Re: [lace] sending mail to aol addresses

2005-07-13 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Bev That sounds very much like the problems I had a couple of weeks ago, and seems to happen from time to time with AOL. The cause of the problem seems to be that AOL turn their spam filters up so high that legitimate postings get rejected. Surely not what their customers want. The gu

Re: [lace] Pillow? on ebay

2005-07-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Diane asked Does this look like a bobbin lace pillow to anyone else? It doesn't look like one to me! http://cgi.ebay.com/Edwardian-Era-Brocade-Covered-Bobbin-Lace- Pillow_W0QQitemZ7336982046QQcategoryZ39448QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Patty replied I agree it doesn't look like a bobbin lace pillow.

Re: [lace] distances

2005-07-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Yes, we've got some good roads in UK but there's too much traffic on some of them. Yesterday the M25 was clogged up - no obvious reason but I think there had been an accident earlier in the day - and it took nearly an hour to go less than 10 miles. Four lanes of traffic at a standstill. Bre

Re: [lace] Waxing thread for bobbin lace and threading the needle -- just twist

2005-07-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 30 Jul 2005, at 18:42, Carolyn Hastings wrote: My mother taught me fifty years ago to thread the needle from the end that comes first off the spool, but in my experience it doesn't make much difference. (I've always wondered if it is a bit of an old wives tale without much substance). I t

[lace] New threads

2005-07-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I've just got around to uploading a batch of new threads onto Addendum 3 on my website. There are some Presencia threads (mostly Fincrochet, perle and metalics) which Vivienne gave to me just before my holiday but which I didn't get around to looking at before. Thanks Vivienne. Whilst we wer

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 du

Re: [lace] S and Z - Choosing & caring for unusual materials

2005-07-31 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 31 Jul 2005, at 05:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know. I only know that the spools are *designed* for use in sewing machines and so the thread has to be used as it comes off the spool. Therefore, use it as it comes off the spool for handsewing. OK, so you thread the leading end of t

Re: [lace] S and Z - Choosing & caring for unusual materials

2005-07-31 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hadn't thought of that one, but by 'spool' I think you are referring to the little sewing machine spool that takes the under-thread. I was referring to the spools on which the thread originally comes (Gutermann, Coats, Molnlycke, DMC etc etc). Re: the spools used for the under thread in a loc

Re: [lace] can anyone tell me what lace this is?

2005-08-10 Thread Brenda Paternoster
It's chemical lace - embroidery (done with a Schiffli or similar machine) using cotton thread onto acetate fabric which was then dissolved away chemically leaving only the cotton embroidery thread. Brenda On 9 Aug 2005, at 20:42, Alice Howell wrote: At 12:30 PM 8/9/2005, you wrote: I found

Spin direction - was [lace] beeswax, grain etc.

2005-08-13 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 13 Aug 2005, at 03:45, susan wrote: i also read some where ramie has to be done this way, or maybe it was linen. it has to be spun in "z" twists. maybe it is the "s" twist, i'm not sure, but it can only be spun in that direction, and of course plied in the same direction as well. Lin

[lace] Liz Beecher in London

2005-08-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I'm trying to contact Liz Beecher - aka Liz in London. Liz would you contact me please, or does anyone have her current email address? Thanks Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace] August Secret pal packages

2005-08-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
have not yet acknowledged your August package. If you are one of those will you please either post an acknowledgement message ASAP, or let me know if you have not yet received anything for August. Brenda Paternoster in Kent England Arachne Secret pal administrator http

[lace] Eye candy for lace knitters

2005-08-28 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Deaar Spiders I've recently learned of two websites with images of knitted lace: Michael Kaprelian http://www.angelfire.com/on2/fwlaceknitter/ Melanie Ellingson http://www.imageevent.com/melaniee Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] conta

