continental bobbins. What sort of thread do you use most? What
sort of lace do you make (in case we have duplicate books on our shelves)?
Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers
Sue Babbs
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seen it included with all the other lace messages I have been receiving, so
I ma sending this one to see if I can get through at all.
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Sorry folks, but I am still not receiving my own messages from Arachne.
Thankfully Annelore wrote to me and told me she had seen the last test so I
know they are reaching the list. I have changed my computer settings and am
trying to see if that solves the problem
Sue Babbs
(Frustrated by
> Did you read the description?? See below.
> 185. A late 19th century James Moffat, Yeovil Lovemakers sewing machine.
> Alice in Oregon
>
My spellchecker used to change lacemaker to lovemaker. I have to be very
careful to keep it any eye on what it's up to!
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Hi Noelene
I think your problems stem from not having found the working diagram on
graph paper in the loose pages in the magazine. This diagram is much clearer
than the fuzzy picture.
>
> The headside fans - there appears to be four outer threads.
> If I number them from the headside 1, 2, 3 and
this cost.
Sue Babbs
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> Tess, those CDs are such a spectacular resource a
I can't visualise this. Do you still have the DMC skein in its paper
wrappers and try just pulling one of the threads?
Sue
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> >> a number of people who pointed out how hard it is to get BL-length
> >> single plies out of that 6-ply skein.
> >
> and Joy wrote:
> > I just pulled on
t, but a square knot is the same
as a reef knot and this webpage shows you how to tie them
http://www.mistral.co.uk/42brghtn/knots/42ktreef.html
Sue Babbs
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much - the pins will pop out or the thread snap!!! Hold
the workers with one hand, and tension each passive pair separately.
Hope you are having fun
Sue Babbs (in Chicago)
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I think Candace meant this to go the list, not me directly
Sue
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Subject: Teaching lace to children: question
> Hi Sue,
> I used to have this trouble, but not recently. But a friend
> of mine has just finished a wide edging which seemed to want
> to climb right up to the top of her pins, and we really can't
> figure out why. Flat pillow, side angled pins (maybe not
> angled enough, but the work really did want to
Weronika said:
> A big part of my problem with using lace is that I dress exclusively in
> T-shirts and shorts
Work a motif in cotton (eg DMC fil a dentelles which goes thorough the
washing machine well) and sew it on to your t-shirt. Shrink it before
attaching it. Then just attach at the edge pi
> My boyfriend is making fun of my new hobby - when I explain to people
> that there are lots of different methods of making lace, but I think
> bobbin lace is the most interesting, he adds that it also must be the
> slowest... Is it? How does it really compare to the other ones?
>
For me, I find
The book is gorgeous and well worth getting. It weighs 2lb 11.25 oz (you'll
need imperial measurements for the USPS site).
Amazon.com are currently charging $30.60 for it i.e. $14.40 off the list
price. According to their website they charge $6.99 per parcel + $4.99 per
item to mail things to Aus
Curiosity got the better of me!! It will cost 73.4217 AUD (£28.98) from
Amazon.co.uk
Sue
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> Perhaps someone who has taken this class before can give you more specific
> information. I have no idea exactly what these butterflies are
> like. Sounds interesting.
>
The butterflies are new. I saw the photos for the book when Ulrike was in
Chicago in March. They are beautiful - in colou
been amazed at the similarity of idea and approach.
Sue Babbs
> I agree with Ruth, and was wondering if you have asked Rosemary before
making
> these accusations which I think would have been the preferred option
>
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ri, who may not therefore have
realised. April sells beautiful painted bobbins - and also stocks Malcolm
Fielding bobbins (from Tasmania these days. Though he lived in the Lake
District in England when I first met him). April is not just interested in
tatting, but also in bobbin lace
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> I was questioning whether it is a jacket - or a vest?
>
'Waistcoat' is the English equivalent of the US word 'vest'. The photos
show it quite clearly as a sleeveless jacket.
