[lace] Lacemaker's Collection at Auction
I just got a flyer in the mail from the children of Hester Tuckey of Charlotte, MI. Apparently, Hester was a lacemaker and needlewoman with a collecting habit (so much like me!). Mr Tuckey liked to paint lead soldiers. Their estate will be at auction Sept 16 and 17th in Charlotte, MI. The flier I have shows two old bobbin winders, three lacemaker's lamps, framed lace fans, a Royal Doulton figurine of a lacemaker from 1987 called Dorothy, there must also be bobbins and thread! The state that at the time of printing they had not yet unpacked everything so there's more. There are many other items beside lacemakeing, 100 old sewing machines (especially child sized and miniature), sock darners, spool holders, chatelaines, etc. All sewing items will be sold Friday. Call 517-726-0181 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a full listing. Their website http://www.stantons-auctions.com/auction_detail.php?ID=72098 will get you directly to the listing in pdf form. If anyone if going to go, please let me know and I'd love to buy some things. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Senior Research Associate New England Research Institutes, Inc 9 Galen Street, Suite 117 Watertown, MA 02472-4521 v: (617) 923-7747 x341 f: (617) 926-8246 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neriscience.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] New Orleans IOLI Members
Dear Gentle Spiders, As you know Beth is ok, as she has posted here, but I also wanted you to know that the other IOLI member from the Louisiana has also been in touch with me via email and is fine, considering the circumstances. It's not that lacers are more important, but I think it's important to know when anyone has made it out ok. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Senior Research Associate New England Research Institutes, Inc 9 Galen Street, Suite 117 Watertown, MA 02472-4521 v: (617) 923-7747 x341 f: (617) 926-8246 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neriscience.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Montreal Lace Contest
Dear ones, As I understand it, the table ribbon, which is the focus of the lace contest, is a traditional lace piece in Quebec. I may be wrong, I'm judging on how it was presented, how all the people from Quebec seemed to know what it was instinctively, etc. That's why the stringent guidelines, measurements, etc. (You can't expect people to accept just anything when their tradition has a very precise definitionwhat would pierogi be without potatoes?) I think that needlelacers could, for example, explore Hardanger (with exquisite needlelace filling capacity), or Filet lace, Carrickmacross or try their hand at Battenberg. True, it doesn't lend itself to Point De Gaze, but there are several possibilities for our Needle-Wranglers. Knitting, crochet and even tatting should be do-able...but you can't put it off at all. I'm sure they will have lots of participants, there were lots of sparkly eyes when it was announced and much putting together of heads. We are all lacers. There aren't that many of us in the world. We are proud of each other and supportive of those who are working long hours for us. Thank goodness that Montreal wants to hold a Convention! Bless them all. It's hard work and they didn't have to do it. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Bobbin Lace, Social History, etc Metro Boston, MA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Montreal Lace Contest
Carolyn, Does that mean that a table ribbon in Quebec is by definition always less than xx inches wide, and xx inches long,regardless of the setting (a much longer table, for instance?) If so, I still think that perhaps a more interesting (for the international community of lacemakers) might have been a more flexible definition that still could be recognized as a table ribbon. As I said before - I'm not positive about these things, my guess is that they had to describe something they had always seen and did their best. What do these things have in common? What defines them? It's not the easiest question to answer. Describe a traditional English Teapot. How does it differ from a regular teapot? You see the challenge? Remember those of us who wanted to define lace as only that made with certain neutral-colored threads? Absolutely, there were lots of surprised and then pleased looks at this part of the announcement at the Convention. Did they say it MUST be at least two colors? Whoopee! Definitions of even the most traditional objects are subject to evolution, don't you think? Again, I agree with you, but since the contest is set in one year, there may not be enough time for the lace ribbon to evolve much. And the definitions have been set. They aren't likely to change substantially. Lace in Peace, Laurie PS: A Canadian tells me that she's never heard of these table ribbons, but she is from British stock and not from Québec. So, perhaps, the Table Ribbons are more Québeçoise? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Convention Dates (IOLI, OIDFA and whatever other dates I have...)
PLEASE check with the organizers before taking this info as gospel. It's what I wrote down, but it may not be entirely correct, so double check to make sure. I'd hate for someone to mail an item or make an item on my say-so only to have it not qualifyor arrive late, etc. All dates are subject to change The 2006 Lace Guild Convention, Durham: 7th-9th April, 2006 Deutscher Klöppelverband e.V. (German Bobbin Lace Association) 24th Congress in Borken/Westphalia, Germany. April 21-23, 2006 October 15, 2005: Is the postmark date to submit a photograph/slide of one bobbin lace entry to Deutscher Klöppelverband e.V. (German Bobbin Lace Association) Order of Chaos lace contest. A jury will select 70 entries to be displayed. The bobbin lace entry must be unpublished, worked by the submitter, not framed or mounted and up to 11.81 x 11.81 x 1.96 inches. Contact Geschäftsstelle de Deutschen Klöppelverbandes e.V., Schloss Zweibrüggen 40, D-52531 Übach-Palenberg Germany. Tele+49(0)2451/49985; Fax+49(0)2451/49986 for competition rules and entry form. OIDFA 12th World Lace Congress Athens: 26th - 28th May 2006 Radmila Zuman is collecting pieces for display from the US, please contact her for more info. 2006 IOLI Convention in Montreal, Quebec, Canada 23-29 July 2006 Lace Contest: Theme: Lace and the Art of the table and Feast for the eyes Table Runner, 35-45 inches long and 3.5-5 inches wide, two colors, ends finished and symmetrical, see IOLI bulletin for details OIDFA 13th World Lace Congress Groningen, The Netherlands 4 - 6 July 2008. 2007 IOLI Convention in Tulsa, OK, USA July 29th - August 4th, 2007 Lace Contest: 2007 Lace Heaven (Anything airborne: celestial bodies, birds, planes) 2008 IOLI Convention in Crystal Lake, IL, USA (July 26th-Aug 1, 2008) Lace Contact: Lace in Bloom -- Lace in Peace, Laurie - Laurie J Hughes Social History, Bobbin lace Metro Boston, Massachusetts, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Research for Shrewsbury lacemaking
A cartoonist/artist friend of mine is going to draw a long story about Shrewsbury, UK, so he'd like to know more about bobbin lace. Does someone remember which website has a picture of moving bobbins on it? Does anyone have pictures (preferably moving pictures so he can get the gist of the movements) of someone engaged in actual bobbin lacemaking? What kind of lace would have been made in Shrewsbury, from Tudor times to the present? Would they be using those huge round bolsters with the pillow horse? Anyone know where there's a couple good pictures of those? I'm sure I could answer this on my own, but not if I'm going to get ready for the I.O.L.I. Convention, thanks for your help everyone! Laurie PS: He's copied on this message. -- Laurie J Hughes Metro Boston, Massachusetts Bobbin lace, social history, gardening When I grow up I want to be a housewife. -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Photo site?
