Re: [lace] What do you do ....

2008-02-23 Thread bevw
I don't have any that I 'store' any more. I kept everything over ten years, but never went into the bulging files, drawers, boxes and binders. It was freedom to toss the lot. I found I don't reuse a pricking if I've put it away. I'd just as soon make another photocopy of the original, from my libra

Re: [lace] What do you do ....

2008-02-23 Thread Lorri Ferguson
I keep them in files, labeled by subject: general, bookmarks, Christmas, etc. Or if the 'original' is filed in a notebook, it goes back with the master copy. Lorri Graham, Washington where it is sunny this morning, and I am off to Lace Guild today. - Original Message - From: Jenny

Re: [lace] What do you do ....

2008-02-23 Thread David in Ballarat
Dear Jenny, What do you do with your prickings? I have been making lace since 1 April 2005 and have held on to all the prickings since then, including the ones I have prepared but not used. The pile is getting rather unwieldy now. I have a drawer full of them - all signed and dated and thread

Re: [lace] What do you do ....

2008-02-23 Thread Agnes Boddington
What do you do with used prickings? If you belong to a group or class, try passing them to others (depending on their condition, of course). Especially beginners may be very grateful. Agnes Boddington - ellougthon UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: u

Re: [lace] What do you do ....

2008-02-23 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Jenny I used to do that, then realised that, apart from the tiny 'bookmarks' I use for trying out different threads, I was very unlikely to use a pricking again so I threw them away. Proper card ones went into the re-cycling bin but those with blue film on had to go into the general ru