[lace] Extra lighting - safety tips
Robin wrote: The brain's not sufficiently functioning well enough nowadays to work out if the difference in voltages used in the UK and at least parts of Europe (220) compared with the US (120) has any effect on the bulb output or even if a UK bulb would work in the US. But it's something to consider if planning to take a lamp to the US. I know I was given two strings of 40 coloured lights from the US, and an electrician joined the two together into one string of 80 to make them safe for use in the UK I don't think you can buy a lampshade or a lamp with a shade in the UK which doesn't have the maximum wattage of the bulb. The higher the wattage, the more the heat from the bulb. Exceeding the wattage can cause the shade to get too hot and plastic to scorch and melt, fabric to scorch and catch fire, glass to crack. Many organisations won't let you use your own electrical equipment in their sockets or unless it's been checked out by their electrician for electrical safety. In hospital I was allowed to plug my laptop in after it had been checked. In my last school extension leads weren't allowed at all. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Extra lighting - safety tips
On Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 04:38 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: or even if a UK bulb would work in the US. No they won't work. The bases of the two bulbs are very different. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Secret pals - new round reminder
Just a couple of days left to get in your applications for the new round. Hannah, I've sent you a copy of this application as requested, but you're with AOL and currently any messages I send to AOL addresses are being delayed. I've heard other people report that too, so maybe AOL have their security/spam filters set too high! Brenda The current round of Secret pal exchanges is coming to an end now - your June packages should be posted very soon now and should include a note revealing your identity (and email address). Because this is the round in which you identify yourself to your pal, I will not be monitoring the thank you messages, although if a package fails to arrive I will still make enquiries. The new round of Exchanges will start in July. Please send your applications to me by Friday 17th June. I will work on the pairings over that weekend. Because a large majority of people have asked for overseas pals it has been difficult, even within USA, to pair people with a new same country pal, so this time the same country option is not available, you will almost certainly get someone from abroad. EXPLANATION For the newbies, a Secret Pal is a person you send gifts to anonymously for five months, then reveal your name with the sixth package. You would be receiving gifts from a different person than the one you send to. The thank you's for received gifts are to be posted to Lace-Chat. The gifts are supposed to be tokens of friendship, not expensive items. Favorite things to send are sweets/candy, chocolate, tea, bobbins, thread, regional specialties, pin cushions, small pieces of lace or bookmarks, patterns, notecards, toiletries etc. It's also nice to include something about the area in which you live, pictures of your lace and in the final package maybe a photo of yourself. Anything you like will probably be liked by your Secret Pal. SECRET PAL ADMINISTRATOR I am Brenda Paternoster from Kent, England and it's my third time as Secret Pal co-ordinator. -- APPLICATION Arachnians who wish to participate should apply by Friday 17th June. I will try to have all the secret pal assignments finalised by the end of June so that the packages have time to be assembled. They should be mailed by 5th July. This exchange will run from July 2005 until December 2005 when you will reveal your identity. This is a SIX-MONTH COMMITMENT. To apply, send an email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following information: 1. Your name 2. Email address 3. Complete mailing address 4. Affirmation of the following statements: _I have read and understand the rules of participating. _I will mail my packages by the 5th of each month. _I will email a thank you message to Lace-chat within THREE DAYS of receiving each package. _I will notify the coordinator immediately if something will prevent mailing my package on time or if I have to withdraw. _I understand that I will be summarily removed from the round if I fail to fulfill my agreement. 5. Give a brief bio of yourself to assist your Pal in selecting items for you - stage in life, family, pets, favourite activities, favourite colors, types of lace you make or like, non-lace hobbies, pierced ears or not, food allergies or diet restrictions (no nuts, sugar, chocolate, etc), preferred bobbin styles if you do BL, and anything else you wish to share. The more info you give about yourself the easier it will be for your secret pal to choose goodies for you. 6. Please tell me the names of people with whom you have already been paired with in previous rounds of secret pal exchanges. RULES 1. Please be prompt in mailing by the 5th of each month so that your secret pal gets the package by the 15th of the intended month. It is depressing to expect a package and not get one. If you must be late, email me [EMAIL PROTECTED] before the mailing deadline so your special pal can be notified. 