RE: [lace-chat] Trying to verify if this collar was crocheted
I've raised this collar before. Previously I wanted to know the when. Now I know the when, and the who; I want to know the how. It looks crocheted. Was this collar crocheted, or was there another way it could have been made? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~villandra/Tabitha.html Yours, Villandra === I absolutely think the collar is crocheted. It's just the sort of thing to wear against predominantly dark clothing. The pattern of diamond shapes with diamond shaped spaces would be a snap to produce in crochet working in rows. Patty Dowden 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.
Re: [lace-chat] The Blonde Bloke That Was
At 06:08 AM 1/31/2009, David in Ballarat wrote: At 08:51 AM 31/01/2009, you wrote: David in Ballarat - who used to be very blonde. Does that mean you are now VERY, VERY blonde, approaching silver OR Does that mean you fixed your own lunches? That means that I'm mainly bald!!! - with still some blond around the rim :) David To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Need Help Identifying Pulled Thread Embroidery Design
At 04:04 AM 1/29/2009, Avital wrote: It looks like South American/Mexican drawn work to me. Is that possible? Is Alex Stillwell on lace chat? She would probably know. Avital I don't think the pulled thread work has enough distinctive points to identify it by locale. It's pretty generic drawn thread embroidery. This is the sort of work that Ramona (in the novel Ramona about a Spanish girl who fell in love with an Indian man and married him) made her living with. This kind of needle work as plentiful during the mid 1800s. Patty On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.net wrote: On Jan 27, 2009, at 10:39, Lois Mackin wrote: I would like to know if anyone can identify the design. Is it American? Is it Polish? Is it Lithuanian? Can anyone suggest a date? Probably not Polish. I don't know much about Polish embroidery but, according to the book I have (Polski haft ludowy -- Polish Folk Embroidery), what little of pulled-thread embroidery there was, seemed to have been done in the western and central parts of Poland, not in the eastern part. And it was mostly floral, rather than geometric, the way your piece is. But I can't say for certain-sure; negative evidence is always less illuminating than positive evidence. It's not in the book, but does it mean it wasn't made, or that none srvived (the book deals with costumes, rather than home furnishings), or that the author didn't come accross any examples? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
Re: [lace-chat] Easter!!!!!!
At 12:27 AM 1/5/2009, Jean Nathan wrote: From my ISP's new pages Shoppers at a supermarket were stunned to see Easter eggs on sale - four days after Christmas. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK === The absolute end will come when greeting cards are available with the motto Happy Everything! Patty shaking her head and getting the giggles To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
Re: [lace-chat] webshots problem
At 07:44 AM 8/30/2008, Janice Blair wrote: ... I was experimenting and I was able to put a photo on (the chick and egg design), without a password, but there is no where to select a means of deleting a photo. Does anyone known how I can achieve that? Janice Hi Janice, Since, in their infinite wisdom, Webshots can change anything they want to, whenever they want to, I went to have a peek. If you are logged in as Arachne2003, when you open an album, each thumbnail has a little black box in the lower right hand corner. I right clicked it to see what it was and, sure enough, that's the Delete Button. You can puzzle a lacemaker, but not a gang of them! Patty To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] The origin of sundae
Ice cream sundaes are peculiarly American. Here's a web site with some of its history http://tinyurl.com/5qsj9n To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Missed messages
At 12:16 PM 8/29/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I keep seeing responses to messages from David Collyer but I don't see the originals ever. I don't understand how this can be as I don't seem to be missing anyone else's. Can anyone with more computer know how than I (not difficult that!) offer any kind of explanation? Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Well, David is in Australia and a lot of the replies are coming from the U.S. and other parts west of both you and David. The International Date Line may be re-ordering the messages as they come in. The replies may be coming in the day before David's post! He was trying to go to bed as I recall. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Lace earth-moving machines
Admittedly, the subject is related to lace but it would be a bit of a stretch to post this to the lace list so I'm posting to lace chat. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/25/lacy-steampunk-earth.html Description: Artist Wim Delvoye's Gothic series features a collection of beautiful earth-moving equipment that's been painstakingly laser-cut with ornate, lacy designs. Not very practical for moving boulders but rather pretty. Avital == These machines are a riot! I have lots of experience hanging around these big machines. The art made of earthmovers is quite a mindbending thought. WOW! Thanks Avital. I also got a chuckle out of some of the comments on boing!boing!. They are texted and completely unintelligible to me! Patty To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] stone
