Re: [lace] French lace equipment website

2010-03-26 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lacemakers, When you come across a lace term you do not understand, one of the best ways to look it up is to use our Arachne archives: _http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html) I printed the name of this site,

Re: [lace] French lace equipment website

2010-03-23 Thread Agnes Boddington
HelloSof It still does not explain to me what a plioir(s) is. I tried to google it, translate it using online dictionaries, but did not find any explanation. Some very nice items on the aite though. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK This is a new french web site :

Re: [lace] French lace equipment website

2010-03-23 Thread Sue Babbs
Those bobbins are gorgeous - even tempt me to move from Midlands and squares to continental! And fair trade too. Wonderful. Sue - Original Message - From: sof nard...@free.fr This is a new french web site : http://www.materieldentelle.com/ Bobbins, pillow and boxes are inspired by

[lace] French lace equipment website

2010-03-22 Thread sof
Hello, This is a new french web site : http://www.materieldentelle.com/ Bobbins, pillow and boxes are inspired by Queyras (Alps - France). Plioirs are more inspired by Le Puy and arround. This man open a workshoop in Madagascar, teach to local workers and now come back to France. He give

Re: [lace] French lace equipment website

2010-03-22 Thread Beth Marshall
Yes, commerce equitable in English is Fair Trade (and in England we're in the middle of fair trade fortnight - what a good excuse to buy more lace equipment!) Beth in a windy, showery Cheshire, NW England On Monday 22 March 2010, you wrote: Hello, This is a new french web site :

Re: [lace] French lace equipment website

2010-03-22 Thread sof
Thank you Beth, I'll try to remember!! Sof from France Beth Marshall a écrit : Yes, commerce equitable in English is Fair Trade (and in England we're in the middle of fair trade fortnight - what a good excuse to buy more lace equipment!) Beth in a windy, showery Cheshire, NW England

Re: [lace] French lace equipment website

2010-03-22 Thread sof
Hello Dom, Shorter than Bayeux 9,5 or 10,5 cm Sof from France too Madame RD a écrit : Sof thanks for the info . it's beautiful work. what's the length of the bobbins ? shorter than Bayeux ? dom from Paris - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: