[lace] and some say toe-may-toe
I was thinking perhaps the male version of the dowa-ger could be *dowa-gent* :-) Nova (being goofy in Courtenay) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lace making fly tying
Bev W. says: In a room full of lacemaking equipment, there will be mostly women, and some men. Likewise some of the men will be bored, some will be quite interested because they, too, are lacemakers, and the rest will be thinking of ways to sneak back to the fly-fishing room. Hi Bev and everyone out there! It's a two-way street - my DH gazes over my lacemaking tools, silk threads and magnifier/light and voices a wish to *borrow* for his fly-tying project. (lol) Nova (on a blustery night in Courtenay, B.C.) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: lace making fly tying
Hi Nova, Who has the hackle pliers, and who borrows them? It's a two-way street - my DH gazes over my lacemaking tools, silk threads and magnifier/light and voices a wish to *borrow* for his fly-tying project. (lol) Liz Pass (in Poole, Dorset) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/148 - Release Date: 25/10/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? About 13 years ago I was in my local library with my SIL to pick up our sons from a reading group and there was a glass case with bobbin lace on display and a notice of a local group starting and beginners welcome for classes. BL is not native to this part of the UK (North Scotland) but we have 2 big RAF air bases near us with lots of RAF wives from all over the UK and Moray Lacemakers was started by 3 of them. All of the founders have moved on - as is the way with the forces - but they left a great legacy. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? About 13 years ago I was in my local library with my SIL to pick up our sons from a reading group and there was a glass case with bobbin lace on display and a notice of a local group starting and beginners welcome for classes. BL is not native to this part of the UK (North Scotland) but we have 2 big RAF air bases near us with lots of RAF wives from all over the UK and Moray Lacemakers was started by 3 of them. All of the founders have moved on - as is the way with the forces - but they left a great legacy. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? About 13 years ago I was in my local library with my SIL to pick up our sons from a reading group and there was a glass case with bobbin lace on display and a notice of a local group starting and beginners welcome for classes. BL is not native to this part of the UK (North Scotland) but we have 2 big RAF air bases near us with lots of RAF wives from all over the UK and Moray Lacemakers was started by 3 of them. All of the founders have moved on - as is the way with the forces - but they left a great legacy. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? About 13 years ago I was in my local library with my SIL to pick up our sons from a reading group and there was a glass case with bobbin lace on display and a notice of a local group starting and beginners welcome for classes. BL is not native to this part of the UK (North Scotland) but we have 2 big RAF air bases near us with lots of RAF wives from all over the UK and Moray Lacemakers was started by 3 of them. All of the founders have moved on - as is the way with the forces - but they left a great legacy. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] sorry
sorry about the quad posting - absolutely no idea what I did jenny barron - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: future of lacemaking/men?
In a message dated 10/25/2005 10:12:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Some) women are just as competitive as (some) men; attend a meeting of a prospective fiber group (or any other group), and the very first thing that's talked about is determining the pecking order - president, vice president, other officers... Maybe things are different in Virginia, but in the groups I have belonged to, the biggest incentive for good attendance is that if you are absent you might find you were nominated for and voted into the presidency. There is a lace group in New Jersey that has had to change its by-laws about term limitations so that the same person can continue to serve as president until someone is born or inducted into the group who will take the gavel. As noted, before, the Lace Guild folded because no one would become president. My EGA can't fill any of its officerships. It has resorted to asking people to share an office, ie. be co-president, on the theory, I guess that the other co-president will do the work and take the criticism. Our last EGA president was made president within about three months of joining the group. I once heard a man speaking with great enthusiasm of running for vice president of his Jaycees. I was astounded since vice presidencies in the groups I belong to are regarded in the same light as prison sentences. Sometimes someone will go to one with an air of resignation, rather than a fight, but no one ever campaigns for one. Or perhaps what you meant by pecking order is that the president is at the bottom of the pecking order? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] future of Lacemaking
It's not just a generational issue--the very worst immediate gratification person in my family was my mother. I know what you're saying, though, and it may not be *exactly* the same thing as my mom--with her, it was more like she was *just* goal-oriented, and not in the *least* process-oriented. She perceived anything like lacemaking, knitting, quilting, sewing, weaving, pleasure shopping, gourmet cooking, etc. to be tedious and a waste of time. On the rare occasions she sewed, it was always one of those get it made quick projects--she left the fancy cooking to Dad, and the gunnysak (sp?) dresses (for my little sister) to me --Sue (almost exactly the opposite of her mother in this ;o) - Original Message - From: Ronna Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Arachne Lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [lace] future of Lacemaking There is quite a bite of talk about getting younger people interested in lace. I do know the lack of availablity of classes is a big factor. But, we are also talking generational issues .. the instant gratification complex that many youth have today. If it takes time to do it they don't want any part of it. That lessens over time as they age ... There is also the issue of cost and teens don't usually have the money to support such a hobby, many parents will put out lots of money for sports or music lessons but I don't know many who would spend the dollars needed on lace making ( I know some would but, don't forget these are the same parents who spent a fortune on piano lessons just to have the child quite when they didn't progress fast enough to make it fun). I have also talked to enough people who see lace making as something that is too hard for them to accomplish and think it would be a tedious thing to set for hours and do. I am amazed at how many feel this way. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] How I came to lace..