Could someone post the photo site here again and any particulars that I might need to know to access it? Thanks! Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Senior Research Associate New England Research Institutes, Inc 9 Galen Street, Suite 117 Watertown, MA 02472 v: (617) 923-7747 x341 f: (617) 926-8246 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neriscience.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Books
Well, Thanks to Jean, I plan to purchase quite a few of the Lace Guild's used books. (You should really check them out, there's some great titles that are rare and out of print...I could have spent double had I had it in the bank.) So, I'm getting estimates for shipping to the US, but I thought there might be a few people from England coming to the IOLI Convention who might be willing to bring them along. I'd rather give money to a lacemaker (and, quite frankly, have them sooner) than give money to the Royal Mail (venerable and worthy institution that it is). Because of today's airport security, it might be best to open the parcel once it gets to you, but whatever you think best suits me. Please do let me know if you'd like to help me out. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Senior Research Associate New England Research Institutes, Inc 9 Galen Street, Suite 117 Watertown, MA 02472 v: (617) 923-7747 x341 f: (617) 926-8246 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neriscience.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] IOLI Officer emails
Dear all, You can always get the correct email for any IOLI Board Members at the website www.internationaloldlacers.org on the first page you come to, just click on the person you want to email. (especially handy when you want to email an officer at 2 in the morningwhen no one is up.) Lace in Peace, Laurie * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lacemaker by Vermeer
This place has it charted for cross stitch. http://www.unchartedterritory.com/unchar14.htm Enjoy, Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Metro Boston, Massachusetts Bobbin lace, social history, gardening When I grow up I want to be a housewife. -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Travel in the UK and France a d little Belgium
I can only speak about what I've seen or plan to see, but here it goes. First of all, the Lace Guild has a really lovely guide to lace and lace collections in the UK. It's more than worth the price. It gives a synopsis of the overall holdings of a museum or stately house, etc, the hours and days they are open (and perhaps, more importantly closed), In most cases it describes the types of lace and how to arrange to see them. UK Honiton in Devon - All Hallows Museum - not to be missed. It really is a lovely collection of lace. It used to be a much nicer stop when the Honiton Lace Shop was open, but Jonathon has closed it and opened up an Italian Eatery instead. http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/allhallows/honiton/ Olney in Buckinghamshire - It has the home of Cowper which is used as the Cowper and Newton Museum, when you look out the window, you can see the spire of the church which is very reminiscent and supposedly the inspiration for the church window bobbins. It has a small lace collection with a small room of lace AND if you walk down the main street (ask at the museum which way) there's a building with a lacemaker in the stone pediment. Very cool to have pictures of http://www.information-britain.co.uk/showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=11756 Cecil Higgins Gallery and the Bedford Museum (they are next door to each other) in Bedford, Bedfordshire - Cecil Higgins has some nice lace to view, especially some nice pieces of Thomas Lester lace, don't skip the panels of lace that sit kind of out in the hallway in the second floor (If they are still there). Cecil Higgins has eye-candy-lots of lace on display, Bedford museum deals more with social history of the county. There are lacemakers and pillows and bobbins in the Bedford Museum. http://www.cecilhigginsartgallery.org/ http://www.bedfordmuseum.org/ Bath - Museum of Textiles, lace on costumes, nice, but I like lace for lace's sake Luton - A nice display of lace in glass cases and drawers. It is worthwhile to request to look at the collection that is not on display. They have, for example, hundreds of not thousands of prickings. It's close to London, so could be a day trip from there. Chris has a little blurb in his website http://www.lace-bobbins.co.uk/luton.htm Victoria and Albert Museum in London - Slide out panels of lots of lace and other textiles. It's very nice to spend time in the textile room, sketching lace and taking pictures (no tripod allowed, but you can take photos without a flash.) It's not far from Harrods. http://www.vam.ac.uk/ I'd like to go to the Buckingham Museum but haven't made it there. The lace fairy has a good list http://lace.lacefairy.com/LaceMuseums.htm#England France - I've been to Bayeux, Le-Puy-en-Velay, Brioude, Courselles, Alencon and Argentan. It's all in a swirl in my mind but the highlights were: The museum in the town center of Le-Puy, LOT of lace. The lace shop in Le-Puy is full of patterns and other supplies, There's a museum next door that is nice. Brioude is home to Odette Arpin and her lace shop and the museum there is very good, especially for modern lace. Bayeux has some lace and lacemakers along with patterns. (Don't forget the tapestry) I'm not sure you can visit the Museum in Courselles on your own, as we prearranged it as a group. Alencon has a nice museum, Argentan lace is in a house in the middle of seemingly no where but was quite complete and pleasant. The Lace Fairy has a good list http://lace.lacefairy.com/LaceMuseums.htm#France http://www.ot-lepuyenvelay.fr/versionanglaise/siteang/images/arc/j2.html http://www.ladentelledupuy.com/uk/salle_expo/pres.html http://en.ot-brioude.fr/brioude.html http://en.ot-brioude.fr/lace-exhibition2.html http://www.ville-alencon.fr/dentelle/anglais/howtoseealenconlace.htm http://www.travelswithfriends.com/Destination_Bayeux.htm Belgium - Bruges of course. and the linen and lace museum in Kortrijk It has the most lovely piece of Bloemwerk I've ever seen. http://www.thelinenhouse.com/EN/AboutLinen_InterestingSites.htm Have fun, it's too much to do in one go, but you will enjoy what you DO see. Lace in Peace, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] foreign currency
An ATM card is the bestwe call them ATM cards in the US, it's the card you can take to an automatic teller and get cash, most double as a credit card. there you have the best of both worlds...but a word of warningIOLI has been known to empty the hotel money machines...so get at least some of your cash at the airport. See you there! Lace in Peace, Laurie *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Sue Babbs *Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 10:22 AM *To: lace@arachne.com *Subject: Re: [lace] foreign currency * * *I find that within Europe, I get a good rate of exchange *paying by credit *card. It might be worth investigating that with your *Australian credit card *company, and then you don't need to worry about how much cash you are *bringing into the country or carrying on you. * *Sue * *- *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] American Textile Museum
I was the officer in NELG that Jeri sent the info to, she suggested I put it in the newsletter, which I will. (The next newsletter is in process and due to be mailed out next week.) May 4th - May 11th I was on vacation. May 12th - May 16th I had a deadline at work that kept me working 18 hours a day. May 16th - May 19th I was preparing for the Annual Retreat for NELG, in which I coordinated the comings and goings of 38 people including 3 teachers and 2 vendors. May 19th - May 22nd I was at the Retreat. I saw her message but assumed that putting it in the newsletter was all the answer she wanted (as that was her suggestion), I'm sorry I didn't respond as she would have liked. Since then Lorraine has done very well at alerting the general online lace community. Please consider donating to the museum, it is an important resource to the fiber community. Lace in Peace, Laurie PS: Please note the change in my work email address. -- Laurie J Hughes Senior Research Associate New England Research Institutes, Inc 9 Galen Street, Suite 117 Watertown, MA 02472 v: (617) 923-7747 x341 f: (617) 926-8246 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neri.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Benda bobbins?
