[lace] Brenda's site, and Dorte
Thanks, Brenda - that works OK, now!! Dorte - Many congratulations. I know just how you are feeling at the moment!! It feels Good, doesn't it?! - And it will get better, and even better as the years go by! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Carrickmacross lace
We had the pleasure of meeing Mary Shields here in Melbourne just over a year ago. She was visiting a daughter who lives here, I think, and a special day was organized for her to meet some lacemakers. As you say, she is a delightful person, and she ended up giving us an impromptu lesson. She brought some of her lace to show us - and it was exquisite. I am looking forward to meeting her again in Denver. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Important information to consider
We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads. So, I'm not fat; I'm just really intelligent and my head couldn't hold anymore, so it started filling up the rest of me! I must be a very clever person, too!! :)) (I love that one, Tamara!!!) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tatted mats
I have just looked at this item on Ebay, and it came up, still, with the Tatting explanation. As I scrolled down the digest, I see it has , supposedly, been corrected. Well, at 2.04pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, it had not! (It is now 2.05 pm A.e.s.t.) Still, it is nice to know the Tatting Lady is still alive and well, out there! (said very sarcastically!!! :)) ) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] School dinners.
Thank you all for your replies. I found it interesting to read your comments. We were amazed (appalled!) at the attitude of some parents, and some school cooks towards the food they were serving. I am so glad things are improving. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, - who has just had a beaut meal cooked by her DH, who now does the cooking, (I do the washing up afterwards!) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] The Lace Fairy's fall
Very sorry to hear of the Lace Fairy's fall. Obviously not a very Fairy-like tumble! A shattered elbow is a very nasty injury, and can be difficult to heal - and Very difficult while healing, I would imagine. That will spoil moving into a new home, and make life very difficult for her for quite a while. Greetings, Lori, Best wishes, and Get Well Soon, from the Land of Oz. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Australia. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] The Fence
What a marvellous fence! How clever! Wish mine looked that good!!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2005 #65
We have been watching the Jamie Oliver TV series on the School dinners, and his effort to get decent food into the schools. Do the kids have to pay for these dinners, and if so, how much? I have a feeling they are free, but not sure. It has been a real eye-opener, to see what the kids have been used to. We were appalled at the little girl who had the 3 choc bars and a bag of chips for her lunch each day. And some kids did not know what a sandwich was! Good luck to Jamie. He is doing a great job educating folks on what good food is. Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Filet lace
Some advice, please! When working filet lace, do you always use an embroidery frame to hold the net? Can you work it without the frame , but just holding the net in the hand? If using a frame, - How tight should the net be? I do quilting, and have my work very loose in the frame. I do embroidery in the hand - no frame. Are there any recommended books for beginners? I see Filet Lace by the Sea has a book (and I can have a look at it at Denver, as they advertise they will be there), and I see Lacis has some. Are there any that anyone can recommend, please? I have the DMC Encyclopaedia of Needlework by De Dillmont, and there is a chapter in that, too. I think that it may be something, like Hardanger, that I can do without a magnifyer, and therefore, something I can take out and about with me! I have a weekend away, coming up soon, and think I may have a go at it. I have purchased a couple of small kits to try ! Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Jean's Lace pictures.
Love the Rosalibra lace, Jean. However, the German lace is identical to a piece shown with pricking and instructions in The Techniques of Bobbin Lace, by Pam Nottingham. Those with the original copy of the book - it is on page 85. The new version of the book has extra patterns in it , so I don't know if it is still in that edition. Still, It is a pretty piece of lace - wherever it comes from. The one in the IOLI Bulletin looks familiar, too. I think it is like a Winslow pattern, but not sure. BTW - My UK Lace arrived today - so some good bedtime reading this evening!! :)) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Denver trip from UK
Definately come, Liz! :) TheWednesday outings would accomodate husband and son. I am taking my DH on the Wed. Trip. Also he will come to the Banquet on the Fri. night. We are hoping he will be taken out on the Thursday evening by a contact who lives in Denver - gives me an evening to do My thing (? shopping for lace goodies, without him there, telling me I don't need anything else!!!) There are a lot of things to see around Denver, and as for a holiday there - go up into the Rockies. They are awesome! There are some very pretty places up in the mountains. I have been taken on various day trips, but some looked like a longer visit would be interesting. Think - a whole week of Lace! Rush your form in to Gretchen, and meet us all there! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Suitcases and travel
Thank you all for your help and advice . We have taken note of your thoughts, and suggestions. Last time we travelled to the US we came home about 3 weeks before 9/11, so there were none of these hassles! Having our cases unlocked is a worry, after some of the things that have happened here in Oz, and coming home with all the goodies I intend (hope/plan to) buying at Denver will fill a few more carry-on bags than we are allowed!!! :)) Never mind - I will tackle that problem when the time arrives!! :) I look forward to meeting many of you in Denver. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bobbins, and other things.
