I am currently working on a scarf (from Brigitte Bellon's book). I initially
used alpaca but had a very difficult time since the alpaca was thinning when
pulling on it or trying to do a sewing. Also, I have to admit, I did a lot of
retrolacing and this contributed to the thinning of the tread. A
Hi Nita
The material I am using is 70% baby alpace, 25% silk and 5% cashmere.
My lace teacher warned me about stretching, but on testing (i.e. stretching
a length of it),
it does appear not to be that stretchy; whether it is the silk that makes it
less so, I do not know.
The showl should be abo
I've thought about using a merino silk blend to make a scarf (Jaeger
spun Zepher) but I was worried it might stretch too much when
finished. When I was first knitting with alpaca, my daugher - who is
an accomplished spinner - told me that it has a tendency to stretch
more than wool (if I'
Last Thursday I finished the Isis Heart I started in Ithaca. GEEZ!!! Are the
mistakes ever glaring. But it was a VERY good learning piece. Thanks,
Jacquie!
Doodling while waiting for Beloved to get off work yesterday I came
up with a
tape lace heart that spirals in on itself. Thought it would
Well there is so little to do on the Honiton piece, you could finish that
very quickly. How about that one after you have finished the piece of
'christmas' lace.
Anbd personally I like more than one piece on the go at a time, it gives you
chance to move around.
Maureen
E Yorks
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Evening all
Well I would answer this question but it depends on which
pillow I have a beginner piece of honiton on the smallest pillow,
a piece of 'christmas' lace on the next one up, a bedfordshire motif
with gimps, rolled tallies, a nine pin edge and leaves on a third
pillow whi
Hi Arachnids,
At present I am racking my brain to think of something to do for the
Christmas exchange. I am also working -very slowly- on a dragon's face for
my son. I have taken a drawing out of a design book of dragons (The Big Book
of Dragons) and am working it directly onto the drawing as
Well, I was doing some Chantilly sample pieces, but have put this pillow to
one side for the time being.
At Pudsey lace fair I bought a kit to make a shawl in Torchon lace, using
baby Alpaca wool mix.
The colour of the wool is variegated in peacock colours. Ever since she was
a little girl, my d
Dear Lace Friends,
I am spending the time anticipating the arrival of granddaughter #1!!
We are going to make a trip to visit our daughter and son-in-law and
grandson #1 in about 12 days. I am making a bonnet for the baby with
smocking and a lace back of Bucks Point lace. The pattern is cal
At 03:59 AM 6/08/2008, Agnes Boddington wrote:
David, can you enlighten us: what is "nunsense"?
Dear Agnes et al
"Nunsense" is a wonderful American musical set in the convent of the
Sisters of Hoboken. They are in a most unfortunate situation. You
see, their cook, Sister Julia (Child of God)
It's sad working. B! I'm not even working on lace. Maybe next year,
sigh.
I hope to take a couple of days off next week, and be a local tourist - going
to even get a hotel room down in the French Quarter
Beth McCasland
in the sub-urbs of New Orleans.
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David, can you enlighten us: what is "nunsense"?
Agnes Boddington - Ellougthon UK
David in Ballarat wrote:
Am also madly rehearsing and MD-ing "Nunsense" 2 or 3 nights a week as
well. Can't wait to get into my habit.
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Dear Friends,
the list sure is quiet. S, I thought I'd ask what you are doing this
week lace-wise.
Not much actually - lace-wise. I have about 2 months more work to do
on this petit point portrait I'm doing in 16 shades of B&W at 50 sts
per inch. I'm managing to put in about 3 hours p
Greetings all,
I was sleeping, if I am working out the time difference correctly
. I
did get some lace made yesterday (Wednesday) morning, I am working on
the rocking horse designed by Janice Blair with some original bits
added in to fudge some errors in the harness
.. Now its back to the
Jenny,
The garter piece looks very nice. I have just completed a strip for my
convict bonnet, with a from ear to ear I am really pleased with it
and it is a major achievement because I designed elements I had seen in
other lace, but differently using my design program. This one which Ruth
c
Hello there
Tamara asked what we are doing now so I thought I would toss my
February page - http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace/feb2007.html up
on the web for you to check out the garter that is my WIP.
Jenny Brandis
Kununurra, Western Australia
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www.brandis.com.au/craft/la
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