Re: [lace] Lace rides up on pins
Well done, Andy, that's exactly what you should do! In the English midlands laces (torchon, bucks, beds) it's usual to angle all the pins slightly towards the back of the pilllow, and the edge pins (along the side of the lace) sideways as well, away from the lace a little, for much the same reason. Beth in a wet, windy Cheshire, NW England Andy Blodgett wrote: When I put the base row of pins in stratight (on which all the bobbins hang) the lace tends to ride up on the pins. Is this a common problem for beginners? My solution was to angle the pins slightly away from the lace so that the weight of the bobbins keeps the lace from riding up on the pins. I am putting the rest of the pins in straight. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Another bobbin on ebay - look at this
Doesn't the middle section of this dip pen look almost identical to the bobbin on ebay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=26265item=6181084757rd=1 I reckon it's the middle section of a dip pen like this with the pen holder missing from what looks like the broken end. The letter opening blade's been broken off the other end, and that end smoothed. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Another bobbin on ebay
Jean, What an excellent observation! We really need to see it to see just where it is broken. Never mind. Jean and Brian 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] Pattern for bobbin lace classes
Hello Robin and all other lacefriends, It's my understanding that copying pages for use in a class was covered under the fair use clause of copyright. In other words, it would not be a violation of copyright to use patterns from published books. Of course, that may vary in other countries. It is not so really clear and because for some of us happened that they found their own designs with another name some people are meanwhile a bit critical. Some years ago a lawyer told me if the name of the origin person and the source is written on the sheet and if you don't asked for more than the price of the copy (in our country not so much private copier exist, we go to the copy-shop) it is allowed. But some book-writer don't like this. It is a difficult thing. And I know that the DKV try to find an answer for this problem. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Pattern for bobbin lace classes
In a message dated 24/05/2005 12:25:27 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello Robin and all other lacefriends, It's my understanding that copying pages for use in a class was covered under the fair use clause of copyright. In other words, it would not be a violation of copyright to use patterns from published books. Of course, that may vary in other countries. It is not so really clear and because for some of us happened that they found their own designs with another name some people are meanwhile a bit critical. Some years ago a lawyer told me if the name of the origin person and the source is written on the sheet and if you don't asked for more than the price of the copy (in our country not so much private copier exist, we go to the copy-shop) it is allowed. But some book-writer don't like this. It is a difficult thing. And I know that the DKV try to find an answer for this problem. Greetings Ilske Apologies for quoting the whole of the email but I wanted to put my reply in context. Last year, during our last foray into copyright law, I contacted the UK Patent's office about the copyright on lace patterns within the UK. They were very helpful and agreed with me that the fact that you have to photocopy your lacebook in order to make the design puts us in a very different position to most other book users. Think about it - If we want to work our way through a book of patterns we need to photocopy the pattern (probably about 45% of the book which already takes us over what is normally allowed) - then, we are often encouraged to copy the diagram of the pattern and enlarge it so that we can work from it - so by the time we've done it all we could have copied about 75% of the book. But, and this is the biggy ... we have bought the book and by buying it have entered into a contract which allows us to copy the patterns for OUR OWN use. Copying pages for class, under UK Law is a violation of the copyright which allows us to make copies for our OWN use - i.e. that we make the item not that we are using them to teach from. Now US Law is different as a ruling has now been made. According to the Copyright Handbook by Stephen Fishman, with deals with US Copyright law: Fair use of out of print works The drafters of the Copyright Act and the Supreme Court have suggested that a user may have more justification for reproducing a work without permission if it is out of print and unavailable for purchase through normal channels. (Harper Row v. Nation Enterprises, 471 U.S. 539 (1985).) Thus, most courts give users more leeway when they quote from or photocopy out-of-print works. But this does not mean that any amount of material from out-of-print works may be used without permission. The advice that I was given in the UK for out of print work is very interesting as I was told that the Copyright law protects against the copying of a work. The right lasts for the life of the author, and for 70 years after the