[lace] Lace magazine
Just received my Lace magazine (awairted with baited breath after all the talk on this list!!), and I spent last evening reading it. I would like to congratulate all the wonderful lacemakers who made those lace pieces, particularly the Australian ones, of course :-) Such fantastic imagination as well as lacemaking skills. I guess that is what I like most about lacemaking. People with very little creative skills like me can still make beautiful things by using other people's patterns, and real artists can go ahead and to their best too. Keep it up, all of you!! Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who has now finished the lace foir her lacemakers'census and needs to do something with it :-) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace in Belgium and Netherlands
Devon, If that rumour is true (perhaps our Belgian spiders could try to find out?), maybe we should find an email address for the Mayor and all email our dismay to him about there being no lace in Brugge...We did that once before for Nottingham, although I'm not sure it's had any effect so far? Helene, the froggy from Melbourne If anyone is traveling to Belgium and the Netherlands as I have just done, I will provide the following up to date info. In Brugge, Arendshuis which is actually the same museum as the Brandgwyn has no lace in it any more although there are still catalogs being sold that have lace pictured in them. Likewise the Gruuthuse Museum which sells a huge and enticing catalogue of lace does not display any. The other major museum the Groeninge doesn't have any either. Apparently all the lace is Brugge is in storage and an administrative person I spoke to does not know when or it will be shown again. (I heard a rumor that the mayor of Brugge does not value the lace heritage and this explains the disappearance of lace from the major museums.) There was a small exhibit at the Kantcentrum on War Lace. Devon Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] website Deutscher Kloeppelverband update
Dear Arachne friends, times are very busy for me, the job's very demanding, children need their share of attention every day, so, to my grief, I'm not a frequent visitor here. The time still available for lace I spent with lacemaking rather than with reading about lace.. But I miss you! So I'll try to be back as a regular visitor, at least lurking, an hope to become a resident of arachne town again. This weekend, during a weekend class, I've been asked to forward to you all: The German Lace Guild's website has been updated, since news and pictures from the April 2004 Guild's Congress are ready! Enjoy browsing www.deutscher-kloeppelverband.de! The weekend class I enjoyed was with Ulrike Loehr, we tried brandnew patterns: Art Noveau style flowers in PG lace! Wow! The motives in silk of different colours on an in ecru background are natural flowers, although their spirit is art noveau, they are clearly recognizable. All patterns, six or seven different, were worked for the very first time, we don't know how they will look as real lace up to now. (And we are the guinea pigs for bug finding and fixing ;-) ) As all of us reached the first crucial points, on sunday evening, on every pillow a glimpse of a blossom could be seen through a forest of pins... Since then, I spent every night at may pillow, never stopping before midnight.. Lacemaking is great! And it's good to be here! Eva, from a grey spring day in office Haltern, Germany - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Needlepins
Good morning All, If you are in the market to buy a needle pin can I share with you my experience. When I started Honiton lace, many moons ago, I bought a simple, Springetts, wooden job. Very nice. Found it almost impossible to use. Like Leonard I tried a few times until I'd thoroughly mashed up the pinhole and the thread and then resorted to a hook. Some time later I treated myself to a lovely bone handled model. Got to be better, Yes? No. After years of struggling and mixed results I went back to my wooden model and found no problems. I found that the bone one had a thick, about a quarter inch base where the pin was inserted and this stopped me getting at the right angle to the sewing. The Wooden one tapered into the pin, so that the handle was almost an extension of the pin. Something to look out for when you do buy. It can be used for other fine laces as well. Duchesse and Milanese come to mind. Jean in Cleveland U.K. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Braid lace/tape lace
Hi Jacquie, Remember that Branscombe was made at first with bobbin made tape, which was then sewn down and filled with needle fillings. Quicker to make than the complex honiton motifs. Jean in Cleveland U.K. On 11 May 2004, at 11:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the middle of writing a short explanation of what braid lace is. In the process I am trying to add a brief translation between US and English language (in the same way as I do for cloth stitch -ctc- and whole stitch - either ctc or ctct depending on where you are/been taught by) so people can be aware that they have to be conscious of which language they are reading. I was always been taught that laces such as Russian and Milanese are braid laces and some of the fillings are done with plaits. Tape lace is a machine made tape tacked onto the pattern and secured with sewing and needle made fillings. However, since I have been exposed to American terminology on Arachne I have been very aware that as you refer to plaits (in lace and hair) as braids, it is necessary that you refer to the hand made edges as tapes. So, my question is, what generic term do you normally use to describe what I would think of as a tape lace to make it clear that it is not hand made bobbin lace but a mix of machine tape and needlelace? Many thanks, Jacquie - 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] RE:tape vs braid
