RE: [lace] Joan Kelly and her patterns
Hi Jacqui, As an absolute beginner I'd be interested in the book by Joan Kelly on torchon designs with book marks. I've graduated from just samples to doing bookmarks as well. If it is out of print I could always try and find a used copy. Could you tell me the title and I'll see if I can find it through used book stores on the web? Thanks, Darlene Mulholland www.darlenem.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 24/07/2003 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Magazine / census
My Lace magazine has arrived and, Oh! I know its silly but I'm so chuffed. The first tag of the lace census is pictured and its *my* design! (well, half of it anyway) This was my first ever Milanese design, and the first ever piece of Milanese that I made. I know it has been around some time (Lily, Read Kincaid no 1), but its so nice to think that the design is still liked. Thank you, Marie Kell, for using it and putting it into the Lace Census. Now, if I can only get on with my tag. I've 3 new designs to try out, but 2.75y toddler wants to paint. Sigh. Jane Ms Jane Read Southampton Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 02380-596432 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Adhesives for fans
In a message dated 30/07/03 10:06:25 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It would be interesting to find out what fan makers used during the 1900s before these synthetic adhesives were around. While not suggesting for a moment that she would remember what adhesives fan makers used before synthetic adhesives, many years ago Pat Read recommended gum arabic to me. It was in powder/granular form and had to be dissolved in water before use. Perhaps Jane could tell us more. I have to confess that the lace did not stay stuck for long, but that was probably due to operator error. In retrospect, I should perhaps have primed the wooden sticks in some way, and I could easily have got the proportions of water/gum arabic wrong. I do have to say though that when the lace came off, after some months, there was no mark or staining apparent, and there still is not after probably another 15 years. And the leaf is still not back on the sticks. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace-project
Hello lacefriends, Speaking about summer/winter/what ever-project I finished this afternoon my lace-scarf. I made it for my blue winter pullover but it goes with white too. and as always if something is ready I think that it is not beautiful. My next project have to wait till I am back. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Summer projects
Tamara P. Duvall a gazouillé à Ò[lace] Re: Summer projectsÓ. [2003/07/30 05:00] Hey, hey, hey! Don't count your chickens until they're hatched (don't divide the bear's pelt while he's still chasing you if you'd rather I used Polish g)... don't sell the bear's hide before you've killed him frenchwise... dominique - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] summer/winter lace projects-an a bit of a ramble!
I'm a happy soul! I've just finished a square torchon mat and it looks wonderful. Currently I'm making a bookmark - it shouldn't take long- It's an Irene Tomlinson design that I have made several times since 1998 (bought it at my first NEC tried it when I'd been making lace for 4 months.) I'm planning to start another torchon mat next (in-laws golden wedding in August 2004 I'm going to do Biggins/Ruthan Jubilee) I may be going to do a bit of tuition (not teaching) gulp! Perhaps some of you recall my question in May about Brownie badges and lace? My friend fom work still has the pillow,+ original how to make lace book + bobbins etc. She took the newly finished mat (above) to show her daughter(Charlotte) who was inspired. We're going to try this weekend . If we get stuck could you come to help? I said yes without thinking! It will be wonderful to see someone having the same joy as me from those first (and if truth be told) not very good bits of lace! Charlotte is the rationale behind the bookmark choice. I thought it would be nice to give her as a prize when she gets somewhere with the lace whether its Progress Failure but sticking at it and wanting to try again; or I've tried this Mummy and I really don't like it (I desperately hope its not the last option) Anyway I'll leave the bookmark with her Mum to decide when to hand it over! Happy lacing everyone Viv - Original Message - From: Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:48 AM Subject: [lace] summer/winter lace projects Hi all For those not going over lists and checking them twice to go to convention, how're things, lace-wise? Everyone cool enough (or warm enough or tepid enough - this is hemisphere friendly) to do lace? And what's on your pillow now? Let's fill in the time until convention reports come our way... I am approaching the second move of my Flanders lesson/hanky edge, and after the move will be able to begin the third corner. On my pillow dedicated to a mindless project I have now *5* inches of the 13 required to go around the fabric points ornament. Such excitement. Do respond. -- bye for now Bev in summery Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace fans
