Re: [lace] Arachne anniversary
Hi Jacqui Yes, I remember Pat's gavel! That was a very special Convention in Nottingham. It must have been about the same time as you that I joined Arachne. I also read about it in 'Lace'. I have remained a member all these years and it was wonderful to meet some Arachnids in Groningen at the OIDFA congress last year. I don't always write much but I really enjoy all the advice offered on the list and the chat on Lace-chat. Thank you all for 13 years of friendship and indeed, long may it continue!! Lindy in Ireland I also know the day I joined - Jan 28th 1996 - it was my DH's birthday and I had read about arachne in the Jan issue of 'Lace' - I ran Kate Cantor in the Shetland Islands to find out about it and I'm still here. I don't write too much because I am a lot busier these days, but I still read every day, and I have made many friends through arachne over the years, and the arachne convention in 1998 was a really memorable experience (anyone remember Pat's gavel) Long may we continue :-))) Jacqui Southworth www.larkholmelace.co.uk -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1896 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - 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] Crete and lace
Hello Miriam I was in Crete in 2006 and took some photos of lace there. Some in a shop in Chania and some in the village of Fodele. This is where El Greco was born and a lovely village with craft stalls along the street. The women there do a lot of macrame and tatting. I did not see much bobbin lace but lots of embroidery and linen. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/546635229IWXtjq http://www.explorecrete.com/crete-east/fodele.htm I met Christina Koukoulari in Groningen at the OIDFA Congress last year. As far as I know, she lives in Chania in Crete. She told me she had family in Gavalohori where I had a meal in a restaurant when staying with my sister in Plaka. I hope someone has her address, she is a lovely person and I am sure she would be very welcoming, as all Greek people seem to be. Hope you enjoy the trip Lindy in Ireland I have just booked a flight to Crete . Those of you who took the OIDFA trip to Crete, could you please recommend lace related places there. I have 7 days there and want to get in as much as possible. Does any one of you have the address for Christina Koukoulari who was the bobbin lace teacher at OIDFA/Athens? Does she live on Crete? Any suggestions will be most welcome. Miriam in Arad, Israel -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1892 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - 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] Shakespeare wearing lace
If you click on the image on the Irish Times webpage http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0310/1224242572504.html like this http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/0310/1224242572504_1.html the lace is clearer. Lindy in Ireland - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Ligeti lizl...@bigpond.com To: Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:39 AM Subject: [lace] Shakespeare wearing lace Personally, I really don't care if it was Shakespeare's collar or not - I just Love it, and wish we could see a better close up of the Reticella However, - I would think that it most probably was his own, as by then he was famous, and quite Someone, so could most probably afford this one special piece - for High days ans holidays!! They used to wear their Very Best for portraits, and often had a lacemaker sitting with the painter to make sure they got the lace painted correctly. I am always amazed, and in awe, at the skills of the painters, - when we could make a fair replica of the lace just from a painting made centuries ago. Regards from Liz in Melbourn, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 329 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1888 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - 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] Lace Knitting
Nancy Bush's book on Lace Knitting in Estonia is on my Wish List with Amazon. I bought her sock book recently and am planning which pattern to knit first. The Noro yarn Yoga socks for my daughter were non identical - more siblings than twins! I now have a pair of FitFlops in the new winter version, like clogs, which are perfect to wear with my hand-knitted socks. Good knitting weather in Ireland at present! Lindy - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net To: pene piip p...