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From: Jenny De Angelis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:43 PM
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Subject: lace] Re: interesting book (category) on eBay... ;
Karen in Malta wrote:-
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pretty that I would be reluctant to tighten it up. I wonder if the
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Subject: lace] Re: interesting book (category) on eBay... ;
Karen in Malta wrote:-
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The Three Plait crossing is in Pamela Nottingham's book of The Techniques of
Bobbin Lace but it is called a 6 pair crossing, it does look nice before it
is closed up around th
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>From: Tamara P Duvall[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:37, Karen wrote:
> I have a
Karen in Malta wrote:-
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The Three Plait crossing is in Pamela Nottingham's book of The Techniques of
Bobbin Lace but it is called a 6 pair crossing, it does look nice before it
is
closed up around the pin. Whenever I have to do one of these crossings I
have to get out the book and follow the
On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:37, Karen wrote:
I have also printed the pictures of the three plait crossing.
I didn't even realise that it was possible to filch the crossing that
way; I just drew the diagram of it. But now, thanks to you, I've gone
back and scrounged off the photo as well. Much bett
I, too, have Kaethe Kliot's book Bobbin Lace: Form by the Twisting of Cords.
copyright 1973. The book describes some useful tape lace techniques, in
addition to several unusual torchon grounds. I am curious about the
illustrations showing four " 7-inch-high tapestries" (two of human figures
I agree with Tamara about lacemaking being (almost) "rocket science".
Lacemaking delves into the mathmatical sciences sometimes and I think could
really confuse some of the professors I know if they looked at the
graphs/diagrams. Sometimes they try to over analyse what could really be a
simple tas
I also borrowed a book about the time I began my first lessons and kept on
borrowing it for many months, about 2 years later I got the chance to buy
an almost new soft back version of the same book and grabbed it. It is
still on my book shelf and I often flick through it. It helped me
unders
Thank you Clay, you've answered a question that has been going round in
my mind for months. I've been trying to remember the name and authors
of the book that made me desperate to try bobbin lace. As soon as I saw
the name 'Kliot' I knew.
I borrowed their 'Bobbin Lace' book from our local mobi
Tamara P Duvall
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:13 AM
To: Lace Arachne
Subject: [!! SPAM] [lace] Re: interesting book (category) on eBay... ; )
On Feb 28, 2008, at 17:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, re:
Item number is 250220059112 or go to tiny url:
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> This falls i
On Feb 28, 2008, at 17:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, re:
Item number is 250220059112 or go to tiny url:
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This falls into the "guffaw" category of lacemaking!!
Here's a book on ebay. Or... I should say two books. When all is
said and done, they are a book by the
One of the things you have to understand about ebay is that ebay sets up the
headings... one of the categories is "lace,crochet, doilies". That doesn't
mean everything in that section is crocheted or doilies - or even lace... and
sometimes people list a bunch of things and forget to change a
On Jan 21, 2008, at 13:43, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Tamara
Old Point Lace is made using machine made tapes joined together with a
variety of NL type fillings. Branscombe is a type of "Old Point"
Thanks. Didn't know that; always a good day when you learn something
new :) Still... The book
Hi Brenda!
Thank you for that information!! I had never heard that name for Branscombe
type laces. So it makes a good bit of sense now.
Clay
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Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA USA
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From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Tamara
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> Ol
Tamara
Old Point Lace is made using machine made tapes joined together with a
variety of NL type fillings. Branscombe is a type of "Old Point"
Brenda
On 21 Jan 2008, at 02:15, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On Jan 20, 2008, at 18:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been looking at a book on ebay wh
On Jan 20, 2008, at 18:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been looking at a book on ebay which is quite expensive, but is
interesting. I've decided that it's beyond my immediate procurement
budget, unfortunately. ; )
Perhaps fortunately :) I've never heard of the book nor have seen it
refe
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