Hi All, I also am a great fan of Richard, but wonder if those of you mourning the fact that he doesn't send sharp objects out in the post have tried Richard Ives' Goodies. He does several prickers - the long slender ones, and the ones with a round globe-shaped handle - they are also beautifully made, and works of art! (He used to trade under the name of Jennrich Designs, if that rings any bells with you all, but now they are just Richard and Jenny Ives.) Take care of yourselves, Carol - in a very wet and stormy Suffolk, UK - Original Message - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] prickers
works of art! (He used to trade under the name of Jennrich Designs, if that rings any bells with you all, but now they are just Richard and Jenny Ives.) Yes, I remember them. Do they have a new website? The page I had stored for them doesn't work any more Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] summer/winter lace projects
Hi, all This is going to sound rather gloomy/pessimistic/stupid. I have spent the first 7 months of this year making the lace for 2 heirloom table cloths, and shall spend the next 5 months (God willing!) making the lace for a third. Until I have done all three and mounted them, I am not going to do anything else! The reason? Up until a couple of years ago I had every intention of living forever, with all my faculties (of course!) - even after my first heart attack, when the consultant told me that I was a creaking gate and would go on for ever. The second 'slight' heart attack had me in hospital for a month, during which time I had a double coronary bypass, and lost my 'creaking gate' status. The problem is that I have three children, and every one will have to have an heirloom - hence the three cloths. I just started the lace for the third this evening - and for light relief I am halfway through mounting the first. Ann in Manchester, UK - Original Message - From: Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:48 AM Subject: [lace] summer/winter lace projects - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Technique of Bucks Point Lace
A while back, several people on the list were interested in finding a copy of Pamela Nottingham's Technique of Bucks Point Lace. It is harder to find than most of her other books. A copy has just been posted on eBay if anyone else is still interested. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3541708525 Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Punto fiandra
Now, I am finishing a small mat begun in a course of Punto Fiandra di Gorizia taken at the forum Italia Invita last May. That technique is worked with only three pairs That's not Flanders as *I* know it... g - Tamara P Duvall You are right, Tamara, Punto Fiandra di Gorizia is not Flanders. They call the flander stitch the ribbon formed with 3 pairs of bobbins. We can say that the ribbon curls on itself like in the Bruges flower technique but the ribbon is a lot finer and the joins are made differently. May be the association Bruges-Flanders can explain the name given to that stitch. I read with a lot of interest all about your projects and am ready to read more! I envy all of you going to the convention. Nicole Montreal,Qc, Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Technique of Bucks Point Lace
On Wednesday, Jul 30, 2003, at 22:57 US/Eastern, Clay Blackwell wrote: A while back, several people on the list were interested in finding a copy of Pamela Nottingham's Technique of Bucks Point Lace. It is harder to find than most of her other books. A copy has just been posted on eBay if anyone else is still interested. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3541708525 So far, so good, and dirt cheap :) But, with 9 days to go, there's no telling how high it'll go; it's an excellent book, and I'm glad to have gotten my copy... - Tamara P Duvall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Summer project
I've just finished a Russian lace rooster from Bridget Cook's book. Not wanting to get back to my Pat Reid Lace Challenge or my self-designed Fish called Wanda, I decided to do the small round edging from the July Anna Magazine. It is working up really fast and should be finished soon. Then back to one of my UFO's. Malvary in Ottawa where we had a lovely day today. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Monetary conversion site
