[lace] Dollar vs GBP

[Clive and Betty Ann Rice]

When we lived in England 1977-1981, we had one bank account with American 
Express in London and could write checks in USD or GBP. There wasn't any such 
thing as an ATM card then. It was a bit of a task to balance/check with 
statement every month, but the exchange rate was near what it is now.  I recall 
counting $1 to 2 GBP when I recorded pound checks, and only came a bit ahead at 
the end of the month.  Guess I'm used to 2-for-1 so don't feel the crunch when 
ordering anything from the Motherland.

Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA

Clay wrote:
--snip--
...We came to you when the dollar was
strong, and now you can come to us and enjoy our big country while the
dollar is weak.  I'm hoping this is a temporary situation, but I'm not
betting on it for at least five or ten more years.

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[lace] LACME site (lace)

[Helene Gannac]

Devon, thank you so much for posting that letter. I had a look and there is 
quite a
bit of lace, on its own and on costume. Lovely!

Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, where the weather is so nice I've been 
spending
an hour lacing on the back terrace after work everyday!. Pity the mozzies chase 
me
inside as soon as the sun goes down!


Devon -

Thank you so much for your recent inquiry into the department of Costume and
Textiles' collection of lace.  We currently possess close to 800 pieces of
lace, ranging in date from the mid-16th century through the early 20th
century.  A number of these are currently available to view online through
our searchable Collections Online site, which can be accessed through our
homepage - www.lacma.org  .  I encourage you and your
readers to visit the site, and please be sure to take a tour of our current
exhibition, "Images of Fashion from the Court of Louis XIV" online - which
features several examples of lace from the period.  This exhibition is also
exceptionally apropos to your inquiry as it features work housed in our
Doris Stein Research Center.  I hope that this information is helpful to you
and your readership.



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[lace] Lace at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

[Dmt11home]

Devon -

Thank you so much for your recent inquiry into the department of Costume and
Textiles' collection of lace.  We currently possess close to 800 pieces of
lace, ranging in date from the mid-16th century through the early 20th
century.  A number of these are currently available to view online through
our searchable Collections Online site, which can be accessed through our
homepage - www.lacma.org  .  I encourage you and your
readers to visit the site, and please be sure to take a tour of our current
exhibition, "Images of Fashion from the Court of Louis XIV" online - which
features several examples of lace from the period.  This exhibition is also
exceptionally apropos to your inquiry as it features work housed in our
Doris Stein Research Center.  I hope that this information is helpful to you
and your readership.

Best wishes

Michelle Webb

 

Michelle Lynne Webb

Curatorial Assistant, Department of Costume and Textiles

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90036

phone: 323/932-5840

fax: 323/857-6218

  www.lacma.org

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[lace] Definitions

[Tamara P Duvall]

On Mar 21, 2005, at 9:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Devon) wrote:
Finally, I said, "the white stuff" thus  confirming that he was not 
going deaf or failing to recognize an exotic word.
"White stuff" is what he shovels off his driveway some winters; "lace" 
isn't something so totally unknown (not necessarily always in its best 
form) that it has to be explained. Wonder if he heard a word "textile", 
in connection with the Museum?

I guess I have about a year before the next corporate party. In the
meantime, I think I will pilot "historical fiber arts specialist" as 
what I "do", and
see how that goes. Perhaps I should avoid the problem by going with  
"lady of
leisure", or just say, "I don't do anything, what do you do?"
Love that last one  Years ago, before I was a "mother", and before I 
learnt to cook, or drive (or make lace ), when people at parties 
asked me what I did, I used to say "I'm strictly ornamental". Of 
course, time has taken away the credibility of *that* statement, so, 
yours would come in handy if needed (though it's not likely to be 
needed, praise be; now that Severn's been retired for 10 yrs, I don't 
feel those events are "command performance" anymore and simply refuse 
to attend)
--
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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[lace] Rosalibre, free at last! :)

[Tamara P Duvall]

Gentle Spiders,
I've been waiting for "lace" to slow down a bit; didn't want this 
message to get lost among many :)

Cathy Belleville's long awaited "Introducing Rosalibre Bobbin Lace" 
book is out! I got my copy of it on Friday, and have had a great time 
with it since.