2. Include a real, usable return address, not your own. Mine will be fine for UK use. Other countries please find a friend who will let you use his/hers. All packages need a return address in case of delivery problems. Packages sent abroad should bear the necessary customs declaration. 3. When the package arrives, as soon as possible post a brief note to LACE-CHAT (not Lace!!!) to say Thank You. This lets your sending pal know that it was safely received. It's not necessary to write a long message-- just acknowledge the package. You can send your thank you messages to lace-chat@arachne.com even if you don't take chat. alternatively you may send a message to the co-ordinator at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to forward to your pal. 4. Pack carefully. A padded bag may not protect a fragile item. Liquids aren't good in containers going overseas, and are not recommended in any package. UK's Royal Mail states that anything "r
Re: [lace] Re: ten-stick
On 14 Jun 2005, at 02:29, Tamara P Duvall wrote: The "plain vanilla" tenstick is marked on a pricking as you describe - with a single line of pin-dots (on the outside curve). That's where you do your regular "sewing footside" edge, however you do it (T the worker prior to the "do-si-do". Then: CTCT the two prs, or CTTC them, with appropriate twists added. Place the pin under both pairss, take the inner of the two pairs as new worker). On the inner curve (pinless): cloth stitch the worker through all passive pairs, leave - pinless, and with or without a twist. A single twist makes the inner edge look more crisp. Two or more twists on the abandoned (erst-while Worker) pair will lessen the curve/straighten the line (while still bunching the passives together v closely). Take the last-cloth-stitched-through passive as your new worker, and cloth stitch to the footside pin. Repeat ad nauseam, or until no longer necessary. I work the turning stitch on the inside curve of 10-stick/8-stick as CTCTC. That changes one of the worker threads, not the pair. It wouldn't work for colour but then 10-stick is used for a narrow line/braid in a design and you probably wouldn't want colours across the width. Colour changes down the length would have to be done by tying in and cutting off regardless of stitch techniques. Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: Patterns on e-bay
Finally, something completely different--I have put up a webpage to show off my wire lace jewelry, at http://home.mindspring.com/~skl58/index.htm Sue. Oh Sue! Your work is divine! Perhaps one day I may make such beautiful lace! Cheers Shell (Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: ten-stick
From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I work the turning stitch on the inside curve of 10-stick/8-stick > as CTCTC. That changes one of the worker threads, not the pair. It > wouldn't work for colour but then 10-stick is used for a narrow > line/braid in a design and you probably wouldn't want colours > across the width. Colour changes down the length would have to be done > by tying in and cutting off regardless of stitch techniques. I haven't done it, but it seems to me that having "passives" (everybody gets to be worker periodically) different colors would make it look sort of like rope spiraling down. Color A would work across, then down the inside edge, color B next, etc. If they were a gradation (like light-to-dark green), it ought to produce stripes. If they were all- but-one the same, that should look like twisted cord/rope. I'll have to try it sometime! Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Extra lighting - safety tips
Margot wrote: <> or even if a UK bulb would work in the US. No they won't work. The bases of the two bulbs are very different.> I wasn't very clear. I actually mean a UK bulb in a lamp with an adapter for the plug - if there is such an adapter for US/UK as there is for UK/European. We do have a varietty of different bases on bulbs - large screw, small screw, large bayonet, small bayonet - depending on the fitting in the lamp. Really annoying because I want a 60 watt daylight bulb for a floor lamp, but can't find the right bulb shape with the right base to fit it. My magnifier/lamp takes a 40 watt golf ball, and I'd like another floor lamp with a 60 watt bulb in it. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Patterns on e-bay/wire jewelry
Sue, Your work is very, very beautiful. And it's wire!!! Just exquisite. Thank you Diane Z Lubec, Maine Finally, something completely different--I have put up a webpage to show off my wire lace jewelry, at http://home.mindspring.com/~skl58/index.htm Sue. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Extra lighting - safety tips
On Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 02:08 PM, Jean Nathan wrote: I wasn't very clear. I actually mean a UK bulb in a lamp with an adapter for the plug - if there is such an adapter for US/UK as there is for UK/European. That certainly exists. I bought one about 3 weeks ago in one of the Sta Travel shops in London. But the plug adapter is the least of it. You also need a converter to go from the UK 250 volts to the North American 125. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Extra lighting - safety tips
I wasn't very clear. I actually mean a UK bulb in a lamp with an adapter for the plug - if there is such an adapter for US/UK as there is for UK/European. When we moved from the UK, as well as an adapter for the plug, we were told that we would also need special bulbs to cope with the 120V, which we bought from some specialist supplier. I don't think it would be worth your while trying to bring a light with you for the IOLI conference if that was what you were thinking of. I think that the clip-on lights which people were talking about are quite inexpensive and some of the earlier discussions made it clear that there was a mall opposite the hotel Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Patterns on e-bay/wire jewelry
These are very beautifuland all this time I thought I did not like wire lace. These are amazing and I have had my eyes opened. Thanks for sharing. BarbE - Original Message - From: Diane Z To: Susan Lambiris ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Patterns on e-bay/wire jewelry Sue, Your work is very, very beautiful. And it's wire!!! Just exquisite. Thank you Diane Z Lubec, Maine > Finally, something completely different--I have put up a webpage to show > off my > wire lace jewelry, at http://home.mindspring.com/~skl58/index.htm > > Sue. > - 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] Graph grid query
I want to make a pricking for a beginner of the beginner's "bandage" to be made using ordinary sewing thread. There are three graph grids printed in Pamela Nottingham's "Bobbin lace making" (immediately before list of suppliers and index). Can anyone advise which one I should use? I know it has to be either the smallest or the middle size but I keep swithering. TIA Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Graph grid query
Hello Patricia If ordinary sewing thread means Tootal Sylko 50 then you need a 2mm grid for torchon - the smallest of the three grids in that book. For more info have a look at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/threadsize.html or http://tinyurl.com/c9dzg I want to make a pricking for a beginner of the beginner's "bandage" to be made using ordinary sewing thread. There are three graph grids printed in Pamela Nottingham's "Bobbin lace making" (immediately before list of suppliers and index). Can anyone advise which one I should use? I know it has to be either the smallest or the middle size but I keep swithering. Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Extra lighting - safety tips
Based on the recommendation I've read, I bought an itty bitty book light. Unfortunately, it really does not give out as much light as I'd like for Binche, and removing the shade might only make it a source of irritation for your neighbor/classmate. HOWEVER, I think I'll keep it because while I'll take a bigger, heavier, and brighter light to Denver, if there is a problem with electrical supply for the group I'm in, the IBBL will be surely better than no light! And I didn't move this to chat because I'm not a member of chat. Sorry. Still, I think that sufficient numbers of Arachnids are heading to Denver that this subject MIGHT still be welcome on Lace. I won't be offended if told otherwise!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janice wrote: I like the idea of the itty bitty light. We have removed the shade in the past to get more light from the lamps. > > Maybe this discussion should be moved to Chat now. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Extra lighting - safety tips
Thank you for posting this Clay, I decided to reply to Lace rather than Chat as several people mentioned they are not on Chat and wanted to follow the discussion. Today I was out and about and checked at Barnes & Noble and Borders. There are a variety of itty bitty type lamps available ranging from $10 to $30 but with no idea of the output of light on them. The $10 one was a tiny led light which I presume you throw away when it wears out as it did not require any batteries or bulbs. I thought it may be be okay to clip to my magnifier that I sit on my pillow as it was so tiny, but then again, no idea of light output. Then I went to the new Super JoAnnes to check out Ott lights. Pricy, I think it was $69.99 for the table stand model but the sales clerk said they were the best - she had heard. They also sell a Tensor Vision Max which has a similar daylight bulb and light output for $32.99, it also felt a little lighter than the Ott. I was tempted but resisted as I did not have my 40% coupon with me. At the checkout I was given a flyer for this weekend with a 50% coupon for both Friday and Saturday, might make it worth struggling with the crowds! Has anyone heard of the Vision Max or used one? Janice Clay Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Based on the recommendation I've read, I bought an itty bitty book light. Unfortunately, it really does not give out as much light as I'd like for Binche, and removing the shade might only make it a source of irritation for your neighbor/classmate. HOWEVER, I think I'll keep it because while I'll take a bigger, heavier, and brighter light to Denver, if there is a problem with electrical supply for the group I'm in, the IBBL will be surely better than no light! And I didn't move this to chat because I'm not a member of chat. Sorry. Still, I think that sufficient numbers of Arachnids are heading to Denver that this subject MIGHT still be welcome on Lace. I won't be offended if told otherwise!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: Chantilly dress
