[lace-chat] Beatrix Potter bobbin draw - the winner
The lucky winner is Margaret Holsinger. My thanks to everyone else who entered, and my commiseration's on not being lucky this time. Rosemary on St Davids Day, in Somerset, just over the border from Wales. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re Cleaning perplexity
Thurlow wrote: I am faced with a perplexity on how to clean something, and I'm hoping our vast reservoir of cumulative knowledge might come to the rescue. I have several quilts made by my great-grandmother, and from time to time use them on my bed, as they are wonderfully warm. Recently however, a new feline member of the family, for reasons unknown, felt the need to relieve herself on my bed. Fortunately I caught her at it before she could complete the process. While there was a modern washable blanket on top of the quilt, enough soaked through onto the quilt to soil it. The quilt is made of calico (so it's cotton), and it's lined (insulated) with raw unwashed wool. So then, how does one clean this sort of soilage out of this type of quilt, other than carefully? Should I use something like Woolite? Will that work? I don't want to try anything yet for fear of doing something untoward to the wool. I was able to blot considerable excess urine with paper towels immediately after the adventure. Thurlow Can you soak it in a cool solution of biological washing powder ?In the bath maybe, for as long as possible, to make sure that all traces of the urine are removed, otherwise the little darling will just kept going back to the smell, then just very gently swish the quilt around in the bath in clean cold water to rinse. I have found this works with supposedly non-washable rugs in a similar crisis. Good luck Rosemary Somerset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] plaited tape lace
I was shown a lace mat at the weekend that had been bought in a charity shop, and I couldn't identify it, can anyone help? It was about 9 in by 5in, and the basic construction was a tape, arranged in loops/swags, with the loops/swags infilled. The infills were 90% bars in buttonhole stitch, but it was the tape that interested me as it was plaited. The thread was quite coarse, but the effect was very attractive (had I seen it first I would have bought it). Rosemary, Somerset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Work
There is a dangerous virus being passed around electronically, orally and by hand. This virus is called Worm-Overload-Recreational-Killer (WORK). If you receive WORK from any of your colleagues, your boss, or anyone else via any means DO NOT TOUCH IT. This virus will wipe out your private life completely. If you should come into contact with WORK, put your jacket on and take two good friends to the nearest grocery store. Purchase the antidote known as Work-Isolating-Neutralizer-Extract (WINE) or Bothersome-Employer-Elimination-Rebooter (BEER). Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system. You should forward this warning to 5 friends. If you do not have 5 friends, you have already been infected and WORK is controlling your life Rosemary in Somerset Uk, the home of cider To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] 7 Reasons not to mess with children
7 reasons not to mess with children. A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible. The little girl said, When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah. The teacher asked, What if Jonah went to hell? The little girl replied, Then you ask him. A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, I'm drawing God. The teacher paused and said, But no one knows what God looks like. Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, They will in a minute. A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to honor thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters? Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, Thou shall not kill. One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, Why are some of your hairs white, Mom? Her mother replied, Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white. The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white? The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.' A small voice at the back of the room rang out, And there's the teacher, she's dead. A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face. Yes, the class said. Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet? A little fellow shouted, Cause your feet ain't empty. The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: Take only ONE. God is watching. Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, Take all you want. God is watching the apples. It doesn't matter how many people you send this to, just remember if it made you laugh, your friends will laugh too Rosemary, in a rather soggy Somerset after our extreme weather ( for the UK) yesterday To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] New zealand lacemakers
Debbie, There is a New Zealand Lace Society, who have a website www.lace.org.nz which is regualrly updated. I hope this helps your friend. Rosemary, in sunny Somerset. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lobster Afficot Raffle
Margot, The lobster claw, sorry I mean the afficot, has arrived today, and it is intact. Now all I need to do is make something that needs an afficot! Thank you, Rosemary in sunny Somerset, where its warm enough to go out in a short sleeve T shirt today! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Milada Marshall
Fellow Spiders, please excuse me for using the site this way. Milada Marshall please could you contact me, as I have lost your phone number. Thank you Rosemary Wet windy Somerset. UK. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] re A strange question for a tourist
Devon, If you're in the area you could visit Nottingham - the Castle is now a museum which has some proper lace, as well as lots of english civil war stuff that might of interest to a non lace maker, and there is also the Lace Hall which I enjoyed when I went there sometime ago, (OK it's not proper lace but machine made, but still very interesting). Rosemary from wet windy Somerset - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] So sorry about the bobbin draw
