[lace] Re: lace-digest V1 #3827
In a message dated 10/22/2003 3:31:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Is Orvus obtainable in the UK? If so, what is it known as? If not, what, > >if any, can be used as a substitute? As I have posted before, The Lace Museum sells small jars of Orvus, and I I always bring a couple of them with me when I arrive in London in late April. I am there all summer and can post to a UK address. However, my daughter will be coming to California for Christmas and so if someone truly needs Orvus sooner than next spring, I could send a jar back to London with her when she returns in January. Orvus is very gentle. I would be less confident of washing lace with a cheap shampoo even if the ingredients seem to be the same. Anyone who needs the product urgently can contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we will work out the details. Elaine Merritt The Lace Museum 552 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 tel. (408) 730 4695 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] a new Arachnid from Italy
Oct.24 Hi All! I’m Bianca, a new Arachnid from Italy.. Hope to be useful in some way. ‘My field’ is ‘needle lace’ but I’m not an expert. Studying needle lace (Aemilia Ars in Bologna) I met Elisa Ricci and now the life of E.R and obviously lace history in the first years of ‘900 is more important in my mind. I’m very interested to other lace-experts, for example Carolina Amari ( you know that with Florence Colgate she founded a lace school in New York ), and to all american women who collected italian lace (E.R. wrote somewhere they were a little bit ‘crazy’ because they spent too much money to buy italian laces…). I asked to some editors for reprinting E.R.’s books. All of them replied: too difficult, too money… but now, with ‘Old Italian Lace’ on the Web I’m very very happy and, again, I thank Tess and Prof.Ralph E.Griswold. They work for all of us. I’ll be glad to share with you all I know. Bianca - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Springetts and Fountains etc
Hi all. Linda Fountain bought out the Springetts business and the right to sell their books and video's. Christine and David still, though, have the right to also sell the books and video's. As for the labels on some of the kits. Linda inherited such a lot that she thought she would use them up and then get Fountain ones. She has since taking over add a lot of things to the inherited stock and now has a web site. http://www.fountainslace.biz/index.htm";>Fountains Home Page I think David and Christine had sort of intended to retire from the shows but like the rest of us are addicted! KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Celtic cross
Hi Jane I have a nice Celtic cross pattern designed by Jean Horne. It comes from her "Little Book of Church Lace" I am sure she will not mind if I send a scan of it to you. It was recently reprinted in our Witwatesrand Lace Guild Lace Chatter and I made it with a Milanese braid, and this is one of the pictures in our 2004 calendar. Lace greetings from Janis Savage t/a The Lace Place South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fw:
Thought you all might like to see this one. Have a great weekend! Helen, Virginia Beach I don't know which I like being called, "Madam" or "Sir" ;>) - Original Message - From: "Г З" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:24 AM > 2. Dear Madam/Sir! > > I would like to announce that the unique static bobbin lace exhibition > is opened at the museum of the Moscow Institute > of Decorative Applied Arts, Streleckiy street,2, Moscow, Rusia. More > than 1 thousand bobbin lace exhibits from all regions of Russia and > even from former Soviet Union are represented there. > We will be glad to see U there everyday execept Satturday and Sunday. > > If U have any questions please write me to my > e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~ > Hazel > The curator Of Moscow Institute of Decorative Applied ARt. > > _ > "Антивирус Касперского Personal Pro + Антихакер по специальной цене $85" http://www.kaspersky.ru/offer/ > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] 17 th century bobbins
The Dutch ship "Batavia" was wrecked off the West Australian coast in 1629 and fewer than 80 of the passengers and crew survived. Articles recovered from the ship are in the West Australian Museum and include two wooden lace bobbins. The bobbins and a corroded pair of scissors were featured on an Australia Post 90c. stamp issued in 1985. The replica ship of the Batavia was in Sydney in 2002 and many of the members of the NSW Branch of The Australian Lace Guild demonstrated lace making on board to the visitors. One of the local Kurri Kurri group has copies of the bobbins made by some enterprising bobbin turner. A friend in my woodturning club gave me a piece of wood from the Batavia wreck. It is hard, heavy, dark red and cranky grained and one day I will make a copy of the bobbins from it. If anyone wants a look at the bobbins on thestamp I can scan them and send the scan to them. Neil Keats in Newcastle, Australia at the mouth of the Hunter River, the home of the fabulous Hunter Shiraz and Semillon wines. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Springetts and Fountains etc