Maureen is out of the bobbin business. It really was a blow to us bobbin collectors, she had great stuff. *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Sue Babbs *Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 10:17 AM *To: lace@arachne.com *Subject: [lace] Benda bobbins? * * *A couple of years ago I bought square bobbins from Maureen *Mark Benda. I *think someone said that they were no longer selling bobbins. *Am I right in *that recollection (sadly)? If not, does anyone know how I can *contact them? *Sue * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *- *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] FW: Request - NKO Email Address Change
A message from NKO -Original Message- From: Webmaster Stichting NKO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Request Dear mrs. Hughes, Please excuse me bothering you with this request. Would you please send a message to Lace and/or Lace-chat requesting all members having an account with wanadoo.fr and snecma.fr to investigate their addressbook and to remove the emailaddress [EMAIL PROTECTED] and also to run the latest version of their anti-virusprogram. It happens quite often that I receive messages from the postmasters of wanadoo.fr and snecma.fr accusing me of sending spam and/or virusses. As you understand, our website is in Dutch only, and any correspondence on behalf of Kantopleiding-NKO is NOT done by the webmaster, but by the secretary, who is having a complete different e-mailaddress. Thank you very much for your help. With very kind regards, Willem van der Leek Webmaster Stichting NKO - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] FW: Request - NKO Email Address Change
A message from NKO -Original Message- From: Webmaster Stichting NKO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Request Dear mrs. Hughes, Please excuse me bothering you with this request. Would you please send a message to Lace and/or Lace-chat requesting all members having an account with wanadoo.fr and snecma.fr to investigate their addressbook and to remove the emailaddress [EMAIL PROTECTED] and also to run the latest version of their anti-virusprogram. It happens quite often that I receive messages from the postmasters of wanadoo.fr and snecma.fr accusing me of sending spam and/or virusses. As you understand, our website is in Dutch only, and any correspondence on behalf of Kantopleiding-NKO is NOT done by the webmaster, but by the secretary, who is having a complete different e-mailaddress. Thank you very much for your help. With very kind regards, Willem van der Leek Webmaster Stichting NKO To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: Another Ebay lace bobbin...
A Stanhope (in this instance) is a little place (read hole in the side) you look in and you can see a scene inside, sometimes it's a crest of some kind of words, but usually a picture of some tourist attraction, Big Ben, Tintagel, anyone's castle, a lovely picturesque English village, a field with sheep, etc. The actual picture is very very tiny, the whole you look through has a small magnifying lense in it. I've seen a real bobbin with a Stanhope, but I suspect it was a pen before it was a bobbin. Lacemakers didn't usually travel much, not having the means to do extensive traveling. I can't imagine them buying Stanhopes left and right. Highlights of a lacemaker's year was the local fair and local happenings, thus hanging bobbins, bobbins with fairing and such. Lace in Peace, Laurie *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Tamara P Duvall *Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 9:43 PM *To: lace Arachne *Subject: [lace] Re: Another Ebay lace bobbin... * * *On May 22, 2005, at 21:18, Laurie Hughes wrote: * * http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? * ViewItemcategory=60201item=7324835059 * rd=1 * *Extremely rare is right :) And, I always thought that a Stanhope *was some kind of a horse-pulled vehicle, but it seems to mean a *spangle here? *-- *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] * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Another Ebay Bobbin lace bobbin...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=60201item=7324835059 rd=1 -- Laurie J Hughes Metro Boston, Massachusetts Bobbin lace, social history, gardening When I grow up I want to be a housewife. -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Bobbin lace fence in NY Times/Joep/Jeroen
Sue, and all Arachnes... I'd like to publish this translation in my Guild newsletter, could you let me know who translated it so that I might obtain their permission? Thanks! Laurie *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Sue Babbs *Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 7:40 PM *To: lace@arachne.com *Subject: Re: [lace] Bobbin lace fence in NY Times/Joep/Jeroen * * *Joep is certainly male - see the translation below which was *on Arachne a *while back and the photos of him learning lacemaking. * *Can't comment on the Jeroen name. * *Sue * *Joep's fence *In May 2004 we got an email from Joep Verhoeven, a student at *the Design *Academy in Eindhoven. He was doing a project on fences and *wanted to make *fences with lacy patterns. He was already in contact with a *company who *makes *iron fences and was now searching for people who do *lacemaking with floss, *to *help him with creating his laced fence. * *Gerrie Antonides contacted him. She showed him the way in *Lace land. On her *advice he went to Brugge (Belgium) to watch all the antique *laces, because *Joep wanted to make a fence with a point of view on old laces. * *There he fell for a much too big chantilly pattern. This *pattern was first *simplified, drawn and patternized. In the meanwhile Joep *learned how to do *bobbinlace as well. * *On a Saturday some samples where made with green plastic *wire, the one that *is *often used in gardens. The bobbinlacepillow was a piece of wood on the *table *and instead of pins they used pins that are used by carpenters. The *definitive *fence was made by using wire for electricity. At the end the fence was *installed and painted white. * *There are more pictures at * *http://www.kantopleiding-nko.nl/Foto/Joep/Hek.html * *- *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] Crazy idea
Liz, Everyone has answered this pretty thoroughly except for this part: *How would a teenager who is addicted to computer games be kept *occupied in *Denver and vicinity? I have a son who CANNOT live without his computer and although he might go to the zoo and water park, if you don't dose him with computer when you get home he's simply a bear.so I understand your dilemma, so here comes some ideas... The hotel has high speed Internet Access. If Computer games are your son's solace, then bring, buy or rent a laptop and get him one of those games that you can play others online. Everquest is a popular one and game that says on the box, those magic words online play or play against live opponents I'd be glad to find some rental rates. I have a laptop...it's old...and I won't be using it during the day and most of the night so he's welcome to it. Let me check to see if it attaches to the internet before you depend on it A cheaper version is to visit Best Buy or some other computer game store and play the games therethey demo them...I don't think they are full games, but I don't know. It might not be enough. With the dollar as weak as it is, this idea of yours doubly splendid. I always think the crazy ideas are the best because you feel so deliciously wicked and lucky and quite smart when you actually do them. Lace in Peace (and visit us in Denver!) Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Imagine my surprise...
...when I got a text message Just thought you should know that your name is in Piecework's new issue. What?!? But it's true, on page 7, I'm listed as membership chair of I.O.L.I. with my name and address. But wait...there's more! In the next issue section I read and find out that the next issue is COMPLETELY lace. So of course, I immediately subscribed...right then and there. Coming in the July/August 2005 Issue of PieceWork Magazine On Sale July 5, 2005! Special Issue: The Intrigue, Mystery, and Beauty of Lace! -Learn how to make a bobbin lace bookmark -Knitted lace from Estonia, including complete instructions for knitting your own Estonian lace shawl -Discover the Imperial Laces in the collection of the Napoleonic Museum in Rome -Irish Crochet in France -Tina: The Little Lace-maker, a dime novel from the 1880s -Create a lace patchwork jewelry roll See it for yourself. http://www.interweave.com/needle/piecework_magazine/default.asp I hear from a little bird that Cindy Tiger of the Rocky Mountain Lace Guild has been working closely with Interweave Press (the owners of Piecework) on this issue. I think she deserves a round of applause. All Hail , Cindy! And I think we need to start taking orders from overseas for how many Pieceworks I need to pick up in July...send me an email if you want one. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Metro Boston, Massachusetts Bobbin lace, social history, gardening When I grow up I want to be a housewife. -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Just in case...
