Liz & others, I think the product you received in the secret pal exchange is the stretchy mesh that is made of nylon or some similar material...a bit like a very fine plastic? If so, I have seen it sold for this purpose, but discovered it can be had for free. Florist suppliers use it to protect flower blooms which have not opened much yet, and it is generally discarded when the flowers arrive at the florist shop. I saw it on some flowers which had just arrived at our local grocery store (which has a flower department) and asked what they were going to do with it, was told it would be thrown away, and they were very happy to give me all I wanted. Jeri can advise if this material is safe for thread, but flower petals would seem to be likely to react even more quickly to something caustic.
Also, I apologize for the triplicate message I sent last evening regarding the discussion of the derivation of the word "pecadilles" (sp?). I was trying to send the message via the mail "app" on my new Surface tablet. The copies I received only had the first few letters of my message, but apparently some of you received the message in proper form, while others received more than I did, but with the *debris* embedded with something sent in html format. Thanks, Joepie, for suggesting switching to plain text (which is where my AOL settings are already), but after a lengthy discussion with Microsoft, it appears that is not possible to change to plain text on the Surface mail "app". So, I am sending this from my tablet, but through the AOL website, so I hope the dastardly html conversions do not appear. If so, I apologize again and will fade into lurkerdom until my laptop is repaired...)-: (I would appreciate hearing how it appears on the list, since my Surface copy doesn't seem to be reliable.) Vicki in Maryland -----Original Message----- From: The Lace Bee <[email protected]> To: Arachne reply <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 10:37 am Subject: Re: [lace] thread protection This is why I love Arachne so much. A few years ago when I participated in the secret exchange my fellow spider sent me an American product to put round spools and prevent them from unravelling. It is wonderful so when I saw some on a shop I pounced on it to discover it was nearly ten pounds for a small length because 'its imported'. Kind Regards Liz Baker - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
