Re: [lace] Building a catalog in Excel -> html

[Jo Falkink]

May be it is a matter of timing. I learnt about the filters only about a 
week before Tamara's question came along. The help pages however didn't 
manage to teach me the more complex filters, but finally I discovered the 
autofilters did an almost good enough job.


I'm working on a browser based version that does nothing more or less than 
most of us would need.. A sneak preview can be seen on

http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lokk/boekenlijst.html

With JavaScript activated in your browser, you can filter the list by 
selecting a lace type, subject, author and/or language. To select multiple 
types, subjects etc. hold down the ctrl key or command/apple key. Some 
browsers will react with just a small delay (it is a big list), others 
require activation with the filter button. Old browsers might not show the 
filters at all, but you can check out an alternative browser:

http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/find.htm

I'm working on a version with easy to maintain content, allowing to choose 
between spreadsheet layout or a card-like layout and choose/arrange your own 
columns/fields.


Jo Falkink


http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/Catalogue.gif shows how to overcome the
problem Robin sketches: check "or" in the dialog of step two.


Brilliant - why didn't I think of Filters and the advanced filter tool to 
narrow down the search? I use it at work all the time, even the Boolean 
parts (and vs. or, the contains, begins, etc). 


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[lace] Re: Advent Calendar Competition results

[Tamara P Duvall]

On Jan 2, 2007, at 18:49, Jean Leader wrote:

The answers to The Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition have now 
been mounted on the website.


Congratulations to the winners:

Anja Guzzi (from Switzerland) and Antje Gonzalez (from Spain)

and to all who took part. Hope it was fun.


Great fun; thanks! I'm particularly happy to see that I got all of them 
right, even the two guesses (don't collect "lace on costumes"; it's too 
wide a field); it had to be the first time ever :) And many thanks -- 
as always -- for putting up the calendar at all. I was doing some 
cleaning up yesterday (New Year, and all that jazz ) and came 
accross a pattern (yours; a variant of a Skovgaard's snowflake) from, I 
think, last year (or it may be older; my "paper towers" do hide some 
interesting things for *years*, sometimes). It's on my pillow as of 
today. Scaled for wire...

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

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[lace] Advent Calendar Competition results

[Jean Leader]

The answers to The Lace Guild Advent Calendar Competition have now 
been mounted on the website.


Congratulations to the winners:

Anja Guzzi (from Switzerland) and Antje Gonzalez (from Spain)

and to all who took part. Hope it was fun.

Jean and David


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Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Lace Guild web site: http://www.laceguild.org 


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Re: [lace] Building a catalog in Excel

[Steph Peters]

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:16:48 -0800, Mimi wrote:
>The best part about Excel - besides the fact that I've used the program for 
>over 10 years now at work - is that it's also on my Pocket PC. So once I 
>get my own catalog put together, I can carry it along without a bunch of 
>paper. I'm not sure how well the Pocket PC Excel does filtering - I haven't 
>tried that yet. 
I think the answer to that depends on which operating system you have on
your Pocket PC.  I've got PPC 2003SE, which won't do the filters I want, but
Windows Mobile 5 might do.

If Pocket Excel can't do it, then you could try Handbase, which describes
itself as a database but really works on one table at a time that you can
regard as a spreadsheet.  Its search and filtering is quite sophisticated.
Or there's another product called Planmaker which is a spreadsheet program
with more features than Pocket Excel, but I haven't tried that.

>It's interesting how some people want a one-page-per book kind of view, and 
>others of us are columnar (plain Jane, but there you have it!)
And I want a proper relational database I can write SQL queries for, but I
can't have it on my Pocket PC.
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[lace] Building a catalog in Excel

[Mimi Dillman at home]

Jo,

Thanks for putting together the .gif of screenshots of the Excel screen 
where you keep the LOKK's library catalog.



http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/Catalogue.gif shows how to overcome the
problem Robin sketches: check "or" in the dialog of step two.


Brilliant - why didn't I think of Filters and the advanced filter tool to 
narrow down the search? I use it at work all the time, even the Boolean 
parts (and vs. or, the contains, begins, etc).


The best part about Excel - besides the fact that I've used the program for 
over 10 years now at work - is that it's also on my Pocket PC. So once I 
get my own catalog put together, I can carry it along without a bunch of 
paper. I'm not sure how well the Pocket PC Excel does filtering - I haven't 
tried that yet. Certainly that's some testing I can do to use my time 
better than just playing Solitaire on it when waiting in line :)


It's interesting how some people want a one-page-per book kind of view, and 
others of us are columnar (plain Jane, but there you have it!)


Tamara - Thanks for bringing up the subject.