For the "lab rats" who took the class (first in the world ) in 
Ithaca last October... It's *very much* "new! improved!"; all our 
suggestions are in it, to make it more "user-friendly". And she added 
some stuff we didn't think to suggest, as well.  So, instead of the 
original 68 pages, it's 124 :)

For those who haven't been so priviledged as to attend the Ithaca 
workshop... It's - literally - a step-by step, each step illustrated, 
introduction to this fascinating new bobbin-made lace, which draws on 
several other techniques, adds Cathy's unique vision, and comes up 
being like nothing I've ever seen before, except, maybe, in needlelace. 
Perhaps not even there; it's more 3-D than even the Venetian Gros 
Point...

And that's using *thread of one size only* in any of the patterns 
(substitutions and the degree to which a pattern needs to be re-scaled 
are fully explained in the Appendix), and only 7-9 pairs at a time. And 
you make the best use of those few pairs you can, you don't remove or 
add them at a whim; what goes in at the start, is neatly finished off  
at the end... I love that bit 

The - entirely new - Appendix is truly awesome (even if it does contain 
the *one* - serious - "glitch". IM - NH - O. And she blames *me* for 
it, too )... It goes all the way back, including things like winding 
bobbins with S and Z twist threads, making leaf tallies, making sewings 
with the hook and with the Magic Loop, doing the Brugge tie-off, etc, 
etc... It even has the basic stitches (half, cloth and whole, as well 
as two different turning ones) explained and illustrated!

The order of introducing different elements is slightly changed, in 
comparison to the "special Ithaca edition" and, again IMO, *much* 
improved and more logical (and therefore, specific instructions are 
easier to find).

Cathy has also concocted some new patterns (one of them - Augustine - 
*absolutely gorgeous*). Some, to illustrate her claim that the lace 
looks as good in a single colour (and it does ) as in two or three - 
one sample is all white. Some, to illustrate the  "working the Wild 
Rose in colour" instructions. Some, to illustrate a new technique, 
introduced sine October (and used in "Augustine" ). And all the new 
additions show the potential directions it which the lace can develop - 
a little framed pin or picture, yes... But, also, a collar/cuff 
possibility, or a T-shirt applique (and she tells you how to do it so 
it doesn't *have to* go through the washing machine. Though one "lab 
rat" classmate did send an element through the full cyle inadvertently, 
and it survived without any damage ), or an edging...

In other words, this is a "real lace", which can be used in many ways, 
and not some ephemeral "curiosum"

The philosophy behind the lace (designed for the modern lacemaker; I 
really don't know why I like it so much ) and some photos are on 
Cathy's website:
http://www.bitbetter.com/lace/rosalibre.htm
And there'll be an article in the upcoming (April) issue of the IOLI 
Bulletin.

The book does not cover the larger ("spiral") flower, only the smaller 
ones. OTOH, the book *does* cover the cutest little (3-D, naturally) 
butterfly, which is not pictured on the website, to balance things 
out... :)

My own copy of came directly from Cathy and hot from the presses but, 
for most everyone else, that won't be an option, unlike the case with 
her Chrysanthemum book. Between being too busy to be trekking to the PO 
daily and the desire to support lacemaking vendors, she's not going to 
be distributing the book herself.

In the US, Holly Van Sciver already has the book, Susan Wenzel (Lacy 
Susan) will have it soon and the Lace Museum (Sunnyvale, CA) is the 3rd 
distributor. Barbara Fay in Germany and Pat Hallam (Rose Ground) in UK 
should also be receiving their shipments any day. There may, 
eventually, be others in Europe - Cathy says all those who carried the 
Chrysanthemum book have had an evaluation copy.

