[lace] Brenda's site, and Dorte

2005-05-23 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thanks, Brenda - that works OK, now!! Dorte - Many congratulations. I know just how you are feeling at the moment!! It feels Good, doesn't it?! - And it will get better, and even better as the years go by! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] Carrickmacross lace

2005-05-19 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
We had the pleasure of meeing Mary Shields here in Melbourne just over a year ago. She was visiting a daughter who lives here, I think, and a special day was organized for her to meet some lacemakers. As you say, she is a delightful person, and she ended up giving us an impromptu lesson. She

[lace-chat] Important information to consider

2005-05-19 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads. So, I'm not fat; I'm just really intelligent and my head couldn't hold anymore, so it started filling up the rest of me! I must be a very clever person, too!! :)) (I love that one, Tamara!!!) Regards

[lace] Tatted mats

2005-05-17 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have just looked at this item on Ebay, and it came up, still, with the Tatting explanation. As I scrolled down the digest, I see it has , supposedly, been corrected. Well, at 2.04pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, it had not! (It is now 2.05 pm A.e.s.t.) Still, it is nice to know the

[lace-chat] School dinners.

2005-05-09 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you all for your replies. I found it interesting to read your comments. We were amazed (appalled!) at the attitude of some parents, and some school cooks towards the food they were serving. I am so glad things are improving. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, - who has just had a beaut

[lace] The Lace Fairy's fall

2005-05-08 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Very sorry to hear of the Lace Fairy's fall. Obviously not a very Fairy-like tumble! A shattered elbow is a very nasty injury, and can be difficult to heal - and Very difficult while healing, I would imagine. That will spoil moving into a new home, and make life very difficult for her for

[lace] The Fence

2005-05-08 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
What a marvellous fence! How clever! Wish mine looked that good!!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2005 #65

2005-05-07 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
We have been watching the Jamie Oliver TV series on the School dinners, and his effort to get decent food into the schools. Do the kids have to pay for these dinners, and if so, how much? I have a feeling they are free, but not sure. It has been a real eye-opener, to see what the kids have been

[lace] Filet lace

2005-05-06 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Some advice, please! When working filet lace, do you always use an embroidery frame to hold the net? Can you work it without the frame , but just holding the net in the hand? If using a frame, - How tight should the net be? I do quilting, and have my work very loose in the frame. I do

[lace] Jean's Lace pictures.

2005-05-03 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Love the Rosalibra lace, Jean. However, the German lace is identical to a piece shown with pricking and instructions in The Techniques of Bobbin Lace, by Pam Nottingham. Those with the original copy of the book - it is on page 85. The new version of the book has extra patterns in it , so I

[lace] Denver trip from UK

2005-05-01 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Definately come, Liz! :) TheWednesday outings would accomodate husband and son. I am taking my DH on the Wed. Trip. Also he will come to the Banquet on the Fri. night. We are hoping he will be taken out on the Thursday evening by a contact who lives in Denver - gives me an evening to

[lace] Suitcases and travel

2005-04-29 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you all for your help and advice . We have taken note of your thoughts, and suggestions. Last time we travelled to the US we came home about 3 weeks before 9/11, so there were none of these hassles! Having our cases unlocked is a worry, after some of the things that have happened here in

[lace] Bobbins, and other things.

2005-04-28 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have a bobbin that says A Creative Mess is better than tidy Idleness!! I just Had to have that one!! (I must be Very creative!!! :)) ) A lot of you travel around and fly hither and thither. Have any of you used the system of wrapping your cases in Cling Film that is now on

[lace] Overlapping ends of lace

2005-04-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Please could someone tell me the name and author of the Flanders book you have been mentioning during this thread, regarding the overlapping method of finishing lace. Tahnk you to all of those who replied top me query about Finca Threads. I have passed your opinions on to my friend, and she

[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2005 #60

2005-04-21 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Congratulations, 'Grandma' Debbie in Florida. You have a wonderful new world opening up for you. Enjoy it to the fullest. I can recommend being a Grandma - Trouble is, I have to live with a 'Grandpa', and that makes me feel Old!! :)) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Finca threads

