[lace] web page URL
Sorry I forgot to remind you of the web page url. Here it is. http://home.exetel.com.au/brido/ 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]
Re: [lace] Re: curling pieces
Hello Susie, When I knew that I will starch the lace piece I start to make, then I lay directly on my pillow two or three sheets of this kitchen-paper we use so often. Bigger than the pricking. And then I put the pricking there. Another idea is to lay a very smooth transparent paper over the pricking, but then you can't see the needle point as good as without this. Perhaps this helps. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Binche book
Dear spiders does anyone know how I can buy a copy of Vera Cockuyt's book 'Suggestions how to Improve Binche'? I have a copy on loan from the Lace Guild at the moment, I'm finding it most useful and shall miss it when it has to go back, so I'd like my own copy. Do any of the UK suppiers carry it? Or should I buy it direct from the author? It is self-published, but there is no address in the book, so I don't know how to contact her. 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] Binche book
Bridget wrote: it is self-published, but there is no address in the book Hello Bridget and all, When there is a ISBN number on the book, your bookstore can tell you the address where you can contact the author or the publisher! Anneke Reijs, in Baexem, The Netherlands [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.hetnet.nl/~aplag/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Santina Levey
I don't know whether this is news to anyone or whether I am telling you something you already know. But here goes anyway. I just found out that Santina Levey's lace is being reprinted and should be available from the publisher in the next few weeks. Claire Kent, UK Cold, wet and still January as it seems to have been forever. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Curling pieces/starching - Conservation Notes
Dear Lacemakers, The copies of correspondence I'm responding to appear at the end of this memo. I'd like to support Tamara's suggestions. We've discussed this subject of starching lace a number of times on Arachne. The old starches were made of flour and water, and could be quite effective. They can be washed out, though flour residue will remain for many washings. We wrote about the starched bonnets in Sweden sometime in 2000, after the OIDFA Convention. And, I added that the Japanese use rice flour to secure the loose silk and gold threads on the backs of embroidered items, avoiding putting on so much that it bleeds through to the top (right-side) level. What Newbies need to know is to *never give advice to use hair sprays or nail polish on laces*, because *this information may be chosen as easy and be remembered and used on antique or valuable laces* long after you've told someone what you used on a craft lace. If you want to put hair spray or nail polish on craft laces, that would be a personal choice, but we should never (especially when casually discussing, demonstrating or teaching) let the advice slip by without a precautionary reminder. Hair sprays and nail polishes and a number of other items contain chemicals that can be very damaging to lace. Please remember that you wash the sprays out of your hair in a few days, and remove the polish from nails with very harsh chemicals. A comment on using metallics with fibers such as cotton, linen and silk: They do not travel well together. In the embroidery community, a good teacher will caution people that the mass-produced instructions that say to put both in your needle and work them together are just responding to a perceived need to work quickly. An experienced stitcher will thread two needles, and stitch over the same area twice. Once with cotton, linen or silk. And then with metallics. This prevents the two threads from twisting, and will present a much smoother result. Also, you need to know that temperature and humidity changes affect different fibers differently. If you've ever owned old Chinese embroidery, you may have experienced items where the gold outlining threads are hanging loose. This is because the silk couching stitches have responded to temperature and humidity changes, and the expansion and contraction of silk fibers have caused them to be cut by the gold threads. It all depends on your priorities, but be very aware of why the presentable life of an item may be shortened when you attempt to use materials in new ways. Every technique, when tried in a new way, needs to be thought out to the conclusion (result). Sometimes a working material is not suitable. A reminder: Heat and steam from ironing can cause synthetic metallics to melt. Always test these threads first - take some directly from the unworked skein and try under the pressing iron. Previous correspondence from Susie and Tamara: Actually I think the problem might come from differences of tension in threads: linen and cotton threads are elastic, metallic threads are not, so when you remove the pins elasticity takes over . one way of preventing this could be to starch the piece of lace prior to removing the pins (using stiff/heavy (?) starching ) and iron it immediately after removing the pins . Question: How would you starch the piece without getting the pillow wet? Thanks, Susie Johnson In a message dated 1/17/05 12:39:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you're philosophically allergic to starching (as I am), wash the lace and, while it's still sopping-wet from the last rinsing, finger-stretch it over a smooth (glass or stainless steel) surface. If it shows any signs of drying before you've finished shaping it, sprinkle with clean water. In this case, the tension holds the fibers to the surface (Newton was a genius g), and the pins aren't needed. You can starch at the same time, if you insist, though I'd recommend natural (flour, sugar, etc) media, not a hair-spray or fingernail polish, especially if you want to use your flat surface (in my case the glass-covered coffee table in the living room) again - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Japanese tatting book draw winner
