andersson
Hello all, I would like very much to buy the pattern for a lace I found somewhere on the web some time ago. It may be from Switzerland but I’m not sure. I already asked Atelier MB, but it wasn’t one of their patterns. I wanted to upload the photo on Arachne Flickr but failed, so I need help

[lace] Looking for an antique/vintage bobbin with initials and a date?

2016-07-22 Thread Brian Lemin
Something like: cb 1828. I have plenty with initials only and indeed dates, but not initials and dates on the same bobbin (See Freeman page 35) Drop me a note if you can help. Many thanks. Dictionary is making good progress. Decided to make the Honiton/East Devon as part two of

[lace] looking for Ros Hills

2016-06-03 Thread Devon Thein
I am proposing a contemporary lace exhibit to a small museum. The exhibit will consist of only art made with bobbin lace and needle lace. I have always loved the work of Ros Hills. In particular, I like her pieces pictured in the Pat Earnshaw book called Needlelace. part of the Merehurst

Re: [lace] Looking for instructions.

2016-05-21 Thread Liz Roberts
nt: Sat, May 21, 2016 2:34 pm Subject: [lace] Looking for instructions. Hi, A few years back I had found instructions on the internet for making a travel bobbin lace pillow from cigar boxes. Does anyone remember seeing this and does anyone know where I might find those instructions again? It was

[lace] Looking for instructions.

2016-05-21 Thread karpap
Hi, A few years back I had found instructions on the internet for making a travel bobbin lace pillow from cigar boxes. Does anyone remember seeing this and does anyone know where I might find those instructions again? It was very clever. It folded up and was very easy to carry to

[lace] Quote about needle lace - looking for a book

2015-03-10 Thread Meghann McCrory
Hello - I have not posted before but am grateful for this resource as an artist who studies lace and weaving. In doing some research, at some point I came across a book about lace making that was (I think) quite old - early 20th century or even late 19th century - I believe it was written by a

[lace] Looking for Hungarian-speaking lacemaker in UK

2014-08-26 Thread Avital
Dear spiders, I am posting this on behalf of Lauran Sundin. Lauran is NOT on Arachne, so please reply to her directly at i...@lauransundin.com. Thanks, Avital Arachne moderator I have an unusual quest. A lace maker from Hungary would like to come to the Waddesden events. She would like to

[lace] Looking for thread

2014-04-26 Thread Tess Parrish
Thanks to all who wrote with suggestions as to where to find Fresia 30/3. I have been able to place my order and can continue making my curtain knowing that i will not run out of thread. Arachne is the lacemaker's best friend! Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine USA where I saw a forsythia in

Re: [lace] looking for pattern

2014-04-03 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hi Marianne, I went through my books, including Anne Collier's book, and did not see a pattern for an Angel. However, in Collier's book, the costumes are period costumes, and have capes and collars, etc, which might seem somewhat angelic if you weren't sure what you were looking at.

Re: [lace] looking for pattern

2014-04-03 Thread Clay Blackwell
Sorry! Meant to trim, but after sorting through books, just forgot! Clay Sent from my iPad On Apr 3, 2014, at 8:27 AM, Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Marianne, I went through my books, including Anne Collier's book, and did not see a pattern for an Angel. However,

RE: [lace] looking for pattern

2014-04-03 Thread Marianne Gallant
Hmmm, makes me wonder where I got the pattern. It definitely looks like wings with the design, though I had not yet outlined them, but I had started on the skirt, and there are beads added near the hem. But since it doesn't seem to be in any of the books, I am going to have to do some more

[lace] looking for pattern

2014-04-02 Thread Marianne Gallant
Hi, I have a couple of needlelace patterns that I started several years ago, but now can’t find the patterns for. I am hoping someone can help me. One looks like the parts of an angel, (skirt, bodice, collar and wings), the other is 4 butterflies, 2 about ¾ inch the other 2 about 1.5 inches,

Re: [lace] looking for pattern

2014-04-02 Thread Sue Babbs
Lace in Miniature by Ann Collier is a book of patterns for dressing dolls. At a quick glance I didn't see either angels or butterflies in it, but I am tired after two days of stitching with Jan Beanery and Jean Littlejohn (not making lace though) Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com -Original

[lace] looking for phone number or email

2014-02-28 Thread Elizabeth Kurella
Does anyone have a phone number or email for Peggy Zalamea, author of 20th Century Linens and Lace? Or please ask her to email me. Elizabeth Kurella - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] Looking for Kitty Mason

2014-01-21 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
 from Edinbourgh. I was wondering if anybody on the list knows how I can contact this lace maker. YOu can reply to me privately. Thank you list for giving me a place to look for this person among other lacers. Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry New York, US of America celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com

[lace] Looking through

2014-01-21 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
 a bunch of my older Lace magazines yesterday and being they are not recent issues...it was like looking at a new issue of Lace . LOL. I had forgotten alot of stuff that was in the older issues. Like I saw the picture of the Binche Thistle again I was inquiring about last week...and I saw where

Re: [lace] Looking through

2014-01-21 Thread Sue Babbs
Sherry Please can you tell me what issue the Binche thistle is in? Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com -Original Message- - 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:

[lace] Looking for Bridgett Cook

2014-01-08 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
 email address. If someone has it could they please off list send it to me so I can contact her.   This is the second time I have had to send this message. I am getting really tired of  Spambot. Arachne list is the only place where my emails keep coming back as undeliverable. Why is it happening

[lace] Looking for a bobbin maker

2013-11-18 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
I have a bobbin that I used to paint my bobbins that I sold years ago. I would like a lot of this bobbin turned. I have one bobbin that is not painted but it has a spiral groove that I do not want...but can be used as a prototype. I am writing here to see if there are any bobbin makers on the

[lace] Looking for pattern information

2013-10-29 Thread Tess Parrish
I have a pricking of a pattern by Riet de Vries dated 1991. It is an imaginary face done in what looks to me like Russian techniques, though I could be wrong about that. I seem to have scribbled a few notes in French on the back of the pricking, but otherwise I have no idea where I got it. It

[lace] Looking for a pattern

2013-10-29 Thread Tess Parrish
Arachne is remarkable! Not only did I get several emails from helpful friends, but one of them had actually made the lace and had won a prize with it! She told me that it was published in La Dentelle, hence my notes in French, and also in Lace Express. Thanks to all who wrote me and all the

[lace] Looking for Roommate for Ithaca lacing weekend

2013-08-29 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
Is the person that was looking for a roommate still looking for one. Plans have changed for me so now I am looking for a roommate to split costs with. I am planning on staying Saturday night and Sunday. Please send me a private email if interested. Thank you muchly.  :) Sent from Yahoo! Mail on

Re: [lace] looking for pattern

2013-07-30 Thread Charlotte S Moore
Does anyone have a copy of Flight of Eagles by Anny Nobens Slegers that they might be interested in selling? Please contact me privately. Thank you, Charlotte Moore Anna Binnie l...@binnie.id.au wrote: Never ever through anything out. Firstly give or sell them to other lacemakers in your area.

[lace] looking for maker of these bobbins

2013-07-21 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
I recently came across these bobbins on the internet and I am wondering who made them and how  can I contact the maker. I put a picture of these bobbins on my blog. URL in signature.  Please respond to me off the list. Thank you muchly.  Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com

[lace] Looking at Gallery at IOLI website and entering State fair competition

2013-07-10 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
It is kinda funny seeing a picture of the delicious cake that we gorged ourselves on at Ithaca Lace Day Weekend banquet.  Believe it or not...I still have the candied bobbin and shuttle that I took home with me that night. This was years ago...I don't remember the year. I just think it is kinda

RE: [lace] Looking at Gallery at IOLI website and entering State fair competition

