May: Meeting Announcement

 

Our next meeting will be:

Saturday, May 13, 2023.   

 9:00 a.m.

The Arts Federation (TAF)

Art Room

638 North St.

Lafayette, IN USA.

We welcome guests!   If you have met some of our members at one of our demonstrations, please feel free to join us.   

Our gathering will be a Lace In with focus

on beginner's bobbin lace.

Share what you’re currently making.  

Bring your latest project(s).   

Helping hands available if you've struggled with a pattern or technique.

Bring along your show-n-share:

Please share new purchases, books, fibers, tools, yarns, threads, class projects & gifts.  

Members, check you email in the coming weeks for additional details.

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Photo at the top:  

Pattern:  Everything But

 c. Karen H. Thompson 2021

Second photo:

Pattern:  A Taste of Spiders & Such

c. Karen H. Thompson 2023

Pincushion made by Carolyn R (tatted and beaded edge/trim).

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Tatted Scissors.

Scissors pattern available

on Jane Eborall's site.

Announcement

International Organization of Lace

Annual Convention

June 25-30, 2023

Nugget Hotel and Casino

Nevada U.S.A.

Link here for details:

 2023 IOLI Convention

Plus:   Pre-convention 

Introduction to Bobbin Lace

Pre-Convention Class

Lace Contest

Information HERE

 

April: Meeting Announcement

Our next meeting will be held on

Saturday, April 8, 2023.   

 9:00 a.m.

The Arts Federation (TAF)

Art Room

638 North St.

Lafayette, IN USA.

We welcome guests!   If you have met some of our members at one of our demonstrations, please feel free to join us.   Bring your latest project(s)!

   As always please bring your show and share.  

Show what you’re currently making.  

Please share new purchases, books, gifts, tools, yarns or threads.  

Share a class project.

Following our business meeting, 

we are continuing to

acquaint ourselves with some of the period appropriate

(Feast of the Hunters' Moon) fiber activities

that people would see if they came into

our homes (huts or tents).

Our topic this month will be inkle weaving

or band weaving (plain weave)

(members see email for additional information).

Previous fiber activities this year have included

diagonal finger weaving, finger loop braiding, and lucet cord making.

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Tatting Patterns:      On the left, a butterfly pattern based on one found in Complete Book of Tatting by Rebecca Jones (p.71)  -- on the right Jon Yusoff's dragonfly pattern.    link to pattern HERE

March: Meeting Announcement

Our next lace meeting will be held on 

Saturday, March 11, 2023.   

 9:00 a.m.

The Arts Federation (TAF)

Art Room

638 North St.

Lafayette, IN USA.

We welcome guests!   If you have met some of our members at one of our demonstrations, please feel free to join us.   Bring your latest project(s)!

Our topic will be diagonal finger weaving,

something similar to this image (which is a diagonal design finger weaving craft kit ), we will use fewer strands/loops on Saturday for our project.

(members see email for additional information).

Photograph below, Finger Weaving using five loops (from the last meeting):

For the next couple of meetings, we are going to acquaint ourselves with some of the period appropriate (Feast of the Hunters' Moon) fiber activities that people would see if they came into our homes (huts or tents). 

   As always please bring your show and share.  

Show what you’re currently making.  

Please share new purchases, books, gifts, tools, yarns or threads.  Share a class project.

Members, please check your email for details.

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 Butterfly in photograph (top of post):

Pattern:  Life is Bliss Butterfly

derived by Antonia Lai c.Jan 2023 for #pickmeEndrucks Feb 2023

"Judith Connors published her adaptation of Eleonore Endrucks' edging pattern #32 in Talking Tatting May 2022.  This butterfly was extracted and tweaked from Judith's pattern for the Pick Me Feb2023 event in Endrucks 1920 Project Factbook group." 

More information plus pattern can be found:

Endruck's 1920 Project FB page

muskaan TIPS

Endruck's 1920 Project

Not familiar with the 1920 Endrucks Project?   

Link here:   https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LEVftXweztBIOWh4sL4BB7bX65ssoOsOn4oXIgCepY/view

  

February: Meeting Announcement

Our next lace meeting will be held on 

Saturday, February 11, 2023.   

 9:00 a.m.

The Arts Federation (TAF)

Art Room

638 North St.

Lafayette, IN USA.

We welcome guests!   If you have met some of our members at one of our demonstrations, please feel free to join us.   Bring your latest project(s)!

Our topics in February are:

"Cords and Tapes; What We Hold Our Packages Together With"

and

 

"Finger Weaving."

Lucet Cords.  (If you have a lucet, please bring.)

For the next couple of meetings, we are going to acquaint ourselves with some of the period appropriate (Feast of the Hunters' Moon) fiber activities that people would see if they came into our homes (huts or tents). 

   As always please bring your show and share.  

Show what you’re currently making.  

Please share new purchases, books, gifts, tools, yarns or threads.  Share a class project.

Members, please check your email for details.

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Lace Knitted Sample (photo at the top of blog post) was made from Lafayette Lacemaker class.    To see more details, 

Estonian Lace Knitting:     

 https://lafayettelacemakers.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-9-introduction-to-estonian-knitted.html