2005-04-18 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have just been talking to a lacemaking friend, who has had a bad go with a reel of Finka - #60 I think. It has put her off ever using it again, but I suspect she may have a bad reel, as I have not had any problems. I wonder if anyone else has had this problem :- One of the plys keeps

[lace-chat] Yellowstone Nat. park

2005-04-18 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Last night we watched a fictitious programme on Yellowstone Nat. Park, and the underground volcano that blew up, and devastated most of USA. Scarey stuff!! I hope it Was only fiction!! It has certainly put us off going to the Park!! I was about to say we will stay in safe Denver, - but

[lace] Bookseller

2005-04-16 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Please can anyone who regularly goes to the IOLI conferences tell me if Lacis books usually go there? I have written to ask them but have not had a reply - just a machine message saying my message was received. There are a couple of interesting- looking books on their list, but I would like to

[lace] Travel restrictions

2005-04-14 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Knitting needles are still a 'No-No' on Australian aircraft. Scissors of any sort, nail cutters, nailfiles, crochet hooks, and knives of any sort are all banned as well. I will have my tatting shuttle with a pick end with me. The sort with a tiny hook on the end are banned. However, coming

[lace] ?Fortune Telling?

2005-04-10 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Last weekend, I was away, at a country town, and sat making lace - and a man came up and asked me if I was fortune telling using the funny beads method? I think he was ready to ask for his fortune to be told. He looked very perplexed when I said I was Lace making.!!! Oh, don't you read

[lace] IOLI

2005-04-06 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Dears... it's not the lacers that are old, it's the lace. You know: old lace. -- Aurelia So glad you pointed that out, Aurelia!!! I know I *am* one (an Old lacer!) but...!! Whatever it is called - I love being a part of it.A Rose, by any other name etc! Regards from

[lace-chat] Demonstrating Points

2005-04-02 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Please could someone explain this 'Demonstrating Points' system to me. I have not heard of it before, but as a member of IOLI I could contribute a small amout - if they can be clocked up in Australia!! What is required, who do I send to etc, please. I do a 2 day demo every year in October,

[lace] Lace Books, Square bobbins.

2005-03-30 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
that one day's mistake might turn out to be another day's revelation... :) This is SO true. I bought the Tebbs book, some 20+ years ago, I've never made lace from it - so far! However, now I look at the patterns from the NL point of view, and there are some great ideas there, so maybe it was

[lace] IOLI convention

2005-03-28 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Well, Pene - We will have dinner with you! Love to. It will be SO nice to meet you in person! Regards from Liz in Melbourne - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Lobby Meeting

2005-03-26 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
DH and I are booked on the ½ day tour, but after that I will be happy to join you all in the lobby. Sounds like fun!!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

[lace-chat] Credit Cards.

2005-03-25 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have a Debit Card with my bank. It works exactly like a credit card - but runs off a savings account, so it is more like writing a cheque (the sort the Bank honours [usually!])( we spell check/cheque differently - the English way!) The best part of having a debit card is that the bank pays

[lace] Travel with medicines

2005-03-19 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Jean, When we travel, we always get our Dr. to write a note naming the prescription drugs we are carrying with us. So far we have not been asked about them. As to your knee. You should have a medical card with the Knee replacement marked on it, to show whenever you are screened. Ask you Dr

[lace] IOLI

2005-03-16 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Liz... Once you've made the list, simply e-mail it to Helen; that way you won't forget it :) Brilliant!!! I would never have thought of that Many thanks!!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] Multi-tasking

2005-03-14 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Steph's footnote saysIs reading in the bathroom considered Multi-Tasking? I Love this :)) It has brightened my day!! You get some very good sayings, Steph, and I enjoy reading them. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] IOLI conference

