I totally agree with Clay. I have known Alex for many years now and her
ability to teach and explain lace techniques does not decrease. She has
taught me all types of lace over the years and yet I still find the need to
attend her workshops when I can. If I lived closer to her I am
Hi Debora -
I'm fascinated... I've never heard this expression before. Could you
tell us which author used it, in which book, and in what context? That
might make it easier to figure out.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA USA
Debora Lustgarten wrote:
Hello all,
I was reading some
, September 30, 2009 5:18:53 PM
Subject: Re:
[lace] Lace terminology
Hi Debora -
I'm fascinated... I've never heard this
expression before. Could you tell us which author used it, in which book, and
in what context? That might make it easier to figure out.
Clay
Clay
Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA USA
To Clay, Debora and list
I happened to have a copy of the booklet Lacemaking - Point Ground by CC
Channer (The Dryad Press) - page 21, To Wind Bobbins and Set in a Pattern
- describes the winding of the bobbins, then how-to to begin learning bobbin
lace but doesn't describe per se what 'set in a
It just means to hang in/on the bobbins and start a new pattern. I've
also seen it called setting up.
Ruth
thelacema...@optusnet.com.au
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From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of
Debora Lustgarten
Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2009 5:42
It's an old expression which means starting to work the pattern or
getting it established on the pillow.
On 30 Sep 2009, at 20:41, Debora Lustgarten wrote:
I was reading some books about Bucks point lace and found the
expression setting a pattern in.
What does that mean?
Brenda in
Hi Debora -
I have one excellent suggestion. Alex Stillwell has been studying Bucks
Point lace for many years, and to her surprise, most of the books she
had seen in the past were referencing only the much older books about
Bucks. So, she set out to really study Bucks Point and to examine
Adele said
In Gabrielle Pond's book An Introduction to Lace she refers to
Bedfordshire as a Torchon lace.
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Jenny wrote:
In Gabrielle Pond's book An Introduction to Lace she refers to
Bedfordshire as a Torchon lace.
Yes, um, ... that's the book I was quoting from. I just wondered if
everybody else did too or if it was just her. Since I wrote that
message I read a little in Emily Jackson's Old
