[lace-chat] Other laces

2011-09-16 Thread Sue
A friend came across a second hand book mentioning lacemaking and bought it for me recently which was nice but when she handed it over it is Tambour lace. I had heard the name but didn't know anything about it so checked out some youtube videos, (what a fabulous resourse that is). I was able to

[lace-chat] Old Butch :-)

2011-09-16 Thread Jean Nathan
Old Butch John was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers (hens), called 'pullets,' and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced. This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny