[lace-chat] Snapshot my life
I guess I am as old as dirt! I remember having to show Daddy how to operate a rotary dial phone. At home when we wanted to make a phone call we would just pick up the receiver and if there was no one talking on the party line the operator would say, Number please? and we would tell her the number we wanted and she would connect us. Louise in Central Virginia humem...@lynchburg.net 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] Re: recycling orts
I agree that thread is not best for bird's nests. One spring when DD was child, I trimmed her hair while she sat at the picnic table in the back yard. We left the trimmings where they fell and I suggested that maybe a bird would use them. Several months later we found a small bird's nest lined with her hair ! She was thrilled! Hair is soft, but does not absorb moisture. Louise in Central Virginia humem...@lynchburg.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-chat] Re: Ginger Molasses Cookies
Margery Allcock wrote: I found this recipe on a blog: http://www.acommonplacelife.com/ and it sounds delicious, so I'm sharing it here G. Could someone bilingual (US/UK) please tell me a) what is UK for all-purpose flour, and how much does 4.5 cups weigh? b) what is the weight of 2 cups of brown sugar (I'm guessing dark soft brownather than demerara), c) and of 1.5 cups of butter, d) and of 0.5 cup of molasses (would black treacle be equivalent)? I am not completely bilingual, but the secret is that ALL US measurements are in fluid ounces whether or not the substance being measured is liquid or not. One US standard cup is 8 fluid ounces. We use the same measuring cup to measure both liquid and solids. However, I do have a Table of Measurements that state : 2cups = 1 lb granulated sugar; 2 1/3 cups = 1 lb powdered sugar ( but brown sugar is heavier than regular granulated, if measuring by volume, pack it into the cup); 1/4 lb butter = 1/2 cup (i.e. 1 1/2 cups = 3/4 lb); and 1 lb all-purpose flour = 4 cups sifted ( I would guess that 1 lb unsifted would yield 4 1/2 cups when sifted) I measure butter by displacement. If the recipe calls for 1/4 cup, I put 1/4 cup of water and then add butter until the water reaches the 1/2 cup mark (or 4 oz.) So to use US recipes one needs a measuring cup marked with fluid oz. It would also be helpful to have standard measuring spoons. 2 tablespoons = 1 oz; 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon. I empathize with you as I bought some recipe books when on holiday in Briton and struggle with the conversions. The Cookies sound delicious. Louise in Central Virginia humem...@lynchburg.net To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] Re: measurements
Liz wrote: I use the fingers to nose measurement for a yard - and fingers to nose turned away for the metric measurement. Turning my head away seems to give me approximately the extra 3inches!! Looking straight ahead, nose to fingertip is only 31.5 inches on my small body. I have to turn my head to get a full yard measure. Guess I need to fold the fabric back over my fingers and down to where they attatch to hand to get a meter measurement. If I recollect correctly, I believe it was also King Henry whose foot measured 12 inches. Many years ago, when I was teaching mentally handicapped, I tried to give them some concept of various measurements by asking them to hold their hands apart at a distance of an inch, a foot, a yard. One teenage boy had no idea of how large a foot was so I suggested that he look at his own foot. One could see the dawn breaking over his face. He said he had never thought the word for measurement and that for his own foot as having any relationship. I think that as most people learn to measure when they are very young, they do not relate a foot to their feet any more than we relate a yard to a lawn or barnyard. ( My Webster says that a yard - measure- is from AngloSaxon 'gyrd or gierd', a rod or staff; whereas a yard-enclosure- is from AS 'geard'. Louise in Central Virginia [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] Re: Christmas too early
Glad to hear from Martha that there are some others that celebrate Advent and Christmas . We still wait until Xmas Eve to set up our tree. When we were small and also when our children were small, Daddy set the tree up, but Santa decorated it, so that the decorated tree was a surprise on Christmas morning. We leave the tree up for the full 12 days of Christmas, taking it down on 12th night - January 5. ( count the days - Christmas Day is the 1st day of Xmas, Dec. 26 is the 2nd, etc.) The house is redecorated with arrangements of ivy and white candles for the Feast of Epiphany on Jan. 6. So Christmas is not all over for us, it is only the 10th day of Xmas. ;-), although I will say I will be happy to get it cleared and put away on Friday ! Happy New Year of lacing to all. Louise in Central Virginia [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:Bishop's Cope
My Websters defines COPE as CAPE. I agree that it is probably Not a Bishop's. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: mangling lace