dear lacers what is the equivalent for american pounds for stone in weight thanks yours in lace Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA A stone is 20 US pounds. I was taught by some Catholic religious brothers in high school and Brother Samuel reported that he had gained some weight to his mother in a letter, but had used American weights, i.e. pounds and she was practically hysterical when she thought he had gained 10 stone! (200 pounds!) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: [lace-chat] extreme ironing
hey - y'all ready for the newest sport? http://www.extremeironing.com/ :) Regards, Ricky T in Utah Splutter! Cough! Ironing I can't remember the last time I did that! For Sport??? Extreme or otherwise?!!!?? ROTFLOL! Patty 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: origin of a word
My choice for a palliative might be the aperitive (or aperitif) that Tamara was referring to. But don't tell those primitives, my relatives, or their agent operatives since it is none of their business what I use for a restorative. Devon ~ Well done! Bravo! Patty To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Miracourt lace item
At 12:07 PM 4/16/2008, Alice Howell wrote: Here is a Mirecourt lace piece listed as a collar. I understood Mirecourt as being used mainly for household used. This looks to me like the corner off something, rather than a collar. Usually lace made for a collar has the two front sections matching. This looks like an edging that has been neatly trimmed between repeats. What do you think? http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-HANDMADE-FRENCH-MIRECOURT-BOBBIN-LACE-COLLAR-LG_W0QQitemZ130213462470 Wonder of wonders, the lace ID is right. From the copious pictures, someone took a piece of Mirecourt and rearranged it to make this asymmetrical collar. This definitely looks like lace made for furnishings, but I think the rework is good. Definitely eye-catching. Patty To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Miracourt lace item
Definitely hand made. Handmade does not imply perfection. After the 312th repeat of something, I would be apt to make a mistake! Also, if the pricking is wrong and the lacemaker is not up to fixing it or is told to work it as it is, well there will be inconsistencies. Patty To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Another odd item on Ebay
Hi Sue, I went to look, sucker for curiosity and left the seller a note. When I saw it I said, It's a tuffet!. So the joke is on the seller. It really is a tuffet, she said, smirking. A good one for April Fool's Patty Found this on ebay this morning: Item number 150232034247 I'm sure it's a footstool!!! (I suppose one could always make lace with the feet!!) (It's for those among us whose arms aren't long enough for them to be able to see clearly!!!) Sue in a sunny but windy East Yorkshire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] demo question
Dear Alice, Absolutely, without a doubt! Lacemakers always have a good time together and that is a PR plus. Imagine the impression of a quiet group, toiling away, not responding to bystanders would make. We enjoy lacemaking and it should show. We enjoy talking to the public and that makes it a very postive experience for the public. As members of a large organization, just being there speaks volumes about lace as a living, breathing art and craft. Mark down your hours. It's some of the best demo time there is. Emphatically, Patty At 08:10 AM 3/30/2005, you wrote: I had a stray thought that I want to toss out to you. Does the time spent making lace in the public lobby of a hotel count as demo time in our guild log book? What do you think? Alice in Oregon -- where the sun peeked through for a few minutes but more rain is coming. 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]
Re: [lace-chat] Happy Easter!
Dear Pene, Thanks so much for your cheerful little Easter note. I have been sick all week and almost forgot that I am supposed to decorate the communion table for Easter and it has to be ready for Palm Sunday. Thanks for the warning! Patty Dowden At 01:28 AM 3/19/2005, you wrote: Well, I've been very busy the last 2 weeks made an Easter Egg from Annelise Kirst's book. You can see it at the Arachne Webshots Album http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html under Pene Piip. The other photo is of the piece of lace I made last year for a cousin as a wedding gift. I enlarged the pattern 10% to accommodate the Guttermann silk thread that I used. I changed the pattern so that the vine had a beginning an end. I enjoyed making it for her. Penelope Piip [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lacemaking, Knitting, Handicrafts Galore! 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]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: not serious...
