Re: [lace] Milanese Lace DVD
Hi Barbara, He is lovely, (in those colours I think it is a 'He') Well done. To tackle Milanese and colour together for a first attempt is very brave. Now where can I get that Video? best Wishes, Jean in Cleveland U.K. On 9 Jan 2005, at 18:26, Barbara Joyce wrote: I wanted to share my enthusiasm for Louise Colgan's new production on Milanese Lace (also available on VHS tape). All one needs to be successful in this class is a basic knowledge of cloth stitch. Absolutely every step and detail of the procedures are demonstrated and clearly shown. I consider myself an intermediate lacemaker, but there were several basic lacemaking techniques that were so beautifully demonstrated, that I learned a great deal about bobbin lace techniques in general. I'd never done any Milanese lace, so the beautiful braids and ways to manipulate the colors to get them where you want them were fascinating to me. The best part is that one can be almost guaranteed success by following along. And of course, you can stop, rewind, replay, etc., until you know exactly what you're doing, then stop the program while you do it. It's like having your own private teacher, with infinite patience to demonstrate something over and over, until you get it. :-) Here's my class project: http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/hummingbird.jpg Not bad for a first attempt! Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA, USA - 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]
Re: [lace] Milanese Lace DVD
Hi Jean, remember if you are looking to get an American DVD or video there are compatability issues - we can be different regions for DVD and different formats for video jenny barron very windy Scotland Jean Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Barbara, He is lovely, (in those colours I think it is a 'He') Well done. To tackle Milanese and colour together for a first attempt is very brave. Now where can I get that Video? best Wishes, 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] thread for Idrija patterns
I think, when I did an abbreviated Idrija course with Bridget in November, that I used 30 Filato di Cantu thread (it might have been 40). That weekend was a bit of a blur because it was when I was in England when my mum died (but I was really glad to have had a chance to be at Bridget's class and to see Pat Read again - it took my mind of other things). Malvary in Ottawa, where it has snowed AGAIN, and I'd just finished clearing the last snow fall from my drive. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re:Question for Dominique
Hallo Dominique, I sent you a mail but it came back. If you are still on the list could you please be so kind and answer me personally. Thank you Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wear More Lace!
Dear Spiders I have decided to join Devon's campaign to make lace more visible by wearing lace (particularly modern lace) in public rather than keeping it for lace days and annual conventions. So, on Friday I went to a neighbour's drinks party wearing a pendant I made at the OIDFA course in Prague. Much admired by the hostess (though she didn't offer to buy it!) On Saturday I went to the theatre - the Old Vic in London - wearing an all-black outfit accessorised with a scarf trimmed with Crysanthemum lace. As the show was a Pantomime, I'm not sure whether the audience qualifies as rich and cultivated! but it was great fun anyway. Happy New Year to all lacemakers and lace wearers. Bridget in Watford, England. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Wear More Lace!
