Dear T,
I wrote:
* I took Ulrike Voelker's (nee Loehr) (NOTE: The new name has
*NO UMLAUT,
* YAY!)
You wrote:
*To date, I've seen about 5 different spellings of the new name; can't
*wait to see her (in Denver) and ask what the correct one is and how
*it's pronounced g
I have it straight from
Actually to raise a valid question - or at least to me it is valid.
Is there any chance that *some* select classes could be video taped for the
OS lace makers who are not going to be attending - even if someone got Air
World to provide a free ticket and Accommodations Unlimited to give free
Julie,
You have gotten some good advise about Mechlin ground - tension as you go,
pins were expensive, time is moneyI have one more thing - practice.
I have made a few small Mechlin and Valenciennes pieces. In one of them (I
think it was Val), I noticed my diagonal line of stitches were
Yes I would try as far as possible. But a picture isn't always as good to
recocnize as the real piece is.
Ilske
I appreciate that the real thing would be better, but I can't see many of us
getting to Texas to help catalogue things! But between us we could probably
get further than the curator
I can understand wanting a videotape of a class - and I have taken some
courses which were videotapes of actual lectures, and they were good. But
the problem is that most lacemaking classes consist of very little
lecture, if any, and much more gather round and watch sort of
demonstrations, along
Hello spiders
Tell your keyboard to behave mid European and accents wait for vowels to sit
on them, coonvenient for French too. Type something else and it becomes a
plain single/double/back quote. Close to the calculator and paint you can
find sepcial symbols, no cheat sheet required any more.
Laurie, you might try saying Furlker a couple of times, with as
little emphasis as possible on the r -- also, just for the
gorgeousness of it, those of us using Macs can produce the name with
ease as Völker. Press Option and u together, then let go and
press o. -- Aurelia
Dear T,
I wrote:
*
Tamara (or someone else - I got lost in the string) wrote:
Join us in the lobby in the morning... :) We'll make lace (to catch up
on classes), yammer (to catch up on friendships), shop (to catch the
vendor room when it ain't mobbed and see what's new. As good a way to
part with money as a
At 06:42 AM 3/26/2005, you wrote:
Actually to raise a valid question - or at least to me it is valid.
Is there any chance that *some* select classes could be video taped for
the OS lace makers who are not going to be attending -
I'm going to stick my neck out and answer on this. The answer is
I will be in London (Bloomsbury) on May 14 and I've looked at a web site
to find out how to get to King's Lynn, but I haven't been able to find
out how to get from the station to the AGM venue. Of course, I'm basing
my searches on the Dec. issue of The Lacemaker. ( I probably won't get
the
Clay wrote:
Christine Springett made an excellent
series which is available (I *think*), from Roseground. Louise Colgan has
a wonderful tape on Milanese lace.
Christine Springett's videos on Torchon and Bedfordshire laces, along with
Bridget Cook's Bucks Point, Honiton by Mo Gibbs and Brugge
With videos available in different formats for different regions of the
world, there doesn't yet seem to be any movement of lace instruction to DVD,
which would solve an awful lot of problems.
The UK at least is moving very rapidly towards total digital TV - I think
the analogue signal is due to
Re: DVDs, I've learnt from a travel forum that US produced DVDs don't
work on UK players and vice versa. I wish I could be more specific, but
I don't have a DVD player, so I didn't put the information into
'long-term memory'.
On Saturday, March 26, 2005, at 07:04 PM, Jean Nathan wrote:
At 03:04 PM 3/26/2005, you wrote:
With videos available in different formats for different regions of the
world, there doesn't yet seem to be any movement of lace instruction to DVD,
I have a DVD of the Milanese program by Louise Colgan, so I know the newer
recordings are moving that way.
