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[Lin Hudren]

Hello Fellow Lacers,



I would like to thank all those participants in the Arachne exchanges the
last years who love to make and share lace.  Let's allow the fun to begin
again.  Cards can be displayed all year long so they are cherished with
fond memories.



This year the schedule will go like this:

September 10  Sign Ups begin until October 2

October 4 Exchange partner assignments made and emailed out

December 1 All cards should be in the mail, please



Same guidelines apply as the previous exchanges:  send in name, snail mail
address, email address, how many cards you wish to make and any
geographical preferences you have to me at *linhud...@gmail.com
*.  After making your card(s) please take a picture
and email directly to me.  If you wonder if your partner was unable to send
in a photo of the bookmark they sent to you, just send a photo upon receipt
and I will make sure everyone is represented.  We will be following up to
make sure we get photos of all of them so if you think you will have a
problem, just let me know.  Thanks.



If this is your first time or you are participating for an additional time,
I hope you will have lots of fun.  Any type of lace and pattern is
appropriate.  Any skill level is welcome.  This is creative license at its
best.  Don't be shy.  This is your time to shine and have fun.

Thanks and hope you will enjoy as much as I plan to.

Hugs, Lin and the Mali

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The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
-Amelia Earhart

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[lace] Subject Line Editing;/Lacemaking Time Management/Bad Lacemaking Habits

[Jeri Ames]

I have decided not to continue bcc-ing people who told me they didn't get my
e-mails because Gmail and AOL are incompatible.  Some of my letters never get
to Arachne, and I'm not going to worry about that anymore, either.  Maybe
someone will re-post if what I write might help others.
Please note that Susan Hottle's memo says she could not find the discussion on
Cotona green thread.  As I have written to Arachne many times - consider that
much of today's correspondence is still being filed under Bedfordshire lace. 
If you want to find things in the archives, remember to change the Subject
line when you veer off-topic.  Today, even the hours you spend on lace are
usually going to the wrong permanent file.
Jeri Ames in Maine USALace and Embroidery Resource
CenterIn a message dated
1/27/2019 3:23:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, hottl...@neo.rr.com writes:
When I checked the Archives, I didn’t find the discussion of Cotona green
you mentioned but I did find other interesting tidbits so I annotated
Brenda’s book. 

This is the one thing I should have added to Devon’s query/discussion about
how to learn to make lace. There is a certain value to taking lessons or being
in the presence of others who are more experienced. It’s easy to
unintentionally develop bad habits when working independently.
Susan Hottle FL, USA

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[janet theaker]

 Sallie Owenby , With a very heavy heart I have to tell you , Sadly Sallie
passed away on the 17/5 at home in Cheyenne , Wyoming USA. My thoughts and
prayers go out to Emmett and Sallies family. Sallie was a wonderful friend and
we spent many happy times in the UK and USA and will cherish and treasure the
beautiful memories . Heaven has a new lacemaker  peace after much pain  .

Janet

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[Agnes Boddington]

I started lace in the early 90s with the dreaded Dryad kit and plastic
bobbins.

Tried to teach myself, and asked husband to make me some decent bobbins,
which he did.

I did not do a lot of lace as I was still teaching foreign languages and
English, but when they closed our department down, I really got into it and
a local friend pointed me to Arachne. Since then there is no stopping me,
even though I still don't have a lot of time as I still teach privately and
do translation/interpreting work.

Through eBay I found a local woman I'd known for years, but did not know
that she had started making bobbin lace. She told me of a lace group in
Hull, and about Arachne. I don't post often, but read all the messages and
advice, and found "soul mates" all over.

I wish Arachne and all its members a long live and keep the chat and tips
coming.

Agnes Boddington

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[lace] Again, Please Change Arachne Subject Titles when You Change Subjects

[Jeri Ames]

One of our valued members has told me that searches can turn up more than I
think, and that changing the subject line is not really necessary.  That may
be so.   However, I still see the problem because of the way new mail is
listed in my inbox when I sign on.  Subject lines sometimes clue me what to
read right away and what to leave for a more convenient time.  
 
I am very busy every day with large collections of laces and the library here,
plus a large property to maintain.  I do all the manual work, except mowing
and plowing snow.  Otherwise, as you've read before, I do far more than
others at 80, and am busy from morning to midnight with much time needed for
re-reading, privately answering your questions, etc.  I offered to retire
from Arachne quite some time ago, and that was met with a chorus against.  We
need others to step up to the plate.
 
Please indulge me with changed message subjects whenever possible, just as I
still provide you with information you might not be able to easily find
anywhere else.  And know that you can always arrange to come here to do
research in a facility unlike others - anywhere.
 
I indulge gmail users who do not receive my AOL mail via Arachne - by sending
a long list of members bccs.  That takes far more typing time than changing a
subject to more correctly reflect what is being shared.  If my young computer
guru had not died, I'd have him here to make a one-word address for these
gmail users.  The Senior Center is having great difficulty replacing him,
because he was a volunteer. 
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
 

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[lace] Please Change Arachne Subject Titles when You Change Subjects

[Jeri Ames]

This is another reminder - of many sent over the years.


We have just received a most interesting and valuable 3/30/18 post from Amy of
the University of Minnesota about Instagram, Facebook and Ning under the
subject:  Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments
3/28/18.  Those of us who are seniors may not have access to someone who is
qualified to teach us about these subjects.  It would have taken quite a
chunk of time for Amy to organize her thoughts and type this information, for
which we are grateful.
 
Very accurately, Amy comments early in her memo that Search engines have
limits and can only go so far to create a connection.etc.  Also, about
how difficult it can be to use Search engines.   Arachne has a Search
capability in connection with our archives at:
 
http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html 
 
The information about Instagram, Facebook, and Ning, and how to use hashtags
will not be filed in Arachne archives where it can be found.   There will be
subscribers who remember it as early as next week, and be unable to find it.
 
Therefore, if you all think you will ever need this information, I suggest you
forward a copy, with an appropriate Subject, to your personal file about how
to use your computer and features you have never used before.
 
Another thank you to all who share.
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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Re: [lace] Re: Subject lines for posting/Lace Guild Subscriptions

[Malvary]

Following Jane Partridge’s comments below that when the index is done, all you 
will have to do is look at the index to see what is exactly in each issue. 

I would like to say that as the volunteer who undertakes the indexing of Lace, 
I am not behind and would add that I indexed Lace 169 yesterday (I received it 
on Thursday) and while it won’t be on the website right away the indexing is 
pretty much up to date.  However, there will be no way that you can search for 
a specific item such as the gold frogged item from the way the current index is 
set up as it doesn’t identify everything that is in each article.

We are working on ideas on how to make the index more user friendly with a 
search features.  We will probably start with making the patterns more easily 
searchable. Once the format is decided, then we will be looking for volunteers 
to go through back issues to index the magazines in more detail. 


Sent from my iPad

> However, help is at hand on this specific point, in that Lace has an online
> index, and OK it might be twelve months before the volunteers undertaking the
> task catch up (the more volunteers, the quicker the jobs get done) and it will
> only take seeing the magazine issue mentioned to be able to go to the Guild's
> website and look to see exactly what was in that magazine. That is, provided
> a) the Guild can gain enough new members to survive and b) enough volunteers
> can be found to keep the index going.

> 
> 
> 

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[lace] Re: Subject lines for posting/Lace Guild Subscriptions

[Jane Partridge]

Sorry for being pedatic, Jeri, but these are not memos, they are postings to
an Internet group!


It can be difficult to remember to change subject lines, particulary since
contributing to Arachne is no longer via steam-driven (or so it seemed, they
were so slow!) desktop computers as it was when I joined, three months into
the list's being. Many of us use our mobile phones, and writing on small
devices sometimes makes it difficult to remember to trim posts, which is
equally important - we hit send and then think "rats" or words to that
effect.


However, help is at hand on this specific point, in that Lace has an online
index, and OK it might be twelve months before the volunteers undertaking the
task catch up (the more volunteers, the quicker the jobs get done) and it will
only take seeing the magazine issue mentioned to be able to go to the Guild's
website and look to see exactly what was in that magazine. That is, provided
a) the Guild can gain enough new members to survive and b) enough volunteers
can be found to keep the index going.


