Re: [lace] Steph Peters?
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:41:12 +0200 (MEST), Eva wrote: My apologies to the list for this topic beeing not of common interest. But i assure you, the book in prepare will be. At least for arachne community. I have replied privately to Eva. I think that assistance with translations is a topic that arachne members like to see. I'm involved in 3 German to English projects at the moment, and am happy to volunteer for more. When Eva sent this message I was on a cycling holiday in the Bavarian and Tyrolean alps, where we got caught up in the floods. When the roads out of Garmisch-Partenkirchen re-opened we went to Innsbruck, where we visited the Volkskunst Museum (folk art museum of the Tyrol). A small part of the museum's exhibits are of interest to lacemakers. There is one pillow and a few pieces of lace in the part about local industries, and a lot more lace in context on the costumes. The museum is very good; it was the highlight of our trip to Innsbruck (even for my husband who is not interested in lace) and I heartily recommend a visit if you are in the area. (Going off topic) The current special exhibition at the Volkskunst Museum is about childhood in the 1950s in the Tyrol. DH and I found this fascinating, being 1950s babies ourselves. It was interesting to see what aspects were common with British childhood at the same time and what was totally different. Some of the clothing and toys were exactly like things I had, especially the home made clothes for both children and their dolls. Others, like playing cards with local flowers and wildlife, were very different. Not much call for children's skis in England! -- On the other hand, you have different fingers. Stephen Wright Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: IOLI competition rules revisited
Hello Tamara, Haven't you read this: Beads, wire and raised tallies are permitted, Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: IOLI competition rules revisited
In a message dated 8/28/2005 12:44:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just can't believe that that's what the Montreal group had in mind (especially since there's no earthly reason for it; as several people have said, the narrowness of the table ribbon means that whatever else is placed on the table, is placed *around* it, not *on* it). The rules would still be still extremely restrictive, but, *that* restrictive??? It wouldn't make sense at all, unless the results were *really* fixed already, and they were positively discouraging interesting entries (which I don't really believe, since Canada ain't US, and lace ain't politics g) I think it is more a matter that the contest chairman is anticipating having to transport several of the entries in her suitcase and would prefer not to have long narrow three dimensional structures which would be very difficult to transport. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: IOLI competition rules revisited
I think it is more a matter that the contest chairman is anticipating having to transport several of the entries in her suitcase and would prefer not to have long narrow three dimensional structures which would be very difficult to transport. Surely entries which are mailed in would be sent direct to someone who lives locally in Canada, not someone who would need to fly there (contest chair or otherwise) Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] the forever project may not get finished
Dearest spiders, I packed the project I was working on at IOLI, but left my forever project at home in New Orleans. I left yesterday and am safely camped out (with indoor plumbing, air conditioning, dorms, fulll kitchen) near Alexandria, Louisiana. Beth McCasland currently in Woodworth, Louisiana, USA waiting for Hurricane Katrina - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] the forever project may not get finished
Beth, I was just talking to the kids about my Louisiana contacts and wondering what was going on.I am so glad that you are safe rather than sorry. I will bet that you ''forever project will be waiting for your return. Now to check on a friend in Houma...and those in Houston and Pensacola.who knows where this storm will end up. Stay safe. BarbE - Original Message - From: Beth McCasland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: [lace] the forever project may not get finished Dearest spiders, I packed the project I was working on at IOLI, but left my forever project at home in New Orleans. I left yesterday and am safely camped out (with indoor plumbing, air conditioning, dorms, fulll kitchen) near Alexandria, Louisiana. Beth McCasland currently in Woodworth, Louisiana, USA waiting for Hurricane Katrina - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RE: lace-digest V2005 #271/Sandi
Dear Vivienne I know Jeanette Moody has moved recently. I have left a message on her answerphone asking her to contact you re. the Itchen Lace Day. She is on my Milanese weekend with Pat Read next weekend so will check with her then that she has the message. Best wishes. Jane Dickinson http://www.greatescapes-weekends.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Eye candy for lace knitters
Deaar Spiders I've recently learned of two websites with images of knitted lace: Michael Kaprelian http://www.angelfire.com/on2/fwlaceknitter/ Melanie Ellingson http://www.imageevent.com/melaniee Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] That table ribbon
Dear all -- Forgive me for being repetitious, but somebody please tell me again just what is meant by a table ribbon. I know there was a reply the other day, however tentative and doubtful (table ribbon = table runner), but really, the stated dimensions would be too small for a runner for even the most modest dining-table. So I am back to square 1. And it's not a matter of use for a ribbon, although indeed like Tamara, I have no use for such a thing. But then, get right down to it, what is the usefulness of lace? No, I would make a table ribbon more out of gratefulness and courtesy to the Montrealers, who are obviously putting in time and thought, trying to create interesting features for next year's convention. Wouldn't it be awful if all they got were two or three entries? Like giving a party and nobody comes! But still, it would be such a help in trying to come up with a design for this thing, if only I knew what it was I was aiming at! Just a yard of ribbon, maybe? Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Idea for a Christina alternative?
