Re: [lace] Lace Digest
I am coming to the IOLI convention in Nevada too. My daughter is also coming, and we will be in the same Bucks Point morning class with Jean Leader! I will also be in Sylvie Nguyen’s Schneeberger afternoon class. Sylvie’s class will be small, no more than 9 people, and she allows children over the age of 8 and novices, from the pre-convention Introduction to Bobbin Lace class, into the Scheeberger class. I didn’t know this when I signed up for the class. I’ve taken this class with Sylvie before so I’m not newbie. I’m sure Sylvie will teach me more, too. Teaching children bobbin lace is wonderful idea. I was glad to see that the convention schedule includes an Arachne meeting! Janice, shall we bring our wrapped gifts for the gift exchange again?? I’’ve already bought mine! Ruth Lyon Dubuque, Iowa > On May 9, 2023, at 3:50 PM, Janice Blair wrote: > > Thank you to Theresa for including the previous list in her question about if > the list was still working. I get the Digest very infrequently as traffic is > slow. The attachment of the previous digest was enough to kick out the new > one. > Thanks also to Brenda for the BBC link for the close up photos of the wedding > clothes. > BTW, is anyone going to IOLI convention this year in Sparks, Nevada. I will > be going and rooming with two of my lace friends. I think this will be my 26th > time and maybe my last one as hubby was just diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Shall > we try and get together at lunchtime one day? I am in Holly's morning > Honiton class but I will be working on a Thomas Lester piece. > Janice > Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.com > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachnelace.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachnelace.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention Get Together
Thanks, Janice, and also to Jean, for finding a place and time for us to get together. I will participate in the free raffle. I don't have an Arachne pin. Is there a way to get one? Ruth Lyon ruthlyo...@gmail.com On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 1:54 PM Janice Blair wrote: > I have arranged with Jean Doig, local convention organiser, that we can > have > our get together on Wednesday meeting directly after the lace talk at 8:00 > pm. > All those types of events are taking place in the Atrium so we can just > find a > corner afterwards where we can meet up. If you want to participate in our > free > raffle, please bring a small item with you.Wear your Arachne pin or > something > similar if you have it. Looking forward to an in person convention, all be > it > with masks. There may be about ten people or more.Janice > Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.com > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Arachne get together at IOLI Convention
It would be nice if all of us "Arachnes" would wear a ribbon or sign that shows that we are also "spiders" during the convention. We could meet Arachnes when we are standing in line, sitting in the restaurant, passing each other in the hall. or sitting in class. Another idea is printing simple brochures about Arachne, and placing them near registration (f they let us,) and we can hand them if someone asks about it. Is anyone interested in this idea?? Ruth Lyon On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 7:24 PM N.A. Neff wrote: > I'm with Karen. Drinks sound much more convivial -- and I'm likely to have > one even if the meeting is at noon! So save me and my lace and organize > something for the evening. ð > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 18:07 Karen Bovard wrote: > >> How about 'drinks' instead of lunch? >> I am one of the people vending thus I might be more up for a quiet >> opportunity to have a drink later in the afternoon or evening. >> >> Karen Bovard-Sayre >> The ShuttleSmith >> >> On Thursday, June 23, 2022, 10:18:23 AM MDT, Janice Blair < >> jbl...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> >> The schedule was just slow to load. I see the sales room is closed for >> lunch >> >> on Wednesday for an hour from 12:30 so that might be the best day to visit >> with everyone. Ã Maybe Rosemary can find out from the host group if the >> hotel >> has a space available where we could gather with our lunches or >> drinks.Janice >> Janice Blair Murrieta, CA,Ã jblace.com >> >> On Thursday, June 23, 2022, 09:11:00 AM PDT, Janice Blair >> wrote: >> >> I think my initial post was back in April. The schedule on the IOLI >> website >> is not working yet as far as I can see, so without knowing what is >> planned for >> the week, maybe one of you that is not vending can make a decision on >> when to >> meet and post it, or put an Arachne notice on the Notice Board at >> convention >> with a time and place, bring your own lunch or drink for a get together. >> Ã I >> know that OIDFA are having a lunch on Thursday with the same deal. >> Janice Blair Murrieta, CA,Ã jblace.com >> >> On Thursday, June 23, 2022, 08:43:31 AM PDT, N.A. Neff >> wrote: >> >> I would also like to get together. I do think there's a missing post >> problem >> because I never saw an initial post from Janice asking about interest.Ã >> NancyConnecticut, USA >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >> arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ >> > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Arachne get together at IOLI Convention
