Re: [lace] Mozart's mother (or grandmother) possibly made lace!

2006-03-22 Thread bevw
Aside from the speculation that she (possibly) made lace, the portrait does show us that she holds the lace (obviously) - in so doing, are we to understand she admires it, or is it symbolic of her association with Salzburg itself - as a lace centre. Interesting. On 3/22/06, Laurie Waters <[EMAIL

[lace] Mozart's mother (or grandmother) possibly made lace!

2006-03-22 Thread Laurie Waters
"Stitches in Air: A Novel About Mozart's Mother", by Liane Ellison Norman was published in 2001 by Smoke and Mirrors Press. It is based on this portrait, and builds a whole fictional story about the possibility that Mozart's mother was a lacemaker. It's pretty hard to find now.

[lace] Mozart's mother (or grandmother) possibly made lace!

2006-03-22 Thread Laurie Waters
You can see the portrait at http://www.edto.net/mozart_life.htm -- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:49:34 -0500 From: Susan Lambiris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [lace] Mozart's mother (or grandmother) possibly made lace! In the recently published book "Mozart's Women," th

[lace] Mozart's mother (or grandmother) possibly made lace!

2006-03-22 Thread Susan Lambiris
In the recently published book "Mozart's Women," the statement is made that Mozart's mother (or his grandmother) may have made lace. Since Salzburg was an established lace-making area, she had a delicate constitution (lacemaking was thought to be something those of delicate health could do) and

Re: [lace] Re: Umlaut

2006-03-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
We've had this sort of discussion before. It's not particularly to do with using Mac or Windows, or any other operating system; it's to do with how your software is configured to read the character, ie what language your word processor, email reader or web browser is set up to read. Just beca

[lace] Re: Lace pictures from Finland

2006-03-22 Thread Diane Z
Thank you, the pictures are wonderful and inspiring. I saw unusual lace that I have not seen before and my memory was refreshed on OIDFA Prague and the fantastic lace we saw there. I hope to have more time this weekend and have a long leisurely look! Diane Zierold Lubec, Maine - To unsubscri

Re: [lace] Lace pictures from Finland

2006-03-22 Thread sof
Hi, Thank you for there wonderfull pictures Dentellez bien Sof from France with rain On 3/21/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would like to tell you that the Association for Finnish Lace Makers have new web pages in new address: http://www.suomenpitsinnyplaajat.fi/

Re: [lace] [Lace]Umlaut/special characters

2006-03-22 Thread bevw
> don't you have a key on your keyboard with thiese 3 symbols ^¨~ on it? if > so press ¨ and then the letter o u and you have your umlaut, ö ü Maybe if we have an international keyboard, and I think Windows, rather than Mac? I used to use the above method when I typed using Wordperfect in DOS a l

[lace] Umlaut on Mac

2006-03-22 Thread Margot Walker
You can get the umlaut on a Mac by pressing option and u. Then you type whatever letter you want and it appears under the umlaut. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.

Re: [lace] lace rhinoceros

2006-03-22 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Andrea, At 04:50 PM 3/21/06 +, you wrote: >Dear Spiders, I'm looking for a Rhinoceros pattern. I have the one from >Lace Vol 32 (1983) designed by Gillian Dye, but wondered if anyone knows >of any others before I decide to go ahead with this one. What a coincidence. I've just borr