I am glad to see that the campaign has taken root in the Pacific Northwest and in London. Volunteers needed for Saint-Tropez. No, on second thought, I'll take Saint-Tropez. Tamara raised an interesting question about whether wire lace is more noticeable than fiber lace, although Sue Babbs seems to think that fiber lace is very effective when it is on a hand that writes checks. Probably a valid observation. I hate to say it, but I do think there is some merit to the concept that wire lace may be more likely to attract the eye of that portion of the public that wears only black. I think they are constantly trawling for interesting jewelry pieces and scarves to display on themselves and I am not sure that they are mentally programmed (yet) to be thinking about a modern lace addition to the wardrobe. Perhaps the wire lace will be the doorway to appreciation of modern lace generally. In fact, Lenka even says that she had been working in fiber and receiving virtually no notice as an artist. Then she switched to wire and was suddenly taken much more seriously. I mentioned this to a textile conservator and she flew into a rage talking about how paintings conservators make much more money than textile conservators. Let's face it, textiles seem to suffer from some massive and unfair discrimination. Tamara also points out that it is a pity that I am not rich and famous and that Julia Roberts' chest probably gets a lot of attention. This is true. Even my friend Sarah, who appears in the photo at Centolire, pointed out that it should be my daughter, a natural born trendsetter, who should be wearing modern lace if we really want this campaign to take off, not me. I don't know what to do about this. Should we all be giving modern lace to the young and beautiful in our circle of acquaintances? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Webshots
Can someone give me instructions on how to add my photos to the webshots page? We got a digital camera for Christmas and I have some photos of my Ipswich lace samples that I would like to post. Thanks! = Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena Illinois USA __ 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] Re: Living Billboard Campaign-readable copy
Diane Williams asked: This sounds really nice! I took a 's Gravenmoerse class at the IOLI convention last summer and really enjoy it - a lot more than Torchon and a nice break from my usual point ground. What pattern did you use? Sorry for the delay in replying. Although I don't usually have difficulties finding Brenda's Threads for Lace book which seems to be well-behaved and stay obediently on the shelf, I do have problems with the 's Gravenmoer books. They wander at will and it has taken me several days to track this one down! However I have now succeeded. The pattern I used was from page 41 of the booklet called simply 's Gravenmoer Lace put out by LOKK ( I think). I curved the pattern so that it would sit comfortably round my wrist and worked it in Piper's silk. I was not sure whether it would be comfortable to wear if I stiffened it , so I used Ulrike Loehr's stiffening technique - hair spray! She sprays it on to a piece of card and then applies small amounts of it to the lace with a fine paintbrush. It seemed to work well and can be washed out. The hair spray is slowly wearing off and I may decide to re-stiffen the lace with a more permanent method, in which case I will use either diluted PVA glue or Moravia's starch Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Webshots
Hello Diane, Go to http://www.webshots.com login in , click on link upper right corner fill in Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton then create photo album and follow the instruction they give you. Good luck Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] Re: Living Billboard Campaign-readable copy
I have just used Ilske's helpful advice on webshots Go to http://www.webshots.com login in , click on link upper right corner fill in Username: Arachne2003, Password: honiton then create photo album and follow the instruction they give and scanned in the 's Gravenmoer bracelet / cuff (covered neatly by the kitchen towel!) Fortunately, this time, it did not delete earlier photos. So, if you want to see it, go to the Webshots page and look at the last few pictures under Sue Babbs I enjoyed working this piece so much that I went on to create a wrap-around, overlapping cuff in peacock coloured metallics and then a necklace to match. When I went into the bead shop to buy beads for them, I was asked to teach bobbin lace there from April onwards. So now, I'm working on a class programme - what fun! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Thread for Idrija lace
I saw the two ladies who asked Bridget Cook which thread to use for Idrija lace in her book when she was the speaker at Poole Bobbn Lace Circle. They said she took them to Tim Parker's stand and picked out Brok 36/3 as being most suitable, which they then bought and made one of the patterns from the book. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] a question for the historians