author's death. In addition, in the UK, the publisher also has a right in the layout etc. of the book, which lasts for 25 years. If a work is out of print, this does not negate the copyright, or the duration given above. In the UK there are limited exceptions to copyright, for fair dealing purposes such as private research, private study, criticism, review and news reporting etc, but these are limited in scope, and will not allow the copying of large sections of a book etc. If the author has not indicated to what extent she may or may not allow copies of the work to be made, it may well be that making a single copy for your own use would not be considered fair dealing under the law. Your actions could then constitute an infringement of copyright. This advice corroborates the position that the publishers Ruth Bean took over the pricking for Miss Channer's mat - which caused this debate to happen last time. They were saying that whether or not Miss Channer was dead, or her original book out of copyright, by redrafting the pricking they now had copyright over the pricking as issued - i.e. the layout as mentioned above. There is a worry that with some of our favourite designers stopping from producing patterns that we could be loosing patterns - but there are two issues here to remember - 1) there are more patterns out there than we could make in a lifetime and 2) once you have finished with a pattern and your pricking then you can always give it on to another lacemaker to have and keep. Such sequential ownership of patterns is not an issue as you relinquish rights to it with passing it on. However, to give the pricking and not the original pattern is an infringement of copyright as you have the ability to make another pricking from the pattern. Multiple copies of a pricking from one book is infringement of copyright so by using a pattern
[lace] What happens to the lace teacher's work?
Hi Friends My questions is directed to all lace teachers. When you started teaching - did you make more lace than before? - did the quality of your work improve? - did you try new kinds of lace to accommodate students? - did you become more creative in your own designs? What makes you continue teaching? Looking forward to your answers and any comments that would be useful to help someone decide to teach or not. Linda Greyling Helderkruin near Johannesburg South Africa. --- This message (and attachments) is subject to restrictions and a disclaimer. Please refer to http://www.unisa.ac.za/disclaimer for full details. --- gwavasig gwavasig - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[lace] Copyright...
This is a very good spot to go to on the web to check Copyright infringement. It is specifically written for Copyright and educators This should apply to lace instructors whether you have one student or several. http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm#Purpose%20of%20use Have a Great Day! Susie Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 815-942-3722 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace course
Any ideas where one can take a bobbinlace course in july (any course), just to fill in my holidays ? Magda from cloudy Brugge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Update and a Question
I've received the following update (seen below) to the information published in the Lace Organizations and Publications page on the Arachne website. Over the years, I've gotten quite a few messages of this sort, but am unable to comply with the writers' wishes as I have no way of changing the information on the site. When I compiled the original list, I sent it to Mimi Dillman, who then put it on the website, with my name listed at the bottom of the page. I know she hasn't been handling this for quite a while, and I'm wondering if anyone is doing so now, and whether changes can be made. As I remember, the information was published in 1998! My way of handling updates has been to forward them to Lace, but I think it certainly would be beneficial if the original could be refreshed every time there's a change. Hoping we can find a solution to this little problem. Adrienne P.S. Please reply to me personally, if this subject isn't appropriate for discussion on the Lace list. (I don't subscribe to Lace-chat.) - Original Message - From: Elly de Vries To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 9:34 AM Subject: oidfa Dear Adrienne, I happened to find the Lacemakers' Mailing List FAQ on the Internet and your name underneath. As webmaster of OIDFA I would like to ask you to change the information about: The correspondence address is: 1, Triq Tal-Gruwa; Sannat VCT 112, Gozo, Malta. The Internet address is: www.oidfa.com the e-mail contact address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and last but not least: the articles in the Bulletins are all written in English and French, the official languages of the organisation. Thank you for your help. Elly de Vries. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] lace course
Hello Magda, I which country? Ilske Am 24. Mai 2005 um 17:12 schrieb Bobbinlacemaker: Any ideas where one can take a bobbinlace course in july (any course), just to fill in my holidays ? Magda from cloudy Brugge - 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] What happens to the lace teacher's work?
