[lace] Re: Advent Calendar

2004-12-05 Thread Annette Gill
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Advent Calendar problems Dear Jean and David Leader, It seems that we on Arachne owe you a very special public *Thank You* for your annual efforts to amuse and challenge us during the Christmas season... Hear, hear! I love your Advent

[lace] lace lamps again

2004-12-05 Thread dominique
to continue about lace lamps . they're not a myth and here's what is said on the website of the Le Puy lace center about what lace makers used to need: * une petite chaise basse à haut dossier : elle est souvent lÕoeuvre du mari de la dentellière a small high-backed low chair which was

Re: [lace] Pillow storage (wreath boxes)

2004-12-05 Thread dominique
the same for me . and as we don't use to put wreaths on doors in France but only buy them fresh for funerals we wouldn't be in need of wreaths box .. i still have the dream of going round the world taking all that's interesting in other countries that i dont have in mine . wreathboxes might

[lace] 1850 lace pillow on eBay

2004-12-05 Thread Susan MacLeod
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19319item=8152297019rd=1 Interesting! Sumac Susan G. MacLeodDummerston, VT USA NATA #69 new! www.sumac.us www.sover.net/~sumac - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Bobbins for Withof

2004-12-05 Thread Susan MacLeod
What beautiful lace! I especially like that flower with the half stitch petals. Is there a pattern for it? Sumac in southern Vermont slowly recovering from the dreaded flu! Susan G. MacLeodDummerston, VT USA NATA #69 new! www.sumac.us www.sover.net/~sumac - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] Bobbins for Withof

2004-12-05 Thread anneke reijs
Hi Noelene and all, You can find information about what materials you need for making Withof on page 6 of my first manual on Sluis and Wifhof Lace! But when you do not have the manuals: you can find pictures of suitable bobbins on www.brejaart.com I use bobbins nr 24 (30 and 32 are similar).

re: [lace] Tamara's initial patterns

2004-12-05 Thread Bev Walker
Hi Tamara and everyone So... Does anyone have an opinion on which way the downstroke of the T should curl its tail? Left, or right? It 'depends' g - on which font you prefer. In school here when the Maclean's Method of Writing was taught, the downstroke of the capital T ended on the left, and

Re: [lace] 1850 lace pillow on eBay

2004-12-05 Thread Barbara Joyce
I know nothing about antiques, so I'm not making any subjective statements on this item. However, FWIW, this is a relisting. The original listing was at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19319item=8150188940 With a starting bid of GBP 45.00 and an indication that there was

[lace] Re: 1850 lace pillow on eBay

2004-12-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 5, 2004, at 16:55, Barbara Joyce wrote: I know nothing about antiques, Ditto, but... in the relisting (the one Sumac gave) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=19319item=8152297019rd=1 Pat Hallam (of Roseground) is mentioned, and she does know something about

[lace] Coloured threads

2004-12-05 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Brenda, When I click on the site you gave I get You are forbidden access to this site or somesuch! I can get into your site Home page from your signature, and then go to Threads for Lace, but cannot see a section on coloured threads. It gives Updated June 2004, and I have refreshed but get the

[lace] Re: Tamara's initial patterns

2004-12-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 5, 2004, at 13:30, Bev Walker wrote: Check out these fonts in your word processor [...] Black Adder, Edwardian Script, French Script, Gigi, Kunster Script; Lucida Calligraphy; Harrington (after I italicized it) and Monotype Corsiva; and the last, swirling to the right, Vivaldi! They may be

Re: [lace] Bobbins for Withof

2004-12-05 Thread Barbara Joyce
What beautiful lace! I especially like that flower with the half stitch petals. Is there a pattern for it? Yes, in Withof Lace, the one that's out of print. It's on page 46. Keep in mind that in Withof there's no working diagram to follow, and no pinholes. You get a line drawing and you kind

[lace] Re: Withof

2004-12-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 5, 2004, at 21:38, Barbara Joyce wrote: Keep in mind that in Withof there's no working diagram to follow, and no pinholes. You get a line drawing and you kind of do your own thing, placing the pins along the line, wherever you think they should go! Very daunting at first, I might add!

Re: [lace] Bobbins for Withof

2004-12-05 Thread anneke reijs
Sorry, the line was broken up! Here is the good combination: http://home.hetnet.nl/~aplag/ anneke reijs in Baexem, The Netherlands [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Original Message--- From: Ruth Rocker every combination of your URL I tried didn't work. Can you post it again so it hopefully all

Re: [lace] Re: Withof

2004-12-05 Thread anneke reijs
Barbara is right when she says that you should place the pins wherever you think they should go, but that is not as hard as it looks! Because there are some guidelines to help you! -- To decide where to put a pin, hold, after making the edge stitch, the 2nd pair along the pattern line. --The 1st

[lace-chat] for those of you who intend to go to France one day : a guide

2004-12-05 Thread dominique
with the usual disclaimer : i'm just a statisfied reader ... i love seeing my country with other peoples' eyes VBG... http://gofrance.about.com/cs/ht.htm dominique from paris France ps . it IS true: toilets in French restaurants and cafes are often atrocious. I usually head for the

[lace-chat] Whatever next?

2004-12-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
A website devoted to some basic bodily functions and totally gross (IMO), but tastes vary, and I've heard that there are some people who're obsessed with their daily evacuation... :) I got a taste of it through a single sample - how elves make Hershey kisses - you can imagine g Tracked it down

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: A burglar story

2004-12-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Like so many other jokes, this one's not a newborn. OTOH, it's good enough company to be revived :) BTW; the first time I saw it was right here, on the lace-chat, and that's where it ought to have been sent this time, too. I guess some people *actually believe* that our last election was won