Re: [lace] Aussie bush fires - Helen Gannac
Thank you to Liz, Laura, Ruth Joanne for letting me know that Helene is visiting her family in France, so well away from the terrible fires Brenda in Allhallows, Kent where we'd be happy to let some of our rain go down under. http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] CROCHET HOOKS
Thank you so much for all the help. I don't want to mess about doing sample squares. I printed off the conversion charts some of you sent me links to, many thanks. The problem is they are all Metric, Canadian and USA. My hooks are over 60 years old and are imperial. So I think I will treat myself to some new hooks. Bye the way Brenda's Threads for Lace has been great sorting out the threads on my old crochet patterns to find modern equivalents. Perhaps it should be called threads for anything! Best wishes, Vivienne - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] My Toender Lace
Dear Friends, Today as I watched the latest on our dreadful Victorian bush fires, I was able to finally complete my piece of Toender lace which I had commenced on 14 Jan 2007!! I have sent the final photos to Julian who will no doubt have them up on the website in a day or two. I do hope you get as much pleasure from them as I did in working this beautiful piece. Now if anyone has any ideas on how I could successfully get it to Princes Mary of Denmark Tasmania, I'd be most grateful to hear them. This evening I have wound a hundred or so pairs of bobbins in the finest black silk from Eva in Spain and at last have commenced the legendary Miss Channer's Mat. This silk came on a large spool and seems to me to be about equal to Pipers 2/20. I have reduced the pricking to about 2/3 the original size and as far as possible am converting the mat from Floral Bucks Point to Chantilly. David in Ballarat - 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] My Toender Lace
Hello David, First of all congratulations on finishing this mammoth task. I look forward to see the photos on Julian's site. As regard getting it to the Crown Princes Mary of Danmark, if you're serious about this try this website: www.crownprincecouple.dk/ There is a contact button, and when you click on it there is postal address and an official address, and even a contact tel number, but no email address. I too have the pattern for Miss Channer's Mat, but nowhere near even thinking about starting this. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton in dreary UK, with snow forecast once again, which will probabaly not materialize. David in Ballarat wrote: Dear Friends, Today as I watched the latest on our dreadful Victorian bush fires, I was able to finally complete my piece of Toender lace which I had commenced on 14 Jan 2007!! I have sent the final photos to Julian who will no doubt have them up on the website in a day or two. I do hope you get as much pleasure from them as I did in working this beautiful piece. Now if anyone has any ideas on how I could successfully get it to Princes Mary of Denmark Tasmania, I'd be most grateful to hear them. This evening I have wound a hundred or so pairs of bobbins in the finest black silk from Eva in Spain and at last have commenced the legendary Miss Channer's Mat. This silk came on a large spool and seems to me to be about equal to Pipers 2/20. I have reduced the pricking to about 2/3 the original size and as far as possible am converting the mat from Floral Bucks Point to Chantilly. David in Ballarat - 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] Re: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS
Vivienne save your money!! Is this what you were looking for?? http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/info/crochet-hook-conversion.html http://www.crochettreasures.com/conversion.htm http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/includes/chart_crochethookconversion.php The Canadian/UK seem to be the old imperial sizes at least they are when I look at the few I've got!! Sue in EY On 12 Feb 2009, at 09:09, viviennewal...@aol.com wrote: Thank you so much for all the help. I don't want to mess about doing sample squares. I printed off the conversion charts some of you sent me links to, many thanks. The problem is they are all Metric, Canadian and USA. My hooks are over 60 years old and are imperial. So I think I will treat myself to some new hooks. Bye the way Brenda's Threads for Lace has been great sorting out the threads on my old crochet patterns to find modern equivalents. Perhaps it should be called threads for anything! Best wishes, Vivienne To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat 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] Re: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS
Thank you all. Many of the conversion charts didn't have imperial only metric But Sue and another lady, I think Jean found two that did. But I had already gone out and bought 6 new ones :-( Still I was surprised how cheap they were. You are a great bunch of ladies. Nothing seems to much trouble for you all. Best wishes, Vivienne - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] CROCHET HOOKS
The Canadian/UK seem to be the old imperial sizes at least they are when I look at the few I've got!! Yes, they are! We even had for a while conversion gauges made of metal or plastic with graduated holes in them listing the US, CAN and MM sizes on them. CAN equaled BRITISH. I have a few still, somewhere. If you would like one, let me know by sending me your address. Lucie DuFresne 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
Re: [lace] book sale affected by delay in receiving the digest??