I have a bobbin that says A Creative Mess is better than tidy Idleness!! I just Had to have that one!! (I must be Very creative!!! :)) ) A lot of you travel around and fly hither and thither. Have any of you used the system of wrapping your cases in Cling Film that is now on offer at airports, to secure your cases against tampering, etc.? We are considering it for our travels to USA in July. An Aussie girl is on trial for her life in Indonesia, charged with importing a large amount of drugs in a surf board bag, but she claims it was put there by someone after she handed in her luggage. We, and most Aussies, feel she is an innocent victim, after hearing stories of other travellers, and we are getting a bit jumpy!! We are anxious to hear if anyone else has used this service, at an airport, and if they had any problems with customs wanting to open all their cases that had the wrap put around it. Thanks, Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Overlapping ends of lace
Please could someone tell me the name and author of the Flanders book you have been mentioning during this thread, regarding the overlapping method of finishing lace. Tahnk you to all of those who replied top me query about Finca Threads. I have passed your opinions on to my friend, and she is now sharing our idea that she has a bad reel, and is contacting the Finca Thread poeple to report it. Gratefully, from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2005 #60
Congratulations, 'Grandma' Debbie in Florida. You have a wonderful new world opening up for you. Enjoy it to the fullest. I can recommend being a Grandma - Trouble is, I have to live with a 'Grandpa', and that makes me feel Old!! :)) Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Finca threads
I have just been talking to a lacemaking friend, who has had a bad go with a reel of Finka - #60 I think. It has put her off ever using it again, but I suspect she may have a bad reel, as I have not had any problems. I wonder if anyone else has had this problem :- One of the plys keeps breaking. If it is not noticed quickly, the strain on the thread breaks the other plys. She keeps having to cut bits out. It is, as you can imagine, driving her mad! she thought maybe it had dried out, like linen thread does, so she laid a damp cloth over it, but that did not do any good. Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated, and I will pass them on to her, as she is reaching desperation point! she is doing a nice Beds handkie, and this is really spoiling both the lace and the pleasure of making it. Thanks. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Yellowstone Nat. park
Last night we watched a fictitious programme on Yellowstone Nat. Park, and the underground volcano that blew up, and devastated most of USA. Scarey stuff!! I hope it Was only fiction!! It has certainly put us off going to the Park!! I was about to say we will stay in safe Denver, - but Denver was inundated with the pummice as the cloud of volcanic ash blew over it, and was a complete write-off! We had a documentary on Krakatoa blowing it's top, a few nights earlier. All this is because there are about 15 volcanos springing to life in Sumatra and around that part of Indonesia as they have been set off by the recent earthquakes. Those poor people can't win a trick - first the Boxing Day Tsunami, now eathquakes and volcanos. Krakatoa was in the same area. Not good news. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bookseller
Please can anyone who regularly goes to the IOLI conferences tell me if Lacis books usually go there? I have written to ask them but have not had a reply - just a machine message saying my message was received. There are a couple of interesting- looking books on their list, but I would like to look before I buy, and wonder if they will be among the suppliers in Denver. Many thanks, Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Travel restrictions
Knitting needles are still a 'No-No' on Australian aircraft. Scissors of any sort, nail cutters, nailfiles, crochet hooks, and knives of any sort are all banned as well. I will have my tatting shuttle with a pick end with me. The sort with a tiny hook on the end are banned. However, coming back from Norfolk Island, they confiscated a nail file - but left me a few safety pins - and one of them worked well for a tatting hook!!! :) So I will be one of Noelene's group - with Tatting in my Pocket ! :)) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ?Fortune Telling?
Last weekend, I was away, at a country town, and sat making lace - and a man came up and asked me if I was fortune telling using the funny beads method? I think he was ready to ask for his fortune to be told. He looked very perplexed when I said I was Lace making.!!! Oh, don't you read palms either? I have also been asked if they were something for your hair when looking at the bobbins! I really have not worked that one out yet - and now the Fortune Telling? What is the world coming to, with such strange people about, with such strange ideas!!! Why would I have thread and pins, etc if I was doing these other things? Oh Dear!!! - Just a thought - maybe it is me going off a bit strange :)) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI
Dears... it's not the lacers that are old, it's the lace. You know: old lace. -- Aurelia So glad you pointed that out, Aurelia!!! I know I *am* one (an Old lacer!) but...!! Whatever it is called - I love being a part of it.A Rose, by any other name etc! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Demonstrating Points
Please could someone explain this 'Demonstrating Points' system to me. I have not heard of it before, but as a member of IOLI I could contribute a small amout - if they can be clocked up in Australia!! What is required, who do I send to etc, please. I do a 2 day demo every year in October, - 9am - 5pom both days, with a trip to the venue on the Friday afternoon, to set up the display. Regards from Liz in Melbourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Books, Square bobbins.
that one day's mistake might turn out to be another day's revelation... :) This is SO true. I bought the Tebbs book, some 20+ years ago, I've never made lace from it - so far! However, now I look at the patterns from the NL point of view, and there are some great ideas there, so maybe it was worthwhile buying the book after all!!! Regarding the square bobbins - are they similar to the ones on Holly van Sciver's site - the 4 ones? I believe either Lacy Susan or Lacemaker USA (forget which) has some similar ones. I am thinking of treating myself to some when I come over to Denver, so I was interested in the comments about them. DH slightly flattened 2 sides of my continental ones, but they still roll around, and give me the 'pip' (to be polite!!). Square ones look to be the answer. Maybe, then, I will try Milanese again, and other braid laces. (I use East Midlands type, and some have large spangles, which makes life hard when doing sewings.) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI convention
Well, Pene - We will have dinner with you! Love to. It will be SO nice to meet you in person! Regards from Liz in Melbourne - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lobby Meeting
DH and I are booked on the ½ day tour, but after that I will be happy to join you all in the lobby. Sounds like fun!!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Credit Cards.