Re: [lace] Macro-Honiton

2005-09-02 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 2 Sep 2005, at 15:42, Lorri Ferguson wrote: Does anyone know how much one would have to 'blow it up', as in what % of increase, this would be? I have seen some beautiful Honiton patterns that I would like to do in a larger size. You probably need about 8 or 9 wraps of thread between pinho

Re: [lace] Enlarging patterns

2005-09-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Jean, the reason you set the enlargement to 141% to double the size is because 141% x 141% = 200% or 1.41 x 1.41 = 2 and yes it is because you are enlarging both the length and the width. The chart you refer to is by Vibeke Ervo and can be found on Jean Leader's Lacenotes pages http://www.q7d

Re: [lace] Honiton, enlarged

2005-09-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Doris Setting the photocopier to 150% increases the overall area to more than twice the original area: 150% x 150% - 225% If the original pattern is right for 180/2 the teh pinholes will probably be about 1.1 mm apart. Setting the photocopier to 150% will make the pinholes 1.65 mm apart

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Insurance can be a very grey area when you try to value a piece of lace. It's worth what someone will pay for it and that's how insurance companies make their valuations. In UK Lace Guild members can get insurance through the Guild. I'm not fully in touch with the current situation but I do

Re: [lace] US postal insurance

2005-09-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Don't know about actual ammounts, but when I first took over as Secret pals co-ordinator Alice advised me not to to pair anyone in USA with a Canadian because of the postal problems for the Canadian recipient. Brenda On 3 Sep 2005, at 18:17, Malvary J Cole wrote: I think the amount is actuall

Re: [lace] mailing stuff to Canada

2005-09-04 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Bev Thanks for that info. I doubt if any secret pal packages would be as much as $50 ! but if anyone does send their pal a package worth that much please be discreet! However, I'd be interested to know the best thing to do if I'm sending Threads books to Canada. Normally when I fill

[lace] Pricing lace - was IOLI Mail

2005-09-04 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I say that for each credit card size piece of lace it would cost 10, 12 or 15 GBP - depends on the type of lace and fineness/coarseness. So, for a small, very simple bookmark which takes an hour or two to make the price is 10GBP. That goes back to the old days when the price of lace was decid

Re: [lace] linen thread on ebay

2005-09-18 Thread Brenda Paternoster
30 lea has 9000 yards to the pound, equivalent to NeL 30/1 Brenda - who won't be bidding either! On 18 Sep 2005, at 15:26, Clay Blackwell wrote: With our talk about the books by Brenda Paternoster and Martina Wolter-Kampmann still fresh in our minds, it's interesting to see thes

Re: [lace] linen thread on ebay

2005-09-20 Thread Brenda Paternoster
ds to the pound... It was a single ply. This is the one I was curious about! Clay -Original Message----- From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sep 18, 2005 6:34 PM To: Clay Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jenny Brandis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, lace@arachne.com Su

Re: [lace] thread for RPL

2005-09-20 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Bev I couldn't fine any mention on the site about Romanian Point, let alone a picture! What did surprise me though, was that they use the term "Valdani Art Silk Rayon Floss". I thought the expression "art silk" was dropped decades ago! Brenda - about to dig out samples of rayon threads

[lace] Selling on Ebay

2005-09-25 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Arachnes I have a friend who has asked me to help her sell her collection of baby gowns/Christening dresses, assorted pieces of lace and embroidery (nothing very spectacular), embroidered/beaded bags and a couple of fans etc. My friend is now almost blind, so unable to appreciate her co

[lace] Selling on Ebay and PayPal

2005-09-27 Thread Brenda Paternoster
A big big thank you to everyone who took the time to reply to my questions. The only thing everyone agreed on was not ironing anything that had not been laundered. As far as Ebay goes; I'm having second thoughts. I've looked at all the lace and the few baby gowns that are currently on offer

Re: [lace] Belgium trip

2005-09-27 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 27 Sep 2005, at 20:33, Jane Bawn wrote: I remember the lace being extremely expensive. I expect their will be others who have been more recently who can tell you the best places but there is plenty to see lace wise and non lace. The machine made lace is pretty inexpensive, then comes the Chi

Re: [lace] lace flower

2005-09-28 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I don't think it was any of those flowers we were discussing - I have a vague recollection of looking at that book at the time to see if it was the required pattern. I see the winning bid was 21 GBP - I paid 2.75 GBP for it (new) about 20 years ago. Inflation! Brenda On 28 Sep 2005, at 13:

Re: [lace] From a newbie to lace ......

