On Nov 24, 2004, at 21:58, Diane Z wrote:
Congratulations Tamara.
Your Milanese bird in the latest issue of La Encajera is absolutely exquisite.
Thanks, Diane. Although my own all-time-favourite is the Partridge in the Pear Tree, I like the Peace Dove too, and like to see it "flying" close to the top of my Christmas tree (all textile-related, now that - perversely <g> - I'm the only one who cares about *having* a tree in the house between Dec 24 and Jan 6); it lets me hope - against all odds - that "tomorrow" will be better than today...
It was designed for a Lace Guild's (UK) Christmas card '02 (1 of 4 designs; Janice Blair, another Arachnean, had her design of Santa chosen that year, also). The size of the card limited (severely <g>) the amount of instructions I could include so, when someone asked for the "full size" pattern, I wrote those out.
In Prague this summer, Monserrat Arcos asked for permission to reprint the lace with the full instructions; Spain was still in shock following the train bombings, and "stop the killing" idea was something she felt La Encajera needed to promote (of course, Peace Dove symbol "speaks" to Spaniards readily; the most famous one - Picasso's - was Spanish. And then there's the Christian symbolism of the Dove, to reinforce it)... I was pleased to have the pattern published, in full.
The next La Encajera, BTW, will have the Birth Announcement (Stork) - a reprint from Lace 90 (1998), in case someone missed it there and then :) It's another pattern that I think is OK, and it'll fit in with their "babies" theme.
And, it occurs to me, I had better explain about the lace on my website; I'm often asked about the source of the patterns, and where they could be had... They're *all* mine, original designs, and I can send them to people without breaking any copyrights. *If* they're not very old (after '00), that is...
If they're old, we run into problems... On some, I didn't keep notes (didn't think anyone would be interested). On some, I kept notes but, 2 puters and untold upgrades later, they'd disappeared into a black hole... So, they have to be dealt with on the "one-by-one" basis. Please, if you're interested, write me.
And my URL (where they can be viewed) will be changing after Christmas - my son got me my own domain! (I feel sooooo "with it <g>). But I need him here to tell me how to change everything around and how to add to it (I'm sooooo "out of it", electronically speaking <g>). I'll let y'all know when it happens - this is just a warning "rattle"
--- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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