I have had experience with a wringer (mangle) on old washing machine and also the Mangle Ironer. My Aunt E. had an ironer (Uncle was the Jones that everyone tried to keep with ;) that mamma would use to do up her banquet size linen brocade table cloth once a year. But I had never heard of mangling with a rolling pin. I expect that it would apply the same principal as the way Mamma did linen handkerchiefs. She would put them dripping wet onto a hard smooth surface and stretch and finger press them and leave to dry. She used the bathroom mirror - when it fell off it was dry. I use the edge of tub for my small lace trimmed hankies. Some say the best is the top of the dryer - the heat speeds the drying. If it is put on sopping wet it will stick to a smoth surface, even verticle; and when finger pressed, it comes off when dry as if ironed. For a larger piece of lace, I will try the rolling pin method. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Introduction cats
Some cats really need their nine lives, don't they?! I often must explain to my cats how banjos are made ! :-) Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Z and S spun threads
Date: Sat, 23:31:25 - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: On 7 Jan 2006, Micki from Scotland wrote: .I thought it would be great if you could make a strip of lace and have it curl naturally. Another way to get a Natural spiral to a strip of lace is to make it on a round d'olley pattern, but when you approach the point where the join would be, unpin partway and keep going around and around. this ruffles very well and I think would hold a spiral better than a straight piece. Just my 2 cents Louise in Central Virginia [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:Disappearing Words
I must be Of that certain age as I remember most of these terms. However, I still use and hear some of them here in the South. store-bought. Sometimes we say sto' boughten; used it just the other day talking about making clothes for DD as she was so hard to fit (and Please) in sto' boughten ones. everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Am at he moment trying to get DH to consent replacing badly worn 25 year old carpet. The ol' man hates change. picture show, but I considered movie anaffectation. We said, movin' pi'ture show percolator. One can hardly even buy perk ground coffee. It is all drip ground - as for Mr. Coffee. lumbago this is now spinal stenosis ; slipped 4th lumbar disc; and other more specific conditions. I know, I am having experience with practically all of them !! supper. Now everybody says dinner. We still use Dinner for the main meal of the day, and lunch or supper for the other meal. i.e. most days we have lunch at mid-day and dinner in the evening. On Sunday, we have dinner at mid-day and supper in the evening. But you are correct. To avoid confusing as to when dinner is to be served, most people just use lunch and supper, unless it is a big formal dinner. But then, here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, there were in my memory, people still speaking Elizabethian English. In the 1950s, I had a student who had been raised back of the mountain by his grandmother and used phrases such as holp you tote yo poke (help you carry your paper sack) Louise in Central Virginia [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: Katrina help
Late catching up on reading mail, but talked with DD this weekend. She was going to come down, but because of gas situation decided better part of valor , etc. Anyhow, she works for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and has been very busy coordinating exchange of students from Gulf Colleges to those in safer parts of the country; working out logistics on transfer of records, funds, etc. Several of the colleges in Central Virginia are taking in students - there are 4 or 5 in our city/ metro./ area Many individuals in the area are also taking in families. We're glad Beth escaped the devastation we saw so much of on TV (and saved the forever project :) Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] decorating bobbins (for people who can't paint)
I Pyrograph many of the bobbins that I turn or whittle. Never thought of doing it under magnification, but that would help to make a neater design. I even wood burn designs that I plan to paint, it makes the design pop out (like a gimp ) I think the light brown burn lines or dots look really nice on light wood. And as someone wrote, if you fill the burn with paint, it is below level of rest of surface and less likely to wear off. I usually finish with Tung oil finish ( the main ingrdient in spar varnish) But most people spray with polyurethane. Hobby wood burning kits are not expensive. I got mine at Michaels - a USA nationwide company that sells all types of craft things. The kits come with several tips. I mostly use the sharp tip of the pointy one. Louise in Central Virginia [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] Re: Southern States Professional Engineering Exam
