Hello everybody, I've been a member of this group longer than I can remember but due to circumstances not under my control I've been in quite mode and just ...
Hi Angela I too started bobbin lace Sept 2007. I hope I have mastered the art of Touchon lace and hoping to progress when classes start again 18th Jan. I live...
Many thanks to everyone who took the time to keep looking at the calendar and entering the quiz. I had a total of 12 entries from lacemakers and seven from...
I've left the quiz in place for a few more days with the doors all permanently opened, but I've deleted the entry form from the number 24 window. Links from...
Wishing everyone a happy, safe and wonderful New Year. I started learning bobbin lace when we lived in Northwood, Middlesex about 20 years ago. Then moved to...
Happy New Year to One and All! I pray that this year you and yours will have a happy and prosperous new year! Susie Rose - Up in the mountains outside of Las...
Thank you Brenda for giving us such an interesting project leading up to Christmas. Happy New Year to you and to all other fellow Lacemakers. Jill in...
Hello again, and thank you for the welcome messages :-) I live on the Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey border just outside Reading (well, Reading is the nearest...
hi how about snake bookmarks very easy to do only 7 /8 pairs of bobbins and that from someone who is learning as well where do you go for your lessons i live...
Hi Brenda, I have been through all the pages and it has opened for me I use IE 7.00 Joy in Australia Please visit my blog! ... From: Brenda Paternoster To:...
Thanks to everyone who has written to say that it's working fine in IE 7, also 5.2 for Mac - seems to be just my copy of IE 5.2 which doesn't like the script....
Hi Marji The one I use is 4 inch or 10 cm. I have converted sone of my Danish bobbin to use as wire bobbins. See a photo in my album in photos Lise from MO ...
Thank you Lise. I was thinking that I needed to put the eye hook into the upper neck of the shaft and was so happy to see that I could put it in the top. ...
I had wanted to convert some bobbins, they are very simple they look more like rounded dowels with a notch cut all the way around (from old lacis kit). I...
I followed Lise's idea and drilled into the top a bit and then put the eye hook in. Worked great. I used the "bat" shaped bobbins. Only ruined 2! I am...
By the way, I have some of the bobbins you mentioned. They are very clunky. I put eye screws in some of them too. I had actually shorten some of them a few...
Hi Deanna I did not have to drill, my bobbins already had a little hole on top from when they was turned. Lise from MO Deanna Baugh <num1weaver@...>...
Hi, my name is Ellen and I am new to bobbin lace. I recently had an op on my right hand which is taking longer than expected to heal so my tapestry is on the...
Hello all, I wanted to post the new class schedule for the Bedford College of Lace Making for the upcoming month of February. I hope thats okay with everyone. ...
Hi Ellen I hope your hand recovers soon and makes a full recovery. I assume that you are in Ipswich England not US. Let me know if it's USA and I'll post US...
I understand that Tim Parker (the last link) is ceasing trading in a few weeks time, but the others all still offer a good mail order service. BTW Ellen, you...
Since I found the glossary at Wikispace somewhat inconvenient, as you cannot sort the colums alphabetically, I copied it to a Google spreadsheet (and added a...
Hi Ellen Wecome to the lace group. I am from down the coast at Leigh-on-sea nr Southend. The nearest supplier that I can suggest is in Chelmsford at Moulsham...
Welcome, Ellen ~ Lots of others here can, I'm sure, offer sources nearer you as I'm in the U.S., but my fave internet site is still lacemakingusa.com because...
A little correction - I just tried the page you mentioned and found it to be here instead: http://www.lacemakerusa.com/ And Welcome, Ellen! You're starting a...
Hi, I have just had a look at the website mentioned in the last couple of emails and saw that they had pillow stands. Is there anywhere in the UK I can buy...
Welcome to the group Ellen. I'm sure you will find everyone ready to help with any problems you may have. Just shout. You said you have a straw mat, do you...
