Re: [lace] Black Hankie Linen

2009-01-13 Thread Sue Babbs
If you want black silk, you could try: http://www.thaisilks.com/ they have a good range of silks (and silk mix fabrics) including black fabrics Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] needle lace revisited

2009-01-18 Thread Sue Babbs
I was taught to make needlelace without using a pillow, and did all my City and Guilds pieces that way. When I came to try it on a pillow, I found that hard and have never adapted to it. I guess it's like learning on Midlands bobbins and then someone suggesting you try continental - or vice

Re: [lace] lace for a wedding gift

2009-01-24 Thread Sue Babbs
You wouldn't even need to supply the picture - but leave it up to them to choose their favourite. It might be good if the colour of the lace reflected those in the wedding ceremony. Maybe the bride isn't wearing white, as it's their second weddings Sue - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Re: Breaking threads

2009-02-03 Thread Sue Babbs
Have you tried experimenting with the same thread on square or Midland bobbins which don't roll so much? Does it still happen as often then? Sue Babbs Clay Blackwell wrote: But it sounds like your style of working is contributing to the problem... maybe you roll your bobbins in one

Re: [lace] Toender Lace

2009-02-12 Thread Sue Babbs
David That is a truly beautiful piece of work. congratulations! Sue - Original Message - From: Julian Jefferson ja.jeffer...@virgin.net To: David in Ballarat d.collye...@aapt.net.au Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [lace] My Toender Lace And

Re: [lace] Toender Lace

2009-02-12 Thread Sue Babbs
How ironic!! It is still working for me: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html Here's a tinyurl in case that helps: http://tinyurl.com/cqpzah Have you somehow blocked the site on your computer? Is it a speed issue? Sue - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Miss Channer's mat grows

2009-02-19 Thread Sue Babbs
David Are you aiming to set a new world record for the fastest Miss Channer's mat ever? It is looking wonderful - of course! Sue http://www.margorsson.com/Miss_Channers_Mat_goes_Chantilly.html - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Introduction

2009-03-01 Thread Sue Babbs
, details are on the website, under events. Sue Babbs bscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y

Re: [lace] Miss Channer receives a Proposal

2009-03-10 Thread Sue Babbs
http://www.dentellieres.com/Musee/Cogne/cogne2.htm And if you look at the lace on the bolster pillow, they have no pricking and are just working freehand torchon lace with pins only on the outside edge, with impressive tension! Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord

Re: [lace] Re: Hanky Sizes

2009-03-12 Thread Sue Babbs
Sue I saved the following hanky instructions from Carol Duvall: by Carol Duvall There was a nice letter and a dandy idea in the Shoebox today from Linda Johnson of San Diego, Calif. Linda recalled my mentioning one time that nice hankies had become quite expensive--along with everything else,

Re: [lace] embroideries with holes

2009-03-17 Thread Sue Babbs
strange. I couldn't get it, but entering Lorelei in the search box on the page took me straight to the page. (which seems to have exactly the address Lorelei gave!) oh well! Lovely work, Lorelei Sue (in Northfield, IL) - Original Message - From: Norma Harris nrm_h...@yahoo.com.au

Re: [lace] Lacemaking - Dolace

2009-03-19 Thread Sue Babbs
And I'm very pleased with my number plate - LTL GREY If you look carefully to see what make my silver car is, the symbol tells you it's a Volkswagen Rabbit*! (I carry a copy of Little Grey Rabbit makes Lace in the boot / trunk to explain to non-lacemakers) Sue * This waht the USA calls VW

Re: [lace] Garter - I've finished the lace but!

2009-03-22 Thread Sue Babbs
I found some great boxes (complete with really cheap garters in a local shop. So when I need one I will take out the garter and replace it with my own. I was really struggling to find suitable boxes. And you also have a cheap garter to give the bride to throw! Sue - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Sally Johanson' s Knyppling

2009-03-23 Thread Sue Babbs
I have been given 4 copies of Sally Johanson' s Knyppling in paperback. It is all in Swedish - so not much use unless you have a grasp of the language. It has a few patterns and plenty of diagrams. I would be happy to send one to anyone who would like it, but would appreciate you covering the