Hello Lind, - did you make more lace than before? Yes, but not always my own projects because I redo every pattern I have in my course-map even I have done it before. - did the quality of your work improve? Sure it does. - did you try new kinds of lace to accommodate students? Mostly the course has a theme but during the course I ask what my students like or want or doesn't know yet. And I tell about my projects and so on. And if there are questions not belonging the course I try to answer and show. - did you become more creative in your own designs? That's difficult to answer, but I become more sure in what I did and do and often understand things better and quicker. What makes you continue teaching? I like to do it and If people ask me to do I want to help them. And I like to keep this handicraft alive and/or tell people who don't know about lace what a wonderful thing it is. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Copyright...
In a message dated 24/05/2005 15:27:25 GMT Daylight Time, Susie Johnson writes: This is a very good spot to go to on the web to check Copyright infringement. It is specifically written for Copyright and educators This should apply to lace instructors whether you have one student or several. http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm#Purpose%20of%20use Have a Great Day! This is a great site but guys please remember that this site is based on US law - you will need to check your home country's position on copyright. Regards Liz in London I'm back _blogging_ (http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee) my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to _http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee_ (http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] What happens to the lace teacher's work?
I cannot say about lace teaching, because I have only been making for 5 years and have not tried, but I know from experience of teaching silver jewellery making that - I did make more jewellery than before. - The quality of my work definitely improved as I demonstrated the 'proper' way of doing things, and started practising what I preached! - I had to try all sorts of new techniques that I had only read about before, because my students wanted to try them and I had to be the 'expert'. - My designs improved by leaps and bounds, sparked off by my students' ideas and inspirations, and by the need to create designs that they could use and learn from. ALSO - I made some very good friends. I have retired from teaching now. I miss it no end, but have found that the experiences I had and the confidence I gained through my teaching, have inspired me to try out lots of new things that I would never have tried before. If you are thinking of teaching - go for it! You will enjoy the experience and be greatly enriched by it. You will also be surprised at how much you know that you did not think you knew (VBG) Dee Palin - Original Message - From: Linda Greyling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:08 PM Subject: [lace] What happens to the lace teacher's work? Hi Friends My questions is directed to all lace teachers. When you started teaching - did you make more lace than before? - did the quality of your work improve? - did you try new kinds of lace to accommodate students? - did you become more creative in your own designs? What makes you continue teaching? Looking forward to your answers and any comments that would be useful to help someone decide to teach or not. Linda Greyling Helderkruin near Johannesburg South Africa. --- This message (and attachments) is subject to restrictions and a disclaimer. Please refer to http://www.unisa.ac.za/disclaimer for full details. --- gwavasig gwavasig - 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] Re: lace in fashion
le 24/05/05 4:35, Tamara P Duvall à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On May 22, 2005, at 5:48, Carolina de la Guardia wrote: some days ago, a Galician fashion designer, contact me asking me for people which can produce laces. Super news! I just hope he's willing to pay you enough to make it worth while :) T, in rainy Lexington, all the more so as french fashion designers tell lacemakers that making lace for them is a good enough publicity stunt without asking for money on top of that !!! dominique from warm Paris . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [lace] lace course
Any ideas where one can take a bobbinlace course in july (any course), just to fill in my holidays ? Magda from cloudy Brugge Would Spain be alright? I can give you information about a marvellous course in July in Galicia, if you don't mind travelling to far. Grettings from Antje González, in Guadalajara, Spain http://es.geocities.com/antjeglezherrero/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: lace in fashion
... to which the French Lacemaker should respond, Our handmade lace is worth the price you will pay for it in order to execute your annual publicity stunt of fashion. Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: romdom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Date: 5/24/2005 6:56:01 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: lace in fashion le 24/05/05 4:35, Tamara P Duvall à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On May 22, 2005, at 5:48, Carolina de la Guardia wrote: some days ago, a Galician fashion designer, contact me asking me for people which can produce laces. Super news! I just hope he's willing to pay you enough to make it worth while :) T, in rainy Lexington, all the more so as french fashion designers tell lacemakers that making lace for them is a good enough publicity stunt without asking for money on top of that !!! dominique from warm Paris . - 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] tatting shuttles/ bobbin lace
hello lace makers, i have a question about tatting shuttles i hope someone will help me with. do they hold as much thread as a bobbin and can they be used for bobbin lace making? and how do you make one? there are some beautiful handpainted ones on www.lace-bobbins.co.uk/tatting.htm. thank you susan from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] paint for bobbins
hello again, i was hoping to find a good permanent paint for painting bobbins that would not rub off on the thread. can any acrylic or oil paint work and will painting them with a polyurethane coating protect the color from getting on the thread? please let me know. thank you from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: What happens to the lace teacher's work?
