RE: [lace] Halloween lace patterns

2011-08-31 Thread Jenny Brandis
There are several witch pictures in lace - would these do? Lace Express issue 3 1999 (3 different witches) issue 3 2000 (witch with black cat) La dentelle issue 102 (cats) I have seen a picture of a pumkin in bobbin lace but don't know where to get the pattern. Here in Australia Halloween is

[lace] I just saw a picture of a pumpkin in bobbinlace

2011-08-31 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
that was so cool looking. The pumpkin was done in shades of orange and yellows with some off white. The pumpkins had curly Q vines also done in orange. Does anyone on the list know where this pattern can be found? It is a beautiful pumpkin to be sure! Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry

[lace] Raffle: pair of midland bobbins

2011-08-31 Thread Lora
While clearing out a drawer earlier, I found a pair of bobbins I've had for a while and never used. they are lovely but just not quite my cup of tea, so if anyone wants them I'll be happy to pass them along anywhere in the world for free. It's better they go to someone who'll use them than

Re: [lace] Raffle: pair of midland bobbins

2011-08-31 Thread bev walker
Hello Lora and everyone They are nice bobbins (and I, too, hope they find someone who will use them) and now the background - I see what it is, a print based on prickings, but what is it? Fabric? a placemat? paper? It is neat! On 8/31/11, Lora lorabutter...@btinternet.com wrote: While clearing

Re: [lace] Raffle: pair of midland bobbins

2011-08-31 Thread Lora
Just to add that they were very well made by van dieren And the background is actually the back cover of Ulrike Voelcker's grammar of point ground Im sending a little note to everyone who's name has gone in the hat so far, so if you've sent a message and havent got a note to say I've got it, feel

[lace] Goodbye Irene

2011-08-31 Thread L. E. Weiss
Hello from Albany, NY, My neck of the woods was mostly spared by Irene (a neighbor's small-ish dead tree was uprooted, tipped over the fence and hit some of my under-producing tomato plants and I lost power Sunday night), but the geography around here creates some very localized weather and