Hello Spiders!! I have just come across the following item on ebay, and it struck me that while this is called a home-made pillow, it has possibilities with regard to making an alternative to the expensive Swedish Christina pillow. http://tinyurl.com/95k8g I have no idea what this pillow on ebay is like, and am not suggesting that anyone buy it (nor am I saying to avoid it!) How's that for non-commital?? But the IDEA is similar to the Christina, assuming that the center roller is somehow attached to something stable in the middle and the apron can be rotated. I'd add some padding (and length) to the apron to make things a little more pleasant!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] That table ribbon
I think the dimensions make sense if you think of it as going across the table, not the length of the table. On Sunday, August 28, 2005, at 06:43 PM, Aurelia Loveman wrote: Dear all -- Forgive me for being repetitious, but somebody please tell me again just what is meant by a table ribbon. I know there was a reply the other day, however tentative and doubtful (table ribbon = table runner), but really, the stated dimensions would be too small for a runner for even the most modest dining-table. So I am back to square 1. Margot Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Idea for a Christina alternative?
Well I have made some similar to that ( a la the Mary McPeek pillow,) but the skirt did not rotate. BarbE - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:11 PM Subject: [lace] Idea for a Christina alternative? Hello Spiders!! I have just come across the following item on ebay, and it struck me that while this is called a home-made pillow, it has possibilities with regard to making an alternative to the expensive Swedish Christina pillow. http://tinyurl.com/95k8g I have no idea what this pillow on ebay is like, and am not suggesting that anyone buy it (nor am I saying to avoid it!) How's that for non-commital?? But the IDEA is similar to the Christina, assuming that the center roller is somehow attached to something stable in the middle and the apron can be rotated. I'd add some padding (and length) to the apron to make things a little more pleasant!! Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] RE:IOLI Contest
I have it on good authority that raised tallies are permitted. I have checked, since I have an idea that might have need for them. My advice is, if you aren't sure, email a question. Better to ask, than die wondering and not enter. I too thought like Janice along the lines of what can I use it for afterwards? My dining table is about 14 feet long, so a generous yard of lace will look odd. I thought of wearing it pinned in my hair, as Alice of Oregon inspired (and helped) me to do, at the IOLI banquet this year. Cheers, Helen, Aussie in Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: IOLI competition rules revisited - 3D
On Aug 28, 2005, at 8:10, Ilske Thomsen wrote: Haven't you read this: Beads, wire and raised tallies are permitted, I *have* :) Which is why, in response to Jacqui's warning about being careful with Gros Point (NL), I created a whole series of *rhetorical* situations where natural bumps, integral to the technique (BL, Crochet, Tatting), would disqualify those laces also, if one were to stick to the no 3-D rule too literally... I still think that what's meant by 2-D only is pieces which had been constructed into pyramids and other such *afterwards* (once the basic lacemaking process is over). And I still think that the whole issue could be settled - easily - by including the third dimension in the description, *as usual*... :) Just make it 35-45 inch, by 3.5-5 inch, by no more than an eighth of an inch (or whatever's the pleasure)... What's difficult about that? It would spare the organisers having to deal with - individual - panicked questions from potential entrants who're seeking to clarify the extent of the rules (truly, the organisers of the nearest event would as soon be spared the effort of replying to multiples of those questions at this point, since they'll be having other problems g) It would also stop turning off potential entrants who think dead-flat's not what I'm interested in and won't even ask. Again: what's so difficult about that? *Add* the third dimension to the rules... Just make it *small*. IM - NH -O -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Idea for a Christina alternative?