...anyone got from the previous message that Piecework was in error, Piecework isn't. I AM Membership Chair of I.O.L.I. and my surprise was surprise and joy, not surprise and anything else. Such a nice surprise... -- Laurie J Hughes Metro Boston, Massachusetts Bobbin lace, social history, gardening When I grow up I want to be a housewife. -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Another travel solution
Barbara, I just carried a square with pins and bobbins on it through Lansing and Chicago. I carried a whole box of pins on the plane with me through Boston to Chicago and Lansing. Pins aren't on the prohibited items list. I understand it has to do with the length of a pointy object, can it cause bodily harm. Pins really don't. Again, here is the prohibited and permitted items list from our own Transpotation Safety Administration. It's there in seven different languages. http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=177 Print it out, carry it with you. It really isn't that hard to negotiate American Airports. Lace in Peace, Laurie *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Barbara Joyce *Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 11:19 AM *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com *Subject: Re: [lace] Another travel solution * * *Don't count on that! * *TSA agents have discretion/autonomy as to what they will allow *in carry-on *baggage. The block with the bobbins also has many *SHARP* *pins. I've heard *people say that they were not allowed to have them on the plane. * *And then what will you do when you're going through security on the way *home, and the agent says you can't take the block with the *pins on the plane *in your carry-on? You'll have no other option but to let them *have the pins. *Ideally you'd have enough time to remove and surrender all the *pins, so the *bobbins, block and pricking wouldn't be sacrificed, too, but *the lace would *be ruined (all that work from the class down the drain!). * *Altogether a horrible scenario to envision. Pad the pillow *well and secure *the bobbins with some slack in the threads so they don't *break, and check *the whole thing through. * *Sorry to burst your bubble, but forewarned is forearmed. * *Barbara Joyce *Snoqualmie, WA *USA * * * I've been off the list for a while so this may have already * been suggested, but I travel to workshops with an ethofoam * block pillow. The pillow can be cut in half and assembled * such that it folds and fits better in my luggage. It is * lighter - for the 50 pound luggage limit - and I can pop the * block with my bobbins out and put it in a plastic box in my * carry on so my bobbins stay with me at all times. * * Jo Ann Eurell * Urbana, IL * * - * 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Retreat near Cape Cod Massachusetts (long)
Each year the New England Lace Group has a Retreat in May. If there is still room in the event after the NELG deadline, I like to extend lacers on Arachne the opportunity to attend. This year it's in Wareham, MA. The last town on the bay side before the Cape Cod Canal. Below if the abridged newsletter article about it. If you'd like to attend, please contact me for a registration form at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call me at 508-277-2487. ---begin article Retreat!! Facility The facility itself is beautiful. I want to call it Georgian in architecture design, but I may not be correct. Its two front parlors have windows from the tops of the very high ceilings almost to the floor. We have a separate room for the vending that you don't have to walk outside to get to! There's a lovely meditation garden and extensive woods to wander in. The meadow to your left as you drive in is host to soccer and football games when youth groups visit. We eat dinner at 5:00 pm each evening and are served family style. Breakfast is at 8:00 am and lunch is at 12 noon. Bedrooms are mostly doubles (17) and triples (5), but there are 3 single rooms on the third floor (which may go to the teachers if they don't mind walking up three flights of stairs). I've asked for two names of roommates and will try to accommodate preferences for smaller or larger rooms and will contact you before any room type assignment is made. Sacred Hearts Retreat Center is a little more expensive (last year Retreat Only was $165, this year it is $180.00) and not quite as flexible as St. James, so there are fewer options to choose from. Suffice it to say meals are included in the base rates and, except for Thursday dinner, cannot be separated out, so if you don't eat a meal, there's no reduction in price. The falling value of the dollar and the increase in fuel prices are shown in the increase of the Class prices (a full workshop was $95 last year, this year it is $125.) I hope this won't dissuade people from taking class, it's still a great deal, the same amount of class time would cost $175 at an IOLI Convention. Vending! Holly will be coming to vend at the Retreat with her full range of lace supplies, including several new books and other goodies. If you have specific requests, please contact Holly and she will bring it for you. She only has limited space in her car, so often packs one item of each size and type especially of large items. For example, if you are in the market for a certain size pillow, she might be sold out before you have a chance to shop. Holly has added a new range of tatting supplies to her inventory, so all you tatters have more to challenge your pocketbook. And, big drum roll please, Van Sciver Bobbin Lace now takes credit cards, so nothing's stopping you! Small consignment boxes of related lace goodies will also be available on a self-serve basis. Classes Jeannet van Oord - Continental Laces What can one say about such a force of nature? Jeannet was a founding member of the National Lace Group in the Netherlands, LOKK, and a founding member of OIDFA. She has taught workshops for NELG for over 20 years. Her ability to teach so many different types of lace has been a lifesaver for NELG when we could not afford to have more than one teacher. Jeannet can do it all. Torchon - This is your basic lace and you would start with this one if you are a beginner lacer, there are lots of skills to be learned. 's Graevenmoer - A next step from Torchon, it has an interesting way of doing half-stitch, unique to this lace. Flanders - this is the basic continental lace, with its distinctive 5-hole ground and cloth filled motifs. This lace is a good place to start if you want to learn the techniques of the Continental laces. Paris - Paris Ground looks like little six pointed stars, advanced patterns feature flowers and other motifs from life, while beginning patterns are of simpler shapes. Binche - The queen of Continental Straight laces uses all the grounds in the lesser laces as fillings. Simple patterns feature snowballs. The more complicated patterns are traditionally floral, but more contemporary designers have created landscapes and tableaux in Binche. Bloemwerk - A beautiful part lace featuring floral patterns. It is traditionally worked in a relatively thicker linen thread and is an excellent way to gain skills to advance to finer work in Duchesse. Duchesse - Finer and more detailed flower part-lace. There are several types of Duchesse lace, Brussels Duchesse and Withof Duchess. Brussels Duchesse is usually more floral and Withof is distinctive in its style of graceful curves forming abstract and very pleasing designs. Rosaline - Rosaline is a piece lace that has distinctive rose shapes and pops. It has quite a delicate look. Chrysanthemum - Made with a small number of pairs, it features curved tapes forming graceful chrysanthemum shapes which are shaded by utilization of different stitches on either
RE: [lace] travel restrictions
I took my knitting on board with me to England last December and back again to Boston. No problems, they were Addi turbo's so were metal, but not long. *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Janice Blair *Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:38 PM *To: lace-digest *Subject: [lace] travel restrictions * * *Not strictly lace but you might like to know if you are *travelling to convention in Denver this year, check with your *airline regarding baggage allowance. AA have reduced their 70 *lb allowance to 50lbs on tickets issued after March 1, 2005. *Overseas is still 70lbs. I assume other airlines might have *done the same thing. I also checked with the US Government *Security web site to see if knitting needles are still allowed *on internal flights and they are. Here is the web page for *items allowed or not. * *http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Prohibited_English_4-1 *-2005_v2.pdf * *I still have to find out what weight I can take on my flight *to France next month as we are connecting from Heathrow to *Gatwick for our flight on British Airways To Toulouse. BA *seem to allow only 51lbs on flights other than to the US and *further destinations (whichs is still 70 lbs). Maybe I have *to unpack some stuff and leave it in England. :-) Knitting *needles were not on the restricted list on the BA site so I *presume I can take my knitting on board again. If you know *different please let me know. *Janice * * *Janice Blair *Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA * *- *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] Re: International Old Lacers
