Re: [lace] new Artifact from Lace Guild UK

2012-02-06 Thread Maureen Bromley
What a fabulous collar.I think it would convert well into a fan leaf as well. The list has been quiet recently. Maureen E Yorks UK (where we have about 4 inches of snow and -2C temperatures) - Original Message - From: hottl...@neo.rr.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday,

[lace] Anchor Lace Thread

2012-02-06 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Spiders Today I received five reels of Anchor Lace thread. I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same as lace thread introduced by Coats two years ago to replace the old filato di Cantu. Please see the updated info at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm#coats_lace Brenda

Re: [lace] wire thread

2012-02-06 Thread Kim Davis
Brenda, Using the micrometer is really the best way to find out about the wire. The companies who coat wire refer to the wires size prior to coating it. Sometimes it will have multiple coats, sometimes coats of varying thickness, and sometimes even bare. For this reason you always need to

[lace-chat] Shopping: was; Green thing

2012-02-06 Thread Joy Beeson
Message found forgotten in drafts folder; yesterday was a week ago. On 2/1/12 2:33 AM, scotl...@aol.com wrote: I'm with Agnes: all shopping is a bore but I would add bookshops to her list of non chore shopping/browsing. If you want something specific -- say lace-up shoes -- shopping is

Re: [lace-chat] Green thing

2012-02-06 Thread Martha Krieg
And even the craft shopping is not as much fun as it should be, because invariably if one is looking for a particular object, one will find everything BUT that object! On 1/31/12 6:12 PM, Agnes Boddington wrote: What do you mean: Shopping is becoming a real chore ..? I loathe shopping,