[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #35
Hi Peggy Like you I took my teaching qualification and was teaching at the local college taking over the class from a lace tutor who was retiring, she had helped me during my training. A year or two into teaching there it became increasingly evident that the college couldn't be bothered with and didn't want non-vocational classes - we got dumped (I won't say allocated) in rooms that had very inadequate lighting, one even had no windows and poor artificial lighting! Another could only be classed as a stock room with cans of paint stacked everywhere - there were even several chainsaws in the corner The best was our first day back in a new room (the one with the chainsaws), on the second floor of an annexe building some walk from the college. About half an hour before class was due to finish a caretaker came in and asked what we were doing there? I explained that my classes had been moved to this annexe and this was the first of the term and was that a problem? He then went on to explain that he had been walking home seen the lights and come to investigate and did I realise that we had been locked into the building with no access to a telephone or the fire escape as those doors had been locked too! Needless to say when I went into college next day I saw the principle and went slightly balistic, her attitude was well they are only little old ladies what does it matter. I pointed out that those little old ladies were the mothers of health and saftey inspectors and solicitors etc etc. I and my classes voted with our feet, within a fortnight I was holding my classes privately in various halls and even a pub. That principle is no longer there she left under quite some cloud but was given a hefty handshake and a reference no doubt and is now probably helping to ruin some other college - it was all quite a scandal that they tried to cover up. Now all my classes are at home and I have more pupils than before. Yes I don't earn as much, but at least we are all happy and enjoying ourselves and my students don't have to work for qualifications that they don't want but can work the lace they want and still develope their skills and knowledge. The best part is that I don't have all that paperwork and beaurocracy to fight with so the drop in money was well worth it. Best wishes Nicky in Suffolk waiting for the snow and real cold weather that has been forcast From: Peggy Lovelace-Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] Extra work for Tutors Dear Friends in Lace I would like to know how all the Lace Tutors in the UK are coping with the amount of paperwork we have to do now for the EU regulations. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] More work for tutors
So pleased to learn that I am not the only tutor who is not happy with all the extra paperwork inflicted upon us. Having spent valuable time filling in all the forms, can any of us belive that someone is going to sit down and digest all this useless information we have provided? The 'powers that be' expect us to make out a lesson plan (in my case for a whole wekend) but don't seem to realise that until the student actually sits down on her chair and tells me on the Friday evening, what she would like to work, I have no idea whatsoever. Therefore it is almost impossible to make a lesson plan geared to each of my students who will all be working something different and with varying degrees of competency! The odd one or two does contact me before the class with a query or perhaps copy of pattern they would like to work, but the majority do not. As for 'evidence of progress' , I simply ask each of my students to write their name on the backing fabric, which I then place face down on the office photocopier (4 to an A3 page) then cut each one and staple it to their individual progress sheet. As my subject is needlelace, this is a quick and simple way of providing them with what they want but not so easy for bobbin lace tutors! They were more than happy with this and thought is was a great example of how students' progress and achievement can be recorded and would I have any objection to them showing it as a good example if the need should arise? There apparently is one digital camera at the residential college where I am currently teaching and somewhere in the region of 12 tutors each weekend. Well one can only phoograph the work at the end of the weekend to show the progress made during the allocated time, and if 12 of us wish to use it, need I say more? Then of course the images have to be down loaded! I have given up nearly all of my teaching because I am so tired of spending a very large proportion of my valuable free time, stuck in a traffic jam on a motorway somewhere due to the fact that the majority of the classes are over a weekend period. This means that I have to travel on a Friday afternoon, which apart from Monday mornings, is the worst time to travel. I decided to teach at college that is only aprrox a 35 minute drive from my home as I too do not want to give up teaching completely, as I feel I still have a considerable amount of knowledge to impart to others, but it would seem that I have 'jumped out of the frying pan into the fire' so to speak. Also the last two weekends that I taught there, it took me over 2 hours (again because of traffic congestion) to do a 35 minute journey, and I don't see the traffic situation improving one little bit. I don't know what the answer is but the sooner they realise that our students come for pleasure and a relaxing time (many for social reasons), and that if the student is not satisfied then he or she will not return, and that they will loose more students and revenue due to bureaucracy, when so many tutors feel that they have just had enough, and retire from teaching altogether. This would be a very sad state of affairs! Catherine Barrley [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Freebie pattern.
There may be some disappointed people out there wondering where the pricking and diagrams for the IOLI freebie pattern have been hidden... Unfortunately, when the pattern was added to the website, the file containing the diagrammatic info was missed. I understand the website is still undergoing an update and therefore the absent info will find its way home shortly.. (It wasn't a fiendish plot set to cause confusion and despair!) Sandi Woods (Rochester, Kent UK) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] re: patterns
Hi all, I know it's been a few days since we talked about the patterns, and I said I was sticky tape challenged, but I did just want to thank everyone who contributed tips to help me (and others like me) who have had some interesting moments getting patterns together. You've helped greatly. I will be storing the tips for my future reference :-) Cheers, Helen, Aussie living in lovely sunny Denver, where the snow from last night is dazzling! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] miracourt lace?
Howdy gentle spiders! Listen, in my travels I have occasionally run across a kind of lace that has been identified in several different ways. Elizabeth Kurella's book calls it Miracourt, but I have also seen it called Catherine of Aragon. It's a bobbin lace, fairly coarse, with a heavy, wired gimp. I simply call it that stuff, as in Hey, look! There's some of that stuff! :- Does anyone know anything about this kind of lace? I have a few pieces, but know little about it. Any knowledge is appreciated! Thanks in advance! Vasna Zago Many people don't realize that playing dead can help not only with bears, but also at important business meetings. - Jack Handey - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] miracourt lace?/Janet Gillies?
Janet Gillies wrote a little article about this for the publication of the New England Lace Guild, but I don't know if Janet is still a member. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] miracourt lace?
Does anyone know anything about this kind of lace? I have a few pieces, but know little about it. Any knowledge is appreciated! Try http://lace.lacefairy.com/International/Mirecourt.html Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: IOLI Convention
On Jan 26, 2004, at 13:48, Angela Thompson wrote: for I am coming to teach Romanian Point Lace, beginners and Intermediate, and also Casalguidi Embroidery. My daughter Jane is coming to help in the teaching, yes the hours may seem long when you read about them, but when the time comes, become all too short. Not only that, but I've found that, after a good, *intensive* workshop, I remain energised for weeks afterwards. Even though -- ordinarily -- I'm a late riser and generally lazy, after a workshop, I continue to get up at an hour that has my DH's jaw hanging open, gobble my breakfast fast, and settle to a pillow for an 8-10 hour stretch (with short breaks for a smoke, of course, but I do that in class also). He usually likes it better when I get off the workshop high and fall back to my normal routine; being on a workshop schedule also means I don't cook... :) - 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: Looking for reproduction 1630 lace
You can get a pattern for a lace from the right time. When the Dutch East India Company's Batavia went down near Australia in 1629, she contained both lace and bobbins. Get hold of: Shepherd, Rosemary: The Batavia Lace + Pattern OIDFA Bulletin 1/1994 pp.4-9 (reprint of 'Australian Lace' Vol 14 no 2, Summer 1992 pp. 8-11 + correction Autumn 1993). Greetings Vibeke in Cold Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: IOLI Freebie pattern.
