On Nov 21, 2005, at 20:59, Alice Howell wrote:
Here is a strange wooden thing that is attributed to
lacemaking. What is it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/19TH-C-PRIMITIVE-MAPLE-TREEN-SEW-LACE-BOBBIN-
MACHINE_W0QQitemZ6228736302QQcategoryZ114QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Someone sure strung up enough nouns there in hopes that one of them
would make sense :)
I think there'd been similiar oddbals on E-Bay before; they're some
sort of ribbon-weaving loom, as far as I can remember. But how to work
it, I have no clue. Nor am I certain that I remember correctly :)
As for current occupation... I have taken off the pillow my Christmas
card exchange project today; need to mount and photograph it tomorrow.
Ordinarily, I'd have been elated, but it's been pouring down, without a
single let-up, since last night (still is), so I'm in my Eyore mood
(what should I do next? Will I be able to do anything?). On top of
which, the weather is supposed to get *worse*, so I had to rescue the
last of my sorrel in this cold rain... Took a sinkful of pots and pans
as well as a glass of tea before my hands thawed enough to process it
:) All that on top of being left carless - took the vehicle to be
fixed first thing in the morning (long story - at least $900 long)...
I'm sure life is much worse in Kashmir, but one gets used to comfort
much more easily than to discomfort.
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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