Re: [lace] Montreal .... mangling demo?
Dear Spiders, I have witnessed Sally Schoenberg's mangling demo at a class she taught for our guild. It was one of the most amazing demos and fiber transformations I have ever seen. I used that technique for a piece of lace I made for my cousins 50th birthday. It was really hard to give it to her, as it was so very lovely and had that linen feel, just like Sally says. If you have the opportunity to see he demo it, I highly recommend taking her up on it. Eileen Collins Snohomish, WA Currently in Hiroshima, Japan - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mangling
When I first got married in 1962, I didn't have a washing machine - I either went to the launderette and used their machines and dryers or did all my washing by hand if I didn't have the money for the launderette. If I did it by hand, large items like sheets were washed in the bath and scrubbed on a washboard - a wooden frame with a thick piece of ridged glass. When thoroughly rinsed, I put it through a very large wood and iron mangle which stood in the yard (covered with a tarpaulin when not in use in case it rained). The pressure between the two rollers was adjusted by a large screw on top of the frame. Once sheets (cotton) had been through the mangle twice they were almost dry and didnlt need long hanging on the washing line before they were completely dry. A bonus was that, ignoring the creases from mangling, sheets didn't need ironing. Nowadays I don't care whether they need ironing or not - they soon smooth out in use.:-) My first washing machine (a top loaded that had to be filled with hot water and emptied when finished) had a small electric mangle attached to remove most of the soapy water befor carrying it to a sink to rinse. I'm sure other of my age and probably younger remember, and have used, mangles. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mangle
This thread brings back memories. My grandmother (born 1904) used one of these for all the household linens (sheets, pillowslips, tablecloths etc) We used the wood heated copper to boil the whites in, along with a knob of 'blue' to whiten them. Then using a wooden paddle she eased the linen into the mangle while one of us grandbabies got to turn the handle. The elder children would use wooden tongs to catch the still hot linen before placing in the cane washing basket. then once a load was done we would troupe out to the line and hang them out. Some smaller bits were laid over shrubs as Nana always said that those ones would be whiter that the ones hung on the line. Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.brandis.com.au Lace Making in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia Index http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/lace.html No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/391 - Release Date: 18/07/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mangles and mangling
I used to help my grandmother mangle the sheets and towels until the neighbour put caught her arm in her electric one. After that, we weren't allowed to help anymore - but it is a great and fascinating process. Lynn S in Wollongong, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Maker Plays.
I have seen a play here, in Catalan, a number of years ago about a lacemaker. I never did know what it was called nor who wrote it and don't think it can be the same play that has been discussed ont he list. The local lace ladies here told me one afternoon that the next evening they were going to the local theatre to watch a play about a lace maker, did I want to go with them? I went though I don't understand Catalan too well and could not see the actors mouths too clearly, I need to lip read Catalan as well as listen to it as it is so different to Castellano, which I have learnt. The play that I saw was about a young lacemaker whose intended was going off to Cuba to make his fortune. There was a very tearful farewell and she stayed at home with her parents and siblings making lace until his return. He was away for a few years and when he did return he came back with a Cuban wife. The young lacemaker eventually died of a broken heart. Where I live on the Costa Brava there were many families whose sole income came from fishing or farming, females making lace to supplement the income, and many of the young men went off to south america to seek their fortune. They came back very rich and built large houses, we still have one or to of those houses here in our town, our town hall is one of them and another is the towns museum. In the play the lacemaker was of course using a Catalan pillow, a long cylindrical pillow which is slightly flattened at the top end, there are other cylindrical pillows I have seen here that come from other regions. Those from the Camarin(y)as area, for example, have two sticks, like lengths of broom handles, sticking out of the top end on either side, these sticks are to prop the pillow against the house wall and they keep the pillow itself off the roughstone wall so that the fabric doesn't get worn. Some pillows have a piece of leather fixes over the back side of the top end to protect the pillow from the wall that it is propped against. Regards Jenny DeAngelis. Spain. The article about the play was written by Lia Baumeister, and the play is Do�a Rosita la soltera by F. Garcia Lorca as performed by the Poncel Group Amsterdam (about 1999, going by other dates in the magazine). The original article seems to have gone through a few iterations before it was printed in the English supplement to the magazine - so I'll paraphrase it rather than quote it: The objective of playwright Frederico Garcia Lorca when he wrote the play was to portray a hyprocritical provincial society. It is located in Granada, Spain; Albaic�n to be exact. In a subtle way the play expresses the complex relation of Lorca with his birthplace. The aunt in the play is a 'lacemaker.' - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mangling
Jean in Poole said My first washing machine (a top loaded that had to be filled with hot water and emptied when finished) had a small electric mangle attached to remove most of the soapy water befor carrying it to a sink to rinse. I'm sure other of my age and probably younger remember, and have used, mangles. I remember helping my Mum do the washing and mangling my hand by mistake! jenny barron Scotland UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mangles
Brenda Paternoster wrote: Lots of pictures of mangles and other laundry equipment for those of you too young to remember! http://www.townfield.doncaster.sch.uk/pages/trips/cusworth_laundry.htm 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] Some houses in the UK built before and after WW11, would have sculleries on to the back of the house,with a copper. This was a large china/earthenware bowl which could be heated from below, but filled and emptied by hand. I was evacuted to a village in Norfolk, my foster mother had a modern bungalow but she did the washing in a v.large shed outside. See these ay http://www.bricksandbrass.co.uk. This should bring back some memories to 'a certain age' group. Sheila in Sawbo', still hot and humid - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Maker Plays.