Dear Spiders, This was the first time I've tried to do a draw on line, and I didn't realize how long the interval between sending posting and the digest arriving was, so I got it wrong and a lot of you didn't get a chance - I'm really sorry. When I next go to a lace day, which is Feb, I will get another pair of bobbins and repeat the draw -but next time I will allow a lot more time, so everyone has a chance. Sorry Rosemary :-c Somerset, the cider county. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Draw for bobbins
I've lots of lovely e-mails, I just couldn't reply to them all, and I'm really sorry that there could only be one winner, who is: Lynn from Clarksburg, WV. Congratulations Lynn, commiserations to everyone else. Rosemary from a wet windy Somerset. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] long list of websites that contain lace
Jenny - what a star you are, but now I'll never ever finish all though UFOs, 'cause I'll be too busy surfing the lace websites. Seriously thank you for all that work Rosemary - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Help in contacting Ann Collier
Fellow Spiders, Please accept my apologies in advance for using our space in this way- I would like to contact Ann Collier - if any of our members are in contact with Ann please could you ask her if she'd mind your passing her contact details to me. Many thanks Rosemary Naish, on behalf of The Lace Society. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Difficults days over the pond
Tamara, My sympathies - it isn't any better here - we have the Chimp-in-Chief's Poodle running our show. It does seem at times that all the things my parents/grandparents/ and even further back fought and campaigned for, the right to trial by jury of one's peers, the right not to be tortured, the right to free speech, etc, are being eroded. Anyway you usually make us laugh with your jokes,( and laughter is the best medicine) so I hope that at least one of these genuine label instructions on consumer goods will raise a chuckle. In Honour of Stupid People On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom) -- Do not turn upside down. (well...duh, a bit late, huh!) On Sainsbury's peanuts -- Warning: contains nuts. (talk about a news flash) On Boot's Children Cough Medicine -- Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication. (We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5 year-olds with head-colds off those bulldozers.) On Marks Spencer Bread Pudding -- Product will be hot after heating. (...and you thought...) On a Sears hairdryer -- Do not use while sleeping. (That's the only time I have to work on my hair.) On a bag of Fritos -- You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (the shoplifter special?) On a bar of Dial soap -- Directions: Use like regular soap. (and that would be???) On some Swanson frozen dinners -- Serving suggestion: Defrost. (but, it's just a suggestion.) On packaging for a Rowenta iron -- Do not iron clothes on body. (but wouldn't this save me time?) On Nytol Sleep Aid -- Warning: May cause drowsiness. (..I'm taking this because???) On most brands of Christmas lights -- For indoor or outdoor use only. (as opposed to what?) On a Japanese food processor -- Not to be used for the other use. (now, somebody out there, help me on this. I'm a bit curious.) On an American Airlines packet of nuts -- Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts. (Step 3: say what?) On a child's Superman costume -- Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly. (I don't blame the company. I blame the parents for this one.) On a Swedish chainsaw -- Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals. (Oh my God..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?) Rosemary ***Blessed are the cracked: for it is they who let in the light* To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace at Luton
Hi there Lynn, Luton has an excellent collection ( and also if you contact the museum in advance a sizable reserve collection) Here's the link www.luton.gov.uk/internet/Leisure_and_culture/Museums_and_galleries/ Wardown%20Park/Wardown%20Park%20Museum Also not that far from Luton is Bedford which has the Thomas Lester Lace, although both collections are large and you probably couldn't do them justice if you tried to do both on the same day. www.cecilhigginsartgallery.org/lace Rosemary - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace in UK Museums
To add to my earlier posting about Bedford Luton museums, another place worth a visit is the Costume Museum in Bath. Although they don't have a Lace collection as such, many of the costumes have lace on them. What I would recommend though is to contact the Curator and make an appointment to see the reserve collection, just ask for items with lace. When I last went they bought out a wonderful selection of gowns, wedding dresses, copes/capes, and a beautiful very early glove with silver lace cuffs. My friend I were allowed to draw, photograph and (wearing gloves) pick up the pieces to examine closely. The museum provided cotton gloves, but I find these too thick to feel the delicacy of the lace, so took my own surgical type latex gloves, which they permitted me to wear. We spent 5 hours there, and it could have been longer, only the museum was closing for the day! And of course in London is the VA, which has marvellous lace. Rosemary - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] how government works and recycling
Further to the mysteries of how the thought processes of government officials work was a story reported in the UK papers this week. Someone who only had their recycling collected fortnightly, but had also been the recipient of an edict forbidding food waste in the ordinary bin, asked her local council what to do with the remains of her sunday roast chicken until the recycling bin was collected. The official, and absolutely serious, answer was either not have roast meals until just before the bin was due to be collected or to put the remains in her freezer until collection day! they just don't live in the same world as the rest of us! Rosemary - rapidly becoming one grumpy old woman! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] the everloving husband
Also an old one, but still made me chuckle The Everloving husband A man and his ever-nagging wife went on vacation to Jerusalem. While they were there, the wife passed away. The undertaker told the husband, You can have her shipped home for $5,000, or you can bury her here, in the Holy Land, for $150. The man thought about it and told him he would just have her shipped home. The undertaker asked, Why would you spend $5,000 to ship your wife home, when it would be wonderful to be buried here and you would spend only $150? The man replied, Long ago a man died here, was buried here, and three days later he rose from the dead. I just can't take that chance. Rosemary, in the home of cider- Somerset. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tebbs different patterns
Brenda wrote I have the Paul Minet 1978 reprint of Tebbs' Art of Bobbin Lace Reprint including Supplement which is effectively two books in one. The first half of the book is The Art of Bobbin Lace by Louisa A Tebbs and the second half of the book is Supplement to the Art of Bobbin Lace by Louisa and Rosa Tebbs. The pagination in the supplement continues from the first book. There are four sheets of patterns, as you describe, but Set A goes with the supplement and Set B with the first book. So we've just checked the page numbers ( never thought to look before) and both start from page 115, so the mystery is solved- someone, somewhere has a part one with the wrong set of patterns. Thanks Rosemary - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tebbs the Art of Bobbin Lace
A friend I have been comparing copies of LA R Tebbs: A Supplement to the Art Of Bobbin Lace. We both have the same issue of the Paul P B Minet reproduction printed in 1973. In a pocket at the back there are two sheets of patterns - and we were intrigued to discover that we have different sets . They are: Set A Sheet 1 : Page 173 Opera bag brussels lace; page 127 Milanese lace, page 168 Brussels lace Sheet 2 : Page 160 Honiton Lace neckband, fan corner Set B Sheet 1 : Page 13 lace edge italian; page 36 butterfly; page 36 fan donetelle bruge fan; page 87 Hontion lace sheet 2: page 21 Donetelle de bruge; page 76/79 central spray on antique scarf; page 91 Duchesse lace in all other respects the books are identical. Does anyone know if there are any other sets of patterns, and indeed why are they different? Rosemary. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Computer systems Titles
I've just been buying rail tickets, on line, and came to the box for titles, marked as mandatory, and found a marvellous selection, the usual Mr,Mrs, Miss, Ms, Doctor, but also Sister, Vicar, Rev, Father, Lord, Lady, Sir and even Dame! But no option for none! I did toy with Sister ( well I do have 5 siblings!) but stuck with selecting the first default, and once again tickets will arrive for Mr Rosemary Naish! Rosemary, in sunny Somerset To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] addressing other people
I should add, perhaps, that I do realise that not everyone has the same opinion as me (what a boring world it would be) so I address people as they introduce themselves to me, so if Mary Jane Smith introduced herself as Mary I'd call her Mary, if it was Mary Jane I'd call her Mary Jane, if it was as Mrs Smith, then I'd call her Mrs Smith, etc. And like Malvary woe betide anyone who tries to shorten my name - the only people who get away with that are my siblings, and I long ago gave up with them. Rosemary To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Names and titles
Seeing all these comments about married women being addressed by their husbands name prefixed with Mrs set off one of my pet niggles. My family background is Quaker, and I taught to address people by their given name family name and not to use titles as everyone is equal, and using titles denote inequality. For myself I only ever use my given name family name, Rosemary Naish, and normally this is acceptable, except when you come to a computer. Most systems seem to insist on using a title, so I always use the default, which is normally set to Mr - this does seem to upset a lot of sales assistants, bank clerks etc, but I think it just shows how out of date and ridiculous the whole system of courtsey titles is. What I have no problem with is titles that have been earned, like Doctor, Professor, etc. What do other people think? Rosemary, Somerset To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] London
Jo, Something not lacey at but definately worth doing is the London Eye - and it's good in the autumn, as central London has such a lot of trees that in summer you get to see lots of green but not into the gardens of No 10 Downing St or Buckingham Palace, which when the leaves have fallen you can. Also if the weather is good, and your feet need a rest then the open top tour buses are good - they usually have very good and knowledgeable commentaries. Hope you enjoy London. Rosemary - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] making a bolster
Lenore, You mentioned using sawdust - please don't - I did once and a) it's very heavy and b) even worse it seemed to act as a dehumidifier to the extent that my pins went rusty and I got rust on my lace, and rust never ever comes out! The idea of using old jumpers from a charity/thrift shop is good, I've used them as a cheap way to pad other things and find that washed in a hot wash so that they shrink they become quite compact and will hold pins better. Rosemary, still melting in Somerset. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Only the lonely
Jill, It doesn't matter what order you do them - just do it. I made a resolution not to start anything new this year until I'd finished ALL my other things - I had several, lace non lace, that were almost done, just the last 5%. So far I've managed to stick to it (apart from going on a quilting course lace weekend - but I won't say anymore about that). Anyhow its so nice to see space in my cupboard, so despite feeling a bit guilty taking cross-stitch to a lace day, it been well worth doing. Rosemary - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Drafting lace with a Mac
Thank you all very much for all the advice I've had back- looks like I'll have to continue to draft the old fashioned way, on paper, although I think I will eventually splash the cash and buy a cheap PC because I'm finding that much as I love my mac there are some other bits of software that it won't run that I would like it to. Rosemary, in sunny Somerset. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace drafting on computers
Greeting fellow Spiders, I have been following the thread on designing with interest, and wondered if any of you used Macs as opposed to PC's? If there are any fellow MAC addicts out there who have found some lace design software that is properly compatible with Mac's I'd be very grateful to learn about it. Rosemary in sunny Somerset. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
