We've had had two last minute cancellations for places at the OIDFA Milanese
workshop to be held at the Lace Museum October 9 - 11. As in the past, the
workshop will be taught by Louise Colgan.
One does not have to be a member of OIDFA to participate. Anyone who would
like more information,
In a message dated 8/27/2004 4:19:42 AM GMT Daylight Time, Renee Ford, writes
I'm ready to move back to the San Francisco Bay Area!
Best to all,
Renee in Tucson
Don't forget to visit the Lace Museum when you get back!!
Our current exhibition is of handkerchiefs and in addition to its
Hi, all,
Just a thought about both these threads: historically, names of laces
were something that were only applied _after_ the late 17-th-Century,
and many of them were only named for the first time in the 19-th.
The naming of laces was largely a matter of commercial convenience, and
not
Furniture :-) Don't think my Dad would allow the dancers in the house
(might not get much lacemaking done while they were there, either :-) )
even though Mum might.
Cheers,
Helen
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Dear Lacemakers,
In the Introduction, page XIX, Cynthia Tiger explains It was a common
literary device of the time to use familiar last names and thus imbue the character
with certain family traits.
A very important (to people with our interests and skills) name is mentioned
on page 24 of the
Summer's almost gone, and we've now updated The Lace Guild website
(address in the signature). As well as the usual new event listings,
we've made revisions to the suppliers pages and updated our own
prices following changes in postal rates.
Of more general interest is the featuring of
Hi Everyone,
My name is Tracy and I just joined the list a couple of days ago. I am
Australian but currently live in the USA. My husband is American and a
computer consultant/programmer. We move quite often with his work, so I
really cannot call anywhere here in the USA as home. Currently we
Welcome to Arachne Tracy, I'm sure you'll enjoy it
and find it a mine of information!
First stop would be Lori's site
www.lacefairy.com
There are quite a few Australians in this group, hope
we don't make you feel homesick
Noelene in Cooma
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Hi Noelene,
Thanks for the welcome. I am on my way now to check out Lori's site. Thank
you.
As for homesick, well, I am very homesick. Haven't been home for 7.5 years,
but we are moving back home the end of this year. So not much longer to go
and back to South Oz I will be.
I love your
Hi Tracy,
Welcome aboard! I'm sure there's someone in your area who's able to
help you out. Otherwise, just get DH to move you all to Denver, and I
can help you out! :-)
You may want to consider joining a Guild (like IOLI) which has a
library, and then you can borrow, regardless of where you
Lynn
Please look at two web pages I have created which show examples of
needlelace, and show how it is made:
http://www.chicagoarealaceguild.com/needlelace.htm
http://www.loreleihalley.com/needlelace.htm
The first one shows the set up and explains the working in general terms.
The second has
In a message dated 8/27/2004 11:53:59 PM GMT Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
the most frequently asked question: Your book is selling really
well--are you making a lot of money on it? NO! EMPHATICALLY NO!!!
Writing books is excelled only by lacemaking in its ability to turn vast
Tracy, as an occasional guest of Noelene and her hubbie Bill, I can tell you
her round house is a great use of space, and if it is too cold or rainy
outdoors you can get lots of exercise running the circular length of her
corridors. Hi Noelene - lol
Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia
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To
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
You wouldn't think my name would pose any problems, but it does.
Nathan is pronounced 'nae-than', with the th as in 'thin'.
We get:
nae-than with the th as in 'then'
na-than with the na as in 'hat' and the th as in 'thin'
nattan
nat-han
na-tarn (from a call centre based in India, presumably
I had seen something similar, but this had a different twist at the end.
This is the greatest revenge I have heard - Power to the Woman
She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and
suitcases.
On the second day, she had the removalists come and collect her things.
Here's a good example of the calibre of people in top management.
I sent a letter of complaint to the managing director of Comet (a nationwide
electrical retailer) which contained the following:
My 3 year old Zanussi washer/dryer needs attention, and I have a 5 year
warranty policy with Comet.
I am getting lots of promotional phone calls at the moment - including a
regular one at 9.30 on a Sunday evening, presumably from a call centre where
the time difference means it's Monday morning there - and lots ask to speak
to Mr or Mrs Whitefield I either tell them there is no e in the middle
On 7 Sep 2004, at 21:28, Joan Whitfield wrote:
I am getting lots of promotional phone calls at the moment - including
a
regular one at 9.30 on a Sunday evening, presumably from a call centre
where
the time difference means it's Monday morning there - and lots ask to
speak
to Mr or Mrs
I'm beginning to think I'm wasting my time on Arachne lace and chat; I
ought to be watching more TV, specifically Jay Leno :)
From: R.P.
A new poll says that if the election were held today, John Kerry would
beat
President Bush by a double digit margin. The White House is so worried
about
I missed something growing up as an atheist; never a dull moment in
church, it seems... :)
From: T. H.
CHURCH FEUD
There was a feud between the Pastor and the Choir Director of The
Hicksville Southern Baptist Church. It seems the first hint of trouble
came when the Pastor preached on dedicating
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
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