[lace] Book- Guide to Lace and Linens by Elizabeth Kurella
I just spent a delightful day with Kate Henry and Elizabeth Kurella. The first time I've been able to talk lace since IOLI! I've been informed that "Guide to Lace and Linens" by Elizabeth Kurella is no longer in print but she still has a little stock left. You can order directly from Elizabeth via email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy New Year to everyone. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Book "Elisa Ricci, Antiche Trine Italiane, Trine ad ago (Book)
Kate Henry has the book "Elisa Ricci - Antiche Trine Italiane - Trine ad ago" on ebay. The reserve is $750.00. The website is below. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4515177920&r d=1&ssPageName=WDVW I viewed this book at Kate's house today -- it really is wonderful. The frontispiece has a lion with a shaggy mane! Diane Z Lubec, Maine - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition
On Dec 29, 2004, at 14:22, Karen wrote: Has anyone successfully managed to send an entry to the Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition? I keep getting a form submission error Haven't tried yet; sufficient to the day, etc :) Printed out the calendar (once everything was out in the open) in several copies, and propose to get help from my 3 step-granddaughters tomorrow (they're arriving tonight). Putting the jig-saw puzzle together ought to keep them occupied for a spell, while I'm fixin' their supper and their father is having his pre-prandial drink :) Where I did have a problem was in printing the thing out; the first 20 days printed out like a dream, but the last 4 days obstinately refused to. And, naturally, one of the pics in the last row of 4 had a piece of the puzzle... I finally managed to get that piece printed out but, as it went through a different "route", it's also a different size... One could easily learn to hate 'puters :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition
Hi Karen - I was able to send mine in with no problem. Sorry, but I'm not clever enough about computers to tell you what the problem is! Clay - Original Message - From: "Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arachne" Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: [lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition > Has anyone successfully managed to send an entry to the Lace Guild Advent > Calendar competition? I keep getting a form submission error - and am not > certain if the problem is at my end or the web sites. > > Karen > In Coventry, > > - > 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] Reference book - Caulfeild & Saward
Dear Lacemakers, It seems to me we discussed aficots a couple times in the past, reminding that I could give you a reference book recommendation that would be helpful with such things. I have a copy on each side of my library - with lace books and with embroidery books. The book I am referring to is the same but In two different formats. Authors: S.F.A. Caulfeild & B.C. Saward "The Dictionary of Needlework" published as a facsimile editon of the 2nd edition of a book by the same name published in London in 1885. My 528-page hardback edition was published by Blaketon Hall Limited in 1989, ISBN 0-907854-10-9, original cost 35 pounds; I paid $28 for a used copy. This is a large, thick book. "Encyclopedia of Victorian Needlework (Dictionary of Needlework)" is a 1972 Dover reprint in two softcover volumes from Dover. Vol. 1 covers A-L, 330 pages; Vol. 2 covers M-Z; continues to page 697. ISBN 0-486-22800-2 and 0-486-22801-0. These came in as a used set. A vast number of entries focused on artistic, plain, and fancy needlework - with many photos and drawings - it is "Dedicated to Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, this book is by her special permission, Dedicated, In Acknowledgment of the Great Services which, by Means of Her Cultivated Taste and Cordial Patronage, She has Rendered to the Arts of Plain Sewing and Embroidery." Whew! Do not confuse Princess Louise with Princess Christian, who - with Lady Marian Alford - established the Royal School of Needlework in 1872. It is quite obvious that the Royals were very dedicated to needlework (there are several portraits of Queen Victoria showing her with needlework in her hands). TESS: I'll bring these to you so you can determine if they should be on the Professor's site. Then, the challenge will be to get a volume that is older to scan! This reference material is useful when reading a 19th C. (1800's) book or magazine and you do not understand a word or term. There are many lace entries. For lace collectors and those interested in older books, history, etc. - look for this book in used book stores and similar venues. Do not be put off because "lace" is not in the title. Take a look. If it is not your cup of tea, your lace club might find it useful. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace & Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Christmas presents
I gave something to Salvation Army, our local charity that collects and sells things at low prices. Some years ago I got 12 pair of bobbins in the mail from someone in France, he never charged me for them even though I tried repeatedly to pay for them, and I can't add any to them. They are unique. So I gave them with some incomplete spools of thread, an OIDFA and a Bulletin that both have lots of websites in them, to Salvation Army. It's just enough for an enterprising beginnner. I wonder if I'll ever see them again! Sally Schoenberg Anchorage Alaska There are lots of people in Alaska who remember well the 1964 tsumamis that washed up on our shores. Everyone is talking about it and remembering. We are all so sorry to see Asia's suffering. The photos of the waves are fascinating. The risk for us is always there, and we talk about what we would do if there were a tsumami. But sometimes we are on a shore that is away from the warning system and we've always wondered what a tsumami looks like. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace gifts for Christmas...
