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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ds to the pound... It
was a single ply. This is the one I was curious about!
Clay
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Su
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
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
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
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
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:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sorry to post this to the list, but would either Hannah or Amanda Moad
please contact me privately please.
Brenda
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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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:
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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.
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time
as Secret P
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
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
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
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
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I am Brenda Paternoster from Kent, England and it's my fourth and final
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I will try to have all the secret pal assignments f
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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://
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
On 9 Feb 2006, at 02:24, bevw wrote:
Barley straw is recommended for honiton pillows (and
others, I suppose) because it wasn't as 'hard' to break down into bits
as wheat or oat straw. However, we have machines that can do the trick
- like if you have access to a garden shredder - works a treat.
I've been looking for pictures of Bruges lace and have just found
another internet auction site with lace on offer. All the lace seems
to be from the same seller and is not as antique as they claim. The
prices are high compared to EBay, but if anyone's interested have a
look at CQout.
http:
It's from 'Lace for Children of all Ages' by Christine Springett,
published way back in 1989.
Brenda
On 14 Feb 2006, at 00:11, Melinda Weasenforth wrote:
Gentle Spiders,
I have just been looking at Brenda's site and in it are some very
colorful
snakes. I have a grandson here looking with m
I've been into the site before, but using a different browser. I tried
logging-in but it wasn't recognised so I had to enter my email address
and a password.
However, I did just purchase the set of 5 lace CDs. The Paypal
checkout insisted on a telephone number which I won't give so it got
t
Dee
's Gravenmoer is a form of hand-made torchon which has half stitch
worked with diagonal and vertical threads instead of the usual diagonal
and horizontals. I've not done any myself but I believe it's achieved
by working diagonal rows of halfstich instead of going back and forth -
rather
On 25 Feb 2006, at 12:11, Dee Palin wrote:
Thank you, Brenda - are there books on it? It sounds interesting and
I'd love to have a go.
Clay replied:
The Dutch Guild published a beautiful book several years ago which
really
got things going, but it's out of print already! : (
"Kant, uit
On 4 Mar 2006, at 18:18, Jean Nathan wrote:
At today's meeting, he tapped me on the shoulder and said "I've got
something to show you." There was the completed piece of lace! A 12
inch deep Bucks Point shawl to fit around the shoulders. It took him
one year, one month, one week and one day to
Sorry to have to tell you this but I've just been informed about
another typo in Edition 3 :-(
Towards the bottom of page 6:
Printed as CC = NeL multipled by 2.8.
Should read CC = NeL divided by 2.8.
Brenda
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Oh Tamara, that's very sad, but thank you for letting us know.
I only knew Jean from Arachne and a few s-mails, but I was really
touched to think that her "logo" of rainbow lace designed for the
CD2000 exhibition was adapted from a pattern that I had published in
Lace Guild magazine some time
Hello Faye
As I understand it (from books!) Dutch lace is a part of the
Flemish/Valenciennes/Binche/Mechlin group of laces and back as far back
as the 17th century even the real experts can't distinguish one from
the other without some other provenance.
The Dutch lace, I think, tended to be
For anyone who *needs* more bobbins there are some on Ebay with more
promised
http://tinyurl.com/jh33u
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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Hello Susie
What is an equivalent thread for Ariane 32/2 Cotton.
Something tells me that I ought to recognise this thread, but I've done
search and find on the whole of Edition 3 and Addendum 3 and there's no
mention of Ariane. Do you have any more info?
Brenda
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James Norbury in 1952 wrote:
"Of its first beginnings little is known, and the earliest record I
have been able to discover of crochet as an accepted craft was of an
exhibition held in Dublin in 1672, at which there was a special class
for crocheted articles"
James Norbury's Crochet Book. Br
Hello Jenny
Just where did you find that gadget?
I have similar fingernails.
Brenda
On 11 Mar 2006, at 19:33, Jenny Barron wrote:
Just discovered a new lace tool today. I bought a needle tugger meant
for pulling needles through thick fabric and spotted the potential for
pulling pins out of
On 15 Mar 2006, at 07:35, bevw wrote:
On 3/14/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CTC makes woven fabric, so one of its names is cloth stitch. Those
places where BL is done with linen thread call it linen stitch. The
When I first took lace 'lessons' ages ago, my teacher whose o
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