Maybe we could get a descriptive that begins with O so that IOLI wouldn't have to change acronyms.. Obsequious? Obtuse? Come on cross word puzzle fans! Lace in Peace, Laurie *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:13 PM *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com *Subject: Re: [lace] Re: International Old Lacers * * *Since the name was arrived at in the 1950's I can think of *several new laces *that have been invented since then. Withof, Swanleigh (Pat *Read), Lutac, *Rosa Libre and Mossoloid (Susan Lambiris). Perhaps we should *change the name to *the International New Lacers. *Devon * *- *To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: *unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: International Old Lacers
Jean, I read this aloud to my son and he said Nothing's wrong with ALGI if you like green stuff that grows in murky ponds. *Any name change should be conscious of not conflicting with other *existing organisations, particularly OIDFA which is truly *international. Any one who has heard about IOLI knows that it is the *American Lace Guild so what is wrong with ALGI? *Jean in Cleveland U.K. I'd also like to point out that IOLI has members on every continent except Antarctica (20 countries), which makes it pretty much international (full disclosure...I'm a member of OIDFA (or will be when my check is cashed, and I'm just re-joining) and several other lace organizations, but I am on the Exec Board of IOLI as membership Chair, so, yeah, I'm probably biased.) Lace in Peace, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: Log books, demo time etc
Tamara, I don't know about the overseas IOLI people, I suspect that their demonstrating is no less countable for IOLI if they are not demonstrating for their local Australian Group (we don't want volunteer hours counted fifty times.I mean, not really, double dipping is not really smiled upon by the IRS). But for you, my Dear Demonstration Diva, you should report your hours to 1) the Charter Chapter that you were demonstrating in the name of..., 2) your closest IOLI Charter Chapter, or 3) if you belong to no local groups that are Charter Chapters, then report it to your IOLI Regional Director. (BTW - if there's a historic house you like, or a craft show you frequent, you could always satiate your demonstration passion by demoing there.doesn't have to be formally organized, the more people we have lacing in public, the more public will be lacing.) So, Tamara, you belong to CRLG, NELG and NCRLG but were demonstrating for CRLG, so report them to the correct CRLG person. Hope this helps, I'm not the last word - and I'm not infallible. I just happened to see this and answer it to the best of my ability. Lace in Peace, Laurie *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Tamara P Duvall *Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 10:34 PM *To: lace Arachne *Subject: [lace] Re: Log books, demo time etc * * *I'm moving this to lace since there's more chance someone in the upper *echelons will catch it. Alice has already covered most - the why and *how, etc - but there are two more questions. * *On Apr 2, 2005, at 13:30, Alice Howell wrote: * * Each member has to report these hours so the collective amount for * each local group can be reported to the head officers. The *total for * the organization goes on some report yearly to the tax office. * *This begs two questions: *1) Can our overseas members of IOLI (like Liz Ligeti and *Jacquie Tinch) *report their demo hours (in Oz and UK, respectively) and have them *counted towards the US tax adjustment, reporting directly to IOLI? *2) I belong not only to IOLI but also to several lace groups chartered *to IOLI (CRLG, NELG, NCRLG). So, where do I report my one and - likely *- only hour (and - almost - a half! g) spent demonstrating *at BMA? It *definitely counts, and I want it counted, but who should be doing the *counting? * *-- *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] * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Cone Exhibit hyperbole
Devon, definitely. *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 8:38 AM *To: lace@arachne.com *Subject: [lace] Cone Exhibit hyperbole * * *Would it be fair to say that The Cone Exhibit is the best *lace exhibit *currently on view in the US? *As we were driving home my husband, a man who has seen many *lace exhibits, *and I were trying to think if there was any other actual *exhibit currently *viewable that was better than the Cone Exhibit at this time in *the US. For *instance, if someone came to you and said, I will travel *anywhere in the US to see *a lace exhibit, where should I go? Would you say Baltimore? *My husband and I mostly travel on the east coast, so we don't *know what is *available in the rest of the country. What do you think? *Devon * *- *To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: *unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ilske's talk at BMA
With all my proselytizing about going to see the exhibit at BMA, I completely forgot one of the most wonderful things that I attended Saturday. Ilske Thompson's talk on Lace in Fashion was a wonderful hour long history of lace in fashion, limited to bobbin and needle lace. She graced us with detail and used slides not only of lace, but of portraits through the ages, and where possible, integrated portraits owned and displayed by the BMA. If my memory is correct, did you know that bobbin lace was for summer wear and needle lace was for winter wear? I certainly didn't. She was humorous in just the right amounts and drew the audience in with her excellent slides which illustrated what seemed like every other word. I've never seen so many slides in an hour! My head was spinning. And I loved every minute of it. Nancy Pye, who sat next to me, took notes, which I should have done as well. And by hour-long I mean, she spoke for pretty near every minute of the hour allotted. And Lacers...there was about 150 people attending. 150! I counted the front 1/3 of the auditorium and got 49. What a splendid turn-out! I think that's more than at Ithaca Lace Days pulls in...amazing Unfortunately, Ilske won't be speaking every day, but the lace will be there, which should be some comfort. There was a reception as well, that I barely attended because I wanted to go sneak a peak at the wares of the vendors, and good thing too, because they were packing up. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Metro Boston, Massachusetts Bobbin lace, social history, gardening When I grow up I want to be a housewife. -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Baltimore Lace day
What a fabulous exhibit! Two full rooms of mostly exquisite lace, needle, Binche, chantilly and a Russian(?) piece too. It is certainly fulfilling for me to see lace displayed on a par with the rest of the art at a major Art museum. Really lovely ways of displaying the pieces should be noted. The bottom of a priest's robe was mounted on a large rectangular block at eye level. Three of four lappets on a slanting base with the backs exposed, several pieces of costume (shawls (of course), a cap and at least two bodices and a beautiful fan), an umbrella without his skeleton was lovingly displayed on a slight cone shape, slightly tilted toward the eye to gain the best advantage. I think I remember someone saying there was over 50 pieces of lace on display. The presentation was magnificent, but even better was the signage. Extreme close-ups of ground stitches (where the thread was the size of clothesline rope) and very well researched descriptions. Little anecdotes and interesting lace tidbits were placed in little pouches strategically place about the room. (The bags were significant because the Cone sisters stored their lace in bags like these, an example is included in the exhibit.) The BMA (Baltimore Lace Museum) has done a fantastic job integrating lace into the rest of the museum with two large contemporary installations by an artist named Piper, who cuts these lace designs out of muslin with an exacto knife. They hang in a room near the Textile room and in the windows of a hall near the gift shop, which just might be the main entrance. There is also lace and lace related articles for sale in the Museum gift shop. Yes, you heard me correctly, lace (handmade antique, contemporary bookmarks made by CRLG members and, I think I saw some machine there as well) and lace books and, well you get the picture. I'd say this was a must-see for anyone who can possibly make it. Really it IS worth a trip to Baltimore. I may go back again. Photography of the lace is permitted with out special equipment and without a flash. The Piper installations are original art work and cannot be photographed, but there is a book in the gift shop with some of the Piper pieces in it. I had a fabulous day and would like to congratulate the CRLG on an astounding coup in the art world. I understand this was the idea of Aurelia Loveman, who deserves as many kudos as we can heap upon her. Extremely visible for me (as an outsider, I'm sure there were many other contributors) as well was Cynthia Comeyne (Happy Anniversary, Cindy) and Mary Tod (who was so integral as someone said, Ask Mary, she'll know. If she doesn't know, no one will. I'd like to personally thank Betty Ann Rice who generously gave me her registration when her plans were changed. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Metro Boston, Massachusetts Bobbin lace, social history, gardening When I grow up I want to be a housewife. -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Princess Anne to visit Honiton Museum