This was Dona Rosita by the Catalan playwright Lorca. While I was setting up the pillow for the New York version, the director sat with me telling me all about the play. (I had actually already read it, because I wanted to be prepared.) I had thought there might be some fodder for an IOLI Bulletin article so I asked him what he thought Lorca's views on lacemaking were. He said he didn't think Lorca had any views on lacemaking. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Coppers/mangles
Jean, do you remember having to fold the buttons on garments to the insides, so they weren't pulled off by the mangle's actions, tearing the fabric away at the same time? Even the rubber buttons on my 'liberty' vests had to be turned inside out this way. I reckon that maybe that's where 'mangled' and 'he's been through the mangle a few times!' originated. Those were the days when we put top sheets to bottom, and washed the bottom ones only :-) My Mother had 8 beds to change each week, so no wonder it was one clean sheet per bed per week. She too used a copper boiler and a mangle, but she never used the mangle in place of ironing - I well remember sheets coming in off the line frozen stiff in the winter, and being draped around the kitchen (on the range fireguard, on one of those 'maidens' etc. Thank you, whoever invented the automatic washing machine and tumble dryer! Pauline Denmark - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Maker Plays.
Thanks Devon, I had a feeling it might be the same play as was being discussed on the list but wasn't sure. I didn't even know it was being put on at our local theatre until the lace ladies told me of it the day before they were going ot the theatre, this must have been about 1996 or so I think. I enjoyed the play even though I couldn't keep up with the language too well. My friend translated the more important points for me into Castellano. Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain. This was Dona Rosita by the Catalan playwright Lorca. While I was setting up the pillow for the New York version, the director sat with me telling me all about the play. (I had actually already read it, because I wanted to be prepared.) I had thought there might be some fodder for an IOLI Bulletin article so I asked him what he thought Lorca's views on lacemaking were. He said he didn't think Lorca had any views on lacemaking. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Maker Plays.