2013-07-10 Thread Margery Allcock
Celtic Dream Weaver wrote: Also I have never entered anything in our state fair but I have taken the first step in doing so . I have registered my Thistle Bookmark and I am entering it in the competiton. Awaiting my tag right now so I can sent it it. Feel kinda funny about it...not sure it

[lace] Looking for a pattern Christine Springett

2013-07-03 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
   I finally was able to have my VHS tape converted to DVD. I am so happy. I don't feel bad about it since it was my VHS tape that I bought years ago. So today I was watching it and there was so many techniques I had forgotten about. This is why I have been wating to get this tape on DVD. The

[lace] Looking for young lace makers for the 2nd edition of Doily Free Zone!

2013-05-31 Thread Angharad Rixon
The search has also begun for more young lace makers for the 2015 edition of Doily Free Zone. This April we saw that there are young people doing some amazing things with lace making and I hope to maintain this momentum to keep these wonderful skills alive for many generations to come! Expressions

[lace] Looking into Frank W. Newborn and daughter

2013-05-29 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
I would really  love to be in contact with Frank's daughter. It might be a bit harder for me on this side of the pond but maybe someone can contact her some how. I wonder if she belongs to any guilds for instance. Does someone that lives near Tickhill Doncaster South Yorkshire maybe they can give

[lace] Looking for Frank Newborn

2013-05-28 Thread Jane Partridge
Reading through what you had written, gave me the impression that this was not a young man, and doing a Google search has brought up Frank W Newborn, the son of a Tickhill farmer (there is a very interesting write up about their lives on the farm on a family history site), Frank S Newborn. His

RE: [lace] Looking for Frank Newborn

2013-05-28 Thread Maureen
Hi I am not sure whether Sheffield was a silver hallmarking town/city, but Birmingham certainly is. I think (and am happy to be corrected if I am wrong) that items of silver where sent to certain towns to be hallmarked and it would have been possible for Birmingham to have been used for the

Re: [lace] Looking for Frank Newborn

2013-05-28 Thread nestalace . carol
: Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 15:00 Subject: RE: [lace] Looking for Frank Newborn Hi Yes you are right there was someone making silver bobbins, as well as brass and possibly gold as well, who used to attend the Christmas Fair at Birmingham E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace] Looking for Frank W. Newborn

2013-05-28 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
Well...I have just about tore my house apart. I did have an email from him back in 2002. Frank had been to my website and was looking at the shuttle I had on my website and was surprise to see the silver shuttle he made back in the day. He was so surprised that he send me an email wanting to know

[lace] Looking for Frank Newborn

2013-05-26 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
Years ago I put a picture on my website for some of the tatting shuttles I had collected over the years at  that time. One of the shuttle was silver and was made by Frank Newborn. This shuttle had his mark on it and the silver markings for England. Anyhow...I guess Frank didn't make too many of

[lace] looking for musical note pattern

2013-05-14 Thread Kim Davis
HI! I have a student who is working on a treble cleft, and I believe she will want to work a series of notes next. I recall seeing a pattern for a musical note in the past, but I have been through my entire library and can not find it. Does anyone else recall seeing a bobbin lace pattern for a

[lace] looking for a bobbin lace fox

2013-04-25 Thread Kim Davis
Hi! Does anyone know where I might find a pattern for a fox? Thanks, Kim - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

RE: [lace] looking for a bobbin lace fox

2013-04-25 Thread Jenny Brandis
Davis Sent: Friday, 26 April 2013 7:04 AM To: Lace Subject: [lace] looking for a bobbin lace fox Hi! Does anyone know where I might find a pattern for a fox? Thanks, Kim - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

[lace] Looking for a bobbin lace teacher in Los Angeles and information about Spanier Arbeit

2013-04-07 Thread loren greenberg
Hello All, I am new to the community. 1) Does anyone know the technique for making Spanier Arbeit? I have already looked through the archives at -- http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com, 2) I am hoping to find a bobbin lace teacher ( for flat lace basics) in Los Angeles. If you