I have a Debit Card with my bank. It works exactly like a credit card - but runs off a savings account, so it is more like writing a cheque (the sort the Bank honours [usually!])( we spell check/cheque differently - the English way!) The best part of having a debit card is that the bank pays me interest, instead of me paying them fees etc! There is no annual fee for the card, I just can't spend more than is in the bank account. . Here in Oz, credit cards cost anything from $24 to $55 per year just to have a card, then there is the interest monthly, and now, the latest thing is that shops, businesses etc may pass on the % fee they are charged by the card company, onto the customer, so your goods may cost an extra 3%. Nowadays you are advised to ask at the checkout if they charge a fee if you use your credit card. Sometimes you can even negotiate a discount for cash. (My DH always asks,- and sometimes gets!!!) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Travel with medicines
Jean, When we travel, we always get our Dr. to write a note naming the prescription drugs we are carrying with us. So far we have not been asked about them. As to your knee. You should have a medical card with the Knee replacement marked on it, to show whenever you are screened. Ask you Dr about getting one. They will wave the wand over you, especially the knee area, so show them the scar, to help prove it! You may have to remove your shoes, too, to make sure they are not triggering off the alarms. Otherwise it should not be a problem. That is what happened to a guy on our last flight. But it was not a big deal. Do come to Denver! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI
Liz... Once you've made the list, simply e-mail it to Helen; that way you won't forget it :) Brilliant!!! I would never have thought of that Many thanks!!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Multi-tasking
Steph's footnote saysIs reading in the bathroom considered Multi-Tasking? I Love this :)) It has brightened my day!! You get some very good sayings, Steph, and I enjoy reading them. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI conference
I will be there, too. ( I better be - I am teaching NL!!!) It will be my first time, too, and I am beginning (??Beginning??!!) to get excited about it. One of the best parts will be to meet all the Arachne folks I have been writing to over the past couple of years. Meeting you all will be So nice. DO , DO come, Weronika. - and make sure you book in to the Arachne Lunch, where we have a really good get-togetther, I am told!! And I can't wait to get into the Suppliers room - over 80 of them, has been suggested to me.!! Mind boggling. We have 1 + a couple of bobbin makers here, and 2 suppliers once a year, when an interstate supplier comes, too. I am already making my shopping list!! (Hope I don't leave it home - like I did with the Food shopping list the other week! ) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Hair Weaving
There was a hair woven piece , framed, at the 4 Mile House ( an old StageCoach house) in Denver. (I think it is called that!) Helen may be able to tell you more. It was the first (and only) time I have seen anything like this. Regards from Liz Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Antje's web site
Well done, Antje. A very nice website. Sorry I can only read English!! I would like to know your recipe for the starch you use on your lace. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Hello from a newbie
I have answered with a couple of Australian suppliers, - off list. The others have given good advice re pillows and bobbins. Welcome, and I hope you get started soon, and get as addicted as the rest of us!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Canberra show
Thank you for your congratulations. It is the first time I have entered the Canberra show, and am very surprised at the result! The Buttfly mat, and the Reticella square, are on the arachne webshots site, but not the 3 beds mats. They were from barbara Underwood patterns - One is in her book 20 Lessons, and the other 2 were from her workshop. The Castle Hill show (Sydney) is about due, and I have sent lace there, for the first time, too. I hope I can bring some awards down south, from there!! (There is always great rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] How to deal with Stress
Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live. I really like this positive thinking, one!! It makes them less depressing, when they come around, (and mine is only a couple of months away!!) Glad to see you are more cheerful, Tamara. That is such good news about your grandson. -- See ! - I Told you he would improve quickly! Hugs. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Arachne Webshots
When I click on the Arachne Webshots, as in my Favourites, I can only get a few people's albums. When I went to the url given by Carolina to get to Rhianna's photos, (many thanks for that, I could not get them any other way, either!) I see there is a long list of albums by Arachne lacemakers. Why does this not come up for me? Has the address changed recently? I put in the url without Rhianna's number on the end, and just got this web page has gone, or some such notice. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Buckinghamshire
Thanks for putting up the Bucks site. I spent much of my childhood in Bletchley, and I remember that during the war, Auntie Uncle , who lived opposite, had a boarder lodged with them , who worked at Bletchley Park. They Never knew quite what he did there, but he was a wizard with mending watches and clocks, and he would take them to work, for the quiet times and clean, and repair them, and everyone had the best working clocks in the area!!! These people were (rudely) called Actually's by the locals - they all spoke with Oxford accents, and prefaced everything with Actually,... I often wonmder if he worked on the Enigma machine, or other coded information. I expect so - it was all so 'Hush-Hush.' I went to school in Bedford, and would catch the train there every day from Fenny Stratford station (as it was closer to where we lived). Fenny has the old Roman road - Watling Street going through it. Oh Dear ...memories...! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Gros Point
Thank you all for your kind comments on my piece of Gros Point needlelace. I must now dream up something special for 7 in 2007!! I really enjoy working Gros Point and the embellishments, where one's imagination can really blossom!! I just have to restrain myself a bit, as I tend to over embellish the pieces, and then they look tacky!!! :) But first, I have to make something with the theme The Sea for the Australian Lace Guild's Triennial Awards - for next year, I think. I have some ideas, but that is as far as I have got as yet! Oooh! that is coming around a bit fast!!! I better get started!!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Gros Point Flower
Isn't it great that we all like different things,? I think the world would be SO boring if we all liked the same!! I so admire your Rosalibre, Tamara, but don't think I would/could ever do it - like Milanese, and Honiton - not my thing at all - NL is easier!!! (for me, anyway!) These differences are what keep the Lace Lists so interesting - as there are questions, and comments on so many different laces. We can all drool over them , even if we don't make them!!! - and we admire the skills of those who Do make them. It all adds to the fun of Lacemaking! Regards from Liz Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Gros Point Flower.