> So I'd be interested to know *which reality* the 6 in th photo represents... :) < Many years ago, I discovered that the higher the price-tag on a garment, the more "forgiving" the size was. When I routinely wore a size 14, some labels hoped I could be "seduced" into paying too much for something simply because my vanity had been snagged by the "size 12" or even "size 10" label! So I'm betting on the "marketing" reality. Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > 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] Extra lighting - safety tips
Sorry, I can't help you with any of the lights you mentioned, Janice... But the light I have is a "quartz" light (according to my EEngineering husband...) which I got from Bed, Bath & Beyond for about $10. It puts out WAY more light than the IBBL, and costa about a third as much... The down-side is that the power supply is the heaviest part of the unit - UNTIL I discovered that this piece disconnects. So, my plan WAS to pack the power supply in my checked luggage and keep the more fragile lamp in my carry-on... until I realized that the drones in airport luggage inspection won't take too well to a "power supply" with no visible unit to provide power TO... So I'm going to keep the parts together - probably in carry-on - and carry the IBBL as well, as a back-up. IF we have power outlets available, and IF I can clamp it on a table and use my own table-mate for my pillow, then the Bed, Bath & Beyond lamp is the best option I have. There's no way I'm taking my $249 Ott-lite (BEFORE discount!!) through the perils of air travel!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; lace-digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 6/14/2005 7:16:09 PM > Subject: RE: [lace] Extra lighting - safety tips > > Thank you for posting this Clay, I decided to reply to Lace rather than Chat as several people mentioned they are not on Chat and wanted to follow the discussion. Today I was out and about and checked at Barnes & Noble and Borders. There are a variety of itty bitty type lamps available ranging from $10 to $30 but with no idea of the output of light on them. The $10 one was a tiny led light which I presume you throw away when it wears out as it did not require any batteries or bulbs. I thought it may be be okay to clip to my magnifier that I sit on my pillow as it was so tiny, but then again, no idea of light output. > > Then I went to the new Super JoAnnes to check out Ott lights. Pricy, I think it was $69.99 for the table stand model but the sales clerk said they were the best - she had heard. They also sell a Tensor Vision Max which has a similar daylight bulb and light output for $32.99, it also felt a little lighter than the Ott. I was tempted but resisted as I did not have my 40% coupon with me. At the checkout I was given a flyer for this weekend with a 50% coupon for both Friday and Saturday, might make it worth struggling with the crowds! Has anyone heard of the Vision Max or used one? > Janice > > Clay Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Based on the recommendation I've read, I bought an itty bitty book light. > Unfortunately, it really does not give out as much light as I'd like for > Binche, and removing the shade might only make it a source of irritation > for your neighbor/classmate. HOWEVER, I think I'll keep it because while > I'll take a bigger, heavier, and brighter light to Denver, if there is a > problem with electrical supply for the group I'm in, the IBBL will be > surely better than no light! > > And I didn't move this to chat because I'm not a member of chat. Sorry. > Still, I think that sufficient numbers of Arachnids are heading to Denver > that this subject MIGHT still be welcome on Lace. I won't be offended if > told otherwise!! > > Clay > > Clay Blackwell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Janice Blair > Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, 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]
[lace] Sulky threads...
Hello Spiders - Not long ago, there was some interest on this list regarding the threads made by Sulky, and their applications in lace. I just came across this link which will give you lots of information about their threads, as well as their thread-storage box which has also been mentioned... http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/shop-html/aisles/Quilting_Tools/Sulky_Threads_Books_and_Interfacing/ Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Convention - bring sunscreen!
