[lace] Re: blog

2007-02-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
r made the pair *does* understand English :) I did suggest, in the introduction, that making a irror image of the swan, in black, would be a nice idea. And that's what the lady did. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of

[lace] Re: Is this real?

2007-02-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
missing -- will the globe hold water (literally)? Otherwise it's lovely. Though, £600 worth of lovely? I don't know -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] Fwd: [lace-chat] European Honeymoon Trip

2007-02-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ienna and Salzburg thanks liz Regards Liz Beecher To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia

[lace] Re: Looking for a pattern

2007-02-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
elaborate motif like that get lost? A simpler, smaller, more repetitive and more traditional one (bells,hearts, etc) might be better in that particular case. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To un

[lace] Snowflakes, again

2007-02-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
d and be available to everyone, at any time. Isn't it grand? Excitedly yours, -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the l

[lace] Re: Snowflake raffle -- results

2007-02-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ow, everyone assumes the world has only Windows ) making lace... :) Fiddling with 'puters isn't "my thing" -- designing and making lace is :) I was overwhelmed by the number of people who signed up for the raffle, but requests for individual patterns are coming in as a trickle

[lace] Snowflake raffle -- results

2007-02-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the text and the page of all the centres' prickings (10). And the diagram for the centre of your choice as well as the pricking and diagram of the selected flake. Anything more than that and I think I'd have to charge you -- via PayPal -- for the cost of the donation to the Lace M

[lace] Re: making lace for a historical costume

2007-02-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
lted and where we expect to be assaulted by snow, sleet, and other horrros tomorrow and Wednesday. So I did my weekly shopping early (forgoing the Tuesday senior discount) and will burrow with my lace for the next two days. I'll try not to think about getting my car cleared off once the

[lace] Snowflake raffle - correction

2007-02-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
know you've been added to the list. But I *am* checking my Spam-box *very carefully* (have weeded out 2 'flake raffle ones so far, out of over 100 junk ones), so your entry shouldn't get lost. I'm flattered and humbled by such great response. Again, bes

[lace] Re: Lace Buttons

2007-02-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t to be making even those for 60 cents a button... :) I've often been envious of people who can (and even like to, much to my amazement) make NL, because of the rich, 3-D texture that NL has. Could be why I fell so hopelessly in love with Rosalibre, which imitates the same feats with

[lace] Snowflake raffle

2007-02-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
bruary 14 (Valentine's day) and announce the winner on Wednesday. Good luck everyone, T -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace] Re: New Book/Lace Fans?

2007-02-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
wraps, there's Pearsall's New Maltese silk (know nothing about it) or Handweavers Studio EU silk 2/60 (ditto) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Regional lacemaking in Art Nouveau time -- thoughts

2007-02-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
a change of style was easy to achieve. Elsewhere, including Scotland, it was not. In some ways, I would find it more intriguing that the Art Nouveau style had so little influence on areas where lacemaking had already been long established, like Belgium and Holland. OTOH, having spent some tim

[lace] Re: New Book/Lace Fans?

2007-02-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ished in '99. http://www.annkellerireland.com/home.htm -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Morphic resonance?

2007-02-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t... Deborah Robinson (the Editor of Lace) once called such sudden "erruption" of a subject, propelled by forces from different directions, "morphic resonance". Others call it "synchronicity". Call it what you will, I find it freaky-scary :) -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Fwd: [lace-chat] Help with French Lace Museums

2007-02-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ou're interested in finding out more about Gail Harker and her students her web site is at: http://www.gailcreativestudies.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tamara

[lace] Re: Horizontal bars in Le Pompe

2007-02-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
w, with all the over/under and much longer to correct, while pair-by-pair are sufficient "notes" which can be transcribed into the full-blown version later. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - T

[lace] Re: Horizontal bars in Le Pompe

2007-01-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ore bang out of a cleverly manipulated pair than anyone else I "know". Great fun and learning made easy :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTE

[lace] Re: Batavia lace (was: SCA lace)

2007-01-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e's inspected the original lace (fragments of) carefully and reproduced it faithfully, I must conclude that there had been a tremendous change in the space of 50 years or so. Not so much in the design itself, but in the execution methods. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp

[lace] Re: Horizontal bars in Le Pompe

2007-01-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ld. So that's a bummer, unless and until someone "out there" can explain to me what it is I'm missing. But, for the moment, I'm quite happy with the effect produced by following the upper diagram. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington

[lace] Re: Le Pompe patterns, shorter

2007-01-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the next (April) Bulletin. But, the cut-off date for submissions is Feb 15 so, any snags appear between today and then and I'm not gonna make it. In which case, look for it in the August issue. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (

[lace] Re: Le Pompe patterns

2007-01-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
et, join the Freehand Lace (FHL) group. It used to be a part of OIDFA but has gone independent a few years back. They work on the old stuff *and* seek connections to later laces. *They* are the scholars. Me... As much as Devon dislikes my saying so, I'm still, and always will be, "

[lace] Re: Le Pompe laces

2007-01-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ought of the "creature" as "witch's familiar" -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTEC

[lace] Le Pompe patterns, very long again

2007-01-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
actors. The thing is... Those who are serious about being accurate to the period they're working in cannot move *forward*, which would create an anachronism. But nothing stops them from moving back; "my grandma left me this piece of lace/pricking" is a perfectly reasonable exc

Fwd: [lace] Oya

2007-01-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
here a web site I may be able to look at the type of lace it is. Thanks in advance, Shirley in Corio Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROT

[lace] Le Pompe patterns, shorter

2007-01-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
aight" lacemakers and SCA ones? Are there any SCA lacemakers who also belong to IOLI? Would they be interested in having more patterns which are "in period" both visually *and* technically? Let me know. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexingt

[lace] Le Pompe patterns, part 1, long

2007-01-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
likely to be really accurate, since it draws on more than just the study of the original woodcuts; it considers actual laces made in the same period (if not, necessarily, on the same patterns), gaining insight into the techniques used at the time. -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: Les Lauriers - Really Finished at last

2007-01-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
right to feel pleased with yourself! Curiously, the plaits shrank more than the leaves, so the leaves are trying to be raised/rolled ones now! Could it be that, in a plait, all threads move in the same direction, while, in a leaf, there's the weaver counterbalancing that? -- Tamar

[lace] Re: Other lace in You Tube

2007-01-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Where did you get the pattern? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: miniature lace pillow

2007-01-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
It's the 1/12 scale ones, for dollhouses, which are harder to make but easier to find for sale. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: u

[lace] Re: Raffle for stamps

2007-01-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Total panic! :) Finally, I did find the Swiss one -- it slipped and hid behind a stack of (non-textile) albums -- but, in the future, I'll keep more than one, especially if it's unique (or pretty much so) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexingto

[lace] Re: JMK Arts Center and lace for children

2007-01-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
worked very well at the Sunnyvale Hands on the Arts festival. I will share if anyone is interested. Send a "postscript" story to IOLI? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send e

[lace] Re: JMK Arts Center Lace Exhibit

2007-01-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
l day, leaving small patches of white here and there, killing off all the forsythia which had lost its count of seasons and started blooming, and bowing down the tree branches... A power outage can't be far behind :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexin

[lace] Fwd: JMK Arts Center Exhibition

2007-01-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
f bottom-corner.gif] Contact Information email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.jmkac.org -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: finishing question

2007-01-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
you should get an even better sheen on it. persuade some of the leaves into 2D rather than 3D format! Leaves are inherently 3-D and therein lies their charm :) T, in yo-yo weather Lexington. 63 (F) one day, 29 the next... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/

[lace] Re: aficot

2007-01-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
hat even in the matter of something as basic as the work cloth, a real leather one is better than one made "plastic leather"/"skai" (such as I used while in Montreal but didn't bother to bring back with me) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net

[lace] Re: aficot

2007-01-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ishes and gives a nice, crisp but soft, hand to the textile. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Angle of corner

2007-01-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ise, the main work tends to bulge a bit. Milanese doesn't seem to need that extra twist to the lazy-bones, for some reason... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAI

[lace] Re: Lace joining - magic thread

2007-01-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
pairs on top of it, the magic loop below), then you'll have enough wiggle room, once that pin is removed, even if you managed to tension your working pairs more than you meant to. Well... It's true with most pins; don't know how much extra room an insect pi

[lace] Mistakes (was: Lace joining)

2007-01-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
d- or machine-made and started looking for mistakes. Sure enough, we found them... the same mistake, in every repeat... :) Whoever programmed the machine made the the mistake -- once -- and the machine then repeated it ad nauseam. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexi

[lace] Re: Lace joining

2007-01-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
choice, but that depends on personality, now that we no longer have to make money out of lacemaking (ie time isn't as precious and neither is thread, should it break) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Po

