[lace] Sad news

2009-02-04 Thread VivienneWalton
Hi, I have just been told that Sue Stephens died on Friday, 30th January. It is so sad. She was a very lovely lady and a great advocate of lace making. She will be sadly missed. Vivienne, Presencia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Interesting Lace Find!

2009-02-04 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Mark, this has nothing to do with Cluny lace, still the colors haven't to do with Cluny. These are all machine made laces in the type we had here in Germany second half of 20th century. I can't say what sor tof machine and here we find such machine-laces still today coming from the

[lace] Lace books

2009-02-04 Thread Nancy Nicholson
As a relatively newcomer to lace I have been buying lace books as and when I can afford it. I have at the moment The Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches by Cook Stott and have just bought Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace by Cook. I have just noticed another one called Introduction to Bobbin Lace

[lace] Story on modern lacemaking industry

2009-02-04 Thread Judith L Smith
This caught my eye while reading the business news. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109sid=aoxpmNTw7A6wrefer=home Judy in cold Burnside, Louisiana - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Lace books

2009-02-04 Thread Patty Dowden
At 05:10 AM 2/4/2009, Nancy Nicholson wrote: As a relatively newcomer to lace I have been buying lace books as and when I can afford it. I have at the moment The Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches by Cook Stott and have just bought Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace by Cook. I have just noticed

Re: [lace] Story on modern lacemaking industry

2009-02-04 Thread bev walker
Thank you for sharing this link, Judy. The story is fascinating, that lacemaking continues in France, yet unsettling for the future. I wonder if they will 'go digital' as the expression goes. I notice the term 'lacemaker' is used in the corporate sense. Everyone on the lace list should check it

Re: [lace] Story on modern lacemaking industry

2009-02-04 Thread Dmt11home
This process has already occurred in the New Jersey lacemaking industry, the Schiffli industry. For many years the biggest source of income was from the sale of the machines to Asia. Now they are mostly gone. I was interested to see that the article seemed to think the Leavers machine

[lace] Books for sale

2009-02-04 Thread Margery Allcock
Dear lacemakers, I have been clearing out my shelves to make room for new stuff, and have decided to sell some of my older books. Avital has said I may offer them here, so here is a list. If you are interested in any item, you could e-mail me with where you live, I will find out how much the

[lace] Elwyn Kenn book

2009-02-04 Thread Laceandbits
I thought in the past the demand for the Elwyn Kenn books brought silly prices on e-bay, but there is a copy of Point Ground Patterns from Australia listed on e-bay UK at the moment (#320337147937) with a start price of £3 and no bid yet. It doesn't say if the seller will post overseas, but if

Re: [lace] Elwyn Kenn book

2009-02-04 Thread Regina J. Hart
Hi I've also found this book at the Lacemaker in Cortland, OH: http://commerce.idmi.net/ecommerce/catalog_detail.asp?CID=169CI=2444PI=2362 0 Cheers, Gina On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:31 PM, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: I thought in the past the demand for the Elwyn Kenn books brought silly prices

[lace] Breaking Threads

2009-02-04 Thread Janice Blair
Sue Babbs wrote: Have you tried experimenting with the same thread on square or Midland bobbins which don't roll so much? Does it still happen as often then? I am presently working with the International square bobbins and some of my threads are unwinding so I doubt the square bobbins make much

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Lost in Translation

2009-02-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
One of the very few jokes which I have never seen before and priceless... Sorry, J; you should have sent it to the chat yourself :) From: J.F. Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of ten million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job

Re: [lace-chat] FW: New Exercise Program

2009-02-04 Thread Martha Krieg
Ah well, then there's the other exercise program: Up, down, Up, down. Pant, Pant Alright, now the other eyelid! -- -- Martha Krieg mkr...@rc.net in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: