Re: [lace] Help With Skeined Cotton Thread

Dear Adele, Check the thread with a high-powered loupe -- you should be able to see 'nodes' in the fibers if it's linen (which would be very exciting given how fine it is). https://lenoklinen.com/blog/linen-fibers-miscroscoping Also, the following blog post gives some other methods for

Re: [lace] Help With Skeined Cotton Thread

Update on the thread - Interesting - the slips are not as I expected. I thought the entire parcel would be one long length of thread, with all the slips joined to one another, but - no. Each slip is fastened off, separate from the others, so you can just extract one slip at a time from the

Re[2]: [lace] Help With Skeined Cotton Thread

I'd love to see photos of this thread on our Flickr account! Let me know if you need the login. I wonder if it would be good to put the thread in a shower room / in a container under a damp cloth to add humidity to it. I know that makes a different when cotton threads on the pillow become

Re: [lace] Help With Skeined Cotton Thread

Thank you so much, Jean, Sue (and Brenda & Clay through the archives) - My little 6” parcel didn’t seem to have any red threads, or any indication of having been tied at all, but the picture of your parcel that you so kindly sent, Jean, looked a lot like my parcel in every other respect,

Re[2]: [lace] Help With Skeined Cotton Thread

I looked in the archives for "slip" and came up with these messages from Brenda Paternoster: [lace] Slip threads Brenda Paternoster Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:18:22 -0800 Dear Spiders I have recently acquired some old slip threads - thank you Lynne - and my quandry is whether or not I should break

Re: [lace] Help With Skeined Cotton Thread

Hi Adele, I think it’s probably very fine cotton. In the Romance of the Lace Pillow by Thomas Wright (1971 reprint from Paul Minet) on p.123 it says “Many workers use ordinary Lace Thread (which is, of course, cotton), sometimes called Gassed Thread, from the fact that it is drawn at a slow but

[lace] Help With Skeined Cotton Thread

Hi, Everybody: I just got a skein of old linen thread that’s not like anything I’ve ever seen before, here in Canada, but I think maybe some of the Europeans on this list might be familiar with what I have and be able to help me. It’s a single skein, not marked or labelled, and it is very fine -

[lace] Help with a list of laces that came with the initial migration to England... Please

As you know I am ignorant about lace!!  However I am trying to identify the style of bobbins the  two waves of immigration of lace makers  may well have brought to England. We know that the main arrivals were Flemish Protestants and they arrived around 1572 (St Bartholomew Massacre and

[lace] Help for animals - Australian wildfires

Dear arachnids, Please forgive this being not directly lace-related, but since interest has been expressed as to ways to help, I am sharing this information. I know that many of us are involved in other fiber-related activities are may find this of interest. This was sent to me by a spinning

[lace] Help with Finding Pricking ,,,

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[lace] Help

Thank-you everyone that has written about me losing my husband. It's really appreciated . He was always in support of everything I have done. He will be a huge loss to me and the family. My daughter has been very supporting over the situation. My granddaughter has now been made my carer ,so

[lace] Help needed update

Hi all thank you all for your suggestions about my sewings problem. I have taken them all on board and am going to buy both a lazy Susan and a bigger crochet hook and see how I get on. Alison in sunny Colchester Essex UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

RE: [lace] Help needed

to be small enough to get it through the loop or hole where the sewing will be made. Lorelei -Original Message- Subject: [lace] Help needed "Returning to tape lace after a long time I am struggling with the sewings and false plaits. " from Alison in Colchester - To unsubscribe

[lace] Help needed & tools for sewings

A needle pin is different than a lazy susan. The needle pin is essentially a needle with a handle. The eye of the needle is buried & the point is the business end. A lazy susan is a bent needle with a handle & the point is buried. Susie Johnson in PA is a leading proponent of needle pins. She

Re: [lace] Help needed

Using a needle pin works the same way as using a crochet hook. But personally I find it more difficult since there is nothing at the end of the needle to catch and hold the thread. A needle pin is usually used with very fine threads, since you might damage the fine thread with the hook part of

Re: [lace] Help needed

I watched the video and saw she used a threaded needle in the Lazy Susan. Is that the same as a needle pin? I didn’t think thread was involved with the needle pin, but I’ve never seen one used. Jean Reardon Western Pennsylvania > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F9u6yaxKQw - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Help needed

