[lace] Jeanette's rosa libre fish

2005-08-08 Thread Micki
The fish with the rose eye and roll scales was from Jeanette Fischer (also an Arachnean) and the most inventive way to use the Rosalibre technique I've seen so far. +++ Jeanette have sent me a photo of this lovely fish a while ago and i thought he was wonderful too. Not that i know anything

[lace] Searching for Pattern

2005-08-08 Thread Margot Walker
On Sunday, August 7, 2005, at 05:08 AM, Kim C wrote: I was given a pattern years ago for a bobbin lace jug cover that has beads on the outside edge. I don't know the pattern, but I think you could use any pattern for a round, small mat and add the beads around the edge. Margot Walker in

RE: [lace] Searching for Pattern

2005-08-08 Thread Kim C
I don't know the pattern, but I think you could use any pattern for a round, small mat and add the beads around the edge. Thanks Margot,Your right that shouldn't be too hard to convert a pattern. I was just so focused on the pattern that is missing. I guess I need to think outside the

[lace] Re: jug cover

2005-08-08 Thread John OConnor
Kim, What size pattern were you looking for the jug cover? There is a pattern using 18 beads in Roz Snowden's Miniature bobbin lace book - page 56. If you need a scan of it, let me know and I will send it to you. Jane O IL. USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take time to laugh, it is the music of the soul

[lace] Argh! Frustration!

2005-08-08 Thread Sue Babbs
My Polish cleaner brought her sister-in-law (who is visiting from Poland) to help this morning and the S-I-L has just tipped my lacemaking pillow off it's stand, flipped it upside down on the floor, and broken off several bobbins. Before I could stop her she had picked up the pillow and got it

Re: [lace] Argh! Frustration!

2005-08-08 Thread Laceandbits
It could also be that those threads were broken in the fall. Before I learnt of this trick, my grandson (then about 15 months old, now 18yrs!) 'played' with my lace pillow when his mum was house sitting for us. It was a piece of Bucks with about 40 or so pairs. She had shown it to a lace

[lace] IOLI convention

2005-08-08 Thread PhaserBait
Hi All! I got back from the IOLI convention and I had the most WONDERFUL time! I kept looking around at all the stuff the RMLG (Rocky Mountain Lace Guild) were doing to keep everything running smoothly and I was really impressed! On Sunday night, they had the Pajama party. There were

Re: [lace] Re: IOLI convention (and competitions)

2005-08-08 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Dear lacefriends, Just back from a wonderful lace class full of new ideas but missing the time to realize them I had a very short look over my 125 mails and will answer this one. The congresses of Deutscher Klöppel Verband are a bit in another way as those from IOLI. We search our hotels or

[lace] lace collection A. Lescure 1908

2005-08-08 Thread Bobbinlacemaker
Hello, I am looking for 2 articles of Les Arts 1908 nr 78 and 79 about the lace collection of Alfred Lescure. I think they may be on the CD from the professor, can someone look it up for me please and tell me what they are about and how many pages it takes ? Are there Swiss lacemakers on the

Re: [lace] Re: IOLI convention (and competitions)

2005-08-08 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Oh, sorry Lacefriends, I was too quick. I still found some other dates. In 2003 the theme was Spiegelungen/ reflections, can I say so?In that year were only 53 but 4 not for competition s o only 49 from 7 countries. You see it is different from year to year. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] convention

2005-08-08 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hi Dagmar, First of all - congratulations! May you both have long and happy lives together!And fancy being able to combine a honeymoon trip with an evening at the Convention - how clever you are ... About the lack of pieces in the competition. I didn't visit the convention, so I don't

[lace] Doris Southard

2005-08-08 Thread Pauline
Dear friends, On hearing the sad news on here of Doris' husband, I do have her address at hand, from when she wrote to me, in 2000, when she herself was ill, if anyone would like her address please E-mail me. Pauline in Somerset. U.K. www.wincanton-uk.com

Re: [lace] lace collection A. Lescure 1908

2005-08-08 Thread Sue Babbs
I am looking for 2 articles of Les Arts 1908 nr 78 and 79 about the lace collection of Alfred Lescure. Magda from rainy Brugge They are on the professor's website: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html Click on Articles Then scroll down a short way and they are under the

[lace] Convention query

2005-08-08 Thread Laceandbits
In her excellent report on the convention, JoAnne made the following comment .and got to sit in on the Lier Lace Class with Greet Rome-Verbeylen in  the afternoon. Does this mean that she was not actually taking part in the class, but was there as an observer? I have heard of this practise

[lace] IOLI and observers

2005-08-08 Thread Beth McCasland
I only took one class, so have limited experience. If there were observers, they drifted in, tried not to intrude, and drifted out. Didn't bother me a bit. We (class students) would look at each other's pillows when we got up to streatch, get a glass of water, whatever. The class I was in

[lace] Class observers

2005-08-08 Thread Laceandbits
Phew, that's a whole different thing. A few people wandering in and out, respecting the rest of the class, is a normal situation practically anywhere there is more than one class in progress at a time. In the embroidery classes I was saying about the observers payed a reduced fee as they are

Re: [lace] Convention query

2005-08-08 Thread Alice Howell
At 10:58 AM 8/8/2005, you wrote: Does this mean that she was not actually taking part in the class, but was there as an observer? So, please reassure me that this was nothing like that, and that lace classes at conventions aren't going down that route. I'm not an IOLI official, but my

[lace] MP: New tatting and Irish Crochet group starting.