Now my story's a little different than most.. I've had one bobbin lace lesson, it was years ago and my pillow sits largely lonely and empty until my life settles a bit to give me more time at home. Unlike folks who have already gotten the skills, I'm still at the learning stage where it takes me 15 mins to figure out what the heck I'm doing. Not exactly food court practical yet. Perhaps about 7 yrs ago.. I learned to knit and crochet. I decided, very quickly, that I did not much care for the look of crochet in large yarn.. but thread crochet.. now /that/ I didnt mind the look of. So, not yet able to tension full sized crochet, I got myself a ball of crochet cotton, a tiny little hook and a 'teach yourself thread crochet book'. I can still remember sitting at the bus stop, having bought the stuff at the local 'craft and plant centre', waiting to go home and trying over and over again to even make a chain with the thread and hook that small. (size 10 cotton, size 7 hook). Took me a few weeks, but I got it. And ruined my wrist. Crochet got put on a shelf as every stitch was agony. I needed to ADORE a crochet pattern before I braved doing it. Still do for that matter. Around the same time, I learned to knit. Took well enough to that with chunky thread and big needles.. made a few things and then found myself (and my spouse) unemployed. I didnt have enough money to buy balls and balls of yarn for a sweater, but /did/ have that forgotten ball of crochet cotton.. I had, by this point, my grandmother's knitting needles and got out that size 10 cotton and some little knitting pins and taught myself to knit lace. There, I found my love. It was like a duck into water, me into lace knitting. No one told me it was supposed to be hard when I started, it just seemed like a good way to get a whole lotta knitting out of a ball of cotton that had cost me $1.29. grin Now both my husband and I work full time, and I've got mumblemumble rubbermaid totes full of yarn and cotton and have recently splurged into laceweight wool/silk (Zephyr for the knitters) for some shawls. It's a long long way from knitting for economy! I found arachne somewhere in this journey, mostly for chat, although I wandered back and forth on and off the lace-devoted list until I decided that perhaps just reading about bobbin lace might osmose some knowledge for when I get back to it. It's a theory! Oh and I've tried tatting. I try tatting about every year or so, get tangled, swear a lot, cut it off and throw it out. I will master it before I die. Yes, I've tried needle, shuttle, books, internet videos and real honest to goodness tatters in person. I think it might be hopeless. Heather -- who is currently knitting lace with chunky wool and big needles, it's terribly odd! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Vice-Presidents
Devon said: I was astounded since vice presidencies in the groups I belong to are regarded in the same light as prison sentences. Sometimes someone will go to one with an air of resignation, rather than a fight, but no one ever campaigns for one. Arrrggghhh! And to think I've just agreed to be nominated for vice-president of my lace guild. I'm not campaigning, though! Barbara, about to start serving my sentence. ;-) Seriously, though, I'm really looking forward to working with the soon-to-be president, a good friend of mine, to make some positive changes in the group! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: future of Lacemaking (Long reply)
Dear Lacefriends, I was away a little bit, report comes later, so I am behind with my posting but for short I can tell you something you will like to this theme. Being with all my thaughts preparing the lecture for the congress in Ried I got a phone call from a young lady. She wants to learn lacemaking. She is a glass-designer but doesn't see a possibility to work with this material. Ok I said come on let's try. And I make a course map for such a students. Two weeks later, my work got another student. This time a textile-designer who have to prepare her work for the final examination in january. And I said yes again not knowing where to find the time. So please cross your fingers that we are sucessful. And that we could find interest by the profs of the art-school and perhaps.. But the first lady will go to Spain end of the year so we must try to work together via internet and the problem is she doesn't speak, read English. Otherwise she could be with us on the list. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Looking for Sylvia Muriaru
Does anyone on the list know the whereabouts of Sylvia Muriaru who wrote a book on Romanian Point Lace? Any help is appreciated. Thank you Barb Bulgarelli, MI - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ant: [lace] unusual pillow on eBay
