[lace] RE: lace-digest V2004 #307
Gidday Tracy, again, where are the best places to buy supplies, best books for patterns and instruction, etc. I move to much so cannot join a regional group and take lessons that way. As you have already found, the Lacefairy site is an excellent source of everything lace-related. I would, however suggest that you DO try and find a local lace group and meet other lacemakers/teachers while you are there. Even if you move often, a network of other lacemakers to help you get re-started will be invaluable and besides, you will make new friends who can help you settle in to your new area. I am also in a travelling phase of my life, with a husband who gets sent who knows where. It is a lot of fun, but you must find likeminded crafty people whenever you arrive somewhere new. You will find it much easier to re-learn bobbin lace (and also be inspired) if you can find some lacemakers in your area. I am sure other Arachneans in the US will be able to point you in the direction of a lace group/persons close to you Welcome back to lacemaking. Michelle a fellow displaced Aussie, in the jungles of Suriname, South America Ian Chelle Long +597 352505 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New and saying hi
HI Tracy welcome to the list. I am a Brit who has lived in America for 5 years, mercifully in one place! I live in the suburbs north of Chicago, and have a 16 (nearly 17) year old son. I have been making lace for 16 years (since he was 10 months old) Has anyone got in touch with you from Indiana? I know there are lacemakers there because they hosted the IOLI convention in 2000 in Indianapolis, and some occasionally come here when we have European teachers. This is the IOLI website if that is any use to you: http://www.internationaloldlacers.org/ Suppliers in the US that I can think of off-hand are: http://www.lacysusan.com/index.html http://www.snowgoose.cc/ http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/ There is a kit on the market which costs about $30 kit but I understand it is not to be recommended. So if you see anything this cheap on other craft sites, steer clear of it or ask here for advice before purchasing it. Sue Babbs - Original Message - From: Tracy Heritage Michaels [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:29 PM Subject: [lace] New and saying hi Hi Everyone, My name is Tracy and I just joined the list a couple of days ago. I - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RE: Welcome
Greetings Spidees and a big cheery welcome to Tracy. Being a member of this group is a wonderful comfortable place to learn, Tracy. I have collected lots of needed information from members. Please don't hesitate to ask questions, as you'll get lots of help. People here are just waiting to share their knowledge. Question for the group. This question was birthed from the pronunciation thread. Is there a centralized location on-line that has the different lace names with their correct english pronunciations? If not, I'd be willing to compile a document if folks would email to me what they know to be correct, and then I could distribute to anyone who wants it. Forgive my ignorance here, but I don't want to step on toes, so if we decide to do this, maybe we could pass it through our List Mom for suggestions and approval. If this has already been done, disregard the above. GBG Mary _ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] 2-Pair Inventions - latest
Gentle Spiders, Hopefully, this is the last time I'll be writing on this subject, at least on the list. Well, maybe last-but one; I'll need to let you all know when the price switch happens... I've checked with the printer yesterday. The price of ingredients hasn't changed since June; it's only the tax that's gone up (by half percent). And I've decided to go ahead and risk another print of 100 copies, to keep y'all's costs down to a minimum, as originally promised. So, the new booklet will cost $10.05 instead of $10.00 even. The shipping details remain as they had been. Within US, it's $3.85 for an individual booklet (shipped Prime Rate, because of the free envelope I get from the PO. If I had to buy one, any saving on shipping book rate would disappear). Or $4.24 for a box of 10 (Book Rate, free box from my friendly grocery store. It'll hold 12 copies, but I've only been pricing out the cost of shipping 10). For smaller multiples, I'd have to buy an envelope and price out individually. Outside US, the details vary so much, they'll have to be dealt with on an individual basis, or else I'd be filling up an entire digest with them :) BUT (there's always one of those g). I still have 18 copies left from the first print. And I *will not* be ordering the second print until all of those are sold. a) I want to close the books on that first run, and send the Museum its share as soon as possible. b) I can't afford to carry that much stock.. So, help me get rid of this batch; if you hold off till the new print, you may have to hold off forever :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] joke
A nice clean joke for the list, for once!! I hope you haven't all read it already... The medal winning Olympic runner, Picabo (pronounced Peek-A-Boo), is not just an athlete, she is a nurse. She currently works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a large South African metropolitan hospital. However, she is not permitted to answer the telephone while she is at work. It simply caused too much confusion when she answered the phone and said: Picabo, ICU A good clean story is hard to find these days. Apart from that, I'd like to tell you that I gave myself a nice, expensive present for my birthday, last week. I was demonstrating at the Melbourne Stitches and Crafts Show on Saturday, all day, and I finally bought that floor lamp and magnifier that I've been drooling over for the last 2-3 years, the one with a circular light around the magnifying glass, and a cover for the magnifier. As I grow older, my eyesight definitely needs some enhancement!!The perfect excuse... So I charged a few (:-)) more dollars to my credit card and carted away several kilos worth of boxes on the suitcase trolley I had remembered to bring (the base is the worst bit, the lamp itself is not very heavy), and went back to our Australian Lace Guild stand to find that next to it was another stand that sold different lamps and magnifiers, and probably one I would have preferred, and a bit cheaper, too!...Isn't that life!! For years, the other one was the only one I could see at shows, and the minute I buy it, I see a better one! Well, I was not game enough to go to the stand where I'd bought the lampo and tell him I wanted a refund! The poor man had carted it for me from Sydney specially When do you think I can get myself the other one? Will DH have forgotten my purchase next year? in 2 years' time? Meanwhile, I'd better make some lace Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, looking forward to a trip to Adelaide at the end of the month, for the Australian Lace Guild AGM. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Spiders!!!!
A father watched his young daughter playing in the garden. He smiled as he reflected on how sweet and pure his little girl was. Tears formed in his eyes as he thought about her seeing the wonders of nature through such innocent eyes. Suddenly she just stopped and stared at the ground. He went over to her to see what work of God had captured her attention. He noticed she was looking at two spiders mating. Daddy, what are those two spiders doing? she asked. They're mating, her father replied. What do you call the spider on top? she asked. That's a Daddy Longlegs, her father answered. So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs? the little girl asked. As his heart soared with the joy of such a cute and innocent question he replied No dear. Both of them are Daddy Longlegs. The little girl, looking a little puzzled, thought for a moment, then took her foot and stomped them flat. Well, we're not having any of that gay stuff in our garden she said To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Spam and downloads
There's a big problem with telephone diallers installing themselves and then dialling premium rate numbers without the peple knowing. They're getting phone bills for amounts ranging from over GBP100 to as much as GBP900. Apparently these programs can dial even when the computer's switched off, I assume because switching off the computer doesn't necessarily switch off the modem. The official regulator for this was on Working Lunch yesterday, and even he got caught. His daughter completed an on-line IQ test which downloaded one of these diallers and he didn't know until he got his phone bill. They can also install themselves through pop-ups. We've got pop-ups blocked by installing the MSN toolbar. With Windows XP you can set it to block pop-ups. BT will also bar the use of premium rate numbers from your phone for free if you call them on 150. It means that you probably won't be able to dial your ISPs technical help line, make charity payments for things like Comic Relief or vote in TV polls (something I've never got into), but you could always use your mobile for those. Some of these diallers also dial overseas numbers and BT will block these for a charge. Because we phone friends in other countries, we haven't got overseas numbers blocked (it's all or none), but do check the cost of calls from our phone line since out last bill periodically through the BT web site. The regulator said that they are working with the police where they can prove fraud is involved, and are taking steps to make all those who want a premium rate number to get a license for it and to lodge a substantial cash bond before the number is granted, but that's still in the pipeline. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Spam and downloads
A friend of mine got caught with that one, apart from the unexpected bill they had a lot of trouble getting the spam dialler uninstalled from the computer. As I understand it, always-on/broadband connections don't (as yet!) get affected by this one because they don't dial out each time. Brenda On 8 Sep 2004, at 09:01, Jean Nathan wrote: There's a big problem with telephone diallers installing themselves and then dialling premium rate numbers without the peple knowing. They're getting phone bills for amounts ranging from over GBP100 to as much as GBP900. Apparently these programs can dial even when the computer's switched off, I assume because switching off the computer doesn't necessarily switch off the modem. Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Spam and phones
I gave up when I was getting 70-80 porn type spams a day and changed my email. I have several addresses I use but it was surprisingly easy to change my main address and let people know. Since then (with an email address without part of a 'name' in it) I have had hardly any spam at all. This is even with using it on websites and internet shopping. We have had to block our house phone from phoning mobiles since our last bill. DD2 was calling her friends - only for a few seconds each time (when she was out of credit on her mobile) but the accrued total of minimum call charges was frightening. She has paid me back! As we are on broadband I'm glad to hear we don't have to face the dial out problem. The bill for last month has just dropped through the door and I am mightily relieved to see what it is! Meanwhile I'm enjoying the peace of the first day on my own since all returned to school, college, work etc! As all the rest are school term based I've had them around making a mess on my days off so it's been hard to keep up the housework etc. Never mind back to the next load of laundry while there is sun to dry it in! Lynne in sunny for once Baldock 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Pronunciation
At 09:28 PM 9/7/04 +0100, Joan Whitfield wrote: How do they make enough profit to carry on sending this junk. When ads are free, you don't mind having to send a million of them for every sale you make. Spammers will use programs that make up addresses by permuting common elements -- if you make up enough addresses, you are sure to hit a few that are valid. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Spam and phones
Unfortunately I can't get at yesterday's 'Working Lunch' programme on the BBC website, but I'm certain that the ICSTIS regulator said that broadband was now being hit by these diallers, but can't remember the details of how the fraudsters did it. It's really annoying when the archive for these programmes, isn't a full archive. One person on NTL broadband, had a BT phone line which he used just for occasional faxes, and this was hit even though the line wasn't used for internet or email access. UK-online say If you're using UK Online Broadband, a rogue dialler shouldn' t affect you at all. However, you can make sure you are 100% safe simply by ensuring that your old dial-up modem isn't plugged into the phone line, or is completely removed from your PC. surefish.co.uk say The risks from diallers are significantly reduced by switching to broadband, though some experts say it is not entirely safe. This from http://forums.itweek.co.uk/thread.jsp?forum=11thread=37142 Hi, Just wanted to warn everyone about diallers placed onto your PC by web sites. We had a £25 