If your uncle builds a still This is a true story. My brother is a chemical engineer. His first job right out of university was with a chemical plant located in the mountains of a southern state. He was in the development Lab and needed distilled water in a process, so decided to make the apparatus. He had the burner, flasks, etc. but needed a condenser. So he located a copper pipe, but couldn't figure out how to bend it in a spiral without crimping it. One of the local men suggested filling the pipe with sugar and then wrapping it around a sapling. DB asked if sand would work as well as sugar. His helper said the it might, but they always used sugar . For information of city folk - corn whiskey (moonshine) is made with mash of corn and sugar, cooked down in a copper pot, and allowed to ferment before distilling out the alcohol. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Block pillows
Am just catching up on backlog of digests and wanted to tell y'all that I have made 2 _Round_ block pillows. It is easy to just construct a round cookie type pillow of the 2 Dow insulation board and then cut it into as many pieces as you want. I cut it so that some of the edge pieces are half size. I then cover each piece with felt on the surface (optional) and closely woven cotton. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Straw vs ethafoam
This is a little late as I'm still catching up on unread digests after a week at the beach! Jenny Hester wrote: Styrofoam is the building material which is blue. Jenny is correct. I have a half sheet left of this builder's foam insulation that I bought at local building supply. Written on the foam is Dow Styrofoam Brand and extruded polystyrene insulation. I believe Styrofoam is a Dow Chemical Co. brand name. It is not quite as dense as ethafoam It is light weight but can be glued to plywood or hard board base to make it more manageable. I have several pillows made of it for demos and try-it pillows. I also made a block pillow that folds in the middle so that a 22 inch pillow would fit into an 18 inch suitcase and I had several blocks so that I could use the same pillow for 2 different classes at IOLI in San Diego. Invention is a Necessity of Mother Louise in Central Virginia [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: Mosquitoes
I have read, and I'm fairly sure that this is correct, that only the female mosquitoes bite because they must have a meal of blood in order to reproduce. On the other hand, only the male mosquitoes sing, to attract the females. So... if you here a mosquito singing, it is a male and will not bite. The ones you have to watch out for are the females that sneak up on you in silence and will bite before you notice them on your arm. Also, I think there is some truth about basil detering insects. One year we had basil surrounding an oak tree stump and the cats loved to sleep on that stump amid the basil. That year they had almost no fleas ! Louise in Central Virginia [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] Re: Moaquitoes - part 2
OTOH, that mosquito whining around my head, may be a male yelling to his lady friend, This way, tjis way! Here's a live one. Come qwick and eat, so we can get on with it ! ;-) Louise in Central Virginia, where we have had so much rain in the past month that the mozzies rise up in clouds when one walks across the lawn. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Finca cotton thread
A possible North America source of Finca thread - On page 17 of my new, May/June '04, copy of the magazine _Piecework_ there is an advert. of Finca thread from firm in Colorada . Their net site is www.baglady.com I have no connection , never ever ordered from, just passing on info. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Time change
I think we, in USA,change next week - 1st weekend in April. The clock line on bottom of my computer screen changes automatically and then a window opens to announce that it has done so. Then I can go and change all the clocks in the house ! ;) Louise in Central Virginia [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] Re Spelling and names
I have found in my studies of history and related geneology that up until the 20th century most people practiced creative spelling. My grandfather, in letters written in 1880s, referred to his Jamerson cousins as Jimmyson. Also, I found a local deed wherein the writer covered all bases - the name was spelled Roads, Rodes, Rhodes, Rhoads all in the same document! Even my married name is spelled with an O by one branch of the family, i.e. Sir Douglas-Home. The locals often pronounce it Humes ! And my maiden name is Davis/Davies - The English official left out the e when my Cornish/Welsh ancester emigrated, and some of my cousins reverted to the Welsh spelling although my father did not. Personally, I could never keep my Spanish endings straight and tended to end every word with an uh and still managed to make myself understood. My personal gripe is people who use 'decendents when they mean ancester; as in Her decendents came over in the Mayflower (in 1620!) Louise in Central Virginia P.S. In the phrase, to boldly go . Boldly is an adverb. (Most English words that end in ..ly are) End of grammar lesson ! :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Take Camera Discussion to Chat, Please
