Hi Cearbhael,
The Post Bag, essentially, looks a bit like an old fashioned "ditty bag"
used by men for many years... only theirs were made of leather and very
stiff and hard. The shape is much like a shoe box! A zipper goes
through the center of the "box" from the bottom of one end to the bottom
of the other. So... it's split wide open along the length of the
"box". Inside are the most elegantly constructed pockets for many, many
pairs of bobbins. That's enough to give you an idea of how elegant the
design is, and on top of that, she uses lovely fabrics so each is a work
of art.
My bag will easily hold 96 pairs of bobbins. A smaller bag is made for
48 pairs. In fact, I believe that I could stuff more bobbins in the bag
- or at the very least some of my favorite tools or bobbin holders.
One of the reasons that Jean volunteered to get the bag for me and send
it to me is that the person who makes them does not send orders outside
the UK. And I have to admit that Jean and I go "way back" on Arachne,
and I'm very fortunate that she agreed to do this for me.
Clay
Clay
Clay
On 12/28/2010 7:15 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Wow, what does a posh bag bobbin bag look like...I have to make myself a
bobbin roll or something to store my good bobbins in. I am not surprised
about the issues with US customs...they love to get carried away, but that
doesn't stop me from wanting stuff from England...I love just about anything
English!! (especially jelly babies and Cadbury chocolate) oh and raspberries
(the gummy candy with the red and black candy sprinkle coating) Nothing
better made than a good English umbrella. ...sorry for being slightly
OT...but my favorite things from England are the lace things. I want
terribly a good sized bolster pillow stuffed with Barley straw or sea grass.
Barley straw is literally nonexistent in the US. I also want to start
collecting Buck's thumpers from Ebay...usually it is the English EBay that
has them listed...I just have to careful to check whether the seller is
willing to ship worldwide or not.
Cearbhael in Cold Snowy FRIGID Minnesota USA
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Jean Nathan
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 12:33 PM
To: Lace
Subject: [lace] Big postal delays to the USA
I do hope that no-one has had the same experience that Clay and I have just
had. I got a Posh bags bobbin bag for her at Southern Counties Lacemakers
Fair and posted it airmail on 23rd November. It was delivered to her today.
Needless to say we were both in a state of anguish over what had happened to
it. I posted 4 parcels together, of which 3 were to Florida - one of those
was delivered on 23rd December and the other two are still in the wind
somewhere.
I'd got the forms downloaded to report missing mail ready to send as soon as
Royal Mail starts working again on Wednesday.
Royal Mail are saying that, because of increased US security, post is being
delayed by about a week as they can no longer send mail on passenger flights
and are having to find space on cargo flights, as well as increased customs
checks when the post finally arrives in the US. At the moment no parcels can
be tracked.
We've also had two small book packages returned by Royal Mail to Amazon as
undeliverable - no attempt to deliver has been made. Our postie said there
are thousands of Amazon parcels in the local sorting office waiting to be
attended to. Reckon they decided it would be quicker to clear the backlog
around the country by sending whole consignments back to Amazon.
So if you've got packages already in the system bound for the US, then you
need patience - a lot of it. And if you're planning to send something, it
might be a good idea to wait until the end of January in the hope that they
will have cleared the backlog and things will move a bit quicker.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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