2005-08-08 Thread Patsy A. Goodman
Hi Everyone, I am starting a new group called the Red Hat Lacers. We will meet at Fuddruckers located at 340 3rd Avenue, Chula Vista, CA, USA. Hours are 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM with a break for lunch so you can buy salads, buffalo burgers, or ostrich burgers or just plain beef burgers or fish.

Re: [lace] Jeanette's rosa libre fish

2005-08-08 Thread TwoHappyBees
In a message dated 08/08/2005 3:20:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeanette have sent me a photo of this lovely fish a while ago Any chance the photo can be posted to the webshots site? Would love to see him!! Vicki in Maryland who also had a super time in Denver

[lace] RE: JoAnne's sitting in on Lier class

2005-08-08 Thread purple lacer
Hi All! I was one of JoAnne's roomies at the IOLI convention. In case she doesn't get back to her email right away, I thought I would try to clear up her comment about sitting in on Lier Lace Class. We were lucky to have Greet Rome-Verbeylen and her Michigan lacer traveling comanions stop

[lace] IOLI convention

2005-08-08 Thread Patsy A. Goodman
Well, here's my adventures at the IOLI convention. Left San Diego on Sat. Aug.27th. Sure helped to have someone push me in a wheel chair through the airports. No problems on the flight. There were 7 of us from the Silvergate Lacers on the plane. We were all separated so we couldn't cause

[lace-chat] Stinging Things

2005-08-08 Thread Spud Islander
Your posts of bees and wasps bring back painful memories! One summery day I was in my back yard and decided a row along the garden edge needed weeding. I was wearing blue jeans not very comfortable to kneel in... but I did the job. When I stood up and walked back to the garden shed to put

[lace-chat] Secret Pal

2005-08-08 Thread delia.palin
Dear Secret Pal Thank you so much for my parcel which arrived this morning. What a lovely lot of goodies - and I have plans for all of them already! The wombat is gorgeous and I have decided to call him Wally. I love soft toys, and this one is so different and cute. My daughter will be so

Re: [lace-chat] Re: raffle!

2005-08-08 Thread Lynn Scott
Thank you so much for the Piecework magazine, it arrived today. I have a lot of delicious reading to go through as the new Martha Pullen Vintage Collection book also arrived, with more lacey things. Thanks again, Lynn Scott in Wollongong To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace-chat] :-) Thought for the day

2005-08-08 Thread Jean Nathan
This was send to DH by one of his US friends. Just amusingly (IMO) shows the conclusions that can be gleaned from statistics: Interesting Thought for the day: If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a

[lace-chat] Sad news

2005-08-08 Thread PhaserBait
Hi all! I just recieved some sad news, Doris Southard's husband passed away on August 3rd. I don't have any other details. JoAnne Pruitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Birth of a Hummingbird

2005-08-08 Thread RicTorr8
Hi All -- Speaking of leaving the nest, feathering the nest (!) and the GOOD side of Mother Nature (though I have reservations about trying to make a nest in a poison oak tree!), I got this from my mum today -- some of you might enjoy seeing this, if you haven't yet Here's to a great

[lace-chat] Re: Creepy crawlies

2005-08-08 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Carol Adkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am becoming even more thankful that I live in the UK! We don't have to put up with all these poisonous and unpleasant creepy crawlies and snakes! Michigan's list of creepy crawlies is pretty short. There is supposed to be one poisonous snake that

[lace-chat] Re: silkworms

2005-08-08 Thread Lynn Carpenter
BrambleLane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ricki in Utah writes: I've thought about raising silkworms in my mulberry trees, too, until I heard someone explain it's cruelty to animals. Ricki, I am in my second season of raising silkworms. I am a handspinner. And I intend to use the silk from them. I

Re: [lace-chat] Re: .......And flying things

2005-08-08 Thread susan
that is scary. just a little sting could end your life like that. you are more corageous then i would ever be to leave the house, but then again the medicine your friend had did help and probably saved your life. i guess it is something very simple to counteract the poison from the bee. also

Re: [lace-chat] Stinging Things

2005-08-08 Thread susan
it might have been a queen wasp or bee if they have queens. i am not sure what their lifestyles are. a queen is the only bee who can sting continuously. wasps also bite. a bee will die after it stings you unless it is queen. you might have found the queen mother of its nest! --- Spud

Re: [lace-chat] Re: creepy/crawlies silkworms

2005-08-08 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 8/7/2005 2:12:13 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Commercial silk farmers do kill the larvae so that the cocoons can be reeled (unwound). I don't much care for the thought of that, either. (OTOH, I'm not about to stop buying silk.) However, in my own

[lace-chat] Admin: Trimming messages

2005-08-08 Thread Avital
Hi, Arachnes, Just a gentle reminder to trim quoted messages, please. Thank-you. Avital Arachne moderator To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-08 Thread susan
not a problem. i keep forgetting to cut the old letter off. i try to read it while i'm writing to remember what i am writing about. i usually try to leave the first letter on there and add my comment on the top, but delete the rest if there is any more other replies. i'll be more careful.

