[lace] Re: Lierse Kant, Tambour & Limerick

2007-09-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
27;s used, extensively, in decorating Indian and Pakistai clothes, for example. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMA

[lace] Re:lacemakers map

2007-09-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
s a bigger version of same -- an American's view of the world? :^) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Rosalibre Tree of Life

2007-09-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
me to ask you if anyone of you had seen it at the Congress and if anyone perhaps knows what might have happened to it... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [E

[lace] Re: Lace Bat Patterns

2007-09-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
nique and I'd have to call Cathleen Belleville (she doesn't always respond to e-mails) and ask permission to send on the pattern, if you would like to try it. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) -

[lace] Re: "Buddy map"

2007-09-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t whose time is to come soon... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Lace Day in Virginia Beach

2007-09-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
a piece. Now I have three :) Cherry, could you, *pretty please*, update your website and include the newer pieces? Many thanks, Land House Lacers, for a job well done! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

[lace] Re: planning / Carolina's spider

2007-09-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
quot; at the sides of the face, just above the veil. Very nice; thanks. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROT

[lace] Re: uploading to the Gallery

2007-08-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Home page, to the Gallery. That way, you wouldn't have to keep mentioning the Gallery, nor would I have to have two separate bookmarks... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Presentation cards

2007-08-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
;ll try it out on Google -- my "relationship" with e-bay and searches there is rather hostile, due to my lack of e-bay proficiency and 'puter-illiteracy in general. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of

[lace] Re: Planning Finished Lace Presentations in Advance

2007-08-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Aug 26, 2007, at 19:58, Brenda Paternoster wrote: Hello Tamara Was it Craft Creations? I think you mean double fold to make three sections. That's right; fold twice, to get 3 sections, one of which has the cut-out. And Craft Creations sounds right too. Many thanks. -- Tamara P D

[lace] Re: Planning Finished Lace Presentations in Advance

2007-08-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
d one such place -- in UK, I think; they had a large variety of colours, sizes and shapes -- bookmarked but it seems to have disappeared from my list. And my large stash of those has, over the years, been reduced to a single one... :( -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lac

[lace] Jesurum lace (was: 14 Birds)

2007-08-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
re is gone too. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: identification of lace

2007-08-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
nd of lace -- needle or otherwise -- they make/used to make there. Is it blood-red? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe l

[lace] Re: Digital archives - url

2007-08-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
been published (IOLI Bulletin) but, if the gallery is to grow, the access to it has to be a tad easier than it is, I think. As things are, I'm not surprised nothing has been added to it since '06. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, US

[lace] Re: Ink Jet Ink

2007-08-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
re far sharper than anything the ink-jet was ever able to produce. Even at 250% magnification -- the size I use to draw diagrams from -- the prickings are still "clean". Best money I've ever spent on a piece of machinery :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-

[lace] Re: translations (was: ornament help)

2007-08-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
dvantages and disadvantages of various scoring systems used in Special Olympics and other games involving physically and mentally handicapped players. Every area of life develops its own jargon, hermetically closed to everyone else; quite often, you won't understand a speaker or

[lace] Re: "Winkie pin edge"

2007-08-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t's a "winkie pin"), I have no idea. And, I've only come accross this term in English laces, never in the European ones, even though many of them use the same edge. Besides that, she is asking me for a good reference for the origin of Torchon Lace, C

[lace] Re: wedding veil - silk v cotton net

2007-08-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t and your persistence. Can we hope that the photos of the veil (and the bride wearing it) will be available, on the Arachne Webshots, for everyone's enjoyment, sometime in late February of next year? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia,

[lace] Fwd: Jackie Bowhey

2007-08-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the family. We have all we need and more, and would like to see the poor of this world helped out as a priority. May God bless you all, Bernice (+ Bob) and Judy (+ Steve) - daughters Mark, Paul, Adam, Philip, Luke, Daniel, Robert - grandsons Kirsten, Melanie, Joshua,

[lace] Re: no more dreams-just plans

2007-08-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
arcel, with a chiropractor. The natural progression is to dispense with the "beauty" element as well; let's make *all* the edges "cutting", in the name of Art. BTW... Before it got "radicalised", the Museum of Art and Design used to be called American Craft Museum..

