Re: [lace] Shawl finished

Hi The shawl is beautiful, even more beautiful when you see it in 'the flesh' so to speak She has made a very good job of it. Agnes brought it to my house on Thursday evening to show everyone it before she gives it to her daughter for Christmas. Maureen E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Shawl finished

I made myself a very large roller pillow to work large scale patterns on. I used a roll of the insulating stuff for putting underneath wallpaper, it's like a thin sheet of styrofoam. I think it was called Warmaline or something like that. It came from a DIY store. That was the roller and

[lace] lace shawl

Hello All! Thank you Agnes for posting pics of your shawl! WOW--I'm sure your daughter will be thrilled!! Did you say this came in a kit? Would you be willing to share the name of the manufacturer and/or some detail on the amount of yarn required to make the pattern--yards/metres? Although

Re: [lace] webshots

I also had the same experience as Hellen and Lorelei with clicking on the webshot link in an e-mail. Now my computer has blocked Agnes. I can still get Arachne messages however.  Jane O'Connor jjo...@sbcglobal.net New Lenox, IL USA Good friends are like stars, You don't always see them,

Re: [lace] webshots

Hello Jane all Webshots has a lot of rubbish on it, such as you are our 100.000th visitor - Click here - never ever do! When you want to go to a link in a message, never click on the link directly. Either right click with your mouse on the link click copy open your browser paste the link

Re: [lace] webshots

Alternatively switch to either Linux or Mac!!! VBG Sue in East Yorkshire On 17 Dec 2011, at 16:04, Agnes Boddington wrote: Hello Jane all Webshots has a lot of rubbish on it, such as you are our 100.000th visitor - Click here - never ever do! When you want to go to a link in a message,

[lace] Manos del Uruguay yarn plus Oya, Sajou (Le Puy) Estonian lace,

Hello All! After Agnes very kindly advised that the yarn she used is Manos del Uruguay, I Googled to see if it was available in the US. So far I haven't found the lace weight that she purchased from PollyJane (nice website) but I'll keep looking plus check with the knit shop in Jupiter. In

Fwd: Re: [lace] Manos del Uruguay yarn plus Oya, Sajou (Le Puy) Estonian lace,

I just did a quick check of one of the websites where I buy my weaving yarn. I knew they carried Manos and they have the lace weight. Here's a link to the page for the lace weight Manos. I think I'm going to have to look at that yarn closer for weaving too. :-)

Re: [lace] webshots

I hadn't thought about that, and yes there could be problems if e-mail is delivered right to one's computer via the mail browser. I clicked from the message window and was directly in webshots - I use gmail. On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk wrote:

RE: [lace] webshots

Hi All, I don't know about anyone else, but I am finding that Internet Explorer is causing me a lot of problems: screens not completely visible, links don't work and the program locks up intermittently to the point where I must be constantly restarting. I switched to Mozilla Firefox as my

Re: [lace] webshots

When I installed Firefox I then got a gmail address. It is great for managing many (lace) e-mail messages. I have other e-mail at the mail program Thunderbird. Both programs are free to download. I like the filtering on both. Lace interest - I'm going to wind Christmas bobbins to make one of the

[lace] lace weight yarn

Hello Again! Many thanks to Vila Susan for sharing online sources for the Manos del Uruguay lace weight yarn in the US. I've been shopping at my local yarn shop too long--WOW what a selection. Gals--at the rate I'm collecting new sources for my stash, I'm gonna' need a home equity loan!

[lace] Yarn used

This is the yarn and colour I used for the lace shawl: eBay item number 180691166996 Agnes Boddington Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

[lace] Christmas Greetings from Oz

I post this to Arachne every year, as my greeting to all lacemakers: Especially at Christmas, Here's a greeting that brings A whole lot of wishes For life's nicest things- May your lace give you pleasure May your pins never bend May the thread on your bobbins Last right to the end. May there

[lace] Website for the 2011 Arachne Card Exchange is now open

Hi everyone Thanks must go to Amber for coordinating this years card exchange! Well done Amber. As you know, we have asked you all to scan and forward a picture of your exchange cards so that they can be placed online for all to enjoy. If you have not already done so (I am short approx 30