Gentle Spiders,
So... I was reading The Washington Post (Outlook section) yesterday --
an article on Afghanistan -- and came to a photo which nearly knocked
me off my chair. A bunch of women with children in a bus? car?, all of
them wearing those veil-like "thingies" (I hesitate to say "schmat
No... hair jewelry was the rage for a very long time, until photography made
portraits a better way to keep a loved one "near your heart". At that point in
time, hair jewelry "morphed" into mourning jewelry. In either fashion, the
hair that was required was long. It took 12 - 18" of hair to
On Nov 19, 2007, at 14:13, Janice Blair wrote:
Below is some correspondence I have been having with an artist who is
looking for someone to do a hair bobbin lace project.
His original message doesn't specify it's BL he's interested in; just
"lace":
[...] I am about to embark on a new projec
On Nov 19, 2007, at 6:31, Diana Smith wrote:
[...] I'm not sure about the highly prized piece left to clean in
buttermilk and eaten by the cat - later 'retrieved' !!
Proof positive that lace is much stronger than it looks :)
--
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Le
Jenny wrote:
...1871 census shows very few Braybrooks in Keyston, Ancestry.co.uk
has the place name indexed as Keystone, and of the women I looked at
by that name I only found one 14yr. old girl as a lacemaker called
Braybrook. Other Braybrooks were spread around the area at this
census. I
Hi,
I seem to be suffering from a major case of brain drain. There is a symbol
on the pattern I am starting and for the life of me, I cannot remember what it
stands for.
It sort of looks like <( only they are on top of each other.
Could someone please remind me what it means.
Does anyone know where I might
get replacement handles in the UK.Ann wrote:
What kind of handle is it? If it's the imitation tortoiseshell type with a
slot for the fabric at the bottom and a hole to put your hand through,
Hobbycraft sell them as do some knitting yarn shops.
If there's a cha
We recorded it, but, as frequently happens over the weekend evenings, there
was no Freeview signal in this area on any BBC channel so we recorded
absolutely nothing! DH won't record analogue because of the appallling
signal we now get on that all the time - and the analogue signal in this
area
Hi everyone!
This is mostly for the US lacemakers: Yesterday's paper had the usual pile of
advertisements, and while leafing through, I discovered a bargain at Walgreen's
pharmacy. It is a laptop stand which is on wheels and has a top which is
divided. Part of the top will tilt in either dir
Helen wrote,
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The handle on my pillow bag has just broken. Does anyone know where I might
get replacement handles in the UK. Seems a pity to have to buy a new bag for
the sake of one handle.
Ann
Yorkshire UK
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Original message:
With the lace list being so quiet just now, I thought I'd tell you about one of
my latest genealogical finds. While tracing one family (the Braybrooks) on my
Dad's side, I found census records for them in 1841 in Keyston, Huntingdonshire
and all the female members of the fami
Hi Jenny
I was trying to get a better look at the collar the niece(?) was wearing, it
looked to be what I know as the Bucks Point Mary Queen of Scots pattern.
Needlework - I suppose you could include the sewing the doctor did on the
carpenters arm ;o) He used what looked to be a rather large
I hope it comes to Canada - probably will as we get a lot of BBC tv
programming.
Cranford was the book I had to study for my final English Lit exams before I
left school. I remember the story about the cow.
Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada
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Did anyone else in the UK watch the delicious production of Mrs Gaskell's
Cranford on BBCTV yesterday evening?
I saw most of it - my dog has an uncanny
knack of asking out when I am engrossed with something - so I'm trying to
track down a repeat showing, I loved what I saw. I also saw quite a bit
Did anyone else in the UK watch the delicious production of Mrs Gaskell's
Cranford on BBCTV yesterday evening?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/cranford/
A beautiful costume drama - some lace, though I'm not sure about the highly
prized piece left to clean in buttermilk and eaten by the cat - later
Hello Adele
My lace research mainly covers Northants but I've looked at the map for
Keyston and it is virtually surrounded by towns/villages where lace was
made - Thrapston, Raunds, Ringstead, Rushden, Kimbolton, Catworth
and is not too far from Wellingborough where it is believed the Luton s
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