--- Susan MacLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I know I've seen pictures of this type of pillow before, This pillow is from Spain - it is the traditional pillow from the area around Barcelona. It is used in an upright position, usually on a stand. PLEASE do not take the information sent to ebay seriously - it even made ME de-lurk! Eva in Madrid ___ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 1GB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] unusual pillow on eBay
At 08:50 AM 10/26/2005, you wrote: I know I've seen pictures of this type of pillow before, just can't think of where. http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Bobbin-Lace-Pillow-Bobbins-Lacemaking-Tools_W0QQitemZ8228886585QQcategoryZ19158QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Sumac My guess is Spain. The bobbins are like the ones I have that were labled Spanish bobbins. I know I've seen pictures of these long narrows bolster pillows before but they are nothing like the Slovenia pillow and bobbins I have. Alice in Oregon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] unusual pillow on eBay
On Wednesday, October 26, 2005, at 12:50 PM, Susan MacLeod wrote: I know I've seen pictures of this type of pillow before, just can't think of where. http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Bobbin-Lace-Pillow-Bobbins-Lacemaking-Tools_W0QQitemZ8228886585QQcategoryZ19158QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Sumac Looks Spanish to me. 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 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] How I came to lace..
The part I saw a demo is quite common. I thought I paid good attention to try at home. I improviesd with bobbins and made myself a tiny roler. How I got the iedea to fill it with sand? The library had a few books that came to my rescue. Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] How I came to lace..
Golly, I never saw a demo! I was quite small, living out side new York City. My older DB and I were privileged to roam for hours in the galleries and museums (while Mother shopped) and I loved the picture of 'the lady'.then some one told me that she was making lace. Centuries passed and that was all I knew. It picked at my curiosity making lace on a pillow? Finally, long years later, I was visiting friends and their neighbors from England. I mentioned my funny, oft forgotten, quest and she said that is bobbin lace. That sent me to a library, DH brought home a CRAFT magaqzine with an article aboutbobbinlace, by Faith Rogers. It show pictures and direction from Olive Risch (sp). The best single lesson that I ever had. Lo, these many years and I am still at it!!! BarbE - Original Message - From: Jo Falkink To: arachne Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [lace] How I came to lace.. The part I saw a demo is quite common. I thought I paid good attention to try at home. I improviesd with bobbins and made myself a tiny roler. How I got the iedea to fill it with sand? The library had a few books that came to my rescue. Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/149 - Release Date: 10/25/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: lacemaking fly tying
Hi Elizabeth! I took up lacemaking before he discovered fly tying so they were *mine* first - the hackle pliers reside in the lace making toolbox! :-)) Hmmm. Perhaps Santa will deliver another pair ( ummm is hackle plier a single or plural noun?) in his stocking this year!! Nova Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:54:01 +0100 From: Elizabeth Pass [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [lace] Re: lace making fly tying Hi Nova, Who has the hackle pliers, and who borrows them? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
Hi Spiders, I saw a Dryad kit in a craft shop window in Colchester - and nagged on about it every quarter of an hour for fifteen minutes, till Christmastime. Well - surprisingly, it was in my Christmas stocking. but when I opened it all up, I nearly had conniptions. I couldn't understand the Raie Clare patterns, didn't know what the beads and wire were for, and wondered what on earth I was to do with this box of goodies which I couldn't use. Providentially, a friend and a couple of associates were taking over an unused church in the next village to me, as a craft centre, and she rang me to tell me of the new craft classes they were starting after Christmas. I turned down the pottery - clay is too yucky - turned down the patchwork (could teach that myself, if necessary!) and several other things until as a last resort she said Well - what about bobbin lace, then!Talk about the Good Lord looking after fools and drunks!I set out on my bike immediately to sign on - and that was twenty-six years ago, and the fascination has never waned at all! But would you believe - there were five students in Joy's class then, and of those students, three of us were called Carol. Carol - in Suffolk UK. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace? - Original Message - From: The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