It
DH and I are booked on the ½ day tour, but after that I will be happy to
join you all in the lobby. Sounds like fun!!!
from Liz in Melbourne, Oz,
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On Mar 26, 2005, at 9:42, Jenny Brandis wrote:
Is there any chance that *some* select classes could be video taped
for the OS lace makers who are not going to be attending
My guess would be - about the same as that of a snowball in the hot
place downstairs :) In addition to all the very
I also have the Milanese dvd. I bought it directly from Hensel Productions,
the producers. I queried whether or not it could be played in Australia and
Mr Hensel wrote a long reply, describing the 'copyright protection' that has
divided the world into incompatible regions. He concluded:
In the
Jay wrote:
I bought it directly from Hensel Productions,
the producers. I queried whether or not it could be played in Australia and
Mr Hensel wrote a long reply, describing the 'copyright protection' that has
divided the world into incompatible regions
In the case of our lacemaking DVDs, I
Nearer the time to the AGM I'll post something about when and where we can
all have a catch up at the AGM - once I know more about the venue etc
Regards
Liz in London
I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link
or going to
I have both a credit card and a debit card. Debit card for day to day
purchases in place of a cheque or cash, credit card for purchases where I
need protection. If I buy by mail order, or items over £100 or book a
holiday, I use my credit card because if the goods don't arrive, if there's
a
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:14:19 -0500, Tamara wrote:
On Mar 25, 2005, at 15:24, Steph Peters wrote:
However I don't borrow from them, paying the entire balance every
month.
Me too, except when I forget... :( Got my March (payment due April 12)
statement today, with $39 f(lat fee) late payment,
This is a good solution -wish we did some of this in the USA.
Lorri
To distinguish the different checks, English English spells the piece of
paper you write on to make a payment and that piece of paper filled in and
signed authorising payment a 'cheque'. 'Check' is used for all other
Dear Secret Pal,
I have just returned from vacation to find your parcel waiting for me - it
was the first thing I opened, after all who needs bills!.
The surprises were really nice - did you make the edging on the hanky? Two
more bobbins too. I'm off to raid my bead tin to make some pretty
At 01:29 AM 3/26/05 -0500, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On Mar 26, 2005, at 0:29, Joy Beeson wrote:
Sorry, but that's no longer true, vide my earlier posting. If you're a
sponger (as I try to be), you might not be aware of it - likely, it
came in among the sea of other agreements.
You don't
On Mar 26, 2005, at 4:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacquie) wrote:
This is so much easier in England - we ask the waiter for the bill
at the
end of a meal,
And... Does a policeman show up? :^)
--
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of
On Mar 26, 2005, at 16:27, Joy Beeson wrote:
You don't consider 15.4% a penalty?
Doesn't matter what *I* think; it's what they think that counts :)
According to their language, the flat fee of $39 is the penalty for
late payment; finance charge (even at 15.4% is simply their due - and
it's the
On Mar 26, 2005, at 1:28, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
I have a Debit Card with my bank. It works exactly like a credit card
- but runs off a savings account, so it is more like writing a cheque
[...]
The best part of having a debit card is that the bank pays me
interest, instead of me paying them
*You* decide whether it's funny or not; I can't... :)
From: M.D.
For centuries, Hindu women have worn a red spot on their foreheads. We
have always naively thought that it had something to do with their
religion. The true story has recently been revealed by the Indian
Embassy
in Washington DC.
It seems like my Inbox is stuffed to the gills with jokes; I need to
get rid of some of them, much as I dislike forwarding more than one or
two per day. The ones I've not heard before are going first; the others
I'll think about :)
From: L.F.
Alice and Frank are Bungee-jumping one day. Alice
It's a bit silly... And it's a word-play (so those of you who hate them
can zap now)... But it's new to mee and funny.
From: A.N.
A couple decide to go for a meal on their anniversary and after some
deliberation decide on their local Chinese restaurant. They peruse
the menu and finally agree to
Tamara's punch-line was: What the hell is a pinata?
Well, what the hell *is* a pinata?
Jean in Poole
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Withdrawal of cash from your bank account at an ATM here will incur a %age
charge if you draw it using another bank's ATM. Some of the large
supermarkets (who also have banks, debit cards and credit cards) don't
charge anything if you use their ATM to draw on another bank. What I do is
to pay for
Google to the rescue:
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/wdevlin/wdpinatahistory.html
Avital
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From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:26 am
Subject: [lace-chat] Bungee jumping
Tamara's punch-line was: What the hell is a pinata?
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