[lace] Looking for a lace teacher/class/group in Montana

2013-02-16 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
I have a friend in Somers, Montana who is interested in making lace but doesn't know if there is anyone teaching in her area. Does anyone know of any class or lace group that she could contact? tia Lesley - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] Looking for lacemakers near New Port Richey in Florida

2013-02-10 Thread lbuyred
Gentle Spiders, I have been contacted by someone who will be moving to New Port Richey in Florida by the end of the month. She is looking for other lacemakers in the area. Please contact me individually if you woudl be willing to share your email address with her. Thank you, Liz Redford - To

[lace] Looking for lacemakers in my area

2012-11-09 Thread Jill Hawkins
Hello all, I have just moved back to the UK (Milton Keynes area, Bucks) after having spent 26 years in the US and am trying to find lacemakers in my area so I can get back into the routine of meeting on a regular basis to make lace and get lacy news. I have joined the Aragon Lacemakers (Bedford),

[lace] Looking for lacemakers in south Florida

2012-07-28 Thread lbuyred
I have been contacted by someone who is looking for lacemakers in the Palm Beach County area of Florida. If you know of anyone please contact me privately. Thank you, Liz Redford Raleigh, NC, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Looking for a pattern Russian Lace

2011-11-07 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
I am trying to find the pattern for a Russian tape lace reindeer with the Christmas tree. Does anybody have this pattern and can tell me where I can find it? I know it exist for I have seen it in the past. I would love to make this pattern. Please send me an email if you can tell me where I can

[lace] looking for information on lace days

2011-11-06 Thread Laurie Waters
Does anyone have information on possible Lace Days in November for the Suffolk Lacemakers or the Thameside Lacemakers? They both had one in November last year. Thanks, Laurie http://lacenews.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Looking for bobbin lace teacher in Central London SW7

2011-10-09 Thread Susan Khiar
Hello, I am (was) an advanced beginner, who put down my bobbins 8 years ago, when my two children were born. I'd like to pick up where I left off. I moved to London last year with my husband and children, but haven't been able to connect with anyone in London. Does anyone know of a lace

[lace] looking for booklet

2011-09-30 Thread Gina Shillitani
Hi, I am looking for the Bulletin of the IOLI, Volume 21, Number 1 (Fall 2000-2001), specifically for the Clever Cluny loom pattern by Lorraine Eisbrenner. Does anyone know where I can locate a copy? I have contacted IOLI already. Thanks! Gina - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] looking for booklet

2011-09-30 Thread Clive Betty Rice
I have that issue of the IOLI Bulletin and will be pleased to copy the page for you if you are a member of IOLI. Are you? I believe it would be illegal, or at least unethical, for me to do otherwise. If you aren't a member, why don't you join? It is a marvelous organization and encompasses all

[lace] Looking for pattern - Belgian?

2011-09-06 Thread Ann-Marie Andersson
The pattern I asked about yesterday seems to be Belgian and designed by Annemarie Verbeke-Billiet. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2365535230048870129tQrFqf Maybe it was published in a Kant magazine? I would be very grateful for any information how to get it. Regards Ann-Marie

Re: [lace] Looking for pattern - Belgian?

2011-09-06 Thread bev walker
Hello Ann-Marie I have an issue of Kant with a pattern similar to the one you are looking for, shown on the cover of Kant, June 2010, No. 2. It is an edging for a round mat, with the tulip motifs, designed by Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet, 2008. They also have it illustrated as a fan. Does this help?

