[lace] Interesting lace item on ebay
Anyone got any idea what this is and how it's used? The seller doesn't know, but says he/she's been told it's a lace making needle, and the instructions are in Greek. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2359740333category=193 19 or search for item number 2359740333 Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Interesting lace item on ebay
It's hard to tell because the picture is a little dark, but I'm sure it's a punch needle, probably for rugs (smaller versions are made for Russian punch embroidery). Avital Original Message: - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone got any idea what this is and how it's used? The seller doesn't know, but says he/she's been told it's a lace making needle, and the instructions are in Greek. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2359740333category=193 19 or search for item number 2359740333 Jean in Poole mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace making needle?
The only thing it reminds me of are the tools used for making either rugs, on this scale, or on a small scale for doing a fine, velvet like embroidery. But the photo isn't very good and it's hard to see if there is a needle/prodder at the bottom (it may be retracted as there looks as if there is a screw/nut). What would have been useful would have been a clearer photo of the instructions because it might have been possible to translate the heading. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Lace making needle?
The heading says The Magic Needle. Really enlightening, huh? Avital Original Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:13:42 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] Lace making needle? The only thing it reminds me of are the tools used for making either rugs, on this scale, or on a small scale for doing a fine, velvet like embroidery. But the photo isn't very good and it's hard to see if there is a needle/prodder at the bottom (it may be retracted as there looks as if there is a screw/nut). What would have been useful would have been a clearer photo of the instructions because it might have been possible to translate the heading. Jacquie mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Exercises during lace making
Dear Lace friends, I think Age is creeping up on me :-) , I now find that I need to do some specific exercises for neck and shoulders every so often during lace making. I have been doing the neck roll and circular shoulder motions, but I wonder if there are some more effective ones I could do ? Best wishes Sulochona [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Indain BL site
Dear Lace friends, I was so excited to hear about the Indian site selling BL and bobbins, that I wrote to them immediately. But got no reply. Has anyone had any better luck ? Best wishes Sulochona in Ranchi, India --- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [bobbinlace] CHRISTMAS GIFT!!! 40 BOBBIN LACE HANKIES FOR THE LOW PRICE OF $9.50 EACH!!! Dear Helen Brewer, Kindly read, Visit my site www.bobbinlace.biz and send your comments. Please also refer our site to your lace making Friends . [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Suse Bernuth
Aage wrote: Some time ago I saw in a German book a table runner (is that the word?) designed by Suse Bernuth. It was with a pattern of grapes and wine leaves and also with some gold decorations. I simply had to have this pattern. Some investigation gave the result that it was represented on page 60 in an exhibition catalogue named Suse Bernuth - Klppelspitzen im Stil der 50er Jahre by Deutsche Klppelverband. The catalogue also included prickings of some of the patterns, including this one. And now I turn to you for help: If anybody has this book, can i have or buy a copy of the pattern sheet with this pricking? If anybody can help, please send me a mail. I bought this book in 1992 but I'd never looked at the prickings until just now when I saw Aage's message. And guess what - the pricking she wants isn't in my copy either. I wonder if there are a whole lot of copies where it's missing. Does anyone have it? If so I'd like a copy too. Perhaps the Deutsche Kloppelverband could provide it. Jean in Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re:Irish Crochet
Dear Sharon, The old DMC Irish Crochet patterns used dotted lines to indicate the general size the background mesh as well as the direction in which it was worked. You can adapt this idea for you christening gown project by working a swatch in the ground of your choice and measuring the size of the row of loops made. Transfer this information to your christening gown pattern in the form of dotted lines spaced the same distance. As you become more skilled, you may be able to judge the size of the backgrounds by eye. Your swatches should give you information about your natural working tension too. After finishing the swatch, release it from the background. Measure it and compare that measurement to the pattern size. For many Irish Lacemakers their swatches shrink a little bit. You can compensate for this shrinkage by enlarging the overal size of each pattern piece by 1/8 of an inch although this amount can vary from lacemaker to lacemaker. A garment project is different from from making lace edgings in that each pattern piece must be the right size in relation to the pattern piece to which it will be sewn. I hope this helps you. Write again about your progress. The lacemakers on the list are all very generous with their knowledge and interested in the success of your project. Judith Brandau Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Indian Web site
Hi I have had very good luck with Rathie. I am expecting my order in another week or so. Just keep trying. Hannah Moad - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Exercises during lace making
