Dear Patsy ( and anyone else interested)
Pre-dyed patterned sock wool is certainly available now. There is some
available in the uk, but I've no idea who distributes it (members of my lace
class have bought it at knitting/needlecrafts exhibitions without noting the
supplier details). However,
I tried to order a copy from my newsagent, and they said they would get back
to me when they had it. I have not heard from them yet.
Dee Palin
Gloucestershire UK
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Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: [lace]
Not a specific yarn for argyle as far as I know, but there are several makes
of wool dyed specifically for socks that give an imitation fairisle or
stripes. Sirdar Town and Country (not sure if you can get this in the States),
Regia
(German I think, but available in the US), and Opal (also
The link takes you to the German manufacturers of Opal wool yarn. They
list links for all over the world.
Stockists in the UK for this yarn are listed at
http://www.sockenwolle.de/index2-eng.html There are quite a few, and
some do mail order.
Regards,
Carolyn
Carolyn W. Hastings
Stow, MA USA
That's interesting. We don't have a bobbin lace tradition in Israel, so I wonder
why he thought it was Israeli? Unless it had Miriam Gidron's name on it (or
mine) or it was purchased in Israel, that seems rather unlikely. Could you post
the URL again sometime? I'd like to take a look at it.
At 07:44 PM 12/10/05 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What an achievement, David! BTW what are Gumnuts?
It is a List of Australian Lace Makers - that way we don't have to concern
ourselves with misunderstanding of slang :)
David
Dee Palin
Gloucestershire
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--- James Robison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
#65279;Hi Suzy,
Thanks for your email. I purchased this lace from a lace dealer who
has
been selling antique lace
and trims for probably 25 years or more. She indicated it was
handmade,
but she has been wrong
before. She might be up in the night
here is his name and email address, and i can even forward the email he
sent me if you like. i'll post it on lace after i'm done :
James Robison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Avital [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's interesting. We don't have a bobbin lace tradition in Israel,
so I wonder
why he
Pene wrote:
I just had a thought that I don't want to spend a lot of time making a
piece of BL if I only receive a card with a tatted snowflake. Can
participants notify you with regard to the type of lace they will be making
what sort of lace they would like to receive.
Hello Pene and all,
I
On 10/14/05, Pene Piip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just had a thought that I don't want to spend a lot of time making
a piece of BL if I only receive a card with a tatted snowflake.
Can participants notify you with regard to the type of lace they will
be making what sort of lace they would
Hi everyone
When you sign up for the Christmas card exchange, specify the type of
lace you will make and would like to receive - if you have a
preference, that is.
For those who have already signed up, contact me again if you have a
preference.
I will post a reminder again in a few days, and will
While we are talking about antique lace, I was given a book of bobbin
lace samples made/assessed in 1911 when I went down to Witney on
Wednesday. I wondered whether perhaps any French Arachnes might know
anything about the institute?
The book, a red hard cover folder slightly larger than A4,
Another viewpoint, for your consideration:
Last year in the exchange, I received the most beautiful piece of
Battenberg/needlelace imaginable, made by Jane Viking Swanson. Since I do
not make this kind of lace, it was a special treat to receive something
beautiful that I could not make myself.
Last year I offered to set up an Internet page to show scans/photos of the
lace we sent and received in the 2004 exchange.
You can see those photos at
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/arachne/
I would love to do the same this year! Since we're getting started early
(which is a very good thing!),
Hi all,
I've been getting a lot of response from many of you. Most every one is
pointing me to these yarns that knit strips and the fairisles patterns. These
I know about and are not what I'm looking for. I don't care for the strips at
this time. In the pictures of the finished socks they
I have to correct you on this Tamara.
In 1905 you copuld hardly speak of a Palestine it was part of the Othoman
Empire, British rule came into existance only in 1917 when the Turks were
defeated by General Allenby.
I didn't see the lace with High Holydays etc there was little time for that
You can put me down for the exchange. I'm just at the point where I get
tired of my current project and this will give me ashort little change.
Miriam
In Israel
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In the context of the message, I believe that the lace was purchased by
an Israeli dealer, not that a dealer purchased Israeli lace.
Carolyn
Carolyn W. Hastings
Stow, MA USA
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Sent: Friday, October 14,
Dear all -- While Jeri still has her eyes shut
tight, I thought it would be safe for me to go on
a bit more about antique lace samples fastened
down with pins.
In 1965, the famous lace authority and collector,
Marian Powys, bequeathed a number of notebooks
containing her antique lace
Hi All, My request is that we call it a Holiday Card Exchange so nobody
feels left out. I don't usually get into semantics but I am this time G.
