Mine arrived at lunchtime today with the second Royal Mail delivery.
Brenda
On 8 Nov 2010, at 15:01, Angela wrote:
> Hi All
> For those of you living in the UK, have you all received your copy of Lace
> this quarter?
> I have just had a phone call from a friend saying that she and several other
A few years ago OIDFA published a very detailed study of all the point ground
laces "Point Ground Lace; a Comparative Study"
>From the diagrams of the various types of footsides it appears that Bucks
>Point and Malmsbury are alone in having the footside traditionally worked on
>the right. Downt
Hi Pene
That's a super Christmas decoration.
Am I right in thinking that you completed the bobbin lace and then added the
sequins and sequin waste using a needle and metallic thread?
Brenda
On 10 Nov 2010, at 09:02, pene piip wrote:
> Yesterday I finished a piece of lace which was partly an e
Christmas is fast approaching and time for my Advent Calendar again.
When December arrives in your part of the world you will be able to start
opening the pages.
Please have a look at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/adventcalendar/adventcalendar.htm
As before there will be a couple of small p
your Advent calendar every year. =)
>> Sr. Claire
>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 13:46, Brenda Paternoster <
>> paternos...@appleshack.com> wrote:
>>> Christmas is fast approaching and time for my Advent Calendar again.
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Hi Karen
I don't know how you design BL (computer or hand drawn) but with Adobe
Illustrator which I use the circumference of a circular edging is the
measurement around the centre of the edging, the outside edge will be slightly
bigger and the inside edge/footside will be smaller.
If the stri
It depends on the scale of the pricking you use - Presencia Finca 30 is a lot
finer than DMC Cordonnet 30. Finca 20 would be a nearer alternative to
Cordonnet 30
Handy Hands Lizbeth 20 or Anchor Artiste 20 are both very similar to Cordonnet
30. If a softer thread is acceptable then go for a P
Jacquie's comment is so right - although the wraps/cm measurement is very
convenient for comparing thicknesses it doesn't tell you much about how a
thread will work up. The number of plies, the direction (and firmness) of
spin, and of course the type of fibre all contribute to how a thread work
Dear All
I have received the following email from a lady named Helen. I have written
back to ask if the bobbins are hallmarked silver or just silver colour, and
what the commemorations are.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Brenda
> I hope you will forgive the intrusion, but I've seen your
>
> I have received the following email from a lady named Helen. I have written
> back to ask if the bobbins are hallmarked silver or just silver colour, and
> what the commemorations are.
I've just had a reply from her:
Hallmarkedsilver. Six wives of Henry 8; a couple of Royal births, not sure
Dear All
I hope your Christmas went well.
There has been a technical hitch with the quiz reply form on my Advent calendar
- nothing is coming through to me! As it's exactly the same coding as last
year, just different questions, I suspect that something has changed on the
Orpheus server. So
Thank you to everyone who submitted quiz answers.
The glitch I panicked about was as I thought, changes on the Orpheus server.
They are in the process of decommissioning their old server and installing two
new ones; my email is now on the new server but the website is still on the old
one whic
So what is "whole stitch"?
If half stitch is CT then logically whole stitch is CTCT which means that
"whole stitch and twist" is CTCTT. Or is it?!
That's exactly what Alex meant by different terms for the same thing.
On 12 Jan 2011, at 08:20, Jean Nathan wrote:
> I either stick to the ter
I do have a Mac and I also have Knipling (the Mac version) but like Jean I just
don't get on with it and it's gathering dust on a shelf. From time to time
I've looked at Jo's Bobbinwork, and had a dabble with EazyDraw but again I
don't get on with them. Lace 2000/Lace R-XP has never been avail
I daresay it would work with BootCamp too, but I've gone down the Adobe
Illustrator route now and I'm happy with it.
Brenda
On 30 Jan 2011, at 17:30, Janice Blair wrote:
> My SonIL spent a day working on my MacBook Pro to make Lace RXP work on it.
> He
> made it work using X 11 Application
Cornely machines do make a very good imitation of hand tambouring (and hand
chain stitch embroidery) but I think that this piece is hand tamboured because
it does appear that the stitches are all made between the meshes of the net and
the stitch sizes vary accordingly. With Cornely embroidery t
Without a very very close magnified photograph of the lace *and* a scale with
it there is no way that anyone could tell you the thickness of the thread used
to make a piece of lace from just a picture. There isn't even an indication as
to how wide that lace edging is. Even with the actual lace
d yarn - to fingering and then lace yarn.
