FW: [lace] Thistle bookmark
I would be interested in seeing the thistle bookmark made up in white or colours. It may even convert me to bobbinlace. --- Rochelle Sutherland Lachlan (7yrs), Duncan (6yrs) and Iain (5yrs) www.houseofhadrian.com.au == Hi Rochelle, Do I detect a certain affinity for things Scottish in your house? ;) I am fascinated by Sherry's objective to make it in color. I have a Beds Piece in colors and it was colored according to the part, red poppies, golden barley, green stems, yellow sunflowers. Beds is not given to be made in color, but when I got the spirit of it, I was hooked. The principal difficulty, ahem! Challenge, is to find ways to change colors. I just checked and my picture of it is still on the Arachne webshots. http://community.webshots.com/photo/314148412/1325990697048870129OFRfli I have Jean Leader's patterns also, but I haven't made any of them yet. Life is short and art is long. Sherry, maybe we could jointly give it try and have a partner to confer with? I am very fond of the subtly variegated threads available and I have quite a few of them. Don't you think a thistle would look more realistic with hints of pink and light and darker purples? And then there is the foliage. Thistles come in a lot of different colors, but I suppose that the collection of patterns represents the symbols of the constituent parts of Great Britain and the Scottish thistle has a definite set of colors. The flower is definitely purple but I am not sure about the foliage. Some other types of thistles are pink, and there is even a bright yellow one. Maybe a fantasy thistle in turquoise and purple? Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Thistle bookmark
I have now seen 3 different Thistle Bookmarks in color: Patricia Dowden's with very clear and warm colors, one at IOLI Convention in Harrisburg done in pastels, and the one I made in brighter colors. Unfortunately, I left it in a library book (I think) I've not seen it since. At I hope it's being appreciated! Diane Zierold Lubec, Maine - Original Message - From: Rochelle Sutherland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:11 PM Subject: [lace] Thistle bookmark I replied to this but I think it went direct to celticdreamweave, (sorry, I'm still learning the system). I would be interested in seeing the thistle bookmark made up in white or colours. It may even convert me to bobbinlace. --- Rochelle Sutherland Lachlan (7yrs), Duncan (6yrs) and Iain (5yrs) www.houseofhadrian.com.au Do you Yahoo!? Find a local business fast with Yahoo! Local Search http://au.local.yahoo.com - 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: FW: [lace] Thistle bookmark
Patricia Dowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And then there is the foliage. Thistles come in a lot of different colors, The thistles I am familiar with have a sort of silvery green foliage http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/thistle/thistle.html quite a pretty picture here jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] thistle bookmark
Patty wrote: I have a Beds Piece in colors and it was colored according to the part, red poppies, golden barley, green stems, yellow sunflowers. Beds is not given to be made in color, but when I got the spirit of it, I was hooked. The principal difficulty, ahem! Challenge, is to find ways to change colors. I just checked and my picture of it is still on the Arachne webshots. http://community.webshots.com/photo/314148412/1325990697048870129OFRfli I think I have looked at this before but did not study it. It is a very neat design and I love the changing colors. May I ask how you did the barley leaves as I thought that in Beds the side leaves were worked by pairs that go into and out of the center stalk? Did you have to keep removing a color worker or did you carry it along some how? On the large flower, did the worker threads go into the center as on my computer it appears to be all green in the center? Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Pacific NW Lace Conference (June)
Hello, The webpage for the Pacific Northwest Lace Conference is now mostly working. (Sorry, the registration form is still not quite all there.) Interested lacemakers can peruse the classes and other details. Registration won't start until March 1. http://www.portlandlacesociety.org/Conferencehome.htm The conference will be June 14-18, 2006, in Newberg, Oregon. We plan to have a lot of fun during this half week. I hope to see some of you there. Alice in Oregon Lace day Chairman - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Pacific NW Lace Conference (June)
Good job, Alice! I notice it is better to view the site using Explorer rather than Netscape. Some of the frames are on top of each other in the latter. very best wishes Bev Registration won't start until March 1. http://www.portlandlacesociety.org/Conferencehome.htm -- 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]
Re: [lace] Pacific NW Lace Conference (June)
Hello Alice The frames are all on top of each other in Safari and Foxfire too. The homepage also has dozens of validation errors - maybe you could let the webmaster know. You don't want to put people off because they couldn't see the registration forms! Hope you have a great conference though. Brenda On 20 Jan 2006, at 23:36, bevw wrote: Good job, Alice! I notice it is better to view the site using Explorer rather than Netscape. Some of the frames are on top of each other in the latter. very best wishes Bev Registration won't start until March 1. http://www.portlandlacesociety.org/Conferencehome.htm -- 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] Brenda 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]
[lace] Drawn-work lace handkerchief (?)