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Jacquie, who is fine while making lace except for the feeling that a knife that gets put between my shoulder blades just about where my bra strap is. Sometimes after half an hour, sometimes after many hours, and I can't work out exactly what the trigger/prevention is. Whilst I was making a 3 wide Bucks insertion to go on the edge of a pillowcase for my CG part 1, I was working up to eight hours a day on it. After a while, I found I had pain in my right shoulder, and it was the action of taking the pins from my pin cushion at the back righthand corner of the pillow to their place in the pricking that was causing the pain - of repetitive strain type. I switched to using my left hand for a while (not very successful!) and tried having a break for a while when I could feel it coming on - I think it was the intensity of the work that did it - I had a month to get the piece finished in. Tambour work for long periods (again a CG project) used to get me between the blades, but at the top - so I learnt that five hour days were my maximum. Honiton gave me pains in my stomach if I had the pillow on my lap! (So I bought the attachment for my stand..). It could be down to your general stress level at the time, if it is coming on after half an hour on some occasions but longer on others. Try changing the height/angle of your pillow, and don't sit for any longer than two hours without moving and changing your position. If demonstrating with a friend, try swapping chairs (you move, not the chair) every so often. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Suse Bernuth
Hello Jean hello All, There was not only that book there was a seperate booklet with the prickings with the title 7 Klöppelbriefe. The Klöppelverband made this because the prickings are huge what means expensive by printing. In this booklet the asked pricking is in. I still answered Aage. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Interesting lace item on ebay
Hi Jean - As with lots of things on ebay, the seller got it wrong. I believe that this is a device used for needle-punch rugs. The screw device on the business end allows the user to adjust the depth of the plunge through the canvas, which controls the depth of the pile of the rug. Clay - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:47 AM Subject: [lace] Interesting lace item on ebay Anyone got any idea what this is and how it's used? The seller doesn't know, but says he/she's been told it's a lace making needle, and the instructions are in Greek. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2359740333category=193 19 or search for item number 2359740333 Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Stuart Johnson Bobbins
Could someone please give me the name/contact info of someone who sells Stuart Johnson bobbins or can I contact Stuart directly? I know Van Sciver handles them but is there anyone else either in the US or UK? Thanks ... Shirlee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Exercises during lace making
At a workshop with Michael Giusiana this summer, he often corrected a student's approach to the work. He emphasized keeping your work centered in front of you, whether that meant turning the pillow or moving bobbins more frequently. He said this improved your tension. But he also explained that when we twist to get to work on the side of our pillow, we usually hunch one shoulder in order to keep our arms at the same level... and THIS is what puts that knife into the back! When I'm working my Binche now, with so many bobbins on the pillow, I really wish I had a Christina pillow!! And even though I know to keep the work centered, I often get caught up in the moment and do the twist and hunch routine... so after a while my back is screaming! Clay - Original Message - From: Jane Partridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:07 AM Subject: [lace] Exercises during lace making In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Jacquie, who is fine while making lace except for the feeling that a knife that gets put between my shoulder blades just about where my bra strap is. Sometimes after half an hour, sometimes after many hours, and I can't work out exactly what the trigger/prevention is. Whilst I was making a 3 wide Bucks insertion to go on the edge of a pillowcase for my CG part 1, I was working up to eight hours a day on it. After a while, I found I had pain in my right shoulder, and it was the action of taking the pins from my pin cushion at the back righthand corner of the pillow to their place in the pricking that was causing the pain - of repetitive strain type. I switched to using my left hand for a while (not very successful!) and tried having a break for a while when I could feel it coming on - I think it was the intensity of the work that did it - I had a month to get the piece finished in. Tambour work for long periods (again a CG project) used to get me between the blades, but at the top - so I learnt that five hour days were my maximum. Honiton gave me pains in my stomach if I had the pillow on my lap! (So I bought the attachment for my stand..). It could be down to your general stress level at the time, if it is coming on after half an hour on some occasions but longer on others. Try changing the height/angle of your pillow, and don't sit for any longer than two hours without moving and changing your position. If demonstrating with a friend, try swapping chairs (you move, not the chair) every so often. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Exercises during lace making
Hallo Sulochona and all, The best you can do to prevent neck and shoulder pain is sitting in the right position when you make lace. Your shoulders always have to be relaxed, so not pulled up. When you hands rest upon your pillow, your lower and upper arm have to make a straight angle. Adjust the height of your pillow when this is not the case. So relax your muscles, because when you put tension on them, they will eventually hurt! In the beginning I had to remind myself to relax, but after a while it comes naturally. Wishing you all relaxed and painless lacemaking, anneke reijs in Baexem, in The Netherlands [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.hetnet.nl/~aplag/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Stuart Johnson Bobbins
