You know, one of the things I like about Arachne is that we *don't* mind
people asking the same question over again, and that the answer to a
simple question like John's might also be the answer to someone else who
is too afraid/shy/embarrassed to ask. That has been a feature of the
list for all of the time it has been going (not that many questions had
been asked when I joined!). Not everyone has time to go searching
through archives for answers that may or may not be there - and I
believe not all messages have been archived.
As we've said before, a question asked more than once over several years
may elicit the same answer, but in some cases, may elicit an importantly
more up-to-date answer - I'm sure Jeri would agree with me that her
method of cleaning lace is not the same as that which was the approved
method 100 years ago, and that sometimes looking up an archived answer
can give the wrong information!
On one of the railway lists I subscribe to, nearly every person who asks
a question gets told to look in the archives... not very helpful when
you want a quick answer, and to be honest, I sometimes find the "go and
find out for yourself" response off-putting - you thought you were doing
that by asking people who know the answers - so then you daren't ask
anything in case it has been asked before and you will get the same
"brush-off".
In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes
Whenever you encounter a new lace term, we recommend our Arachne archives.
Go there, and put the lace term in the Search box. All our past
correspondence is there, making our Web Master the busiest of all our
Arachnes.
At this moment there are 138 entries under "Cover Cloths", and this one
should find its way there because I changed the subject line. The address:
_http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/index.html_
(http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/index.html)
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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