Re: [lace] Rauma lace corners

2007-01-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
quot;imagination" ("turn a square 360deg; what shape to you get?" had me sitting in class, weeping) is something that nearly kept me in highschool forever, so I could be wrong... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace] Re: Antique Toender Pattern

2007-01-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
better where those pairs are added and taken out. The ground hole gets to be either slightly smaller or slightly larger than normal, but not glaringly so. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsub

[lace] Re: academic study on bobbin lace

2007-01-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Getty Museum, Malibu, California, and was for four years a Consultant for lace for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. She has organized four major lace exhibitions, most recently at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin. So she should be a respectable enough source for an academic paper :

[lace] Re: Antique Toender Pattern

2007-01-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
y own subsciption to Kniplebrevet started with issue #60 (and ended with issue #84, when the tanking of the US dollar made it prohibitive) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [

[lace] Re: Antique Toender Pattern

2007-01-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
h 79. The pricking for the flower centre in Rodtjorne (p 78) is not at all the same as the pricking David had sent Barbara (don't have that URL anymore, sorry)... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Polan

[lace] Sending patterns -- reprise

2007-01-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
At the moment, I'm inclined to send pdfs for both images and text. But if any of you are bandwidth-restricted, please let me know and I'll send the images as jpegs. I do remember -- all to well -- how many times I cursed people whom I considered my friends but who sent me mess

[lace] Re: Patterns' sending -- help?

2007-01-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
OTOH It had been 2 yrs ago... Things have changed since (updates happened), so, who knows... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace] Re: Question re Old Toender Pricking

2007-01-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
le solution to David's problem, for everyone to see. I'll CC the scan to David directly, too. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: new person wishing to join Arachne.

2007-01-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
er I need to check out or back in, she waves her magic wand and presto! :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] Patterns' sending -- help?

2007-01-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
(WTF *is* RTF, anyway?)... When I tried it on Debra, a couple of years ago, she said she had problems with *it*, too, which is why we switched to the Word Windows XP. So I have little hope for the HTML option (plus I have a dislike of spending 120 KB for a message which, in plain text, needs

[lace] Re: the continuing Katrina saga, and you THOUGHT it was over...

2007-01-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
tle your nerves, if not your financial affairs. As the owner of a local needleshop (long since gone) once told me: "you get better value, hour for hour, from a handcraft than from a psychiatrist". Best wishes for speedy and painless resolutions of all your problems, -- Tamara P Duva

[lace] Scanning

2007-01-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
mmunicate with my Mac. Now, I can communicate but can't upload (pox on technology and the aging brain-cells)... But, if you find a -- published -- pattern you like (but don't have), write me and I'll try to e-mail you the -- ta da! scanned! -- pricking and the diag

[lace] Re: frames (was: Lace with paper strings revisted)

2007-01-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ot;local" supplier of "lace-related things made of wod") to make some more -- for me and for sale -- but he said he doesn't deal with metal, so I gave up the pursuit of that idea. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace] Sorted out

2007-01-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
arol, for your suggestions. As it turned out, the bug was elsewhere... The possibility of a space in front of Torenhave flipping it up top was intriguing but unlikely. I have two entries under "Torenhave" (the book and its translation); my finger might have slipped once but chances

[lace] Re: Sorting database

2007-01-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
" to the sorting order part of the window? PS. Tried to sort by title and it worked just fine. But author... no, and no, and no. Torenhave wants to be first, with Burkhard below her, etc... G. Very discouraging; what's the point of sitting here and typing in all that info, if all

[lace] Re: tourist question from me

2007-01-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jan 4, 2007, at 21:38, Joy Beeson wrote: I've forgotten what the merits of a pancake the size of a large coin were supposed to be. Um... So that the boys could eat more of them and then brag about it? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Vir

[lace] Re: Building a catalog in Excel -> html

2007-01-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
7;ve fed teh entries is "good enough". Am waiting for my son to come back (tomorrow) and teach it Virginia manners :) Mimi, I'm *so very happy* to hear from you, even if indirectly. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Forme

[lace] Re: Advent Calendar Competition results

2007-01-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
leaning up yesterday (New Year, and all that jazz ) and came accross a pattern (yours; a variant of a Skovgaard's snowflake) from, I think, last year (or it may be older; my "paper towers" do hide some interesting things for *years*, sometimes). It's on my pillow as of

[lace] Re: Its all over now!