Allison, sorry to hear you have been ill. Yesterday on Facebook I saw this link to doing sewings both with crochet hook and lazy Susan. I hope this is what you were wanting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F9u6yaxKQw If the link doesn't work - type into Google - Lou Woo youtube lace sewing

Re: [lace] Help needed

If you are struggling to grasp the thread try using a mini latch hook. Hemline sell them as snag repair tools. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hemline-H248-Miniature-Latch-Repair/dp/B002TYE4GQ Brenda > I've lost some of my

Re: [lace] Help needed

Dear Allison, 2 things. If you can, take your lace outside to enjoy the weather. I suggest looking for a crochet hook of close to proper size with a really thick handle, perhaps the width of a wine cork. Also, possibly enlarging the pattern and thread to make it all easier to deal with

[lace] Help needed

Hi all Returning to tape lace after a long time I am struggling with the sewings and false plaits. I've lost some of my manual dexterity due to illness and a crochet hook is not working. I have what I think is called a needle pin and Bridget cook's practical skills in lace book but I am

Re: [lace] Help me remember a movie

Devon, there exist a film with the title Die Klöpplerin = the lacemaker. It was in 1980th here in Hamburg everybody spoke about but only in the way „interesting, remarkable“. Some times later it was on TV at midnight but I told my husband it is a must for me and watched it. The story I remember

Re: [lace] Help me remember a movie

Hi Devon: Doesn’t ring a bell, but I took a little run through Google: There was a 1941 film called “A Woman's Face”, that was an American remake of a 1938 Swedish film with the same name. I’m suggesting it because I think both are set in Sweden, so the lacemaking might be a factor. Plus, the

Re: [lace] Help me remember a movie

I remember a movie called "The Lacemaker" could that be what you are looking for. Haven't seen it yet Trish Fisher in Sunny West Virginia where my lovely fushia rhododendron is fading. I am going on a lace retreat and we are planning a movie night. Many, many years ago I saw a movie, or part

Re: [lace] Help me remember a movie

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[lace] Help me remember a movie

I am going on a lace retreat and we are planning a movie night. Many, many years ago I saw a movie, or part of a movie. It was in black and white. It was a B picture, possibly film noir. It was set in the first half of the 20th century, I think. There was a woman who made bobbin lace on a flat

[lace] Help with Contact

Hi Arachnids What a wonderful collection of friends. Thank you for putting me in touch with Valerie and I have had an answer. Happy New Year, or whatever your festival is called, a rose by any other name smells as sweet. Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

Re: [lace] help

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[lace] help

Trying to put a photo in my album with arachne2003 and failing miserably. Help please. Agnes Boddington - 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:

Re: [lace] help finding books

Hi Sharon, A search on Google produced these leads: April Lind's page on the ning group LACEIOLI: laceioli.ning.com/profile/AprilLind?xg_source=activity She says the first book is out of print, but you might message her directly if that's the one you want, and you can probably buy the second

[lace] help finding books

Can anyone tell me where one can acquire the bookmark booklets by April Lind? One of our members has lost hers (has no idea how) and really wants another copy. I wouldn’t mind a copy of both myself, they’re very hand to have around. Thanks Sharon on Vancouver Island - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] Help! Never done a hanky before

Hi Kathryn I think it all depends on how you have stitch it on, if you have used the four sided stitch it is quite safe to cut right up to the stitches as it is so secure I have even used tweezers to pull a few more threads out so no material is showing on the lace side at all Sue Harvey

[lace] Help.....A practice bobbin I sold years ago... lost????????

Did an Arachne member buy one of the bobbins that made as practice? It was highly ornamental, lose rings and one missing, after Joseph Haskins. I want to check a picture that I am using in the dictionary to illustrate "fake bobbins". I thought the picture I was using was that bobbin

Re: [lace] help

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[lace] help

Hello How do I get into our Flickr album to post a picture? Agnes Boddington - 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/

[lace] Help.....Carol Adkinson

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[lace] Help with research please? Possibly genealogical????????

Hello all, 1. There is an intimation in Whiting that the bobbins of East Devon (Honiton bobbins) were all decorated in "Workshops" dedicated to that function. 2. Theses could possibly be associated with lace dealers or shops dealing in lace making needs; but not necessarily so.