Oh someone please go and photograph as permitted! We stuck here across the pond love royal lace too! *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Leonard Bazar *Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:51 PM *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject: [lace] Princess Anne to visit Honiton Museum * * *For anyone in the area (possibly after the Lace Guild *AGM in Bristol the day before?), Princess Anne is *visiting Honiton Museum on Monday 11 April. In *addition to seeing the permanent exhibitions of lace *and local history, there will be an exhibition *relating to Honiton lace made for royalty put on *specially for her. It will be left for viewing by the *general public for the rest of that day only, after *she has left. This should be by 2:00; obviously, the *museum will be closed to the public before then. * *The Museum, as planned and promised, will be open on *the 9th and 10th, to allow visits from delegates to *the Lace Guild AGM, but will appear closed on the *Sunday, due to preparations for the Monday. I *understand that knocking on the side door will gain *access for serious lace people! * *The museum's website is www.honitonmuseum.co.uk, and *it can be contacted on [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * [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] * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Community Webshots/Devon's campaign - Envy is one of the seven deadly sins
*I'm in the sea of the last hurrahs attendant on my forthcoming (and *nerve-wracking for a reluctant driver like myself g) trip to *Maryland *on Friday for the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild's Lace Day (at the *Baltimore Museum of Art, April 2). T - I am absolutely green with envy. I SO want to be there, but my husband will be out of town and I have a class on the 3rd. It's just not practical. Even so it's tempting to put the dog in the kennel and take Amtrak down for the day.might make some progress on my sweater that way. ***looking at the various travel websites*** Anyone know if Penn Station in Baltimore is closer to the BMA than the BWI Airport Rail Station? Lace in Peace, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] April 2, Fun in Baltimore - convincing the museum world to show lace
*The curator informs me that she has told the museum that lace *enthusiasts *are a smaller, but very devoted group. I hope that those who *attend and who *enjoy the exhibit, over 50 items in several rooms, express *enthusiasm to the *upper management of the museum as it will bolster the position *of the textile *curator and her decision to hold this exhibit. Not to be crass and speak of crude money and ethereal lace in the same breath, but I've always found that a donation, of virtually any size, speaks volumes to curators who are always concerned about making ends meet, buying new acid free paper, documenting and photographing collections, archival storage, etc. I'm coming...yes, I booked a flight...it's horribly impractical and really too expensive, and I really should be doing other things, but I can't bear stay away. I feel very wicked. I've never flown anywhere for one day. How very Hollywood I feel! Of course, I can't get in early as I didn't pre-register, but never mind...it will be a blast. Do we know if photos without flash are allowed? How about tripods? Lace in Peace, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Lobby Meeting
yes, yes, 1/2 day! I can't pass up the unsinkable Molly Brown's house. She's my hero. But after would be fun! Count me in! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] The spelling of such a name WAS Re: Mechlin, where did the pins go?
Dear T, I wrote: * I took Ulrike Voelker's (nee Loehr) (NOTE: The new name has *NO UMLAUT, * YAY!) You wrote: *To date, I've seen about 5 different spellings of the new name; can't *wait to see her (in Denver) and ask what the correct one is and how *it's pronounced g I have it straight from the Uli's mouth, er, pen. It is Ulrike Lohr Voelker. In the NELG newsletter I referred to her as Ulrike Lohr Volker, and got a quick note from her correcting me. She knows how hard I try to spell people's names correctly and pronounce them correctly. You'll have to ask her the pronunciation, I practiced her maiden last name continually only to hear, almost but now quite, more er and now I have to learn a whole new name Lace in Peace, Laurie PS - the ASCII way to get a o with an umlaut is to hold down the Alt button and type 148. Something new to me, and it works! PPS - Her new book is out, it's called Dick durch Dunn, which Sally told me means thick through thin and has lots of designs of gimps patterns through various ground stitches. PPPS - u is alt 129 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Mechlin, where did the pins go?
Julie, I took Ulrike Voelker's (nee Loehr) (NOTE: The new name has NO UMLAUT, YAY!) class in Ithaca and love Mechlin. I haven't done tons of it, but I think I got the ground pretty well under my belt. As usual, Tamara's Patented Thinking Woman's Lace Methods are right on track. On the practice piece, Ulrike had drawn the path of the ground, that little hexagon shape that the stitch makes (Or maybe it was small circles...but some type of guide), and it was nice to have it there for a while so you could get the idea of how much to tension, etc. Of course she stopped drawing it in later pieces. Darn. I'm told that Mechlin developed when pins were EXTREMELY expensive, therefore they depended on the scrunch-ability of the thread and the automatic space made when a regular number of stitches or twist are made instead of those spendy pins. I think you will find that tensioning the threads without the help of the pin AND after each stitch (a plait is a series of stitches, I tension after every other T) will make your lace better for the rest of your life. Just imagine what you can do without pins! As for the direction of working, I found it easier at first to go horizontally row by row, then I knew all the stitches were there. Once you know what each stitch is supposed to look like, how big, how tight, how loose, etc. then you won't need to stick to going horizontally. An interesting note about Mechlin, Pam Nottingham who is on the Point Ground Committee in OIDFA, told a class I was in once that although Mechlin was supposed to have died out early in the 1800's, she found lace pieces in England that were worked in Mechlin ground up til almost 1900. It was a small lace making family that were taught by family members. Very interesting to me, and mind stretching to people who think there are absolute dates for everything. If we get enough people making Mechlin, then maybe we can get Ulrike to publish her flowers in ice ground book Lace in Peace, Laurie In Massachusetts, where Spring won the battle today. It was snowing when I woke up and now it's raining. Improvement is relative. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] OIDFA
Gentle Spiders, I'm trying to rejoin OIDFA. Went the website and found this: If you live in one of the following countries, please pay to the address in your country! RATES by Country: where membership can be paid in local currency: * USA 35 USD No where on the site is the address to send the membership dues to. I wrote the person that the site said to write to, but she must be busy. Can anyone help me? Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Senior Research Associate New England Research Institutes, Inc 9 Galen Street, Suite 117 Watertown, MA 02472 v: (617) 923-7747 x341 f: (617) 926-8246 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neri.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Texas Exhibit - Why No Reports from Texans???
