[lace] Lace in space?

2005-12-06 Thread Pene Piip
Check out the Astronomy Picture of the day for December 6th, 2005. It is titled The Veil Nebula Unveiled. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Penelope Piip [EMAIL PROTECTED] City of Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: [lace] last reminder for lace card exchange!

2005-12-06 Thread eberhard . dewille
Hi Bev, thank you for your patient reminders. Today I posted the 2nd Lace Christmas Card. It remains in Europe and should soon arrive in Britain. The 1st Card started its longer jouney to South Africa last Saturday. It was a bit late, but I still hope that it soon will arrive. It was

[lace] Hello

2005-12-06 Thread Melinda Weasenforth
To anyone who may want to get a hold of me my new email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am now getting my lace and lace chat emails just fine, so whenever someone writes to me I can add them to my address book. Thank you, Lynn - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] wire lace- Gloriana book

2005-12-06 Thread Dmt11home
I have become enthralled with wire lace and am aspiring to learn how to make it myself. I believe that the only book on the subject is called Gloriana and I am wondering if it is worth buying it for myself for Christmas. (I never like to leave something as important as the selection of my

[lace] lace card exchange

2005-12-06 Thread Lisa Thompson
Hi everyone and especially Fay Owers in Australia, I just had to brag about the wonderful lace Christmas card that I received yesterday from Faye Owers in Tasmania, Australia. It contained a beautiful bobbin lace angel ornament with a very unusual property - she glows in the dark. As soon as we

[lace] wire lace-Gloriana book

2005-12-06 Thread Dorte Tennison
No, The german lace guild www.deutscher-kloeppelverband.de have pupliced a book on silver and gold lace traditionel torchon, by the yards Anne Dyer, has made CopperWire Lace ISBN: 0-9524045-0-8 very modern, jewels etc. Dorte from denmark who just passed the drivingtest for motorbike

Re: [lace] wire lace- Gloriana book

2005-12-06 Thread delia.palin
I have both Gloriana books and Copper Wire Lace by Anne Dyer and I think they are all very good. Another I would recommend is Textile Techniques in Metal by Arline M Fisch. ISBN 0-7090-6007-6 On the back cover it says Applying the techniques of fibre arts to gold, silver, copper, and brass.

Re: [lace] wire lace- Gloriana book

2005-12-06 Thread robinlace
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have become enthralled with wire lace and am aspiring to learn how to make it myself. I believe that the only book on the subject is called Gloriana and I am wondering if it is worth buying it for myself for Christmas. Actually, there are two Gloriana books

[lace] Christmas card exchange

2005-12-06 Thread Dasa
Hi everybody, I have received a card from Carol Melton in Arizona. It contained two beautiful little angels for hanging on a Christmas tree and very nice card with a picture of a sunset in Sonoran Desert which took Carol personally. Thank you very much Carol. I sent my card on 1st

Re: [lace] Re: Slagelse Lace Fair/church window lace

2005-12-06 Thread Dasa
Lynn Scott wrote: Tamara said: But, during my trip to OIDFA/Prague last year, one of the two examples of modern lace that really caught my attention was church windows... The entire shape of the lace piece was a ghotic window shape, with Mechlin's ice ground (adjusted) forming the divisions

[lace] wire lace

2005-12-06 Thread Cherry Knobloch
I had the great fortune of taking a workshop with Arline Fisch last year. She said she learned just enough bobbin lace to write the book and make the samples. She didn't enjoy it. But the book is still very inspiring and I had a great weekend. Cherry Knobloch Chesapeake, Va USA - To

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-06 Thread A Y Farrell
. Joy Beeson said... I just wipe them with a paper towel -- So do I ;or with a clean damp cloth. I use lots of mushrooms. They are fairly common in Australian recipes and most experts advise just that so that is all I do. Mushrooms have improved from the old field mushrooms that I used to

[lace-chat] secret pal

2005-12-06 Thread A Y Farrell
Dear Secret Pal from NZ, Thankyou so much for my parcel for December. I so love the puau bracelet I didn't know it came in so many colours. Did you tat the little mat yourself? It is very lovely and I will treasure it. The calendar is great we are planning a trip to NZ next year and we are

[lace-chat] Lace in space?