On 2/10/09 10:50 PM, bev walker wrote: For the longest time I subscribed to the lace-digest as a way to manage the heaps of e-mail I get. I enjoyed lurking, reading what was going on, extracting any tips, and/or just enjoying the lace connection. Then when I switched mail programs to gmail, I could handle the reflected (individual) messages much better. I've always found reflected the easiest way to deal with heaps of e-mail -- because I seldom have time to read a whole digest at one sitting, and lose my place if I try to read one in installments. When I have a folder full of individual e-mails, I can delete each one as it's read, and always know where I'm at. And sometimes I keep a message to read later, if it calls for more attention than I can spare at the moment. But then I've always used a mail reader that sorts messages from each list into its own folder -- first Eudora, then, after I upgraded my computer and could no longer run the version of Eudora that hadn't been improved to death, Thunderbird. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where practically all of the snow has melted. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] emails from lace
Hi all, Just a comment on email programs and lace It has been my experience that Microsoft Outlook and also Outlook Express lets you direct incoming mail and outgoing mail by the names of who you are sending/receiving to or by subject line words such as [lace] I take advantage of those and my mail sits in the specific folders until I read, delete or flag with a marker to return to it for further processing. It makes sorting the mail very nice. Check out your programs and look for sorting incoming and outgoing mail. It might also be found under rules and alerts (MS Outlook). Good luck. Susie Susie Johnson, lacemaker Member L.A.C.E., I.O.L.I., Arachne List Morris, Illinois cjohnson0...@comcast.net http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org http://home.comcast.net/~cjohnson0969/home.html - 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] My Toender Lace
And if by magic here are the pictures of his exquisite Tønder Lace edging for you to admire: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html Thanks Julian Julian Jefferson ja.jeffer...@virgin.net On 12 Feb 2009, at 12:01, David in Ballarat wrote: Dear Friends, Today as I watched the latest on our dreadful Victorian bush fires, I was able to finally complete my piece of Toender lace which I had commenced on 14 Jan 2007!! I have sent the final photos to Julian who will no doubt have them up on the website in a day or two. I do hope you get as much pleasure from them as I did in working this beautiful piece. Now if anyone has any ideas on how I could successfully get it to Princes Mary of Denmark Tasmania, I'd be most grateful to hear them. This evening I have wound a hundred or so pairs of bobbins in the finest black silk from Eva in Spain and at last have commenced the legendary Miss Channer's Mat. This silk came on a large spool and seems to me to be about equal to Pipers 2/20. I have reduced the pricking to about 2/3 the original size and as far as possible am converting the mat from Floral Bucks Point to Chantilly. David in Ballarat - 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] Toender Lace
David That is a truly beautiful piece of work. congratulations! Sue - Original Message - From: Julian Jefferson ja.jeffer...@virgin.net To: David in Ballarat d.collye...@aapt.net.au Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [lace] My Toender Lace And if by magic here are the pictures of his exquisite Tønder Lace edging for you to admire: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html - 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: My Toender Lace
OUTSTANDING! Julian, Thanks for sharing the pictures of David's accomplishment. David, Can't wait to see your work of Miss Channer's mat done in Chantilly style. -- Mark, aka Tatman.(taking a Blacing hiatus while working on my niece's wedding lace done in fine tatting) Temporary blog: http://tatmantats.wordpress.com/ email: tatmant...@gmail.com On 2/12/09 1:29 PM, Julian Jefferson ja.jeffer...@virgin.net wrote: And if by magic here are the pictures of his exquisite Tønder Lace edging for you to admire: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html Thanks Julian - 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] My Toender Lace
David, That is one beautiful piece of lace! Wonderful job! All I can say is WOW! ! ! Patsy A. Goodman - Original Message - Subject: Re: [lace] My Toender Lace And if by magic here are the pictures of his exquisite Tønder Lace edging for you to admire: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html Thanks Julian Jefferson ja.jeffer...@virgin.net - 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] My Toender Lace
Oh, my, David!! That is spectacular. I hope to learn to make lace half this well when I grow up :D -- Ruth R. in Ohio roxw...@krafters.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Tonder Lace
The lace is really beautifull David. Its a true credit to you. Thankyou for showing it to us. Daphne Snowing Norfolk England. _ Love Hotmail? Check out the new services from Windows Live! - 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] My Toender Lace