Hello Lovely Spiders, Wl, being new, I'm totally confused about how to refer to tapes and braides. I'm learning from various books, some have already been mentioned. The Bruges book calls them one thing, the Milanese book calls them something else. Then throw the different countires into the mix, and well, chaos reigns! What I concluded was that those terms are just as confusing as the various terminologies from lace type to lace type on almost everything from what constitutes a whole stitch to the open or closed method to what that tape/braid thing is called. It was hard just accepting that a braid didn't, in the lace world, refer to what one does with ones hair! Aaaah, the mind of a newby is empty and ready for anything! The uncarved block! I like the idea of calling the patterned ones braids, and the cloth stitch ones tapes. Oh, and those really skinny ones I think of as plaits. Me, too Tamara - playts. Is that a Yankee thing? I'm anxiously awaiting enlightenment here. GBG Mary _ Getting married? Find tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:tape vs braid
At 08:05 AM 5/12/04 -0500, Mary Robi wrote: . . . Oh, and those really skinny ones I think of as plaits. Me, too Tamara - playts. Is that a Yankee thing? It's a learned-out-of-a-book thing. I have two terms in my vocabulary: My father* sometimes said my hair was platted, but I was full-grown before I found out how it was spelled, and read plait as playt. Which sounds as though I was putting on an Irish accent. Plait and pleat used to be the same word. (*Mother, who was eleven years younger, always said braid.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's a bright and sunny spring day - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] website Deutscher Kloeppelverband update
On Wed, 12 May 2004 09:52:43 +0200 (MEST), Eva wrote: The German Lace Guild's website has been updated, since news and pictures from the April 2004 Guild's Congress are ready! Enjoy browsing www.deutscher-kloeppelverband.de! There are more pictures and information about the congress on two French websites: http://blondecaen.chez.tiscali.fr/bad1.htm#BAD http://www.dentellieres.com/Reportage/R2004/BadPyrmont/ -- Politeness ... the most acceptable hypocrisy. - Ambrose Bierce Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace stitching page http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Chrysanthemum
At 6:54 PM +0100 5/12/04, Jane Bawn wrote: Tamara wrote As far as I'm concerned, only two laces belong in that group: Milanese and Chrysanthemum. And, of the 2, Chrysanthemum is iffy, on the fence, as it were, since it uses only one decorated braid (and that not always) and makes its (simple) fillings on the go... I have heard and read about lots of different types of lace and since I have been on this list I have discovered many more, but Chrysanthemum? This is totally new to me and it's no good me googling as I will only end up spending hours on gardening sites:-) I am curous to learn more about this lace Tamara, why is it call Chrysanthemum, or is that the obvious duh! question? Are there any websites available that show pictures that you could point me towards? Jane, if you Google chrysanthemum and lace together, you will receive primarily links to web pages with Cathy Belleville's book. Her Webpage is here http://www.bitbetter.com/lace/lace.htm HTH, -- Mary, in Baltimore, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Braid lace/tape lace
In a message dated 12/05/2004 01:11:48 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As far as I'm concerned, only two laces belong in that group: Milanese and Chrysanthemum. And, of the 2, Chrysanthemum is iffy, on the fence, as it were, since it uses only one decorated braid (and that not always) and makes its (simple) fillings on the go... Then surely you must also include Spanish braid lace Witch stitch, with its meander and figure of eight braids. Many thanks to everyone for your input on this subject, so far the concensus seems to be that there is even less clarity in the States than here g Even though *I* was taught braid is bobbin and tape is machine (my main teacher has been Pat Read) and it seems to be generally understood as such here, I am still always careful that those I am talking to are on the same wavelength to minimise confusion. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Chrysanthemum
This is great fun to do! BarbE - Original Message - From: Patricia Dowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: RE: [lace] Chrysanthemum - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fantasy Flowers
Just received a copy of Rosemary Shepherd's self published book Bobbin Lace Fantasy Flowers and can't wait to start on them. I had been waiting eagerly for this to be published for some time. Obviously Rosemary has had trouble with publishers - I'm sure she wont mind me quoting what she says in the forward - Like many lace authors, I have had enough of the loss of control and the poor financial return that one experiences with professional publishers. No doubt their productions are glossier than anything I will produce, but they are also much more expensive and often beyond the reach of many lacemakers, particularly the young ones, without whom our beautiful craft will have no future. The book contains directions for 14 different three dimensional flower forms with the emphasis on imagination rather than reality. Like her Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking, the book is well presented with lots of clear instructions, diagrams and prickings. The book can be purchased direct from Rosemary - go to her website at www.lacedaisypress.com.au. (Lori - there does not seem to be a link to this on your site) I hope spiders won't think this is advertising, I have no connection with Rosemary, but as the book is self-published, I thought you all ought to know about it. 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]
