Re: [lace] Fish pattern

2013-09-29 Thread alexstillwell
Hi Janet My website is www.alexstillwell.wordpress.com The fish is sufficiently small that it can be made in a single session. Happy lacemaking Alex From: janet theaker Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 12:50 PM To: alexstillw...@talktalk.net Subject: RE: [lace] Fish pattern Hi Alex,

Re: [lace] Fish pattern

2013-09-29 Thread pene piip
Hi Alex, I think other arachneans would appreciate a link to your web-site: http://alexstillwell.wordpress.com/ so that they can see it quickly without searching for it first. But when I looked for the fish pattern there is only 1 page I can't see a fish at all. I hope that you can fix the

[lace] fish

2013-09-29 Thread alexstillwell
Hi Arachnids I understand some have not seen the picture of the fish. There were two pdfs separated by a comma and you could look at both. However, I have had a lot of interesting feedback already and decided to put all the pages of my booklet on the childrens’ section of my website which is :

Re: [lace] Makit lace

2013-09-29 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Liz and fellow Arachnids, The email and contact I have for Make-it are; Makit Lace Needlecraft Supplies Unit 7B Renewal Park Foundry Way March Cambridgeshire PE15 0WR Telephone: 01354 65 44 44 Email: i...@makitlace.com Web: make-lace-with-us.com This is the same as their web site. I have

Re: [lace] Makit lace

2013-09-29 Thread J D Hammett
PS to my original answer;- It could be that their Inbox is full as they may be at a lace day or on holiday. Joepie From: The Lacebee Subject: [lace] Makit lace Dear gentle spiders, I have tried to email making lace but the website contact form and email are bouncing Can anyone help? Kind

Re: [lace] Prince George's christening

2013-09-29 Thread Jill Hawkins
Thanks Bev.  I am very surprised that there is machine made lace on this piece of heirloom clothing. It seems the Royal Family has really lowered their standards.  A lot of the lacemakers I know have purposely gone to the major effort of making lace for the christening robe of their

Re: [lace] Makit lace

2013-09-29 Thread Bronwen of Hindscroft
I have just tried using both of their online forms and their email address to request a catalog. The online forms said the message did not go through, and Mailer Demon told me that the email also did not go through. I hope somebody who is local to them can get word to them that something is

[lace] Interwoven Globe exhibit - lace?

2013-09-29 Thread Arlene Cohen
Hello, all - I received my catalogue to the new Met exhibit in the mall yesterday and boy am I impressed!  I have barely paged through it - it will require some time - but I am wondering whether Devon or anyone who has been able to get to the exhibit could answer a question: In my paging through

[lace] Interwoven Globe-Symposium Oct. 4

2013-09-29 Thread Dmt11home
There will be an all day symposium about Interwoven Globe on Friday, Oct. 4. http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/symposia/interw oven-globe It is free and looks to be quite interesting. I am going. In regards to Arlene's question about entry number 80 in the

Re: [lace] American Arachnids, How will you spend October 1?

2013-09-29 Thread Dmt11home
Lyn writes: I am planning to go to the local mall, sit in the central area where there are chairs, and make lace. In the afternoon I go to my weekly knitting group, and I will be bringing my lace instead of my knitting. How are you planning to spend October 1? I am planning to spend

Re: [lace] American Arachnids, How will you spend October 1?

2013-09-29 Thread Lin Hudren
There is news that the congress has approved a delay to the Obamacare plan's effective date. On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:19 AM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Lyn writes: I am planning to go to the local mall, sit in the central area where there are chairs, and make lace. In the afternoon I go

Re: [lace] American Arachnids, How will you spend October 1?

2013-09-29 Thread Dmt11home
_linhudren@gmail.com_ (mailto:linhud...@gmail.com) writes: There is news that the congress has approved a delay to the Obamacare plan's effective date. But the Senate has not agreed to that. As far as I can tell, the shut down of the government is still scheduled for National Lace Day. I am

Re: [lace] American Arachnids, How will you spend October 1?

2013-09-29 Thread Bronwen of Hindscroft
The House voted along party lines to delay the Affordable Health Care Act by a year (ie, Republicans have the majority, so it passed). Senate majority leader has already stated that he will strip the funding bill of ALL amendments and let it go through that way. Freakin' politics. They are

[lace] Reminder: No Politics on Arachne

2013-09-29 Thread Jeriames
Dear Gentle Spiders, A reminder to have lace content, and not politics in Arachne memos, or we will be flooded with politics from 1,000 plus lacemakers around the world! Devon's memo was a satire piece provided to give some humor to the U.S. Lace Demonstration Day activity. She is

Re: [lace] American Arachnids, How will you spend October 1?

2013-09-29 Thread Liz and Ken Roberts
Ha ha! I wasn't anticipating it being that bad, but perhaps I should rethink any plans to be out and about on that day! I guess it could shut down the Internet if people sign up online. It could cause the servers to crash! Liz in Missouri, USA I am planning to spend October 1 hiding under my

Re: [lace] V A - Clothworkers' Centre for Study Conservation of Textiles Fashions

2013-09-29 Thread Shell
I am very excited to read through and look at all the lace and textiles included. So very glad the cooler weather has arrived in Pennsylvania but now of course the high school football games have begun. So almost every Friday we get to attend one as youngest is in the band. Not very easy to

[lace] Wire Lace with Kim Davis

2013-09-29 Thread hottleco
Hello All! I've just returned from a weekend of wire lace with Kim at PLG (Pittsburgh Lace Group) can safely say that a good time was had by all!! As a beginner, I started with a Le Pompe plaited piece--a lace that I would NOT have selected to make in thread. But OMG--in wire--it speaks!!

[lace] Oct 1st Lace Day

2013-09-29 Thread hottleco
Hello Again! Tuesday is EGA (Embroiderers' Guild) Day for me so I was planning to wear some lace. However, in honor of the wire lace I made over the weekend, I'm planning to WOW the embroiderers with my Le Pompe piece! There are plenty of beginner mistakes to be sure, but the overall effect