Dear Arachneans, After reading a few messages about Lorca, Doña Rosita and bobbin lace I am afraid I must make a few corrections. First of all, let me tell you that Lorca is one of the greatest poets and dramatists of the 20th century in Spain. He was also one of the most famous victims of our Civil War (1936...), what has given him probably even more fame. He was born in Fuentevaqueros, in the province of Granada (south of Spain), in 1898. He wrote many popular poems, some of them have also become popular Spanish songs, and many plays for theatre, especially drama. And the themes in his plays represent problems of that time, and one must know the history and society of Spain during those years of the war to understand what are the plays about. Doña Rosita is really very dramatic. We can see the dispair of a woman who is all her life waiting for his love, who never comes. This situation was not so infrequent in those times, as many men went to America to make money, promising to return... At the same time, she and her aunt made bobbin lace, which was something very common, especially in certain areas of Spain... What I didn't know is that for the representation of this play abroad (sorry I can't remember where you said) the Doña Rosita pattern was created. Actually it is most improbable that Doña Rosita made Schneeberger... I suppose she made what we call here Popular lace, which is our traditional torchon and guipur... what most Spanish lacer made (except in Catalonia). Sorry is it is a bit long... there is a lot to say about this author... Ian Gibson, an English linguist settled in Spain, has written one of the best biographies of Lorca. In case you are interest. Many greetings and hoping to made some things clearer... Antje, from Guadalajara, Spain - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mangles
My grandparents both had washers with attached mangles. I used to help her feed the laundry through them. They were called wringers in the US. Mangles in the US were much larger and for ironing large flat items or other items that were too unwieldy for an ironing board. Few homes had them, more common in institutions. We did have one though and I used to mangle sheets, pillow cases, and other large items. My mother was so adept at it she could mangle iron baby clothes. You had to be very careful due to the amount of heat and the size of the padded rollars (very hot and very big) due to the possibility of getting your hand caught. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jul 20, 2006 5:02 AM To: Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com, KFHS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] Mangles Lots of pictures of mangles and other laundry equipment for those of you too young to remember! http://www.townfield.doncaster.sch.uk/pages/trips/cusworth_laundry.htm 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mangles
Dear spiders, I think the laundry equipment discussion can now be moved to lace chat. It's very interesting but has ventured rather far from finishing linen lace. Best wishes, Avital Arachne moderator - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Dona Rosita
This was Dona Rosita by the Catalan playwright Lorca. Federico Lorca was not Catalan he was from Madrid, but he was a friend of the Catalan Artist Salvador Dali who was from Figeuras in the Girona province of Catalunya. Dali's house in Figueras is now the Dali Museum. When Dali died in the 1980s we had a day of mourning here in Catalunya, where the shops and businesses closed and everyone had their balconies draped in black. I found a website by searhcing on Google that had the script for La Dona Rosita, but only in Spanish as far as I could see. It was the play that I saw here in our little town all those years ago, but translated into Catalan. Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Mangle
Hi All, I can remember when I was a small child, my Grandma had a mangle, in what is grandly called a utility room nowadays, but back then was the shed, where the copper wash boiler lived, along with all the laundry impedimenta!We were all very impressed when Mum had a new-fangled washing machine, which did things automatically and, instead of us standing by the die of the mangle and turning the handle to get the washing to go through the two rollers and get rid of as much water as possible, this machine had rollers which you switched on, and they worked with no effort at all. The mangle also had a screw mechanism on top, so that you could lessen or increase the pressure depending on how large or delicate the material being mangled was - really high-tech!!! Talk about the wonders of modern technology - but think how antediluvian I felt when we first moved to Suffolk about 29 years ago, and I took the children to a Household Museum. There was 'our' mangle - not in very good condition, but I really did feel ancient, I can tell you! Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Whitham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:26 AM Subject: [lace] Mangle Hello all, - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] More Mangling
A question about linen and mangling. I am working with a thread that is 50% linen and silk - beautiful shades of copper colour but very fuzzy looking. I am wondering if mangling would reduce this fuzzy-ness? I will try it when I remove it from the pillow. :) It would be amazing to see the transformation of the lace through the mangling demo with Sally!! Just to see her lace is incredible!! And those of us at home waiting - will be looking forward to hearing all about your experiences in Montreal. Enjoy every moment and sleep will catch up with you later. ;-)) Nova (in Courtenay B.C. where she is recalling helping her mom accept the clean laundry from the 'wringer' and guiding it to the rinse water or laundry basket . it was electric and considered too dangerous for us 'kids' to put the clothes through. Thanks for the memories!!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Lacemaker plays