2005-03-14 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I will be there, too. ( I better be - I am teaching NL!!!) It will be my first time, too, and I am beginning (??Beginning??!!) to get excited about it. One of the best parts will be to meet all the Arachne folks I have been writing to over the past couple of years. Meeting you all will be So

[lace] Hair Weaving

2005-03-04 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
There was a hair woven piece , framed, at the 4 Mile House ( an old StageCoach house) in Denver. (I think it is called that!) Helen may be able to tell you more. It was the first (and only) time I have seen anything like this. Regards from Liz Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Antje's web site

2005-02-27 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Well done, Antje. A very nice website. Sorry I can only read English!! I would like to know your recipe for the starch you use on your lace. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace] Hello from a newbie

2005-02-27 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have answered with a couple of Australian suppliers, - off list. The others have given good advice re pillows and bobbins. Welcome, and I hope you get started soon, and get as addicted as the rest of us!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] Canberra show

2005-02-26 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you for your congratulations. It is the first time I have entered the Canberra show, and am very surprised at the result! The Buttfly mat, and the Reticella square, are on the arachne webshots site, but not the 3 beds mats. They were from barbara Underwood patterns - One is in her book

[lace-chat] How to deal with Stress

2005-02-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live. I really like this positive thinking, one!! It makes them less depressing, when they come around, (and mine is only a couple of months away!!) Glad to see you are more cheerful, Tamara. That is such good news about your

[lace] Arachne Webshots

2005-02-20 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
When I click on the Arachne Webshots, as in my Favourites, I can only get a few people's albums. When I went to the url given by Carolina to get to Rhianna's photos, (many thanks for that, I could not get them any other way, either!) I see there is a long list of albums by Arachne lacemakers.

[lace-chat] Buckinghamshire

2005-02-20 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thanks for putting up the Bucks site. I spent much of my childhood in Bletchley, and I remember that during the war, Auntie Uncle , who lived opposite, had a boarder lodged with them , who worked at Bletchley Park. They Never knew quite what he did there, but he was a wizard with mending

[lace] Gros Point

2005-02-17 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you all for your kind comments on my piece of Gros Point needlelace. I must now dream up something special for 7 in 2007!! I really enjoy working Gros Point and the embellishments, where one's imagination can really blossom!! I just have to restrain myself a bit, as I tend to over embellish

[lace] Gros Point Flower

2005-02-15 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Isn't it great that we all like different things,? I think the world would be SO boring if we all liked the same!! I so admire your Rosalibre, Tamara, but don't think I would/could ever do it - like Milanese, and Honiton - not my thing at all - NL is easier!!! (for me, anyway!) These

[lace] Gros Point Flower.

2005-02-14 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Judith Markham has just put a photo of a piece of my Needlelace Gros Point on her website. You may find it via the front page of the site by clicking on the notice on the right hand side of the page at... http://laceresources.com.au or you can go directly to the image at...

[lace] Wire Lace

2005-02-12 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Jen, from Melbourne, is doing a Reticella NL pattern of mine in very fine copper wire! How is it going, Jen? She has a huge roll of this very fine wire, and is doing a 2½ inch square design. Awesome! When I saw it a Lace Day in January, she had completed one pyramid in buttonhole stitch. It

[lace] Modern Art

2005-02-10 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
No, Jean, you are Not Strange at all!! I disgraced myself in the National Gallery in Canberra a couple of years ago! When we walked in and wandered around - it was all dreadful Modern Art (and I Do meand dreadful). Blue Poles is the best of it!! (Enough said!!) So, I, in my usual Loud voice,

[lace] Spider Bookmark

2005-02-05 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I LOve this. Thanks for posting the pattern. I think I could just about make that. (I am not the greatest tatter in the world, [and do not do much tatting,] and can only work at a fairly elementary level - though I try harder things - when I know I shouldn't!!!) However, - I don't have picot

[lace] re Thread

2005-02-03 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Lynn, you say I am so proud, but I don't want to sound full of myself. Good. Be very proud of yourself - and Flaunt it!! If you are pleased with the lace you do, then show it off! None of Us will accuse you of being full of yourself. We all feel the same, but some are too shy to admit

[lace] Re: IOLI Bulletin

2005-01-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Hi, Pene, My IOLI Bulletin was waiting for me when I got back from holidays. The mail was held at the P.O.Sorting Office for the 4 weeks we were away, so I don't know exactly when it arrived, but it was with all the post that was delivered on Jan 11th. Hope yours arrives Very soon . Hope you

[lace] Terminology

2005-01-23 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
When I started Lacemaking, I was taught Whole Stitch - Cross, Twist, Cross, Half Stitch - Cross, Twist, and Double Half-stitch - Cross, Twist, Cross, Twist. It all gets confusing, I agree. I suggest you use whichever terminology you are used to, but put a list in the front of the book, as to

[lace] mezza mandolina

2005-01-20 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
June, Is this the same a Filet lace? I am soon going to start learning filet lace. I can buy kits from South Australia, and there is a whole chapter on it in the DMC Encyclopaedia of Needlework (T. de Wilmot), and I plan to have a go at it in the very near future. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz,

[lace] wearing lace

2005-01-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Joan, I, very occasionally, wear a lace trimmed handkie in a jacket hip pocket - but I always safety-pin it in! I would hate to lose it either by accident or theft. I must say they look great spilling from a pocket, and it is a great way to show off some lace. Just beware of losing it! from

[lace] Re- wearing Lace.

2005-01-10 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Well, here I am, back from holidays, so a belated Happy New Year to you all. I have seriously missed my daily Fix of the Lace List!! I have been wearing my Arachne 2003 t-shirt, so I really Have been thinking of you all!! I try to wear lace whenever possible - and always to Lace Days,

[lace] The Channer Mat

2004-12-13 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Michelle, If you will be in Melbourne on Jan 22nd for Lace Day - Make sure you have the finished Mat to bring and show us all!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #405

2004-12-13 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I am now going to Unsubscribe from the List for a month while I am away on holiday. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best of Seasons Greetings, and a Happy New Year, too. I will catch up with you all mid January. Stay Safe, and Stay Well. from Liz in Melbourne,

[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #216

2004-12-13 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I am now going to Unsubscribe from the List for a month while I am away on holiday. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best of Seasons Greetings, and a Happy New Year, too. I will catch up with you all mid January. Stay Safe, and Stay Well. from Liz in Melbourne,

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #403

2004-12-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Cherish the Past, Adorn the Present, Create for the Future - from the cover of the booklet. What a nice sentiment. As is the Lace Guild's Custodians of the past and Guardians of the future from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Lace Exhibitions

2004-12-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Hear hear, Noelene. I go positively green with envy sometimes!! You folks Up Top (well, we are supposed to be Down Under!!) don't know how lucky you are, to have access to museums which show lace, exhibitions, etc. I managed to get into an exhibition in Canberra last year - just by chance I

[lace] going Torchon to Beds.

2004-12-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Get Barbara Underwood's book Introducing Traditional Bedfordshire Lace in 20 Lessons. If you can do basic torchon, you should be able to move on to Beds lace without any difficulty. The stitches - cloth stitch, half stitch, and the foot stitch (edge stitch) are exactly the same, it is only the

[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #214

2004-12-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you all for a humourous end to the day. I have had a good laugh, and feel SOO Much better! :)) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is hot and humid , and we may get a thunderstorm overnight. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] adding a bead later

2004-12-08 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Mary Shue - the first workshop I ever went to taught me 3 little words that are invaluable - Cheat when Necessary Who will ever know except you?! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] Just finished a UFO

2004-12-06 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Well done Lorelei. It is a pretty piece. I use honiton patterns for NL! I have done the rockinghorse from the Biggins 'New Designs in Honiton', the same size, but in colour, and it is cute! I have the urge to try the Celebrations from the same book, but that will need some enlarging, I

[lace] Coloured threads

2004-12-05 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Brenda, When I click on the site you gave I get You are forbidden access to this site or somesuch! I can get into your site Home page from your signature, and then go to Threads for Lace, but cannot see a section on coloured threads. It gives Updated June 2004, and I have refreshed but get the

