Thanks, Patsy, for your report. I enjoyed being in class with you.
Things I learned at conference:
-Waiting for an elevator takes longer than walking down the stairs, but
with those pillows and bags, it's not worth it to walk. Start early. Be
patient.
-Watch the front desk at the hotel.
Gentle Spiders-
I'm back on line, after spending yesterday (Sunday), the day after convention
ended, trying to stay awake. :- Kept dozing off, despite my efforts to wake
up and stagger around the house. Why staying awake seemed so important I'm not
sure. I couldn't figure out where I was (I kept
Yes, I agree that the Rocky Mountain Lace Guild did a terrific job in hosting
this year's convention. Vasna, Cindy, Helen everyone else in the group
should be proud of what they achieved - a week that all attendees enjoyed
thoroughly.
It was fun educating other lacemakers about Estonia, I have
After a struggle, I managed to upload the fish on the Webshots page. Once I
managed it, I also uploaded photos of another group project the Guild
undertook - the fish is also part of a group project. The first project is
the Welwitschia mirabilis which is a plant that grows in the Namib desert.
http://cgi.ebay.com/WITHOF-LACE_W0QQitemZ8210944833QQcategoryZ19158QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
this is the purple cover book, which is out of print.
Sumac
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My Polish cleaner brought her sister-in-law (who is visiting from Poland) to
help this morning and the S-I-L has just tipped my lacemaking pillow off
it's stand, flipped it upside down on the floor, and
In a message dated 8/8/05 11:46:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I am looking for 2 articles of Les Arts 1908 nr 78 and 79 about the lace
collection of Alfred Lescure. I think they may be on the CD from the
professor, can someone look it up for me please and tell me
The convention was really great! Everything was so exciting. I spent lots of
money in the
salesroom: a 14 Simon Toustou pillow, $150 worth of Binche bobbins in
different woods, some
beautiful spliced wood continental bobbins from Lacy Susan, all sorts of
stuff... Then I had to
wind all these
I found this lace on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6199308160rd=1
I emailed the vendor telling her it's not bobbin lace, but I'm not sure what it
is, and she asked me
for identification help after I emailed her with the correction. Can anyone
help?
Weronika
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At 12:30 PM 8/9/2005, you wrote:
I found this lace on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6199308160rd=1
I emailed the vendor telling her it's not bobbin lace, but I'm not sure
what it is, and she asked me for identification help after I emailed her
with the correction.
What a wonderful letter for those of us who couldn't go to
convention! Thank you for taking all that trouble to write it. --
Aurelia
Well, here's my adventures at the IOLI convention.
Left San Diego on Sat. Aug.27th. Sure helped to have someone push
me in a wheel chair through the
This year's convention was wonderful!! My classes were schneeberg and tatting
with the shuttle brothers. I learned a lot in both of them. DH went along and
entertained himself during the week and when I took him to the vendor's room
on Monday night he bought me a Shuttle Brother' shuttle (lucky
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to de-lurk long enough to say it was worth every penny to get to go!
It was my first convention, the RMLG did such a fantastic job, and i had two
phenomenal teachers (Sheila Wells- beginning Honiton, and Nancy Evans-
Beginning Needlelace) i am already planning on attending
I think that Anita already clarified this point... her friend realized
that she would enjoy the class and since there was room left in the class,
got permission from the teacher to join the class in the afternoons only
(since she was already in a morning class...) AND she paid for her
I finally have the house tidy after being away for over a week but I still doze
off if I sit for any length of time. Convention really takes it out of you!!
I got my desired workshop Polychrome de Courselles with Pompi Parry and was not
disappointed. What a lovely woman and my kind of
The freight elevator sure was useful... Still, if we all started using it,
we'd just have 5 elevators
instead of 4, which wouldn't be that much of an improvement.
Next time I'll try to get a room on a reasonably low floor so I can use the
stairs - the 11th was a
bit much...
But just going to
Yes, and don't forget, Weronika, that we were saved from quite a long wait
on Friday afternoon by using the freight elevator (I rationalized that we
were both carrying freight, with all the pillows, stands, and supplies).
The uncomfortable thing was that the hotel had booked the room for use
Thank you to ALL you lucky folks who got to attend the IOLI convention and
have been giving us the news about what went on. Keep the information going!!!
I'd like to hear from anyone who was in Lenka's wire lace class.
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Hopefully those of us who had to sit out this
On Aug 8, 2005, at 20:14, purple lacer (Anita) wrote:
I thought I would try to clear up her comment about sitting in on
Lier Lace Class.
JoAnne paid the fee for an afternoon class.
There'd never been any freeloaders in any IOLI (or other) workshops
I've ever attended; as many people said,
On Aug 9, 2005, at 13:16, Weronika Patena wrote:
Running between two classes with my big block pillow and stand was a
bit frantic, but doable,
When one is 21, jumping from Vesuvius to Everest is doable, also g
If it was a bit frantic for you, I suppose I should be counting my
blessings -
In response to a request that was posted, I
participated in Lenka's Punta de Espana wire lace
class, which was what I'd hoped for. I found the
class to be informative, interesting, pleasant,
motivating and creative. In the event that such a
class were to be offered again, I would suggest taking
Sylvie asked me to post the url for WEBSHOTS.
I decided to upload my original design for everyone to see also.
http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html
I will accept any complients (or critcisms) about my lace.
Please keep in mind that this was the first time I had entered a
lace competion.
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:04:32PM -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
On Aug 9, 2005, at 13:16, Weronika Patena wrote:
Running between two classes with my big block pillow and stand was a
bit frantic, but doable,
When one is 21, jumping from Vesuvius to Everest is doable, also g
If it was a
it looked more like a brown giant vigaroon, but i only saw it from the side
view. it crossed in front of me at a distance of about 10 feet, and it clicked
loudly when it walked. i couldn't see if it had a long tail in the back because
the dirt on the path is dark brown. if it is not that
Dear Friends,
I'm about to install SKYPE on my computer - that's the most popular
programme whereby your computer replaces your telephone for free. I'd be
most interested to know if any other Arachnids have it.
Thanks
David in Ballarat
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In a message dated 8/8/2005 8:49:31 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
the other girl you mentioned probably eats glass and rocks for show!
lol! how could you let a bee sting you? no way!
Actually, A.J. didn't let them sting her. She had big callouses on the bottom
i think you can be sure no one here will try that at home! it's good to know
she wasn't completely insane. a mother would have to worry about a child if
she liked inflicting pain on herself!
Still, after reading about the very serious effects many here have reported,
and realizing
I don't think you necessarily need to worry about self-inflicted pain... I
used to do that a lot as
a kid, and still don't think there was anything unhealthy about it. I just
wanted to be tough and
to develop my pain resistance - I wasn't being suicidal or self-hating or
anything, and only
Hi margaret
I was delighted on my return from caring for my elderly mother for a week to
find Piecework waiting for me. Thank you very much indeed for the raffle
prize. It is a really good issue with such interesting articles on laces of
all kinds. I have enjoyed them all, especially the
Dear Secret Pal,
Your package came early, and surprised me. Mystery packages are always so
much fun.
The bobbins are lovely. I think I will use them on the new pillow I just
got. I want to start a bookmark pattern on it soon. The pillow is dark
green -- just the perfect color to show
On Aug 9, 2005, at 12:49, Weronika Patena wrote:
I don't think you necessarily need to worry about self-inflicted
pain... I used to do that a lot as a kid, and still don't think there
was anything unhealthy about it. I just wanted to be tough and to
develop my pain resistance - I wasn't
it looks to me like needle lace, but it could also be machine made needle lace.
i'm not an expert, so someone else might be better to judge than me.
Weronika Patena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I found this lace on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6199308160rd=1
I emailed the
sorry! i forgot to reply to lace chat. just ignore the one sent to your box
it's the same as this one.
you must have been a hell-raiser as a kid. i could never do that. i hate
bugs! i would surely never induce pain on myself not in any way. i was
raised with 3 brothers and i wrestled
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 10:17:16PM -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
No wonder the two of us hit it off like a house on fire, despite a 34
years difference in our ages :) And I don't think it's something
specifically Polish (as in dumb Polack), either...
I remember being at camp (aged maybe
On Aug 9, 2005, at 22:40, susan wrote:
you must have been a hell-raiser as a kid.
I was :) My mother was appalled, my father was delighed (he'd hoped
for a boy, and a hell-brat of a girl was better than nothing), I was
confused :)
i would surely never induce pain on myself not in any
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