[lace] Merry Christmas (Season's Greetings, etc)

2005-12-18 Thread Susan Lambiris
There must be some mistake--it's only December 19th and I'm already sending my 
Christmas e-cards out! Once again I'm putting the card online and only sending 
the address, which is:
http://home.mindspring.com/~skl58/2005.htm
(If you enjoy seeing old Christmas cards, last year's is still available at 
2004.htm and the 2003 card is ecard2003.jpg, all at the same site.)

Best wishes to all spiders everywhere,
Sue.
Susan Lambiris
Raleigh, NC
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[lace] Looking for Jenny Barron (Lace)

2005-12-18 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
Could you please send me an email when you have time? Thank you.
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[lace] Re: bucks point question

2005-12-18 Thread The Mouzons

Hi Janice!

I also love Bucks Point lace... it is my favorite of all the laces I 
have learned so far. 
And...I have worked Muriel before!  Two times as a matter of fact.  The 
second time was for a gift, and the first time was in a weekend workshop 
with Geraldine Stott just before Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace 
was released. 

Ruth was exactly right!  The first two pairs were for the false 
picot...do not hang any other pairs on that pin at the top center of the 
design.  Then lay 4 pair of bobbins horizontally across your pillow.  It 
is tricky juggling them as they just lay there waiting to be worked into 
the lace, and I really liked Ruth's suggestion for using pins there.  
You will see that you end up with two pair going in each direction...4 
threads (one thread being each pair that you laid across your pillow).  
The 4 pairs that are called for turn into 2 pair going left and 2 pair 
going right by laying them in this manner.


Work the false picots that are on each side of the top center one, and 
then follow the diagram to see where each pair needs to go.  Remember, 
each line is one pair.  That fact that we all know so well sometimes 
gets lost when it comes to  those horizontal passives.  Maybe because we 
tend to think that the pair needs to stay together, and here the pairs 
split up.


After you get through that it's pretty smooth sailing until you get to 
the leaves.  The whole design of the leaves is made by the gimp threads, 
so be sure you follow the diagram closely to lay the gimp in the right 
place.  Or, you could just get creative and come up with your own leaf 
design!  :) 

In the workshop,we enlarged our diagrams and working with the larger 
diagram helped a lot, especially since we also went over the lines with 
the right color pen to indicate blue or red as it would show up in the 
book.  I still have my diagrams from the workshop, and seeing it again 
reminded me that the bigger printout really was a help!


Enjoy it...it's a sweet little pattern!!
Debbie in Florida
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[lace] Pita Lace

2005-12-18 Thread Adele Shaak

Last night a fellow lacemaker was showing me a new addtion to her lace
collection.  The little doily was labelled "pita lace".  It was a most
beautiful airy little thing, like a delicate spider web.  Neither of 
us has
ever heard of pita lace before, it really looked like a super-fine 
knitting.


Hi Sharon:

Pita is a name for the fibre that is derived from the Aloe plant. So, 
the 'pita lace' label refers to what the lace is made of, not the type 
of lace.


Some years ago I was asked to identify a piece that sounds very similar 
to yours. It was indeed knitted, very finely, and had the 
bobbles-of-many-wraps that you describe. It is a long time since I did 
the research, but I believe that lace had been bought locally (I think, 
from Eaton's) back in the 1920s, and my research indicated that it had 
been knitted as a cottage industry in some fairly isolated place - 
possibly the Azores, possibly not - unfortunately the name of the place 
has completely slipped my mind.


One feature of the lace I had was that although it was circular, it had 
a join on the radius of the circle, so at least part of the doily had 
not been knit out from the centre as is usually done, but had been 
worked as a separate piece.


Adele
North Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)

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[lace] Russian dolls bobbins

2005-12-18 Thread Nicole Gauthier

Dear lacemakers,

Last week, I received two russian doll Midland bobbins which are very  
lovely and I have hung them in the Christmas tree with the Christmas  
bobbin of the Lace Guild. I find they decorate well and I asked  
myself if a lacemaker ever decorated the whole Christmas tree with  
her Midlands or other painted or decorated bobbins.


I wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy new Year and nice holidays.
Nicole in Kirkland, Qc

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[lace] Re: pita lace?

2005-12-18 Thread Debora Lustgarten

Hello,

According to "Hispanic Lace and Lace-making" by Florence Lewis May, 
published by The Hispanic Society of America, Pita lace is a type of  lace 
made in the Azores Islands, which are a Portuguese colony, and the fibre 
comes from agave plants.  There is also a mention of lace made with aloe 
fibers, but I think that may not be the proper plant...
Sadly, the book doesn't mention whether the lace is bobbin lace, needle 
lace, crochet or what.
On an interesting note, in the Philipines, lace was also made using 
pineaple fibres...


