[lace] Pound Symbol
For the pound symbol, try: Hold down the alt. key, and on the number pad on the right of the keyboard (Not the numbers aong the top), press 0163, release the alt key, and £ sigh will pop up where your cursor is!! The Quarter sign is alt,with 0188 (¼) the half is alt with 0189 (½).and the three quarters is alt with 0190 (¾). I find I use them quite often, and is much easier that going to the character map etc. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] where it is a glorious day. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: UK Lace magazine (and calendar)
On Oct 29, 2004, at 7:01, Pene Piip wrote: My UK Lace #116 arrived today. Something to look forward to next week :) One thing I have to get somehow, is the 2005 Calendar. The theme is titled "Friends Around the World". Patterns come from many countries around the world, including Australia & Estonia!! And very nice they are too, esp the Claire Burkhard one (Menschen), which is also the basis of the front cover, and pictured - in its entirety - on the back. But beware that the format is changed. For several years, I got the Lace Guild calendars and, being vertical, they fit, perfectly, on the outer upright of my puter desk. But, this calendar, though the same size as the old ones, is horizontal. Poses a whole lot of new problems in geometry for my two brain-cells... :) And I can't use it as the household's main calendar (in the kitchen, where the space is *meant* to house a horizontal calendar), because we close our POs and banks at different times than UK does (for that same reason, I can't use the Polish calendar that my cousin sent me. Loverly costumes, but I'd rather have Martin Luther King than St John marked as a holiday ...) --- 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] Digital cameras
DH bought me a digi camera last Christmas - a 3.2 mega pixel Olympus which is really tiny and I now take it nearly everywhere I go. It's easy to use and there's no expensive film to purchase and have processed. Some pictures I print out, others I just store on the computer. I take a lot more photos than I used to. I did buy another memory card - the one with it was very small, only 8Mb, the replacement is 128Mb which will store 55 photos on the highest quality setting, the definition of which is great, and 798 on the lowest quality setting - which is intended for web use but still needs to be compressed a lot of the time. When it comes to printing, yes the quality does depend a great deal on the printer, but if you get something you really want printed at top quality you can always put it onto CD and take it into the photo lab for printing. I have a Canon i560. I took photos of a piece of lace, overall size a bit smaller than A4 to test on all 4 settings and even the lowest quality 640 x 480 pixels printed acceptably at 4" x 6". The highest quality 2048 x 1536 printed about a quarter of the mat onto A4, so quite a big enlargement, and every thread is clear. Compared to that the mobile phone camera's 320 x 240 pixels is rubbish. I've started using the digi camera to record students' work. Anyone who teaches LEA classes will know just how much paperwork is required now and it's the easiest way of recording progress (or otherwise!). Every few weeks I go around the class and snap each pillow. I also take pics of finished work. Small size prints (8 to the page) on plain paper is adequate for this. I have a question of my own about digi cameras. Does anyone know of a digital camera of at least 3 megapixels which does not have a moving lens. DH wants to be able to hold a camera against the eyepiece of his telescope to take magnified images (of birds) but the zoom lens prevents this. You can get adaptor rings, which cost about 50GBP and take time to screw on and off of the telescope, but a static lens would be much more convenient. Brenda - back from Suffolk this afternoon and getting up at 5am tomorrow for a day in Bruges. Daresay I'll take a few more photos! http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ 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] Digital cameras
DH bought me a digi camera last Christmas - a 3.2 mega pixel Olympus which is really tiny and I now take it nearly everywhere I go. It's easy to use and there's no expensive film to purchase and have processed. Some pictures I print out, others I just store on the computer. I take a lot more photos than I used to. I did buy another memory card - the one with it was very small, only 8Mb, the replacement is 128Mb which will store 55 photos on the highest quality setting, the definition of which is great, and 798 on the lowest quality setting - which is intended for web use but still needs to be compressed a lot of the time. When it comes to printing, yes the quality does depend a great deal on the printer, but if you get something you really want printed at top quality you can always put it onto CD and take it into the photo lab for printing. I have a Canon i560. I took photos of a piece of lace, overall size a bit smaller than A4 to test on all 4 settings and even the lowest quality 640 x 480 pixels printed acceptably at 4" x 6". The highest quality 2048 x 1536 printed about a quarter of the mat onto A4, so quite a big enlargement, and every thread is clear. Compared to that the mobile phone camera's 320 x 240 pixels is rubbish. I've started using the digi camera to record students' work. Anyone who teaches LEA classes will know just how much paperwork is required now and it's the easiest way of recording progress (or otherwise!). Every few weeks I go around the class and snap each pillow. I also take pics of finished work. Small size prints (8 to the page) on plain paper is adequate for this. I have a question of my own about digi cameras. Does anyone know of a digital camera of at least 3 megapixels which does not have a moving lens. DH wants to be able to hold a camera against the eyepiece of his telescope to take magnified images (of birds) but the zoom lens prevents this. You can get adaptor rings, which cost about 50GBP and take time to screw on and off of the telescope, but a static lens would be much more convenient. Brenda - back from Suffolk this afternoon and getting up at 5am tomorrow for a day in Bruges. Daresay I'll take a few more photos! 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]