I believe that my nan started lace when she was looking after one of her grand-daughters who was still a tiny baby. That tiny baby grew into a school kid who got bored in the holidays so Nan started teaching the kid and her two cousins. Roll forward 20 years and that kid is now quite grown-up and picked up lace again last year as an escape from a Physics degree :o) Interestingly, my two cousins who are both on some form of graphics-y, textile-y design-y courses haven't kept the lace up, but I have. Perhaps it's because it is the only creative thing I do, apart from very occasionally doing crafts with the Guides. Helen Helen, Somerset, UK Forget the formulae, let's make lace -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/149 - Release Date: 25/10/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] tatting question
Lacemakers, Could someone give the the url for the website with the videos on tatting. I have a friend who could benefit from them Thanks. Have a Great Day! Susie Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 815-942-3722 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
I had seen bobbin lacing at an event and thought it was really neat, but being in the middle of college, I didn't really have time to pursue it. Lucky for me, my mom also thought it was interesting. When my parents were on a travel sabbatical, my father ended up in Colorado doing some Air Force Reserve stuff. My mom had days to herself, so she looked through the local yellow pages to find all the yarn/craft/hobby shops. One of the shops she found was offering bobbin lace lessons, which she immediately got involved in. And luckily for me, my mom and I have this arrangement: Whatever she learns, she passes on to me and whatever I learn, I pass on to her. When she came back (and I had summer vacation), she taught me half, whole and cloth stitch and then handed me Cook's The Torchon Lace Workbook and a love affair began. I have to admit, I am currently in a non-lacing period of my life. Having a two year old and a newborn really bites into my lacing time. The pillow lives upstairs where my DD can't get into it, but it means that I rarely get into it either. But I am looking forward to making lace again when I get my act together. Cathy in Newark, Delaware, USA __ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
I was going through a tough patch having just had a second miscarriage in less than a year and felt a strong need to be creative. That was late summer 1975, and a local department store were displaying (part of) one of the Battle of Britain lace panels in a window. They are 65 wide and 15 yards long! Nottingham Leavers lace. I was fascinated by it and stood looking at it for as long as 3 year old DD would allow. The label said that a limited number of the panels were made and then the patterns destroyed. I knew it wasn't based on knitting, crochet or embroidery, it didn't look like regular weaving but I didn't have a clue as to how it was made. However I knew that the local Adult Ed college offered classes in pillow lace, maybe it was that! Emma was about to start two mornings a week at nursery and one of her mornings coincided with a lace class so I signed up. If I couldn't make another baby then I'd make lace instead! By the end of that first year in class I was very pregnant with the twins! and lacemaking went on the back burner for a while. There's a not very good picture of the panel at http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/roll.html then click on the thumbnail image Info about the panel at http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/battle_of_britain/ and another image at http://tinyurl.com/b44ff where it's called a tapestry! Brenda - who still can't make leavers lace! http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Spin (was: future of lacemaking)
Not to bring politics into the equation again, but we've all had too much - expensive - action based on short-term lies recently, and we don't need another instance of it... If not to bring politics in, then why bring it? Jeri, I admire your knowledge and your generosity in sharing it. But, once in a while, your ideas (and ideals) are no more practical than those of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin... :) ... and Tamara Duvall? Please, let's keep this lace site devoted to lace (Marx, Lenin, action all belong elsewhere. -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: future of lacemaking/men?
