Re: [lace] Question of the Show
Sue, I’ve known you long enough and have communicated with you F2F enough to know you do not pronounce “lace” as “lice”! Let’s file this in the bizarre column! Clay Sent from my iPad > On Nov 10, 2019, at 9:48 AM, suebabbs...@gmail.com wrote: > > I have been demonstrating lacemaking at the Fine Art of Fiber, Chicago > Botanic Garden for the last three days and am awarding this year's Prize for > the Most Unusual Question early as I doubt that anyone can top it! It goes to > the lady who asked, "Did you really say you were making lice?" > > I know I don't have an American accent, but really what a question! > > Sue Babbs > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Alice Howell hacked?
My guess is that Alice’s request for help buying a gift card for her “nephew” is totally bogus, since she (and I) are well beyond the age of having game-playing nephews! OUR nephews (if any) are CEOs and professionals! Sent from my iPad > On Jan 16, 2019, at 11:13 AM, Devon Thein wrote: > > I am wondering if these messages from Alice Howell asking the list, > as though a single person, to buy a gift card are evidence that she > has been hacked. I am not sure how to ask her because the email > address is actually the email address I have for her. > Devon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Futile attempts to teach our young...
I am also a member of the disappointed sponsor club! In my case, the child is the youngest daughter of my youngest sister. At 13, she was very interested in anything creative, loved to watch me make lace, *and* was feeling left out because her older sister and older brother were both far too busy and sophisticated to be bothered with her. She lives here in the same town I live in, so for Christmas one year, I got her a nice kit (from Lace Susan... reasonably priced, but serviceable!) and made the effort to pick her up each week for Lace Guild meetings and get her home again. She took off like gang-busters, and did really well through the spring and summer. Then, school started again, and suddenly SHE was older and interested in too many things. So the starter supplies were relegated to a shelf. The good news is that a neighbor (adult) across the street learned of our guild and then learned that Molly had been involved, and so she was able to use Molly's supplies while she tried it out. Long story short... she is now our guild's new President! AND she is a VERY serious lacemaker and does meticulous work. So the supplies did not go wasted. And ONE of these days, when my teenaged neice has tried on everything and discarded 80% of it (that IS the life-purpose of teenagers, you know...), she may come back to lacemaking, and will have the things she needs! The moral of the story is that I don't think that a short spurt of energy spent with lace is ever wasted - especially with teens. They'll remember what they had done, and when they're older, and have fewer distractions, they may yearn to get back to it. AND, even if they don't, their minds have been improved by simply knowing (roughly) how real lace was made! Clay [Original Message] From: Maureen Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tamara P. Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Date: 1/11/2005 4:47:15 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Wear More Lace! Tamara and all, I know exactly what you mean, my own grandaughter at aged 12 was so interested in lace making and being the dutiful grandmother I bought her a pillow, bobbins (plastic thank goodness) bobbin case, pincushion etc. She only made one piece of lace from then on, when I now ask her at age 15 whether she want to make some lace with me she tells me nanny, its so boring I am keeping the equipment for her in the hope that one day she will regain her initial interest, well I can hope can't I. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - Original Message - From: Tamara P. Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:41 AM Subject: [lace] Re: Wear More Lace! On Jan 10, 2005, at 19:16, Catherine Hill wrote: No, we shouldn't be giving modern lace to the young and beautiful in our circles of acquaintance. We should be teaching them to make their own modern laces to wear. It can replace knitting as the next big thing that everyone who is anyone is doing. The above struck a chord... 2.5 yrs ago, I introduced BL and my step-granddaughter (then aged 11) to one another. She's liked arty/crafty stuff from the time she was 3, she's very bright, she used to be able to focus, and she *wanted to learn* (or said she did). We had a couple of shortish lessons (the attention span wasn't what one might hope for; and nowhere near that she had at 3 g) while she was here, and she was a natural - took off like a rocket. The year after, when she visited, we went through the same routine, because, naturally, she'd forgotten it all, not having had any reinforcement in more than 6 months, and no equipment of her own. Same thing - the 3 basic stitches it took me 3 months to learn, she learnt in 3 half-hour lessons. No problems with the two different footsides, either, though they puzzled me for a long time, when I was learning. And she loved it (or said she did). So, this time, I arranged for some support in her area (Boulder, Colorado) - she'd have to make the initial contact, but the network was established, thanks to Merlene Solis. And, for Christmas '03, I sent her kit and kaboodle - starter kit from Holly, plus some prettier bobbins I had (she liked the spangled ones better than the unadorned ones I use. What child wouldn't g), and some extra books of simple projects (Springetts). Figured that, by the summer of '05, when the IOLI convention took place in Denver, I could pay for a workshop of her choice and, and we'd spend some meaningful lace-time together, even if not in the worshop itself. This spring, when I saw her, I knew it was a pipe-dream; today, I had a message from her mother (my stepdaughter) which confirmed it: I need to figure out what to do with the lace supplies you so kindly sent to Lily. She is not likely to ever take it up here on her own. It is a lovely package and I am thinking that I should just send it back to you. If you
RE: [lace] Futile attempts to teach our young...
Oh Gracious!! I see that my latest adventures with computer woes has left me identified, once again, by my first (and legal) name! But with Mary (and its deritatives) (still) being the most common name for females in the world, it is not the one I choose to be known by!! So sorry if this threw any of you off... I'll try to fix it. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] pens and plastic for prickings
Hello Weronika - The plastic film we use can come from several sources. There is a blue film which has a matte (dull) finish which makes the lace more visible against the pricking. It may be obtained from most of our lace vendors. Others, like Tamara, for example, prefer to use contact paper. She was lucky enough to find a good supply of it in grey transparent, and has used it for years, but if I remember correctly, her supply is nearly exhausted and she hasn't seen it anywhere for a long time. I have had some luck finding clear plastic in every store in town at the end of the summer when back-to-school supplies take over the seasonal aisles. This is sold as a protective cover for books. I've tried all of the various options, and I'll tell you that personally I prefer the blue film, because it doesn't deposit a gummy residue on the pins (some alternatives do, but not all...) and it is somewhat self-healing, meaning that after a pin is removed, the plastic somewhat covers the hole, so that if you're doing repeats, the hole doesn't keep getting bigger and bigger. And I tend to work projects that have repeats, or at least take some time (months...) to complete, so I don't find that I use a lot of the film. If you do lots of quick projects, and only use each pricking once, you may be better off with a less expensive alternative, such as the clear contact paper or self-adhesive book covers. Clay [Original Message] From: Weronika Patena [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5/27/2004 2:43:19 PM Subject: [lace] pens and plastic for prickings Hi, Thanks for all the advice on how to prevent my prickings from staining the lace. I got some waterproof pens and will try them out soon. As for the plastic, do you know where I could get it? The Caltech bookstore doesn't seem to have any, and I'm not very oriented in big American stores and what which of them have... Weronika - 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]