But what do US people call the undergarment (worn under shirts & blouses, in
colder weather), which the English call a 'v
Have a look at:
http://www.manuela-beck.de/en/index.htm
for a little bit more info
Sue
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=6900483791&rd=1
> Sumac
>
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Forgive me for this message, but I am so excited! I just have to share this
with someone!! I've just received a letter from the Lace Guild telling me
that one of my entries for "Myth or Mystery" - a miniature sampler
roseground book based on the nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses" - has won
a M
> I shan't see the exhibition until 3rd August, but I hope my catalogues
arrive
> before then, and I can do some "arachne spotting". Sounds like we did
well.
> Perhaps we should do a group entry next time!
>
> Jacquie.
I really like that idea - wouldn't it be fun to do a collective "arachne"
en
>
> I agree with Sue, that making an Arachne group entry would be
> interesting. But the logistics of it... The mind boggles
>
I don't know - the frequency with which we all discuss things, it might well
make faster progress than a group which only meets monthly!
Sue
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> Oh, but the fun, the fun, the fun of dreaming it up, doing it, discussing
> it! << Aurelia
>
It would keep us busy on the internet for hours It would indeed be so
much fun - and we could make sure it was the sort of piece which all skill
levels could join in.
I had a mermaid piece planned f
See -there's that thinking alike thing all over again! I said it happened
when one was designing things!
Sue
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> Sue wrote:
>
Ooh! I like that one - lots of floaty veils to construct and a rich, vivid
coloured setting to set the dancer in
Sue
> , dance of the seven veils,
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Another idea that I had for the Lace guild competition was a Medusa, with
snakes for hair, but mine would have been in greens and yellows and had a
mirror where the face should be, rather than the mask. This continues to
show how similar ideas can be when we are working on a common theme
Sue
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Several people have asked for photos of the inside of the book. Top and
bottom will also be needed as it is definitely a 3D book. I was going to put
them up on the arachne web page, but can't recall the user name and password
to upload them
Sue
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>
> Is there anyone else on Arachne who's work failed to make the exhibition?
> You'll know because you will have received a letter telling you.
>
> Has anyone heard how the work was chosen for display? Or r
I have found out how to get on to the webshot album and uploaded the photos
of my entries for the Lace Guild's competition. I think it would be
wonderful if everyone put up their entries on this page, so that we could
all admire them
Sue
> > > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date
>
We could do it as a seven sided building - with seven doors & seven signs.
Three dimensional of course!
Sue
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jewellery - they are stunning. I find it so hard
to tension wire nicely, that I don't often work in it, but your pieces have
inspired me to try again. Thanks
Sue Babbs
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For those of you who asked here are the photos of the book which I made for
the Lace Guild's "Myth or
Mystery" competition. http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date
To answer some of the other questions: It was entered in the miniatures
class - the
requirement for that being "a miniatu
Well that would certainly give us plenty of things to make!
Sue Babbs
> think about the story about "As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with
seven
> wives. The seven wives had seven sacks. The seven sacks had seven cats.
The
> seven cats had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, w
You'd also need a "To St Ives" signpost
>>
> 1 man
> 7 wives,
> a number of sacks appearing from behind the wive's backs or lying on
> the roadside where somebody dropped one and hasn't noticed yet
> a few cats and kittens who have managed to make their escape, running
> every which way ...
>
>
What we need is someone who can draw!!! Any one on the list who could do
such a sketch?
Sue Babbs
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Why don't we just call the group "seven" or "sevenlace" and then there will
no confusion with the arachne name; and some understanding of its purpose?
Sue
Bev said
> Perhaps Avital can clarify, but I think that Liz the list owner owns the
> name arachne-dot-com. 'arachne' is also the name of a we
rawings, to lace, to construction etc
By the way, I think the rhyme only has 7 wives not fourteen. ( As I was
going to St Ives, I met a man with 7 wives...)
This is going to be a great group project
Sue Babbs
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I'd forgotten about the Cambs one. I remember the Cornish one from childhood
visits, with much affection. As that was the time I learnt of the rhyme, I
always assumed it was that one. It doesn't really matter unless we represent
the village somewhere in the overall item. Perhaps it's safest not to
also have bobbin lace on it, when the scarf
pillow is free to use again
4 some crocheted hats (good for working on flights). Our church makes hats
and donates them to a shelter in downtown Chicago in winter.