[lace] Looking for a pattern

2011-09-05 Thread Ann-Marie Andersson
Hello all, I have seen this pretty bobbin lace http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2591106330048870129mCgvrW in a Picasa web album. Could someone please tell me where I can buy the pattern? Thanks in advance! Ann-Marie in Sweden - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Looking for Halloween Lace Patternss/ Ithaca Lace DAys

2011-08-30 Thread Lora
Yup I love Halloween, also dia de Los muertos I Can't wait to start making sugar skulls, pan de muertos and asphodel bread! Unfortunately I don't know of any patterns but id really like to, too, particularly the more serious rather than cheesy or horror side On 30 Aug 2011, at 19:51, Celtic

Re: [lace] Looking for Halloween Lace Patterns

2011-08-30 Thread robinlace
This year's IOLI pattern CD includes a Hallowe'en cat. It's a simple tape with leaves for eyes. The original is black with orange eyes, but you could do the eyes with glow-in-the-dark thread if you want it spookier. If you belong to an IOLI Charter group, they should have received their copy

[lace] Looking for lace makers near Jacksonvilel, Florida

2011-07-12 Thread lbuyred
I have had someone in the Jacksonville, Florida area contact me looking for lace makers in that area. Please contact me privately if you live in that area and would be willing to make contact with this person. Thank you, Liz Redford Raleigh, NC, USA - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Looking for pricking source- Mouse!

2011-04-10 Thread jviking
Here is a picture of one similar to the one I saw: http://dentellecigale13.canalblog.com/albums/marque_page/photos/42642791-marque_page_fuseau.html The bobbin pattern is very pretty but I'm charmed by the mouse pattern shown a few pictures later. Jane in Vermont, USA jvik...@sover.net - To

[lace] Looking for pricking source

2011-04-09 Thread Gina Shillitani
Hi, I saw a bookmark on someone's website that had the image of a lace bobbin in it. It gave no source or anything... does anyone know where I might find a pricking like this? It looked like pretty simple Torchon. Here is a picture of one similar to the one I saw:

[lace] Looking for lace makers in Central Florida

2011-03-11 Thread lbuyred
Dear Spiders, Do any of you live in the central Florida area? I have had someone email me looking for contacts. Please respond to me individually if you live in that area. Thank you, Liz Redford Raleigh, NC, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Looking for Sister Johanna

2011-02-06 Thread Jo
Sorry for the odd previous subject Sister Johanna from Cincinnati, OHIO If you are on the list, Joillet Caroline From Aarschot in Belgium on http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/Map/ wants to contact you. If Johanna is not an arachne-member but some spider knows her, please forward this

[lace] Looking for bead photographs

2010-12-15 Thread Brian Lemin
You know that my wife and a certain Arachne member are waving a big stick at me to get my Bobbin Dictionary done. Well, with the data base of pictures that I have, I never dreamt that I would need to ask friends for such a large amount of help in supplying me with photographs. But here I am

[lace] Looking for an image (again!!!!) Rare this time.

2010-12-11 Thread Brian Lemin
One of the Arachne members has goaded me into finishing off my Dictionary of Antique English Lace Bobbins. I have worked on it for years now and then do nothing. I have worked out a schedule to spend an hour a day editing it, mostly updating copyrighted images with my own permission granted

[lace] looking for thread

2010-10-31 Thread tess parrish
Can Goldschild thread be found in the US? I have started a torchon mat and am afraid that the one spool of 50/3 1/2 white is not going to be quite enough. I know it can be bought in Germany--that's probably where I got it--but couldn't seem to find any listed here. I would appreciate

Re: [lace] looking for thread

2010-10-31 Thread bev walker
Hi Tess and everyone As it happens, the answer would interest me, our one supplier in Canada for this thread is closing business. Maybe her successor will carry it. In the meantime I recall that Goldschild is marketed as Londonderry 'here' - a quick google pulled up quite a few sources of

Re: [lace] looking for thread

2010-10-31 Thread Sister Claire
I just checked Holly Van Sciver's site, and she sells Londonderry linen. Here is a link: http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/2Threads.html#Linen%20Threads. No commercial connection. Just a frequent, satisfied customer. Sr. Claire On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 18:53, Beth Marshall b...@capuchin.co.uk

[lace] Looking for Sue Duckles

2010-09-12 Thread Tregellas Family
Morning All, I need to contact Sue Duckles - can you please reply privately Sue? Thanks Shirley T. - in Adelaide, Australia where most of our reservoirs are 95% full so it seems the drought has broken at long last,12 years is a long time without sufficient water. - To unsubscribe

[lace] Looking for Lorri?