[lace] Fw: [lace-chat] Honiton knots

2009-03-27 Thread Sue Babbs
This is really a lace posting, so I'm forwarding it to there for you as you may get a better answer as more people are on that list. I only have rusty Honiton skills, which I haven't used for 8 years or so. It is not so much that you have to have knots to start the Honiton, but because you

[lace] lacey lifeforms

2009-03-31 Thread Sue Babbs
I know the English lace guild's next competition is entitled Movement I think this guy might win!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b694exl_oZo Sue sueba...@comcast.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

Re: [lace] lutac

2009-04-01 Thread Sue Babbs
Lutac lace orientated with LUcienne TACk. According to the book Lutac Relief, she learnt lace in Brussels and then developed her ideas at Bruges. As she was winning prizes with the lace in 1990 and 1993, it is obviously a new lace. Sue Babbs - Original Message - From: Francis

Re: [lace] Roller

2009-04-08 Thread Sue Babbs
I use a smooth, circular piece of wood, with holes drilled at each end for hat pins (or equivalent ) to go through and pin it to the pillow. Wind the lace around the wood as it is completed. See: http://www.smplace.co.uk/sfr_cat.htm for a picture of the sort of thing I am talking about. They

Re: [lace] Bangles

2009-04-15 Thread Sue Babbs
They are indeed very pretty designs - and great use of colour. Have you thought of publishing the patterns? They are good enough for you to do so. If you don't want to publish them personally you could send them to The Lace Guild for inclusion in their magazine, especially as they are

Fw: [lace] Bangles

2009-04-15 Thread Sue Babbs
Eve omitted to tell us that she also has a very pretty pattern for a handkerchief or lavender bag on their guild website: http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/ Well worth a visit! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

Re: [lace] IOLI bulletin

2009-04-16 Thread Sue Babbs
I have seen hints that the latest IOLI bulletin came out over a week ago. Is this really the case? or is it only those that write articles for it that have already received it? Just wondering as there is no sign of mine yet Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

Re: [lace] IOLI bulletin

2009-04-16 Thread Sue Babbs
- From: d2one...@comcast.net To: Sue Babbs Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI bulletin Mailing for the next issue is July 1, 2009. The last (Spring) issue has a picture of a Rose and butterfly needlelace sculpture on the cover. Is that the issue you have

Re: [lace] IOLI bulletin

2009-04-16 Thread Sue Babbs
thanks for all the messages about the IOLI bulletin, Devon and the editor are beavering away to sort this out. not so sad Sue sueba...@comcast.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Nuns at Work-is it lace?

2009-04-16 Thread Sue Babbs
Noelene said: For those struggling to find the picture of the painting, try http://tinyurl.com/cluhgl The seated nun in the centre back right seems to have collection of bobbins on the pillow on her lap. So I think there are 3 bobbin lacemakers, one spinner, and the one standing up on the

Re: [lace] rayon thread, pro or con

2009-04-21 Thread Sue Babbs
snapped all over the place. I have also used a less-tightly twisted thicker rayon, which had beautiful sheen, for a collar but it lost all its shape when I took it off the pillow. I probably won't use rayon again! Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

Re: [lace] Miss Channer

2009-05-06 Thread Sue Babbs
David has just signed off arachne for 10 days or do to go walkabout in the Australian outback, which he does each year. Usually he comes back with photos of him sitting in a stream making lace. However he will not be around to receive the message you just sent and answer its questions. I

Re: [lace] Odd request: value of lace bobbins

2009-05-20 Thread Sue Babbs
Could the English bone bobbins have been made by Stephen Pearce:? http://homepages.tesco.net/~stephen.pearce/ or Acorn Bobbins: http://acornbobbins.co.uk/index.htm or Chris Parsons: http://www.lace-bobbins.co.uk/bobbins.htm or Painted by Sarah Jones:

Re: [lace] Re: Odd request: value of lace bobbins

2009-05-22 Thread Sue Babbs
Malcolm Fielding spangled wood bobbins bought in 2003 cost me between $13 and $17 each. I guess the smooth finish, the intricacy of his turning, the exotic woods and the importing from Australia all contribute to them being more expensive than the average wood bobbin. However you can tell when