So, get the book - it's great! But, great as it is, a workshop with 
Cathy is *still better* :)

Rosalibre does not require too much prior experience of lacemaking (in 
fact, perhaps, the fewer prejudices you have, the better. Bit like with 
Loehr ). It is quick to make. It can be made in technicolour by the 
exuberant, and in virginal white by the shy and the self-restrained. It 
offers one an opportunity to "fiddle", without being censured for 
breaking with traditions... It is truly a "liberated" lace, for the 
modern lacemaker :)

You might want to catch a class in it while the lace is still in the 
"lava" stage, and before it becomes "basalt", laden with 
"traditions"... :) There's a workshop offered at the IOLI Convention in 
Den

[lace] IOLI Convention/Denver

[Tamara P Duvall]

Gentle Spiders,
Someone asked recently (can't remember who), when we'll be notified 
about our class asignments. Well, today, I got a card from the RMLG 
(the organising group) which says:

The Rocky Mountain Lace Guild has received your registration for the 
2005 IOLI Convention. We will be sending class assignments un early 
June. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Colorado in August!
That's a new - and very welcome - "wrinkle"; I can't remember receiving 
one of those before (not that I've been to all that many Conventions 
), but I appreciate it. It's good to know that one's missive has 
been delivered, without any mishaps... :) I have, recently, been in a 
situation where I'd assumed my check for renewal of the subscription 
had arrived safely, just hadn't been cashed yet, but it turned to be a 
false assumption. It got unscrambled some months later and no harm done 
but, when you're trying to get a place in a "must have" workshop, there 
would have been great harm indeed in a delay.

And, it also answers the question regarding when you could expect to 
hear about the final decisions - mid June. I sent my application on 
March 1st, the first day the "race for workshops" opened, so, if you 
sent off later, your confirmation might come later too; don't fret :) 
But your *decision* should arrive about the same time as mine.

Brilliant idea, Vasna, thanks! And thank the rest of the group; am 
looking forward to be welcomed to Colorado in August :)

--
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
 
 

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[lace] Re: Explaining Lace (was attracting young lacemakers)

[Thelacebee]

In a message dated 21/03/2005 14:18:17 GMT Standard Time, Devon writes:

> So I thought I would say I do volunteer work in the lace collection 
> of  the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first person I tried this on said 
> "what  collection?". I had to repeat the word "lace" for him several times 
> as he 
> failed  to grasp what I was speaking of. Finally, I said, "the white stuff" 
> thus  confirming that he was not going deaf or failing to recognize an 
> exotic 
> word.

I've been inmy new job for just under a year now and made a point of not 
mentioning any main hobbies outside of my initial interview - I work with 
people 
in their 20s and my clients are all 16 - 25 yr olds too so their idea of a fab 
night is clubbing and drinking and having babies - boy do I feel old and I'm 
still their side of 40!

Anyway, it came up that I needed to book leave as I need to attend a lace 
event that will require me being at a venue for a long weekend, having just 
joined the committee and promised that I would be present. As we have to travel 
some distance the Aussie suggested that we make a week of it and travel around 
(although I'm having to explain to 

So of I trog to work and check that no one else is off that week, which was 
fine however, we work a policy that if you desperately need leave then you can 
negotiate with whoever is booked off unless they can't change their dates - 
it's a nice polite way of doing things so I had to explain to our admin that 
these dates were not movable.  One of the administrators asked the simple 
question 'Oh, why?  What are you doing?' ... which put me, a person used to 
standing 
up and teaching any subject off the cuff on the back foot - I had to explain 
that I was on the committee for a major international lace group and this was 
their convention weekend erm and erm.

What I didn't expect was the fact that they were so interested and I ended up 
talking through the different types of lace that I make or could make.  

This has left me with a positive feeling about what I can tell people - ok 
they aren't going to ask to be taught to make it - they are still too focused 
on 
clubbing and drinking but then that's fine, I respect that but they also 
respect the fact that I make lace!

BTW - I'm not sure if this thread should be moved to chat now or are we still 
within the lace remit?

Regards

Liz in London

I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link 
or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee

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[lace] Newbie

[Margot Walker]

On Monday, March 21, 2005, at 08:33  PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyway, I have a question. I have every intention of  continuing on with
lacemaking. What sort of pillow would you recommend to buy,  and where 
might a
good place be from which to buy it? Also, are there perhaps  several 
purveyors of
lacemaking tools etc. that you could  recommend?
I'm sure you'll get lots of answers, but it would help us if we knew 
where you lived - at least the country if you don't want to be more 
specific.

Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site:
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html
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Re: [lace] RE: age of young lacemakers

[Steph Peters]

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:53:23 -0700, Helen wrote:
>However, it would be interesting to see if at some point in the future a
>Convention (anywhere in the world), does a 'parent/child' special deal
>or even gambles and offers classes during a convention to the young
>lacemakers whilst the parent is in another class.  That may be too much
>of a legal minefield, in terms of responsibility for minors.  I dunno.
>Just a thought.