2007-01-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
27;s not as if even the more common names sell in thousands; the inscriptions are not machine-made. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: uns

[lace] Re: Making Patterns from photos

2007-01-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
photocopy feature *much* better than the scan feature. The scan feature is much less reliable as to size *and* clarity (at least in my -- puter helpless -- hands ) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To uns

[lace] Re: Mathematical textiles

2006-12-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
, but now I'm ecstatic :) Got the images captured, in full colour, as the first step to playing around... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containin

[lace] Confused

2006-12-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Speaking of which... If you place your straight line dots at every crossing, then your diagonal ones go into every centre of every square *and* at every crossing... Teach me to write in a hurry... :) Back to cooking. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington

[lace] Re: lace in 16th century Salisbury

2006-12-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
took 2 or 3 years before she was moved to the "weavers", and even then it was several steps before she was actually supervising the machines which wove patterns. Of course, her progress on the "factory ladder" was slowed down considerably by her frequent stints in jail, &qu

[lace] Re: Building a catalogue -- field names

2006-12-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Jo's and Sue's in NJ (private) suggestion of using "subject" as one of the field names is brilliant; many thanks. Why didn't I think of that?!?!? :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Po

[lace] Re: Thread conversion

2006-12-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
It's not expensive but invaluable. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Lace books catalogue -- more

2006-12-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ds and Googled it. Found it on a Greek website. Let Danek do the ordering -- I never even learnt the alphabet properly, never mind the language -- and it came 2 days ago. Sheer bliss; because it's instrumental, its less distracting than, say, Beatles. Though to be sure, getting up to dance with t

[lace] Re: Building a catalogue -- field names

2006-12-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
it did suggest a field title of "contents" which might allow for all sorts of things like "prickings; doilies and edgings", "photos" "technical tips" etc. Alternatively, "type/contents" would cover all of those ("type" is thanks to

[lace] Building a catalogue -- field names

2006-12-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
to the "comments" or "notes" field, but then I won't be able to search/sort by those, should I want to make a short list of, say, all the BL, photos of Point Ground laces. Any and all suggestions welcome. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lex

[lace] Re: Knotted Chair

2006-12-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e; Torchon, or maybe something 16th c. Two repeats, each with a spider? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROT

[lace] Thread dolls

2006-12-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
s together (so that I wouldn't lose them) -- a boy for the left hand and a girl for the right hand :) Merry Christmas, happy holidays, peaceful season and a very happy and lacy New Year to everyone! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, US

[lace] Re: Santa Claus pattern

2006-12-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
(and his Mrs ) X-Two Penny Blue: capability; stamp BTW -- what's this? It's been appearing at the top of all your messages recently. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] chaos: improved diagram

2006-12-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Dec 8, 2006, at 17:26, Jo Falkink wrote: http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/chaos.gif does this make it clear how to work the ground? It does; thanks. But, my goodness, you really have to keep your wits about you, don't you ? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lac

[lace] Re: Chaotic ground, how to do it?

2006-12-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Dec 7, 2006, at 19:47, Debora Lustgarten wrote: That is a very interesting ground! I'd like to know more how to draft it or to make it, and if there are "rules" on how to plan it, also. Curious Debora in Toronto, Canada Ditto, T -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: Crazy keyboard

2006-12-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
#x27;t remember that username/address) but you have my heartflt thanks all the same! If you don't have a flag then you may need to go to System Preferences and find the setting for your keyboard (could be under International). Good luck :-) I need to go to Systems Preferences anyway, hunt

[lace] Re: The Last Knit

2006-12-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
have reconfigured itself. Mostlz, it§s signs, diacriticals and numbers, but two letters == z and y have transposed themselves too 9that is" I hit wai, and get yee and vice=versa0 If anz of zou are familiar with Macs and their kezboards, I§d appreciate == off list == help -- Tamar

[lace] Re: Advent Calendar

2006-12-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t;an equal-opportunity spoil-sport" (sorry, Jean and David ). I'm not competitive any more than I am religious. But, just as I enjoy looking at the Lace Advent Calendar, so do I enjoy the idea that so many stamps in so many countries have celebrated my obsession :) -- Tamara P

[lace] Re: Start spreading the news....

