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Member magazine for The Danish Lace Association February 2021 142 Dear Member By: Ketty Busk

As I write this - end November - I am and hope it will be possible as planned, else in this bulletin, we have moved sitting admiring the wintersun’s rays in March. down to the ground floor on the left- thinking about the fact that when this hand side in Nørrevoldgade 57 in Ny- magazine is published, the sun might It has been a wish for the General borg. hopefully shine on a good new year. Meeting to be held in different areas of the country, and that wish is herewith This has been a blessing for our board, I hope for a good year for the lace mak- granted. as we do not need to bring everything ers – without corona - so that we again up and down the stairs to the first floor. can come out and see what is happen- It will be as in 2020, a General Meeting ing around in our country. without workshops and without sales- We also hope that more people will join and exhibition booths, as we have no us at the Open House when we are on 2020 was a year without fairs, without idea how the situation will turn out to be. the ground floor. exhibitions – at least not of the larger kinds – as the General Meeting also We applied for an opportunity to rent Finely, I will take this opportunity to was postponed until August. the ground floor of the property where wish you all a happy new year. our location in Nyborg is on the first We have, as you can see someplace else floor. in this bulletin, decided to host the Ketty Busk General Meeting in 2021 on Zealand, We succeeded, and as told someplace President

2 The annual report for the year 2020 Just after entering 2020, our country to send anything for that occasion. spring, Messen in Års in Septem- was closed down by Corona, which We have at the same time decided ber, Kreativmessen in Fredericia and meant that our General Meeting, not to send gifts to the royal fami- Kniplemessen in Slagelse in October. workshops, exhibitions, sales stands ly in the future. Of course, a new It will be exciting to see if it is possi- and the festive dinner after the Gen- board might decide if they choose to ble. We also plan to send a couple of eral Meeting had to be cancelled. change this decision. our board members to the German lace fair, but it is questionable if it The General Meeting was post- Several fairs and exhibitions were takes place. poned until the 21st of June, but cancelled or postponed until next without workshops, exhibitions and year because of Corona. It has not been possible to get around sales stands. 35 members only par- and be inspired. It has therefore ticipated in the General Meeting. The plan was to participate in been an uphill battle to find articles Forårsmessen in Års, Kreativmessen for publication in Kniplebrevet. We Two new members were voted into in Fredericia and Kniplemessen In have done our best to make an in- the board at the General Meeting, Slagelse. teresting bulletin, but we really lack Jonna Tarp and substitute Sanna input from our members. We can see Askirk, and they entered the board Our organization has because of the on Facebook that you are making immediately after the General Corona situation had no expenses for lots of lace all around the country, Meeting – a warm welcome to them. renting stands and other things but and it would be fun to see some of Bent Rasmussen and Mona Nøhr has also had no income from sales on your projects presented in Kniple- have both chosen to leave the board, fairs. We have, in spite of this, come brevet for our members who are not - we say thank you to them for a job out with an acceptable account in on Facebook. well done for Knipling i Danmark. comparison with the budget we pre- sented on the last General Meeting. We hosted an open house on the an- As a result of the Corona epidemy, nual Laceday in August – we could Queen Margrethe’s birthday was not Our organization has donated 3.600 do that with a good conscience – be- celebrated, but that did not hinder D kr. to Julemærkehjemmene in cause, as usual, it was only few visi- our association to send a congrat- 2020. We thank our members for tors. We had 11 visitors from 10 am. ulation to Her Majesty. We sent a their support. The new Julemærke until 3 pm. and did not at any time pillow with Daisies - made in lace - - pattern will be published on the exceed the total number allowed to and a round tablecloth. See pictures General Meeting in March 2021. meet. in Kniplebrevet no.140. We have, unfortunately, lost several We decided at the board meeting Prince Christian should have cele- members in 2020, due to aging and in August, to apply for renting the brated his confirmation in the spring deaths, which gives us an economical ground floor if anything became va- of 2020, but it was postponed till challenge in 2021, but we hope that cant. It is very much bulk to carry up 2021. His gift, a bookmark, has been expenses and income will balance and down a narrow staircase in con- delivered to the prince. See the pic- with a small profit. nection with fairs and exhibitions. ture in Kniplebrevet no. 139. We are talking about heavy boxes, so Knipleshoppen had a real good in- it would be of great relief to have our Our organization has asked for vol- come in 2020, probably because it facilities on the ground floor. unteers to make a gift for Crown has not been possible to shop at fairs Princess Mary when she in 2022 this year. We were very lucky. We were able turns 50 years old. No one has re- to rent facilities on the ground floor sponded and since the board has no We are planning to participate in right under our old facilities, already more free hours, we have chosen not Kniplemessen in Viborg in the from November 1st. We held our

