Working on the New Year Wishes early - so Happy New Year everyone, and I
hope 2017 bring you peace and prosperity and all the lace and lace goodies
your heart wishes for.
Cheers,
Helen, in chilly Duvall, awaiting 2017 to arrive with some snowflakes and a
cold start back to school this week.
To
I learnt Dacombe shorthand in Australia in 11th secretarial studies. Learnt
to type on an old manual too, but was never fast enough to move up to one of
the few electrics (this was end of the 70's). I think the school got its
first pc's in about 1981. A dear friend of mine worked for a bank and
Gosh, I remember paper like that in Oz, but white. It was in the public
loos. I remember one side was 'shiny' or 'slick' and not absorbent and
the other side was absorbent and 'matte'. As a little kid, it was quite
a weird sensation to use :-)
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in Denver, where we're
I spotted Valentines Day cards today in our grocery store when I had
need of the card aisle.
I find it depressing in late July to walk into a craft store that's
already getting it's Christmas stock in. Lets at least celebrate
Halloween and Thanksgiving first.
I have to admit, one of the best
Hi Folks,
Have there been any chat digests this week? I haven't seen any come in
the last few days. I have received regular lace digests OK.
We never lost power or internet service during the blizzard, so that's
not the problem.
As an aside, the sun came out late yesterday for a little
The Ashes are the Holy Grail of cricket. England and Australia battle
it out every 18 months for a small wooden urn with the ashes (literally)
of a bail. The Ashes came into being when a disgruntled UK cricket fan
burnt a bail in the late 1800's symbolizing the death of English cricket
('coz the
Friends,
I'd like to wish you all a very safe, prosperous, happy and lacey 2006.
As usual, Sydney has excelled itself with some fabulous fireworks off
the bridge.
One of my resolutions is to be more up to date with reading my lace/chat
digests, since I enjoy the companionship of the groups and
Hi All,
I'm a tea person first and foremost, and coffee comes second (beer and a
good glass of Merlot or a nice dessert wine or liqueur like Dom
Benedictine, Kaluha, or Amaretto are also up there).
I would drink tea all day long if I could (bad thing at this altitude -
very dehydrating), and as
Jean,
You might want to see if you can contact Australian Customs or contact
Australia House in London and see if they can guide you.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in Denver
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There is a lovely pattern of wedding bells as a garter in Lace (80),
October 1995, p 30. It's a point ground pattern which has been adapted
from an insertion type piece designed by Jean Leader (Lace, (72),
October 1993, p19).
I adapted the pattern to add a footside, and made a length which I
Yep, Mum (Liz Ligeti) has a Viking she bought when she turned 21 (I
think that's the story) while she was still in the UK, and it would've
been 1957 or thereabouts. It's a Husqvana, but has Viking badging (I
believe. I double check with her but after she finishes watching
Finding Nemo with the
I forgot to add, that when 'learning' to sew in highschool in Oz in
1976/77, The Berninas were the sought after ones (forget what the others
were). My dear Grandmother in law had a Bernina which she gave to DH's
SIL - I sewed my wedding dress on it, and loved it.
In Oz I had a Brother (it was
David, We have a friend in Belgium who uses it and swears by it.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie recovering from Convention in Denver
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Hi All,
Convention is coming to a close tomorrow - boohoo :-( I have had so
much fun in my sleep deprived, lace to the max state.
Class finishes tomorrow afternoon, and then it's the banquet and
announcing of the Lace Contest winners. There were 25 entries in the
contest, so the Judges had a
Hi everyone
I thought I'd just post here, since I thought convention updates were
more gossipy than lacey, but if someone want to move my post, please
feel free.
Today was tour day, so it was relatively quiet for me in the Exhibition
room (I set it up, and am manning it). I actually made it
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to let you know that I have enjoyed my first day of my
first ever Convention (and yes, I'm working hard on the Committee :-) ).
It's been so exciting to meet friends I only know by email. The first
person I met today was Pene Piip - a fellow Aussie, and we've had so
Hi everyone,
Sorry to post to Chat, and I do hope you'll forgive me my transgression,
but I need to get a message out to people receiving the RMLG
e-Newsletters.
If you are on my mailing list, please be aware that the RMLG hasn't
imploded. There has been no newsletter for July and won't be one
I think it is a collar, since it appears to have a revere of some sort
that would go around the back of the neck, and the long ends would drape
in front.
