On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:09:13 +0100, Jane wrote: >- just remember to be prepared for the ticket inspector who, if you are >tatting, always comes round to check your ticket mid ring!
Many years ago, not long after arachne started, I acquired a book with instructions on how to tat leaves. At the time Mimi Dillman was the only person in the entire world that I knew who could do them, and as she was an ocean and the width of a continent away I decided to teach myself. A long train journey from Manchester to Cambridge was the ideal opportunity - 4 hours sitting at a table. I'd made my first banana shaped attempt and worked out the basic idea, and was half way through my second attempt when the train got to Nottingham. At Nottingham (about halfway through the journey) the train crew changed, so a new ticket inspector got on and proceeded to recheck all the tickets. The inspector looked at me with both hands covered in tatting cotton, and I glared back at him. No way was I putting that leaf down because I knew there was no chance I could pick it up again. I must have looked sufficiently severe to put him off; he said he'd come back in a few minutes, but never bothered! -- Error:015: Unable to exit Windows. Try the door. Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