2010-09-11 Thread pene piip
Has anyone been in contact with, or seen Lorri Ferguson recently? She requested to be included in the Postcard Swap said that she was going to Portland. But I haven't heard from her since then, so I don't know if she has sent, or received any postcards. Did she attend the Convention?

Re: [lace] Looking for a pattern

2010-09-03 Thread Dmt11home
Louise Colgan's tape on making Milanese features a lovely colored hummingbird as its project. Devon In a message dated 9/3/2010 12:02:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jil...@hotmail.com writes: I would like to make a lace picture of a Hummingbird, in colour. Has anyone seen a pattern in

RE: [lace] Looking for a pattern

2010-09-03 Thread Jill T
Hi Devon Thanks for your very speedy response re the Hummingbird, do you know a web site I can order the tape from? Thanks Jill - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

Re: [lace] Looking for a pattern

2010-09-03 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - Original Message From: Jill T jil...@hotmail.com To: lace digest lace@arachne.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 12:01:52 PM Subject: [lace] Looking for a pattern I would like to make a lace picture of a Hummingbird, in colour.  Has

Re: [lace] Looking for a lace-reporter in Ohio

2010-09-02 Thread suebabbs
When we looked at the College of Wooster in 2004, for our son,  there was an embroidery shop in town which sold bobbin lace equipment. Maybe it's still there - if so there probably are local lacemakers. Unfortunately, it wasn't a good match for him, so we never saw the shop again! Sue Babbs

Re: [lace] Looking for a lace-reporter in Ohio

2010-09-02 Thread Ruth Rocker
I doubt I'll make it. That's a 2-hour drive away from me :( On 9/1/2010 10:53 PM, Tamara P Duvall wrote: Wooster, Ohio 44691 -- Ruth R. in OH roxw...@krafters.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] Looking for a lace-reporter in Ohio

2010-09-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Gentle Spiders, So, yesterday afternoon, Devon sent a (private) message: I was having one of my long to-do's with Lyn Baily of Lancaster, PA, on the subject of lace in early America, which is, like early America, a pretty unexplored region. [...] Lyn continued to surf the internet and came

Re: [lace] Looking for a book title/author

2010-06-12 Thread A . González
Hello Lorri, The book you mention is 101 Torchon Patterns, by Robin Lewis-Wild. I cannot give you more details, because my book is the Spanish translation of the original. So, the publisher is not the same as the English book. Best regards.. Antje González, in Guadalajara, Spain. - To

Re: [lace] Looking for a book title/author

2010-06-12 Thread lbuyred
I could have sworn that I owned this book, but now I can't seem to find it in my bookshelf. I must have borrowed it from the guild library. In any case I have found it on Holly Van Sciver's web site. The link below will take you there but you will have to scroll down about 11 or 12 rows to

Re: [lace] Looking for a book title/author

2010-06-12 Thread Agnes Boddington
There is also a copy on ebay.co.uk. Item number: 370392070273 But the postage cost may kill that one. Agnes Boddington Elloughton UK A. González antje.gonza...@gmail.com wrote: The book you mention is 101 Torchon Patterns, by Robin Lewis-Wild. I cannot give you more details, because my

[lace] Looking for a book title/author

2010-06-11 Thread Lorri Ferguson
I have been given a photo copy of some pages of a beginning Torchon book. The Chapter titles seem to be: 1. Color Key, 2. Color Key Samples, 3. Edgings, 4. Insertions, 5. Corners, 6. Book Marks, 7. Medallions The book has at least 127 pages, and is about 8.5 x 11 inches (the photo

[lace] Looking for tatted alphabet

2010-06-07 Thread Patsy A. Goodman
Hi Folks, I'm looking for an elegant/fancy alphabet to tat. Something that can be appliquéd on a t-shirt or blouse for a monogram. Possibly found on the internet and Free. I have found one in Rebecca Jones book of Tatting but it is too plain for what I'm looking for. Also one in Julia E.