I have raised the question on the Facebook Lacemakers' page, and I will do so
here, but how many realise that electronic subscriptions are now available for
Lace, cutting out the need for expensive overseas postage with one worldwide
subscription rate? Young Lacemaker is to change its title, and go completely
electronic, but for the time being at least Lace is available in both paper
and electronic forms. See www.laceguild.org<http://www.laceguild.org> for
subscription rates. With an increase in membership/subscribers, hopefully The
Lace Guild will survive, without it, I'm sorry to say the future looks
somewhat bleak. Hazel's article in the current magazine makes the situation
clear.


Jane Partridge



From: owner-l...@arachne.com <owner-l...@arachne.com> on behalf of Jeri Ames
<jeria...@aol.com>
Sent: 03 February 2018 17:13
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject:  Subject lines for memos

Yes, it is perfect to use a publication's name, number and date when telling
about the overall contents.

Example: ??6 months from now, will you remember that Lace Magazine #169
contained information about gold and silver laces?

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[lace] Subject lines for memos

[Jeri Ames]

Yes, it is perfect to use a publication's name, number and date when telling
about the overall contents.


However, I a reminder that if you ever want to got to the Arachne archives to
find information, when you start to write about a specific subject, it would
be nice to remember to attend to changing the subject line to be more
specific.
 
Example:  6 months from now, will you remember that Lace Magazine #169
contained information about gold and silver laces?  If you have an excellent
memory, you will search for Gil Dye.  And if you are very good at saving
information where you can quickly find it - you will print what she has
written about the frogging panel at Hardwick Hall, and place it in your copy
of her book: Surface Decoration in Silk and Metallic Thread.
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
 
 

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[Lin Hudren]

I sincerely apologize to all for my hasty and inappropriate behavior.
Thank you for your understanding.

Let's make lace.

Hugs, Lin and the Mali

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RE: [lace] Subject line: color code = ghost pillow

[jo]

Well, at least this type of subject line hints to skimmers to reconsider 
recently skipped posts, or skip posts in the near future.
 :-)

> Good luck.  I have often asked that Subject Lines get more attention, and 
> have seen little improvement.
>  Jeri Ames in Maine USA

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Re: [lace] Subject line: color code = ghost pillow

[M Geraldine Ames]

Re - Managing Subject Lines on Arachne in a responsible way
 
Good luck.  I have often asked that Subject Lines get more attention, and
have seen little improvement.  For example, my dismay is with those messages
that are "Sad News" that do not get filed under a deceased lace person's name
in the archives.  Often, I add something to the Subject Line or remove
something vague and replace with something more easy for the Arachne computer
program to file - and then give a reply - so the discussion will get where it
should.  
 
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
--
In a message dated 9/16/2017 4:49:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
yhgr@xs4all.nl writes:
 
 Please stay on topic with the subject line or change it.
I see tons of posts with topic "color code" while the content is about ghost
pillows. Very confusing when skimming posts based on the subject line.

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[lace] subject line: color code = ghost pillow

[jo]

Please stay on topic with the subject line or change it.

I see tons of posts with topic "color code" while the content is about ghost
pillows. Very confusing when skimming posts based on the subject line.

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[lace] Digest subject headings

[Avital]

Jeri wrote:

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 5:08 PM,  <jeria...@aol.com> wrote:
> Avital: reference to a lace-digest number on the subject line does not give
>  a way to look up our lace subjects.  These features are not good for  our
> Arachne archives going forward!!  (I have added Lace Identification to  this
> memo of mine.



I know, I know!

>From time to time I try to remind the digest subscribers that if they
reply to a digest, they need to change the subject heading to
something MEANINGFUL. Sometimes they remember and sometimes they
forget

Avital
Arachne moderator

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[Analisa Hall]

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to take a moment and thank Janet Theaker for her
beautiful Christmas ornament and patterns she included!  Just beautiful!

Analisa in Snowy Washington State

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[Vivienne Walton]

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Subject: [lace] "Tribute to Ardoye" war lace

[Karen Thompson]

Hi Vickie and other Arachneans,

Great question about the Tribute to Ardoye War Lace:










* I have a construction question about the second piece on the first page
ofthe war laces section.  It's a table runner titled "Tribute to Ardoye".
The embroidered emblems surrounded by lace ground on the border of
thispiece appear to have button hole stitch edges.  Would they have been
appliquéd using a buttonhole stitch onto a large areaof ground after the
lace was complete or would the ground have been sewn ontothe buttonhole
stitches as the lace border was made?*

I will check next week when I am back at the Smithsonian and let you know.
I am spending a week at the beach making lace and do not have access to any
more images of the laces than you do this week. Instead of answering what I
think it is, I will check before answering.

You can see the War Laces and samples from the Lace collection at

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/world-war-one-laces

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/lace-collection

When you click on Expand in the upper right corner and then View full
record in the lower right you can see more images for some of the laces.
These images can be enlarged on your screen.
Many more will be added to the lace-collection group.

​-​
Karen
​in sunny Delaware on the Atlantic coast​

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[Lin Hudren]

Arachneans, it is almost time to be sure your bookmarks are ready to mail.
Please remember to scan or photograph your bookmark before sending it off
in the mail and please send a copy of it to Jenny Brandis at
je...@brandis.com.au.  An acknowledgement of Jenny's hard work in your
email of your scan will be greatly appreciated by me.  She earns it for her
talented work, thoughtfulness and generosity.  If you have mailed it and
did not scan or photo it, please ask your partner to send Jenny a scan or
photograph.  If you have received one and are not sure if your partner
scanned it before mailing, please just scan or photo it and send a copy to
Jenny.  Better to have two rather than none.  Jenny has skills that make
this awesome.  Thank all of you for making this the most active exchange so
far.  I greatly appreciate your confidence and support in my doings.  Any
info you wish to share with Jenny about the bookmark you made will augment
the web pages and possibly teach a few of us a bit more about lace
techniques.  This definitely is optional and not required - just a thought
as Jenny makes her web pages more informative each time she gifts us with
her skills.

Hugs, Lin and the Mali

When you can't lower expectations you only have one thing you *can* do -
you have to meet them.  ~~Unknown

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[Analisa Hall]

Thank you all for the warm welcome!  I'm not sure if my skill level is up
to par for the bookmark exchange quite yet, but I will consider the next
echange if its in my skill set.

 and Delores

"I am so glad to hear from you.  I am Delores Miller and have been with
LPS  for the last 10 years.  I live in Sedro Woolley.  Will you be
attending Saturday's meeting?"

Yes I will be at the Saturday meeting,  I did go to January's meeting I'm
not sure if I saw you there or not but will look forward to seeing you on
Saturday!

Analisa in Marysville, WA

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[Lin Hudren]

We are down to the last days for sign ups for the bookmark exchange but
don't worry if you are a day or so behind.  I will make it happen.  Just
contact me (*linhud...@gmail.com *) and it will be
worked out.  Also, if you are delayed in mailing your bookmark to your
partner, let your partner and me know so we can take the worry out of the
wonderful anticipation.  This is to be FUN not a job or chore.  I will be
sending out the exchange partner pairings in a day or so - no later than
3/20 but sooner if able.  I am always anxious to know who will be getting
my bookmark and what far away place I will be receiving mail from.  But if
you were on holiday or didn't see the announcement until the last minute -
join in anyway.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.  I believe there is time
to get a bookmark made and in the mail by June 1st.



This year the schedule will go like this:

March 1-18   Sign Ups

March 20  Exchange partner assignments made and emailed out

June 1  All bookmarks should be in the mail (receipt by 7-10 days
after this)



Please send me your name, snail mailing address, email address, how many
bookmark(s) you wish to make and any geographical location(s) you prefer,
if any.  Thank you.



If this is your first time, you are going to have lots of pleasure.  If you
have been doing this for years, you know how much fun it can be.  Any type
of lace and pattern is appropriate.  Any skill level is welcome.  This is
"creative license" at its best.  Don't be shy - shine.  May the lace bug
bite for lots of fun.