The Deutscher Kloeppelverband has done something along these lines at least
twice.  The congress is Friday to Sunday; there are courses beforehand.  A
childrens' course is on offer this year, and I know it has been done before.
During class the children are with the lace teacher(s), not with their
parents.  I don't know a lot of details; I just remember reading an
interview in the magazine with a child who had taken part and had enjoyed
himself.
--
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more 
than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. - George Bernard Shaw
Steph Peters  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: [lace] Jean Leader Pattern Book/Stupid People on Ebay

[Clay Blackwell]

Jean wrote:  > International buying isn't difficult. <

To which I respond, no... it really isn't, although if someone had said
that to me five years ago, I would have thought they were immensely more
worldly than I.  But things HAVE gotten easier, with a variety of secure
options for international transactions.  OTH...  heavy sigh...  I've
enjoyed a number of years with the US dollar at a favorable rate against
foreign currency... long enough to make me shudder after I do the
computations on international deals these days.  I consider everything I
bought in "the good old days" a bargain, and am glad I "got it while the
gettin' was good!! 

So to my friends across the pond, I strongly advise you to exercise the
opportunity to exploit the exchange rate with the US to your best
advantage!!  We did, and you should!!  We came to you when the dollar was
strong, and now you can come to us and enjoy our big country while the
dollar is weak.  I'm hoping this is a temporary situation, but I'm not
betting on it for at least five or ten more years.

Clay  

Clay Blackwell
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 International buying isn't
> difficult.
>
> Jean in Poole
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[lace] Jean Leader Pattern Book/Stupid People on Ebay

[Jean Nathan]

Barbara wrote:



Like I wasn't aware of the Barry Biggins book, so I asked Arachne if anyone
knew anything about it and have ordered it direct from him at a total cost
of GBP13.50 (50 pence less than the opening bid on ebay).

If it's something that lacemakers can't help with, I research other ways, eg
I do a google search using different keywords; for books I always look up
Amazon to see if it's still in print and abebooks to see if the secondhand
book dealers have it and, if so, what their prices are. If none of them have
got it then it's probably difficult to get hold of; if similar item's are
often sold, I look back over the previous month's completed sales to see
what prices were made; and I always set a maximum I'm prepared to pay which
I never exceed, particularly if it's something I can't find any information
for. Whatever it is, they'll be another one along some time. I might put on
a low bid to get myself signed in, but then it's one maximum bid and no
more. I won't get in a bidding war - if someone else is prepared to pay more
than me, then that's fine. It's not life or death if I never get it.



I disagree with that. Most of what I buy for lacemaking is from non-local
suppliers. It's mainly by mail order, both from within the UK and from the
USA, Belgium, Germany, Australia... International buying isn't
difficult.

Jean in Poole

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Re: [lace] Jean Leader lace patterns on ebay

[Barbara Joyce]

One other aspect of this issue is that sometimes "stupid" people aren't
aware that a given item is available directly from the author/maker and
don't know of any other source for the item.

I, myself, would surely qualify as a stupid person for purchasing a good
many items on ebay--most recently a book by Elwyn Kenn that I've been
looking for and haven't been able to find at the suppliers with whom I'm
familiar. I paid a pretty penny for it, too, but I'm glad to have it!

I think our sisters in the UK have more opportunities to obtain these items
locally that we have in the US. Lucky you!

Barbara Joyce
Snoqualmie, WA
USA

> A copy of Jean Leader's book of patterns for 4 Bedfordshire bookmarks is on
> ebay, starting bid 95 pence. I bought it direct from her a short while ago.
> Be interesting to see if some stupid person goes mad and pays way over the
> price they can get it from from Jean, like they did for Barry Biggins' book
> last week.
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57203&item=81794649
> 85&rd=1
> 
> or search for item number 8179464985
> 
> Jean in Poole
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[lace] Lace-making Classes in Sweden

[Flyingkitn]

Dear Friends:
 
Can anyone tell me about any classes in Vadstena lace in Sweden this  year?  
I have the paperwork to join the Swedish lace group, but at the  moment, I 
just want to know if there will be one and when it will be.  I  would like to 
attend, but at least need some information first.
 
