Dear Arachnes, Thanks to all the 56 lacemakers who responded to the survey. Its no wonder that there are cat hairs to be tweezed out of talleys in our lace!
Our members share homes with 149 critters, who all help with making lace by adding homegrown fiber, keeping it warm by laying on it, pulling out the pins to encourage corrections, assisting with pulling needles through embroidery, rearranging bobbins to show different solutions to thread paths, keeping the mice from making nests out of the thread stash, or simply modeling the serenity all lacemakers are known for. No wonder most lacemaker portraits have a cat tucked in somewhere. 56 people 129 cats (2.3 cats per lacemaker) This is almost the number the government suggests is the perfect family size of 2.5 children per household. 15 dogs 1 rabbit 1 guinea pig 1 cockatiel 2 hedgehog. Only TWO hedgies?? Our mascot has only TWO representatives? shocking! In addition, there are reported : 5537 whiskered "watchers" as sculptures, prints, and portraits. Fish in tanks provide inspiration without flying fur. Visiting raccoons and one skunk who live outside are not included in the numbers, though they may be arguably catlike. Thanks everyone, Kate Henry Indiana USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