3 board meeting in our new place on Our board all agreed on hosting our There are many persons and appoint- November 15th and the ones of you General Meeting in 2021 on Zea- ments involved in an Annual Meet- attending Open House on Novem- land and the facility we have chosen ing, and very much trouble when ber 21st, also had the opportunity to is Kongrescentret in Ringsted. everything has to be cancelled. We enjoy our new areas. all hope for 2021 to show itself from We did not dear to arrange an Annu- a good side, so that we again can go We have also worked on optimizing al Meeting with the General Meet- to fairs and exhibitions, so that we our homepage with good help from ing, sales booths, exhibitions and again can get new ideas and again Helle Schultz. We give a great thank workshops, as we usually do, as we do meet and talk about news, not only you for her big job with our home- not know how the Corona situation in Denmark but also abroad – and page. will develop. across the borders.

Kate Møbjerg Nielsen

I am 55 years old, have made lace since ing the workforce again. I worked for I host a small lace group privately in the year of 2000 and have always loved 10 years at a church yard in Odense my home, where we are 3-4 ladies who the old handcrafts. county. I went back to school and got make lace, chat and enjoy being to- a degree through HGV - a highschool gether. I have, when it comes to work, done degree for adults emphasizing a mer- different things. I started an agricultur- chant education - and started an ap- I plan to run for election for the board al education after 9th grade but after prenticeship as assistant to an account- of Knipling i Danmark, which will take graduating, I wanted to do something ant, and this is still my work. place at the General Meeting in March else and worked for 4 years gardening 2021. the green areas in Odense county. I am also working on the Lace teacher education in Horsens and if Covid -19 Sincerely, I got 2 children and took a couple of lets me, I will finish my degree in the Kate Møbjerg Nielsen years off, caring for them before enter- summer of 2021. Odense

Ellis Nygård

I plan to run for reelection to the board what she had told, was right. It has my spare time will be occupied with. I of Knipling i Danmark, which will however, been very exciting and I have am glad I am a retiree. It has also been take place on the General Meeting on learned very much, and feeling that I exciting and interesting to participate March 28th, 2021. have gotten into it by now, I think it in the fairs we attended in 2019. It was has become easier. of course none in 2020, but we will I have by now been a member of the hopefully participate in fairs and exhi- board for 2 years and have experienced Happily, I was used to sit at a computer bitions in 2021. and learned a lot. from work and that is not only an asset, but a must for mastering this job. I have chosen to run for reelection I was from the beginning not aware of for 2 more years, because it has to go how much time I would use on the task After the last General Meeting in Au- forwards now – both when it comes when I became the editor of Kniple- gust 2020 - which was postponed - I to fairs and also with my task with brevet, even though Yvonne Nielsen also was constituted vice-chairman. I Kniplebrevet. had told me. I did not really believe it, am in addition in charge of our loca- I think, but I found out very fast that tion in Nyborg, so I know well, what Ellis Nygård 4 Connie Zlatevski

I plan to run for reelection for the done for our association before, and I patterns, so I am about to build up a board of Knipling i Danmark. therefore felt comfortable with. little collection of patterns to use as re- serves. I will highly recommend you to I have, after some consideration, decid- But in spite of that, - time has changed, send patterns in to our organization. It ed that I would like to participate for and with time, the technology. I have is up to our members to make Kniple- another term on the board of Knipling made patterns through many years, but brevet a good magazine. i Danmark. never on a PC, so that has been a chal- lenge. I feel that I am starting to get My qualifications are about 40 years of I find that we had a difficult start 2 into it, but it has been very time con- lace making. When I started to make years ago when a big part of the board suming. I will still draw many of my lace, I attended a class where we made stepped down and new members patterns by hand. our own prickings and made our own joined. It was mainly because of the worksheets. This gave us a good un- many projects that had to be divided The patterns we receive are very varia- derstanding of how the patterns were as properly as possible among us, and ble in their presentation. Some of the built up and I started to design my own being new board members, we rarely patterns can be published in the bul- patterns very early. I have also partici- knew what the different tasks really letin as is, for other patterns we need pated in several special classes through had in store for us. to make new prickings, worksheets and Manuelle Fag. texts. I offered to take upon me the task as Connie Zlatevski the pattern coordinator, which I have We do sometimes not have enough Stubbekøbing