[lace] Looking for a pattern

2010-05-17 Thread Mark Myers
I am looking for a sailboat pattern or maybe a light house pattern. Nothing too involved. Fairly simple. I am wanting to make something for my dad for Father¹s day which is next month. So don¹t have too long of a time to complete. He is into sailboats and nautical stuff. If you know of a

Re: [lace] Looking for a pattern

2010-05-17 Thread bev walker
Mark (and everyone on the lace list) I think you *should* design your own. You did it with the gecko, you can do it with a lighthouse shape or sailboat. Go for it! On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Mark Myers tat...@tat-man.net wrote: I am looking for a sailboat pattern or maybe a light house

Re: [lace] Looking for a pattern

2010-05-17 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Mark One of Eeva-Lisa Khortelahti's books has a pattern like that. It's the first of her books that I took frpm the shelf! Nyplatkaamme - Let's Make Bobbin Lace. Three BL pics of boats with sails; torchon but with differences but her patterns are so well drawn that all the instructions are

Re: [lace] Looking for a pattern

2010-05-17 Thread Agnes Boddington
Hello Mark Try this page for a free pattern: www.lokk.nl/patronenarchief/patroon juli 2004.pdf Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK I am looking for a sailboat pattern or maybe a light house pattern. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Looking for a pattern

2010-05-17 Thread robinlace
I am looking for a sailboat pattern or maybe a light house pattern. Nothing too involved. If you want it not too involved, a sailboat would be easy. A plait for the mast, curve-edged triangle(s) in half stitch for the sail(s), cloth stitch for the hull. You can have one or more

Re: [lace] Looking for lace group/teacher near East Chester, NY

2009-09-01 Thread Regina Haring
: [lace] Looking for lace group/teacher near East Chester, NY Hello all, A friend of a friend is moving to East Chester, NY shortly and is hoping to find a lace group and teacher in the area. Can anyone on the list provide advice? Vicki in Maryland...just finished making lace for 30 hours

Re: [lace] Looking for lace group/teacher near East Chester, NY

2009-09-01 Thread Devon Thein
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 1:21 PM Subject: [lace] Looking for lace group/teacher near East Chester, NY Hello all, A friend of a friend is moving to East Chester, NY shortly and is hoping to find a lace group and teacher in the area. Can anyone on the list provide advice? Vicki

[lace] Looking for lace group/teacher near East Chester, NY

2009-08-25 Thread Vicki Bradford
Hello all, A friend of a friend is moving to East Chester, NY shortly and is hoping to find a lace group and teacher in the area. Can anyone on the list provide advice? Vicki in Maryland...just finished making lace for 30 hours at our county fair last week - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] Looking for a tatter

2009-08-22 Thread Jane Nelson
Good evening everyone - My husband and I, one daughter and two grandchildren recently drove from Lincoln, NE to the Iowa State Fair and the Illinois State Fair. The trip was mainly for the purpose of judging the honey division at those respective fairs. But with some family along, we made

[lace] looking for Peniche book

2009-05-15 Thread bev walker
Hello everyone I am looking for a copy of Bobbin Lace in Peniche, to buy - within North America. I could order it overseas from B. Fay Verlag, but if anyone in NA has a used copy they would be willing to sell please contact me privately. I have looked for it at our larger suppliers to no avail.

[lace] Looking for Kate Henry

2009-01-10 Thread Clay Blackwell
Sorry to post this to the list, but my emails to Kate Henry keep bouncing. Kate, if you're on the list, please contact me!! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] looking for lacemakers in Kent

2008-04-23 Thread beth
Hi all If anyone out there is from the Kent area of England, do you know if there are any lace groups or classes meeting in the Borough Green / Sevenoaks area? One of the older members of our class up here in Cheshire is moving to Borough Green to be near her daughter in Sevenoaks, and I know

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