[lace] Quiet list has woken up
Thank you to everyone who put my mind at rest re the quiet time on the list. I am so jealous of all the conventions and other lace-ins in USA, Australia and UK. It must be wonderful to have all these top-notch teachers to choose from and to keep up-to-date with everthing in the lace world. That is why I need my daily arachne lace fix, and get worried if it is not there for a few days. I have also been very busy for this past week or two. It was our bi-annual exhibition in Johannesburg, combined with the Embroiderers Guild. Apart from being chair of the Witwatersrand Lace Guild and editor of the quarterly newsletter and webmaster and Facebook admin, I also run The Lace Place for all their supplies, so I was involved everywhere. Now that it is over I am looking forward to the holiday season when I hope to get some peaceful lacemaking time in. The exhibition was a great success over 2 days and the reporter from the local newspaper came to take pics and interview the organisers, so we hope to be in next week's edition. When I get some pictures back from our photographer I will put them on our website and tell you where to find them. Lace greetings from Janis in South Africa where we have just had a couple of showers of rain. The first in about 3 months and hope it will break the drought. - 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] Quiet list.
Hello everyone, I have been busy too! I have just been to Bruges for a week, making lace. There were twenty of us, staying in the Beguinhof, with Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet as our tutor. There were six types of lace being worked, and plenty of fun and friendship in between times. This weekend I am going to our Guild retreat. Guild members stay in a local hotel from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. We have four tutors, teaching various textile techniques - but no lace of course. And next weekend is the Braid Society AGM, hosted by the braiding group I belong to. So,, yes, a busy time, but lots of chances to catch up with friends, as well as practice crafts. Best wishes Kathleen In Berkshire, UK Sent from my iPad - 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] Quiet list
I'd been too busy to notice but yes, the list is very quiet at the moment - I hope that's because everyone is too busy making lace to talk about it I finished the tape lace snail I started on New Year's Day a couple of week's ago, but haven't had time to take it off the pillow yet or to mount last year's lace project :-( It's getting close to the start of the gardening season so by the time I've mounted those pieces I probably won't start a new lace project until autumn. Beth Cheshire, UK I'm hoping it's just quiet because I'm not getting any either! Catherine Barley UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Subject : [lace] Quiet list Is the list very quiet or am I just not getting mail? Ann UK - - 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/
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I'm hoping it's just quiet because I'm not getting any either! Catherine Barley UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Subject : [lace] Quiet list Is the list very quiet or am I just not getting mail? Ann UK - 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] quiet list
The list seems very quiet - I've not seen a message since Friday- so this is a test to see if things are working. Lace content: in between clearing my garden shed (to be demolished today) I've been working on my latest lace project: I've adapted the wide insertion from the latest set of Retournac patterns to make a square motif. This has created some very sharp v-shaped direction changes in the trails, to add to the technical difficulties already there. I'm working with three/four cluny/beds books beside me, plus the encyclopedia of lace techniques (whose title/author I have temporarily forgotten), but I'm mostly fudging it - trying things to see what works. I'm using a salmon pink Goldschild linen, which is unusual for me, I usually work in white or ecru but I want this for a cushion cover to harmonise with the other cushions on my sofa. It's a very nice thread to work with although a bit wiry and springy compared with cotton, it needs firm tensioning after every stitch. Hope the radio Silence is because everyone's too busy making lace to write emails. Beth in Cheshire, NW England - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
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Hi Beth. I think that things work. But, I suppose that the good spring weather has driven us away from the computer... We have had such a long and cold winter in Spain, that we are enjoying the sun as soon as it rises. But... I keep making lace. And your Cluny project looks magnific. You remind me of myself, surrounded by all my books trying to figure out how to make a V or a sharp corner... Good luck making your square motif. Antje, in Guadalajara, Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