@eggo.org Cc: lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Lace Knitting Hi Pene - I'm looking forward to seeing Nancy Bush's new book too! It's an eagerly awaited book, it sounds like!! Yesterday, I finished the first sock in a pair I'm knitting from Noro Kureyon wool. This worked up quickly, and kept my hands busy while I felt too miserable to make lace (classic head cold, which is finally going away). I love the way the sock slouches on my leg, like the old leg-warmers... And the fact that the stripes on the two socks won't match is quirky and fun. They're going to be fun to wear - perfect with the Birks! Clay pene piip wrote: I've been knitting recently also. I like to do something in the evenings which don't strain my eyes. I have 10 balls of Noro Silk Garden which I bought while living in MA, USA, I liked the stripped scarves that some knitters were making. See http://yarnloopie.blogspot.com/2007/12/noro-striped-scarf.html But I can't wear mohair against my skin, so I've knitted a sideways vest using a pattern from Knitter's magazine (#62). I finished it yesterday, I now have to sew the shoulders do something to the edges - probably crochet an edge. This week I will hunt out some buttons. And speaking of shawls, I can't wait to receive Nancy Bush's new book Knitted Lace of Estonia. Has anyone started something from this book? Well, I better go do something useful, Pene in Tartu, Estonia, where it is above 0 C degrees today. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1866 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message 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-chat] Knitting
This pattern I have knitted has absolutely no sewing-up to do at all! It is a very clever design which is finished the moment you cast off! http://www.pieknits.com/blog/circumnavigated_cardigan/ I have almost finished my second one. I also love knitting socks, stoles, scarves, dishcloths, and shawls - none of which require a needle and thread! Lindy - Original Message - From: Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net To: lace-chat@arachne.com; pene piip p...@eggo.org Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Knitting Hi Pene, When I knitted my cardigan the body was all in one, so no seams to sew. Instead of casting off, I placed the shoulder stitches on spare needles. When I was ready to assemble before I could knit the collar, I did a double cast off for the shoulders. In other words, you hold both needles from the back and front shoulders in one hand and cast off two stitches at a time, one from each needle. This gives a nice finish on the shoulder and eliminates the sewing seam. I had also placed the back neck stitches on a needle and instead of picking up stitches I just used the stitches I had saved. I have about 4 inches of my beret done now and the Knitpick wooden needles are lovely to knit with. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org --- On Sun, 1/11/09, pene piip p...@eggo.org wrote: From: pene piip p...@eggo.org Subject: [lace-chat] Lace Knitting To: lace-chat@arachne.com Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 4:33 AM I've been knitting recently also. I like to do something in the evenings which don't strain my eyes. I have 10 balls of Noro Silk Garden which I bought while living in MA, USA, I liked the stripped scarves that some knitters were making. See http://yarnloopie.blogspot.com/2007/12/noro-striped-scarf.html But I can't wear mohair against my skin, so I've knitted a sideways vest using a pattern from Knitter's magazine (#62). I finished it yesterday, I now have to sew the shoulders do something to the edges - probably crochet an edge. This week I will hunt out some buttons. And speaking of shawls, I can't wait to receive Nancy Bush's new book Knitted Lace of Estonia. Has anyone started something from this book? Well, I better go do something useful, Pene in Tartu, Estonia, where it is above 0 C degrees today. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1866 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message 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-chat] knitting
Well they say that knitting is the new Yoga! It has become very popular in recent years. The Internet is great for yarn buying if your local town does not yet have yarn shop which stocks anything other than acrylic furry stuff. (Yes, I an a yarn snob!!) Are any of you members of the Ravelry community? (http://www.ravelry.com) It is a wonderful resource for free knitting patterns (including lace knitting). There are lots of Groups devoted to lace knitting and the members of these Forums are very helpful if you need advice. The Guild of Irish Lacemakers has recently had lace knitting classes on their workshop days which I have enjoyed very much. Lindy in Ireland (Rosknit on Ravelry) H. this may be a good sign that the time is right for a class in knitted lace this summer! One is being offered at Sweet Briar if anyone is interested. Clay Sue Babbs wrote: I have been busy knitting too - having made sweaters for my husband and son for Christmas. The one for my son was so much liked by them both that I have bought more of that yarn to make one in it for my husband. The yarn is so soft to the touch and a delight to knit, but you have to keep it well away from lace as it sheds. I used Misti Alpaca chunky, and I've ordered a ball of the worsted weight to see if it is also as soft. If it is I will order more and make something for myself out of it Sue (in snowy Illinois) -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1864 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace] Knitted lace repair
