Re: [lace] Bucks versus Toender et al
I was told the large holes that are typical of Tonder lace are called Copenhagen Holes. Diana in Northamptonshire - Original Message - From: David in Ballarat d.collye...@aapt.net.au To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:17 AM Subject: [lace] Bucks versus Toender et al Dear Sue, I am an avid Bucks Point fan but try as I might I cannot detect what the essential difference is between Bucks and Tonder perhaps you could enlighten me. In my experience the main differences are these:- - Toender is worked in the opposite direction from Bucks (but I don't) - Toender is characterized by - large holes surrounded by honeycomb stitch I find these days that regardless of which point ground lace I am making, I use Chantilly techniques, and probably a few I've developed myself. The end result looks lovely and only a lace-maker could tell the difference. I very rarely fill in a petal for a floral motif with whole stitch - too easy to see when you either have too many or too few bobbins. Half stitch is much more forgiving. Also, I never put any extra twists on the inside of a gimp in a motif. That way the filling always comes right up to the gimp. Sometimes I will add an extra one or two on the outside to compensate. I use Elwyn KENN's looper technique whenever possible in order to avoid the need for adding in short extra gimps. Can't thank of anything else relevant right now David in Ballarat Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Italian translation, please?
*Hello Tamara and All, Provedadori sopra le Pompe is the ancient venetian way to say Provveditori alle Pompe . The Provveditori alle Pompe, as you wrote, were , in the Republic of Venice, officers who watched over people to make them observ the leggi suntuarie, the laws about clothes, jewels, fur. There were, too , two Sopraprovveditori called sopraprovvesitori who could decide when people did appeal against a provveditore's decision. Pompe is pomp, magnificence ( for example vestita con gran pompa is richly dressed * I think in English this phrase could be superintendents over luxury or local directors of luxury Hope this helps Kind Regards Tiziana Taranto (Italy) 2009/1/20 Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.net Gentle Spiders, the *exact* meaning of. It's: Provedadori sopra le pompe I learnt, from various contexts (the phrase keeps coming up again and again), what it *is*. It's a little committee of 3 people who are, in essence, clothes police. They investigate the clothing transgressions of upper class women (mostly), bring them to the attention of the Grand Council, which then debates, legislates and issues new proclamations forbidding this, that or the other (dresses have to be of single colour only; no brocades. Sleeves have to be straight and narrow; none of the ducal or bird's craw excesses. Sleeves should use no more than 2 yards of fabric per pair, even on the undershirts. Etc). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Bucks point V. Tonder
Dear Arachnids While researching over 300 pieces of Bucks point for my book I found there were more techniques and variations on techniques used in the East Midlands than is generally realised. Just to take the footside - I found any number from one to four twists on the pairs at the footside. I found varying numbers of twists on the ground pair on the ground side before and after it passed through the passives. There were pieces with one or two pairs of footside passives, and some had them of thicker thread. About one third of the Luton Museum pieces I studied had a half stitch for the stitch about the pin instead of the accepted cloth stitch (A technique usually attributed to Tonder rather than East Midlands). At one time I thought that the catch-pin stitch was always made as a point ground stitch, but I have come across some lace that is almost certainly East Midlands that has cloth and twist. I have in fact found just about every technique listed as made in 'other countries', in the OIDFA book on the Point Ground Lace Family, in East Midlands lace. The OIDFA book is an excellent one that shows the techniques as they are made in different countries today, (unless otherwise stated) but it is unsafe to use it for identification purposes. Probably the only way to distinguish between English and Danish lace is by historical evidence and possibly style and I am not an expert on these. Best wishes from a dull, cold morning in Sussex Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] Bucks versus Toender et al
Thank you David for the explanation that will be a great help as I hope to master Tonder before visiting Denmark for the next lace festival which I think is in 2010. One more question please, what is a Elwyn KENN'S looper technique maybe it is something I know of under another name. Bye for now Happy lacing Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Thanks Janice
Hello All Arachneans First of all ... Thanks Janice!! The pin and it's accompanying 'bits' arrived safely this morning! The pin is gorgeous, and the striver pins very useful! I love the scissor fob, it will be attached to my scissors later! The fob colour and the pin colours are my sort of colour BRIGHT!! But, the 'bobbin book'. What a Brilliant Idea!! I've heard of using bobbin holders (flat wood with elastic) or knitting stitch holders to keep bobbins safe (amongst other ideas), but this one was a new one on me! They are Fantastic!! The idea of fabric 'pages' with your bobbins in between, all stackable is just wonderful!! Thanks to you and to the OIDFA members who donated these items. (Cranberry Lacers, Lighthouse Lacers of Kenosha and Heartland Lace Guild) Your items are gratefully received and will be shown to any lacemaker within 5 yards of my pillow!! Chat Later Sue in East Yorkshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] would you drink the last rinse??