I would also like to get together with other Arachne friends during the IOLI convention next month. Having lunch together would be fun if that is possible. If not, we could find a quiet place where we could sit and chat, and bring our own drinks. Could someone in the hostess group help us? I’ll be taking Elizabeth Peterson’s Bedfordshire‘s lace class AM and PM. My daughter Chris will be in the AM Beds class with me. She lives in California and I live in Iowa, so we don’t see each other often. I’m really looking forward to this convention. Ruth Lyon Dubuque, Iowa Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 22, 2022, at 4:15 PM, Janice Blair wrote: > > As I only heard from three other people, I doubt we will have an Arachne get > together lunch, especially as two of us will be vending and in the vending > room at all free times. Maybe next year when more people are willing to meet > in person. By the time I get my next digest of Lace emails it will be time to > pack my bags. > Looking forward to some lacemaking. I am going to be taking the wire jewelry > with Belinda Belisle in the mornings. > Janice > Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.com > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Flickr photos for Arachne
I am also willing to donate toward the Flickr account. Ruth Lyon Dubuque, Iowa On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 3:41 PM J Reardon wrote: > Iâm willing to chip once itâs decided and we know how many donors there > are. > > Jean Reardon, western Pennsylvania > > > > Jean > > On Jan 16, 2022, at 12:36 PM, Sue Babbs wrote: > > Hi All > > > > One of our members reminded me this weekend, that it is time to consider > > our Flickr Subscription. In 2020, a group of Arachneans helped pay for a > > 2 year subscription, which expires mid-April 2022. The two year plan is > > no longer available. The cost to us in April will be $72 for one year. > > > > Arachne barely has any conversations these days, so I am no longer sure > > whether we still wish to host photos on the internet. > > > > I thought I'd raise this topic now so that we have time to discuss > > keeping our Flickr Pro account. If we decide not to keep it we will > > still have enough time for people to download any photos they want > > mid-April. > > > > So over to all of you: > > firstly do we still want to keep this Flickr Pro account and > > secondly, if we do, are there 12 people each willing to pay $6 to share > > the costs of the account? Or 24 people to pay $3 each? > > > > Please do not send me any money until we have corporately decided on > > whether we want to keep the account > > > > Sue > > suebabbs...@gmail.com > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Happy 25th Anniversary
Hello, lace friends! I joined Arachne in 2008, which was also the year I attended my first IOLI convention, and my lace guild, the Doris Southard Lace Guild, became a chapter of IOLI. I really enjoy Arachne, and I appreciate those of you have answered my questions.I follow the conversations on all lace subjects. Even though we can't post photos on Arachne, we have advantages that the Facebook groups don't have. I don't contribute often, but now I'm making more lace during the Stay Home! period of time we are in. I've been reading a book on Chrysanthemum lace today, hoping that I will be able to take that class at this year's IOLI convention in July. I know that I am in the class, but we'll have to see what will happen. Long live Lacemakers! Ruth Lyon Dubuque, Iowa USA On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 2:13 PM H Mmmm wrote: > Oh my goodness! I had no idea the list was that old, but on thinking back > where I was when I joined and that my young children I had now are parents, > it makes sense. Happy 25th, Arachneans! > > Heather (who used to live in Sooke, BC and now lives in Abbotsford, BC) > > On Sun, 12 Apr 2020 at 11:17, Angel wrote: > > > I joined very early the first year! Canât believe so much time has past! > > Will be a good day to work on my bolster. > > > > Cearbhael > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > oesn't time go fast when you're making lace?! Happy Anniversary (from > > one who's been an Arachne from about 3 months after it started). > > > > > > Happy Easter (or whatever else you may be celebrating this weekend) to > > everyone, too. > > > > > > Jane Partridge > > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention
I am also gathering bobbins. threads, etc. and preparing prickings classes at the IOLI convention. I've cleared a pillow to take with me. The more pillows I buy, the more unfinished projects I have! My classes are Flanders morning and afternoon with Kathy Kauffman, and Buttons and Braids with Gil Dye on Weds. I was so glad to get my first choice classes! I'm looking for a good lamp to use in class. The base can't be large but it should be stable. A clip-on lamp would work on my lace table. Any suggestions? I really hope that we will have an Arachne lunch or other gathering during the convention. Last year's lunch was so nice--thanks, Arlene! i hope to bring raffle gifts, too. Finally, I think I will opt for the printed IOLI magazine rather than the online version. I would probably want to print much of it and put it in binders, so paying a little more for the printed mag. makes sense to me. Ruth in warm, sunny Iowa On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Janice Blair wrote: > Well, it is almost here. I spent the afternoon gathering my bobbins and > threads from my stash for my classes at the IOLI convention in San Antonio, > Texas. Taking Hinajosa, Amelia Ars and the Idjria jewelry class on > Wednesday. What are you taking? > > Unfortunately I have not heard back from the local co-hosts regarding a > space for our Arachne get together, unlike last year when it was all > arranged for us (thank you). The hotel has a lunch buffet arranged, but I > don't know if we might be able to sit together. If anyone arrives before > Saturday and has time to look around, maybe they can spot a place for us to > gather. If not lunch, maybe we can hang around after the dinner on Monday > as we will have had time to hit the sales rooms earlier. It could be > announced at the opening reception or the Monday dinner. I'm bringing some > items for our free raffle just in case we do meet. > > I will be bringing a couple of items for the display room but will not be > entering the competition this year. I am sure there will be lots of entries > though. I already have made 3 fans and don't need any more. > > I had the whole month of May showing my lace pieces in the lobby of the > clubhouse of our subdivision, changing the display once during in the > month. It was well received and I got many compliments from people who have > never seen hand made lace before. On International Lacemaking day I sat in > the atrium during the afternoon and had lots of interest. > > Janice > > Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, where we have been having a heat wave, many > days over 100F and even as high as 114F but the clubhouse pool is nice and > cooling. > jblace.com > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Introducing myself
I see one sentence ending with ab I'm on gmail. Ruth In beautiful eastern Iowa Sent from my iPhone > On May 15, 2018, at 9:17 AM, David C Collyer wrote: > > Dear Friends, > Generally with laces, as with other fragile items, you donb > > Here's another one with similar problems to those which Devon had. I'm > hoping you're seeing what I'm seeing - just the one sentence ending with a > "b" > > David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Reposting Jeri's email on Levey
I agree with Bev. I don't get the messages from AOL and Yahoo, but as far as I know, everyone can get gmail messages. It's easy to sign up with gmail and it's free. If you have been storing Arachne messages in a mailbox at another email address, on AOL for example, you can always forward messages from gmail to your other email address. I do that frequently. My gmail address came with my first cell phone, and I mainly use it for Arachne. My husband is happy that all the Arachne messages no longer come to our regular email. Just a friendly suggestion. Ruth Lyon in cool, sunny Iowa where the leaves are already starting to change On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bev Walker wrote: > Yes, and that's why the advice about the gmail addy. > (just sayin' as the expression goes) > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Sue Babbs wrote: > > > Yes they do appear in the archive, but if I don't receive the original > > message from Jeri I don't know one has been sent, so I don't know to go > to > > the archive to look for it! When someone replies to Jeri online, then I > > know to go to the archives. A frustrating necessity! > > > > > -- > Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of > Canada > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Black Chantilly lace tie