Glas and Lace By: Lotte Zuijdendorp

Once again, we were a flocked to- had to be made in Myrte thread glass and had started with what we gether in a class about glass and because they should be burned into usually do, lace. lace with Kirsten Koch. It was nice the glass. This was something new to see them all again, as I meet most for us and we looked forwards to When the kiln had cooled down on of them once a year only, when we trying it out. Sunday, we were finely able to see if meet at Nyborg Husflidsskole. our projects were successful and we The fact we had not thought about, could admire each other’s abilities This time, however, we had to was that if we did not also have an- as glass artists. spread out over two rooms, due to other project, we did not have an- Corona. ything to work on for the rest of I think that it is possible to see that the weekend. We therefore worked we have practiced over many years, And Kirsten had, as usual, brought hard and fast with other projects in because many good pieces came many nice examples, from which order to make them ready to come out of the kiln. we all stole ideas. The ones of us along in the kiln. which wanted to make shaped I want to thank the other partic- flowers, had made the lace flowers It was as usual lots of chatting, ipants and our teacher for a won- and brought them to class. They mostly when we were done making derful weekend.

5 FROM THE MEMBERS Kitten By: Ulla Bengtson, Sweden

Kniplebrevet brought in no. 140, bers to send a picture of their in- Ulla writes that this is her inter- a pattern of a kitten, presented as terpretation if they made the lace. pretation of Karin Holm’s drawing free lace. We received this picture from Ulla and that her lace looks like her own Our association asked our mem- Bengtson in Sweden. kitten.

FROM THE MEMBERS

Kirsten Dyhrberg has sent this good idea to Kniplebrevet By: Kirsten Dyhrberg

Kirsten writes: in no.133 was the pattern to the every 10-13 cm and I made 7 of Childhood’s Christmas Ribbon. these ribbons with buttons. The idea came from Kniplemessen i Tønder 2019. Outside hang a piece The pattern was adjusted to fit the I starched the narrow ribbons in of lace made with nylon wire and mousetrap pattern and changed. I order for the buttons not to twist it also had a big garden exhibition, first wanted to use wooden beads, the ribbons. where lace was used in many ways. but I did not have enough of them. The bucket with buttons saved The ribbons are 3,5 and 5,5 cm I stood at home with a broken through many years, stood nearby. wide. They are 182 cm long + fring- mosquito curtain in my hands and Yes, - why not try if they could be es. I have used about 2 spools of thought about the possibility to worked in, in that way they would 16/2 leftovers in white, beige and make the ribbons in lace. also come to good use. grey, 100 m orange and 70 m of green. There are 13 buttons on each It had to be tried out. In to find I made 10 pieces of the wide rib- ribbon. It took about 1½ month to the lace pillow. The tapes had to bons. They are made in 16/2 and make the ribbons and during that be fast and easy to make and not edged with Myrte thread in or- time, housecleaning was a no-go. too narrow. The worksheet for the der for the ribbons to hang down I fastened the ribbons on the back mousetrap in Kniplebrevet no. 137 steadily and not turn around them- of the stick, which is 90 cm long. was copied and put together. selves. If you have a good idea, and like to Perhaps would beads and ribbons The narrow ribbons are worked in chare it with others, please send it give the curtain some liveliness. linen stitch and edged with whole to: I studied more Kniplebreve and stitch. A button is added about [email protected]

6 We have moved By: Ketty Busk, Chairman

We, the boardmembers, have for a We got the key for the department We hosted an Open House on long time talked about that it is a on the groundfloor on November November 21st. Unfortunately, heavy/hard task to carry everything 2nd, and from there on things de- not many had remembered it – or up and down the staircase to the 1. veloped fast. what? Only 3 people visited us. Floor, especially when we have at- tended a fair a whole weekend and 4 movers M/W, 2 boardmembers The editors met on November then come home and have to carry and one husband came on Novem- 22nd. everything up the stairs. It is very ber 4th. They carried everything much to carry and it is heavy. down and placed it approximate- Everybody attending the meetings ly where it belonged. Lamps had expressed happiness and content- Some of us had seen that the de- to be taken down on the 1st floor ment about the move, nice that we partment underneath ours in Ny- and be rehung on the ground floor. do not need to run up and down borg looked empty, so we decided One of the board members took the stairs with heavy bags, folders, fast to find out if it was vacant, and a husband along the next day to boxes etc, the whole board is happy it was! help with this. Nice to be helped about that. by a man who know how to use the We could take over the apartment tools. We only have some small tasks left, from November 1st. The calendar like to hang pictures on the walls showed end September, so we were The apartment on 1st floor was aso and then everything is done. just in time to terminate the lease ready for inspection and was given for the department on the 1st floor over to the renter. But we still had When I write this, the internet has by October 1st. a key as our router for our internet also been moved and the apart- still was placed in the apartment ment on 1st floor is rented out We had a meeting with Nyborg on the 1st floor until it could be from December 15th, so much has Flytteforretning on October 15th moved down. happened the last months. where a date was agreed upon and that they would deliver boxes the The board met in the new apart- You can look forwards to the next next weekend for us to pack. ment on November 15th.Almost Open House, which is mentioned everything was in place, except someplace else in this magazine. We packed 39 boxes the next week- over internet connection. It had not end. 3 boardmembers had offered been moved jet, but we could hap- You only enter the main entrance to do this job. They felt that they pily get signal through our router, and the first door to your left – it had very long arms when they were which still was on the 1st floor, so can’t be easier. We look forwards to finished Sunday evening. the meeting went on as planned. seeing you!

