[lace] New Ulrike Voelcker book
What gorgeous flowers. They look like some of the Venetian Gros Point Needlelace flowers. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, - just back from holidays, and where we have had some Rain :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] making lace for a historical costume
Dear Arachneans Thanks for all the help on getting the right kind of pattern for de lace that will go on the sleeves of Prince Maurits (around 1600). I hereby want to thank everyone who wrote to me with advice or helpt me in a different manner. It is finished. Well within the timelimits. In a couple of weeks the lace will be on display in the army museum in Delft, The Netherlands. Before handing it over to the costume maker, I made a scan of the lace. The pattern is an adaptation of a pattern from the Linnenkast from the OIDFA study group of old Dutch household linnens. By reducing the size to suit linnen 120/2, it is now a very delicate little lace. The costume maker got a flattering, greedy look in her eyes and started to talk about how it would look on this piece of red velvet she had. And how she could make me a nice period dress if I provided her with another 50 centimeters of the same stuff. Almost a pitty I don't need a period dress.Is there somewhere I could sent the picture so that it can be seen? There will be more pictures, the costume-maker assured me. Maybe I can convince my fiancee to teach me how to make my own photo album, so I will be able to share those pictures with you. Greetings from Nelleke Glansdorp in Leiden, The Netherlands. Windows Live Mail: Slim, Persoonlijk, Betrouwbaar en het blijft natuurlijk gratis! Meer informatie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Finished garter!
I'm doing the happy dance because I've finished my daughter's wedding garter. Actually I finished the garter a little over a week ago just before leaving for a week long holiday in Morocco. Made our trip all the more enjoyable to know I'd finished. I've made a bit of lace before but usually just to learn a new technique or try a new pattern. I've not made something to be used so I'm excited to have finished and with plenty of time before the wedding. Today I took some photos and put them onto webshots. The garter has not been pressed and does not yet have a ribbon or the gathering. I've decided to not do those things until after I take it back to the States for the wedding in May. It will be much easier to fold flat and carry in my bag -hand bag- as I'm certainly not going to take a chance of having it in my luggage and lost just before the big day! I've enjoyed making this garter as once the pattern was established it was easy to leave for awhile and come back to but after 30 inches I am glad to be finished and move on to other things. This will also give me more time to devote to learning about and making lace with the lace group here in Belgium without the pressure of thinking I should really finish the garter. I've not been able to participate with the group as much as I'd hoped to between social requirements for DH's job at NATO and non-stop visitors. The next group arrives Sat. and we'll have guests through the entire month. Guess that's what happens when you live in such a wonderful place! But I do plan to make time for making lace despite the guests and acting as tour guide. Good excuse to eat out - oh, is it dinnertime? Guess I got involved in my lace and forgot to prepare something :-) Thanks again to all who sent their advice and ideas when I first started inquiring about garters, patterns, threads, and lengths. I was a bit concerned that I was biting off more than I could chew with an overseas move ahead of me plus the other demands of daughters, husbands, weddings and such but am certainly happy I took the challenge. Dona in a blustery Belgium where some of the shrubs are beginning to flower. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] making lace for a historical costume
Hi allI just uploaded the scans of the piece of lace on webshots. Thanks to Dona B. for help on how to do that.http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date Nelleke Glansdorp Geef jouw Hotmail kleur met Windows Live Mail! Stap nu over! Meer informatie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] making lace for a historical costume
Oh Nelleke, this is truly lovely..sort of Van Dyke style edging. How appropriate. Lovely work...no wonder the costumemaker had a greedy look in her eyes..me, too. Thanks for sharing. Smiles, BarbE Texas USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] making lace for a historical costume
