[lace] Re: ironing question

2005-10-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Oct 11, 2005, at 21:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ricki) wrote: I wonder if I could put some vinegar into it, to dissolve the deposits a little, Provided you use _white_ vinegar, there's nothing better to counter hard water and other mineral-deposit problems. Vinegar (in Poland, we didn't know

[lace] New Lacemakers

2005-10-12 Thread David Collyer
Dear Friends, Last week I completed teaching another class in Lace Making for Beginners here in Ballarat. I duly gave each of the students info on joining Gumnuts and arachne so I'm hoping that soon we shall hear from:- Ina in Ballan; Lynn and Judith from Bacchus Marsh and Dawn from Ararat

RE: [lace] New Lacemakers

2005-10-12 Thread Pauline
Congratulations David, a real achievement, and everyone benefits, Pauline in cloudy and wet Somerset. U.K. www.wincanton-uk.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] re: New Lacemakers

2005-10-12 Thread robinlace
From: David Collyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last week I completed teaching another class in Lace Making for Beginners here in Ballarat. I duly gave each of the students info on joining Gumnuts and arachne 2 weeks before that I taught a class in tatting and we now have 3 new real Tatting

[lace] Lace Patterns of the Misses Sivewright and Pope

2005-10-12 Thread Jean Nathan
I see there's an acution for the above book finishing on ebay in just over 40 minutes time. The current high bid is GBP12.50, with the last 6 bids above GBP8.00. Unless it's very recently gone out of print, it's available direct from Christine and David Springett at GBP7.00. Admittedly the

Re: [lace] New Lacemakers

2005-10-12 Thread delia.palin
What an achievement, David! BTW what are Gumnuts? Dee Palin Gloucestershire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Re: antique hand made bobbin lace

2005-10-12 Thread suzy
probably not really from that era, but if its older than 20 years most old things are considered antique. i'm not sure what the rule of that is, but that is what i heard. i'm getting really jealous looking at all those perfect picots!! i can't afford 35 dollars per yard, but its a nice

Re: [lace] Re: antique hand made bobbin lace

2005-10-12 Thread suzy
probably made in Eastern Europe or Asia - but 1980s not 1880s! If you click on the home page link: http://www.dollsandlace.com/cgi-bin/dalshop.pl?cat=AntiqueLaceview=cat you'll see some more antique lace on sale, with some very suspect descriptions. With the exception of this one, the

Re: [lace] antique hand made bobbin lace

2005-10-12 Thread suzy
if you look at the picots they are uneven. like in most prickings where one is made before the other side is leaving one appearing as if it were a little higher than the other, and the picots are not all the same size. it looks hand made to me and i guess it could be beds. --- suzy [EMAIL

[lace] Re: [lace-chat] Antique

2005-10-12 Thread suzy
thanks for real time difference. that does help to know when browsing for antiques or collectables what the technical term really means. --- Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suzy wrote: if its older than 20 years most old things are considered antique. In the UK an antique has to be

Re: [lace] Re: antique hand made bobbin lace

2005-10-12 Thread bevw
On 10/12/05, suzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can you make picots on a machine? Yes. At least a machine can duplicate the appearance of a picot. sure, square tallies with the center being not filled in in beds lace. They're called raised and rolled tallies, you make them at the same time, but

Re: [lace] Re: antique hand made bobbin lace

2005-10-12 Thread Barb ETx
Ladies, you all know more that I do. but this looks and has the feel of some patterns that I got from the LePuy Lace schoolI do not know if they are old or not, The booklet was revised in 1941. I cannot read the FrenchI can only read the patterns.lots of leaves and those tiny

[lace] lace book question

2005-10-12 Thread Sylvie Nguyen
Hello, While I own the bobbin lace book, Russische Kant, I don't believe that a sheet of prickings came with it. Can anyone refresh my memory? Thank you in advance, Sylvie Cherry Valley, IL, USA __ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home

[lace] Christmas exchange

2005-10-12 Thread Patricia Ann Fisher
Please add me to the christmas lace exchange too! I'm eager to get something new started on at least one of my pillows. Too many UFO's lurking on other ones! Trish Fisher - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

Re: [lace] lace book question

2005-10-12 Thread bevw
Hi Sylvie and everyone I think there was a fold out for the unicorn pattern. I sold my copy :( On 10/12/05, Sylvie Nguyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, While I own the bobbin lace book, Russische Kant, I don't believe that a sheet of prickings came with it. Can anyone refresh my memory?

