Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] workcloth /donut cloth
In a message dated 20/10/2004 22:00:15 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, the solid fabric donut cloth (hole in the middle) does block the view of everything except the circle. Some of the people around here use a circle of clear plastic with a hole in the center. They can see the whole project, and pin only outside the plastic circle. The main caution on this is to use a non-slick plastic, or lay a work cloth over the lower part so the bobbins won't slide around. I guess this just proves that there's more than one way to do things. Whatever works for you is fine. If you don't like one way, find another. There's no wrong way, just different ways. After all, we just want to make lace. Over the years I've used every type of cloth, ring, etc. For me, personally, using acetate sheets and then a cloth with a hole in it over the top, works best for honiton as you don't need to move the cloth too much. However, for every day lace I'm now hooked on the Kleinhot green horseshoe which I know one of the UK lace suppliers also sells - I believe this was Brenda Patanoster. I bought 3 at the Xmas lace fair, last year so I could have them all over my pillows!! And at about a pound a throw they are brilliant. Just my views Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Black Squirrels
I live in NE Ohio -- about 60 miles in from both the N and E borders. About 20 years ago, a community of black squirrels were living about 20 miles north of here--and were prevalent. No one I knew had ever seen black squirrels before. Now there are black squirrels where I live--both black and brown. Do any of you have black squirrels, and if so, do you know if they drive out the other squirrels? Susan Webster Canton, Ohio To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Black Squirrels
I know Stanford has both black and ground squirrels, and they both seem to be doing fine. The ground squirrels are much more numerous - in fact on average there's at least one in sight wherever you are on campus. I'm not sure about brown tree squirrels though. At Caltech we have lots of brown tree squirrels (I think that's what they are, anyway), and I think a few black squirrels, but again the brown ones are much more numerous. So as far as I know black squirrels don't drive the other ones out. Weronika On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 09:21:05AM -0400, Webwalker wrote: I live in NE Ohio -- about 60 miles in from both the N and E borders. About 20 years ago, a community of black squirrels were living about 20 miles north of here--and were prevalent. No one I knew had ever seen black squirrels before. Now there are black squirrels where I live--both black and brown. Do any of you have black squirrels, and if so, do you know if they drive out the other squirrels? Susan Webster Canton, Ohio To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Weronika Patena Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Black Squirrels
We have a small number of black squirrels here in the northern suburbs of Chicago, but they are not the dominant ones. They are generally smaller than the ordinary grey squirrel and even smaller than the fox squirrels Sue I live in NE Ohio -- about 60 miles in from both the N and E borders. About 20 years ago, a community of black squirrels were living about 20 miles north of here--and were prevalent. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general
Brenda wrote: I picked this up from someone in Canada on a family history discussion group, but would apply to lacemakers too. Unfortunately a couple of Secret pal packages have gone astray this round. I believe they all had some sort of return address on, but without one it is even less traceable. ALL the parcels I've received in Melbourne for the last 6 months or so have been opened by Customs, even though they all had sender's ID at the back, and whether they were flat (magazines) or parcel shaped! The repair job on the wrapping was appalling and pretty useless. I also received 2 letters from my father (at different times), which had been roughly open at the top, enough for someone to check whether the letter contained banknotes or not. They didn't, but they did contain stamps and newspaper articles, and I don't know whether anything did fall out of them, as Dad couldn't remember what stamps and articles he had sent. I sent one of the envelopes to the Postmaster General with a complaint, but haven't heard anything at all. I think some employees are taking advantage of the reign of terror to see if there is anything for them to snatch!! I used to be very happy with our postal services, but am rapidly revising my opinion. Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Black Squirrels
Here in Ottawa (and presumably other parts of Ontario) we have more black squirrels than any other colour. They are an absolute pest and destroy gardens and plants and cause damage to houses. I have about 6-8 who tear through my garden on a regular basis. I occasionally see grey squirrels, but haven't seen a red one in a long time. People in the neighbourhood feed the squirrels (and they help themselves to bird feeders all the time), so the numbers keep growing. Malvary in Ottawa To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general
On Oct 24, 2004, at 23:26, Helene Gannac wrote:
ALL the parcels I've received in Melbourne for the last 6 months or so
have been opened by Customs, even though they all had sender's ID at
the
back, and whether they were flat (magazines) or parcel shaped! The
repair
job on the wrapping was appalling and pretty useless.
Whenever I go overboard while in Europe, I mail the excess shopping to
US, via the cheapest possible route. I did the same thing this year,
also.
From Warsaw, I sent - book rate - two brand new dictionaries, ca
10.5x8x 3 each... English to Polish, and Polish to English. They
left Warsaw June 30, with a 6-9 week delivery time promise. 10 days
later, I sent from Kalisz, also book-rate, a book I'd bought in Warsaw
but which I thought my cousin would enjoy looking at - a history of my
highschool, which listed me both as a student and as a teacher... The
books from Warsaw took 5 weeks to cross the Atlantic; they arrrived
here a day after I did (June 20). The book sent from Kalisz arrived on
Oct 5; two days before I left for Ithaca and long after I gave up all
hope of ever seeing it again...
Knocking on wood, I have *no* complaint whatsoever about my local PO...
Never had, in the 31+ years I've been using them. But, almost every
other PO I've been forced to deal with, had driven me *batty* :)
I think some employees are taking advantage of the reign of terror
to see if there is anything for them to snatch!!
Long before the US-imposed reign of terror, the Communist-Camp went
through the foreign paranoia period ('45-'89 in Poland); checking
every western mailing - in or out - was a duty. It was quite obvious
that big city postal clerks were nowhere near as dutiful as the small
town ones... *Everything* I sent to Warsaw went through, without a
problem - clothes, medication, cash... *Nothing* I sent to Kalisz went
through, except an occasional Christmas card (one which had no cash
enclosure)... I don't blame *our PO* (in Lexington) for it; I blame the
the *Polish system*, which kept its citizens below poverty level (while
showing them untold riches on TV) - the disparity was much more
visible and hurtful in small towns than it was in big cities.
---
Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet:
no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush.
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