There were 58 entries to the draw for the Japanese tatting book as at the closing date. DH drew number 41 out of the hat; the lucky winner is Debbie Markowitz. Debbie please send me your address privately and I will send you the book. Sorry everyone couldn't be a winner. -- Be suspicious of all native-born Esperanto speakers Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace stitching page http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] guild newsletter - revisited
Recently, we had a discussion about putting newsletters on the computer in regards to copyrights. It made me think about a situation that happened to our group. We, not long ago, set up a webpage. Our newsletter editor is also the web mistress. She puts the newsletter on the web page as well as mailing it out. (The pictures on the web are in color while the newsletter is black and white.) During the latest membership renewal campaign, we had a (now previous) member say that she only joined to get the newsletter in order to find out when we had a lace day or special event. She never came to meetings. Since the newsletter was now on the web, she had no reason to join. Yetshe still expects to take advantage of our activities. There may have been more like this who didn't own up to it. I wondered if anyone else had met up with this situation, and...if sowhat you did about it, if anything. Do you put your newsletters on your web page? Lace note -- a clean out of my lace area was forced when my cat tried to jump on the lace bookcase and brought down pillows plus cat on top of my lamp, which broke,---and it all landed on top of me, my work table, and the pillow stand. Lamp parts, pillows, and all sorts of stuff was all over. The result of the clean up was finding several 'missing' spools of thread, organization of all thread and bobbin storage, a neater bookcase, and the lamp was repaired for $0.32 plus a new bulb. My corner hasn't looked this neat in years. G Several patterns came to the top that are intriquing and I had to start one. Haven't done Beds for years, but I'm into it again -- making a lappet. (PS. Cat just bounced and seemed to not be harmed. At least neither of them showed any sign of injury. Never did know which one did it.) Alice in Oregon -- where the freezing rain of Sat is now a memory. It's now rain, all week. At least it's warmer outside and no ice to scrape off my car. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Looking for a lacemaker in UK
I would like to contact Suzanne Brackenbury who taught at the IOLI convention in PA, 2004. The email I was given has been returned as undeliverable. If anyone knows her email, please contact me privately Barb in MI - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] guild newsletter - revisited
-Original Message- Dear Alice, The answer might be to only put teasers from the newletter on the web. Just put a selection of item from the newsletter, specifically excluding the calendar. Since the website is for public consumption, it is wise not to put dates and names and contact info for events. Another possibility is to simply announce events, but just the date and add that more information is available by calling or emailing an officer of the guild. Of course the officer of the guild would immediately inquire if they are member and that if they are interested in the event, would they like to join the guild? That would discourage freeloaders. You can't change people, but you can place obstacles in their way that encourages them to behave in a more suitable manner. Patty Dowden Recently, we had a discussion about putting newsletters on the computer in regards to copyrights. It made me think about a situation that happened to our group. We, not long ago, set up a webpage. Our newsletter editor is also the web mistress. She puts the newsletter on the web page as well as mailing it out. (The pictures on the web are in color while the newsletter is black and white.) During the latest membership renewal campaign, we had a (now previous) member say that she only joined to get the newsletter in order to find out when we had a lace day or special event. She never came to meetings. Since the newsletter was now on the web, she had no reason to join. Yetshe still expects to take advantage of our activities. There may have been more like this who didn't own up to it. I wondered if anyone else had met up with this situation, and...if sowhat you did about it, if anything. Do you put your newsletters on your web page? Lace note -- a clean out of my lace area was forced when my cat tried to jump on the lace bookcase and brought down pillows plus cat on top of my lamp, which broke,---and it all landed on top of me, my work table, and the pillow stand. Lamp parts, pillows, and all sorts of stuff was all over. The result of the clean up was finding several 'missing' spools of thread, organization of all thread and bobbin storage, a neater bookcase, and the lamp was repaired for $0.32 plus a new bulb. My corner hasn't looked this neat in years. G Several patterns came to the top that are intriquing and I had to start one. Haven't done Beds for years, but I'm into it again -- making a lappet. (PS. Cat just bounced and seemed to not be harmed. At least neither of them showed any sign of injury. Never did know which one did it.) Alice in Oregon -- where the freezing rain of Sat is now a memory. It's now rain, all week. At least it's warmer outside and no ice to scrape off my car. - 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] Lace in the Mark Twain house