Lacy Susan also sells Stuart Johnson bobbins (www.lacysusan.com),... Candace in central PA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Interesting lace item on ebay
It looks as though it fits into some kind of sewing machine, as it has a foot to hold whatever down. Ann, in Manchester - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:47 AM Subject: [lace] Interesting lace item on ebay Anyone got any idea what this is and how it's used? The seller doesn't know, but says he/she's been told it's a lace making needle, and the instructions are in Greek. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2359740333category=193 19 or search for item number 2359740333 Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lacemaking in India (in addition to Sulochona)
Hello everyone, Thought you all might be interested in this article about lacemaking (or not) in India. The link was sent to me by a friend here in Massachusetts, who is originally from India. She, along with her young daughter, has learned to make lace. Here is the link: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/28/stories/2002112800740100.ht m Of course they say that lacemaking is dying. They don't know about Sulochona ;-) Carolyn Carolyn Hastings Stow, MA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Painting of Lacemaker
I have just updated my web page (link at the foot of this message) to include my completed Russian tape lace lacemaker, and a photo of the painting of the lacemaker I wrote about a couple of days ago. I look forward to hearing what you think of the painting. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lacemaking in India (in addition to Sulochona)
On Thursday, Nov 13, 2003, at 19:26 US/Eastern, etherege (Carolyn) wrote: Thought you all might be interested in this article about lacemaking (or not) in India. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/28/stories/ 2002112800740100.ht m Of course they say that lacemaking is dying. They don't know about Sulochona ;-) What gets to me is how so many official descriptions of BL (of which the Indian site is only one) seem to suggest that lacemaking is all about *pins*... I can understand it when my current cleaning lady asks: how do you know which thread to wrap around which pin... All she's ever seen (at best; I usually cover up the pillow and leave the kitchen when she gets there) is an *inert* project. The pinholes are there, as are the wound bobbins attached to the whole mess, so the assumption *might* be that you put in an inch or so worth of pins, and wrap the threads around them later. But, for anyone who's *ever seen the process*??? This particular cleaning lady is the first one who, when told you make a stitch *first*, *then* support it with a pin, actually wanted to be *shown* how it's done (too bad I'm working with organzine, and pins almost head-to-head; she didn't see *much* g). She also allowed as she wouldn't mind trying to do it herself... We'll see; if I'm not careful, I'll end up like Sulochona -- teaching for free, and, at the same time, paying that person for *their* time g - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Argumentative
Tamara writes In general, people don't like to be corrected, but don't mind so much being asked to clarify/expound Reminds me of a little card I had propped up on my desk at work once, when I was a persnippity teenager. It said I love criticism just so long as it is unquestioned praise. Has a nice ring to it. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Mother Teresa
Annette: well. not to get a flaming, bickering thread going but Equal time for the opposing view: there are plenty of us in the world who don't have a high opinon of MT. Sue Ellen That's so ironic! I'm with you and Christopher Hitchens on MT, but was scared of saying anything in my message that might betray that fact, since so many people seem to think she was practically a saint. I was so afraid of offending anyone that this time I've been TOO tactful g Regards, Annette, London To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] google search
Hi, list! I just discovered, by going into google search and typing my family name in, for genealogy purposes, that some of my emails to this list came up in the search!! (fortunately wihout my email address, it says Email protected) Not everything I've written, just one email I sent to Ruth bean, and one when we had the thread English is hard to learn The last one also has a series of links at the end leading to other postings from other arachnes about the same subject... Anyone knows anything about that, or why it should be so? If 2 postings, why not all? And why any of them at all, since this is supposed to be a subscription list, therefore not open to the public? I'm not so much worried as intrigued by this, and would love to hear from those who know... Yours in lace, = Helene, the froggy from Melbourne http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Colour blindness
I have moved my comments to chat as they are no longer at all lace related. My partner is colour blind, and is the first person I had ever met who is. His affliction doesn't work at all as I had always thought of colour blindness - if I'd thought of it much at all. I suppose if I had wondered about it, it would have been in relation to interesting problems such as if someone can't see the difference between red and green, what do they see? Do they both look red, or both green, or brown which is what you get if you mix them - in which case surely they'd be red/ green/brown colour blind. Any way, so long as colours are bright and clear he can see them all. Where his problems start are with more subtle borders. He has a global dark colour which covers black, dark grey, brown, blue, red and green. This means he doesn't have a clue which is his navy suit and which is the grey. In fact, he thought they were the same colour (dark). He can tell if his socks are pairs