Hello Nelleke! Yes, I can see why the costume make had greedy eyes! That is a beautiful piece of lace, and very nicely done. Thank you for showing it to us! Clay in Lynchburg, VA, USA, where I have daffodils in bloom! -- Original message -- From: Nelleke Glansdorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi allI just uploaded the scans of the piece of lace on webshots. Thanks to Dona B. for help on how to do that.http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date Nelleke Glansdorp - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] making lace for a historical costume
Nelleke What a beautiful job. Lovely work. So delicate. Pam in Ohio - Original Message From: Nelleke Glansdorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:53:00 AM Subject: [lace] making lace for a historical costume Dear Arachneans Thanks for all the help on getting the right kind of pattern for de lace that will go on the sleeves of Prince Maurits (around 1600). I hereby want to thank everyone who wrote to me with advice or helpt me in a different manner. It is finished. Well within the timelimits. In a couple of weeks the lace will be on display in the army museum in Delft, The Netherlands. Before handing it over to the costume maker, I made a scan of the lace. The pattern is an adaptation of a pattern from the Linnenkast from the OIDFA study group of old Dutch household linnens. By reducing the size to suit linnen 120/2, it is now a very delicate little lace. The costume maker got a flattering, greedy look in her eyes and started to talk about how it would look on this piece of red velvet she had. And how she could make me a nice period dress if I provided her with another 50 centimeters of the same stuff. Almost a pitty I don't need a period dress.Is there somewhere I could sent the picture so that it can be seen? There will be more pictures, the costume-maker assured me. Maybe I can convince my fiancee to teach me how to make my own photo album, so I will be able to share those pictures with you. Greetings from Nelleke Glansdorp in Leiden, The Netherlands. Windows Live Mail: Slim, Persoonlijk, Betrouwbaar en het blijft natuurlijk gratis! Meer informatie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ ___ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] A quesiton of copyright
HI, I wonder if anyone can help me on the above point. I have a lave booklet which is one produced by the lace guild and I know it is still in publication. This was an unwanted gift form a friend a few years ago and I am wondering what the position would be if I offer it up for a raffle on the list. I don't think I would be breaking any copyright by raffling the booklet off because I am not selling it to make money, nor am I reporducing any part of the book in any way. Would I be OK to offer it for raffle in the circumstances can anyone say? Thanks 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] making lace for a historical costume
Very pretty piece of lace - well done! You worked it very quickly. It seems no time at all since you were asking for pattern advice. Where did you find the pattern in the end? Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] A quesiton of copyright
Hi Jenny - As long as you are raffling the original book and not a reproduction of it, there is no problem. You could even sell the book (on eBay or through a used book-seller), as long as you were selling the original and not a reproduction. We've had numerous raffles of books which were duplicates or for some other reason not needed in the donor's library - and the recipient is usually delighted to have the book (otherwise why would they enter their name in the raffle?) So go for it! A raffle is always fun! Clay -- Original message -- From: Jenny De Angelis [EMAIL PROTECTED] HI, I wonder if anyone can help me on the above point. I have a lave booklet which is one produced by the lace guild and I know it is still in publication. This was an unwanted gift form a friend a few years ago and I am wondering what the position would be if I offer it up for a raffle on the list. I don't think I would be breaking any copyright by raffling the booklet off because I am not selling it to make money, nor am I reporducing any part of the book in any way. Would I be OK to offer it for raffle in the circumstances can anyone say? Thanks Jenny DeAngelis Spain. - 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] Finished garter!
May. It will be much easier to fold flat and carry in my bag -hand bag- as I'm certainly not going to take a chance of having it in my luggage and lost just before the big day! Congratulations on finishing the lace - another very pretty piece. I'm sure it will be much appreciated. Just one small suggestion: cover a cardboard tube with a clean piece of fabric, and wrap the lace round that rather than folding the lace. You don't want it to get creased from the journey Sue (in Illinois) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Bucks point pattern raffle -and the winner is...
