Re: [lace]Rebozas de bolita

2009-10-03 Thread Beth Marshall
Tamara wrote: I can't find any of those photos to check it out but, doesn't rebozo de bolita mean bobbin rebozo? Not quite - bobbins are bolillos in Spanish; bolitas are small balls - or bullets, so these rebozos de bolita are more likely to be something for carrying spare bullets hands free

[lace] Rebozas de bolita

2009-10-03 Thread Margot Walker
On 3 Oct 2009, at 06:35, Beth Marshall wrote: so these rebozos de bolita are more likely to be something for carrying spare bullets hands free and within reach! Not quite - reozos look like a stole and are worn by women. They're used for slinging babies, purchases, drunk husbands :D,

Re: [lace] Lace terminology

2009-10-03 Thread Maureen Bromley
I totally agree with Clay. I have known Alex for many years now and her ability to teach and explain lace techniques does not decrease. She has taught me all types of lace over the years and yet I still find the need to attend her workshops when I can. If I lived closer to her I am

Re: [lace] Breast Cance Care - Pink Fridays campaign in UK

2009-10-03 Thread Sister Claire
How did this get to me? I am not subscribed to the chat list, so it must have been sent to the lace list. The lace list is only for lace-related things, even if the person who sent it has it listed as lace-chat in her address book (as can be seen in the headers. Please, everybody, be respectful

Re: [lace] Breast Cance Care - Pink Fridays campaign in UK

2009-10-03 Thread Avital
Sr. Claire and others, Ann posted this to the lace list by mistake. She addressed it to lace-chat but the actual email address was lace-dige...@dont.panix.com (everyone, please note -- the lace-digest and lace-chat-digest addresses should not be used. Also, any address ending in dont.panix.com

Re: [lace] Tenerife Lace books

2009-10-03 Thread Avital
Michele, you can find Alex's book on the weaving archive page: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html#S Scroll down to Stillwell. On a related note, I bought Alex's book a few years ago in Israel at a used bookstore and I love it. When I was involved in the Thing-a-Day project in

[lace] Tenerife Lace books

2009-10-03 Thread Margot Walker
On 3 Oct 2009, at 13:34, Avital wrote: I used a hunk of styrofoam as the pad with long pins pushed through a photocopy of the pin points. You can also use a wheel of berry pins http://www.flickr.com/photos/ kurtq/2017988363/ Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the

[lace] Old Italian Lace on Ebay

2009-10-03 Thread Laurie Waters
I've got vol I and II of Ricci's Old Italian Lace on Ebay, item #130334169063 in case anyone's interested. Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

[lace] grids

2009-10-03 Thread Kim Davis
I am looking for some information about grid terminology as I have received conflicting info in the past. The footside measurement seems to be consistent to me. It is basically ½ of the squares per inch since you are counting every second dot. The “straight” measurement is what I have heard

Re: [lace] grids

2009-10-03 Thread Jenny Brandis
Perhaps this can help you http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/Lace/grids.html http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/downloads/torchonlaceassistance.pdf http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/downloads/wpctogrid.pdf Regards Jenny B Kununurra, Western Australia Kim Davis wrote: I am looking for some information