... Sugar, milk, and almond flavourings are all in the bland-to-pleasant range. They *could* use something to pick them up, but lemon juice, sour cherries, cranberries, or rhubarb pulp would - IMO - be as harsh contrast/complement as they could bear. Black (fermented) beans are *salty* and skew the sensory perception ino the what the hell is this??? region... Nobody enjoys a rude awakening :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Hi Tamara, This rang bells in my head. I had some mango tapioca at a Chinese restaurant and while it was appealing, it seemed to lack body or to be watery. I added salt and the flavor rounded out and was simply smashing. American sweets have a good deal of salt, oriental sweets typically do not. Salty black beans may be just the ticket (in the right proportion). Just a thought. . . Patty Dowden To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] what's French wire?
Dear Helene, To the best of my recollection, there is a beading technique for flowers (using beads and wire) that is called French Beaded Flowers. I don't know if the French is honorary. Patty Dowden At 12:25 AM 9/9/2004, you wrote: Hello, all you know-all spiders, can you help me? My library is having a demonstration on jewellery with French wire next month. Ever heard of French wire, because I haven't!!! Another case of : If it's rude or unusual, call it French, and everyone will think it's OK? ...;-) Helene, the puzzled 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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] tatted bedspread pictures
Hi Spiders, I happen to have downloaded the pictures of the tatted bedspread and would be happy to share them with anyone who sends me their email. Helen, since you have already posted, they are on their way to you. I don't think it is appropriate to post them on the Arachne Webshot page. Patty Dowden To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] :-) Groaners
At 01:05 PM 6/20/2004, you wrote: help! i didn't get nr 2 and 5 ... loved the others but nr 6 is my favorite . that's what i do every tuesday at my dentist's : transcend dental medication . lol dominique from Paris . Jean Nathan wrote: 2. Did you hear that NASA recently put a bunch of Holsteins into low earth orbit? They called it the herd shot 'round the world. 5. A three legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He slides up to the bar and announces: I'm looking for the man who shot my paw. HI Dominique, I can see where these two would lose something in translation. #2: Holsteins are a breed of cattle and a group of cattle is a herd. The pun comes from a famous quote about the first battle in the American Revolution. The shot heard round the world. So cows in space are The herd shot round the world. #5: A dog's foot is called a paw. This dog is missing a paw. In the old West of cowboys and outlaws, fathers were often called Pa (short for Papa). A very stereotypical scene in a movie about the old West would have stranger come into the saloon, (the local gathering place) and ask about someone he was looking for. So this dog that is missing a leg is looking for the man who shot my paw. Patty Dowden Wondering how many cultural assumptions I made in these explanations! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] The culture shock
The last confusing time detail I can never remember properly - do you use 00 or 12 for midnight and noon, and which one is pm and which one is am? Weronika Okay. If 11 PM is 2300, then midnight can only be . 1200 would not follow 2300, but would. Therefore, 1200 is noon and it is PM. is midnight and it is AM Unless of course, you live in Spain, which has a whole different set of rules. I worked at a voice mail company and had to check out the Spanish phrases. We had to invent a whole new method of concatenating phrases because of the Spanish way of doing things. AM doesn't change to PM until 1300, or 1400, depending on some arcane detail I don't quite remember. But AM and PM aren't used to announce the time. Times are described as morning. afternoon, evening and night. Things are always done a little differently everywhere you go. Good night (but it's past midnight, so Good morning) Patty To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Thank You Julie, My Kiwi Secret Pal
Hi Julie, Thanks so much for the last package. It was lovely. And it is so nice to know who you are now. It's been a terrific round of Secret Pals and you made it a perfectly delightful. I put the scarf on right out of the package and wore it that night. I sure hope you get to come to California for the skating finals. Thanks again, Patty 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 Thanks!
