I use the fingers to nose measurement for a yard - and fingers to nose
turned away for the metric measurement.
Turning my head away seems to give me approximately the extra 3inches!!
It is a rough measurement, but a good general standby when out and about
where there is no handy measuring tape!
Dear Malvary,
A quick look at the 1851 census shows that she already had 3 boys -
Thomas (6), Barkos (3) and Parosh (10 mo).
By 1861 she is working as a shoe closer (lots of shoe making in
Northants) and has 6 children. Thomas is now 16, Barkos 13, Parosh
must have died. There is a girl Vennet
Dear Diana,
Thanks so much for your reply.
I've checked my Northamptonshire lace research. I found a Mrs Barker listed
at Earls Barton in the lace dealers sample book in the collection of Luton
Museum but that is too early at 1825/28.
Now I am wondering whether the Mrs. BARKER you have liste
We went to Shanghai about 2 years ago in the spring. I saw a lot of cheap
machine made lace, but nothing handmade.
Kim
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On Jul 30, 2007, at 15:17, Aurelia Loveman wrote:
Dear Clay -- Did you copy your thought about Gallery Director to
Devon? And did you get Tamara's L-O-N-G e-mail (about how she hasn't
got the fire or the ego!)?
Funny... I have a little feature which tells me how large each message
(sent or
Hello everyone,
Well, Jane O'Connor wanted me to post this so here goes... Modern and
Contemporary are so close in meaning that I think they should be tossed out.
It should be:
1.. Traditional
2.. Mixed Lace
3.. Or - give it a new name.
Lacemakers who design are:
1.. Traditionalists
2..
Here I go, de-lurking again ---
On 31/07/2007, at 12:45 AM, Sue Babbs wrote:
I recall that Springett's used to sell fan sticks and patterns to fit
those sticks. Does anyone still sell these or equivalent patterns and
fansticks?
Sue
Bobbin-maker and genius-gadgeteer John Beswick, here in Aus
Dear Devon -- I would not get waylaid by the word "judge." A lot
depends on who the gallery owner would be. If it were a subsidiary
forum of Arachne, I should think space would be open to any spider
who had original work and wanted to show it, much as is done at
present by IOLI and CRLG (we ha
The bobbin making part of the Springett's business was taken over by
Roseground Lace Supplies after the Fountains gave up. I'm not sure what
other parts of the Springett's business they have, but it might be worth
emailing them to ask.
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
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Hi Sue,
I have a leaflet from Christine Springett that she sent me a couple of years
ago. It shows her patterna and books that she sells but the Fans patterns
and sticks, and all of the card making kits etc., that she used to have in
her catalogue are no longer shown. The leaflet only shows Co
Sorry all, it is chapter 21 not 11. I wrote in a hurry.
Also, the Anchor manual is a great book and readily available. It has
recently undergone another reprint in paperback.
Regards
Annette Meldrum
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Sent: Monday, 30 July 2
A quick look at the 1851 census shows that she already had 3 boys - Thomas
(6), Barkos (3) and Parosh (10 mo).
By 1861 she is working as a shoe closer (lots of shoe making in Northants)
and has 6 children. Thomas is now 16, Barkos 13, Parosh must have died.
There is a girl Vennetia 10. Then D
Reminds me of my brother who ended up over 6'4" tall. I was transferring
into a class in high school. The teacher had had my brother in a previous
class and upon recognizing my last name (Bachman), he asked if Bill was my
brother. I said yes, and he asked, "Tell me, do his arm still reach his
With my arm stretched back nose to fingertip is a yard - a metre is
fingertip to opposite shoulder.
Brenda
On 30 Jul 2007, at 17:32, Helen Bell wrote:
I too learnt (more by copying) to measure/estimate a yard from nose to
fingertip from Mum. That's kind of hard to do when your not fully
gro
I too was taught to wind bobbins by the arm length of thread.
Brenda
On 29 Jul 2007, at 22:41, Sue wrote:
This line reminds me of my first lovely lace tutor who now sadly
suffers
with Alzheimer's she used to say wind on three armfuls of thread onto
the bobbins and would pull off three arm len
Just remembered, Kleinhout in Holland also sell stick sets with anything
from 8 to 20 sticks per fan. Unfortunately there are no pictures.
http://www.kleinhout.com/GB/fans/
and, of course there's Malcolm Cox, who advertises on the suppliers page of
the UK Lace Guild web site.
Jean in Poole,
Sue wrote:
those
sticks. Does anyone still sell these or equivalent patterns and fansticks?>
Try SMP to see if they do anything you like:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/smplace/sfr_cat.htm
I think someone was selling the Springett patterns and sticks at one time,
but can't recall who.
Jean
Hello David
I've checked my Northamptonshire lace research. I found a Mrs Barker listed
at Earls Barton in the lace dealers sample book in the collection of Luton
Museum but that is too early at 1825/28.
In 1891 there was a lace exhibition at Northampton and listed as submitting
two items of lac
I was wondering if 'lacemaker' could also mean an employee of the machine
lace industry, in this case?
Though with her oldest child being about 6 at the time of the census, I
suppose it is more likely she made lace by hand.
On 7/30/07, David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> he descends
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Dear Clay -- Did you copy your thought about Gallery Director to
Devon? And did you get Tamara's L-O-N-G e-mail (about how she hasn't
got the fire or the ego!)? Nothing like having cold water thrown over
a new baby. However, I imagine that happens routinely with the
emergence of a new idea.
Dear Friends,
This is a long shot, but I'm doing some family history for one of the
blokes who was with me in Vietnam and have found out that he descends
from a Northamptonshire lacemaker. She was Mary Ann BARKER (nee
JAMES) b. 1824 Ecton, Northamptonshire, d. 1907 Northampton. Her 7
children
I recall that Springett's used to sell fan sticks and patterns to fit those
sticks. Does anyone still sell these or equivalent patterns and fansticks?
Sue
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As Brenda reported 30 July 2007
>an English ell is 45 inches whilst a French ell is 54 inches.
In August last year I accompanied DH to a conference in Prague. And I just
happened to photograph a standard ell - an upright metal strip attached to a
door frame. Too many photos that day to write th
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