Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
She sits down and just as she is about to be told what to do she says
.
I know I know!! Feed the monkeys, and don't touch anything.
This reminds me of when I used to be a telephone engineer and worked in
the telephone exchanges (no - really I used to be a
Anne,
Becareful what you ask for.
Kid you not but my tame Aussie was very tempted to bring me a purse made
from the tanned and treated testicles of a kangeroo.
It's the sort of thing that passes for humour out there where the heat
affects your brain.
He told me this, about the purse, and
Spiders,
Sorry to cross post but I wanted to say this to both lists
I don't want to start a trend of me too emails but I quickly logged
between ferrying the Aussie around and was just thinking that as he has
asked me to get a place with him and so, this Tuesday, we sign the
contracts and move
To my Secret Pal,
Yes, you, you wonderful woman. I'm just quickly on line between dashing
around looking after my Aussie in order to say thank - wow, what a
Valentine's gift that was.
Now that I know who you are, I will email you privately and thank you
properly.
Thanks
Liz
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Regards
Now I know why my tame Aussie has come over here - you should have seen
him playing in the snow like a kid.
Liz
W N Lafferty wrote:
Just heard that Adelaide has had its hottest temperature yesterday
since 1939 - 43 degrees C!!! Firefighters are on alert, but so far
no destructive
Spiders,
Sorry to cross post but I wanted to say this to both lists
I don't want to start a trend of me too emails but I quickly logged
between ferrying the Aussie around and was just thinking that as he has
asked me to get a place with him and so, this Tuesday, we sign the
contracts and move
Jean,
Just for a moment, and I mean a moment, this coeliac could taste the
slightly burnt and sweet caramel and sharp lemon of a pancake - all in
her head - boy now there is something I miss not being able to eat ...
but I've got some gluten free pancake mix in the cupboard and from next
Jennifer,
I wanted to mount a piece of lace and needed it done 1) fast and 2)
securely for an aunt who would want to wash it regularily.
So, I tacked it securely onto the fabric and then sewed it on using the
button hole stich on my sewing machine - fantastic and it is great 2
yeas and many
Guys,
Someone is pulling your leg - Gerald Hoffnung used this in his 1950s
Oxford Union Address which I have on tape. Hoffnung was the guy who did
those drawings of the nasty little St Trinians Girls.
If you can get his tape from the BBC they are an absolute hoot!
Liz
Clive and Betty Ann
Mine turned up today
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Liz B
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Viv,
I was just thinking about this in the car this morning, nope - no copy
of Lace for January so it isn't just me who hasn't got it.
I was thinking that I was being victimised!!
I can sleep easy now
Liz
Viv Dewar wrote:
Hi - especially all UK Lace Guild Members
Has anyone got their
I have to admit that when I went and bought a digital camera I went for
one which a friend had already bought and that she'd allowed me to try
out - we spent a lunch time playing with it when she got it and I
recogned that if I could learn to use it in just one hour it was the one
for me.
I fixed this by mounting the lace virtical and using a tripod - however,
to take a photo from above - make sure you do it in day light and have
no light behind you - out doors is a great way of doing it as mentioned
by other posters
Liz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was attempting to
Right, why is it illegal to deface coins? One of the reasons was
because of 'clipping' which was prevalent in during Tudor and Stuart
England (actually clipping was also illegal during the Romans and on
wards but as I understand it the main law we have now was passed during
the Tudor and
But Tamara, now you have let the world know Mossad will be on their way
to you because, let's face it, they have so little to do in Israel that
they can use this as an excuse to have a field trip out to the US to
come looking for you and demand you return their coinage you unthinking
woman
Dear Secret Pal,
Thank you for the package which arrived only a few minutes ago - our
postman is terribly interested in the fact that once a month a get an
interesting envelope and we were telling him about how secret pals work
- he is very impressed.
I'm not sure whether I deserve the 'great
Sharon,
I do 17 Century re-enactment - I usually encourage people not to put
lace on dresses of the period unless they are exceptionaly high class
(we are talking aristocracy and royalty only).