>
> Would anyone know how fine the thread for 19th century Point de Rose
> or Point de Gaz is?
>
>
>
> Nathalie - who one day hope to knit a shawl in cobweb thread, but
> fears that won't ever happen.
>
>
> On Wed
Hi Donna
If you can get hold of a copy of Eeva Liisa Kortelahti's "Nyplättyä Pitsiä /
Bobbin Lace - which is no doubt out of print now as it was published in 1981 -
there is a scale pattern for a christening gown which is nearly all straight
lines to make a simple modern dress. The yoke and th
Good for you!
Brenda
On 12 Feb 2011, at 14:51, Clay Blackwell wrote:
> I asked the woman to please take the children out of the display area until
> they had finished their ice cream and had had a good wash of hands and face.
Brenda in Allhallows
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Maybe it's what the lace police use when you break the rules!
In reality I agree that if the size is right it's an old police truncheon and
as the modern ones are sometimes called batons maybe the seller got rather
confused between baton and bobbin - and then if he/she had seen a picture of a
l
Hi Tess
Filato per Tombolo di Cantu 30 measured 3S-21 w/cm, the same as Bockens 50/3 or
Pella 70/3.
If you want cotton equivalents for Filato per Tombolo di Cantu please have a
look at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm
and ignore any of the "information" put out by Coats ab
I learned to make the sheet bend as a Girl Guide around the same era, and yes
it was always for ropes of unequal thickness, which is why I find it strange
that weavers/lacemakers use it to join two similar threads. I tend to use a
reef knot for lace threads, except when I'm joining onto a very
I think her description at the bottom of the page is correct:
machine-made lace copying "Blonde" bobbin lace
which means that the headline description of
"vintage bobbin lace" is incorrect. Those two descriptions cannot both be
right!
I don't know about USA, but here in UK advertising on the we
Hi Jeanette
Coton Egyptien nº 80 could mean Egyptian 80/2 or Egyptian 80/3. It's the
difference between 35 wraps/cm and 50 wraps/cm which is quite a lot so you will
need to look at the pattern carefully and measure the dot spacing and/or work a
sample to see which thickness you need. See page
I've always understood that the wheatears (pointed tallies) in Bedfordshire
lace is the fertility symbol and a hankie edged with a Beds pattern which has a
lot of wheatears was traditionally given to a bride to ensure that children
would result from the marriage.
> What makes a hankie a fertili
For a non-lacemaker the description of chain-stitch embroidery on net is
perhaps enough.
However, the chain-stitch is not worked with a needle but with a tambour hook,
similar to a very fine crochet hook, which holds a loop, then passed down
through the next hole in the mesh to the thread fr
There's a long article about London foundlings in the March edition of 'Family
History Monthly' and also a lot of information at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/foundling_01.shtml
These little pieces of textile were left with the babies or taken from their
clothing and attached t
Hi Jeri
I have a copy of this book, which Barbara sent to me towards the end of last
year (when it was first published) and it is a very in-depth study of a few
commonly used crochet (aka lace) threads. The photos show the different visual
effect of using differently constructed thread for the
Whilst she undoubtedly would have lost some height as she aged could it also
have been that she was wearing flat shoes in later life? Lower heels would
require a similar reduction if the skirt length were to remain just clear of
the ground, and late 19th century fashion shoes were low heeled.
Whilst no doubt the filaments of glass fibre can do no end of damage to the
bloodstream and the lungs, they also wreak havoc on other textiles.
Many years ago MIL had a small pair of glass fibre curtains at her kitchen
window. They got grubby and she put them into the washing machine along with
Donna
If you mean Handy Hands Lizbeth size 20 it's in Edition 5 and also in Addendum
4. 2S/3Z 17 wraps/cm.
The manufacturer is Handy Hands and the product is Lizbeth.
This and other 2S/3Z threads are frequently, but informally, called tatting
thread in USA or crochet cotton in UK, but if the w
Early last year Francis Buschaart told this list that whilst the vast majority
of bamboo thread is regenerated cellulose (ie a form of rayon) there are two
small manufacturers who process bamboo fibres in a similar way to linen; one in
France and one in Japan. Bart &Francis purchase sliver (fib
For my money the best new lace book in recent months (years) is Jane Atkinson's
'Contemporary Lace for You'. I even paid postage to get it before Lace Guild
Convention as I wasn't sure if it would be available there. It was - along
with Jane and some of the lace from the book.
It's not a book
Dear Spiders
I have just received this from a fashion design student in London. Is there
any one out able/willing to help her? I have pointed out that BL is a time
consuming process which means that any commission will be expensive.
Brenda
> Dear Brenda,
>
> After I visited your webpage, I
Hi Sue
> I have a part spool of a fairly old DMC 6o Cordonnet special
That's in the book - 2S/3Z 24 w/cm
> and a Cordonnet
> mercer crochet 80 which has the wording Glanzhallelgarn Uncinetto (I think)
> but I expect that will be mentioned in Brendas' book.
I haven't seen that but I would expect it
"The lace design was hand-engineered (appliquéd) using the Carrickmacross
lace-making technique, which originated in Ireland in the 1820s. Individual
flowers have been hand-cut from lace and hand-engineered onto ivory silk
tulle"
That's a contradiction of terms!
Carrickmacross is fine lawn
The most detailed photo I've been able to find is at
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8481516/Kate-Middletons-wedding-dress-in-pictures.html?image=7
There's a tiny bit of the cuff showing - and the bit of lace appears to have
corroune rings but it's still not clear enough to s
What about if it's only "influenced by traditional Carrickmacross lace" as per
the Royal School of Needlework's press release about the lace used on a certain
wedding dress for which the designer "sourced a series of lace motifs"?
Brenda
On 3 May 2011, at 20:43, Nancy Neff wrote:
> There
> are
On 18 May 2011, at 04:29, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
> Sorry, everyone, that should have gone to the lace Chat list.
Not necessarily because it was about protecting the ends of scissors - which we
all use for every type of lace.
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Here's a link to a very interesting video clip about the making of that dress.
It appears that much of the lace came from Coudrai in France, though I believe
that some of it came from Cluny Lace Co Ltd in Derbyshire, England.
http://www.france24.com/en/20110514-fashion-Lace-Alexander-McQueen-Sa
Hello Jane
Veronica Sorenson's 'Modern Lace Designs' on page 96.
It was published in 1984 so almost certainly out of print so might cost silly
money on ebay but guild libraries are likely to have a copy.
Brenda
On 27 May 2011, at 01:49, Jane O'Connor wrote:
>
> After spending hours leafing t
Hi Jean
I just use a piece of paper with two parallel lines drawn on it.
The instructions are at:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm
but the photo does really need re-doing as it's not very sharp.
Brenda
> In a knitting magazine I bought last week there's an item on wool sta
> So long as the winder is
> aware of the amount of tension they are putting on the thread, and with
> practise, there will be some consistency.
Yes with practice tension on a winding does become more even. I know that I
usually knit or crochet to the stated tension if I'm using the same
ere is no substitute for working a small sample
with the thread(s) of choice on a pricking at the same scale to see if the
result is what you like or want.
Brenda
On 7 Jun 2011, at 08:33,
wrote:
> - Brenda Paternoster wrote:
> It is surprising sometimes just how much variation
I'm a close second! There are all sorts of UFOs lurking in my cupboards but
during the last few days I have been getting close to finishing one of them - a
hand pieced patchwork quilt, the top of which which is now assembled and I'm
part way through machine quilting it - but at the expense of n
Hi Laura
>
> 1: A friend has been given some
> Pearsalls Mallard floss. it feels silky, but we
> are not sure if it is silk.
> I can work out the wpcm, but any info would be
> appreciated.
I'm pretty sure that Pearsall's floss will be real silk.
>
> 2: I have a
> scarf pattern using pagoda
David that's wonderful - no wonder you won the prize. Congratulations.
Do you work 24 hours a day to get so much lace completed? or do you stop
occasionally to sleep?
Brenda
On 26 Jun 2011, at 14:55, David C COLLYER wrote:
>>
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
>
Brenda in Al
Hi Alex
It was finished - and in the washing machine - yesterday afternoon.
Brenda
> I thought I had taken along time. 8 years to make an Bucks point edging and 8
> years to make a piece of Honiton for a tray. Congratulations on going back to
> a project after so long. Let us know when it is fin
It's a patchwork quilt that's completed and in the washing machine after 34
years, not a piece of lace!
Brenda
On 27 Jun 2011, at 10:24, Rochelle Sutherland wrote:
> Stirrer! I nearly collapsed when I read that!
>
>
> It was finished - and in the washing machine - yesterday afternoon.
>
> B
It's a patchwork quilt, not a piece of lace!
Brenda
On 27 Jun 2011, at 22:53, Sue wrote:
> WASHING MACHINE??? HOWEVER DARE YOU?
>
> Sue M Harvey
>
>
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Glad to hear that you and all of your belongings are safe. It must have been a
terrible time for you.
Brenda
> The Los Alamos townsite was opened at 8AM this morning, and the refugees are
> slowly coming back.
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Do you mean that you were actually introduced to her?
On 4 Jul 2011, at 03:59, Malvary Cole wrote:
> As far as I could see she wasn't wearing it yesterday when I met her.
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I think that the black sheer by her hand is part of the tail of the sash.
Brenda
On 5 Jul 2011, at 03:01, Susan Reishus wrote:
> "I'm not so sure the gold "lace" is on the black sheer.
> http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion+shows/galleries/pre+fall+2011+carolina+herrera,11953";
>
> ***
>
> I looked
Thank you for that Jean.
It lookss very intricate and time consuming to put it all together - makes you
wonder if it would have been quicker to make the motifs by hand!
Brenda
On 19 Jul 2011, at 09:26, Jean Leader wrote:
> David has now added some Javascript magic to my web page about the l
The link does work! you just have to move on to the third page
Brenda
On 19 Jul 2011, at 16:29, Daphne Martin wrote:
> Hello
> Sorry the link I put in my last message does`nt work. Does anyone know how
> to get a direct link to my page please??
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Doreen Wright's Bobbin Lacemaking starts with point ground. Also various books
about Honiton, Flanders etc start with the basics of that type of lace.
> I know of no book that teaches bobbin lace by starting anywhere than
> with what is considered Torchon.
Brenda in Allhallows
www.brendapaterno
The picture at www.needlenthread.com isn't detailed enough to be sure, but
it looks to me to be a form of needle lace; Aemelia Ars, or something similar.
Brenda
On 3 Aug 2011, at 15:52, wrote:
> I thought it might be nice if we could return the favor (her 17thC book
> review) by helping he
Hi Sue
If you have one of the later editions of Threads for Lace have a look at the
thread wraps per space - page 8 in Ed5.
The finer the thread the more leeway you have in the number of wraps/cm you
have, but.
for a Bucks (point ground) pattern using a 58 w/cm thread (slightly finer than
Hi Sue
The various working angles of different Bucks patterns doesn't make a huge
difference to the size of thread needed. A rule of thumb is that if you make a
winding of 10 wraps it should fit snugly between two adjacent pinholes along
the footedge (or two vertical pinholes within ground) fo
Hi Joepie
When I was there eight years ago for my daughter's wedding the only lace I saw
was the garter I'd made for her. Although the tourist areas were affluent
enough and the hotels well stocked with food there were shortages of just about
everything. ie the hotel's hairdresser didn't have
I was one of the naughty members who forgot to renew!
I saw Sue Dane last Sunday (7th August) and she asked if I'd received the full
colour magazine? I hadn't, but the ladies who were demonstrating with her had.
On Monday I phoned The Hollies, they confirmed that my subs were outstanding, a
che
I'm not aware of *any* linen thread currently available that is fine enough for
point ground.
Fresia linen (Belgian) size 100/2 is about the finest linen generally available
but at 32/wraps/cm it compares in thickness to ordinary sewing machine Sylko 50
If you want to make fine lace you will ha
Yes it is - or more recently (since Sussex has been divided into two counties)
it's in East Sussex.
Brenda
On 4 Sep 2011, at 03:11, Sue Fink wrote:
> Surely Hastings is in Sussex (by the sea!!), not Kent!
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Hello Jean
> Can anyone tell me what "purse silk" or "purse twist" is?
Sorry but I don't know what "purse silk" or "purse twist" is.
> From what I have managed to glean from the web, it appears to be three ply
> silk with a high sheen and thicknesses quoted are 300 and 500, or numbers to
> that
Hi Jean
When knitting you can use very thin yarn with (relatively) thick needles to get
a lacier look or thick yarn with (relatively) thin needles to get a dense
texture but when crocheting you do need to match the yarn to the hook size - it
should sit comfortably in the hook without excess spa
Hi Jean
> a blog from someone who had the same questions as I in 2008. Anyone who's
> interested in what she found out:
>
> http://patternsalacarte.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-what-is-purse-twist-anyway.html
The close up of the Corticelli label shows that it's 1/2 ounce - 150 yards.