On May 24, 2005, at 9:08, Linda Greyling wrote: My questions is directed to all lace teachers. When you started teaching - did you make more lace than before? - did the quality of your work improve? - did you try new kinds of lace to accommodate students? - did you become more creative in your own designs? What makes you continue teaching? You're likely to get more answers from people like myself and Delia who are *not* teaching lacemaking... :) I was trained to teach (ie I took all the required courses on child/teen psychology, teaching methods, yadda, yadda, yadda, for my MA) but it was ESL, not lace. And, once in US, seppuku sounded like a more tolerable option that teaching :) However... When I tried to weasel out from sending a pattern for the Lace Museum's Pattern Book (that never was) by saying that I was not a teacher of lacemaking (patterns were sought from teachers), I was told that the work I do on Arachne is an equivalent of teaching. So I feel empowered to answer your questions :) When you started teaching - did you make more lace than before? When I started to publish patterns on a regular basis... I sure-as-sure made more lace than before; not only do I have to deliver an x number of patterns to a deadline (and never is the first sample satisfactory g), but - for my own sanity - I need to make some lace which I do not have to document, eitherr from my own patterns or from someone else's. - did the quality of your work improve? You betcha :) But it's a no-brainer question... The more lace you make, the more it improves. Unless you're brain-dead. In which case you're not making lace. QED. - did you try new kinds of lace to accommodate students? I didn't... pursuing whatever grabs my fancy is the one vent I have in my work to a deadline schedule. I tend to stick with the laces I know, because that's where I'm likely to be best/most useful. If/when I take a course in (or learn from a book) a new lace, it's for my personal enlargement; sometimes the new knowledge migrates into the old areas, but not always. Since I am NOT a teacher, I do not have to accomodate anyone but myself :) - did you become more creative in your own designs? That's a given (axiom) g... The more you learn, the more you trade ideas with others (whether by taking classes or teaching them)... the more new ideas insist on breaking free from your brain. To change the subject... Slightly, given the recent resurgence of the copyright issue... :) What's happened to the Two Pair Inventions in South Africa? You got a copy from me in Prague (summer '04), for copying/dispensing wthin SA, with the proviso that, *every copy* that was made, would engender an equivalent of $3.85 for the Lace Museum in Sunnyvale, CA. I know that copies have been made of my copy... But I've not heard *word one* from SA about the distribution of the profit. Profit doesn't have to be sent directly to the Lace Museum; if y'all send it to me, I'll write them a check for the amount (and spring for the envelope and the stamp g). But, if you have/are going to send profits directly to the Museum, I'd appreciate being put in the loop as regards information, seeing I've composed the tedious booklet :) I cannot claim foreign country reprints (UK and SA) of the booklet as a tax break unless *I* write the check to the relevant charity. And, given the current rob-the-poor to sponsor the rich climate in US, I'm disinclined to even try (I'd rather make lace than hassle). So, you send it wherever it's the most convenient *for you*... But I'm loath to lose all the possible income the Lace Museum should be getting from my boooklet and y'all's reprints... So, I'm asking in the open: where's the beef? -- 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] Pins angled