Re: [lace] Speaking of bobbins

2009-05-24 Thread Sue Babbs
I heartily agree about the shape of the head on Mathew Hester's bobbins. I find they even hold metallics without the thread popping off every few seconds! Another happy customer! I started getting these when I was busier supplying patterns to the English Lace magazine and one of the Hester

Re: [lace] Fwd: Majordomo results: unsubscribe lace salafi...@aol.com

2009-05-25 Thread Sue Babbs
Avital (our moderator) lives in Israel, and is very good at picking up messages like yours and sorting out the unsubscribing. You will have to wait for her to be in work, however. I don't know if this is a public holiday weekend in Israel - but it is definitely the middle of the night! Sue

Re: [lace] Sandra Day O'Connor's lace scarf-judicial lace

2009-05-28 Thread Sue Babbs
We can always start by voting Sandra Day O'Connor's lace style for the best dressed Supreme Court Justice! (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/27/supreme-court-style-whos_n_208159.html) And then make a more attractive, circle for Ruth Ginsberg! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] smelly lace book

2009-06-12 Thread Sue Babbs
I can also tell you that putting it in a bag with baking soda didn't work :( I can't remember who recommended that but it had no effect on the cigarette smoke smell on a book I bought. (In the end I threw the book away) Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

Re: [lace] Have you seen this

2009-06-13 Thread Sue Babbs
-tube the BBC etc don't have sound. Could you mute the sound on the video you have already made and put it up? Just a thought Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

Re: [lace] Lace @ Sweet Briar

2009-06-29 Thread Sue Babbs
live theatre on site. I suspect that if one was a horse rider that that would also be a possibility! Thursday afternoon's treat was incredible - chocolate-coated Key Lime pie on a stick. Delicious! I'm going to have to find a recipe for that! Roll on Sweet Briar 2010! Sue Babbs

Re: [lace] The Duitse plaatje stitch

2009-06-29 Thread Sue Babbs
All stitches are cloth stitch - ctc 1 Work cloth stitch, put in the top pin. 2 Then cloth stitch to the left through two pairs. 3 Put in the next pin on the left 4 Ignore worker pair and cloth stitch together the two pairs which aren't the worker pair 5 Work worker through these two pairs and

Fw: [lace] For Erica McLeod Anne is running out of thread... can anyone help, please?

2009-07-01 Thread Sue Babbs
Erica I sent you this message, but haven't received a reply, so I'm not sure if it reached you. Apologies to everyone else on Arachne Sue - Original Message - From: Sue Babbs sueba...@comcast.net To: Erica Ian McLeod mcl...@minidata.co.nz Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 5:39 PM Subject

[lace] Message for Ruth Budge

2009-07-01 Thread Sue Babbs
Ruth I sent you two messages on Sunday, but haven't received a reply. You usually write back immediately, so I suspect that you are either on vacation or Comcast is blocked from talking to you. It wouldn't surprise me if it is the latter, so I am trying to contact you via Arachne. Again -

[lace] Sweet Briar photos

2009-07-01 Thread Sue Babbs
For those of you unable to go the retreat at Sweet Briar, I've added a few photos of the campus to my folder in: http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton Look for Sue Babbs folder - pages 5 6 There's only one shot of an all night lacemaker

Re: [lace] Re: Shopping help

2009-08-06 Thread Sue Babbs
Amana. Wonderful quilt fabrics and the studio of a very talented young fabric designer -Stephanie Brandenburg. Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

Re: [lace] polystryene pillows

2009-08-14 Thread Sue Babbs
I have also used thin sheets of Foam (about 1/8 inch thick) in this way, with considerable success. It is the sort of coloured foam that is sold for kids to cut up and decorate items and make pictures. Search the following website for Foam sheets to see what I am talking about:

Re: Re: [lace] polystryene pillows

2009-08-14 Thread Sue Babbs
Similarly the foam sheets are about $1, so very good value for pillow repair. Maybe Maureen could find a wool jacket cheaply in a charity shop and use some of that to go under her pillow cover. Again find out the costs of a new pillow first! Hornsby's carry them at £9.95 + £5 for a cover

Re: [lace] I'm a Needlelacer too!!

