On 5/15/07 7:19 AM, Sue wrote:
> . . . I wonder how you keep your hands free from
> perspiration in the heat because I find if I sit out in
> the sun making lace I am forever going indoors to wash my
> hands because I do not want hand perspiration on my lace.
I don't know how well this would work for lacemaking, but
back when I was typing a lot, using an old ribbon for drafts
and switching to a brand-new one to make reproduction
copies, I would cut paper towels in half, fold them neatly,
and put them in an air-tight wide-mouthed jar. Then I would
pour in just enough rubbing alcohol -- ethanol-based, but I
imagine that isopropyl would do when all you want is to cool
your hands -- to wet the top towel. Then I'd seal the jar,
and in a few hours all towels would be slightly damp, just
right to take the ink off my fingers without getting them
wet. If you don't like the smell of the alcohol, a drop of
extract improves it.
Old-time sewing kits contain cologne bottles; speculation is
that the user would rub a little on the hands and wipe them
on a linen rag.
A thoroughly-wrung wet washrag near the work also works,
but has to be prepared fresh for each session, where
alcohol-wet towels will keep forever. (On the other hand,
you can wipe your face with a water-wet rag, and you
wouldn't want to do that with alcohol.)
--
Joy Beeson
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where strawberries are in bloom.
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