Hugs, Lin and the Mali

The universe gave us three things to make life bearable, hope, jokes and
dogs - the greatest of these is dogs.

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Subject: [lace] Philadelphia's Lace Collection

[Karen Thompson]

What a wonderful discovery at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
1. Here's a link to lace in the Philadelphia Museum of Art:
http://bit.ly/229QEnT

​Let's hope some of the lace enthusiasts near Philadelphia can help the
museum with their labels, and also choose good pieces for a temporary
exhibition (behind-the-scenes​?) for the IOLI Convention there next year.
Museums are notoriously understaffed and underfunded, so it takes
volunteers to do much of the work.


Karen
​in Washington,DC where spring seems to have returned, and the cherry
blossoms will be at their peak March 23-24 (according to today's
predictions)​

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[no subject]

[Patricia Runcie]

Happy Christmas, everyone, wherever you are!

Patricia in Wales

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[Rick & Sharon Whiteley]

Our club was just offered a largish collection of lace books to buy from an
old lace maker.  The current owner had priced them out on EBay and Amazon.
Well, I thought the asking prices were a bit inflated until I checked our
regular suppliers and elsewhere.  Turns out that most of these books have
increased anywhere from 100% and up ... in just one year!  The cause isn’t
just because of our devalued Canadian dollar either, that realistically
shouldn’t account for more than 20%.  What gives?  Sharon, on rainy
Vancouver Island

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Subject: [lace] Mounting finished lace

[Alex Stillwell]

Re: From: Sally Jenkins <dansing...@gmail.com>
Subject: [lace] Mounting finished lace  Hello, Is there a book out there on
how to mount finished lace?

Hi Sally

There is an excellent book ,Mounting and Using Lace, by Jean Withers, ISBN 0
8521 9590 7  I googled the book and it is available at a reasonable price.

Blow the dust, let,s make lace

Alex

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[lace] Proper Subject Lines are Necessary

[Jeriames]

Everyone:
 
Why does this message have a "Help please" subject?  Why is it  attached to 
a lace ID question?  Going backwards a few days, why didn't the  lace ID 
memo have a more specific Subject line in the first place?  (I have  trimmed 
most of the lace ID New Zealand correspondence away, per  Avital's (Web 
Mistress) requests. 
 
Reminder:  It is important to give a Subject line that will  attract 
attention, and file a memo like this where it can be found in the  future in 
our 
archives.  Also, something like "Help please" is so vague  that it does not 
attract the best experts on Arachne. 
 
Something like  "Lace ID Question" and  "IOLI NJ Metro Chapter  Lace Day 
Nov 7 and 8" would be helpful.  
 
I write this as a member of another local lace group in NJ.  It is  most 
important that publicity be distributed in a truly helpful way for Lace  
people in the New York City area who may be subscribers to Arachne (Metro  
Chapter is one of the closest Lace groups to the city).
 
Will leave it to Metro Chapter to send us a message with a  Subject line 
that will attract attention of people throughout the NYC and  surrounding area.
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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In a message dated 11/3/2015 11:00:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rmhar...@gmail.com writes:

This  weekend - November 7 and 8 - the Metro Chapter of IOLI will hold its
annual  lace day. It will again be at the Westwood Elks Club on Kinderkamack
Road  in Westwood, NJ, and on Saturday the hours are 10 am to 3 pm. The
public is  welcome and there is no admission fee.  Holly Van Sciver and
Kathie  Kirchner will be vending, and there will also be an  exhibit,
demonstrations, and a children's class.

On Sunday there  will be workshops:  Mayra Petretti will teach a Lepoglava
motif; Pat  Morris will teach techniques in 's Gravenmoer; and Lynda Barber
will teach  a beginners' class and also a Project in a Day class.
Pre-registration is  required and lunch is provided.

Please see the website for additional  information
www.metropolitanchapterioli.orgor email the  president,
Lynda Barber, at lyndal...@att.net.

If you are in the  area we would love to see you there!

Regina Haring
Secretary, Metro  Chapter

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at  3:38 AM, Barrie <toddbj...@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> Sorry, here is  the photo of the lace.
>
>  http://tinyurl.com/whatlaceisthis
>
> Julie
> From New  Zealand

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Subject: Re: [lace] Wish list of teachers

[Anita Hansen]

This may sound odd, but I wish I had been around in the days when Doris
Southard was teaching at the IOLI conventions!  By the time I met Doris in
2002(2) she was 80+ years old and no longer teaching.  I do have a photo of
her working on her pillow but didn't have an opportunity to spend much time
watching her make lace.  I think it would have been wonderful to have taken a
Tonder class from her!  I imagine there are still some lucky people out there
that did have that pleasure!

Speaking of Miss Channer I think it is a safe bet that one of our member's
will be displaying her completed mat in the exhibit room at the IOLI
convention this year!
See you soon!!!
Anita Hansen
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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[lace] Properly Use this Subject Line, Please!

[Jeriames]

Recently, I have received quite a few private messages that just say  
Info (or similar), or are blank.  They often have an  attachment.  These are 
deleted without opening.   One  yesterday was from someone named Hill, but 
sometimes the sender's name is not  clear.
 
Please do not expect multi-tasking lacemakers to  remember everyone and 
their eMail addresses.  For personal letters  requesting help, and for all 
correspondence to Arachne, please try to think  about what Subject is most 
appropriate - what can be researched in the future in  old personal files and 
in 
Arachne's archives.
 
On another matter, please give us a clue as to whom you are, and from  
where.  Replies are sometimes customized for different geographic  areas in the 
world.   New technology seems to ignore the politeness of  just a few years 
ago, and all we get are sent from my (device name), or  something of the 
like advertising a company.  If you expect us to read a  note, please 
consider that we may do a bit of research for you.  We send  replies, and 
sometimes 
do not know if they were helpful.
 
Arachne is unique in that you will usually receive help from someone.   
But, don't expect us to read between the lines what specific help you  need, 
and what you already know and don't need us to repeat.
 
Thanks to all,
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center  

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Subject: [lace] 1931 lace making clip

[Janice Blair]

I noticed I the difference in the pricking background colors and the pillow
covers but did not notice the different bobbins.  Funny what we see when not
looking closely.
Sue, you mentioned discussing this on Facebook.  Which group are you on
because I did not see the conversation on Bobbin Lace Makers.Janice

Shared this on facebook. A British Pathe silent black and white clip of
bobbin
lace. Single handed! On facebook we had several say Lace type is Beds but one
said Cluny. What do you all think?

Sue

http://youtu.be/IwcSaAXtZsc
 Janice Blair
Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego
www.jblace.com
www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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Subject: [lace] 1931 lace making clip

[Janice Blair]

I spotted the difference of the pricking paper color first and then checked
the pillows.  I didn't notice the different bobbins though.

Sue, you mentioned chat about it on Facebook, which group do you belong to?
 I did not see this conversation on Bobbin Lace Makers.Janice
Shared this on facebook. A British Pathe silent black and white clip of
bobbin
lace. Single handed! On facebook we had several say Lace type is Beds but one
said Cluny. What do you all think?

Sue

http://youtu.be/IwcSaAXtZsc

 Janice Blair
Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego
www.jblace.com
www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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Subject: [lace] Thread management/organisation

[Susan Vossier]

If the thread is coloured: pendants, ear-rings, lace-bugs or butterflies
from Claire Burkhardt's Lace for 10pairs (I have a stash of insects, so
when asked for something to put in the witches' cauldron, or how to hide
holes in a curtain nibbled by grasshoppers, I donate several lace bugs;
what's more, you can mix colours to your heart's delight); if there's
enough thread I may make a bookmark, or use it to try out a new pattern, or
just make a band until the thread runs out.  There are so many things to do
with short bands of lace - put it on a pocket, a lavender bag, on a jute
lace-maker's pillow.  The real problem is taking the time to do a something
little when you're itching to get onto the next big project, so I have lots
of little ends that go into pin-cushions, but I top them with polyster
filling, because I don't like the only-threads ones!