[lace] Help again.....Stuck for special spangle beads? and perhaps a vintage pillow horse? For the Dictionary

Hi All, Firstly I need to say that I have been through all of the nearly 150 pages and sent them off to my editor (Nice lady, but I think Sargent major is a better name for her!! ) :) Yes she is an Arachne member. fancy being an Arachnid "and" a sergeant major!!! You are all so kind and nice.

Re: [lace] Help

Thank you everyone, I've received eleven replies so far and delighted to know that I am not loosing my marbles, just totally stressed out with this new computer. I'm so sorry about them having come through three times and have no idea why some came through yahoo as I do not have an account with

Re: [lace] Help

Yes Cathy , they have come through three times! Maybe this is another example of the problems with some ISPs and the Arachne list. Brenda > On 23 Mar 2016, at 09:36, Yahoo! wrote: > > Please can someone tell me if the last THREE emails I have sent to Arachne

[lace] Help

Please can someone tell me if the last THREE emails I have sent to Arachne have come through, as they have not appeared in my mailbox, only my 'Sent' box? If they have appeared 3 times, please accept my sincere apologies as I think I'm losing my marbles! Catherine Barley Needlelace

[lace] help please

Barrie I agree with Brenda and Catherine. It looks like point de gaze needle lace, just from the style alone. We don't have enough detail to see individual threads. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

Re: [lace] Help please.

Hi Julie It looks like Point de Gaze, but not detailed enough to be certain that it’s all needle lace with no bobbin fillings to make it mixed Brussels. A very nice piece of lace. Brenda > > Sorry, here is the photo of the lace. > > http://tinyurl.com/whatlaceisthis > Brenda in Allhallows

[lace] Help please.

Could someone please tell me what sort of lace this is ? My friend was given this beautiful piece which is 7 1/2 inches wide x 62 inches long for her birthday and we do not know anything about it. Any information you could give us would be a great help thank you. Julie >From New Zealand

Re: [lace] Help - Embroidered Jacket.

Hello Liz and everyone Could it have been the Plimoth Jacket? http://www.plimoth.org/jacket It came to mind, when reading your description. On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com wrote: Can anyone please help me? - Recently I saw a web site showing a

[lace] Help - Embroidered Jacket.

Can anyone please help me? - Recently I saw a web site showing a reproduction embroidered jacket, which was made in England copied from one in a museum - possibly the VA. I cannot find the link anywhere, - and nor can I find my 'bookmark' for it! Grrr! I promised to share the link with a friend

[lace] Help from Australian Spiders, Please!

Hi Aussie Arachnids All, I am hoping you can give me some advice.   My son-in-law, grandson and grandson's friend are travelling by Malaysia Airlines to Cairns next week (29th Oct, I believe) and the baggage allowance is 25kg on the international flight.   However, they will be travelling

RE: [lace] Help from Australian Spiders, Please!

Mr Google says that there are luggage lockers at Cairns Airport but it looks like it might get to be a bit expensive if left for too long but that probably depends upon the 'discount' they offer for longer holdings: http://www.cairnsairport.com.au/luggage-lost-property/ HTH Fran -Original

Re: [lace] Help from Australian Spiders, Please!

Hi Carol, It would be extremely worthwhile for your son-in-law to check the baggage allowance with the domestic airline (and ticket type) they've booked with. Many Qantas and Virgin flights have 23kg limit for checked baggage, while carry-on luggage can vary from about 7-10kg with a size limit

RE: [lace] Help from Australian Spiders, Please!

...@btinternet.com Sent: Wednesday, 22 October 2014 1:54 AM To: Lace@Arachne.Com Subject: [lace] Help from Australian Spiders, Please! Hi Aussie Arachnids All, I am hoping you can give me some advice.   My son-in-law, grandson and grandson's friend are travelling by Malaysia Airlines to Cairns next week

Re: [lace] Help with sewing with thread/Structure of Threads for Lace by Ballantyne

Thank you to a few people who have answered this one for me in various ways. I have chosen this email and the group to answer this morning to let you know that the 'crisis is over'. I was using Broder Machine 50 which is quite fine (although not as fine as many of you use). It is the same

Re: [lace] Help with sewing with thread

G'day Friends, Sue, I was also about to say try threading the needle from the other end of the thread. Liz, I'd forgotten that trick because I never do it myself. However, I do distinctly recall learning it back in '75 when a tapestry teacher was looking at my work. She stressed how

Re: [lace] Help with sewing with thread/Structure of Threads for Lace by Ballantyne