The pics were hard to decipher the construction of the appliqué motifs,
but they appeared to have some sort of cordonette. Maybe they're a
A latin dance style I believe.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in chilly Denver
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I know for sure that at my local public library, one is absolutely
forbidden to advertise a business/employment opportunity via the
community notice boards (I used to do them when working there, and some
people had a very tough time with this rule - don't know why, though, as
the rules were pretty
Noelene - I remember that! It was made into a film with Bruce Spence as
the groom. Don't remember who else was in it, but it was one of the
Australian movies from around the mid to late 70's I think (maybe 1980,
but no later).
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in springy and breezy Denver
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Heard from Mum and Dad who are at Mallacoota, (far eastern Victoria, on
the coast), and they said it was pretty cold there today (28th Oz time),
and they weren't going out fishing. Next thing, Noelene'll be reporting
that it's snowing :-)
Cheers,
Helen, aussie in Denver, who's savouring her
Well, in answer to what we do on Christmas Day - it's part Christmas and
part birthday (just as well we're not religious, with all that to deal
with!).
In the past we've gone for a cruise around the neighbourhood to see some
of the lights - which the kids (now 9 and 6 1/2) enjoy - on the 24th.
I
I concur with Ruth about trying to get a toddler's fingers into the
correct holes. I couldn't with the first one, and couldn't with the
2nd, so they wore mittens. Didn't seem to affect the playing in the
nsow too much.
Now they're 9 and 6 1/2 and wear gloves.
Funnily enough, I have some
Ruth,
I'm with you! My Mum did that to me, and I loathed it, and it drove me
nuts. And then you'd take your hands out of the mittens or gloves
(mittens I think mine were), and the darn things's dangle and flap in
the breeze and still irritate me by getting in the way.
I tried it with my son
Michelle,
I absolutely concur and would most definitely get his measurements, then
try to measure what you buy. It seems like t-shirts run small down there
(or they shrink when they go in the drier here, or both), and knowing
how different manufacturers cut differently (Gap cuts big on their
Commiserations Lynn!
My toes are slowly recovering from being 'jammed' by a baseball thrown
by an 8 year old earlier this summer (not my own child either!). I
finally lost the nail on my 2nd toe a couple of weeks ago, and the nail
on my big toe is still black. And it was the foot I'd had ankle
A dime is 10 cents or (if my pathetic math is correct) 1/10th of a
dollar.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in Denver
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I saw that footage of the flood in Boscastle on tv here in Denver - and
I remember visiting there in 1992. Pretty village. Hope everyone is
safe there.
Here in Denver, we've had about a 100 year storm go through town.
Flooding although Denver in street intersections and I-25 was almost
closed
I know that my kids recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day at school -
they're going into 3rd grade and 1st grade. They both had to learn the
Pledge in preschool, to recite at their Pre-K graduation. I'm not sure
that it makes you a better citizen, but it does make you aware of your
OK, has anyone seen any chat digests since #149? I know it's been
quiet this week with the Conventioneers gone, but I've seen nothing
since about the 3rd or 4th.
Just checking to see if there's anyone still out there.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in summery Denver, where it appears Fall may be coming
Wh! The RMLG's copy of Lace hasn't arrived yet, and Mum's already
posted on the other list that she got hers yesterday! It's not fair!
:-)
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie pouting in Denver
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One word about glucosamine - I think it's a shellfishby product, so do
read the warnings on the label carefully.
Another supplement is the NZ green lipped oyster - comes in a tablet
form.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in Denver, awaiting the coming of the rain
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Sue,
You might want to get her form of arthritis diagnosed, as there are very
many different types of arthritis - Rheumatoid, osteo, gout - to name
a few. I would think that treatment varies according to the type.
I had an arthritis panel done last year to eliminate it as a cause of
ankle pain
My parents did that to me too - made me watch it, even though I don't
really remember it - more from the video from later years. I was 5 at
the time. I vividly remember Apollo 13 though (love the movie), and
remember thinking about what would happen if they couldn't get them back
down, and
Jean,
You could just do a crazy quilt type sweater with your wool. My mum
(Liz in Melbourne, Oz) has made 1 or 2, and I think maybe got the idea
from her Mum (she'll know that story for sure), and you just knit each
block as it tickles your fancy. Wish I had a picture to share, but I
don't.