Absolutely Stunning! I have enjoyed watching the progress. Thanks for sharing with us. Joan in Ontario From: Julian Jefferson ja.jeffer...@virgin.net To: David in Ballarat d.collye...@aapt.net.au Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:29:20 PM Subject: Re: [lace] My Toender Lace And if by magic here are the pictures of his exquisite Tønder Lace edging for you to admire: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html Thanks Julian Julian Jefferson ja.jeffer...@virgin.net On 12 Feb 2009, at 12:01, David in Ballarat wrote: Dear Friends, Today as I watched the latest on our dreadful Victorian bush fires, I was able to finally complete my piece of Toender lace which I had commenced on 14 Jan 2007!! I have sent the final photos to Julian who will no doubt have them up on the website in a day or two. I do hope you get as much pleasure from them as I did in working this beautiful piece. Now if anyone has any ideas on how I could successfully get it to Princes Mary of Denmark Tasmania, I'd be most grateful to hear them. This evening I have wound a hundred or so pairs of bobbins in the finest black silk from Eva in Spain and at last have commenced the legendary Miss Channer's Mat. This silk came on a large spool and seems to me to be about equal to Pipers 2/20. I have reduced the pricking to about 2/3 the original size and as far as possible am converting the mat from Floral Bucks Point to Chantilly. David in Ballarat - 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
Re: [lace] My Toender Lace
David Outstanding. Very well done. Thanks for sharing with us all. Annette in Trentham, Australia apla...@bigpond.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] Re: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS
There used to be TWO sets of sizes for British crochet hooks. The bigger ones for use with knitting yarns were the same as the old British knitting needle sizes, The steel hooks for use with finer crochet cottons had a different set of sizes although the two sets of numbering did overlap a bit. see: http://www.crochettreasures.com/conversion.htm Also someone mentioned engineering wire gauges - the old British knitting needle/crochet hooks are actually (imperial) Standard Wire Gauge or SWG, whilst the old American sizes are American Wire Gauge or AWG, aslo known as Brown Sharp. They are both indirect sizes which mean that the higher the number the finer the wire/needle/hook. See: http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/conductor.html I don't know what system the old British steel hooks followed. On 12 Feb 2009, at 16:36, lucie...@uottawa.ca wrote: The Canadian/UK seem to be the old imperial sizes at least they are when I look at the few I've got!! Yes, they are! We even had for a while conversion gauges made of metal or plastic with graduated holes in them listing the US, CAN and MM sizes on them. CAN equaled BRITISH. I have a few still, somewhere. If you would like one, let me know by sending me your address. Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - 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] My Toender Lace
David, that is beautiful! And all that detail in just 2 years - brilliant. Margery. margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Hertfordshire, UK - 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] Toender Lace
Julian, And if by magic here are the pictures of his exquisite Tønder Lace edging for you to admire: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html How come the link doesn't work for me??? I've tried going from your homepage, and even replacing the Danish o with an English one, but still get an error message David - 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] Toender Lace
How ironic!! It is still working for me: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html Here's a tinyurl in case that helps: http://tinyurl.com/cqpzah Have you somehow blocked the site on your computer? Is it a speed issue? Sue - 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] Toender Lace
Have you somehow blocked the site on your computer? Just so David doesn't feel all alone - it doesn't work for me either. I get a message telling me to try going to margorsson.com and search from there, but when I do I can't find it. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - 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] Toender Lace
At 03:11 PM 13/02/2009, Adele Shaak wrote: Have you somehow blocked the site on your computer? Just so David doesn't feel all alone - it doesn't work for me either. I get a message telling me to try going to margorsson.com and search from there, but when I do I can't find it. Whew Adele, that makes me feel a lot better. Exactly the same for me David Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - 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] Toender Lace
Same here. My computer does not recognize that symbol. I think it may be because it's Hebrew enabled. That symbol shows up as a Hebrew letter. I tried changing it with several different letters and no go. Apparently, the way Julian set up that page's name, it will only work with that symbol. And, he doesn't have it linked on his main page. At least, I couldn't find it. So, I went into the archives, and lo and behold, after waiting many hours for the archives to update, the URL there shows up with the symbol. http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/ Truly amazing work, David! Debbie in Jerusalem At 02:44 PM 2/13/2009 +1100, David in Ballarat wrote: Julian, And if by magic here are the pictures of his exquisite Tønder Lace edging for you to admire: http://www.margorsson.com/David_Collyer_Tønder_Gallery.html How come the link doesn't work for me??? I've tried going from your homepage, and even replacing the Danish o with an English one, but still get an error message David - 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] Toender Lace