Sue from a grey and chilly Montelimar

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[no subject]

[Celtic Dream Weaver]

Thank you Aldele and others for your convention report. I have enjoyed the few
that have responded. Just the same I hope I will get to read other reports.
    I am looking towards tomorrow when I will hear if I am going to get in the
class I wanted for Ithaca, New York Lace Days. I am hoping to get in the wire
lace class but I understand that this is a real popular class so that may not
happened. Holly's class would be good too.
 Tomorrow is suppose to be the day
when names will be drawn to place lacers in classes by lottery so we will see
what will happen.
   Who on the list is going and what classes are you hoping
for.


Wind To Thy Wings, 
Sherry 
New York, US of America
celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com 
http://celticdreamweaver.com/
http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ 
Nata 616

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Subject: Re: [lace] lace style sheet, was lace proof readers

[Alex Stillwell]

Hi Arachnids

Re -
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 08:36:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: dmt11h...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [lace] lace style sheet, was lace proof readers

Frequently, it is the person who has studied the language  formally who
understands it better than the native speaker!

I agree with this comment. As a native speaker I am not always aware of all
the rules of spelling and grammar as someone who has studied it can be.  As a
teacher and author writing about lace subjects I am well aware of the
pitfalls, so are my proof readers including Aurelia herself. I would never
have finished revamping my dictionary without her. She was always picking me
up, and making pointed comments using misinterpretation that had me in
stitches and enlivened my mornings.

When I wrote my dictionary of lacemaking terms I was often asked which was the
correct term when there were several.  In my opinion it is not about which is
the  correct term. To me words are tools by which we pass on and receive
ideas. What matters is that both the sender and receiver have the same
understanding of the word or phrase. The English language is wide open to
misinterpretation, hence the wonderful episodes when Shakespeare has his
actors playing with them and Aurelia made fun of what would otherwise have
been tedious. As an author and teacher I have to do my best to guard against
misinterpretation, and I use several lacemakers to proofread and try out my
explanations. My thanks to all my helpers. Hopefully we succeed.

Happy lacemaking

Alex

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[Agnes Boddington]

As a professional translator and interpreter, I would like to point out how
expensive it is to get a book or article professionally translated.

Many books on very specific topics, such as lace and history, will sell a
limited number of copies, so translating these would make them prohibitively
expensive. 

Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK

 

 

I usually hate the 'me too' comments BUT on this occasion I agree with both
writers. I am passionate about history especially scholarly histories and it
pains me that most good ones are not in English. Please could authors of
such works write or have their work translated into English. OR failing that
why not write everything in Latin! At least I could then translate it myself

 

Anna from a wet Sydney

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Re: Subject: Re: [lace]

[Karen Sammie Manduca]

.and my expression when seeing this magnificent piece of lace was, Oh Ye 
Greek Gods -:)

Karen in Malta

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Re: Subject: Re: [lace]

[Vila Cox]

Amazing piece of work! I also like the piece in the tray below it. So 
elegant!


Vila Cox
Warped  Wonderful   http://www.warpedandwonderful.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Warped-Wonderful-Handwoven-Treasures/241360532566599

On 1/14/2014 11:56 PM, Alex Stillwell wrote:

My biggest and most challenging piece is my ‘Oh ye Greek Gods!  You can see
it on my website www.alexstillwell.wordpress.com It took 1200 hours to make.

Happy lacemaking

Alex

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Re: Subject: Re: [lace]

[Shelly]

Alex,
 That is an amazing piece of lace. Wish the photo would allow for a 
closer view in some spots.  That is something as a newer lace maker I 
hope to be able to do someday.

Thank you for sharing!
Shell, in central PA and looking at her lace pillow longingly whilst she 
gets ready for work.


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Re: Subject: [lace] Oh ye Greek Gods!

[Jeriames]

In a message dated 1/15/2014 _alexstillwell@talktalk.net_
(mailto:alexstillw...@talktalk.net)   writes:

My biggest and most challenging piece is my ‘Oh ye Greek  Gods!  You can
see
it on my website www.alexstillwell.wordpress.com It  took 1200 hours to
make.   Alex

Dear Alex,


Is this the famous lace that disappeared (or was stolen)?  I'm  thinking of
the one that was so valued that notices and very clear photos  were put in
various national Lace Guild magazines at the time.  And I  remember a
detailed article about it   If so, how was this  resolved?

The other day, I mentioned flipped pillows in a memo about packing  books
in a tote bag.

Everyone new to lace, please notice that even one of our most  experienced
lace makers has had a pillow mishap - in the photo just below the
Greek-themed lace.  Notice how the pillow is set up with attached cover
cloths which
would reduce possible damage.  Without, many threads  could have broken.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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Re: Subject: Re: [lace]

[Clay Blackwell]

Yes, this really is one of the most beautiful pieces of lace I've ever seen...  
 But wait!  There's more!  Alex designed and made this lace and sent it to a 
competition.  It was never seen again!  Lost or stolen...

So, she made the one you have seen in the picture!  

Clay

Sent from my iPad

 On Jan 15, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Shelly she11yg...@verizon.net wrote:
 
 Alex,
 That is an amazing piece of lace. Wish the photo would allow for a closer 
 view in some spots.  That is something as a newer lace maker I hope to be 
 able to do someday.
 Thank you for sharing!
 Shell, in central PA and looking at her lace pillow longingly whilst she gets 
 ready for work.
 

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Re: Subject: Re: [lace]

[anneke]

It is absolutely a gorgeous piece of lace. Stunning.

What a shame that it got lost. And if it was stolen, I can't imagine that 
the person who took it will be happy with it.


Anneke Reijs, in Baexem, The Netherlands
ann...@reijs.nl


-Oorspronkelijk bericht- 
From: Clay Blackwell

Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:41 PM
To: Shelly
Cc: Vila Cox ; Arachne reply
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [lace]

Yes, this really is one of the most beautiful pieces of lace I've ever 
seen...   But wait!  There's more!  Alex designed and made this lace and 
sent it to a competition.  It was never seen again!  Lost or stolen...


So, she made the one you have seen in the picture!

Clay

Sent from my iPad


On Jan 15, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Shelly she11yg...@verizon.net wrote:

Alex,
That is an amazing piece of lace. Wish the photo would allow for a closer 
view in some spots.  That is something as a newer lace maker I hope to be 
able to do someday.

Thank you for sharing!
Shell, in central PA and looking at her lace pillow longingly whilst she 
gets ready for work.




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Subject: Re: [lace]

[Alex Stillwell]

What is the biggest and the hardest piece of lace you
have ever done?

Hi Arachnids

My biggest and most challenging piece is my ‘Oh ye Greek Gods!  You can see
it on my website www.alexstillwell.wordpress.com It took 1200 hours to make.

Happy lacemaking

Alex

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Subject: Re: [lace] Lace poppies

[Janice Blair]

Hi David,
Sue is going to send you a copy, and she may have already done so.
 I get the digest so am always late with items.  I had lost my file and she
kindly sent me a copy.  It was designed for the IOLI convention way back in
2008, so probably 2007.  I may have it filed in my old convention folders
rather than my lace designs.  Sue is more organized than me. :-)
Janice
Sue,

I think this might be a pricking I need, as I don't have one yet.
Tell
how Janice.
thanks
David in Ballarat, AUS

 
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50
miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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[Sue]

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Subject: [lace] lace-related uses for tablets and other digital devices

[Janice Blair]

I don't have a tablet or e-reader.  I like books in the old form, but should I 
ever get a tablet, I will certainly use it to do as Vicki suggested, which is 
to 
take a photo of diagrams.  I have done this with my iphone when in class and I 
remember once when I was teaching at my local guild that one student was 
filming 
my presentation on her tablet.  I was not aware of it until she came in for 
close ups on the lace on the pillow.  She went home with something she could 
follow rather than trying to remember everything that was said and shown.  Who 
knows, maybe I am on youtube somewhere. :-)
Janice
 Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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[Sue]

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[lace] Jeanette's shoulder, Noelene's poetry.(subject change)....

[Jeriames]

Oh!  Jeanette,
 
How sorry I am to read you are somewhat incapacitated.
 