7 Table decorations for a Silver Anniversary By: Connie Zlatevski, Stubbekøbing

Anne Juel Jensen, with whom I make Anne also had to learn how to finish off When we met again, right after the sum- lace, was going to have her Silver Anni- the Flemish way. This way to finish a mer vacation, Anne was well on her way versary in November 2020. It was a good piece of lace, is made in linen stitch and with the project, most of the mushrooms opportunity for a lace project, and the “locks” the ends from the pairs in the were done and the leaves were also well choice fell on table decorations. ground. This causes that the ends can on their way to be finished. be cut off teal tight to the worked lace, I asked why she had selected to make which eases the mounting of the lace Left was the mounting, and that turned table decorations, and she answered: Be- considerably. out to be challenging as she had not tried cause our guests expect something unu- to mount any yet. sual, and I think that this would be a fine Full of optimism, Anne started to make project for me. all the little lace pieces in the spring. She All the threads had to be cut off, every made lace, starched and put aside. top had to be sewn together on 5 places, The Silver Anniversary was, as men- and the bottom had to be sewn on. tioned, in November, so it was obvious to She also started to make the bobbins choose a fall motive. We discussed several into mushroom stems at the same time. When the hats should be threaded over topics, and Anne selected to make mush- In order for the stems to look the same, the stems, Anne found out that one of rooms. The next step was to decide upon new bobbins were bought for the project. the models had a smaller hole on the patterns. Should it be worked as 1D or The bobbin head had to be sawn off, a bottom than the rest, so it could not be 3D lace, and how should they fit into the hole had to be made in each end and the threaded down the bobbin. set table? bobbins had to be polished and painted. The bobbins also got a little loop, so it This meant that Anne had to polish the After some research we decided on was possible for them to be hung. stems for these mushrooms a little, these the mushroom patterns from Birkely stems needed to be repainted and a new Knipling. They have 6 different mush- Anne made 6 different mushrooms, loop had to be placed on the top. rooms, all 3D, worked in several parts common in the Danish nature. Every and mounted on a bobbin. mushroom consists of a top and a bot- Corona was drawing nearer again and tom. the maximum people to gather went Thinking about the size of the table, down to 10 persons. Anne calculated that she would need Besides the mushrooms, she also decid- 6 decorations, and decided to make 36 ed to make some fall leaves in lace. On The only solution was to cancel the Silver mushrooms, 6 of each model. Pinterest (a social media witch posts Anniversary party, and there stood Anne pictures), she found patterns for both with all her lace. The lace required up to 19 pairs, which Chestnut-, Maple- and Oakleaves and were added and taken out several times. of those she made 12. Since they were all finished, she decid- The work was therefore sat in system ed to make the decorations anyway. The with much thread on the half of the bob- In the middle of this came the Corona, nearest family could at least find some bins, and it was easy to wind the needed and our country closed down. Sommer joy in them, and happily, she was also amount from one bobbin to the other came, our country opened again, and we willing to let Kniplebrevet’s readers enjoy bobbin of a pair. were all optimistic for the future. her wonderful work.

