MLA at Winthrop U = Master of Liberal Arts (see http://www.winthrop.edu/mla/)
So all you have to do is write to the head of the program, David Rankin (strangely,
he's not in the faculty directory but you could probably find an admin address on the
MLA page), and ask how to get a copy of an MLA t
That depends very much on the policy of the institution and on the degree. There are
many different "master's" degrees and they do not all require submission to University
Microfilms or other institutions (although UMI does accept master's theses, it doesn't
follow that all master's theses are s
It would help if you could be more specific about the types of lace that interest you.
For a broad selection of different types, www.lacefairy.com has good close-ups of
lace. If you're interested in something larger, say, Irish crochet wedding dresses,
there are many vintage clothing sellers tha
Tamara wrote:
> But Avital has promised to help, bless her... I don't know what I'd do
> without her; my (unsuccessful, needless to say ) attempt to
That's okay--I accept payment in chocolate and fine, dry wines. I filled out the
subscription notice and now your membership is pending approval.
I have that book and I think it's superb. It's a readable and well illustrated, with
more detailed information than most of the current Irish crochet books on the market
(to be fair, most of the current Irish crochet books are Dover reprints of much older
sources). I recommend it very highly.
A
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Historical lace is certainly appropriate for this list, unless someone can give me
some darn good arguments why it isn't (send them offlist, please). I'm always willing
to listen to the other side. But I can't control the e-mails that individuals choose
to send. Jeri, I suggest that you simply b
My guess is that it was actually used for stretching doilies after they were washed
and not for making the lace. If the seller was young when she saw her grandmother
using it, it would be an easy and logical mistake to make.
Avital
(apologizing for the weird characters in the quoted message--tha
Arachnes,
I think it's time to close the burned house thread on Arachne. We've heard
from both
Hannah and Tamara, on both lists, and all that we're likely to get now is
the Greek chorus
effect ("She said..., she said..., then she said"). This will not
accomplish anything positive and can be po
These avenues of information are being checked out and I wrote to Hannah several hours
ago for clarification.
I have an admin request for all of you. Please do not hit Reply All when you respond
to this thread. Tamara originally posted her letter to both lists, but that doesn't
mean we should k
That reminds me of something else I wanted to say. It seems to me that
August, December, and February are big flame months. In August people are
hot and short-tempered, in December they're anxious about the holidays, and
in February they're in the winter doldrums. The short days really do affect
pe
Clay wrote:
> Avital, I didn't mean to imply that you weren't doing your
> job as moderator... Just as you said, the people involved
I didn't take it that way. I was just pointing out why I tend not to get
involved unless things start to get really ugly or someone specifically
requests that I s
And the people to whom they were directed are infinitely more sensitive to
personal attacks than an uninvolved outsider. I don't intervene unless the
behaviour is really over the top or unless someone complains. For merely
"not nice" behaviour, I figure that if the target isn't bothered enough to
t
Did you check out the seller's French sewing box? Reserve bid of $985.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3268956309
Avital
>
> From: Vasna Zago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2004/02/03 Tue PM 05:08:05 GMT+02:00
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [lace] expensive tatting shuttle!
A little while ago there was some discussion here about Bulgarian needle lace and a
couple people (Jeri?) expressed interest in the book that I picked up on eBay. I see
that a copy is being offered, starting bid $5.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3271589416&ssPageName=ADME:B:
I guess I should weigh in here since this topic has been running on for a
while. I've reviewed all the digital camera threads in the archives (there
are more than one by now) and it appears to me that the thread started out
as a questionable lace-related topic (the original message was about Nikon
Lacis fans, this might interest you since there is so little information available
apart from Dover books and Rita Bartholomew's site.
http://hometown.aol.com/filetlace/myhomepage/personal.html
I found Marie-Jo Quinault's site by following links in an eBay auction. She's a
Quebecoise and her si
I didn't realise that there were so many ways of making beaded oya.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3582414435&ssPageName=ADM
E:B:SS:US:1
I guess if you have $100 (+ $60 for shipping and he doesn't take PayPal)
burning a hole in your pocket, this would be a great book to have.