Jean, Thank you for the answer, as you may have noted Liz Beecher also answered. The period was 1768, in Ipswich, Massachusetts Colony. This is in a newly published book about the Ipswich Lace Industry which was from 1750 - 1840. The author is Marta Cotterell Rafell, the ISBN 1-58465-163-6. The laces pictured are point ground and Dieppe ground laces many of which were made in black or blond silk. There is also a passage he (the debtor) was also routinely purchasing large amounts of 'quality thread'. On Aug 4, 1768, Mr. Pulcipher bought two more skeins of thread for 2 shillings, 6 pence. Since lace is made from this thread, such purchases indicate that this household was engaged in lace making. I am very eager to get further into the book. Lorri - Original Message - From: Jean Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace arachne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:20 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Monetary conversion site Hi Lorri, In pre-decimal England, 12 pence equal 1 shilling and 20 shillings equalled 1 pound. A debt of one pound three shillings and 4 pence was the same as 23 and a quarter shillings, so at 18 shillings a yard for the lace they would need to make something about 1 and a third yards. What sort of lace was this? as it seems a very high price for yard lace. Even into the beginning of the 20th century adverts for Beds. lace showed lace edgings at anything up to 2 and a half shillings to the yard. Can you give a date for this? Jean in Cleveland U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 06:41 AM, Lorri Ferguson wrote: Hello Gentle Spiders, I know monetary exchange sights have been discussed and posted before but I didn't save the postings. I have just purchased the new book on The Laces of Ipswich and there is reference to the cost of laces and the threads. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: The Euro-community and the Italians
This is hysterical! And so close to home that it's scary. All this time I thought only Israelis clap when the plane lands. Avital From: Tamara P. Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pya.cc/cnt2.php?uid=761PHPSESSID=3b12cb47a3e0779ed097076ea14f2 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] honiton book on ebay
I'm sorry I can't remember who was looking for the Honiton book - but is this it on ebay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3540690217category=112 4 jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] ebay
an interesting needle lace book on ebay jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] honiton book on ebay
Hi Jenny - That's Susanne Thompson's first book. The one that is proving so hard to find is her second one...Further Steps... I think Batsford really ought to reprint that book, because a lot of people would like to find it! Clay - Original Message - From: Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 4:25 PM Subject: [lace-chat] honiton book on ebay I'm sorry I can't remember who was looking for the Honiton book - but is this it on ebay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3540690217category=112 4 jenny barron Scotland mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal thank you
I got the most precious box from my Secret Pal in Australia. It had some liquor chocolates, sweet little pooh magnet, and a neat little double gold picture frame. I also got a sweet little tablet that my daughter cabbaged onto to take to National competition for Drama teams in Washington D. C. and a priceless Australian flag pin which she worn for good look on her shirt.Thanks so very much. I loved it all. Hannah Moad To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] all together now, sing ! Who's crazy now, who's . . .
Today on MSN a.. Memo warns of new airliner hijack plots MSNBC News a.. Air marshals pulled from key flights To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: The Euro-community and the Italians
Tamara P. Duvall a gazouillé à Ò[lace-chat] :) Fwd: The Euro-community and the ItaliansÓ. [2003/07/30 05:51] I couldn't resist forwarding this one -- it's a *howler* :) The funny thing was... I recognised many of the situations from my Polish childhod. and all the situations are true to life ... as all who have been to Italy can tell ... the music is just as good as the pictures ... Open this url and click Play when it appears. Ciao! ciao! i'm going to forward it to my friend who's mad about Italy . i'm sure she'll enjoy .. dominique To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] health tips?