Beth, The Bucks pattern arrived in my mail yesterday; thank you so much! My husband gave me a look because he thought I'd been shopping on ebay again :) I'm inspired to start something new, especially since my current project is winding down. Thanks again; what a treat! Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dianelaces.wordpress.com/ beth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...Dianne Williams of Illinois. I have your snail mail address Dianne, so I'll get the pattern into the post to you next time I'm passing the post office. There were 48 entries for this raffle -sorry I only had one copy to give away. Beth in Cheshire, UK, where the weather has returned to normal for this winter ie damp and drizzly but peculiarly warm for February. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena Illinois USA - Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] A quesiton of copyright
Thanks Clay, I have had a couple of replies telling me it will be OK, as I thought it would but didn't want to tread on any toes. Regards Jenny Spain. As long as you are raffling the original book and not a reproduction of it, there is no problem. You could even sell the book (on eBay or through a used book-seller), as long as you were selling the original and not a reproduction. We've had numerous raffles of books which were duplicates or for some other reason not needed in the donor's library - and the recipient is usually delighted to have the book (otherwise why would they enter their name in the raffle?) So go for it! A raffle is always fun! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] What I'm working on
I hope you aren't all tired of this thread... I've been home sick for two weeks; too sick to knit or make lace! But just before I got sick I created a blog for my projects. Here is the address, http://dianelaces.wordpress.com/ I've been working on a length of Ispwich lace since our virtual lace day in April last year. (Are we going to do that again?) My pace has slowed down considerably in the last two months since I reached the 3-yard mark. I want to put it on a garment, not sure what it will be, and I think 3 yards should be enough. I got some more Ipswich patterns from Karen Thompson and I think I will work some samples with the thread left on my bobbins. What to do next? I'm toying with the idea of starting a Polychrome Blonde piece, some 's Gravenmoer or the new Bucks pattern I won in Beth's raffle. I might be able to scrounge enough bobbins to start two projects. I still have a small white Ipswich edging on my travel pillow that I thought would be good for a convict bonnet. Has the deadline for that project passed yet? I've really enjoyed reading about everyone else's projects. It's inspiring. Diane Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena Illinois USA - No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace More photo`s
Hello One and All I have uploaded some more photo`s of my designs. If you would like to see them just click on the link below. http://good-times.webshots.com/album/557775699hYUmMQ Daphne cold windy Norfolk England _ MSN Hotmail is evolving check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Finished garter!
Thanks for that bit of advice, Sue. Hadn't thought about it creasing so the fold wouldn't come out after being pressed. Do you think that will be a problem? I've kept it on a roller as I made it. I've sewn the garter together so short of putting it around something quite large- 30- then it will have a fold of some kind while being transported. DD decided she didn't care for the idea of a tied garter, fearing it coming untied sometime during the day so my plan is to enclose elastic in blue ribbon to run through the center. Hopefully if it's folded with padding in between the folds so they are not hard, all will be okay. Another arachnean wrote to say while I may have helped Nelleke post her pretty pictures, I failed to put in the url for mine. Must be this headcold I'm trying to beat. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/557912382dKxLXo Dona Bushong in Maisieres Belgium - Original Message - From: Sue Babbs To: lace Arachne Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Finished garter! May. It will be much easier to fold flat and carry in my bag -hand bag- as I'm certainly not going to take a chance of having it in my luggage and lost just before the big day! Congratulations on finishing the lace - another very pretty piece. I'm sure it will be much appreciated. Just one small suggestion: cover a cardboard tube with a clean piece of fabric, and wrap the lace round that rather than folding the lace. You don't want it to get creased from the journey Sue (in Illinois) - 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] Raffle of unwanted items.
Now that my sister has returned home after visiting me last week I have time to concentrate on running my little raffle. I have 3 items to raffle and rather than make 3 prizes in one raffle I thought it better to run 3 raffles, one for each item then everyone interested in one of the items gets an even chance of being the winner of just that item. Of course if you want to enter for all 3 items separately you can do so. Please put the name of the item you want to enter the raffle for, in the way I have stated below, in the subject line of your message to me off list as I am making 3 separate files for each of the items and can sort your entry into the right file. If you want to enter for all 3 items then please send me 3 messages, one for each item. The items are. 1) Set of 6 Lace Stamps from Spain, the same as have been raffled on other occasions, they are all still attached to each other and are in good condition. These were produced in 1989 by the Spanish Post Office, Correos. I will add a pair of modern day turned Spanish bobbins to these stamps to make a bit more of a prize. These are fatter bobbins than typical English ones but they can be used for gimps amongst spangled bobbins, but could be drilled and spangled too. Make Subject line Stamps 2) Set of 8 Postcards depicting pieces of Spanish lace, needle and bobbin, I can put a note with the cards giving a translation from Catalan to English of the description of the pieces shown on each