Andy Blodgett askes about putting in pins straight or angled. Well, I Always angle my pins - slightly backwards for the Internal pins, and 'Back and Out' for the edge pins. However, if working trails, I sometimes ease the pins Back and Out to keep the work down on the trail pricking. Sometimes this is necessary to keep the work sitting down correctly Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz -- Where we have had a couple of showers of rain - at last!, but not enough to get too excited about! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace course
On May 24, 2005, at 11:12, Bobbinlacemaker (Magda in Brugge) wrote: Any ideas where one can take a bobbinlace course in july (any course), just to fill in my holidays ? There's a course - *superb*, from the point of view of an American lacemaker deprived, by the Prex B, of any future... Lier Lace, taught in Harrisburg, PA July 22-24. But, given that the teacher is Greet Rome-Verbeylen, from Belgium... I doubt you're likely to fly thousands of miles to come to it :) -- 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: Lace rides up on pins
On May 24, 2005, at 1:09, Andy Blodgett wrote: So far I am working on the whole stitch and half stitch basic stitches. If I could, I'd award you the Lacemaker's Medal Of Persistence :) The basics are *the* most tedious bits of learning lacemaking... They're also the ones you really *can not* weasel out of :) Looks like a lovely gauze bandage. Yeah, well... :) I managed to restrain myself from using the results as an alternative to toilet paper, and I expect you can, too g When I put the base row of pins in straight (on which all the bobbins hang) the lace tends to ride up on the pins. Is this a common problem for beginners? My solution was to angle the pins slightly away from the lace so that the weight of the bobbins keeps the lace from riding up on the pins. One of the nice things about lacemaking (from my POV, anyway) is that there's always more than one way to skin the cat... :) And the *best* thing is that, every statement about lacemaking tends to be a bit iffy; it differs, depending on circumstances... This philosophy suits me to a T; I'm a rebel Libra from way back... :) Pins straight vs pins angled (and which way)... We get a lot of do this advice from books, but it's always limited to a particular type of pillow/lace technique. After a lot of been there, done that, here's my skinny on the subject (I welcome contrary experiences): On a totally flat pillow (*not* the UK mushroom/cookie): Angle out the side (footside/headside) pins; angle back - slightly - all others. On a slightly domed (cookie) pillow: Angle out the side pins, set all the others as straight as possible, *especially if* the pins are close together (Point Ground etc) On a roller/bolster pillow: Set all pins straight (they'll angle as the roller moves toward the back) The spacing of pins (closer or farther apart) seems to make a difference also; the closer together the pins (other than the side ones) are, the straighter they want to be (assuming the same pattern), especially in the ground. So far, I've never been able to resolve the problem of lace rides up vs pricking rides up... *Something* always does :) Both distort the lace to an extent; neither seems to distort it to the unacceptable level. -- 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: painting bobbins
Susan, I would recommend Acrylics as they dry into *literally* plastic. It would flake off before it would discolor thread. However I wouldn't paint the neck of the bobbin and then it won't be an issue. NEVER use oils. Watercolor can be used if you use many coats of varnish. Something like Varathane. Acrylics need to be varnished also. April (Bobbin Art) In sunny Shoreline Washington USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ho0w to make a tatting shuttle
I can tell you how either on the list (if a number of members want to know) Or privately. If say a half a dozen want to know how, then I would ask the moderator to allow me to tell you via the list. Jean and Brian from Cooranbong, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] A very good Philosophy!
