Re: [lace] Circular Grids

2004-03-04 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Noelene I have both the printed book and the CD. It's the best book on lace design around. Your query has had me intrigued and I've just spent a pleasant couple of hours trying to figure out what goes on in the CD. Has anyone ever worked Pattern No. 40 from Pattern Design for Torchon

RE: [lace] I GOT IT DONE!!! MCM

2004-03-04 Thread Darlene Mulholland
Wow!!! As a complete beginner I am totally impressed with such an enormous project. You are indeed to be commended! Congratulations. A picture, to inspire those of us years away from such a challenge? Darlene Mulholland www.darlenem.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Circular Grids

2004-03-04 Thread W N Lafferty
Brenda writes: The print-out of the pattern may be about one fifth of a circle but you can only actually use one full repeat per print-out and you need *NINE* repeats to make the full circle. I've just tried it and although there was a tiny bit of distortion it's quite useable. Thanks for

RE: [lace] RE:Casper Netscher's lacemaker

2004-03-04 Thread Jane Bawn
I don't think you're sad at all. I think you are amazing. I would love to see a picture of the outfit you have made if you have one, can you post it somewhere where we can all see. I think the the idea of recreating the old costumes absolutely fascinating. It is probably what brought me into

[lace-chat] Help needed from the Oz spiders

2004-03-04 Thread Thelacebee
Calling all Aussie spiders - HELP Tame Aussie wants wattle for ANZAC day - how do I get some in the UK - who can I order it from in Oz? Help!! Regards Liz Beecher I'm A HREF=http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee;blogging/A now - see what it's all about To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace-chat] Aboriginal oral tradition

2004-03-04 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 3/3/2004 9:34:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How noble of you to represent all of Britain. I'm sure that your father's military career must be a great comfort to those who lost family in the Holocaust. Avital Avital, I'm sorry - I was being

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Aboriginal oral tradition

2004-03-04 Thread Thelacebee
Tamara, When I finally meet someone who tells me that they, or their family were in Central Europe at the time I will shake their hands and tell them that they act as a light to the nations. They are the people I want to meet as they can help teach the rest of us from their first hand

Re: [lace-chat] Re: retrospective wrongs et al

2004-03-04 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 3/3/2004 9:24:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mar 3, 2004, at 14:50, Maxine D wrote: I personally do not believe that any nations benefits from war, Oh, I wouldn't say so... :) We did from the Falklands - why else would we have spent so much

Re: [lace-chat] Aboriginal oral tradition

2004-03-04 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 3/3/2004 11:17:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Apart from the demeaning statement that Orthodox Jews do this regular as clockwork (did they have miniature timers implanted at birth? Only Orthodox Jews? Does that mean Liberal Jews don't care about the

Re: [lace-chat] Aboriginal oral tradition

2004-03-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Liz wrote: I'm sorry - I was being flippant in order to make a point. And probably didn't make it too well so my apolobies to you and the list. Thank-you. Apologies accepted. I did not realise that you were trying to be flippant. It didn't come through in the e-mail format. (Haven't found any

Re: [lace-chat] Aboriginal oral tradition

2004-03-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Liz wrote: I was not being anti-semetic but making an observation on the people I meet. Just as I would not be racist to say that I worked with an Afro-Caribean girl who spent 18 months working me and accusing all the white people in our office of having been the cause of slavery. Whoa--I never

Re: [lace-chat] Aboriginal oral tradition

2004-03-04 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 3/4/2004 7:00:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Whoa--I never said you were antisemitic! No, Avital, you weren't but on re-reading my email I came across that way and believe you me, I am far from anti-semitic as you know. I must read my posts before I

Re: [lace-chat] Aboriginal oral tradition

2004-03-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Liz wrote: No, Avital, you weren't but on re-reading my email I came across that way and believe you me, I am far from anti-semitic as you know. I must read my posts before I send them in future or just stick to the things that are non controversial - nope, I'll just re-read them as a life with

Re: [lace-chat] lori

2004-03-04 Thread Lorri Ferguson
We live in zone 5. And of course if one is cultivating and 'pruning' the plant it would probably be fine. But some of its close cousins can really 'run rampant'. and I agree it is pretty. Lorri - Original Message - From: Dearl Kniskern [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Crewel World

2004-03-04 Thread Dmt11home
My copy of Framed in Lace cost $5.99 US. It is a small paperback. How much is Amazon asking for this little book? I am not willing to give up my copy, but while a pleasant read, they aren't necessarily something that people want on their bookshelves forever. Maybe some kind of trade could be

[lace-chat] war, personal prejudices, apologies etc.

2004-03-04 Thread Maxine D
I personally do not believe that any nations benefits from war, Oh, I wouldn't say so... :) O.K., I was thinking more in the line of emotional damage and physical (both personal and property) destruction, rather than the national wealth perspective. I am appalled at times at my

[lace-chat] Help needed from the Oz spiders

2004-03-04 Thread W N Lafferty
Hey, Liz, Tell your tame Aussie if he really wants to be traditional on Anzac Day, he should be wearing a sprig of Rosemary, not wattle! (And every time you mention him, I start singing that song Is he an Aussie, Is he, Lizzie, Is he an Aussie, is he eh? Is is because he is an Aussie That he

[lace-chat] Ice fishing.

2004-03-04 Thread Maxine D
A blonde wanted to go ice fishing. She'd seen many books on the subject, And finally getting all the necessary tools together, she made for the ice. After positioning her comfy footstool, she started to make a circular cut in the ice. Suddenly, from above, a voice boomed: THERE ARE NO FISH

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Crewel World

2004-03-04 Thread Malvary Cole
Carol Adkinson wrote: But - it appears that the books are not available in the UK, For those spiders in the UK don't forget to check your local library. My mum has made enquiries and can get two of them (I think she said Crewel World and Piece Work) on loan through her local library. She is