[lace-chat] Re: colonoscopy
Now that I am up off the floor, I can write to Thank You Jeanette for truly making my day worth while!! Like you, Sue, I also have UC and learning to live with that is not easy. How do you explain that to your friends? David, bless you. We all have to make the best of what we were given to deal with in our life and you seem to do quite well. My great niece had a male instructor for dance who was gay and when they went on tour, no one in the family was concerned as she was as safe as she could ever be in his company!!! Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA Life is full of surprises. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Bangles
>Use plastic bangles?< Ruth, I don't see why plastic bangles could not be used --- however, be sure the size/thickness of the bangle is suitable for the lacing. The metal ones are quite thin so it is easy to get the crochet hook under them to grab the thread. The plastic ones I've seen here are quite thick. You can try it and see what you think. Let the rest of us know how it goes. Oh, and be sure to add more inches of thread to your bobbins if using thicker bangles as the sewings around them take up a lot of the thread. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA Flexible people don't get bent out of shape. 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] Bangles
All of you making bangle ornaments - beware that the bangles may tarnish, discolor or rust in a short time. I've been very disappointed with seeing this on bangle ornaments I made just a few years ago so now I cover all the new bangles with clear nail polish before using them. Just brush on the nail polish on one side, let dry, then do the other side. You cannot see that it has polish on them but it does help preserve the bangle. I have no idea what the polish does to the lace threads as far as acidity but I feel more comfortable giving these ornaments away knowing the metal won't look ugly in the future. Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA- where we have a lovely cooler day after horrific storms last night. Flexible people don't get bent out of shape. 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: raffle items received
Bev, I received the raffle winnings today and they are lovely!! The card you enclosed is very special as well. Thank you so much!! Jane O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Lenox, IL USA Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes. So have fun, think 'good thoughts' only, learn to laugh at yourself and count your blessings! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Pumpkin recipes
That looks like a lot of oil Jane. Yes, it does but it makes a large pan. I've made it many, many times and it turns out just fine. Over the weekend, I made a bundt cake and that also called for 1 cup of oil. I hesitated also but the cake is delicious, turned out just fine. Sometimes when recipes call for what seems to be too much oil, you can substitute half of that amount with applesauce. I haven't tried that with this recipe however. If you try it, let me know how it turns out. Jane O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Lenox, IL USA Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes. So have fun, think 'good thoughts' only, learn to laugh at yourself and count your blessings! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Pumpkin recipes
Here's one for the sweet tooth. Pumpkin Bars 4 well beaten eggs 1 cup vegetable oil 2 cups sugar 1 cup pumpkin, cooked 2 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup chopped nuts [walunts or pecans] Combine all ingredients and pour in greased jelly roll pan. Bake 350 degrees, 20 to 25 minutes. While still warm, frost with cream cheese frosting, top with nuts. Cream Cheese Frosting 1/2 box of powdered sugar 1/2 stick margarine 4 ounces of cream cheese 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Mix all ingredients well. For a faster frosting, you can purchase a can of cream cheese frosting in the bakery aisle at the grocers. Jane O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Lenox, IL USA Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes. So have fun, think 'good thoughts' only, learn to laugh at yourself and count your blessings! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Moravia starch
Dear Spiders, There just might be a cause for my unhappiness with the bottle of starch I have and want to know if any of you might have experienced a change in the quality of your starch with temperature changes. This bottle accompanied me to the desert where it did get very hot for a number of days while we were traveling. Could this heat, then cooling cycle for 6 weeks have done in my starch? Jane O'Connor New Lenox, IL [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: [lace] Moravia starch
Hi Bev, Thanks for the help on Moravia starch source, everyone. I hate to say this, but trillium has the very same starch I did purchase earlier this year and it is like water. Same bottle, etc. Truly. It gave my Christmas ornaments a bit of body but it sure didn't stiffen them very well. It is like if the air got very humid, they'd be limp as a dishrag. I didn't even put the one part water to the starch finally and it still wasn't all that stiff. Perhaps I'm asking too much of starch or this bottle isn't quite up to snuff. Jane O'Connor New Lenox, IL [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] Moravia starch
