Re: [lace] Re: 60/2 linen thread

2008-01-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Mark I think Tamara has answered this as well as I could have done. The only other reasonably available thread I could suggest is YLI colours. Brenda I am currently working on the lessons from Edna Sutton's book Bruges Flower Lace and it calls for size 60/2 linen thread. Not all

RE: [lace] 60/2 linen thread

2008-01-03 Thread Sue
Mark, Did Santa give you any cash for Christmas if so you cannot do better than invest a small amount of it on Brenda Paternosters thread book it will prove itself invaluable to you it has certainly saved me a lot of money on theads. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK Where it is bitterly cold and trying to

Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-03 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lacemakers and Collectors, Is there is a book of this artist's work? Not just a picture or two in other books, but a full book? A few years before the OIDFA Prague Congress, a friend toured Czech Republic. She sent an oversized postcard packet/folio of 13 cards, with a small

Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-03 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Dear Jeri, yes ther eis or was a full book of M. Eremiá^sova. I bought it during the lacetour in Prague, if my brain works correct, directly from herself. The text is in Cech, English and German. It is edited from Anna Haíková. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] Re:60/2 linen thread

2008-01-03 Thread Tatman
Dear spiders, Thanks to all you generous spiders for your advice on this thread. I knew this list would help me in my plight. Now to find some extra Santa money to get that invaluable thread book of Brenda's! Still chilly in the single digits in Greenville, IL USA BRR Mark, aka Tatman

Re: [lace] Re:60/2 linen thread

2008-01-03 Thread Shere'e
I was just online to Van Scriver looking for something else and what did I see under threads?? 60/2 linen thread! http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/2Threads.html#Linen%20Threads Not sure if it is an old listing or if they still have it but I thought I would point it out to you! Shere'e

Re: [lace] RE: Nativity lace pattern

2008-01-03 Thread Sue Babbs
Yes, Jeri, there is a book solely about the work of Milca Eremiasova. It is called Milca Eremiasova - Rec Krajky (The language of lace) and it is truly inspirational. To my mind she really is a lace artist. It is published by Anna Halikova, Ceska palicka 2002. There is no ISBN no. in it that I

[lace] Book about Milca Eremiasova

2008-01-03 Thread Avril
Hi Everyone, I am glad to see that Milca Eremiasova has finally caught your attention. I wrote about her to the list years ago, in 2002, when I had the incredible pleasure of visiting her home in Prague to see her lace during a lace tour with Jana Novak, and I raved to arachne about the book when

[lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar

2008-01-03 Thread Janice Blair
Thanks for posting the answers, glad to say I got them right even though I didn't win. Janice From: Jean Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition results Happy New Year to everyone! There were about 70 entries to the Lace Guild Advent Calendar