Work People who do lots of work...make lots of mistakes People who do less work...make less mistakes People who do no work...make no mistakes People who make no mistakes...get promoted That's why if you need a promotion you should spend most of your time sending e-mails playing games at work Malvary in Ottawa To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] secret pal thank you
Dear Secret pal. I am so sorry if this is not a repeat thank you. My computer has been on the blink off and on all month. To top it off I have been demonstrating Bobbin lace and spinning every weekend since the 30th of April. I did love my package so very much. I shared the coffee at a guild meeting. The chocoltes went fast. My 3 kids were right there to see what you sent. I have the jewel candle holder and tea candle on my bedside table. I had to make the ladybug kit up immediately. Lady Olivia the puppet and the metal bell ladybug are hanging up and looking so cute. The ladybug bookmark is in my Bible. The beautiful Angle bobbin is on one of my demonstration pillows. What a truely wonderful package. I I love it all so much. I hope that Ive already sent a thank you but if not please forgive me. Thank You so much. Hannah Moad To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] secret pal thanks
Dear Secret Pal, Your parcel arrived last Thursday, which coincided with my Brithday so it made an extra surprise for the day. I was very pleased with all the contents - I'm always short of divider pins and the needle threader will be very useful. The pin cushions are really cute and the little bag will be useful for keeping thread in. I have just got back from a long weekend away so have only just been able to get to my computer to reply. Looking forward to finding out your identity next month Best wishesAndrea Want to get more out of e-mail? Then get Outlook Live! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Monica Ferris book coming out
Hi All, I just got a special notice from Barnes Noble that Embroidered Truths by Monica Ferris will be coming out in the US on June 28th! I gather that's a hardback. So far I have resisted buying the hardbacks but I'm having trouble finding out when Crewel Yule will be out in paperback : ( I searched BN and Amazon a few weeks ago and couldn't find a date for the paperback. I guess that means I have to be PATIENT! Not a virtue of mine G. For newbies, Monica Ferris writes wonderful mysteries and the detective is the owner of a needlework shop. The mysteries involve embroidery and other needlework and one had lace in it! They're very entertaining and the needlework shop angle is a lot of fun. Jane in Vermont, USA where the rain is making everything really green though it would be nice to appreciate it in the sunshine G. [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] FW: Dogs and Cats
As seen in a dog's diary: 8am - Oh Boy! Dog food! My favourite! 9am - Oh Boy! A car ride! My favourite... 10am - Oh Boy! A walk! My favourite! 11am - Oh Boy! A car ride! My favourite! Noon - Oh Boy! The kids! Yaaay great fun! 1pm - Oh Boy! The yard! My favourite! 3pm - Oh Boy! More kids! Excellent! 4pm - Oh Boy! Dog food! My favourite! 5pm - Oh Boy! Mum! Brilliant! 7pm - Oh Boy! Playing ball! My favourite! 9pm - Oh Boy! Sleeping in master's bed! Yippee! As seen in a cat's diary: Day 183 of my captivity... My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another house plant. Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded - must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favourite chair - must try this on their bed. Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little Cat I was. Hmmm, not working according to plan. There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the food. More importantly I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of allergies. Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage. I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The bird on the other hand has got to be an informant, and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room, his safety is assured. But I can wait, it is only a matter of time... Jane Bawn Portchester UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal thanks
Dear Secret Pal, Thanks for my parcel it is full of goodies as usual.The chocolate has been tested , just to make sure it survived the trip all right. My home smells lovely from my incense sticks ( I always burn incense ) my bath bomb smells beautiful can't wait to try it and last but not least my Brugge keyring, None of the other girls in my group will have one and it is lace tomorrow, time to show off a bit with my secret pal present. ;-) I am going to try to make the stork on the card you sent me, will try to graph it out when I am finished what I am currently doing. Next month I find out who you are, at this point I don't have a clue. Thanks again, Shirley. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tinyurl.com/5pe9a To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Monica Ferris book coming out
Jane wrote: I'm having trouble finding out when Crewel Yule will be out in paperback : ( I searched BN and Amazon a few weeks ago and couldn't find a date for the paperback. According to Amazon UK, there's already a paperback of 'Crewel Yule', but it's more expensive than the hardback for some unknown reason, and the mass market paperback is due in October 2005. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re Monica Ferris book
I will have to watch out for it, I have the one about lace making ( sent to me by a secret pal ) and I really enjoyed it. Shirley in Corio Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tinyurl.com/5pe9a To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] For Golfers
