Okay, I couldn't resist getting replying to this!
I now live on the west coast of Canada but before that I lived in Portsmouth on
the south coast of England. When I used to work just outside Portsmouth, I
cycled there but suffered several accidents of one sort or another and was
happy not to
Hi Jeri,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I always marvel at the talent we have on
Arachne.
I have the referenced book (Honiton being one of my favourite laces). I think
it is a shame that no new lace seems to have been commissioned for the replica
gown. I suppose we have to remember that
Thanks to those who replied about my query re the new replica christening gown
being used by the British royal family. As I suspected, there seems to be no
evidence of handmade lace on it. I did think that we would have heard about it
before now if any lacemaker had been commissioned to
Hi,
I just noticed the following while scanning an article about the Queen's
grandson being christened.
James wore a replica of the satin and lace royal christening gown, which was
made in 1841 and had been used for every royal christening until this one.
The new robe was commissioned by the
Sorry to trouble the list as a whole. Could Sally Schoenberg please contact me
privately? I have a question re the PNWLC in June.
Thanks :-)
Helen.
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As the list is quiet at the moment, I will take the opportunity to pick the
brains of all you genealogy experts and historians!
I have a lot of family members on my tree who were born in the 1800s in
villages around Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, etc. These are
simple, country
I decided that the end of the survey would be when I finally finished sewing
together my lace heart and I did that this afternoon :-) I still hate the
knots but I should be able to mask them against the second heart once that is
made. They will be interlocked so if I start the second one at
I am keen to try the lassen method of overlapping the ending and beginning of a
piece. However, as my preferred thread size ranges from 120/2 to 185/2, I
don't know what I am supposed to use for the lassen bit. I thought it was
supposed to be a much finer thread than the original but where am
Firstly, a big thank you to the 37 people from 8 different countries who have
already kindly provided their answers. Since there must be more bobbin lacers
on the list, I encourage you to pipe up with your response too - I will keep it
anonymous if sent privately, I promise!
So far, I have
As I sit here yet again avoiding the final sewing of my current lace piece (the
first of two interlocked hearts, only 12 pairs for goodness sake!), I find
myself pondering on what aspect of bobbin lace people dislike the most. I know
lacemakers who profess to dislike most - or even hate and
A big thank you to everyone who replied, either personally or to the list,
about my question re lacemaking in Northamptonshire in the 1800s. It is
interesting to learn (be reminded of? my memory is lacking these days!) that
there was a Northamptonshire lace though I have yet to discover how it
With the lace list being so quiet just now, I thought I'd tell you about one of
my latest genealogical finds. While tracing one family (the Braybrooks) on my
Dad's side, I found census records for them in 1841 in Keyston, Huntingdonshire
and all the female members of the families (there were
Interesting, thanks Janice! I came out as a Hunter Soul - I can relate to some
of the description :-)
Regards, Helen.
On Tuesday, November 06, 2007, at 09:21AM, Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Try this questionnaire to see what kind of soul you are. Mine was a New
Soul. Fun but not
When I worked here in Canada for a big American company, we would frequently
get emails referring to the Continental US and sometimes they actually meant
Canada as well as USA ...
For lace content, does anyone know of any lace pattern for a bat (flying
variety, not sporting)? Any size, any
I don't tat but that doesn't mean that I don't have questions :-)
Avital, could you please explain what is pedantic about the doily you are
making? Or is it the way you have chosen to make it? Is there a picture
anywhere of this type of doily design? (Please, just remember to keep things
Hi,
Do any of our British contingent know of a way I could contact Anglia
Television by email? I would like to ask a question about a recent programme
on behalf of my parents but can find no contact details on the internet.
Thanks in advance,
Helen (in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of
With all this talk about hanging bobbins, has anyone ever come across one for
Sarah Dazeley? It is mentioned in the Springett's book 'Success to the Lace
Pillow' but they say they had never seen one themselves so couldn't confirm its
existence. This is the one I would be interested in as
Out of interest (and because the list is quiet!), which audiobook version do
other countries have? I always get (via my sister) the Stephen Fry ones from
the UK because I find Jim Dale's version too silly but that is just my personal
opinion. What about places like Australia and New Zealand?