Since I'm about to take our club's antique pillow apart I have a few questions. This pillow is about 16 inches long by 11inches long, a bolster. It is thought to have been from around 1830. One thing that has struck me is how light the pillow is. I made myself a similar size pillow over the hols (coffee cans wound with wool blanket) and mine is much heavier. So, besides straw, what else could have been used to stuff old pillows? Secondly, when did glazed card become popular for prickings? I think the answers may be able to date the pillow more accurately. Naturally I won't be taking the pillow itself to pieces, I had thought to tease a little of the stuffing out (with the help of a conservator) from the hole at the gathering on the ends. The pillow has been in a sealed case for the last couple of decades and finding someone to help dismantle it has been difficult. Sharon on the snowy half of Vancouver Island -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 1/10/05 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Milanese Lace URL Update
It occurred to me that the scan for my Milanese hummingbird should give credit to Hensel Productions and Louise Colgan, so I've updated the site, and it now has a different URL: http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/hummingbird/ Thanks, Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Living Billboard Campaign
On Jan 10, 2005, at 12:56, Sue Babbs wrote: The pattern I used was from page 41 of the booklet called simply 's Gravenmoer Lace put out by LOKK ( I think). I curved the pattern so that it would sit comfortably round my wrist and worked it in Piper's silk. Ok, how does one do it? Ie curve a straight pattern? Can it be done without a 'puter's help (seeing that I'm helpless when it comes to 'puters)? I can figure out designing from scratch on a curved line but curving a straight line defies my imagination... I love your cuff/bracelet, especially the black one; a Spanish Grandee would have been proud to wear that one (the peacock one, somehow, seems more diluted to me; could be the photo); there's a decided air to it... I'm not surprised it caught people's eye... I was not sure whether it would be comfortable to wear if I stiffened it And, was it? Probably no worse than any wide metal bracelet... How wide is it, BTW? -- 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]
[lace] Photos on Webshots
Thank you Ilske! I put a couple of samples of my Ipswich Lace up. I have a few more photos to add, but I wanted to see how this worked. http://community.webshots.com/album/248498829kltBZL PLEASE, keep in mind that these are just samples. If I saw an error, I didn't go back to fix it if I could fudge my way out. I'm just working the samples to see which ones I like enough to work some yardage of it. Anyway, the Ipswich workers worked the same way :) = Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena Illinois USA __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Photos on Webshots
Thank you Ilske! I put a couple of samples of my Ipswich Lace up. I have a few more photos to add, but I wanted to see how this worked. http://community.webshots.com/album/248498829kltBZL === Hi Diane, Looking at your samples, which are lovely, made me think that you could conceivably include them in the definition of Foral Torchon. I really like the half stitch motifs, so reminiscent of Chantilly. I will have to dig out my Ipswich boot and take a closer look. Well done, lacing and posting to Webshots. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Wear More Lace!
No, we shouldn't be giving modern lace to the young and beautiful in our circles of acquaintance. We should be teaching them to make their own modern laces to wear. It can replace knitting as the next big thing that everyone who is anyone is doing. I started teaching a college age friend to make lace today. While she herself would not tell you she is trendsetter, I figure she has more access to them (the trendsetters) and can send them my way to get them started on the road to lace. Cathy in Delaware who figures if she teaches enough people she can make Delaware the first state in lace. Devon wrote: Tamara also points out that it is a pity that I am not rich and famous and that Julia Roberts' chest probably gets a lot of attention. This is true. Even my friend Sarah, who appears in the photo at Centolire, pointed out that it should be my daughter, a natural born trendsetter, who should be wearing modern lace if we really want this campaign to take off, not me. I don't know what to do about this. Should we all be giving modern lace to the young and beautiful in our circle of acquaintances? Devon - - __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Wear More Lace!
On Jan 10, 2005, at 9:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Devon) wrote: I am glad to see that the campaign has taken root in the Pacific Northwest and in London. Volunteers needed for Saint-Tropez. No, on second thought, I'll take Saint-Tropez. A black dress offsets lace better than Caucasian skin-tone, I think. Though, I suppose, if you were to wear a black s'Gravenmoer thong... Sue Babbs seems to think that fiber lace is very effective when it is on a hand that writes checks. Probably a valid observation. That bracelet would have been arresting if she were scratching her head for lice :) OTOH, the hand which writes a check is always worth observing, true. I hate to say it, but I do think there is some merit to the concept that wire lace may be more likely to attract the eye of that portion of the public that wears only black. I think they are constantly trawling for interesting jewelry pieces and scarves to display on themselves They should wear wire scarves then, untill they learn better and repent. In fact, Lenka even says that she had been working in fiber and receiving virtually no notice as an artist. Then she switched to wire and was suddenly taken much more seriously. She teaches probably as many classes to lacemakers as to jewelers. She says each group has problems to overcome but, in general, jewelers learn lacemaking faster than we learn to handle the wire properly. Humbling :) Let's face it, textiles seem to suffer from some massive and unfair discrimination. Perhaps because it boggles 21st c imagination - always in pursuit of shortcuts to extend the amusement time available - that one can spend hours and hours (and enjoy it too; what's wrong with us? g) producing something that looks like it would disintegrate if you looked at it too hard? Which is where the wire might seem like a safer investment? my friend Sarah, who appears in the photo at Centolire, pointed out that it should be my daughter, a natural born trendsetter, who should be wearing modern lace if we really want this campaign to take off, not me. I don't know what to do about this. Should we all be giving modern lace to the young and beautiful in our circle of acquaintances? It *is* a dilemma... Your daughter might be a better advertisement for the cause of lace. But, would she be a better advocate of it? Does she know enough to answer questions? Perhaps you could lend her a piece for a function that both of you attend, wearing another one yourself? One bird with two stones sort of thing? -- 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]
[lace] Re: Photos on Webshots/Floral Torchon
On Jan 10, 2005, at 19:00, Diane Williams wrote: Thank you Ilske! I put a couple of samples of my Ipswich Lace up. Saw them when I checked out Sue's cuff; very nice. And Patty's right - they would make nice Floral Torchon patterns, with a tiniest bit of twiddling, especially #11. There are also - out there in Laceland (UK section) - patterns by someone called Anne-Marie Clegg. The few I'd seen (they don't seem to be available any more?) were also pretty much in the Floral Torchon category, even without any twiddling (maybe thicken the gimp some) And, today, I (and several others who participated in the discussion) got a mailing from Jan Gardiner of Lacewings (also in UK), with a photo of a true Floral Torchon piece - as Alice had envisioned it - with pairs added and removed, in addition to gimp and thicker/different colour worker. Unfortunately, I was unable to find the photo on Jan's website (though I did find one photo of Jan's which made me think: no, I never taught a class; no, the surroundings are not familiar g) PLEASE, keep in mind that these are just samples. If I saw an error, I didn't go back to fix it if I could fudge my way out. VBG Oh, how familiar this is... :) I'm still fighting - tooth and nail - with the Paisley Detour, and going through every fudge in the book (both on the pillow and on the diagram), as the time gets shorter and shorter. Something doesn't work on the drafting board, I figure I might be able to solve it on the pillow. Which, usually, I am able to do, but then I don't quite know *how* I'd done it, so don't know how to reproduce it on the diagram. OTOH, some of the stuff that seems to work on the diagram looks like dog's dinner on the pillow, so I change it on the pillow, but forget to record the correction on the diagram... Tomorrow, I think I'll have to redraft for the last time, and start working in earnest within the next day or so, if I'm to make the deadline (Feb 15). I may end up with a menu of options in the lace itself, and a approximate diagram note... :) -- 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]
[lace] Re: Wear More Lace!
On Jan 10, 2005, at 19:16, Catherine Hill wrote: No, we shouldn't be giving modern lace to the young and beautiful in our circles of acquaintance. We should be teaching them to make their own modern laces to wear. It can replace knitting as the next big thing that everyone who is anyone is doing. The above struck a chord... 2.5 yrs ago, I introduced BL and my step-granddaughter (then aged 11) to one another. She's liked arty/crafty stuff from the time she was 3, she's very bright, she used to be able to focus, and she *wanted to learn* (or said she did). We had a couple of shortish lessons (the attention span wasn't what one might hope for; and nowhere near that she had at 3 g) while she was here, and she was a natural - took off like a rocket. The year after, when she visited, we went through the same routine, because, naturally, she'd forgotten it all, not having had any reinforcement in more than 6 months, and no equipment of her own. Same thing - the 3 basic stitches it took me 3 months to learn, she learnt in 3 half-hour lessons. No problems with the two different footsides, either, though they puzzled me for a long time, when I was learning. And she loved it (or said she did). So, this time, I arranged for some support in her area (Boulder, Colorado) - she'd have to make the initial contact, but the network was established, thanks to Merlene Solis. And, for Christmas '03, I sent her kit and kaboodle - starter kit from Holly, plus some prettier bobbins I had (she liked the spangled ones better than the unadorned ones I use. What child wouldn't g), and some extra books of simple projects (Springetts). Figured that, by the summer of '05, when the IOLI convention took place in Denver, I could pay for a workshop of her choice and, and we'd spend some meaningful lace-time together, even if not in the worshop itself. This spring, when I saw her, I knew it was a pipe-dream; today, I had a message from her mother (my stepdaughter) which confirmed it: I need to figure out what to do with the lace supplies you so kindly sent to Lily. She is not likely to ever take it up here on her own. It is a lovely package and I am thinking that I should just send it back to you. If you were here to help her, she'd maintain some interest in it, I am sure, but it is just not what her life is about now. She does knit, but she can do that lying in bed! I think the last sentence is the most revealing one... You can't make BL lying in bed and talking on the phone to your buddies about your enemies and their pimples :) And you can knit on the (school) bus or on the subway (metro, underground), but can't make BL there. And being able to make something unusual isn't likely to impress your teenage (and pre-teen) friends much; not as much as your parents' being able to buy you something unusual, or send you for holidays someplace unusual will... So, yes... Let's teach. But wearing lace by the young and beautiful, even if they didn't make it themselves has merit. And is more likely to happen. I still wouldn't *give* the pieces to them, just lend - teach them full accountability when they're young, instead of this it's OK, because I didn't mean to when they destroy something beautiful -- 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]
[lace] Re- wearing Lace.
Well, here I am, back from holidays, so a belated Happy New Year to you all. I have seriously missed my daily Fix of the Lace List!! I have been wearing my Arachne 2003 t-shirt, so I really Have been thinking of you all!! I try to wear lace whenever possible - and always to Lace Days, Demonstrations etc. Many years ago, at a Lace Day I did not wear lace, and (the Late) Gabrielle Pond, said she did not recognise me without some lace on! So I made sure I always wore lace after that! Some ladies come up to see what lace I am wearing at each lace day! 4 years ago, when DH and I went to Las Vegas, we were wandering through The Venetian, and DH found the most expensive gift shop, went in and asked for some lace!!! Needless to say, they did not have any, but I explained that they should have, as Venice was noted for it's lace!!! That was after we finally established that we were talking about Lace not lice Why do Americans always think Australians say Lice, not Lace?!! My DH is/was Hungarian, so speaks Oz with a heavy accent, and I speak English/Australian!! But we both say Lace, not lice :)) My DD in Denver can tell of a funny happening when she asked at a bank in Denver for a cheque for the Australian Lace Guild, and it was printed Aust. Lice Guild (Don't know what they think we get up to down here!!! :)) ) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is hot and windy today, after we had cool weather all the holiday!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Battenburg Tape Help
I am giving a lecture on lace types Sunday at a conference. I was digging through my samples for some battenburg tape and realized that I used the last of it already. What I need is a small 6 or so sample of tape to show. Does anyone in the Seattle area have a bit that I can get from them? Thanks, Shere'e No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Continental Lace Bobbins ( cooperative web page!)
