Yes, I will participate. El mié., 13 de noviembre de 2019 7:20, Lin Hudren <[email protected]> escribió:
> *On 4-12-2020, Arachne celebrates 25 years of being. A discussion was had > about doing a bobbin but not sure as I have not heard anything for a bit. > Because of the holidays, I thought I would offer sign ups early or it will > be a tight schedule to participate afterwards. Anyway, this will be an > "interchange" versus the usual "exchange". So, you sign up, I will draw > from a hat to pair up with one other person. Member A will send to member > B but member B will send to member C and someone else will send to member > A. Member S may send to member A. Only one member to share with at this > time. Since we have non-lacing members, I am going to offer that you can > send some lace related item, i.e., spool of thread, silver lacer spoon, a > tool, scissors/clippers, bobbin(s), tatting shuttle(s), pin cushion(s), box > of pins, needle case, packet of tapestry needles, tatting needles, > thimbles, a crochet hook, Lazy Susan, pricker, picker, etc. You get the > idea. The item is not limited only to some handmade lace but handmade lace > is most welcome as well. Mailing will be by April 1st, 2020. This should > give us plenty of time to sign up and then forget about it until after the > holidays when you will still have almost 3 months to make or purchase > something to send out. I will send out a reminder about the middle of > January. Not sure anything has to be wrapped but can be should the sender > wish to do so. I don't want to limit but I also don't want to demand. > Giving some ideas always **gets the juices flowing. Any thoughts would be > appreciated. This will be a once-in-a-lifetime event for most of us to > participate, be involved in Arachne in a unique way, share and care. * > > > > *If you wish to share a photo of your gift to your recipient, I will gather > chronologically those photos and create a PDF document for participants and > post those photos to Flickr (thanks Sue Babbs). This is optional and I > will not be following up to see if you sent me a photo. Please tell me who > you sent the item in the photograph to so I don't have to dig for that > info. Thanks. If you received something precious to you and you wish to > be sure it was acknowledged, I will include it and try not to have > duplicates. If you cannot provide a photo but wish to have it displayed, > just ask your partner to send it in. No guarantees.* > > > > *I am trying to make this as open and an opportunity for as many members > who wish to honor this event as possible. If I have neglected to address > something you believe to be worthy to improve this interchange, please just > email me privately at **[email protected] <[email protected]>**. The > schedule will go as follows:* > > > > *November 7 Sign Ups begin until November 24* > > *November 29 Interchange partner assignments made and emailed out* > > *April 1, 2020 All shared pieces should be in the mail, please* > > > > *If you have any questions, please contact me directly at > **[email protected] > <[email protected]>**. I do hope you will take this opportunity to > honor > the Arachne Group and all the wonderful learning we have shared over these > 25 years no matter if only in the last few month(s). The founders are > inspirational and have gifted so much to all of us. Everyone has their > favorite lace technique and are very knowledgeable and have shared tricks > and tips over the years. Some of us explore many lace techniques but have > benefited and even been inspired to test out new techniques for the > narratives about a lace. * > > > > *The lace digest and the opportunities to have lace mails sent daily or > once gathered and the lace chat has been inspirational and is taken for > granted. Thank you, Avital, for keeping us on track and making sure we are > all informed. Your attentiveness is awesome and mostly taken for granted > but most appreciated even when you remind us of our errors. We are a group > blessed for 25 years of caring and sharing. You have been there for how > many years I do not know and perhaps you will share that will us one day. > You have been our silent tech support. It is a time for us to acknowledge > and show appreciation for your efforts. Will you participate and let us > gift you some token, please?* > > > > *We also need to thank Sue Babbs for stepping up and keeping Flickr > active. Jeri Ames has been a font of knowledge in her research and sharing > - thank you.* > > > > *We owe much to those who started out with Arachne in the early years and > continue to support it today. The archives are precious and we have > utilization of them at will. Jeri is most attentive to making sure this > has a workable search engine. I do not know of another source for this > awesome craft that is more knowledgeable and gifted to share. We have to > thank those who have gifted us newer to the craft for their knowledge and > sharing. This group is not about photographs but is about knowledge and > gifting that to new lacers so the craft continues into the future. We may > not be mainstream but we are solid.* > > > > *Please send your snail mail address, email address to ** > [email protected] > <[email protected]>** to sign up for this once-in-a-life-time > opportunity. Thank you for participating. Happy Holidays.* > > Hugs, Lin and the Mali > > [image: http://www.amazing-animations.com/animations/goodmorning15.gif] > [image: > ðŸ¤â] > > The most effective way to do it, is to do it. > -Amelia Earhart > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
