Re: [lace-chat] Ginger Molasses Cookies
http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=104691 for your measurements All-purpose flour is plain flour http://www.foodsubs.com/Syrups.html and scroll down to find molasses I used to spend a lot of time on Recipezaar so got used to converting a lot of measurements! :o) Helen in Dorset --- On Wed, 28/10/09, Margery Allcock margerybu...@o2.co.uk wrote: From: Margery Allcock margerybu...@o2.co.uk Subject: [lace-chat] Ginger Molasses Cookies To: Lace-Chat lace-chat@arachne.com Date: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009, 10:44 I found this recipe on a blog: http://www.acommonplacelife.com/ and it sounds delicious, so I'm sharing it here G. Could someone bilingual (US/UK) please tell me a) what is UK for all-purpose flour, and how much does 4.5 cups weigh? b) what is the weight of 2 cups of brown sugar (I'm guessing dark soft brown rather than demerara), c) and of 1.5 cups of butter, d) and of 0.5 cup of molasses (would black treacle be equivalent)? I expect the 375 degrees are Fahrenheit, so I'd use 190 degrees Centigrade. Thanks in advance, Margery. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
Re: [lace] Metallics
You mean like little versions of these? http://tinyurl.com/cb3jpt I've always called them butterfly clips. Helen in Dorset --- On Thu, 23/4/09, Maureen Bromley maur...@roger.karoo.co.uk wrote: Geronimo I have found them. there is no reference on them but they are like very small bulldog clips. There are about 12 on a packet and they are about £3.00 english money. I knew if I looked long enough I would find them. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace-chat] Re: Dangerous chocolate cake recipe
Try cooking for about 7 minutes. I haven't tried it, that's just a gues from heating the occasional microwave meal. Helen --- On Thu, 2/4/09, Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk wrote: From: Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: Dangerous chocolate cake recipe To: Helen Tucker helen9...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: lace-chat@arachne.com Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 4:41 PM Did anyone work out the timings for non-industrial strength microwaves? Some of us are still on 650w! (and I think the majority in the family are no higher than 800-850w). In message 614889.84113...@web26707.mail.ukl.yahoo.com, Helen Tucker helen9...@yahoo.co.uk writes Assuming that is the one that was going around all the Guiders' mailing lists a few months ago, you need to halve the recipe if you want to make it in a normal mug. However, if you have a pyrex pint jug it a) fits perfectly and b) is an amazing base for a Dalek cake! Helen whose next project is sewing all the badges on my camp blanket before I start looking at lace again. --- On Thu, 2/4/09, David in Ballarat d.collye...@aapt.net.au wrote: -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
Re: [lace] Bookmarks query
I found that sandwiching a bookmark between two rulers worked quite well. It did need a bit of jigging around but not as much as I think you'd need with a knitting needle. I have this feeling that I also used a clean chopstick to poke the tassle on the end straight. Helen in Dorset who really ought to accept that sewings-in are an important part of lace and so get on and finish that beginner's piece of Torchon! --- On Tue, 10/3/09, Gray, Alison J ag...@essex.ac.uk wrote: I've always eased the lace into the sleeve with a large knitting needle, but I'm always afraid that I'll distort the lace. So I was wondering if anyone on arachne has a better method of inserting bookmarks into sleeves? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS
By Imperial, do you mean inches or wire gauge? Either way, there is another conversion table here  http://www.jewelrymaking-beads-library.com/wire-gauge.html  I can't remember how wire gauge is calculated, but it's something to do with how long a length of wire can be made out of a certain weight of metal. Personally, on the rare occasions I've tried to knit something and my mum hasn't got any metric needles of the right size, I just ask my dad as he's an engineering-y sort of person ;o)  Helen in Dorset --- On Thu, 12/2/09, viviennewal...@aol.com viviennewal...@aol.com wrote: From: viviennewal...@aol.com viviennewal...@aol.com Subject: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS To: lace-chat@arachne.com Cc: l...@arachne.com Date: Thursday, 12 February, 2009, 9:09 AM Thank you so much for all the help. I don't want to mess about doing sample squares. I printed off the conversion charts some of you sent me links to, many thanks. The problem is they are all Metric, Canadian and USA. My hooks are over 60 years old and are imperial. So I think I will treat myself to some new hooks. Bye the way Brenda's Threads for Lace has been great sorting out the threads on my old crochet patterns to find modern equivalents. Perhaps it should be called threads for anything! Best wishes, Vivienne To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
Re: [lace] Re: Footside-Right, Footside-Left
