[lace] Re: Joining lace by overlapping (long)

2005-04-13 Thread Alice Howell
At 01:21 PM 4/12/2005, you wrote: To Alice and all other spiders, I have for a long time been contemplating doing a piece of overlap lace but to date have never tried it, are there any pitfalls that I need to look out for, help gratefully accepted. Sue M Harvey - Original Message - Alice

[lace] lace and a bad wrist?

2005-04-13 Thread Helen
Hi, Does anyone out there with bad wrists (arthritis/old breaks/whatever) have any problems when they try to make lace? I badly broke my wrist at the end of October last year and am still slowly getting back to normal. Every so often when I twist a pair of bobbins it twinges a bit. I have

Re:[lace] lace and a bad wrist?

2005-04-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i guess you could take a few bobbins with you to show the gesture ... dominique from grey Paris . it seems we won't have both the sun and spring temps today . it was so lovely yesterday : lunch in a garden under pink blooming trees (not cherry trees though ...) and the sun warming my back ..

Re: [lace] lace and a bad wrist?

2005-04-13 Thread Laceandbits
Have a look in the archives under RSI for ideas as wrist problems have been discussed at length in the past. As you say it's only every so often it's most likely the muscles and tendons just getting themselves back in condition, and it's a case of finding the best angle of hand/wrist to pillow

[lace] RE: Overlap Joins

2005-04-13 Thread Ian Chelle Long
Gidday all, -Original Message- As I said at the start, I've only done one project so far. People who have used this method may have additions or corrections to my comments. Please speak up. Alice, your description is fantastic, I could not have described it so well. I do it exactly the

[lace] Lace online

2005-04-13 Thread Jenny Brandis
Hello one and all Last week I sent off a press release to the local newspaper and I see at http://www.kimberleyecho.com/ that it not only is being printed in tomorrows edition - they have thought it worthy of placing *ONLINE* ! I am now looking forward to tomorrows paper to see if one of

RE: [lace] Lace online

2005-04-13 Thread C. Johnson
Jenny, You wrote: 'Last week I sent off a press release to the local newspaper and I see at http://www.kimberleyecho.com/ that it not only is being printed in tomorrows edition - they have thought it worthy of placing *ONLINE* !' __ I just sat down with my cup of coffee and

[lace] RE: Overlap Joins

2005-04-13 Thread Alice Howell
At 03:18 AM 4/13/2005, you wrote: I could not have described it so well. I do it exactly the same as you have said and it works so well. I love the end result and as I hate sewings I much prefer this to the normal method of joining the end to the beginning. It is also a good idea to

[lace] KTN's Tonder book

2005-04-13 Thread Vibeke Ervo
I asked Karen Thompson about her translation of KTN's book, she sent me this to forward to Arachne. Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen --- All four of Karen Trend NissenĀ“s books have been translated to English by Karen Thompson. They can be ordered from Karen Trend Nissen or directly from Karen

Re: [lace] Re: Joining lace by overlapping (long)

2005-04-13 Thread Steph Peters
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:55:45 -0700, Alice wrote: In the old, old days there were specialists who just joined lace. These days we usually have to do it ourselves. It is still possible to send lace to be joined by someone else. My lace teacher in Germany will arrange for lace to be sent to

[lace] Duchess of Cornwall

2005-04-13 Thread Jean Nathan
Janice wrote: what surprised me was the use of a motor coach for the guests to the Guildhall!! Very common way to move groups of people about at weddings and other events here. There probably wasn't any car parking nearby for several reasons including that of security, it makes sure they all

[lace] travel restrictions

2005-04-13 Thread Janice Blair
Not strictly lace but you might like to know if you are travelling to convention in Denver this year, check with your airline regarding baggage allowance. AA have reduced their 70 lb allowance to 50lbs on tickets issued after March 1, 2005. Overseas is still 70lbs. I assume other airlines

RE: [lace] travel restrictions

2005-04-13 Thread Laurie Hughes
I took my knitting on board with me to England last December and back again to Boston. No problems, they were Addi turbo's so were metal, but not long. *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Janice Blair *Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:38 PM

Re: [lace] Duchesse pins

2005-04-13 Thread Jacqui
In my ignorance, what are Duchesse pins? Jacqui Butler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fw: [lace] Spider and Web Raffle

2005-04-13 Thread Jacqui
Just thought I would put this back on as a reminder. Close is tomorrow (Friday) with DH making the draw on Saturday. Jacqui Butler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Original Message - Subject: [lace] Spider and Web Raffle | Saw these beaded spider on wire and bead web the other day and could not

re: [lace] overlap joins

2005-04-13 Thread Bev Walker
Alice wrote: A common mistake of the beginner is to be so happy to have reached the *end*, that they don't want to continue on for another couple repeats. LOL - this is what put me off trying the methods in 'Het Lassen' - which I invested in because I didn't like the joins I was making with

[lace-chat] SP Thanks

2005-04-13 Thread janette humphrey
Hi Secret Pal, Well your parcel arrived with perfect timing as usual! This year is not turning out as expected but your parcels are always a bright spot on the horizon! I received the parcel on Monday morning, the night before (Sun.) my home was broken into and all my medications were taken

[lace-chat] S.P. Thank you

2005-04-13 Thread harlequin lace
I was visiting my mother today when your package arrived. Mum is as eager as me to see what it contains. Lovely silk thread, I love to work with silk, and apple wood bobbins I am very lucky as you seem to know exactly what I like. I have never seen needle pullers before, but I think that they are

[lace-chat] Re: Camilla's hats

2005-04-13 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, DHs birthday is April 8th so I'd forgotten about the wedding! I did want to see it and set up to tape a show on Saturday evening. Unfortunately it was was some kind of news compilation and only had a few bits of tape on the wedding. I thought Camilla looked very nice and very happy. I'd