Thank you,
 
Linda Sheff

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[lace] Age of Conventioneers

[Kristina Borštnik]

I'm a bit behind reading my digests, I'll delurk to throw in my 2
cents.  I would assume I qualify as young-is.  I'm in my 20s and have
been making lace since I was 16.  I am currently in grad school
(finishing up in a few months!).  I never thought about going to a
convention until last summer.  Unfortunately, there was no way I could
take the time off at that point, even for a few days.  I briefly
considered going to Ithaca, but decided to go home instead (Europe - I
live in the US).  There is no way I can go to Colorado this year,
summer, even thoughI've always wanted to go there, since I start my
new job in July.  If circumstances at work would have been different
last year, I would have loved to go to Harrisburg mainly since I could
have gone for a few days only.  I only get 2 weeks of vacation
(grudgingly) and it's much easier to break it down into smaller chunks
than to take off too much at a time.  I even went home for only a
week...
These factors would make me more likely to go to a convention:
-be able to go for only a few days as opposed to a whole week
(weekends would be ideal)
-held in an area where my hsuband could find plenty to do during the
day.  If I were to take time off from work, we would go together.
-cheaper hotel.  Yes, the fancy hotels are nice, but in the end I
don't care what the lobby looks like as long as the hotel is decent in
a safe area, tha't all I care for
-a place to find our own food near the hotel.  I don't care to spend a
week eating hotel food, no matter how good!

back to lurking now.
Kristina
Maryland, US

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[lace] Panhandle-Plains, volunteers?

[Dmt11home]

Here is the touchingly honest response from the  curator of Silk &  Satin in 
a Land of Iron & Dust at the  Panhandle-Plains Museum. Such honesty should be 
rewarded. I wish I  could send her a volunteer!
Devon


Dear Ms. Thein:

Thank you for your interest in the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
and our current textile exhibit, "Silk & Satin in a Land of Iron &
Dust."  There are very few actual examples of lace in the exhibit, and I
doubt that your members would benefit greatly from a trip to Canyon to
see this exhibit.  The exhibit includes primarily clothing items of the
1875-1900 time period.  We do have many examples of lace in our Clothing
& Textile collection, but unfortunately they are not well-catalogued and
I am unable to provide much information about them.  We would like to
find a knowledgeable volunteer who would be willing to research and
catalog the various items of handwork in our collection.  Would any of
your members in the Amarillo, Texas area be interested in this project?

An earlier title for this exhibit was "Lace & Linen in a Land of Iron &
Dust."  As an exhibit develops the title often changes to better reflect
the content of the exhibit, although some exhibit titles are chosen
primarily for marketing and publicity purposes and may not in reality
reflect the actual content of the exhibit.  I would be interested to
know what source has the "Lace & Linen" title, if that information is
available to you.  Thank you.

Susan G. Denney
Assistant Curator of History
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
WTAMU Box 60967
Canyon, Texas  79015
806-651-2247





From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:43 AM
To: Susan Denney
Subject: lace



Dear Ms. Denney,



I am the Lace Study editor of the International Old Lacers, an
organization of roughly 1600 hand lace makers and lace history
enthusiasts. It has come to my attention that your museum is holding an
exhibit called Silk and Satin in a Land of Iron and Dust, although some
reports list the title as Lace and Linen in a Land of Iron and Dust.



I wonder if there are items in this exhibit that would be of interest to
our readership. We are principally interested in handmade lace,
especially bobbin and needlelace. Our members also include lacemakers
who embroider net and do drawn and deflected element work, tat, crochet
and knit lace. Would it be possible to learn how many lace items are
included in the exhibit and what they are, so that our membership would
know whether a trip to the exhibit would be of interest to them?



We at the International Old Lacers are always thrilled to hear of a
museum which is displaying lace and it is not unusual for our members to
travel hundreds of miles to see a really good exhibit of lace.