I have a bit of time that I did not expect today (wife gone soft on me!!) So I am doing more preparation for the Continental bobbins page. I have headings for French Bobbins, Flemish Bobbins, Belgium and Dutch Bobbins. As I am looking mainly at traditional or antique tools, I think they should all be under the Flemish heading! It is clear that areas such as Normandy, Le Puy(?) would not be Flemish. What about Binche, where is that? So I need a geography lesson please. What bobbin types are clearly Flemish and what are clearly French, what are clearly Belgium, and what are clearly Dutch? Can you help please? Your confused friend! Brian from Cooranbong Australia (Notice I have taken Jeans name off the signature... She is certainly NOT confused! :) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Theo Brejaart
Theo, are you out there? or can someone put me in touch with him please? Brian and Jean from Cooranbong Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] brok 36/3
Hi everyone and Jean in Poole who wrote the message about 36/3 being a good thread for the Idrija laces - thank you this will be a helpful comparison. I don't have this thread, but it is listed in T4L, compares favourably (plies, wraps) with Mettler 40/3 which I do have, with the Finca 40 right in the middle (Brok 36/3 is 30 wpcm; Mettler 40/3 is 28 and Finca 40 - 29). Sampling is an option - mat #1 (in Sulky 30 wt.) is at halfway mark. onward and along! best wishes Bev, who very efficiently deleted the digest with Jean's message in it in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Why Women Live Longer
Mum and Dad were watching TV when Mum said, I'm tired, and it's getting late. I think I'll go to bed. She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day's lunches. Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar container, put spoons and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning. She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put a load of clothes into the washer, ironed a shirt and secured a loose button. She picked up the game pieces left on the table, put the phone back on the charger and put the telephone book into the drawer. She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket and hung up a towel to dry. She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom. Stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the field trip, and pulled a text book out from hiding under the chair. She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope and wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near her purse. Mum then washed her face with 3 in 1 cleanser, put on her Night Solution age fighting moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and filed her nails. Dad called out, I thought you were going to bed. I'm on my way, she said. She put some water into the dog's dish and put the cat outside, then made sure the doors were locked and the patiowas on. She looked in on each of the kids and turned out their bedside lamps and TV's, hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks into the hamper, and had a brief conversation with the one up still doing homework. In her own room, she set the alarm; laid out clothing for the next day, straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her 6 most important things to do list. She said her prayers, and visualized the accomplishment of her goals. About that time, Dad turned off the TV and announced to no one in particular. I'm going to bed. And he did...without another thought. Anything extraordinary here? Wonder why women live longer...? CAUSE WE ARE MADE FOR THE LONG HAUL (and we can't die sooner, we still have things to do) David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fw: women drivers
Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: women drivers This morning on the Interstate, I looked over to my left and there was a woman in a brand new Cadillac doing 65 mph with her face up next to her rear view mirror putting on her eyeliner. I looked away for a couple seconds and when I looked back she was halfway over in my lane, still working on that makeup. As a man, I don't scare easily. But she scared me so much; I dropped my electric shaver, which knocked the donut out of my other hand. In all the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my cell phone away from my ear which fell into the coffee between my legs, splashed, and burned Big Jim and the Twins, ruined the damn phone, soaked my trousers, and disconnected an important call. Damn women drivers Danny [EMAIL PROTECTED] Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 1/6/2005 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lace things in Italy? (somewhat urgent!)
Dear Spiders, Sorry for the late request but my DH and I are leaving Friday for 18 days in Rome, Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast. Our base in Tuscany is Montecatini, from which we will be visiting Florence, Pisa, Lucca, San Gimignano, and Siena, and our base on the Amalfi Coast will be Sorrento from which we will visit Naples, Capri, Herculaneum, Positano, Amalfi, Scala, and Ravello. Does anyone have any recommendations for lace and/or other needlework shops, museums, etc? I would especially like to bring home some novelty knitting yarns which are becoming very popular now...and of course anything related to BL would be great. Thanks for any info you can provide! Best wishes, Vicki in Maryland where the sun has finally come out for a while To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Battenburg Tape Help
I am giving a lecture on lace types Sunday at a conference. I was digging through my samples for some battenburg tape and realized that I used the last of it already. What I need is a small 6 or so sample of tape to show. Does anyone in the Seattle area have a bit that I can get from them? Thanks, Shere'e No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