Hi All A good friend of mine has recently had the task of repairing a lace shawl which had bad holes in it, possibly due to mice. She did a very good job on it but has asked me the following: I would love to do a course on how to repair stuff like this properly - I am sure one exists - somewhere fancy like the Royal School of Needlework perhaps - or one of the big European or American museums. ever heard of such a thing? Does anyone know of such a course? Thanks in advance for your help, Lindy in frosty Ireland -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1828 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Knitting Yarns
Hi Dee Worsted weight is the same as Aran weight. See this chart: http://www.yarnstandards.com/weight.html Lindy in very wet Ireland Subject: [lace-chat] Knitting Yarns I have just downloaded some free knitting patterns from the internet, and some of them are from America. I think I have heard somewhere that Sport Weight is UK's Double Knitting and the tension seems to be about right, but could anyone please tell me what Worsted Weight yarns are? Thank you. Dee Palin Warwickshire -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1640 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] unsubscribe
Thanks Robin. I realised that just after my message came back to me as a message from Lace! I resent it to the correct address. Sorry all! Just back from OIDFA and have now re-subscribed - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lindy Taylour [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:42 AM Subject: Re: [lace] unsubscribe Hi, Lindy You need to send this to the majordomo (see bottom of messages), not to arachne. Then you'll be unsubscribed. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA = unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1508 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [lace] lace on tv
Well done Janice! I really enjoyed the interview. It makes me want to go straight to my lace pillow. You are extremely talented, whatever you say! Lindy in Ireland - Original Message - From: Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Judy Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:10 AM Subject: [lace] lace on tv Here is the link to seeing my interview for Chicago Channel 7 5 pm news this afternoon, my one minute of fame. Harry Porterfield did make a few mistakes and he got to do several takes for his pieces but I think he and the cameraman did a nice job. After placing a pin more than 10 times they showed the one where I missed the hole! After 2 hours of filming it came down to such a short time but at least they did advertise our lace convention and do have a link to our website. Janice http://tinyurl.com/yvaqqy 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] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1243 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] Fwd: IFF Crochet Coral Reef News
I met a girl last summer in Northern Ireland who is involved in this. Some of her crochet can be seen in the links and also further down her Blog: http://www.rockpoolcandy.com Lindy in Ireland - Original Message - From: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:49 PM Subject: [lace] Fwd: IFF Crochet Coral Reef News We've seen some of the hyperbolic crochet a while ago but I don't remember anything about this: From: The Institute For Figuring [EMAIL PROTECTED] IFF Crochet Reef News Dear Friends of the IFF As you know, the IFF is crocheting a Coral Reef. And 2008 is the international year of coral reefs! This past week the New York Times ran a lovely article about the project in a lead-up to the exhibitions we'll be having in New York. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/arts/design/04crochet.html? ex=1205298000en=541e5a7c70c37e34ei=5070emc=eta1 We are pleased to announce there will be two exhibitions of the Crochet Reef in New York, both opening Saturday, April 5th 2008. The shows are being hosted by the New York Institute of the Humanities. - One exhibition will be at NYU's Broadway Windows space - a series of large old department store windows at the corner of Broadway and 10th St. - The other will be at the Winter Gardens at the World Financial Center in Battery Park City, again, in a huge windowed display space. - Both exhibitions will look like giant aquariums. - We are also pleased to announce that the Crochet Reef will be showing in London at the Hayward Gallery over the summer (June 6 - August 18.) More information about these exhibitions will be coming as they open. - In the meantime crafters have been unleashed across New York and London to create their own sister city reefs. We are delighted to have the support here of the New York Crochet Guild, the Harlem Knitting Circle, the UK Craft Council and the Norton Family Foundation. Much new information and many gorgeous new photos of the reef and its amazing contributors are now available on the IFF website. all best wishes for the new coral year. Margaret and Christine Wertheim Reef-wranglers-in-chief Institute For Figuring PO Box 50346 Los Angeles CA 90050 323.256.5641 www.theiff.org ../../../../ -- 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] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1197 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]
[lace] Display of lace