On Jan 26, 2004, at 14:55, Sandi Woods wrote: There may be some disappointed people out there wondering where the pricking and diagrams for the IOLI freebie pattern have been hidden... Unfortunately, when the pattern was added to the website, the file containing the diagrammatic info was missed. I understand the website is still undergoing an update and therefore the absent info will find its way home shortly.. It's all (pricking and diagrams included) there, now, on the website Jay Ekers gave: http://www.keystonelaceguild.org/WoodsPattern.htm The printing off was a tad akward, as the two pieces (photo and instructions being one, pricking and diagrams being t'other) have to be tackled separately, but not really a problem, even for someone as 'puter-challenged as I am. It's a lovely, graceful pattern *and* a hex sign... Which is this year's competition theme (open to all IOLI members), so those of you who might want to enter in the Technical Proficiency category, *go for it* -- you're not likely to find many hex signs to immitate otherwise :) BTW, if -- once you're on Ms Woods' pattern page -- you click on the Lace Convention '04 (l.h. side column) and then on Lace Contest (also l.h. sde), you get a (printable) page of info which, among other things, lists the traditional hex sign colours and their meanings; you might want to make Ms Woods' pattern yours by using those... - 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] 1630s lace
Sharon There is actually a book of patterns (with diagrams) showing lace from that time period. It is N. Andries CAROLUSKANTJES. It is lace from the collection at the church of St. Charles Borromeus in Antwerp. Some are complex with Flanders ground, Paris ground or random braided ground. But others are hard to label as to structure. Proto torchon perhaps. There may be something in it that you can do. I can't find its publication date, but it is recent. I bought it from Holly Van Sciver about 2 years ago. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mirecourt
Vasna My understanding of Mirecourt lace is that it is a French lace somewhat like Bruges Bloomwork in that it is more coarse than Duchesse and simpler in design. But the pieces I've seen are not as simple as Bloomwork. I'm sending you a photo in a .jpg file in a 2nd email. There is also a piece in the Milanese collection of patterns from CENTRE DE LA INITIATION DE DENTELLE DU PUY, one of a group of patterns sets which Lacis in California used to sell. I don't know any detail about exactly where or when it started to be made, other than roughly the very late 19th to early 20th century in France. Lorelei Halley - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mirecourt
Sof Thanks for this website info. Most of the lace depicted there appears to be Cluny or what I call continental guipure -- straight lace with a braid ground. But the page http://mirecourt.free.fr/ does show some free laces, but only parts. Mirecourt is a free lace, as I understand it. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Liz Bartlett at IOLI Convention
Yes, Devon, it is the same Liz Bartlett. The book is now out of print, and Liz's own copy was stolen from her car, along with her laptop and a lot of other goodies when she was in Bristol, England, for a weekend of talking/teaching. I seem to remember that amongst the list of things stolen was a projector, which might mean the slides were stolen too. Liz has had a terrible year health-wise, and as a result is having tremendous trouble with her eyes, so I do hope she's well enough to come to the IOLI Convention. Ruth Budge (sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just going through my books and realized that there is a Liz Bartlett who is teaching at the IOLI Convention and that the book Lace Villages was written by a Liz Bartlett. Are they one and the same? Quite a few years ago I think she had a slide show about the Lace Villages that I desparately wanted to see, but something intervened. I don't recall what. I wonder if the slide show will be given at the Convention. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Closet Survey
1. Do you know the direction your garments (jackets/coats/blouses/shirts) face without looking in the closet? (Y/N) Yes. 2. Do all the garments face the same direction? (Y/N) If not, go to question 6 Yes. 3. Do they face right or left? (R/L) Left. 4. Are you male or female? (M/F) Female. 5. Are you right-handed or left-handed? (R/L) Right. 6. Is there any particular reason you hang them this way as opposed to another? I really hadn't thought why. I like them all to face the same way, with the hanger hooks all facing the same way too. When I go to choose a garment, my right hand takes the nearest shoulder of the hanger and pushes it to my right so I can see its front; if it's the one I want then my right hand already has hold of it and can unhook it easily. If my clothes faced the other way, the same action would have to push the garment to my left, and my arm would be across it - too awkward. So when I hang up clean clothes, I put all their hangers in the same way - shirt (say) facing me, hanger hook open on my left. DH's shirts in his wardrobe face the same way as mine because I iron them and hang them up. His other clothes hang randomly - he isn't the same kind of control freak as me. G Susan, are you going to tell us the results of your survey, and your conclusions? BFN, Margery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] liquid man...
I have some friends who used to have this effect on men! Move your cursor on the screen and watch what happens. Weird but fun... http://www.electronicorphanage.com/neen/demo/clinger.swf Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat]snow report...
