[lace] Re: floss - long (how-to)

2004-04-08 Thread Chris Vail
Either they use the same machinery running in reverse or he plain got it wrong! Don't know that this is the answer, but once on a time I got some wonderful large spools of cotton thread that had come from some old industrial sewing place. The place I bought from said (I'm paraphrasing)

[lace] Interesting item on eBay web site item# 3285954173: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP

2004-04-08 Thread jviking
Hi All, This seller has three rare lacemaker's lamps for sale! It does look like what I think is the real thing. Pretty pricey though. Hope I've got the arachne address right. Jane in Vermont, USA where it feels like Spring! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Title of item: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP

Re: [lace] Re: floss - long (how-to)

2004-04-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Either they use the same machinery running in reverse or he plain got it wrong! Don't know that this is the answer, but once on a time I got some wonderful large spools of cotton thread that had come from some old industrial sewing place. The place I bought from said (I'm paraphrasing) industrial

[lace] Spider web BL

2004-04-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Have a look at to see some Arachne lace have a look at http://www.irishlace.org/bobbinlace.htm Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Spider web BL

2004-04-08 Thread Barb ETx
WOW..BarbE - Original Message - From: Brenda Paternoster To: Arachne Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 6:24 PM Subject: [lace] Spider web BL Have a look at to see some Arachne lace have a look at http://www.irishlace.org/bobbinlace.htm Brenda

[lace] Re: embroidery floss

2004-04-08 Thread Joy Beeson
At 07:05 PM 4/6/04 -0500, Sue Babbs wrote: I can't visualise this. Do you still have the DMC skein in its paper wrappers and try just pulling one of the threads? It was Coats Clark -- they were an excellent brand at the time. Same put-up, though. That would have been in the Colfax place,

[lace] Re: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP

2004-04-08 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Apr 8, 2004, at 16:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, This seller has three rare lacemaker's lamps for sale! It does look like what I think is the real thing. Pretty pricey though. Lacemaker's Lamp, 19th century ?nbsp; lace maker's would use this type of oil lamp as a light source

[lace] Irish lace

2004-04-08 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Thanks for the Irish Lace site. What an amazing collar! While there, I looked up the Carrickmacross, and saw a fan made by Mary Shields. Well, Mary Shields is here in Melbourne, at the moment, and we spent the most marvellous day with her, yesterday. About 12 of us turned up, and had a

Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay web site item# 3285954173: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP

2004-04-08 Thread Clive and Betty Ann Rice
I bought the same thing from the National Park Service (USA) some years ago for around $45. Mine also has the exact same Pontil mark on the bottom and is the exact same size as described by the seller. The National Park Service also sells them with a wick and a metal cover, also described by

[lace] Re: Irish lace

2004-04-08 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Apr 8, 2004, at 23:06, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: [...] Mary brought some of her Carrickmacross to show us, I think, for me, seeing the work a teacher brings to a workshop for a show and tell is almost as valuable as the workshop itself... Looking at it, you not only get an idea of the

Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay web site item# 3285954173: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP

2004-04-08 Thread Paul and Dona Bushong
Hi Betty Ann, I also have one of these reproductions from NPS at Jamestown, VA, except that mine has a handle. They are hand blown there at the park and based on originals that were found in the area. The person I spoke to there admitted that these probably we not used as the light source, ie;

Re: [lace] Rare Lacemakers Lamp on E-bay

2004-04-08 Thread Clive and Betty Ann Rice
Yes, Donna, They make them with and without the handle. Depends where they are blown - Jamestown or Williamsburg as well as the whim of the glassblower, I suppose. The one I saw last year in the NP had no handle; mine does. From: Paul and Dona Bushong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apr 9, 2004 12:17 AM

[lace-chat] :-)) Tell us what happened

2004-04-08 Thread Jeanette Fischer
Defense Attorney: Will you please state your age? Little Old Lady: I am 87 years old. Defense Attorney: Will you tell us, in your own words, what happened the night of April 1st? Little Old Lady: There I was, sitting there in my swing on my front porch on a warm spring evening, when a young man

[lace-chat] :-)) True bravery

2004-04-08 Thread Jeanette Fischer
TRUE bravery ... True bravery is arriving home late, after a boys' night out, being assaulted by your wife with a broom. And asking ... Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere??? Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Hollie Point cap

2004-04-08 Thread Alice Howell
There's not too much of Hollie Point available for collections. Here's one I just came across on eBay. Sure wish that snake in my pocket was asleep. G http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3716920402 Alice in Oregon -- supposed to be the warmest Easter on record Sunday. To

[lace-chat] Re: Hollie Point cap

2004-04-08 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Apr 8, 2004, at 22:51, Alice Howell wrote: There's not too much of Hollie Point available for collections. Here's one I just came across on eBay. Sure wish that snake in my pocket was asleep. G http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3716920402 I wish she (?) wouldn't say the