Dear Jeri. This is something I never thought before. I used to contemplate the twist of the thread when winding bobbins, not when sewing... A big thank you again, your knowing and help to this list is invaluable. Kind regards from a sunny and very hot Barcelona, Spain Carolina de la Guardia

Re: [lace] Help with sewing with thread

At 07:01 AM 30/08/2014, Clay Blackwell wrote: Sue, I always give one twist with each stitch and that should stop it either knotting or unravelling. The trick is to figure out which way to twist and then to be consistent. David in Ballarat, AUS I am sewing two pieces of lace together

[lace] Help with sewing with thread

I get the digest, so am always a bit behind times! Sue, I was also about to say try threading the needle from the other end of the thread. I learned that trick with Catherine Barley, when she was over here, and I was struggling with some Brok thread (I think it was.) Threading from the other end

[lace] Help with sewing with thread

I am sewing two pieces of lace together using the same thread as I made the lace with. Broder machine 50 and it keeps knotting although so far i have managed to undo it. Is there a knack to is, ie maybe is there a way the thread needs to be use? Sue T Dorset UK - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Help with sewing with thread

Hi Sue Are you right handed? In the same way that some lacemakers don’t get on with Z twisted thread for BL, a lot of right handed stitchers find that they have problems with Z twist threads because of the way they handle the sewing needle causing the thread to over twist and thus curl up

Re: [lace] Help with sewing with thread

Sue, I have seen the same thing happen in embroidery and needlepoint. One solution is to periodically drop the needle and allow the thread to untwist itself before continuing. Clay Sent from my iPad On Aug 29, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Sue su...@talktalk.net wrote: I am sewing two pieces of lace

[lace] Help with sewing with thread/Structure of Threads for Lace by Ballantyne

Dear Sue, Not sure, but it is possible you are sewing against the grain of the thread. Have you tried threading your needle from the other end of the thread? You may remember that Barbara Ballantyne, the Australian crochet expert, and I wrote a lot about thread problems at the time

Re: [lace] Help with mystery lace bonnet

Hi Vickie: I think you're right about the purpose of the balls. As to the bonnet, it certainly looks like a variant of the Dutch 'hul'. I once took a 's Gravenmoer class from a Dutch lady who described the bonnets in detail. I don't remember all of what she said, but part of it was that there

Re: [lace] Help with mystery lace bonnet

in with the main one. On Wikipedia under Dutch caps or Dutch bonnets there is a photo of several Dutch costumes together. From: Adele Shaak Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:08 PM To: Vickie Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Help with mystery lace bonnet Hi Vickie: There are regional differences

[lace] Help with mystery lace bonnet

Hello everyone, I have a friend that purchased a very old appearing, unusual lace bonnet made with metallic thread from an eBay vender. Since I have never seen anything like it I turn to your wonderful knowledge to help her guess at the age, style, and material etc. There are two heavy

[lace] Help, Please!

Hi Spiders All,   I am hoping that you can help me! A lace-making friend was hit by the North Sea Surge in December last, and her house is till full of sand and sea-water, as well as other impossible things, but she - and others in the same situation - has had a great deal of help from the

RE: [lace] Help, Please!

Hi Carol I don't suppose that this is going to be much help to your friend but I'm sure that there is a pattern for a windmill in one of Veronica Sorensen's books. Definitely not the Bruges flower lace, but one of the others, I can't remember which and am at work at the moment so can't check.

Re: [lace] Help, Please!

Hello Carol, I will send you some scans from a Dutch magazine Kant Kwartaal published by Jolanda de Boer-van Nes in 1993. It is a pattern of a stylised lighthouse in waves. Joke Sinclair in wet West-Sussex On 26 Mar 2014, at 14:59, nestalace.ca...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi Spiders All,

RE: [lace] Help, Please!

I have actually seen a bobbin lace pattern for a lighthouse, but cannot remember where or when. Possibly in a German publication or pattern. However, if you search for lace light house, some pictures of crocheted ones come up, and you may be able to convert these simple designs to a lace pattern

Re: [lace] Help, Please!

To help all in the future I found one in the Modern Lace designs book by Veronica Sorenson. It is a free standing model but might lend itself to reduction or adaption if needed. Sue T Dorset UK I have actually seen a bobbin lace pattern for a lighthouse, but cannot remember where or when.

