They are fascinating aren't they.
The problem with trying to make BL structure like these is getting a
shaped pricking - you'd need to make a crochet version first and use
that for the pricking!
The only piece of truly shaped BL (as opposed to flat lace that has
been distorted) that I've
Hi Tamara
I use RBrowser which is a free download
http://www.rbrowser.com/download.html
Currently I'm using version3 (RBrowser Lite) but having just gone into
their website I see that has been succeeded by version 4. Because it's
all working just fine I'm loath to upgrade - on the if it
Tamara
I have Appleworks 6. If I 'Save As' in Appleworks the default option
is the Appleworks format something.cwk. However, if I choose Text
from the file format list it will just come out as something which
should open Word on a Windows machine, but that Windows PC is less
likely to
Further to that - if you select WindowsWord format that too defaults
the file name to just something. If you change it to something.doc
it becomes a Word file that should open on any windows PC.
Brenda
On 8 Jan 2007, at 14:08, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Tamara
I have Appleworks 6. If I
It's not so much the pattern that affects how a corner will lie, it's
the stitch combinations used to work up the patter that matters.
To prove this try working a torchon sample, with a 90 degree corner.
Work it once with the standard CTpCT ground and again with CTCTpCTCT.
Allow both
Hi Sue
It's a combination of (Alice's) study and (Betty Ann's) experience.
From my experience the best ID books are those by Pat Earnshaw:
'Bobbin and Needle Laces, Identification and Care'
'The Identification of Lace'
and for machine lace
'Lace Machines and Machine Lace'
'How to Recognise
Thanks Alice for the link.
They all show fabric being cut to match the size of the lace, attached
and trimmed/hemmed afterwards. No messing around trying to make the
lace fit a ready hemmed middle; one of my pet hates!
Brenda
The page with Jeri's collar had a link at the bottom
that led
Hi Bev
It wasn't me - I've been reading this thread with interest but haven't
had any input to it. I think it was Sue Fink's idea (?) to use
styrofoam with magic threads, which sounds like a great idea, will have
to try it next time - and promise only to stick the pins in the foam or
the
Thickness wise Brok 36/2 compares to Bouc 80 and Brok 36/3 to Bouc 90
Brenda
On 30 Jan 2007, at 13:36, Tania Gruning wrote:
I am preparing my pillow for the torchon fan pattern from Geraldine
Stotts book, unfortunately I have no access right now for brok cotton.
I do however have 5 different
Hello Ellen
On 30 Jan 2007, at 05:06, Ellen Winnie wrote:
Most modern
metallic threads just don't work. Most modern metallic threads have
no metal in them, and are too fine in diameter.
Most modern metallic threads are made from polyester coated aluminium
foil. Aluminium *IS* metal.
I do
I wrote:
Thickness wise Brok 36/2 compares to Bouc 80 and Brok 36/3 to Bouc 90
Sorry, I looked up Bouc linen, not Bockens!
As Beth says
Brok 36/3 is the same thickness as Bockens 100/2, Brok 36/2 is between
Bockens 100/2 and 120/2.
Brenda
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
Tamara
I'd call that a lock stitch, not a false plait. Just another
lacemaking technique that has more than one name.
Brenda
On 1 Feb 2007, at 02:38, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
It's something she calls a false plait, though it's not the same
kind of false plait that I know from laces with
Hello Diana
Some of the plaited straw work is delicate enough to be called lace
anyway. On a couple of occasions Lace Guild Conventions have included
straw plaiting displays and IIRC as a taster workshop also. But you
are right, straw plaiting (mostly for hats) went alongside BL in
Hello Hendrika
Now the button collector , who mentioned that she is familiar with
crochet
buttons ,and myself are rather curious if there are, or if anyone has
ever
heard of, Lace buttons ?
Dorset buttons, as used on the traditional smocks worn by agricultural
workers, are a form of
This is a website with lots of lace information including lace ID pics,
lace stamps and lace postcards, BUT at the very bottom of the very long
page there are three English bone bobbins - they are MINE! The
pictures have been taken from my website without my having been asked
for permission
. And I seriously doubt that the person who put
that blog together had permission from Clapton to use his work -
especially without attribution.
Their logic is obvious, however - only steal from the best!!