tHE PLAY YOU WRITE ABOUT IS THE ONE I JUST HELPED THE DRAMA SCHOOL STUDENTS TOPUT ON IN lONDON LAST WEEK WHEREONE OF THE GIRLS IS TOLD TO KILL HER BABY BECAUSE IT IS STOPPING HER PRODUCING THE AMOUNT OF WORK THEY NEED AND IS ILL AND SHE HAQSNT ENOUGH MILK FOR IT ETC IT IS CALLED REACH FOR THE MOON. tHE GIRLS MADE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF CREATING THE ILLUSION THEY WERE SEASONED LACEMAKERS EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF HOURS TRAINING FROM ME AND THAT INCLUDED CREATING THE SCENERY ETC. I AM REALLY PLEASED THAT MY NOTE ABOUT THE PLAY HAD STARTED THIS THREAD AS I AM INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE CRAFT NOT JUST THE CRAFT ITSELF. tHANK YOU TO THE GIRLS WHO LENT ME PROPS - A WONDERFUL WEDDING VEIL WHICH WITH SOME ADDITONAL LACE FITTED THE PART AND THE TINY CHRISTENING GOWN THEY WERE MAKING IN THE PLAY. kATRINA IN A LOVELY SUNNY SUFFOLK (THOUGH A BIT COOLER THAN YESTERDAY WHEN i HAD TO DRIVE UP TO LONDON TO COLLECT THE PROPS BACK) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Lacemaker plays Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:06:19 EDT In a message dated 7/20/2006 9:40:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: by the Catalan playwright Lorca My mistake. Don't know my geography. It strikes me that most of these plays do not display lacemaking in a positive light. In Dona Rosita, lacemaking is a metaphor for a wasted life. The light opera to be performed in Los Alamos deals with a poor mother attempting to save the life of her child through lacemaking. A play we saw performed some years ago at a Convention (sorry, don't remember which one) has three lacemakers in it, one of whom is going blind. At one point one of their number is advised to kill her baby girl so that she not grow up to share their fate. The world of drama has yet to be treated to a play about a lacemaker who finds lace a fulfilling hobby that plays a role in a happy and well-adjusted life and provides the basis for many friendships. Now that the role of lacemaking has shifted to pleasure, shouldn't literature reflect that as well? Is it any wonder that our hobby is so maligned and misunderstood? We need a play or movie that does for lacemaking what Endless Summer did for surfing. Devon - 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] Warning - Lace supplier site hacked
Dear Spiders - I just got a call from The Lacemaker (Courtland, Ohio) and was told that their site had been hacked (actually their host) and that financial information had been stolen. Evidently, several customers had activity on their credit card accounts and to be safe, they were calling everyone who had ordered through the web site. I immediately called my bank and thankfully, there was no illegal activity on my account but because I had used a debit VISA, the thieves would have had access to my main checking account. My banker canceled my card number and has reissued it with a new number. I was lucky because the only thing I have to do is put up with the minor hassle of waiting for a new card but I thought I should spread the word as fast as possible to all lacemakers who might have ordered from them on line. I don't want to besmirch the reputation of the Lacemaker because, in truth, it could happen to any site that sells on line. I will, however, only shop from now on at sites that use a nationally recognized Safe Sales check-out. Be warned and check your accounts, especially those of you headed to Canada! May your threads never tangle, Cindy Cindy Hutton Norfolk, Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay
Hi David. I have to agree, I seldom see this book. I have a '74 HB edition that we found on a remaindered list., even before I actually started lacing. There have been critcisims of it, but when I started lacing I found it invaluable. It is a good buy. BarbE - Original Message - From: David in Ballarat To: lace Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:50 AM Subject: [lace] Great Book on Ebay Dear Friends, Tonight whilst cruising around Ebay, I noticed a great book for sale there. Here's its number:- 4607628501 It's just called Lace by Virginia Churchill BATH (1979). I bought it off the back of a truck in about 1980 and in all my years with the Lace Guild have never come across it again. Enjoy David in Ballarat - 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: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.2/393 - Release Date: 7/19/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lacemaker plays
Someone needs to write a script for Tina. I'm sure it would be better than some of the films we have seen recently. Malvary in Ottawa. Devon wrote: It strikes me that most of these plays do not display lacemaking in a positive light. The world of drama has yet to be treated to a play about a lacemaker who finds lace a fulfilling hobby that plays a role in a happy and well-adjusted life and provides the basis for many friendships. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Arachne lunch at Montreal convention
I'm interested too. I only have my pillow, bobbins and pliers (I'm taking the lace with copper wire class) ready, some laundry underway, but am sure I'll be on the plane Sunday morning with a full suitcase. Domi from hot, hot, hot Paris - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: Convention - Money