Re: [lace] Re: Braid lace/tape lace
Ah, confusing terminology... I was always been taught that laces such as Russian and Milanese are braid laces and some of the fillings are done with plaits. Tape lace is a machine made tape tacked onto the pattern and secured with sewing and needle made fillings. I think if we try to include things that aren't bobbin lace in the terminology, we're going to run out of terms... However, since I have been exposed to American terminology on Arachne I have been very aware that as you refer to plaits (in lace and hair) as braids, it is necessary that you refer to the hand made edges as tapes. *To me*, what one does with 3 (hair) or 4 (bobbins) strands is a plait. Which I prefer to see written, because I've, quite consistenly, been mispronouncing it for 47 years (I say: pleyt, not plat). But a cord, that's braided, not plaited; go figure... I suppose, on the if it's flat, it's a plait principle (might help with my ponounciation too g)... I had no idea it was pronounced like that! The English language just keeps surprising me... Russian and similiar (Idria etc) -- ie a plain-ish (cloth or half stitch), narrow, meandering thing with fillings made on the go -- that's tape lace, *to me*. That what I always thought it was - I had no idea there was confusion with this term. But Milanese... Now, that's a *braid* lace :) I learnt it from the Read/Kincaid books, for one thing, and that's the term Pat Read uses, so it stuck. But also, it wasn't difficult for me to internalize and accept the difference in terminology, because of the great difference in the *lace*. The meandering thing in Milanese isn't narrow, isn't plain, and the fillings -- *if any* -- aren't made on the go; they're added after. So, again, *to me*, braid is more complex than plait. That sort of seems turned around - I always thought of braids as simple and plaits as possibly more complicated, not in lace, but just in general. But I'm not a native English speaker... Mostly, I used to *think* (being the minority of one g) of it as ribbon and needlelace. But I've been getting more and more dissatisfied with *that* also. Because, on the one hand, you have the Princesse lace (the machine-made ribbon, the needle-lace fillings, but the lot applied to -- machine-made -- net). And, on the other hand, you have the laces where the ribbon *isn't*; it's a *cord*, not flat at all. And that cord can be either hand-made (like in Romanian lace that Angela is spreading in the Western world), or machine-made (like the Chinese? products, where the outlines seem to be made of very long shoe-laces). Ribbon and needlelace works for Battenberg and Branscombe, and, with some extra, for Princesse, but not for those. I don't know anything about this sort of lace, but what you're describing sort of sounds like a really big and possibly flat gimp... So, I'm as deep in the mud-pile as ever, and have learnt to ask what is meant, *specifically*, whenever I see the term tape mentioned :) Sounds like a good idea g Weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Lace book
Thanks Sue for all that, now I can rest assured I made the best decision. I checked my order today and it will arrive any day. They allow 11-15 days delivery to Australia. Annette Meldrum In wet and cold, Wollongong Australia, who also found a very cheap second hand copy of Santina's, Lace: A History, today on Amazon. Even with the exchange rates against us and postage, it was cheaper than the copies available here in Australia. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sue Babbs Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Lace book The book is gorgeous and well worth getting. It weighs 2lb 11.25 oz (you'll need imperial measurements for the USPS site). Amazon.com are currently charging $30.60 for it i.e. $14.40 off the list price. According to their website they charge $6.99 per parcel + $4.99 per item to mail things to Australia. So the total will be $42.58, which is 61.35 Australian dollars (according to Ask Jeeves). It will save you a lot to get it from them. - 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] plait (playt vs. plat)
Weronika, quoting Tamara, writes: Which I prefer to see written, because I've, quite consistenly, been mispronouncing it for 47 years (I say: pleyt, not plat). I suppose, on the if it's flat, it's a plait principle (might help with my ponounciation too g)... I had no idea it was pronounced like that! The English language just keeps surprising me... BOTH pronunciations are correct, at least in the U.S.. Merriam-Webster gives plate as the primary pronunciation and plat as the secondary. You can hear the different pronunciations on their online dictionary entry: http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionaryva=plait I, too, have always said plate and only started hearing plat when studying with teachers from Europe. So it's one of those regional differences things. Emma, near Seattle, who learned to speak in California. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] web sites
Steph, Thank you for sharing the addresses of the web sites. While so many things are lovely, I particularly enjoyed viewing the fans. It is a pleasure to view the contributions of Arachne members in the newest issue of Lace. Your work continues to be greatly inspirational. Sylvie Cherry Valley, IL, USA __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace magazine