2005-09-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 30 Sep 2005, at 18:16, Steph Peters wrote: A couple of Arachne members have done brief reviews of books on their web sites so you can get an idea of what they're about and what someone else thinks. The lacefairy, and I think (Weronika) plus a couple of other which don't spring to mind at

Re: [lace] Re: bulletin

2005-10-01 Thread Brenda Paternoster
That quite often happens with bulk postings, it does with 'Lace' from the The Lace Guild and the family history journals which I receive. It's because the overseas envelopes go airmail (which usually takes about a week) whilst the UK envelopes go by the cheapest method which equates to 3rd cla

Re: [lace] Flax

2005-10-02 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Natalie If you mean which species of flax is best for lacemaking then it's Linum Usitatissimum, otherwise known as common flax, but if you mean which brand of flax/linen threads is best then it's very much a personal preference. The end products will be influenced by the climate in wh

Re: Subject: [lace] Linen (flax) thread

2005-10-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Adele I think that all of your thoughts are just about spot on! Although the species is Linum Usitatissimum there must be hundreds of varieties which combined with different growing conditions, retting and spinning techniques mean that some linen fibres are very coarse whilst others are goss

Re: [lace] Rosalibre brooch

2005-10-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Jenny They are Jana Novak's Moravia brooches, so try Roseground (Pat Hallam). Although not listed on the Roseground website it does say that they are Moravia partners and to contact them for any other Moravia products. Brenda On 7 Oct 2005, at 19:32, Jenny Barron wrote: Does anyone

Re: [lace] Re: antique hand made bobbin lace

2005-10-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 12 Oct 2005, at 06:15, bevw wrote: If it's _antique_ (1890ties), I'll eat whatever's necessary (don't have many hats)... :) Looks very much like Eeva-Lisa Kortelahti, but I can't It looks like Bedfordshire - IMO and feeling cynical, not handmade, looking at the 'spiders' for instance. D

Re: [lace] Re: Christmas card exchange

2005-10-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Tamara, I'm agnostic rather than atheist, but you've expressed my feeling exactly. The various exchanges we have within this group, Christmas card, secret pal or anything else is about *giving* just as much as it is about receiving. Yes, of course it's nice to receive but that's an implicit

Re: [lace] Twisting lace comment

2005-10-16 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 16 Oct 2005, at 19:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kathy told us how upsetting it was when she took her first piece of lace off the pillow and it twisted. Well, Kathy, I don't know how long you've been subscribed to Arachne but not so very long ago Brenda Paternoster was tryi

Re: [lace] pt de gaze lace skirt

2005-10-17 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Well to start with Point de Gaze is a needle lace whereas torchon is bobbin lace. NL takes longer to work than a comparable BL. Whoever had 6000+ dollars to spare got a bargain terms of cents per hour! Brenda - who doesn't have 6000+ dollars to spend on lace :-( On 17 Oct 2005, at 05:00, Jen

Re: [lace] Re: thread substitute

2005-10-19 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Wendy Schappe silk is the German name for spun silk; ie all the bits and pieces that break of during the reeling process to produce filament silk. So, "Schappe silk 200/2" isn't a brand and it doesn't tell me which numbering system is being used. If it's metric Nn 200/2 it's very fine

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne's ?

2005-10-23 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 23 Oct 2005, at 01:27, Tamara P Duvall wrote: But since we can only have one Queen Mum and we're all "royals" No, we've had two in the past. When King George VI died his widow/dowager took on the title of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to distinguish her from their daughter the new qu

Re: [lace] Dowager?