Judith Markham has just put a photo of a piece of my Needlelace Gros Point on her website. You may find it via the front page of the site by clicking on the notice on the right hand side of the page at... http://laceresources.com.au or you can go directly to the image at... http://www.laceresources.com.au/html/gallery/liz.htm It is a beaut photo that she took at the recent Lace Day. The piece is the one I entered in the Traditional section of the John Bull Trophy (UK), and I was awarded a Medal of Excellence for it. She obviously has an excellent camera, as I am so pleased at how the photo has come out. It was mounted differently for the Trophy Awards, and will be remounted in its original form for the IOLI Convention Exhibition. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wire Lace
Jen, from Melbourne, is doing a Reticella NL pattern of mine in very fine copper wire! How is it going, Jen? She has a huge roll of this very fine wire, and is doing a 2½ inch square design. Awesome! When I saw it a Lace Day in January, she had completed one pyramid in buttonhole stitch. It looked Great! I don't think I am That adventurous!!! - But I really admire those who are. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Modern Art
No, Jean, you are Not Strange at all!! I disgraced myself in the National Gallery in Canberra a couple of years ago! When we walked in and wandered around - it was all dreadful Modern Art (and I Do meand dreadful). Blue Poles is the best of it!! (Enough said!!) So, I, in my usual Loud voice, said Where are the Proper pictures? Upon which a security guard walked over, trying hard not to laugh, and suggested I might find other pictures more to my taste upstairs! He was so polite, - and Yes, at the top of the staircase was a portrait of Abel Tasman and his wife, and child/children - an oil painting, gone dark with age, but at least it was a Proper painting!! And more decent paintings were in that gallery! - Thank Goodness!! I seem to remember my DD writing in their Visitor's book , many years ago, that she felt overcharged to see the collection - and as a Student she got in for free!!! So there are 3 of us (DH, too) who are Not into modern art at all!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Spider Bookmark
I LOve this. Thanks for posting the pattern. I think I could just about make that. (I am not the greatest tatter in the world, [and do not do much tatting,] and can only work at a fairly elementary level - though I try harder things - when I know I shouldn't!!!) However, - I don't have picot guages, though I made myself a small one. How long are the Long Picots? ie, how long are the spiders legs? Regards from Liz Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] re Thread
Lynn, you say I am so proud, but I don't want to sound full of myself. Good. Be very proud of yourself - and Flaunt it!! If you are pleased with the lace you do, then show it off! None of Us will accuse you of being full of yourself. We all feel the same, but some are too shy to admit it!! There is an old saying - If you've got it - flaunt it. If you haven't got it - flaunt it anyway!!! :)) What sort of lace do you make? This will influence what type of thread you need/want/should use. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: IOLI Bulletin
Hi, Pene, My IOLI Bulletin was waiting for me when I got back from holidays. The mail was held at the P.O.Sorting Office for the 4 weeks we were away, so I don't know exactly when it arrived, but it was with all the post that was delivered on Jan 11th. Hope yours arrives Very soon . Hope you are not Too cold where you are. Here in Melbourne it is expected to reach 35 today and 39 tomorrow!! So the Australian Open Tennis players are having a hot time, but Leyton Hewitt, and Alicia Molek are both through to the ¼ finals! The cricketers are playing the Pakistani's and West Indians this summer, and the Footy season will start soon!!! (Hope that catches you up with the important news of the day! :)) ) Happy Australia Day, on Wednesday. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Terminology
When I started Lacemaking, I was taught Whole Stitch - Cross, Twist, Cross, Half Stitch - Cross, Twist, and Double Half-stitch - Cross, Twist, Cross, Twist. It all gets confusing, I agree. I suggest you use whichever terminology you are used to, but put a list in the front of the book, as to how you work the stitch. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] mezza mandolina
June, Is this the same a Filet lace? I am soon going to start learning filet lace. I can buy kits from South Australia, and there is a whole chapter on it in the DMC Encyclopaedia of Needlework (T. de Wilmot), and I plan to have a go at it in the very near future. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] wearing lace
Joan, I, very occasionally, wear a lace trimmed handkie in a jacket hip pocket - but I always safety-pin it in! I would hate to lose it either by accident or theft. I must say they look great spilling from a pocket, and it is a great way to show off some lace. Just beware of losing it! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re- wearing Lace.
Well, here I am, back from holidays, so a belated Happy New Year to you all. I have seriously missed my daily Fix of the Lace List!! I have been wearing my Arachne 2003 t-shirt, so I really Have been thinking of you all!! I try to wear lace whenever possible - and always to Lace Days, Demonstrations etc. Many years ago, at a Lace Day I did not wear lace, and (the Late) Gabrielle Pond, said she did not recognise me without some lace on! So I made sure I always wore lace after that! Some ladies come up to see what lace I am wearing at each lace day! 4 years ago, when DH and I went to Las Vegas, we were wandering through The Venetian, and DH found the most expensive gift shop, went in and asked for some lace!!! Needless to say, they did not have any, but I explained that they should have, as Venice was noted for it's lace!!! That was after we finally established that we were talking about Lace not lice Why do Americans always think Australians say Lice, not Lace?!! My DH is/was Hungarian, so speaks Oz with a heavy accent, and I speak English/Australian!! But we both say Lace, not lice :)) My DD in Denver can tell of a funny happening when she asked at a bank in Denver for a cheque for the Australian Lace Guild, and it was printed Aust. Lice Guild (Don't know what they think we get up to down here!!! :)) ) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is hot and windy today, after we had cool weather all the holiday!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] The Channer Mat
Michelle, If you will be in Melbourne on Jan 22nd for Lace Day - Make sure you have the finished Mat to bring and show us all!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #405
I am now going to Unsubscribe from the List for a month while I am away on holiday. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best of Seasons Greetings, and a Happy New Year, too. I will catch up with you all mid January. Stay Safe, and Stay Well. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #216
I am now going to Unsubscribe from the List for a month while I am away on holiday. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best of Seasons Greetings, and a Happy New Year, too. I will catch up with you all mid January. Stay Safe, and Stay Well. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #403
Cherish the Past, Adorn the Present, Create for the Future - from the cover of the booklet. What a nice sentiment. As is the Lace Guild's Custodians of the past and Guardians of the future from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Exhibitions
Hear hear, Noelene. I go positively green with envy sometimes!! You folks Up Top (well, we are supposed to be Down Under!!) don't know how lucky you are, to have access to museums which show lace, exhibitions, etc. I managed to get into an exhibition in Canberra last year - just by chance I found it was on, (Petronella Wensing's display), but the previous Lace Exhibition was some 8 or 9 (or more) years ago, when we had a 3 hour trip to view some lace - but it was nearly dark in the room, so as not to bother the lace - never mind people who went there could hardly see it!!! There is No lace on display in any of the Melbourne Museums/Exhibition/Art centres, as far as I know, or if there is - it will be in such an obscure section that no-one ever finds it! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] going Torchon to Beds.