Firstly, thank you to those who answered my question about school holidays in
October - I now believe that I can book my trip safely :-)
Secondly, a request. If you are replying to a previous email about something
on a website, could you please include the URL in your reply? I can't believe
... one of which is lace related :-)
1) Has anyone made the lace heart in Bridget Cook's Weddings, Christenings
Anniversaries in Lace book? I am interested to know what size thread would be
a good choice if making the heart using the working diagram (i.e. the bigger
diagram) instead of the
Quite a while ago, David (I think) started a discussion about water charges.
As the list is quiet, and I have just received my utility bill, I thought I'd
pass on my numbers. As you will see, some things are paid for quarterly (based
on meter readings) and some annually:
1) Water charge
I know it wasn't specifically asked but it seems to work well with Safari also
:-) A lot of websites that pass the Firefox and IE test fail the Safari one
(which is why I have Firefox as a backup browser on my iMac). Oh, and can I
also mention that the website looks wonderful?!
On Friday,
Hi,
Do any of you genealogy whizzkids know where I can find any information about
military medals? My great uncle apparently won the Military Cross at some
point but no-one in the family seems to know more than that. He was born in
1891 so my guess would be the medal was awarded during WWI
Thanks to those who have sent me emails already. Apologies for the confusion -
I knew what I meant so surely all you should have as well, regardless of what I
actually wrote?! (And if anyone gets mean about my being unclear then be
warned, I can pull out the but I'm not well card faster than
That would be System Administrator, Tamara :-) I have been one in my time
(though not internet related, just LANs and WANs) and have known quite a few
having been in the high tech industry for many years. However, I have never
heard of the abbreviation sysad before. This person deals with
I thought I'd let you all know about a new product that should be available
around about April (according to the website). It is a bicycle basket, made in
plastic, but based on a crocheted blanket! There is a story behind the design
but she seemed to want to produce something that looked like
Okay, I'll bite :-) What are Cash nametags?
On Tuesday, January 02, 2007, at 01:44PM, Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
This thread reminded me to check inside my helmet to make
sure the information written there is up to date. (It
wasn't; a sticker had peeled off revealing the WAY out-of-
Hi,
I am needing to look at getting a medic alert bracelet. Does anyone on the
list have experience of these products and the associated services? Are there
alternatives? I would like to get something that alerts the medical
authorities if/when required but would be an attractive piece of
Interesting comment re email addresses. I haven't checked the archive website
myself. However, I have 7 email addresses (one main and six aliases) and the
alias I use for Lace and Chat is the only one I ever get any spam on (and yes,
I use the others regularly including for websites, external
As the list is so quiet I have decided that I can disturb it with a Canadian
genealogy question :-)
I have found a 1906 census record for my granddad (he was in Canada briefly
before returning to England to get married). It is difficult to read the
address information so I can just go by how
Firstly, a huge thank you to all those people who were kind enough to respond
to my question on genealogy. I'm thinking that perhaps I should go over to
Vancouver Island and take lessons from Sharon (she is nearer than David in
Ballarat) :-)
I have another question that is totally unrelated
Hi,
I know that several of you enjoy genealogy so I am asking for some advice.
Since I became unemployed I have been busy building my family tree on
genesreunited and I have a lot of information already (I had some good data to
start with). However, I am reaching the point where I really need
Hi Sue (and others),
If you look at the article I referred to a few days back, the lace is new
(assuming that the article is correct, I am not able to see the programme here
in Canada!)
See
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2006/04/24/eflace22.xml
Regards,
Helen
(Forgive me if this was mentioned back in April, it has been a stressful year!
I even sent this message first time around from the wrong email address so I
don't think it got through first time ...)
My family tend to save newspaper cuttings for me whenever they think I might be
interested.
Greetings fellow I'm Not In Montrealers!
As the list is still very quiet, I will bore you with my summer story ...
Having not made any lace for about 3 years, I am happy to report that I have
managed to make 5 different pieces this summer. Of course it has been helped
by my being laid off
Hi,
I was reading the introduction to my book Birds and Animals in Honiton Lace
by Saikoh Takano as I am (finally!) planning on making my first piece from that
book. Anyway, in the introduction it mentions the Royal Albert Memorial Museum
and the Sidmouth Museum and their splendid collections
Hi,
I just came across a cutting from a few years back. In it is quoted an extract
from draft regulations for road users in Canada in 1909. It was proposed by an
organization calling itself the Farmers' Anti-Protective Society.
Automobiles must be seasonally painted - that is, so they will
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