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Comment by Lorelei Halley Administrator on April 9, 2018 at 2:38pm

Well, congratulations on completing a large task which involved lots and lots of work. Seeing it through to the end is worth congratulations!

Comment by Jo Edkins on April 8, 2018 at 4:42am

Well, it was self-published, so I don't know if congratulations are relevant!

Comment by Lorelei Halley Administrator on April 7, 2018 at 8:00pm

Jo - Congratulations on the publication of your book.

Comment by Laurie Elliott on April 6, 2018 at 11:18am

Jo, your book sounds like a new must have.  I will look into ordering it.

Elizabeth, I am so sorry about your eyes and hand tremor.  Just wanted you to know  our guild member moved to Australia (and got married) at the end of December and was or is planning to contact the closest guild when she gets settled.

Comment by Elizabeth Ligeti on March 14, 2018 at 8:10pm

That sounds like a wonderful book, Jo. wish it had been around a long time ago, - when I would have benefited from it.  (I am having eye trouble, now, so bobbin lacemaking is becoming almost impossible - with my hand tremor too!!  - Getting old is the Pits!!!  :) )   I will pass the information about your book on to my Lace chat group, as I know some of them will be very interested.

Comment by Jo Edkins on March 14, 2018 at 9:10am

I have just published a book called "Using Colour in Bobbin Lace" by Jo Edkins. You can get it on Amazon. It has lots of (very simple) patterns of Torchon lace, and demonstrates various techniques, such as having coloured workers of cloth stitch (or even half stitch!), what happens if you colour some of the pairs in grounds, etc. There's even a bit of Colour Theory, and ideas of how to colour an existing single colour pattern.
I hope that I am not stepping outside the brief of this forum with this ad! But I genuinely think that these patterns would be helpful for beginners. I've had several people writing to me via my website (gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace) complaining that they were getting bored with Torchon bookmarks, and this is something new to try, which is fun, and easy.
Also, by colouring some pairs, you can see exactly where the pairs are travelling through the lace. This is useful to understand the underlying structure of Torchonlace.
The book is available as an e-book (Kindle) and a paperback (real paper - yay!) To make it easier to access the patterns (can't prick through an e-book!) the patterns are also available on my website:
   gwydir.demon.co.uk/patterns/index2.htm
You can get at these patterns without buying the book. The website doesn't have many instructions, just pattern, photo, number of bobbins and which stitches used (with links to the rest of my website to tell you how to do that particular stitch). The book gaves more, including discussion how the colour is behaving and why. But an experienced lacemaker wouldn't need that, and I suspect many beginners wouldn't either! I really don't mind if people use the patterns without buying the book. The patterns also show you what the book covers.

Comment by Nancy M. Terselic on July 30, 2017 at 12:26pm

I understand how hard it is to get going when you can't find a group or teacher - I'm entirely self-taught, but look for opportunities to meet other lacemakers so we can "geek out" together and learn from each other.

To that end, for any SCAdians here who are going to Pennsic, there are multiple bobbin lace classes being offered (I'm teaching one on Monday the 7th) and Thursday the 10th is Lacemaking Day on Artisan's Row.  (SCA = Society for Creative Anachronism, medieval and renaissance living history organization, www.sca.org).

Comment by Laurie Elliott on July 29, 2017 at 4:41pm

Elizabeth, thank you for your kind offer.  Our guild meeting was unexpectedly cancelled this month.  I will check with her in August and let you know.

Comment by Elizabeth Ligeti on June 17, 2017 at 8:32pm

Laurie, your  Lace Guild member who is moving to Australia will be very welcome here!  Do you know where she is going? This is a vast country, but there are lacemakers all over the place - and are Always very welcoming.  If we know where she is going, we can organize for her to meet up with a group, so she settles in more easily, and does not feel so lonely in a new place!

That is one of the beauties of Lacemaking - Instant friends anywhere in the world (just about!) - and always a friendly welcome!

Comment by Laurie Elliott on June 17, 2017 at 7:14pm

Jenny, you apparently already have used the Magic Thread method, just didn't know the name. 

I think I am going to try what Lorelei does and see if that is a cleaner way to do the join (not having extra threads on the pillow which seem to want to get in the way). 

Thank you, Jenny, for asking your questions and thank you, Lorelei and Elizabeth, for your answers.

One of our lace guild members is planning on getting married and moving to Australia.  I will make sure she knows about the Gumnuts when she gets there.  I've seen some of the postings online and enjoyed them.

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