I certainly hope that the black lace tie crosses the ocean once more so we can see it "in person"! Ruth Lyon In Iowa and preparing for the IOLI convention Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2017, at 5:29 PM, Jean Leader wrote: > > Hello Spiders, > > I have added a new page to my website about a black Chantilly lace tie which > you may have seen elsewhere until earlier this year. You can see it at > > https://www.jeanleader.net/collection/blacktie.html > > I bought it in Maine so it’s done a fair bit of traveling across the Atlantic > in it’s time, and now I’m wondering whether it should travel some more so I > can bring it to to the Arachne lunch at the IOLI Convention - if you’re going > to be there you’ll have to wait and see! > > Jean > --- > Jean Leader > www.jeanleader.net > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention Arachne Get Together
Thanks for your suggestions for an Arachne get-together at the IOLI convention. I think that having lunch together in the food court would work better. Ruth Lyon In Iowa Sent from my iPhone > On May 21, 2016, at 8:11 PM, Janice Blair wrote: > > Found out that we might have two options for our get together this year as the > hotel has a small restaurant and not much room in the lobby, and would charge > us if we wanted to use a room. As I understand it, the shopping mall is > attached to the hotel with an overpass bridge and they have a food court. We > could possibly meet at the food court and push some tables together, that way > people can buy their preferred food items, or even take their own unless there > is some rule about not doing that. I have taken food to my local food court > in the past and no-one has said anything. Monday or Tuesday might be good days > for that. > The other possibility is that we try to get seated with each other at the > Tuesday dinner. I am hoping to find out if they are having sign up sheets > for meals like we have had the past few years. That way we can have some > Arachne tables and remain for a short time after the meal and before we go to > the Tat Off. I will get back to you when I hear further. > Let me have your feedback on those ideas. > Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, www.jblace.com > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Arachne gathering during IOLI Convention
Like Janice and Sylvie, I also would like to attend an Arachne gathering at the IOLI convention. If we could meet during a reasonably-priced lunch in the convention hotel, it would be great, but maybe another time and place would also work. Can the Indiana local co-host committee help us out? Ruth Lyon In Dubuque, Iowa on a gorgeous spring day Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2016, at 6:07 AM, sylvie nguyen wrote: > > Janice, > Thank you for bringing up the subject of an Arachne Gathering. While I > have missed the gathering the past few years, I would like to meet with > Arachne members. > > Sylvie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] email problems/Celtic demo
Devon, it's great to receive your email for the first time in ages! Your messages have been going to my Junk mailbox due to the email wars, and I miss reading some of them, as well as Jeri's. My gmail account is my secondary email account, and checking both accounts is no problem, I find. I suggest that some of our aol and yahoo members consider getting a free gmail account for Arachne messages and perhaps other mail lists. Ruth Lyon >From Iowa on a rainy pre-spring day Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Devon Thein wrote: > > I have bitten the bullet and started a gmail account. I was hoping not to > complicate my life with more email accounts, but instead it seems that I > have complicated other people's lives, so that isn't really fair. > Brenda writes<< Irish crochet only developed in the mid nineteenth century > - to loosely > imitate other laces and to provide a small income to those who had not > starved > to death or emigrated because of the potato famine. It�s a fairly recent > tradition in just one area of the �Celtic� region, though it may, or may > not, > have been introduced to Ireland bu nuns from Spain.>> > I would suggest that many or most of the folkloric activities at US ethnic > festivals have their origins in the 19th century. For instance, Irish step > dancing which is present in abundance in US Celtic festivals is thus > described in Wikepedia. > < points out that the earliest *feis* or stepdancing competition dates no > earlier than 1897, and states: "Although the *feis* rhetoric suggests that > the rules [for international stepdancing competitions] derive from an > ancient past, set dances are a product of modern times".