Re: [lace] Help, Please!

Hi all Page 125 of Veronica Sorenson's Modern Lace Designs has a windmill, but it is a 3D model to be used as a table light, but you may be able to do something with it. Regards Maureen E Yorkshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Help, Please!

Rendas de Bilros de Peniche/Bobbin lace of Peniche from Barbara Fay http://www.barbara-fay.de/j2/index.php/en/component/virtuemart/bobbin-lace/kl%C3%B6ppelspitzen-aus-peniche-detail?Itemid=0 has a pricking or the watch tower shown on the cover. If you can draw, or trace, a picture of a

[lace] help - windows 7 locked out

Hello Can anyone on arachne help me, you are such a wonderful source of knowledge on so many topics. I'm away from home and on trying to log onto my notepad computer which runs on windows 7 I find that I've been completely locked out the message reads user profile service service failed the

[lace] Help needed from France

I need to contact Hotel de la Dentelle in Brioude but they don’t reply to emails. Could someone in France please help me? Ann-Marie Andersson - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] help

pretend I am holding a blowhorn: CALLING ALL ARACHNES..., CALLING ALL ARACHNES..The Beehive Lacers need your help. We are hosting the Lace convention this year and we are putting together the booklet that they give to all the participants. In the past

Re: [lace] Help me find this book

Hi Jenny As both a bobbin lacemaker and tatter I can imagine what you thought re your group member wanting to learn this pattern however, as I own a number of Christines patterns can I just say that her instructions are VERY detailed and easy to follow!! She 'talks' you through every stage!

Re: [lace] Help me find this book

I think it is sad that there are many sites around the web where people have put p pictures of the lace they have made without a nod to the designer of the pattern. We see the pictures, fall in love with them and can't then make the piece ourselves. However, what is of more of a concern is

RE: [lace] Help me find this book

Hi Liz This is why, whenever I use a pattern from the web I try to find the original source and buy that. If I can find out which book this came from, it is going to be purchased and placed into my lace library. Mind you, I would never have found this book on my own, so seeing the pattern online

Re: [lace] Help me find this book

Hi All, After a quick search, I came up with this: http://christinemirecki.wordpress.com/kloeppelbriefe/buecher/505-2/, for anyone interested in obtaining the book. I also checked a couple of US suppliers and it was available, so probably at other suppliers as well. Cheers, Cindy Rusak,

[lace] Help me find this book

I checked out your link and that pattern looks very cool. I am glad you were able to find the book. I like the flower looking collar too.   Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.com/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - To unsubscribe send

[lace] help with address

Hi Arachnids I have had a wooden box made and wish to line it with a fine suede. I have some of Richard Gravestock's boxes and their linings are beautiful. Does anyone know where he sourced his suede? or Richard's current address/phone no./email? I have his old ones but not since he moved.

Re: [lace] Help to learn technique - Lace Resources

Dear JJ, We cringe each time we read a letter from someone who clearly wants to make lace, because we have worked so hard to eliminate barriers to learning. You say there is no one nearby to learn from and the nearest person may be 125 miles away. Very often, there is someone closer,

Re: [lace] Help to learn technique - Lace Resources

Did anybody mention _http://laceioli.ning.com/_ (http://laceioli.ning.com/) a site sponsored by the International Organization of Lace where you can take tutorials, get advice, etc.? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

RE: [lace] Help to learn technique - Lace Resources

I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you again to all at Arachne who helped me when I first started lace. Living in a small country town, no other lacemakers, let alone teachers around, and just a book (Rosemary Shepherd's Introduction to Bobbin Lace) to learn from, getting started was

RE: [lace] Help to learn technique - Lace Resources

Hi All, Have wondered if something like Skype could be useful? Of course, one would have to have a willing person to communicate with. Started my daughter in Canada on tatting for a particular project. Had sent her a copy of a book I also had and the rest happened via Messenger, don't think

RE: [lace] Help to learn technique - Lace Resources

Noelene, that sounds like a very good idea, I for one would be happy to sign up to a list of Arachne members who are willing to help a beginner in the same way as you have. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Help to learn technique - Lace Resources

Hi Mary Cary, Last year at Lace at Sweet Briar, we had a class in designing Binche lace which was done with Skype. Six students worked together in Virginia, USA, and the teacher was in Belgium! It was considered a success by those who participated! In fact, the class is being offered again