2005-10-23 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Perhaps it's that we've inherited lace knowledge/experience from the time when Liz was actively involved with the list - of course I'm not suggesting that she's no longer alive and kicking; just busy with other things. Brenda On 23 Oct 2005, at 19:04, C. Johnson wrote: Lacemakers, I send t

Re: [lace] round grids

2005-10-23 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Jo After the initial teething problems I got it working, and it printed out with Mac. I've just had another look and it's still working and printing out OK. A very useful program for lace designers Brenda On 23 Oct 2005, at 19:27, Jo Falkink wrote: Hello Spiders I while ago I plac

Re: [lace] thread help: daliam cotton thread, lace in literature

2005-10-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Julie Daliam cotton is not in Edition 3, or Addendum 3 as I've never seen it! If anyone has some.. Looking at the scale of the pricking, and the picture of the lace, I'd guess that it's some sort of pearl cotton. Also if you measure the average pinhole distance (it comes to 4.5mm

Re: [lace] Re: thread help: daliam cotton thread

2005-10-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 24 Oct 2005, at 00:18, Tamara P Duvall wrote: I've never heard of the thread myself. Just checked ed 3, and it's not there, unless it's a case similiar to Finca (everyone refers to it as "Finca", but it's full name is Presencia Finca Bolilos", so it's under P's, not under F's)... So I decid

[lace] Calling Hannah or Amanda Moad

2005-10-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Sorry to post this to the list, but would either Hannah or Amanda Moad please contact me privately please. Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] thread help: daliam cotton thread, lace in literature

2005-10-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Caroline I don't think Coats-Anchor make a No 12 crochet cotton but they do make Pearl cotton no 12, which is what I'd already suggested as a substitute for the pricking in the Lace Guild calendar. Brenda On 24 Oct 2005, at 16:40, Carolina de la Guardia wrote: Hello all spiders, I h

Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?

2005-10-26 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I was going through a tough patch having just had a second miscarriage in less than a year and felt a strong need to be creative. That was late summer 1975, and a local department store were displaying (part of) one of the Battle of Britain lace panels in a window. They are 65" wide and 15 ya

Re: [lace] tatting question

2005-10-26 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Susie There are animated gifs of tatting techniques on Sharons Tatting website http://www.gagechek.com/slb/demo/demo.html Brenda On 26 Oct 2005, at 21:37, C. Johnson wrote: Lacemakers, Could someone give the the url for the website with the videos on tatting. I have a friend who coul

[lace] Lace and textiles for sale

2005-10-28 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Arachnes A while ago we discussed the pros and cons of selling on Ebay as I am helping a friend to sell some lace and baby gowns, etc. To start with I have decided against Ebay, and I am offering the goods for sale via my own website. I've now got a reasonable amount photographed, but

Re: [lace] thread on web site

2005-10-31 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Sof They say that these rayons are 40wt which means that they should be similar to other rayon 40s such as Anchor Alcazar, Sulky or Madeira - about 34 or 35 wraps/cm Gorgeous colours but like all rayons slippery to use on bobbins. Brenda On 31 Oct 2005, at 19:35, sof wrote: Hello ev

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-06 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Suzy that sounds like an acurate round-about length guage thank you. i'm looking to buy size 60/3, so i'm willing to guess that is it somewhere near 1265 yards i really appreciate you guys' help! thanks again A 25 gram spool of Madeira Tanne cotton 50/2 (39 wraps per centim

Re: [lace] metal threads for Christmas motifs

2005-11-06 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Martina There are so many different metallic threads to choose from! For a beginner I would definitely say DON'T use a wrapped thread such as DMC Fil Or, Anchor Alcazar metallic or Madeira 12, 15 or 40. Wrapped threads are difficult to tension without kinking and pulling the glitter wra