Springetts are the most marvelous people in the world. For many years they ran the British College of Lace, in Rugby; and they made the most beautiful bobbins. Christine's specialty is Beds lace, and there are some excellent videos by her, for beginner, intermediate and advanced Beds lacemakers. She has also got some charming books out: as, "Lace for Children of All Ages," "Designing and Mounting Lace Fans," and other things. A few years ago, they retired from the College :( :( :( and sold their lace supplies business to Linda Fountain. But they give a number of workshops each year; Christine teaches Beds, and David teaches bobbin-making, and they both spread their sweet and dear and inspiring presences wherever they go, and whoever knows them loves them. -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Springetts and Fountains etc
The Springetts are, indeed, wonderful people! I've never gotten to meet them personally but have had many phone conversations with them in the past. I was very sorry to find out that they were no longer involved with the lace supplies business. Does anyone have current contact information for them? Shirlee Hill - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Springetts and Fountains etc
Christine and David Springett used to have a lace supplier business. She also designed patterns and taught, and he also turned bobbins. They ran a lace school (English Lace College, or something like that) and made videos, too. A few years ago, they sold off the lace supplier business, to and Jeremy Fountain. So the lace suppliers are now the Fountains, but they carry David's bobbins, Christine's patterns, and their videos. As far as I know, the lace school is still going. So "Fountains" refers to the suppliers, and "Springett" refers to products made by Christine and David. Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com -Original Message- Can anyone explain who/what Springetts and Fountains are? I was told that Fountains used to be called Springetts, and I notice they still sell kits labelled Springetts. Yet the leaflets for Havant and the NEC list "C & D Springett", not Fountains. I assume this is Christine and David Springett who have written several lace books. Are they the same as Fountains? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] a new Arachnid from Italy
>>>From: bianca rosa bellomo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I’m Bianca, a new Arachnid from Italy.. Hope to be useful in some way. ‘My field’ is ‘needle lace’ but I’m not an expert. Studying needle lace (Aemilia Ars in Bologna) I met Elisa Ricci and now the life of E.R and obviously lace history in the first years of ‘900 is more important in my mind. Hi, Bianca, welcome to Arachne! We heard about you from Tess, who told us about your knowledge of Elisa Ricci and needle lace. I hope to hear more from you on both subjects! Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Fw:
Wow! 1,000 pieces of bobbin lace from all over former Soviet Union? Sounds like a spectacular exhibit. I wish I could go. Maybe some European Arachneans will be able to see it and report back to us. I think "static" may mean "permanent", as opposed to a temporary or travelling exhibit. Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com -Original Message- I would like to announce that the unique static bobbin lace exhibition is opened at the museum of the Moscow Institute of Decorative Applied Arts, Streleckiy street,2, Moscow, Rusia. More than 1 thousand bobbin lace exhibits from all regions of Russia and even from former Soviet Union are represented there. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] Springetts and Fountains etc
> A few years ago, they sold off the lace supplier business, to and > Jeremy Fountain. Linda is the missing name and she now runs the business by herself. Jeremy is no longer part of it, as far as I understand the position Sue Babbs - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Springetts/Fountains contact details
I don't think Springetts lace college is currently functioning, but they still do attend lace fairs like Havant. Don't know about workshops or demonstrations. Linda and Jeremy Fountain bought out the Springetts lacemaking supplies business (bobbins, kits, books, videos, etc), but it's only Linda running the business now: Linda J Fountain Magdalene Cottage 3 Church Hill Geddington Kettering Northants NN14 1AH UK Tel: +44 (0)1536 742481 Fax: +44 (0)1536 747243 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.fountainslace.biz In addition to Fountains selling them, David and Christine Springett still sell their own books and videos, and a range of Bedfordshire patterns re-drafted from traditional originals by Christine. They produce a leaflet detailing their books, videos and a few of the Bedfordshire patterns, with the full range of patterns available on request from: C & D Springett 8 Strath Close Rugby Warwickshire CV21 4GA UK Tel: +44 (0)1788 544691 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ebay Question
Someone has sent me some questions about a bobbin lace pillow I'm selling on ebay. However, my responses aren't going through (I suspect they have not updated there email address on ebay). If anyone recognizes the ebay handle of "pointground" or an address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] contact me. Thanks, Lisa Smith Cleveland, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Lace Stamps: http://www.geocities.com/bobbin_lacer Cat Stamps: http://www.geocities.com/bobbin_lacer/Cats.htm __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace guild angels - help
Can anyone let me know asap what threads the patterns need that come in the angel kit from the Lace Guild. I ordered some kits Monday and they have yet to arrive. I am off to a Lace day tomorrow so need to know in order to make sure I have the correct Threads. Thanks all. Lynne. Lynne Cumming Baldock, North Herts, Uk email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace guild angels - help
Hi Lynne, my pattern for the Angel says "13 pairs of 50/2 linen or similar. DMC 'Fil or' was used for the outer passive in the angel shown ". I've not made my angel yet. Good luck and enjoy your lace day jenny barron Elgin, Scotland. - Original Message - From: "Lynne Cumming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: [lace] Lace guild angels - help > Can anyone let me know asap what threads the patterns need that come in the > angel kit from the Lace Guild. I ordered some kits Monday and they have yet > to arrive. I am off to a Lace day tomorrow so need to know in order to make > sure I have the correct Threads. > Thanks all. > Lynne. > > Lynne Cumming > Baldock, North Herts, Uk > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the > pig." > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fw:
I think the "Madam/Sir" letter is rather touching, at least in its earnest (and on the whole, very successful) effort to cope with English. Don't you think the word "static" (the "unique static bobbin lace exhibition") must have been fished out of some Russian-English dictionary as a meaning for whatever the Russian is for "permanent?" So it's a permanent lace exhibit! Remember when we were all going so crazy, last year, about Vologda lace? I'll bet that this static exhibit has got plenty of Vologda laces in it. Any Arachnids finding their way to Russia any time soon will doubtless come back home ec-static (sorry! sorry! I couldn't resist) -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] a new Arachnid from Italy
And ditto Robin's welcome, from Aurelia. I have done some Aemilia-Ars type of lace, from patterns in an old magazine; but I couldn't be more ignorant than I am as to the history, the range of types, the particulars of individual pieces...and I imagine there are lots of lacemakers like me, who would love to know more and perhaps to see examples of the work. Could you tell us more? -- grazie -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace tools in 16th century
While you find 17th century lacepillows on paintings you have to go to engravings to find the few 16th century examples. Lacemaking as we know it was getting established at that time. The lacepillows are of very different forms, suggesting that the tools used for different older types of plaiting were still used. Tamara told about the two lacemakers to be found on the cover of: Tornehave, Bodil: Danske Frihåndskniplinger. Notabene, Copenhagen 1987. ISBN 87-7490-291-1. "Nüw Modelbuch" was published in 1561 and you can find the whole facsimile in: Burkhard, Claire: Faszinierendes Klöppeln "Nüw Modelbuch" 1561. Paul Haupt, Bern 1986. ISBN 3-258-03610-1 Some of the forerunners of lacepillows can be seen in Mrs. Palliser on page 91 Fig. 43 and page 110 Fig. 50. If you look at M. Dreger's Entwicklungs-Geschichte der Spitze (on the Professor's site), you can see another strange lacepillow on Abb. 21, it should be from about 1587. There is a much more normal lacepillow in a Flemish book by Martine Bruggeman. Tamara will you share the photo you recently took of the engraving by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius? It should be from the 3rd quarter of the 16th century. These are the examples I have, has anybody any more? Stretching the 16th century a few years, there is actually an example I have found. Take a look at page 22 of the OIDFA Bulletin 1993/4. In 1603 Alessandro Allori painted an Annunciation, where the Virgin Mary had put her lacepillow aside. Her bobbins were the 'flute' bobbins of the low-warp loom. The lacepillow is a bolster type in a basket. Greetings Vibeke in cold and dark Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] A mixed up seller on ebay