One can only hope it will come back into fashion soon, like knitting has this year!! Suddenly, everyone wants to knit, although the same books have been sitting on the shelves for several years being ignored completely while everyone queued up for the mosaics books!! I suppose it's good that people be introduced to various crafts, but I hate that I'll do it because it's fashionable, and I'll drop it as soon as it isn't attitude! If they learned crafts seriously at school, it would be less obvious.And what worries me is that there is no room is many people's houses for manual entertainment (and I don't mean the bed :-)) Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who was exposed to crafts since she was a toddler. --- The Browns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vis-a-vis your comments on Brugges. The latest issue of Friends of Flanders, mentions lace for sale - luxurious in Brugges, but no mention of Gent or Brussels.This we find is typical today, everybody in the tourist world seems to think it is dead!!! Try getting the media to a lace function - impossible and even when sent the copy very rarely does it get into the papers or onto TV. That's my moan for today. Bye, Sheila in E.Herts., England Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] craft exposure
Hi all, Well, I have been exposed to all kinds of crafts, all self taught, not to many crafty people in my family. I have tried to get my kids involved, to no avail, they say that's what I am for. :) They are proud of my accomplishments, I think more so with the bobbin lace than anything else. I guess because it looks so hard. My one daughter is shocked that I have stuck with it so long. I do other things, like knitting, crochet, tat, needlepoint, embroidery, macrame, drawing, painting, sculpting, beading, cross stitch...etc... But bobbin lace seems so relaxing to me, even though some things that I do almost seem beyond my reach, but my lacing angel Patty, is right there for me and all goes well. Just thought I would pop in with a thought of my own. Lynn wildgun004smate Clarksburg, WV - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Loehr's flowers
On May 12, 2004, at 3:52, Eva Von Der Bey wrote: So I'll try to be back as a regular visitor, at least lurking, an hope to become a resident of arachne town again. Glad to have you back with us whenever you can mange The weekend class I enjoyed was with Ulrike Loehr, we tried brandnew patterns: Art Noveau style flowers in PG lace! Wow! The motives in silk of different colours on an in ecru background are natural flowers, although their spirit is art noveau, they are clearly recognizable. Since you're a regular student of Loehr's, can you tell us what the story is on the *Mechlin* flowers? She showed us some prickings at the last IOLI Convention (summer '03, in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ) and said the book would be called Ice Flowers (playing on words as usual g) Being a great fan of Loehr's, I've been looking forward to that book. But, although the flowers there were also somewhat Art Nouveau-ish, I assumed they were going to be all white (since Ice flowers is what frost paints on the windowpanes in wintertime). And, what you've been test driving past weekend is in colour, *and* in PG, so it's not the same thing... Or, has she decided to re-think the original idea? Am I now looking forward to *two* great new books, or still one? - 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] Tape laces
I think there is a slight difference between Battenberg lace and Branscombe. Branscombe has a wider variety of fillings, and has picots on the bars. It also has a distinctive needlelace edge - a shell stitch (like the 16th stitch in the DMC Encyclopaedia of Needlework, by de Dillmont.) I think this is right - but I am open to correction!!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fantasy flowers
Thanks for posting this, Noelene, I wasn't aware of it, and will love to buy a copy too. I might have seen it at the AGM, but this way, I've saved a few months deprivement...:-)) Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, where it was 5 degrees Celcius when i went to work this morning, buit the sky is still blue, blue, blue. Just received a copy of Rosemary Shepherd's self published book Bobbin Lace Fantasy Flowers and can't wait to start on them. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace in Belgium and Netherlands
Devon, If that rumour is true (perhaps our Belgian spiders could try to find out?), maybe we should find an email address for the Mayor and all email our dismay to him about there being no lace in Brugge...We did that once before for Nottingham, although I'm not sure it's had any effect so far? Helene, the froggy from Melbourne If anyone is traveling to Belgium and the Netherlands as I have just done, I will provide the following up to date info. In Brugge, Arendshuis which is actually the same museum as the Brandgwyn has no lace in it any more although there are still catalogs being sold that have lace pictured in them. Likewise the Gruuthuse Museum which sells a huge and enticing catalogue of lace does not display any. The other major museum the Groeninge doesn't have any either. Apparently all the lace is Brugge is in storage and an administrative person I spoke to does not know when or it will be shown again. (I heard a rumor that the mayor of Brugge does not value the lace heritage and this explains the disappearance of lace from the major museums.) There was a small exhibit at the Kantcentrum on War Lace. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Hippo racing - Canadian eh?
