Re: [lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay

2005-10-22 Thread David Collyer
Since I'm an Arachne Dowager, with more than 10yrs of seniority and tons of Hey, so am I. Shall we strike a bobbin for the Arachne dowagers ~ or perhaps a needlepin... :p Me too - but what on earth do you call a dowager bloke??? David in Ballarat -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on

Re: [lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay

2005-10-22 Thread robinlace
-hairs Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: David Collyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:16 am Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay Since I'm an Arachne Dowager

Re: [lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay

2005-10-22 Thread Anne Toney
Queen Mum? Anne in Austin TX - Original Message - From: David Collyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay

RE: [lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay (hardly g)

2005-10-21 Thread Clay Blackwell
/20/2005 11:33:03 PM Subject: [lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay (hardly g) On Oct 20, 2005, at 22:49, bevw wrote: Since I'm an Arachne Dowager, with more than 10yrs of seniority and tons of Hey, so am I. Shall we strike a bobbin for the Arachne dowagers ~ or perhaps a needlepin

[lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay (hardly g)

2005-10-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Oct 21, 2005, at 18:05, Clay Blackwell wrote: I don't think that the value of the individual member's contribution can always be measured in the length of their membership. Certainly not, though, often, the members of longer standing tend to be less shy about both asking and replying to

[lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay

2005-10-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Oct 20, 2005, at 20:38, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: Hi all, I was browsing on eBay and saw the title Point de Graz (sic) and wondered if another gorgeous Point de Gaze skirt was for sale. I saw your posting, and wondered what on earth are the Austrians up to _now_ g - Graz being a town

Re: [lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay

2005-10-20 Thread bevw
On 10/20/05, Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chemical. And the title has now been changed to: Museum 19th c Point de Graz, Irish Lace trained skirt. I am wondering what this Point de Graz is! surely they aren't coining a lace, having heard of 'Point de Gaze' even if I never tried

Re: [lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay

2005-10-20 Thread suzy
Most looks like IC but the stuff in the ovals looks odd. I don't see that it looks much like IC, either :) I have some Irish Crochet lace - possibly also late 19th, but more likely early 20th c - given to me by my late MIL (born 1897), so I'm fairly familiar with it, even if I never

[lace] Re: Irish crochet skirt on eBay

2005-10-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Oct 20, 2005, at 23:15, suzy wrote: wish i had a 30 waist!! I just measured mine, and it's 29.5 - a whole 3 up from what it had been 30+ yrs ago, when I got here in 1973... 23+ yrs old, a 26 waist, and ready to be measured for a wedding dress... :) People weren't meant to marry when

[lace] Re: Irish Crochet

2003-11-08 Thread Louise Hume
Sharon , If you plan to make a Christening gown for a baby, PLEASE do not consider using size 20 crochet cotton such as adaptations in magazine patterns (ie Piecework) geared to crafters who only have access to supplies from Michaels. Irish Crochet is usually done with size 80 cordonet for

Re: [lace] Re: Irish Crochet

2003-11-08 Thread Avital Pinnick
- Original Message - From: Louise Hume [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Arachne lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 11:02 AM Subject: [lace] Re: Irish Crochet Sharon , If you plan to make a Christening gown for a baby, PLEASE do not consider using size 20 crochet