Re: [lace] Strange item on ebay

2007-09-22 Thread Dee Palin
I've got one of these! I don't know what it is either, so if anyone could tell me, I would be delighted. Dee Palin Warwickshire Dear Friends, Only 17 hours to go but what on earth is it? David in Ballarat 290160314509 [] - Ebay # - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

Re: [lace] Strange item on ebay

2007-09-22 Thread Linda Young
Here is another one I just stumbled on 140158847137 . I think it will answer the question, it is part of a factory loom. Linda Virginia Beach - Original Message - From: David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 1:16 AM Subject: [lace]

[lace] Re:Strange item on ebay

2007-09-22 Thread Clive Betty Rice
It's almost worth $20 to have a go at trying to figure it out - wind a tatting shuttle, or winding baling twine, or stretching barb wire on the plains in the Old West... Betty Ann Rice Roanoke, Virginia USA I've got one of these! I don't know what it is either, so if anyone could tell me,

[lace] spiders and roseground

2007-09-22 Thread Jane O'Connor
Aurelia mentioned working on Christine Springett's hanky edging of spiders and roseground. If you want to see a photo of it, go to www.lacemakersofillinois.org , click on gallery and go to Jane. cream and yellow edging is the pattern. It was made for a favorite cousin's daughter's wedding in

Re: [lace] Strange item on ebay

2007-09-22 Thread TwoHappyBees
I have one of these, too! It's a great tension-reliever just moving it back and forth!Someone has added a note under the QA section of the listing and he is right I believe. It is a shuttle for machine weaving of ribbon. I got mine from a fellow in Pennsylvania who is a retired silk tie

[lace] Inspirations, pub. by Country Bumpkin, Australia (Long)

2007-09-22 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lacemakers, Hope this magazine/book review is of value to some of our Arachnes. It is now quite a few years since a new embroidery magazine, Inspirations, began arriving in America from Australia. Well received, the magazine was followed by a series of 16 very nice instruction books