During a phone in on my local radio station a week or so ago, the caller was asked if she'd been to South America. Yes. Where? California. But that's in North America. No, Alaska's North America - California is South America. 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] Subject: Exercise for your shoulders (lace)
This is great for older lacemakers. Younger people try it at their own risk. This is working well for me. For those of us getting along in years, here is a little secret for building your arm and shoulder muscles. You might want to adopt this and do it three days a week. Begin by standing straight, with a 5-LB. potato sack in each hand. Extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can-try to reach a full minute. Relax. After a few weeks, move up to 10-LB. potato sacks, and then 50-LB. potato sacks, and eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-LB. potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight out for more than a full minute. After you feel confident at that level, start putting a couple of potatoes in the bags. Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who is exhausted after lifting for 10 mns... Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] re:gone to the dogs
Hi Tamara, Being the owner,(or do I mean being the servant) of a ten month old Yorkshire Terrier named Roly, I can heartily endorse all of gone to the dogs I now get a daily walk (whether I want one or not) Dinner is on time (or else) Between 7pm and 9pm is playtime (no matter what else I have in mind) He helps me with my lace ( steals rolls of thread, bobbins, anything he can lay his hands? teeth on) But I cannot now imagine life without him. M.Sue in Norfolk - UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Children and the Church
Pastor Dave Charlton tells us, After a worship service at First Baptist Church in Newcastle, Kentucky, a mother with a fidgety seven-year old boy told me how she finally got her son to sit still and be quiet. About halfway through the sermon, she leaned over and whispered, 'If you don't be quiet, Pastor Charlton is going to lose his place and will have to start his sermon all over again!' It worked. ?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º? A little boy was attending his first wedding. After the service, his cousin asked him, How many women can a man marry? Sixteen, the boy responded. His cousin was amazed that he had an answer so quickly. How do you know that? Easy, the little boy said. All you have to do is add it up, like the Bishop said: 4 better, 4 worse, 4 richer, 4 poorer. º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º After a church service on Sunday morning, a young boy suddenly announced to his mother, Mom, I've decided to become a minister When I grow up. That's okay with us, but what made you decide that? Well, said the little boy, I have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell, than to sit and listen. ?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º? A 6-year-old was overheard reciting the Lord's Prayer at a church service: And forgive us our trash passes, as we forgive those who passed trash against us. ?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º? A boy was watching his father, a pastor, write a sermon. How do you know what to say? he asked. Why, God tells me. Oh, then why do you keep crossing things out? ?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º? After the christening of his baby brother in church, little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied, That priest said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home, and I want to stay withyou guys! ?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º? The Sunday School Teacher asks, Now, Johnny, tell me frankly do you say prayers before eating? No sir, little Johnny replies, I don't have to. My Mom is a good cook. ?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º?oo?º°'°º?o?º°'°º? A little girl was sitting on her grandfather's lap as he read her a bedtime story. From time to time, she would take her eyes off the book and reach up to touch his wrinkled cheek. She was alternately stroking her own cheek, then his again. Finally she spoke up, Grandpa, did God make you? Yes, sweetheart, he answered, God made me a long time ago. Oh, she paused, Grandpa, did God make me too? Yes, indeed, honey, he said, God made you just a little while ago. Feeling their respective faces again, she observed God's getting better at it, isn't he? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: Antiques Roadshow