Your were still able to type a note to us - using one hand.  Just  shows 
what you can do with one hand tied behind your back.  (An American  
expression to describe busy women.) 
 
Everyone - if Jeanette (South Africa) had not corresponded openly on  
Arachne, we would not have pursued private correspondence, which led to our  
arranging to meet each other last year at the OIDFA congress in France.  It  
was 
something we both enjoyed looking forward to, and it was fun.
 
Perhaps there are people who do not know that Noelene's lace poems  were 
published in a 16-page booklet Inspired by Lace, 2004, that  could be 
purchased from at least one lace book vendor (because that is how it  came into 
my 
library).  Perhaps Noelene will read this note and know  that some of us 
would like to purchase and read an expanded  version.  Perhaps it could be 
offered first at the OIDFA Congress in  Australia next year?
 
Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center  
--
 
In a message dated 3/16/2013 2:14:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jeane...@maxitec.co.za writes:

Just  think how much poorer we all would have been without Noelene's
wonderful  witty poems!!!  Then she is even generous enough to allow them
being  used in newsletters the world over!

I hope Arachne lasts another 20  years!  How many of us will still be around
then :-))

Jeanette  Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa.  Typing with one hand  after
shoulder  surgery!

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[lace] Cover Cloths (Subject change)

[Jeriames]

Dear John Mead,
 
Welcome to our list.  I put aside your letter from the other day, and  will 
comment on it later as it requires some more thinking time.
 
A cover cloth is usually a large square of fabric of a size that will  
completely cover a bobbin lace pillow. It can be pinned to the pillow with  
something like pearl-headed corsage pins from a craft shop.
 
It becomes double-insurance against tangled bobbins when you are moving a  
lace pillow, such as when it is being taken to another table or being put in 
a  tote bag to be taken to a group meeting or lace-making demonstration 
site  (historic house, museum, school, etc.).  People with inquisitive small  
children and pets also find a cover cloth necessary.  Most  cloths are in 
color, but definitely must be color-fast (no dyes that will  run when a liquid 
is spilled on them, or rub off dye on lace  threads), the fabric should be 
tightly-woven not a fuzzy material that  sheds and can get worked into lace.  
Some lace makers embroider their  cloths and edge them in lace, but it is 
not necessary.  When I was around  beginning lace makers years ago, I used to 
bring a supply of large dinner  napkins for the purpose, so they would have 
something that did not add to their  start-up expenses.
 
A cover cloth also keeps dust, pet hair, insects, etc.  from settling into 
your threads and lace equipment when your  pillow is not in use.  (Though 
not recommended, some lace makers put  works-in-progress away for a long time!)
 
Years ago, Arachne had a topic about people walking around a lace  
demonstration site looking for pillows that were unattended.   Perhaps  the 
makers 
had gone away for lunch, for example.  There were sinister types  who would 
walk around with small scissors in their hands, and snip off  interesting 
bobbins (antiques, and fancy painted ones with very desirable  spangles 
(spangles are glass beads that prevent some styles of  English bobbins from 
rolling 
and weight the bobbins, threaded on  wires through drilled holes in the 
bobbins).  Ever since,  demonstrators have used pinned-down cover cloths 
whenever pillows are left  unattended.  Hopefully, this dastardly criminal 
behavior is no longer  practiced.
 
Spangling is another big topic.
 
Whenever you encounter a new lace term, we recommend our Arachne  archives. 
 Go there, and put the lace term in the Search box.   All our past 
correspondence is there, making our Web Master the busiest  of all our 
Arachnes.   
At this moment there are 138  entries under Cover Cloths, and this one 
should find its way there  because I changed the subject line.  The address:
 
_http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_ 
(http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html)   
 
Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

 
In a message dated 3/16/2013 12:38:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
johnbobm...@gmail.com writes:

OK, I'll  air my ignorance, a quick google search didn't look very
successful.   What's a cover cloth?  John Mead
Tacoma, WA  USA

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[lace] Silly Questions (another subject change!)

[Jane Partridge]

You know, one of the things I like about Arachne is that we *don't* mind 
people asking the same question over again, and that the answer to a 
simple question like John's might also be the answer to someone else who 
is too afraid/shy/embarrassed to ask. That has been a feature of the 
list for all of the time it has been going (not that many questions had 
been asked when I joined!). Not everyone has time to go searching 
through archives for answers that may or may not be there - and I 
believe not all messages have been archived.


As we've said before, a question asked more than once over several years 
may elicit the same answer, but in some cases, may elicit an importantly 
more up-to-date answer - I'm sure Jeri would agree with me that her 
method of cleaning lace is not the same as that which was the approved 
method 100 years ago, and that sometimes looking up an archived answer 
can give the wrong information!


On one of the railway lists I subscribe to, nearly every person who asks 
a question gets told to look in the archives... not very helpful when 
you want a quick answer, and to be honest, I sometimes find the go and 
find out for yourself response off-putting - you thought you were doing 
that by asking people who know the answers - so then you daren't ask 
anything in case it has been asked before and you will get the same 
brush-off.





In message 25c6c.166d86f0.3e760...@aol.com, jeria...@aol.com writes

Whenever you encounter a new lace term, we recommend our Arachne  archives.
Go there, and put the lace term in the Search box.   All our past
correspondence is there, making our Web Master the busiest  of all our 
Arachnes.

At this moment there are 138  entries under Cover Cloths, and this one
should find its way there  because I changed the subject line.  The address:

_http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_
(http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html)

Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center



--
Jane Partridge

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RE: [lace] Silly Questions (another subject change!)

[mary carey]

Hi All,

I agree with Jane, the question should be asked if something is to be found
out.

The rest of us who are not interested in the question and/or the answer all
have a delete button on their computer.

Mary Carey

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[hottleco]

Hello All!  Many thanks Jeri--loved the link to the tatting site.  WOW, your 
friend Elaine has got some fabulous stuff!  Those fingerless gloves got my 
attention right away, along with the mobis shawl.  Now that I understand what 
to look for, I can check Digital Archives for a simple (!!) square tatting 
pattern.  In the meantime, for more complex, items you've provided a great 
resource for those of us who are fumble fingers with a shuttle!  Thanks for 
sharing her contact info.  Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FL USA  
  

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[lace] Proper Subject Lines for Lace

[Jeriames]

Dear Lace Friends, especially Newbies:
 
We all have had problems trying to identify if a message is legitimate, or  
should be deleted without reading.  Today there is in my Spam folder a  
message from d.haber with no relevant lace Subject -- just  hello.  Hello 
is a classic word used by spammers, instead of  giving a real Subject.  
Many of us delete all messages with inane Subjects  like this, and then the 
sender wonders why there were no responses..
 
May I request that everyone use relevant-to-lace  Subject lines,  please?  
 
Suggestion:  Write your memo, then see what the main Subject is and  plug 
it in place.   Even something like introducing myself as a new  member is 
better than hello.  
 
Many thanks, Jeri 
 
Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center

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[Sue]

Unsubscribe hurwitz...@btinternet.com

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Subject: Re: [lace] Removing fold lines from a handkerchief

[Alex Stillwell]

Dear Arachnids

I have not looked at the pictures of the 'handkerchiefs' but Joan Tyler-Smith
showed me some square handkerchief-like items with circular centres and wide
lace edgings, many of them silk, and she explained they were made to cover the
face of someone who had died. Does anyone know more about this tradition?

Happy lacemaking

Alex

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[Witchy Woman]

Passion and satisfaction will make your life more interesting.. 
http://ponto.kelly-systems.com.br/comp.link.php?qaGIS=09x8

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Subject: [lace] Green thing

[Alex Stillwell]

Hi Arachnids

Some years ago I had a problem with W H Smith. I told the lady at the checkout
that for environmental reasons I did not wish to have a bag but she insisted
in putting my book into one saying that it was necessary for security as it
would prove I had paid for it. I replied that the receipt was sufficient and
proceeded to take the book out and leave it behind. It was interesting that
there was no such problwem the next time I went there. I wonder why?