What wonderful tips for lacemakers. Thank you all for great ideas. Now can anyone tell me the name of a sort of film which can be attached to a wall or board and used to display lace? I am not sure if it is sticky (I imagine not) but it is easy to place and remove the lace. Someone was talking about it at our last Lace Day and did not know any more details. I am sure one of you well-informed and helpful spiders can help! Many thanks Lindy in cold and frosty Ireland -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1141 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] OIDFA Congress
I have just today registered for the OIDFA Congress and asked for the Eden City Hotel. I wonder if many are arriving on the Thursday so that we could meet that day. Between the Reception on Friday and the concert there may be time to have an Arachne meal, or perhaps lunch on Friday or Saturday. It is a pity Tamara will not be there. Financial constraints are a part of life. I am not doing the classes or Tour for that reason. Lindy - Original Message - From: Ilske Thomsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ARACHNE lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [lace] OIDFA Congress Hello Lacefriends, there are meanwhile more than ten of us coming to OIDFA. The problem is not all are there during workshops, congress and lace-trip. So the best would be to find a date during the weekend. But on saterday we have the oidfa-dinner and sunday some of us are on their way home or in the hotel where the tout people are. So it's only the friday. What do you think about this evening? The next point would be the place. Ia there somebody knowing Groningen good enough to mention a restaurant or so? Or what about one of the hotels we are living in during that time? Greetings Ilske from Hamburg in Germany - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1099 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]
[lace] OIDFA Congress
Hello Lacemakers I have been unsubscribed for a couple of months while I was away from home, so I don't know if the topic has been discussed before. I wonder if any of you are going to the OIDFA Congress in the Netherlands this summer. I am considering going and would be interested in meeting fellow Arachne members. I really enjoyed the Arachne Convention in Nottingham years ago when I met many of you. I am currently working on a Jacqui Barber scarf pattern and looking forward to a weekend with Anna Halíková in April. I really enjoyed the lace knitting when I made the Mysterystole3 last year. That is what attracts my to Lacemaking, there are so many types of lace and methods of transforming thread into something beautiful! Lindy in dull but not-too-cold Ireland -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1083 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] knit lace
Hello Spiders Susan, that is a wonderful document all about lace knitting! Thank you very much for posting it for us to see. I also have joined the Mysterystole3 Knit-a -Long. I am still waiting for the yarn which was delayed by the floods in England but I hope is now in the mail to me. I can't wait to start. I have knitted in many waiting rooms and at hospital bedsides for years and it keeps me sane! Have recently taken to knitting socks as they are very portable and don't require much concentration. (Lace pattern socks, of course!) Are any other Arachne members knitting this stole? Lindy in Ireland Susan MacLeod wrote: Now that I finally have gotten my life back (Mom has moved to assisted living, Gerri well enough to go home) it's time to get on with things. Having spent most of the last year knitting,(it's easy to take to doctor appointments or bring to hospital visits) the mention of the knit stole KAL of course caught my attention. I had to join it, have been wanting to do knit lace. What a group! There are 6700+ of us signed up, most are actively knitting away. It's fun, but also frustrating. It would help a lot if I could count. It would help more if I could count the row more than once and get the same number. It *will* work out eventually. There is a fascinating link I just read, it's a PDF about lace types and has some patterns. Enjoy! http://www.knittingbeyondthehebrides.org/lace/SameButDifferent.pdf Sumac Sumac in southern Vermont USA www.sumac.us http://www.sover.net/~sumac http://sumac05301.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re:wonderful scans of lace books
Dear Tess It is amazing what you and the Professor and now John have done for the lacemakers and weavers of the world. I am a member of the Guild of Irish Lacemakers and did have your site on a list of useful web addresses printed in the Guild Journal some time ago. However I think a short article with particular reference to books containing Irish Lace would be welcomed by the Editor. I could do the research among the books for this. Have you a few words to describe how you started on this and any other comments. If you sent it to the Aracne Lace list, I am sure that other guilds and lace organisations would find it interesting. Thank you for all the hard work Lindy Taylour - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace buttons
Hello lacemakers The lace button thread was a while ago but I have just found an interesting tutorial on the Internet. Have a look at http://tinyurl.com/27qpdv Lindy in Ireland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ...one more thing