2005-12-06 Thread Pene Piip
Check out the Astronomy Picture of the day for December 6th, 2005. It is titled The Veil Nebula Unveiled. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Penelope Piip [EMAIL PROTECTED] City of Tartu, Estonia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Peeling mushrooms (and other things)

2005-12-06 Thread Joy Beeson
At 08:58 PM 12/5/05 -0500, Tamara P Duvall wrote: We got your snow. First fall of the season, and not quite enough to make a problem regarding the driveway, but it did blind my car, so I postponed running errands till tomorrow -- to lazy to sweep it odd the windows :) Tip from the frozen

Re: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-06 Thread maureen harvey
Hi Jane and all spiders I don't ever wash mushrooms it makes them go all slimy when cooked, I always clean my thoroughly with kitchen paper it is all they need really. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - Original Message - From: Jane Viking Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chat

Re: [lace-chat] Peeling mushrooms (2)

2005-12-06 Thread maureen harvey
Thanks for the tip Jean I never ever thought of that, just goes to show what an ingenious lot we are. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chat lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 10:43 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Peeling

[lace-chat] Hello

2005-12-06 Thread Melinda Weasenforth
To anyone who may want to get a hold of me my new email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am now getting my lace and lace chat emails just fine, so whenever someone writes to me I can add them to my address book. Thank you, Lynn To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Observations...

2005-12-06 Thread suzy
Um... Suz, I think you got the wrong tiger by the tail... The sumptuary laws (in Europe) forbade anyone but aristocracy to *wear* the lace; anyone was allowed to *make* it and, indeed, the poor often did - it was one way of relieving poverty. i had it backwards! sorry about that. i

[lace-chat] honiton spider patten

2005-12-06 Thread suzy
i found this spider on a search and i wanted to know if anyone can explain the pattern to me. it says sew into, so am i wrong to guess that the pieces are made seperately and then sewn onto the little spider? http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/gallery/honbrch.htm from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a.

[lace-chat] Christmas Card Exchange

2005-12-06 Thread Karen
Hi All, My Christmas Exchange Card arrived safely this morning. It is my first real Christmas card for this year and already has pride of place on the mantlepiece. Many thanks to Annelore Stone in WA, USA for a lovely card with a removable Christmas ornament ring to use on the tree in future

[lace-chat] Christmas Card Exchange

2005-12-06 Thread Annelore Stone
Hello All, My Christmas Exchange Card arrived safely on Saturday. It is a very pretty piece of lace made in the shape of a tapered ornament. Many thanks to Jane Dobinson of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, for this lovely card with the removable ornament which will be on my Christmas tree

[lace-chat] Another oldie:

2005-12-06 Thread Joy Beeson
17 October 1998 One of the thank-you notes with the calendar-drive contributions [volunteer fire company] said Please forgive our false alarms as we deal with an aging mother who loves to cook. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-06 Thread A Y Farrell
WE are going on an overseas trip to celebrate. We're off to the US to visit our DD1 who is in college out there. Even though we are taking our younger daughter with us we're pretty excited. Hubby hasn't slept properly in a week or so...*g* Hope you have a great celebration for your 25th, they

[lace-chat] Re: Christmas Card Exchange

2005-12-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Dec 6, 2005, at 13:28, Karen wrote: a lovely card with a removable Christmas ornament ring to use on the tree in future years. Speaking of which... Running errands - postponed from yesterday (and yes, Joy; I did sweep the snow off all the windows of my car as soon as it stopped snowing

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: The only one

2005-12-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Never pays to lie to a woman... :) Begin forwarded message: From: R.P. Pedro and Maria got married. Pedro was a man about town so to speak, but Maria was very naive and uninformed about the birds and the bees. Pedro was a poor working man and could not afford to take time off for a

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: elf movie snowball game

2005-12-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Good, clean fun to send to (computerized) kids and grandkids while they're waiting for Christmas. Also amusing for adults with nothing better to do, and those who live in countries which are too hot for the real thing :) From: R.H.   http://www.elfmovie.com/swf/snowball_fight/index.html