Keep reusing bags

Alex

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[Rebecca Mikkelsen]

http://www.sharpmen.co.uk/wp-content/themes/classic/cats.php?day160.html

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Re: Subject: [lace] Roller pillow and lace

[Sue]

Good advise as it isn't very wide.   I designed this pattern as a square 
photoframe for Alice for the Arachne exchange in 2008 I think, and have 
since changed it to be this straight strip to try on this pillow.  I called 
it Alice of course:-)  It is working up well and getting me into the swing 
of using up the silk threads, finding out all the little things I dont know 
yet and even bringing in new threads as I go, at the moment.
We have two of those little glass angels which we bought last december at 
our local garden centre which puts up a fabulous christmas display every 
year.  I bought them because I liked them for our small christmas tree and 
when we got them home my DH told me how lovely they would look with some 
lace around them, !!!  bless him.. LOL.   As if I didn't have anything to do 
at all.  this year I started very early so was all finished during November 
and didn't buy anything this year that just needed that extra bit of lace:-) 
hense the reason I have time to play and get used to this new pillow I have 
only had for 5 or 6 months:-)

Sue T


It looks like a fairly small roller to me, so definitely try a small 
sample of

lots of bobbins first.  Looks like a nice pattern to work for demo'ing.

BTW, where did you get the little glass angel that you put the lace skirt 
on?  I

have not seen those before.  I wonder if anyone carries them in the US.
Janice

Subject: [lace] Roller pillow and lace
MY DH has taken a photo of the roller pillow (just as I was putting it to 
bed

the other evening, so I have uploaded it onto the webshots site in the
hurwitzend album.  He was the other side of the pillow, so has the 
finished
lace, and the roller.  the bobbins are pinned up inside the cover cloth 
the

other side of it.
Sue T
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org


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Subject: [lace] Roller pillow and lace

[Janice Blair]

It looks like a fairly small roller to me, so definitely try a small sample of 
lots of bobbins first.  Looks like a nice pattern to work for demo'ing.

BTW, where did you get the little glass angel that you put the lace skirt on?  
I 
have not seen those before.  I wonder if anyone carries them in the US.
Janice

 Subject: [lace] Roller pillow and lace
MY DH has taken a photo of the roller pillow (just as I was putting it to bed
the other evening, so I have uploaded it onto the webshots site in the
hurwitzend album.  He was the other side of the pillow, so has the  finished
lace, and the roller.  the bobbins are pinned up inside the cover cloth the
other side of it.

Sue T
 Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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[Janice Blair]

Hi Sue,
There was a discussion on Arachne in the past where it was suggested that if 
you 
intend to do yardage on a roller pillow, that you do not make the pricking fit 
exactly, as with each turn of the pillow you will be pricking into the same 
holes again.  Depending on what your pillow is made of, the pillow may break 
down quicker.  It was also suggested that the pricking be a little larger and 
left free under the roller so that future pinholes will be in different 
positions.

I was going to suggest a little open bag at the back of your pillow that you 
can 
roll the lace and put it into.  I remember being given one from England made in 
very bright cotton.  It was just a length of fabric, probably doubled, folded 
almost in half, with about a half inch left over to pin to the back of the 
pillow, and sewn together. 
Janice 

 There wasn't room to wrap wool blanket around it, so in the end
I have a thin layer of foam with a couple of layers of cotton fabric pulled
tight around it and the pattern fits beautifully around that.
I am using up the spare left over silk threads left on the bobbins from my
finished garter.  
Sue T
Dorset UK

 Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

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Re: Subject: [lace] diagrams

[Nancy Neff]

Hi Chris,
 
Not only have I concluded from a very interesting discussion that
colored diagrams are not cheating, but in addition to being another tool to
accomplish the task of making lace, they are also a valuable tool for
learning about a type of lace--all depends on one's goals and how the tool is
used!
 
Nancy
Connecticut, USA, in the cold and dark after the big storm :-(

From: Chris Brill-Packard
cbpu...@yahoo.com
To: Arachne Lace List email lace@arachne.com
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 6:52 PM
Subject: Subject: [lace] diagrams

Nancy
asked if colored diagrams were cheating.    I do not believe it is
cheating
at all, since individuals learn differently.   It is just one more
tool in
our tool box to accomplish the task of making lace.   

Sometimes we
do not
have a good picture of the lace nor do we have a sample of the lace to
copy. 
The colored diagram gives us some of the close-ups for the techniques
of the
particular lace. Maybe I should say the more tools in our lace box -
the
better!   
 Chris Brill-Packard


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Subject: [lace] diagrams

[Chris Brill-Packard]

Nancy asked if colored diagrams were cheating.    I do not believe it is
cheating at all, since individuals learn differently.   It is just one more
tool in our tool box to accomplish the task of making lace.   

Sometimes we
do not have a good picture of the lace nor do we have a sample of the lace to
copy.  The colored diagram gives us some of the close-ups for the techniques
of the particular lace. Maybe I should say the more tools in our lace box -
the better!   
 Chris Brill-Packard

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Subject: Re: [lace] prickings

[Witchy Woman]

Read the posts about storing used prickings.  Lots of good information.

I, too, like to keep them in the book the pattern came from if possible.  I 
keep them in plastic page protectors...cut to fit the book if need 
be...keeps them from falling out when you open the book.


I've found out the hard way that the ink from regular ball point pens like 
Bic tends to fade as the years go by so I make notes in an indelible ink...a 
Pentel brand Onyx pen is a good one...fine lines and inexpensive.


If you're going to make any markings on the pricking before you cover it 
with clear contact film, a pencil works well.  Inks of all kinds seem to 
bleed into the contact film after a while.


BTW...if you use the plastic page protectors to store your notes and 
prickings, make sure they're made of polypropylene, which is chemically 
inert.



Peg
in Fairview Park OH USA...not too far from the shores of Lake Erie



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Re: Subject: Re: [lace] prickings

[Witchy Woman]

Peg,
A suggestion re using pens, etc., may I suggest you invest in some lignin 
free pens.  You can get them in the scrapbook section of Michaels or Hobby 
Lobby.  They work great  have no acid properties on them as regular pens 
have.

Sallie in Wyoming

Sent from my iPhone



Thanks, Sallie.  It's good to know where to get those kind of pens other 
than a place that sells mail order archival supplies.  I'll have to check 
out Michaels this weekend.


Peg
in Ohio

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Subject: [lace] roller pillows

[Witchy Woman]

Subject: [lace] roller pillows


In 2005 I had a fire at my house and lost all of my lace pillows.  About 3 
years ago I decided to take it up again and started from 
scratch...literally.


My oldest pillow is a homemade roller pillow I take back and forth to work. 
It's made of a a scrap of foam insulation  board for the base with a small 
wooden cigar box (about 3x5) to hold the roller, and the roller made out 
of strips of felted wool wrapped around a dowel, pinned and covered with a 
layer of cotton to keep the fuzz away from the lace.


For the felted wool I went to the thrift store on 50% off Monday and bought 
a thick 100% wool coat for $5.00.  (I love thrift stores!!)  I threw it in 
the washer in hot water and ran it through the cycle twice, then threw it in 
a hot dryer for about an hour.  It shrank beautifully.  I cut the coat into 
strips as wide as the dowel and wrapped tightly until it fit in the cigar 
box.  I drilled 2 small holes in the box and use corsage pins to hold the 
roller in place when I'm working.


I've tried other materials for rollers, but I like this type of wool roller 
the best.  It hasn't broken down and when it does I still have a lot of the 
coat left to make another roller.


Peg
in Fairview Park OH...where the weather is just the right amount of cool for 
good sleeping.  Sweet dreams everyone.


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Subject: Re: [lace] Free Cross Stitch Pattern for The Lace Maker by Jan Vermeer

[Witchy Woman]

Each piece of the pattern is actually a graphics file and can be copied.  To
get the pattern to fit on a page is to do this...

1.  Open a screen in Word.  Set the page size to Legal and all margins to
0.5.

2.  Go to the screen with the pattern.  Put your cursor on one section of the
pattern and right click.  Select Copy.

3. Go back to the Word screen and select Paste (or hold the CTRL key down and
hit V to paste).  It will automatically fit the pattern to the page.

