Flosstube #3 - update, more project sharing, and bobbin lace
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
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I have throughly enjoyed my morning with you today. Thank you for all the different items you shared with us.
You are most welcome! And thank you for your kind words!
Hi, I’ve only just discovered your Flosstubes, I’m binge watching. My mother made pillow lace, she went to Honniton, and Brugge in Belgium. My father was a wood turner and made bobbins for her, she added spangles and beads to weight them. When she passed we gave her bobbins, cushions and thread to her local bobbin lace group. I have kept a couple of bobbins and some pieces of her work. I can remember the click of the bobbins as she shuffled them on her pillow, pricking out patterns. Thank you for the trip down memory lane. Best wishes from across the pond 🏴
I enjoy watching all kinds of crafts. I think everything you open yourself up to helps to encourage and think creatively. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and knowledge.
Thanks so much! I appreciate the ways so many folks on Flosstube are sharing their variety of talents
Wonderful projects and memories. I love the background stories which give your work even more life. Thanks so much for sharing.
I am so glad - thank you! I love hearing people talk about the background stories or meaning behind pieces as well. Perhaps it is one of the reasons I don't have a gazillion pieces going at once. Thanks for watching!
A Stitch Too Far recommended your channel. WOW, your work is amazing! So glad you joined the community!
Thank you so much! Appreciated her shout out and your kind words!
Thanks for showing the bobbin lace. It is one of the lost arts, like tatting. I look forward to more videos from you.
Thank you so much! I have tatting on my list to show at some point as well.
Great memories. I was a customer of Nordic Needle for many years. Wonderful people. In fact, I still have a bobbin lace kit they sold. Never used it but I still have it. Now that I’m retired I’m enjoying needlework and sewing again. I think I will try bobbin lace.
Wow. The framed black lace piece. The tape piece - would have to have framed all the lace! You are a model of self-restraint. Really love your work and your approach to your work! Thanks
Thank you so much for your kind words - I so appreciate them!
Arlene this was fascinating. And the end products are so lovely. They remind me of my grandmother who loved all things lace and embroidery. Blessings, marlene
Thank you so much for your kind words!
I am so enthralled by that bobbin lace. Amazing. I wondered if any of the smaller pieces could be used on clothing. I suppose it would have to be dry cleaned. The needlepainting is so beautiful too. I have done just a little bit of hardanger but do intend to expand on that. Thank you for sharing your many talents.
When you shared about the two girls at the piano I knew it was a TW chart and she does love using blended threads. I've heard of some that have tried doing the bottom leg in one color and the top leg in the second color. The method you chose, splitting the floss, gives a hint at the kind of person you are. Such determination! You can do anything you set your mind to. I love it!
Thank you so much! Small pieces of lace can be used on clothes, as long as they are removed before washing, which is doable. Also, making little pins and necklaces and such is another way to wear your lace. Appreciate so much your interest in my work!
Love the Seinfeld reference! :) Thank you for sharing your beautiful pieces and the bobbin lace!
Thanks! There are so many things in life that are connected to a Seinfeld reference! :-)
It was indeed my introduction to the bobbin lace :) Thank you for showing your wonderful work and you are very talented!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching my video!
Hi, Arlene! I'm just getting back into cross-stitching after *mumblety* years away. Today is my first time checking out flosstubes. You've done some *beautiful* work! Just popping in to say that I LOVE kumihimo!!! It's one of my favorite things. I'm currently learning the square braid. And I've got some beaded kits to work my way through. Thanks for sharing with us!
Thank you so much! I'm glad to be sharing lots of different things in my videos and I realize that kumihimo is not to be found on the typical Flosstube video, but, hey, it is a fun and great craft. So glad you are enjoying it! Thanks for finding my video and for watching and for leaving a comment! Happy stitching and braiding!
Amazing work: thank you for sharing all your beautiful projects! Jenn
Thank you so much!
That lace is gorgeous. You make it look easy, but thinking it's not something I'll try, I can see myself creating quite a rat's nest of tangled threads really fast. :-) I think it's great you're carrying on an art form that isn't probably in as much demand as it once was. Beautiful stuff!
Thank you so much! Like anything else, I truly believe anyone can learn how to do bobbin lace (stitching, knitting, fill-in-the-blank with whatever you want) as long as you want to learn, have the right tools (which could be a teacher or the right videos, etc.), and take pleasure from creating it. I'm going to talk about this more in my next video since a number of folks commented on it.
