Re: [lace] Calibre e-book organizer
Hi Debora and arachnids. Thank you, that was a great help as it showed me that I should have transferred the manual from my computer to my Kindle first (Embarrassed smile). I can now play with the program to see what its useful points are for me. Happy lace making, From: Debora Lustgarten Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:03 PM Hello all, I use this program and I like it a lot. The user manual/help file can be found on-line here: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/ You don't need to use other programs to open it or use it. Debora Lustgarten At 05:18 PM 18/08/2011, J D Hammett wrote: Hi Mary and other Arachnids, Has anybody else downloaded this program? I tried three times and had to un-install it three times as neither Adobe 10, Windows office nor any other program on my computer could open the instructions. It would not work any way I tried it. It kept giving a message to say that the content was unreadable [sic]. Can anyone help because this would be an extremely useful program for converting lace-files as well as kindle-files if I can get it to work. Happy lace making, Joepie, East Sussex, UK -Original Message- From: Mary Robinson Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 2:43 PM On another note, all the publications are in .pdf format. If you have an ebook reader like Nook or Kindle or whatever, you can use free software called calibre to convert the .pdf files to be read on your ebook reader. Calibre can be found here. It's also a way to organize your ebooks: http://calibre-ebook.com/download Here's a quote about it's format conversion capabilities: Format Conversion Calibre supports the conversion of many input formats to many output formats. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Antique Pattern Library
Regarding recent comments and questions about the Antique Pattern Library: I have volunteered with the APL for several years, donating scans of textile publications (in the public domain) from my personal collection, and moderating the Yahoo Group associated with the APL. When I read recent Arachne postings about the Antique Pattern _Library, I contacted Judith Adele Combs, the founder of our Library, asking her to address some of the issues raised in those postings. Her reply is copied below. I hope this information will be helpful and informative to those who have questions about the APL. In addition to what Judith has said, I will add the fact that the APL Yahoo Group often discusses the various textile techniques mentioned in Library books. References to other sources of information on techniques are often given. Questions are answered when someone is looking for information on specific techniques or patterns contained in our publications. Members often discuss the techniques themselves. This group provides a friendly forum for all the various facets of the Antique Pattern Library. Adrienne Kattke Here is Judithâs reply: Digital Archive does not request donations because it operates out of the University of Arizona computer department. The Digital Archive was created and developed by the late mathematician Ralph Griswold, and his database and tireless work on the library is much appreciated by needle workers. We miss him. The founder of Antique Pattern Library, Judith Adele Combs, volunteered full time for Dr. Griswold the summer before he died, extracting articles from weaving periodicals and other chores, and there was considerable donating back and forth between the two libraries, each of which has different goals and methods. The books that Dr. Griswold gave Antique Pattern Library were re-edited by APL volunteers to make them more useful to needle workers. Digital Archive was developed originally for mathematicians and other researchers. Antique Pattern Library is part of a small tax exempt nonprofit, struggling to cover website hosting costs, with no university connections. This frees us from university limitations, but does cost money to maintain, so yes, we ask for donations. None of the dozens of APL world-wide volunteers and scan donors are paid, and they give much attention to the needle workers and other craft people who use the library â graphics that are edited and can be printed and read on a variety of devices, with clear illustrations and the fastest possible load times, along with much help to any forum member who is having problems downloading and using the pdf files. The database and list of book donors grows daily, and has books that cannot be found anywhere else â treasures we deeply believe should be accessible to all, for free. The current webmistress is Sytske Wijnsma, a Java programmer from the Netherlands who is also an avid crafts book collector. Adrienne Kattke, from New York, runs the forum with amazing patience and good judgment, and Judith Adele in San Diego manages the book donations and volunteers and helps maintain the database. Dozens of volunteers from North and South America, Europe and Asia, scan their collections of books and donate them to the library. Besides our focus on creating a library of books in the public domain which can be downloaded by anyone, at no charge, there is also the goal of preserving these publications in digitized versions before the hard copies crumble and cease to exist. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: Needlelace in the Antique Pattern Library
We have the DMC Needle Made Laces book in the APL. In the catalog, it is listed as : Dillmont, Th. de, ed. D.M.C. Needle-Made Laces, Series 1. Mulhouse, Dollfus Mieg Cie, [c.1905], approx 98 pgs Also, if you click on Edit on the Menu Bar of your browser, then â from the resulting drop down menu â select Find On This Page, you will get another bar with a space into which you can type a word or phrase, e.g. needlelace. That word will be highlighted at its first instance in the catalog. To see more instances of that word, click on Find Next. You will see mentions of âneedlelaceâ in descriptions of the contents of publications. You can also try needle lace (two words). As far as I know, the DMC book is the only publication devoted entirely to needle made laces. Hope this helps! Adrienne - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] How do you sit?