A golfer set up his ball on the first tee, took a mighty swing and hit his ball into a clump of trees. He found his ball and saw an opening between two trees he thought he could hit through. Taking out his 3-wood, he took another mighty swing; the ball hit a tree, bounced back, hit him in the forehead and killed him. As he approached the gates of Heaven, St. Peter saw him coming and asked Are you a good golfer, to which the man replied: Got here in two, didn't I? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The bride came down the aisle and when she reached the altar, the groom was standing there with his golf bag and clubs at his side. She said: What are your golf clubs doing here? He looked her right in the eye and said, This isn't going to take all day, is it? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - An octogenarian, who was an avid golfer, moved to a new town and joined the local Country Club. He went to the Club for the first time to play, but was told that there wasn't anybody he could play with because they were already out on the course. He repeated several times that he really wanted to play today. Finally, the assistant Pro said he would play with him and asked him how many strokes he wanted for a bet. The 80-year-old said, I really don't need any strokes as I have been playing quite well. The only real problem I have, is getting out of sand traps. And he did play well. Coming to the par four 18th, they were all even. The Pro had a nice drive and was able to get on the green and two-putt for a par. The old man had a nice drive, but his approach shot landed in a sand trap next to the green. Playing from the bunker he hit a high ball, which landed on the green and rolled into the cup. Birdie, match and all the money! The Pro walked over to the sand trap where his opponent was still standing in the trap. He said: Nice shot, but I thought you said you have a problem getting out of sand traps? Replied the octogenarian, I do, would you please give me a hand? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A woman goes to the local newspaper office to see that the obituary for her recently deceased husband is published. The obit editor informs her that there is a charge of 50 cents per word. She pauses, reflects, and then she says, Well then, let it read, Fred Brown died. Amused at the woman's thrift, the editor tells her that there is a seven-word minimum for all obituaries. She thinks it over and in a few seconds says, In that case, let it read, Fred Brown died: golf clubs for sale. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A 75-year-old woman went to the doctor for a check up. The doctor told her she needed more cardiovascular activity and recommended that she engage in sexual activity three times a week. A bit embarrassed, she said to the doctor, Please tell my husband. The doctor went out into the waiting room and told the husband that his wife needed sex three times a week. The 78-year-old husband replied, Which days? The doctor answered, Monday, Tuesday, and Friday would be ideal. The husband said, That's fine. I can bring her on Monday, but on Tuesdays and Friday I golf, so she'll have to take the bus. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] lace jacket on eBay
Here is an all lace jacket of Irish crochet and filet lace. It's rather pretty. The price is still reasonable right now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8306270879 Alice in Oregon -- where summer has arrived for a day or two. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: When Mom gets sick
I've not responded to the make a woman happy message on chat, much as I've wanted to - not enough time... But, in a way, I don't need to; this should be enough of a refutation :) From: R.P. Notes from a man trying to make Mom's life easier while she is sick in bed... Monday A.M. Dearest: Sleep late. Everything under control. Lunches packed. Kids off to school. Menu for dinner planned. Your lunch is on a tray in refrigerator: fruit-cup, finger-sandwiches. Thermos of hot tea by bedside. See you around six. Tuesday A.M. Honey: Sorry about the egg rack in the refrigerator. Hope you got back to sleep. Did the kids tell you about the Coke I put in the thermoses? The school might call you on this. Dinner may be a little late. I'm doing your door-to-door canvas for liver research. Your lunch is in refrigerator. Hope you like leftover chili. Wednesday A.M. Dear Doris: Why in the name of all that is sane would you put soap powder in the flour canister! If you have time, could you please come up with a likely spot for Chris's missing shoes? We've checked the clothes hamper, garage, back seat of the car and wood box. Did you know the school has rules about bedroom slippers? There's some cold pizza for you in a napkin in the oven drawer. Will be late tonight. Driving eight Girl Scouts to tour meat-packing house. Thursday A.M. Doris: Don't panic over water in hallway. It crested last night at 9 P.M. Will finish laundry tonight. Please pencil in answers to following: 1. How do you turn on the garbage disposal? I thought it was automatic. Guess not. 2. How do you turn off the milkman? 3. Why would that rotten kid leave his shoes in his boots? 4. How do you remove a Confederate flag inked on the palm of a small boy's hand? 5. What do you do with leftovers when they begin to snap at you when you open the refrigerator door? I don't know what you're having for lunch! Surprise me! Friday A.M. Hey: Don't drink from pitcher by the sink. Am trying to restore pink dress shirt to original white. Take heart. Tonight, the ironing will be folded, house cleaned and dinner on time... I called your mother. -- 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]