[lace] Christmas card exchange

2005-10-12 Thread bevw
Hi everyone Hearing no nays, a few yays, and agreeing that time flies, I hearby undertake to organize a Christmas card exchange. I am going to follow in Brenda's footsteps, and have one person send to another (A send to B, B sends to C etc.). You can then meet two people, your recipient, and your

[lace] Fwd: Free graph paper site

2005-10-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
I know Margery left it to Avital, but Avital may or may not catch the message, so I'm taking it upon myself :) I've done - very basic - testing of the site and it seems to work (I printed off a very nice page of asymetric. Now to get them to do asymetric as dots... for Bucks g) even without

Re: [lace] antique hand made bobbin lace

2005-10-12 Thread suzy
you live in middle tn. i live in between paris and clarskville in the top corner. --- ROBERT GAIRNS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Suzy, Where in Tn do you live? I live outside of Knoxville in Friendsville Helen in TN - Original Message - From: suzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[lace] Fwd: Re: The Dacca Gauzes

2005-10-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Another forward, this time from the private Inbox. But the way it's written, it's quite obvious that it was meant for the list... Begin forwarded message: From: Carolyn Hastings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: October 12, 2005 10:21:45 EDT To: 'Tamara P Duvall' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [lace]

[lace-chat] Re: watch what you say..

2005-10-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Oct 12, 2005, at 0:12, A Y Farrell (Yvonne) wrote: THIRD TESTIMONY: My sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of candy and nuts. As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help. I replied, No, I'm just looking

[lace-chat] Women's Studies

2005-10-12 Thread David Collyer
Enjoy David in Ballarat Women's Studies A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that the kind of face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle. For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged

[lace-chat] Free graph paper site

2005-10-12 Thread Margery Allcock
DD1 just sent me this site. I haven't had time yet to try it out, but it looks really useful. http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/ If it works, maybe one person should pass it on to Lace - I'm not on that list. I'll leave it to you, Avital. Hope that's OK. Margery.

[lace-chat] Judith McNaught, author

2005-10-12 Thread Janice Blair
I had a question from a friend today about a book by Judith McNaught called Waters Edge. I am not familiar with the author so I checked out Borders, AbeBooks and Hamilton Books but could not find this book in stock. Is there anywhere else I can search for this book which was published in

Re: [lace-chat] Judith McNaught, author

2005-10-12 Thread Sue Babbs
Amazon has it in hard back for $5.93 in their used and new section. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/5552771060/qid=1129148823/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-7605136-9357400?v=glances=booksn=507846 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re: antique hand made bobbin lace

2005-10-12 Thread suzy
probably not really from that era, but if its older than 20 years most old things are considered antique. i'm not sure what the rule of that is, but that is what i heard. i'm getting really jealous looking at all those perfect picots!! i can't afford 35 dollars per yard, but its a nice

[lace-chat] Antique

2005-10-12 Thread Jean Nathan
Suzy wrote: if its older than 20 years most old things are considered antique. In the UK an antique has to be at least 100 years old, so now anything made in or before 1905 is an antique. Next year it will be anything made in or before 1906. Anything younger than 100 years is a collectable.

re: [lace-chat] Re::) Fwd: Math Bell-curve

2005-10-12 Thread Bev Walker
WHAT about tortillas??? 3) you need to be able to do division Compared to the underline $20 that's a cruel and unusual punishment and ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) should be notified instantly ..not to mention, NAFTA... -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west

Re: [lace-chat] Judith McNaught, author

2005-10-12 Thread Malvary J Cole
Looked up author and title in google. Apparently there is no book called Water's Edge. It was a title she had been going to use, and then didn't. See info at following site: http://bbs.simonsays.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=013148 Malvary in Ottawa - Original Message

Re: [lace-chat] Judith McNaught, author

2005-10-12 Thread Alice Howell
At 04:02 PM 10/12/2005, you wrote: Looked up author and title in google. Apparently there is no book called Water's Edge. It was a title she had been going to use, and then didn't. That's an outdated entry. I saw it also. I went in to a page that listed authors and book titles. Water's

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Talking Dog

2005-10-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
OK; I don't know why this has to be a Southern boy - I know of some scams perpetrated by cash-starved *Polish* students - but it's funny (and new to me, too) From: L.F. A young Southern boy goes off to college, but about 1/3 way through the semester, he has foolishly squandered what money