Dear NZ Secret Pal, I received your delightful package today. How nice! I just loved the miniature clothes pins (I wonder if you call them something else?) and real wood, too. The little Kiwi pin is adorable and the cross stitch of a blue penguin is just enough to wile away the moments when I can't look at the threads I've been breaking for the last couple of hours. But the needle case is tops! The design is so perfect. Somebody knows all the bad things about needle cases and fixed them. How clever. Thanks for a lift on grungy Monday. Patty Dowden To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Thanks to Secret Pal
Dear Kiwi Pal, My husband and I laughed and laughed when we saw the glittering treasures in this month's package. I am a true crow at heart and always go for the shiny baubles. Everything arrived whole and healthy. I received your package at the same time as a long awaited lace book order, so I am fairly swimming in delights. Best of luck to your daughter's skating team. I have an ulterior motive, I'd very much like to meet you face to face. Thanks again, Patty To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Thanks Secret Pal!
To My NZ Secret Pal, I have enjoyed this month's package immensely. The map of NZ on the tea towel had place names I am familiar with. A couple of the people where I work went to NZ and sent back long descriptive emails of their adventures. I certainly hope your daughter's roller skating team makes it to World Championships, we could definitely have a face to face meeting in Fresno. I spent most of the weekends of my adolescence at the roller rink. It would be very exciting to watch a competition. When I opened your package tonight, my husband was impatient for me to open the various wrapped items. I was trying to read your note, but he couldn't wait for me to rip open the wrappings. When he saw the painted bobbin, he said that now he has to make me a display case and that I better get used to the idea of displaying a collection of bobbins. We laughed when we saw the NZ pen on a lanyard. I don't think I've owned a pen for longer than a week without at least misplacing it, if not losing it outright. Maybe I can't lose one on a rope! Thanks for the lift. Today was a bittersweet farewell to the job I used to do. Theoretically I got a promotion, but I miss the job I did before. Anyway, your package came at a very opportune moment. Blissfully enjoying the surprises, Patty Dowden 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 - Merry Christmas!
Hi Secret Pal, I have been pestering my husband every day asking Did it come? and today, it did! I got your wonderful package. Receiving it at any time would have been a treat, but it arrived with plenty of time to spare for a Christmas delivery. As for January, the later the better. I always need a winter lift when all the glitz and activity of Christmas subsides. (But it's not winter where you are, is it?) So you're going to be off on a post-Christmas, **summer** holiday. California is not a very seasonal place. It is colder now, but just cold enough for a sweater, really. And it's been raining some, but hardly a dramatic seasonal change. I'm one of those people who doesn't think I need more than one of any thing, but now that I have two new pin cushions in as many months, I can see a real benefit of having each type of pin on a different cushion. And the cover cloth is charming. The print is busy with needles and scissors and spools of thread, but the texture is so silky smooth, just lovely. I really like the two bobbins and I must say that being not quite the same is just my style. There is a family story about the time I was sent to get new bath towels. I picked a polka dotted one and a striped one and a blue flowered one and so on until we had enough. It never occurred to me to get a MATCHING set. Do you know what wood the bobbins are made of, some native New Zealand type of wood, perhaps? I have collected an assortment of bobbins that capture my interest and I've about decided that all my unspangled bobbins need to be dressed properly (I am a dedicated square bobbin user, even have square binche bobbins), but I am not sure that it will be with beaded spangles. Maybe beaded lace frills (since I won't use them, but want to display them instead.) H. I'll have to think about that. I got a kick out of the New Zealand Lace Society magnet. It is always so interesting to see how each group symbolizes the art of lacemaking. I think the New Zealand symbol is kind of like a secret handshake. If you're not a lacemaker, you won't know that it shows two spiders and a stylized worker pair. Has anyone in New Zealand every worked the symbol in thread? It would make a dandy motif. Merry Christmas and have a wonderful trip in January, Thanks for all the goodies, Patty Dowden To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
