[lace-chat] Re: Mittens on small folks

2004-12-22 Thread outi.rissanen
Hello everyone, I think I'm few days late for the discussion, but felt I need to comment this anyway. I have been reading with a strange feeling your writings where you give the impresson that mittens are for children only. I wear mittens daily during winter time. I feel they are much warmer

[lace-chat] SECRET PAL

2004-12-22 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
Hello, sorry to post here but I don't have Susan M. email address. Just wanted to thank you for the surprise in my mailbox. I took the dove and put a pin in its bottom, and now I have a divider pin, and the bell with my name is adorable. Kind of nice to get an extra package. You're a good

[lace-chat] Winter Solstice or St. Thomas's Day

2004-12-22 Thread W N Lafferty
Hi Pene, Winter Solistice in Europe means Summer Solistice here - days will get shorter, but the worst of the heat is yet to come. Christmas greetings to you and your family, and to all members of Arachne. I too wish you all happiness in the coming year, may your lacemaking be a source of joy

[lace-chat] Sticks of butter.

2004-12-22 Thread Shirley
Hi All, my Daughter has been watching Martha Stewart on TV and she wants to make some of the recipes however Martha aparently uses ' sticks of butter ' does anyone know what that would weigh in grams. Thanks, Shirley in Corio OZ where it is to be 34c today. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Re: Sticks of butter.

2004-12-22 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 22, 2004, at 18:20, Shirley wrote: Hi All, my Daughter has been watching Martha Stewart on TV and she wants to make some of the recipes however Martha aparently uses ' sticks of butter ' does anyone know what that would weigh in grams. A stick of butter is 4 oz, or 113.4g (or 8 TBS). A

Re: [lace-chat] Sticks of butter.

2004-12-22 Thread Joy Beeson
At 10:20 AM 12/23/04 +1100, Shirley wrote: Martha aparently uses ' sticks of butter ' does anyone know what that would weigh in grams. A stick is a quarter pound of butter. (They slice the pound print lengthwise.) Having just purchased a pound of butter for Christmas baking, I can tell you

[lace-chat] Fashion

2004-12-22 Thread W N Lafferty
Joy Beeson writes: When we were in Sydney, I often wondered what was Australian and what was new to me because I'm not accustomed to big cities and fancy hotels. But it never occurred to me that the all-black office workers were anything other than Australian -- it made so much sense in the

[lace-chat] jingle bells all the way to the Government cash drawers(lace-chat)

2004-12-22 Thread Helene Gannac
Jean from Poole quoted: In a chilling act more reminiscent of the now defunct Soviet Union or the Nazi regime of Adolph Hitler, the United States Congress passed legislation yesterday that requires the States to surrender their regulatory rights over driver's licenses and birth certificates to The

Re: [lace-chat] Fashion

2004-12-22 Thread Ruth Budge
Sorry, Noelene, I think you've been out of Sydney too long!! These days, the accepted dress for most business types is black!! I've sat many times, watching workers on their way to and from the office, walking around the city, and thought how dreary they all looked! Just in the past few months,