Hi Jeri! I laughed laughed when I read your lace cleaning directions!!! This is a good thing--really, no sniping intended. In one of those Victorian booklets that have been digitized posted on the net, I have seen lace cleansing instructions that specified using: green tea, gin or smelling salts. So yes--I would drink the last rinse if it were green tea or gin! Susan, on Grassy Key where we are expecting another cold front temps in the 30's tonight. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] on cleaning lace
This is for Jeri, after her long and very interesting post on the subject: Do you have an opinion on the soap called Orvus? It is used for washing wool and for that it can't be beat. I'm not sure whether this can be found outside the US, but it is carried here by feed stores because it is used to wash sheep and other animals. It is supposed to be the purest soap that exists and contains no phosphates or other nasty things. I would value an opinion on this where it concerns cleaning lace. Thanks, Jeri. Tess (tess1...@aol.com) also in Maine, reveling in our newest 12 accumulation of fluffy snow. The skiiers are going mad! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Bookmarks from Retournac
At Bev Walker's request, I have just uploaded to the Arachne Webshots page two pictures which she sent me which she received with the press release about the bookmarks. I have captioned the bookmarks with the file names which were on the photos when she received them. It is my impression from reading the press release (and my French is *very* rusty, so I could be wrong...) that six bookmarks were designed and made, to be presented to President Obama today, in honor of his inauguration. I believe that people can also obtain the patterns to make the bookmarks, hence the confusion about whether they have been made or not. Evidently, the photograph of the hands at a pillow is being sent with the bookmarks to illustrate how they were made. http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg VA, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] on cleaning lace
Orvus is available in Canada in feed stores, but only in industrial quantities (by the bucket full!). Our lace guild bought one bucket and we are in the process of decanting it into small recycled shampoo bottles so our members can bring some home for their own use. I've used it. It rinses out very well and has no discernable odor. It is what is recommended for use by the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) for use by small historical museums for their textile collections. Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Guild of Lacemakers Ottawa Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] lace guild site?
Hello! Is it just me--or did the Lace Guild site crash today?? I decided to take a break from the DC festivities on the tube take a look at the Bucks errata info. Well, no soap. The site did not respond because it was too busy. Did we all get tired of the pomp at the same time converge upon the site? G Susan, in Grassy Key where it is now 10* cooler than this morning. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Bookmarks from Retournac
I can't find the article, but if someone wants to send me the link, I'll translate the relevant parts and post it. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.netwrote: At Bev Walker's request, I have just uploaded to the Arachne Webshots page two pictures which she sent me which she received with the press release about the bookmarks. I have captioned the bookmarks with the file names which were on the photos when she received them. It is my impression from reading the press release (and my French is *very* rusty, so I could be wrong...) that six bookmarks were designed and made, to be presented to President Obama today, in honor of his inauguration. I believe that people can also obtain the patterns to make the bookmarks, hence the confusion about whether they have been made or not. Evidently, the photograph of the hands at a pillow is being sent with the bookmarks to illustrate how they were made. http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg VA, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] on cleaning lace
On 20 Jan 2009, at 14:45, lucie...@uottawa.ca wrote: Orvus is available in Canada in feed stores, but only in industrial quantities (by the bucket full!). Our lace guild bought one bucket and we are in the process of decanting it into small recycled shampoo bottles so our members can bring some home for their own use. Our needlework guild did this too - but we sold the jars of Orvus. (And made a nice profit for our treasury!) Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Cleaning Lace with Orvus - Long