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Hi Beth - You're right, the list has been quiet! Last week, it was *so* quiet that I went to the archives to check and see if there had been any posts I had missed. Well... in fact, there had been... I had missed an entire week of Arachne! (I've been busy, so hadn't really had time anyway...). So I wrote to Avital, and she checked and found that I had been dropped off the list - something that happens if your messages are bounced a couple of times. Evidently my ISP (Comcast) is at it again! David had a terrible time getting through to me for a while there and we never did figure out why. But as least I'm getting Arachne again! Lace content: I'm down to the wire with last-minute preparations for the third Lace at Sweet Briar! We have more people coming than ever, and 75% of the people coming have been here before. Part of the preparation is to secure the dates for *next* year, and so, for the record, if you'd like to come, reserve the dates June 20 - 26, 2010. Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA Beth Marshall wrote: The list seems very quiet - I've not seen a message since Friday- so this is a test to see if things are working. Lace content: in between clearing my garden shed (to be demolished today) I've been working on my latest lace project: I've adapted the wide insertion from the latest set of Retournac patterns to make a square motif. This has created some very sharp v-shaped direction changes in the trails, to add to the technical difficulties already there. I'm working with three/four cluny/beds books beside me, plus the encyclopedia of lace techniques (whose title/author I have temporarily forgotten), but I'm mostly fudging it - trying things to see what works. I'm using a salmon pink Goldschild linen, which is unusual for me, I usually work in white or ecru but I want this for a cushion cover to harmonise with the other cushions on my sofa. It's a very nice thread to work with although a bit wiry and springy compared with cotton, it needs firm tensioning after every stitch. Hope the radio Silence is because everyone's too busy making lace to write emails. Beth in Cheshire, NW England - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] quiet list, but productive on lace
Gentle Spiders, I took a wee bit of advantage having to take time off from work to meet a contractor for some needed bathroom repairs (not Katrina related, but 45 year old house related), and worked on my gold thread lace project. Actually got some inches made, so at least something was accomplished for the afternoon. To repair the water damage from the leak around the tub they'll have to completely gut my bathroom... and it's a one bathroom house. Tamara's pocket snake would have seized and died on hearing the approximate cost to do the repairs. Next monday is contractor #2. I still haven't written the museum in Stockholm to see if I can get more information on the little 16th century doll I'm trying to recreate. I've been busy on the lace and other stuff. Beth McCasland in the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA where it's supposed to have thundershowers tomorrow, and I'm going on a field trip into the marsh. Oh what fun - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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My computer has been down for almost a week so I am now launched back into the world:-) I haven't yet used silk but shall be tempted soon I think, what sort of grid size pattern would work with guitermann silk 100/3 as this seems to be the most commonly one used. I know there are others out there who use all sorts of threads other than that, but that name is sticking in my head as being more commonly seen. Sue T, Dorset UK Very quiet today. . I guess everyone is just busy elsewhere. The silk used was fairly thick, 3-4 times thicker than Guitermann 100/3, and with a loose twist. I have very few silk threads, other than the 100/3. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Alice, I purchased some silk from Pipers a few years ago and their '90 Silk Floss' seems to me to be very similar to the silk used for Maltese lace. I found the pale cream was almost a perfect match for some of my Maltese lace, however I do realize that not all Maltese lace is the same shade. The silk floss also comes 'folded', i.e. you can order how many plies you need to match your thickness of thread. I have some Maltese lace that needs repair as well so if you have any tips or techniques for me please pass them on. Good luck, Cindy - in bright and sunny Wisconsin At 09:48 PM 3/3/2007, you wrote: Very quiet today. I was about to send a test message when the others came through. I thought maybe Majordomo was having a problem. I guess everyone is just busy elsewhere. I am mending a Maltese silk collar. I need some silk for replacement of a missing section. The silk used was fairly thick, 3-4 times thicker than Guitermann 100/3, and with a loose twist. I have very few silk threads, other than the 100/3. Can anyone suggest a brand for me to check out? This thread was either boiled, or the collar has been washed. The silk is shiny. I can double or triple the thread when I use it, so size is less important than the look and feel, but a thicker thread would be preferred. Any ideas? Thanks, Alice in Oregon -- on a record breaking 26 straight days with rainfall, though the sun came out today. - 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] quiet list, and silk thread
