[lace] Square bobbins in UK
I love square bobbins, and have asked all the UK lace suppliers I know about them . . . . there doesn't seem any demand for them in the UK , so no supply . .:-( Sulochona Chris Parsons does them. They're not on his website or in his catalogue, but if you phone him, he'll send them. ( http://www.lace-bobbins.co.uk/index.html, phone 01373 812023) Regards, Annette, London - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Spangles
Good morning All, Several people have mentioned the difficulty of making sewings with spangled midlands bobbins in the course of this discussion. It saves a lot of hassle if you lengthen the leash on the bobbin that is hooked through the pin hole, so giving a much bigger loop to put the other bobbin through. I know it takes a little extra time to lengthen then shorten the leash, but that is offset against the frustration of struggling with spangles which get caught against threads. No contest. Jean in Cleveland U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re Lace Magazine
Hi Annette, I'm in Coventry not London, but we were also badly affected by the strike and I have not as yet received Lace either, so you are not alone. I called the Lace Guild on Tuesday, who are sending me another copy. Apparently, they were sent out just as the strike started so are highly likely to be somewhere waiting to be sorted and delivered. Karen, in Coventry Who really must cut out a gift tag and mount a Honiton flower for the Lace Census. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Square bobbins in UK
Sorry, I forgot to mention that Winslow also do square bobbins, a couple of types. Regards, Annette, London Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] square bobbins
Hi, lacers, I am a very eager reader for years already but a lazy writer. At least now I do ! In Germany in my area (Frankfurt and further south) square bobbins are very popular. They are used for all types of lace and very successful. On the spot I know 2 addresses where you can order them: www.langendorfkloeppel.de www.barbara-corbet.de Marianne from Mommenheim -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Square bobbins in the UK
Janice I know it was crushed around the tables but I did not see any square bobbins, even though some of the bobbin makers sell them at IOLI conventions. Winslow bobbins sell square bobbins, either plain or painted with various designs http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/winslow.bobbins/cat11.html#Other%20Bobbins Deborah = Deborah Metters 'Per ardua ad astra' Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Admin: Digests and subscription help
From: Avital Pinnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Then I can send the commands directly to majordomo, instead of having to download the latest subscription lists for a look or guessing at the various permutations and hoping that one of them will work. And most subscription changes we can do ourselves easily enough. Remember, the info is at the end of every Arachne message. 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] Spangles
I've never had any problems making sewings with spangled bobbins because, like Jean, you just need to make a larger loop for the spangled bobbin to fit through. When I was in the Prairie Rose Lacemakers group in North Dakota, we had lots of lacemaking workshops brought in teachers such as Holly Van Sciver, Judy Aycock, Marni Harang (sp?), among others. All of us in PRL used spangled bobbins. Our workshops consisted of Milanese lace, Russian tape lace, Schneeberg, more, we all used spangled bobbins no one, including the teachers, ever had a problem with them. Shirlee Jean Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning All, Several people have mentioned the difficulty of making sewings with spangled midlands bobbins in the course of this discussion. It saves a lot of hassle if you lengthen the leash on the bobbin that is hooked through the pin hole, so giving a much bigger loop to put the other bobbin through. I know it takes a little extra time to lengthen then shorten the leash, but that is offset against the frustration of struggling with spangles which get caught against threads. No contest. Jean in Cleveland U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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: Thanksgiving card
To all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, here is an early card, which has just arrived in my mailbox: http://213.52.196.73/viewcard.asp?code=1796513126 Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] (E-cards and Web Cards by Jacquie Lawson) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Fw: Thanksgiving card
Hello Sue,, How lovely the thanksgiving card. In Germany we celebrate it earlier,beginning of october. But it was fun to see this card thanks a lot. Ilske from Hamburg in Germany - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] tatting directions
