[lace] translation please

2009-04-09 Thread Celia Mulhearn
Hi everyone, can you help... what does 'kantbrief op 100%' mean please, I have the english translated pages for my book 'Motieven in Kleur' but the english doesn't include the diagrams and the section I'm not sure of is written on each pattern page (some have 50%)... I know its to do

[lace] Book

2009-04-09 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello everyone I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is a supplier selling Rosemary Shepards Fantasy Flowers book. A friend of mine would like a copy. I bought mine from a supplier and cannot remember who it was. I`ve e`mailed some suppliers and I get the answer back Never

[lace] Book

2009-04-09 Thread Jane Partridge
In message bay116-w7c89be48f8e5c52bc8042ef...@phx.gbl, Daphne Martin ladylace...@msn.com writes I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is a supplier selling Rosemary Shepards Fantasy Flowers book. I bought mine from Roseground, at the Peterborough Lace Fair a couple of years

Re: [lace] Book

2009-04-09 Thread Jean Nathan
Daphne wrote: I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is a supplier selling Rosemary Shepards Fantasy Flowers book. Try Rosemary's web site: http://www.lacedaisypress.com.au/fantasy.html seems she is self publishing it. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] Thankyou

2009-04-09 Thread Daphne Martin
Thankyou Jane, Jean and Pat. I will pass this information on. Daphne Norfolk England _ All your Twitter and other social updates in one place - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

Re: [lace] translation please

2009-04-09 Thread Clay Blackwell
kantbrief op 100% simply means that the pricking is printed at full size. When it says, ...op 50%, it is reduced, and you would print it out at 200% to get the size used in the model, with the threads which are recommended. Clay Celia Mulhearn wrote: Hi everyone, can you help... what

[lace] Threads for Lace Edition 5 and Raffle

2009-04-09 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Dear Spiders Edition 5 is now available and I have a stack of boxes to find a home for! see http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/threads/threads.html All the traders who took Edition 4 will receive an inspection copy in the post very soon and any pre-orders will go out in Saturday's post

Re: [lace] Teaching..eml- designing

2009-04-09 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Devon and others, I think you have made some great points about designing, if you 'first' have the desire to design. Then there are some who 'just do it'. I never thought of myself as a designer (a very minor one at best) until I took college are classes (I was in my 40s at the time). But I had

[lace] Re: Drawing on Right Side of Brain

2009-04-09 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Mark, If you want to 'read and lace' at the same time try 'talking books'. A friend mentioned it to me and I love it, if you come to a 'need to think about this bit' place in the lace just put the book on pause. Lorri Subject: [lace] Re: Drawing on Right Side of Brain - was:Teachers

Re: [lace] Re: Drawing on Right Side of Brain - was:Teachers

2009-04-09 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Sue, do you understand us righty If so everything is ok. By the way to be honest I am partly partly. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

Re: [lace] Re: Drawing on Right Side of Brain - was:Teachers

2009-04-09 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello All, sorry being so quiet but I am very busy at the time, but to this point I will tell you my experience. A bit more than two years ago I was lucky to get two design students to teaching lacemaking. The one was a glass designer and couldn't find a job so she tried to do something

[lace] Postcard on ebay

2009-04-09 Thread David in Ballarat
Dear Friends, Saw this great postcard on ebay - a woman making lace in Beer, Devon about 1910 Item number: 200328535281 David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

[lace] Pewter bobbins

2009-04-09 Thread Jean Nathan
I was given an old wooden bobbin with pewter spots, but one spot was missing. It was in fact a rod which passed right through the bobbin. Because it wasn't valuable, I cut a suitable short length from an aluminium knitting needle of the right diameter and tapped that in. Don't think anyone

[lace] roller, oops?

2009-04-09 Thread hottleco
Whoa Nellie! Did I misunderstand? I thought you were looking for a way to store the lace on a flat pillow as it is completed (i.e. you are moving the lace on the pricking) rather than making a roller pillow. Mea culpa. Susan, Erie PA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace] Fwd: The Lacemaker - Bail, Claude Joseph

2009-04-09 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lacemakers, Lori found reproduction of an artwork on eBay, and sent it to me for those of you who collect images of lacemakers. She's made it easy with a tiny address. (Not so sure I'd order from so far away.) Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

[lace] Re: what is darning magic thread?

2009-04-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:09, Jenny Brandis wrote: I have heard of and used magic thread when I start/end torchon lace but what is a darning magic thread? Can anyone tell me how it is different to the first or is it the same thing with a different name? My guess -- but *a guess only * -- would be

[lace] warding off arthritis

2009-04-09 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
In the old days one Always had a leopard bobbin( wood with pewter spots) on the pillow, to ward off arthritis. Patty - I would not hold your breath, if I were you!! :)) Sorry!! Still you never know! Some of these old remedies Do work! :)) With arthritic

Re: [lace] warding off arthritis

2009-04-09 Thread Brian Lemin
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[lace-chat] Fwd: Tofu, anyone?

2009-04-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Poor vegetarian lady... I'm afraid that her idea of the license plate would have been turned down in Virginia as well (our DMV is *very* vigilant regarding vanity plates obscenities) but, what a hoot! http://coloradoindependent.com/26088/colorado-dmv-nixes-tofu-vanity-