P.S. Jo, your guild has an awesome library. I'd love to get to look at some 
of those books! (11 results for Parijs...!)


Happy New Year all,
Mimi from Snohomish
Wet, wet, wet all over again, so I can stay inside and be a lacemaking 
computer geek


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RE: [lace] It's all over now.

[Karen]

Yes - there are numerous small accidents every year and usually quite a few
tragedies as well.
Karen in Malta 

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From: Sue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:54 PM
To: 'Karen'; 'Jean Nathan'; 'Lace'
Subject: RE: [lace] It's all over now.

When we where on holiday in Malta we were told by a local that the Maltese
government banned the fireworks because they were so powerful and many
people lost fingers etc. in accidents  but the Maltese people were so upset
by this ruling that the government reinstated the fireworks.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK

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Karen
Sent: 01 January 2007 21:40
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Subject: RE: [lace] It's all over now.


Consider yourself lucky that the fireworks are only on for half an hour once
a week in Summer.

Here in Malta, we have fireworks every weekend between Easter and late
October for each of the village feasts. There are one or more each week.
The fireworks start from Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. Some of the
villages start their fireworks from the Monday before the feast weekend. In
that case, there are 'bombs' that rattle your windows being let off at 8am,
12pm, 4pm and then continuously from about 6pm until 11.30pm or thereabouts.
Just imagine all the money that is being thrown away on noise that is a pain
to most of the Maltese, but a selfish few who want to make noise for the
feast will insist on paying for them just the same!!!

Happy New Year everybody!

Karen in Malta 

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Jean Nathan
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:05 AM
To: Lace
Subject: [lace] It's all over now.

Finally it's all over. Got woken at midnight (stopped staying up to see the
change of year long ago) by the usual fireworks. Threw a blanket over my
dog's head so he couldn't see the flashes and had to leave him to shake for
half an hour while the barrage went on. This morning, while out for his
'empty'  he tried to drag me off my feet to get away from the noise of
someone putting their wheely rubbish bin out. He'll be like that for a
couple of days.

I can't see the attraction of fireworks - to my mind once you've seen one
display, you've seen them all. At least here in Poole, where we have a
quaking dog between 10 and 10.30 pm every Thursday evening throughout July
and August while identical firework displays happens on Poole Quay for the
holiday makers. It's like keep watching repeats of the same bad TV
programme. Someone thought it was a good idea several years ago.

But maybe they'll stop if holidaymaker numbers drop. One of the main
attractions of Poole was Poole Pottery (which you could tour and see how the
stuff was made) and the outlet shop, where you could buy seconds of current
production (I don't think the hoiliday makers realised that was what they
were buying) both went out of business just before Christmas.
The outlet also had some classy franchises in it as well, and sections where
you could vent anger by smashing pottery, have a go at a potter's wheel or
paint your own (already made) piece.. Whether the administrators will find
buyers to get them going again is debatabe. The pottery itself went bust a
couple of years ago and was resurrected. Now it's gone agan, there's doubt
that it can be re-opened.  At the previous closure there was interest in
buying the name 'Poole Pottery' for production in the middle east. So if you
collect Poole Pottery, there's unlikely to be anymore of the genuine modern
stuff - it's likely to have made in "Taiwan" stamped on it (or whatever the
current main production country in the east is now).

In addition to the staying holidaymakers, there were always five or six
coach loads of day trippers visiting the pottery and outlet. We felt sorry
for the five coach loads who arived at the outlet on 26th December (Boxing
Day here) to find it closed. There'll no longer be any attraction for day
trippers, so the town's income from those will plummet, but, on the bright
side, they won't be around to filch the best bits from the charity shops in
the High Street for presents to take back to friends at home. Useful places
for beads, frames, needlework stuff and books.

Now it's over, I WILL miss the inflatable Santa on the roof of a house about
100 yards away - quite suggestive the way it got inflated and lit up every
evening and deflated each morning.

So glad to hear that Valentine's cards have been spotted already - Easter
eggs should be a bit later this year (end of January?) because it's not
until the end of the first week in April.

Happy New Year

Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK

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[lace] Re: Making Patterns

[Ilske Thomsen]

Hello Adele,
It's difficult to say something about  your old pattern without seeing 
the pricking. But if it is from about 1650 it could be freehand lace. 
Will you make a foto and put into our webshot albums than perhaps one 
of us could help you.

Ilske

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RE: [lace] It's all over now.

[Sue]

When we where on holiday in Malta we were told by a local that the
Maltese government banned the fireworks because they were so powerful
and many people lost fingers etc. in accidents  but the Maltese people
were so upset by this ruling that the government reinstated the
fireworks.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Karen
Sent: 01 January 2007 21:40
To: 'Jean Nathan'; 'Lace'
Subject: RE: [lace] It's all over now.