Re: [lace] Re: Christmas Card exchange
My computer automatically puts my return address on the top left hand corner of the envelope - only once has my missive been lovely delivered back to me! Ann in Manchester, UK, suffering from MRSA, which has twice been treated in hospital during August and October and is still with me, but which can't be caught from a computer screen! - Original Message - From: "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lace Arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 5:53 AM Subject: [lace] Re: Christmas Card exchange But they also write the same thing in the top left, *front*, corner of the envelope, to please me and the US PO, and *that* way of writing your return address makes excellent sense, also. Better, possibly, if you're not using a sticky label to counteract the poor glue. With both "to" and "from" information prominently displayed on the same side of the package/letter, even the seasonal "help" (possibly as in: "God help them") we get at our PO can *cope* So if the US post office doesn't look on the back for a return address before trashing post, an awful lot of post from the UK will be trashed despite our following Royal Mail's recommendations. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: look for somebody
Sorry, Kathy Hensel from Marcola, Oregon could you please write to me privately. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: [lace-chat] Lace Problem
DMC used to call their machine embroidery cotton Retors D'Alsace if it was on the big reels or Brilliante D'Alsace if it was on the smaller reels - now they call it all Machine Broder (but retailers still have to specify Retors if they want big reels or Brilliante if they want the smaller reels!) Size 60 hasn't been made for 10-15 years; perhaps more!The nearest equivalent, size-wize is Mimosa 120, Egyptian gasses 70/2. Egyptian gassed 60/2, Retors 50/2 and Brok 80/2 are a little bit thicker; Brok 100/2 and Madeira Tanne 80 are a tiny bit finer. DMC Perle 8 is similar thickness to Anchor/Coats Coton a Broder 17, as is Coats/Anchor Pearl 8. but Madeira Perle 8 is a bit thicker. Of course the different construction/appearance of Perle v coton a broder would make a difference in the appearance of the finished lace. Not sure if you can still get DMC Coton a Broder, but size 16 or 20 would substitute for Anchor/Coats Coton a Broder 17. These are all cotton threads. Re the different whites - DMC make "Blanc 5200" which is a brilliant white and "Blanc Neige" which is a softer white. I think that goes for all their thread ranges. On 27 Oct 2004, at 00:46, Janice Blair wrote: Evelyn wrote asking about thread for 100 Traditional BOBBIN LACE PATTERNS BY Geraldine Stott and Bridget Cook. Hi, When I bought that book about 10 years ago I went to England to the NEC Lace Fair in search of DMC Retors d'Alsace No. 60 and Coats cotton a broder, No. 18. I was told that it had not been available for quite a few years. I also think #18 has been discontinued so I use 16. Quite often threads have been discontinued even before the books get into the market. I wanted a bright white thread and was disappointed that the threads I bought looked dingy (grey) next to the hankie fabric. I found that DMC make a Machine Broder size 50 in a bright white as well as their regular white. I think the number is 2500, but I could only find it in England at the time. It might be available in the US now as that was probably about 3 or 4 years ago. I have even made the pattern you mention and I think I had a problem with working the corner. Without the book to check, I seem to remember that the pricking had more pinholes than the working diagram in one of the gimp surrounded areas, or visa versa on the corner. Printing errors do happen unfortunatley. With more experience you learn to make changes where necessary to get the look you are trying to achieve. I have just completed the Seascape design on the cover and I am sure each corner was worked differently as I approached it but it looks just as good as the picture. I use DMC Machine Broder 50 for a lot of my Buckspoint patterns. Your letter should have been addressed to Lace rather than Chat so it could be answered by more experienced lacemakers, Chat is usually for other subjects. Janice 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] Norwich Suppliers Fair
The Norwich Suppliers Fair is organised by Norfolk Lacemakers and is being held at the John Innes Centre, Norwich Norfolk on Sunday 31st October. Norwich is centrally situated in the county of Norfolk in the region known as East Anglia ie in the middle of the large bump on the eastern side of England. Nickyfrom Suffolk who is looking forward to attending - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] UK Lace magazine
My UK Lace #116 arrived today. There is lots of great articles to read, and colour photos inside as well as on the covers. One thing I have to get somehow, is the 2005 Calendar. The theme is titled "Friends Around the World". Patterns come from many countries around the world, including Australia & Estonia!! So I have to get one some how, preferably before Xmas. I once gave the calendar as a gift at the NELG gift exchange. The days here are beginning to be too short for my liking, Penelope Piip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> City of Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ate magazine