[lace] Fwd: The museum is open

2007-08-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
he museum is open   Hello,   The museum has been open since July 7th 2007. Share the last few hours before the opening and the setting up of the new display cabinets ...    www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/indexang.htm     Hope to see you in Retournac, Regards  -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: Arachne Archive

2007-08-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e.com/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Modern/contemporary etc

2007-07-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
r-changing" strip... It's simple, yet intriguing and stimulating. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

Re: [lace] Rage

2007-07-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t length, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Measurments

2007-07-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
fingertip) is tape-measure (5ft)+ 7.5". Even before I started shrinking with age, I was never taller than 5ft, 2.5"... I guess I'd be your preferred textile seller, for as long as I managed to survive on negative income :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lac

[lace] Re: modern- more

2007-07-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
names should or should not go into the virtual gallery of the modern/contemporary/cutting edge/creative lace designers? Since "clumsy/ugly" vs "elegant" (Aurelia's standard) is not, really, an objective measure, but a highly personal judgement? -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: modern- more

2007-07-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
o, in the history of the lace world, do you identify with the most?" I'd have to say it's the R.M of the Neuw Modelbuch, rather than people like Thomas Lester or Felix Aubert. Slightly off-topic, but only slightly... Here's a -- possibly cautionary -- tale of applied art tex

[lace] Re: More about "modern"

2007-07-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
to be a part of the uniqueness. And that way lies the extinction of modern (in the sense of "hobby") lacemaking, I think. Because, if each item is a unique piece of art, what's the motivation to learn the necessary *skills* going to be? And without skilled lacemakers -- who

[lace] Re: What is this?

2007-07-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e French Revolution (which brought us the metric system and the lovely decimals). -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [E

[lace] Re: Lace in Baltic ports

2007-07-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
and, what there is, is in the south (Krakow area) and west (Silesia), not in the north. It's been a long time since I've visited either city but you can skip Gdynia altogether -- there's little but the port to see. Gdansk is a much better bet, since it's more tourist-orient

[lace] Re: Bobbin Lace Dragon

2007-07-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
een made on a greatly simplified pricking. I don't think both mats would have been made in the same place, by the same "stable" of lacemakers. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscr

[lace] Re: Bobbin lace dragon

2007-07-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Besides... Most dragons have wings, and this critter doesn't :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Lace at Sweet Briar

2007-07-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the result. I just don't like to haul all my equipment back and forth between the room and the classroom and don't like to work in the room (cramped, bad light, et al). -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of

[lace] Re: Lace at Sweet Briar

2007-07-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
said: Try this retreat once and believe me you will be hooked! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Wine stains

2007-07-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the chemical properties of the salt and alcohol, rather than those of salt and grape. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe l

Re: [lace] knit lace

2007-07-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 8, 2007, at 23:14, Tamara P Duvall wrote: I'm pretty sure (though not 100% positive) that a size 8 bead is a (seed) bead which, measured hole to hole is 1.8 of an inch. Bt. Sorry 'bout that. Should have been 1/8 of an inch, *not* 1.8. Sigh... Metric measurements,

Re: [lace] YouTube converter

2007-07-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 8, 2007, at 4:51, Jean Nathan wrote: Incidentally, donlt know if it will work with Macs. "(Apple) Quicktime" is the Mac equivalent of "Windows Media Player". No conversion necessary. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexi

Re: [lace] knit lace

2007-07-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ure 1" (2.5cm). So each bead is slightly larger than 3mm. Your 4mm ones may be a touch too big, but should still work. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Summer's here -- finally :)

2007-07-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
... I'll miss Debra something dreadful. But we still have a year to go; 4 more issues... I guess the current team will have to make sure we go out with a bang, not a whimper :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of

[lace] Re:Fwd: Women In Art

2007-07-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
(which now looks like an arrow) and the show resumes. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Fwd: Women In Art

2007-07-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
hit the button for "full screen" before viewing.  MD  Interesting Video: Women In Art http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: IOLI Bulletin

2007-07-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
us laces that Devon'd sent me to chew on were *priceless* in decoding the woodcut)... Beth McCasland in the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA where it's hot and muggy with afternoon thundershower Hot an muggy here too, though no rain for the past few days. As someone on my &quo

[lace] Re: Rich, rich, rich, and lacy too

2007-07-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ciest of the fancy designers. Means we could be in fashion *and* score a few points for having *original* lace on our clothing (and bags ) http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/the-best-hands-in-the- world/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Vir

[lace] Re: summer is here

2007-07-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
x27;s not here yet... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Convolvulous/Morning Glory