Re: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2005 #358

2005-11-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many of you are familiar with the UK thread books by Brenda Paternoster? She has vol. 33 out now. My copies are in London so I can't immediately refer to them, but I'm sure she could give some answers. Her email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EM

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Suzy the formulas are excellent brenda, and i'm totally confused. i was a little mistaken by the size. they sell it in 66/3, but don't worry because i found another maker of 3 ply linen thread which gives the length of the thread. i'm going to write the company (email) and ask what the e

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"/brenda

2005-11-10 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 10 Nov 2005, at 05:30, suzy wrote: what the equivalent size for a cotton size 60 would be, Cotton 60/2, cotton 60/3, cotton 60/4 or cotton 60/6? They are all different. if they had 60/6 that would be great because doesn't that mean a six ply to make the size 60 thread? but in cotton it w

Re: [lace] thread help

2005-11-11 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Sorry for the cross posting but I didn't realise until afer I had sent the email, that I had sent it to chat. I would like to make one of the snowflakes from the Lace magazine but am not sure about what thread to use. Could someone please tell me what thread is equivelent to DMC 30 ? Hello A

Re: [lace] battenburg lace in minutes

2005-11-21 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 19 Nov 2005, at 15:03, Jenny Brandis wrote: Now you can make battenburg lace in minutes instead of hours! Find out how here. http://psp.tephras.com/tutorials/battenburg/index.html Looks more like cutwork embroidery to me! Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] BEWARE - Gorgeous Antique Beaded Bone Lace Bobbin *Circa1830 (6224228813)

2005-11-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 30 Nov 2005, at 00:36, Clay Blackwell wrote: I think the word that Brian was looking for is "provinance" - it's a good "art and antiques" word, but I can't even find it in the OED!! Try provenance - that's the way it's spelt in my (British English) Little Oxford dictionary. Brenda http:

Re: [lace] Matching Thread Size and Pricking

2005-12-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
iphany today, and I wanted to share it, in case it might prompt other lacemakers to think this question through. I've had a copy of Threads for Lace by Brenda Paternoster for years, and have used it a great deal. It works wonderfully in cases where a given thread is recommended and you wan

[lace] Secret Pals - next round

2005-12-11 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Like many others I have lots to do in the next couple of weeks and am rapidly running out of time! So, I am going to delay the start of the next round of Secret Pals, the first exchange will be February instead of January and I'll post the invitations to join at the end of the holiday season.

[lace] Christmas card exchange, Thank you

2005-12-14 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Yesterday I received a lovely card from Mary Robinson in Nebraska. Thank you. It's a red and gold star inside a bangle which is stuck onto a printed card, positioned over a wreath above filled Christmas stockings. The lace ornament is detachable, so it will added to my growing collection of

Re: [lace] Christmas Card Exchange Page is Up!

2005-12-17 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 16 Dec 2005, at 20:38, Barbara Joyce wrote: First I'd like to thank Bev for all her work in organizing this exchange. It has been such fun to see all the lace, and for each of us to make a new friend in another part of the world. Thanks, Bev! And now, here it is for your viewing enjoymen

Re: [lace] Pattern Enquiry.

2005-12-18 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Just to confuse matters there are two sizes of wooden bodies, 5cm and 10cm. Martin Burkhard stocks both sizes. On his website http://tinyurl.com/9f3w2 both sizes are shown but it's the bigger size that is shown as a lace angel. SMP stock the smaller size, and The Lace Guild angle kits also us

Re: [lace] Re: pita lace?