[2] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_stepdance#cite_note-2> There are many > styles of stepdancing in Ireland (such as the Connemara style stepdancing), > but the style most familiar is the Munster, or southern, form, which has > been formalised by An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha (English: The Gaelic > Dancing Commission), which first met in 1930. The Commission (abbreviated > as CLRG), was formed from a directorate of the Gaelic League > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_League> that was formed during the > Gaelic > Revival <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_Revival> and codified the > modern rules.>> > Also, although Sally specifically asked about non-Irish Celtic laces (so my > suggestion of Irish crochet it off point) there is not a large immigrant > population of Spanish Celts or Celts from Brittany in the US turning out at > heritage festivals. Said Irish potato famine, and the disappointing > profitability of Irish crochet as a livelihood resulted in a huge number of > Irish immigrants in the US and their numerous descendants are about to dye > their beer green and take to the streets in celebration of St. Patrick's > Day. (My husband's grandmother was almost a third Irish.) Interestingly, > people from Ireland travel to New York to attend the St. Patrick's Day > parade because, as I am told, it is a more festive parade than those held > in Ireland. > Maire Treanor makes frequent sweeps through the US visiting Crochet groups > and Irish heritage groups in equal number to teach Irish crochet and my > understanding is that she is well-received as a transmitter of an important > cultural heritage. So, I think a demo of Irish crochet would probably be > well aligned with the spirit of a US Celtic festival. But, again, > authenticity is not the only criteria for outdoors lace demonstration. > My suspicion is that Sally was asking about bobbin lace in other Celtic > regions because she specifically does not want to be crocheting a shamrock > in the hot sun. It is nice to work with bobbins in field conditions because > the hand sweating problem which can discolor the lace is not an issue. > Whatever she decides to do, I hope Sally will send me a picture of her > demonstration for the IOLI facebook page! > Devon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Lost object in Iowa
Thanks to everyone who attended the IOLI convention in Coralville, Iowa last week! We hope you had a wonderful time. We did. Someone left a divider pin in Sylvie Nguyen's classroom. If it belongs to you, please contact me privately and I will let Sylvie know. Thanks, also, to all the groups and individuals who furnished all the wonderful "goodies" for the convention. We were so excited to receive them and we enjoyed giving them to the convention attendees. Ruth Lyon Doris Southard Lace Guild on a pleasant sunny day in Iowa - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] IOLI convention
The I.O.L.I. convention will soon be here. It is not too late to sign up! The convention dates are July 27-August 2, and it will be in Coralville, Iowa, at exit 242 off Interstate 80. There are still openings in some of the classes. Check the website for all the convention information: www.internationalorganizationoflace.org Be sure to make your hotel reservation at the Marriott Coralville Hotel and Conference Center by July 6 in order to get the I.O.L.I. Lace Convention room rate. The phone number is 1-319-688-4000. The Arachne Lunch will be on Tuesday, July 28th from 11:30-1:00 in the ballroom. You can buy your lunch from the food concession and bring it to the tables, if you wish. We will have our usual Arachne raffle, and donated prizes will be appreciated. This is a great chance to meet and greet our friends from Arachne. Iowa is beautiful now. Many preparations are being made for the convention, and we hope that you will come! Ruth Lyon Dubuque, Iowa where it is sunny and a pleasant 73 degrees Fahrenheit - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] IOLI Convention Arachne lunch
Thanks, Janice, for telling us about the Arachne lunch at the 2015 IOLI convention. Yes, It will be on Tuesday, July 28th. By separately purchasing our food at the hotel concession, we can enjoy a meal together at the convention hotel at a lower cost than having a formal luncheon. Please bring items for the free raffle if you wish. The more prizes we have, the more winners there will be! I am happy to be taking Louise Colgan's Milanese Lace class morning and afternoon. As a member of the Doris Southard Lace Guild, the local co-host group, I look forward to welcoming fellow Arachnes to Coralville, Iowa! Ruth Lyon In Dubuque, Iowa where it's sunny and beautiful Sent from my iPhone > On May 27, 2015, at 3:08 PM, Janice Blair wrote: > > By now, most students will have received their class information. I got the > classes I wanted. Binche with Kumiko Nakazaki and Intro to Blonde with Ulrike > on Thursday. > As I understand it, there will be a concession stand where you can buy lunches > and Arachne members will be allowed to eat in part of the ballroom > together, bringing in your own food and beverage. The tentative time is > Tuesday between 11:30 and 1:00. We could do our usual free raffle drawing if > you want to bring an item to share. > Janice Janice Blair > Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego > www.jblace.com > www.lacemakersofillinois.org > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Fwd: Arachne
