A bit late, but I thought I'd write anyway.
I have 3 pairs of beautiful glass bobbins which I use whenever I can. I found
the best way to keep the thread on them was to first wind a fine thread all
along the part where the thread is wound, starting with a double hitch, and tie
it with at least a
When I first started to make Milanses bobbin lace, my
husband was finally impressed with my lace saying that
it was nice to see some colors. While my color blind
husband has most likely been color trained, he is
unsure of most of the colors I use in Milanese lace.
My husband, I think, finds the
looks like a lot of hugging and kissing is going on LOL~!!
just lurking and smiling
Piecefully yours, Jane in NC
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Good afternoon to Tamara and the Rock Band,
I have been following this thread with a deal of interest, but also thinking
that it is not worth getting excited about, in my very humble, and waiting
to be enlightened opinion!
Usually, if I am purchasing/starting a new pattern, I will look at the
I have successfully made up to 4 strand cords by putting a cup hook into an
electric drill, attaching the floss by hooking the knotted bundle of floss
over the cup hook and spinning away. You can use small rubber bands to
hold the ends until you are ready to finish off. If you want the threads
I just had a giggle at work today. I work as librarian in a public (city)
library, and someone rang up this morning to ask whether we had a book she'd
read about in the weekend newspaper. The book sounds quite OK, but the title
is... The missionary position it has a subtitle (which I have
I'm argumentative by nature, and I *like* a well-reasoned argument,
whether I agree with the final findings or not; it's the beauty of
looking at something (anything: lace problem, philosophical problem,
language/thought process relationship, a twig) from more than one angle
that appeals to
Wow - so I'm not the only one! I too love well-reasoned argument, and get
very frustrated by the sloppy way many things are discussed these days in
public, in newspapers and so on.
I think I've put my foot in it again... I didn't mean to suggest that
Tamara and I are the only ones who like a
Clay wrote:
Yes, Jean - but the same hold true in the Northern
Hemisphere! If you stand looking south, the sun will rise
on your left and set on your right. If you look north, the
opposite holds true. Same as in Oz - correct?
Not correct. This time of year, if I look north I won't see the
Helene wrote:
I couldn't prevent myself from thinking about all those
dirty old men ripping it from the bookshop shelves without glancing at the
subtitle.
What an ingenious way of selling more copies! Perhaps sought-after
out-of-print lace books/prickings (like Further Steps in Honiton Lace,
Dear Secret Pal,
Thank you very much for the wonderful pillow bag, I saw one a few weeks ago
very similar and thought I would make one someday, but thanks to a very kind
secret pal I now can spend more time making lace. The material you used is
very nice and beautifully made and in my favourite
Hello to my new Secret Pal in Australia
Thank you so much for the gifts, it was a delight to open all the little
parcels. The beads will be used to spangle some awaiting bobbins, the
threads are very pretty, nice fine gimps perhaps, and I love the little book
on chocolate - mouthwatering. I shall
Or my shoe size
Sasquatch-ital
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Avital,
5'0 is only scary if it is your waist measurement
Regards
Liz
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Hello Avital,
Thank you for sharing the wellness web site. Being an
active person who enjoys walking, among other
activities, I have much to learn about the use of
weights and the prevention of osteoporosis. After a
day of work, a length of time making lace, or sewing,
there is always a need for
At 08:31 AM 11/11/03 -, Jean Nathan wrote:
How do people who have 'east/west' problems cope in US cities where streets
have names like East 54th Street?
And then out of the cities, we have names like County Road West 1230 North.
(The west end of an east-west road 12.3 miles north of the
Dear Secret Pal ...
Here I was this morning, taking everything out of my kitchen cabinets, sorting
through what to keep what to throw away, washing the shelves, etc. (getting
a jump on the Christmas cleaning) when I heard the mailman went out to find
a package from you! Thank you so much for
Hi everyone and Rose-Marie
I don't know where exactly in the Fraser Valley you are (it is a Big
Valley), if it helps any, when my DH and I were in the Richmond area
(which I believe is referred to as part of the Delta) a little while ago
both of us were disoriented. If I was in Vancouver proper,
I'm too far north for the sun to rise in the east in November. :) The sun
goes south for the winter, just like a lot of people here. No, no, I'm not
saying it *rises* in the south, but it does rise distinctly south of
east. And as for overhead -- no, no, here in the north it's much lower in
Joy Beeson writes
Having grown up on graph paper, I'm rather surprised that I didn't have any
trouble navigating
You should try Canberra, which is built on circular roads.I was visiting a
doctor there recently, and wanted to visit a friend about a mile away to the
north of the surgery.
Have you tried Croydon?! g Whenever I go there, (which is not often!) I
memorise where I'm supposed to go on the map, and when I get there, I find
the place bears absolutely no relationship to the map whatsoever. It's as
if the people who drew up the A-Z thought the place was so complicated they
I just had a giggle at work today. I work as librarian in a public (city)
library, and someone rang up this morning to ask whether we had a book
she'd
read about in the weekend newspaper. The book sounds quite OK, but the
title
is... The missionary position it has a subtitle (which I have
Hi everyone (and Heather, congrats on the good mark)
There have been several movies that combine live action with animation.
'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' is the best, IMO - 'SpaceJam' was less
successful. WFRR is full of homage to the cartoon/animation industry.
The decline in popularity of Wile E.
Annette:
well. not to get a flaming, bickering thread going but Equal time for the opposing
view:
there are plenty of us in the world who don't have a high opinon of MT.
You wrote: It's not worthy at all, if it's the one I'm thinking of! I think it's
Christopher Hitchens' book, and it's
Noelene,
Thanks for bringing back the fond memories of driving around Canberra.
I reckon it's the only place you haven't been to, if you haven't been
lost there! I even got lost in a parking lot there! :-)
But by getting lost there, one can discover some wonderful little 'gems'
- I remember on
Dear Secret Pal
Many thanks for your package which arrived yesterday. The chocolates were
delicious, the bobbins will be wound for a project I am starting at the
weekend and the threads are lovely - I love making lace in colour.
Penny Ostler Williams
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Just would like to know if anybody will be at the NEC on the Sunday. Would be
nice to meet anyone there.
Looking forward to meeting you all.
The Knotter Dora
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In a message dated 12/11/2003 23:37:50 GMT Standard Time,
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Just would like to know if anybody will be at the NEC on the Sunday. Would
be
nice to meet anyone there.
Looking forward to meeting you all.
The Knotter Dora
Annette and I are going Sunday - perhaps
On Wednesday, Nov 12, 2003, at 02:56 US/Eastern, Annette Gill wrote:
Wow - so I'm not the only one!
No, I think there're quite a lot of us on this list (one way or
another; some aren't on chat). Probably because lacemaking and a
reasoned argument have a lot in common -- in both cases you have
On Wednesday, Nov 12, 2003, at 03:56 US/Eastern, Jean Nathan wrote:
What an ingenious way of selling more copies! Perhaps sought-after
out-of-print lace books/prickings (like Further Steps in Honiton
Lace,
Miss Channer's Mat) should be renamed to make the unsuspecting
clamour for
them. I'm not
Excuse me, but why would you assume it is only us dirty old men who would
go after a book like that? While my past may be a bit checkered, a number
of female names come to mind that would have beaten me to that title!
While at 58 I am still a DOMIT (dirty old man in training)
I thought I was doing pretty well, until I started chatting about
weight-lifting with a guy in the Staines, UK, branch of our company. I was
pretty proud of the fact that I can lift 6 kg on biceps curls, until he
mentioned that he was lifting *40* kg. (I won't even go into his amazing
feats with
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