Hello Clay, Just by coincidence I am in the middle of making such a pillow. Actually closer to the end if you consider that I have had it in mind ever since I read many years ago about the idea of a 'revolving collar' in Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti's book Nyplattya Pitsia - Bobbin Lace (Two dots on the first three 'a's) Had been looking for a variant on the lazy Susan - the middle has to be stationary - and eventually was pointed in the direction of a TV turntable. After a long search one was located in a hardware store in Canberra and I bartered a lace book for it with a friend who lives there. It will hold up to 80kg so should support a lace pillow! DH helped with the wood construction of the roller. The padding is an old felted blanket. The rings are offcuts of ethafoam. The roller is about 12 cm (5) and the total width 56 cm (22) which is a bit too big for comfort for my short arms. If I do have to make the collar cone shaped at least it can be a smaller diameter. I started trying out a pattern to see if handling the bobbins on a flat ring is feasible. Not sure how to cut/saw/hotwire(?) the eathafoam into a regular cone if this does not work out. Several trips with DH (youngest son shows no signs of leaving the nest but his 'adulthood' now leaves me free to gallivant) a Flanders workshop, and an upcoming Torchon weekend means it is still a work-in-progress. Recently I found a picture on Lace Fairy site of an actual Christina pillow and it looks light it is only curved at the outside edge. Doesn't look like it solves what has been in my mind as a problem with yardage, the obvious use for a roller. The temporary solution is a 'hole' behind the roller to allow the finished lace to fall down below the level of the collar so it does not interfere with the revolving threads, but I find that the bobbins must have very long leashes or sometimes they also fall in to that space when the ring revolves. The bobbins and threads may just be snagging on the felt and I will not have the problem when it is all covered, certainly would not be a problem with a cone shaped ring as gravity would keep the bobbins in place. For versatility the roller assembly has been designed to be removable and can be replaced with a stationary flat disc. If you are interested you can see the 'work in progress' on my web page under 'Pillows'. Jay in Sydney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.bigpond.net.au/jekers/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clay Blackwell Sent: Monday, 29 August 2005 8:11 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Idea for a Christina alternative? Hello Spiders!! I have just come across the following item on ebay, and it struck me that while this is called a home-made pillow, it has possibilities with regard to making an alternative to the expensive Swedish Christina pillow. http://tinyurl.com/95k8g I have no idea what this pillow on ebay is like, and am not suggesting that anyone buy it (nor am I saying to avoid it!) How's that for non-commital?? But the IDEA is similar to the Christina, assuming that the center roller is somehow attached to something stable in the middle and the apron can be rotated. I'd add some padding (and length) to the apron to make things a little more pleasant!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :-) Groan!!
Holy CASINO. This may come as a surprise to those of you not living in Las Vegas but there are more Catholic churches there than casinos. Not surprisingly, some worshippers at Sunday services will give casino chips rather than cash when the basket is passed. Since they get chips from so many different casinos, the churches have devised a method to collect the offerings. The churches send all their collected chips to a nearby Franciscan Monastery for sorting and then the chips are taken to the casinos of origin and cashed in. This is done by a chip monk. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Katrina
Dear List - Hope none of you or your loved ones get hit by KatrinaIf anyone wants to monitor it, I found a NOAA website tracking the Hurricane, which has apparently moved up to Category 5 http://www.stormtracker.noaa.gov/stormtracker-katrina.htm Regards, Ricki Utah To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] News reporters please engage brain and mouth
I've just listened to a news report on TV. There's been a shooting at a christening party in London. The news reporter said There were about 100 people present, including the woman who was shot. Is is that difficult for them to engage both their brain and their mouth before talking? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] lacis, u.s.a. lace supply catalog
i don't know why i forgot that lacis is an american company. i'm sure someone brought that up in an email a few days ago. they are the only ones who carry a complete supply of knitting needles in the smaller sizes. seems to me if all knitting supply catalogs have them to offer, they will sell them as well. why doesn't most other knitting supply companies carry them? they wouldn't take a lot of space for storage. the prices are great at lacis. i saw the turbi adi ones in the same size in a circular needle for 17.95 a pair. the ones on lacis i want come with 5 needles and are 5.00 a size, and that is good enough for me. if i get desperate and need to add on space for larger projects in the 5 packs, i'll just duct tape fishing line to the end of one. lol! i would rather that than pay 17.95 a pair. i'm waiting patiently for my new spindle to come. i bought the featherweight .28 once or .8 gram bosworth spindle in red cedar from journeywheel. i'm hoping that is going to solve all my problems spinning fine threads. i'm on a new chat forum called spindles, but it seems all they want to do is spin wool and bulky weight yarn. some really get into some nice stuff with pencil rovings, bulky, and other nice styles of spinning, so they know what they are doing, but none of them spin flax or sewing weight thread. it has been done for centuries, so some where out there is someone who knows how to spin fine lace weight. the best advice i got was on this website when they suggested to cut the roving to make shorter staples in the flax and to use a cotton or silk spindle for very fine threads. someone there did suggest the correct size spindles, but no one there spins flax or fine lace weight threads. from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Sins
From: D.C. O'Leary showed up at Mass one Sunday and the priest almost fell down when he saw him; O'Leary had never been seen in church in his life. After Mass, the priest caught O'Leary and said O'Leary, I am so glad you decided to come to Mass, what made you come? O'Leary said, I got to be honest with you Father, a while back, I misplaced my hat and I really, really love that hat. I know that Shaunassy had one just like mine and I knew that Shaunassy came to church every Sunday. I also knew that Shaunassy had to take off his hat during Mass, and I figured he would leave it in the back of church. So, I was going to leave after Communion and steal Shaunassy's hat. The priest said, Well, O'Leary, I notice that you didn't steal Shaunassy's hat. What changed your mind? O'Leary said Well, after I heard your sermon on the 10 commandments, I decided that I didn't need to steal Shaunassy's hat. The priest gave O'Leary a big smile and said After I talked about Thou Shalt Not Steal, you decided you would rather do without your hat than burn in Hell, right? O'Leary shook his head and said No, Father, after you talked about Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery, I remembered where I left my hat! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
