Alex's view seems to concur with most of the replies on this subject -
I certainly agree.
However, I think that this moving towards machine mounting is part of
the changing nature of (bobbin) lacemaking. Traditionally, lace made
for sale was made by one person (or several in the case of
On 24 Jun 2008, at 18:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At the end the chairwomen came and said did you have
a good day? We knew we had done the best of any one but it still
dismal, so
we said no it was a disaster. The lady said, well what do you
expect? We
are an older group and don't really
Hello ALice
I've been making leaves in white cotton - White DMC Dentelle 100
Do you mean DMC Special Dentelles 100, or DMC Fil a Dentelles 100?
I've never seen/heard of either.
Or do you mean DMC Cordonnet 100 ?
Years ago I tried painting fabric dye onto white lace - it worked but
left soft
Reckits Blue Bags! NO!
They bring the laundry up looking whiter but it's impossible to
subsequently was hit out and in time it makes the fabric look grey.
When I was a child Mum received quite a lot of sheets etc from Grandma
and they had all been washed many times and whitened with blue
Hello Sue
I am now at a critical point in our 40th Wedding anniversary napkins
which
lots of you gave me ideas for many months ago. The fabric is ready and
pressed and the lace made (just two more to darn the ends in) and then
I am
set to add lace to fabric. This particular set is a 4 sided
I watched the video clip with Leonard on Mac without any problems!!
True I'm still in the ark and running MacOSX 10.3 (can't remember which
is which with the big cats!) but I'm getting to the point where I need
to upgrade, with web access being one of the issues. 10.3 would only
recognise the
That means she used Bockens 60/3 for the white and ecru, and Bockens
35/2 (equivalent to 50/3) for the colours.
As Tamara said, if a (fairly recent) pattern states linen thread
without a brand name the chances are it's Bockens linen.
Brenda
On 12 Jul 2008, at 06:23, Jenny Brandis wrote:
Vivienne, correct me if I'm wrong, but La Paletta is the new name for
what used to marketed as Borayon (32 w/cm).
Am I right in thinking that El Molino is the same thread but in
industrial size cones?
Brenda
On 12 Jul 2008, at 14:00, Lynne Cumming wrote:
Vivienne has a nice garter pattern
Provided you wind your bobbins properly so that it doesn't get
untwisted or over twisted in the process, ie roll the bobbin into the
thread rather than wrapping the thread around the bobbin, the thread
will be OK to use for the next project, but only do that if the lengths
are sufficiently
the
bobbins
improperly, against the curve of the thread? It's a real pain having
to
rewind bobbins at frequent intervals, and this happened when I did
Torchon
and it happens now with the Cantu even more.
Sr. Claire
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Brenda Paternoster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Provided you
Hi Debora
Borrow a pair of hands to hold the skeins whilst you wind. The person
holding the skein just needs to allow the yarn to come off one side at
a time. My husband learned that skill as a child, and he's not from a
crafting family, it's not too difficult.
Winding the ball by hand
Hello Mark
I'm wondering if the bobbin was actually a tool for making 'Proddie
rugs where scraps of fabric were pushed between the threads of a
piece coarse canvas or sacking to make a thick floor covering.
Brenda
At the home of James Madison, Montpelier, outside of the museum was a
Just goes to prove that great minds think alike!
On 16 Jul 2008, at 22:31, Sue Duckles wrote:
And now, I read my mail and find that Brenda has said the same thing!!!
Sue
On 16 Jul 2008, at 22:27, Sue Duckles wrote:
Evening Spiders
Mark, I wonder if it's a bradawl for a proddie or clippie
Nalbinding is sort-of related to needle lace and requires a giant
sewing needle with the hole for the thread at the blunt end.
Info about and pics of nalbinding needles at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ragnvaeig/2516822688/in/pool-
nalbindingnutters
However, the bobbin which Mark saw has a
Sorry Miriam, I've never heard of SoftRise, but if anyone does know
please tell me too.
Brenda
can anyone tell me what kind of thread SoftRise is and who the
manufacturer is so I can find a catalog on the internet.
What can I substitute for it?
Miriam
who has returned from OIDFA with a
lot
Hello
I have been sent a photo of some lace bobbins and lace rings which
came from two elderly Dutch ladies who said they are ivory. I
personally don't think they are ivory or lace bobbin but would be
interested to know what anyone else thinks they are/were used for.
