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Having recently completed the garter lace for my daughter, I have also now completed my strip for my convict bonnet and am almost halfway through the first of my special lace cuffs. Both the convict bonnet and the cuffs are my first really exciting venture into designing my own pieces which are actually working, so I did learn some valuable lessons with the couple of sample bits that went wrong. The cuffs are to go on an outfit for our living history camping, originally wanted in August but we have now decided to use them in May instead, so I have spent the last couple of weekends cutting out, with a couple more items to go before I begin a mass sew in. We do the American fur trade times but as Scottish, hense my cuffs with thistle heads on:-) I have also cut out the bonnet to make up and a special pocket for my costume, which I am going to add my card exchange hummingbird for decoration. You can't believe how excited I am to see that done, who ever chose our partner swaps did a fantastic job for meg Collecting in my little box are all the bits of lace that need making up into their end item (this bit is the part that gets left, so I must begin to make myself get on with some of those too. Luckily my DH is getting more domesticated, so shares some of the jobs around the house these days. I have loved reading about all your projects. I sometimes have a couple of pillows on the go at one time, especially when I was going for my lessons, one class piece which needed information to be taught and other little bits to do on another pillow for when I got stuck, or if I needed a little item done for someone at the same time, Sue T, Dorset UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Jeanette, Bev, et al, I usually have umpteen pillows on the go, as well as the crochet and embroidery - not only because I have a butterfly mind, but because some pillows are more practical to take to lace days or to demos, or to people's houses! Some of the lace days are far too crowded to be so antisocial as to take a 22 or 24 pillow, so the three small travel pillows have different prickings on them to take.The large pillows go with me if I know there will be space to use them, and the travel pillow which folds up into a brick-like shape goes when I know I have edgings to finish and - as the pillow bit folds out to more than the usual cookie pillow - when I know I have space for that one too! If I am demonstrating at Museums etc., then I generally take several pillows, of all shapes and sizes, with different types of lace on them so, if I get fed up doing one, there is always another to use - and of course, there are different things to show the 'audience'. And when I go to Lace Days, I do sometimes also take the crochet . Carol - in Suffolk UK - where it is wet and windy today, so I hope it cheers up a bit tomorrow! - Original Message - From: bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [lace]what are you working on? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Having 5 pillows on the go is multi-goal oriented vbg tongue firmly in cheek Lots of people prefer to do one at a time, and others do the multi-task thing. I have several projects that are to deadline, and they get priority - and there are several that patiently wait. I like to work on different styles of pillows, and test procedures, and with lacemaking there are ever so many different paths one can take. That to me is its fascination. And when I can't lace, I knit. There's always knitting (and cooking!) ;) Happy lacing, however it suits On 2/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having 5 pillows on the go will give me a nervous breakdown:-)) I start something and finish it - anybody else suffering from the same disease? It is called goal orientated! My travelling pillow though has a Bucks edging on -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Quoting bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Having 5 pillows on the go is multi-goal oriented vbg tongue firmly in cheek or going nowhere slowly? ;-) even bigger grin!! I might only do one project at a time but make no mistake I have at least six different pillows - roller , blocks, straw, sawdust etc etc Must have the right pillow for the right project even though only one at a time gets done! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. -- Maxigate business server solutions: http://www.maxisoft.co.za/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 2/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Having 5 pillows on the go is multi-goal oriented vbg tongue firmly in cheek or going nowhere slowly? ;-) even bigger grin!! Dear me, no ;) I think I bore my lace group when I take the recent laces to our monthly meetings. Many are my own designs, and if I'm not at a pillow, I'm at the computer using the lace design software or chatting lace. At the moment it is my life - except cooking, which I do like to do on account of I like to eat ~ and cooking cleanup, because I like a clean kitchen (I don't do windows!). When there are '5 projects on the go' it seems to follow that 5 are finished at about the same time. Then there are a lot of empty pillows which is quite shocking. I finish what I start, or cut it off if the going isn't interesting any more. Every piece of lace, even the cut off bits, finds a use. Must have the right pillow for the right project even though only one at a time gets done! Yes, totally. When it comes right down to it, we are capable of working at only one pillow at a time and holding just so many pairs at once too ;) There is a plus to multi-tasking if during the puzzle-solving stage of a lace pattern, the mind needs a break from the troublesome lace, there is a soothing, familiar pattern on another pillow to work on for awhile, when maybe the 'a-ha' moment occurs and the problem is solved. But, others might prefer to do another craft in the meantime, for a total break. My lacemaking is overall hohum, not the stuff of competitions, even if I enter some to give a boost to the organizers (it pains me to do so - I'm so not a maker of great lace, but one wants to support the cause?) - just that I do a lot of it, because I like it. -- Bev in Sooke BC where my not-at-the-pillow project today is moving lace books around (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - and it's lunch time here! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Books, books, books! Josette and Sof and I are scanning like mad. The books are being posted one by one by John, so keep on looking. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/ And the hunt is on for even more. This is fun! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in Maine USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] what are you working on?