2005-12-19 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Pat Earnshaw's "Dictionary of Lace" states: Pita. A fibre obtained from the century plant used for both bobbin and knitted lace in the Azores. See Aloe. In Madeira in the twentieth century, the texture was copied using starched cotton. Aloe. A group of sub-tropical plants, some of the lil

Re: [lace] Inscribed bobbins

2005-12-20 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Jean My gt gt gt grandmother, born in the 1790s was a Susan, and whilst helping with indexing of the old birth registers at Medway Register Office I've seen Susan a few times; not as common in the 1840s and 50s as it was in the 1940s and 50s, but not particularly unusual. Jean would be

Re: [lace] Susan Bobbins

2005-12-21 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 21 Dec 2005, at 05:34, Sue Fink wrote: I have also been collecting family names and now have Fred, Stephen, Anne (which will have to do for my daughter Annemarie), No, your daughter needs two bobbins, one with Anne and one with Marie! Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsu

Re: [lace] 1881 census

2005-12-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
The 1881 census was an event; England & Wales has had a census every ten years since 1801. The actual ememerators' books are held by the National Archives, and are available on microfilm and fiche at many archives and Family History Centres throughout the world. The 1881 census was the first

Re: [lace] Re: geneology and lace bobbins

2005-12-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 22 Dec 2005, at 19:07, Addicks wrote: I found the village, her name, her occupation, and his name and occupation. Not sure what it proves, but it wraps the romance of those bobbins around my heart every time I look at them. I have never gone back to find their marriage date at St. Catherin

Re: [lace] wool lace weight thread

2005-12-26 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Yes, the Shetland Isles are to the north east of Scotland, about half way between Scotland and Norway. Lot's of knitting books have a chapter about Shetland lace, but there aren't many just about lace knitting. Sarah Don's "The Art of Shetland Lace" Bell & Hyman Ltd 1980 is the one that fir

Re: [lace] lace-knitted shawls

2005-12-26 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 26 Dec 2005, at 18:40, Edith Holmes wrote: A handspun gossamer has up to 1400 yards to an ounce 1280m per 28g and is made up of a doubled ply so actually contains 2800 yards, 2560m of yarn. If it's 1400 yards per ounce and then doubled/plied surely that means that the finished yarn has 70

[lace] Secret Pals, new Round

2005-12-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
you live, pictures of your lace and in the final package maybe a photo of yourself. Anything you like will probably be liked by your Secret Pal. SECRET PAL ADMINISTRATOR I am Brenda Paternoster from Kent, England and it's my fourth and final time as Secret P

Re: [lace] ebay item: but is it crochet?

2005-12-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Personally I think it's needle lace - Point de Venise which probably originated in Asia, and probably not very antique. Brenda On 28 Dec 2005, at 22:06, bevw wrote: Hi everyone I notice that the Russian lace album is now at $139.++ Here's an interesting table runner: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws

Re: [lace] ebay item: but is it crochet?

2006-01-02 Thread Brenda Paternoster
A lot of the needle lace on sale in Belgium is typically white fillings with fairly dark ecru bars/'plaits' and cordonnet. The shop price of this type of needle lace seems to be pitched between the price of obviously needle lace and the real handmade BL, as is the Batternburg type of tape lace

Re: [lace] Machine made needlelace -- ???

2006-01-02 Thread Brenda Paternoster
nitting machine which can replicate needle lace stitches. The exact method used to create the effect of hand-made needlelace was not something Kristin could assimilate in one sitting!. But as Brenda Paternoster suggested in a recent posting, it is possible that various stitches are produced &quo

Re: [lace] Machine made needlelace - It's hand made!

2006-01-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I too have spent time Googling for Chinese machine made lace - saw lots of "crochet lace" that I'd call Barmen or Leavers, and even a little bit of hand made crochet, but nothing resembling NL. Whilst I'm not an expert needle lacer I have done enough to know how it is made. Then I remembered

[lace] Secret Pals new round Reminder

2006-01-05 Thread Brenda Paternoster
ATOR I am Brenda Paternoster from Kent, England and it's my fourth and final time as Secret Pal co-ordinator. -- APPLICATION Arachnians who wish to participate should apply by Friday 13th January 2006. I will try to have all the secret pal assignments f

[lace] lace for sale

2006-01-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I have just updated my website with some more of the pieces of lace that I'm selling for a friend, and removed (most of) the items that are now sold. Please have a look at: http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/marta/martacollection/sales.htm and then click on 'lace' Brenda http://paternoster.o

Re: [lace] Chinese Needlelace

2006-01-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Angela I agree with you, this needle lace is hand made in sweated workshops and the tension is so regular because they are doing it all day, every day. From what I've read in Pat Earnshaw's books, the handstitch machine is based on a pantograph; there are lots of double ended needles e

Re: [lace] Re: needle-lace mat, Chinese?