Assuming that i
Hi Sherry
Knox was a leading manufacturer of lace thread until sometime mid 20th century,
so if your thread is still in good condition and hasn't dried out and become
week you can use it for bobbinlace. Size 20 measures 18 wraps/cm and between
Perle 8 and Perle 12 in thickness. You need a (to
Hi Peg
I haven't (yet!) come across anything labelled as Coats & Clarks mercerized
cotton sewing thread #50 so I can't compare it to DMC Machine Broder 50.
Is this thread 2 ply or 3 ply? If it's 2 ply it's likely to be of a similar
thickness but if it's 3 ply it will probably be somewhat thicke
Hello spiders
A couple of years ago a friend gave me samples of all the Empress Mills 100%
cottons which she had in her stash. The measurements were:
60s (white) 3Z 32 w/cm 60s (ecru) 3Z 31 w/cm
50s (white) 3Z 29 w/cm 50s (ecru) 3Z 27 w/cm
40s (white) 3Z 27 w/cm 40s (ecru) 3Z 26 w/cm
30
Saving info from floppy to a current form of storage is very necessary if the
data is important, but a memory stick isn't the most reliable way - a hard
drive or CD/DVD is better, and/or upload to a remote server somewhere.
Brenda
On 13 Sep 2011, at 17:12, bev walker wrote:
> I think it would
It's Bull Brand.
Brenda
Sent from my iPad via webmail.
Witchy Woman wrote:
> At an estate sale I picked up some spools of linen lace thread, but they
> weren't
> in a box, so I'm not sure what brand they are.
>
> There's a paper
> sleeve around one of the spools with a bull's head.? The word
> "
It's Bull Brand.
Brenda
Sent from my iPad via webmail.
Witchy Woman wrote:
> At an estate sale I picked up some spools of linen lace thread, but they
> weren't
> in a box, so I'm not sure what brand they are.
>
> There's a paper
> sleeve around one of the spools with a bull's head.? The word
> "
Hi Malvary
Schappeseide is just a generic term for schappe silk - which is spun from
cocoons which have hatched and have not degummed rather than ordinary spun silk
which is spun from the broken bits and pieces left over after
reeled/filament/nett silk has been taken from the cocoons.
The only
Whilst there isn't room, nor is it entirely appropriate, to include info about
specific colour numbers in in any future edition of Threads for Lace (which is
at least a couple of years away, maybe more) I would be happy to include any
properly researched/documented info on my website.
Brenda
O
> Do you think you could use the wooden tool to measure wraps of the threads in
> the narrower area? Not sure how that would work with it being grooved, but
> that is what I thought at first glance.
No, the big knobs on the ends would get in the way. All I use is a piece of
paper with two para
On 14 Oct 2011, at 08:07, Jean Nathan wrote:
> Then there's the question are there sufficient young people taking up the
> craft and buying the supplies to replace those of us in our dotage who will
> eventually give up because we can no longer cope or go to join other
> lacemakers on a cloud.
Yes, that what I do - if the curve is tight use a flexible tape measure on it's
side to measure down the row of pinholes.
If the lace is very wide there's more stretching on the outside and squashing
on the inside. If in doubt work a test piece with the thickest thread you can
get away with fo
Vineyard Silks / Wiltex is not a brand I have ever heard of, let alone get my
hands on some to measure! So unless anyone knows of another name for them they
are not listed in 'Threads for Lace'.
Brenda
On 5 Nov 2011, at 16:13, wrote:
> While investigating some needlepoint threads, what shoul
This morning I received a surprise packet in the post - four reels of thread
plus colour charts from Zürcher-Stalder in Kerchberg,Switzerland for inclusion
in Addendum5 (and any future editions of Threads for Lace which is a long, long
way into the future!).
Mercerised cotton 20/2 - 2S-22 w/cm
Anchor Freccia is in Addendum 5
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/threads/add5.html
size 12 measured 12 wraps/cm; size 16 was 16 wraps/cm.
Freccio filo di Scozia probably is just the Italian packaging of Freccia. A
difference of 1 wrap/cm, even for fairly thick threads, doesn't make that much
Hi Jean
If you use your mouse to highlight the writing in the frame (embedded window)
and then press Control+C to (command+C on a Mac) to copy it and then paste into
the left hand box in Goggle Translate it will translate.
Essentially it is telling you that they sell lots of different threads
It's evening of 30th November here in UK, but already December down under which
means that my Advent calendar should be working again. Someof the pages are
the same as last year, but there are some new ones, including a BL pattern, so
please have a look at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ad
Hi Amber
My card was posted on Thursday. I am just about to send Jenny the scan and
pricking.