On the off chance that this proves helpful to someone, I thought I'd pass this along: When I went to my bank branch this morning to try to obtain some Canadian currency, I learned that my bank (BankAmerica) has a relationship with a bank in Canada (ScotiaBank), whereby I won't have to pay any bank fees to use Scotia's atm machines. Since BA charges $5 if I use a non-Scotia atm machine in Canada, plus whatever the host bank charges, this was definitely a good tip. I think the nearest Scotia atm is about 1/2 mile away from the convention center, but I think it will be worth the walk. Thought that some of you might find it worth calling your own banks to check if they have similar partnerships. Looking forward to seeing you all in Montreal, Carolyn - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Montreal/taxes
Hi, I had called the hotel and asked about the shuttles. Was told to be sure to tell the shuttle driver which hotel you're going to so that they will drive you to the right hotel and you will be getting on the right shuttle. Thanks for the tip about asking about the taxes at the hotel. Patsy A. Goodman - Original Message - From: Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 4:15 PM Subject: [lace] Montreal/taxes I was talking with a friend this week and she had just returned from a 10 day stay at the same Hyatt hotel. She said her husband had caught the shuttle bus to the Sheraton and walked about a block to the Hyatt. I think he was unaware of the courtesy shuttles from the bus station in Montreal. As I understand it there is a central desk where you go for taxi and limo rides, taxi costs about $30 and limo $50. I suggest if you are on your own, you hover around that area and look for someone else carrying lots of luggage, especially with lace logo's, and looking lost so you can share a ride. She also said that the hotel can claim back your taxes on accomodation for you and reimburse you by making a tax deduction on your hotel bill. It is probably worth asking about it before you check out. Not wishing to upset you all but she got a lot lower rate than we are paying! She was on a Friends and Family package. I think whichever Arachne gets there first should check out the hotel for a reasonable luncheon spot and place a notice on the usual IOLI notice board near convention registration. It is hard to plan without seeing a detailed itinerary, but I assume Monday lunch will be on your own. I am not arriving until Sunday afternoon and have to give a report to the IOLI Board then. I will be seeing Devon in class the next morning so I can remind her, but I have been warned not to chat in Ulrike's class. 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Mangling Lace
I was pleased to see this topic raised again. A friend has mangled her lace and been very thrilled with the result. She said that she put a towel under it when she did it, but I get the impression on the list that perhaps you do it straight on the flat surface. Comments please? Sue Fink, Masterton, New Zealand Where we are watching UK's heat with great envy, they are forecasting all sorts of baddies for us down here! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Mangling Lace
On Jul 20, 2006, at 21:12, Sue Fink wrote: I was pleased to see this topic raised again. A friend has mangled her lace and been very thrilled with the result. She said that she put a towel under it when she did it, but I get the impression on the list that perhaps you do it straight on the flat surface. Comments please? Well, Sally Schoenberg's description was: First, you wet the piece of linen (lace or handwoven fabric), damp out most of the water with a towel, lay it flat on a hard surface, roll it hard with a rolling pin, let it dry where it is. So there's a place for both -- a towel and a hard surface -- in the process. Which squares with my childhood memories of the laundering process; wash (washboard), rinse (with blueing for whites), starch (bedlinens and table cloths, but not towels and dish towels), half-dry, then mangle. We had to take our laundry to the mangle, which was a commercial proposition and served the population of a couple of blocks of tenants. Regarding Liz (Ligeti)'s question: Does the Mangle idea work for Cotton lace too? I'd guess so, based on what went through the mangle in our household. And that was everything, both cotton (bedlinens, towels) and linen (tablecloths and dish towels), which was either too big to iron in comfort or where a crease or two didn't matter too much. Sally, I'd love to see your mangling demo and hope someone will bring a rolling pin (not me; I'm flying and will have pleenty to carry as it is). Could you post the time and place on the notice board once you know the demo's likely to happen? -- 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] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB
On 7/20/06, David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: , ... around Ebay, I noticed a great book for sale there. Here's its number:- 4607628501 It's just called Lace by Virginia Churchill BATH (1979). Interesting. I have this one (softcover), bought it at a lace day off a rummage table for $5.00 a year ago. Took it to the lace-con to try to sell at that same price, there was another copy for sale also at that price. No takers for either. I notice the original price was $9.95 :) I really ought to read my copy! -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: [lace-chat] Warning - Lace supplier site hacked