Thank you Jean (and David) for all the work that goes into the Advent Calendar. It is a daily treat! Lindy in Ireland Oh, almost forgot, there's one more thing on The Lace Guild website for December. Try clicking on the sprig of holly. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Halloween Raffle
Janice I am thrilled to win a pair of socks! Thank you very much indeed for your generosity. Lindy in Ireland Subject: [lace-chat] Halloween Raffle I had 25 entries for the socks and as I managed to get some more pairs, there are 3 winners. My son did the drawing. The winners are Jackie Bowhey Lindy Taylor Sherry Townsend To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Ann Margaret Keller, Ireland
Dear Jeri I had an email recently from her from this address. She still teaches bobbin lace in Dublin. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Her web site is http://www.annmargaretkeller.com/ Hope this helps Lindy in Ireland Dear Lacemakers, Please, would somone on Arachne please tell me what has happened to Ann Margaret Keller of Ireland? She writes and self-publishes books. My E-mails did not reject as being undeliverable. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] ... melting/neck bandanas
For the non-sewers among us, I bought mine by mail-order from http://www.travellinglight.com/ It is called a Cobber and I used it one Christmas in Namibia with great success. The company have all sorts of things travellers need. Just a satisfied customer, Lindy in Ireland Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [lace] ... melting/neck bandanas Thanks, Ruth! That's exactly the thing! I'll print the directions off for future reference! Clay Ruth wrote: http://www.coolneckbands.com/make_your_own.htm - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Real Newspaper Ads
The breed of bulls referred to in the notice was Blonde d'Aquitaine. (they are fair-haired!) Lindy - Original Message - From: Jane Partridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 3:22 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Real Newspaper Ads In message 060720060718.5082.44867DD800039EA013DA22092246279D0A0B07 [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes REAL NEWSPAPER ADS COWS, CALVES: NEVER BRED. Also 1 gay bull for sale. Yesterday being our silver wedding anniversary, I insisted DH took a day off (nearly worked!) and we went to the Talyllyn Railway in Wales - coming back we took a very scenic route, and passed one farm where there was a sign on the gate proclaiming Blonde Bulls for Sale - presumably this refers to the coat colouring, but after all the blonde jokes..! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace]Value of lace.
I saw some lace for sale in Crete a few years ago. My photos are on Webshots http://www.webshots.com/ If you type Lace+Crete into the search box, they will come up. If this does not work I can invite anyone interested to view them if I have their email address. Certainly I thought it very underpriced for the work that went into it. Lindy in Ireland where the weather the past 6 days has been lovely and sunny. (As hot as 26 degrees some days!! and no rain!) - Original Message - From: Jeanette Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [lace]Value of lace. I have just returned from OIDFA in Athens. In a shop selling household linens was the most beautiful table cloth in the window and we went inside to look. It was a 1 metre square white cloth with a 10 cm deep tape lace edging - hand made and the centre of the cloth was embroidered. The price was about 150 Euro's - I cannot remember exactly. What I do remember was that I thought that I certainly would not sell my handwork for that price!!! The saleslady said that the piece came from Crete as they made the finest bobbin lace in Greece. She said that there were also bigger cloths. I did buy a hand embroidered runner from Crete. So there are still people making lace and selling it! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Cretan LAce at OIDFA COngress
Hi Jeanette and other Spiders I was inspired to make some Cretan lace myself and downloaded the book from the Digital Archives of Lace books and articles. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/topic_lace.html Koustouraki-Koukoulari, Kristina. Cretan Bobbin Lace [Kritiko Kopanelli], 1985, 43 pages. Note: Translation from the Greek. Provided by Tess Parrish. Needless to say it remains an unfinished project! Lindy in Ireland - Original Message - From: Jeanette Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [lace]Value of lace. I have just returned from OIDFA in Athens. In a shop selling household linens was the most beautiful table cloth in the window and we went inside to look. It was a 1 metre square white cloth with a 10 cm deep tape lace edging - hand made and the centre of the cloth was embroidered. The price was about 150 Euro's - I cannot remember exactly. What I do remember was that I thought that I certainly would not sell my handwork for that price!!! The saleslady said that the piece came from Crete as they made the finest bobbin lace in Greece. She said that there were also bigger cloths. I did buy a hand embroidered runner from Crete. So there are still people making lace and selling it! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Tatting lady