If your friend is desperate that it must have lace then you are looking
at milanese style with very
I was going to answer this like Jean has done until I got to question 3
- do they face right or left - my clothes all face forward.
Am I being surpressed by my parents because of their closet arrangements?
Liz
Jean Nathan wrote:
I maintain the closets.
1. Do you know the direction
Guys,
Had a word with other half about lace pillows and hand luggage. Now
that he has actually seen one, he knows what I'm talking about.
OK, so, question was, when he was security at Adelaide Airport (which
was upto last week) would I have been allowed to bring my lace equipment
through as
Spiders,
I've been off the list for a week - on holiday and came back to just
under 200 posts but this one made me think. My partner has just moved
from Oz to the UK and whilst in Oz was in Security at Adelaide airport -
I'll ask him about flying with lace equipment there and post back.
Liz
I have to say it but these two seem rather obvious - firstly what is the
pretty girl doing on the ladder in the first place? (perhaps eloping
which is why it foretells marriage)
And obviously, falling from a ladder is damn bad luck!!
Liz
London, where the weather forecast is for 'muddled'
Actually, now this shows how I haven't made any lace for two months, I
got my big pillow out that I was blogging on and thought about what I
had said about having it prepricked as it was so big so I could work out
where the two halves should be.
Here is another reason for pre-pricking if you
I was always taught that it was DMC 30 for Torchon and DMC 50 for Bucks
Does this help
Liz
Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
Unlike Tonder lace which seems to use, mostly, 140/2 (120/2 if you like
your lace less gauzy) both for the simple and the complex patterns, I
don't think there *is* a
Tamara,
The thank you was for putting me up for 2 months in her flat whilst I
was working away from home and now, come to think of it, as I also paid
her rent, no it was too much and I was conned but as I had made the lace
for my wedding dress which never got made at least I don't have to look
I believe that in Parham House there is a picture by Joshuah Reynolds of
a Kangaroo.
The only trouble is that no one had seen a live kangaroo.
So it was painted from the skeleton and the skin.
It looks like a big mouse with too big a feet.
Just thought of that from what you said!
Liz
Linda
Ok, here are my reasons -
1) pricking as you go damages your pillow as you have to use more force
to go through the card and my cork board is cheaper and more replaceable
than my pillows
2) When you work unusual patterns such as ovals on a block pillow, if
you don't have all the pattern how
Actually, thinking about this again, what I do is have spurts of
pricking things and so will spend a weekend pricking out quite a few
patterns so that they are done and dusted for when I just want to start
some lace.
I also used a time at a lace group to wind over 200 bobbins over 2 hour
Did any of the UK spiders see flog it from Nottingham where they were
talking to a lady who's family have run a lace museum and she had one of
the Battle of Britain panels and was talking about it's history and the
fact that the jacquard cards had been destroyed?
OK - I'll go back into my
Dominique
Where did you get this! Is it a website? Can we have the url?
Liz
dominique wrote:
got this from Trivia today random tidbits:
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath once a
year.
i wonder when that was voted ... i remember seeing a film from 1811
To my secret pal,
Thank you so much for the honiton bobbins and the little holder for them.
What a wonderful thing to own - I have no excuse now for not making that
honiton lace. There are only three people in this world who have ever
given me bobbins; my mum, Annette and you - you are in a
This is interesting as these are almost word for word lifted from 'The
romance of the lace pillow' by Thomas Wright (publised by Ruth Bean)
It hasn't been proved that Katherine of Aragon has any link to actually
making lace herself outside of folk lore - kat stich is said to be named
after her
Guys,
There was a survey of the funnest joke ever and this one won but it was told
as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Jean Nathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 August 2003 19:13
To: Chat
Subject: [lace-chat] :-) The Lone Ranger and Tonto
. To send an email say 'you caught me out' would have been bad
enough but to call you a B*** is wrong.
Anyway, if they were watching it as the bidding closed why didn't they
rebid?
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Jean Nathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 August 2003 18:45
pigment. You can
also get quills, paints, guilding equipment and all metal leafs and metal
dusts.
It is the same as it must have been when they were founded with all the
mahogany draws and interesting things.
