RE: [lace] Admiration
Dear all, I agree: it is refreshing and inspiring to browse through everyone elses projects. I recall a comment from a newbie about not creating their own album at webshots. I say to anyone who thinks this; start one to compare projects back to. There are always people just starting out who I'm sure would like to see similar levels of work as well as what hard work can achieve. Also I don't rate my work that highly but everyone gives me lovely feedback to build confidence. I thank Dot, Daphne and Sue for their nice comments on my work especially as I have no group or class to confirm what I'm doing. I'm sure others out there use this list as their only support too- I would be interested to know how many others are doing this? Stay inspired Rhiannon (soggy morning in MORNINGTON, co.meath) Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 11:54:43 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Admiration Dear Spiders, I have been treating myself to some serious browsing this morning and am overcome with awe at the work of fellow Arachne members. Sue, your jacket is superb, the colours blend so well. Also the variations on a theme with the jewellery. Lynne Cumming your groups work too lovely and Rhiannon your garter far to good to be thrown, and your other projects too very different and interesting. Regards Dot Goetsch Port Elizabeth South Africa - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ ItÂ’s time to join the family - Get the next generation of Free Windows Live Services now! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: unpleasantly innacurate seller on eBay
Tamara, I got the same message and I expect others have to. Mine had the added line: Now I know why the seller told you to get lost. I certainly wouldn't want buyers as callous as you. I think the seller must be using the email (person's name) link on the archives. I haven't responded, apart from not being worthy of response, it could be someone gathering emails addresses for spamming. I've blocked any future messages from this person. 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]
Re: [lace] Alencon lace on eBay...
Yes Clay, you are right - it's a nice piece of machine made lace. Brenda On 24 May 2008, at 02:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have looked again, and I believe that the next-to-last picture in the group is definitive. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is an impressive and large piece of lace on eBay currently, and it is described as Alencon. It is item number 360052393378. I know next-to-nothing about Alencon. But these pictures are extremely detailed and the overall design is lovely. Could someone who knows this lace kindly comment on this for us? Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] The unpleasantly inaccurate seller
I did bother to trawl the archives, and found four of us had posted on Antique Vintage Unusual Ivory Pineapple Bobbin Lace on ebay. The first was from Clay saying that she'd politely pointed out to the seller that the item wasn't hand made and got an abusive response. Barbara Joyce wrote to the seller as well, but didn't say if she got a response. Tamara posted to 'Lace' saying the item wasn't active any more. I posted to 'Lace' to say that the description would be covered by the Sale of Goods Act in the UK and that an inaccurate description means the seller wouldn't be targeting the right buyers. Barbara posted to 'Lace' again saying I was being too charitable. And Clay trying to be helpful to a seller sparked abusive emails to at least Tamara and me. What an unhappy person the writer must be. I hope whatever ails her passes soon. 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] eBay
I just took my first look at eBay. Was I looking in the right place? I followed the links: Home Buy Crafts Needlecrafts Yarn Tatting Lacemaking and there wasn't really anything of interest: some ethafoam pillows (no thanks!), tatting patterns and threads, a couple of bobbins that seemed grossly overpriced to me... There must be something that I'm missing! Thanks, Sr Claire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] The unpleasantly inaccurate seller
Hi Jean, It may be possible that the person who sent these emails is the seller? The few times that I have received any emails that I don't like the sound of I have reported the sender to their service provider and it soon puts a stop to them. Best wishes, Anne in Middx. - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 9:03 AM Subject: [lace] The unpleasantly inaccurate seller I did bother to trawl the archives, and found four of us had posted on Antique Vintage Unusual Ivory Pineapple Bobbin Lace on ebay. What an unhappy person the writer must be. I hope whatever ails her passes soon. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 83 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] eBay