Hi All, For anyone living in Nebraska USA, the Antiques Roadshow will be in Omaha the week-end of July 10. I work for PBS so can't take items for the show unless I am a volunteer for the event. I volunteered myself and DH. Woohooo! I imagine we'll be really busy, but hope to see all those antiques that don't make the show! We get to take 2 items. Speaking of antiques. There were 2 antique sales here (lots of vendors gathered in one place), and at the first was an elderly woman who had salvaged tons of lace and other trimmings. I found a 7 yd x 3 inch piece of linen thread bobbin lace for $7 and a small round silk piece with a picture stamped on it and leaf tallies forming flowers all around the edge. It looks like something sold to tourists, maybe Italian. It was very inexpensive. Obviously, she didn't know or care that many of her laces were not only vintage, but hand made as well. She had lots of bobbin lace. At the second antique sale, was a booth that had lace yardages, trims and vintage wedding gowns, etc. This woman knew what she had, and new the hand made laces from the manufactured. Believe me, the hand made laces were sold as true antique pieces with prices to match. Although I didn't buy any, I was so happy to see them salvaged! There were some luscious yards of bobbin lace. Now that I know what bobbin lace looks like, I'm seeing lots of it at antique sales. Of course, I have no idea how old any of these laces are, but knowing they're hand made makes them prescious to me. Mary _ Best Restaurant Giveaway Ever! Vote for your favorites for a chance to win $1 million! http://local.msn.com/special/giveaway.asp To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Pictures (was Heather's Phone Call)
On May 8, 2004, at 16:43, H. Muth (Heather) wrote: I like having the voice and the photo to go along with the letters from Arachnids. I 'hear' them when I read their writings. I have a picture of Bev Walker in my mind whenever she writes. And any others I have met or heard or of whom I have seen pictures. It just adds to the daily Arachne dose. I know what you mean Heather having been to www.lacefairy.com and seen a lot of the faces attached to the most familiar names on this list I find I have the face in mind when I read their messages it must be nice to be able to attach the voice also. I'm born and bred Portsmouth but English speaking foreigners tend to think I come from London. Huh! an me that speaks the Queen's English don't you know. NOT! LOL Jane Bawn Portchester, UK email [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] Queen Anne's Lace
Never mind the plants, Barbara, - go and join in, and make lace there!! - You could sit on the edge of the quilters section - just have a day demonstrating! I put my handmade lace on quilts, so lace fits in with that craft! Your weather should be a lot better, for sitting in gardens, than it is here in Melbourne, at the moment!!! (And I Loved the film The Dish It was a gem!) 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] Crafts
On May 12, 2004, at 20:17, Helene Gannac wrote: Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who was exposed to crafts since she was a toddler. Lucky you... I'm like Lynn, all self-taught. My mother knitted (plain stuff, to wear) and sewed (again, only practical things -- clothes), but refused to teach me until 5th or 6th grade, when I had to learn anyway, for the manual labour class. Both my parents appreciated arts and crafts, but they only appreciated *excellence* at whatever you did. As soon as it was obvious that I had two left hands but a nimble brain, it was books and straight A-s for me, and don't waste your time on that nonsense... So I didn't :) My suggestion that, after primary school, I ought to go to a technikum (called vocational here in US, I think), either the textile one or the book one, was greeted with horror and not even considered; I was to go to a liceum, which prepared one for University... So, I spent 4 yrs of highschool's manual labour classs (1.5 hours, once a week) telling jokes to the teacher and the class, while everyone else embroidered, or knitted, or crocheted, etc. Still got my A, but didn't learn a thing. It was only after I came here, that I began to catch up, for something better to do (I was un-employable, being from a red country *and* trained in teaching English as a foreign language g). Mostly, from books. I suppose, things have worked out OK for me -- on the one hand, I had the freedom to do what I wanted to but, on the other, had had enough experience of books to be able to suck all the honey from them :) - 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] Subject: Exercise for your shoulders (lace)
Helene Gannac a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] Subject: Exercise for your shoulders (lace)Ó. [2004/05/12 10:07] After you feel confident at that level, start putting a couple of potatoes in the bags. Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who is exhausted after lifting for 10 mns... roaring with laughter . hope my upstairs neighbours weren't asleep ! .. good start to a day ending with a lace lesson .. i usually leave work earlier telling everyone going to make lace ! to which they answer oh yes . happy embroidery ! ... g seems embroidery is to the french what tatting is for the americans : all inclusive !. dominique from Paris, Frogland ... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