Please have a look at
I have asked that question and will let you know when I get a reply.
Brenda
On 27 Jul 2008, at 21:03, Sister Claire wrote:
What is their size, Brenda? I can't tell from the picture.
Sr. Claire
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Brenda Paternoster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello
I have
Thank you to Jean, Beth, Janet, Diana, Adele, Bev and Claire for your
comments which I have passed on. The general opinion is that the
bobbins are stilletos or awls used for broderie anglais or Ayreshire
work and that the rings were either curtain rings or button forms.
Brenda
I have been
Jane,
The only 28/2 linen (that I've seen) is Juul linen, which measured
2S-19 wraps/cm.
Bouc 30 or Fresia 30/2 and Guetermann linen are all very similar, 2S-19
wraps/cm. Knox Falcon 30 and Knox Gimp 20 also measured the same but
they were discontinued many years ago.
I haven't seen
Nel: 50/3 Nm: 30/3
Nel: 66/3 Nm: 40/3
Nel: 80/3 Nm: 50/3
Nel: 100/3 Nm: 60/3
But I'm not sure, if this is the Goldschild linen lace yarn, that you
mean.
Regards
Sandra from Germany (near Munich)
--- Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am Do,
7.8.2008:
Von: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL
Hello Diana
You are not the only one to have forgotten - I was having a tidy up
last week and found the renewal form in a pile of papers - and I then
realised that that was why my magazine hadn't arrived!
I put a cheque in the post on Thursday, (along with the library books
that I was
Direct Debit is different to using credit or debit cards - more like a
standing order but the amount paid each month/quarter/year is variable.
It's appropriate for utility bills etc, and better for subscriptions
etc than standing orders which have to be changed each time the subs
change
According to the glossary in Mincoff Marriage Fond à la vierge = rose
stitch. In the body of the book they say that rose stitch is 'violet
stitch' to Germans and 'maiden's grounding' to the French.
Pat Earnshaw's Dictionary of Lace says cinq trous, five hole, fond à la
vierge, virgin ground
Wendy
There isn't really a right or a wrong direction to wind bobbins, but
you do have to make the hitch correspond to the direction the bobbin is
wound. You should also make sure that all the bobbins on the pillow
are wound the same way or you will get confused when trying to lengthen
Hello everyone
This message, and my reply, has just been posted to the Kent Family
History Society discussion group. Does anyone know anything about the
19th century England/France lace trade?
Brenda
Begin forwarded message:
From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 20 August
Yaspe (Jaspe) silk from Bart Francis is in Addendum3 and Edition 4,
page 45.
I measured it as 20 w/cm, but it's a slub thread so difficult to get an
accurate measurement.
I have just finished (bank holiday weekend) a torchon edging made with
Filato per Tombolo di Cantu 30 with Yaspe 30/2 for
Hello Alex
If Jean has really only been using a computer for a couple of months
she's done fantastically well. There's substance to the site, not just
a blog, the layout is clean and the hyperlinks all work. Well done.
Re the pattern; as I could see no 'download' button and no hand
Hello Wendy
I am making an edging, the book says to use DMC Cotton Perle 8 with
DMC 80
Cordonnet Special. Well I have the Perle but didn't have any
Cordonnet, so I
have used Venus 70 instead. My problem is that it is very hard work
as they
seem to be fighting each other by that I mean that
Thank you all for the nice comments about my threads book, especially
with the recent discussion about mixing threads. For the newcomers to
this group I have to say that it would never have got going without all
the support from Arachnes from around the world.
Like most people I used what I
Hello Sue
Some laces just have to be coloured don't they.
Your pic of Megan reminded me of our Sam. Terry finally took him to
the vet's for the last time on Friday last week. He was 14 and a bit
years old.
Brenda
On 1 Sep 2008, at 09:23, Sue Duckles wrote:
Hi All
I've recently
Terry has something a bit like it cluttering up a cupboard - for
fishing not lacemaking!
It's an old fishing reel attached to the handle part of an old fishing
rod; I think it was used for transferring fishing line from one reel to
another which is why it has a second clamp for attaching a
As Bev says, 'best' is whatever suits the user's needs, but industry
standard (Mac and PC) is Adobe Illustrator.
The other specialist lace design program, available for both platforms,
is Knipling
http://www.knipling.de/knipling/knipling-kn30en.html
Photoshop isn't really a drawing program,
Hi Bev
Can you get common or garden cotton sylko 50 (Amman/Coats) - or any
other cotton intended for regular machine stitching of seams?
