On Mar 23, 2005, at 12:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julie) wrote:
The pins are missing! There are no pins in the ground! How do I
tension
without pins to pull against?
Tamara wrote:
The pins are missing in the ground of both Mechlin and Valenciennes
(and I've heard of some Bucks
According to the New York Times, The Brooklyn Museum has received a 4
million dollar grant to catalogue and photograph its rich collection of
American
and European costumes and accessories, most of which have been out of public
view for more than a decade...
For the first time a detailed
Just a quick note to let anyone interested know,
our group, Silken Web Lacemakers, have three
work shops planned for this year.
Julie van der Wolf is teaching s'Gravenmoer
April 18, 19, 20.
Michael Giusiana is teaching Flanders and Binche,
July 7, 8, 9.
Holly Van Sciver is teaching Bucks Point
I don't make perfect lace, far from it, but I do thank Michael Giusiana also
for the maxim, Every time you pick up your bobbins and work something,
tension before laying them back down.
Looking foward to Denver and meeting arachne members!
best
ann geddie
Lake Norman area in North Carolina USA
Dear JoAnne (and other arachnids)-
We don't know yet which classes are full. We are still receiving registrations,
putting in people's first, second and third choices, and later on we will see
what has to be mooshed around. I can tell you that some classes will definitely
fill, though, so we will
I've never tried Mechlin, but Skansk is another lace with pins only at the
edges. What I did through the ground was work to an edge and use that pin to
maintain the worker's position while carefully tensioning each ground stitch
along its path. Even in Bucks, they traditionally didn't put
Julie,
I took Ulrike Voelker's (nee Loehr) (NOTE: The new name has NO UMLAUT,
YAY!) class in Ithaca and love Mechlin. I haven't done tons of it, but I
think I got the ground pretty well under my belt.
As usual, Tamara's Patented Thinking Woman's Lace Methods are right on
track. On the
Hi all you knowledgeable Arachnids,
A friend at Shrewsbury Lacemakers wants to make a lovely fan from Lace
Express. It's made from Arianne thread which is apparently cotton thread and
is 32/2. She can't find a supplier who stocks it except for someone in Canada
who only has white and ecru and she
Am just catching up on backlog of digests and wanted to tell y'all that I
have made 2 _Round_ block pillows.
It is easy to just construct a round cookie type pillow of the 2 Dow
insulation board and then cut it into as many pieces as you want. I cut it
so that some of the edge pieces are half
Hi,
Ariane is a thread sell by Deliever in Belgium. It's cotton thread for
me very nice.
I am not sure but I ear that it's their mark.
Rolande De Liever
10 Rue Saint Georges
B-5380 Hemptinne Fernelmont
Belgium
Tel/Fax : +32 (0)81 855 579
Bye now
Dentellez bien
Sof from France
Libby Inglis a
In a message dated 3/24/2005 3:45:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED]
writes:
I was in once that although Mechlin was
supposed to have died out early in the 1800's, she found lace pieces in
England that were worked in Mechlin ground up til almost 1900. It was a
small lace
Back to the IOLI convention thread for a moment - I just came up with an idea...
The middle day is an equalizer to some extent, but not all vigorous people
will want to go on a tour - it costs a lot!
How about having a separate one-day class on Wednesday, in addition to the
trips? This way
At 04:14 PM 3/24/2005, you wrote:
How about having a separate one-day class on Wednesday, in addition to the
trips?
Can be done. Has been done. Might be done again in the future.
Each host group sets the class profile for their conference. Probably the
only required events are classes and the
On Mar 24, 2005, at 19:14, Weronika Patena wrote:
The middle day is an equalizer to some extent, but not all vigorous
people
will want to go on a tour - it costs a lot!
Join us in the lobby in the morning... :) We'll make lace (to catch up
on classes), yammer (to catch up on friendships), shop
On Mar 24, 2005, at 15:38, Laurie Hughes wrote:
I took Ulrike Voelker's (nee Loehr) (NOTE: The new name has NO UMLAUT,
YAY!)
To date, I've seen about 5 different spellings of the new name; can't
wait to see her (in Denver) and ask what the correct one is and how
it's pronounced g It's like
Alice Howell wrote:
Each host group sets the class profile for their conference. --snip--
Yes, but with the concurrence of the Convention Oversight Committee - remember
the new bylaw...
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia
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You asked if our tax free day was later because of medical insurance? Well
it's not. In British Columbia we pay $96 a month for basic gov't health
insurance. This by no means covers everything..which you soon find out if
you are hospitalised :( For the extras you have to buy additional private
This is completey tasteless and non-PC, but it made me giggle this morning.
Our local radio presenter said that somewhere in the US a town is being
built only for deaf people, and that several people from the UK have signed
up to live there. He didn't know what the town's name was to be, but
Hi tatters,
I've finally managed to get all of the models
re-tatted and held on to them long enough to get
their family photo taken. grin Boy, the stuff
sure doesn't last long around here, I have to hide
it as soon as it's done or it gets given away. I
wanted to get a couple of pages of
On Mar 24, 2005, at 15:29, Jean Nathan wrote:
Our local radio presenter said that somewhere in the US
South Dakota
a town is being built
Isn't, yet; they're hoping to break ground in autumn. At the moment,
they're still at the design stage.
only for deaf people,
Not necessarily, but the first
Spiders,
I know that people have mentioned the IOLI and Lace Guild conventions but are
any of you intending to go to the Lacemakers Circle AGM in May, it's going to
be just outside of Kings Lynn?
I'd love to know which of the spiders I'm going to get the chance to meet up
with.
Regards
Liz
Given the source, I'm certain the quote is exact. Being the only exact
thing about the whole :)
From: P.B.
I'm glad we have this clear, now.
You may have seen this already but it's such a classic example of our
Leader's exquisite grasp of issues and articulation that I couldn't
resist passing
Got this one from my favourite Republican (one of the only two I know
who has a sense of humour g), and it's an excellent *joke*. Bu I'm
forwarding it as I got it; with the bad spelling (traveling???) and
the bad grammar (the Clinton's???), because it proves the old Polish
adage: from the head
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