card. These cards are not brand new, I bought them at the OIDFA conference when it was held in Barcelona in August 1994. The backs of the cards are slightly yellowed with age and one has a small crease in one corner but otherwise they are in good condition Make Subject line Post Cards 3) Lace Guild booklet An Introduction to Bucks Point Lace by Jean Leader. An unwanted Christmas gift from several years ago but it is in mint condition as I have never used it. I was further on with Bucks Point lace than the point the booklet goes up to when it was bought for me by a non Bucks Point lacemaker. Make Subject line Booklet The Closing date for all 3 raffles will be Midnight CET, one hour ahead of GMT, on the night of Wednesday March 14th, 2 weeks from today. So please make sure you enter in time. I will draw the raffles a day or two after that date and announce the winners names on the list when I will want addresses to post the prizes to. Regards Jenny DeAngelis. Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] My new website
One of my New Year resolutions was to make this the year when I got my own website together - I've been thinking about one for over two years but not getting down to it until now. But it is now up and running at http://www.jeanleader.co.uk David designed it and did all the stuff 'under the bonnet/hood' and I filled in the content. I will be adding to it as and when I have time but I need to get on with other things right now. Jean in wet, grey Glasgow - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] New Ulrike Voelcker book
Can anyone tell me about Mechlin Lace? Specifically how does its construction differ from other point ground laces, such as Bucks, Chantilly and Tønder? The lace looks to me somewhat like other point ground laces, but the web site that shows a couple of close-ups pf the new book shows a pricking that looks different to me from what I'm used to seeing. It almost looks as though there's ring pair around the flower motifs, reminiscent of Flanders. http://www.kloeppelbuch.de/shop/product_info.php?products_id=649SESS=862676 ab696c49640562facd1d08a659 OR http://tinyurl.com/28m6p9 Thanks for any information that will help me decide I need this book! Barbara Snoqualmie, WA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] My new website
Jean I enjoyed seeing your collection and also looking at your various items of lace you have made - lovely. Just thought I would mention that some of the links didn't work for me, I use standard internet explorer as a browser, so nothing fancy there. thanks Micki from wet scottish highland - Original Message - From: Jean Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:29 PM Subject: [lace] My new website One of my New Year resolutions was to make this the year when I got my own website together - I've been thinking about one for over two years but not getting down to it until now. But it is now up and running at http://www.jeanleader.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] New Ulrike Voelcker book (What kind of lace is Mechlin?)
Can anyone tell me about Mechlin Lace? Specifically how does its construction differ from other point ground laces, such as Bucks, Chantilly and Tønder? The lace looks to me somewhat like other point ground laces, but the web site that shows a couple of close-ups pf the new book shows a pricking that looks different to me from what I'm used to seeing. It almost looks as though there's ring pair around the flower motifs, reminiscent of Flanders. http://www.kloeppelbuch.de/shop/product_info.php?products_id=649SESS=862676 ab696c49640562facd1d08a659 OR http://tinyurl.com/28m6p9 Thanks for any information that will help me decide I need this book! Barbara Snoqualmie, WA USA Hi Joyce, You have a very good eye. I don't have any scholarly evidence to back me up, but my impression is that Mechlin came first and its ground is a plaited ground that was often worked without pins! Mechlin is firmly in the Binche-Valenciennes-Flanders continental group of laces. So having a ring pair is not an aberration. Point Ground is T T T C pin (In spite of being a Cross Twister, I work point ground Twist Cross.) Mechlin ground, which Ulrike has so kindly put the ground pinholes into, is worked in a hexagon, like point ground, but where point ground just has a single Cross, Mechlin actually plaits a couple of times. The only difference between Mechlin or Ice ground and Droeschel, an even older ground, is the number of stitches in the plait. A lot of point ground designs are clearly borrowed from Mechlin (Lille, Bucks, Beveren, Spanish Ret-Fi (literally fine net) and worked in the simpler technique of point ground. (All things are relative!). Some of the Czech lace designers have been playing with macro Mechlin ground for the last few years. It has a different flavor and is quite effective. Patty Back to work wage slave! In stormy Silicon Valley USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] the tall Dutch and conversion factors
--- Lynn Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But my husband had it worse -- once I remember him coming out of a bathroom totally flustered, as the height of the urinal in it was too high! I hadn't thought of that problem but asked DH (who's actually rather below average height) and he said yes he'd had the same difficulty but that usually there was a lower urinal provided for kids so he used that. However in somewhere kids wouldn't be likely to go this could be a real problem By the way, folks, no need for too much complicated maths on these conversions the easy way is that every 10 cms is about 4 inches (Yes, Brenda, I know it's not exact but it's close enough for everyday purposes). So at 5ft4 I'm 1m60, 36in wide fabric is 90cms, 4in tiles are 10cms, and so on - (just don't use it for buying a bra in mainland Europe cos they size by the underbust measuremant unlike UK and, I think, USA) ___ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] the tall Dutch and conversion factors - apology
Apologies to all for not signing my previous post. I knew there was a reason I was too scared to post all these years - I'm just too scatty! Hazel (in Oude Wetering, Netherlands) ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re Height.