2006-12-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
deals with obsessive knitters. "Just substitute bobbins for knitting needles" she said... I've been waiting ever since to "tie" it to an existing "thread". Can't think of a better one... :) Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ZjMWLqJvM -- Tamara P Duv

Re: [lace] "In Praise of the Needlewoman" - New Book Review

2006-11-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
stmas gift suggestion -- he always needs all the help he can get :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace] Re:leaves

2006-11-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Nov 10, 2006, at 0:42, Tamara P Duvall wrote: I loved the way you taught me to make leaves with the CCT, Ooops... That's CTT; sorry The side ridges... I seem to get them, no matter what method I use, simply by "packing" as many passes as possible; it's not necessar

[lace] Re: leaves

2006-11-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
here are none to spare as substitutes. It's like the difference between driving a sulky, pulled by a single horse or by a pair and controlling a 6-horse team pulling a state carriage :) I loved the way you taught me to make leaves with the CCT, but the Brioude way? No way! Here comes

[lace] Re: Yippee, and advice needed

2006-11-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
rom pin-fatigue; the pins will slide into the pre-made holes, and will need only a very slight push to place them more firmly in. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] When do you swear the loudest?

2006-11-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
rom your tummy. *Think* a dirty word (but don't say it ) and keep on keeping on... Pretty soon, you'll be back on clear waters again. Just like politics :) Here Comes the Sun... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Former

[lace] Re: Oval Leaves

2006-11-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
knew best, since my results were much better that way. One has to face reality and be pragmatic; it's much the best course -- in lace as well as in politics :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To

[lace] Re: educational type specials

2006-11-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
. Never heard such crap - I've fought for over 50 years against attitudes like that - and won. "For over 50 years"??? You must have been an unusually socially-aware *toddler*... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (For

[lace] Re: Lace Magazine

2006-11-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
is over, so I'm not "fashed" yet :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Fwd: Sticky pins

2006-10-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Ooops... The message was sent out very late (early? ) in the day... Alice was right; it was meant for the entire list... Begin forwarded message: From: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: October 22, 2006 3:26:47 EDT To: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Sticky

[lace] Back from Ithaca

2006-10-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ys smiling, always unflappable, always helpful... And looking younger and prettier every year (or, it may be that my aging eyes are deceiving me ). Yours, "all wiped out" (very tired), still "all wound up" (running mostly on adrenaline and acting "hyper") and in ne

[lace] Re: lace activities

2006-09-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
've been spending a lot of time in the toilet, vomiting all my worry and apprehension and disappointment. Not being able to sleep much isn't helping any, either... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Bishop's Cope

2006-09-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
n was published?). But the piece of lace we'd seen had not been a "cope", *ever*, in the religious sense (part of a bishop's official high-holidays gear). That piece is a "cape"... Sorry to carp. But I've been reading a lot of bad English recently and

[lace] Re: PBLC website and Bishop's Cope

2006-09-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e though, and it's wonderful to know (I agree with Leonard, again) that there are still people who both can, and are willing to, make it. Just don't offer it to any bishops of your acquaintance -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace] Re: Montreal revisited

2006-09-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
for the French-speakers), who's stumping for re-election, as I'd planned; it's sad to admit that I'm, literally, a fair-weather friend... :( -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To

[lace] Re: Liberty Lacers & Pearls

2006-09-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 2, 2006, at 21:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was awakened from my lurking when I read messages about Liberty Lacers and pearls. It's really ¡Great! to see you come out from lurkdom. And see, it didn't hurt at all :) Now, please, don't go back to lurking... --

[lace] Re: Thread help needed

2006-09-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
rhaps one of those will either turn up in your stash or will be easy to get (I'd think the stranded cottons, myself) Have fun at your workshop, -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe sen

[lace] Re: Liberty Lacers

2006-08-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
rietta? Irene? -- died in their sleep ) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Twisted Threads (was Wonderful thread)

2006-08-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ny trouble working with it (no slipping of the hitches off the head, etc). The lace came out nice and crisp, too. But I *did* toss the spool out aftrewards; life's too short to cope with un-necessary frustrations :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington

Fwd: [lace] Peat lace?

2006-08-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
once in a while. Begin forwarded message: From: "Linda & Bill Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: August 27, 2006 22:34:58 EDT To: "Tamara P Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace] Peat lace? As a spinner and an orchid grower I'm putting in my tupence

[lace] Peat lace?

2006-08-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ooking forward to hear from you.  Thanks   Vera   [EMAIL PROTECTED]    -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Dominique from Paris

2006-08-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Thanks, *everyone* (too many to answer individually) for your offers of help in re-connecting with Dominique. She saw my posting herself (apparently, not all of Paris leaves the city for vacation in August, contrary to propaganda ) and all should be straightened out now. -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Dominique in Paris?

2006-08-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
was *not* Retournac... Dominique? If you're not on holiday (with the rest of France ), please contact me and/or remove me from your barred list (with neither French nor computerese being my forte... I don't have a clue what's happening or why) -- Tamara P Duvall

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