[lace] Lace Magazine
My copie of the April issue has just arrived. Can't look at it as I am getting ready to go to a beading workshop. Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Magazine costs
On May 7, 2004, at 10:25, Jean Barrett wrote: I have been interested to read of the costs of the Spanish magazine l'Encaje. I haven't subscribed for quite a time, but wonder if a lot of the increase is due to post charges? I think most, if not all of the increase is due to that. And postal charges are likely to keep on creeping up, what with the price of oil and petrol going up steadily. Miriam, I don't remember what La Encajera's subscription used to be in pesetas, but it came out to about $45 for the six issues, which I thought was very good value, given that that's about what I've ben paying for *four* issues of Lace (from UK). Now it's over $100. Sure, part of that is our dollar having sunk in relationship to the Euro, but, still... I hate to contemplate what the subscription renewal for *Lace* (slip ought to be in the coming issue) is likely to be... But unless it's something totally outrageous, I think I'll bite the bullet on this one and continue; I really like that magazine very much. Same with the Knipplebrevet and the IOLI Bulletin; I think I can live without la Encajera, but I wonder how long it's going to survive without the overseas support. Yet, it seems to be a much needed publicaton in Spain... - 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: Heather's Phone Call
On May 7, 2004, at 1:15, David Collyer wrote: About half an hour ago I had the most delightful chat with Heather MUTH from B.C., Yeah, yeah, rub it in :) I'll surprise you again soon Tamara - and I still know how to pronouce it. Save yourself some money and me some stress and, please, *don't*. Tallking on the phone is something I never learnt to like; talking on the phone in a foreign language is twice as difficult; talking on the phone, in a foreign language and over long distance (even if it's you paying) takes me half a day to recover from. And half a day to prepare for. Which is what happened when Heather called. I don't answer the phone if I can avoid it, so left it to Severn. He told Heather I was out and would call back, to give me time to gird my mental loins for it. I think it took about 2 hours before I called you back, Heather, wasn't it? Deep breaths all around, the smokes at the ready to steady my nerves -- the whole 9 yards. I can tell you straight away, that I'll not call back to OZ; Severn would forbid it -- we're not on any cheap long distance plan, because we don't need it, so we keep those calls down to the essential ones (most people we need to contact either have e-mail or 800 numbers). In '96 you caught me, because it was before Severn had retired; now he's home much more often to act as a screen for me :) - 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: Prague
Apologies to lace; this really doesn't "belong" here, yet I suspect it might be of interest to more than just me, with the forthcoming OIDFA Congress... On May 6, 2004, at 3:06, Marie Zemanová wrote: For all of you who are going to Prague: Thanks, Marie. I *suspected* that the Czech Rebublic was likely to be similiar to Poland, but I couldn't be certain. try to spend all you have in crowns, because changing back is only in Czech republic possible. It might be *possible* to change Czech koruna (as long as it's not in coins; *change* is refused everywhere ) outside the Czech Republic, but it would be very costly; I've learnt that lesson with my "Polish leftovers" (I keep those against the next trip) you need only look for the word BANKOMAT It's called "bankomat" in Poland also. Even though some friends call the *process* of getting teh money from one "milking the wall"... :) Again - almost everywhere you can pay with Visa or Mastercard. In Prague with no problems at all, generally with no problem at any gas station, in a hotel, in most shops. In the shops, look if they have a logo at their door. Same in Poland; because *not all* the shops accept those, the ones which *do* advertise it. One other question... Getting or changing money at airports has never been a problem, even in Poland; there's always been an official exchange point (to be avoided; the fees are *scalping*, since they know they have you "by the short hairs" and take advantage), and now they have ATM's (wall cash-cows ) as well. But I'll be arriving in Prague from Poland *by train* (don't yet know which station, as I'll be getting my ticket *in* Poland). Do train stations have ATMs as well? And, *how safe* is it to withdraw money at one of them? Polish train stations do have ATMs (the bigger ones do, at any rate), but you're likely to get clobbered and "relieved" of the money (or so I'm told), if you use them - security at the train stations is nowhere near as good as at the airports. Yet I'll need money for either bus or taxi to take me to the Agri-U (which sounds like it's "where the devil says goodnight")... Yours, wondering when this message will go out... The ISP sems to be under siege again, and I already have 6 messages sitting in my Out box waiting for a propitious moment to be sent out. And I've had no incoming mails for the past 4 hrs, either (and fully half of the ones which waited when I logged on were repetitions of the messages I'd seen before - sometimes 2, or 3 times. Like listening to an "endless tape" ) Written at 0:35 "my" time, and being the last message of the day (so, it's not likely to leave my box before I log on again in the evening). We had a beautiful -- sunny and hot (84 F) -- day; DH put up the sun-umbrella on the deck off the kitchen... - 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] May flower
