[lace] LED craft lamps

2013-05-12 Thread lynrbailey
Dear All, First, I would like to mention again what my Withof teacher, Susie Johnson, demonstrated concerning florescent lamps vs. incandescent light bulbs. Florescent light bulbs have gas in them that vibrate. This makes the light vibrate, which can immediately be seen if you put the floresce

[lace] LED

2013-05-12 Thread Brian Lemin
As I do not usually drop in on discussions other than antique bobbins ( I have been following the 8th) I am bit late on this. Both Jean (my wife) patch worker, xstitcher and I have benefitted greatly from LED lamps which seem to be readily available and reasonable cheap in our area. Jean w

[lace] Facebook page

2013-05-12 Thread Anna Binnie
Can anyone out there tell me the name or url of the facebook lace page. I've just joined one for quilting an am having a ball. Anna from a cloudy Sydney - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera

Re: [lace] Exciting find!

2013-05-12 Thread The Lace Bee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_squadrons_and_flotillas_of_the_Royal_Nav y Have a look at this link. I believe that British 8th Navy is a truncation due to space and may be any of the 8th's referenced in this link Kind Regards Liz Baker On 11 May 2013, at 18:09, Clay Blackwell wrote: >

[lace] Apprentices.

2013-05-12 Thread Alex Stillwell
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 17:19:06 -0400 From: Clay Blackwell Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Conservation and Restoration Apprentices Congratulations to your apprentices >From me too. Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For h

Re: Fw: [lace] Ott LED mobile task light

2013-05-12 Thread John Mead
Ottlite is a manufacturer of lighting thingies in the USA. They specialize in full spectrum lighting. On the whole they have a good reputation, but it appears that with their battery operated lamps they're coasting on their reputation. John Mead Tacoma, WA USA On Sun, M

[lace] Stanhopes

2013-05-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Further to the recent discussions on these I have a bobbin with a Stanhope spangle, which I inherited from an elderly student. A lovely lady Ruth died in 1996 aged 86 and I recall her having showed me the special spangle which her son had bought for her. It's set in sterling silver, assay mark

Re: [lace] Exciting find

2013-05-12 Thread The Lace Bee
A word of warning on these records. The records me held as paper for all armed forces but a few years a go there was a fire at the records office (Hayes Middlesex) and many papers got burned, destroyed or singed. When you do a search you will see what has been scanned to date. For example,

Re: [lace] Exciting find

2013-05-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Jean, the website you are referring to is that of the National Archives http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Home/OnlineCollections Just type the name in and see what comes up. Put inverted commas around the full name to stop the search engine from searching on each word. But, "Nam

[lace] Exciting find

2013-05-12 Thread Jean Nathan
You have the person's name, and for anyone who has served in the army, you can look up their service record on a web site - can't remember which. Don't know if it's the same for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, but I'm sure someone on this list who's into geneology will be able to say if

Fw: [lace] Ott LED mobile task light

2013-05-12 Thread Sue
I was interested about LED lights and bulbs to put into other lights and lamps to aid my lacemaking but can I ask what the Ott bit means please. I have sort of been able to follow this story but now have time to ask the question. Sue T Dorset UK Hello All! Having received some off-list elect