Hi All, I recently got a wonderful new book Modesty Died When Clothes Were Born, subtitled Costume in the Life and Literature of Mark Twain. The author is Lynne Zacek Bassett (she used to be in Sumac and my local Fiberarts Group), the ISBN is 0-9740969-1-1. The book is full of photographs of beautiful dresses, some rather outrageous to my eye. I haven't read it yet but the text includes quotes from Twain on clothing. The book is from a special exhibit that ended recently at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Anyway, there is lace content in this message G. There are two beautiful pieces of lace pictured. A Maltese collar and a detail of a Needlepoint Lace flounce, possibly Venetian. Both are circa 1900. I've written to the New England Lace Group list to find out if anyone knows if the lace is usually on display. I was interested to see that a number of the dresses and other clothing (including a Dragoman suit from Egypt) are from the Cornell Univ. Costume Collection, Ithaca, New York! If the Ithaca Lace event didn't keep me so busy I'd go check that out next October! The book is really lovely. Only the two pieces of lace pictured but for those of you interested in costume it's very interesting. Jane in Vermont, USA so happy to be receiving arachne e-mails again after an unexplained lapse over the weekend. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: guild newsletter - revisited
On Jan 17, 2005, at 19:17, Alice Howell wrote: During the latest membership renewal campaign, we had a (now previous) member say that she only joined to get the newsletter in order to find out when we had a lace day or special event. She never came to meetings. Since the newsletter was now on the web, she had no reason to join. Yetshe still expects to take advantage of our activities. There may have been more like this who didn't own up to it. I wondered if anyone else had met up with this situation, and...if sowhat you did about it, if anything. I'm almost certain that I've seen some lace groups charge their bona fide members less for special events (workshops, lace days), and members of the public more. The difference is anywhere from half the yearly subscription to the whole amount. IOLI gives preference to members, when it comes to class choices at the Convention. Both practices seem to me to be eminently sensible; a guild has to defend itself somehow against predators, who're only willing to reap, but never sow... -- 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] Bobbin heads a comment
Caroline said.re Spanish heads... My question is if anybody among bobbin collectors knows if they exist or have existed in some other European country. As far as I know, these heads are not common among other continental bobbins My comment is that there exists both types of heads (ones with a small neck and others with just a single head) throughout the collection that I have. But those with a plain head are clearly more common. The function of the heads are to anchor the thread. I suspect that makers anchor the thread the way that they were taught. In the English schools I would imagine that they were taught strictly what the anchoring rules were, thus the continuance of the small neck. From observation of modern day makers, where not such school rules apply, many makers are not using the small neck supplied by the maker to anchor their thread! When I get to the French bobbins I have an illustration of the oldest bobbin illustration. Can't remember the date, but it is old. This was a French illustration and it only had a single head. That could have been the start of the single head bobbin on the continent. BTW my resources on Spanish bobbins are huge You see the series of bobbins I have. Well you will in due course! Brian and Jean from Cooranbong Australia - Original Message - From: Carolina G. Gallego [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:43 PM Subject: [lace] bobbins web page Brian Lemin Brian Lemin wrote: Sorry I forgot to remind you of the web page url. Here it is. http://home.exetel.com.au/brido/ It has caught my attention the group of bobbins of the lady with her hands on her hips and other two at both sides. The heads of the bobbins are similar to the traditional Spanish bobbins, though these ones are bigger. My question is if anybody among bobbin collectors knows if they exist or have existed in some other European country. As far as I know, these heads are not common among other continental bobbins. Regards. Carolina. Barcelona. Spain. -- Carolina de la Guardia http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/ Private apartments for rent on Spanish Coast http://www.winterinspain.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 1.973 (20050116) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.nod32.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: failure of brownies to appear
Hi Tamara Did you remember to leave out a bowl of milk? Maybe you could try putting the bowl of milk near your lace pillow? As a sort of hint as to what the desired behavior is? And, it turns out that the pesky question - *why*, after a whole repeat which went smoothly with pairs just so, do I suddenly, on the very last pin, have one extra pair with no place to send it - has not resolved itself quietly in the 4 hrs I was gone Julie Baltimore MD - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Japanese tatting book draw winner