2009-08-21 Thread Sue Babbs
Yes, I too thought Liz Ligeti was underplaying her skill! Her needlelace is exquisite Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

Re: [lace] Tenerife Lace books

2009-10-05 Thread Sue Babbs
When you get to the page and see: Stillwell, Alexandra. The Technique of Teneriffe Lace, Charles T. Branford, Watertown, Mass , 1980, 149 pages. Note: with permission from the author. Posted May 20, 2009. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 11.9MB PDF you will need to double click on

[lace] Chantilly question

2009-10-12 Thread Sue Babbs
I have a question for lacemakers with some knowledge of Chantilly. I am trying to reconstruct an old pattern and have realised that I don't know the answer to a question I have. I am looking at areas of the lace which are enclosed with two gimps. They are in effect making a stem for the

Re: [lace] Alexandra Palace -silk threads

2009-10-15 Thread Sue Babbs
Drooling and dreaming over the wonderful colours are therapeutic in themselves! I have just bought some of Bart Francis' blue silks, and haven't a clue what to do with them, but the blues against the gold are just so beautiful. Sue - Original Message - - To unsubscribe send email

Re: [lace] Chantilly question

2009-10-17 Thread Sue Babbs
Thanks Jean - I should have said that. Yes, things change in the headside, but I'm looking at dots in the motif in the middle of the lace. The unanimous consensus is to make the lace attractive rather than fitting the regular grid. So everyone agrees with me - how wonderful! Sue -

Re: [lace] Flowers and stiffner

2009-10-21 Thread Sue Babbs
If you're going to use hairspray, Ulrike Loehr's technique of spraying it on to glossy card (eg cereal box) and using a paint brush to apply it, gives a nice fine application. Much better than spraying it directly on to the lace. Ulrike uses it on her black Chantilly lace, but this only gives

Re: [lace] stiffening

2009-10-21 Thread Sue Babbs
spine in 1999, and that is still stiff! Test your threads for colour fastness before applying any colour fastness. One green silk I used became very dark when stiffened - and remained so, which disappointed me. Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

Re: [lace] stiffening

2009-10-22 Thread Sue Babbs
Evostick wood adhesive (which is PVA of some sort) dries clear - and I use it 1 part PVA, 1 part water. All the same do heed my warning on colours: Test your threads for colour fastness before applying any colour fastness. One green silk I used became very dark when stiffened - and remained

Re: [lace] Daisy complete

2009-10-26 Thread Sue Babbs
before the questions come!! Go to: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date to see Arachne photos. The daisy looks very cute, Sue. Is this one of Rosemary Shepherd's patterns? Sue Babbs - Original Message - From: Sue hurwitz...@talktalk.net To: Arachne lace@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Christmas dvd

2009-10-26 Thread Sue Babbs
I think the link Vivienne was looking for is: http://www.the-craft-corner.co.uk/lace-patterns-143-c.asp There are some very pretty Christmas patterns on it Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

Re: [lace] Re: Accomodation in Tonder 2010

2009-11-04 Thread Sue Babbs
I don't know where Francis has stayed in Denmark, but I have spent 4 vacations there and found some delightful hotels / guest houses with excellent food. I have not stayed in Tønder though. Try googling for inns or kros near Tønder. (Kro is the Danish word for inn, and they tend to have a lot

Re: [lace] Men n' Lace

2009-11-12 Thread Sue Babbs
These are lovely pieces of lace. Are they his own designs, because I'd love to make some of them? Sue I have updated the Men n' Lace pages with information about Premysl Knap who makes stunning pieces of lace. To view his work please visit:

[lace] Fw: Leaves Tallies - summary advice and websites

2010-01-01 Thread Sue Babbs
Here's the collective wisdom on tally videos! David certainly used pins to support his tallies, and I think some of the others did too. Have fun looking Sue Tess Parrish - Brioude style, with continental http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPezWMox5-M Jean Leader - Bedfordshire leaves

[lace] lace guild calendar

2010-01-05 Thread Sue Babbs
Go to the website and click on the calendar, and then on the left hand side there is a list of choices, including answers. This will give you each clue's answer (which I can't remember) and the overall answer, which I won't tell you in case anyone has notyet worked it out Sue Can any one

Re: [lace] Re: lace at the Cleveland Museum of Art-Schiff Collection

2010-02-01 Thread Sue Babbs
Strange -Devon's link worked for me yesterday but not today. Try: http://www.clemusart.com/explore/searchlist.asp?searchText=bobbin+lace Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Breaking threads

