[lace-chat] :-) Quotes from our local radio presenter
Our local radio station morning presenter is completely daft, and comes out with things which just make me giggle. This week there were three which amused me and have kept me giggling, particularly the last one: Only intellectuals can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Loan Ranger. Do Americans kick donkey as well as kicking ass? If the holes in cheese are made by gasses given off by bacteria, that means I'm eating bacteria farts! Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas day, or whatever you celebrate at this time of year - my sprouts were cooked to perfection. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] :-) Quotes from our local radio presenter
Jean, I think he said the Lone Ranger -- the tv show? It's funnier the way you wrote it, though. Carolyn Carolyn Hastings Stow, MA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 3:26 AM Only intellectuals can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Loan Ranger. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Mittens on small folks
Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:05 PM 12/18/04 -0500, Lynn Carpenter wrote: My Dover copy of Mary Thomas's Knitting Book mentions special glove needles used for knitting glove fingers. I wonder if anyone still sells glove needles? Must ask my Historic Knit list . . . After making a set of glove needles and finding them impossible to work with, I realized that in Mary Thomas's day, dp needles were long enough to tuck under your arm or plug into a knitting sheath to free up one hand. What she called glove needles were, no doubt, much like our sock needles. Report back what the Historic Knitters say. But don't tell me where they are; I spend *way* too much time sitting in front of the computer now. It turns out glove needles, from 4 to 5 inches long, are still available. Some of the vendors include JKL Needles, http://www.jklneedles.com Woodland Woolworks, http://www.woodlandwoolworks.com/Knitting/Tools/Needles/knitNeedles.html and Knitters' Underground has steel ones from Inox, in sizes #0 to #: http://www.knitters-underground.com/dpneedles.html The Historic Knit list replies were pretty varied. Some knitters found, as you did, that they just couldn't use them. Others used them all the time and loved them. I think it must be like the metal-needle-versus-wooden-needle debate, or the metal-tatting-shuttle versus plastic-tatting-shuttle: some people absolutely love one or the other, and can't stand to use anything else. Lynn Carpenter in snowy SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] :-) Quotes from our local radio presenter
Yeah, well that's what a couple of day's overeating has done to my brain - it's also been fed by all those TV adverts offering to get people into more debt than they already are. :-) Jean - Original Message - From: Carolyn Hastings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Jean Nathan' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Chat' lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 1:42 PM Subject: RE: [lace-chat] :-) Quotes from our local radio presenter Jean, I think he said the Lone Ranger -- the tv show? It's funnier the way you wrote it, though. Carolyn Carolyn Hastings Stow, MA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 3:26 AM Only intellectuals can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Loan Ranger. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] earthquake/shock wave.
I do hope that if any of you have friends or family in the earth quake/tidal wave zone that they are alright. We have just heard that our SIL's 16 year old son and mother who are in Sri Lanka on holiday have been evacuated to a temple, they then lost contact. We were told on the news that up to 20,000 Brits are in the 1,000 km zone where this happened. Not so long ago we were told that flights to Sri Lanka are going out empty. If there are any Brits who are back packers they will have to help themselves. I do pray that help can be given to those those peoples in the countries affected by this awful disaster. Jean To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lake Michigan webcams
We haven't done a round of webcams for a while, and I thought those who can get to them during our daylight hours (about 8am to 5pm right now, and I think we are at GMT minus 5 hours) might enjoy the NOAA (National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration) webcams for the Great Lakes Environmental Research station. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/webcams/ At this address you will find thumbnails for 7 webcams, 4 on Lake Michigan at Muskegon, 1 looking at Chicago, 1 in Alpena, Michigan, and 1 in Toledo, Ohio. If you click on any of the thumbnail photos, they will take you to larger pictures. The Muskegon links also show more information, for example the latitude and longitude of each station, height above sea level, and links to current weather conditions. In summer I often see boats going in and out of the channel, but I don't think you'll see any today! At 22 deg. F (about -5 C), we don't get many pleasure boaters. And at that, the temperature has gone up all day: yesterday the high temp. was about 14 deg. F. Definitely mitten weather, and sometimes I do work my thumb out of the mitten thumb to warm it up in the mitten body! Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Mittens and wristlets
Hi All, The new Piecework magazine came last Saturday and they have an addition to our discussion of mittens. There is an article on knitted Danish wristlets, little tubes to fill the gap between coat and mittens though the model is wearing them with bare hands. I was thinking of you all today when I took all my fingers out of my glove fingers to bunch them up in the body of the glove. Happily somebody drove by and offered me a ride home. It's only 20F (-4C) so that's not terribly cold but my fingers sure were! PW also has some gorgeous Norwegian mittens to knit and embroider - they have lots of fringe on them too. Also featured are some spectacular fur parkas from Alaska. Sorry to go on and on, I know many of you don't get the magazine. There might be some pictures at the website www.interweavepress.com Jane in Vermont, USA N 42o 50.911o, WO (WD?) 72o 33.945o, to be exact, and elevation of, probably, 342 feet on the third floor, with a 20 foot margin of error on longitude and latitude! [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
