[lace] Pound symbol

2004-10-28 Thread Brian Lemin
We have to access the symbol character set to get the pound sign. I usually can not be bothered and write Pounds Sterling instead! I have to write $Aud or $ US so the Sterling thing is not really much different. Brian and Jean from Cooranbong Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] Digital Photos.

2004-10-28 Thread Brian Lemin
E mail photos are usually very low pixel rate (72 pixels per inch) they will not print out too well. The theory is that pixels over 200 per inch are a waste of time for a lot of printers even though they talk about 720 per inch as an ability to print at. There are technical arguments that I do

[lace] Currency symbols

2004-10-28 Thread Jean Nathan
Is it only the UK, then, that acknowledges the existence of other currencies? On the English (UK) keyboard we have symbols for: Pound sterling - £ Dollar - $ Euro - ? For computers where the operating system is set up as English (United Kingdom) the only one that causes a problem is the Euro in

[lace] Honiton bobbins???????????

2004-10-28 Thread Jean Nathan
Anyone want to buy some 'Honiton bobbins'? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19319item=81421031 48rd=1 Where do these sellers get their ideas from? Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace] Kingfisher, NEC

2004-10-28 Thread Jean Peach
First I would like to thank everyone for the information they gave me about making a Kingfisher in lace, I have been very lucky, I have had help from a very kind Arachne member who has been able to help me. I really appreciate this help. I was told last night that the Clothes Show is on at the

[lace] Martina is back to the lace list

2004-10-28 Thread Eberhard De Wille
Hello everybody, due to never ending computer problems and very little time, I had to unsubscribe from this list several months ago. Now the computer problems are solved, hopefully, and the spare time - we will see. *gg* Let me give you an intro of myself. I am German, living in the South-East

Re: [lace] Currency symbols

2004-10-28 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Jean, Here we took Eu as dymbol for Euro - ? Also on the puter. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] 2-Pair Inventions, UK

2004-10-28 Thread Maureen Harvey
Tamara, you are correct. Larkholme lace is going to attend Norwich Suppliers fair. I shall be going on Sunday with four friends. The fair is organised by the Norfolk Lacemakers and it is usually a very busy day. Norwich is about twenty miles from us in Gt Yarmouth we are on the most easterly

Re: [lace] Honiton bobbins???????????

2004-10-28 Thread dominique
Jean Nathan a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace] Honiton bobbins???Ó. [2004/10/28 10:34] Anyone want to buy some 'Honiton bobbins'? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19319item= 81421031 48rd=1 Where do these sellers get their ideas from? i'd say this one got the

[lace] Pattern issue

2004-10-28 Thread Janice Blair
Jean wrote: Hi Evelynn, I think that DMC Retors d'Alsace 60/2 is no longer made, so you will need a substituate unless you can find some old stock. In Brenda's book 'Threads for Lace' it is given as 46 wraps per cm. The nearest Egyptian cotton will be the 70/2. Cotton always works up much

Re: [lace-chat] a stork, and cats

2004-10-28 Thread dominique
Alice Howell a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] a stork, and catsÓ. [2004/10/27 01:30] On another subject, I just acquired twin black kittens about six months old. It has livened up our house. G So far, a lace pillow has been dumped twice, but no serious problems. hey hey hey!! a few

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Black squirrels

2004-10-28 Thread Malvary Cole
Tatdlace wrote: neighborhood has requested that people stop feeding the critters as they have become a serious problem I wish we could get a ban feeding squirrels in this area. They are a real menace. People would not agree to feed rats - squirrels are no different they are just rats with long

[lace-chat] Monica Ferris and Red Sox

2004-10-28 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I just checked on Barnes and Noble to see if Monica Ferris has a new book coming out. There is one! Crewel Yule is out in hardback now and will be out in paperback in June 2005. They are also putting out a number of her books in large print. A friend orders the books for a nursing

[lace-chat] World Series

2004-10-28 Thread Jean Nathan
Jane wrote: Maybe I should start thinking about how thrilling it is that the Boston Red Sox won the World Series last night! That's Boston, Massachusetts, USA (two hour drive from my house) and the US/Canada World Series of baseball for those of you living elsewhere. I was told that World

Re: [lace-chat] Monica Ferris and Red Sox

2004-10-28 Thread Jenny Barron
Jane Viking Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I just checked on Barnes and Noble to see if Monica Ferris has a new book coming out. There is one! Crewel Yule is out in hardback now and will be out in paperback in June 2005. That's a concidence, I was just going to post about this but I've

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Cinderella, PS

2004-10-28 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
I may have seen this (or something with a similiar punch line) here before... But since I'm not sure, and since it's funny... From: J.O. Cinderella is now 95 years old. After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by from her