Re: [lace] Re: winder

2003-06-15 Thread Adele
I've never been quite sure whether mine (bought from a different source; Holly carries one just like it -- and cheaper g) and the SMP one are the same thing. snip The rubber grips on the clamp in my winder dried out and crumbled very fast -- within a couple of years. Perhaps someone who

Re: [lace] Lace book on ebay which insults some of our lacemakers

2003-06-15 Thread Toni Hawryluk
need - the looms, the bobbins, the diferent threads. What looms? or search for item number 3528732598 Jean in Poole Could the circular frame for Teneriffe (spelling ?) be defined as a loom ? Toni in Seattle - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace] economic curiosity

2003-06-15 Thread Jean Nathan
Clay wrote: Now help me out here... If you offer something for sale and no one offers the price you want, don't you usually lower the price? Is there something else going on here that I don't understand? Ah, but the first time the pillow was offered with a starting price of $50 it had an

[lace] Eng. footside on left?

2003-06-15 Thread Dmt11home
I have just read Marta Cotterell Raffel's book on Ipswich lace. Ispswich lace was made in Massachusetts, an industry which apparently began in 1750, although individual lacemakers may have made lace before then. It is thought that the lacemakers brought their skills with them from England, most

[lace] Lace Guild Website - Technical update - All clear

2003-06-15 Thread Jean Leader
Mozilla OK now. Just needed to clear my cache to get the updated stylesheet. So if anyone else has problems, try a refresh/reload first. David (webmaster) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Re: [lace] Re Gutermanns silk for Special effects....

2003-06-15 Thread Sue Babbs
One shopkeeper told me Gutermanns had started a new line of silk, with less shades and more on the spols, 100 meters instead of 50 meters. I've heard that too, and the Gutermann's I've seen recently doesn't have the same sheen to it as the thread which I was buying in England, when Sandi

Re: [lace] winders

2003-06-15 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, Jenny! Langendorfs make an electric winder. If you buy it direct, and of course, depending on the rate of exchange, it should cost you about $AUD110. (Does that sound like the voice of experience?? Well, it is!!) Langendorf's web page is: www.langendorfkloeppel.de/proamer/Testindex_a.htm

Re: [lace-chat] Re: the bumpy road

2003-06-15 Thread Ruth Budge
Dear Carol, It's not nice when you're unjustly accused of something, and aren't in a position to clear up the misunderstanding, isn't it?? My mother was an extremely insecure person. Everything she did outside the home caused a nervous reaction whereby the tension caused severe vomiting. Many

[lace-chat] :) real story

2003-06-15 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
I've marked it as a joke because it's hilarious, but it's a real story... Washington Post (which we now get on Sundays only, but still delivered to the door), in its Style section, has something called Life Is Short/Autobiography as Haiku. The rules are simple: Find a way to give insight to