8 Metal lace on a pair of gloves By: The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Description from the Victoria and Al- hand. The pale woven fabric of the cuff works two twists with the plate between bert Museum’s web pages. Permit from can be seen under the lace.The lace is the half stitches. OIDFA No. 1, 2017 made of passing thread and plate with some spangles attached to the picots At two places on this piece of lace, a Place of origin: France along the wavy edge. thread from the right-hand band was Date: 1660-1669 sewn into the edge of a previous turn Maker: Unknown There are picots on both the footside of the band. Otherwise sewings do not Public access description: This leather - straight - edge and the outer edge of seem to have been used. glove demonstrates the lavish style of the fans, which are worked alternately in metal popular in the 1660s. plate and a passing thread which seems The two bands have been joined repeat- The whole gauntlet is encrusted with to be a little thicker - or flatter? - than edly during the lacemaking by working densely worked silver and silver-gilt purl that used to work the triangles between short tally-like motifs with two threads - tiny coils of very fine metal wire - and the fans. from each band. The outer edges of the strip. An edging of blue grosgrain ribbon lace were worked by carrying a single underneath the embroidery can only just The lace was a straight lace which has working thread out through the edge be seen. Gloves were a popular choice of been folded to form the corners. The pair and back. gift in the 17th century. It was custom- spangles are hung on the edge of the ary to present the monarch with a pair at fans made with passing thread and as In the diagram below, the turn of the New Year, and gloves were also frequent- the corner folds were made through plate under the lace was drawn in only ly exchanged as wedding gifts. these fans (and not through fans made where it was easy to see and then in a pal- Physical description: A pair of kid gloves with plate) there are spangles folded er grey, but clearly the plate zigzags with- with blue silk ribbon applied on gauntlet into the corners. out interruption down the whole length and covered with dense embroidery in of each band. silver and silver-gilt thread, strip and purl. Fig. 3: Thread diagram of the narrow Museum number: T.202&A-1928 lace. The thread diagram was drawn on Fig. 5: Thread diagram of the wide met- URL: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/ top of the photograph. That means it al lace. The use of a single worker thread O137808/pair-of-gloves-unknown/ shows the course of the threads as seen in the edges of the lace - where a pair of from the visible side of the lace. The turn workers would be usual in thread lace - is The cuff of the glove seems to be made of of the plate under the lace is drawn in a a common feature in old metal lace. a pale woven cloth with a blue grosgrain paler grey. The finer black lines represent ribbon along the open edge where it is passing thread. The dotted lines show The stiffness of the passing thread makes presumably attached to the leather. places where the course of the threads stitches easier to work with a single work- could not be determined with any cer- er thread than with a pair of workers; half The cuff is so thickly encrusted with -em tainty from the photograph. The wide stitch with passing thread works better broidery that the pale woven cloth is only metal lace over the blue ribbon along than cloth stitch for the same reason. clearly visible through the narrow metal the open edge of the cuff. lace along the edge of the cuff towards The use of tallies instead of sewings to the hand of the glove. The embroidered Fig. 4: The wide metal lace. The wide lace join the bands is easier on the passing cuff is framed with metal lace, a narrow is constructed of two bands whose con- thread, which is often damaged when strip of lace along the handwards edge, a spicuous feature is the plate which zig- making a sewing, especially one made wider one along the open edge. zags between and is held by two pairs of with a single thread. The zigzag bands of passing threads at each turn. The passing plate held in place with threads from the Fig. 2: Narrow metal lace - Narrow met- threads work in half stitch, and the single half stitch is the unusual feature of this al lace along the cuff edge towards the thread which holds each turn of the plate lace. 9 THE ANNUAL THEME Tønderlace, reconstruction of an edge-piece of a cap adornment called: Korsklæde Reconstruction and execution: Solvejg Østergaard Nielsen, Ørbæk

Solvejg writes about the lace: Korsklæde is a white piece of lace or Honeycomb ground: Half stitch, 1 twist starched cloth, which was worn under- on both pairs, pin, half stitch, 2 twists on The edge derives from a neath the cap and often bent upwards both pairs. Korsklæde which belonged to a na- on each side of the head. tional dress owned by my great- grand- Pairs from net ground to honeycomb mother or by her mother. They lived in The shown korsklæde consists of a piece ground get 2 twists, passes the gimp and the 1800s and came from Aalegaarden of Tønderlace and a middle piece of 1 twist. in Salling on Mid- Funen. embroidered net. Pairs from honeycomb ground to net I reconstructed the lace once I was in Materials: ground get 1 twist, passes through the Stokværket. It is a simple and easy pat- 31 pairs of Egyptian Cotton 140/2 and gimp and 2 twists. tern, which surely is bought from a lace 3 bobbins of linen thread 40/2. merchant, as one can imagine that the There are no twists between gimp and girls earning money by making lace, did The marked twists is valid through the linen stitch. not make complicated lace, because then whole work. they would never finish. They would by Half stitch ground: Half stitch, pin, half no means become wealthy. The main rules about twists: stitch, 1 twist on each pair. Net ground: half stitch and 2 twists. By If my great-great-grandmother have the edge1 twist only on the pair going Where there is a gimp in the half stitch made the lace or not, we will never out to the edge. ground, it is a twist on both sides of the know. gimp.

10 Doily Mynte Idea, design and execution: Bente Hansen, Skjoltrup

Materials: 32 pairs of linen 35/2 or 50/3 Start according to worksheet.

Edge with hearts in half stitch and whole stitch along the edge. Ground in half stitch with twist after pin. Spiders, zigzag ribbons and snowflakes in linen stitch.

The marked twists are valid through the whole work.

Finish off as you like, for ex. with help of magic threads or sewing.