2007-07-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
$1.50 a month for my spam filter which doesn't beggar me, allows me to check before it removes anything (its judgement isn't always the same as mine) and gives me the priviledge of writting *my own* junk into the signature besides... :) -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: Ebay item 270139922469

2007-07-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ther annoying to use. The spool wouldn't spin on it for easy unwinding -- the "spiky" cone would prevent it. And the "rocking bottom" would make it worse -- as you pulled on the thread, the whole thing would lean towards you, instead of paying

[lace] Risch, rich, rich, and lacy too

2007-07-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Have a look at some of the haute couture (spell?) workshops and see what they're getting ready for the autumn/winter '07 http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/the-best-hands-in-the-world/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Vir

[lace] Re: Buttons on lace pillows

2007-07-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
o have the book (extremely detailed and easy to follow) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help,

[lace] Re: luxurious use of lace

2007-07-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
sufficient :) I was so underimpressed by the bag, $1400 wouldn't have been enough for them to *pay me* to use it. But then, what do I know... I'm just a dumb Polack, who buys bags for the number of zippered pockets they have, so that I can keep all my "stuff" sorted out properly...

[lace] Re: Update (s)

2007-07-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
igrated to my own, though *the text does not yet reflect the change* (ditto, BTW, for the fate of the "2-Pair Inventions" booklet, which is now on the Arizona U -- aka "Professor's" - website, available for a free download) -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Fwd: German lace site

2007-06-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
in German. The ones which have English translations available are clearly marked in the description. http://www.forum-alte-spitze.de/ Thanks! Sally -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe

[lace] Re: Slovenian Lace

2007-06-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
0 " " perlovka " and "mulinka". "kordonet 80" is tatting thread (cordonnet 80) "perlovka" is pearl cotton. Don't know what size, but the most common size I remember from Poland was equivalent to DMC 8 "mulinka" is mouline; the stranded embr

[lace] Re: Polychrome

2007-06-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ate 9via enlarged photos) the effects of changing colours (of both ground and worker threads). I found it sufficient, but only in addition to books on Bayeux. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To

[lace] Re: resizing a pricking

2007-06-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
printed pricking might be like, because I've had no need to do that. It's an extra effort and I'm all against waste of energy :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Re: resizing a pricking

2007-06-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Egyptian Cotton 140/2 = 62 (wraps per centimetre) Egyptian Cotton 70/2 = 46 (wraps per cm) 62:46= 134.78 So, I'd copy the pricking at 135% for the thread you want to use. Unless Brenda chimes in and tells me I'm all wet; math (and mathematical thinking) is not my strong poi

[lace] Re: Late Georgian/Regency Lace

2007-06-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ed "floral" Bucks, where you add and take out pairs all the time. For that matter, if you found a Bucks (or even Toender) pattern with some cloth stitched elements in it and rendered those in half-stitch, they'd look "blondish" :) -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: OIDFA anniversary bobbin

2007-06-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
r *of*)... I've been (mentally) moaning about it. Now, I have some ideas... :) Thanks, Alice. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: uns

[lace] Re: lacing right this minute

2007-06-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
length of time until the light "goes bad" for lacemaking and then I had to go shopping, before I got up here again. But yes, I was lacemaking then. We had a nice, grey day, so I could work longer than usual; on sunny days, the light goes yellow around 14:30-15:00 our time (11:3

[lace] Re: crochet lace?

2007-06-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Francis), correcting my misappprehension. They're not just any old "Jihad Central"; they're "*Arabian Silk* Jihad Central". Your wish is their command. Just to let y'all know... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Vi

[lace] Re: Lurex Thread

2007-06-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
have an ever growing problem telling the difference between "your" and "you're". But, even once you get past that, the last line does sound a bit like a message from Jihad Central, doesn't it :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net

[lace] Re: Saba Lace

2007-06-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
there are copies of the book still available? Someone who actually does make this kind of lace might be able to see what's the same and what's different about it. I'm not parting with my copy of the book, because, even though my interest in NL is minimal, this was a Chr

[lace] Re: new postings

2007-06-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
summer: delightful! Our spring has been too short (as usual) also. Now it's sweltering and humid... Not delightful at all :) Thanks again, -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe

[lace] Fwd: [lace-chat] Isleworth Lace Day

2007-06-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
erested and would like a good day out with plenty of cake and lots of raffle prizes please email me for further information! Anne Nicholas Feltham Middx. England To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] F

[lace] how do you find a club without risking a clubbing?