Alice - do you think you can send me a good photo of the collar. I do have the type of silk thread we use in Malta and can definitely send you some. A picture will help me to determine what kind of thread it is. If it is thicker than the one I use I can always ask one of my friends for some of the thicker type - which is thicker and untwisted. The only problem is the colour. The silk (which I very much doubt is pure silk) tends to yellow with age. Karen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alice Howell Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 4:48 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] quiet list, and silk thread Very quiet today. I was about to send a test message when the others came through. I thought maybe Majordomo was having a problem. I guess everyone is just busy elsewhere. I am mending a Maltese silk collar. I need some silk for replacement of a missing section. The silk used was fairly thick, 3-4 times thicker than Guitermann 100/3, and with a loose twist. I have very few silk threads, other than the 100/3. Can anyone suggest a brand for me to check out? This thread was either boiled, or the collar has been washed. The silk is shiny. I can double or triple the thread when I use it, so size is less important than the look and feel, but a thicker thread would be preferred. Any ideas? Thanks, Alice in Oregon -- on a record breaking 26 straight days with rainfall, though the sun came out today. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.413 / Virus Database: 268.18.6/709 - Release Date: 03/03/2007 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.413 / Virus Database: 268.18.6/709 - Release Date: 03/03/2007 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] quiet list, and silk thread
Hello Sue Guetermann 100/3 measures 27 w/cm so ideally, for torchon, needs 4.5 mm between footedge pins. 2 mm graph gives 4 mm and 1/10 graph gives 5 mm, so either could be used. See: http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/threadsize.html Brenda I haven't yet used silk but shall be tempted soon I think, what sort of grid size pattern would work with guitermann silk 100/3 as this seems to be the most commonly one used. I know there are others out there who use all sorts of threads other than that, but that name is sticking in my head as being more commonly seen. Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thank you Brenda, I will have to get some and try it on some special piece, I expect the end finish will be worth the effort. Well time I went to bed, Sue T, in damp Dorset UK (I think I am growing webbed feet) Hello Sue Guetermann 100/3 measures 27 w/cm so ideally, for torchon, needs 4.5 mm between footedge pins. 2 mm graph gives 4 mm and 1/10 graph gives 5 mm, so either could be used. See: http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/threadsize.html Brenda - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] quiet list - NY visit
Well, dear Spiders, Here I am on my last night NY city, won't mention the margheritas consumed this evening !! At least 7 hours a day (for the past 3 days) wandering around NY. Managed to fit in a visit to the Museum of Art and Design, and saw the wonderful exhibit Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting - it was fantastic - loved it. My top 3 were (in no particular order) the knitted figure craft kills, with knitting needles stabbing through the body; the tatted circular table cloth with gorgeous 3D skulls attached all around; and the tiny knitted garments - 2 jumpers (pull-overs/sweaters?) and a pair of gloves, knitted using medical wire, absolutely amazing. Loved it, loved it, loved it. Yes, a broad definition of lace and lace-making, but PLEASE let's keep lace-making alive Jen in Melbourne (temporarily in NY - about to travel home, starting midday tomorrow - 20 hours!!!) :) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] quiet list, and silk thread
Very quiet today. I was about to send a test message when the others came through. I thought maybe Majordomo was having a problem. I guess everyone is just busy elsewhere. I am mending a Maltese silk collar. I need some silk for replacement of a missing section. The silk used was fairly thick, 3-4 times thicker than Guitermann 100/3, and with a loose twist. I have very few silk threads, other than the 100/3. Can anyone suggest a brand for me to check out? This thread was either boiled, or the collar has been washed. The silk is shiny. I can double or triple the thread when I use it, so size is less important than the look and feel, but a thicker thread would be preferred. Any ideas? Thanks, Alice in Oregon -- on a record breaking 26 straight days with rainfall, though the sun came out today. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Try www.treenwaysilks.com just a thought. I'm not sure there is anything suitable; their products might be too twisty for what you want, that is available in the small skeins. I just made a Torchon scarf with some of the 20/2 dyed silk. I am mending a Maltese silk collar. I need some silk for replacement of a missing section. The silk used was fairly thick, 3-4 times thicker than Guitermann 100/3, and with a loose twist. I have very few silk threads, other than the 100/3. Can anyone suggest a brand for me to check out? Any ideas? -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Alice, How about Trebizond silk? I would be happy to send you a sample if that would help. Barbara Snoqualmie, WA USA On Saturday, March 03, 2007, at 07:52PM, Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very quiet today. I was about to send a test message when the others came through. I thought maybe Majordomo was having a problem. I guess everyone is just busy elsewhere. I am mending a Maltese silk collar. I need some silk for replacement of a missing section. The silk used was fairly thick, 3-4 times thicker than Guitermann 100/3, and with a loose twist. I have very few silk threads, other than the 100/3. Can anyone suggest a brand for me to check out? This thread was either boiled, or the collar has been washed. The silk is shiny. I can double or triple the thread when I use it, so size is less important than the look and feel, but a thicker thread would be preferred. Any ideas? Thanks, Alice in Oregon -- on a record breaking 26 straight days with rainfall, though the sun came out today. - 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]
