[lace] Re:[lace] waxing thread for BL/Liers weekend/picots

2005-07-29 Thread Dagmar Steinbachova
Puvodni zprava Od: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Predmet: [lace] waxing thread for BL/Liers weekend/picots Datum: 29.7.2005 04:48:49 On Jul 28, 2005, at 9:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Part of the instructions to new

RE: [lace] Waxing thread for bobbin lace

2005-07-29 Thread Jane Bawn
Adele Shaak Wrote on29 July 2005 01:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] Waxing thread for bobbin lace If somebody has a piece that was made, say, at least 5-10 years ago, that had beeswax on it, it would be interesting to hear from them as to the current condition of the piece. I am

Re: [lace] Jeri

2005-07-29 Thread ljh
...and not only is she generous with resources, she is the one person who will alert the lacemaking world of important events such as the possible closure of an important museum, the quality of an exhibit AND she extends her generosity and caring to other people, for whom she advocates

[lace] Research for Shrewsbury lacemaking

2005-07-29 Thread Laurie Hughes
A cartoonist/artist friend of mine is going to draw a long story about Shrewsbury, UK, so he'd like to know more about bobbin lace. Does someone remember which website has a picture of moving bobbins on it? Does anyone have pictures (preferably moving pictures so he can get the gist of the

Re: [lace] Research for Shrewsbury lacemaking

2005-07-29 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 7/29/05 7:52:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A cartoonist/artist friend of mine is going to draw a long story about Shrewsbury, UK, so he'd like to know more about bobbin lace. Dear Laurie, I've forwarded this to the Lacefairy, as (last time I

Re: [lace] threading the needle

2005-07-29 Thread Sue Babbs
Jeri, threading the needle as the thread comes off the spool had never occurred to me. I'm trying to visualise this one, and think I need to get a magnifying glass to see it in action. As far as my brain can work out without using a magnifying glass, after you have threaded the needle there

Re: [lace] threading the needle

2005-07-29 Thread Alice Howell
At 07:35 AM 7/29/2005, you wrote: Jeri, threading the needle as the thread comes off the spool had never occurred to me. after you have threaded the needle there will still be two threads hanging either side of the needle and they will lie beside each other and go through the fabric in

[lace] Interesting and hopeful ;-)

2005-07-29 Thread Barb ETx
This could apply to about anything that keeps us passionate. Enjoy http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/livingtoday/050107/tat.shtml BarbE - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Interesting and hopeful ;-)

2005-07-29 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 7/29/2005 10:49:37 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This could apply to about anything that keeps us passionate. Enjoy http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/livingtoday/050107/tat.shtml That is truly inspiring to see -- only wish they had

Re: [lace] threading the needle

2005-07-29 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 7/29/05 10:37:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: after you have threaded the needle there will still be two threads hanging either side of the needle and they will lie beside each other and go through the fabric in exactly the same way whichever way

Re: [lace] threading the needle

2005-07-29 Thread Sue Babbs
Thanks very much Jeri, for all that info and all the effort you put into writing it. I rarely use thread doubled (unless like someone else said I am sewing on buttons) and rarely have problems with thread twisting/ tangling/ shedding / or anything else extraordinary, and until I heard it

[lace] tatting and netting

2005-07-29 Thread Joy Beeson
At 12:12 PM 7/28/05 -0400, Lynn Carpenter wrote: Basically, what I have found, whether I am working big nets for bags or fine hair-net mesh, is that tatting shuttles work best for tatting, and netting shuttles, whether the needle type or one of the netting shuttle types, work best for netting!

Re: [lace] distances

2005-07-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Yes, we've got some good roads in UK but there's too much traffic on some of them. Yesterday the M25 was clogged up - no obvious reason but I think there had been an accident earlier in the day - and it took nearly an hour to go less than 10 miles. Four lanes of traffic at a standstill.

[lace] Fwd: Catastrophy

2005-07-29 Thread Andy Blodgett
Andy Blodgett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:04:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Andy Blodgett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Catastrophy To: Barb ETx [EMAIL PROTECTED] Being new to bobbin lace (on my second piece), I have now discovered the benefits of holding down the bobbins when not

[lace] Re: Catastrophy

2005-07-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 29, 2005, at 22:07, Andy Blodgett wrote: Today I left my bobbin lace for a while and covered it nicely but, but forgot to put the hold down over the bobbins. I set it to one side and later in the day was doing something right beside the pillow and dumped it upside down. Lots of

[lace-chat] Backing up videos to DVD

2005-07-29 Thread Jean Nathan
Well, I'm happily backing up my VHS PAL videos to DVD. Bought a good DVD recorder, which records in high quality, standard or long play so I can get the time I need to record one video to one DVD - bit annoying when a video says it's 2 hours playing time and it turns out to be 2 hours and 10

[lace-chat] Recipe information

2005-07-29 Thread Jill T
Hi Jenny Do you have a recipe for Scottish Tablet? If not do can any other Scots help? thanks Jill @ London Heathrow To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] scottish tablet

2005-07-29 Thread Dearl Kniskern
I googled scottish tablet and came up with a recipe yours in lace Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] My visit with Janice

2005-07-29 Thread Pene Piip
Dear Fellow Arachneans (some of whom I'll see soon in Denver), On Monday evening I finally arrived in Chicago after flying for nearly 10 hours from Warsaw in Poland. A new terminal is in the process of being built there hopefully it'll improve things for passengers traveling through. I think

Re: [lace-chat] If you have no Web site

2005-07-29 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 24 Jul 2005, at 02:00, Joy Beeson wrote: Here's a tip for those of you without a Web site: Yahoo is still providing this service, and the files allotment is more generous than ever. You could create a whole site on your own computer and then upload it to the files area. AFAIK a website on

[lace-chat] Re: My visit with Janice

2005-07-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 29, 2005, at 12:37, Pene Piip wrote: It rained most of the afternoon but everyone was thankful that the heatwave had ceased to be. So if you need rain, ask me to come for a visit. ;-) Ah, but it's what happens after you leave that matters :) You left Warsaw, and immediately *they*

[lace-chat] Re: distances

2005-07-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Moving to chat, since there's no relationship to lace any more... On Jul 29, 2005, at 19:38, Brenda Paternoster wrote (in response to Helene, who's off the list for the next 3 months): Yes, we've got some good roads in UK but there's too much traffic on some of them. Yesterday the M25 was

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2005-07-29 Thread John OConnor
Tamara and Pene Pip, We desperately needed rain, and cooling off, so if Pene wants to visit the Chicago area again, she is welcome and Poland can keep that horrible heat that we got rid of - at least for a few days as it is coming back again Sunday. In two days my locality was lucky enough to get