[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #212

2004-12-03 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
We are having an early lunch, then a short trip to the Club. I need a 40 shot score for High Noon. Dad had scores (40 60) from Thursday night. We are taking party sausage rolls, not curried eggs, to the party over the road (at Jill's house). It is supposed to be 25 + today, but so far is

[lace] Cattern's Cake

2004-11-29 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I made Lynn's cake too, and it was very good. Thanks Lynn. I made folks laugh at Lace Day, when I took Tina to show a couple of friends - I found that I didn't have a lace bookmark! I was looking for one to use in Tina (No other type could one use, but a Lace one!!) I ended up using a

[lace-chat] Buying flowers

2004-11-26 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Many thanks to you all for your replies. I will answer them all personally, off-list this evening, when I get home from a Lace Day - Xmas party Lace Day! I appreciate you taking the time to advise me. Gratefully, from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, - where it is another hot day - 35 Celcius today.

[lace-chat] Buying flowers

2004-11-25 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Has anyone purchased flowers from Bunches (www.bunches.co.uk ) - an online florist? I want to buy some flowers for my 98 year old aunt in Devon, and wonder if anyone can advise me if Bunches are OK or not. They have a nice, fancy website, but this does not mean anything, does it?! from Liz in

[lace-chat] Clothes sizes.

2004-11-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I bought a t-shirt for DD Helen on Norfolk Island in July - and found that her usual size - medium, was tiny, so had to get her XL.(or was it XXL?) I warned her not to have a fit when she saw the size on the label I think it just fitted her about right, so going by the size label is

[lace] Catterns Cakes

2004-11-19 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thanks for the recipe, Lynne. I might try that for next Saturday - when it is a Bring a Plate Lace Day! It looks like a nice version of the recipe. And Happy Birthday, when it arrives! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace] Beginning Lacemaking

2004-11-19 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Sherry, Welcome to the wonderful, addictive, world of Lacemaking. Ruth and Patty have given you excellent advice. I, too, would have recommended the Rosemary Shepherd book if they had not got in first!! A group of ladies in Darwin - right up in the top end of Oz, used a copy of that book to

[lace-chat] Foods in General

2004-11-17 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I found that most of the foods in the United States were SO sweet - loaded with sugar, - even Allbran, plain cornflakes, - and bread. - Try having a vegemite sandwich on sweet bread Yuk! I have a sweet-tooth but the food, generally, was too sweet for my aste. - well the

[lace] Lace List is Quiet

2004-11-16 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Woody - you have Lots of knowledge to impart. Don't be so modest!!! :)) :)) And there must be others in Tasmania also on the List that we have not heard from. Tell us what is going on in Tasmania. You people are always saying that you are the forgotten folks - well, now is your

[lace] Cooma Kiss

2004-11-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Well done Noelene. Yes it is exciting when they use a pattern for the website, isn't it?! It is a pretty piece, and I am sure there will be lots of people using it. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a glorious day - for a change!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Nice poem

2004-11-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Here is a nice poem I discovered - stuck on a wall at a Community Centre, where I did a 2 day lace demonstration a couple of weekends ago. It is by Anon.!! Many (most) will relate to it - just change Quilt to Lace and ...!!) It takes a bit of space, I am afraid, as I can't get it

[lace] tubing rings

2004-11-10 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Someone gave me a web site where a diagram of the flexible tubing rings (alternative to a green horseshoe) was shown . Unfortunately I have lost it. Could that kind someone please re-send it to me. Many thanks. Sorry for the inconvenience. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To

[lace] CD's

2004-11-09 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Again - thank you all. I have not seen the Multisession option in my Nero Express, but will look for it. What I ended up doing, was copying all the lace photos into a new folder, and then burned them onto a new disc in one session! It worked, and I have been able to play it back. It seems the