Working on a few yards of edging for my wedding dress and veil - kat stitch with little pale blue fans and making butterflies for the bodice, headdress, cake etc. It's keeping me out of mischief! Jane, in an grey, damp Ely. ___ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I work in a hundred of things that concerns Nhanduti''s project, also to make nhanduti (or tenerife). I want to talk only about the blog http://nhanduti.blogspot.com . It will have a atelier to shown our pieces. Is all under construction. I also want to say that I am always surprised by the spiders and the lace you make. elizabeth horta corrêa Nhanduti de Atibaia G.A.S Grupo dos Amigos da Serra - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] What are you working on?
The main thing I'm working on at the moment is trying to stay awake (due to one month old - already! - granddaughter being a nocturnal beastie [g]). Lace wise, the petticoat lace is still on my travel pillow, but only about six inches of that to go (an adaptation of one of the first set of patterns from Retournac). I'm half way, or very nearly so, on *my* scalloped version of my Hearts and Flowers Snowflake (Lace 104, Oct.2001, you can also see Alex Stillwell's adaptation of it in chapter 14 of her new book, hers is also a scalloped version) - which is being a bit of a whatsit to work (takes a lot of concentration due to the triplets of circles, with loopy gimps everywhere!). This has been on pillow for more than a year so far - I know I was working on it in October 2005, because I took it to work on at Ashby Lace Day. There is still a piece on my Honiton pillow, don't think I've touched that for about three years. The most recent project is Modèle 11 from the second set of Retournac patterns - I bought the gimp thread for this (a thick metallic cord in silver, green and red) not long after the pattern arrived, it has taken me a while to start on it. I'm using silver (Mez Ophir) for the main thread and working on it at the Papercraft Shows I'm demonstrating lace at (the next one, should anyone in the UK Midlands want to come and see the pattern in progress, is the Max Craft Show at Derby University on March 11) and it is working up quite well. Gets a fair number of comments, and definitely shows that you don't have to use fine threads! Talking of the shows, can I raise a plea for any teachers/lace group organisers in Birmingham, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Sheffield, Doncaster, Barnsley, Leeds, and Warwick/Leamington who would like their contact details adding to the leaflets I give out at the shows to email me off list - the main purpose of the demonstrations is to raise awareness of the craft, and there are quite a few in the Sheffield/Leeds area who are interested in learning to tat. (I demonstrate bobbin lace, but always have tatting to hand, and Anne Weston who I go with demonstrates needlelace). People do travel to the shows, so it would help to know who is where in the surrounding districts, too. Rather than promote my own classes (Tamworth) which are too far for most to travel, I produce leaflets giving the details of the Guilds for the various disciplines (and of course how to subscribe to Arachne!) and where/when/who to contact for the local classes and groups. If you know I've already got your details, can you let me have any updates for 2007? (I think my Nottingham leaflets are due an update). We have also been doing shows in Altrincham and Haydock, but this is likely to move so anything around the Manchester/Liverpool/Wirral area would be helpful, too, as would details of any Young Lacemaker Groups (I only have details for adult classes at the moment). This Sunday just gone we were in Leeds, and it was nice when two girls came up and said that they remembered me from the previous show there - it helps being the something very different! Oh yes, back to the original question, there is still the fillet crochet handkerchief edging, from Anna somewhere around 1991, (acorns and oak leaves) that might possibly get finished one day! -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Having 5 pillows on the go will give me a nervous breakdown:-)) I start something and finish it - anybody else suffering from the same disease? It is called goal orientated! My travelling pillow though has a Bucks edging on that has been going for years. There are so many mistakes due to all the chatting that happens during travels! Our Guild is celebrating its 25 th Anniversary this year and there is a competition that I think I will work in Carickmacross. Otherwise there is always patchwork knitting on the go and tatting and cooking and smocking and gardening and enjoying life! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. -- Maxigate business server solutions: http://www.maxisoft.co.za/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] What are you working on?