Woo Hoo! Thanks! I love books and this will be my second book on tatting. I've done very little tatting, but maybe this will encourage me. It happens that my first book has been lent out, to Avital, so we know it's in good hands. Now that I will have another book to lend her, it'll be a good excuse to see each other, LOL! Some time ago I bought all the supplies needed to make bobbin lace, including videos to teach me how. I've only gotten as far as spangling some bobbins. I WILL get to it one of these days. In the meantime, I am crocheting some lace fans and edgings. Also, some leaves and flowers in the Irish Crochet style. I will be using all those pieces in a large, long term project that I'm working on, mounting them and combining them with embroidery. Thanks, Steph. I look forward to receiving the book. I've sent you my address separately. Debbie in Jerusalem At 09:59 PM 1/17/2005 +, Steph Peters wrote: There were 58 entries to the draw for the Japanese tatting book as at the closing date. DH drew number 41 out of the hat; the lucky winner is Debbie Markowitz. Debbie please send me your address privately and I will send you the book. Sorry everyone couldn't be a winner. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] promoting lace on your clothes
Devon, I'm just catching up with my digests and read you account of the Living Billboard Campaign for Modern Lace. Thank you! I loved it!! And of course, went to see the photos... However, how on earth can you expect to compete favourably with 8 big black breasts? :-) lace cannot possibly win, there Just imagine the reaction of all the guys Hey, I think you should buy a modern piece of lace for your girlfriend Mmmm, have you got any with 8 breasts on it? or even 6? or even maybe 4? No? Oh well, I'll get her a piece of sculpture instead, they seem to know what motivate guys these days... Yours in lace, Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who promises to wear her (homemade!) wire lace bracelet next time she goes out somewhere. And maybe also Lenka's pendant (bought from her, not made by me) 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] jokes
Some of these have been around before, but they're fun anyway.
16 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN by Dave Barry
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on
the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has
not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be
meetings.
3. There is a very fine line between hobby and mental illness.
{does this apply to lacemaking? }
4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want
you to share yours with them.
5. You should not confuse your career with your life.
6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling
reason why we observe daylight savings time.
10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests
that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging
from her at that moment.
11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a
big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
{ I don't agree with this one, I've been trying to get DH to get me a
present for each year of my life..would've had 59 this year..I like
presents. Think of the benefits. It would make having another birthday and
getting older more exciting. Buying all those presents would have to boost
the economy etc. :)}
12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender,
religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside,
we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
{well, I am, so there. :) }
13. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice
person (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails).
14. Your friends love you anyway.
15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built
the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine.. They start out as grapes,
and it's up to the women to stomp the heck out of them until they turn into
something acceptable with which to have dinner.
{or, as my mother used to say, it's like getting a block of granite and a
rusty spoon, and you've got to make something out of it }
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Re: [lace-chat] :-) New wine
i don't exactly know but it has something to with oak .. they like the particular taste wine gets after staying in oak barels .. even when it's not supposed to . i think wine makers even have the right now to put oak shavings to get the taste faster which is anathema to specialists . all wine don't need that oak flavour .. Actually what we call american tastes are Robert Parker tastes you know that well known wine critic .. dominique who's not a specialist . i like beer better than wine shame on me !! though some white wines could make me change my mind . Martha Krieg a décidé d' écrire à ÒRe: [lace-chat] :-) New wineÓ. [2005/01/17 05:00] Good grief, what are American tastes that they can't appreciate a decent French wine -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace-chat] Re: bobbin display
Well gee, I tried and got sorry that's not available, I even typed the whole thing in, hard to believe that in 1988 I had a 4.0 in computers and was on the Dean's list, a lot has changed in these many years, I am no longer computer literate. :) Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: dominique [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: bobbin display Margery Allcock a décidé d' écrire à ÒRe: [lace-chat] Re: bobbin displayÓ. [2005/01/16 21:32] only saw quilts Where have the bobbins gone ? unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: :-) New wine
Tamara P. Duvall a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] Re: :-) New wineÓ. [2005/01/17 07:28] At that time, I didn't yet know the meaning of French letter or French disease, so didn't realise that the French were considered naughty in every language, not just Polish... :) one wonders why ... ;-)) after all, a french letter is an english greatcoat for us .. lol .. dominique If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush... -- Dawn French To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] The Hallams, visiting New Zealand...
Pat and David Hallam called in at the Library yesterday, en route to Franz Josef Glacier. They arrived just after a very heavy rainstorm, and 'bedraggled' was a good description (Pat told me she had had her hair washed three times yesterday, and only one was intended!)... She was wearing a wonderful sweatshirt, with a printed lace bobbin design, so I recognised her immediately. It was really exciting when Pat produced an enormous number of bobbins! I have never seen so many beautiful painted and figured bobbins before, and choosing some to buy was very difficult. gg Pat took a photo of me, and my assistant (Jan Blanchet, whose name any quilters among you might recognise), examining all the bobbins on the Library circulation desk, and David took one of us all. I was sorry that they weren't able to stay in town a little longer - perhaps next time? - but Pat is taking back some little souvenirs of Westland... and there is 'a little something' for Bethany to look forward to, as well! Erica McLeod, 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: 6.0.830 / Virus Database: 565 - Release Date: 06/01/05 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] I missed you!
Hi All, After a blessedly brief (two day) hiatus I'm back. I don't know what happened. No chat and no lace for two days : ( Avital sent me digests of what I missed and today I seem to be getting arachne mail! But Bev and Anne Toney in Texas also had trouble. I missed you all terribly but I did get some lace made G. I also have been working on a Kumihimo (Japanese) braid with the new gadget I got on the trip to Northampton, Massacusetts with Sumac. Before her fabulous shopping trip in the record store (sorry, CD store) we went to a great yarn store. I got some wonderful yarn and we also both got Kumihimo circles with notches in them. I made the practice piece - 16 threads, 4 colors winding around the cord and then started a new one. Unfortunately I chose DMC #80 tatting cotton. It was the best color choice right to hand. It's making a beautiful cord but a bit thin. I'll go searching later, I know I have lots of silk buttonhole twist and I think that would be beautiful!! And I seem to remember I have some spools of Pearl cotton that I was given a long time ago. I have lots of white and ecru Pearl Cotton for B'berg but I want color!! Sumac taught our Fiberarts Group Kumihimo a few years ago at Christmas time. She brought us all squares of matboard with notches. That works wonderfully but I think I put it away safely and I'm not sure where it is : ( Her prize winning run through the store was great fun. It was fun to see how the radio guys worked too. We (including the other customers) had to keep yelling every time they did a promo to stir up interest. They did that a few times and it gave Sumac a chance to look over the inventory again. She did wonderfully and crammed the canvas bag she was given full!! What fun G. Jane in Vermont, USA where it's below freezing again. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] the French (tongue in cheek)(lace-chat)
Tamara wrote: ...Since I was engrossed in Colette's Claudine series borrowed from the same source, I was not about to tell her; suspecting that both I and my little lender-friend might get nailed, I prevaricated. But I never forgot the reaction. Or the phrase. Or the association of French = naughty... :) S, I always say that foreigners always attribute to the French what the *Parisians* do!!! You talk to someone and they say I've been to France and they really mean I've visited Paris, or they say French people are rude, and they've only ever been to Paristhis is just one other example, isn't it? Now tell me, how many books about naughty French has anyone read that didn't come from or was set in Paris? none, I bet :-) Helene, the virtuous French froggy who doesn't come from Paris :-) with apologies to Dominique, who I'm sure doesn't come from Paris either, do you, Dominique?... 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 Drunk Game...
OK, so I had no luck with this at all; I think 9 meters was my top score... Not being able to see the arrow is crippling in trying to keep the guy upright :) But it's fun all the same... From: C.B. I http://www.wagenschenke.ch/index2.htm Try and see how far you can keep the drunk man up. Good Luck! Just move your mouse left to right (no clicking) to keep him walking in a straight line. The object of the game is to keep him walking, without falling over, by using your mouse from left to right or right to left - you can't see your mouse which makes it more difficult. Apparently the record is 82 meters! -- 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