On Friday, October 29, 2004, at 05:18 AM, Jenny Barron wrote: I hope I'm not whining here but my IOLI magazine has not turned up and I want to report it. Did anyone sensible - unlike me - save the email I didn't save the message, but here's Debra Jenny's address for complaints: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada. Spent 8 hours at the Skate Canada International figure skating contest yesterday. 6 hours today, 8 hours on Sat., and 4 hours on Sun. still to come. Beautiful skating, but my 'bum is getting numb'. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] currency symbols/ abbreviations
The different computer systems use different representations for special characters. When you move data from one system to another, you never know what is happening with these characters. E.g. my surname is spelt with an "o with a slash" and I have had labels spelt with the Japanese currency signs (in Europe not in Japan), 1/2 etc. It is quite possible that two systems will use the same representasion for "our basic currency symbol". Consequently, you may put a pound symbol into one system and get a dollar sign out of the other. The banks use standard abbreviations, I will recommend using the same, e.g. USD and GBP. Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bucks pattern and threads
Firstly, apologies - I think my machine may have sent the digest to which I was responding as a reply (I suppose some of the blame is mine, but it should know me better by now - Tamara's views on technology are endorsed). Now what I meant to send: Dear Evelynn As the replies to date have made clear, it really is a case of finding a thread that works for you, and that is a personal preference, and also depends on what you want the lace for. If it's for a mat, then a firmer thread would be better than for the handkerchief. If you were making a length to be gathered round the edge of a dress or similar (which is probably what the original unit was for) a finer thread may give a better result - though it would be a shame not to use the corner devised, which I think is very successful. Equally though I think it would look more attractive with a bit of gather rather than being laid out starched stiff as a board for display, even on the bride's handkerchief - we do sometimes forget that the beauty of some of the old patterns comes from how they should be used, and being laid out for photography isn't the only way! The pattern itself is geometric, and has no whole stitch except the headside and footside passives, which would make it limper than otherwise. The gimp is a key element in the pattern, and needs to be got right for you - if I were working a length of this, and didn't like the effect of the gimp in the first head or two, I'd certainly start again. I use coton perle for Bucks gimps, and my first bash at this would be with 12, for the lighter effect. The version in the book seems to use a lighter gimp than in other similar patterns (eg ships a sailing, p.26, and pisces, p.28. If you prefer the heavier look, I'd try 8 as the first attempt. For thread, I would not mourn the passing of DMC retors 60. As others have noted, retors d'Alsace has been bettered in recent years, though some time ago it was the thread of choice. DMC still produce the 50 count, I think, which may in any case suit you if you want a firmer thread. The name was changed to DMC broder machine, and when I last got any, the 25g spools were the equivalent of retors, while the smaller 500m spools replaced the brillante d'Alsace, and retained that thread's shinier finish. For this sort of pattern, I would in fact use Unity 150; I have an industrial cop of it, and a set of bobbins wound with it, so availability's not a problem! It does produce a good crisp effect, and I think works well on geometric patterns, especially with less rather than more cloth areas. I don't think it works well for floral with irregular cloth areas, where its excellent finish is a disadvantage - it shows up every irregularity, and total lack of fuzz - it's a plum, not a peach! - is a disadvantage. I haven't used dragonfly myself, but have seen Mrs Ford's samples, and it looked as good. She at one stage had worked up a pattern in several of the then available threads, and it really did show the differences, and interestingly different people preferred different threads. For floral, I prefer Egyptian, which while well-finished, does have a little fluff to it, and go for finer (120) rather than thicker, which suits the patterns I like, and gives me the fine net and the opportunity to add and throw out without thickening up the cloth too much but keeping it looking regular. Horses for courses, and in my case, a bit of lazyness/economy - I use S Bucks bobbins, and am not rewinding them with different threads! Not sure which bit of the pattern you're concerned about - perhaps if you gave the details we could advise? The pricking and diagram look fine to me, without working through them on a pillow. I really don't think it would fail to hold together. The few patterns I have used from this book have worked well, problems being my fault not the authors'! The only point I would reconsider is how to work the fingers in gimp. My personal instinct would be not to secure them with ground stitches, but use either honeycomb (as shown in pisces) or cloth (as shown in ships). These, especially the latter, would firm up the lace a bit, which you seem to like. Similarly, the headsides in those three patterns are worked differently, and I would happily use a different one in any of the patterns if I preferred the result (or found it easier...) though here I think, as usual, they've used the right one for the right pattern. Really, in all this it's a case of trying out and working from experience, so hope mine is of some use, but obviously only suggestions. Do let us know what you decide, and how it works. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #355