That was the first time I've seen bobbin lace. I hope you have the opportunity and enthusiasm to share some more of you filming as you lace. It would be mesmerising. :-)
I definitely plan to share more lace in the future - love that there has been interest in it. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Totally awesome work... again, agog and amazed! The retreat you attended at the Nordic Needle sounded amazing! You are highly adept at all you do!
Many, many thanks, dear Vonna!
Arlene an absolutely wonderful top notch presentation of everything. It's all first quality gorgeous work. I've always loved lace even wore a variety of collars back in the day. I learned Hardanger and Brazilian Saudi and loved it. Think I still have a piece or two. Needlepoint is anew name to me for the embroidery technique you showed. I used that with floss and wool. If you remember I told you about watching Belgium lace beeping made there. Not trying to take anything away from you. Just want to say, been there done that, and I want people to understand how fantastic your work and your knowledge of everything you talk about. A joy to listen to, anxious to see more. I am new to floss tube as well and I also kind of go through a little shpeal in my mind as I'm pulling things out. Soooo happy your doing videos. Hugs Lana .
Thank you so much for your kind words! I've really enjoyed making these videos and sharing with folks. There'll be more coming!
Thank you Arlene everything you covered was fascinating! I love all of the lace pieces you have framed they are gorgeous! I have done Brazilian before and thread painting, but that was my first introduction to seeing how bobbin lace is actually done. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much! So glad you appreciated seeing the variety and I am SO glad to know others who have tried different things in the needlework world!
Wow wow wow!!! Love your videos. That bobbin lace making looks like magic. On to your next video!
Thanks so much! I so appreciate the kind words - happy stitching!
Hi Arlene, another great video. I really enjoyed your sharing about Nordic Needle. I live in Japan, and had been subscribed to Nordic Needle and got their catalogues for the longest time. I did not remember why it was, but as you said, they had an online very early and I must have discovered I could buy cross stitch supplies from overseas online! I even have a hardanger book and a several kits, which I am finally going to make, having learned from Stitching With a Smile.
I also enjoyed your Kumihimo. Nordic needle also has Temari books. It is very interesting how classic Japanese craft is being enjoyed by people all over the world and some are even cross stitchers!
Bobbin lace is something I had always wanted to know about. I wear lace from time to time and just enjoy having them around me. So please keep sharing. I will look forward to more videos. Take care!
Thank you so much! It is very cool to know that someone in Japan was watching me! I have actually done some Temari as well and will need to share them on a future video. There are some Japanese lacemakers that are doing some exquisite things - although the tradition of lacemaking in Japan is not very long (i.e. not for centuries like in Europe) the modern day lacemakers are just stunning. I'll talk more about this in my next video.
Holy moly. That looks incredible .
Thanks so much!
You are so amazing! I loved you showed your lace-making project. How many years have you worked with your bobbin lace making?
I loved your Hardanger as well and and I did just a smattering of that. It's like we have been in many of the same places of interest but you have spent a lot more time in each of those areas and your work is just beyond words. Thank you so much for sharing it all! I did Brazilian embroidery back in the 70's or 80's and taught a few classes in my church group. My daughter went to school with a pants suit with the Brazilian embroidered flowers going up the leg of the pants and up into the shirt to a pocket like they were floating upwards in a little gust of wind. :) I was actually making practice pieces to show the group at the time and figured I would make it into something useful. She came home from school all smiles because her teacher just had to take her to the front of the class to show her off! Yikes! I didn't even think that would happen but it worked into something they were studying and my daughter must have been pleased because she was all smiles. It was a trendy thing for awhile. I'm so glad to see others enjoying it today! What a trip for me down memory lane and seeing what you've done with it all makes me want to do something that will make me rotate through those fun studies and see if I can brush them off and add to them in the future. The butterfly wings are wonderful too. Wow! I see you have a number of videos so I'm going to be so happy to see what's next while I'm knitting away on socks and waiting for my floss kit to arrive for my first HAED. Thank you so much for sharing with us Arlene. It's been a great day!
Well done. I have watched bobbin lace videos (just a few) and you have demo'd this so well. I have a clearer idea of what is going on with the bobbins. Looking forward to you next video!
Thanks so much! I tried to keep it brief, not knowing how much folks would be interested, but there are tons of bobbin lace videos to be found online for anyone who wants to learn more. Happy stitching!