I have come across a lovely example of drawn-work on eBay (my eye is not that sophisticated in this area, so I hope more knowledgeable spiders will bring me up to speed). The item is described as a handkerchief, and the seller suggests that it may have been a wedding handkerchief. But I question this, as the dimensions are 24 by 24 inches !! (~60 X60 cm).Now, I'm aware that handkerchiefs have had their own evolution... once quite large, and now quite small. But I'm thinking that 24 inches is HUGE!! Nevertheless, the drawn-work is lovely, and I think this (being one of the pre-cursors of needle and bobbin laces) is worthy of our list... Any ideas? http://tinyurl.com/0 Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] drawn-thread handkerchief... #2
Let's try THIS one... http://tinyurl.com/bs79k And, in case that one doesn't work, the item number for the auction is... 6246335686 Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Drawn-work lace handkerchief (?)
Hi, Clay. Your tinyurl didn't want to work, but I did find the hankie you were referring to, by doing a search on ebay. It is a very pretty piece of work, indeed. And it definitely looks like drawn-thread embroidery. I don't know why the seller would refer to it as Scandinavian, though, unless he/she were confusing it with hardanger? Or thinking of all the 18th century pulled-thread and drawn-thread embroidery that came out of Denmark? 24 square is pretty darned big, but most of that is the lacey edging, so it may be something really extravagant for a special occasion, as the seller suggested. I have no idea of the time period of the thing (seller said Edwardian?, and that's not a costuming OR lace era that I know anything about). I could ask on a historical costuming list I'm on, though, if you'd like. --Sue in Montana - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:28 PM Subject: [lace] Drawn-work lace handkerchief (?) I have come across a lovely example of drawn-work on eBay (my eye is not that sophisticated in this area, so I hope more knowledgeable spiders will bring me up to speed). The item is described as a handkerchief, and the seller suggests that it may have been a wedding handkerchief. But I question this, as the dimensions are 24 by 24 inches !! (~60 X60 cm). Now, I'm aware that handkerchiefs have had their own evolution... once quite large, and now quite small. But I'm thinking that 24 inches is HUGE!! Nevertheless, the drawn-work is lovely, and I think this (being one of the pre-cursors of needle and bobbin laces) is worthy of our list... Any ideas? http://tinyurl.com/0 Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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] Drawn-work lace handkerchief (?)
Beautiful cloth! This is indeed drawnwork, and very well done. I don't see it as a hanky, but as a table centerpiece, but it may well have been a wedding gift. This type of work does not show off well if gathered, like a hanky would be when carried. It needs to lie out flat. And showing off the dining table between uses would be perfect for it. If it were smaller, it would be lost on a large table. (If there were lots of children around, it might have been saved somewhere instead of being out. Wherever it's been, someone now will get a treasure.) I think drawnwork has been done in many countries, and is one of the needle skills that cannot be tracked to a specific country. Sometimes the actual age cannot be determined, either. Thanks for showing it to us. Alice in Oregon --- Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have come across a lovely example of drawn-work on eBay (my eye is not that sophisticated in this area, so I hope more knowledgeable spiders will bring me up to speed). The item is described as a handkerchief, and the seller suggests that it may have been a wedding handkerchief. But I question this, as the dimensions are 24 by 24 inches !! (~60 X60 cm).Now, I'm aware that handkerchiefs have had their own evolution... once quite large, and now quite small. But I'm thinking that 24 inches is - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fwd: [lace-chat] thistle bookmark
I know we're not supposed to cross-post, but the following message *begs* to be on lace, not on chat, so I'm sticking my neck out :) Begin forwarded message: From: Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: January 20, 2006 17:11:37 EST To: Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace-chat] thistle bookmark Reply-To: Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I made a Beds fan in colors. The traditional Beds methods do not translate readily to colors, so adaptations must be made. I had to have one color just cross under a trail to continue on the other side instead of trading pairs with the trail. There was also extra starting and stopping of threads for the color changes. Doing what must be done to get the color where you want it, must come ahead of strict traditional methods, but the results can be wonderful. Be adventuresome and give it a try. Alice in Oregon -- where the rain is going to ease off for a few days --- Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patty wrote: I have a Beds Piece in colors and it was colored according to the part, red poppies, golden barley, green stems, yellow sunflowers. Beds is not given to be made in color, but when I got the spirit of it, I was hooked. The principal difficulty, ahem! Challenge, is to find ways to change colors. I just checked and my picture of it is still on the Arachne webshots. http://community.webshots.com/photo/314148412/1325990697048870129OFRfli I think I have looked at this before but did not study it. It is a very neat design and I love the changing colors. May I ask how you did the barley leaves as I thought that in Beds the side leaves were worked by pairs that go into and out of the center stalk? Did you have to keep removing a color worker or did you carry it along some how? On the large flower, did the worker threads go into the center as on my computer it appears to be all green in the center? Janice To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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: FW: [lace] Thistle bookmark
There are many species of thistles in the northern hemisphere. Some have deep green, some yellowish-green, some gray-green, and some bright green. There's one species found in southern California (I think it's actually a foreign invader, but it's frequently found where cattle have disturbed the environment) that has large, rich green leaves with white lines criss-crossing them. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - Patricia Dowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And then there is the foliage. Thistles come in a lot of different colors, The thistles I am familiar with have a sort of silvery green foliage - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] geneology - And the winner is.........
