At 02:15 PM 7/17/2004, you wrote:
Styrofoam is to be avoided. This .. breaks
down to crumbs and is a mess.
Ethafoam, ...is not quiet!! ... it is
self-healing, meaning that it will hold up to lots of torture by
pins. And VERY lightweight. It
Horsehair pillows are round, mushroom shaped pillows stuffed with horsehair.
There used to be a gentleman in Victoria, Australia, who made them. As my
daughter was in first year at Univesity studying to be a veterinary surgeon,
she was interested in the process by which the horsehair might be
Lynne wondered why we have different names for the same things eg
ethafoam/polystyrene/styrofoam.
There are lots of words that have different meanings in different countries
eg fanny has exactly the opposite meaning in the UK to the US and isn't
used in polite society, US fanny can be bum in the
I put some of the material that you use under carpets to keep them in place
under my polysterene pillow, it do help a lot to keep it in place. I prefer
the polysterene ones as I easily can make a new one if I want to start
another lace and have not finished the one on the pillow I need to use :-)
Hello
If you make a piece of lace that needs starching, do you make those too on a
straw pillow? I have used my polysterene(builders insulation) pillow mostly
but once in a while a straw pillow. But I am always afraid that the straw
pillow will be destroyed if I put something wet on it. I put on a
I have read this thread with interest and noted that no one has yet
mentioned one draw back of the straw pillows and that is the little visitors
that sometimes appear when using them. I personally have not experienced
this but know of a couple of people who have had to throw theirs out because
Hi Liz,
I hope for your sake, that Helen *does* come and pick up her straw
pillow :-) You jogged my memory about the typewriter
mats.. :-) I still have my old IBM Selectric Golfball
somewhere and I'm trying to remember if it still has its original felt mat
or has it
At 09:19 AM 17-07-04 -0600, Helen wrote:
No Jackie, I aren't - I wish you'd write more! You tell it in such an
interesting way! :-)
Cheers,
Helen, Aussie in steamy Denver
and Shirley T replies:
I found myself immersed in Jackie's message too, the pictures just
opened up before my eyes
Hello Spiders
The informal inquieries gives a lot to catch up with after a 3 weeks
holiday. Here my late contribution to projects/object/work in progress
(PIP/OIP/WIP) and unfinished objects (UFO's)
Recently a friend gave me I her late mothers bobbins. She also told me she
started knitting
on 7/14/04 7:53 PM, Janice Blair at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think Torchon would be more masculine and Bucks more feminine, if you go
with Ipswich you might have to send us all directions for making the lace
pieces. I am sure a lot of us don't have the Ipswich book yet so we would
At 04:31 AM 7/18/2004, you wrote:
I have read this thread with interest and noted that no one has yet
mentioned one draw back of the straw pillows and that is the little visitors
that sometimes appear when using them.
This brought to mind pillows stuffed with wool. One of my students was
given
I'm not online at the moment, so I can't go Googling, but I believe
styrofoam is a brand name for expanded polystyrene foam.
In the US, we have bead board, expanded polystyrene beads, and foam
cups made of those beads. Easily broken, and you can see the individual
beads when you break a piece.
Hi Karisse -
You wrote, I have noticed in some of the pictures of people making bucks
point lace that
is very wide, like more than 4 inches wide, that they are making the lace
on
very large cylinder pillows. Would that help with the pattern coming up
from
the pillow?
There are two ways to
Nah - you can keep the straw one - don't think Customs will let me
import it :-) (and yes, Liz, in Melbourne is my Mum, in case you're
wondering).
Seriously, I remember using my straw one to learn on, and the only
thing I remember not liking about it, was the 'knots in the straw. I'd
Hi All,
It sounds to me as if its another example of 'two countries divided by a
common language' - which was said by someone whose name I can't remember!
Carol - in a showery Suffolk, where we have had rain, thunder, and sunshine
in just one afternoon!
). I wonder why the names are
different
Lynn wrote:
I'm not online at the moment, so I can't go Googling, but I believe
styrofoam is a brand name for expanded polystyrene foam.
Like a vaccum cleaner being referred to often as a hoover, or a ball-point
pen a biro, regardless of what brand it is, in the UK:
the grey slightly rubbery
Hi everyone
There is a big big difference in the particular foams - for all you want
to know about ethafoam, go here:
http://www.dow.com/perffoam/market/products/
about styrofoam, go here:
http://www.dow.com/craft/about/cup.htm
note the connection with polystyrene but that Styrofoam is a
Thanks to all those who answered my survey. I have come to the
conclusion that I am not alone. One can never have enough pillows. I
have 3 Danish roller pillows, 2 sawdust pillows, 2 wool blanket pillows
and that's after cleaning out in May and selling 4 pillows at a lace
day.
My method of
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jane Bawn
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I have read this thread with interest and noted that no one has yet
mentioned one draw back of the straw pillows and that is the little visitors
that sometimes appear when using them.
I think they cause more discussion than they
While I've been on holiday I visited Biggins and saw the most amazingly
delicious coloured Finca threads that they are importing from Spain. I suspect
there will be some traditionalists who will be tempted to experiment with these
fabulous colours! I'm saving my pennies now for the Lace
My pillows are stored under a roll top writing desk
when not in use. (the desk is used to store lots of
lace making bits and pieces). They are-
1.My favourite block pillow, my first, but I have had to
replace its blocks with ethafoam as the first set were
polystyrene (thanks Jean for
Shirely, do you have trouble with dust coming from the sawdust pillow??
Somebody here had one, and commented on that feature of hers...she resorted to
vacumning it between uses, then discovered after a while that she was vacumning
the filling out of her pillow!!!
Remember that the rain will be a
Hi smart spiders!
Please help me if you can. I am about to start the Poinsettia Brooch from
Dianna Stevens. The directions for the amount of wire to add onto the bobbins
have me confused. I am mathematically challenged, being an art teacher. The
directions are as follows. Brooch base: make 1
Hello everyone!
I'm usually a lurker, but was too excited to keep this lace experience to
myself.
Our lace guild was asked to do a demonsration at the National Czech Slovak
Museum Library today. They were having a folk dance festival featuring
dancers in various folk costumes from various
Does anyone know what Simon Tousteou sp stuffs his pillows with? If he is going to
convention this year I hope someone will let him know that many of us are not arriving
for the first three days. My group will get there on Tuesday but can't hit the
salesrooms until Wednesday according to the
Laura:
I haven't seen Diana's pattern, but I would think that 10 pair 32
gauge 5 feet divided would mean 10 pairs of bobbins, each pair wound
with a total of 5 feet of 32 gauge wire. I would interpret the
divided to mean that some of the 5 feet of wire is on one bobbin,
some on the other
Hi everyone and was it Ann-Marie who had asked about starching on the
pillow - only she hadn't put the plastic on first?
I have deleted the digest with that message in it but for what it's worth,
I would say don't starch on the pillow and especially if it is
straw-filled, unless you have the
Noelene's mention of kangaroos has reminded me to ask a question about them.
I've developed a problem when eating red meat (including pork) - it gives me
stomach pains - so I've been avoiding eating anything with four legs. I'm
fine with white meat - fish and poultry.
When I said I can't eat
A crusty old paratrooper colonel found himself at a gala
event downtown, hosted by a local liberal arts college.
There was no shortage of extremely young, idealistic ladies
in attendance. One of them approached the colonel for
conversation.
She said, Excuse me, sir, but you seem to be a very
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