Debora Lustgarten


At 01:53 PM 12/18/2005, you wrote:

Last night a fellow lacemaker was showing me a new addtion to her lace
collection.  The little doily was labelled "pita lace".  It was a most
beautiful airy little thing, like a delicate spider web.  Neither of us has
ever heard of pita lace before, it really looked like a super-fine knitting.
where bobbin lace would have a half stitch trail this had what looked like
"perl stitch"..perhaps needle lace would have this?  One feature was a
series of little bobbles made up of bundles of thread.  I ssumed they were
made by winding the thread around a small tool, maybe a needle, and then
they had a couple more extra rounds to keep the shape.  They were only about
an eighth of an inch across.  Can anyone enlighten us on this particular
lace?  Thanks   Sharon on cold, frosty, slippery, Vancouver Island

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[lace] buckspoint question

2005-12-18 Thread Janice Blair
Ruth wrote:
  Yes, Janice, the extra two pairs become passives.minute and very 
close
examination of the working diagram shows them as the most inside pair 
of
passives across the top of the honeycomb ringsalthough  the diagram
doesn't show where they come from!

   
  You are right!!  I didn't look further down as I assumed they were all hung 
on the top pin.  I was thinking of doing what you suggested and just use them 
as passives using a bobbin from each pair going in the opposite direction 
around the ring until needed.  I think it should have been mentioned in the 
instructions but maybe that was covered in an earlier pattern and I was being 
too lazy to look back in the book.  Thanks to everyone who answered my question 
privately.  With this group there is no need to wrack our brains for too long 
before someone comes up with the right answer!  Now to find the thread.
  Janice


Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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RE: [lace] buckspoint question

2005-12-18 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, Janice, the extra two pairs become passives.minute and very close
examination of the working diagram shows them as the most inside pair of
passives across the top of the honeycomb ringsalthough  the diagram
doesn't show where they come from!

Personally, I wouldn't be hanging them around the top pin.   I'd follow the
instructions about making the various false picots, and then hang the extra
two pairs in a straight (ish) line across the top of the honeycomb rings (so
that a bobbin from each pair heads off down either side of the motif), thus
creating a "pair" of passives.  As you work through the passives towards the
honeycomb rings, the passive threads will slip and slide a bit, so I find
large pins through the spangles of the unused passive bobbins helps anchor
the threads to start with.  Once a few stitches have been worked, the pins
become unnecessary - particularly as in this instance, one pair heads into
the third honeycomb ring, which anchors it beautifully!!

Is this as clear as mud?? 

Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)

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Subject: [lace] buckspoint question

Hi Lacemakers,
  Although I have done quite a bit of bucks point I have a question
regarding pattern 1`7 Muriel, page 42 in A Visual Introduction to Buckspoint
Lace by Geraldine Stott.  I thought this would be so simple, especially as
it has a good diagram and a written explanation.  My question is right at
the beginning.  It shows 3 lots of 2 pairs on the top false picot.  2 pairs
work to the right and 2 pairs to the left through the other false picot
threads on either side but there is no explanation of what happens to the
last 2 pairs.  The diagram does not show that pair at all.  Has anyone done
this pattern and knows what to do with them?  Adding up the pairs shown does
come to the correct number of 38 pairs, so they must be used somewhere.  Am
I right to assume that they become extra passives going around the perimeter
of the circle?
  Janice


Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Re: [lace] Lacy Day

2005-12-18 Thread Aurelia Loveman
Dear Betty Ann  --  How lucky for us that you didn't put this 
_wonderful_ posting on chat! Thank you for sharing such a rare day. 
--  Aurelia


Dear Gentle Spiders,

Clive and I had a wonderful day yesterday that I promised I'd write 
about for the list.  Allan and Yvonne Farrell from Australia are 
visiting Virginia as you know, and they are spending this weekend 
with Tamara and Severn in Lexington .


We four have decided we are an International group of Undomesticated 
Lacemakers who are Loved by Many, and instead of being IULLMs we 
decided to be The Feral Dag Lacers, FDLs for short. In this contex, 
dag is complimentany - found out what a dag was from Yvonne. hehe.


Clive and I are sorry that such nice friends as the Farrells live so 
far away.  Hopefully they will return since their daughter is at the 
University of Virginia, and can spend more time with us in Roanoke, 
Virginia.