or not, so he must see a difference between black and navy, but still can't see navy as a blue. I guess this is like the back and white television thing. At the other end he can't see very pale colours as different from white, particularly pink. This has to be a definite colour before he can see it. We also have some conversations at cross purposes when, for example, I am talking green and he is talking brown but this only happens when it is khaki/olive green so I can understand where his confusion is. However, he would probably maintain that they are really khaki/olive brown as he can see them as clearly different from emerald green. Since I have known him I have found out there are actually a lot of men who have this colour blindness at the edges - often not as strongly as Richard but the is it pink or white especially seems to ring true with quite a lot of men. Jacquie To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Colour blindness
DH isn't colour blind, but to him there's no such colour as turquoise - it's either blue or green. He won't necessarily agree with me that a particular shade/hue of turquoise is leaning towards blue or towards green. I'll say a colour is a greeny turquoise, he'll say it's blue. Then another shade that I say is another greeny turquoise, he'll say is green. To me, there's no logic in what he sees. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: Canberra and Croydon
As well as traffic lights on roundabouts in the UK, there is also the magic roundabout in Swindon. This is a lage roundabout surrounded by 5 smaller ones, making it possible to travel around the roundabout in both a clockwise and anticlockwise direction. And just in case you don't believe me or understand , there's a picture at http://www.strum.co.uk/wessex/brunpic.htm Karen in Coventry, who is about to go and teach children how to make lace snakes. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] closet weight-training lacemakers
Liz said: Avital, 5'0 is only scary if it is your waist measurement and Avital said: Or my shoe size Sasquatch-ital But Avital, if you have five feet, who cares what size they are? That's scary! LOL! Margery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: Canberra roads
Gidday Helen Noelene and all, But by getting lost there, one can discover some wonderful little 'gems' we ended up on the grounds of ANU (Australia National Uni), and discovered a little museum in a very early pioneer's house. Except that when you ARE trying to find that gorgeous little house, you can't! We drove around those roads with street directory on lap 3 times before we discovered that the road on the map that went supposedly across the main road, actually went underneath it instead. Luckily it was worth the effort as my then-DH was not impressed at all the trouble I was putting him through just to see some girly rubbish! You really can't call yourself a good navigator until you've been lost in Canberra (or Croydon obviously!). Michelle an Aussie living in Richards Bay, South Africa 26C today and just perfect Ian Chelle Long +27 35 788 0777 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Canberra roads - Swindon
Reading all your messages about Canberra, I lived there till 1973, had no problems getting around. Then in 1999 I went back, I tried to get to the new Parliament, never got there could see the New Parliament Building but just did not have a clue how to find the road to it. I would have loved to have gone inside as I had on occasions worked at the old parliament. I tried to find the street I lived in Watson, all the roads had changed, never got there. I did eventually manage to find the suburb of Aranda, even found the house we lived in in Aranda. I did not have a map and being on my own. I did stop and ask people, they did not know either. I did manage to get down to the Cotter, and then to Tidbinbilla Tracking Station where my DH used to work, this time though I went with a friend otherwise I some how don't think I would have got there. Oh that small cottage, we went there when the children were young. Now where are the photos we took? My DH won't go to Swindon because of all those mini-roundabouts. Jean in Newbury To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: Canberra and Croydon
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Karen Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes roundabout in Swindon. This is a lage roundabout surrounded by 5 smaller ones, making it possible to travel around the roundabout in both a clockwise and anticlockwise direction. We've got one in Tamworth, too - they've tried all sorts of things with it over the years, but the present solution seems to work. It's known as The Egg - basically because the central island is egg shaped. When they built the mini islands, it became a somewhat scrambled egg! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal thanks
To my Secret Pal, Well what a lovely surprise. We had a note thro' the door that there was a package to be picked up at the Post Office, so off I toddled, and I was thrilled when I opened it. The sweets were a treat - they didn't do the diabetes any harm, as we had our three grandchildren with us for the weekend, and they were very helpful in getting rid of them!They really were delicious, as they children can also testify! I loved the notepaper - almost too good to use! The keyring was a delight too, so that has my house keys on it already, and the bobbins will be wound for the lace for my daughter-in-law's father's surplice - he is being ordained a permanent deacon in July and, although I have known about this for two years, the lace is still in my mind, not on the pillow!So - I shall now use the bobbins, and get cracking. Thanks once again - you are so generous. Carol To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Wallabies
