[lace] Advent Calendar Competition Results

Well, the staff at the Hollies are back after the Christmas and New Year break, so Maggie forwarded the advent calendar entries to us - 110 in all (beating the 77 entries of last year). We've just put them into an electronic hat and picked out the three winners, who are: Carla Guzzi (from

RE: [lace] Jet Lag

Hi Jane, I believe what you need is Melatonin - certainly in the USA you can buy bottles of tablets, of varying strengths - we found them with the vitamin supplements in a K Mart or similar store whilst travelling in the US last year. Not sure if availability in Canada will be the same. There

Re: [lace] Learning tallies

A happy New Year to all. Hello Myrriah, In the book from B. Cook Practical Skills... and by U. Löhr Klöppeln - Handbuch... and K. Trend Nissen Knipling III you could find a lot about tallies. Good luck. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace] Jet Lag

Thanks everyone for the emails about jet lag meds - I've emailed DD with the information. Jane in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 30/12/2004 - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] Making tallies

Making Leaves and Tallies - a few letters from Arachne Mailing List can be found on Lori's Lacefairy web site: http://lace.lacefairy.com/Gallery/Makingleaves.html Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help,

[lace] Gran Canaria

Lots of good wishes for the New Year We are going to spend a couple of weeke in Gran Canaria here in January (the word holidays really has got a new and sad meaning after the days of the Tsunami...) Therefore I will ask if any of you know about places to go, or museums to visit, to see and

[lace] Curly BL - observations

Thanks to Lyn, Weronika, Noelene, Dearl, Jae, Patty, Jacqui, Sonja et al for your comments about lace snakes. It seems that most of you have used either Perle or linen threads for your snakes and have not had any problems. These threads are all S-spun, and the problem seems to occur only with

[lace] community shots

Happy New Year to you and all Arachnes! I haven't been able to look at my mail because of the public holidays (4 days off each time as Friday 31st Dec was my rostered day off, what bliss this year!!) so I'm just catching up and specially admired your work, Sue. Please keep lacing, and posting

Re: [lace-chat] Knickers !

Dear Linda, Just heard that Marks and Spencer`s made a donation to tsunami relief - thousands of pairs of knickers! What an excellent idea: I know that, if I'd lost all my clothes in a disaster like that, I'd be delighted to receive them. Only one thing wrong with that idea. Most of those people

[lace-chat] Disaster - 1st Hand experience

Dear Friends, I shall copy below an email from another of my Lists which tells of their experience in Thailand. David in Ballarat Good morning to list members 2nd January 2005. We have had first hand experience of the dreadful tidal wave as it hit our hotel in Penang on Boxing Day. Photos of our

[lace-chat] Fw: Spider glove raffle

Hi All, Here's one more reminder! I'll pick the names on Saturday, January 8th around noon EST. I bought the pair of gloves they had in the window so there are now 3 pairs to give away! Jane in Vermont, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jane Viking Swanson [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Re: Chinese Gooseberries

9 Where are Chinese gooseberries from?New Zealand Nup, wrong on that one, sorry. Chinese Gooseberries originally came from China. They were a very small, hairy and somewhat tart fruit until the New Zealand orchardists developed them into what they are today, and then marketed them as Kiwi

[lace-chat] Chinese Gooseberries

You're right there, Maxine, Chinese Gooseberries did come from China. I've got several growing in a shade house in my back yard (trees ? vines? - thickish trunk, but more like a vine) but I don't get decent tasting fruit from them, although they do fruit quite well. Might need a good batch of

Re: [lace-chat] Easter (2)

Don't know about Easter, but red hearts for Valentine's day have appeared Around here, Valentine's merchandise has begun to appear, although half-heartedly (pun intended), among what's left of the half-price Christmas stuff...what got me was an advert. offering a chocolate Easter egg (from

[lace-chat] Fw: troops

Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:51 AM THIS IS WHAT GOES ON WHILE OUR TROOPS ARE BEING MURDERED. A person wrote a letter to the White House complaining about the treatment of captives taken during the recent Iraqi war. Attached is a copy of a letter they received back: The White House 1600

[lace-chat] Desperately seeking MS Office help .

Hi everyone, Hope you're all starting the new year off with a bang. Me, I'm stuck in a muddle I hope someone can help me out of. My dear hubby, the computer geek took on a project for one of our clients who wants him to do a major program. This client does parts testing for other companies