Hello Sister Claire When you go on ebay, you can see a menu Search Options. Type in what you are looking for (e.g. lacemaking bobbins) and leave at all categories. Go down and tick the box Worldwide - and click on show items. You'll get a lot more results coming up then. Ebay is making it more difficult to find what you are looking for, e.g. if you put an item on ebay UK and lit it as worldwide, it does not automatically come up on all ebay sites. An other alternative is to search ebay by country: e.g. ebay.co.uk - ebay.ie etc. Hope this helps. Agnes Boddington- Ellougthon UK Sister Claire wrote: I just took my first look at eBay. Was I looking in the right place? I followed the links: Home Buy Crafts Needlecrafts Yarn Tatting Lacemaking and there wasn't really anything of interest: some ethafoam pillows (no thanks!), tatting patterns and threads, a couple of bobbins that seemed grossly overpriced to me... There must be something that I'm missing! Thanks, Sr Claire - 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] Arachne meeting at OIDFA - Friday
I'll be there. Based on what I saw of downtown Groningen last year, there are tons of restaurants to choose from. On 23 May 2008, at 21:44, Alice Howell wrote: SoWe meet at 11:30 on Friday. I propose we meet at the entrance to the Oosterpoort, then walk together across the canal and find a restaurant. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] The unpleasantly inaccurate seller
She must be off her medications. I received an equally abusive email. Perhaps her sales have dropped since we exposed her. I have a friend who is involved in internet crime investigation, and I will ask him to monitor this - because the last email I received was actually threatening. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did bother to trawl the archives, and found four of us had posted on Antique Vintage Unusual Ivory Pineapple Bobbin Lace on ebay. The first was from Clay saying that she'd politely pointed out to the seller that the item wasn't hand made and got an abusive response. Barbara Joyce wrote to the seller as well, but didn't say if she got a response. Tamara posted to 'Lace' saying the item wasn't active any more. I posted to 'Lace' to say that the description would be covered by the Sale of Goods Act in the UK and that an inaccurate description means the seller wouldn't be targeting the right buyers. Barbara posted to 'Lace' again saying I was being too charitable. And Clay trying to be helpful to a seller sparked abusive emails to at least Tamara and me. What an unhappy person the writer must be. I hope whatever ails her passes soon. 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] eBay
Hello Sister Claire - Try doing a search. Enter the words (lace, lacemaking) and see what you come up with. If you use the parentheses, you'll get a search on any or all of the terms. If you don't use the parentheses, you'll only find items which contain all of the terms. You may want to do a search that identifies various kinds of lace, as in lace(Bucks, Bedfordshire, Honiton, Flanders, Duchesse). The quotation marks would not be part of your search string, but the parentheses would be. This will find items that are described as lace with any of the words within the parentheses as descriptors. As you play around, you'll discover lots of junk that you don't want to see and can refine your search string so that you eliminate those things before they even pop up on the screen. Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: Sister Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just took my first look at eBay. Was I looking in the right place? I followed the links: Home Buy Crafts Needlecrafts Yarn Tatting Lacemaking and there wasn't really anything of interest: some ethafoam pillows (no thanks!), tatting patterns and threads, a couple of bobbins that seemed grossly overpriced to me... There must be something that I'm missing! Thanks, Sr Claire - 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] Arachne meeting at OIDFA - Friday
Sounds good to me, I am leaving Australia Tuesday for the start of my 7.5 week journey to Europe and OIDFA. Faye Owers Tasmania [EMAIL PROTECTED] SoWe meet at 11:30 on Friday. I propose we meet at the entrance to the Oosterpoort, then walk together across the canal and find a restaurant. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: unpleasantly innacurate seller on eBay
Tamara, in my opinion the writer herself is a bitter woman. I think to ignore her is the best. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace in Portugal
Just back from Portugal, and visited both Via do Conde and Peniche. Unfortunately the school in Via do Conde was closed on the Saturday that I went, but the handicrafts shop around the corner had lots of lace and lacemaking equipment. Picked up some nice pieces and also a huge Portugese bolster pillow with the tubular hollow center, bobbins, a beautiful wooden floor stand for the pillow, and a book on Via do Conde lace (excellent glossary with Portugese lacemaking terms). It was an adventure getting the pillow through customs on the way back, but at least saved the shipping costs. The center in Peniche was open with about 10 women working when I visited. Got lots of photos and some really beautiful pieces. There's a wonderful lace that I was told was a typical Peniche type - sort of a Torchon/Cluny combined, lots of small tallies. The square piece I bought took 2 months to complete, and it was my great honor to be able to pay the maker directly. The center also had a book specifically on Peniche lace, again with patterns. I was really impressed with the quality of work that they were doing, and also with the amount of contemporary designs for sale. They also had some great large Torchon-type pieces made with very fine thread. Both these seaside towns are very beautiful - wouldn't mind staying in either for a few days. All of this will go into my lace exhibition, which is now scheduled to open in Los Alamos July 5th. Thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions of where to visit in Portugal! Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] one more thing on Portugal
