Lace magazine - was Re: [lace] Lace box

2010-05-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I also have a mention in Lace 138, a letter to the Editor (Susan) about the "new" Coats lace thread. Much the same as what I have at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm Brenda > oh dear, if your e-mail was the last one to make up a digest - then my reply > is going to be on th

[lace] Lace Magazine

2010-05-08 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello I also got my copy of the Lace Guild magazine on Tuesday. In it is a memorial for Pat Payne by her daughter Jo. Pat was the lacemaker who started Norfolk Lacemakers here in Norwich England in the 1970`s. In my opinion is was a lovely thing for Jo to have done for her mum. On the he

Re: [lace] Lace magazine

2010-05-08 Thread Janis Savage
Hello Pene I remember from a week or two ago that you said you were entering a design in the Powerhouse Museum competition. I hope that you got it ready in time. I also spent several weeks on a design and just got it entered in time. I wish you luck in getting your entry accepted. I know that i

Re: [lace] Edward VIII of England made lace?

2010-05-08 Thread Avital
LOL! I like that explanation even better! Besides, anyone who has ever made a lace tablecloth knows that it is no light undertaking. It's a real endurance test and I doubt that Edward was the type... Avital On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 7:13 PM, bev walker wrote: > Or he was being funny/sarcastic and

Fw: [lace] Edward VIII of England made lace?

2010-05-08 Thread Diana Smith
Sorry this was meant to go to the list. - Original Message - From: "Diana Smith" To: "Avital" Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Edward VIII of England made lace? I remember my father saying how he saw the gentleman being carried out of the Peacock Hotel at M

[lace] Was Coats: Now Twist of Yarn (S or Z)

2010-05-08 Thread Susan Reishus
"The direction of spin makes a lot of difference to some lacemakers and not much to others depending on how they handle the bobbins on their pillow. I personally don't have a problem with either direction of spin but some people do find that one direction or the other tends to unwind as they m

[lace] Re: Tatting bikers

2010-05-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On May 8, 2010, at 2:10 PM, noekkentved - Arne wrote: > At least I know a couple of motorcycle owners, who are talking a lot about > their bobbin-lace ability (and indeed they are very good as lacers..) - > and indeed they have not shown any tatoos. > Of course it can be different from tatti

[lace] Re: Tatting bikers

2010-05-08 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <155ab1be-bcae-44b0-883a-42c46251c...@rockbridge.net>, Tamara P Duvall writes I'm pretty sure that one of the tatting teachers here in US travels on a motorcycle, full black leather et al. Can't remember her name, not having much connection to the tatting world but remember seeing he