So, I went into the archives, and lo and behold, after waiting many hours for the archives to update, the URL there shows up with the symbol. http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/ Wow. I bow to your computer genius, Debbie. I clicked on the address, selected Julian's message and then clicked on the link, and went straight there. Great work, David. I'm so impressed by how fast you did the sewings (my timeline would have gone into months on that alone), not to mention the whole piece. Now, back to work on that Flanders piece that has been sitting on my pillow for ... what, five years now? Six? I'm so embarrassed... Adele North Vancouver, B.C. (west coast of 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] David's lace
David A beautiful piece. the design is interesting. I wouldn't expect leaf tallies and cucumber tallies in English Bucks point. But they have slipped into the Danish version. Very interesting. Has anyone else seen this combination of elements in other Toender pieces? Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] threads
Hi Can somebody help with a thread question? I have an internet friend who has Finca 40, Finca 80, DMC 80, DMC 100, and Brok 100. But has a pattern which calls for Broder machine No 30 and Bockens Linen 100/2 I would have said DMC 100, but am not sure about Finca or Brok 100. Any ideas? Lorelei - 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] threads
Hello Lorelei, The closest in the Finca is Finca 40. Best wishes, Joanne Ph: 02 4975 5201 e-mail: joa...@joscolace.com.au website: www.joscolace.com.au - Original Message - From: Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 5:30 PM Subject: [lace] threads Hi Can somebody help with a thread question? I have an internet friend who has Finca 40, Finca 80, DMC 80, DMC 100, and Brok 100. But has a pattern which calls for Broder machine No 30 and Bockens Linen 100/2 I would have said DMC 100, but am not sure about Finca or Brok 100. Any ideas? Lorelei - 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] David's lace
Am 13.02.2009 um 06:23 schrieb Lorelei Halley: A beautiful piece. the design is interesting. I wouldn't expect leaf tallies and cucumber tallies in English Bucks point. I also wandered about this - but it's a beautiful combination. Congrats, David! Such a piece must need lots of stamina to complete in that relatively short time frame. Best, Achim. - 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] threads
Hi Finca 80 and Brok 100 are both much finer than Broder Machine 30. Finca 40 is closer (sorry, I don't have Threads for Lace handy to look up just how close or otherwise), probably a little finer than the Broder Machine. Beth in a frosty Cheshire, NW England Lorelei Halley wrote: Hi Can somebody help with a thread question? I have an internet friend who has Finca 40, Finca 80, DMC 80, DMC 100, and Brok 100. But has a pattern which calls for Broder machine No 30 and Bockens Linen 100/2 I would have said DMC 100, but am not sure about Finca or Brok 100. Any ideas? Lorelei - 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] threads
Joanne and Beth Thanks for your response. I've passed it on. - 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-chat] help!
Whilst I agree with most of what Joy says, if the finished size really matters you need to make a tension square, the same as you would for knitting. If you Google crochet hook conversion you'll find lots of charts including http://www.vintage-crafts-patterns-designs.com/crochet-hook.html same if you want to find knitting needle conversion charts. Brenda On 12 Feb 2009, at 07:06, Joy Beeson wrote: I now have bought some patterns but my hooks are all imperial. Can any one help me with a conversion chart? The patterns are all metric or USA. My USA#8 crochet hook is 1.5mm metric -- but you don't need no steenking conversion chart. Just try hooks on your selected thread until you find one that the thread just fills. When you use an oversize hook to loosen your tension, you don't need the same hook the designer used -- your tension isn't his tension. The only time you need to pay attention to the arbitrary numbers on the hooks is when you switch from one hook to another and want the two hooks to match. Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html 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] CROCHET HOOKS
Thank you so much for all the help. I don't want to mess about doing sample squares. I printed off the conversion charts some of you sent me links to, many thanks. The problem is they are all Metric, Canadian and USA. My hooks are over 60 years old and are imperial. So I think I will treat myself to some new hooks. Bye the way Brenda's Threads for Lace has been great sorting out the threads on my old crochet patterns to find modern equivalents. Perhaps it should be called threads for anything! Best wishes, Vivienne 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] CROCHET HOOKS