1 m 71 converts to 5 ft 6 inches I don't think that is right as I am 5ft 6 in and the Dr says I am 163 cms. Shirley in Corio Oz. [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] Height
I used to be 5'2 in my teens - by the time I had my first daughter age 28 it was down to 5'1 3/4, and I think I lost another quarter of an inch by the time I had Hannah at 31! The main problems with shopping for me are 1. When you need something off the top shelf, DH has done a disappearing act (he's been glued to your side up to that point). and 2. The magazines I read are always on the top shelf, out of the way (and I'm talking steam railway magazines, not the usual top shelf ones!). I did once point out to the staff of one of the larger chains of newsagents I was in how ridiculous it was that they put the pregnancy/mother and baby magazines on the bottom shelf - not exactly easy to reach in that condition a few weeks later, and they had moved, to the top shelf! Unfortunately the branch staff can't do much about it, it is corporate policy that dictates what goes where, and the powers that be obviously don't think about the logistics from the shopper's angle, just that the ones they expect to sell more of get easy to reach position and to h*ll with everyone else! -- 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] the tall Dutch and conversion factors
And not only in Holland... My boyfriend had the same problem at East Croydon railway station. The men's loo was locked and there was only a urinal available. He then had to find someone to unlock the sit-down facility. We have 10cm of snow forecast for Friday and I always think of that at 4 inches, not that it is easy to measure the exact depth of snow as it blows around quite a bit. Malvary in Ottawa (who uses East Croydon station frequently when I'm visiting England). To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Visit to Australia
Lise-Aurore, Welcome to Oz!! In Sydney there is the Powerhouse Museum, with a big lace display - and a study room, I believe. (Sorry, but I have never been there - Yet!!) I live in Melbourne, about 1000+ km away! There are lots of Lacemakers in Sydney, with various groups who meet on various days. (Sydney traffic is horrendous, so I am told, with one-way streets - that we got caught up in many years ago - and have never been there again! :) ) There is a group at Canberra who meet on the 4th Sat of the month. If you can let me know - Off list - when you will be in Canberra, and your Sydney dates, I can perhaps put you in touch with the relevant people. We always love to meet overseas visitors, and I can assure you, you will be made Most Welcome. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is another warm day! [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:the tall Dutch and conversion factors
On Feb 28, 2007, at 5:03, Hazel Smith wrote: By the way, folks, no need for too much complicated maths on these conversions the easy way is that every 10 cms is about 4 inches (Yes, Brenda, I know it's not exact but it's close enough for everyday purposes). I grew up with the metric system, so, for me, the translation goes in the opposite direction: every foot is about 30cm (30.5, to be precise but, for everyday conversion, it really doesn't matter all that much). For practical purposes, a yard is one danged *short* meter :) I'm struck at how many of us here are 5'2. I used to be 5foot, 2 *and a half* inches tall (reason enough to prefer metrics), though have no idea what I might be now that I'm in the shrinking mode (though my test for bone density, was -- grudgingly -- rated by the doc as very good. Grudgingly, because he doesn't approve of people who smoke, drink, shun exercise and visit a doctor once every 14 yrs g). I am *very nimble* at climbing shelves in stores, to reach the item I want; in some stores, the crew knows me and my habits, so, quite often, someone will follow me around and offer assistance :) The answer to high tables and chairs is a footstool to rest your legs on, something I learnt only when my son reached his 6th year and started playing piano. It's good for circulation, too :) I never thought the day would come when I'd stop envying men their ability to pee standing up behind any odd tree... But, midgety as I may be, I've never had any problem with bathrooms :) -- 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]
