Flat pillows with removable blocks can be made from builders insulation boards available from a local hardware store.  But the best foam is a “closed cell polethylene foam” like Ethafoam. If you have an extruded polystyrene foam board Continue reading →

From Marisha, a one bowl lemon cake with sparkly icing:

ONE BOWL LEMON CAKE

Hi everyone,

So Liz kindly sent me an email suggesting I put together all my information into one email so that we would all be clear, and anyone wanting to contribute has the information.

Sorry it’s taken so long, work Continue reading →

Video of using the Langendorf battery operated bobbin winder
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Devon lace pilgrimage

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The six pieces of Christie’s Dutch linens:

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Dutch5

Dutch6

There are two errors in the pricking for “Gertrude” in the book “12 Danish Hearts in Torchon”.

First error:   Just where the working diagram fades out, a edge pinhole for a spider feature is in the wrong place. Continue reading →

Thanks to Gumnut Pat for this pricking:

Waves 3-8 L4 Xmas Trees

An old European Christmas legend tells of a poor woman unable to provide traditional decorations for the special holy day. A spider who had narrowly escaped the dust mop made his home in her tree and began to spin beautiful Continue reading →