It is hard to find (but I wouldn't class it as a 'rare' book). I paid even
less than Bev for mine a couple of years ago by being in the right place at
the right time. Although I haven't investigated, I wouldn't have thought
that the information it contains can't be found in other books, even if
I am curious about the 'sitting in the sun' to make lace. It is something I
have always avoided as I was told that this yellows the thread. I do hope I
was given the wrong advice as I would enjoy sitting outside and making lace
on summer days.
Ann
Yorkshire UK
Sue wrote:
. . . I wonder how
In the book Modern Lace, the author calls for Translucent Lurex thread. Can
anyone tell me where in the US this can be obtained or what the equivalent
would be? Thanks.
Judy Bongiovanni in Niagara Falls USA
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At 08:43 PM 20/05/2007, ann.humphreys wrote:
I am curious about the 'sitting in the sun' to make lace. It is
something I have always avoided as I was told that this yellows the
thread. I do hope I was given the wrong advice as I would enjoy
sitting outside and making lace on summer days.
Go
Hello Ann and all spiders,
Here in Spain it is very usual to seat at the doors house, open air, to
make lace.
I personally do not like the sun facing the lace because the light
reflecting on the pricking and the white of thread, makes my eyes tired.
I prefer seat with the sun facing me, so the
Hello all spiders,
The pictures from the Hispanic Society, brings me back to my days at
school.
Probably this group of children were seated there to take the picture,
but it was usual that since we were aged 3 or 4 we had a
crafts class, one afternoon per week, and the very image sure was not
Probably the best examples are the old English lacemakers (and I guess the
continentals as well) who always sat outside to take advantage of the better
light.
Diana in Northants
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That seems a bit ludicrous...in my opinion, it would take longer to turn the
threads yellow, if it would, than it would to finish the piece of lace, unless
you're like me and have about 5 pillows going at a time. My expression,
Wouldn't turn yellow on my watch!
However, I find that the sun
My grandmother dried white items (dish towels, small items) by laying them on
green shrubs or the grass and claimed it made them whiter. And just in the
past 2 weeks I heard a 'plant knowledgeable' person state that yes, the
process does draw the chlorophyll from the plants and does whiten as
I'm going to make a guess that 'cotton lawn' the fabric name, is coined
from fabric finishing, when areas of neatly cut grass (lawn?) were used in
the weaving industry for drying and whitening the fabric after other
processing. The drying required two weeks of good weather, and the long
lengths
On May 20, 2007, at 14:23, bevw wrote:
I'm going to make a guess that 'cotton lawn' the fabric name, is
coined
from fabric finishing,
According to most dictionaries, the origin of the word lawn as
applied to fabric comes from the French town Laon :)
Also, while my family in the village
Hello Judith
In the book Modern Lace, the author calls for Translucent Lurex
thread. Can anyone tell me where in the US this can be obtained or
what the equivalent would be? Thanks.
Who's the author of this book? What sort of lace is it?
Lurex is a brand name, and registered trade name, of
Hi,
I have already done a bit of the machine embroidery with the lace designs.
If anyone would like to see my photos please visit the site below and look
at Barbaras album. I should have used a darker thread where it says Im
a Lacemaker on my latest shirt, but I learn something new
TRhe last part of Agnes zoo joke was:
The lions say: Absolutely brilliant, today we had Fish and Chimps with
Mushy Bees
I like that, but I think it might need a bit of explanation for those
outside the UK. One of our favourite take-away meals, especially in the
north of England, is fish
Thanks to Jean in Poole for explaining mushy peas to the non-UK audience.
The first time I came accross them after moving to UK put me off for life.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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Around Nottingham, mushy peas are often eaten with mint sauce. There is a
stall on the Nottingham market that sells hot mushy peas, and people stand
and eat them at the stall.
Mint sauce is made from finely chopped mint, sugar and vinegar (we like a
mixture of balsamic and cider vinegar, but
Edith
You make the mushy peas even worse with the addition of mint sauce.
My husband keeps a jar in the fridge, and the whole family crignes when
it comes out. He likes it on new potatoes.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton, on break from garden duty.
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It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day,
at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo
of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria found in feces.
In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of Poo. However, we do not run that
risk
I had to laugh when watching a craft programme last week ago or so. The male
presenter was so thrilled at the decoupage packs they were selling and was
enthusiastically telling viewers that We have poo and baby poo. Of course
he meant Winnie the Pooh, but it had me giggling because he obviously
FOR LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS):
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1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
2. A will is a dead giveaway.
3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backward poet writes inverse.
5. In a democracy it's your
I came up with a good one for DH's birthday. It's
traditional for me to bake a Brownies Cockaigne cake with a
milk-chocolate bar melted over the top, but he's on a
low-sugar diet this year, so I meant to make a quarter
recipe and put in as many walnuts as it would stick together.
I'd forgotten
For all the fans of Harry Potter, here's a bit of news from UK:
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In a message dated 5/20/2007 1:47:00 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
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Just to turn you off mushy peas for life if you haven't tasted them
(absolutely delicious!), the Wikipedia entry is:
Mushy peas are dried marrowfat peas which are first soaked and then
simmered
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