4.  Repeat with each section of the pattern.

Enjoy!

Peg
in Fairview Park, Ohio...who should be in the shower getting ready for
work...sigh



~~~
G:  What is it you want?

D:  Freedom...
 to want nothing...
 to expect nothing...
 to depend on nothing.

from THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand

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Subject: [lace] Wheel bag

[Witchy Woman]

Talk about perfect timing.  What a great idea, Tatman

Most of my lacemaking these days is done on my lunch hour, so I carry my
pillow back and forth to work.  A bag that will protect it is essential.  I'm
working on a Milanese piece that needs to be transferred from my small cookie
pillow to a larger one for the second part of the pattern.  Problem is I don't
have a bag big enough for my 22 pillow.  Most of the large bags I've seen are
cloth, don't close completely, and way too expensive.  I would make one
myself, but my sewing machine is out of commission.

I went on Amazon and ordered the M-Wave bag for $24...with free shipping  It
came yesterday.  Nicely padded, zips all around.  Only thing I would have
liked is a shoulder strap, but that's easily added.

I cut a piece of corrugated cardboard about 4 wide and long enough to go
around the pillow to keep the bag from squishing down on the work.  It fits
beautifully.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Peg



Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:53:55 -0500
From: Tatman tat...@tat-man.net
Subject: [lace] Wheel bag

I am a cyclist as well as a lacemaker, and when I was ³window shopping²
online for fun stuff for my bike, I happened on the wheel bags that carry
and protect your extra wheel assembly.  I immediately saw this bag as a
large size(24-32 inch) cookie pillow travel bag:





~~~
G:  What is it you want?

D:  Freedom...
 to want nothing...
 to expect nothing...
 to depend on nothing.

from THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand

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[Sue]

Can I please ask anyone who has my email address in their address book 
please delete the hurwitz...@talktalk.net email address as we have changed 
isp today.

Hopefully we will not miss out for so long on the lovely lace emails.
Sorry to do this this way, but the quickest way to deal with it I think.

Sue T
Dorset UK
www.hurwitzend.co.uk 


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[Jay Ekers]

I will be in Durango, Colorado, USA, for a couple of days from 18May 2011,
while DH is at a conference.  Then until 11 June we will be touring in Nova
Scotia/Newfoundland.

Are there any lace interests we can visit then?

Jay in Sydney

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[lace] Use Subject Line, or We Treat as Spam/Delete

[Jeriames]

Dear Members of _Lace@Arachne_ (mailto:Lace@Arachne) :
 
Please remember to use the Subject line when writing to Arachne.  If  you 
do not, your message goes to a strange place, and there is no indication of  
[lace] in brackets to let us know your message is safe to open!
 
I deleted the Jekers message immediately, without thinking twice.
 
However, now the message has been copied by another member, Jekers  might 
like to know about lacemakers in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland ---  they are 
there!  There is a lace group in each of these Provinces.   Watch for a 
reply from someone in Canada.  You should know that the Walker  ladies (Beverly 
and Margot) have Canada covered from coast to  coast.  Both are very 
involved in the Canadian Lacemaker Gazette,  a magazine of about 24 pages that 
is 
mailed quarterly.  Both are frequent  correspondents to _Lace@Arachne.com_ 
(mailto:Lace@Arachne.com) 
 
Wishing you all joyful travels this Summer and always,
 
Jeri
 
Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center

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[lace] Re: Use Subject Line, or We Treat as Spam/Delete

[Jane Partridge]

In message 1954f.5129bdfa.3affe...@aol.com, jeria...@aol.com writes

Dear Members of _Lace@Arachne_ (mailto:Lace@Arachne) :

Please remember to use the Subject line when writing to Arachne.  If  you
do not, your message goes to a strange place, and there is no indication of
[lace] in brackets to let us know your message is safe to open!

I deleted the Jekers message immediately, without thinking twice.


It isn't foolproof though - for me, it just means that the email goes 
into my general inbox rather than being filtered into lace or lace 
chat - I recognised the name of the sender as being on Arachne, so no 
problem.


I find messages irritating when they are moved from one list to the 
other, they invariably end up as duplicate messages in the same box as 
both [lace] and [lace-chat] are left in the subject lines!.


However, it looks as if Catherine Hill's address book has been 
compromised - the message that did come through with the [lace] prefix 
and subject line re:  shouldn't have come to lace at all, and appears 
from the address list in the header to have been sent to all and sundry.


Ironic - the one that was genuine appeared not to be so, and the one 
that wasn't, looked as if it was!

--
Jane Partridge

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[Alan Sheila Brown]

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[aliceknit]

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Subject: Re: [lace] Facebook scams from Arachne list

[Angharad Rixon]

Subject: Re: [lace] Facebook scams  from Arachne list

Hi all,
I too have had problems with Facebook in recent months, it somehow dived
automatically into my computer and fished out all the email adresses which
have ever passed by my inbox! Very embarassing! I read an article in the
Spanish press some weeks ago that was saying that this is the new spam, as
it ie easier for spammers to infiltrate social networks than email now that
email security has improved. Somehow I think that Facebook can unfortunately
be somewhat spammy on its own as if you click on the wrong thing it just
seems to take off on its own!
Best wishes,
Angharad

from a very stormy Pavia
-- 
Angharad Rixon
Via Milazzo 191
27100 Pavia
tel. 0382 300061
cell. 349 293 8972

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[lace] Please be More Specific with Subject Lines

[Jeriames]

Dear Lacemakers,
 
There are currently 2 sets of different correspondence going on with the  
word Help in the subject line.  Please remember that someone  determines 
what to call correspondence so we can look it up in the Lace List  Archive at 
a later time.
 
In these cases, something like the name of the publications being  
referenced would be much appreciated by those of us who use the Lace List  
Archive 
when doing research, and might lessen confusion that sometimes results  in 
replies not relevant to a message sent.  
 
Please also remember that Arachne correspondence is read by many  members 
to whom English is not their first language.
 
Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource  Center

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[Lorri Ferguson]

Someone wanted ISNB #s on the Monica Ferris books.  I have located a few of my
copies (I have them all I believe) so here goes:

A Stitch in Time 0-425-17511-1
Unraveled Sleeve 0-425-18045-X
A Murderous Yarn 0-425-18403-X
Hanging by a Thread 0-425-18714-4
Cutwork 0-425-19389-6
Sins  Needles 978-0-425-21636-1
Knitting Bones 978-0-425-22301-7
Embroidered Truths 0-425-20301-8
Thai Die 978-0-425-22346-8

These may not be listed in the order published, but this should give you a way
to track down the sequence (they do not necessarily need to be read in
sequence and the remaining #s.

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[Alan Sheila Brown]

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Subject: Re: [lace] Edwardian Farm/lace tape

[Janice Blair]

Bev wrote:

Maybe not something to ask because of copyright ;)
Is there anything at BBC America? as I don't have tv, I can't check it myself.

BBC America at the moment seems to have nothing worth watching.  For instance 
tonight has Star Trek and King Arthur repeated from 2004.  I am able to watch 
repeats of Larkrise for my English fix once a week, where I once spotted 
Queenie 
making lace.  Not sure what type of lace it was as it was too far away. 
 Hopefully we will get Edwardian Farm at some stage.

The lace tape looked interesting and I wondered if it was possible to stick it 
on some cardstock and use the image to make the lace on top of, but I have 
enough patterns I want to do to keep me going for a long time.

Two of the ornaments I made were sold for charity and got at least $10 each.  I 
was away so not there to up the bidding. :-)

Janice

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Subject: Re: [lace] bobbins... and now, teaching?

[Janice Blair]

I bought the dowel and some long wooden beads years ago with the intent of 
using 
it to make long bobbins for doing yarn lace.  It is on my someday list.

