[lace] Re: Beginner's Lace Class

2007-03-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Mar 6, 2007, at 23:27, bevw wrote: For teaching very beginners, use the best you can find for materials, else they are fighting with substitutes for the real thing, and that can be off-putting. "Countersigned with both hands" as we used to say in Poland:) I couldn't agree more; on top of

[lace] How can I find Carolyn Hastings?

2007-03-06 Thread Kathleen Henry
Dear List, Does anyone know how to contact Carolyn Hastings? Is she still on the lace list? Emails to the only email I have for her are returned undeliverable. Kate Henry - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EM

Re: [lace] Beginner's Lace Class

2007-03-06 Thread bevw
Some thoughts and free advice: For teaching very beginners, use the best you can find for materials, else they are fighting with substitutes for the real thing, and that can be off-putting. If you don't have many in the class, you could have two people sharing real lace (cookie) pillows - one perso

RE: [lace] Beginner's Lace Class

2007-03-06 Thread Shere'e
One trick that I use for classes like this is to use chopsticks cut in half for bobbins. If I have time I have my DH drill holes in the bottom of them and stick safety pins in them to keep the "bobbins" from rolling on the "pillow". I usually use a cheap piece of foam for a pillow Shere'e Seattle,

[lace] Beginner's Lace Class

2007-03-06 Thread Helene Dowler
Hi Everyone, I would really love some help. I have been asked to teach a beginner's lace class for some of the ladies at my church. I would like to give them a very simple pattern that could be finished in one session. My problem is the only inexpensive item I can think of to use

Re: [lace] Arachne pin

2007-03-06 Thread Jean Nathan
I can't remember where I got my Arachne pin from - probably one year when I bought an Arachne commemorative bobbin. Is there going to be one this year, and if so, who will be making them? To post to lace-chat, first subscribe to lace-chat by following the instructions shown at the bottom of every

[lace] Re: Arachne pin

2007-03-06 Thread Alice Howell
Hi. The pins were sold by JoAnn Pruitt a few years ago, along with the Arachne commemoratives. Maybe she'll answer regarding whether any are still left. As to postingdo it the same way you post to the List, but write the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are a member of one of the lists, you

[lace] Workshop in April

2007-03-06 Thread Barbara Bulgarelli
Great Lakes Lace Group is sponsoring a workshop in Grand Rapids, MI on April 20-22, 2007. Teachers are Holly Van Sciver - Bedfordshire, Louise Colgan - Hungarian Tape Lace, Trenna Ruffner - Floral Buckspoint, Mark Meyer - Tatting and Diane Willett - knitted lace. The venue is the Crown Plaza H

[lace] Arachne pin

2007-03-06 Thread ann.humphreys
I know this should go to the lace chat site but I don't have an email address for that. Outi from Finland wrote that she would be wearing her Arachne pin when she visits the Bowes Museum and Harrogate Lace Fair. I wondered what that was and does someone sell them. Also how do I post to the a

Re: [lace] silk thread, and measuring in reverse

2007-03-06 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Karen That surprises me - I've only ever seen one pattern (modern torchon) with a working angle as steep as that, and it was an experimental design as part of a City & Guilds exam course. Also maybe some of the very distorted computer generated patterns might have small areas like that

Re: [lace] Fw: we are the manufacturer and exporter of the sewing thread

2007-03-06 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I got that spam, but I get quite a few textiles related spams anyway, and treated it just the same as I treat financial or viagra spams - hit the "junk-mail" key. That way anything else from that sender automatically goes into the junk-trash which self deletes every time I switch the computer