In Virginia, our climate is not so far off from that in Indiana...(~slightly~ warmer, perhaps...) We do have hot summers (complete with high humidity), and during the winter, we average 4 - 6 significant snow storms a year... meaning that it comes down, disrupts life for one or two days, and then goes away. But on a cyclical basis, we have a few hard winters, where there is much more than the average snow and ice, and likewise years when we can wear our sweaters outside - no coats - all winter long. This year, so far, has been fairly average. Tamara has been in Virginia for nearly (?) 30 years... So she has seen at least three cycles of our famous Virginia weather. Methinks that her curmudgeonly attitude toward the weather is because she enjoys being a curmudgeon, and with this weather, there's little else to complain about!! ; ) When you have no place you have to be, what difference does it make if the roads are covered with snow? I have to admit that I cheered when DH arrived home tonight after work. He had slogged it out with the elements to get in - on time - this morning. Thankfully, he managed to do it without mishap. But when he got home tonight, the car got stuck when he parked it in front of the house!! Yippee!! With ice expected tonight, there's no way he'll be a hero tomorrow!! Clay There was a solid week before my bike ride when we wouldn't even *walk* on the road out front. Joy Beeson To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal Thanks
Merci beaucoups, moi amie. That's about all the French I know and it's probably wrong. LOL I'm sorry to be so late in thanking you. I've had dental problems, a sprained ankle, and a crashed computer. Thankfully, everything is so much better now. I did receive the December packet. I sent a thank you about the time my computer decided to take a holiday, so I guess it didn't make it through. The stocking immediately went on the tree and the divider pin on the pillow. I used the bubbly in my bath Christmas Eve. The keychain is also in use. Is the eagle design on the Le Puy a coat of arms? My oldest son, his wife, and 2 daughters (12 and 7) were here for 2 days right after Christmas. They were properly awed when I showed them all the things you sent. I even shared the calissons with them. My daughter-in-law is so proud that now she s has eaten something from France. The sachet has been placed in my lingerie drawer. The zipper bag is delightful; the candies delicious. The coiffes on the postcard are really something. They look like they would be hard to wear. The Santa will go on my tree next year. It looked skimpy this year because I could only find one box of my ornaments. Wouldn't you know it--we found the missing box when we were storing the Christmas stuff this month. I love looking at the lace on both the calendars and hope I will someday to make some that beautiful. I m a firm believer in aromatherapy and the wands are great! You've have certainly been good to me. Thank you so much. Anne in Austin TX To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: doggie story
Apologies to the source, who's on chat -- you'll read here what you'd sent me in private. But this one is too good to hog, and -- I think -- just within the limits; there's not a dirty word in sight, and I refuse to accept responsibility for other people's dirty *minds*... g From: C.B. My neighbor found out her dog could hardly hear so she took it to the veterinarian. He found the problem was hair in it's ears and cleaned both ears and the dog could hear fine. The vet told the lady if she wanted to keep this from reoccurring she should go to the store and get some Nair hair remover and rub in it's ears once a month. The lady goes to the drug store and gets some Nair hair remover. At the register the druggist tells her If you're going to use this under your arms don't use deodorant for a few days. The lady says I'm not using it under my arms. The druggist says If you're using it on your legs don't shave for a couple of days. The lady says I'm not using it on my legs either. If you must know, she adds I'm using it on my schnauzer. The druggist says Stay off your bicycle for a week. - 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Angela's foot and IOLI Convention
It may sound crazy, but having a foot in plaster for six weeks does stop serious thought! No I did not injure myself, I elected to have an operation to straighten my big toe, which mean some kind of bone fretwork and a nasty pin that did not come out until last Friday. This was more serious than the normal toe operation and I still cannot drive for a few days. Friends and family have rallied round and I have not starved. So I have had fun reading all the digests, especially the ones on the IOLI Convention, for I am coming to teach Romanian Point Lace, beginners and Intermediate, and also Casalguidi Embroidery. My daughter Jane is coming to help in the teaching, yes the hours may seem long when you read about them, but when the time comes, become all too short. I am really looking forward to this and hope to meet many Arachne friends at the Convention. I am sure all will be fine, enjoy yourselves, that is what life is for. Forgive my sending this to both lists, but I still tend to get tired in the eveinings Angela in dark and chilly Worcestershire UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