Jeri, It is very difficult to conceive of the distances between cities in Texas for us easterners. That is one huge state! Canyon is near Amarillo which is about as far away from most lacemakers as you are from New York City. I think the closest IOLI member is about 400 miles away in Texas. It might be closer for Lacers in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado or Kansas, but it's a several hundred mile drive to any population center in those states as well. The distance might very well be the reason there is no response. Let's cross our fingers and hope someone will go through Amarillo and be able to make a detour to Canyon, but it's not likely. Your best bet might be to contact the Museum directly. I understand that the detail of description might not be as desirable, but some is better than nothing...isn't it? Lace in Peace, Your friend, Laurie *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 4:00 PM *To: lace@arachne.com *Subject: [lace] Texas Exhibit - Why No Reports from Texans??? * * *Dear Texas Lacemakers, * *On February 22, I wrote the memo below to Arachne. There are *questions for *our members in Texas. There has been no response. *Ordinarily, I would let it *pass, as so many do. But, the next day I received a request *to put this *announcement on a Historic Costume list. My reply to that one *individual was let's *wait for the Texas ladies to answer the questions. * *It seems important to clarify the name of the exhibit with *absolute accuracy, *for one thing. And the other answers would be of interest to *me. I could *write directly to the museum and receive a public relations *answer, but we have *specific interests and it seems the questions would best be *answered by a *lacemaker. It would also be nice to have someone new *participate on Arachne. * *Anyone out there with answers? Otherwise, I will tell the *person to forget *about her request. * *Jeri Ames in Maine USA *Lace Embroidery Resource Center * * * *Dear Lacemakers, * *Found in the fine print of a calendar in Antiques magazine *is a listing of *an exhibit at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: Lace *Linen in a Land *of Iron Dust - to July 10, 2005. * *A look at the website shows the exhibit title to be Silk *Satin in a Land *of Iron Dust. The one picture shows a lace parasol. * *http://www.panhandleplains.org/ * *If someone visits this exhibit, please provide Arachne with a *review. The *museum is on the campus of the West Texas A M University, *Canyon, Texas - near *Amarillo. This is referred to as the largest historical *museum in Texas. A *bit off the beaten path for us - but that is what makes it *interesting enough *to be asking for more info. Could there really be lace and *linens exhibited *(perhaps indicated to Antiques in a press release that was *mis-edited for the *magazine listing?) Or, lace on costumes of silk and satin? *Is there a *handout? Containing lace pictures? * *To lace guilds in Texas and neighboring states - this may be a *nice subject *to include in your newsletters! * *Jeri Ames in Maine USA *Lace Embroidery Resource Center * *- *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] IOLI convention
Well, Weronika... Are I.O.L.I. Conventions worth it? I don't know if I can add anything to Alice's lovely and thorough dissertation, but here is another perspective. The first time I attended a convention it was in New Jersey in 1991. I had very recently moved from Texas to Massachusetts and missed my Texas friends horribly. We would see each other at the convention, so I was looking forward to it. I don't think I got any of the classes I signed up for, but I was so new, that didn't matter much. I stayed with a roommate they matched me with and even though we were completely different and would not have met otherwise, we had lace in common. I can remember: walking around in shock to see lacers lacing in common areas, going to lunch and joining a big table of lacemakers two of whom were debating the open or closed method (what is the open method, I wondered, what is the closed method? seeing my face, one lacemaker pantomimed the methods to me so I could follow the conversation (such kindnesses are simply the rule not the exception at these conventions)), the vending room(!) where I spent HOURS, the display room (how many hours of work are displayed? Must be thousands!), meeting teachers (I was in awe), going to the I.O.L.I. meeting, and, well, it was a very full week. It was such a positive experience I've gone to each and every one I could possibly attend since then and I have very good friends that I see only 1 -2 times a year at conventions and other lace gatherings. Lacers are such an interesting group, every year I'm amazed at all the things I learn about and hear about at convention. My little palm pilot runneth over with names of websites to visit, shops to see, places to go, books to read, teachers to take, laces to try. I find I immediately have many things in common with lacemakers; love of history, love of home, strength of conviction, a certain geekiness My husband asks what goes on at the conventions and I have told him we walk into the hotel and start talking and don't close our mouths until the ride home. It feels like we are talking the entire time. I never laugh so hard as I do at conventions. These women are FUNNY! To cut costs, I usually eat breakfast in the room as well as lunch some days, and probably eat dinner out only a couple times. Cheese and crackers are enough most nights. I room with at least one other person, I have shared with 4 other people (we had a cot in the room) but as my most favored roomie and I get older, we rather like to get in the bathroom when we want to, so we limit to 3 in the room now. It's really cool to get two rooms that adjoin and have 3 in each room. That way you can have a quiet room and a loud room. So, is it worth it? For me it has been. It's like walking into a world where everyone is instantly connected to you, friendships are bound to be formed. Who can put a price on friendship? Hope to see you in Denver! Lace in Peace, Laurie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Danish Flower Thread
Dear Bridget, This may not be of a help to you as I'm in the US, but the shop I work in one day a week (The World in Stitches) has Danish Flower Thread in a limited palate and a limited quantity. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] to find what colors and how much we have. I was a very pleased customer at TWIS for many years and have just recently begun working one day a week. I hope this doesn't offend our anti-commercial Arachnes. Please let me know if it does. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Online Travel Reservations
Dear Traveling Spiders, I'm sure everyone else knows this...but just in case If you book through the internet be sure to check ALL the online travel reservation sites, using various dates and various airports, if you can. Why? Well(deep breath) Each airline gives X number of cheap fares to Travelocity, Y number to Orbitz, Z number to Expedia, etc. and THEN keep a larger number for their own website. Not all of them have the fares for the same price, either. Carrier A might have a better arrangement with Travelocity than with Orbitz, but Orbitz gets better rates from Airline B. I had thought they all came from one central database, but not so. Therefore, you might not find a cheap fare on Travelocity, but it will be available on Orbitz, etc. Differences in days you are traveling can make huge differences in price, as Tamara found out. Historically, the cheapest are Tues, Wed and Thur. Sometimes in order to promote travel to one airport instead of the main airport, the fares will be cut drastically. Where I am, I'm equi-distant from Boston, Manchester and Providence. Providence used to be the best fare on most airlines, but recently Boston has been the best fare for virtually every flight I look atgo figure. Also, the cheapest carriers (Southwest and JetBlue) aren't even listed on Travelocity, Orbitz and the like, so you have to go directly to their website. If you find a great price, BUY IT NOW. There aren't lots of them and they won't wait until you can talk to you mother this weekend. I've seen a fare announced at 10am and be sold out by 10:15am. (Well, flying to Paris for $99 IS a GREAT deal!) Yes, you have to work a bit for that low fare. If you can't be bothered, there are some lovely Travel Agents who would be very glad to help you. I'm not sure what this has to do with lace, so I'll answer any questions I can off-list. I don't have a degree in online reservations, but I have 10 year's experience. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Writing this from work when she should be working. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Denver Convention (was airplanes and pillows)