Oops! I let this slip a few days and my apologies for that! And the winner is. Vickie Tayloe Thanks to all who entered! Vickie, please send me your snail addy and I'll get those in mail to you. Linda, the string-a-holic in Oregon To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] thistle bookmark
Hi, I made a Beds fan in colors. The traditional Beds methods do not translate readily to colors, so adaptations must be made. I had to have one color just cross under a trail to continue on the other side instead of trading pairs with the trail. There was also extra starting and stopping of threads for the color changes. Doing what must be done to get the color where you want it, must come ahead of strict traditional methods, but the results can be wonderful. Be adventuresome and give it a try. Alice in Oregon -- where the rain is going to ease off for a few days --- Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patty wrote: I have a Beds Piece in colors and it was colored according to the part, red poppies, golden barley, green stems, yellow sunflowers. Beds is not given to be made in color, but when I got the spirit of it, I was hooked. The principal difficulty, ahem! Challenge, is to find ways to change colors. I just checked and my picture of it is still on the Arachne webshots. http://community.webshots.com/photo/314148412/1325990697048870129OFRfli I think I have looked at this before but did not study it. It is a very neat design and I love the changing colors. May I ask how you did the barley leaves as I thought that in Beds the side leaves were worked by pairs that go into and out of the center stalk? Did you have to keep removing a color worker or did you carry it along some how? On the large flower, did the worker threads go into the center as on my computer it appears to be all green in the center? Janice To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: The IRS
From: P.H. Dear IRS: Enclosed is my 2005 tax return showing that I owe $3,407.00 in taxes. Please note the attached article from USA Today, wherein you will see that the Pentagon is paying $171.50 for hammers and NASA has paid $600.00 for a toilet seat. I am enclosing four toilet seats (value $2,400) and six hammers (value $1,029), bringing my total remitted to $3,429.00. Please apply the overpayment of $22.00 to the Presidential Election Fund, as noted on my return. You can do this inexpensively by sending them one 1.5 Phillips Head screw (article from USA Today detailing how HUD pays $22.00 each for 1.5 Phillips Head Screws is enclosed for your convenience.) It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year. Sincerely, A Satisfied Taxpayer To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] drawn-thread work handkerchief... #2
Let's try THIS one... http://tinyurl.com/bs79k And, in case that one doesn't work, the item number for the auction is... 6246335686 Clay Clay Blackwell [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] Re: Irish poker game!
On Jan 20, 2006, at 23:34, Malvary J Cole wrote: [...] someone got's to tell Paddy's wife. Who will it be? Tee hee... It sooo reminds me of an old Polish one: A major at a boot camp intercepts a telegram: the mother of one of the recruits tells her son that his father had died; he needs to come home for the funeral. The major wants to pass the bad news on. He calls the sergeant of the recruit platoon and asks him to deliver the news, as gently as possible. The sergeant says it's no problem, he'll do it. Next morning, all the recruits are lined up in a formation for the roll-call and the sergeant yells: All those with living fathers... Stp Out! They do, among them the one whose father had just died. The sergeant looks over the line, comes to the boy and says: and what the eff do you think *you* are doing here? -- 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