[lace] Reading a CD

2004-11-05 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you all for your help. As usual you are all so generous with your knowledge. I will now play around and see if I can get this thing to work!! You have given me some ideas, and pointed out the way to go. Maybe the person who told me, when I purchased the computer, was right - I need to

[lace] Reading a CD

2004-11-03 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have recently invested in a CD Burner, and have put my lace photos on a disk. This morning I added some photos of Old lace - made by past family members, on the same disk, and then added some WWI - Happy Birthday, and Happy Christmas embroidered cards that my Grandfather sent to my Aunt

[lace] Web photos

2004-11-01 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Well, at last I managed to get the scan of my Butterfly Fan flower in Pt. de Gaze NL up on the community web page! I could not get the photo of it up there, but the scan went in - eventually!! I think that I am getting Pop Ups blocked, since I went onto cable broadband, and did not realize

[lace] lace photos

2004-10-31 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have just managed to download 2 photos to my page in the community webshots. For some reason, the 3rd piece (the point de gaze that I finished last night,) would not stick in there, so I will try again tomorrow. However, the 2 pieces I entered in the Colorado State Fair are there. A poor photo

[lace] Pound Symbol

2004-10-29 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
For the pound symbol, try: Hold down the alt. key, and on the number pad on the right of the keyboard (Not the numbers aong the top), press 0163, release the alt key, and £ sigh will pop up where your cursor is!! The Quarter sign is alt,with 0188 (¼) the half is alt with 0189 (½).and the three

[lace] Digital photos

2004-10-27 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I had to send a printed photo of some lace to the RMLG for reproducing in the Tina book. We took the photo with our digital camera, and then went along to the camera store, and got it professionally printed by them, so I could post the prints to Denver ( from Melbourne, Oz), Zapping them

[lace] Postage Stamps

2004-10-26 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Helene, how do you get your Overseas mail posted with a variety of stamps on it? Since the GST came in, there are special stamps (GST free) for Overseas mail, and local, stamps are illegal on overseas mail. Our P.O. won't let you post overseas with anything but the 'Proper International

[lace] Tthread chart P.O.

2004-10-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I had the same problem - being denied access, so I went into Brenda's web site, via the address below her signature, and then found the thread chart that way - from the Home page. Many thanks for the chart. Brenda. I have just skimmed through the Australian Post Office Postal Charges booklet,

[lace] 2 questions

2004-10-20 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Many thanks to all of you who sent me answers. You gave me some very good ideas. from a grateful Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] The ISG Museum

2004-10-19 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you, Devon, for 2 very interesting articles in the Bulletin. It sounds like you had a good time at the Convention! And an especially big Thank You for the article on the Gardner Museum. I am sure there are many lacemakers like me, who can only view these wonderful places through other

[lace] 2 questions

2004-10-18 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I always seem to be asking questions!! (I think I was one of those terrible kids who said Why to everything!!!) 1)I seem to have lost from my Favourites bookmarking, the web site, where there are translations of Lace Terms. Could anyone please give it to me again? 2) I understand there is a

[lace-chat] Voting

2004-10-18 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
An English Prime Minister, on the night before the Election (In the days before TV),said, - on steam radio ' Whatever your Party, whatever your Politics, Please go and vote. If you don't vote - you can't grumble. Good advice - we all like a good grumble sometimes from Liz in

[lace-chat] Victorian weather

2004-10-13 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
The hottest ever October day was recorded yesterday - in Mildura, in the far north west. It reached 40 Celcius! I am very glad I was not there yesterday!! We are going there this weekend, but I think it will be a bit cooler!! - I hope so!!! I hope to meet the lacemakers there, too, on Sunday.

