Re: [lace] new Thread

2005-09-14 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Nordic Needle (in Fargo, N. Dakota) sells the new DMC Linen threads. Lovely colors. web site is: www.nordicneedle.comhttp://www.nordicneedle.com/ or 1-800-433-4321 I just this week got an e-mail about the second color selection. Lorri DMC are producing a range of stranded linen

[lace] RE: IOLI contest entries

2005-09-14 Thread Laceandbits
In a message dated 14/09/2005 00:52:32 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We set a date of entries being in my hands by July 1st, so that all paperwork could be checked (don't ask, you'd be surprised what can be missed from forms), and also so that labels and judging sheets could be

Re: [lace] new Thread

2005-09-14 Thread Jean Barrett
Hi Noelene and all, Brenda has also measured a single strand of the new DMC linen at 25 wraps per cm. and it is now on the latest addendum list, number 3 on her web site. I think that most reasonably good embroidery supply shops should carry it. Do be careful of the costs however. I

[lace] Red hat

2005-09-14 Thread Elizabeth Pass
I know this is off topic, but there is a saying here in UK - Red hat. No drawers! Liz Pass In Poole, Dorset -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.22/98 - Release Date: 12/09/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] new DMC linen thread

2005-09-14 Thread Karen Bovard
I saw some at my local Hobby Lobby store. On 9/13/05 11:15 PM, Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DMC are producing a range of stranded linen embroidery threads. A single strand is the same thickness as a strand of most stranded embroidery cottons. The colours are very muted which is rather

[lace] Red hat

2005-09-14 Thread Jean Nathan
Those only on chat will be wondering what I'm on about - sent this there by mistake. Liz wrote: I know this is off topic, but there is a saying here in UK - Red hat. No drawers! And before anyone asks (knowing that words don't mean the same in all English-speaking countries): Drawers are

[lace] Re: forever project goes on the side again

2005-09-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 14, 2005, at 12:07, Beth McCasland wrote: This morning I got a phone call from my boss to report back to the office in New Orleans. Apparently I'm the environmental person assigned to the Corps of Engineer's team to look at the restoration of Orleans Parish (city of N.O.) -

[lace] Re: new Thread

2005-09-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 14, 2005, at 4:14, Jean Barrett wrote: Brenda has also measured a single strand of the new DMC linen at 25 wraps per cm. and it is now on the latest addendum list, number 3 on her web site. I think that most reasonably good embroidery supply shops should carry it. Do be careful of the

[lace] Re: IOLI contest entries

2005-09-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacquie) wrote: Well an *entry* could be made because that could even be e-mailed, and that's where possibly a photo in addition could be useful to give the organisers an idea of what the entry is to be, to be able to start planning the

Re: [lace] Re: new Thread

2005-09-14 Thread Malvary J Cole
Tamara wrote: Buyers beware indeed! *Please* be very, very careful when internet/catalogue shopping, and compare the prices of what might be available to you locally first, And I would add - don't forget to shop around locally too. We have a specialist Needlework shop that does carry some

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Katrina/perceptions/general rambling

2005-09-14 Thread susan
been a believer, I'd have begged God's pardon for using the term). We cannot assume that, because the Oz dumps were mostly criminal, they had been more savvy than the slave dumps deposited on the US shores. the u.s.a. was also created by dumping out european or u.k. prisons. that is why

[lace-chat] new orleans nursing home owners being prosecuted

2005-09-14 Thread susan
. they also deserted a bunch of patients. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=578u=/nm/20050914/ts_nm/katrina_dc_38 from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[lace-chat] Secret Pal Thanks

2005-09-14 Thread LESLEY PETER GRIFFITHS
Dear Secret Pal Thank you for your latest parcel which is much appreciated. I took some aromatherapy exams on Monday so it was a real boost and a lovely surprise when the Post lady handed me your parcel yesterday morning. I think I know who you are but I shall have to wait until December to have

[lace-chat] Katrina

2005-09-14 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Sent to me via the origami list: http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/sep2005/a090905ms2.html It's a report on Iraqi soldiers who collected up a million dinars for victims of Hurricane Katrina. It amounts to more than a year's pay for many people there. I have nothing to add. Lynn

[lace-chat] Iraqi Katrina donation

2005-09-14 Thread Lynn Carpenter
I said I had nothing to add -- I was mistaken. The article says the total is over a month's pay for the Iraqi soldiers who collected the money. My origami-list correspondent said it was over a *year's* pay for many of the Iraqi people. I don't know, myself, if Iraqi soldiers are making 12 times

[lace-chat] etc. general rambling

2005-09-14 Thread A Y Farrell
- Original Message - From: Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 1:43 AM Subject: re: [lace-chat] etc. general rambling the u.s.a. was also created by dumping out european or u.k. prisons. Now that's a new one - I'll have

Re: [lace-chat] red cross

2005-09-14 Thread susan
sorry that i sent a personal reply to the list. when you reply to any email on the list, the original email is automatically written in the address bar, so i have no idea if an email is sent to me or to lace or lace chat. i appoligize if i caused any problem with that. i'll be more careful about