Get Barbara Underwood's book Introducing Traditional Bedfordshire Lace in 20 Lessons. If you can do basic torchon, you should be able to move on to Beds lace without any difficulty. The stitches - cloth stitch, half stitch, and the foot stitch (edge stitch) are exactly the same, it is only the way they are used that is different. Good luck with it - and sing out if you need any help. I make mainly Beds lace. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #214
Thank you all for a humourous end to the day. I have had a good laugh, and feel SOO Much better! :)) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is hot and humid , and we may get a thunderstorm overnight. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] adding a bead later
Mary Shue - the first workshop I ever went to taught me 3 little words that are invaluable - Cheat when Necessary Who will ever know except you?! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Just finished a UFO
Well done Lorelei. It is a pretty piece. I use honiton patterns for NL! I have done the rockinghorse from the Biggins 'New Designs in Honiton', the same size, but in colour, and it is cute! I have the urge to try the Celebrations from the same book, but that will need some enlarging, I think, - as will the Rings Roundels - that gorgeous piece!! I find Honiton too fine and fiddley for me to work, but I bought that book, as I could see the potential for NL!! I have also purchased Barry Biggins book A Wider View, which is full of ideas! Some honiton patterns can also be worked in floral Beds with some adjustments. - I plan to try that, too (when I have nothing else to do!! :)) ) I plan to work a design in both Beds and NL - and see how different they turn out - or how alike they are - whichever!! But first, I must get on with some Radical Reticella NL - thinking outside the square, as they say!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Coloured threads
Brenda, When I click on the site you gave I get You are forbidden access to this site or somesuch! I can get into your site Home page from your signature, and then go to Threads for Lace, but cannot see a section on coloured threads. It gives Updated June 2004, and I have refreshed but get the same. Where am I going wrong? BTW, I have just started a Needlelace piece using Presencia cotton (= 30) and it is very nice to work with. It does not seem to wear at the eye of the needle, and stays tightly wound. I rather like it. It has a slight sheen, too. Nice! and they have a large range of colours, too. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #212
We are having an early lunch, then a short trip to the Club. I need a 40 shot score for High Noon. Dad had scores (40 60) from Thursday night. We are taking party sausage rolls, not curried eggs, to the party over the road (at Jill's house). It is supposed to be 25 + today, but so far is heavily overcast, and cool. 150th Anniverary of Eureka Stockade y'day. Still wreathed in controversy - Terry Hicks, the father of David Hicks accused of being a terrorist, and still in custody at Guant... Bay, was asked to lead the walk through town. Outrage, as he thinks his support.fight for his son is equal to what the miners were fighting for. About 90% of folks Don't want him there, and say the 2 things have Nothing in common! Ballarat Council won't have anything to do with it, and said that whoever did the Invite had no right to do it. There was supposed to be NO leader of the walk - just a group - as when the miners revolted. The State Govt. says No, and the Fed Govt , indicated no, though did not go quite that far! Terry Hicks and the guy who asked him are about the only ones in favour!!! It is supposed to be a celebration, and strictly Non Political. The Eureka Flag has been flying around town, and I think there was some hoo-haa about the Fed Govt Not flying it over Canberra! I think the walk is on Sun. morn. It was supposed to unite the nation, not divide it!! Civil Rights still cause a stir!! They say that it was fought for freedom of all the minersand their families, and Hicks was caught fighting for the Taliban who were/are the most repressive of people, - women not allowed out of their houses, etc, - so what right does the father have to say his son's fight for his rights in prison are the same? And so it goes on! Love from Mum Dad To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Cattern's Cake
I made Lynn's cake too, and it was very good. Thanks Lynn. I made folks laugh at Lace Day, when I took Tina to show a couple of friends - I found that I didn't have a lace bookmark! I was looking for one to use in Tina (No other type could one use, but a Lace one!!) I ended up using a length of rather heavy Bucks Point from off my travelling pillow!! After 25 years of lacemaking I did not have a lace bookmark! - I have made a good few - but given them all away!! So the next project (Jumping the queue of a couple of hundred other projects!!) will be a few bookmarks Just For ME!!!from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Buying flowers
Many thanks to you all for your replies. I will answer them all personally, off-list this evening, when I get home from a Lace Day - Xmas party Lace Day! I appreciate you taking the time to advise me. Gratefully, from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, - where it is another hot day - 35 Celcius today. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Buying flowers
Has anyone purchased flowers from Bunches (www.bunches.co.uk ) - an online florist? I want to buy some flowers for my 98 year old aunt in Devon, and wonder if anyone can advise me if Bunches are OK or not. They have a nice, fancy website, but this does not mean anything, does it?! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, - where it is hot and sunny today. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Clothes sizes.