Easter egg Idea, design and execution: Connie Zlatevski, Stubbekøbing

One pricking, 4 different patterns: Egg Place the first pair with the loop on a finish both the third and fourth ribbon. with linen stitch snowflakes, egg with pin outside the work. Starch the lace lightly and take it off the half stitch snowflakes, egg with honey- pillow. comb ground and egg with triangular In this way it is easiest to get the last pair ground. through. Move the pin to its place and The lace is mounted to the egg and tied pull all pairs. off. This can easiest be done as shown The 4 patterns are all described on one in fig. 2. worksheet. Continue with half stitch, pin, half stitch in the 4 corners. The yellow egg with linen stitch snow- Materials: 20 pairs of linen thread 35/2 flakes is worked with Moravia linen or a thread in similar size. Plastic easter Place 6 open pairs on each side of the thread. egg, 8 cm from top to bottom. first ribbon and finish the ribbon. Cut the pairs off but leave enough thread The orange egg with honeycomb ground The pairs are reused as the work pro- to tie them together when the finished is worked with Idria cotton 30. The red gresses. lace is being mounted to the egg. egg with the triangular ground is worked with Goldshild linen thread Nm 30/3. Start in the middle with 8 pairs as Add 6 open pairs to the second leg, fin- shown in fig. 1. ish it and cut the ends off. The green egg with half stitch snow- flakes is worked with Hedens Hørgarn Place pins in the small dots. Add 6 open pairs to the third leg, and 28/2

11 Snowdrop Idea and design: Karin Holm, Klejst Execution: Connie Zlatevski, Stubbekøbing

Materials: 7 pairs of green (perhaps dif- When reaching the last pair sat aside, Use backstitch in the curve. Tie off or ferent shades) K80 for leaf and stem, 4 this is also incorporated in the plait, use magic thread. pairs of white K80 for the 1. part of the which now consists of 3 pairs. flower, and 3 pairs of white and 1 pair of Start Part 3 with 3 pairs of white and green for the 2. part of the flower and Plait with 3 pairs: The left pair goes one pair of green - picture 4. stem. through the two pairs to the right with linen stitch. Keep the pair out to the The worker pair is sewn in as shown on Start at the point of the leaf with 2 pairs. right when pulling the plait. Start again the drawing. 2 pairs of white are taken The 3. and 4. pairs are added according with the left pair through the two pairs out when reaching the back stitch. to worksheet. The 5. pair is added in the to the right aso. See fig. 1. middle of the 4. pair - picture 1. wContinue a plait with the two pairs Place several support pins in the plait - left - picture 5. The 6. pair is added as shown and the 7. picture 3. pair is added in the middle of the 6. pair. The plait is sewn to the flower as shown When the leaf is finished, turn the lace The top part of the stem is worked in and tied off. and continue with a plait along the leaf linen stitch according to the worksheet. - picture 2. Tie off or use magic threads. Starch the lace well before taking it off the pillow. When you come to a pair set aside, Flower: Start at Part 2 with 4 pairs as you take a pair out of the plait and the shown. Use whole stitch along the edges Use it for a little spring card - or send it pair set aside is continuing in the plait. and half stitch in the middle. as Guess who I am letter.

12 Ribbon for a bow Idea, design and execution: Solvejg Østergaard Nielsen, Ørbæk

Materials: 16 pairs of linen thread 60/2 and 6 pairs of gold thread.

Start at the tip of the lace with 2 open gold pairs as workers and 4 open gold pairs as passives along the edge.

Place the rest of the pairs according to worksheet.

The lace has Virgin ground with whole stitch in the crosses and spi- ders in half stitch. The figures are edged by ribbons in linen stitch.

The ribbon is made in the length you like and finished in a point, similar to the beginning.

The garter, Simone Idea, design and execution: Connie Zlatevski, Stubbekøbing

Materials: 22 pairs of linen thread 60/2.

The lace is started according to the worksheet and is worked to the re- quired length, about 1,5 – 1,7 times the required circumference.

The lace is finished with the honey- comb ground and the pairs are sewn into the start loops. It may be fin- ished with magic threads or a braid. The band is mounted with a silk ribbon and gathered to the required circumference. An elastic can be mounted under the silk ribbon.

13 Winter aconite for a candle Idea, design and execution: Karin Holm, Klejst CHILDREN’S LACE

The flower consists of two parts, a threads. Starch well before taking ground from the linen stitch green bottom with leaves and a yel- it off the pillow. ground. Make back stitch when a low top with petals. pin is used more than once. Materials for the yellow top: Materials for the green bottom: 7 pairs of yellow K80 and 1 pair of The plait in the middle of the 8 pairs of green K80. Several shades Myrte thread in gold. The Myrte leaves is made with the worker pair of green will give more color to the thread is following the edge with and the inner most passive pair just leaves. the passives. before the sewing on the base of the petal. The leaves are worked in linen The upper part of the petals is stitch and are sewn together in the worked in half stitch with whole There are no sewings between the middle of each leaf. stitch along the edge, the lower petals. part of the petal is worked in linen Use back stitch in the sharp cor- stitch. The lace is tied off or closed with ners. magic threads. Starch well before Make a twist of all pairs when en- taking it off the pillow and shape Tie off or finish with magical tering the half - or whole stitch the petals in place.

Doily 10 Idea, design and execution: Mona Nøhr, Nordborg

Mona has gotten the idea to make Materials: 12 different doilies by reusing the 25 pairs of 35/2 linen thread and 1 frame of one piece of lace. gimp pair in linen thread 16/2.

Mona has played along with the Start: pattern and made as many different Start the lace according to work- fillings as she was able to do. We sheet, or the way you like. will continuously bring all of them The marked twists apply for the in Kniplebrevet. whole lace.

Finish: The best way is with help of mag- ic threads or finish off the way you like.

14 Butterfly scarf Ide, design and execution: Solvejg Østergaard Nielsen, Ørbæk

The scarf has previously been pub- from the work, as the bodies have bodies, start from the bottom. lished in Håndarbejdsbladet No. 1 to be attached to the wings later 2010 on. It is nice to be able to pull the Braid the antennas and let these 4 wing threads in place after the at- pairs go into the next edge. Study the instructions carefully be- tachments. Attach the edge pair to the butter- fore you start the project. fly and add the rest of the pairs for Make all the butterfly wings, make the next edge. Work the edge and Materials: the attachments as you go and continue the pattern of the scarf 100 pairs - 96 pairs for the scarf, move them over to the frame. according to the worksheet. including 8 pairs for the butterflies + 4 pairs for the butterflies’ bod- Wind all the pairs, - a lot on one At the end of the scarf, the but- ies) Drops lace - 70% Baby alpaca bobbin and a little over on the oth- terflies are made and put into the and 30% Mulberry Silk. You need er bobbin. work before the edge is made. about 3-4 balls of yarn. Turn the pillow so that the butter- Put magic threads on every second The shown scarf is about 155 cm. fly side is nearest to you. Start at bobbin and close the edge with long excluding fringes. the bottom edge according to the these. At the same time, the edge worksheet with 8 open pairs on is attached to the butterflies. Re- The lace is started on 2 pillows, one each side + a worker pair. member not to close the pairs for for the scarf itself and one for the the antennas but let them continue butterflies. The one end of the open pairs in the antennas. forms the outer fringes on each Start with the butterfly wings, see side of the scarf. Attach the but- Attach the bodies to the wings and detail drawing. Set up with 4 pairs terflies as the pairs are added to the close with magical threads. and add 4 pairs as you go for the edge. Finish the edge and make the spider. Take pairs out as you go, so fringes. Work the side edges and attach the that 5 pairs are left for the upper butterflies as you go. wing. Turn the pillow and work the edg- es on both sides according to the Start the bottom edge on the left- All butterfly wings are fi- worksheet. Put the bobbins aside. hand side, attach pairs to the but- nished with magic threads. terflies, and fasten the others with Wind about the half of the bobbin a pin. Work the edge and finish off Cut the threads off a distance apart over to the other bobbin. Make the with fringes.

15 Emblem for the General Meeting in Knipling i Danmark 2021 Idea, design and execution: Connie Zlatevski, Stubbekøbing

We present a little in Sch- Fig. 1: Tape with linen stitch The shown model is worked with neeberger- technique as an intro- 5 pairs in a combination of Idria duction for the upcoming Annual Fig. 2: Tape with whole stitch thread and K80. Theme. Fig. 3: Tape with whole stitch and The pattern may of course be en- As a rule, there are no worksheets plait larged if one wish to use it for, for when making Schneeberger Lace. ex. for a mask, handbag, wallet etc. The pattern is read directly from Fig. 4: Tape with whole stitch and the pricking. plait along the edge That would need a thicker thread.

But you get a little help with these Fig. 5: Plait with picot basic drawings.