Reply to: Do you have an opinion on the soap called Orvus? It is used for washing wool and for that it can't be beat. I'm not sure whether this can be found outside the US, but it is carried here by feed stores because it is used to wash sheep and other animals. It is supposed to be the purest soap that exists and contains no phosphates or other nasty things. I would value an opinion on this where it concerns cleaning lace. Thanks, Jeri. Tess (tess1...@aol.com) - Dear Tess and Others Interested, Orvus is fully addressed, as it pertains to wet cleaning cotton and linen laces, in a long paragraph on _www.honitonlace.com_ (http://www.honitonlace.com/) . Honiton lace is not a wool lace. Orvus is the only product I use and recommend for cotton or linen, as I believe that museum-qualified conservators should tackle permanent stains on anything that does not respond to careful washing. Our Arachne correspondence reaches all continents, excepting Antarctica, probably. My concern is that in many locations there are no professionally-trained dry cleaners who work by hand (instead of using machines). The warnings on the web site are very clear. It is not pleasant to respond - too late - to a do-it-yourself person who has ruined very nice lace of sentimental or monetary value! The Orvus paragraph does mention the use of Orvus on wools - the fact that professional rug cleaners use it. And, that it is used to wash show animals. I would never advise over-doing it -- washing animals or rugs too frequently could present new problems. That said, it is logical Orvus can be used for your wool laces, using all the precautions you ordinarily use when washing wool. There is no wool relationship to Honiton lace. It is as a special courtesy that washing instructions have been placed on _www.Honitonlace.com_ (http://www.honitonlace.com/) ; not something to take for granted. Cotton and linen laces are to be immersed in the Orvus/Distilled water, and thoroughly rinsed (using *my* instructions, not your usual methods) until the water in the basin is clear. Lace can be badly damaged when wet. You must read and **comprehend** -- no speed reading -- how to avoid tearing and other problems. No bleach. If I included the whole set of instructions on Arachne each time this subject comes up, it would run on for pages and pages each time. This would be costly in some countries Arachne reaches. Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center **Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's capital.(http://www.aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom0027) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: Thanks Janice
Hello fellow Arachneans Earlier I sent the message below out... I didn't mean OIDFA. I did mean IOLI. So, thanks to the IOLI members who donated the items!! (Sorry Clay, slip of the fingers... or the brain cell - it was a blonde moment darlings!!) Mind you, I'm sure there are some members of IOLI who are also members of OIDFA, so they need thanking anyway!! Sue in East Yorkshire Thanks to you and to the OIDFA members who donated these items. (Cranberry Lacers, Lighthouse Lacers of Kenosha and Heartland Lace Guild) Your items are gratefully received and will be shown to any lacemaker within 5 yards of my pillow!! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] Bucks point V. Tonder
Thanks for all your replies re Tonder/Bucks Point, I nearly bought that OIDFA book last year and bought something else instead looks like I will have to get my hands on it and study,study,study. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Orvus in non-agricultural quantity
I have bought Orvus in small quantity from Talas, a store with online service, that sells items specifically for conservation, not horse cleansing, purposes. _http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/product_specific.cfm?ClientID=15Produ ctID=18154_ (http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/product_specific.cfm?ClientID=15ProductID=18154) provides a link. As you can see, you can buy a pint for about $10. Talas is also a good source for acid free boxes and acid free tissue. No relation to the store, just a satisfied customer. Devon **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] Victorian Farm now Scottish jackets
It's a ceremonial dagger, Karen. Part of the traditional Scottish dress. My Father used to sell all sorts of Scottish accessories here in Australia - and he always had trouble getting the Skean Dhu past the customs peoplehe'd have even more trouble these days. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Karen Zammit Manduca Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 9:50 AM To: 'Rochelle Sutherland'; 'arachne' Subject: RE: [lace] Victorian Farm now Scottish jackets Thanks for the info. Coming just after I've finished reading a novel set it Scotland so certain things were mentioned but not described it intrigued me more. Would anyone know what a Skean Dhu is? Thanks, Karen. -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Rochelle Sutherland Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 3:33 AM To: arachne Subject: Re: [lace] Victorian Farm now Scottish jackets There are a number of different styles of Scottish jacket. The most common is a Prince Charlie, which is very like a normal dinner jacket, but shorter. It's worn with a vest and bow tie and is always black.B The other types are single and double breasted variations with or withoutB flaps at the hem including the Montrose, Kenmore andB Sherrifmuir. They areB worn with jabot and cuffs in lace, and they are made of either black suiting fabric or coloured velvet to match a main colour of the kilt. They are all