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[lace] Christmas lace cards

2005-12-18 Thread Janice Blair
Hello Lacemakers,
   
  Thank you for the Christmas cards for us all to enjoy.  I especially liked  
Brenda's card for the music which continued to play even when I went back to 
reading my emails.  In the Bleak Mid Winter used to be a favorite Christmas 
tune of mine, brough back memories of school in England and the photo certainly 
looked bleak.  Carolina's lace was so pretty with the snow falling.  I envy you 
people who are clever on the computer as well as with your lace.
   
  Thank you to Bev and Barbara for the Christmas card exchange.  I think this 
year the majority of designs so far are angels and candles.  I loved what 
Shirley had done with my design.  I had not thought of making it into a green 
Christmas wreath when I designed it but it makes sense, especially with the 
addition of beads.  I wonder if they were on the back of the lace as well to 
make it truly 3 dimensional?  I would have liked to receive any one of the 
cards we have seen so far, but I love to see the British robin design as that 
denotes Christmas to us ex-pats.  My English friends love to get cards with the 
robin on as we miss seeing them over here.
   
  If I don't post again I want to wish all of you a Happy Christmas or Happy 
Holidays, whichever you prefer and a prosperous and healthy New Year with more 
time to make lots of lace.
  Love,
  Janice


Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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[lace] buckspoint question

2005-12-18 Thread Janice Blair
Hi Lacemakers,
  Although I have done quite a bit of bucks point I have a question regarding 
pattern 1`7 Muriel, page 42 in A Visual Introduction to Buckspoint Lace by 
Geraldine Stott.  I thought this would be so simple, especially as it has a 
good diagram and a written explanation.  My question is right at the beginning. 
 It shows 3 lots of 2 pairs on the top false picot.  2 pairs work to the right 
and 2 pairs to the left through the other false picot threads on either side 
but there is no explanation of what happens to the last 2 pairs.  The diagram 
does not show that pair at all.  Has anyone done this pattern and knows what to 
do with them?  Adding up the pairs shown does come to the correct number of 38 
pairs, so they must be used somewhere.  Am I right to assume that they become 
extra passives going around the perimeter of the circle?
  Janice


Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/

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[lace] Lacy Day

2005-12-18 Thread CLIVE Rice

Dear Gentle Spiders,

Clive and I had a wonderful day yesterday that I promised I'd write about 
for the list.  Allan and Yvonne Farrell from Australia are visiting Virginia 
as you know, and they are spending this weekend with Tamara and Severn in 
Lexington  Tamara, Allan, and Yvonne came from Lexington and Terry and Clay 
came from Lynchburg to spend the day in Roanoke with Clive and I.  Each city 
if about an hour away from us, and the ice and snow had melted enough for 
safety on the highways. For those who say this should be put on "chat," we 
discussed lace all day and shared much about our different techniques, 
idealogy, classes, projects, countries, etc.


Clay brought her Christina pillow with all its accruements (show off!) and 
her portfolio of lace pieces (another show off - is there no end?). Clay, 
Tamara, and Yvonne came bearing gifts of chocolates from the Cocoa Factory 
in Lexington, tangerines, sugar-free blueberry jam, bread, and Tim Tams and 
calendars from Australia for each of us.  Wonderful gifts.  Of course I had 
my several pillows of "lace-in-progress" on display as well as the trifold 
board of lace samples I use at demonstrations.  Besides, I had vaccumed!


Clive, Terry, and Allan were forthwith ushered out the door.  Allan is a 
paramedic in Australia so Clive had arranged for a visit with a local Rescue 
Squad.  The son of dear friends of ours is a paramedic as well, so they had 
a first-class visit there, I understand.  We also were told that they got 
involved (invited?) to a wedding on the scenic overlook on Mill Mountain. 
That is a mountain in the City of Roanoke and quite an attraction for 
visitors - and weddings.  Google Roanoke, VA and you can take a virtual 
tour.  They had lunch out at a favorite deli, Terry remembered it from his 
wanton youth, where they could have pitcher (s?) of beer.


Meanwhile, back at the B-bar-B, we Feral Lacemakers were enjoying soup, 
salad, and a fruit compote for dessert with a sweet white wine from a local 
winery.  Sorry, Tamara, next time I shall have a Chablis or Chardonney for 
you - didn't know you didn't care for sweet wine.  The sad thing about the 
lunch was that I forgot to serve the shrimp  I had already made the shrimp 
sauce and had the shrimp in the refrigerator!  An apology by cyberspace went 
to the Feral Dags immediately when I discovered the shrimp after everyone 
had departed.