2010-02-03 Thread Sue Babbs
rest. Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

Re: [lace] Breaking threads / tensioning

2010-02-03 Thread Sue Babbs
the bobbins from side to side as one worked, this action providing tension too. Have others heard this? How do others tension point laces? Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera

Re: [lace] Breaking threads

2010-02-03 Thread Sue Babbs
- From: Sue hurwitz...@talktalk.net To: Sue Babbs sueba...@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Breaking threads Thanks Sue, thats interesting but which way do I turn the bobbins to wind it back? If I think of cross, cross rather than the twists which

Re: [lace] Breaking threads / tensioning

2010-02-03 Thread Sue Babbs
stick with the slower but (for me) more enjoyable rhythm of working. Sue Babbs PS That last sentence was nearly the most embarrassing one I have ever sent to Arachne, as spellchecker got to my typing error in the word lacemaking. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

Re: [lace] photos

2010-02-06 Thread Sue Babbs
Beautiful work, Alix. Thanks for sharing. Sue - Original Message - From: Alix Antoine Hengen ahen...@pt.lu I just uploaded some photos to my album http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/576389899ciMgTX - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] Re: Breaking and Twist to Thread

2010-02-11 Thread Sue Babbs
Thank you, Maureen. I, too, find this happens with some but not all the bobbins and am curious to know why I lose the twist on about 5% of my bobbins but not the rest. This happens when I am working with Midland Bobbins, so I know that it is not that they are rolling on the pillow. I will

Re: [lace] Finally finished a shawl

2010-02-23 Thread Sue Babbs
I'm another who is enjoying the lace shawl discussion and hope it will continue here. Me too! Especially as I was given Nancy Bush's Estonian Lace Shawls book for Christmas Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here.

Re: [lace] French lace equipment website

2010-03-23 Thread Sue Babbs
Those bobbins are gorgeous - even tempt me to move from Midlands and squares to continental! And fair trade too. Wonderful. Sue - Original Message - From: sof nard...@free.fr This is a new french web site : http://www.materieldentelle.com/ Bobbins, pillow and boxes are inspired by

Re: [lace] Securing prickings

2010-04-09 Thread Sue Babbs
tends to press in below the level of the pricking Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

[lace] Fw: Malcolm Fielding's online bobbin shop is now open again

2010-04-10 Thread Sue Babbs
of his, with no other connection to him (other than that we are both English living in foreign countries!) Sue Babbs - Original Message - From: m...@indie-cds.com To: sueba...@comcast.net Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:25 PM Subject: Malcolm Fielding's online bobbin shop is now open again

Fw: [lace] Securing prickings

2010-04-10 Thread Sue Babbs
If you want to keep the pricking, just trim off the excess contact paper. Or in the case of the stuff I buy from Walgreen's, you can just peel it off. A little of the inkjet ink comes too, but the pricking would still be useable. Sue Babbs - Original Message - From: pene piip p

Re: [lace] pins

2010-04-11 Thread Sue Babbs
My brass pins don't seem to have tarnished (or certainly not enough to bother me). I also have enough pins to keep me in my bent pins for many years, so I would not be interested in these gold-plated pins. I stock up with pins for any pupils I have when I visit the UK, as I don't find that

Re: [lace] Christina Pillows

2010-04-17 Thread Sue Babbs
I use Google as my search engine, and it comes up with a translation toolbar on foreign sites. There are my online translation tools - usually providing a good laugh! Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here

Re: [lace] lace sizing

2010-05-14 Thread Sue Babbs
I generally allow about 10 % for shrinkage. Maybe you could try cutting some ribbon or machine lace to the size you think will work, seaming it together and trying that on the bauble Sue Babbs, Illinois addition to the actual size of the bauble, so it slides into place without distorting

Re: [lace] RE: short lengths of thread

2010-05-19 Thread Sue Babbs
Now those are some luscious gimp thread colours - they make me think of the seashore and ocean! Perhaps they're just what you need to make some waves for the sailing boat! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

Re: [lace] Knot name.