Spider help once more is needed. I would like to know if Mayra's Lace Threads is still in business. She is out of New Jersey, USA and/or if anyone knows of a vendor that carries Moravia starch. There isn't a starch comparable that I have found yet and really would like to find a source for it without having to resort to ordering from over the pond. Thanks in advance, Jane O'Connor New Lenox, IL [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] postage
This is late getting to chat for the topic, but I just visited a web site in Colorado, USA and this was their shipping information for Canada and overseas postage rates. the container does make a difference but also finding out the rates jumped in cost last Spring. ""the shopping cart will charge you USA shipping rates. Your package will be mailed International Priority Mail. International rates increased dramatically May 15, 2007. If your order can fit in a 9.5" X 12.5" envelope, the rates are $9.00 for Canada/Mexico and $11.00 for Other Countries. If your order has to go in a box, rates are likely going to be at least $20.00."" Jane O'Connor New Lenox, IL USA [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: [lace] silk thread/yarn
Just one correction: Village Spinning and Weaving is in Solvang, in central Santa Barbara County (about 2.5 hours NW of where I live in NW Los Angeles). Weaver's Cottage is east of Newhall/Valencia/Santa Clarita/Saugus, in eastern Los Angeles County (about 1.5 hours E of where I live). Both are really great places, but the Cottage is in the boondocks on the edge of the desert and is the one that is only open a couple of days a week. The shop is a house, full of funky and wonderful stuff piled everywhere. Both places have fibers and equipment for spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet, dying, and whatnot. Weaver's Cottage does not have bobbin lace or tatting supplies, but Village Spinning and Weaving does. . Thanks for the correction, Robin. I thought later I might have gotten those confused but wasn't sure. Jane O'Connor New Lenox,IL To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] silk thread/yarn
Whoaho!! This search for tussah silk 20/2 has been a delightful time - after the weeks of pure frustration! Here is a list of what I have found for all you who are anxious to know. www.aururasilk.com - out of Portland, Oregon has hand spun & machine silk, dyeing is extra cost www.treenwaysilks.com out of BC, Canada 1-888-383-7455 has the silk www.habutextiles.com/webfile/yarnstorefront.html out of New York, New York 212.239.3546 has silk For any kind of yarn or crochet thread you can think of try www.weaverscottage.com out of Solvang, CA - U.S. only - 888-686-1192 (they have the bamboo yarn) Only open Thursday, Friday and Sat. Pacific Coast time Best of All - tada. is www.redfishdyeworks.com out of Acton, CA U.S. only - 800-916-0353 All her yarns are hand dyed silk with choices of type. Price per skein is very reasonable compared to the others. She is currently out of town doing a show in Durango, CO till next Thursday so call her after that. Word of mouth is that they are the loveliest silk and most gorgeous colors. For interesting Pearle Cottons try www.villagespinweave.com under weaving yarns. Good prices. Also have bamboo yarn. Have fun and enjoy as I intend to do. Again, thanks to all who have helped in this search. Jane O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Lenox, IL To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Thread/yarn
You spiders are excellent with information!! A question about finding tussah silk has resulted in many answers and suggestions. Thank you one and all!! Treenway silks in Canada seems to be the favorite, however, another possible U.S. place was given me. They are only open 3 days a week so until they are open, I cannot tell you if it will be a place to go to. Once I get all the info, I will post it on arachne for all the others who seem to be searching for the silk too. Many thanks spiders!! Jane O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Lenox, IL where it is warm and humid after an all morning rain. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Find a thread/yarn
Dear Spiders, Can anyone in the U.S. help me find tussah silk 20/2 in colors from a place that would mail order to me? I have exhausted Google and various knitting web sites. They either have it for spinners or not in colors. I know it can be ordered from Germany but with the exchange rate, shipping costs plus the time it takes for the ship to cross the big pond, I would be better off getting it here in the U.S. or so I thought. However, it seems next to impossible to find. If it just isn't available here, is there an adequate alternative that can be had in the U.S.? You can contact me privately and many, many thanks. Jane O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Lenox, IL 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 is here
My IOLI Bulletin arrived yesterday and I am working my way through it. [in the middle of Devon's article] It promises to be another hot and humid day here so I plan to finish reading the bulletin staying cool indoors today. Jane O'Connor New Lenox, IL [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] 4 corners
FYI - 4 corners in the US is Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] trying to contact Joyce Wilmot
Please forgive the intrusion. Does anyone know the whereabouts of Ms. Joyce Wilmot? Perhaps an email or snail mail address? If you have any information could you contact me privately? Thanks. Jane O'Connor New Lenox, IL USA where it is raining, raining, raining! [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
