Re: [lace] indoor UV

2006-06-06 Thread Lynn Carpenter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the key word is fluorescent-lighted. Fluorescent lights give off a lot of UV. Incandescent (normal light bulbs) light has *much, much* less--that's why the light is so yellow-looking. We had UV filters on our fluorescent bulbs but not on incandescent ones. If

Re: [lace] Re: 8 Times its Weight in Gold

2006-06-06 Thread The Browns
Tamara P Duvall wrote: On Jun 5, 2006, at 20:28, Aurelia Loveman wrote: I remember the teacher [...] telling us that we should reckon on making an inch per hour (a square inch? a running inch?). That is, indeed, an intriguing question, since there's _quite_ a difference between the two...

[lace] Hand on Demo

2006-06-06 Thread Penny
I am enjoying the talk about hands on for children. It just so happens that this week-end my 6 year old granddaughter took her first steps into bobbin lace. I am thrilled and look forward to suggestions on ways to keep her interested, and easy projects. Penny in Indiana - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Re:OIDFA-congress

2006-06-06 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Dear lacefriends, Back in cold Hamburg and still not again used to it I try to write you a report. Some of you still knew that the travel agency stole me one day. So when I arrived on friday afternoon I had to hurry to get my tickets before OIDFA-dinner started. With buses they drove us to the

Re: [lace]Value of lace.

2006-06-06 Thread Jeanette Fischer
I have just returned from OIDFA in Athens. In a shop selling household linens was the most beautiful table cloth in the window and we went inside to look. It was a 1 metre square white cloth with a 10 cm deep tape lace edging - hand made and the centre of the cloth was embroidered. The price

Re: [lace]Value of lace.

2006-06-06 Thread Lindy Taylour
I saw some lace for sale in Crete a few years ago. My photos are on Webshots http://www.webshots.com/ If you type Lace+Crete into the search box, they will come up. If this does not work I can invite anyone interested to view them if I have their email address. Certainly I thought it very

Re: [lace] Re:OIDFA-congress

2006-06-06 Thread Laceandbits
In a message dated 06/06/2006 16:54:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This tasted wonderful but the portions were huge and in the slowly coming darkness you couldn't see clearly and at the end I had eaten too much. That is absolutely the best excuse I have ever heard for

[lace] Cretan LAce at OIDFA COngress

2006-06-06 Thread Lindy Taylour
Hi Jeanette and other Spiders I was inspired to make some Cretan lace myself and downloaded the book from the Digital Archives of Lace books and articles. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/topic_lace.html Koustouraki-Koukoulari, Kristina. Cretan Bobbin Lace [Kritiko Kopanelli], 1985,

[lace] Tablet of Memory

2006-06-06 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Wow! Jenny B. I never thought of looking it up on the web Well done for finding it. The E-bay one for sale (so far at £49.99) is the 1809 edition, and has added material to 1803, I see. Beyond my pocket, I am afraid. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To