My father would use a large curved needle as described to sew up the vent of
a turkey or chicken so that the stuffing would not leak out during cooking!
Ann in Manchester, UK
I had trouble finding curved needles in the sewing shops here - so my
veterinary surgeon daughter finally produced some
Dear Lacemakers,
My curved needles all came with conservation class supplies. We mounted
laces the way Ruth Budge recommended. If this is the way you choose to mount your
laces, practice with a less valuable lace first. Curved needles take some
getting getting used to. Stitches should be
The ones I used are used for eye surgery - and they are completely round like
an ordinary sewing needle.
Ruth Budge (Sydney, AUstralia)
--- Carole Lassak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A word of caution here--I
tried a suture needle on a sewing and to my dismay
discovered that they are shaped like
In a message dated 7/6/03 7:10:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I stretched the
fabric over a piece of plastic canvas, and applied the lace to that.
The holes in the canvas are close together enough and large enough to
allow for attaching the lace with the up and
Dear Jeri,
The great curved needle-hunt is a story of its own!!
I met the lady who showed me how to mount the lace in South Australia - only
950 miles away. When I returned home, I had, as I've already said, great
trouble tracking down the needles, so I phoned her and asked if she knew where
Gentle Spiders,
Friday (4th) was a lovely day; the rain threatened, but held off, so
that people who took part/went to see the parade got their pleasure.
And I got mine; a light-grey day lets me make lace till almost supper
time (my lace, unlike the proverbial hay, does not like the sun
I had to take a quick look in my Spanish Quijote to see what they were
translating:
(BTW, the chapter numbers confused me briefly, until I realized Mimi was
referring to Part 2)
Ch. 6: palillos de randas (bobbins of(for) lace)
Ch. 48: almohadillas, which my translated Quixote rendered as sewing
The one that I like best is the Avocado Festival in Carpinteria, California,
in October. Carpinteria is a sleepy little town most of the year not far from
Santa Barbara. However, everybody turns out for the Avocado Festival. They
have avocado everything. I kinda like avocado ice cream. I love
Hokitika has a Wildfoods Festival, in March each year, when our town of
3000 swells to 20,000 people for a day!
Wild (and wacky) foods of every kind are offered - seafood, wild fruit
(blackberries, particularly) and meat from New Zealand's 'wild' (all
introduced) animals... and other unusual