[lace] Halas Lace

2004-10-11 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
A year or so ago, Anna from Hungary (who is/was in the Lace List) sent me a catalogue from an Exhibition for 100 years of Halas Lace, and Arpád Dékáni, and also Mária Markovits who worked the lace. The lace is beautiful, and inside the front cover is a photo of the bronze statue of Dekani

[lace] Wire lace pine needles

2004-10-09 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have never heard of pine needle baskets before. They are great! Very well done. And the wire lace is fabulous. You are one very clever lady. Congratulations. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a glorious spring day. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Kingfisher in Lace

2004-10-09 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Jean, The (Oz) Kookaburra is a Kingfisher - the largest kingfisher in the world. Maybe there is a Kookaburra pattern somewhere. Or maybe you could get a picture of one, and work a tape/braid lace from the picture. They are a greyish brown and white, with turquoise on the wings. They are a

[lace-chat] Compacting messages

2004-10-06 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you all for taking the time to reply to my question. I delete messages that are about a year old, after saving any that I may need to look at again, later! I also defrag occasionally - which is supposed to free up space, but I have always been a bit of a hoarder of things - never throw

[lace] Egyptian cotton

2004-10-04 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
If you are looking for mail order threads, - Lace Inspirations in Belmont, Geelong (near Melbourne) has 160/2 and 170/2 . Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also torchon House, in Adelaide has the 170/2 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your currency exchange may be better against the Aussie $ than the English £

[lace] pliating/weaving

2004-10-03 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
The finger weaving, as described, sounds like a simplified version of Sprang, with the mirror image forming at the other end. Is this what it is? from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] Mixed lace

2004-09-09 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Hi, Lise-Aurore. I would be inclined to use the same thread, or something similar for the N:L centre. I used the same thread, when making the Cornucopia. The net ground was in #80 Madeira Tanne, and all the rest, including the BL edge, was in #50 Tanne, - I think! I tried to lighten the NL by

[lace-chat] Re: French wire.

2004-09-09 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Reading your suggestions as to what French Wire, is I am wondering if it is the wire that is used by the Maltese to make their beaut thread flowers. I have just started teaching a Maltese lady BL, and she brought a couple of framed pieces of her other work - these special Maltese flowers. As

[lace] Needlelace

2004-09-07 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Lyn askes how needlelace is worked. The pattern/design is tacked to a 3 or 4 layered pad of firm fabric, and the outline of the pattern is traced with a double coarse thead, which is couched down through the pad. These are the only stitches to go through the fabric. Everything else is worked

[lace-chat] Spam

2004-09-07 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Tamara, The porn spam just downloads itself. I delete any mail that comes that I can't identify - or that I identify as spam, but this other stuff just appears. Yesterday one even installed itelf. I was able to un-install it without opening it, but it is very annoying. I have a fire wall, and

[lace-chat] joining up Yahoo

2004-09-05 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I am very wary of joining up to things on the Internet, so I thought I would enquire of some of you about joining up to Yahoo! They mention an 'Account - but is this a free service? (The word account makes me see bills arriving!) I presume they are safe. Does anyone have any advice for me?

[lace-chat] Joining up Yahoo

2004-09-05 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thank you all for the advice. We will have a good think about it before we decide, but it sounds like a good idea to get some of the spam diverted!! - as long as I don't get a double dose - by getting the same spam to both addresses!!! I am getting a lot of porn spam at the moment. I wish

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #304

2004-09-04 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Yes, Janice, There are photos posted of my 2 Mixed Lace pieces in my collection on the Arachne Community Webshots page. Currently (I just had a look) they are on the 2nd line of my photos, nos. 2 and 3. - the Plastron, and the Cornucopia. Go to the Elizabeth Ligeti 'album' with the picture

[lace] Stumpwork

2004-09-02 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Jean, Just tell 'whoever' that you are working Non-Traditional Stumpwork. Afterall, if they don't like it, they can look the other way!! (I am being polite, here!!! -- The Oz phrase Take a funny run springs to mind!!! :)) ) You could also tell them that the Lace Police are on

[lace] USOs

2004-08-31 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Cathy in Newark - join the Club!1 :)) You are just catching up with many (the rest) of us!!! I have a list of -well, many- that have prickings ready or nearly ready, and UFOs to finish, so I can have neough bobbins for the new project, - and a pillow to make it on, etc! from

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