Gentle Spiders- One more thing for convention, if y'all could help spread the news. We forgot to mention that if you're planning on being outside at all, you should bring and liberally smear yourself regularly with a Heavy Duty sunscreen. They probably sell it in the hotel giftshop, but I'm sure it's cheaper to bring it yourself. The altitude combined with our bright, glorious sunshine can really wreak havoc on our tender, ladylike, virtuous skins, and we wouldn't want any ow-y sunburns to hinder the GREAT FUN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE!!! Getting really excited to meet everyone! Vasna Zago "thank god I'm a hot chick with superpowers" - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wire Lace
Dear Susan, What BEAUTIFUL work! Truly amazing! I am hoping to get back into lacemaking again and wire lace just might do the trick! Are you planning to write a book about your creations? Best Wishes, Trish Fisher a fellow spider! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Textile exhibit in DC
Gentle Spiders, On Sunday, DH said: "I know this isn't your area, but I thought you'd be interested. It looks like something you might be doing" and brought to my attention a photo of 3-dimensional, very naturalistic and somewhat lacy at the same time, Praying Mantis (Washington Post, Sunday June 12, section M5, The Week). The photo was announcing an exhibit called "Not the Knitting You Know". The snippet said: "Opens Monday. Reception Wednesday, 6-8p.m. Through Sept 10. Knitted and crocheted fiber sculptures from 15 artists. Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space, Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Free. 703-790-9018" I know it's not lace, but it is textile. And the piece in the photo was fantastic; if others are like it, it seems the exhibition is well worth a visit for people in the area. -- 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: Wire Lace
On Jun 14, 2005, at 21:34, Patricia Ann Fisher wrote: What BEAUTIFUL work! Truly amazing! Isn't it? Gorgeous! I've been drooling over her work ever since I saw the photo of the first piece - the horse - a couple of years ago (maybe 18 months). And it looks even better "face-to-face"; very, very delicate, not the simplified pieces we all start with... Her work is what has pushed me into choosing a second-level class in wirework (Denver). Not that I ever plan on using a hundred pairs, or wire that fine, but a slight upgrade in skills wouldn't come amiss :) Regarding the bobbins, though... I notice that they're just ordinary ones, not the "special" ones with hooks (of whatever kind). I can see why not; if you need to pile your bobbins like that, there'd be increased risk that the wire would get caught in the hook of a bobbin it didn't belong to. But then... How do you control the wire? Do you actually put a hitch, as you would with thread? Are you planning to write a book about your creations? Hah! She's written a *very nice* article about the Victorian pendant (the one adapted from a hankie corner), which appeared in the NCRLG's Newsletter a few months ago. I asked her to write one for the IOLI Bulletin, but have been unable to extract a promise of one. I suspect hoping for a whole *book* would be asking way too much... -- 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] I'm away
Dear Lacemakers and Sisters of the South, I am away until Friday evening. I shall *not* unsubscribe to either list so as not to miss anything. I will read and reply, when indicated, after Friday. Happy Lacemaking in Bonds of the Old South, Betty Ann Rice, Roanoke Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Disaster!
Gentle Spiders, I have just had a message from Lenka Suchanek - sent, presumably, to all the potential students in her two workshops at the IOLI Convention in Denver... In effect...She's closed the Silver Pin Studio and she's quit teaching. So the classes in Denver won't take place. Her reasons are many and relevant, but it's altogether depressing, especially since it now looks like I'll have no reason to go to Denver at all; I can't afford to pay the full air ticket and hotel costs for half the reward (workshops)... Yours, dismayed -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace] Re: Patterns on e-bay (fwd)
Thank you, Susan and Malvary, for pointing these out. I rather like lot 3. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19158&item=8198190947&tc=photo -- bye for now Bev 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]
Re: [lace] Disaster!
Spiders, This is terrible news - not just for Tamara's plans for the convention but for those of us who admire the work that Lenka has been doing. I was lucky enough to see her at Birmingham NEC in 2002 - unlucky in the fact that I couldn't get close enough to buy any of her kits - there was a stampede. But the work that she has done in promoting wire lace is fantastic. I've just checked and her website is down as well. 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) In a message dated 15/06/2005 06:11:22 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gentle Spiders, I have just had a message from Lenka Suchanek - sent, presumably, to all the potential students in her two workshops at the IOLI Convention in Denver... In effect...She's closed the Silver Pin Studio and she's quit teaching. So the classes in Denver won't take place. Her reasons are many and relevant, but it's altogether depressing, especially since it now looks like I'll have no reason to go to Denver at all; I can't afford to pay the full air ticket and hotel costs for half the reward (workshops)... (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] Graph grid query
In a message dated 14/06/2005 22:08:36 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I want to make a pricking for a beginner of the beginner's "bandage" to be made using ordinary sewing thread. There are three graph grids printed in Pamela Nottingham's "Bobbin lace making" (immediately before list of suppliers and index). Can anyone advise which one I should use? I know it has to be either the smallest or the middle size but I keep swithering. TIA Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] Having started off on worm bandages, I can only say that making it with sewing thread was one of the most dishartening experiences I've ever done. It took ages to get to the end and I felt, when I'd finished that I hadn't achieved anything. I now start beginners off on the famous springett snake as this teaches whole / cloth stich and makes up quickly (due to the thickness of the thread) and gives them something worth having as their first project. Just a thought 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]