I am not sure of the botanical information but I do understand that April showers bring them... ;-) Sorry but I couldn't resist. Janet Fort McMurray, AB Daughter of a Bluenoser - Original Message - From: Margot Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, May 7, 2004 3:34 pm Subject: [lace] May flower > As a newcomer to Nova Scotia, I don't know anything about the > mayflower > except that it is the provincial flower. Maybe there is something > on a > Nova Scotia site? > On Friday, May 7, 2004, at 06:00 PM, Bev Walker wrote: > > Is the Mayflower a magical plant? > > I tried to Ask Google and got bogged down in commercials. > > Any info, true or false greatly appreciated. > > Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada > [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] May flower
As a newcomer to Nova Scotia, I don't know anything about the mayflower except that it is the provincial flower. Maybe there is something on a Nova Scotia site? On Friday, May 7, 2004, at 06:00 PM, Bev Walker wrote: Is the Mayflower a magical plant? I tried to Ask Google and got bogged down in commercials. Any info, true or false greatly appreciated. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mounting lace on fabric
Clay Blackwell wrote: > The most exhaustive work on the subject of (joining and ) > mounting lace is "Het Lassen en Aannaaien van Kant" by > Louise Allis-Viddeleer. > Theo Brejaart has this book and the English translation listed on his website. It is on the page for Dutch books. http://www.theobrejaart.nl/frame.html No affiliation. Eve in a wet London again - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Scarborough and USA
Thanks Nicky for your contribution to the Scarborough Lace Adventures, you filled in parts that I had forgotten or did not think about. When you are ready, do let us know how you are going to use your Lucet braid. Now I have to turn my mind to August and the IOLI Convention in Harrisburg. This seems to be complicated, trying to arrange travel etc in advance. I have had to book flights for my daughter Jane and myself already as it is holiday time and everything is booked up. We want to fly from Birmingham airport as it is so much nearer than London Heathrow. Jane is a primary school teacher and has not left her children and husband for more than a few days before. Hannah, my grand-daughter is now 18 and quite capable of cooking and fending for them all. Hannah has decided to become an astro-physicist. She is very determinded, I wonder where she gets that from? Jane does all the crafts including lace, but her favourite is quilting. It has been arranged for us to visit quilters in Ephrata after the Convention, then we go to my cousin's in Connecticut and finally hope to end up visiting Jeri, Tess and Lori. I am sure it will all work out. Jane will help me to teach the lace. I do hope we get plenty of students as I only come to USA every four to five years to visit my cousins. There have been some mistakes on the Convention web-site regarding my Romanian Point Lace - most are corrected, but the advanced class has been wrongly listed as Technique - Flanders and Bobbin-Lace. This is being rectified, but must have perplexed many. Also the illustration of my Casalguidi embroidery was put on its side, which makes no sense at all. It is of a balustrade with flowers. That is being put the right way up now. I am planning to ship some of George Butters Romanian Lace to sell on the Wednesday evening together with my books. The lace is sold in aid of the Lace Group in Romania. It all helps. That's all for now Angela in a slightly less rainy Worcestershire UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Magazine costs and postage
On 7 May 2004, at 15:25, Jean Barrett wrote: I have been interested to read of the costs of the Spanish magazine l'Encaje. I haven't subscribed for quite a time, but wonder if a lot of the increase is due to post charges? I was quite shocked when I went to our local post office yesterday to price the cost of posting a pattern book our Guild is producing. It is some 25 pages long in a plastic binder. For the UK the cost of postage will be 75p., into Europe about £1.50 and fro American and the rest of the world almost £2.50. Since the projected cost of the booklet is £6 the postage will add a considerable amount to the cost. The Spanish publication I know uses a lot of heavy card to print the patterns so that must add a lot to the postage. Jean I quite often post books around the world. It always used to be the case that small packets and printed papers were identical in cost with three postal zones - Europe, World Zone 1 (USA Canada etc) and World Zone 2 (Australia, NZ etc). However, I went into the Royal Mail website just a few days ago to get up to date prices and it's all changed. http://www.royalmail.com/ then click on Postal prices. Not the quickest of sites to load for those of us still stuck with dial-up. Letters still have Europe, Zone 1 & Zone 2 but Small Packets and Printed Papers only have two zones; Europe and World, but within those two zones small packets cost more than printed papers. Needless to say, from now on I'll be sending books as printed papers, because that's what they are! A single book with packaging weighs 160gms (but sometimes creeps into the 180gms band) For 160gms its: UK 1st class = 75p UK 2nd class = 58p Europe as letter = 1-58 Europe as small packet = 1-28 Europe as printed paper = 1-11 World Zone1 as letter = 3-24 World Zone2 as letter = 3-76 World as small packet = 1-85 World as printed paper = 1-79 For surface mail (which goes in 50gm increments) 200gm letter = 1-67 and small packet or printed papers = 1-06 Moral is - make sure both you and the post office clerk knows which service you want. Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Magazine costs