I have to add a "me, too." When I was a kid, I used to complain about the
fact that art galleries do not use glare-free glass and sometimes I had to
twist my head around to find an angle where the track lighting wasn't
bouncing off the glass into my eyes. When I asked my mother (art historian,
pain
I'm sorry that the Arachne site is so out of date. I do not have permission
to modify that site. I've sent updated pages to Liz and she hasn't gotten
around to uploading them. Thanks, Tamara, for being so quick with the
archive URLs.
Avital
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I've replied to Shirley with Alice's address. I knew those monthly backups
of Arachne digests would come in handy some day!
Avital
moderator
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From: "Shirley Meier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 1:23 AM
Subject: [lace] Lost
These are the weirdest needlework gadgets (if that's what they are) I've
ever seen! They look like furniture parts with thread stuck in the nail or
screw holes.
Avital
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To: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 20
Try a Google image search.
Avital
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Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:55 PM
Subject: [lace] Help finding a picture
I'm sure someone will be able to help me. I'm sure I have seen, recently,
on
someone's
I just finished my first Irish crochet doily! It's my own design and
measures about 3.25 x 3.25". I've put a picture on my Web site:
http://www.angelfire.com/home/avital/fiber/crochetIrish1.jpg For a
description of threads, etc., see
http://www.angelfire.com/home/avital/crochet.html.
Best wishes,
This chart compares English, US, and metric sizes:
http://www.coatscrafts.co.uk/en/1/procrohks.html.
Avital
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Hi, all,
Just a note about missing digests. I do save digests (except for the
occasional one that gets deleted accidentally) and burn them onto CDs as
part of my monthly backup. If you ever need a digest, don't hesitate to ask.
The other note is about subscription help (unsubbing, changing addres
Aha! I knew there was a reason why I was saving all those digests. ;-) I'll
send it to you right away.
Avital
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From: "Janice Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lace-digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:35 PM
Subject: [lace] lace digest 3855
>
Aurelia,
I have a lot of practice squeezing permissions out of publishers. It took me
a year and a half to get permission to reprint over 100 academic articles
written by my late professor and I used almost every means at my disposal to
track down publishers, including offers by personal friends t
Upon rereading your message, I just realised that you were asking
specifically about getting the ground flat and even. Several of the books I
have suggest folding the backing material (brown paper or whatever) at the
point where you are working, so that you have enough room to move your hook.
After
Irish crochet is my current obsession, after buying a copy of Maire
Trainor's book on Clones lace. They use size 40 Cordonnet for the motifs and
60 for the ground. BTW, Piecework isn't as bad as most when it comes to
thread. The only instance I've found that uses size 20 thread is for padding
cord,
Dear Arachnes,
Some of the more recent discussion about Barbara Uttman and historical bias
has moved away from lace, into the realm of political opinions. I remind you
that, when a thread goes off on a more general tangent, it should be moved
to lace-chat and, second, not everyone shares the same
I recently bought a book on Bulgarian needlelace, so your daughter might
find some if she's in the country. The needlelace was the knotted kind, like
Armenian and Turkish needlelace, except without the oyas. It was closer to
Greek forms, IIRC. There were also some nice examples of crocheted lace.
Sorry, I've been recovering from the end of the holidays and the departure
(whew!) of the inlaws. Thank-you, Tamara, for reiterating the difference
between lace and lace-chat. One small correction: you are not able to post
to lace-chat if you're not subscribed. A posting from a non-member bounces
t
Dear Arachnes,
I just want to remind some of you to please trim your posts when you hit
Reply. Some of the recent postings have been very long, with two or three
previously quoted e-mails, and it's a burden on the digest subscribers, who
have to scroll through pages of old material. Thank-you.
Be
Strange as it sounds, Margery is subscribed only to lace-chat and not to
lace. We have no idea how her cake recipe ended up on the lace list. So all
baking experts on the list are kindly requested to post the cake recipe
messages to lace-chat so that Margery can have the benefit of your wisdom.
;-)
I'm moving this to Lace because it's not really a lace-chat topic. Jean
Peach is looking for gold Battenberg tapes.