Devon wrote, Maybe things are different in Virginia, but in the groups I have belonged to, the biggest incentive for good attendance is that if you are absent you might find you were nominated for and voted into the presidency. Or perhaps what you meant by pecking order is that the president is at the bottom of the pecking order? Devon I think that it IS entirely possible that things are different in Virginia - and anywhere else in our country, for that matter - than they are in New York City. (Sorry, Devon - you walked right into that one!!) ; ) My personal experience with big city/anywhere else is that the pace is more relaxed outside the big cities. The organizations I have belonged to here in Virginia have always included newcomers as well as seasoned members. People seem to serve according to their enthusiasm for the goals of the organization. And frankly, here in a small town in Virginia, it's a lot easier to live on one income, which enables a partner who is either free-lancing or orthewise self-employed (or being a domestic god/goddess) to devote more time to worthwhile causes. As for running for President of the Jaycees, that doesn't surprise me. Here in VA, this is one of the incubator civic groups which up and coming leaders must belong to in order to move up in their respective businesses. Being elected to an office in such a group is a badge of achievement which looks good on a CV, and assures recognition in the business world as a mover and a shaker. And anyone worth their salt here serves on the boards of a few non-profits (NO glory there...) to give their part to the effort. I served as President of my guild for two terms - because I was willing to do it when asked, and because I had the time, energy, and some ideas I wanted to see happen (and they did). My successor is also a willing leader who also has the time and the ability to get things done. In fact, I don't think that any of the leadership in my guild has ever been coerced. It's not a nasty chore - it's a fun project, and we have a good team so you're not shackled to the gavel if you need to be out of town! So yes, things are different here... Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Vice-Presidents
Don't fret, BJ !! In some places, the VP is just a figurehead... no job at all unless the President can't make it to a business meeting!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: Barbara Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Date: 10/26/2005 12:12:33 PM Subject: [lace] Vice-Presidents Devon said: I was astounded since vice presidencies in the groups I belong to are regarded in the same light as prison sentences. Sometimes someone will go to one with an air of resignation, rather than a fight, but no one ever campaigns for one. Arrrggghhh! And to think I've just agreed to be nominated for vice-president of my lace guild. I'm not campaigning, though! Barbara, about to start serving my sentence. ;-) Seriously, though, I'm really looking forward to working with the soon-to-be president, a good friend of mine, to make some positive changes in the group! - 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: future of lacemaking/men?
On Oct 26, 2005, at 20:11, Clay Blackwell wrote: I think that it IS entirely possible that things are different in Virginia - and anywhere else in our country, for that matter - than they are in New York City. (Sorry, Devon - you walked right into that one!!) ; ) Aye, aye, Clay's right; there's vast difference between in a New York minute (which is about 30 seconds long) and I'll think about it tomorrow (as Scarlett did) attitude... :) As for running for President of the Jaycees, that doesn't surprise me. Here in VA, this is one of the incubator civic groups which up and coming leaders must belong to in order to move up in their respective businesses. Indeed. My town is much smaller than Clay's (we don't even have Michaels g), but Jaycees is the path to recognition. The guy who used to run the music contest for kids sponsored by Jaycees and Lions, went on to be the president of Jaycees, then to a seat on the council, then ran for a seat in the House of Delegates for the district... Jaycees may be of no-account in large cities but, in small towns, they're visible. I served as President of my guild for two terms - because I was willing to do it when asked, and because I had the time, energy, and some ideas I wanted to see happen (and they did). My successor is also a willing leader who also has the time and the ability to get things done. In fact, I don't think that any of the leadership in my guild has ever been coerced. It's not a nasty chore - it's a fun project, and we have a good team so you're not shackled to the gavel if you need to be out of town! Now, being the editor of the guild's newsletter is a whole different ballgame :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Dowagers etc
On 10/25/05, Elizabeth Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...call your selves 1st decaders? Then those who joined during the second set of ten years could be 2nd decaders!! Would that make us all Decadent? !! :) g-roan One thonk with a limp thread end Liz! -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Friday AM Smiles....
well it's really Wednesday morning smiles, no 9 does it for me jenny barron Scotland HOME REMEDIES... 1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto! The blockage will be almost instantly removed. 2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away. 3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by simply using the sink. 4. High blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a while, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. 5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep when you hit the snooze button. 6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough. 7. Have a bad tooth ache? Hit your thumb with a hammer, then you will forget about the tooth ache.. 8. AND... Sometimes we just need to remember what The Rules of Life really are: 9. You need only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the duct tape. 10. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them. 11. If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance! 12. And finally... Be really good to your family and friends. You never know when you are going to need them to empty your bedpan. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] In case you were wondering how the roles were allocated!