I couldn't get the pictures either.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in Denver
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Just received my partially rain-soaked issue of PieceWork in todays
mail, and during a quick flip through, found an article on collecting
textile and needlework stamps. Some of the stamps include an Australian
one with the Batavia bobbins, and Swedish one with a lacemaker and
others with other
Lyn,
Depending on how the centre of the flower is pricked, either do a
whole or half stitch, bringing in the pairs (a la beds lace) and leaving
them out to make the tallies the other side. I don't have my copy of
that issue at my finger tips, and not sure which of the 4 issues it is
in, but
Ruth,
I know exactly what you mean - except I haven't been back to Oz since
1996 - and when I was back then, it took all of an hour for the accent
to return, much to DH's amusement. I've been her almost 14 years now,
and there are days when I think I'm speaking the same language as
everyone
Except some international protocols which do year month day. The
library I worked in, in Australia used this date protocol, and we
submitted data to an OECD database, and had to use that format, so
everthing was done in that order. After 6 1/2 years of it, I got into
the habit, until I came here
Just a quick note to thank all those who gave so much for their country
and beliefs, and are ANZAC's. This is one Aussie who appreciates her
countrymen's sacrifices.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in Denver, who will savour a meat pie (the REAL thing!)
for lunch in Honour of the Day
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When I trained as a Teacher Librarian (with the grand dream of becoming
one, until I hit my 3rd year rounds, and decided I needed a break from
schools), I had to learn, DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification), UDC
(Universal Decimal Classification) and LC (Library of Congress). I've
used DDC (and
It looks like some very even NL done by someone. I see some little
frayed ends, but hard to tell the overall quality from a couple of
close-ups.
Either way, it's attractive - but won't fit my dining room table, so I
guess my dollars are safe.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in Denver
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Marc Brown (author of Arthur books) has one that is hand rhymes -
Hand rhymes
Miss Mary Mack and other children's street rhymes by Joanna Cole and
Stephanie Calmenson
Miss Mary Mack: a hand clapping rhyme by Mary Ann Hoberman
Pat-a-cake and other play rhymes by Cole and Calmenson
These 4 come up
I have started a button box since moving here to Denver almost 11 years
ago, but it doesn't have many buttons in it :-( My mum (Liz in
Melbourne) has one that she's bbuilt up over the years (well I used to
be a tin don't know what it is now), but like Sue, as a kid I too, loved
running my fingers
Sorry to post this to both lists, but I do want to thank everyone who
has advised me re my question about Chrysalis books. I appreciate the
collective knowledge of the lists, and I think I have sorted out my
citation conundrum.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie living in delightful Denver
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Hi All,
I just wanted you to know that Noelene's latest poem about my foot
surgery came about after I moaned to her about not being able to make
lace outside in the gorgeous Denver sunshine (it was 70 on Monday), and
that I was thirsty and hungry and still had 3 hours to go to surgery.
She duly
Hi All,
Just to let you know, that I'm sort of back - had the foot surgery on
Monday afternoon, and it went well. Am now hopping around with
crutches, when I'm not foot up.
Noelene's poetry has buoyed me greatly - especially since I couldn't get
outside to make lace in our lovely 70 degree
Carol:
Monica Ferris wrote Crewel World.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie Librarian living in Denver
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Botullism I think. It temporarily paralyses the skin, and so takes away
the wrinkles I understand.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie living in Denver
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Noelene made my Day when she wrote the poem for me! I've never had a
poem written for me before :-) Both DH and mum reckon I should share it
with my surgeon :-)
(And I seem to have this wonderful notion that whilst I'm foot up and
non-weight bearing for the first 2 weeks post-op, that I'll
Sure it did, David. It's the only form of the nursery rhyme I knew
until #2 came home from the hospital when she was born, with a nursery
rhyme (gift of a local charity), and I read it to #1 and I had trouble
reading the different words. I still read it my way - and they love to
correct me! :-)
Woohoo - Lace finally came yesterday - via Basl, Switzerland! Now I
know what everyone is talking about :-)
My issue of PieceWork also came yesterday - it has lots of projects this
time, and what looks like an interesting article on Korean Wrapping
Cloths.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie living in
The joys of snail mail! I remember one time getting an envelope from
Mum's sister in the UK. As it was a large envelope, she had folded it
over, and taped it down in places, but there was a slot that had
formed. We we cut the tape to unfold the envelope, a letter fell out.
Someone in the UK had
:-)
Cheers,
Helen Bell, Aussie living in Denver
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Yep, a dunny is an outhouse, loo, lav, etc.