2010-05-28 Thread Sue Babbs
When in the Brownies, I was taught to call the first half of a reef knot an overhand knot. I Googled overhand knot instructions and came up with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4lLw-LjfVk Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y

Re: [lace] Lacemaking tool that boggles the mind

2010-06-02 Thread Sue Babbs
I didn't see the original message arrive in my mailbox either. The first I knew of it was when I saw a response. I noticed that the original was sent to lace-digest (which I'm not signed up for). Is that what you replied to, Liz? Avital, is there some strange arrangement where messages sent

[lace] Test

2010-06-02 Thread Sue Babbs
After the message from Maxine that wasn't received, at Avital's suggestion I am writing to that address to see if I see it posted Sue sueba...@comcast.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] Link to Mark's lace

2010-06-05 Thread Sue Babbs
- Original Message - From: Mark Myers To: Lace list ; bobbinl...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:21 PM Subject: [bobbinlace] Bobbinlace Trial with Tencel threads Remember me posting about this tencel(cotton thread from a weaving project) I got from my spinning

[lace] Re: [lace] Viele Gute Gründe

2010-07-18 Thread Sue Babbs
Out of curiosity, why do you need a German speaker? Viele Gute Gründe has its comments in 4 languages - German, Dutch, English and French? If you are contacting Ulrike personally, she speaks perfect English. Sue - Original Message - From: Ann-Marie Andersson a-...@telia.com Could

[lace] De Haviland threads?

2010-08-05 Thread Sue Babbs
Does anyone know if De Haviland threads are still being sold? I bought some of her imitation silk years ago, and wondered if it is still available. I have tried Google but with no results, and suspect she wouldn't have a website of her own. I have looked on a few lace suppliers' sites, but again

Re: [lace] RE: Mark's goodies

2010-08-12 Thread Sue Babbs
Now windcheaters are something completely different in the UK. When I grew up they were a sort of nylon zip-up jacket! It has taken me the best part of 11 years to be sure what the U.S means by sneakers and tennis shoes. Sue (in Illinois and a different sort of bi-lingual English speaker!)

Re: [lace] fiber familiarity

2010-08-13 Thread Sue Babbs
My standard response is similar to Clay's It's doing the ironing that takes patience. I thoroughly enjoy doing this so it doesn't take patience. The penny seems to drop instantly. I also tell them that for me, making lace can get rid of a tension headache. I'm afraid that the more I

Re: [lace] RE: Mark's goodies

2010-08-13 Thread Sue Babbs
I'd put a windbreaker up on the beach to provide shelter! Sue - Original Message - From: Vicki Bradford twohappyb...@aol.com In the US, we call that sort of nylon jacket a windbreaker. English is amazing, isn't it? (-: Vicki in Maryland -Original Message- From: Sue Babbs

[lace] Miriam in Chicago

2010-09-11 Thread Sue Babbs
Sue Babbs sueba...@comcast.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

Re: [lace] Fan sticks.

2010-09-14 Thread Sue Babbs
I find the idea of acrylic fansticks intriguing. Does anyone know who the teacher was and which book the pattern is in? I kept waiting and hoping someone would enlighten us! Sue Babbs - Original Message - From: Lorri Ferguson lorri...@msn.com They were carved/cut from sheets

Fw: [lace] Alphabet Inpirations' authorship?!

2010-09-26 Thread Sue Babbs
Holly has now corrected her website for this small error Sue Babbs http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com T, before you rush to buy the Alphabet Inspirations book, I'm pretty sure the author is Sandi Woods, not Louise Colgan. Both are great designers of Milanese patterns, but they are different. I

Re: [lace] bobbin makers

2010-09-30 Thread Sue Babbs
One more small correction: Matthew Hester is the bobbin turner, his wife Jenny is the one who does the wonderful pyrography. Jenny is Matthew's mother, not wife Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

Re: [lace] thread clamp... was tying thread on bobbins

2010-10-08 Thread Sue Babbs
Try : http://www.etsy.com/listing/25868616/thread-clamp-with-corian-center Look in his shop for different versions Sue Babbs - Original Message - Hi Janice, I've been searching on etsy for Richard Worthen, and hackle pliers, and even did a google search for him, without

Re: [lace] Posh Bags - link to photo

2010-10-10 Thread Sue Babbs
For those of you who can't find the photos. Try this link: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date and then look at Jean's photo album. Sue I have put a photo of the outside and the inside of one of my 48 bobbin bags on arachne webshots - Jean Nathan. - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] Tying thread on bobbins

2010-10-10 Thread Sue Babbs
I think this may be the same as the Amazing Wonder Tape, which I have just bought from Clotilde: http://www.clotilde.com/detail.html?prod_id=204criteria=Amazing+Wonder+Tape I haven't even tried using it yet, but thought it might be good for keeping thread on spools, especially

Re: [lace] Tying thread on bobbins

2010-10-10 Thread Sue Babbs
Sorry for fogetting to trim my last posting. I thgouht I had Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com

Re: [lace] Lace hats!

2010-10-26 Thread Sue Babbs
Having worked lace on the face of a polystyrene head, I can tell you that it is challenging and very awkward to do. I can imagine the hat would be similar :( Sue - Original Message - From: dmt11h...@aol.com anyway. It must be pretty awkward to work on a hat, causing tension

[lace] Fw: Leaves Tallies - summary advice and websites

2010-10-29 Thread Sue Babbs
Here are all the tallies I have spotted on Arachne. Hopefully one of these is the one you recalled! Sue Babbs Tess Parrish - Brioude style, with continental http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPezWMox5-M Jean Leader - Bedfordshire leaves http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid

[lace] Re: bbnlace thought you might like this item on eBay

2010-10-31 Thread Sue Babbs
And Clay went one better and found the lace panel for sale on eBay! A must for all of us for next year?! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=110603570385ssPageName=AD ME:B:EF:US:1123 Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Lace Days in the UK!

2010-11-08 Thread Sue Babbs
services called out twice. My Christening gown was much admired - and I was very pleased to have finished it (with more than 12 hours to spare!!) And the best question ever: Is this the tattoo parlour? Work that one out! Lateral thinking needed Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord

[lace] Crochet cotton give-away

2010-11-08 Thread Sue Babbs
I have been given over 60 new reels of bedspread cotton. This is more than I can use in a life-time, even if I teach all the kids in church school to use it! Most of them look as if they need a wash before the finished article can be used, as the outer layer is not brand new in appearance. All are

[lace] Where have you stitched?

2010-11-15 Thread Sue Babbs
And I've stood in the snow at the top of an Austrian mountain, stitching needlelace, in between watching my 5 year old and husband skiing. I was at the top of the run, and needed something to do after they had gone out of sight. Definitely portable! Sue Babbs Hi All Needlelace is very

Re: [lace] Re: Crochet cotton give-away

2010-11-20 Thread Sue Babbs
-- Original Message - From: Joy Beeson joybee...@comcast.net To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 9:43 AM Subject: [lace] Re: Crochet cotton give-away I am in the process of writing up a folk pattern for crocheted baby booties that require bedspread cotton for best

Re: [lace] Crochet cotton give-away

2010-11-22 Thread Sue Babbs
is now spoken for. Thanks for letting me post this Sue Babbs sueba...@comcast.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com

[lace] Re: Cheers

2010-11-23 Thread Sue Babbs
What a wonderful write up, Betty Ann. Congratulations! Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com

Re: [lace] To bring you a smile in the snow! A crazy bobbin guys ideas!

2010-12-02 Thread Sue Babbs
Well, my maternal grandfather fathered 16 children by his 2 wives Sue - Original Message - From: Maureen Bromley maur...@roger.karoo.co.uk To: Brian Lemin brid...@bigpond.com; lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 2:58 AM Subject: Re: [lace] To bring you a smile in

Re: [lace] Re: lace nails

2010-12-08 Thread Sue Babbs
oh! but Mark we would all much rather see them on your nails Grin! Sue - Original Message - From: Tatman tat...@tat-man.net I have tatted little motifs out of 185/2 Honiton thread and they easily could be applied to nails. So tiny that you could barely feel them. I may try this

Re: [lace] Bunny Patterns

2010-12-18 Thread Sue Babbs
There's a cute rabbit for sale on Etsy. I believe she sells the patterns too: http://www.etsy.com/listing/51346158/the-little-white-rabbit?ref=sr_gallery_1ga_search_query=bobbin+lace+rabbitga_search_type=handmadega_page=order=includes%5B0%5D=tagsincludes%5B1%5D=titlefilter%5B0%5D=handmade Sue

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