There are a few ufos around also!
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eed to complete a whole jabot, would they? Couldn't each
person just make a length for one layer of the jabot. That would distribute
the making more evenly, allow more people to be involved and speed up the
project
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Beryl has gone to the OIDFA congress and so can't be contacted at present
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 6:44 AM
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>
> BTW, Sue Babbs' Ring a Ring a Roses has now been put back on it's stand
> - it had fallen over when we went for the presentation.
> --
> Jane Partridge
>
Jane
Thank you so much for adding that note - I was so upset at the presentation
to see my lace book upside do
> I seem to have a different problem, that of the lace moving up the
> pins when I do Bucks point. My pricking stays flat (working on a 24"
> cookie pillow currently), but the lace has lifted maybe 4-5
> millimeters (a bit less than 1/4 inch) off the surface of the
> pricking. I do place the edge p
> In the US, calico is a printed fabric with little flowers all over it that
> the pioneer ladies wore when they traveled west in wagon trains.
> However, I think that this would not be very useful in a reticella class.
I
> am wondering if calico is a plain white cotton cloth, or perhaps a solid
>
Please would somebody be kind enough to forward the websites for the recent
lace event at Bailleul to me? Thanks
Sue
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> Spitting the dummy is the equivalent of tossing the teddy;pitching a
> hissy fit; having a meltdown; tantrum; major upset.
>
> Cheers,
> Helen, Aussie in Denver
>
and I guess in this case, dummy = pacifier
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Yes, this is lace related, before you wonder! For all US spiders now is the
time of year when Walgreen's stocks repositionable, transparent book covers.
These rolls of clear, or blue, pink, green or purple, sticky back plastic
which you can use to cover your prickings. I have been this plastic for
Lobster pots as an inspiration for lacemaking?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3621220.stm
Sue
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for advice before purchasing it.
Sue Babbs
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> My name is Tracy and I j
I spotted that Tamara said that she had received issue 23 at the start of
the month. Has anyone else in the USA seen theirs? There's no sign of mine
yet and I'm wondering whether to contact them and ask?
Sue
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Jeri and others
I suspect that Rikki was not intending to say anything at all about
tatting - and not saying that tatting does not qualify as lacemaking, but
rather was using an English slang word . It was an unfortunate choice in the
context of the lace list :)
"Tat" or "tut" (as I have heard
Help! I lost a vital word in that last paragraph! It should, of course, have
read:
. I'm sure Rikki was NOT intending to offend tatters
Sorry
Sue Babbs
(an Englishwoman living in America)
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No, I've not received a bobbin for the pattern in Lace 114 yet. I'd
forgotten all about it. The bobbins the Lace Guild give for putting patterns
in the magazine are wonderful, and they are the best I have for holding the
hitch. I love them, and will look forward to seeing another in due course.
Jenny Hester (who does the lettering and sparkles on the bobbins) saw my
posting to the lace list about "Lace" Magazine bobbins, and confirms that
her son Matthew made them and posted them to the Guild in mid-July, but they
only got paid recently. She says that the Hollies have not been able to
lk. See:
http://www.pipers-silks.com/products.html
So don't worry it is still there
Sue Babbs
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r any of it!!)
Sue Babbs
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re what day the fair is (being in Chicago makes it moderately
irrelevant!) but a day return (i.e. there and back in one day) ticket on 5th
December is showing up as 20.10GBP at present.
Sue Babbs
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Sorry, I can't think of any. Can you use the pinholes in the Milanese
kingfisher design and fill it with other stitches with which you are more
familiar? Or turn them into a tape outline?
Sue
I am wondering if anyone knows if there is a lace pattern of a
Kingfisher other than the one in New Brai
didn't lend her one of my good pillows and bobbins! I've only taught 2
students and both of them disappeared on me!
I recommend asking for a deposit on pillows etc which you lend to new
pupils. Then at least you can buy replacements if you never see pupil or
pillow again. They don't seem to be of
Mine arrived in the US yesterday (Friday) - and its full of lovely colour
pictures. Have fun when you get yours
Sue
Have people in the UK received theirs? I haven't and was thinking it was
about time for it.