Clay
-- Original message --
From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL
Hello Linda
This is a thread that I haven't actually seen myself, so can only make
educated guesses.
http://www.sewandso.co.uk/ran1026-0.html
has a description of the thread, describing it as 'ticket size 10'
This looks like 3ply thread with one of the plies being methlon
(glitter)
Hello Beth
Spangles in that context were small metallic discs incorporated into
embroideries - the modern name is sequin, though nowadays they are made
of metalised polyester.
Try
http://www.ccartwright.com/
or google for sequins.
For the reproduction renaissance lace I'm doing (have to
Coats, Anchor and Mez are all part of the same company - not sure who
owns whom - but the different brands often appear side by side, with
Mez being marketed more in continental Europe, Anchor in USA Japan
and Coats in Britain, so it could well be just a different branding of
the same
Hello Susan
Some of the threads listed might be a bit fine for tatting and
knitting, but have a look at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/colourthreads.html
Brenda
On 24 Feb 2007, at 22:15, Susan Reishus wrote:
What is a good source of finer knitting and tatting threads
Having read through all your replies I've decided that it's probably
not worth the effort of writing , in English or any other language, to
the blogger as it probably wouldn't have any outcome other than maybe
generating a bit more spam.
As I said at the start of this thread, I consider that
Hello Sue
Guetermann 100/3 measures 27 w/cm so ideally, for torchon, needs 4.5 mm
between footedge pins.
2 mm graph gives 4 mm and 1/10 graph gives 5 mm, so either could be
used.
See:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/threadsize.html
Brenda
I haven't yet used silk but
Hello Alice
No I haven't tried working out the thread size from a finished item!
Cloth stitch should have 4 threads between pinholes measured vertically
but only 2 threads between them if measured horizontally. Look at any
thread diagram to confirm this.
In torchon it means that in cloth
Hello Jo
Do you know if Martina measured by wrapping and then converting to dD
or did she use a micrometer?
If she did that would explain the differences.
Brenda
In tight curves it might happen that the worker kind of goes through a
tunnel. then your assumption might be true. Otherwise you
lots of techniques taken
from
other laces as well.
That's true of all modern forms of lace too.
Brenda
Karen in Malta
-Original Message-
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Of
Brenda Paternoster
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 11:30 AM
To: Alice Howell
Cc: lace
I got that spam, but I get quite a few textiles related spams anyway,
and treated it just the same as I treat financial or viagra spams - hit
the junk-mail key. That way anything else from that sender
automatically goes into the junk-trash which self deletes every time I
switch the computer
Hello Karen
That surprises me - I've only ever seen one pattern (modern torchon)
with a working angle as steep as that, and it was an experimental
design as part of a City Guilds exam course. Also maybe some of the
very distorted computer generated patterns might have small areas like
that
I've received my info pack from the Lace Guild and I'm really pleased
with the workshops I've got places on, none involve lugging pillows
around and three good tutors.
Fri pm: Beaded tassels with Sue Dane
Sat am: Child's play - pattern design with Jane Atkinson
Sun am: Looking at lace with
Hello Patty
That's the most useful bit of ASCII art I've seen in ages! Describes
the bobbins much better than words can
Brenda
Pony Beads are relatively large beads with large holes, usually
plastic.
Glued onto a bamboo skewer from your friendly local supermarket (cut to
the right bobbin
No, I haven't seen that thread (yet!)
The way I make a wrapping is to draw the parallel lines exactly 1 cm
apart, using the computer, and print out onto paper. Then take a strip
of the paper and fold it around a small piece of card so that it's
stiff enough to handle and the lines are
Dear Spiders
I have recently acquired some old slip threads - thank you Lynne - and
my quandry is whether or not I should break the packaging in order to
measure the threads.
Slip thread, is gassed cotton in skeins as traditionally used by
lacemakers in England.
According to Thomas Wright,
Hello Tamara
There's an article about big bobbins on Jane Atkinson's website
http://www.lace.nildram.co.uk/html/articles.htm
I have about 100-120 (never really counted them) of the 'Large
Continentals' imported by Tim Parker. 2nd left in the pic on Jane's
website. If I need still more then
Hello Tamara
I measured it as 40 wraps/cm
An 80/1 will measure by wrapping slightly thicker than 160/2 in the
same thread - because the plying firms the thread up a bit so that it
doesn't flatten and spread as much. A 240/3 would measure slightly
finer still even though it has the same
Hello Julie
It's brilliant! How on earth did you find the patience to make so much
roseground, and all exactly the same version at that!