--- lace-digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > lace-digest Wednesday, October 27 2004 > Volume 2004 : Number 355 > > > > In this issue: > > [lace] Springett's bobbin sale > [lace] Postage Stamps > [lace] RE: digital cameras > [lace] Pattern Issue > Re: [lace] RE: digital cameras > [lace] Digital Cameras > [lace] digital cameras, general thanks and answer > Re: [lace] Pattern Issue > Re: [lace] digital cameras, general thanks and > answer > [lace] Springett Bobbin Auction. > [lace] antique bobbins > [lace] FW: Auction at Sotheby's > [lace] catalogue > [lace] Springett Bobbin Auction - American info > Re: [lace] Pattern Issue > > Note: To unsubscribe from the digested form of the > list you must > unsubscribe lace-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:50:31 -0400 > From: "Jane Viking Swanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [lace] Springett's bobbin sale > > Hi Laurie and All, There was an ad on page 31 of > the Fall IOLI > Bulletin about the sale. It's at Sotheby's in > London on Dec. 15th. > The URL to look at the bobbins is: > > www.antiquestradegazette.com > > They do have phone numbers and an e-mail address > too. If you > want those let me know. > > Jane in Vermont, USA about to go rake some of the > "beautiful" > leaves . > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:51:19 +1000 > From: "Elizabeth Ligeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [lace] Postage Stamps > > Helene, how do you get your Overseas mail posted > with a variety of stamps on > it? Since the GST came in, there are special stamps > (GST free) for Overseas > mail, and local, stamps are illegal on overseas > mail. Our P.O. won't let > you post overseas with anything but the 'Proper" > International stamps on. > > > Dianna, your tatting Zoo is great, and I love the > use of the multicoloured > thread. Well Done. > > from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a cold, wet > and windy, wild day > today. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:17:35 -0600 > From: "Helen Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [lace] RE: digital cameras > > I have to say that I have 2 excellent cameras. > > My first love is my Canon EOS Rebel, a 35mm, which > serves me very well. > It will do macros for me, plus portraits, > landscapes, and sports shots, > and I can use auto or manual focus, and I have a > variety of lenses for > it. I've done some delayed photography with it at > night in the winter, > to get pictures of our Christmas lights (yes, I go > out and stand in the > snow - if we have it - to get the shots), and whilst > I have some > ordinary shots from it, I've also taken some > fabulous ones of flora and > lace, and other things - but it's usually 1 or 2 > shots per roll that > turn out great. I do a little scrapbooking, and now > I'm past my phobia > of taking scissors to my photos, I can turn an OK > photo into something > better. > > But, for my Big 4-0 this year, DH bought me a Fuji > S7000 Finepix digital > camera, and I really like it. I take tons of > photos, and I can just > shoot and dump to my pc, deleting the bad pics. It > does macro and > supermacro - to within 1cm (stunning for lace!), and > shoots in chrome, > colour and b&W, and can shoot in a variety of modes > up to 12 megapixels, > so to get a print quality photo is easy. He bought > the extra card for > it, and I can shoot up to 500+ pics at 3 megapixels. > It also shoots > movies (short ones - I burnt 2 1/2 minutes of movie > last week when the > Colorado National Guard landed a chopper at my kids > school). > > I've noticed that the last few times we've had team > photos taken of DS's > baseball teams, the photographers have had digital > cameras, and the > results have been very acceptable. I think a number > of studios use them > now to take the mug shots for student ID's at > school, and also the > commercial places like kiddie candids (or whoever > they are) use digital > as well. They then add borders and all sorts of > post photo stuff prior > to printing. > > Part of me still prefers the 35mm, as it just > appeals to the more > traditional part of me, and the photos are on > emulsion, and not ink on > paper. But by the same token, with the digital you > don't have negatives > to get damaged by processors, thereby preventing > reprints (happened to > me - can't get a reprint of one shot I want to > frame, as the idiots > scratched the neg down to the emulsion). You can > get very good little > digital
[lace] wedding veils
I have just had a message from my daughter who lives in Australia, she wants to know is there anyone in Australia who sells antique lace wedding veils? I have sent her the address of Honiton shop, Claeys. Can't find a web site for Ann Swift. No this is not for my daughter, she is married, the information is for a friend of hers. Seems they want to look like the Australian from Tasmania who married a prince. I can't remember what the veil was made off that was worn at the wedding. Jean - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] late magazine
I hope I'm not whining here but my IOLI magazine has not turned up and I want to report it. Did anyone sensible - unlike me - save the relevant email from last week? jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