Brenda
On 4 Dec 2011, at 18:34, lac...@aol.com wrote:
> Afternoon everyone,
>
> This is a reminder that your lace cards are due in the mail tomorrow. If you
> are going to be more than a day or two
It's certainly hand made, but I agree that it doesn't look to be 17th century.
There was a revival of 'Reticella' in the 19th century promoted by the art
critic John Ruskin (friend/associate of the pre-Raphaelite painters). This
'Reticella' s known as Ruskin lace work.
Brenda
On 12 Dec 201
I too was having a job to find Agnes's shawl in the Arachne Webshots - your
instructions helped a lot but in my browser, Firefox8 for Mac, the butterfly
appeard third from bottom on the right hand side!
Lovely shawl and the colours are gorgeous.
Brenda
>
>
> Scroll down the page until you ge
I made myself a very large roller pillow to work large scale patterns on.
I used a roll of the insulating stuff for putting underneath wallpaper, it's
like a thin sheet of styrofoam. I think it was called Warmaline or something
like that. It came from a DIY store. That was the roller and fo
Thank you to all who entered. All the correct entries went into the electronic
hat and the winers are:
KFHS bookshop voucher - Lesley Powell
Threads for Lace book - Sandra Clarke
Lesley and Sandra would you please contact me off-list. Lesley, it's a virtual
voucher, I just need to explain it t
Is there a size 40 Brok? If so I haven't seen it.
I think that your problem is possibly a combination of the things already
suggested; excessive wear on the thread from making lots of sewings and the
bobbins rolling to loosen the twist. Use a magic thread and keep watching for
any leash that
Hi Jenny
Most of your identification seems to be spot on, the only ones I would disagree
with are:
Sallie -> Jeanette is tape lace/braid lace with a stem stitch gimp down the
centre and joined with sewings all along the length of the candy cane.
Amber -> Marina (should that be Martina?) is Ten
Hi Alex
It sounds right to me, but is difficult to Google because of all the M&S hits!
"Spencer bodice" does come up with a few illustrations, but they vary quite a
bit in style. If you don't get a more definitive reply on here the best person
to ask is possibly Gwynedd Roberts, she's very go
Hi Sue
Detailed discussions about Kate's wedding lace last year established that it
came from six different factories, one of them being in Derbyshire, and at
least one other in France. If you trawl through the Arachne archives you
should find more info.
Brenda
On 19 Jan 2012, at 05:58, Sue
Sue is in Dorset UK so won't want to buy from USA.
In UK domed polystyrene pillows are available from DJ Hornsby by mail order
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/djhornsby/Pillows.htm
Brenda
On 22 Jan 2012, at 14:03, laceviolins...@comcast.net wrote:
> You can order square blocks from Pete at Snowgoose
Dear All
I have received an email from Leigh C. Eckmair, Historian/Archivist of the The
Gilbertsville Free Library in NY with an image of a small piece of turned wood
which she thinks may be a lace bobbin.
I have posted the image to
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/IDquery.htm
Per
Dear Spiders
Today I received five reels of Anchor Lace thread. I'm pretty sure it's
exactly the same as lace thread introduced by Coats two years ago to "replace"
the old filato di Cantu. Please see the updated info at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm#coats_lace
Brenda
ad soft for making bobbin lace out of wire. I think it will
> be very helpful to have the chart for wires you have started. I have
> many, many different wires and would be happy to send you some for
> your chart if you like.
>
> Kim
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Bre
I speak UK english but I would pronounce it as LASS-ISS.
The first syllable is LASS as in a girl and the second is pronounced with an
'S' at the end, not 'Z'.
The stress is on the first syllable.
Brenda
On 22 Feb 2012, at 11:27, Margery Allcock wrote:
> I speak UK English, so this may not be
Have a look at this for a fashion statement.
http://pinterest.com/pin/189151253069377511/
Brenda in Allhallows
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk
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Yes, there are courses - in London, San Francisco and Melbourne - but not
exactly cheap!. Have a look at the Prescott and Mackay website
http://www.prescottandmackay.co.uk/
then click on the shoemaking section - and look at the video. Although there's
no lace being used I'm sure it could be!
B
Guetermann only produces spun silk, whereas Pipers and Bart & Francis both sell
reeled silk and spun silk.
In silk production cocoons are softened in hot water and then skilled hands
find the ends of the silk fibre which is then reeled of in a continuous length
(about one Km or longer) and th
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