Teaching - well my guild is having it's third class this year for beginners in 
November and without any advertising we already have 9 people on the list!  The 
first class earlier in the year was a success with some new members and the 
followup continuing class also included 5 new beginners, 4 of which joined 
the 
guild.  Now we have decided to offer a class on a special day rather than eat 
into our guild meeting days.  I came up with a new simple pattern this time 
that 
should be able to be completed easily in the 4 hours this class will have, and 
that will include them doing some winding of  bobbins and pricking the pattern. 
 Our guild members help out by sitting alongside the newbies, one-on-one if 
possible, and this takes the burden off the person running the class of being 
everywhere all at the same time.  I am concerned that if we keep growing at 
this 
rate, we will outgrow our meeting room which is very convenient and economical 
for us at present.

I developed an easy bookmark pattern, just uploaded it to the second page of my 
arachne webshots album:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/149126673AmIpMo?start=0

If anyone wants a to proof read my class notes and get the pattern, email me. 
 The piece uses 7 pairs of bobbins and 35/2 linen thread.  

Janice
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Subject: Re: [lace] bobbins... and now, teaching?

[Janice Blair]

Thank you to Karen in Malta for the grammatical corrections, and to my friend 
Brenda who worked it up from the directions and had no problem.  The heart 
bookmark pattern is useable now and available if you email me off list.
Janice
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Re: Subject: Re: [lace] bobbins... and now, teaching?

[Tamara P Duvall]

On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Janice Blair wrote:

 The heart bookmark pattern is useable now and available if you email me off 
 list.

Call it Key To My Heart :)

-- 
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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[Lorelei Halley]

Mark
That is incredible!  As far as I can tell, all of Bruges Bloomwork designs are
made up of a stock set of motifs with variations.  And each piece is just a
different selection of motifs and arrangements of motifs.  So you are
designing Bloomwork just the way it is always designed (except for the
computer and PhotoShop).
Lorelei

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[Chris Brill-Packard]

Hello Everyone,   I would like to add to Devons questions and comments.  

1.
How dramatically have enrollments of young people, say under 20 fallen  
in
recent years?   
I did a FREE intro to bobbin lace at a public library during
July where they had 
monies donated from volunteers to
promote special programs to the public at the 
library.   They created full
color table tent displays and posters for the 
library and other public
buildings in their city and did advertising.  


I had placed a maximum number
on it of 10 but the librarian to my surprise 
called the night before the
class and stated I hope you do not mind but I added 
some more students -
total is 21  YIKES...some calls to a fellow group member - 
lots of bobbin
winding, more pillows and I then had enough to do 11 pillows 
since I was
going to need to pair up all of the mothers and daughters 
enrollees.  Ages
10 -14 for the younger girls, I had 2 college gals (one a NY 
city fashion
design student) and their mothers - mainly 30s.  

The girls and the college
students went to town on the lacelove it.  After 
3 hours, everyone
asked to continue - the library room was available on the 
Sunday afternoons
and we scheduled two more Sundays of FREE lace lessons.    
After 3 classes, I
asked if anyone would like to continue with lessons  - the 
girls said YES but
the MOTHERS said NO to their girls stating that with school 
they had TOO MANY
extra activities already and that they were not going to drive 
them to one
more class.   I was so frustrated to hear this since I had many 
doing so well
and they were interested!  


2.  How many have tried Girl Scouts or
similar organizations since they need 
to learn badges?  Would this work? 
3. I have taught at a summer church camp on one day with a total of 42 kids
exposed to lace/weaving techniques - the boys were great at it.   One boy did
10 
inches of a tape lace and did not want to quit.  He laced with me all day
that 
day.   Has anyone tried summer church camps?   


4.  I found bobbin
lace at a community college at a Fiber and Art exhibit for 
the public.  
The bobbin lace display was 8 different pillows with 8 different 
laces in
program and it was described as weaving threads for the fiber section 
of
the exhibit.   Has anyone tried that?    I learned at age 25 after college
but continued ever since.   Lace is my relaxation!    


Chris Brill-Packard

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[lace-chat] Re DON'T OPEN MESSAGE title:: no subject -- virus

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sent by the person on return email.
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Subject: [lace] Lacemakers in Arizona

[Janice Blair]

I didn't spot any lacemakers in Arizona on the map but do know there is an 
active lace guild over there as one of our members from Illinois joined a 
guild.  I believe it was the Lacey Ladies of Arizona.  There is one lady listed 
in the IOLI directory and I will forward your email to her and hope she 
contacts you.
Janice
 Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Subject: [lace] The Tudors - costumes

[Bridget Marrow]

Any lace, except for the most primitive, is anachronistic for the Henry VIII 
period.  Reticella was just beginning in Italy, but there is no evidence for it 
reaching England this early.
 
The costumes for The Tudors are pure fantasy - like the series itself. 
Historical accuracy just doesn't come into it. Enjoy it for the sexy romp it 
is, but please don't confuse it with History!
 
Bridget Marrow, in Pinner, Middlesex, where I've spent the first afternoon of 
Spring making lace in a sunny conservatory. 


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[Lorelei Halley]

I've checked harvey0541 and there are 457 shots and none are lace.
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Subject: [lace-chat] First solar eclipse of 2010

[Susan Reishus]

Thank you for sharing, Avital.  You have a beautiful eye for photography!  I
loved seeing your other pics as much or more than the eclipse, of which I had
wondered how it looked to those who could see it, so thank you for sharing!
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Subject: Re: [lace] Flanders

[Janice Blair]

I'm with you Devon.  I use marker pins if necessary and I work with the diagram 
pinned to a 1 inch thick flat piece of polystyrene that I kept from packing in 
a box.  I bound the edges that were rough with sticky backed tape so that the 
diagram sheet would not shed little balls of plastic. I'm having a senior 
moment and can't remember the name of the tape but it was used effectively by 
McGyver on tv.  I also use the sticky arrows to keep my place marked on the 
diagram.  

I think it must have been quiet over the thanksgiving holiday.  This last 
digest took two days to arrive from the first message to the last, but the 
previous one took a week of messages before it was relayed to us.  

I was getting mail about the CRB on lace chat which I get reflected but had no 
idea what it meant until I got this latest digest.

Janice


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Re: Subject: Re: [lace] Flanders

[bev walker]

Hi Janice and everyone

Duct tape?

At Sally's Binche workshop this summer (at IOLI) I learned to colour in
sections of my diagram-copy with the colours of the Belgian code, as
approriate. V. helpful as an aide memoire. At home now I colour in the
pricking as well (I need all the aide memoire  I can get :p )

I use what someone called a voodoo board to pin where I am, the diagram-copy
on a piece of styro, or if the styro isn't available, I just pin into a
double layer of paper and *as well* I use Clay's tip of removeable arrows in
several colours to locate where I need to be at a given section.

The thing about Binche and Flanders in the areas of motif, is the passive
can become weaver any place necessary to help fill the space; an outline
thread helps define or perhaps corral is a better word, corral the
passive/weaver movements within the shape.
For Lorelei - there are areas of a given pattern that repeat a pathway to
fill in a shape, but we don't have stitch distinctions for the cloth stitch
areas as such, you just use what works to fill in the space and have the
pairs entering and leaving in a logical manner to the lace as a whole, for
any given pattern.

To learn Binche is to dive right in, eyes to the diagram :D

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

 I'm with you Devon.  I use marker pins if necessary and I work with the
 diagram pinned to a 1 inch thick flat piece of polystyrene that I kept from
 packing in a box.  I bound the edges that were rough with sticky backed tape
 so that the diagram sheet would not shed little balls of plastic. I'm having
 a senior moment and can't remember the name of the tape but it was used
 effectively by McGyver on tv.  I also use the sticky arrows to keep my place
 marked on the diagram.

 --
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada

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Subject: [lace] engageantes / jabots / cravats/ Sotomayor

[Susan Reishus]

Thank you Lucie, for sharing!  Very enlightening and enjoyable!  S
Best,Susan Reishus

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Subject: [lace] real danger comming to the USA???????? or just a fluffy knit

[Janice Blair]

Hi Francis,
I have taken bamboo knitting needles on transatlantic flights from the US and
had no problem.  You can also use them within the US but not on flights from
Canada.  I think you can even use metal ones in the US but as advised, better
to check with your airline.  I also would run a spare thread through my
stitches just in case my needles got taken away.  Hate to lose my stitches.
Janice

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Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA

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