I was not happy with the idea of a recliner settee when we first bought it, however, I discovered that I could put a cushion on my lap to angle my pillow to the right level and still have my feet up. For shortish periods of lacemaking; say around an hour or so, this is a perfect way to relax and make lace. Better than the time I was ill and thought making lace in bed was a good idea - oh the places those pins ended up. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Re: Wedding Hankie - Baby Bonnet (or converse)
...12 inches square. What size...to turn a bridal hanky into a temporary baby bonnet in the future...pack, store, present, this piece... Sue T *** I am a tad rusty, but as I remember a hankie of about 14-15 is ideal, as a baby's head is around 18 circumference, and the ear to ear measurement was about 3 less. It needs to cover the ears (most babies are sensitive to wind, ear infections and sun with little hair on their heads - whether real or wives tale, this is largely why fine cotton ones were worn in summer and obviously warm ones in cold weather). I used to smock all of my daughter's bonnets but for a wedding hankie, you fold back 2-3 and tack down at the sides (ears) with a ribbon flower made from one end of the ties (on both sides, of course). With smocking, there is a ruffle for sun in the eyes, so you could consider adding a casing instead, but a bit more work (perhaps easier than making a ribbon flower, and less chance of folding damage to the lace or when the mother washes and presses it). For the back of the head, you will need another ribbon to make a drawstring, and some run it through the lace itself (which you won't want to do with handmade lace), or fold it back and leave enough for a casing, thread with ribbon, and tie in a bow. I would sew it with a medium hand stitch between regular and basting stitches, so it is obvious to remove, perhaps with silk topstitch thread. Some suggest pressing, but I would only finger press. You used to give the hankie for the wedding (well have it couriered long before the wedding) and there was a note or poem inside and you say if they return it, you will turn it into a baby bonnet. If the girl is a natural at handwork, then you include instructions written with a lovely hand on some great card stock, and sign your name for the generations to see who made this wondrous thing. I found one poem, but prefer something written myself or more practical and succinct, but perhaps you will like this one, which is the reverse...the baby bonnet is turned into a wedding hankie later for the same person (you can amend as per need): I am just a little hankie, as square as can be; But with a stitch or two, they've made a bonnet out of me. I'll be worn home from the hospital, and on special days, And then I'll be carefully pressed and neatly packed away. Then on the wedding, I have been told, Every well dressed Bride must have something old. So what would be more fitting than to find Little Old Me, A few stitches snipped and a wedding handkerchief I will be! And if per chance, it is a boy, someday he still will wed. So to his Bride he can present the handkerchief once worn upon his head. Best, Susan Reishus www.SusanReishusDesigns.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace-chat] Got long hair?
Here's a link to some pictures of someone who had their hair laced. Very cool!!! http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bobbin+lace+hairw=alls=intreferer_searched=1 Peg To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace-chat] Got long hair?
That laced hair was magnificent! So regal, so elegant Thanks for sharing! Clay On 8/19/2011 8:15 PM, Witchy Woman wrote: Here's a link to some pictures of someone who had their hair laced. Very cool!!! http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bobbin+lace+hairw=alls=intreferer_searched=1 Peg To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