And heaven forbid if you're up and down like a dunny seat (which is
obviously my son today in class! :-) )
Cheers,
Helen Bell, Aussie living in damp Denver
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G'day All,
Has anyone in the US seen their copy of English Lace yet? I keep
hearing about the fans on the cover from Mum in Oz - so hers has arrived
- but mine hasn't.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie living in dazzlingly brrr-isk Denver
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Well, pancakes to me (before I came to the US) we like crepes, so you
rolled them up with a jam filling or sprinkled on sugar and a squeeze of
fresh lemon (The Best :-) ). But since coming here, my horizons have
expanded to include flapjacks/pancakes. As a kid, you'd go to a
birthday party and
What a bargain! :-)
Won't fit my dining room table either - way too short.
Seriously, I couldn't tell from the close up of the figure, but was it
really a NL figure or was it more along the lines of richelieu work with
some NL work around the figure. The figure looked to be of cloth - are
my
I haven't seen heart shaped doughnuts, but our favourite take and bake
pizza place offers a large heart shapped pepperoni pizza on Valentine's
day :-) I'll be getting one for my 2 little cherubs, and I'll cook
something special for my big Cherub and I :-)
The one that bugs me is Christmas stuff
I just want to wish a Happy Australia Day to all the Aussies on the list
:-)
I have just spent my Australia Day on Australian time, shoveling about
5-6 of snow from my side of the driveway, so I don't have to do it
tomorrow morning in 10F temps :-)
However, I can look forward to a real Aussie
Jane,
Try dipping some focaccia into some olive oil that has a little garlic
in it! Mmmm :-) Some olive oils are more peppery than others. I
had a bottle given my by a neighbour, who's Dad owns an olive grove in
WA - outside Margaret River. It was cold pressed (best way), and I was
Noelene,
Thanks for bringing back the fond memories of driving around Canberra.
I reckon it's the only place you haven't been to, if you haven't been
lost there! I even got lost in a parking lot there! :-)
But by getting lost there, one can discover some wonderful little 'gems'
- I remember on
Hi All,
Happy Halloween to those celebrating it today/yesterday!
I was wondering if there were any Aussies out there - and I know there
are a bunch of you :-) - who might by chance have a copy of Flo B-P's
pumpkin scone recipe. I have 1 hand written one, but didn't label it as
hers (very remiss
Hi guys!
I just had to share with you what I see outside today - the coolest and
prettiest view - especially when inside in the warm!
All the moisture we've had the last day or so has frozen around the
trees, and it looks lacey. What'[s really cool is that some trees are
bare, some still have
Bev,
If you've got a reference - an you may have enough to squeak by with
title and date - try on ILL. You may have a chance of finding what you
want through that venue.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie living in summer-like Denver
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I concur with Ruth.
When I got married in 1994, over here in Denver, I wanted to send home
cake with my folks to close friends in Oz, who did not make it over for
the wedding.
I had a special cake made (tradition fruitcake with marzipan and royal
icing) just for this purpose. Mum and Dad
Please excuse this please, but this is for any of the Aussies who may have
been to the Australian Lace Guild's AGM and classes this past week.
Mum and I are just dying to know more details about her wins that Ruth
mentioned yesterday in a posting. No-one's contacted Mum with any info, and
so she
Didn't they have hoops under their skirts (in the US) from about the
very late 1850's to about mid to late 1860's? The Antebellum period?
(Scarlet's dresses during the Civil War era?) Seems like they may have
been a couple of years earlier in Europe, as it might have taken some
time for fashions
Hi All,
I do hope that all our Lacemakers in the path of this nasty storm are
safe and dry.
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in sunny Denver, Colorado
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Saltanas can also be acquired through Australian suppliers (those who
sell Aussie foods over here in the USA).
Cheers,
Helen
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I went shopping in there once in 1989, and was looking for a tie to take
home to my Dad - I went into the rooms with ties - and have never seen so
many in one place in my life!
That was a wonderful experience! :-)
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in Denver
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My son used to be lactose intolerant as a baby and toddler. We
discovered this when he was 6 months old, on my very first Mother's Day
(when we also had a guest from Oz staying with us that weekend!), and he
couldn't get down any regular formula, without gagging. I tried
changing nipples and
I think you want to try something like MS Access - it's a pretty slick
little tool, and fairly straightforward to use, and teach yourself to
use.
I taught myself with Access 1.0 many eons ago, and created my own dbs
for my bobbins and books.
Access's gone through many updates since 1992/3,
Please forgive my bragging, friends, but if you receive PieceWork
Magazine, you will see in the Anniversary issue, which has just come out
(mine arrived today), a lovely Bucks Point fan (a Springett pattern)
made by my Mum, Liz Ligeti, of Melbourne, Oz (who's on our list). It
was made for my 21st
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