I am trying to make the tatting shuttle case on page 32 of TATTING WITH FRIENDS. The directions say, R1-(13) times close ring. Create a mock picot (14th) using the lock stitch or by tying the treads together. Split ring 2/2 close ring. How many stitches are the rings made of? Sylvia Andrews tip of Texas Hi Sylvia, First I laughed. It sounds like a math problem (If I walk at 2 miles and hour and you walk toward me at 3 miles and hour, when and where will we meet?). I don't have this pattern and this is a very cryptic set of instructions, but I read it as a ring with 13 picots separated by one double stitch with the 14th picot replaced by climbing out of the ring with a mock picot and then a small split ring with 2 double stitches on each side. Does that sound like what you know the pattern is supposed to look like? I would expect that the row after this ring would have small rings of 2 double stitches, join to a picot on the central ring, 2 double stitches, like little berries hanging down from the second row to touch the central ring. It would be hard to guess what else might be included in the second row!?! E 3 E 3 O O O O O O O O O O O O O ( ) m m m m m m m m m m m m m m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 m = double stitch O = picot ( ) = mock picot (climbing out of the ring) E = double stitch on one side of the split ring 3 = double stitch on the other side of the split ring Hope this makes sense. Patty Dowden - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: NL - cordonettes meeting
What I do when cordonettes meet, say when a vein hits the edge of a leaf, is work the outside one first, ie the edge of the leaf, then the vein virtually up to it, cut the padding threads for the vein, loop stitch over then once or twice to hold them together, and take the working thread under the outside cordonnette, pushing the cut threads under the worked edge (lick and needle end) and finish off the working thread in the edge cordonnette. I do much the same when ending up a circle or similar. The method is from Starting Zele Lace by Agnes Stevens and Ivy Richardson, Dryad 1989 (ie Batsford/Chrysalis if still in print) ISBN 0 85219 793 4. Strongly recommended to anyone beginning NL or trying to progress without a teacher, as it is excellent on the small details, like how to make the ends of rows neat, and how and when to join the top row to the outside cordonnet. It gives a great number of ways of doing leaves; some of them work veins while the filling stitches are done, which is very neat and effective, and eliminates all ends, and solves this problem [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Thanksgiving
Thank you everyone. That makes sense. I learned something today. Merlene Billions of dead things Buried in rock layers Laid down by water All over the world - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Square bobbins in UK
Some years ago I purchased a pair of square bobbins for my secret pal of the time. It must have been at chepstow and therefore would have been from Winslow bobbins, I think... Patricia in Wales Yes, Winslow still do square bobbins, I have some - they do a couple of different types. Regards, Annette Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Acceptable behaviour
A story in the Evening Standard yesterday... A man recently caught a late night train home to Penge, a south London suburb. During the journey he dozed off, only to be woken by strange noises. He opened his eyes to see the couple opposite him making like Bill and Monica. The other passengers, in true British fashion, were all hiding behind their copies of the Evening Standard, pretending nothing was happening. After the couple had finished, they each lit up a post-coital cigarette. At this point, all hell broke loose, with most of the other passengers angrily pointing out that smoking was not allowed on the train. I'm not sure whether this shows we have our priorities right here or not! Regards, Annette, in Mottingham in London (nothing like this ever happens on *my* trains!) Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Wallabies/Kangaroos
Dear Jean, I admit to never having see either in the flesh, but from what I've seen on films and TVs, there's just a wee bit of difference in the size of wallabies and kangaroos, apart from any other differences there might be. Unless, of course, there are miniature ones (which there might be for all I know), There sure are. Marsupials in this family range in size from the giant Eastern Grey and Red Kangaroos of over 2 metres in height, down through the wallabies, pottaroos etc. to the kangaroo mouse. Those little marsupial mice are just stunners. I had one for a while up in Darwin. It was trying to get through our flooded porch one wet season and I first thought it was a mouse - same size and colour. But when I dried it out it hopped around on the tiles just like a miniature kangaroo. Gorgeous things all of them - even if they do taste delicious - and there's no difference in taste between kangaroos and wallabies - all take a long time to simmer in a curry or stew, but roast rather quickly on an open fire. Love David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace-chat] dubya etc. again
Hi again - would be handy to have an edit button once the message is sent...I should have said the joke goes - the Queen is visiting the Head of State, the horse lets wind, the Head apologizes, the Queen sez etc. whatever permutations and combinations... -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