A friend who shares my interests in lace and dolls sent me a delightful bobbin with the base shaped and painted like a Russian 'nesting' doll (matryoshka?), as well as a thimble and a cross-stitch card to make, both with lacemaker designs - and the kit for the angel/choirboy shown on the Lace Guild's advent calendar. My sister sent a ball of Goldfingering in a sparkly snow-white that I haven't seen before... so now I have lots to do on these wet, wet, wet holidays! (Summer?! Bah, humbug!) And my husband gave me a new radio, which picks up the national classical programme that has recently become available locally... something to listen to, while I make lace! I gave him a set of miniature chisels, as the bobbins he has turned so far have been made with ordinary chisels, and he has realised that the work could be easier with appropriate tools... Happy New Year to all, and special thoughts to those still waiting for news of loved ones in South East Asia... Erica, in Hokitika, New Zealand Westland District Library Hokitika, New Zealand mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our website at http://www.minidata.co.nz/westlib --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.822 / Virus Database: 560 - Release Date: 22/12/04 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition
Has anyone successfully managed to send an entry to the Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition? I keep getting a form submission error - and am not certain if the problem is at my end or the web sites. Karen In Coventry, - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RE: [lace-chat] Thailand
We tracked down Stan, a fellow on our plumeria list, who lives in the Philippines via cell phone. When the disaster happened, and we started tracking down members, someone had an email from Stan. It stated that he was going to the "highlands" for Christmas, and had his cell phone # in it. The email was reposted and some enterprising individual called him. He was in Papua. (and safe) So any attempt to get in touch with these people by anyone who has the means is greatly appreciated by all. I only wish we had a way to contact Anucha. I am worrying a lot too obviously. I would like to hear that all the members on all our lists have been found safe and sound. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pauline Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:07 AM To: Arachne Lace; Arachne Lace Subject: [lace-chat] Thailand Dear friends, I have had some good news, my cousin a priest spending Christmas in Thailand is safe, I finally found out today, likewise a nephew who lives there, but was Home in England for Christmas, so also safe, but a couple, one a lace friend and her husband are not due home until 31st. so I have no way of knowing if they are safe, they left early December to spend Christmas in Thailand. I also received more bad news as well as the husband of a friend who died on the 23rd. close friends of mine in this country, the husband died on Christmas morning, it is always heartbreaking to hear, but more so at this time of year. I have E-mailed Sulochona to see if she is okay, but unsure if she has a laptop, I know she was taking her lace with her. As Jean Nathan said we cannot complain about the coverage of the disaster in England, SKY is on 24 hours, with phone numbers etc; for any help families may need, though the lines were over loaded initially with people also trying to find out about their holiday bookings as well, but I think they said they have got the number down to 600 calls per hour of enquiries of people, giving a separate number for holidays I assume. Also along the bottom of the screen, SKY have run text messages, from holiday makers saying they are safe, which I am sure has been a comfort to friends whom are worrying. How tragic for Lord Attenborough The film maker/director and his wife, to lose their daughter and 15 year old granddaughter, and the daughter's M.I.L, words cannot convey the sadness when half a family is lost, we can only pray for them, and for the lucky ones to have survived, and help personally financially however small, where we can, there are phone lines set up for donations already. If anyone requires the telephone number to donate by credit card it is Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC).0870 60 60 900 in the UK of course, and by E-mail it is www.dec.org.uk. Pauline in Somerset SW England To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [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] Re: horn aficot
In a message dated 12/29/2004 1:40:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is a horn aficot? I didn't find it in the dictionary I believe that this is the tool made of horn that was used to polish needle lace. It is shaped a bit like a shoe horn. The Lace Museum has several on display. Elaine Merritt The Lace Museum 552 South. Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Thailand
Dear friends, I have had some good news, my cousin a priest spending Christmas in Thailand is safe, I finally found out today, likewise a nephew who lives there, but was Home in England for Christmas, so also safe, but a couple, one a lace friend and her husband are not due home until 31st. so I have no way of knowing if they are safe, they left early December to spend Christmas in Thailand. I also received more bad news as well as the husband of a friend who died on the 23rd. close friends of mine in this country, the husband died on Christmas morning, it is always heartbreaking to hear, but more so at this time of year. I have E-mailed Sulochona to see if she is okay, but unsure if she has a laptop, I know she was taking her lace with her. As Jean Nathan said we cannot complain about the coverage of the disaster in England, SKY is on 24 hours, with phone numbers etc; for any help families may need, though the lines were over loaded initially with people also trying to find out about their holiday bookings as well, but I think they said they have got the number down to 600 calls per hour of enquiries of people, giving a separate number for holidays I assume. Also along the bottom of the screen, SKY have run text messages, from holiday makers saying they are safe, which I am sure has been a comfort to friends whom are worrying. How tragic for Lord Attenborough The film maker/director and his wife, to lose their daughter and 15 year old granddaughter, and the daughter's M.I.L, words cannot convey the sadness when half a family is lost, we can only pray for them, and for the lucky ones to have survived, and help personally financially however small, where we can, there are phone lines set up for donations already. If anyone requires the telephone number to donate by credit card it is Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC).0870 60 60 900 in the UK of course, and by E-mail it is www.dec.org.uk. Pauline in Somerset SW England - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Christmas gifts
Truthfully, my lace gift has been to take a break from lace for a while :) Other than some quickie crochet ornaments back in November I haven't done anything lace related. I'm hoping the mental break will help me find a focus - I've had so many 'If Only' ideas running through my head that I can't get any one to the point of doing. So I'm finishing off some old projects, clearing up the random piles of sweater sleeves and half-done socks, freeing needles and putting bobbins away. I hope to have a project to start at the end of the week - New Year's Day seems appropriate for new works. Other than that, my hubby and I swore off gift giving this year. As hideously corny as it sounds, we're happy enough with each other that we didn't feel the need for anything more, and not stressing out over gifts was a gift itself (we tend to get what we need/want as it comes up, not wait for once or twice a year, so there's not much to give each other). It's strange to many or our friends, but it worked for us. A very happy Christmas was had :D Chris :) = "A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for." -- Benazir Bhutto __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] aficot?
Good morning Jo, Clay, Tamara and All, Lenka advised us at the workshop I took with her to flatten the finished wire piece using a rolling pin as you mentioned Tamara. The lace and the pin are protected with a piece of kitchen paper. However these pieces of lace had the beads added afterwards. You cannot flatten beads in this way. The Aficot is a sort of long, shallow 's' shape with one end carved to a point and the other quite bulbous which fits in the palm of your hand so that you can exert pressure on the other end. As Clay said they are used to 'finish' needle lace. Lobster claws were said to be the original of the design. I used kitchen paper to protect things. Although the rolling does flatten the wires it also hardens them and the lace becomes stiffer. Its worth doing to a small piece to see if you like the effect. Jean in Cleveland U.K. On 28 Dec 2004, at 12:39, J.Falkink-Pol wrote: Jean Barrett What is a horn aficot? I didn't find it in the dictionary. Jo Faklink - 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]