I bought a t-shirt for DD Helen on Norfolk Island in July - and found that her usual size - medium, was tiny, so had to get her XL.(or was it XXL?) I warned her not to have a fit when she saw the size on the label I think it just fitted her about right, so going by the size label is useless! There is no standard size, unfortunately. I carry a tiny retractable tape measure as standard equipment in my handbag (along with ½ the house!!!) so I go by measurement, nowadays. I keep a list of the underarm measurement when a garment is laid flat, and measure clothes in shops. I get a few strange looks, sometimes - but it works for me! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Catterns Cakes
Thanks for the recipe, Lynne. I might try that for next Saturday - when it is a Bring a Plate Lace Day! It looks like a nice version of the recipe. And Happy Birthday, when it arrives! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Beginning Lacemaking
Sherry, Welcome to the wonderful, addictive, world of Lacemaking. Ruth and Patty have given you excellent advice. I, too, would have recommended the Rosemary Shepherd book if they had not got in first!! A group of ladies in Darwin - right up in the top end of Oz, used a copy of that book to learn, and they are all great lacemakers, now. They had no teacher, but just worked slowly through the book, and it got them off to a wonderful start. One other point - use 100% cotton or a linen thread only. Polycotton, or polyester threads may have pretty colours - but they are stretchy, and are very difficult to work with, as they have minds of their own!!. Cotton has no stretch, so your lace can be better tensioned, and will look much better, than if you used a man-made thread. You will have enough to think about without a non-co-operative thread! Very good luck with it. I know that everyone on the Lace List will be happy to answer any questions, so don't be shy! They all help me out with answers to anything I ask about. No question is dumb, and I doubt if you can think up any questions that we have not asked at some time!!! Learning on your own is difficult, so use this Lace List as the best resource for help. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Foods in General
I found that most of the foods in the United States were SO sweet - loaded with sugar, - even Allbran, plain cornflakes, - and bread. - Try having a vegemite sandwich on sweet bread Yuk! I have a sweet-tooth but the food, generally, was too sweet for my aste. - well the things that should have been non-sweet, anyway - the savoury things. Desserts should be sweet, but not other foods. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace List is Quiet
Woody - you have Lots of knowledge to impart. Don't be so modest!!! :)) :)) And there must be others in Tasmania also on the List that we have not heard from. Tell us what is going on in Tasmania. You people are always saying that you are the forgotten folks - well, now is your chance to beat your own drum :)) For those not good at geography - Tasmania is the little heart-shaped island at the bottom of Australia. It has areas of great beauty, awesome ancient forests, - and a lot of very good lacemakers! Lets hear from some of them! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a hot day today. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Cooma Kiss
Well done Noelene. Yes it is exciting when they use a pattern for the website, isn't it?! It is a pretty piece, and I am sure there will be lots of people using it. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a glorious day - for a change!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Nice poem
Here is a nice poem I discovered - stuck on a wall at a Community Centre, where I did a 2 day lace demonstration a couple of weekends ago. It is by Anon.!! Many (most) will relate to it - just change Quilt to Lace and ...!!) It takes a bit of space, I am afraid, as I can't get it back into single spaced lines. It was sent to me in double spaced, and I can't change it. Sorry. MY QUILT My neighbour is washing her windows And scrubbing and washing her floors, But my home is all topsy turvy With dust behind all of the doors. My neighbour she keeps her house spotless. She goes round all day at a trot, But no one would know in a fortnight If she swept it today or did not. The task I am at is enticing. My neighbour is worn to a rag. I am making a quilt out of pieces I have stowed in a pretty chintz bag. And the quilt I know my descendants Will display with great pride in their heart So lovely. My Grandmother made it, An example of patience and art. But will her grandchildren remember Her struggle with dirt and decay? They will not - they will wish she had made them A Quilt like I'm making today. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] tubing rings
Someone gave me a web site where a diagram of the flexible tubing rings (alternative to a green horseshoe) was shown . Unfortunately I have lost it. Could that kind someone please re-send it to me. Many thanks. Sorry for the inconvenience. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] CD's
Again - thank you all. I have not seen the Multisession option in my Nero Express, but will look for it. What I ended up doing, was copying all the lace photos into a new folder, and then burned them onto a new disc in one session! It worked, and I have been able to play it back. It seems the play-back is automatic, and I just have to put the disc in, and away it goes. So nice to know something in this modern technology is simple. Love the scarf, Ilse. Very Interesting article on Pitsligo Lace - I had not heard of it before. And at least, now, we know what to do with all the samples we make - make a patchwork tablecloth (Although, I have put lace scraps on a quilt - edged Miss Mouse's dresses with Real Lace for my granddaughter!!!) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a warm sunny day. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Reading a CD
Thank you all for your help. As usual you are all so generous with your knowledge. I will now play around and see if I can get this thing to work!! You have given me some ideas, and pointed out the way to go. Maybe the person who told me, when I purchased the computer, was right - I need to hire a 12 year old from the local school to teach me ! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Reading a CD
I have recently invested in a CD Burner, and have put my lace photos on a disk. This morning I added some photos of Old lace - made by past family members, on the same disk, and then added some WWI - Happy Birthday, and Happy Christmas embroidered cards that my Grandfather sent to my Aunt during the time he was in France during the Great War, I think. I went to play them back, and could only get the last section - the cards. Nothing else would come up. Can anyone tell me the correct way to play back a CD, please. I just put it in the slot - on the 'Desktop', and let it go. Is there something else I should do? There should be about 30 photos there, all I got were the last 8. All the instructions tell you how to burn a CD, but no-where does it tell you how to retrieve the data. I am a real 'dummy', and am not sure how to retrieve stuff on a floppy disc either! Oh Dear!! - Is is very hard Getting Old! :)) -- and catching up with the 21st Century is almost too much for an old brain!!! (Getting old?? - Sorry, My mistake - I have Got there already!) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Web photos
Well, at last I managed to get the scan of my Butterfly Fan flower in Pt. de Gaze NL up on the community web page! I could not get the photo of it up there, but the scan went in - eventually!! I think that I am getting Pop Ups blocked, since I went onto cable broadband, and did not realize what was happening!! I have told it Not to block anything on this site! I prefer to look at lace - not blank squares!!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace photos
I have just managed to download 2 photos to my page in the community webshots. For some reason, the 3rd piece (the point de gaze that I finished last night,) would not stick in there, so I will try again tomorrow. However, the 2 pieces I entered in the Colorado State Fair are there. A poor photo of the Aqua coloured Torchon lace. It Really is square, but the photo makes it look a bit 'wonky'!! I must try to get a better one, and replace it - one day! The rocking horse came out well. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Pound Symbol
For the pound symbol, try: Hold down the alt. key, and on the number pad on the right of the keyboard (Not the numbers aong the top), press 0163, release the alt key, and £ sigh will pop up where your cursor is!! The Quarter sign is alt,with 0188 (¼) the half is alt with 0189 (½).and the three quarters is alt with 0190 (¾). I find I use them quite often, and is much easier that going to the character map etc. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] where it is a glorious day. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Digital photos
I had to send a printed photo of some lace to the RMLG for reproducing in the Tina book. We took the photo with our digital camera, and then went along to the camera store, and got it professionally printed by them, so I could post the prints to Denver ( from Melbourne, Oz), Zapping them through by email was not good enough for Cindy to print off at the other end. The photos I got printed, and then posted to her came out OK, and she was happy with them. We are very happy with our digital camera - a Pentax 330. Our other camera is a Kodak Retinette - bought with my 21st birthday money - so is getting a bit ancient now (but we won't go into that!!!) , and it still takes perfect pictures - but unfortunately, not close-ups, so no good for lace pics! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where I have just been to see Richard Gere in Shall We Dance - a great, fun movie! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Postage Stamps
Helene, how do you get your Overseas mail posted with a variety of stamps on it? Since the GST came in, there are special stamps (GST free) for Overseas mail, and local, stamps are illegal on overseas mail. Our P.O. won't let you post overseas with anything but the 'Proper International stamps on. Dianna, your tatting Zoo is great, and I love the use of the multicoloured thread. Well Done. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a cold, wet and windy, wild day today. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tthread chart P.O.