2006-01-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Ilske Yes I'm sure that this is another Chinese made needlelace mat. Would you mind if I added one of your photos to the page on my website; just to show haw prolific the Chinese lacemakers are. I have just updated that page with a scan, sent to me by Angela, of some Venetian type NL

Re: [lace] Fanleaves

2006-01-17 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Dee You have to get the outer circumference AND the inner circumference the same as your fan sticks, as well as being the right depth/width. Enlarging/reducing will alter both the circumferences and the width. Stretching a circular pricking on one direction only will turn it into an e

Re: [lace] Fanleaves

2006-01-18 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Thank you very much, Brenda. I will try that site, and see how I get on. Is it easy to get grids from that site? I am not very experienced on the computer! It is a lovely pattern, though, and I do not want to give up on it. Thanks again for the help. Dee ----- Original Message - From

Re: [lace] Pacific NW Lace Conference (June)

2006-01-20 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Alice The frames are all on top of each other in Safari and Foxfire too. The homepage also has dozens of validation errors - maybe you could let the webmaster know. You don't want to put people off because they couldn't see the registration forms! Hope you have a great conference thoug

Re: [lace] drawn-thread handkerchief... #2

2006-01-21 Thread Brenda Paternoster
That one does work! I have a piece of drawn thread embroidery which looks very similar, though mine is salmon pink with linen with cream embroidery. It has the same circles and crosses and zig-zag diagonal "footedge". Mine is a traycloth 12"x18" and two 8"x8" napkins still folded and tacked

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2006-01-21 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Secret Pal pairings for the next round were completed last week and everyone has now confirmed acceptance of their new pal, so everything is now confirmed ready for the first packages to be sent out in the next couple of weeks. Enjoy Brenda Paternoster in Kent England Arachne Secret pal

Re: [lace] Re: Coloured Lace

2006-01-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 22 Jan 2006, at 05:31, Tamara P Duvall wrote: The "twined" (or "twisted", according to The Cook Book) gimp _does_ outline a shape much more clearly than a single one, because the "basic" threads pass between the two and are hidden. The technique is also useful when "basic" threads are used

Re: [lace] Shetland Lace Greeting Card

2006-01-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
It's a lovely card. Tell me Lenore, the circular mat underneath the card; is it a mix of hairpin crochet and tatting? Brenda On 22 Jan 2006, at 17:39, Lenore English wrote: Jane held a drawing for a Shetland Lace Greeting Card, and I won! I received the card yesterday and posted a picture

[lace] Ellen Shore

2006-01-27 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Sorry to post this to the list but I am trying to contact Ellen Shore in UK. Reply messages sent to the tiscali email address she wrote to me from are bouncing back as unknown. Ellen wants to know my current (new) website URL Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send em

Re: [lace] Graph Paper

2006-01-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dee that's a wonderful resource - you'll never need to buy Chartwell pads again! Thanks for sharing it with us. Brenda On 29 Jan 2006, at 09:45, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have recently discovered another site with free graph paper/grids. This one has polar and logarithmic grids, too. h

Re: [lace] lace magnets, thread selection

2006-01-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Julie However, it's hard to know what to buy unless one has a specific project in mind. Anyone have suggestions for what someone like me who does Torchon, Bucks, some tape lace and dabbles in a few other areas should keep on hand so that when inspiration strikes (or I decide to join a