Re: [lace] Help to learn technique - Lace Resources

If such a list is being compiled by someone, please add my name to it. I'm happy to help any lacemaker with problems and my students know that they can ring me to talk through a problem as well. Yes, the smartphones are terrific in getting information to the 'puter which seems to give

RE: [lace] Help to learn technique - Lace Resources

The good part about helping by emails and photos, rather than Skype, is that you both don't have to be there at the same time. My student can send me her picture even if I'm not home (or as she often does, late at night - she's a night owl, I'm a morning person) - I can look it at my leisure and

Re: [lace] help to learn technique

In response, it is my understanding, although I could easily be wrong, that in the time when lace was made professionally, a new pattern would be taught, or there would be the pricking and a piece of the lace provided to an experienced lacemaker. I imagine that if one is provided only with the

RE: [lace] help to learn technique

Hi Yes you are correct Lyn. If you have worked through the basic patterns of a type of lace first, then you should recognise certain elements of the pricking. When I first started to learn lacemaking in the early 70s there were only the prickings which the teacher held. If we wanted a copy

Re: [lace] help to learn technique

Hello JJ and everyone I don't know of such a book that would decode a pricking on its own, unless the pricking has been marked, in which case some publications do have charts with a glossary of conventional markings (such has a symbol representing an area of half-stitch, another symbol to

[lace] Help needed

Dear Spiders, I have started a scarf from Brigitte Bellon's little book of Scarves and table runners. I am making the scarf number 5. I have reached the point where I have to make the rose ground . The top rose ground is really the top of a triangle . The problem is that it is just in the middle

[lace] help with Swedish directions

Once again, Arachne has proved its worth! Thanks to all those who took the time and trouble to help me with the Swedish directions. It was a simple design, but not being able to read the instructions I missed the key phrase which was the clue. All is well, and I'm on my way to finishing the

[lace] Help Please with Italian translation

Dear Lacemakers- I have received a message from someone about a lace pattern on Facebook but cannot get a satisfatory translation from any of the several translators online. Can any of you who speak Italian please help? This lady's message reads: MI PROTESTI SPEDIRE IL DISEGNO PER FAVORE ,QUANTO

Re: [lace] Help Please with Italian translation

It looks like a typo to me: pRotesti instead of potesti. It would mean: Could you please send me the (design/pattern), how much does it cost? Sr. Claire in Jerusalem On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Kathy Hensel kathhen...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Lacemakers- I have received a message from

[lace] help finding book source

Hello everyone This is a long shot, and I should have written the book's title on the page I copied. Mea culpa. I think I gave the book away! What I have is a pattern diagram entitled Pricking 3 Woollen scarf - it is Torchon.There is cloth stitch CTC down both edges and diamonds of half-stitch,

Fwd: [lace] help finding book source

Sounds like Modern Lace Designs by Veronica Sorenson. - Forwarded Message - From: bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:29:57 AM Subject: [lace] help finding book source Hello everyone This is a long shot, and I should

[lace] help finding book source - thank you

Hello again everyone Thank you to all who have written to me with the info on this pattern. Yes, it is from Veronica Sorenson's Modern Lace Designs. I've made a note on my page! On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:29 AM, bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote: ... What I have is a pattern diagram

[lace] help finding someone in Greece

HI! I am trying to locate Despina Forou-Kousika for some research I am doing. Does anyone have current contact info for her, or know where I might find it? Thanks, Kim Davis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

[lace] Help

Dear lacers in Tasmania/Australia, Can you help me get in touch with either Win or Faye who I fist met at OIDFA 2002 in Nottingham and then saw again in 2008 in Holland. One of them wrote to me earlier in the year saying they would be in Caen. I've lost the email and I need to get in

[lace] Help Lace Guild

Guys,   I thought that I read that you can now join the UK Lace Guild on line but can't for the life of me find how to do this.   Does anyone know how to?   L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/

[lace] Help Lace Guild

The website presently directs you to email holl...@laceguild.org There have recently been some problems with emails sent via the website being mis-filed in the email inboxes at the Hollies. The girls are now aware of what has been happening, and are trying to work round it. There is an

[lace] tape lace help

I’ve had a large tape lace project lurking on a pillow for several years and have recently decided to bite the bullet and finish the #@*% thing. Believe me, after this I will never do tape lace again, it’s back to Beds and other more interesting laces :) However I would still like to know

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