RE: [lace-chat] The acronym game

2009-08-23 Thread Nancy Nicholson
Dlc (downloadable content) = disgruntled lamas cavort HRH (her royal highness) = Heroes return here PTO (Please turn over) = ? Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:31:51 + From: lorabutter...@btinternet.com Subject: [lace-chat] The acronym game To: lace-chat@arachne.com Just a fun little

RE: [lace] NELG web-site

2009-06-15 Thread Nancy Nicholson
I got through fine Nancy Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:42:27 +0300 From: p...@eggo.org To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] NELG web-site Would other lacemakers please see if they can access the NELG website at http://www.nelg.us/? For me it is coming up as a Reported Attack Site. Is it

RE: [lace] ends

2009-04-27 Thread Nancy Nicholson
Talking about glue, darning and knots! The square that I did recently I did a 'sewing' to join the pieces together at the end. Was that the right thing to do or should I have done something different? I then did a couple of knots to be on the safe side. How close could I have then cut the

RE: [lace] ends

2009-04-27 Thread Nancy Nicholson
Hello Bev, So you have to darn the ends in as well as do a sewing? Ooops! Oh well never mind it is my first attempt at a square so I guess that is ok. I am preparing to start another square so maybe that one will go better. There are 35 pairs. Is there a quick way of loading the bobbins. I

RE: [lace] Arachne Birthday...newer members... poll questions, Brenda?

2009-04-14 Thread Nancy Nicholson
HI I am not sure how long I have been on the list. Maybe a year or a little longer but not by much. I started off learning lace from a book and then eventually found a night class in bobbin lace which has helped me tremendously. I was in a Yahoo Freecycle group and decided to do a search for

RE: [lace] Teaching..eml

2009-04-08 Thread Nancy Nicholson
I have been reading these stories about teachers and students and now designing! How do you even begin to design? Or is this something you think about when you have more experience? I have a good teacher/class but unfortunately these are only evening classes so in the summer I have nothing. She

RE: [lace] Continuing from starting and finishing

2009-04-02 Thread Nancy Nicholson
You may remember a while back that I asked for help in starting a square, my first project on my own without a book or a teacher? I am now pleased to know that what I have done so far (almost finished) has been fudged and wangled (didnt know the name for this!). Still as someone else said - it

[lace] Lace books

2009-02-04 Thread Nancy Nicholson
As a relatively newcomer to lace I have been buying lace books as and when I can afford it. I have at the moment The Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches by Cook Stott and have just bought Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace by Cook. I have just noticed another one called Introduction to Bobbin Lace

Re: [lace] On the Pillow?

2008-12-27 Thread Nancy Nicholson
I have to cover my lace with cloths and pins and then cover the cloth and pins with another cloth otherwise my cat is off with the pins also! Nancy (in Dundee) -- From: Vicki Bradford twohappyb...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:28 AM

[lace] Help Please

2008-12-24 Thread Nancy Nicholson
I have just bought a pattern called Incy Wincy Spider. I bought it because it was advertised as being ideal for a first big project and thought it was a good idea. On getting the pattern I am only shown where to put the first two pairs of bobbins (there are 34 pairs altogether) and I am to add

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2008-11-20 Thread Nancy Nicholson
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Re: [lace] Ligurian Lacemakers - oil painting

2008-11-11 Thread Nancy Nicholson
I have the same problem as Sister Claire. I am only 4ft 10 and a half. I manage well at home as I have an adjustable stand for my pillow but when I go to my evening class is another thing altogether. It is in a school and we use the desk and chairs. Even with a table stand I am having

Re: [lace] Re: lace-digest V2008 #226

2008-10-22 Thread Nancy Nicholson
I have to agree with Sister Claire on this. The subject was the history of lace and not the Church. -- From: Sister Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:40 AM To: arachne. com lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Re:

[lace-chat] Roller or block

2008-08-20 Thread Nancy Nicholson
I would just like to thank everyone for the input for this question of mine. I have just bought a nine piece block pillow with a roller insert so am set up now. Just don't know what to do with it though... Nancy To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

Re: [lace] RE: roller or block

2008-07-28 Thread Nancy Nicholson
My problem is that I am not 'naturally' creative and so have to buy 'ready made'. I really struggle learning to lace make and although I have been learning for almost a year have just made a couple of Brenda's bookmarks (rainy bank holiday). These are the first 'finished articles' I have been

[lace] roller or block

2008-07-27 Thread Nancy Nicholson
I have not been lace making for very long and as such I am still buying the 'tools of the trade' I have two small round pillows, one large pillow and a three block pillow. I was going to buy a roller pillow but the man who owns the site says that almost everyone uses block pillows instead. Which

Re: [lace-chat] A scary Stroll

2008-07-14 Thread Nancy Nicholson
That is one of the most scariest ever - my heart was in my mouth the whole time -- From: David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 3:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; chris [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; John McKerrall

[lace-chat] Fw: Cheap Phone Calling from Abroad

2008-06-20 Thread Nancy Nicholson
EveryDay Cheapskate 062008Just received this - timely I think From: Everyday Cheapskate Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 10:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cheap Phone Calling from Abroad Jun 20, 08 Change my Email Print this Email Cheap Phone Calling from Abroad

Re: [lace] Wet bank holiday bookmarks

2008-05-29 Thread Nancy Nicholson
Hi Brenda, Thank you for the patterns they all look good. Can you help a beginner out like me and tell me how many pairs of bobbins they take and where to start them? Thanks again Nancy -- From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Fw: [lace] Re: Rosalibre

2008-04-22 Thread Nancy Nicholson
Rose ground has it £24.50 -- From: Sue Duckles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] Re: Rosalibre Morning fellow Spiders Did a google search for Rosalibre and found a photo of it!!!

[lace] Before Lace

2008-04-21 Thread Nancy Nicholson
that be! Anyway it took me a good few years before I found EBAY and was looking through the craft section when I saw lace and after that the rest is history as they say. Nancy Nicholson Dundee Where it is sunny but still very cold - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace] Lurkers

2008-04-20 Thread Nancy Nicholson
of practice pieces. Reading your emails on how knowledgeable you all are is a little off putting in contributing so this may be the last you will hear from me in a while! Nancy Nicholson Dundee Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL