[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY

2011-10-21 Thread Tatman
On 10/21/11 9:09 AM, "dmt11h...@aol.com" wrote: > Perhaps we need a > lace swat team, ready to drop in, like the fire jumpers, to difficult > locations in need of a lace demo. This just brought an interesting image in my head that I couldn't let go. So I drew up a "LACE S.W.A.T. TEAM" logo for y

[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY

2011-10-21 Thread Dmt11home
I love it! In a message dated 10/21/2011 4:09:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tat...@tat-man.net writes: http://www.tat-man.net/LaceSWATTeam.jpg - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera..

RE: [lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY

2011-10-21 Thread mary carey
I sat on the bottom of the stairs in a hotel one Friday afternoon while my husband "discussed" the bill (booked from Airport, promised a discount). I was tatting and gave a cross bookmark to a lady in red from Texas who had been in New York for the US Open. We went on a bus to Montreal that ev

[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)

2011-10-23 Thread robinlace
That came out great, Mark! Noelene is our poet laureate and you're our artist. Is there a painting/drawing/graphics equivalent of poet laureate? Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Tatman wrote: This just brought an interesting image in my head that I couldn't l

[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)

2011-10-24 Thread pene piip
I really like the poster, Mark, but I wondered if "S.W.A.T." in lace terminology stands for "Started With A Twist"? Pene in Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)

2011-10-24 Thread Tatman
On 10/24/11 4:58 AM, "pene piip" wrote: > I really like the poster, Mark, but I wondered if "S.W.A.T." in lace > terminology stands for "Started With A Twist"? HAHAI was trying to think of what the acronym for SWAT would be in lacemaking terms as I was working on the graphic. I like your id

[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)

2011-10-25 Thread pene piip
After thinking about "Start With A Twist" I realized that Ulrike would not approve as this leaves a bigger hole. Maybe for demonstrating purposes "Stop, Watch And Try" would be better. Pene On 10/24/2011 11:12 PM, Tatman wrote: On 10/24/11 4:58 AM, "pene piip" wrote: I really like the poste

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2011-10-24 Thread scotlace
[lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo) I really like the poster, Mark, but I wondered if "S.W.A.T." in lace terminology stands for "Started With A Twist"? Pene in Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...

RE: [lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)

2011-10-24 Thread Noelene Lafferty
Sorry Pat, that song wasn't familiar to me, so I Googled it - found out it was a 1982 number and when I played the UTube video, it didn't ring any bells. However, my old "Some People" poem (my favourite) can be sung to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" Some people knit wool into blanket

Re: [lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)

2011-10-25 Thread jlynn1643
Hello! My name is Jolene and I am 26 and brand new to lace making. I recently went to the Fiber Arts Festival in Hemlock, NY where the Genesse Country Lace Guild had a booth set up. They were demonstrating bobbin lacemaking and that was the first time I had ever seen the process. I fell in love imm

Re: [lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)

2011-10-25 Thread Sue Babbs
Hi Jolene Welcome to Arachne - and thanks for posting. Your suggestion re art schools is great, and I would also suggest that the textile and theatre costume departments of colleges and universities would also be interested in demonstrations. Feel free to post questions / thoughts as they com

Re: [lace] Re: demonstrating lace/NY (SWAT team logo)

2011-10-25 Thread robinlace
pene piip wrote: After thinking about "Start With A Twist" I realized that Ulrike would not approve as this leaves a bigger hole. But a number of lace traditions use the "open" method of TC instead of CT. They always "Start wtih a Twist" (well, except for CTC). Robin P. Los Angeles, Cal