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Brenda Paternoster [mailto:[EMAIL
grandmother and family friends. It's as though, as I use the bobbins I am
working alongside family members who are no longer with us and that they
have a part in the work that I do.
What I don't understand is why I can't remember where my pricker is?
Regards
Liz Beecher
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Thanks for the words of encouragement - I think it is the right way to do it
and from your experience I'm on the right track
Regards
Liz Beecher
All - I've been emailing from my work email as I've been on nights and it
gives me something to do, however, as of monday I start a new job and have
them buyin
to the learning. If they have the techniques then off they go - if not then
I get them to practice the stitch or element that they don't have yet.
Works for me.
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: apcdlally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 04 August 2003 00:45
To: lace
them.
Whilst it may be advertising to promote your own wares it isn't for me to do
so and I will happily tell people how pleased I am with them.
Whilst
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: jshester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 04 August 2003 00:50
To: Arachne
in that in some people
they are post ironic bling bling - in that they dress bling bling but that
they are actually taking the mickey out of it.
Ok, so you are all now confused.
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Clay Blackwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 01 August 2003 15:27
them in this week as
I'm changing jobs and will not have daily access to our Joe.
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Clay Blackwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 02 August 2003 00:22
To: Liz Beecher; Arachne chat
Subject: Re: [lace-chat] lace funny...
Hi Liz !
Thank you SO
where it was the day I gave it to
my mum.
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: ann DURANT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 01 August 2003 23:09
To: alice howell; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [lace] Starch??
I'm sure there's lots of reasons for not doing what I do when I am
Also, don't use this in a bowl you EVER want to use again for anything as it
coats the bowl - if possible use a throw away plastic bowl
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: W N Lafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 31 July 2003 22:38
To: lace-chat
Subject: Re: [lace-chat
Got it - it's his title MUGWUMP like chief druid or head waterrat or top
shiner etc.
It is a thing in it's own right - it's the title (like knight or sir) that
is given to the head of the confederation
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent
Jacqui,
Does anyone still stock her patterns?
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Jacqui Southworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 30 July 2003 07:23
To: Liz Beecher
if they still do - they
do have a website - just search by their company name
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Jean Nathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 30 July 2003 09:38
To: Lace
Subject: [lace] Adhesives for fans
Jeri and I have exchanged a couple of emails following my email
Yep,
I'm ordering one from him until I can get to a lace fair and buy one from
Richard Gravestock
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Carol Adkinson [mailto:[EMAIL
you forever
- it's worked so far!!
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: ann DURANT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 31 July 2003 01:02
To: Bev Walker; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [lace] summer/winter lace projects
Hi, all
This is going to sound rather gloomy/pessimistic
Lorri,
Whilst the lsd shillings to pounds would still work, unfortunately as it is
the US at that time I have no idea what the buying power of a pound would
be. sorry
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Lorri Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 31 July 2003 05:55
To: Liz
thanks for the offer - I'm going to go to Tonbridge - come what may!!
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Annette Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 30 July 2003 10
David,
I would try the tack that after discussion it is felt that the style of
singing of your choir isn't the same as her nd that you dont' think that she
would be happy with you.
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: David Collyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 30 July 2003
Can't remember where in the book this is - can you email back the paragraph
and see if I remember it/
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: Bev Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 30 July 2003 19:32
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [lace-chat] mugwumps in Potter
Hi everyone
Have a look at the Lace pillow from 's Gravenmoer on the kleinhout page (its
right down the bottom of the page on this link)
http://www.kleinhout.com/GB/lacepillows/index.html
Regards
Liz Beecher
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From: ann DURANT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29 July 2003 22:47
Guys,
Does anyone know if Joan Kelly is still designing patterns? I have some
excellent and unusual designs from her such as a lace basket and hair slide
as well as some great ovals. I must have bought them from her at the
Springetts event in 91 or 92.
Regards
Liz Beecher
new pence.
1 shilling = 5 new pence
Therefore 18 shillings = 90 new pence (there are 20 shillings to the old
pound and 100 new pence to the new pound)
If you let me know what the date they are talking about in the book is I may
be able to equate that to a workman's wage
Regards
Liz Beecher
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