Re: [lace] personal lace renaissance (long and a bit chatty), prickings and bent pins; OIDFA in Prague

2003-08-22 Thread Jean Barrett
Hi Julie, On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 08:10 PM, Julie Ourom wrote: OIDFA in PRAGUE And now I hear that OIDFA will be in Prague in 2004 and I've been looking for an excuse to go back to Prague as it's such a wonderful city, and I was planning to go to Europe next summer anyway... it's

[lace] Re: jumping around

2003-08-22 Thread Ilske und Peter Thomsen
Hello Lorelei, hello Barb, You both speak from the deepest point of my heart. It is a nice idea to be a lace-frog. Ilske the lace-frog from Germany - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] RE: bent pins/pre-pricking

2003-08-22 Thread Ian Chelle Long
Gidday Julie, Robin and all, matter at this stage, but if I really keep going at this, I'm going to have to find a way to have better prickings with fewer bent pins. If you want fewer bent pins, you're going to have to break down and pre-prick. That's the only way to minimize bending brass or

Re: [lace] jumping around

2003-08-22 Thread Ilske und Peter Thomsen
Hello Clay, hello everybody, . In Europe, lacemakers typically learn the lace that is traditional in their region, and they usually learn it in a very structured way, that is to say, there is a traditional course of stitches, variations, patterns, etc. Examples of the expectations are the

[lace] IOLI conventions

2003-08-22 Thread Passell
Dear Devon, I am from England and have attended the last two IOLI conventions. I have been to a Lace Guild convention and two OIDFA's in Barcelona and Gent. Each offers different aspects of lace and lace making. I particularly enjoy the IOLI conventions because they are well organised and hosted

Re: [lace] Re: jumping around

2003-08-22 Thread Barb ETx
giggle-gigglePerhaps we need a sub-group. I hereby name Lorelei LF lace frog) #1. Did I jump in next? that makes me LF #2 and Ilske LF#3. ;D))) Now when we retro-lace we really rip-it, rip-it, rip-l-it Okay, Okay .. so I have not had breakfast only one eye open# ;-) Barb E

Re: [lace] Re: jumping around

2003-08-22 Thread Ilske und Peter Thomsen
Hello Robin, You must imagine a butterfly, who looks if it take live easy but take from everywhere the best it could get. What do you think about that? Ilske from Hamburg where it is raining in a way like november - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] thank you SP

2003-08-22 Thread Alessandra
SORRY FOR DELAY BUT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH MY SUBSCRIPTION Dear SP from France , (Britain?..I went to S.Michel and S.Malò 9 years ago, I visited better Normandy, but I did not make lace at that time: I did not know what lace was.only now I realize that is a great pity, because I

[lace] frogs

2003-08-22 Thread Lorelei Halley
and Clay would be LF #4 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Re: jumping around

2003-08-22 Thread Clive and Betty Ann Rice
dominique wrote: new definition : arachne lace frog : a lovely frog with lace frills and a spider on her back sitting on a cobweb ... You've got to add, making retrolace Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

Re: [lace] frogs

2003-08-22 Thread Barb ETx
Indeed!!! ;-) BarbE - Original Message - From: Lorelei Halley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 12:44 PM Subject: [lace] frogs and Clay would be LF #4 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] Flanders and translation

2003-08-22 Thread Steph Peters
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:39:21 -0500, Barb wrote: Oh well, I have learned a little, passed it on to many (some who have become much better laers than I) and am having so much fun. I want to get back to the Flanders, as there is a cat pattern in that Niven book, that is darling. (Boo-hoo no pic).

Re: [lace] Flanders and translation

2003-08-22 Thread Barb ETx
Oh Steph...thank you, I think ;-). More decisions...and I thought that I knew just what I wanted to do. l will look into this book. It is about time that I bought a new lace book, It has been a while. I find this list full of the *most* interesting people Every day I learn something

[lace] lace stamps

2003-08-22 Thread Tess1929
The Professor has asked me if I know anything about lace stamps. He says: Tess: It's not so much that I'm interested in stamps as it is that they are considered important ephemera. The American Textile Association even has a membership category for it. I will put any images I can get on my

RE: [lace] lace stamps

2003-08-22 Thread Lori Howe
I have a large collection of lace stamps on my site already and there are a few others linked from those pages as well. Here's the address: http://lace.lacefairy.com/LaceStamps/LaceStamps.htm Lori the Lacefairy -Original Message- The Professor has asked me if I know anything about lace

[lace] Ulrike Loehr's workshop at the IOLI Convention (v. long, and still only Part I)

2003-08-22 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Gentle Spiders, Someone wrote to me yesterday -- asking about the workshop -- and I realised that I'd promised y'all a report and then promptly forgot all about it, being under siege from family visitors... So here it is, a Tamara special (long-winded) :) ~~

Re: [lace-chat] Light pollution

2003-08-22 Thread Ruth Budge
Just to change the thread slightly talking about people suing - we have a case here in New South Wales only yesterday, where a man sued a mental hospital, because they let him go, instead of committing him, thereby forcing him to kill his brother's fiance 6 hours after he was released!! He

Re: [lace-chat] Light pollution

2003-08-22 Thread Ruth Budge
Oh, and I forgot to tell you - he was acquitted of the murder charge on the grounds of mental illness!! Ruth (Sydney, Australia) --- Ruth Budge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to change the thread slightly talking about people suing - we have a case here in New South Wales only yesterday,

Re: [lace-chat] Food Allergies

2003-08-22 Thread A+Y Farrell
My son has a tree nut allergy, and they crop up in the darndest things. Thankfully, here in the US, all ingredients are labeled, so I spend forever in the stores, reading the ingredients on food for either tree nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans, etc) or mushrooms (which tend to be hidden in the

[lace-chat] Humour

2003-08-22 Thread David Collyer
The Eulogy She married and had 13 children. Her husband died. She married again and had 7 more children. Again, her husband died. But, she remarried and this time had 5 more children. Alas, she finally died. Standing before her coffin, the preacher prayed for her. He thanked The Lord for this very

[lace-chat] book on ebay

2003-08-22 Thread Barron
this looks like an interesting book on Irish Lace, does anyone have any knowledge of it? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3546098226category=112 4 jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace-chat] Food Allergies

2003-08-22 Thread BAChojnacki
In a message dated 8/22/03 4:48:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My DD2 is allergic to soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorants, sorbelene, chlorine all adhesive tapes and Band-Aids as well as surgical gloves, or more likely the chemical they use to stop the sticking together, even unpowdered

Re: [lace-chat] Food Allergies

2003-08-22 Thread A+Y Farrell
My DD2 is allergic to soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorants, sorbelene, chlorine all adhesive tapes and Band-Aids as well as surgical gloves, or more likely the chemical they use to stop the sticking together, even unpowdered gloves. My husband is also allergic to surgical gloves, especially

[lace-chat] Re: Light pollution

2003-08-22 Thread Joy Beeson
At 10:55 PM 8/21/03 -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: I dislike the *colour* of those street lights we have now... Bathed in that orangey glow, everyone looks either sick, or menacing, or both -- even your nearest neighbours. Heavens! You pedestrianate? Pervert! Orange lights beat the

[lace-chat] Re: Light pollution

2003-08-22 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Friday, Aug 22, 2003, at 19:22 US/Eastern, Joy Beeson wrote: At 10:55 PM 8/21/03 -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: I dislike the *colour* of those street lights we have now... Bathed in that orangey glow, everyone looks either sick, or menacing, or both -- even your nearest neighbours. Heavens!

Re: [lace-chat] Food Allergies

2003-08-22 Thread Ruth Budge
My daughter is a veterinary surgeon. After she'd spent five years studying at university and several years in practice, we discovered that, amongst other things she is allergic to: soap, the disinfectant used to clean contaminated surfaces in the practice, the powder in surgical gloves, the

[lace-chat] Lace that lights up - was Light Pollution

2003-08-22 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, Actually I want to send this to lace too because I'd love to see somebody make lace from this stuff G. DH has customized his computer a bit and some of the pieces are from www.beingseen.com They make sheets (paper size) and threads that light up. The whole thing lights up and it does

Re: [lace-chat] Lace that lights up - was Light Pollution

2003-08-22 Thread Carole Lassak
This sounds fascinating!! But I couldn't get the link to work :( Our lace group is always up for a challenge. This could be the next one. Often we take one pattern and see how each person interprets it, or give every one the same combination of threads and see what each one does with it. Thread

[lace-chat] Re: Lace that lights up

2003-08-22 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Friday, Aug 22, 2003, at 21:04 US/Eastern, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: They make sheets (paper size) and threads that light up. The whole thing lights up and it does need a power supply but he got thread about 1/8-1/4cm in diameter and laced it through some holes in his computer. You could

Re: [lace-chat] Food Allergies

2003-08-22 Thread Toni Hawryluk
Question : how many allergy cases does it take before consumers start thinking : - food 'additives' - plastic food containers leaching ?what? into the food - GE/GM *crap* poisoning foods that we were *used* to . . . Toni in Seattle To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace-chat] roo whistles?

2003-08-22 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone Barbara wrote: here in Central Western NSW we need all the night lights possible to avoid car accidents with kangaroos. I can sympathize, as we have a lot of deer, and potential for car accidents with them dashing in front of cars on the highway - I think 'roos travel more

Re: [lace-chat] roo whistles?

2003-08-22 Thread Motherchaos
I could really use one of those whistlesif they work on elk, I am sure that they will work on moose. As close as I have come a time or two to hitting one of them, I am grateful for my headlights and the rare street lamp. Mikki In Fairbanks Alaska where we are headed back to the winter

Re: [lace-chat] roo whistles?

2003-08-22 Thread Ruth Budge
I think I can answer both those questions, even though I live in the biggest city in Australia! In most cases, its the vehicle comes off worse in an encounter with a kangaroo -roos are often very heavy animals, and they're bouncing fast and hard when they hit a car. Many a suburban-city dweller,

[lace-chat] moose whistles???

2003-08-22 Thread Bev Walker
Mikki wrote: that they will work on moose. As close as I have come a time or two to hitting one of them, I am grateful for my headlights and the rare street lamp. I dunno if the deer whistle would work especially if the moose was running headlong full steam ahead (akin to a steam