On 10/2/08 9:38 AM, Miriam wrote:
yes my dibble is exactly like the [wall anchor] shown
on the website Bev mailed us.
It makes a bobbin when you screw a big screw in, perhaps
not the best bobbin but when you have nothing else to
play around with it probably will do. I haven't tried it
out
I also made a large block pillow with 11 inch wide blocks, was able to
cut a variety of sizes from full block, half block and then half again,
but all 11 inches wide to suit many projects and be comfortable working
any part of the pattern. I did this after finding my 5 half inch wide
a
Thank you so much to everyone who has given me ideas for coping with my large
pattern. It is a Torchon fanleaf and uses 150 pairs, so I think I will have
to just leave it where it is as I have managed to do the first 2 sections of
it (only 14 to go!), but I think I will definitely try some of
When this subject came up in the past, someone reported that they made
a very large bolster pillow -- a long, wide cylinder -- to work on. I
don't remember what she used for the core .. perhaps something like
large popcorn canisters or a cardboard tube that flooring material was
wrapped on.
Many thanks to all who wrote about traveling to Wales for the LG summer classes
next August. I surely hope I can return the favor for anyone traveling on a
lacey adventure in my area! My 's Gravenmoer piece is finally finished
resting so that Mirecourt may begin on 17th/18th. In the
Hi Susan!
There definitely is interest among lacemakers to learn hemstitching!
This summer at Sweet Briar, we had classes in Lassen (joining, the
Belgian way), and Hemstitching! Both were filled beyond our
expectations, and everyone seemed to get a lot out of both classes.
The
Dear Lacemakers,
Thirty years ago, I was taught to use wool - not a synthetic - for padding
lace pillows. Reason is that wool breathes and releases moisture through
evaporation. Foam and synthetics hold moisture long enough to damage pins.
You
do not want rusted pins in your lace
Hello Jeri, and everyone
I love using wool fabric, batting, fleece, but one of the strongest
reasons against - is allergy; for some, they just can't be near it,
even if a layer of cotton is between them and the wool. A second one
is availability - there simply might not be a source accessible to
If you eat *lots* of popcorn, you need a dedicated corn
popper. Traditional poppers are sheet-metal pans with a
crank sticking out of the lid, and holes in the lid -- given
a choice, look for holes that are blisters that are open on
one side, as if pushed up from below; the simple stamped
holes
On 10/1/08 1:00 PM, Dora Smith wrote:
I have an arthritic hand. Not I'm going to treat it with
rusty pewter; but has anyone got any more strategies?
Don't use the mouse.
Wear all-wool fingerless gloves when typing.
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Joy Beeson
http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/
that we can order books and things but the opposite is happening.
Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa.
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yLOL I wore out a cornpopper like the traditional one you describe. We had
one just for the fireplace, too, a contraption with a long handle (but
now I don't have a fireplace). And
with the new glass top stoves, not a good idea - i do miss the cast iron
pan I used on my coil-top stove
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