Re: [lace-chat] Ginger Molasses Cookies

2009-10-28 Thread Helen Tucker
http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=104691 for your measurements   All-purpose flour is plain flour   http://www.foodsubs.com/Syrups.html  and scroll down to find molasses   I used to spend a lot of time on Recipezaar so got used to converting a lot of measurements! :o)   Helen in Dorset

Re: [lace] Metallics

2009-04-23 Thread Helen Tucker
You mean like little versions of these?   http://tinyurl.com/cb3jpt I've always called them butterfly clips.   Helen in Dorset --- On Thu, 23/4/09, Maureen Bromley maur...@roger.karoo.co.uk wrote: Geronimo I have found them.    there is no reference on them but they are like very small bulldog

[lace-chat] Re: Dangerous chocolate cake recipe

2009-04-03 Thread Helen Tucker
To: Helen Tucker helen9...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: lace-chat@arachne.com Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 4:41 PM Did anyone work out the timings for non-industrial strength microwaves? Some of us are still on 650w! (and I think the majority in the family are no higher than 800-850w). In message

Re: [lace] Bookmarks query

2009-03-10 Thread Helen Tucker
I found that sandwiching a bookmark between two rulers worked quite well.  It did need a bit of jigging around but not as much as I think you'd need with a knitting needle.  I have this feeling that I also used a clean chopstick to poke the tassle on the end straight.   Helen in Dorset who really

Re: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS

2009-02-12 Thread Helen Tucker
By Imperial, do you mean inches or wire gauge?  Either way, there is another conversion table here   http://www.jewelrymaking-beads-library.com/wire-gauge.html   I can't remember how wire gauge is calculated, but it's something to do with how long a length of wire can be made out of a certain

Re: [lace] Re: Footside-Right, Footside-Left

2006-01-10 Thread Helen Tucker
Ah, there is one type of English lace that is back-to-front :o) Downton lace (from the Dorset/Wiltshire area) is worked with the footside/headside swapped compared to other English laces. Don't ask me why though, 'cause I couldn't tell you! Helen, Somerset, UK --- CLIVE Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] ornament swap

2006-01-07 Thread Helen Tucker
Hi, I'd post to people directly but my computer has decided that it doesn't have a network card any more - so I have lots of emails that I can't reply directly to any more. I'm currently using a library computer at uni. My ornament did go in the post, although I missed the Arachne deadline, I

[lace] the Professor???

2005-07-28 Thread Helen Tucker
Okay, I give up :o) Who is the Professor and what is this website that everyone always talks about but no-one ever links to? Helen (SomersetPoole, UK) ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps

Re: [lace-chat] Getting sticky-label gunge off melamine

2005-04-27 Thread Helen Tucker
Nail varnish remover also works to rub the sticky off with. Helen, Somerset, UK --- Jenny Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ann I use Sticky Stuff Remover from Lakeland. Works every time and it's doesn't smell nasty jenny barron Scotland Ann McClean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings

Re: [lace] I need help unsubscribing

2005-04-19 Thread Helen Tucker
Hi, I'm no expert at this one, but I think there might be different addresses for the majordomo for the main lists and the digests - you might be emailing the wrong one. Hope this helps, Helen, Sunny Somerset, UK --- Haddad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there - As my subject line says, I

Re: [lace] I need help unsubscribing

2005-04-19 Thread Helen Tucker
Ahh, got it, I think. It's not unsubscribe lace that you need, it's something like unsubscribe lace-digest Hopefully someone else can tell you exactly what command you need :-) Helen --- Haddad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there - As my subject line says, I need help unsubscribing.

Re: [lace] polystyrene pillows

2005-03-16 Thread Helen Tucker
Hi, I think the consensus has been - it's broken and can't be mended. Thanks also to a couple of you that have said that you've got another polystyrene pillow that I could have, but I think I'm going to go with something a bit sturdier when I get one for me. If memory serves me right, I think

Re: [lace] threads

2005-03-14 Thread Helen Tucker
Thanks for all of the help, everyone. I'm sorry if anyone was scared off by the way I phrased my original questions, but I'm studying Physics and Chemistry at uni, so instead of looking at, say, temperature and time, I was investigating thickness of thread and apparent weight code :o) The