Brenda
I have finally got around to putting up photos and a description of a
project I completed a few years ago to explore moiré patterns in lace.
If
Hi Sue
The OIDFA Point Ground Study Group produced a book in 2001 detailing
all the technical differences between the various Point Ground laces.
http://www.oidfa.com/index%20en.htm
Brenda
On 3 Apr 2007, at 12:06, Sue wrote:
Good morning spiders,
As a very keen Bucks Point lace maker I was
I've always said that the horror kits' best quality is that they make
people want to join a class because they can't manage on their own!
BTW, that's the US horror kit on Amazon - the English version doesn't
even have a foam board, it has a very lightweight polystyrene cylinder
which you are
Yes, I agree
The wraps/cm is a good guide, but all the other variables - fibre type,
harvest quality, dying/bleaching, individual tensioning etc etc all
have a part to play in the finished lace.
Brenda
An 80/1 will measure by wrapping slightly thicker than 160/2 in the
same thread -
However, the whole idea of Moire lace is Fantastic. Who knows - I
might try a Tiny bit one day - just for fun
I wonder if other grounds would work as well! - Needlelace might be
easier!!!
I wouldn't have thought so!
The size and shape of NL meshes is down to personal skills with the
I'm moving this to Lace because it's relevant to lacemaking
(the quality of cotton thread may vary, but polyester is polyester .
. . .
NAY!
Some polyester is chopped up to suit cotton-spinning
machines, and is very fuzzy and weak. In addition to having
a short staple, cheap poly threads
Just home from Reading - for me it was one of the shorter journeys home
from a Lace Guild Convention. Met up with lots of old and new friends
including a former student who moved from Kent to Wiltshire about 20
years ago, the first time I've met her since.
I've just uploaded a couple of pics
Hello Robin
That pannomia lace is neat.
When you say crocheted braids, do you mean the lines around each area,
like Romanian point lace? That's very interesting that it's found in
Hungary, also.
No - the crochet bit is the braids that form the container holding the
flowers and the curly
Hello David
You should get the bobbin inscribed with YOUR name, and perhaps the
date the teeth were extracted.
Hope your mouth is feeling better now
Brenda
Fortunately my Dentist hails from the UK and knows about Lace bobbins
etc. He had no qualms at all about drilling a hole through each
Vivien wrote:
Hi, we are one of the biggest designers of Torchon lace patterns.
They are,
in English law, copy right. You may not copy at all without our
permission.
We tell our customer we don't mind them copying the bought copy for
their own
use. It is illegal to copy and give away
I've just been Googling and found a possible source of ultrafine silk
thread - filaments of silk sold for opthalmic and micro surgery
sutures, the finest being 0.02 mm diameter. The finest thread in the
Wolter-Kampmann book is 6dD which I think means 0.06 mm diameter (15
band/15 slip Egyptian
Moving this to lace because it's lace related.
Further to any remarks I may have made about copyright on a painting
I'm now pretty sure I was wrong in my first posting to lace-chat about
this and that the right to copy remains with the artist, unless the
contract of sale specifically includes
You are allowed to copy a percentage (10% I think) of a library book
for your own personal use/study. That would surely cover you if you
borrow a lace book and make one, maybe two, patterns from it. If it's
an instruction book and you intend to work through all the
instructions from cover
It's now described as bobbinet lace - which it isn't either!
Brenda
On 6 May 2007, at 05:11, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On May 5, 2007, at 23:33, bevw wrote:
The description has been revised - it's a rather nice lace actually.
Item: Antique Vintage Unusual Ivory Pineapple Bobbin Lace
Hello Barbara
Bobbinet lace was an early form of machine lace - made on Pusher
Machines which were the forerunners to Leavers machines. The designs
are based on BL lace with point ground net.
Brenda
On 6 May 2007, at 19:53, Barbara Joyce wrote:
Brenda,
I've never heard the term bobbinet
He's offering some Antique almost new tatting - and it is tatting! -
but if it's antique it's not almost new and if it's almost new then
it's not antique.
Item no 330016070534
Does USA have anything like our Trade Descriptions Act. If he were in
UK it cold be referred to trading Standards.
The bobbin in the centre of the picture was made by Archibald Abbot - I
have a couple the same, bottom of his range, identified by Christine
Springett. Mine don't have the green seed beads added though!
Brenda
On 7 May 2007, at 22:29, Diana Smith wrote:
I really don't know what to think of
Terry walked past as I was puzzling over it and he said - it's a
plannishing hammer, minus the handle.