Jean wrote: My apologies for putting this onto lace, I happen to have 1000 lace pictures that I DON'T want to loose, I won't bother to post on Arachne again I will come off the list. I also have hundreds of lace photos that I have taken over the years that need to be looked after. Jean, don't get off Arachne! Just because one person misunderstood that your camera question was lace related doesn't mean many of us aren't interested in how to get the lace pictures into the computor. Many of us consider you a long time friend and would miss your additions to lace discussions. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: expensive bobbin
Betty Ann wrote: There used to be lacemakers in Richmond and around Richmond. Back in the 80s, they hosted a Chesapeake Regional Lace Day in Richmond (it was just outside Richmond at Short Pump). I remember Christine and Carol Burley; Christine taught bobbin lace in Richmond, but her name is not in CRLG directory any more, and I don't go to their Lace Days to find out where everyone is. I recall that Christine had some lovely bobbins. Wonder if that was one of hers? Wonder where she is? Christine was a friend of my aunt Laura of Richmond, who is now in a nursing home - 95 yrs old. I think Christine died. I know that she was no longer able to make lace a few years back. I think she was the guiding force in Richmond, and when she could no linger make lace the whole group collapsed. Maybe her daughter is selling her stuff. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:[lace-chat] did you know that
i wonder when that was voted ... i remember seeing a film from 1811 saying four baths a year were enough I remember my college history prof. quoting a London News item during reign of Elizabeth I. (1533-1603) The Queen has built Herself a bath, wherein she shall bathe onec a month whether she needith it or not. They didn't have dry cleaning back then either, but the perfume industry was essential ! Louise in Central Virginia [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: A T-shirt for the in crowd?
Diffinately include my bane - half stitch that changes weaver in middle of row !!! Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Irish Crochet
Sharon , If you plan to make a Christening gown for a baby, PLEASE do not consider using size 20 crochet cotton such as adaptations in magazine patterns (ie Piecework) geared to crafters who only have access to supplies from Michaels. Irish Crochet is usually done with size 80 cordonet for motifs and size 100 for ground. However, for babies, I would use lace thread such as DMC Broader Machine 50, or equivalent. That would make a dainty and stunning gown. Louise in Central Virginia [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: Lessons in logic
My motto has been : Never do anything today that can be put off until tommorrow, because if it can be put off, it isn't all that important, and why waste time on unimportant things when I can be making lace !! Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Hurricane Isabel -- safely past (long)
We are OK - only about 4 inches of rain in 4 hours Thursday night and winds about 40 mph. I had no power outage, but there was some in the city and adjacent counties due to trees down on power lines. The coastal areas of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware received the full force of the storm which hit them as class 2 hurricane. All of the barrier islands and beaches were evacuated. There was much wind damage and storm surge flooding on coast. DH and I drove down (2 hrs) to Richmond, capital of VA., Sat afternoon to take my entry to State Fair and most of city and surrounding area was without power and many without water, as the municipal water system uses electric pumps. The main streets have been cleared of downed trees, but still stacked on edges. Traffic lights not working and saw a few fender benders at intersections. ( We know that the car on the right has the right of way, but which is the right one when there are cars at all 4 points ?) There was no power at the fair grounds, but the hard working volunteers were set up near the front window and door, taking in the entries as usual. (We had to get a flash light from the car in order to use the toilet) Washington, DC shut down at noon on Thursday as the Metro (Bus and underground) closed to avoid high winds over turning buses and trains getting stalled between underground stations, (as happened in NY City when they lost power several weeks ago. They probably won't start up until Mon. There was widespread power loss in area. DD is still without power in VA suburb. Across the Blue Ridge Mt. in the Valley of Virginia they had 9 inches of rain