fitted so it is hard work making them. I have to make two thisB year for my sons who are highland dancing. Not looking forward to it. A tip for buttons. Instead of sewing, use anB awl to punch a hole andB push the largeB shank at the back of the button through the fabric and thread a piece of cord through it long enough to join all buttons.B Then just sew either end of the cord at the top and bottom of the front of the jacket. It makes the buttons sit better and you don't lose any, but you have to be carefulB with the awl not to damage the fabric. One little boy came to a comp last year minus his whiteB shirt. So we found a safety pin, borrowed a strip of lace and folded the lapels of his Prince Charlie up, thenB covered the front with the lace and he was able to dance. And he beatB me. B --- Rochelle Sutherland Lachlan (10 yrs), Duncan (9 yrs) and Iain (7 yrs) www.houseofhadrian.com.au From: Karen Zammit Manduca kaza...@melita.com To: Sue hurwitz...@supanet.com; Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com Cc: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, 20 January, 2009 2:55:41 AM Subject: RE: [lace] Victorian Farm was lace-digest V2008 #276 How would you change a suit jacket into a Scottish one? What is so different? Just interested. Karen in Malta Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Swiss lace
Hi All, I haven't seen a close up but somebody on the tv said Michelle Obama's dress is Swiss Lace. I'm thinking Swiss lace is embroidery and doesn't have holes. Like the lace stamps. Is that correct? It looks lovely! I hope she's warm enough G Jane in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA home of the Brattleboro High School band who just marched in the Inaugural Parade! They were after the US Navy Band and they did very well. jvik...@sover.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
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Re: [lace] bookmarks from France
Well, that's one translation job I don't have to do. =) Be sure to add the end of Adele's link, which may get pushed to a second line, and you can read an English translation with photos. Thank you, Adele! Sr. Claire PS Here is the link again http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/actualites/2009/news1/goog_1232494371541 news1_09I.htmlhttp://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/actualites/2009/news1/news1_09I.html%20 On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Adele Ward adelem.w...@mac.com wrote: The Museum at Retournac is sending President Obama a set of lace bookmarks made by the lace makers of the Haure Loire. They will be presented to him in person by lace makers who won a contest to travel to Washington from France. Adele Ward adelem.w...@mac.com see: http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/actualites/2009/news1/ news1_09I.html - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] bookmarks from France
The best way to share a long URL on Arachne is to go to the website www.tinyurl.com and make the long URL into a short one - the link to the retournac site becomes http://tinyurl.com/8gslc3 Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au Be sure to add the end of Adele's link, which may get pushed to a second line, and you can read an English translation with photos. Thank you, Adele! Sr. Claire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] bookmarks from France
On Jan 20, 2009, at 19:38, Noelene Lafferty wrote: The best way to share a long URL on Arachne is to go to the website www.tinyurl.com and make the long URL into a short one - the link to the retournac site becomes http://tinyurl.com/8gslc3 And that's the only link that worked for me; thanks, Noelene. None of the others -- not even the one they (the Retournac Museum), themselves, sent me -- seemed to work, whether they were split and rejoined or not split at all. All I ever got was either not found or nothing at all (ie the Firefox wouldn't even rise from its sleep), or pages and pages of computer code which meant nothing at all to me Puters, puters.. They're like the girl with the curl in the middle of her forhead :) BTW. I didn't get to see Clay's pictures, either; the only new additions to the Arachne Webshots are, still, Sally's bobbin carriers. And yes, I *did* refresh, so it's not an issue of a stuck cache... Maybe not my day, despite it being such a wonderful and unforgettable moment of history. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] retournac photos
To Clay! Thanks so much for posting the Retournac photos!!! As a newbie, I'm sick to death of bookmark samples. But these--well--they are so--shall I say-- tres chic! Truly works of art. Sort of the Emeril Lagasse-ified version--BAM! In your honor, I started a little Mirecourt piece today. It took forever to wind the bobbins with 1.5 hands--but--I've got it started. So maybe the endless hours of hand finger therapy exercise will win out. Thanks again for the inspiration. I'm looking forward to the prickings/diagrams. Is there a link? Susan, clicking a few bobbins in Grassy Key - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Swiss lace