Hello Everyone, I have been interested to read of the costs of the Spanish magazine l'Encaje. I haven't subscribed for quite a time, but wonder if a lot of the increase is due to post charges? I was quite shocked when I went to our local post office yesterday to price the cost of posting a pattern book our Guild is producing. It is some 25 pages long in a plastic binder. For the UK the cost of postage will be 75p., into Europe about £1.50 and fro American and the rest of the world almost £2.50. Since the projected cost of the booklet is £6 the postage will add a considerable amount to the cost. The Spanish publication I know uses a lot of heavy card to print the patterns so that must add a lot to the postage. Jean in Cleveland U.K. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Scarborough Lace Guild Convention/ Czech currency
Sorry to have missed you in Scarborough, glad you enjoyed the weekend. My friends and I had a good time. I too took many photos of the Russian Lace which I plan to download this weekend. I am now looking forward to Tonder and then Prague. I asked in my bank this a.m re. Czech currency. According to the check they made with American express I can order online, if I wish, AND they will accept any unused notes on my return, BUT I think it is highly unlikely that I will be using that facility I hope this bit of info. helps those who have been asking about monies for the Prague trip. Anne in Letchworth Garden City U.K. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mounting lace on fabric
The most exhaustive work on the subject of (joining and ) mounting lace is "Het Lassen en Aannaaien van Kant" by Louise Allis-Viddeleer. There is also a translation by Ineke van den Kieboom. The work was done as part of her Teacher Training at Kantcentrum in Bruges, and my copy is quite dog-eared from much use. Does anyone know if this is still in print? I don't think I've seen it with any of our vendors, but it's one of those "essentials" that, IMO, all good lacemakers should have! Clay - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 1:16 AM Subject: [lace] Mounting lace on fabric > The second Elsie Luxton book has directions for sewing a Honiton lace motif > to fabric (ie handkerchief corner) and finishing the rest of the edge. > > As I looked for the book to give you its name I realised it's not there. I > must look in my "library book" to see which student has it, because whoever it > is its been gone for years rather than months or I'd have remembered it's not > here. > Anyway, it's the Honiton designs not techniques one, written by just Elsie > Luxton. > > Just be very aware that the first round of stitches is worked one way up over > the lace and reversed when used on the fabric edge. It does say this quite > clearly but I still managed to not reverse it. When I came to do the second > round I discovered that I wasn't able to make the finished off edge on the > fabric bit (ie over 3/4 of the edge!) and had to undo it all. It's still a UFO as > I got bored with it and cross with myself. > > Jacquie > > - > 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] The Spanish La Encajera
Tamara, you are not the only one who gasped at the new prices of the magazine. When I received mine yesterday I didn't believe my eyes. I thought I needed new glasses. I can't remember how much the subsciption was in pesetas but it was effordable. I have no intention of renewing my subscription and will have a few euros more so spend in Prague. Miriam, in a very hot Arad, Israel - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Scarborough Lace Guild Convention
I've just been catching up with the lace-digests and been reading Angela's account of the weekend and have to agree the Spa at Scarborough is a really lovely venue, overlooking the south bay which at night was quite lovely with all the lights reflecting in the water, and the weather did us proud, glorious sunshine, mind you our allotment has welcomed the recent rain.The talk by Gillian White was a real treat, she had once worked at Hardwick Hall and so many of her slides were of textiles from this magnificent house. Like Angela I took the lucet braiding workshop, but on the Sunday, which I thoroughly enjoyed and I immediately twigged onto a purpose for the braid so I'm now making a lucet braid for a piece that I have to complete for a competition next weekend! so the workshop was very timely. The talk by Vera Protasova was quite exceptional, especially when considering that English is not her first language and she had never given a talk in English before - I doubt that any of us could have communicated what she did that morning in Russian! Later on I was able to take many photos of Vera modelling some of the beautiful lace garments that were on her display. (I've not yet downloaded them). My husband, Brian, attended Veronica Main's workshop on Straw Braiding, and almost completed a very pretty straw braid brooch for me, now finished, he thoroughly enjoyed himself. All the displays put on by the various lace groups were excellent, a lot of very hard work had gone into producing them - well done all. The talk by Lyn Hopwood at the banquet was informative and certainly created a few laughs - sorry Alison - (she modelled one of the dresses back to front). A very enjoyable evening and a very nice meal. I won't say too much about the talk on Sunday as I'm sure that Angela will detail that in her next installment, but I'm delighted that Melanie Venes lives not too far from me, just across in north Norfolk, she was quite inspiring and I shall make a determined effort to attend one of her workshops in the not too distant future. It was so nice to meet up with some old friends, make some new and be able to spend time chatting with so many friendly like minded people. I was also fortunate enough to be able to add a few more lace group pin badges to my collection - yep I collect anything - so if your group has a pin badge please let me know and if I don't already have one I'd love to be able to add it to my collection - I'm sure we could come to an arrangement/exchange or something. Nicky in Suffolk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