We four have decided we are an International group of Undomesticated 
Lacemakers who are Loved by Many, and instead of being IULLMs we decided to 
be The Feral Dag Lacers, FDLs for short. In this contex, dag is 
complimentany - found out what a dag was from Yvonne. hehe.


When our better halfs returned from their foray into the wilds of Roanoke, 
we had a lovely visit together and the husbands had a bored look at our lace 
on exhibit.  Photos were taken and we realized that all three cars - Clay's, 
Tamara's, and mine have lace-related license plates!  Allan took photos of 
those as well.


Clive and I are sorry that such nice friends as the Farrells live so far 
away.  Hopefully they will return since their daughter is at the University 
of Virginia, and can spend more time with us in Roanoke, Virginia.


I hope I have not bored you but that is why God made Delete on the keyboard.

Happy Lacemaking,
Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia who is going to give Clive shrimp for 
lunch. 


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[lace] pita lace?

2005-12-18 Thread Rick & Sharon Whiteley
Last night a fellow lacemaker was showing me a new addtion to her lace
collection.  The little doily was labelled "pita lace".  It was a most
beautiful airy little thing, like a delicate spider web.  Neither of us has
ever heard of pita lace before, it really looked like a super-fine knitting.
where bobbin lace would have a half stitch trail this had what looked like
"perl stitch"..perhaps needle lace would have this?  One feature was a
series of little bobbles made up of bundles of thread.  I ssumed they were
made by winding the thread around a small tool, maybe a needle, and then
they had a couple more extra rounds to keep the shape.  They were only about
an eighth of an inch across.  Can anyone enlighten us on this particular
lace?  Thanks   Sharon on cold, frosty, slippery, Vancouver Island

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Re: [lace] Pattern Enquiry.

2005-12-18 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Just to confuse matters there are two sizes of wooden bodies, 5cm and 
10cm.

Martin Burkhard stocks both sizes.  On his website
http://tinyurl.com/9f3w2
both sizes are shown but it's the bigger size that is shown as a lace 
angel.


SMP stock the smaller size, and The Lace Guild angle kits also used 
that size.


Jana Novak (Moravia)'s angels and other nativity figures do not use 
wooden

bodies just stiffened lace and a pearl bead for the head.

So  make sure patterns and bodies correspond in size!

Brenda

On 18 Dec 2005, at 07:22, Jenny Brandis wrote:


 Hi Bev

Thank you for listing this site as it has (in the PDF catalogue) some
patterns I had seen on the net but not been able to trace back to a
reseller. You have made my day!

At 06:30 PM 17/12/2005 -0800, bevw wrote:


 The name on the pattern was
M. Burkhard - and I though first of Clare Burkhard, but it was

  definitely M.

Burkhard.   Does anyone know where I can purchase the pattern

  please - I would

  Try Atelier MB (Martin Burkhard). Claire's patterns are availalbe at
  the bobbin lace pages.

  http://www.ateliermb.ch/

  --
  bye for now
  Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)

Jenny Brandis
Kununurra, Western Australia

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Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/

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[lace] Pattern Enquiry - try SMP

2005-12-18 Thread Karen
Hi Carol,

I think I know which pattern you are after.

I bought a lace angel pattern from SMP at a Lace Fair earlier this year.  It
probably won't be on the website (have not seen it there), as it was very
inexpensive, but I am sure if you ring they will know which you mean.  There
are two angel prickings, with different wing sizes, plus pictures of
finished lace to help guide working.  Patterns use 12 pairs.  Has M.
Burkhard on card. And there is  a code no 1835, in case that helps.  Whole
thing printed on one side of A4 piece of sand / peach coloured card which
folds in half.


http://www.smplace.co.uk/index.htm

 The name on the pattern was M. Burkhard - and I though first of Clare
Burkhard, but it was definitely M.
Burkhard. 

Karen, In Coventry
Suffering from a sprained wrist and not able to work at my lace. Right hand
too.

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Re: [lace] Table Mate II on sale!

2005-12-18 Thread Malvary J Cole
Unfortunately, these tables seem to have been withdrawn from the shops in 
Canada (certainly Canadian Tire, at least) and are now only available by 
mailorder at $39.99, plus a hefty shipping and handling charge.  Very 
disappointing.


If anyone knows if they are still available in other stores I'd appreciate 
hearing, as they used to be available for about $25-$28.


Malvary in Ottawa

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Good news for (American) spiders!