charge on our phone bill, which we did not recognise. Our telephone provider advised it was a internet service, we have Broadband and have no need for diallers. I remember Spybot picking up a dialler in our system some time ago, which I deleted. The UK telephone watchdog ICSTIS, identified the telephone number (0906 734 0024) as going to a German company , ICSTIS gave me their contact info but advised they cannot fight any case for us, but they have fined this company £4,000 for breaching certain rules and were issued with a 'formal reprimand'. The company however advised us we authorised the charges, which were for an IQ test (our daughter does access these). We argued we would never agree to pay anything and that the funds have been taken dis-honestly from us. This company are now ignoring my messages, as I asked them to show me thier web link so I can see how it is possible to authorise these charges. as they have not done so, I bevieve thay are theives. I have not mentioned the company for legal reasons here, but I will if anyone wants to know privately. Good luck I hope this does not happen to anyone else. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] message for Sue Harvey
Sue - I am receiving and replying to all your emails, but apparently you aren't receiving them (but they aren't bouncing back, either). Your parcel arrived safely long ago and was greatly enjoyed. Do you have more than one email address? Questions and answers on chat will appear in the same digest because some people get their messages direct and someone answers straight away, so anyone getting the digest gets both in the same digest Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fw: fairies
Okay, so maybe it's not quite PC, but it is a cute joke. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia Subject: FAIRIES The magical Fairy... A married couple in their early 60s were out celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant. Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table and said, For being such an exemplary married couple and for being faithful to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish. Ooh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband said the wife. The fairy moved her magic stick and - abracadabra! - two tickets for the new QM2 luxury liner appeared in her hands. Now it was the husband's turn. He thought for a moment and said: Well, this all very romantic, but an opportunity like this only occurs once in a lifetime, so, I'm sorry my love but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me. the wife, and the fairy, were deeply disappointed, but a wish is a wish... So the fairy made a circle with her magic stick and - abracadabra - the husband became 92 years old. The moral of this story... Men might be ungrateful idiots... But fairies are..female!!! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Fw: fairies
On Sep 8, 2004, at 20:34, lynn wrote: The fairy moved her magic stick and - abracadabra! - two tickets for the new QM2 luxury liner appeared in her hands. [...] So the fairy made a circle with her magic stick and - abracadabra - the husband became 92 years old. I hope the wife had sense enough not to waste her tickets on the dumb cluck; taking care of a 92yr old on a cruise can't be much fun... :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] senior citizens
SPECIAL POEM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS!! A row of bottles on my shelf Caused me to analyze myself. One yellow pill I have to pop Goes to my heart so it won't stop. A little white one that I take Goes to my hands so they won't shake. The blue ones that I use a lot Tell me I'm happy when I'm not. The purple pill goes to my brain And tells me that I have no pain. The capsules tell me not to wheeze Or cough or choke or even sneeze. The red ones, smallest of them all Go to my blood so I won't fall. The orange ones, very big and bright Prevent my leg cramps in the night. Such an array of brilliant pills Helping to cure all kinds of ills. But what I'd really like to know... Is what tells each one where to go! There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt. *-..-**-..-**-..-**-..-* To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] senior citizens
Lynn, this is very timely for me - less than 12 hours ago, I visited the doctor with a bladder infection. He prescribed pills (yellow, as it happens!) which he assured me specifically target the kidneys and bladder, and very little of whatever the substance is goes anywhere else in the system! I must admit, as I left the office, I was reminded of a ditty my mother used to sing: How does the dear little pill, when you're ill Know where your liver is, eh? I just wish I'd thought to ask him how?!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Lynn Weasenforth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SPECIAL POEM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS!! A row of bottles on my shelf Caused me to analyze myself. One yellow pill I have to pop Goes to my heart so it won't stop. A little white one that I take Goes to my hands so they won't shake. The blue ones that I use a lot Tell me I'm happy when I'm not. The purple pill goes to my brain And tells me that I have no pain. The capsules tell me not to wheeze Or cough or choke or even sneeze. The red ones, smallest of them all Go to my blood so I won't fall. The orange ones, very big and bright Prevent my leg cramps in the night. Such an array of brilliant pills Helping to cure all kinds of ills. But what I'd really like to know... Is what tells each one where to go! There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt. *-..-**-..-**-..-**-..-* To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: The Inheritance
From: S.D. Expecting to inherit a fortune when his sickly, widower father dies, Charles decided he needed a woman to enjoy it with. Going to a singles bar, he spotted a woman whose beauty took his breath away. I'm just an ordinary man, he said, walking up to her, but in just a week or two, my father will die and I will inherit 20 million dollars. The woman went home with Charles, and in four days she became his stepmother. Men will never learn --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