Brenda
On 19 Sep 2008, at 17:02, bev walker wrote:
Hello everyone
...and anyone who does Cantù lace, just a question - what thread(s) do
you use?
I'm
, Cebelia 30, at 20 w. seems
slightly too coarse.
It does pay to sample :)
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Brenda Paternoster
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Hi Bev
Can you get common or garden cotton sylko 50 (Amman/Coats) - or any
other
cotton intended for regular machine stitching of seams
To me it looks like a fancy knob for a four-poster bed. I wonder where
the other three are!
Brenda
On 22 Sep 2008, at 09:07, Jean Nathan wrote:
Any ideas what this ebay item is? Can't believe it's a lace bobbin.
19TH LARGE LONG SILK IVORI LACE BOBBIN RARE
Item numbber: 180291700210
I'm very sad to hear that, my condolences to Sheila and family.
Brenda
On 24 Sep 2008, at 22:16, Tess Parrish wrote:
For those many people who know Sheila Brown, she has just emailed me
with the sad news that her husband Alan has just died after quite a
siege with cancer. Some of you may
A while ago I helped Janis Savage and her friend Kim Lieberman work out
a grid for Kim's lace sculpture project and I have just received this
message from Janis.
Hello Brenda,
The exhibition of lace, for which you helped me work out the grid, is
finally on show. You can see the article
Sue
If your Bucks grid has a working angle of 58 degrees you can make five
corners for a pentagon shape or if it has a working angle of 60 degrees
six corners will make a hexagon. Otherwise you have to cut and paste
and do all sorts of odd things or design a proper Bucks corner which
takes
isn't it? Or are my early morning
thoughts missing something?
Sue
- Original Message -
From: Brenda Paternoster
To: Sue
Cc: Sue Babbs ; Arachne
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] bucks point grid size
Sue
If your Bucks grid has a working angle of 58 degrees
Most of the edgings are Leavers machine, number 2 is Barmen machine, 6,
8 9 are chemical lace and 10 is Swiss embroidery.
The smallest doiley is machine tape put together by hand, the circular
doiley beside it could be anything, the picture isn't good enough to
tell, the oval doiley is
I have a couple of ivory - yes ivory from legitimate sources - made by
Barry Adams which are 9cm long but of average thickness. I used to
think that they were short because he'd used old piano keys but he said
no, it was because his ex-partner has very small hands and she prefers
the smaller
Hello Sheila
You can't post images to Arachne - you have to upload them to a website
somewhere and post the URL link.
Brenda
On 30 Oct 2008, at 16:01, Alan Sheila Brown wrote:
The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link
attachments:
Halloween.jpg
Note: To protect
It's the type of thing the Victorians did (is it right to say
Victorians for 19th century Americans?) but I don't think it's BL,
looks more like NL to me.
Brenda
Amazing item on eBay no 120328659264
Antique bobbin lace mourning memorial made of human hair - the hair of
Anne Clerke.
Hello Linda
Swedish linen almost certainly means Bockens linen.
Bockens 90 would suit torchon drafted on a 2mm grid (4mm between
footedge pinholes)
Brenda
On 15 Nov 2008, at 20:55, Linda Walton wrote:
The pattern is from Raie Clare's The Dryad Book of Bobbin Lace, the
book from which I
Hello everyone
Here in England it's almost December and I've done another Advent
calendar. Various thoughts, ideas, musings etc on the Christmas theme.
There's a link from my homepage, as in the signature at the bottom.
On 24th December there's a little quiz with a small prize, open until
The advent calendar lace looks great but why does the page give the
impression that it's already the end of December by saying who won the
quiz?
Sue in EY
On 30 Dec 2008, at 23:15, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Hello everyone
Here in England it's almost December and I've done another Advent
How right you are!
I have several lace and other Christmas ornaments from Christmas
exchanges and I can't remember who some of them are from.
Maybe I should put up a web page with them all an and ask if anyone
recognised their work!
Brenda
On 3 Dec 2008, at 16:17, Janice Blair wrote:
I've just done that web page
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/arachne/exchanges.htm
Brenda
On 4 Dec 2008, at 08:52, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
How right you are!
I have several lace and other Christmas ornaments from Christmas
exchanges and I can't remember who some of them are from
on Brenda's site to see todays offering (15th).
My husband wants the 'original recipe'!!