Gas was about $8.50/gallon. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] OIDFA meeting
I f the plane /train from Stansted and Shipol are on time, I also hope to be there. Sheila in sunny Sawbo,Herts., - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] OIDFA meeting
The unaccustomed sunshine had gone to my head! Lunch is Friday not Thurs.!! Sheila in Sawbo' - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Magnifiers
On 24 May 2008, at 12:54, Shirlee Hill wrote: Does anyone have any experience with the magnifier that you pin or clip to your pillow? I don't have any experience with those, although a friend likes hers. I love the magnifiers that clip on to my glasses and use them all the time for fine needlework. I can look over them for normal vision and through them for work at laptop height. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace in Portugal
Hi Laurie, I am so glad you enjoyed your visit to Portugal, and that you managed to go to both towns to see the lace etc. I can imagine the fun you had getting your new pillow through customs !!!. Do let us know how you get on with it. Oh and the diesal has just gone up by 8 cents a litre, causing fear that many businesses will not survive, not to mention all the price increases that will follow. I hope to go to Peniche in July for their festival. Best wishes Rosemary in Portugal - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Arachne meeting at OIDFA - with camera!
Hi everyone and especially those meeting at OIDFA - don't forget to take a picture or two to smile back at us left behind :)) Please! :D I'm sure you would anyway, just thought I'd pipe up. On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 4:30 AM, Faye Owers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds good to me, I am leaving Australia Tuesday for the start of my 7.5 week journey to Europe and OIDFA. SoWe meet at 11:30 on Friday. I propose we meet at the entrance to the Oosterpoort, then walk together across the canal and find a restaurant. -- Bev (near Sooke, BC on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Magnifiers
Hello, everyone, I'm back and resubscribed to lace. Shirlee, I wouldn't be caught making lace without my magnifier nearby. I bought mine many years ago from SMP when they first came out, and now Holly and Lacy Susan, and perhaps other suppliers, carry them. It pins on the pillow with a couple of pins and the magnigier is on a flexible arm to allow its manipulation. It is easily stored with other necessities to take with you. I don't use it all the time but the magnifier can be pushed aside and brought into play at will. You'll be *very* happy to have one, in my opinion. I can't bear the head wraps, the cords around my neck or any of the other various magnifications available. Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA = From: Shirlee Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone have any experience with the magnifier that you pin or clip to your pillow? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Magnifiers
Dear Shirlee, Does anyone have any experience with the magnifier that you pin or clip to your pillow? I just LOVE my magnifier which is very portable - can't live without it in fact these days. Do a search for MAGVU and you'll find it. I think it might be an Australian product but I'm sure they'll send one anywhere. Worth every cent. I recently bought one for my sister as a present and she too loves it. Usual disclaimers - just pushing something that works. David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Magnifiers
I use a pair of 3.5 drugstore reading glasses for sewing. They are half glasses, so I can look over them if I want to see who has come into the room, and they fit into a container like a toothbrush case, so I can always have them in my pocket. I don't have any problem wearing them over my prescription glasses -- since my eyes don't match, the only alternative to wearing magnifiers over my glasses would be prescription magnifiers. But they require you to hold your work up close to your face -- not a serious option with pillow lace, I gather. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where iris are in bloom. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] re: magnifiers
Hi all I use one of the magnifiers that's pins to your lace pillow, adn cannot work without it. I bought mine from the daylight company. The only problem I have found is, the lens being some kind of plastic/perspex or whatever, it scratches easily, and I managed to do so somehow when pulling out pins. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Arachne meeting at OIDFA - Friday
