Barbara has now put out another two books of Mary Card lace patterns - one
of bird designs, and one of flower designs. I've just seen both books, and
they are absolutely beautiful. I've written short reviews of them and put
them on my own website:
Fellow spiders
A word of warning about Post
I've also had extra charges placed on parcels recently
Usually the vat (understandabe) and a royal mail handling charge of around £8
a package ironically the most expensive of £12 was on a box with torn bashed in
sides and bubble wrap poking out of the bottom
Usually it was a very rare
In message 43abf2bb1802430fb141a95eb9e78...@catherinepc, catherine
catherinebar...@btinternet.com writes
A word of warning about Post Office extra charges on packages from Australia!
I purchased a kit for a beautiful little denim jacket with peplum and sleeves
smocked in pink from Country
I think if the handling charge part of it was more than the pound
stated, I would write to Royal Mail and demand a refund!
The Royal Mail handling charge for a parcel from overseas where VAT and/or
customs/ import duty needs to be collected is £8. Not negotiable. But if
this is the only charge
The handling charge might be an import charge of some kind. DH had this when
he bought some software from the US because it was over eighteen pounds
sterling in value and it was a purchase. Think this is VAT because you have
to pay VAT on goods purchased abroad at the same rate as if they were
We recently had two heavy parcels from the US for which we had to pay a
hefty VAT charge plus the £8.00 handling charge.
My husband rang the depot in York where the parcels were being held, and
was told that:
customs (the guy said that the place was crawling with customs people)
are checking
If an item is marked as a gift, you do not pay VAT for the first £38.
If not marked, you do not pay on the first £18, so he should not have
had to pay anything.
On the other hand, if you go and do your Christmas shopping in say New
York, you can bring back
about £200 before paying anything.
Dear spiders
My grateful thanks to all who have responded to me about 'handling charges'
by UK Post Offices. I quote my reply to Jean Peach who used to work for the
Post Office, which will save me replying to you all individually. I just hope
my little granddaughter loves her little jacket as
In message cab.50ae5c04.37ec9...@aol.com, laceandb...@aol.com writes
For those out of the UK, we now have a higher priced, large letter stamp,
for these big envelopes. So long as you aren't sending just one or two
sheets of paper, it can work out cheaper as they no longer weigh them, but
Dear lacefriends,
yesterday I wanted to send you an explanation to the link about this
needle lace but as it often happenens somebody else asked me something
and later ...
The link about the Gros Point de Venice is the result of a project the
Museum of Retournac wanted to do together with
Does anyone have a contact email for Nicky? Would you please contact
me off-list.
Brenda
On 18 Sep 2009, at 22:48, Sue wrote:
I have just purchased a new book it is Suffolk Lace and the
Lacemakers of
Eye written by Nicky- Howener Townsend who is a fellow member of
Arachne.
Brenda in
Jane Patridge wrote:
If anyone will be sending lace for The Lace Guild's competition next
year (to be in for June), it may be worth noting that our postal charges
normally go up in April.
When I send lace abroad for Exhibitions I always use an International Courier
company which is very
Absolutely stunning fabric made from the silk of spiders in Madagascar.
From the New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/ya22xwh
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Absolutely amazing!! But not a job for me. I'm definitely an
arachnophobe and just looking at the picture of the spiders freaked me out.
pene piip wrote:
Absolutely stunning fabric made from the silk of spiders in Madagascar.
From the New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/ya22xwh
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To
Thanks to Daphne and Antje, I've now been able to forward a message to
her.
Brenda
On 24 Sep 2009, at 17:55, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Does anyone have a contact email for Nicky? Would you please
contact me off-list.
Brenda in Allhallows
paternos...@appleshack.com
There is a piece of simple Bedfordshire style lace that is denoted as being
made of spider silk from Madagascar in the collection of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, stored at the Ratti Textile Center. I have seen it. and it
has a silky look to it, although you might not leap to the
Thank you for that Gros Point link., Excellent, and such good close-ups to
explain various anomalies!
Very sorry, Vivienne, to hear of the passing of your bobbin maker and friend.
A Sad loss.
Just a note to all those Aussies who write to anyone on a Comcast address -
try sending your letters
Take a look at Ebay 290350765094
Handmade blonde Chantilly lace or not?
I voted not, and got bawled out by the seller who says she has 20 years
experience and is well qualified to tell the difference - and I should
invest some time in learning something about lace.
Opinions?
Thanks,
Laurie
At 01:23 PM 25/09/2009, Laurie Waters wrote:
Take a look at Ebay 290350765094
Handmade blonde Chantilly lace or not?
Laurie
Most of her pictures were neither clear enough nor closeup enough to
be positive. If I was spending the amount of money people were
bidding I'd certainly need to be
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