Re: [lace] Thanks and Request

2007-06-22 Thread Laceandbits
Don't forget you can always check back to the archive for anything you have deleted. And the URL for that is... http://www.mail-archive.com/lace%40arachne.com/ Add that one to your saved searches and you won't need to worry again. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] Hands on demo

2007-06-22 Thread Tatman
Hi all, This is a different way of doing a hands on demo at heritage events. Just have to share my joy with you about my lacemaking demonstration at Grande Levee in Vandalia, IL this past weekend(June 16-17). It was the typical hot and muggy, yet nice breeze, June in the high 90s

Re: [lace] Re: resizing a pricking

2007-06-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Tamara I think you've explained it better than I did - so long as it's a linear enlargement and not an area one. Brenda On 21 Jun 2007, at 19:11, Tamara P Duvall wrote: On Jun 21, 2007, at 13:25, Beth Stoll wrote: the pricking is sized for 140/2 egyptian cotton. I would prefer to use

Re: [lace] resizing a pricking

2007-06-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Beth I've measured 140/2 as 62 wraps/cm and 70/2 as 46 wraps/cm So the formula is multiply by 62/46 (= approx 1.35) That's the formula for a photocopier which enlarges both the length and the width. Many scanners/computer software enlarge by the total area. If that's the case then you

[lace] Re: [bobbinlace] Hands on demo

2007-06-22 Thread sue
Thank you for sharing that lovely story. Precious lacy memories for you and for them. Sue T, Dorset UK Hi all, This is a different way of doing a hands on demo at heritage events. Just have to share my joy with you about my lacemaking demonstration at Grande Levee in Vandalia, IL this

Re: [lace] Re: resizing a pricking

2007-06-22 Thread Laceandbits
Hi Brenda As a matter of interest, is there any way to tell at a glance which sort of enlargement any particular photocopier does? Am I reading your post right to think that if I enlarge directly through the photocopy facility of my scanner it will be linear, but if I scan it first then use

Re: [lace] Other male lacemakers

2007-06-22 Thread Jo Falkink
In South Africa we have http://www.geocities.com/malelacer/index.html In personally know at least one Dutch male not even a lurker on this list, and know the names of one or two others. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: From the Annals of South Dakota Department of Highways

2007-06-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
From: R.P. A cocky South Dakota Department of Highways employee stopped at a farm and told the farmer, I need to inspect your farm for a possible new road. The old farmer said, OK, but don't go in that field. The Highways employee said, I have the authority of the State of South Dakota to

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: the word up

2007-06-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
As a foreigner, I can attest to the untold troubles that adverbs and prepositions can cause. But I'm happy to say that I understood all the uses here, and even noticed that one was missing (UP yours!). Though, I suppose, that one, although technically a two-letter word, would, probably, be