Good morning, Arachnids. I hope that many of you plan to attend the IOLI convention next summer in Coralville, IA USA. The dates are July 27-August 2nd. There has been some concern about the availability of queen bed hotel rooms expressed on Facebook. The problem seems to be with the hotel website which can be somewhat confusing. I think the following information will be helpful. Information about the 2015 Convention is available on the I.O.L.I. website. This is the same information that you will receive in the Winter issue of the Bulletin plus additional details which were not printed because of space limitations. For example, the hotel reservation website is quirky. So if you choose to make your reservation online instead of using the telephone, you need to know:Online Reservations:Reservations for our room block at the Coralville Marriott may be made online via this link http://goo.gl/KcWgAq . You will need to expand âRoom & Accessibility Preferencesâ to select your room type. The rate is the same for either 2 queen beds or 1 king bed. If you select the queen beds and hit Select, the next page âReview Reservation Detailsâ will show â2. Your Requestsâ asâRequest(s) Unavailableâ. You can ignore this. If our block is sold out you will instead get a red banner and will be unable to complete your reservation. Try contacting the hotel directly at 1-319-688-4000. Also note, the parking rate on their website reflects the general parking rate, not our negotiated rate of $5.00 per day. Ruth Lyon in sunny Dubuque, Iowa - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] The Royal Lacemaker
I found it on Amazon for a reasonable price for a paperback. It's not great literature but I did enjoy the story and the description of life then. The author knows how to make bobbin lace and the description of making lace seemed right to me though I would have liked to read more about it. A fun read. Ruth Lyon In sunny Dubuque, Iowa. USA Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 28, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Agnes Boddington > wrote: > > I read it, then gave it away. Too much Mills & Boon for me. > Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK > > I managed to get a copy of The Royal Lacemaker from my local library. > > At first I found it a bit tedious with all the "evil squire has his wicked > way" bits but I persevered and once our heroine had developed a bit of > backbone I enjoyed the book. > > Ann > UK > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Card exchange
I have received a lovely Christmas card from Janet Theaker! The lace ornament is white with gold edging, and a sweet gold charm in the center--I love it! I'm still trying decide whether to hang the ornament on the tree or keep it on the card. It will be beautiful either way. Many thanks to Janet! I also thank Janet and Sallie for organizing our exchange and to Jenny for posting all the photos afterwards. Ruth Lyon in Dubuque, Iowa USA On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 8:05 AM, celia mulhearn wrote: > I have just got back from a couple of days away to find a lovely lace > bauble and card from Sandra Ward. Really pretty and will hang along > side some other lace decorations on my new 'white tree' that I have > recently bought in hobbycraft. > Thank you Sandra x > Celia, in a blustery and damp Somerset UK > > Sent from my iPad > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] RE: What Christmas lace are you making?
Hi, Robin. I'd love to see photos of your snowflakes and the TARDIS and the weeping Christmas angel. I don't even know what a TARDIS is! Maybe you could post them on Flickr. Ruth Lyon in sunny Dubuque, Iowa USA On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Robin D wrote: > I'm trying to tat or crochet a snowflake everyday. I've also made 2 geek > Christmas gift items: A tatted TARDIS & a weeping Christmas angel. (From > Dr. Who) > > Merry Christmas! > Robin > > -- > Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the > cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. > The sky's the limit. *Your* sky. *Your *limit. Now, let's dance. *~Tom > Hiddleston* > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