I know amongst are ranks are many experts on almost everything, and now I am seeking suggestions for anything that can help me with bronchitis. I caught a cold about a week ago, and just as it was about to go away, it was very rude and turned into acute sinusitis and acute bronchitis. My doctor gave me an Rx for Levaquin, which is starting to do its thing, and I've been drinking lots of chicken broth to the extent that I think I'm going to sprout feathers anytime now. I've also been having lots of fresh-squoze orange juice and the hot water-vinegar-honey thing. At least my fever's gone down from where it was for two days (104.1) to a more manageable 99.2. Anyone in lace-land have any other old-fashioned (or new-fashioned) aids to getting bronchitisi/sinusitis to hurry up and go away? I do want to thank Dr. Tamara Duvall, however, with providing us with the usual humour almost everyday to read -- laughter is excellent medicine!! (Even though it initiates a coughing fit...) Thurlow in Lancaster Ohio who just learned all about the Mighty Mississippi this morning on the History Channel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] mugwumps in Potter
Hi everyone and Lynn I give up, where in book 5 is 'mugwumps' - I knew I had something important to do today - so I've been looking :) Haven't found it yet. I might do some lace for a break. LOL. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Urgent help required - - -
David wrote: in the next couple of days I need to send her a snail mail telling she has failed her audition. What about saying that although you were impressed, there were only x number of spaces free in the choir, and that you had too many applying who were whatever she sings (soprano, contralto, etc) - or tries to sing. That it was very difficult decision to make, but that unfortunately on this occasion she wasn't one of those chosen, but that shouldn't stop her auditioning in the future. Jean in Poole I've missed David's post, but want to add : if she is as clueless about herself, *as I am about myself* - and how I 'come across to' other people*, perhaps also a *technical* suggestion would be in order - if you sense that she has some ability that could be 'polished' ? Toni in Seattle To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] health tips?
(snip) Anyone in lace-land have any other old-fashioned (or new-fashioned) aids to getting bronchitisi/sinusitis to hurry up and go away? I do want to thank Dr. Tamara Duvall, however, with providing us with the usual humour almost everyday to read -- laughter is excellent medicine!! (Even though it initiates a coughing fit...) Thurlow in Lancaster Ohio *Real* horehound candy may help soothe the throat as well as the 'cough center' - it does for me - or at least shorten the coughing spells . . . Toni in Seattle To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] health tips?
For the sinusitis try inhaling the steam from boiling water (or as hot as you can stand - sub boiling, probably) with something like menthol dissolved in it - *if* you have a nostril sufficiently unblocked for the steam to penetrate. (I usually can't breathe through my nose when I have full blown sinusitis.) The only other advice is rest, rest and more rest even after you start to feel better. Hope you recover soon, Patricia in Wales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] health tips
particia just told of how to use steam and menthol to open up nostrils to open up the nostrils before you use the above method use any brand of hot sauce on any snack and get them open for the mentholated steam it works great hope it does for you yours in lace Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cablenet-va.com/~dearlk/ http://photos.yahoo.com/ladearl To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: The Euro-community and the Italians
On Wednesday, Jul 30, 2003, at 03:23 US/Eastern, Avital Pinnick wrote: This is hysterical! And so close to home that it's scary. All this time I thought only Israelis clap when the plane lands. Not by a *long* shot :) You fly with Poles, and it's whoosh on take-off, as everyone crosses him/her self. And then it's clapping and bravo-s on landing (if successful g)... Our pilots are well-appreciated for their skills, though I've often wondered what the foreign ones (I've seen it done on American airlines too; a lot of Poles fly in this drection) think about it. My personal favourite was the Bus situation; been there, done that (in Poland), for more years than I care to remember... :) And the Bureaucracy is exactly *so*, too; you're always sent from Annas to Kaifas, and, when you finally reach the correct window, they're out to lunch and closed for the day... http://pya.cc/cnt2.php?uid=761PHPSESSID=3b12cb47a3e0779ed097076ea14f2 - Tamara P Duvall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Lena Ole
Definitely not PC, but the Lena and Ole jokes are now ranking second (after the blonde ones) in frequency when it comes to serial ones (could it be that Polacks are out, and blonde Swedes are in?). And many are funny... From: R.P. Lena folded and put away Ole's underwear. Ole took out a pair the next morning and noticed there was powder all over the crotch area. He started to shake the powder out and said, Darn it, Lena, I vish you vouldn't put so much talcum powder in my undervear. Lena replied, Dat not talcum powder, Ole. Dat Miracle Gro! - Tamara P Duvall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