2007-06-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ng else, thus earning himself the title of "the lace husband of the year" -- now scoots and locks himself in his study with his poetry books whenever "another one of them" shows up. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace] World-wide lacemakers

2007-06-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
to start unravelling the whole ball of it, and you've already got that first bit in having joined OIDFA and, of course, Arachne :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [E

[lace] Re: Queen Anne's Lace (Jigsaws and honey)

2007-06-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ants, so some plants might not appear in them... OTOH, many plants that we now think of as weeds *had* been used for medicinal purposes, so, who knows what could be found there... It's a fascinating possibility. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexing

Fwd: [lace] Re: The question of century/which is it?

2007-06-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
This was meant for all of us, not just me... Begin forwarded message: From: "Jo Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: June 1, 2007 4:33:28 EDT To: "Tamara P Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace] Re: The question of century/which is it? Hello to all! I

[lace] Re: The question of century/which is it?

2007-05-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
idence I didn't have before :) PS I totally agree with Ilske: "1625-1650" would have been a *much* clearer description than "2/4 17th century"... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] The question of century/which is it?

2007-05-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
hrhundert" would cover 1725-1750 (our 18th century). "2/4 17th century" would cover 1625-1650 (German 16. Jahrhundert). A hundred years' difference, yet those labels are describing the same piece of lace... So, which is it? -- Tamara P Duvallht

Re: [lace] Mixing midlands sizes on one pillow?

2007-05-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On May 26, 2007, at 20:19, Jane Partridge wrote: That said, the difference in length is likely to drive you bananas, While I said it would drive me nuts. I guess the the lace-monkeys have different diets, on the two sides of the Atlantic... :) -- Tamara P Duvall

Fwd: [lace] Mixing midlands sizes on one pillow?

2007-05-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
* a worker, or it's *always* a passive, and always in the same position), though to a lesser extent. It's the bobbins which change roles -- sometimes a worker, sometimes a passive, sometimes an equal partner in the ground -- that need to be as well-matched as possible. A *random* mix in t

[lace] Re: lace in the sun

2007-05-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
, while my "family in the village" in Poland whitened linen (sheets, tablecloths, dish towels) out in the sun, they always did that by draping the things over bushes, never spreading them on the grass on the ground, because stains from cut grass are hard to remove, while leaves of shru

[lace] Re: does anyone know

2007-05-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
stly (though not only) of hunting scenes, have dogs in them, but I don't think that's what you had in mind. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] co

[lace] Re: Lacemaking in Literature

2007-05-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
all afternoon (the sun was shining and it rained. He was smiling, she was crying, according to another Polish "saw") -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTE

[lace] Re: Chemical lace

2007-05-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
idered elements. Those are left from the original background fabric, which hadn't quite dissolved, being almost -- but not quite -- covered by the non-soluble embroidery. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Polan

[lace] Re: pineapple lace on ebay

2007-05-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
und", so I haven't been able to see the lace. But, if the item-- which, from all I've heard, is machine-made -- is *still* described as "Bobbin Lace", then where is the revision of its description? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexing

[lace] Re: unpleasantly innacurate seller on eBay

2007-05-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ve nothing better to do than get bent out of shape over an Ebay ad and send snobbish emails to me, you need to get a life! Go make some lace or bother someone else, you pest! And I thought *I* was lacking class! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexi

[lace] Re: Turkish lace

2007-05-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
.That takes you to a list of articles, one of which is on Oya. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace] Re: Online Archive of Old Lacemakers

2007-05-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
? And the lady making lace is as saintly as I am myself (giggle)... http://tinyurl.com/2ft3jo takes you to the whole list (103) of thumbnails. #10 is at: http://tinyurl.com/38mvj9 -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of W

[lace] Re: Copyright, and lace patterns (Duvall-long)

2007-04-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
someone were to print it off/make a DVD of it and sold it *with their own copyright* prohibiting reproduction. I don't mind it at all if a *community* profits from my labours, but I'd be willing to get violent (very un-Libra-like ) if I thought some*one* was doing the same thing, for their

[lace] Re: beginning Russian lace book

2007-04-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
"Russische kant", by M. Polfliet-Pauwels) which had no English translation at all except for a short -- maybe 50 words -- "dictionary". Between the photos -- which showed wat you were aiming at , and the diagrams -- which showed how to get there, it was perfectly sufficie

[lace] Re: Spanish lacemaker doll on Ebay

2007-04-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Thanks, everyone, who wrote me -- on list and privately -- with help regarding reaching E-bay images; I think I now "have it". As for the doll itself... I don't want her; she's got a sly grin that would keep all the rest of my lacemaking dolls frightened :)

[lace] Re: Russian Needlelace Combined with Embroidery

2007-04-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t have the word "panno" -- all the pieces have that in the title. The last number on the left-hand side of each piece is, BTW, the number of hours it took her to make the piece. The portraits are around 6 hrs. But some of the hand/machine ones go into over a thousand... -- Tamara P

Re: [lace] Spanish lacemaker doll on Ebay

2007-04-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
URL*. So, can I ask people who report of seing a spectacular bit of eye-candy or a "magic mystery tool" or anything else out there on E-Bay that is worth seeing to please give the full destination? Yours, electronically challenged, in wet Virginia -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: Le Pompe book 2 - long

2007-04-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
enge of their own, since the tight, little (pinless) windmills won't work any more... :) Even if you don't *like* that kind of lace, you have to appreciate the enormous amount of skill and knowledge that went into making it. PS Thanks for the info on metallics and on the book on Hardwicke Hall. Something to chew on... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2007 #91

2007-04-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ot;bespoke" that one for the Bulletin, too :) Debra Jenny (THE Editor of the IOLI Bulletin) has turned things around greatly and all for the better, but she can't keep up the high standard of the Bulletin all by herself. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n

[lace] Re: Le Pompe book 2 up in the archives

2007-04-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
too: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/this-month.html at the moment. Scroll past the first 3 (including LP II) and the first "monograph" is "it". That's for all of you who'd signed up for the raffle 7-8 weeks ago and didn't get a copy because I only had 3

[lace] Re: Lace Moire lamp

2007-04-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ey stick their designing necks out :) PS I don't think two panels of different grounds would give quite the same effect as two panels of the same ground, with one panel "tilted". I've seen some lace structures where you -- sort-of -- saw through two entirely different planes a

[lace] "Tamara's Appples" at Kohler

2007-04-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
y the snake in my pocket (it bites if I try to reach into the pocket for money -- for those unfamiliar with the Polish phrase)... So, she tried to create temptations/distractions, which might be stronger than the snake's influence and which would make me buy more -- Atalanta's/Tamara&#x

[lace] Re: Large bobbins?

2007-04-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e choices. The final result still needs to be tested the old-fashioned way, by making a sample, because those variables (like the number of plies) often change the way a piece works up, even if the number of wraps is identical... Lacemaking is an inexact science, when all&#x

[lace] Re: Lace Moire lamp

2007-04-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Julie, it's *fantastic*; both beautiful and clever... It -- sure as sure -- should have been included in a museum exhibition (like the MAD or the Kohler), so it could get a larger audience. PS I bet you'll hate roseground for a long while:) -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: Large bobbins?

2007-04-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
en me a lot of material to "chew on" vis different options. And, hopefully, the discussion may have also been of use to others -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [E

[lace] Large bobbins?

2007-03-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
k/sample, which is what I'll be doing for pattern publication. But there's no way I can wind enough of thick thread to make something that's a yard or more in length, onto my "everyday" bobbins... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexingto

Re: [lace] Exciting News - Exhibition.

2007-03-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
pastel drawing of a male nude body. "Appropriately" because... It's also called "Netted Stinkhorn"? Yours, still giggling from her Google-trip -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To

[lace] Re: Wire lace (was: Washing and "mangling" linen lace)

2007-03-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
s close to the head as possible. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Beginner's Lace Class

2007-03-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
;s just added two more -- very exciting -- ones to the ones previously published in the IOLI Bulletin). Each is simple, each is quick, and each can be taken home as a finished project. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw,

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lacemaking in Russia

2007-02-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
s given me the names of lacemakers -- all in UK -- who'd "been to Russia". I know all of them by name but not personally, so have no way of contacting them. I have passed their names on to Vera -- maybe she does know some of them and can ask her questions direc

[lace] Re: How far should I leave pins in?

2007-02-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the "nipple" which tends to form around it. But, otherwise, why worry? It's one of those few situations in life where excess can't do any harm :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Spangles

2007-02-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ot;pa-yet-kah") is a disc, usually larger, with a -- small -- hole off centre. Those are meant not to be attached at both ends but will dangle off whatever item they're attached to. We do not have an equivalent of the English "spangle". At least I don't know of any.

[lace] Fwd: Lacemaking in Russia

2007-02-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
seen these?   I really appreciate your help and time and effort.   All the best and thanks Vera Cockuyt -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containin

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