Sue in EY
On 15 Dec 2008, at 10:33, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
and a reminder that there's a link to the Advent calendar on my
homepage
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Just over a week to go now!
My electronic Christmas card to you all is at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/Christmas/2008/card08.htm
and a reminder that there's a link to the Advent calendar on my homepage
Merry Christmas
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
Hi Linda
There are a number of big fan patterns around, or you could enlarge a
smaller one, though coarse lace doesn't usually look good on a fan.
The main thing is that you *MUST* be sure that the lace will fit your
sticks before you start making it. It's not only the diameter of the
Hello Ann
It depends which DMC 50 you mean.
DMC Cordonnet 50 is similar thickness to Bouc 50, both are 23 wraps/cm.
DMC Coton a Broder is/was finer at 30 wraps/cm and DMC Broder Machine
50 is finer still at 42 wraps/cm.
Bev has already listed a number of alternatives to Bouc 70; Bockens
I've sent uncompressed images of the lace cards to Janice - they are
big files!
Also I would like to ad my thanks to Jenny for putting all the exchange
lace onto the website, and I do hope your sight problems get sorted
properly.
Merry Christmas
Brenda
On 21 Dec 2008, at 23:40, Janice
Hello Marianne
I am looking for threads that can be substituted for the Tanne
(Cotona) 80.
I don't have either of these, and am wondering if any that I have on
hand
would work, since I want to start the project now, not in 2 or 3
weeks
Egyptian Gassed 80/2 or YLI Heirloom Sewing 70/2.
Oops sorry!!
I should have said
To convert to NeL (English Linen number) *DIVIDE* the CC by 0.36.
Thus 80 CC = 29 Nm 222
On 29 Dec 2008, at 09:29, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Can anyone tell me what the Ne or Nm equivalent would be?
To convert from CC (English cotton count, also sometimes
The lady I watched on a street corner in Belgium was actually making
reverse lace!
She was making a big show of it and tossing her bobbins around but when
I looked closely she was doing:
cross, twist, cross, twist, untwist..
Perhaps she learned BL using a few inches of string!
Brenda
On
Hello Donna
My first question concerns the thread. The pattern calls for Egyptian
Cotton
80/2. As I said though, I'm putting this on linen. Does one usually
mix
fibers for the lace and fabric?
Most people would find it acceptable to put cotton lace onto linen
fabric, but it is a
Thank you to everyone who entered the quiz.
Just about everyone got questions 1-10 right, but no-one guessed
question 11 correctly!
It was actually two pairs of socks; one multi colour stripes and the
other black with multi coloured spots; knee length for my daughter to
wear with her boots.
?
Thanks for the fun calendar,
Pene
Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Thank you to everyone who entered the quiz.
Just about everyone got questions 1-10 right, but no-one guessed
question 11 correctly!
It was actually two pairs of socks; one multi colour stripes and the
other black with multi coloured spots
And some of those 83 degrees please - we've been down to -7 deg C with
fog to go with it - nasty!
Definitely staying indoors and making lace weather.
Brenda
On 10 Jan 2009, at 01:28, Clay Blackwell wrote:
I was full of pain and compassion for your discomfort and misfortune
with the broken
Hello Delores
I have a 1950s book The Identification of Textile Fibres which goes
into great detail about microscopic and chemical tests to distinguish
one fibre from another, but unless you have your own laboratory to
hand
If you are just trying to decide between linen and cotton the
Hello Sue
Chemical lace is cotton embroidery on acetate fabric, then the whole
lot is steeped in acetone or something similar to dissolve away the
acetate leaving only the embroidery. Discovered in the 1880s I think
so Victorian but slightly late for the 1850s setting of the TV
programme.
Guipure, especially when used by a fashion designer, is a rather
general term which just means a lace made up of separate elements and
'custom' means it was designed for the client.
From the close-up picture in the link that Jane sent
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7840306.stm
(image
Hello Sr Claire
If they are not doily people I'd suggest that lace trimmed pillow cases
aren't suitable either as they would need more care with laundering
than plain ones. Bookmarks only if they are avid readers, otherwise
they might just end up lost between the pages somewhere.
A framed
I've done a few jewellery classes and have drawn wire by hand. Even
very thin wire very definitely has to be clamped at one end and clasped
tightly with pliars at the other end on order to pull it through the
holes and it's quite a physical effort.