Hi all, I don't often contribute but this is one thread that I can comment on. I have just finished lace for a wedding hanky (The Bride from 100 Traditional Bobbin Lace Patterns by Stott and Cook) I stillhave to attach it to the center but the fabric is ready and I have figured out how to do it. I am ready to start a garter (for a different bride) based on a tray mat pattern from Elizabeth Wade's book. I am only going to put lace on 1 side of the elastic. Since I am on, I know it is late but I want to tell everyone about a Christmas present that I received this year from my DD (Cathy Hill in DE). She covered a 3 ring binder and then made pages from fabric that hold bobbins. It will hold 96 pairs of bobbins. Take care, Barb Saltern Nazareth PA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I'm still working on the gold lace although I'm finding that somehow it's not getting worked on a lot since I also have three crochet projects going as well as getting ready for a charity dinner for 200 next Saturday. I have also volunteered to teach two intro to bobbin lace classes at SCA events in April. I've got the sample piece of the pattern we will be working about half done. On the other hand I had a very cool thing happen yesterday that I wanted to show you. My best friend and I got awards for our arts. LLT is an amazing historical cook and mine was for a combination of helping LLT and my lacemaking. In addition to an award necklace of lace made by my teacher, I was given a scroll with a picture that may seem familar to some of you http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=3uid=614615gid=15293805members=1imgid=231521141. Orla - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Spiders All, Thank goodness someone else is working on crochet items too! My niece's little girl will be one year old on March 14th, and I have just completed a jacket for her; my other niece - her sister - had a little boy last year in June, so I am working the same jacket for him for his first birthday. The latter niece's little girl was three in January, so I am crocheting a chunky wool tunic for her (it's a very easy pattern - the front, back, arms and hood are all huge half-treble squares!). I finished this morning (decided that I am still recuperating from the hospital trip, so laced instead of vacuum cleaning ...) a lace frame to put the pictures of her three grandchildren in for my son's mother-in-law's 60th birthday in March - and just talking about it all makes me feel tired... But - just to dampen me down a little - I still have a couple of Christmas motifs on two pillows, a multi-coloured clown on another (he doesn't seem to have progressed much, if at all, over the last 18 months) so maybe rather than starting another piece - and a fan is the favourite at the moment! - I'd better get cracking an actually finish something. Best wishes to you all, and may your pins never bend. Carol - in Suffolk, UK - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 2:55 PM Subject: RE: [lace] What are you working on? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello Barb What a lovely idea. Daphne Dull and grey Norfolk England From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] What are you working on? Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:21:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from mail2.panix.com ([166.84.1.73]) by bay0-mc6-f6.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2444); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:23:00 -0800 Received: from dont.panix.com (dont.panix.com [166.84.0.211])by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D13CACFE;Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:22:58 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED])by dont.panix.com (8.13.6/8.8.8/PanixLC1.7) id l1JELbUC028881for laceout; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:21:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by dont.panix.com (8.13.6/8.8.8/PanixLC1.7) with ESMTP id l1JELaEn014232 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:21:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from newmx3.fast.net (newmx3.fast.net [209.92.1.33]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 85055CAD03 for lace@arachne.com; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:21:36 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 847 invoked from network); 19 Feb 2007 14:21:36 - Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([216.48.8.17]) (envelope-sender [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by newmx3.fast.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for lace@arachne.com; 19 Feb 2007 14:21:36 - Received: from tnt02-759.phlpa.fast.net (tnt02-759.phlpa.fast.net [209.60.99.251]) by webmail.uslec.net (IMP) with HTTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]@vmail.uslec.net; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:21:34 -0500 X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt2A7mpmCBHV0l+UGBmDe1f01aiZg2FrH2k= User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.1 Precedence: bulk X-List: lace Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Feb 2007 14:23:00.0706 (UTC) FILETIME=[75A27420:01C75431] Hi all, I don't often contribute but this is one thread that I can comment on. I have just finished lace for a wedding hanky (The Bride from 100 Traditional Bobbin Lace Patterns by Stott and Cook) I stillhave to attach it to the center but the fabric is ready and I have figured out how to do it. I am ready to start a garter (for a different bride) based on a tray mat pattern from Elizabeth Wade's book. I am only going to put lace on 1 side of the elastic. Since I am on, I know it is late but I want to tell everyone about a Christmas present that I received this year from my DD (Cathy Hill in DE). She covered a 3 ring binder and then made pages from fabric that hold bobbins. It will hold 96 pairs of bobbins. Take care, Barb Saltern Nazareth PA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ MSN Hotmail is evolving