I had the same problem - being denied access, so I went into Brenda's web site, via the address below her signature, and then found the thread chart that way - from the Home page. Many thanks for the chart. Brenda. I have just skimmed through the Australian Post Office Postal Charges booklet, and can find No reference to return addresses - so they don't seem to mind where one puts the return address on the envelope. However, I will enquire, next time I am in the Post Office, and see what sort of answer I get! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a glorious spring day. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] 2 questions
Many thanks to all of you who sent me answers. You gave me some very good ideas. from a grateful Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] The ISG Museum
Thank you, Devon, for 2 very interesting articles in the Bulletin. It sounds like you had a good time at the Convention! And an especially big Thank You for the article on the Gardner Museum. I am sure there are many lacemakers like me, who can only view these wonderful places through other people's eyes, and I am so grateful that you are willing to write up articles so we can all enjoy them. And with photos - OH! that beautiful lappet!! (Photo 2) What brilliantly clever lacemakers there were in the old days (as well as now - I hasten to add!) and what wonderful designers there were, too. That lappet has such a lovely flowing design, with the twirls in the centre, and the swirls at the end! It is great to know these things have been preserved for us to enjoy. More lovely articles and photos, please!!! :)) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] 2 questions
I always seem to be asking questions!! (I think I was one of those terrible kids who said Why to everything!!!) 1)I seem to have lost from my Favourites bookmarking, the web site, where there are translations of Lace Terms. Could anyone please give it to me again? 2) I understand there is a Ring thing that works even better than the Green Horseshoe, and that it has extensions to make larger rings. Does anyone know of these? Can you point me in the right direction to find them, please? - and perhaps give me it's correct name! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Voting
An English Prime Minister, on the night before the Election (In the days before TV),said, - on steam radio ' Whatever your Party, whatever your Politics, Please go and vote. If you don't vote - you can't grumble. Good advice - we all like a good grumble sometimes from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Victorian weather
The hottest ever October day was recorded yesterday - in Mildura, in the far north west. It reached 40 Celcius! I am very glad I was not there yesterday!! We are going there this weekend, but I think it will be a bit cooler!! - I hope so!!! I hope to meet the lacemakers there, too, on Sunday. And Goodie Good!!! - My Bulletin from IOLI just arrived! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Halas Lace
A year or so ago, Anna from Hungary (who is/was in the Lace List) sent me a catalogue from an Exhibition for 100 years of Halas Lace, and Arpád Dékáni, and also Mária Markovits who worked the lace. The lace is beautiful, and inside the front cover is a photo of the bronze statue of Dekani standing by Maria as she works. It is great. Anna included some postcards of lace, and a folder from Kiskunhalas showing an exhibition, etc. What a wonderful place, and how lucky some of you are to have visited there. I have not yet tried Halas lace - I hate darning, and the solid work is woven, - not Corded Brussels stitch as is usually done. However, it is on my to do list!! (and having an Hungarian husband, I suppose I must make the effort!!) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is another warm to hot spring day ( and more like summer weather) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Wire lace pine needles
I have never heard of pine needle baskets before. They are great! Very well done. And the wire lace is fabulous. You are one very clever lady. Congratulations. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a glorious spring day. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Kingfisher in Lace
Jean, The (Oz) Kookaburra is a Kingfisher - the largest kingfisher in the world. Maybe there is a Kookaburra pattern somewhere. Or maybe you could get a picture of one, and work a tape/braid lace from the picture. They are a greyish brown and white, with turquoise on the wings. They are a fat ird, - and sit on the telephone wires at about 5.30am and giggle, and chuckle, and laugh uproarously amongst themselves - then stop when everyone is well and truly awake!!! I cannot, offhand think of a lace pattern for one. I don't know if the Elwyn Kenn books have anything like that. Noelene or Ruth - can you think of anything to help? from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Compacting messages
Thank you all for taking the time to reply to my question. I delete messages that are about a year old, after saving any that I may need to look at again, later! I also defrag occasionally - which is supposed to free up space, but I have always been a bit of a hoarder of things - never throw anything away in case you need it later!! - And invariable, after thowing something away - I find I need it about, a month or two later!!! :) Maybe I should be more ruthless with Outlook Express, and only keep 6 months worth of mail - and compact the rest! Gratefully, from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Egyptian cotton
If you are looking for mail order threads, - Lace Inspirations in Belmont, Geelong (near Melbourne) has 160/2 and 170/2 . Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also torchon House, in Adelaide has the 170/2 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your currency exchange may be better against the Aussie $ than the English £ !! Usual Disclaimers - just a satisfied customer!. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] pliating/weaving
The finger weaving, as described, sounds like a simplified version of Sprang, with the mirror image forming at the other end. Is this what it is? from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mixed lace
Hi, Lise-Aurore. I would be inclined to use the same thread, or something similar for the N:L centre. I used the same thread, when making the Cornucopia. The net ground was in #80 Madeira Tanne, and all the rest, including the BL edge, was in #50 Tanne, - I think! I tried to lighten the NL by using some Open stitches. You can see the finished piece on the Arachne webshots site. The linen thread may have slubs in it, which makes it more difficult to use - especially in NL. The net part of any NL should be in a finer thread. Please let us see a picture of the finished piece, one day! I find it great fun to combine the 2 disciplines. As long as there is a foot side to the BL you can hang on some NL! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: French wire.