Gravesend Adult Ed Centre has a very well
On 27 Jan 2009, at 05:25, Avital wrote:
So my guess was right (and if I'd been paying attention, I would have
seen the French and translated it but I've had a cold for a couple
days). It's a tool for drawing wire. Wire is made by hammering a piece
of metal into thinner and thinner (and longer)
Hi Mark
It looks very much like Barmen machine to me, and yes, narrow tallies
like that can be made on those machines.
Brenda
On 3 Feb 2009, at 19:24, Mark, aka Tatman wrote:
Hi all lacing friends,
This past weekend Kim and I were shopping for costumes and props for
the HS
musical(South
Hello Liz
I'm not a needle lacer but I've done enough to know what it's about and
I personally wouldn't recommend using any thread which is wrapped, ie
the metallic part is wraped around a silk or viscose core as the
friction of pulling the thread through the work many times will cause
the
I'm not sure if Helene Gannac is still subscribed to Arachne, or if the
email addy I have for her is still current, but I know she lives in
Victoria. Helene are you safe?
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
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Thank you to Liz, Laura, Ruth Joanne for letting me know that Helene
is visiting her family in France, so well away from the terrible fires
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent where we'd be happy to let some of our rain
go down under.
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There used to be TWO sets of sizes for British crochet hooks.
The bigger ones for use with knitting yarns were the same as the old
British knitting needle sizes, The steel hooks for use with finer
crochet cottons had a different set of sizes although the two sets of
numbering did overlap a
Yes you're right, DMC Cordonnet 100 is very similar in thickness to
Broder machine 30 or Bockens 100/2. Finca 40 and DMC
Cordonnet/Dentelles 80 are all a little thicker whilst Brok 100 and
Finca 80 are both much finer.
Brenda
On 13 Feb 2009, at 06:30, Lorelei Halley wrote:
Hi
Can
I haven't seen Ariane cotton - or any other thread which is 32/2.
A Google search for Ariane cotton 32/2' gets:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg11172.html
Brenda
On 24 Feb 2009, at 02:35, d2one...@comcast.net wrote:
Can someone suggest a thread equivalent for ariane cotton
Like th eothers I think that this is more torchon than Cluny and that
it's more likely to be linen than cotton.
If just over 3 stitches per inch means that there are just over 3
pinholes per inch - along the footside then it's a spacing of just less
than 1/3 inch or 8mm between the pins. The
Hello Mark
No, I don't think it's handspun, but I do think it's linen.
I can see that it's S twist, which is what I'd expect a linen thread to
be, along with variations in thickness. The two linens which fit the
description are Knox's Floss 20 or Knox's Falcon 25, both of which
measured
Hmmm...
I agree that the bulbous end is probably a handle. The abrupt end to
that 'handle' makes it look as though there should be some sort of
cover that slips over the narrower part.
Could it be a tool for turning, say, glove fingers?
But then why would it have fancy turning? And why do
Hello Francis
I too have Googled and found a few useful pages. The best one is:
http://www.colourmart.com/eng/knowledge_base/knitting_properties
other useful info at:
http://www.kilkeelknitwear.com/new_page_19.htm
(bottom of page)
Hello Sue
I haven't seen either of those but the Perivale 130/3 means 130 denier
x 3 plies, probably just a little thicker than common or garden Sylko
cotton.
Re Ackermanns. 50 will be a size, if it's yardage/meterage yds or
meters is always written after the number. Silk is usually
Hello Diana
Brok 100/3 is the only other thread anything like Finca 80
Brenda
Can anyone suggest some equivalent threads to Finca 80 please.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
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Using Tanne or DMC Broder machine instead of Brok 100/3 or Finca *will*
make a difference to the feel of the lace because both Tanne and Broder
Machine are 2 ply threads which will make a softer, more draping lace.
3 ply threads are rounder and the lace has more 'body' to it.
If all you are
Hello Fancis
I have a great love of Sanquhar (and also Selbuvotter, which is less 3
ply specific).
it sound very Nordic or Irisch or does it make part of some other
ancient knitting slang?
it even sounds to me like part a figure from lords of the ring
Selbuvotter is the Norwegian two
Following the recent discussions about this I have done some wrappings
of the knitting yarns in my stash and put together a web page:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/knittingyarns.htm
I'm not planning a huge project like Threads for Lace !! but if anyone
can add useful information
Hi Alex
As an edging to plain a plain collar
On a Christening gown;
between yoke skirt
either side of a front panel
around the hem
As a picture frame
Around a pin cushion
Two lengths side by side as a garter
Edging the flap of an envelope style nightdress case
Appliqued diagonally across
That's fine for tatting or crochet where you attach the lace as it's
made but if you are attaching BL or any other pre-made lace to the edge
of a hankie you should always make the fabric fit the lace and not try
to make the lace fit the fabric. ie attach lace to oversize fabric and
then make
Thank you to everyone who has replied to this thread, far too many to
reply to individually, but Noelene the poem is lovely - I've printed it
out to stick into the back of my copy.
