Re: [lace] Re: Waxing thread for bobbin lace

2005-08-01 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 7/31/2005 2:05:31 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We were told to bring #5 pencil. WalMart has never heard of it and, truth to tell, I heven't seen one since I left Poland (1972), so I didn't have one. Deb Bender (the organiser of the workshop) had

Re: [lace] Re: Waxing thread for bobbin lace

2005-07-31 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 31 Jul 2005, at 02:00, Tamara P Duvall wrote: We were told to bring #5 pencil. WalMart has never heard of it and, truth to tell, I heven't seen one since I left Poland (1972), so I didn't have one. Deb Bender (the organiser of the workshop) had supplied a box of them, for all other lame

Re: [lace] Re: Waxing thread for bobbin lace

2005-07-31 Thread susan
if you want to have colored linen thread, wrap it around a thin roll of padding wrapped in cloth and put it in a dye bath. once it is dyed then you can just let it dry and wind it on the bobbins. --- Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love making BL with linen and would probably do it

[lace] Re: Waxing thread for bobbin lace

2005-07-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 30, 2005, at 10:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacquie) wrote: As I write this, I am wondering what Tamara and others were using to draw their designs on the tulle (net?) for tambouring, We were told to bring #5 pencil. WalMart has never heard of it and, truth to tell, I heven't seen one

[lace] Re: waxing thread for bobbin lace

2005-07-28 Thread John OConnor
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[lace] Re: waxing thread for bobbin lace

2005-07-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 27, 2005, at 12:42, susan wrote: i was reading up on handspun sewing thread and it suggests to run it through bees wax before they start their sewing. does any one think it would have a bad affect to run the lace thread through the wax? it might stop the unwinding and unrolling of the

Re: [lace] Re: waxing thread for bobbin lace

2005-07-27 Thread susan
that would probably work like you said, but i will try it for one project and see how bad it does. it isn't the problem with it slipping out of stitch while the piece is still being worked. it is the loosening of the stitches once the wax has faded that i am worried about. once the lace is