Hello All those of you coming to our meeting in Groningen, we are now about 22 therefore I thought to reserve a table in a restaurant but the hotel I am staying says on their web-site that there is only a breakfast restaurant. Question do you think it would not be a problem to find a place, some of us go for the city tour at 14.00. Or could somebody give me aname of a restaurant than I'll write to them and make sure that we will quick find a place. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Magnifiers
I tried a magnifier that fits round the head, and couldn't get it to focus. I use both a magnifier with a flexible arm that pins to the pillow. It's easy just to push the magnifier out of the way when you don't need it, and I only pin it on the pillow when I'm going to need to use it over a period of time. I also use a linen tester and a small folding, hand-held small magnifier if it's just for a quick check on something. Wouldn't be without any of them. I forgot to mention earlier that the person sending nasty emails to some of us is referring to posts to Arachne that are over a year old. 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]
Re: [lace] Re: unpleasantly innacurate seller on eBay
Wonder why on earth this woman is hanging around on a mailing list that consists of a group of women. As for ebay, I've had an astoundingly high proproportion of good experiences there, but there's one in every barrel. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:02 PM Subject: Fwd: [lace] Re: unpleasantly innacurate seller on eBay Talk about a pot, callling a kettle black... :) I have no idea why the enclosed message should have come to me, personally (in duplicate, yet!)... I don't shop at E-bay, so I have no opinion -- positive or otherwise -- about sellers there; my only contact wih E-bay is limited to checking out a specific item someone here says we ought to see, either because it's especially pretty or because there's a question about identification. I doubt I'd have contributed to the thread as per the subject line, since I don't even remember the thread itself or when it ran (and refuse to waste time combing through the archives). But, since Theresa Doidge speaks of women, rather than woman, I suppose she meant all of us on Arachne. So, I'm forwarding her extremely classy and refined attack. Begin forwarded message: From: Theresa Doidge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: May 23, 2008 17:06:09 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] Re: unpleasantly innacurate seller on eBay You are lacking class. I came across this thread while looking for lace. I can't believe a supposedly intelligent group of women could be so catty as to write emails about another person who hasn't the chance to defend herself. You sound like a bunch of bitter women who have nothing to do but talk behind someones back. At least the seller you think has no class didn't take this any further than an email. You women are trash. And trash has no class. -- 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] Magnifiers
Yes, yes, yes! I wouldn't do without mine when working with fine thread. I actually have three of them, two different styles. They pin on the pillow (takes a little room) and have an adjustable/bendable neck to position the glass where you want it. I find that using the mirror makes the threads look like average sized thread instead of fine thread. I forget that I'm using such tiny thread. Try to have your light coming slightly from the side. A light fixture just overhead might reflect in the glass. Some hotel conference rooms have been a challenge to position my pillow so I didn't get reflections. My first magnifier had a very heavy metal base with a few pinholes to fasten it to the pillow. Once, when traveling, I didn't want the weight so had DH cut a sturdy plastic base with many pinholes. The base was screwed into the neck so the bases were easy to switch. The lightweight one took many more pins to support. I don't think the newer ones come apart as easily. At lace conference one year, I saw the newer version and bought one. Then I won another one in a drawing. G Now I can put one with a project and leave it there, instead of switching it from pillow to pillow. One caution.Always cover the mirror when not in use. If sunlight shines through it, it can start a fire. You don't want a burned hole in the middle of your lace. Alice in Oregon -- where temporarily we have sunshine - Original Message From: Shirlee Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:54:25 AM Subject: [lace] Magnifiers Does anyone have any experience with the magnifier that you pin or clip to your pillow? . Do these pillow magnifiers work? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Arachne meeting at OIDFA - Friday
Friday sounds good to me so count me in . Miriam in Israel - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Magnifiers