I'm pleased that the large majority of you prefer lacemaking as one
word. That's what it has been for the first
Jean, I very much agree with you.
Actually color/colour was another thing the (electronic) typesetting
people queried because both are in Ed5. It's color in 'JP Coats Color
Twist' because that's how the label is, it's an old reel of cotton from
America, but all other instances of the word in
Following the recent discussions about UK and US spelling, does anyone
in America have a spool of 'YLI Colours'? Does the label say Colours
or Colors? It's an American company but the spool I have, which was
purchased in UK at Ally Pally Knitting Stitching, reads 'Colours' and
was made in
Hello Sr Claire and Ilske
Thank you for that info - all the more reason to keep to my English
spelling!
Brenda
On 21 Mar 2009, at 10:21, Sister Claire wrote:
For a long time it was usual for UK companies to keep
UK spelling when they marketed in the US because UK spelling was
believed to
Hello Beth
Using a 3 ply thread instead of a three ply one will make the lace
slightly softer and it will drape better, a three ply would be a bit
crisper. Depends what you want to use it for.
Claire's Lace stocks Fresia and Bockens
http://www.claireslace.co.uk/
SMP stock Fresia
Hello Susan
I've been following the linen metallic thread discussions with
great interest. What sort of lace would be made with Goldschild linen
aka Londonderry or Rainbow Gallery?? I have both in my embroidery
stash neither one looks too appetizing to me, i.e thick bumpy.
Heavier
Hello Susan
HV-Garn 40/2 isn't especially fine, 21 wraps/cm, but it does (or is
that did!) come in a lot of colours. Assuming Londonderry is
Goldschild; 50/3 Nm, which = 80/3 NeL is a bit finer at 24 wraps/cm,
though the three plies will make it feel a bit sturdier.
I haven't seen Rainbow
Alex,
I agree too, it's very unprofessional as a teacher not to offer all of
your knowledge. If you have bright students who are interested in the
subject there are bound to be times when they ask something you don't
know. Providing you either make every effort to find out, or encourage
Hello Sue
What I have found is that because I have flipped the pattern strip to
fit at
the corner, I have the working lines going in opposite directions,
therefore
when I get to the centre side join I found the change. I have ignored
those
lines and worked them all the same, so guess I need
Hello Elizabeth
A bertha, or bertha collar, is a wide collar which lies flat over the
garment bodice. It's likely to be about 6-8 15-20 cm deep. The
opening is usually worn at the back.
No collar should be an exact circle around the neckline, it should be
slightly oval to fit around
a short survey about bobbin lacemaking and the
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Oh Alice,
that's a lovely article, and the reporter certainly made a lot of
pretty accurate notes - which is more than most of them do!
Brenda
On 5 Apr 2009, at 21:06, Alice Howell wrote:
My husband just found that the write up on me and my bobbin lace in
2006 is in the online archives at
and the
experiences and preferences of Arachne members.
It is anonymous and there are no questions about money or other
personal details.
Brenda Paternoster
http://www.questionpro.com/akira/gateway/1205463-0-0
- From: Brenda Paternoster
paternos...@appleshack.com
To: Marianne Gallant m...@shaw.ca
Cc: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] question about threads used in Lace Express
Finding coloured linen is difficult! If you can't get Bockens 60/2
which is 26
Hello Jo, Ilske
It opened with Safari for me - but you do have to have Windows Media
Player installed on your computer.
I have taken some screen shots of the video playing. They are .pdf
files so won't open in a web browser, but I have uploaded them to:
Hello Beth
Anyone know how many wraps/cm the 50/3 (Nm 30/3) is? It isn't in
edition 4 of
threads for lace and I can't connect to the addendum page for some
reason!
I haven't seen that size, but from the other sizes of Goldschild I'd
guess its 19 or 20 w/cm.
The addendum pages are all up
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