Reading your suggestions as to what French Wire, is I am wondering if it is the wire that is used by the Maltese to make their beaut thread flowers. I have just started teaching a Maltese lady BL, and she brought a couple of framed pieces of her other work - these special Maltese flowers. As she described it, - she threads a plain wire through this spiralled wire (? the French wire), and then the coloured threads pass between the spirals and sit on the plain wire core. This way the threads are separated, and you see what looks like a silver bead at the top (the spiral wire). When you bring the ends of the wire together to form the round petal, the spirals open a bit. Her work was SO pretty. She is finding it hard to get the wire here in Oz - so next time she comes for a lesson, I will suggest she ask for French wire, and see if that is what she needs. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Needlelace
Lyn askes how needlelace is worked. The pattern/design is tacked to a 3 or 4 layered pad of firm fabric, and the outline of the pattern is traced with a double coarse thead, which is couched down through the pad. These are the only stitches to go through the fabric. Everything else is worked on top. The filling stitches are all variations of the plain old Buttonhole stitch, and the rows are worked from one side of the trace thread to the other. They are only supported by the trace threads. When all is finished, and an edging stitch worked around it all, the couching stitches are cut and the lace is released from the pattern. This is a Very abbreviated account, but may give you an idea. It can be worked in the hand, or pinned to a special sort of pillow - more like a small bolster pillow. Mine, which I rarely use, is made from an old coffee tin, and covered with felt, and then fabric! It is only used to hold the pattern and give the worker both hands free to manipulate the threads. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Spam
Tamara, The porn spam just downloads itself. I delete any mail that comes that I can't identify - or that I identify as spam, but this other stuff just appears. Yesterday one even installed itelf. I was able to un-install it without opening it, but it is very annoying. I have a fire wall, and the Cable Broadband is suppose to have a better firewall, spam filters etc - but still the rubbish get through. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] joining up Yahoo
I am very wary of joining up to things on the Internet, so I thought I would enquire of some of you about joining up to Yahoo! They mention an 'Account - but is this a free service? (The word account makes me see bills arriving!) I presume they are safe. Does anyone have any advice for me? They have e cards which members can access, and it might be fun to send some! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Joining up Yahoo
Thank you all for the advice. We will have a good think about it before we decide, but it sounds like a good idea to get some of the spam diverted!! - as long as I don't get a double dose - by getting the same spam to both addresses!!! I am getting a lot of porn spam at the moment. I wish folks would find something better to do with their time than annoy others! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is a glorious day today - though we may get some rain later on. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace-digest V2004 #304
Yes, Janice, There are photos posted of my 2 Mixed Lace pieces in my collection on the Arachne Community Webshots page. Currently (I just had a look) they are on the 2nd line of my photos, nos. 2 and 3. - the Plastron, and the Cornucopia. Go to the Elizabeth Ligeti 'album' with the picture of the Beds fan. The Plastron is adapted from a picture in the Catherine Barley needlelace book of a piece of antique lace, and the Cornucopia is from the Honiton Book by Caroline Biggins, with my own designed Beds lace border. Honiton patterns make up well in Needlelace, and are so pretty, that I plan to do more NL versions of the honiton patterns from that book, - and now I also have a copy of Barry Biggins book A Wider View - with designs just calling out to be worked!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Stumpwork
Jean, Just tell 'whoever' that you are working Non-Traditional Stumpwork. Afterall, if they don't like it, they can look the other way!! (I am being polite, here!!! -- The Oz phrase Take a funny run springs to mind!!! :)) ) You could also tell them that the Lace Police are on holiday!! I have come across the same sort of thing - my Beds was not Beds lace as I had cluny joins, etc. --- Rubbish!! :)) and that my Gros Point motifs were not large enough to call them Gros Point, they were Rose Point. So I now refer to my Venetian Raised Work - and see what they can nitpick with that! - though another book will tell you that Gros Point referres to all raised work, not just the large motifs, and Rose point, meant Raised point, not just the smaller motifs!! Etc. etc. etc.! As my work has a decided old Venetian look to it, and is Very raised they can't say much!!! :) If it is too far from the traditional source, or more of something else, than the stumpwork, I can understand a query about the name of it, but small updating of techniques is fine, as far as I am concerned. As many of the others on the list have said - that is the only way of progress. If those first lacemakers had never tried anything new we would not have the variety of laces (or other Gentle Arts) that we have in this day and age. I enjoy mixing NL with BL. I have a couple of pieces that have BL edges and inserts of NL. - Very Mixed!!! Well, soem Brussells Lace was like that 150 years ago! I don't do Brussels, or sectional laces - I put the N:L into Beds lace - and it works well. It is enjoyable to work a piece with both my lace-loves together! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] USOs
Cathy in Newark - join the Club!1 :)) You are just catching up with many (the rest) of us!!! I have a list of -well, many- that have prickings ready or nearly ready, and UFOs to finish, so I can have neough bobbins for the new project, - and a pillow to make it on, etc! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