My optician / optometrist (depending on country) has created my a pair of bi-focals, focused at the correct distance for my lace pillow. The lower part of the lens is magnifying for when I scrunch in close to see what's gone wrong!! I took my lace chair and pillow into his office to help him to see what distance I normally needed to focus at - and he came up with the brilliant magnifying idea. I couldn't see across the room with them, so it will involve effort in classes, but at home, it works great Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Magnifiers
Hi Shirlee, You don't say where you are in your email, but if you are in the US, a lacemaker at our guild meeting last week brought in a smaller magnifier than those mentioned. It was on a flexible arm and there was another arm with a small led light. The base was heavy but could be clipped onto a table or just laid on the pillow. She bought it at Hobby Lobby using one of their 40% coupons. I mean to look for it next time I am in the store. I do have the magnifier that you pin on your pillow and love it but the glass part on mine keeps coming loose and the screw refuses to tighten up enough. This is my second one as I forgot to take mine with me to convention one year and had to buy another from Lacy Susan. I think I sold my first one later. I always put the magnifier in my hand luggage when traveling. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com Check for class spaces, many are full. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] magnifiers
Like Joy, I too have a pair of odd eyes and use a pair of magnifying glasses bought from the local chemist which I wear over the top of my reading glasses. It works well for me even if the kids do call me six eyes Annette in Trentham, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] magnifiers
Oops forgot to mention before - I also have one of the magnifiers on a flexible arm and find the one drawback to this is that it is almost impossible to get my hands between the magnifying glass and the pillow in order to do a sewing with a needlepin. The magnifying glasses that I wear solve this problem. Annette in Trentham, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Honiton thread label
Brenda and all, Thank you Brenda for posting the scan and your input on the label. Thank you to all who gave their opinions. I guess I'll agree with the majority that it says Antique Thread. Thank you very much. Patsy A. Goodman - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Away for a week
Dear Friends, I am leaving for a week in New Zealand at 5:30 tomorrow morning and so shall be unsubscribing. The NZ Govt is finally having a welcome home march for Vietnam Veterans and as I missed the ones here in Australia, I shall be joining about 6 of my mates from the Intelligence Section of BHQ 2 RAR/NZ ANZAC Battalion to march through the streets of Wellington. Bye now David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Magnifiers...
Just want to second this. I learned about the Mageyes from a fellow knitter of miniatures, tried them, and can't say enough good things about them. As Clay says, they're light and unobtrusive and come in different strengths. When I'm embroidering they make it so much easier to thread needles and to lay the stitches evenly on 36-count fabric. Avital On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 1:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried a number of systems, and for me the least offensive (yes... it's a matter of lessor of all evils...) was the Mag Eyes. I suspect this is the same as the device that David recommended in Australia. Rather than having a tight band that fits around the entire head, this slips onto one's head much like a large pair of glasses. The device comes with two different strengths of power, and when I bought mine, I liked it and then bought two additional lenses of higher powers... assuming that as I aged, my need for more power would increase, and also assuming that (a) they wouldn't be available when I wanted them, or (b) my age-induced limited spending wouldn't be able to afford them. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Magnifiers...
Dear Clay and other spiders, The discussion about Mageyes reminded me why I had not gotten this device. I had not found any Mageye lens higher than 2.75 magnification. This discussion prompted me to check their website; 2.75 is their highest power there as well. I use that magnification for regular reading glasses since I had cataract surgery. I'd be happy to have Mageyes if I could get 3.5 or 4 mag lens. Any suggestions? Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] MagEyes
I went back to my search for higher power MagEye lens. I found 5.0 and 7.0 power lens at www.craftsetc.com I found them through Hobby Lobby who doesn't have a catalogue but, according to their website, is associated with Crafts, Etc. After I have my ptosis fixed (levator muscles repaired) on Wednesday, my visual field may improve so I won't need such a high power, but I'm pleased I found these lens. Isn't the internet wonderful? Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] at last
Hallo All, today after almost 4 weeks I am definitely back on the list. Did not think it would take so long. Anyway I will feel less lonely now. as I got the first message from lace-chat Greetings from the Knotter Dora To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