Such beautiful work. Thank you for taking the time to show so many of the different types of needlework you have done. I had never seen the Needle-painting before, although I had heard of it. Seeing the different examples of lace, and watching the process was fascinating.
Very interesting intro to bobbin lace. I was fascinated
Thank you!
So many interesting projects! I will definitely check out the needle painting - thanks for telling us about it. :)
You're most welcome! Love sharing the variety that I've experienced and tried out over the years!
I really enjoyed learning about bobbin Lace; thank you for sharing. Once upon a time, I also attended a couple of Nordic Needle retreats. 2005 and 2007 I think. Enjoyed taking their Hardanger classes.
Thanks so much for your comment! Did you travel for for the Nordic Needle retreat? I went from NJ, but there were women from all over the country and from Bermuda, Australia, and New Zealand as well. Pretty amazing!
Hi Arlene. I live in Minnesota, so it was just a four hour drive for me. But yes, Stitchers come from all over to attend their retreat!
Hello Arlene, thank you for the shout out. I have never heard of bobbin lace or some of the other things you learned at the retreat. very informative. showing the bobbin lace made me understand what it is. you are so talented. Google owns youtube, which is why it's all connected. I have always had Yahoo for my email, so my Gmail account never affected me. I hope you have an awesome weekend
Thank you so much! My weekend felt way too much because not enough stitching was accomplished, but I have to admit, reading such kind and thoughtful comments always makes a rough day so much nicer. Have a good week!
OMGoodness!!!!!!! Arlene, thank you so much for demonstrating the bobbin lace. I now regret giving up on it 20 years or so ago and selling my supplies. I had some absolutely beautiful handmade, hand-painted bobbins from England. I even have a knew kitten, about 8 months old named Bobbin. I also have a needle painting book by Trish Burr that I dearly love but have been afraid to try. I am inspired by you to get some nice cotton fabric and give one of the Victorian pansies a try. May I ask you where the lace conference that you attend is held? I think I am becoming obsessed with trying bobbin lace again. I am so thrilled you have joined Floss Tube. I adore needlework of all kinds and you are an amazing inspiration. Please come back soon. I could watch you and listen to your knowledge for hours. Take care......Crystal
Thank you so much! It is so wonderful to have found some folks who have enjoyed my bobbin lace part of the video and even some like you who have given it a try. Where do you live? If you are in the US, there lace groups in various places who could probably help you connect up with a teacher. If you are feeling really adventurous, IOLI (International Organization of Lace Inc), which is the North American lace organization, has its week long Convention this summer in the Philadelphia area (different place every summer). There is a one day beginner class. www.internationalorganizationoflace.org If you are outside of the US, there are similar organizations in other countries. I'll talk more about where to find lace resources on my next video, since a few folks have commented/asked about it. Happy stitching!
I am in West Virginia. I took a class locally at Prickett's Fort 20 years ago, but do not think they still have classes. Thank you for the information. Philadelphia is about 5 hours from me. I will be having a hip replacement on May 31st, so my summer will be spent recuperating and rehabbing this year. Maybe next year if it is not too far away.
In the IOLI directory, I found a couple of names of women who are listed as teachers in West Virginia, one in Scott Depot and one in Fairmont. I know it is a big state, but, depending on how interested you are in pursuing this, I'm wondering about if you wish to be in touch to see about starting up bobbin lace again. Do you know how to send messages privately on UA-cam? (I don't, but someone once did message me). If you can message me, I can get contact information to you.
So very interesting...thank you for taking the time to share. I feel like I just attended a needlework smorgasbord!!!! Loved it and your work is so pretty.
A needlework smorgasbord - I like that term! I may need to use it in my next video! Thank you so much for your comment - happy stitching!
i love your videos. your so sweet in sharing your pretties. take care and keep on stitching........ cuz YOU COUNT!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so very much!
Loved this video as much as your previous ones. Thanks for sharing your many needlework experiences and talent. I'm still wary of trying Hardanger, but you made it sound much less intimidating.
I was also so wary of it initially. I think the trick is to start with a small piece, to make sure you are only doing a little bit of stitching (i.e. time investment) before you get to the cutting part. It will give you confidence that you can go larger. Plenty of tutorial out there on how to do it. And, as I said, there are ways to fix cutting mistakes! Thanks so much for your comment!
I started trying to do sashiko recently and had already learned kumihimo a few years ago - from online tutorials, but Hardanger is still on my list. For the sashiko, I bought a book by Susan Briscoe and have watched her and others on videos. You'd think that it would be super simple to do straight running stitches, but it's taking practice. Some people are naturals at needlework, but I need to practice a lot to get the hang of everything. It's fun learning though. Your videos give glimpses into needlework techniques that I have never known someone who does them. It's so interesting listening to you explain your work:-)
My goodness! You have enough needlework varieties going, girl! Fascinating to actually see bobbin lace being worked. I had a class in Brazilian embroidery & like you, I hated that slippery thread although the finished work was awesome. Keep up the videos, very enjoyable to watch.
Thank you so much! I love being able to introduce so many people to the bobbin lace world and I'm glad to read in these comments that enough folks stuck around to the end of my video to watch that part and were interested :-). Definitely more videos will be coming!
Your work is just stunning!!! I cant remember who shouted you out but love the variety and expertise that you share. Mind blown. Your experience in the variety of needle arts is just amazing. Thank you so much for sharing, I look forward to more of your videos. I've been binge watching and can't remember if it was this one or the previous one where you designed the patterns with blackwork and hardanger with pulled thread, loved those! I look forward to more of your videos! Have a marvelous day!
I have watched several bobbing lace on UA-cam. Usually they are only a few minutes long. You watch their hands move very quickly. I think it's a craft that needs hands on teaching. Would love to learn someday. One done stitching wing a smile tutorial on hardanger. She is starting a stitch along on a hardanger project referred as Hal.
Yes, to some degree, about learning bobbin lace with a teacher, although with the right UA-cam videos and the right mindset, anything is possible. It is possible to find lace group near you and from there, find someone who is teaching newbies. I'm going to mention this in my next video, since enough folks have commented as you have.
Wow!! I just found your Floss Tube channel and have watched your first three videos and I am totally amazed at your needlework expertise in so many areas. Your bobbin lace demonstration was fascinating. I can't wait to see all of your videos. Thank you for taking that first step in making these videos. I'm sure it is a little scary taking that first step, but you are a natural at it and have a talent at explaining things. I 'm off to see your fourth video, and I have subscribed!
Beautiful, thank you for showing the lace-making technique. So interesting!!! love your channel :)
Mind blown!!! Again...no words, totally speechless!! Thank you so very much for sharing your incredible talents with us!!
Thank you so much!
Love all your projects and you are so nice to listen to. Glad I found your channel! Oh BTW, if you are ever interested in stitching a much larger version of the girl with the piano, there is an etsy shop Diane70 that carries. The pattern is very close to the original artwork. Keep showing your cross stitch that you have done! Would love to see your stash of patterns and your stitchy set up. Have a good week!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I don't know if I'll ever retackle the two girls at the piano, but it is good to know that there are better versions out there. Maybe in a future video I'll show more of my studio/working space. Happy stitching!
New viewer and subscriber. Your work is just stunning, very talented.
Thank you so much! I've been watching you and have become a big fan of you and Pepe (and have loved the FB Maynia threads from yesterday). I just saw something online this morning, not stitch related, a news-type thing, mention of a skeleton, and I have to admit, I thought, "I wonder if McKenna knows about this?" :-) That's what's been happening to me because of Flosstube - I'm making new friends and they don't even know it. Happy stitching!
love your videos! my girlfriend and i just started talking about needle painting! and actually both bought that book...now for us to take the leap and START.. i learn so much from your channel and love all the different types of needlework.. I also have bobbin lace/tatting on my "want to learn list".. thanks again for the videos.. keep them coming..
Thank you so much for your kind words! I will indeed keep the videos coming! And as for needlepainting, you just have to take the leap. Really, a few colors of DMC floss, some white fabric from the fabric store, and that book - a couple hours of time and you could create a small motif like the one I showed. Totally doable!
Very interesting video about things i've never heard of! I think the small "two girls" piece reminds me of museum art--the real piece is always smaller in real life than you think, right!!
Thanks so much! Although, the real painting in the museum, which I've seen in New York, is fairly decent sized. Not like the stories I've heard about seeing the Mona Lisa or Vermeers or others. :-) Happy stitching!
Oh my goodness, you are super talented. LOVE your videos, always learning something new. I have bought the disk for the Japanese braiding but have not done any as of yet. Hope to see you soon!
Thank you so much for the tour inside your world of threadworks.....I'm in awe! Makes the simple cross stitch seem so mundane, lol. Amazing work! I think thread painting is something g a could get on board with someday. My grandma taught me tatting when I was young, have you tried that?
Yes to tatting! It's on my list to talk about and show in a video at some point. "Simple cross stitch" as you put it, has so many wonderful variations and ways of expression - it is nothing I would call mundane! And Flosstube and various facebook groups have certainly allowed me to see that. My attitude is that you have to do what you enjoy - that's all. And some years back, I just started discovering all kinds of things with needle and thread and realized I wanted to try all different types. Thanks so much for your comment!
Arlene, you're awesome! After you mentioned bobbin lace in your last video I went down the youtube rabbit hole watching videos about how to do it, then I filled a cart on nordic needle with supplies to get started. haha, you're a terrible enabler!!
The Nordic Needle retreat sounds quite like Beating Around the Bush retreat we have here in Australia. I'll keep my eyes open for it. Thanks for the heads up :)
Thank you so much! I've read about the Beating Around the Bush event down there and let's just say - if I ever win the lottery, I'm there! There are so many talented needlework teachers and designers in your country. Thank for watching my video and leaving a comment. Happy stitching!
You are amazing!! Just have found your channel. Love love love the bobbin lace demo!!
Arlene, I really loved your bobbin lace--I have never seen anyone actually doing it before and it is fascinating and beautiful! How did you get started learning bobbin lace? Did someone teach you, did you take classes or teach yourself? Thank you for sharing your talents with us!
Thank you so much for you comment! I started bobbin lace with a teacher, who was someone I saw demonstrating bobbin lace at a fair and it turns out, she offered lessons. Then, after I moved away from her away, a good number of years were spent as a self-learner, but then I also found some opportunities to take classes. Like anything else, when you find something you are passionate about, you find ways to learn more and more. I so appreciate the welcoming community to share all my passions - thank you for being interested!
Wow you are so talented!
You are so kind - thank you!
I am awestruck!
I wish I lived near you this is very interesting
Thanks!
Very interesting! Thank you. My grandmother did bobbin lace but I think she put it aside for years and years so I didn't see it until I was an adult. Sorry I can't help with the name thing. I had my son help set it up and my Flosstube name is the same as my blog. I have multiple online personas. I have some linked together but not in a way that mixes public and personal.
Thank you so much for your comments! Yes, I often hear the "my older-generation-female-relative" did bobbin lace and so there are plenty in the lace community hoping to make sure it does not die out. Just like in stitching world. And, I have to say, Flosstube gives high hope that stitching of all kind is most certainly NOT a dying art.
Is there anything stitching related that you cannot do? Your videos are fascinating to me and I so enjoy them. Hardanger is something I have wanted to try but
although the lace is gorgeous I just envision a huge mess of tangled bobbins in front of me! Looking forward to your next video.
:-) I'm always on the lookout for new techniques to try, so yes, there are a few on the list that I haven't gotten to yet. But, my philosophy is everyone should do what they like! If you want to try Hardanger, go for it! But, start small - a little project. There is a Flosstuber doing an excellent stitch-a-long with great helpful video tutorials to walk newbies through the process using a freebie pattern. Give it a try this way! Thanks for you comment and happy stitching!
I have a gmail account which is JUST for my UA-cam channel! That way I could keep my UA-cam username separate from my personal gmail xx
A little too late, I've realized that I should have set up my youtube life to be this way. Ah, well.
Arlene, what are you doing with your screen behind you. I understand it may be turned around with inserted photos on the other side. But how about some decoupage flowers or pictures of your lace pasted on each frame. Would be a colorful background.
Love the necklace cords. I've tried them on smaller level but never thought about a number five thread. Thanks
welcome back🙄
enjoyed your all your hobbies.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for showing the lace bobbin, very interesting! About the thread on your hardanger discolouring, i happened to read something about that. It's most likely just exposure to air as far as i can figure out? Also if you haven't yet discovered her i'd recommend checking out goldfishie25 on flosstube, you might like her projects! Happy stitching :)
Thanks so much for your thoughts on the thread discolouring and the recommendation of a flosstuber - always appreciate hearing about new folks that I haven't "met" yet. So appreciate you leaving a comment - happy stitching!
I bet you a super fast lace maker...
I know what you mean with the UA-cam names I've now got two set up against the same gmail address but haven't managed to move anything over! Not that I "do" videos, only comment!
Yea, seems like you need multiple lives to be online :-)