Ah, there is one type of English lace that is back-to-front :o) Downton lace (from the Dorset/Wiltshire area) is worked with the footside/headside swapped compared to other English laces. Don't ask me why though, 'cause I couldn't tell you! Helen, Somerset, UK --- CLIVE Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And to continue, I learned to make lace in England back in the 1970s, and that is where, at that time, every lace I studie that was made in England at that time, had the footside on the right and the headside on the left. Bucks, Beds, Torchon, and Honiton - no matter what type bobbin we used. We knew that Continental lacemakers did it in reverse. Happy Lacemaking, Right or Left, Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA ___ Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ornament swap
Hi, I'd post to people directly but my computer has decided that it doesn't have a network card any more - so I have lots of emails that I can't reply directly to any more. I'm currently using a library computer at uni. My ornament did go in the post, although I missed the Arachne deadline, I did get it finished and posted before last posting in the UK :o( I really don't know what's happened to it. From the other direction, I did get a lovely ornament from Lorri Ferguson (???I'm so sorry, I've forgotten your surname and I'm not at my desk with everything around me!) with a glass snowman bead. Helen in Somerset who's trying to remember the formulae, but forgetting the lace until 11.30am on Friday 27th January when she will walk out of her last exam for a few months... ___ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] the Professor???
Okay, I give up :o) Who is the Professor and what is this website that everyone always talks about but no-one ever links to? Helen (SomersetPoole, UK) ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Getting sticky-label gunge off melamine
Nail varnish remover also works to rub the sticky off with. Helen, Somerset, UK --- Jenny Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ann I use Sticky Stuff Remover from Lakeland. Works every time and it's doesn't smell nasty jenny barron Scotland Ann McClean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings fellow spiders, Advice, please, on how to remove the residue from sticky labels from a pair of melamine salt pepper shakers. The paper has soaked away, but the sticky gunge left behind is proving stubborn :( To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant messages to your online friends 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]
Re: [lace] I need help unsubscribing
Hi, I'm no expert at this one, but I think there might be different addresses for the majordomo for the main lists and the digests - you might be emailing the wrong one. Hope this helps, Helen, Sunny Somerset, UK --- Haddad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there - As my subject line says, I need help unsubscribing. When I try the usual method - sending an email to majordomo I get an error message telling me I am not a member of the list. I have written to the moderator asking for help, and I am still not unsubscribed. So what do I do now? Question: if I'm not a member of the list, how come I keep getting the digest? And yes, I know I am cross-posting, but I have the same problem with both lists. HELP! Rose-Marie H. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] I need help unsubscribing
Ahh, got it, I think. It's not unsubscribe lace that you need, it's something like unsubscribe lace-digest Hopefully someone else can tell you exactly what command you need :-) Helen --- Haddad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there - As my subject line says, I need help unsubscribing. When I try the usual method - sending an email to majordomo I get an error message telling me I am not a member of the list. I have written to the moderator asking for help, and I am still not unsubscribed. So what do I do now? Question: if I'm not a member of the list, how come I keep getting the digest? And yes, I know I am cross-posting, but I have the same problem with both lists. HELP! Rose-Marie H. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] polystyrene pillows
Hi, I think the consensus has been - it's broken and can't be mended. Thanks also to a couple of you that have said that you've got another polystyrene pillow that I could have, but I think I'm going to go with something a bit sturdier when I get one for me. If memory serves me right, I think the one I've got right now was bought for my cousin who had more interest in lace than I did when we were both about 10. So It won't be a big problem that it's broken. Helen, Somerset, UK Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] threads
Thanks for all of the help, everyone. I'm sorry if anyone was scared off by the way I phrased my original questions, but I'm studying Physics and Chemistry at uni, so instead of looking at, say, temperature and time, I was investigating thickness of thread and apparent weight code :o) The Mettler stuff might be a bit fine, but so far the only threads that have broken have been sat on the bobbin for the past 10 or 12 years and the head of the bobbin is a bit frayed, so it was understandable. I plan on making the next pattern in colour (Venus threads) just because I can. I'll probably order a copy of the book itself next month when I get the next installment of my loan. Helen in Somerset, UK who's looking forward to the Easter break to make lots of lace in. --- Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Helen asked: Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