Bakalite would be too brittle for banging anything hard, but as it's
very small it could just be intended for tapping something gently ???
Brenda
On 14 May 2007, at 20:53, [EMAIL
I'm not sure that Copydex is PVA - none of the other PVA glues smell,
as Jean says Copydex smells awful.
There are lots of brands on the market - some intended for children's
use, some for woodwork (Evo-Stick is a well known brand), some for
general craft use. I have a bottle of Anita's
Hello Judith
In the book Modern Lace, the author calls for Translucent Lurex
thread. Can anyone tell me where in the US this can be obtained or
what the equivalent would be? Thanks.
Who's the author of this book? What sort of lace is it?
Lurex is a brand name, and registered trade name, of
Maybe Dora the Knotter can help.
I have a pattern sheet purchased 15 or 20 years ago from a Lace day
(Possibly Gravesend when she was the speaker). It's a Dutch girl
wearing cap, apron and clogs and holding a tulip. She's 24cm (9.5)
tall but could be reduced on a photocopier
Marked D.N.
Has anyone else looked at the back of the new UK 20 pound notes?
There's a portrait of Adam Smith 1723-1790 and the words
The division of labour in pin manufacturing:
(and the great increase in quantity of work that results)
plus a drawing of the various stages of pin manufacture in the 18th
1st century = 1-100
2nd century = 101-200
.
.
16th century = 1501-1600
17th century = 1601-1700
18th century = 1701-1800
19th century = 1801-1900
20th century = 1901-2000
21st century = 2001-2100
Many people celebrated the start of the 20th century a year too early!
Going further back in time;
Hello Mark
I couldn't get in to the link you gave, but poked around a bit and
discovered that it's actually
http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinlace/BLteardrop.html
though I could download the .pdf file from the .html page
Brenda
On 30 May 2007, at 17:24, Tatman wrote:
As suggested to me by Bev,
Never heard of shantung lace, but Shantung is wild silk, also a
region/province in eastern China, so it's either silk lace or lace made
in that area. Or both! Do you have a photo of the lace/
Brenda
On 12 Jun 2007, at 18:50, Shirlee Hill wrote:
Has anyone heard of Shantung Lace? If so,
Bart Francis have a lot of unusual threads, but nothing they call
Lurex - which is a Trade name registered to The Lurex Company Ltd.
Brenda
On 12 Jun 2007, at 23:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just returned from Tonder where I saw the work of the said lady
and
spoke to her re. the
It's Barmen machine lace. Very typical of this type of lace which is
made on a circular machine ising coarse cotton thread.
http://barmenlace.com/
Click on the Union flag and then video to see the machine in action
Brenda
On 13 Jun 2007, at 14:15, Joanne Callow wrote:
Hello everyone,
This
Hello Jacqui
Have you asked Rosemary Green (Lace Guild Librarian) where the Guild's
copy came from?
Brenda
Does anyone know if there is a way to search for a book worldwide
using just
its ISBN number?
The reason why I'm asking is that I have just borrowed a book from the
Lace
Guild
Hello Helen
1) Has anyone made the lace heart in Bridget Cook's Weddings,
Christenings Anniversaries in Lace book? I am interested to know
what size thread would be a good choice if making the heart using the
working diagram (i.e. the bigger diagram) instead of the actual
pricking. I
Hi Tamara
I think you've explained it better than I did - so long as it's a
linear enlargement and not an area one.
Brenda
On 21 Jun 2007, at 19:11, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On Jun 21, 2007, at 13:25, Beth Stoll wrote:
the pricking is sized for 140/2 egyptian
cotton. I would prefer to use
Hello Beth
I've measured 140/2 as 62 wraps/cm and 70/2 as 46 wraps/cm
So the formula is multiply by 62/46 (= approx 1.35)
That's the formula for a photocopier which enlarges both the length and
the width.
Many scanners/computer software enlarge by the total area. If that's
the case then you
Hi Jacqui
Sorry, I don't know an answer to your question, but I think that linear
enlargement/reduction is more usual nowadays, though I do remember
having it the other way around in the past
'Linear' enlargement/reduction on a photocopier seems to be pretty
standard.