Hello everyone, At my first Convention in 1991 (Newark, thank you Lost Art Lacers!), I befriended a woman, my age, who was staying at a hotel near the host hotel. As I expounded on all the excitement I felt in a place where every discussion I heard was about lace, she said I wouldn't know about that, I go back to the hotel after class and we don't see anyone we know until we come back for class the next day. Although it is mind-boggling how much attendance and room numbers effect prices that the convention committees have to pay (and no one ever tells you about that stuff unless you are part of planning for a big event like a convention), in the end, staying at a different hotel is really most disadvantageous to you in the long run. I wouldn't have had half the wonderful conversations I've had, or met half the wonderful people I've met, had I not stayed at host hotels and hung out where-ever lace was being spoken, invited people back to my room, gone to visit others in their rooms.it's so fun to be in a critical mass of lacers.how often do you go to the hot tub and hear a discussion of old Flanders Ground as compared to New Flanders ground? I'd just hate for anyone to miss it, like my friend in Newark did. I haven't seen her since. Last convention, I switched from the main hotel to another of the host hotels (elevator access and high speed internet was necessary for my roommate and me, as we had to work some evenings.) Even though it was part of the hotels listed to use for the convention, everything was going on over at the main hotel. Our hotel? Boring. Nice, but boring. (Although, we did attract a few people who came to use our high speed internet) In the end, it will be you who decides where to stay. No one else has your insight to your budget, but it's nice to have a couple of viewpoints and experiences to reflect on, I hope. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Metro Boston, Massachusetts Bobbin lace, social history, gardening When I grow up I want to be a housewife. -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Springett bobbins?
Dear Holders of all Lace Knowledge, I heard that Christine Springett's bobbins are going up for auction. Did I miss it? Any info? Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Senior Research Associate New England Research Institutes, Inc 9 Galen Street, Suite 117 Watertown, MA 02472 v: (617) 923-7747 x341 f: (617) 926-8246 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neri.org - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ithaca Lace Day
I just happened to be surfing the web and to my delight found that the teachers and lectures have been announced for the Finger Lakes Lace Day 2004. (Ok, I've been checking it everyday. And they say lace makers much have a lot of patience!) Go to http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/LaceDay2004.html#Top Alright, I've already reserved my hotel room. Last year I waited too long and had to sweat it out until some parent cancelled (the Lace Day weekend frequently coincides with Parent's Day at Cornell University or Ithaca College and makes the rooms fill up quickly.) Which class to take? Not such an easy choice. What is this Rosa Libre? I've heard good reports about Cathy Belleville and she's teaching Rosa Libre. I've seen Ulrike's Butterflies in Living Color and they are gorgeous, but she's designing a completely new one (not quite so detailed I suppose) to enable people to finish it in 3 days. I'd really like to take a class from Irma Osterman before she decides she doesn't want to bother with students anymore. I'm taking a class with Lenka very soon...maybe I'll want to continue. I should probably finish up a piece of Bucks that I've had on my pillow for an age and Holly is teaching continuing Bucks. What about that Flanders piece...I've heard Kathy Kauffmann is very good as a Flanders teacher. I dearly love the Old Duchess that Susie is teaching. Oh dear. How will I ever make up my mind? -- Laurie J Hughes Senior Research Associate New England Research Institutes, Inc 9 Galen Street, Suite 117 Watertown, MA 02472 v: (617) 923-7747 x341 f: (617) 926-8246 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neri.org -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ulrike Löhr to Teach in Massachusetts
Ulrike Löhr will be teaching her 3-D Snowflake Sampler April 2-4, 2004 in Massachusetts. If you haven't seen this sampler, let me tell you a little bit about it. The sampler is made of equilateral triangles of different kinds of snowflakes (which you can choose from her book Viele Gute Gründe or use traditional ones.) The layout of the triangles that you choose decides whether you do a flat piece, a tetrahedron or any other 3-D object that can be made with equilateral triangles. It's done as a continuous lace and worked in Gutterman silk. It's very cute and an excellent way to practice different snowflakes. As with any class with Mrs. Löhr, you learn much more than just the piece you are working on. She often shows us what she's working on for the next book and illustrates many of her tips and tricks. We will be staying at the Beach Rose Inn in West Falmouth (which is on Cape Cod). Please go to www.thebeachroseinn.com to see the facilities. Reservations are made through me. Tuition and accommodation for the weekend is $240-$285 (depending on whether you stay the night Thursday night.) This includes 3 fresh cooked breakfasts, light supper Thursday night and three lunches and 30 hours of tuition with one of the most cutting edge lace makers in the Western Hemisphere. Please email, phone or write to me for more information. Everyone is welcome. -- Laurie J Hughes 191 State Street Framingham, MA 01702 w: (617) 923-7747 x341 h: (508) 879-5654 c: (508) 277-2487 f: (617) 926-8246 we: [EMAIL PROTECTED] he: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fake Ebay Emails
Dear Ebaying Arachnids, Please excuse the double posting, this is important for everyone to see. Just to let you know that there are people spoofing emails from Ebay prompting you to log on because your account is expiring. The subject line on the two I received was Your account expire, please re-login. I checked with Ebay and these are fake, do not give your information to strangers by logging in on the form they provide in the email. If you get one, forward it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ebay says (and I'm quoting from the letter they sent me)- These emails, commonly referred to as spoof messages, are sent in an attempt to collect sensitive personal information from recipients who reply to the message or click on a link to a Web page requesting this information. The email you reported did not originate from, nor is it endorsed by, eBay. We are very concerned about this problem and are working diligently to address the situation. We have investigated the source of this email and have taken appropriate action. You may rest assured that your account standing has not changed and that your listings have not been affected. We advise you to be very cautious of email messages that ask you to submit information such as your credit card number or your email password. eBay will never ask you for sensitive personal information such as passwords, bank account or credit card numbers, Personal Identification Numbers (PINs), or Social Security numbers in an email itself. If you ever need to provide information to eBay please open a new Web browser, type www.ebay.com, and click on the site map link located at the top the page to access the eBay page you need. Lace in Peace, Laurie -- Laurie J Hughes Senior Research Associate New England Research Institutes, Inc 9 Galen Street, Suite 117 Watertown, MA 02472 v: (617) 923-7747 x341 f: (617) 926-8246 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neri.org -- To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