Re: [lace-chat] Re: creepy/crawlies silkworms

2005-08-08 Thread susan
i was curious how small of a bin can you keep and still grow them. also what is the total amount of silk you recieve per batch and how often in the year can you regrow them. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/7/2005 2:12:13 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-08 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 8/8/2005 10:03:15 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the year that we lived there they had an infestation of wasps. they covered the entire side of the house. when we went out during the day, the whole side of the house was covered in wasps. i can't remeber

[lace-chat] Doris Southard

2005-08-08 Thread Pauline
Dear friends, On hearing the sad news on here of Doris' husband, I do have her address at hand, from when she wrote to me, in 2000, when she herself was ill, if anyone would like her address please E-mail me. Pauline in Somerset. U.K. www.wincanton-uk.com

[lace-chat] Looking for Cherry

2005-08-08 Thread Roberta S Donnelly
Hi all. Sorry for the post but my notes to Cherry Knoblock keep bouncing. Are you out there Cherry? Hooked back up yet? Get in touch. Thanks bobbi ~*~ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,

[lace-chat] Wasp story

2005-08-08 Thread Lynn Carpenter
We certainly have a lot of bug stories, don't we? This is better than the flame war that sometimes seem to start up in August. Give me creepy crawly stories from the safety of the computer room any time! Nova's wasp story reminded me that I have a wasp story of my own. A couple of years ago,

Re: [lace-chat] Wasp story

2005-08-08 Thread Ruth
As long as everyone is sharing . . . :D My bug story isn't wasps, it's hornets. When I was about 5 or so, my mom was visiting one of her friends who had a daughter about my age. There was also a large hedge around her yard and the remains of an old chain link fence embeded in the hedge, i.e.,

[lace-chat] FW: Wasps !

2005-08-08 Thread Margery Allcock
This has nothing whatsoever to do with the sensible chat about wasps etc - but funny IMO. A world renowned expert in the sounds of European wasps is walking down the High Street one day when he spots an advert in his local record shop for Wasp sounds from around the globe. On further

[lace-chat] Bug stories

2005-08-08 Thread RicTorr8
Hi All -- I've enjoyed reading all of the stories about bugs. The wasps-in-the pants stories remind me of a time when my son was small, and I was out weeding the garden. There was an ant colony there, as I soon discovered -- the biting kind, don't you know! Needless to say, a bunch of them

[lace-chat] Queen bees

2005-08-08 Thread Laceandbits
Suzy is half right here. The queen can sting and sting and sting. BUT, apart from her one and only mating flight, the queen (honey bee) doesn't leave the hive by herself. The only other time she leaves is if the hive gets overcrowded in which case she will take about half of the bees with

RE: [lace-chat] Re: silkworms

2005-08-08 Thread BrambleLane
BrambleLane writes: I would be interested in knowing why it is considered cruelty to animals. Lynn Carpenter writes: I think that must be the point when cocoons for reeling are put in boiling water, killing the caterpillars before they chew their way out. Silly of me...! I keep forgetting that

Re: [lace-chat] Bug stories

2005-08-08 Thread Martha Krieg
Well, don't be complacent, Ruth. The next time could be really bad, depending on where the sting happens and how many insects are involved. There might not be time to get to the emergency room. Carrying the anti-venin would seem to be a small thing to do if it could make the difference between

[lace-chat] Re: Bug stories

2005-08-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Aug 8, 2005, at 22:01, Martha Krieg wrote: Tamara, don't assume Danek is safe. He may well now be sensitized, and the next time he may react. I don't. But I feel it's reasonable to assume that he'll have more time than I did to react. If he had the normal (ca 1/4) bump the first time,

Re: [lace-chat] .......And flying things

2005-08-08 Thread susan
So being the obedient type she was, she stood still patiently and waited for it to fly away -- and the bee stung her on the arm! I'll never forget that!!! Since then, I always have brushed them away -- or rather, flailed away at them and run away! i had to stay in for recess one day

[lace-chat] Re: :-) Thought for the day

2005-08-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Aug 8, 2005, at 3:37, Jean Nathan wrote: If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000. The rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per

Re: [lace-chat] Wasp story

2005-08-08 Thread susan
By the time my mom could rush me to the hospital I had stopped breathing, my heart had stopped and I was turning blue, so she told me. Needless to say I lived (duh) but was terribly allergic to all bee/wasp venom from then on. i am so sorry. i think that is terrible. that would be

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Oldie but goodie...

2005-08-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
As my source says in the subject line... :) And we're all adult enough here to read it, no? From: C.B.2 A college professor was doing a study testing the senses of first graders, using a bowl of lifesavers. He gave all the children the same kind of lifesavers, one at a time, and asked them