[lace] Re: That table ribbon

2005-09-01 Thread Karen
Tamara wrote: Granted, I've never seen Honiton (regular, micro or macro) made in more than one colour but the advanced people need a challenge too, no? (or should it be non?, given the venue of the Convention? g) Anyone who went to The Lace Guild's Myth and Mystery exhibition will tell you that

[lace] gozo lace

2005-09-01 Thread sealacehaven
dear arne the lace school is run by consiglio azzarpardi so you may be able to get details direct from her if not, you could e.mail me direct and i will be able to forward on more information about the lace school in gozo, one of my students (and her husband) went there this summer and had a

[lace] Patience

2005-09-01 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Sue Clemenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't do much lace, lately, but I've heard that particular, disparaging comment for decades, and in reference to a variety of forms of needlework (quilting, monochrome embroidery, spinning, knitting). I weave, tat, net, knit, and make fingerloop braids.

[lace] mail for the Professor

2005-09-01 Thread Tess Parrish
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:19:26 -0400 From: CLIVE Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] The Professor Tess, do you have a snail mail address for The Professor? That is a good way for his wife to receive messages and cards for him. I really do like to send cards by USPS. Thanks, Betty

[lace] re:bobbin lace sharing

2005-09-01 Thread auntsis
I have been home for a couple of days but will be running back to SC to help take care of my father-in-law (since being widowed,after 55 years,in April his health is sliding- neither eats properly nor takes his meds). Anyway - as I brought my pillow in from the car my neighbor asked what it

[lace] Bobbin lace and patience

2005-09-01 Thread Catherine Hill
When I get the patience question while demonstrating, I will sometimes ask the person what they do to relax. If they tell me some form of handwork, I will tell the person that lace works the same way for me as perhaps knitting or quilting for them. For those who tell me computer games or sports

[lace] RE: IOLI entries from afar

2005-09-01 Thread Helen Bell
Weronika, Of course you can enter and not attend (there were several who did this, this year). You must send with your entry enough money to cover your preferred method of return of your entry (and I would also suggest a little extra to cover the cost of a new mailer or box for return, since

Re: [lace] Re: That table ribbon; contest rules redefined

2005-09-01 Thread Ruth
Does anyone have any suggestions where a very new lacemaker (me) might look for a suitable and *EASY* pattern to attempt this? I find this whole thing fascinating and am, perhaps naively, considering giving it a shot. But all the pattern books I've got here don't have anything that wide. I've

Re: [lace] Re: That table ribbon; contest rules redefined

2005-09-01 Thread Mary Derrick
Hello to you all out there, I have run across a book in my library with a print date of 2002 in Denmark by Brigit Poulsen titled LAY THE TABLE-WITH BOBBIN LACE. It has every think from table runners to napkins to placemats,etc,etc. The lace is beautiful and not only for the contest but I am

[lace-chat] Katrina creepy crawlies

2005-09-01 Thread RicTorr8
Hi all, I'm sure it's the least of their troubles, which I don't mean to minimize one bit, but I heard some news reports warning people to watch out for poisonous snakes swimming in the floodwaters. Plus I saw a story saying that a 3-foot shark was spotted swimming along one of the flooded

Re: [lace-chat] Fw: How to stay awake at meetings...

2005-09-01 Thread Helen
We did actually play Buzzword Bingo in the last meeting before Christmas one year :o) I don't think the manager who was doing the presentation *ever* worked out what we were up to or why one of the other managers called out Bingo partway through! Helen At 21:42 31/08/2005, Maxine D wrote: