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posted by [identity profile] 1ngi.livejournal.com at 11:29am on 11/07/2007
Another lace maker might be interested in completing it and do you a whole swap of pillow and bobbins - but I'm not sure where they hang out. I would have suggested me mum but she has decided to give up lace making in favour of embroidery becuase it is more portable. Think she flogged it all on ebay - including a half finished project.
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 11:45am on 11/07/2007
I'm a bit sentimental about my bobbins, a lot of them were my dad's. My pillow was his gift to me in Xmas 1978 (my initials and the date are still spelt out in the corner, with pins).

Yes, I could have a jolly good splurge on eBay for more bobbins, but it would behove me to restrict myself to smaller projects till I come back to Cambridge, I think.

Something I would like to do is write/use a program to make lace. I don't know if such a thing exists. I imagine one could import a line drawing to start, "prick" the pinholes (a set of coordinates), then apply different stitches along parts of the design to see how it would turn out in lace. It would be jolly interesting, systematising the craft, but I haven't the faintest idea how to go about it :-)
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posted by [identity profile] 1ngi.livejournal.com at 12:52pm on 11/07/2007
"I haven't the faintest idea how do go about it"

Oh Rahly! ROFLMAO.

I bet you have one or two more clues than *I* do. You totally gorgeous geek. Systemising lace making, honestly, call yourself a girl? ;P
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 01:29pm on 11/07/2007
Yah, rly! It would have coordinates, probably - and, I dunno. My main programming experience has involved inputting a short string of numbers and generating a large text file of numbers; I've not written anything which draws stuff to screen, or senses mouse clicks. Also, technology (programming language and processing) has come a long way since 199, um, 5 and C with no +s or #s or anything after it.

Given my feeble protestations above, I could go a long way very fast if I had someone to bounce ideas off, and suggest pros and cons of different approaches. The approach I have most ingrained is not a good one for this problem. And I don't know about graphics.

Geeks with copious spare time/a few hours to point and laugh, apply within...
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 01:32pm on 11/07/2007
Um, or I could just Google for "lace software" and find a comparison site...
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