From: Sandi Woods tosandiwo...@gmail.com
Subject: [lace] Silly Prices!
Hello!
Yesterday I was horrified to hear from somone that Amazon are offering used
.
The same may apply to other authors. If you are having problems finding books
at reasonable prices you can usually find the address of
I agree with you Jeri.
I am in 5 lace guilds and I consider the membership fees Very well spent. I
get so much pleasure from the magazines - Living so far away from most of
the Guilds it is the only contact I have with them, usually, but I find them
invaluable. I am also on 4 Internet lace chat
From: tess1929 tess1...@aol.com
Subject: [lace] More on the Arizona archives
Our friend John Cropper has been busy in the last little while. Thank you Tess
and John for making this wonderful resource available to us.
Happy lacemking
Alex
-
To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com
Hi Everyone,
Laurie has kindly added the details of Poole Bobbin Lace Circle's Lace
Day to Lace News, UK events. Thank-you Laurie.
http://lacenews.net/category/events/uk-and-ireland/
May I draw your attention to the incorrect date published in the
recently delivered magazine The Lacemaker
- Original Message -
From: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net
. I recently heard that a
book I currently have available at £24.50 was being listed on Amazon at
£75.00.
It's bad enough when a bood such as my own is out of print but to ask for
these ridiculous prices when
Hi
Thank you for the link for used books.
Books such as Sandi's are an inspiration for all types of crafts.I
frequently use all sorts of books including embroidery, Dover and Search
Press publications and even childrens books for design.For those of us
who can not draw, but can
I remember a discussion many years ago, as to whether birds would use,
to build their nests, any threads that they found.
Well, here is proof that some birds might do so, at least in California:
http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/2012/03/if-martha-stewart-was-a-bird.html
Pene in
Okay, I found the thread but cannot find the scarf pattern, Schal Sabrina.
Turned the house upside down this morning looking. I can see it in my mind but
can't put my hand on it. Darn!! I do have the Weste Sabrina which has the
pattern repeat for the scarf, which I could use as a pricking,
I also knitbut I know what you mean about books being rediculously priced
when they are still in print. Point in fact. I am a knitter also ...and my
favorite Knitting designer is Alice Starmore. I bought many of her books back
when they were still being sold in the local knitting shop. So I
I went to put something away and pulled out the drawer and there was the
pattern. It was in my tatting supplies drawer. I also found a photo I took at
convention of a scarf made, I think by Alex Stillwell, or was it Pompi Parry?
Anyway, the maker had only done two repeats of the pattern so
Thanks for the link Bev. Now I have the pattern I can look at the original,
but
I am interested in seeing her new book when I go to convention this summer. It
looks like this one might have English translations which will be helpful. Now
I have to see which pillow is wide enough to do the
Catherine,
I taught a needlelace class as my guild last week and was recommending your
book
to them, only to find that it is out of print. Are you considering having it
reprinted? I am sure there is still a market for it. I am busy making flowers
from it with the intention of making a
In addition to April's warning -- Embroiderers' Guild of America members
discussed this decades ago, and at great length.
Some people were putting their yarn orts (scraps) out for birds to collect
for their nests. Bird lovers weighed in. It seems that many threads
(wools for
The dog hairs I put out are fine for birds.
My dog is a Labrador (quite a mad one), and the hairs are only about 4cm
long and also waterproof.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
where we had a glorious Spring day today, and I did a lot of gardening and
feel my old bones!
In addition to
On Mar 24, 2012, at 4:30 PM, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
It was reported that nests need to be dry, and
the making of them from dry grasses, weeds, and twigs is safer for baby
birds, because the natural materials dry quickly.
We are very lucky to have Eastern Bluebirds nesting in our
I used to put out Malamute hair, the under coat was so soft. I used to spin
it also.
Now I have a sheltie, much longer hair than a Malamute and curlier too.
Nice for spinning if one would care to. She is so small it would take ages
to get enough for a project though.
Only 8.5 lbs.
Susie
Susie
jeria...@aol.com wrote:
It seems that many threads (wools for needlepoint and knitting, etc.) hold a
lot of moisture when wet and take a long time to dry. It was reported that
nests need to be dry, and the making of them from dry grasses, weeds, and twigs
is safer for baby birds,
That's a record for one month. And today I passed the 500th post!
We should pay more attention to lacemaking in Spain. Magnificent work is
being done, including Catalonian Blonde. And each event attracts hundreds,
if not a few thousand lacemakers. Absolutly amazing, and the trend in Spain
is
This time of the year my dog starts to moult, so I brush her every morning,
put the hairs in a ball,
and wedge this in the hedge - then watch the sparrows and blue tits take it
away for nesting.
In the autumn I clear out the nest boxes, to find the hairs tightly woven
into their nests.
Agnes
Neat, I didn't think of doing that with my cat fur. I wonder if they would use
that or avoid it as it might still smell of Molly. I have managed to get an
early start on tidying the garden because of our 9 days of record high
temperatures in Chicago. I especially wanted to get the area where
That's a wonderful way to recycle.
My friend, Dolores, has very long, white
hair almost to her waist. She
saves the hair from her brush and puts it out
on her back picnic table for the
birds. They love her!
Another friend, who
spins, asked me to save the brushings from a long-haired
Maine
That reminds me of the antique 'hair receptacles' which used to be part
of dresser sets with mirror, hair brush, comb. My grandmother
told me that people put their hair from their hairbrush in these to
keep it from flying away and being found by birds. It was believed
that if a bird made a
22 matches
Mail list logo