in a few hours. As it has been a wet summer the ground was already saturated and the runoff caused serious flooding. More flooding is expected in the next few days down river as the water makes its way out to the sea. This storm started as class 5 hurricane, but weakened as approached land. Most Atlantic storms move up the coast and swipe the edge of land and then follow the gulf stream out to sea. This one hit head on and moved inland, ending up in Ontario, Canada. This is equivalent to the distance from southern Spain to Scotland ! So many more areas were affected than is usual. Fortunately, there were relatively few deaths, (about 23, I think, overall,) considering the amount of physical damage. Florida, which is frquently in the path of hurricanes, was spared this one. So we have survived another storm. We had good warning for this one and were able to prepare. It is a good idea to have an emergency kit supplied at all times, as stores sell out of batteries, propane gas canisters, lamp oil , and even candles in days before predicted storms. I couldn't find propane for camp stove we haven't used for over 10 yrs, so just laid a fire in fireplace. Didn't lose power, but have cooked over grate fire many times, so wasn't worried. Louise in Central Virginia [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] Re:Recipes and questions
Is Crisco a kind of fat? what kind? is there a UK equiv.? It is a popular US brand name vegetable shortning. i.e. homogenized veggie oil. OOps! Sorry, I miswrote. I meant hydrogenated vegetable oil. It is similar to margarine, but used in recipes instead of lard or butter. When I was a child, it was allowed to sell butter with extra yellow coloring added, but margerine was required to be sold uncolored, i.e. a white lump. Encluded in box was packet of yellow coloring which we had to mix in ourselves. I remember one time we had run out of margerine and Daddy took a lump of Crisco, added salt and coloring and served it as margerine. There wasn't a lot of difference !! Louise in Central Virginia [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] Re: Driving times
They told me that it would only take them 2 1/2 hours 2 1/2 hours would mean going at 70mph all the way which is the legal speed Whoever wrote they could drive 170 miles in 2 1/2 hrs. must live in Midwest US empty country. Traffic in any large city, anywhere, I think, would be congested and take forever to negotiate. DD lives in Virginia suburb of Washington, DC.- just inside the Beltway (a super motorway that encircles DC and it's closest suburbs) just 1 exit from I66, so she should be able to zip right down to Rt. 29 and home in 3 1/2 hrs. NOT! WE can drive up there in 3 1/2 hrs as we arrive in late afternoon when all the traffic is coming the other way out of the city. She must needs to leave there after work when everyone else is also leaving and it usually takes at least 2 hrs to drive the 1st 30 miles bumper to bumper on I66 until she gets to Rt. 29. The speed limit is 65-75mph, but traffic only moves about 15-20 mph! The same is true in Los Angeles, California where DS lives. He asks us not to fly into LAX arriving in evening as it takes him 2 hrs to get to that airport from NE suburb, so we fly into a smaller airport only 30 miles and 30 min. from him. The LA Freeways are notorious for gridlock! Louise in Central Virginia [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] Re: Suggestions for linens in 1949
Am way behind in reading lace chat, but felt need to respond. Some of my visitors will -- after a single night at the Hotel Duvall -- make up the bed, to make it look like it's fresh; I was taught proper guest etiquette required one to make up bed each morning one was a guest, until last day, when before leaving one should strip the bed, leaving the linens neatly folded at foot (perhaps folded into a pillowcase, ready for laundry) and spread the bed cover (spread) back neatly over bare mattress and pillows. I wash it, and don't worry about it; leave it in the one day basket I also hate ironing. My children used to accuse me of keeping clothes in the one day basket until they outgrew them ! Update on DH who is recovering, now at home, from open heart surgery: He is keeping me running, trying to buy, make, cook, something to whet his appetite. He is well enough to walk around, criticizing, but not well enough to help !! Did I thank y'all for your prayers? Am convinced they worked. Louise in Central Virginia [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] Re;Summer reading
Patrica, I love Marston's medieval mysteries , and haunt the public library for each new one Actual, I love amost everyone's medieval mysteries. Right now, I am reading the Mitford series by Jan Karon about anEpiscopal priest in North Caolina (USA) highland villiage. Reminds me of some of the British villiage novels. Don't have much time for reading as am still trotting back and forth to hospital. DH is recovering from open heart surgery on schedule. was moved yesterday from cardiac progressive care to skilled care and will come home from there in a week. Thank all for wishes and prayers. I'm sure they help. Louise in Central Virginia [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] Re: Mudwump
Tamara asked: 1) Are you familiar with the word (and how/from whom did you learn it)? 2) What does it mean to *you*? 3) Where are you in the US (or, where did your source come from)? Have been familiar with the term since High School (Over 55 yrs ago) Amer. History Course, with it's political meaning . Have always thought it held a connotation of indecision, but mainly the mudwumps disapproved of Blain's dishonest politics, and bolted the Republican party to vote for the Democratic candidate, Grover Cleveland. As always, when a party splits, the other party wins, although in 1884 the electorial votes were very close. I heard the fence definition (sitting on a fence; the mug (face) being on one side of it, and the wump (rump) on the other.) when I was very young, from my older brother who is a great punster. I do not think it is confined to the South Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Why no mail?
Brian wrote: We are watching the Tour de France! :) And the old man, Cousin Lance is still in the lead !!! Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Unusual thief
I wasn't talking about rats...I was talking about mice... The article said they were mice. Cearbhael I understand. I agree. To my knowledge, our mice (whitefoot) only steal food. However, some people(unlike you and I, vbg) do not know the difference between mice and rats, and the pack, or wood, rat does collect shiney things. So I just thought I would mention it. I notice someone else thought of them also. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Angel Skubic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Louise Hume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Unusual thief - Original Message - From: Louise Hume [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Arachne Lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Unusual thief ...but mice? Since when did they like nice shinies? The indigenous rat in North America is the wood rat, sometimes know as the Pack Rat. It does collect shiny things, and sometimes exchanges one it is carrying for a better one it finds. The skinny tail common rat is an immigrant that came over on the first ships, and all subsequent ones. The wood rat is brown, a little larger than an eastern chipmonk and has a bushy tail. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] garlic festival
Clay wrote And there is another garlic festival in Virginia . ... Virginia wines are also featured, and with the admission, adults receive a wine glass which is used for the tastings. I've quite a collection of the glasses now! This festival is held in a vineyard and winery in my county. It features elephant garlic also. We used to demonstrate lace there, but in recent years it coincided with our NC regional Lace Day. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Christmas is coming!!
Was just remarking to DH that it was just 6 months 'til Xmas and those who make needlework (or bobbin) for presents need to get their projects going if they will get finished in time. I seldom do, and often end up giving close family members a bag of yarn, which I knit up in Jan. and Feb. :) Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Un-PC went South
I'm wondering if the P.C. Northerners are associating this innocent phrase with sold down the river which may be Politically Incorrect as it refers to a practice in time of slavery in U.S. A. when rebellious slaves might be sold to brokers who supplied workers for plantations in the deep South. The river was the Mississippi, which flows from north to south down the middle of the US, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans. Work in the cotton fields and other crops in the heat and humidity of marshy area of eastern gulf states was not easy and many died of maleria, etc. in addition to being separated from family and friends. So, to workers in the border states, even the threat of being sold down the river was often enough to keep them in line. Now-a-days even a suggestion (by a white person) that slavery ever existed in the USA seems to be Politically incorrect. But it is part of our history, and ...who doesn't remember the past is doomed to repeat it !! Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] help maybe?(left hand tatter)
The booklet used when I took 1st tatting instructions had both right and left handed tatting. I cannot locate the booklet now, but it was something like Aunt Ellens Tattingand sold in craft store along with crochet and knitting books nead the counter where hooks, needles and shuttles are sold. It has illustrations of both right and left handed tatting. If you can't find a booklet like this, I suggest scanning illustrations you have and flipping them on the computer. Or sit opposite your teacher and do mirror movements. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