For mums, or mums to be. Grandma's are eligible too!!! I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that. Why? my daughter asked. Because it's been laying outside, you don't know where it's been, it's dirty and probably has germs I replied. At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, Wow! How do you know all this stuff? Uh, .I was thinking quickly, All Mums know this stuff. It's on the Mummy Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mummy. We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information. Oh...I get it! she beamed, So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy. Exactly I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart. When you're finished laughing, send this to a Mum. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] First snow!
It is so quiet on lace-chat that I thought I'd let everyone know that we woke up this morning to our first snowfall. It is just a good covering, but it has been raining all morning, so it now just all icy slush. Just the sort of weather I like when it's best to stay home make lace. Penelope Piip [EMAIL PROTECTED] City of Tartu, Estonia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] What to call 10yrs+ People
Hi All! I've been cleaning everything in the house this last month, and now I am cleaning the computer! Have we decided what to call the folks with 10+ years on the lace list? Could I put my bit in for Ladies of Lace (LOL's) or Gentlemen of Lace(GOL's)? As said, I have been working on doing the annual 5 year shovel or get buried cleaning of our house. In doing so, I have found: 12 tote bags (2 from IOLI conventions) 11 cover cloths (3 from IOLI conventions, 4 from friends) 10 divider pins (several the hard way! OUCH!) 9 books on lace, knitting, crochet, macramé that I had forgotten that I had 8 tackle boxes, divided containers that I use to keep stuff separated 7 Baseball caps that I don't wear to demos anymore 6 1 gallon canning jars that I need to make into butter churns for school Colonial Days 5 Spools of 32 gage wire that I can use for Bobbin Lace with Wire 4 Demo pillows 3 pair of SHARP sissors 2 t-shirts with Lace printing And 1 An ENTIRE CLEAN SHELF Sigh, Off to put stuff on my clean shelf, JoAnne Pruitt [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] Cleaning
At 08:09 AM 10/26/2005, you wrote: I've been cleaning everything in the house this last month, . I have found:... 1 An ENTIRE CLEAN SHELF The SHELF is what I envy the most of your finds!!! Alice in Oregon -- who needs to do 'shovel out' cleaning too. How did I ever get so much stuff To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Cleaning
I've been cleaning everything in the house this last month, . I have found:... 1 An ENTIRE CLEAN SHELF You go, Sister!!! Margaret in PA http://bramblelane.tripod.com/yardsale.html Margaret Holsinger On The Wing Mailing Services Presorting List Hygiene [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] Cleaning
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes At 08:09 AM 10/26/2005, you wrote: I've been cleaning everything in the house this last month, . I have found:... 1 An ENTIRE CLEAN SHELF The SHELF is what I envy the most of your finds!!! ermm... has anyone seen the floor recently, I seem to have lost it somewhere under his computer magazines :-) -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Cleaning
I've just had a look for the floor in our hall. I thought I was going to find it under the newspapers that never made their way to the recycling bin although it turns out that it may be under the large pile of trainers belonging to my housemate :o) Five to midnight is clearly the time to start a little light housework! Helen At 23:45 26/10/2005, Jane Partridge wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes At 08:09 AM 10/26/2005, you wrote: I've been cleaning everything in the house this last month, . I have found:... 1 An ENTIRE CLEAN SHELF The SHELF is what I envy the most of your finds!!! ermm... has anyone seen the floor recently, I seem to have lost it somewhere under his computer magazines :-) -- Jane Partridge Helen, Somerset, UK Forget the formulae, let's make lace -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/149 - Release Date: 25/10/2005 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