By Imperial, do you mean inches or wire gauge? Either way, there is another conversion table here  http://www.jewelrymaking-beads-library.com/wire-gauge.html  I can't remember how wire gauge is calculated, but it's something to do with how long a length of wire can be made out of a certain weight of metal. Personally, on the rare occasions I've tried to knit something and my mum hasn't got any metric needles of the right size, I just ask my dad as he's an engineering-y sort of person ;o)  Helen in Dorset --- On Thu, 12/2/09, viviennewal...@aol.com viviennewal...@aol.com wrote: From: viviennewal...@aol.com viviennewal...@aol.com Subject: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS To: lace-chat@arachne.com Cc: l...@arachne.com Date: Thursday, 12 February, 2009, 9:09 AM Thank you so much for all the help. I don't want to mess about doing sample squares. I printed off the conversion charts some of you sent me links to, many thanks. The problem is they are all Metric, Canadian and USA. My hooks are over 60 years old and are imperial. So I think I will treat myself to some new hooks. Bye the way Brenda's Threads for Lace has been great sorting out the threads on my old crochet patterns to find modern equivalents. Perhaps it should be called threads for anything! Best wishes, Vivienne 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] CROCHET HOOKS
Vivienne This website does imperial to metric conversion too: http://www.allfiberarts.com/library/tables/blcrochet.htm US UK Metric B1 14 2 B1 13 2.25 C2 12 2.75 D3 10 3.25 E4 9 3.5 F5 9 3.75 G6 8 4.25 H8 7 4.5 H8 6 5 I9 5 5.5 J10 4 6 10 1/4 3 6.5 K 10 1/2 2 7 Maybe you no longer have an excuse to buy new ones!! Sue 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] CROCHET HOOKS
Vivienne save your money!! Is this what you were looking for?? http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/info/crochet-hook-conversion.html http://www.crochettreasures.com/conversion.htm http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/includes/chart_crochethookconversion.php The Canadian/UK seem to be the old imperial sizes at least they are when I look at the few I've got!! Sue in EY On 12 Feb 2009, at 09:09, viviennewal...@aol.com wrote: Thank you so much for all the help. I don't want to mess about doing sample squares. I printed off the conversion charts some of you sent me links to, many thanks. The problem is they are all Metric, Canadian and USA. My hooks are over 60 years old and are imperial. So I think I will treat myself to some new hooks. Bye the way Brenda's Threads for Lace has been great sorting out the threads on my old crochet patterns to find modern equivalents. Perhaps it should be called threads for anything! Best wishes, Vivienne To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
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Thank you all. Many of the conversion charts didn't have imperial only metric But Sue and another lady, I think Jean found two that did. But I had already gone out and bought 6 new ones :-( Still I was surprised how cheap they were. You are a great bunch of ladies. Nothing seems to much trouble for you all. Best wishes, Vivienne 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] CROCHET HOOKS
The Canadian/UK seem to be the old imperial sizes at least they are when I look at the few I've got!! Yes, they are! We even had for a while conversion gauges made of metal or plastic with graduated holes in them listing the US, CAN and MM sizes on them. CAN equaled BRITISH. I have a few still, somewhere. If you would like one, let me know by sending me your address. Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada 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] CROCHET HOOKS
There used to be TWO sets of sizes for British crochet hooks. The bigger ones for use with knitting yarns were the same as the old British knitting needle sizes, The steel hooks for use with finer crochet cottons had a different set of sizes although the two sets of numbering did overlap a bit. see: http://www.crochettreasures.com/conversion.htm Also someone mentioned engineering wire gauges - the old British knitting needle/crochet hooks are actually (imperial) Standard Wire Gauge or SWG, whilst the old American sizes are American Wire Gauge or AWG, aslo known as Brown Sharp. They are both indirect sizes which mean that the higher the number the finer the wire/needle/hook. See: http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/conductor.html I don't know what system the old British steel hooks followed. On 12 Feb 2009, at 16:36, lucie...@uottawa.ca wrote: The Canadian/UK seem to be the old imperial sizes at least they are when I look at the few I've got!! Yes, they are! We even had for a while conversion gauges made of metal or plastic with graduated holes in them listing the US, CAN and MM sizes on them. CAN equaled BRITISH. I have a few still, somewhere. If you would like one, let me know by sending me your address. Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html 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] crochet hooks
Just to show off. I have a crochet hook on one end and the shape of a knitting needle on the other..so when i get fed up with knitting I just use the hook. Quite fun and more exciting.. Just thought you might be interested Greetings from the \Knotter To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