141% enlargement is
Hello Carol
I remember, from years ago, a photocopy machine engineer telling us
that the internal settings of the machine were such that a narrow
margin was allowed for - in case the original wasn't *exactly* in the
right position, and that caused the copy to be not quite true, ie a
square
If the 'original' is already a copy (you wouldn't want to prick through
the pages of a book)
made with a copier which distorts slightly then any further copies, no
matter how accurate they may be, will remain distorted. Especially
relevant for BL patterns which are L shaped for a corner. One
Hello Jean
It's working for me; I've tried it with Safari, Firefox and Internet
Explorer (all Mac versions)
The links are not actually on the words, but on the little pictures
above the words - the ones that become coloured when the curser is
rolled over them (and the arrow turns into a hand)
Hello Jean
The links are not actually on the words, but on the little pictures
above the words - the ones that become coloured when the curser is
rolled over them (and the arrow turns into a hand)
To which my reply is What little pictures? The arrow stays an arrow
except on the five blocked
The background image is big (for a web page, 352Kb) but the other
images are small, around 20Kb.
More likely to be your browser taking time to display because of all
the validation errors.
Brenda
I wonder if it is simply taking a long time to load. I have fairly
fast broadband provider, but
Hello Lindy
I think that No 8 beads would mean size 8 seed beads. See the
Pandorian catalogue:
http://www.pandorion.co.uk/Catalogue.html
(no connection)
I've put a scan of a few of their size 8 seed beads with a ruler on
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/seedbeads.jpg
Brenda
On 8 Jul
It sounds as though they are using rather inferior thread if it has so
much dressing in that it needs washing before being used!
If shrinkage is an issue why not make a sample, measure it carefully,
wash the sample and re-measure.
Even so, BL made from pre-washed thread will still contract
Hello Jane
Patty has already suggested Aurora silks. Their Nm 20/2 Fine 2 ply
tussah silk is 12 wraps/c; similar thickness to cotton Perle 5. Is
that what you are looking for? or do you want a very fine thread?
I know of two very fine reeled silks which are 2/20 (2x20 denier I
think)
Au
I'm in the north of Kent - just across the River Thames from Essex, and
we've not had abnormally high levels of rainfall. Yes it's been very
wet, but nothing really unusual. Because last year was so dry the
ground is still able to soak up water. Terry is still walking the dogs
across the
Dear Lacemakers
I'm pleased to tell you all that Edition 4 is almost ready for
printing. I've been speaking with the printer today; the price hasn't
increased hugely despite an extra 200 threads and subject to no
unforseen mishaps it should be ready in about 3 weeks time. Just one
more
Hello Aurelia
I love Jane Atkinson. When I came upon her Pattern Design twenty
years ago, I nearly died of joy. I haven't seen any of her later work,
though. Where is it to be seen?
You'll find the answer at
http://www.lace.nildram.co.uk/index.htm
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
According to How heavy, How Much and How long by Colin R Chapman a
lot of old measurements were based parts of the (male!) human body.
A foot is 12 inches or 16 digits. A digit is the width of a man's
middle finger at the base of the nail and an inch the width of his
thumb at the base of the
I too was taught to wind bobbins by the arm length of thread.
Brenda
On 29 Jul 2007, at 22:41, Sue wrote:
This line reminds me of my first lovely lace tutor who now sadly
suffers
with Alzheimer's she used to say wind on three armfuls of thread onto
the bobbins and would pull off three arm
With my arm stretched back nose to fingertip is a yard - a metre is
fingertip to opposite shoulder.
Brenda
On 30 Jul 2007, at 17:32, Helen Bell wrote:
I too learnt (more by copying) to measure/estimate a yard from nose to
fingertip from Mum. That's kind of hard to do when your not fully
It's well out of the traditional lace making area so I doubt there was
ever a bobbin to commemorate William Fairall who hanged at Tyburn in
1749, but if ever anyone comes across one PLEASE let me know!
Brenda
With all this talk about hanging bobbins, has anyone ever come across
one for
- Original Message - From: Brenda Paternoster
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Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Hanging bobbins
It's well out of the traditional lace making area so I doubt there
was ever a bobbin to commemorate
Dear lacemakers
I hope you think that this is relevant to lacemaking. I have been
asked a number of times if I will accept PayPal, and as Threads Edition
4 is with the printer now it might be the right time to start accepting
PayPal, BUT it is very expensive, which is why I've not taken it
On 10 Aug 2007, at 13:42, Sylvie Nguyen wrote:
It would be greatly appreciated if I could be given
suggestions for thread equivalents (hopefully
available in the USA) for the following:
Schappeseide Nel 50/3
Schappe silk - ie spun silk. NeL means English Linen number so similar
thickness to
Thank you to everyone who replied, both on-list and privately to my
request for opinions about accepting PayPal. Your views are quite
mixed, some are all in favour whilst others wouldn't touch it with a
bargepole! Personally I don't feel comfortable about PayPal and have
decided not to
Hi Jenny
There's no picture of finished lace so you can't be sure what's
intended, but my guess is that the upright Xs are in place of where I
would use a diagonal square to indicate a rose ground/cane ground
filling.
