RE: [lace] Jana Novak PDF books

2011-11-09 Thread Jay Ekers
Thanks for the information, Liz. This site however, does not show the 4 Scan Books on the Moravia site. I was only able to download a French translation from the Moravia site. Jay in Sydney -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of The

RE: [lace] Jana Novak PDF books

2011-11-09 Thread Jo
Thanks for the information, Liz. This site however, does not show the 4 Scan Books on the Moravia site. http://www.ateliermb.ch/ 3 of the 4 covers below properly link to PDF's Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] IOLI umbrella group for Canadians?

2011-11-09 Thread Dmt11home
I would like to hear some feed back from Canadian Lacemakers about whether they consider the International Old Lacers to be their umbrella lace organization, and why or why not. Ideally, it would be best if you could post your opinion on Lace Round Table, identifying yourself, if not

[lace] thanks and good website

2011-11-09 Thread c s
HI I wanted to thank all that responded to my question about learning patterns. Also I was searching the web and accidently found Jo Edkins site - it is amazing and has answered some of my questions. It gives me some initial dierctions that seem to be consistent in lace making. This is what I

Fwd: [lace] Jana Novak PDF books

2011-11-09 Thread lizkenr8
Try this link under Download. http://eshop.ateliermoravia.com/clanek.12~.html They are towards the bottom after the instructions for the Superstarch. It shows 4, but the first one doesn't work. Right click on the image and click open link. I don't know about the other books, but in the first

Re: [lace] IOLI umbrella group for Canadians?

2011-11-09 Thread bev walker
Hello Devon and everyone I don't consider it could be my umbrella organization, being that it is US-based but I think it is nice that I could be a member of it, and that there are international representatives on its council. Lacemakers in Canada could organize nationally if we wanted of the

[lace] Floral Bucks book update

2011-11-09 Thread Jean Leader
This is slightly off topic but I thought everyone who has bought 'Floral Bucks Patterns designed by Joyce Symes' would like to know that Maggy and I have now been able to donate £3600 to Cancer Research UK - half to go to a research group in Edinburgh working on the spread of cancer, the other

[lace] thanks and good webstite

2011-11-09 Thread Jean Nathan
JJ, can't remember if it's been mentioned, but there are some excellent instructional videos kindly assembled by Laurie on her Lace Notes Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/lacenews# Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

Re: [lace] Floral Bucks book update

2011-11-09 Thread Sue Eddy
Brilliant book and brilliant results, Jean. Thank you.   Sue. Cornwall.UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003

[lace] Lace projects for children

2011-11-09 Thread Lyn Bailey
So, I demonstrated at a local crafts bazaar, and it was highly successful, in my opinion. I have a little half sheet that I hand out giving the url’s of IOLI, and more local lace groups and two major suppliers. I handed those only to those who really expressed and interest, and I handed out

Re: [lace] Floral Bucks book update

2011-11-09 Thread lynrbailey
Absolutely fantastic. Well done. Well done. Good every way you look at it. lrb -Original Message- From: Jean Leader lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk Sent: Nov 9, 2011 1:25 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Floral Bucks book update This is slightly off topic but I thought

Re: [lace] Lace projects for children

2011-11-09 Thread Kim Davis
I have this curriculum binder,and I love it. It is a bit pricey, but if you think you will be working with kids much it is well worth the price. It is very well thought out with a lot of diagrams of basic stitches and things to help illustrate a point. It uses the techniques it covers in

Re: [lace] Lace projects for children

2011-11-09 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Lyn and fellow Arachnids, There are some children's booklets about. The Lace Guild (England) has a couple including a Christmas set of relatively easy patterns. Then there is Gillian Dye's 'An A B C of Lace Patterns (Elvington Press, IBSN 0 9522709 1 9) as well as Christine Springett's

Re: [lace] Lace projects for children

2011-11-09 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Kim, You are so right. No hankie edgings for kids. But culling Christmas stars, anything with 10 pairs or less, Brigette Bellon’s books, all that stuff has great merit. A wide choice of options is I think the best approach, with some cars and trucks thrown in. I have just uploaded to

[lace] Repeated messages again.

2011-11-09 Thread pigscanfl...@ntlworld.com
Due to problems with my eyesight I have taken to reading my email on my phone as I cannot focus on my pc screen so well. The latest digest had only 8 emails most of which repeated long previous emails. It was hard to see what there was to read scrolling endlessly down the length of the digest.

[lace] resend of copyright info on German children's lace coursebook

2011-11-09 Thread Lyn Bailey
I was informed that my message in the email I sent was sadly curtailed. So I am sending it again. Those funny marks are actually apostrophe’s. Dear Devon, et al, I am now removing the bobbins from my fingers and putting on my Lawyer/Barrister/Solicitor cap. Or whatever they wear. If it says,

Re: [lace] Lace projects for children

2011-11-09 Thread Anna Binnie
There is an excellent resource for all of us courtesy of LOKK. Go to their site under their free patterns. take a look at the archive. they have all sorts of wonderful tape patterns and others that would more than suite your needs. If you get the child to research it herself then you have not

[lace] ioli Canadian lacemakers

2011-11-09 Thread Margeret Hal Kirlis
Hello Everyone! I don't know who came up with the idea that Canadian lacemakers should or would consider the International Old Lacemakers the umbrella for Canada. Sorry about the hesitation but the steam coming out of my ears was fogging my pc screen. I was once a member of that group about 20

RE: [lace] Lace projects for children

2011-11-09 Thread Jenny Brandis
Also, I have found that children's colouring books have fairly simple drawings which can be easily translated into tape lace. Joepie, East Sussex, UK Does anyone know of a website that teaches/shows how to do this? I have 8 preteens that I 'teach' that I would like to see have a go at this.

[lace] Cancer donation.

2011-11-09 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
...Maggy and I have now been able to donate £3600 to Cancer Research UK -... Jean, that is Wonderful Congratulations to you both. The book is excellent, and to raise that much with sales is fantastic. Well done. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] Lace projects for children

2011-11-09 Thread robinlace
-The child involved is about 10. Are there books out there for children her age? Or are there books out there with patterns in them that have appealed to other children her age that you folks know? Someone's already mentioned Christine Springett's books. Her first is Lace for Children

[lace] Fw: Christmas Gift Ideas!!!

2011-11-09 Thread Bill Linda Mitchell
- Christmas 2011 -- Birth of a New Tradition As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods -- merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American labor. This year will be