Margery, Dominique et al, There have been sightings in the Peak District in the UK too - up around the Snake Pass and the Kinder Scout areas. They give one quite a shock, and no-one really sems to know where they originally came from - they have been there for upwards of fifty years, but the nearest zoo used to be in Manchester, so if they'd come from there, they'd had quite a journey! Carol - in East Anglia, UK Subject: [lace-chat] Wallabies To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south
Now Adelaide...that's another matter A planned city, with nice straight roads planned on a grid - impossible to get lost there!! The town where I went to university is also on a grid system and I thought it was the easiest place in the world to navigate, until I dated a young man who said he was always lost.I began to question his directional abilities at that point because not only were the streets on a grid, the east-west streets were numerical, and the north-south streets were alphabetical! And because the city was in the midst of a large agricultural area, the major streets were generally a mile apart, based on the old section lines. (A 'section' is one square mile or 640 acres.) Even in the huge city where I now live, the major streets in my suburbs are mostly one mile apart, again because of the old section lines. Where my house now sits was a rice field less than 25 years ago. Judy, waiting for the cold front in Houston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] RE: Canberra and Croydon
Oh! I know it well!!! It was the first time I'd heard of magic roundabouts, and I didn't believe it could work at all!!!I vowed to avoid the magic at all costs, but the day came when I found myself entering the dratted thing and the only way to go was onwards! The next day, I was talking to an elderly couple about the differences between driving in Australia or driving in England, and I mentioned that roundabout - and the dear old lady said: I've got the ideal way to cope it, I just close my eyes!So I asked her, did she drive? Oh No! my husband does that! Which didn't help me much at all, because I was driving on my own!! I finally decided they just take a little practice, but there's no way an Australian will believe they work - most roundabouts out here tend to be about 10 - 15' across, and I suspect the give way to the right rule no longer exists, so they just can't envisage it at all. There's another one at St. Albans, took my DH there a couple of years ago, just to show off to him!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Karen Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As well as traffic lights on roundabouts in the UK, there is also the magic roundabout in Swindon. This is a lage roundabout surrounded by 5 smaller ones, making it possible to travel around the roundabout in both a clockwise and anticlockwise direction. And just in case you don't believe me or understand , there's a picture at http://www.strum.co.uk/wessex/brunpic.htm Karen in Coventry, who is about to go and teach children how to make lace snakes. http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: colour blindness etc.
On Thursday, Nov 13, 2003, at 19:56 US/Eastern, sharon wrote: When I was in art college (gods, was it really 40 yrs ago?) [...] We were told that with interior decorating one must *never, ever*, use purple. Purple was considered a colour that encouraged depression and suicide. Interesting eh? I never went to art school, never did much art, except for the compulsory once-a-week drawing class in primary and high school, but I *do* find most shades of purple depressing and avoid it like a plague. I do have some purples in my thread stash, but that's because much of my lacework is for gifts, and so many people seem to favour and request it. It doesn't make me *suicidal*(only Gregorian chants have that power g), but it sure saps all my will to continue living :) My Mother once made a purple dress for me (in the days when fabric was hard to find, so you bought what happened to be available) and I could never stop shivering whenever I wore it; I was always *cold* in it (despite its bright-gold buttons), my face would acquire the same (dead) purple hue... I experimented, one more time, some 30 yrs later, with lilac -- a lovely a piece of silk my stepson's wife gave me. I spent much more time making that dress than wearing it -- once was all I wore it, and I felt ill throughout the party. I never could quite understand the aversion, since it's not a truly cold colour (I don't, particularly, like cold colours, with the exception of a few shades), but I'm pragmatic enough to accept what *is*, whatever the reason... T, expecting a lot of flak once the fan pattern is published in the next IOLI Bulletin; I used 4 shades of green, and called 2 of them warm... :) - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Wallabies
Well the Wallabies in the forest of France has hit the local news. It was just shown as a highlighted story for tonight's edition. Perhaps they include a few of the now almost extinct species missing from the bush. I wonder if the Australian government would allow them to emigrate back to their homeland. Lynn Scott in Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Canberra
That small cottage in Canberra is called Blundell's Cottage, I believe, and is from the very early settlement days. It is on the banks, now, of Lake Burley Griffin. When Helen I went there, many, many years ago, there was a little old man looking after it, and he showed us some old needleworking tools, etc, and he got them from Nerilla's Antiques. Many Oz lacemakers will remember Nerilla, who sadly has passed on, now. She was invited to be guest speaker at the Melbourne Lace Days, on a regular basis, and brought with her, from Sydney, where she lived, some of her tools, needlework gizmos etc. Her talks were just SO entertaining, and informative. She also had a stall where we could buy some of her small antique tools. She is sadly missed. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Roundabouts
Thanks for the link to the picture, Karen. I am just glad they don't have something like that here in Melbourne! What a nightmare to navigate!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
