[lace-chat] Re: Mittens on small folks
Hello everyone, I think I'm few days late for the discussion, but felt I need to comment this anyway. I have been reading with a strange feeling your writings where you give the impresson that mittens are for children only. I wear mittens daily during winter time. I feel they are much warmer and nicer than gloves. (I do wear gloves during early spring and late autumn when it is not that cold.) Margot from Halifax made my ideas of why you think so seem to be true. Most of you do not have it cold enough. :) From Margot Walker: As someone who grew up in northern Canada, the reasons we wore mittens as children, and still wear mittens occasionally as adults are From Margery Allcock: also the woolly kind worn by old men (including DH G) with just the fingertips missing, for fiddly work in the cold. From Jean Nathan: I had a pair of knitted gloves which had an extra bit attached at the back of the base of the fingers that could be pulled over the fingers to make them into mittens. Really warm when it was very cold because of the two Here in Finland (and very propably somewhere else too) a combination of the above two is worn not by old men only but by many who need to do something with their fingers outside during winter time. They are very practical because you have the feeling of what you are doing and they keep your hands warm when you are not working with fingers. (Thank you Jean for explaining the thing. With my English skills I would have had hard time to do it myself.) And to Weronika I would like to say that it is possible to make good snowballs with mittens as well. At least I have been thrown with many good snowballs made with mittens on. Do not ask for instructions, I myself did not care about how good the balls were as long as I was able to throw them where ever I wanted. :) Merry Christmas for every one. Outi, in southern Finland where we do not have it that cold or snowy at the moment. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] SECRET PAL
Hello, sorry to post here but I don't have Susan M. email address. Just wanted to thank you for the surprise in my mailbox. I took the dove and put a pin in its bottom, and now I have a divider pin, and the bell with my name is adorable. Kind of nice to get an extra package. You're a good secret pal. Thank you, Lynn [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] Winter Solstice or St. Thomas's Day
Hi Pene, Winter Solistice in Europe means Summer Solistice here - days will get shorter, but the worst of the heat is yet to come. Christmas greetings to you and your family, and to all members of Arachne. I too wish you all happiness in the coming year, may your lacemaking be a source of joy and contentment in this crazy world of ours Noelene in Cooma. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Sticks of butter.
Hi All, my Daughter has been watching Martha Stewart on TV and she wants to make some of the recipes however Martha aparently uses ' sticks of butter ' does anyone know what that would weigh in grams. Thanks, Shirley in Corio OZ where it is to be 34c today. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Sticks of butter.
On Dec 22, 2004, at 18:20, Shirley wrote: Hi All, my Daughter has been watching Martha Stewart on TV and she wants to make some of the recipes however Martha aparently uses ' sticks of butter ' does anyone know what that would weigh in grams. A stick of butter is 4 oz, or 113.4g (or 8 TBS). A very handy little beast, easy to use and subdivide. Great improvement on the Polish kostka (cube, more or less), which was a 250g block... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Sticks of butter.
At 10:20 AM 12/23/04 +1100, Shirley wrote: Martha aparently uses ' sticks of butter ' does anyone know what that would weigh in grams. A stick is a quarter pound of butter. (They slice the pound print lengthwise.) Having just purchased a pound of butter for Christmas baking, I can tell you that the package says 4 sticks, 16 oz., 1 lb., 453 g. So a stick is a little over a hundred grams. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where snow is falling to the east of us, but just floating around here. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fashion
Joy Beeson writes: When we were in Sydney, I often wondered what was Australian and what was new to me because I'm not accustomed to big cities and fancy hotels. But it never occurred to me that the all-black office workers were anything other than Australian -- it made so much sense in the climate -- where in New York, people might wear black when they aren't being severely formal. All black office workers in Sydney? Makes sense in the climate? Sorry Joy, doesn't make sense to me. I worked in Sydney for many years, never saw any trend towards wearing black. And black in Sydney climate in summer would be far too hot. Winter maybe. When were you in Sydney? If you were talking about the staff in the fancy hotels, black may have been their uniform. And I believe the staff at David Jones department stores used to always wear black with a white shirt or blouse. But not office workers. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] jingle bells all the way to the Government cash drawers(lace-chat)
Jean from Poole quoted: In a chilling act more reminiscent of the now defunct Soviet Union or the Nazi regime of Adolph Hitler, the United States Congress passed legislation yesterday that requires the States to surrender their regulatory rights over driver's licenses and birth certificates to The Department of Homeland Security. ..Beginning in 2005, the Department of Homeland Security will issue new uniformity regulations to the States requiring that all Drivers Licenses and Birth Certificates meet minimal Federal Standards with regard to US citizen information, including biometric security provisions My, my, my, one can see it's Chirstmastime!! I can hear all the Government's money drawers jingling happily!!! since, of course, citizens will have to pay for all that...and false papers will be even more expensive, I'm sure, although the goverment won't see much of *that* money... helene, the froggy from Melbourne, looking forward to a staff barbecue at lunchtime tomorrow, and then four full day of leisure...well, sort of! Happy New Year to all of you. Don't forget to buy your Xmas cards and decorations for next year on December 28th, they're cheaper :-) 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] Fashion
Sorry, Noelene, I think you've been out of Sydney too long!! These days, the accepted dress for most business types is black!! I've sat many times, watching workers on their way to and from the office, walking around the city, and thought how dreary they all looked! Just in the past few months, there's been a slight change of fashion, but its only slight! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: W N Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Fashion Joy Beeson writes: When we were in Sydney, I often wondered what was Australian and what was new to me because I'm not accustomed to big cities and fancy hotels. But it never occurred to me that the all-black office workers were anything other than Australian -- it made so much sense in the climate -- where in New York, people might wear black when they aren't being severely formal. All black office workers in Sydney? Makes sense in the climate? Sorry Joy, doesn't make sense to me. I worked in Sydney for many years, never saw any trend towards wearing black. And black in Sydney climate in summer would be far too hot. Winter maybe. When were you in Sydney? If you were talking about the staff in the fancy hotels, black may have been their uniform. And I believe the staff at David Jones department stores used to always wear black with a white shirt or blouse. But not office workers. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