Jean in Poole
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ors, so this
was a big increase) and I had the pleasure of demonstrating lace (and
answering all the usual questions - What on earth are you doing?? Are you
tatting? You must be so patient)
Sue Babbs
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Yes, it does look like needle lace when you zoom in. I, too, thought it
reminded me of Hollie Point (but in colour not just white). How wonderful.
Sue Babbs
As for the appearance of the work, I think it looks more like Hollie
Point. >
resembles Italian Needlelace, especially in its diam
r near you?
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Karen
In Coventry
Who has managed to convince her two youngest boys they can make lace
Christmas presents this year.
Lovely! I still treasure the bobbin lace Christmas ornaments my son made
when he was about 5. Maybe you'll want to keep one yourself
Sue
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Yes, I bought am inexpensive, wreath box from Target about 3 years ago. I
expect they have them again.
Sue Babbs
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stack them neatly, and keep them free of dust. Any US spiders
seen anything like Canadian Tire's containers here?
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Subject: Re: [lace] Pillow storage (wreath boxes)
dear sue
they also have wreath boxes at lowes and other places
gage label. The
deadline will soon be in sight, which should motivate me to think of
something to put on the label! Wouldn't it be fun if we all made a label for
the Lace Guild's census?
See the Census at the luggage label on
http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/
Sue Babbs
(in Chicago - whe
On Dec 1, 2004, at 8:15, Sue Babbs wrote:
I'm also trying to decide on what to put on a luggage label.
I've made a decision too! And even started trying to design it!
I thought I'd try to do Paddington Bear on the label (with his own label of
course). I've got as far as
Hi everyone
It's such a long time since we had a raffle and I thought it would be fun to
do one at Christmas time.
I had an enquiry asking me where to get the thread used to make the snowman
which is on the Lace Guild's Advent calendar, on December 10th. The pattern
is online if you click on t
Well that was a lot of fun! And thank you fro all your Christmas greetings -
it was worth doing to receive all those nice messages - all 58 of them!
Sorry not to be able to provide a kit for everyone (!) but the snowman can
be worked in other threads - try chenille and something finer to put the
To all fans - the date of the next book has been announced & the door is
open again. But does it tell us anything? haven't had time to find out yet
Sue
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they vary in length from 40cm - 100 cm. The latter will take a
lot of knitting stitches
Sue Babbs
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I have just received info of LA Encajera's Newest Contest (in a more legible
form than I last saw on the lace list). so I thouht i would forward it for
everyone to get their thinking caps on.
Sue
Accessories for Weddings, Communions and general celebrations ( parties,
other celebrations )
A v
Montserrat has confirmed that the submission date for La Encajera's latest
competition "Accessories for Weddings, Communions and general celebrations
( parties, other celebrations)" is 15th December 2005 (not 2004, as stated
in the earlier email!)
Sue
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kits). Does that mean that all of us ought to swith to wire, in order to
capture the public's attention?
Wire isn't essential to catch the public's attention. In fact, the piece I
have most been asked about by complete strangers was a stiffened, black silk
cuff I made from an adaptation of an
Diane Williams asked:
This sounds really nice! I took a 's Gravenmoerse
class at the IOLI convention last summer and really
enjoy it - a lot more than Torchon and a nice break
from my usual point ground. What pattern did you use?
Sorry for the delay in replying. Although I don't usually have diff
;s Gravenmoer bracelet / cuff (covered neatly by the
kitchen towel!) Fortunately, this time, it did not delete earlier
photos.
So, if you want to see it, go to the Webshots page and look at the last few
pictures under "Sue Babbs"
I enjoyed working this piece so much that I went on
e it to make a cuff/bracelet. There
is just something so appealing about the spiky fans.
See http://www.webshots.com
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Sue Babbs (in rainy Chicago - not a good combination with the snow and
freezing temperatures! Apparently we can expect flooding
Thanks, Ruth. That saved me a lot of typing this morning
Sue
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I've just added a scan of my hackle pliers on the webpage of arachne lace:
http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html
fill in Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton
They are from left to right - hackle pliers from the UK Lace Guild, from a
US supplier, and a thank-you gift from Jane O'Connor. The thi
Sorry for the delay in replying - a friend here in Northfield died last week
of cancer, and it has been a sad time (and busier than expected). She was in
such pain that it is better for her, but hard on those left behind.