Hi Jane Talking of Nottingham lace, someone asked me recently if I knew of handmade Nottingham Lace. I understood that it was only made by machine. Can anyone enlighten me? Lindy in Ireland - Original Message - From: Jane Partridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:41 AM Subject: [lace] Tatting lady But, and I have said this before, there is a reason for the confusion in the UK at least. One of the books on the history of the Nottingham Lace industry refers to tattings - being odd lengths of *machine-made* lace - edgings and insertions. So, to many of my mother's and grandmother's generation, the bobbin lace we are working produces something that looks the same as that which they would have called a tatting - and hence, in their minds, we *are* tatting. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] tatting - history
Dear Spiders When people talk of Irish lace they usually mean Irish Crochet or Carrickmacross lace. They do not know that Tatting was also taught and made in here from 1847 around the town of Ardee. It was made by poor children and as much as 5,000 Pounds was earned for distribution in that district in a very few years, thus affording considerable relief at that bad time, according to a booklet I have ... Guide to the Collection of Lace in the National Museum in Dublin. The art of tatting may be traced to the 16th century Italian macrame work, and is a variation of the punto a gruppo or knotting stitch. It was done in France in the 18th century. Lindy in Ireland - Original Message - From: Lynn Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:01 PM Subject: [lace] tatting - history The earliest documented date I have heard so far is 1840's. Dan Russch-Fischer doesn't post much on any of the lists I'm on any more, but his page http://www.tribbler.com/tatman/ includes early printed references. Click on Misc at the bottom, then scroll down to In Print. Many tatting books make claims about its origin, but only a few give any documentation or references to support them. So tatting is fa-a-ar into the future for anyone doing Elizabethan. :) Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com http://lost-arts.blogspot.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] meeting + Skype
Hello Dorte I also have Skype and have only used it so far to talk free to my sister who lives in Scotland. I believe it works best if you have Broadband connection to the Internet (as we both have). I would be interested in talking to other lacemakers if a meeting is arranged. The only problem as in the virtual meeting is the time diference between us in Europe rest of the world. My Skype name is lacemaker if anyone wants to invite me to chat to them. I have downloaded the BETA version so should be able to see you on the webcam, though I have not tried that yet on Skype. Lindy in grey and wet Ireland about the meeting on the net, I have downloaded skype www.skype.com, there you can phone on the net for free, my son inlaw is at the moment in Singapore for 8 week in all, working, so I downloaded skype, bought a headset, a microphone will do, and as long you are on the net you can call other that has skype, you can allso meet in groups, so one can lace at the same time as talking to other, and if you have a webcam you can allso see the person, and the lace they are doing + sending pictures at the same time. Could that be an idear for another meeting, skype is free to download Dorte from Denmark - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Russian rocking horse
Talking of Russian lace ... have a look at my Russian lace reindeer in the Gallery page of the Guild of Irish Lacemakers. http://www.irishlace.org/Gallery.htm The pattern came from Tessa Holmes when she came over to Ireland to teach a few years ago. My friends think that he is a Reindeer with Attitude and call him Graham (after Graham Norton!) Lindy in Ireland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Commemorative time again - length of membership
I have the biography list from March 30th 1997 which I can check for names of members who joined after Jane's list. Let me know off list and I can look you up. Lindy in Ireland - Original Message - From: Jane Partridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:25 AM Subject: [lace] Commemorative time again - length of membership In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Avital [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I wish! I don't even know when I joined. Sorry, there's no way I can find out that info for you because we do not have complete archives going back that far. If it is any help, I can check who had their biography on LaRae's site on Sunday 6th October 1996 as that was the day I printed the list out, and it has stayed in a folder for all these years! Email me off list and I'll look up whether your name is there. I'd totally forgotten I'd got it - it turned up when we were searching for something else a week or so ago! The sad thing about going through it is that some (eg Kevin Hafferty) are no longer with us. -- Jane Partridge - 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-chat] Re: raffle!
Hi margaret I was delighted on my return from caring for my elderly mother for a week to find Piecework waiting for me. Thank you very much indeed for the raffle prize. It is a really good issue with such interesting articles on laces of all kinds. I have enjoyed them all, especially the on on Irish Crochet lace in France. Many thanks Lindy in Ireland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: raffle!
I am thrilled to have won a copy of Piecework! There are very few craft magazines available in Ireland so it will be treasured. Very many thanks. Lindy The winners of the raffle for the current Piecework issue featuring lace for persons living outside the United States are: Lynn Scott, Australia and Lindy Taylour, Ireland. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re:Irish saying?
Hi Janice I have never heard this saying used in Ireland, but I like it!! Lindy in Ireland On another topic I received a letter from an English friend now living in southern Ireland. She has finally moved into her own house after renting for a couple of years and was complaining about dealing with the move. I quote from her letter as I don't think I have heard this saying before. I just had a barney with the transport guy who was trying to deliver me the wrong piece of furniture - he really swished the taffeta but I held my ground and gave him a flea in the ear. He has been back today to deliver the correct one and came and went like a lamb! Is swished the taffeta an Irish saying? Janice To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] These..laugh/books in order
Hi Bev I have read the first five in the series and have just bought the 6th. I really enjoy the atmosphere in the books, very African! We lived for years in South Africa and have visited Botswana so I feel very nostalgic when I read one of these. I think after the first one it probably is not necessary to read them in order but being a lacemaker, I did, of course! I have pre-ordered the new Harry Potter from Amazon months ago and am looking forward to its publication. I read an ad in a newspaper for Irish speaking children wanted to audition for the voices in a radio production of the first book! I don't know if it will do much to encourage the use of the Irish language since the book is available in English but at least the department responsible is trying to be up to date. Happy reading (and lacemaking of course!) Lindy in Ireland What I am reading now, the first of Alex. McCall Smith's 'series' beginning with the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (recovering from a heat wave on Vancouver Island, west To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Carrickmacross Lace
Hi All For those interested in Carrickmacross lace, Mary Shields tells me she will be teaching at the IOLI Convention in Denver in August. She will also be giving a class at Ithaca next October for the Finger Lakes Lace Guild's 25th Annual Lace Day Event. Hope some of you can attend these classes. I thoroughly recommend Mary. She is an excellent teacher and a really nice person. Lindy in Ireland (who has begun to learn Carrickmacross from Mary) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lace weekend in Ireland
Hi All Sorry to cross-post but I wanted to reach as many people as possible. The Guild of Irish Lacemakers are having a weekend of lacemaking from July 22 to 24 in Ireland. It is a residential workshop at An Grianan (College of Further Education) in Termonfekin, Co Louth. The classes offered are as follows: Irish Crochet (with Eileen Murtagh) Carrickmacross (Mary Shields) Beading( Hudia Vis) Mountmellick Work (Maree Maher) Bobbin Lace (Ann Keller) Inishnacsaint needle lace (Carolyn Duncanson) All accommodation and meals included in the price. Further details and contact e-mail address will be on our website http://www.irishlace.org or contact me. This weekend is open to all, not only members of the Guild. I am looking forward to it very much. It is a lovely place to stay, in the country near the sea. The staff are friendly, the teachers endlessly patient and the food good! Hope I will see some of you there! Lindy in Ireland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Emily Hobhouse lace -Tiny URL
Hi Mikki I would love to see your photos but cannot find them using this URL. I was in South Africa 3 years ago and saw some lace in the Orange Free State made by Emily Hobhouse. Can't remember the name of the museum but there was a memorial to the Boer Women outside. The staff were very helpful and got some boxes of lace out of storage for me to look at. I was especially impressed by the Wag-n-bietjie needle lace which was in a glass case. Lindy in Ireland This should take you to my photos where you will see the South African design done by Emily Hobhouse http://tinyurl.com/5rpdu thanks Micki - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Webshots, Pauline's pincushion
Hi All Thanks to Sue's instructions for adding to the Arachne Webshots album, I have at last got Pauline's pincushion on show! I sent the file months ago to Lacefairy but must have got something wrong as I don't think it appeared on her page with the others. Anyway I am really grateful to Pauline for all the work she put into making the pincushions. http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html It is under my name, Lindy - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Microwave advice needed