Jean, Lacis seems to have one tape available in gold. www.lacis.com.
On the same page I see that hand-crocheted Romanian point braid sells for $7
a yard. Some crocheter is working f
At the very least, I think we can deduce that lacemakers concentrate on
details.
Avital
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I've certainly been struck by the long and literate posts to this list.
Most other craft lists I've subscribed to are full of people who
I gave my first bobbin lace lecture/demo to the weaver's guild in Jerusalem,
so I surmise that weavers are more knowledgeable about textile structure
than the average consumer. Most people would not see any similarity between
a fragment of Binche lace and a Turkish kilim or an inkle band. People te
Adele wrote:
>I suggested she call her work "experiments in multi-directional woven
structures" I don't know if she has tried it yet, but I think lace
might be more respected with some such less feminine name. It's stupid,
but it's the way the world wags.>
Lacemaking is an off-loom weaving techni
As I said earlier, I think that the topic of Miss Channer's Mat has been beaten to
death. I turned a blind eye to further postings because I was hoping that Ruth Bean
would respond, which she did, once her mailing address error was sorted out. Now I
think it's wise to move on because the tone is
Jo wrote:
>I'd like a book with prickings and photos, but also with fairly detailed
description of how to work the lace (not as basic as one for beginners, but not
as advanced as one for experts!).>
Have you looked at Bridget Cook's "Torchon Lace Workbook"?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/d
Please disregard Toni's virus warning. It is a well known hoax:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/jdbgmgr.htm. If you already deleted that file,
don't worry. Unless you're a Java programmer you'll never miss it.
I advise everyone to bookmark http://www.snopes.com and to check virus "warnings"
Liz wrote:
> Now here's a thought - let's take the Bible - say, the new Testament - OK,
> even at latest date the last books of the New Testament are supposed to
have
> been written about the end of the first century so they are 2000 years
old -
> obviously over the 50 years since the death of the
Brenda wrote:
> I've just added three pictures to the arachne Webshots community gallery.
Very nice! Your daughters must have had long engagements, to enable you to make all
that lace. ;-)
> Thank you Avital (?) for setting it up.
> Look at http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date
I was very surprised (and pleased) to see that the Webshots album already has some
photos in it!
http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
I hope someone will tell us about the pieces in VivDewar's album.
Avital
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I've just set up a Webshots album for Arachne.
1. Go to http://www.webshots.com
2. Login (click on link in upper right corner).
3. Fill in Username: Arachne2003 and Password: honiton
4. Click on My Photos.
5. CLick on Create new album (I suggest that you use your name so that we
can keep track of
I'm in the process of updating it. I'll ask Liz about it. The FTP site has
not been working for a while.
Avital
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From: "Annette Gill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: [lace] FAQ
> Is the FAQ for th
Someone, NOT necessarily celticdreamweave, sent a virus or worm to the list.
It won't infect your machines in any way, because it has been thoroughly
chewed up by majordomo, but let me take this opportunity to say PLEASE
UPDATE YOUR VIRUS DEFINITIONS. In case you haven't been reading the tech
pages
Anne-Marie brought something to my attention. The 1000 marbles message really belongs
on lace-chat, since it has nothing to do with lace. Please, folks, pay attention to
the address you're sending to and ask yourself, "Is this message about lace?" before
sending to the lace list. If it's not abo
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The chainletter seemed harmless enough, one of those warm-and-fuzzy things that people
don't take too seriously (compared to a potentially harmful one like "Send this letter
to 10 of your friends and CC this address so that a school can track how many I
That was my first bobbin lace book! I bought it out of curiosity when I was
a teenager and I tried making my first pieces using crochet cotton and
horseshoe nails as bobbins when I was about 15. My makeshift equipment was
rather frustrating and the lace bug didn't bite until many years later, when
I have three requests:
1. Do not cross-post to both Lace and Lace-Chat. I thought I was clear on
this point a few days ago but I am repeating it for those who weren't
listening the first time. I am posting this to Lace because most Arachnes
belong to Lace.
2. Do not forward private e-mails to the
The best way to do that is not to buy the book. Publishers don't want to lose money on
an unpopular title. If no one buys a book, it never gets reprinted. Bad books are
published every year, in all fields. There's no way to "prevent" a bad book from being
published, if the publisher is really cl
Could you all please try to refrain from posting the same message to both lists? Lace
and Lace-chat have a large overlapping membership and I'm sure I'm not the only one
who gets tired of reading duplicate e-mails. As a rule of thumb, if it's lace/Arachne
related, it belongs on lace. If it's eve
There's a "News" mailing list? I had no idea. Who is running this list?
Avital
>
> From: Ruth Budge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/07/20 Sun AM 08:19:43 GMT+03:00
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Vivienne/ Biggins
>
> This is a very good idea!!
>
> Yo
Nothing appears to be wrong with the list from a technical point of view. Summer is
normally a slow time and there are fewer messages being posted:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lace%40arachne.com/maillist.html. If you really suspect
that you're not getting all the messages, check the on-line arch
My guess is that it might have been a virus or worm, but the header was
pretty mangled by majordomo. Don't worry--it was converted to text and can't
infect your computer. I've unsubscribed blairj until I hear from her.
Best wishes,
Avital
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I don't think it's a drop spindle. I've done a lot of spindle spinning and own many
different models. Although some designers have experimented with more than one whorl,
the spindles don't spin very well unless the weight is concentrated in one place.
Also, there's no reason for placing a drop s
It's not a matter that has been "decided upon" by us, but rather imposed on
us by the state of the technology and by Majordomo, the software that is
used to manage these lists. I am sure that someday we will be able to send
pictures that take up only tiny amounts of bandwidth and can be included
wi
No, it's coincidence, nothing to do with the demime feature. I haven't
received any html bounces either, except for the usual Viagra offers and
requests from Nigerian officials for my bank account number. Maybe
everyone's too busy reading Harry Potter!
Avital
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That gives encouragement to us lesser mortals who dabble in miniatures! I've
never done anything in your league, though. Your work is amazing.
Avital
Annelies wrote:
> Avitall, yes, I use a magnifying glass for my embroidery. And this time,
> as it was so tiny, I used my glasses as well. So you s
That's what makes me think that the blurb was written by an editor. Unless
the author were truly ignorant of developments in her field or didn't mind
looking like a fool, I doubt very much she'd have written such a claim. To
me, it sounds like marketing hype, nothing more. Think of some of those
ol
Wow--that's incredible. I hope you don't mind my asking, but do you use a magnifying
glass for this kind of work? Or are you blessed with fantastic eyesight?
Avital
>
> From: Annelies de Kort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I just finished a miniature doily . The lace is torchon. On the
Dora and others,
If you want to send a test message to see whether it's being sent as HTML,
feel free to send to me. I'll be able to tell right away which mail program
you're using and it'll keep the lace list from getting too many off-topic
postings.
Best wishes,
Avital
Arachne moderator
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You're right. At least that's my experience. I had to send in some
biographical details and a desk editor at the publishing house wrote the
blurb on the dust jacket. That's why I was surprised when the original
comment came from Jean in Poole, whom IIRC has written quite a few books.
Jean, does yo
I've already written to Dora privately about this, but I think it would be a
good idea for me to post to the list.
Dora, your two earlier messages bounced to me because they were written in
HTML. Since you sent them after I'd gone to bed (I confess--I need to eat,
sleep, and have a life as much as
Steph and others,
At the moment the FTP link isn't working, but Liz's archives are normally
available to the whole world. I don't want to sound paranoid, but you should
never, ever assume that what you write on a list is private. Anything that
is stored anywhere on the Web is accessible by someone
Dear Spiders,
I've set up a backup Web archive for the Lace list:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lace%40arachne.com/. Since Mail-Archive is a
free service and can have glitches (they were off-line for a few months
because they grew too quickly and had to move to new servers), this should
be regarded
Karen Bovard wrote:
> what you are talking about. The filet lace books that I have read show
> the lace worked on a frame made of metal that the netting is stretched on
> so that the pattern darning can be worked. I would bet
One of the things I've always wondered is how filet net tablecloths a
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