So, I am just about catching up.
On Jan 11, 2005, at 9:24, Sue Babbs
For those of you wondering how to get teenagers to make lace, have a look
at my latest page on our picture gallery:
http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html
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See the last two photos under "Sue Babbs"
My son's latest girlfriend is doing fa
> I loved the earrings, please tell your son he did a great job. I called
> my
23 year old daughter in too see the picture and she thought it was so
sweet!
How old is your son and how long has he been making lace?
He's now 17, and hasn't really made lace since he was about 6. The only
other oc
Thanks for that info. I wasn't an IOLI member then (we were still living in
the UK until Aug 1999) so I hadn't realised that it had been published in
more than one magazine
Sue
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you want to add to the confusion) and either term was used depending on
which word came to mind first
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At 03:57 PM 1/23/2005, you wrote:
One class we plan to take calls for a 16" or larger cookie. My sister
suggested we get 16" and have my hubby cut an opening(he said he would
offset it to give us more workroom) to insert blocks from our
one-and-only.
Have you checked with the teacher that your
I am looking for a shell pattern, please could you tell me where you found
yours?
I too have t-shirts with motifs on them - but nowhere near as many as you.
Wow! you have been busy
Sue
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sometimes just the one motif, sometimes two
Really pretty - but what a price. Hmm! Maybe I should go into selling lace
jewellery!
Sue
While perusing the buy-it-now selections for bobbin lace, I found this
interesting item:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12604&item=4925682317&rd=1
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Having just read my latest copy of Lace and seen the guidelines for the
classes, I was wondering if our subgroup ever got anywhere with the group
entry plan. My computer gets upset if more than one of us subscribe to
Yahoo, and that is where my husband's main hobby groups are, so I didn't
even
I have never entered a group piece to the competition, but I think that the
other class rules don't apply to the group entries. The group entries are
judged as a separate class from the other classes which have specific
dimension or other requirements. we would need to enter class 23 "group
ent
I've emailed the Lace Guild for clarification on this. I thought that would
be the simplest approach. I'll let you all know what I here
Sue Babbs
There must be some restrictions on what a group can enter, even if the
rules/classes for individual entries don't apply. I suppos
I've been looking at Christine Springett's Christmas
Book and was wondering if anyone out there in "lace land" knows where I
can
purchase some of the "jewels" which are used in some of the Xmas
Decorations. I've
emailed "Roseground" with the same question but to date haven't received a
reply (al
Malvary - It's a lovely hankie and so nice that you finished it for Jacquie.
Did it make her cry?!
I'm glad that you were able to be there for her wedding that must have made
the day extra special for her.
Jacquie - Congratulations to you and your husband on your wedding. (Sorry, I
recognise y
thick outline in the bail of the piece?
Sorry to ask so many questions, but I am always looking at pieces to see how
they were made.
Sue Babbs
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Hi Jean
Some more clues for you:
http://www.plume-de-paon.com/linas.htm
seems to be having a lace sale in March and gives a list of vendors and
says:
MYLLAN Dentelle à l'aiguille au fil d'argent
= Myllan needle lace with silver thread (but I expect your French is up to
that also!)
Also a seller
heads and most of the bobbinon the surface and their tips
of the ends of the bobbins in the air (I hope you can grasp what I am trying
to describe), and gaining just a bit of tension on the fine thread from that
position
Sue Babbs
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a batch
of beautifully smooth Malcolm Fielding bobbins. The threads no longer
snapped on sight! It helps to have them all the same weight as each other.
Sue Babbs
(who no longer makes Honiton very often as it is hard on the eyes!)
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Micki
I've found the book and pattern and send you a diagram showing you the order
of working
Sue
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I recommend it here in the USA.
Other useful tools - pin lifter & pusher (all in one is my preference),
pricker, fine crochet hook (0.4mm)
Do ask more questions of us if you want to - we like helping others get
addicted to lacemaking!
Sue Babbs
(an Englishwoman in Chicago USA)
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