Re: [lace] Graph paper

2006-01-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Janice When you open the page there are four option boxes - 1, Type (choose polar graph paper) 2, Paper size (US letter or A4) 3, Units (inches or mm) 4 Graph paper - drag your mouse over the down arrow and then select one of the sizes from centered, edge, lower left or lower right CLick on

Re: [lace] Polar graph paper

2006-01-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
How interesting! It's obviously something to do with the browser; on the Mac it works in Safari, Netscape, Foxfire and Opera but not in Internet Explorer. Brenda On 29 Jan 2006, at 22:23, Margot Walker wrote: On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 05:38 PM, Brenda Paternoster wrote: Hi J

Re: [lace] Lace without a corner

2006-01-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Viv Measure the side of the hankie and the width of the lace. You need 4 times the width of the hankie PLUS 8 times the width of the lace - absolute minimum. Round up so that you have an even number or repeats, and preferably a multiple of four. Brenda On 30 Jan 2006, at 20:36, Viv

Re: [lace] Lace without a corner

2006-01-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
me on that one. Can you go through the math again slower? It seems like one or the other but why both measurements? Thanks for sharing your knowledge :D Brenda Paternoster wrote: Hello Viv Measure the side of the hankie and the width of the lace. You need 4 times the width of the hankie

[lace] Lace-in and time zones

2006-02-02 Thread Brenda Paternoster
In UK we are currently on GMT (Greenwich Mean time) which is 0, but during the summer months, March - October, we change to BST (British Summer Time) which is 1E. I think that several countries in western Europe also move forwards an hour for daylight saving during the summer. Brenda http://

Re: [lace] lace in fashion

2006-02-07 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I thought it looked like chemical lace but the picture on the website isn't detailed enough to see properly. Alas I haven't got the figure for that style of dress so I won't be wearing anything like it to Lace Guild Convention Banquet! Brenda On 7 Feb 2006, at 19:45, bevw wrote: ... to wea

Re: [lace] Self publishing

2016-12-31 Thread Brenda Paternoster
> Can British lacemakers who have self published recommend a good web > site, please? > What sort of website? Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.her

Re: [lace] Arachne Handbook etc

2017-01-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
> > The 'problem' I have is that the hyperlink to the flickr page brings up an > attached photograph of a young man at a table with several pots of yoghurt on > it - Like others the link works properly for me, in UK. Could the reason for the link not working properly be that the browser needs refr

Re: [lace] Thread question

2017-02-10 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Susan It sounds as though it might the same as Presencia El Molino - a 7 stranded rayon embroidery thread, on a spool rather than in a skein, each of the strands being singles yarn. Presencia El Molono: 1S/7Z - 11 w/cm. single strand 1S - 23 w/cm Rayon is a very soft thread, not a lot of ‘b

Re: [lace] Idrija brand lace thread WPC

2017-03-18 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Idrija is a type of lace (originating in the town of Idrija, now in Slovenia) not a brand of thread. A lot of patterns do suggest using Idrija thread; in the sense of using thread similar to that traditionally used in In Idrija and they probably mean Coats Cipke Mojka Sukanac za Klekljanje Idrija

Re: [lace] Colour in lace

2017-03-20 Thread Brenda Paternoster
> I am making a bookmark from Technique of Bobbinlace. For anyone that has the > book it is decoration b on page 46 and I would like to make it in white with > the three outlined motifs in blue. I have never used colour before and would > like some help from anyone who can tell me how to change fr

Re: [lace] Lier Lace??

2017-04-28 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Lier is tamboured lace named after the town of the same name in Belgium. Some of the images in the Pinterest link quoted earlier are needle embroidered laces, not tambouring. I’ve put a short bit about Lier, and a link to working tambour lace onto my website http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/l

Re: [lace] Testing whether Italics will process on Arachne's Old Server

2017-06-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
It was the same for me. > > Quotation marks came through but italics, bold type, italics & bold type together, and underline all came through as normal type! Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containin

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