Consider yourself lucky that the fireworks are only on for half an hour
once a week in Summer.

Here in Malta, we have fireworks every weekend between Easter and late
October for each of the village feasts. There are one or more each week.
The fireworks start from Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. Some of
the villages start their fireworks from the Monday before the feast
weekend. In that case, there are 'bombs' that rattle your windows being
let off at 8am, 12pm, 4pm and then continuously from about 6pm until
11.30pm or thereabouts. Just imagine all the money that is being thrown
away on noise that is a pain to most of the Maltese, but a selfish few
who want to make noise for the feast will insist on paying for them just
the same!!!

Happy New Year everybody!

Karen in Malta 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Jean Nathan
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:05 AM
To: Lace
Subject: [lace] It's all over now.

Finally it's all over. Got woken at midnight (stopped staying up to see
the change of year long ago) by the usual fireworks. Threw a blanket
over my dog's head so he couldn't see the flashes and had to leave him
to shake for half an hour while the barrage went on. This morning, while
out for his 'empty'  he tried to drag me off my feet to get away from
the noise of someone putting their wheely rubbish bin out. He'll be like
that for a couple of days.

I can't see the attraction of fireworks - to my mind once you've seen
one display, you've seen them all. At least here in Poole, where we have
a quaking dog between 10 and 10.30 pm every Thursday evening throughout
July and August while identical firework displays happens on Poole Quay
for the holiday makers. It's like keep watching repeats of the same bad
TV programme. Someone thought it was a good idea several years ago.

But maybe they'll stop if holidaymaker numbers drop. One of the main
attractions of Poole was Poole Pottery (which you could tour and see how
the stuff was made) and the outlet shop, where you could buy seconds of
current production (I don't think the hoiliday makers realised that was
what they were buying) both went out of business just before Christmas.
The outlet also had some classy franchises in it as well, and sections
where you could vent anger by smashing pottery, have a go at a potter's
wheel or paint your own (already made) piece.. Whether the
administrators will find buyers to get them going again is debatabe. The
pottery itself went bust a couple of years ago and was resurrected. Now
it's gone agan, there's doubt that it can be re-opened.  At the previous
closure there was interest in buying the name 'Poole Pottery' for
production in the middle east. So if you collect Poole Pottery, there's
unlikely to be anymore of the genuine modern stuff - it's likely to have
made in "Taiwan" stamped on it (or whatever the current main production
country in the east is now).

In addition to the staying holidaymakers, there were always five or six
coach loads of day trippers visiting the pottery and outlet. We felt
sorry for the five coach loads who arived at the outlet on 26th December
(Boxing Day here) to find it closed. There'll no longer be any
attraction for day trippers, so the town's income from those will
plummet, but, on the bright side, they won't be around to filch the best
bits from the charity shops in the High Street for presents to take back
to friends at home. Useful places for beads, frames, needlework stuff
and books.

Now it's over, I WILL miss the inflatable Santa on the roof of a house
about 100 yards away - quite suggestive the way it got inflated and lit
up every evening and deflated each morning.

So glad to hear that Valentine's cards have been spotted already -
Easter eggs should be a bit later this year (end of January?) because
it's not until the end of the first week in April.

Happy New Year

Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK

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Re: [lace] Chiara's Bobbin

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Sue...

When I first read your note, I intuitively understood that you were 
talking about antique bobbins...  And although it wouldn't be the same, 
there is a bobbin maker here in the US who can make bobbins which look 
like the antiques.  Even if you can't find a genuine antique, Chiara's 
bobbin could look old like the rest of them.  Write to Ken 
Van-Dieren...  His website is http://www.bobbinmaker.com/


Clay

Sue Fink wrote:
I am sorry!!! I didn't re-read my posting before I hit the send 
button! Chiara and I were of course, looking at my antique bobbin 
collection I have managed to trace many of our family names on 
antique bobbins, but Chiara and her cousins Jorja and Tayla and aunts 
Rochelle and Veronica are not represented so far!! I do have 
christening bobbins for all the grandchildren, so in fact Chiara does 
have a bobbin which was made for her, but she would really like an 
antique one!  She is 11 years old and is gradually learning to make 
lace, so it would have been nice to have been able to give her an 
antique bobbin with her name on since she would like one.  I would 
still like to know if people inother parts of the world than England 
named their bobbins in the old days.


Many thanks to those of you who have replied suggesting I get one made 
for her by our much esteemed bobbin maker, I shall have to look into 
that as an option!!


Sue Fink
Masterton,
New Zealand
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