check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Spiders, I have just completed a piece of lace that is the shape of a leaf (Barbara Underwood Design) approximately 2 inches long that my sister is going to try casting in silver. It will be an interesting project so I looking forward to the result. I am also working on 2 pieces of s'Gravensmoer Lace, the 1st is 13 inches wide and 1 yard long (my design) for the front panel of a christening gown and another as the trim for the petticoat 2 inches wide and 4 yards long. I take the narrow piece to lace days etc. as the bigger piece is too hard to carry around, but both are long term projects. I am going back to work today after 4 months off on sick leave so it will be a great shock to the system, but hey I need to work to support my habits (lace and travel). Cheers Faye Owers Tasmania [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I have finally started working on my competition piece for IOLI this summer and also another napkin ring for the IOLI cd, both bobbin lace. Yesterday I finished knitting a jacket in a variegated rayon and I have started sewing it together. It does look lacey as it is a variation of the feather and fan design, hope to wear it tomorrow for my British club meeting. The other piece of lace I recently made was a 90 for a card for a lace friend, Janet Bingle who will be 90 early in March and still makes lace. I made the gold and blue 90 and sewed it onto a scan of a small doiley, then made it into a rosette with ribbons. This was stuck on the front of the card and on the inside I printed a photo of Janet and the birthday lace poem by Noelene Lafferty. We had a surprise birthday party on Saturday after our lace guild meeting complete with champagne and Janet was delighted with her surprise even though she had told her daughter not to mention her birthday. Susie Johnson took some wonderful photos of the event but she missed getting the one where Janet was threatening me with a knife for giving away her secret! Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Oh, Thank Goodness!! Just when I think that all lacemakers fade away as non-descript little old ladies, I learn from Janice that a lacemaker is not only still making lace, but is not beyond threatening someone with a knife for giving away secrets!! I laughed and laughed!! Thank you, Janice, for giving me a view of Janet - my new ideal!! Clay -- Original message -- From: Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have finally started working on my competition piece for IOLI this summer and also another napkin ring for the IOLI cd, both bobbin lace. Yesterday I finished knitting a jacket in a variegated rayon and I have started sewing it together. It does look lacey as it is a variation of the feather and fan design, hope to wear it tomorrow for my British club meeting. The other piece of lace I recently made was a 90 for a card for a lace friend, Janet Bingle who will be 90 early in March and still makes lace. I made the gold and blue 90 and sewed it onto a scan of a small doiley, then made it into a rosette with ribbons. This was stuck on the front of the card and on the inside I printed a photo of Janet and the birthday lace poem by Noelene Lafferty. We had a surprise birthday party on Saturday after our lace guild meeting complete with champagne and Janet was delighted with her surprise even though she had told her daughter not to mention her birthday. Susie Johnson took some wonderful photos of the event but she missed getting the one where Janet was threatening me with a knife for giving away her secret! Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] What are you working on?
I think it was Tamara who asked this question in the middle of an e-mail. And I thought, Once again I am knitting socks, which has nothing to do with the lace list. But then I realized I am knitting *lacy* socks. I am using the Drooping Elm Leaf pattern from Mary Thomas's Book of Knitting Patterns. I started at the toe ( a relatively new experience for me) an have four repeats of the pattern to go the width around the sock. I had some problems with the pattern. In row 7 there's a slip one, knit TWO, pass slip stitch over, which kept completely throwing the pattern off, so I 've only been doing a slip one, knit ONE, p.s.s.o. and that seems to do the trick. This is the first pair of socks I've done for myself in a long time, so I am looking forward to wearing them. Cathy in Newark, DE, U.S.A. - Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello Cathy and everyone On 2/18/07, Catherine Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I thought, Once again I am knitting socks, which has nothing to do with the lace list. But then I realized I am knitting *lacy* socks. Good to hear from the lace knitters - I'm a lace knitter mostly wannabe! -- Bev on a blustery day in Sooke BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] What are you working on?
Not a lot, just finished a piece of Torchon, went very well, only I can see the mistake (deliberate or otherwise). Still finishing off a piece of Bedfordshire that I started last June on a course with Christine Springett, and having fun with the magic threads. When I did the ironing this morning, I stood in front of my cross stitch frame, and have bene doing so for the last nnn.. of years. It is about a quarter finished, only 3/4 to go, but to find time is another thing. If I ever get back to it, I'll have to sort the frame out first, as some of the yarn connecting the aida to the frame has snapped, as the frame kept being moved around the housse, to find a resting place in front of my ironing board! I do have ambitions to start on something larger in lace, it'll be either Torchon or Bedfordshire. In the meantime, kepp up the good work out there and make plenty of lace, knitted or otherwise (have not knitted socks since childhood, when we were all told my my mother how to). Agnes Boddington Elloughton - East Yorkshire UK Bobbin maker - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