Sincerely,

Devon M. Thein

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Re: [lace] Re: attracting young lacemakers

[Weronika Patena]

> On Mar 20, 2005, at 18:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Devon) wrote:
> 
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>>I know  that we're the enlightened ones :o) but which
>>sounds the more interesting  out of "Beginners Bobbin Lace" and
>>"Contemporary Ceramics for  Beginners"?
>
>
>But would you sign up for:
>Modern open warp weaving. Using two simple weaving movements students 
>will
>experience the freedom to design complex woven structures without  the
>limitations imposed by a loom. Based on renaissance techniques, open 
>warp  weaving
>allows the student to weave in any shape, in any direction, even  three
>dimensionally with an almost unlimited range of textural and 
>patterning  techniques.
>Students may choose to work this exciting fiber art in color or to  
>explore the
>full range of contrasting patterns of positive and negative space 
>which find
>their best expression in  monochrome.

Wow.  That's very impressive.  Yes, I do think people would sign up for that.  

I think this sort of description would solve what I think is the main problem:
that lace is something traditional, and, worse yet, traditional women's work,
and basically something our great-grandmothers made and wore.  The actual
process is really cool and I can see people being interested in it, but the
mental associations most young people (including me) have with lace interfere.  

The fact that lace is thought of as complicated (and boring) is probably also a
large problem, but we can't do very much about that - lace *is* complicated.
But there are probably enough young people who like complicated things to keep
it going.  The reason I started bobbin lace and not knitting, crocheting or some
other craft is largely because it was unusual and complicated and had all the
cool equipment . 

Ah, and another factor, which, if it's actually reasonably common and not just
my personal thing, might be good for bobbin lace:  I wanted to do something
*different*.  I knew people who could knit and quilt and do other things, and I
didn't really want to do the same things they were doing - a new craft that
nobody else tried sounded much better.  I'm not sure why really.  Maybe so that
I wouldn't have to be worse at it than other people I knew .

Weronika

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Weronika Patena
Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA
http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika

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[lace] Pillows for flying

[Lisa Thompson]

Clay,

I always travel with my "one and only".  Instead of modifying it I
use a plastic wreath box instead of a convential suitcase.  What I
do is to lay the lid top side down on the table.  The handles can
be arranged so that the pillow fits snuggly between them.  Then
I put the base on top like a cake box and latch the handles.  Usually
those boxes taper to be smaller at the bottom so I use it upside
down.  Then I securely tape around the joining and across the 
handles with duct tape.  I pack more duct tape for the return trip
and some Goo Gone or some other adhesive remover to clean up the
stickiness on the box afterwards.  I've travelled with work on the
pillow and as long as you secure the roller or block and the bobbins,
it comes through fine.

Lisa Thompson in the vicinity of Dallas, Texas USA

Clay wrote:

> I'm interested in a pillow that will fit in a large suitcase which 
> will be checked.  I've come to the conclusion (after a recent thread 
> on this topic) that modifying an inexpensive pillow is a good solution.  
> I've bought a "one and only" kit  from Snowgoose, and I think I'll take 
> the blocks out and cut the pillow in half before I cover it.

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[lace] Re: Modern open warp weaving

[Lynn Carpenter]

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>
>But would you sign up for:
>Modern open warp weaving. Using two simple weaving movements students will  
>experience the freedom to design complex woven structures without  the 
>limitations imposed by a loom. Based on renaissance techniques, open warp
weaving 
>allows the student to weave in any shape, in any direction, even  three 
>dimensionally with an almost unlimited range of textural and patterning
techniques. 
>Students may choose to work this exciting fiber art in color or to
explore the 
>full range of contrasting patterns of positive and negative  space which
find 
>their best expression in  monochrome.

Wow!  And here I keep trying to resist adding yet another fiber art to my
repertoire, since I only have one house and two hands!  I think the local
fiber arts festival needs to hire you to write course descriptions.

Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA
alwen at i2k dot com

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[lace] attracting young lacemakers

[Dmt11home]

One problem with describing the dynamic open warp technique we all  love as 
"lace" is that fact that that word carries all the wrong baggage and in  fact 
does not really describe the thing that a young person like Rhiannon  wants to 
do with it.
I went to a corporate party this weekend and was asked what I "do". I have  
been going with "homemaker" for quite a few years, but then I get asked how 
many  children I have and now that my daughter is in college this "occupation" 
is 
 beginning to wear a little thin. It was never much of a conversation starter 
 anyway. So I thought I would say I do volunteer work in the lace collection 
of  the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first person I tried this on said 
"what  collection?". I had to repeat the word "lace" for him several times as 
he 
failed  to grasp what I was speaking of. Finally, I said, "the white stuff" 
thus  confirming that he was not going deaf or failing to recognize an exotic 
word. At  this point I usually try to throw in the fact that we have lace that 
belonged to  Louis XIV in the collection in order to change the mental image of 
a pile of  cheap trim in a major museum. However, without my samples and slide 
projector,  there is only so much I can do.
I guess I have about a year before the next corporate party. In the  
meantime, I think I will pilot "historical fiber arts specialist" as what I  
"do", and 
see how that goes. Perhaps I should avoid the problem by going with  "lady of 
leisure", or just say, "I don't do anything, what do you do?"
Devon
still waiting for spring in New Jersey

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Re: [lace] attract young lacemakers

[spindexr]

Aha--something I know about! Search engine placement and Google, in particular, 
is almost a profession in its own right. The way the Google algorithm works is 
by links. The more people who link to your site, the higher you appear in the 
searches. There are also "sponsored" ranks, which means that if you pay Google 
to make your site visible, they will bump it up unless it's a really unpopular 
site that no one visits. But for free ranking, it's by links.

I've had a quick look at your site. It's going to be a bit difficult to 
increase its visibility because it's mainly pictures of members' lace. There's 
not a lot to draw people who don't know your members personally. If someone's 
searching for lace sites in general, they're only going to find your site if 
they happen to be searching for lace in Halifax. Otherwise your site would be 
buried in 10,000th place after sites like Lacefairy and exotic lingerie. A good 
way to increase visibility is to offer some free patterns or on-line classes or 
technique articles (if your site has the best needlelace lessons, for example, 
people will link to it) and to join some Web rings.

Another recommendation is that you get an experienced Web master to do your 
pages (I looked at the source and noticed that the pages have no metatags). 
They don't have to be fancy, but they should have metatags with key words like 
"lace, Halifax, Canada, bobbin, needle," etc. The metadata doesn't count for 
much where Google is concerned but some of the other search engines do read the 
metatags.

Best wishes,

Avital 

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From: Margot Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:10 pm
Subject: [lace] attract young lacemakers

> new members yet, but we live in hope.  Our group has also started 
> a web 
> site:  http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/
> We're not sure what it takes to get Google or the like to index 
> it.  Our 
> 'webmistress' emailed them to ask, and the reply was something 
> along the 
> lines of 'when we get around to it'.  It's been over a year, so 
> who 
> knows?  Maybe if every Arachnean took a look at the site it would 
> seem 
> popular enough to interest Google?  (The site will be updated soon 
> with 
> a photo of my completed angel.)
> 
> 
> 
> Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
> 

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[lace] attract young lacemakers

[Margot Walker]

On Monday, March 21, 2005, at 04:56  AM, sealacehaven wrote:
Hi all
One way of finding out about lace classes that I don't think has been 
mentioned is by asking at your local library. Suffolk Libraries have 
what they call "Suffolk Info Link", here they list all kinds of 
contacts for local groups/activities etc etc. You (or they will for 
you) access this information through the library computers I believe.
Our public library system has a similar data base of local clubs and 
organizations and it's available on the web.  It hasn't brought us any 
new members yet, but we live in hope.  Our group has also started a web 
site:  http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/
We're not sure what it takes to get Google or the like to index it.  Our 
'webmistress' emailed them to ask, and the reply was something along the 
lines of 'when we get around to it'.  It's been over a year, so who 
knows?  Maybe if every Arachnean took a look at the site it would seem 
popular enough to interest Google?  (The site will be updated soon with 
a photo of my completed angel.)


Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
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[lace] Jean Leader lace patterns on ebay

[Jean Nathan]

A copy of Jean Leader's book of patterns for 4 Bedfordshire bookmarks is on
ebay, starting bid 95 pence. I bought it direct from her a short while ago.
Be interesting to see if some stupid person goes mad and pays way over the
price they can get it from from Jean, like they did for Barry Biggins' book
last week.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57203&item=81794649
85&rd=1

or search for item number 8179464985

Jean in Poole

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