Hurrah, at last I can make a definite diagnosis of an unusual 'thing' on
ebay.
It is a 'set-up' for a circular sock knitting machine.
When opened out wide it sits inside the cylinder and the bends at the ends of
each wire face inwards. The wool is threaded into the machine and a long end
Thought this was relevant to both lists in case some of you are on one but
not the other.
Just been to the post office to post a packet to Australia. A notice has
just been put up, a gizmo placed on the counter for measuring letters and
the scales now only show weight. From 18th August the
Hi Jean and everyone
We (in Canada) have had this weight/size wrinkle for quite a while
now. It certainly encourages creative packaging. I received herbal
tea that would have been a compact 'fat' package but to avoid high
postage it was spread out flat in a ziplock bag - the difference in
--- Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From 18th August the Royal Mail will be
charging postage by size as well as weight. The
notice says small letter, large letter and packet.
The USA has had this for years. Don't panic. I'm
sure you'll learn the dimensions allowed for small
letter,
Dear Friends
Yippee! I've just completed the lace hankie I was making for a cousin's
wedding.
The wedding is on Saturday coming and last Saturday morning I discovered
that I still had 26cm to make. Added to that I've had a pain in my neck
that my masseuse attributed partly to BL (sitting in the
Dear friends
Following completion of my lace hankie (see previous posting) I've moved
on to bookmarks for the bride and groom. They'll be late because it took
so long to finish the hankie! Still Christmas is coming.
I've wound the bobbins to make my latest design for one of them. I want
to do
We had an email about this at work today. The letter size covers the
envelopes that will contain an A4 sheet folded into two or three (and
the American versions which are a little longer and a little narrower),
the large letter size will take A4 sheets, and 25mm in thickness is an
inch,
I endorse what Tamara says. Don't know Jeri's background, but I too come
from a long line of weavers, tailors and dressmakers all in the East End of
London (the poor part), and the emphasis was on making basic plain clothing,
reusing the good parts of discarded clothes from the wealthy, hemming
Domestic sewing machines were used for domestic sewing - plain sewing,
seams and hems. Very few people had a sewing machine at home prior to
the 20th century. Industrial machines, which were around in factories
from early/mid 19th century *were* used (and designed for) embroidery.
Brenda
Found it!! I sent a copy off yesterday by my Broadband address, and of course
it was not recognised, so I am sending this the normal way. Here is the first
of three sections (more tomorrow), this one on the Handstitch Embroidery
Machine, or Hand Embroidery Machine.
Angela Thompson - article for
I'll quickly peek out and mention that I'm the proud owner of a batiste
blouse which was entirely hand sewn - complete with pintucks, lace
embellishments, perfectly embroidered little vines and leaves, and itty
bitty buttons in sets of threes - by my Grandmother who was a child during
the US
Dear fellow lacemakers,
I have been thinking about getting a software program to design lace on my
computer. I have seen three on the internet ( I can't find one of them again -
I forgot to save the link)
Anyway I looked at the demo for Lace2000 and it seems kind of hard to use.
Does
I may have seen this one before (I think), but not on chat...
From: M.W.
The new Supermarket near our house has an automatic mister to keep the
produce fresh. Just before it goes on, you hear the sound of a
thunderstorm.
When you approach the milk cases, you hear cows mooing.
When you
Thought this was relevant to both lists in case some of you are on one but
not the other.
Just been to the post office to post a packet to Australia. A notice has
just been put up, a gizmo placed on the counter for measuring letters and
the scales now only show weight. From 18th August the
The man who runs our post office told us that they all have to go on a
course to learn how to use the new charging methods.
If they don't know how to figure it out, what chance do we stand?
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
Bobbin Maker - will ship worldwide
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--- Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From 18th August the Royal Mail will be
charging postage by size as well as weight. The
notice says small letter, large letter and packet.
The USA has had this for years. Don't panic. I'm
sure you'll learn the dimensions allowed for small
letter,
Sister Mary, who worked for a home health agency, was out making her rounds
visiting homebound patients when she ran out of gas. As luck would have it,
a gas station was just a block away.
She walked to the station to borrow a gas can and buy some gas. The
attendant told her that the only
Do not think this got to its destination. Posting again.
Dear Secret Pal,
What a lovely package to come home to after work. Once again it was stuffed
to the brim with goodies. The stitch 'n hang is really cute, I have not seen
one before. I will enjoy doing it as I have not done counted
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