Fw: Re: [lace] i'm doing BOBBIN LACE !!! grumble mumble

2006-05-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Forwarded Message -- I've met dozens of people when I've been demonstrating bobbin lace whose grannies did tatting just like you're doing. Evidently a universal problem: I agree. While demonstrating my bobbin lace at the Bristol Renaissance Faire, I will inevitably be

Re: [lace] i'm doing BOBBIN LACE !!! grumble mumble

2006-05-29 Thread eva schaefer
Evidently a universal problem: yes, except in France it's embroidery In Spain it is crochet - the mothers, grandmothers aunts etc. always did the same thing I do at demos - but one person told me that they were better at it - only needed one of those things (crochet hook) instead of as

[lace] Country of Origin of Messages?

2006-05-29 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lacemakers, This is very much an international list. Please - add your country of origin to your messages so that we will not be confused as to where you are writing from. If you are a newbie and desire assistance, the inclusion of state or province or shire, and even city will help

RE: [lace] i'm doing BOBBIN LACE !!! grumble mumble

2006-05-29 Thread Angel Skubic
Well, I just ran into that problem in a crochet magazine which was showing the history of crocheted lace and at the top it said all the methods shown below have one thing in common...they use fine thread and a hook to make their designs. (yes that included the bobbin lace they showed, and the

[lace-chat] Re Secret Pal

2006-05-29 Thread Shirley
Hi secret Pal in New Zealand, Thank you for my parcel which arrived today, my bobbins are lovely now I will have to find some nice beads to go on them. I have never had a wooden bookmark before I love it. The tread I can use on a project I want to start, it is a flamingo, I am not sure what the

[lace-chat] The Cake

2006-05-29 Thread lacespider
The cake Have you ever told a white lie? You are going to love thisespecially all of the ladies who bake for church events. Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church ladies' group bake sale in Tuscaloosa, but she forgot to do it until the last minute. She remembered it