[lace] Oxfam books

2010-02-13 Thread Janice Blair
Managed to get to Canterbury Oxfam bookstore and after I had left there were 23 books still in a pile near the back of the shop.  I only bought 4, so a number of lacemakers must have got there before me.  There was the Susan Thompson Honiton book and a couple of others along with Withof books

Re: [lace] Oxfam books

2010-02-13 Thread Sue Duckles
Hi All In which case not all of them were listed on the website! I bought a copy of Devon Lace by Penderel Moody (1908 edition) from the website, but there were only 14 books listed! Sue in East Yorkshire On 13 Feb 2010, at 08:02, Janice Blair wrote: Managed to get to Canterbury

Re: [lace] Oxfam books

2010-02-13 Thread Claire Allen
I don't think the website contains the same books as the shops. I believe the online shop is in effect another store and not an extension of the bricks and mortar stores. Certainly when I looked on the online store the books they had there were completely different to the ones in the

Re: [lace] Trimming posts

2010-02-13 Thread Madame RD
Susan Reishus a écrit : People don't trim their posts, (1-3 seconds of cut-and-paste to include a few words/paragraph to refer to). If challenged by cut-and-paste, then deleting the whole content, and typing a few words of reference takes just a tad more time agreed ! . I couldnt say it

Re: [lace] David Springett

2010-02-13 Thread Pat Tinney
You could try the contact area of his website. http://www.davidspringett.fws1.com/index.htm No affiliation, just a satisfied customer. Pat T. -- From: Diana Smith dian...@tiscali.co.uk Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:42 AM To: Arachne

RE: [lace] Oxfam books

2010-02-13 Thread C Johnson
Hi Janice, Were you the one who was trying to make at least one project out of each of her lace books, or was that someone else? Teehee. You are just making your list of projects bigger if that is the case. I also love a good lace book! Susie Johnson Morris, IL On Behalf Of Janice Blair

[lace-chat] helpful husbands

2010-02-13 Thread VivienneWalton
Hi, I know lots of us have help husbands, do pricking for us, put blue film on our patterns. Some even wind bobbins! One of my classes husband excelled when she came home from shopping to find he had straightened her lazy susan for her. ;- ) Vivienne To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [?? Probable Spam] [lace-chat] helpful husbands

2010-02-13 Thread Agnes Boddington
Oh, and he meant so well. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK, where I just got soaking wet raking leaves of the garden. Just about to finish when the heavens opened and big hail stones dropped out. excelled when she came home from shopping to find he had straightened her lazy susan for

Re: [lace-chat] helpful husbands

2010-02-13 Thread Malvary J Cole
Not exactly the same, but it did remind me of when the dog managed to open a box and chewed the top off one of my very expensive scrimshawed bone bobbins and made tooth marks on another. Boyfriend, put the dog out into the garden and then laughing called me to see what she had done. I asked

RE: [lace-chat] helpful husbands

2010-02-13 Thread Sue
There are also helpful mums - my friend Chris couldn't make out why her son was having a blue fit when he discovered she had patched his designer torn jeans Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here.

RE: [lace-chat] helpful husbands

2010-02-13 Thread Vicki Bradford
Mine laundered a fair-isle lambswool cardigan (thankfully NOT hand-knit...but nevertheless *had been* a favorite) and then threw it in the dryer)-: (Love him anywaybless his pointed head g) Vicki in Maryland...who finally got out today for the first time since our two big snows