Thanks Bev for sending the addition to the exchange so we can chose what
kind of lace to receive. Something to keep in mind though is that this is
In a message dated 10/14/2005 4:37:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The horrified Library loaned the unhappy album to
the Textile Study Room of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, which is where it still was in 1984.
Gunnel Teitel photographed some of the pieces;
and
Hi Lacemakers
Are we as lacemakers losing the meaning of Christmas as a time for sharing,
we are all of differing standards with our lacemaking and I for one am just
happy to have been thought of by a lacemaker somewhere else in this large
world of ours. I would be happy with what ever is
dear Jane
Institut Professionnel Neuchatelois de Dentelles, Neuchatel-Lausanne - I
Neuchâtel-Lausanne is in the french-speaking part of Switzerland and I
dont think that we have a swiss on our list.
. Can anyone translate 'La Fougere' for me (
is the fern
Alix
from Luxembourg
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I am a newer lace maker and participated last year, and would have been
crushed if the feedback on my little crooked bandage would have been as harsh
as some of the postings I have been reading concerning the quality and type of
lace that is to be sent this year. Instead of criticism, I received
HI all - can we keep this simple - I have set it up calling it
Christmas card exchange - but it is understood anyone can take part.
I, for one, do not celebrate Christmas in the Christian sense, but
if someone sends me an angel on their card I will love it and if they
want to quote the Bible, I
On Oct 14, 2005, at 19:04, Faye Owers wrote:
Are we as lacemakers losing the meaning of Christmas as a time for
sharing,
As an atheist, I place a bit less value on the Christmastime as sharing
time than most, but I too was dismayed by the somewhat mean-spirited
(Scroogy? g) undertones of
I just had a thought that I don't want to spend a
lot of time making
a piece of BL if I only receive a card with a
tatted snowflake.
As a tatter I take a bit of offense at that - I can
only hope it wasn't intended as a slight of my first
and most often practiced lace. I rather get the
On Oct 14, 2005, at 14:42, Barbara Joyce wrote:
As soon as I start receiving the photos, I will set up the page.
Hmmm--maybe
I should wait until close to Christmas to put the images up--it might
be an
anticlimax to receive lace in the mail when you've already seen it on
the
Internet. What do
Thanks, T. That sounds like a perfect plan!
Barbara
On Oct 14, 2005, at 14:42, Barbara Joyce wrote:
As soon as I start receiving the photos, I will set up the page.
Hmmm--maybe
I should wait until close to Christmas to put the images up--it might
be an
anticlimax to receive lace in the
On Oct 14, 2005, at 22:07, Chris Vail wrote:
As a tatter I take a bit of offense at that
Can't blame you; I would to.
- I can only hope it wasn't intended as a slight of my first
and most often practiced lace.
Probably not; as someone wrote to me, it was, most probably, a case of
open
At 07:07 PM 10/14/2005, you wrote:
I just had a thought that I don't want to spend a
lot of time making a piece of BL if I only receive a card with a
tatted snowflake.
As a tatter I take a bit of offense at that - I can only hope it wasn't
intended as a slight of my first and most often
i agree with that without a doubt, but it more than likely was
purchased from a country near there. exporting is easier when you are
on or near the same continent,and could even be that it was english
lace. the pomegranites are usually found in what kind of Lace? this i
don't know, maybe
THE OLD TIMER
THE OLD TIMER
An 80 year old man went to the doctor for a check-up and the doctor was amazed
at what good shape the guy was in.
The doctor asked, To what do you attribute your good health?
The old timer said, I'm a golfer and that's why I'm in such good shape. I'm
up well before
Ruth wrote:
I've been doing something like that for a long time, but I use those
plastic bags from the grocery (and everywhere else). I put the tray
inside the bag and then with the judicious use of a piece of masking
tape turned on itself, sticky side out, I can even make the corners
behave. I do
Thought this was cute!
JoAnne Pruitt
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B U L L E T I N B U L L E T I N
Date: Fri, 2nd Sept 2005
Crawford, Texas (not AP) - A tragic fire this morning
destroyed the personal library of President George W.
Bush. The
Hi,
I just wanted to let you all know that after tomorrow till the first of next
month I will be without a computer. (money problems) anyway, if someone could
send me their home phone number then when I get my secret pal package comes
then I can call them so that maybe they could forward my
A man who was fond of betting at the race tracks would always go out to the
stables before the races to check the condition of the horses, and try to pick
the winners.
One day, he noticed a priest back in the stables, annointing the head of one
of the horses. That horse won the race!
The next
On Oct 14, 2005, at 15:54, Lynn Weasenforth wrote:
An 80 year old man went to the doctor for a check-up and the doctor
was amazed
at what good shape the guy was in [...]
The Doctor said in amazement, Got married!! Why would a 118-year-old
guy want
to get married?
The old timer said, Who
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