Hello All My microwave needs to be replaced as the enamel is peeling from the inside. I was wondering if I should spend the extra money and get a combination oven with a grill as well as microwaves. Have any of you got one of these and do you use the grill part often? Are they easy to clean if fat spatters inside? I have an Aga (solid cooker run on oil) which I love, but it sometimes does not have enough heat left in the oven to brown things properly (e.g.. roast potatoes after roasting a turkey all morning!) and an ancient gas cooker as standby with a very feeble grill I don't use. Any advice would be gratefully received. Naturally I need a microwave oven to save time for lacemaking! (and Michelle's Christmas Pudding). Thanks Liz for your comment about the VA in London. We will be visiting my aunt near Oxford next month and my DH wants to go to the Science Museum in London, so you have confirmed my decision to go to the VA rather than spend time admiring the vintage engine parts of the Science museum! Lindy in Ireland where it is a bright but cold day after a week or so of heavy rain. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Advice re. tatting class
Dear Friends I have a problem! The Adult Education Organiser has had this wonderful idea that the long-term patients in the local mental hospital need classes to occupy them during a long and boring day. There used to be an occupational therapy dept where they could do crafts but due to lack of funding it had to close some years ago. She asked me if I could give tatting classes for six weeks (an hour a week) to a group of 5 or 6 ladies. I agreed and had the first session on Wednesday last. It was not a success. The organiser had not actually met the ladies concerned. One of the 7 who were persuaded to attend said repeatedly I don't want to do this. I don't want to be here. Another had a bad headache and might have managed it, another had not the full use of one hand, one had an anxiety attack just after we finished. The rest, as I suppose they all were, were under the influence of drugs which made concentration difficulty for any length of time. It had been a long time since any of them had used their hands. I stayed an hour. They are keen to do something other than watch TV and smoke but I really feel tatting is a little too difficult until they get used to handcrafts. (It was made worse by the fact that they normally have a cup of tea at 2.30pm and I did not realise that when I said I would be there at 2pm. I have now agreed to start at 2.45pm so as not to deprive them of one of the punctuation points of their days!) The organiser wanted them to learn something they could go on with after the six weeks were over. I thought of felt making, which does not require such dexterity, but would they be able to continue on their own? Also materials are not available locally and would have to be ordered from Dublin and may be expensive for people on disability allowances. I really want to help them learn something, but what? Would wool crochet be easier to learn then tatting? I can do most fibre crafts and could show them crochet or knitting. One lady wants to do tapestry, but kits are expensive and would the others have enough dexterity to thread a needle? Any suggestions or advice would be gratefully received, as it is keeping me awake at night! Worried Lindy in Ireland (where the weather has been wonderful this Autumn and the days sunny and bright.) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] TURKISH LACEWORK OYA CATALOG 2 VOLS FIGURES on ebay
Hi Both Jeans and those interested in Armenian Needlelace! I did a beading class at the Convention of Irish Lacemakers recently with Pat Trott who also taught Armenian needle lace to some of the class. I Googled and came up with some examples on this page http://www.urartu-cilicia.netfirms.com/armenian_janyag_art.htm Lindy in Ireland I think that Oya is the term used for the Armenian knotted lace. (ie) .needlelace), but I can't lay my hands on the book to check at the moment. Looking at some of the sellers other items however, they have a scarf with what appears to be crochet and beads round the edge, It seems to be just the same as the one I bought in the turkish part of Famagusta, Cyprus 35 years ago. It is on muslin cloth, large headscarf size, edged with crochet and decorated with seed beads, which had obviously threaded on before the crochet was started. I did not know anything about Armenian lace then so I did not look for any examples. Jean in Cleveland U.K., trying to stay cool and fighting with a cross stitch picture which has gone rather wrong! On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 09:20 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: This is a bit different: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3542965907category=463 50 or search for item number 3542965907 Would have thought the appeal is a bit specialised. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