And another warning to those heading to Canada: My daughter and I went to Montreal this February, expecting to be able to withdraw money at the ATMs at the roadside rests. However, our credit union stopped using the CIRRUS network, and that was the only network that those machines worked with! Had we realized what a problem this was going to be, we would have checked earlier which banks we could use. Fortunately I had some cash, and most people would take either American dollars or a credit card At 11:40 AM -0400 7/20/06, chh wrote: Dear Spiders - I just got a call from The Lacemaker (Courtland, Ohio) and was told that their site had been hacked (actually their host) and that financial information had been stolen. Evidently, several customers had activity on their credit card accounts and to be safe, they were calling everyone who had ordered through the web site. I immediately called my bank and thankfully, there was no illegal activity on my account but because I had used a debit VISA, the thieves would have had access to my main checking account. My banker canceled my card number and has reissued it with a new number. I was lucky because the only thing I have to do is put up with the minor hassle of waiting for a new card but I thought I should spread the word as fast as possible to all lacemakers who might have ordered from them on line. I don't want to besmirch the reputation of the Lacemaker because, in truth, it could happen to any site that sells on line. I will, however, only shop from now on at sites that use a nationally recognized Safe Sales check-out. Be warned and check your accounts, especially those of you headed to Canada! May your threads never tangle, Cindy Cindy Hutton Norfolk, Virginia USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] mangle
here is a picture from Denmark, on this page right at the bottom, it is called a manglebrædt mangleboard, and was often a sweetheart pressent, wood often oak and carved. Used before the iron was common. ore the machines shown on the list. http://www.bornholmsmuseer.dk/melstedg/vask.htm http://www.viborghistorie.dk/post.asp?m=2id=83 http://www.motorlauritz.com/Item/Item.aspx?LanguageId=2ItemId=424594nBids=5 and 2 more. www.spaces.msn.com/members/MrsTee skype: mc535xv To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Warning - Lace supplier site hacked
Dear Spiders - I just got a call from The Lacemaker (Courtland, Ohio) and was told that their site had been hacked (actually their host) and that financial information had been stolen. Evidently, several customers had activity on their credit card accounts and to be safe, they were calling everyone who had ordered through the web site. I immediately called my bank and thankfully, there was no illegal activity on my account but because I had used a debit VISA, the thieves would have had access to my main checking account. My banker canceled my card number and has reissued it with a new number. I was lucky because the only thing I have to do is put up with the minor hassle of waiting for a new card but I thought I should spread the word as fast as possible to all lacemakers who might have ordered from them on line. I don't want to besmirch the reputation of the Lacemaker because, in truth, it could happen to any site that sells on line. I will, however, only shop from now on at sites that use a nationally recognized Safe Sales check-out. Be warned and check your accounts, especially those of you headed to Canada! May your threads never tangle, Cindy Cindy Hutton Norfolk, Virginia USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Woman's yearly exam
I may have seen this one before... From: R.P. I went to the doctor for my yearly physical. The nurse starts with certain basics. How much do you weigh? she asks. 115, I say. The nurse puts me on the scale. It turns out my weight is 140. The nurse asks, Your height? 5' 8, I say. The nurse checks and sees that I only measure 5' 5. She then takes my blood pressure and tells me it is very high. Of course it's high! I scream, When I came in here I was tall and slender! Now I'm short and fat! She put me on Prozac. -- 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]
Re: [lace-chat] Warning - Lace supplier site hacked
And another warning to those heading to Canada: My daughter and I went to Montreal this February, expecting to be able to withdraw money at the ATMs at the roadside rests. However, our credit union stopped using the CIRRUS network, and that was the only network that those machines worked with! Had we realized what a problem this was going to be, we would have checked earlier which banks we could use. Fortunately I had some cash, and most people would take either American dollars or a credit card At 11:40 AM -0400 7/20/06, chh wrote: Dear Spiders - I just got a call from The Lacemaker (Courtland, Ohio) and was told that their site had been hacked (actually their host) and that financial information had been stolen. Evidently, several customers had activity on their credit card accounts and to be safe, they were calling everyone who had ordered through the web site. I immediately called my bank and thankfully, there was no illegal activity on my account but because I had used a debit VISA, the thieves would have had access to my main checking account. My banker canceled my card number and has reissued it with a new number. I was lucky because the only thing I have to do is put up with the minor hassle of waiting for a new card but I thought I should spread the word as fast as possible to all lacemakers who might have ordered from them on line. I don't want to besmirch the reputation of the Lacemaker because, in truth, it could happen to any site that sells on line. I will, however, only shop from now on at sites that use a nationally recognized Safe Sales check-out. Be warned and check your accounts, especially those of you headed to Canada! May your threads never tangle, Cindy Cindy Hutton Norfolk, Virginia USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