As I sat with my morning coffee, perusing the advertising inserts in the 
Sunday paper this morning, I spotted our favorite "Table Mate II" on 
sale!!  For those of you who don't know this table, it is a well-designed, 
folding (but sturdy) table which has become quite popular among 
lacemakers, especially for workshops when portability is an issue.  It has 
previously been available on QVC, and my own table was purchased after 
seeing others at an IOLI convention years ago!  I have certainly enjoyed 
mine.  The original TableMate has a larger top, while the TableMate II can 
actually fit into a large suitcase since the top is smaller.


This one is available at Eckerd Drugs in the US for $19.99.  The flyer 
included a blanket statement to the effect that "...all items may not be 
available in all stores, while supplies last," etc., etc.  It might be 
worth a trip out to Eckerd this afternoon to get one!!


Some of you may get this notice several times, as I've combined several 
address lists!  Sorry for cluttering up your box, but I wanted to spread 
the news!


Clay

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[lace] Extraordinary gathering in Roanoke, VA!

2005-12-18 Thread Clay Blackwell
I have been waiting for our hostess to write about this gathering, but as she 
has posted several times now, and has not mentioned this occasion, I'm assuming 
she is not going to blow her own horn!!

Yesterday, in Roanoke, VA (USA), I had the pleasure to be part of an 
extraordinary gathering at the home of Betty Ann Rice.We called the 
occasion "An International Gathering of Dag Feral Lacers".  International, 
because Yvonne Farrell was there from Australia, Tamara Duvall from Lexington 
VA (and Warsaw Poland), Betty Ann from Floyd County VA (who learned to make 
lace in the UK in the '70s), and I was the sole member with no claim to any 
foreign port.  We are "Feral Lacers":  as in "formerly domesticated, but now 
gone wild".  And David (Downunder) advised us that Yvonne was a "Dag", and 
after she explained it to us, we adopted that description as well!!  While we 
enjoyed ourselves at BA's, our husbands struck out to show Yvonne's husband 
some of the sights to be seen.  They came back happy and full of tales to tell 
late in the afternoon.

 We had gifts all around, sharing of news, show & tell, lots of laughter, and a 
delicious lunch.  Did I mention the Chocolate?  Tamara brought lots of it!  
There is a fabulous Chocolatier in Lexington, and she brought a sampling of 
their yummy treats!

It was great fun to meet Yvonne (she occasionally posts on Arachne, and we've 
encouraged her to be more vocal!) and to see my good friends Betty Ann and 
Tamara again.  And no...  not a speck of lace was made.  But it was seen and 
talked about!!

Clay

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[lace] Table Mate II on sale!

2005-12-18 Thread Clay Blackwell
Good news for (American) spiders!

As I sat with my morning coffee, perusing the advertising inserts in the Sunday 
paper this morning, I spotted our favorite "Table Mate II" on sale!!  For those 
of you who don't know this table, it is a well-designed, folding (but sturdy) 
table which has become quite popular among lacemakers, especially for workshops 
when portability is an issue.  It has previously been available on QVC, and my 
own table was purchased after seeing others at an IOLI convention years ago!  I 
have certainly enjoyed mine.  The original TableMate has a larger top, while 
the TableMate II can actually fit into a large suitcase since the top is 
smaller.

This one is available at Eckerd Drugs in the US for $19.99.  The flyer included 
a blanket statement to the effect that "...all items may not be available in 
all stores, while supplies last," etc., etc.  It might be worth a trip out to 
Eckerd this afternoon to get one!!

Some of you may get this notice several times, as I've combined several address 
lists!  Sorry for cluttering up your box, but I wanted to spread the news!

Clay

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[lace] Cretan lace

2005-12-18 Thread Tess Parrish
For those who are planning to take the Cretan lace workshop at OIDFA 
2006 this spring, I will be glad to send you an attachment of the 
English version of the book.  I'm sure they will be selling the Greek 
version, but I don't know about the English.  There is also a French 
one, but it lacks the illustrations.


This can be found on CD#1 or on the Professor's web site
   http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html
so if you can get it from there, I'd appreciate it.  I am deep in 
sending out CD#5, and feel swamped at the moment.


Which reminds me, last year there were several people who showed 
interest in completing the collection with CD #5. If you are still 
interested, please let me know.  I also have plenty of 1-2-3-4, if you 
need them.


Tess in Maine USA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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Re: [lace] Passing In the Manner of a Horse

2005-12-18 Thread Ilske Thomsen

Hello Everybody,
We  here in Germany don't translate this expression, and I personally 
like it. And you know a little French is very exotique ;-). So don't 
translate it.

Happy Christmas and a peaceful and lacy New Year to you all.

Ilske

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