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Hi Bev, Betty Ann, and Patsy!! Thank you for letting me know that it wasn't my server or computer!! I had lots of mail this morning (although still not much from the list!). On the other hand, yesterday was our first truly beautiful spring day, so at least around here, everyone spent as much time outside as they could!! I thought the sunbather I saw was going a bit far, but the bicyclers and gardeners were having a wonderful time!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = I was wondering the same, then couldn't think of a lace question to wake up the list! LOL I was away and now I'm back. I have put a few pins in the lng lace for the garter ( = it is only lng because it seems that way. 1 metre of lace isn't much, and especially if a person keeps putting off working on it LOL). and started a tear drop motif from the BBellon book. I can put this aside any time and work on the garter lace. But I haven't. :p On 3/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is everyone away for the weekend? I haven't gotten a bit of email for 24 hours! I'm wondering if my new mail server is missing something!! -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com thinking that tea and lace, for the evening, might be a nice thing to do - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Quiet List?
Is everyone away for the weekend? I haven't gotten a bit of email for 24 hours! I'm wondering if my new mail server is missing something!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I was wondering the same, then couldn't think of a lace question to wake up the list! LOL I was away and now I'm back. I have put a few pins in the lng lace for the garter ( = it is only lng because it seems that way. 1 metre of lace isn't much, and especially if a person keeps putting off working on it LOL). and started a tear drop motif from the BBellon book. I can put this aside any time and work on the garter lace. But I haven't. :p On 3/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is everyone away for the weekend? I haven't gotten a bit of email for 24 hours! I'm wondering if my new mail server is missing something!! -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com thinking that tea and lace, for the evening, might be a nice thing to do - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Nope, I cut off my computer, rebooted, then phoned Verizon Support! No mail B.A. in Roanoke, Virginia USA who will do some Spring digging tomorrow cause the weather is so beautiful. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:05 PM Subject: [lace] Quiet List? Is everyone away for the weekend? I haven't gotten a bit of email for 24 hours! I'm wondering if my new mail server is missing something!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA - 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] Quiet list
Have we just all run out of steam or is the list unusually quiet at the moment? We have had a week of our anti-virus fighting off several hundred spam emails (from the same domain) a day and I wondered if anyone else was getting this - the messages apparently contained a worm - and of course, the ones we wanted to receive were usually last in the queue to download! DH has reported the abuse, and it seems to have got less today. Other than that, and a twisted ankle last weekend (much better now, but I've decided housework is dangerous!) not much seems to be happening. One thing I was alerted to in the week was that apparently Margaret Wall's husband is selling some of her bobbins on Ebay - one of my students has bought a couple. For those who don't know, Margaret Wall paints some wonderful bobbins, but they were nearly always out of my price range so I think I've only bought one or two from her in the last fifteen years. I got the impression from what my student said that this was an ongoing thing rather than a one off. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.6 - Release Date: 06/05/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Other than that, and a twisted ankle last weekend (much better now, but I've decided housework is dangerous!) Oh, yes, housework is much too dangerous for a twisted ankle! You definitely need to rest it and make lace. BG I guess my virus software has taken care of the worm problem, because I haven't heard anything about it, but yes, the list is a bit quiet at the moment. One thing I was alerted to in the week was that apparently Margaret Wall's husband is selling some of her bobbins on Ebay - one of my Oh, her bobbins are so beautifully painted! And I really like the bobbins she uses to paint on, too. They've got a head that really holds onto the hitch well. Anyone not familiar with her bobbins should check them out! Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Whilst at ebay saw this. A Kristina pillow http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=8188714121 rd=1 Not like mine with the revolving skirt. And different accessories. But mine was born in 1985 . Is this what Kristina is making now? I thought mine was marked Christina BarbE - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Quiet list Other than that, and a twisted ankle last weekend (much better now, but I've decided housework is dangerous!) Oh, yes, housework is much too dangerous for a twisted ankle! You definitely need to rest it and make lace. BG I guess my virus software has taken care of the worm problem, because I haven't heard anything about it, but yes, the list is a bit quiet at the moment. One thing I was alerted to in the week was that apparently Margaret Wall's husband is selling some of her bobbins on Ebay - one of my Oh, her bobbins are so beautifully painted! And I really like the bobbins she uses to paint on, too. They've got a head that really holds onto the hitch well. Anyone not familiar with her bobbins should check them out! Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA [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]
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No, this is not the Christina with the revolving skirt. This pillow looks nearly identical to a Swedish pillow I own, which is a wonderful pillow. The one on ebay is larger than mine, and the extra roller is a very nice thing to have! The shipping is quite expensive, as would be expected. I've heard various reports about the true Christina with the revolving skirt. Holly VanSciver tells me that the cost to*her* now is $800, and I think that shipping has to be added to that! She is reluctant to stock any at this price.OTOH, friends in Europe have been unable to get an answer from anyone who can tell them whether the pillows are still being made. Evidently, they were all made by one man, and he finally retired from the business. The story goes that long searching, a younger man was found who was willing to make the pillows again. But as is often the case, they're just not the same as the originals. But so far, I haven't been able to track down the source of these newer Christinas - if they do exist!! And on another note, some owners of original Christinas have reached the stage where they are not able to make lace any more, for one reason or another, and they are finding that there is a market for old Christinas in good condition... and at prices that may equal or exceed what was originally spent for the pillow!! So if you have one of these pillows and would like to cash in on your investment, now may be a good time to do it!! But not you, Barb!! You've got too much lace to make yet!! ; ) Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: Barb ETx [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace lace@arachne.com Date: 5/8/2005 5:46:43 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Quiet list Whilst at ebay saw this. A Kristina pillow http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=8188714121 rd=1 Not like mine with the revolving skirt. And different accessories. But mine was born in 1985 . Is this what Kristina is making now? I thought mine was marked Christina BarbE - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Quiet list Other than that, and a twisted ankle last weekend (much better now, but I've decided housework is dangerous!) Oh, yes, housework is much too dangerous for a twisted ankle! You definitely need to rest it and make lace. BG I guess my virus software has taken care of the worm problem, because I haven't heard anything about it, but yes, the list is a bit quiet at the moment. One thing I was alerted to in the week was that apparently Margaret Wall's husband is selling some of her bobbins on Ebay - one of my Oh, her bobbins are so beautifully painted! And I really like the bobbins she uses to paint on, too. They've got a head that really holds onto the hitch well. Anyone not familiar with her bobbins should check them out! Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA [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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Quiet list
I thought maybe everyone's reading the new Harry Potter book ;))) Diana (Northamptonshire, UK) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Quiet list?
This is the first day that I haven't gotten at least one message from Arachne. I hope I didn't accidentally get unsubscribed? = Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena Illinois USA __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Must be vacation time. Schools let out and kids keep some people busy! Lori the Lacefairy - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Quiet list?
Perhaps everyone is watching Wimbledon! Let's see what happens to the postings when the rain starts! Ann, in Manchester, UK - Original Message - From: Lori Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arachne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 2:50 PM Subject: RE: [lace] Quiet list? Must be vacation time. Schools let out and kids keep some people busy! Lori the Lacefairy - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