There's a continental spangled bobbin on ebay described as: "Lovely Victorian Honiton Lace Spool. Being treen with coloured glass spangle. From East Midland England. " As the seller's in the UK, I'd be surprised if they don't know that Honiton is in Devon, in the South West corner of England and not in the East Midlands. Obviously doesn't know what an East Midlands or a Honiton bobbin looks like. He/she appears to have picked up words from other sellers and put them together. If that's the case, I'm surprised the word 'bobbin' doesn't appear instead of 'spool' though. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3249549329&category=114 or search for item number 3249549329 Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace tools in 16th century
On Friday, Oct 24, 2003, at 17:01 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vibeke) wrote: Tamara will you share the photo you recently took of the engraving by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius? It should be from the 3rd quarter of the 16th century. Done; I've uploaded the photo to my web page (oooh, I feel so "computerally cool" ). URL in signature. Click on "lacemaker", that'll bring the thumbnail; click on the thumbnail to get the full-sized photo (such as it is ). I made the big photo very big (bigger than screen size, you have to scroll), because it's not very good; the print was behind glass, and I'm not all that skilled with the digital camera... The print was in the Metropolitan Museum (New York) in August, on loan from the Rijksmuseum (the Hague?) as part of the Goltzius exhibition. I expect it's back home now. Even with poor quality of the photo, you can still see the pillow and the bobbins fairly clearly. The bobbins resemble the Danish ones -- skinny, and with that bulb at the bottom. Definitely made for he purpose, and a long way from the ones on the Tornehave's book; those look like the originals from which the "Horror kit" took its ideas . Saenredam's dates, BTW, were given as "ca 1565-1607" - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] A mixed up seller on ebay
In a message dated 24/10/2003 22:26:30 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There's a continental spangled bobbin on ebay described as: > > "Lovely Victorian Honiton Lace Spool. Being treen with coloured glass > spangle. From East Midland England. " > Is that spangle tied on with string? Talk about making a quick buck where you don't know what you are selling and someone had already bid £7 - there's one born every minute Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: A mixed up seller on ebay
On Friday, Oct 24, 2003, at 17:22 US/Eastern, Jean Nathan wrote: There's a continental spangled bobbin on ebay described as: "Lovely Victorian Honiton Lace Spool. Being treen with coloured glass spangle. From East Midland England. " http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3249549329&category=114 The bobbin itself seems to be equally mixed up :) Its tail looks Swedish, but Swedish bobins usually have single heads; Bayeux bobbins have double heads (like Midlands), but their tails are different -- they widen at the bottom instead of narrowing... Even before the spangle was added (for a truly international mix ), it would have been hard to, er... make head or tail of it... And I wonder what makes the seller think it's Victorian; calling it "treen" (instead of just plain "wooden") doesn't make it old... - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Museum of Applied Arts in Moscow
On Friday, Oct 24, 2003, at 09:47 US/Eastern, Panza, Robin wrote: I think "static" may mean "permanent", as opposed to a temporary or travelling exhibit. Yes, I think so too. I wonder whether the 1000 pieces are all actually *exhibited* (for any passing gawker to see), or whether they're "available" -- in drawers (as in Luton) or on pull-out boards (as in V&A) -- where you need to be interested *first*. A 1000 pieces in a permanent -- and "open" at all times-- exhibition seems like an awful lot... - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] new email address
Hi everyone, Please make a note of my new email address. I apologise if you get this message more than once, I did try to clear out my address book before sending. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janice Blair Crystal Lake, IL - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] A mixed up seller on ebay
At 10:22 PM 10/24/2003 +0100, you wrote: >There's a continental spangled bobbin on ebay described as: >"Lovely Victorian Honiton Lace Spool. Check out the Kleinhout Lace Supplies page, under Switzerland. There'a a bobbin that is very similar to this one on eBay. There is nothing 'Honiton' or 'East Midlands' about this bobbin. http://www.kleinhout.com/GB/Bobbins/index.asp?id=klosCH1 Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon - Sign up now for Nov-Apr secret pals on Arachne. Oregon Country Lacemakers Arachne Secret Pal Administrator Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Nov-Apr Secret Pal Exchange--Final Notice
Greetings Arachnians, It is time for the next Secret Pal Round. Please send your application by Sat, Oct 25. The rules and procedures follow. If you have any questions, please contact me. If you choose to participate, please save this message. People who have already sent in an application should have received a message acknowledging it. - EXPLANATION For the newbies, a Secret Pal is a person you send gifts to anonymously for five months, then reveal your name with the sixth package. You would be receiving gifts from a different person than the one you send to. The thank you's for received gifts are to be posted to Lace-Chat. The gifts are supposed to be tokens of friendship, not expensive items. Favorite things to send are candy, chocolate, tea, bobbins, thread, regional specialties, pin cushions, small pieces of lace or bookmarks, notecards, pictures of yourself and/or your lace projects,etc. Anything you like will probably be liked by your Secret Pal. SECRET PAL ADMINISTRATOR I am Alice in Oregon -- alias Alice Howell. I have been the administrator four times in the past. It is most vital that I am notified about any deviation from the normal schedule in sending packages. -- APPLICATION Arachnians who wish to participate should apply by Oct. 25. I will try to have the secret pal assignments out by Oct. 28 so the Nov. 1st packages have time to be assembled. They should be mailed by Nov. 5. This exchange will run Nov. 2003 through Apr. 2004 when you would reveal your identity. This is a SIX-MONTH COMMITMENT. To apply, send an email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following information: 1. Name 2. Email address 3. Complete mailing address 4. Phone number 5. Name and email of friend/relative for emergency use 6. Preference for same country or overseas pal. (Remember, overseas has larger postage costs and takes longer to be delivered.) 7. Affirmation of the following statements: _I have read and understand the rules of participating. _I will mail my packages by the 5th of each month. _I will email a thank you to lace-chat when a package is received. _I will notify the coordinator immediately if something will prevent mailing my package on time or if I have to withdraw. _I understand that I will be summarily removed from the round if I fail to fulfill my agreement. 8. Give a brief bio of yourself to assist your Pal in selecting items for you -- stage in life, family, pets, favorite activities, favorite colors, types of lace you make or like, pierced ears or not, food allergies or diet restrictions (no nuts, sugar, chocolate, etc), preference for Christmas or Hannukah or Solstice greetings, preferred bobbin styles if you do BL, and anything else you wish to share. Also please make a note if there are any import restrictions your pal should know about. RULES 1. Please be prompt in mailing by the 5th of each month so that your secret pal gets the package by the 15th of the intended month. It is depressing to expect a package and not get one. If you must be late, email me before the mailing deadline ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) so your special pal can be notified. 2. Include a real, usable return address, not your own. Mine will be fine for USA use. Overseas please find a friend who will let you use his/hers. All packages need a return address in case of delivery problems. 3. When the package arrives, as soon as possible post a brief note to LACE-CHAT (not Lace!!!) to say Thank You. This lets your sending pal know that it was safely received. It's not necessary to write a long message-- just acknowledge the package. You can send your thank you messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] even if you don't take chat. 4. Pack carefully. A padded bag may not protect a fragile item. Liquids aren't good in containers going overseas, and are not recommended in any package. 5. If you have not received a package by the 20th, tell the administrator so she can find out what has happened. If a person cannot continue the exchange, the pal will be given to someone else so he/she will not be left out. Please let the administrator know if you cannot continue. 6. It is nice to include (or send separately) a personal note to your secret pal. Be aware, a letter included inside a package could cost extra postage, at least in the USA. You may choose to send the letter in an envelope separately. 7. Enjoy!! It's fun to send mystery packages, and to receive them. Alice in Oregon - Sign up now for Nov-Apr secret pals on Arachne. Oregon Country Lacemakers Arachne Secret Pal Administrator Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PR