On Jan 20, 2009, at 18:16, jvik...@sover.net wrote: Hi All, I haven't seen a close up but somebody on the tv said Michelle Obama's dress is Swiss Lace. Which one? The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/ has loads of photos and both dresses (the dress she wore during the inauguration and post-inaugulral lunch and the one she wore to a Neighbourhood Ball) are as spotty as a measles sufferer :) And spots is what comes to mind first when I think of Swiss lace or Swiss embroidery OTOH, the silver necklace (if that's what it was) which she wore at the inauguration was really very nice and lacy, in the chunky, Le-Pompe-plaited-lace, way... I'd love to get a closer peek at those earrings, too; it's the first time I remember seeing a photo of her wearing *dangly* earrings. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] bookmarks from France
Dear All, Â I found Clay's pics, but they were at the bottom of the list, not the top as usually happens with any new posts in other programs. Â Some great work there...have just discovered this little treasure trove and spent an interesting time exploring :) Warm regards, Â Laura Forrester @++ Â laura_ros...@yahoo.com http://lauraslace.blogspot.com/ --- On Tue, 20/1/09, Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.net wrote: From: Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.net Subject: Re: [lace] bookmarks from France To: Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Received: Tuesday, 20 January, 2009, 6:32 PM On Jan 20, 2009, at 19:38, Noelene Lafferty wrote: The best way to share a long URL on Arachne is to go to the website www.tinyurl.com and make the long URL into a short one - the link to the retournac site becomes http://tinyurl.com/8gslc3 And that's the only link that worked for me; thanks, Noelene. None of the others -- not even the one they (the Retournac Museum), themselves, sent me -- seemed to work, whether they were split and rejoined or not split at all. All I ever got was either not found or nothing at all (ie the Firefox wouldn't even rise from its sleep), or pages and pages of computer code which meant nothing at all to me Puters, puters.. They're like the girl with the curl in the middle of her forhead :) BTW. I didn't get to see Clay's pictures, either; the only new additions to the Arachne Webshots are, still, Sally's bobbin carriers. And yes, I *did* refresh, so it's not an issue of a stuck cache... Maybe not my day, despite it being such a wonderful and unforgettable moment of history. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace-chat] Thanks Janice
Hello All Arachneans First of all ... Thanks Janice!! The pin and it's accompanying 'bits' arrived safely this morning! The pin is gorgeous, and the striver pins very useful! I love the scissor fob, it will be attached to my scissors later! The fob colour and the pin colours are my sort of colour BRIGHT!! But, the 'bobbin book'. What a Brilliant Idea!! I've heard of using bobbin holders (flat wood with elastic) or knitting stitch holders to keep bobbins safe (amongst other ideas), but this one was a new one on me! They are Fantastic!! The idea of fabric 'pages' with your bobbins in between, all stackable is just wonderful!! Thanks to you and to the OIDFA members who donated these items. (Cranberry Lacers, Lighthouse Lacers of Kenosha and Heartland Lace Guild) Your items are gratefully received and will be shown to any lacemaker within 5 yards of my pillow!! Chat Later Sue in East Yorkshire To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] Re: Thanks Janice
Hello fellow Arachneans Earlier I sent the message below out... I didn't mean OIDFA. I did mean IOLI. So, thanks to the IOLI members who donated the items!! (Sorry Clay, slip of the fingers... or the brain cell - it was a blonde moment darlings!!) Mind you, I'm sure there are some members of IOLI who are also members of OIDFA, so they need thanking anyway!! Sue in East Yorkshire Thanks to you and to the OIDFA members who donated these items. (Cranberry Lacers, Lighthouse Lacers of Kenosha and Heartland Lace Guild) Your items are gratefully received and will be shown to any lacemaker within 5 yards of my pillow!! To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] Re: Thanks Janice
On Jan 20, 2009, at 10:28, Agnes Boddington wrote: I am very bad at yards! You and me both :) I've been here for 35yr and I still think in metric... Brought with me from Poland scales which weigh in grams and kilos, every thermometer in the house has both Celsius and Farenheit, and every measuring cup, tailor's tape and ruler has markings for both the metric and the weird. How many meters is that? 1yard=3feet=36inches=90cm It's easiest to remember that a foot is 30cm and that there are three of them in every yard. So, Sue's 5yds is 30x3x5. That is, 450cm or 4.5meters -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Thanks Janice
Morning All I just realised I replied privately to Agnes. (and I guess-timated it was 4 3/4 not too bad for a guess!!) Anyway, she was being cheeky!!! Sue in EY On 21 Jan 2009, at 03:03, Tamara P Duvall wrote: It's easiest to remember that a foot is 30cm and that there are three of them in every yard. So, Sue's 5yds is 30x3x5. That is, 450cm or 4.5meters To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