Brenda
Does anyone know what stitch is used in the patterns that look
Hello Ann-Marie
My advice is to order from a UK trader who takes plastic:
SMP, Roseground, Larkholm Lace or Biggins/Presencia.
It would be stupid to get a UK publication from USA, that would mean it
crossing the Atlantic ocean twice instead of just one trip across the
North Sea.
On 12 Aug
Hello Clay
So the bottom line was that even for Germans, the descriptions in
books which are written in German do not necessarily make a lot of
sense! It would seem that people in Germany, who learn to make lace,
learn it first from a live person who teaches them the vocabulary,
and from
Hello Tamara
Was it Craft Creations?
I think you mean double fold to make three sections.
http://craftcreations.co.uk/pages/products/category.mhtml?
category=38SSN_ID=a2eeca624ddb4d278a2a9f68331e040a
Brenda
On 27 Aug 2007, at 00:31, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
Speaking of which... Can someone,
Hi Jacquie
Google 'Knitting Estonia' and you get lots of interesting sites
including:
http://www.einst.ee/publications/crafts_and_arts/socks.html
which answers your question about Estonian 'fair isle'
http://www.knittingbeyondthehebrides.org/lace/estonian.html
Dear Spiders
I was told that the printing of Edition 4 would take ten working days
from when I accepted the proofs - which I did on 6th August. I
collected the books this afternoon! Maybe printers only work three
days a week.
Anyway, I've got them now. Too late for today's post, but
Hello Sue
I had problems getting my dot in the right place too. It couldn't find
the village name (Allhallows) and when I tried Rochester it put the dot
on the centre of Rochester, about 12 miles away, but then I tried using
the postcode and now it's spot-on! Go back in and edit your
Just to add to that - to get a UK postcode into it you have to click on
the USA tab first!!
Brenda
On 13 Sep 2007, at 18:24, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
I had problems getting my dot in the right place too. It couldn't
find the village name (Allhallows) and when I tried Rochester it put
The list and map which I got just said United Kingdom, without
distinguishing between England, Scotland, Wales and NI.
Brenda
On 13 Sep 2007, at 18:22, Jean Nathan wrote:
One thing wrong with the map, the United Kingdom is just shown as
England. England is part of the United Kingdom (of
Japan is the default setting for 'World'. To get a city/town or a zip
code/postcode in you have to click the USA tab regardless of country!
I too have just tried to edit - from the postcode to the village name
and got the error message and shutdown. I think that maybe there are
too many of
My granddaughter Leah stayed over last night, and just before we took
her home she did the honours and drew four names from the hat - we used
a sun hat which hasn't had much use this summer!
The lucky names are:
Beth Stoll in USA
Janette Humphrey in Australia
Judy Tucker (Australia)
Sue Fink
Hello Avital
If you have the USA tab selected instead of the world tab you should be
able to do it. I have tried editing my profile to Jerusalem and it
worked, I've changed it back again. Even if you can't get Maale in,
at least Jerusalem would be in the right general area.
Brenda
On
Hello Ewa
Wrap Stitch isn't a standard knitting term (as far as I know). It
sounds as though it's a special technique used for a particular pattern
which should be described in the list of stitches/techniques used for
that pattern.
I'll guess that it means to wrap the yarn around the
Hello Achim
pattern no. 30 (Helen, the straight variant without corners) from
Stott, G.: A Visual Introduction To Bucks Point Lace - probably some
of
you have a copy of that book.
- How many twists should be between headside passive pairs and the gimp
surrounding a motif? I do two twists to
Hello Kate
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Hello Alessandra
I agree with the others that your doily is very nice, but probably not
vintage.
There is a page on my website showing detail of a modern Chinese
needlelace mat of mine which had some damage near the edge so I
carefully unpicked it to prove that it's handmade. Although the
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