16 Calculation of thread usage

How much thread do I need for my multiply with 2,50cm or 3,00 cm. If it is a small piece of lace, I usual- lace? ly add 10 cm - for the bobbin. This gives you the length of one This is, I think, a question we often bobbin, so remember to multiply If it is a scarf or table runner with ask ourselves, and it is a question by 2 for the length of a pair. fringes, these also have to be added. we, as teachers, often get. For round worked in rings, If you have a worker pair in linen one can measure the outer circle + Sonja Andersen has made this lit- stitch or whole stitch, measure one the width of each ring and use the tle description, which can help you pattern rapport - from pin to pin calculation above. to find the answer: - multiply by 1,25cm and multiply by the number of pattern rapports For table runners attached in the Calculation of thread usage for of the lace. The calculated length is middle, you measure the 4 outer straight and round lace, table run- for one bobbin. edges all the way around and mul- ners, scarfs etc. tiply by 2,50cm or 3,00 cm. If you The pairs, which are worker pairs, have a worker pair in linen stitch or Measure the length and width of therefore have to have the basic whole stitch, calculate as described your lace, add the numbers and length plus the extra length. above.

17 Book reviews By: Connie Zlatevski, Ketty Busk and Ellis Nygård

Verliebt in Spinnen Påskeæg, Bånd til påskeæg Verliebt in Spinnen - 15 modeller - 15 modelle - In love with spiders Composed by: Påskeæg, 15 modeller Bånd til Påskeæg, 15 modeller Mag. Ursula Bohatsch Composed by: Lone Nielsen Composed by: Lone Nielsen Price: Price: Price: 36 Euro + postage and handling 1 pattern: 125 Dkr. 1 pattern: 125 Dkr. Purchase by mail: 2 patterns: 225 Dkr. 2 patterns: 225 Dkr. [email protected] 3 patterns: 300 Dkr 3 patterns: 300 Dkr or www.fadengespinste.at + postage and handling + postage and handling

A very comprehensive book with The pamphlet may be purchased by: The pamphlet may be purchased by: spiders of many different expres- www.lnknipledesign.dk www.lnknipledesign.dk sions and different numbers of legs or by sending a mail to: or by sending a mail to: - worked in Torchon. [email protected] [email protected]

It contains worksheets and prick- Lone has designed 15 Easter eggs, Lone has in this pamphlet worked ings of 20 different spiders with 8 which I find, can be categorized with the same zig-zag-ribbons for legs, 4 spiders with 10 legs, 5 spi- in 3 parts. Eggs with linen stitch all the patterns. The ribbon fits an ders with 14 legs, a couple with 16 ribbons and fillings with plaits, egg, 6 cm in diameter. legs and one with 20 legs. So, just beads and tallies, eggs worked in start up, and use them as you like half stitch and eggs worked with Lone mainly works with Torchon and wherever you like. ribbons in different torchon pat- Lace and a strict geometric con- terns. One of the patterns also uses struction, which can also be seen in They are all worked into 25 differ- a gimp. Lone also shows in the dif- these models. ent models and everything is ex- ferent models, how to work with plained very well in drawings and colors and multicolored thread. Many of the models does however texts. It has a pattern and pricking have untraditional spiders and sev- for every model. If you like to work Alle the patterns on the pamphlet eral models are worked with star spiders, this book is really good to are shown on a doble sized paper ground or tallies. All models are have. containing text, picture, a good finished off with knots or magic worksheet and pricking. threads. You can look at the book on Knipling i Danmark’s new loca- As usual, Lone’s models are char- All the models are shown on a do- tion, Nørrevoldsgade 57, st.tv. acterized by thoroughness and ac- ble sheet containing text, picture, a curacy. good worksheet and pricking. The star ground and one of the special The models may be worked in K80, spiders are described in the last 60/2 or 50/2, and they all are edged pages of the pamphlet. with Myrte thread. The models are all worked in linen All in all, a fine pamphlet, both for thread 60/2 or cotton thread K80. beginners and for more advanced A small pamphlet can also contain lace makers. challenges for more experienced lacemakers. 18 Binding of magazines

I decided in 2016 that I wanted my When the other members of the But he has a machine and is able to lace magazines bound and started to board saw my result, they agreed in correct them, so that our magazines look around for a bookbinder. unison that it had to be them to do can be bound properly. it for us. It did not take long until I found Als It will be with a straight back and bookbinders, so off I went with my I brought our magazines to the not with a curved one like with the magazines. bookbinder on the 23rd of Novem- sewn and stronger backs. ber 2020. Things happened fast, because about I look forwards to pick them up, be- one month later, the binding was He confirmed my assumption about cause it is a very nice place where he done. the new binding of our magazines - takes time to talk to his costumer, of the ones from after February 2018. course in order to know, what the We picked them up on the 17th of costumer wants it to look when it is February 2016, and they looked nice, He explained the following about it: done. indeed. The old magazines were good for He is certainly a bookbinder I can I entered our board a couple of years binding, because they can be sewn recommend. later, and once we were talking about together and not be glued, which having our magazines bound, and I makes the back weak and may cause recommended Als bookbinders. the leaves to loosen after a while. Karin Holm

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