[lace] Re: lace Bobbins

2008-07-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
somehow, bone bobbins feel more "alive" to touch, than glass ones ever do. So, if I had all of "my d'ruthers", I'd rather have only bone bobbins to work with. But I'm happy enough with my wood ones, though I -- definitely -- have preferences as to which woods

[lace] Re: thread assistance please

2008-07-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
quite often there'll be a note of what had been used, somewhere near the beginning of the book. Worth checking for it. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: [lace] Another OIDFA clip - with ME

2008-07-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e" Alack and alas! This one would not play for me; requires Windows Media Player, which my Mac refuses to acknowledge. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTEC

[lace] Re: Saba lace?

2008-06-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ny needle-made lace, for that matter) is close to zero, I can't *tell*; all I can do is toss out a few idas for consideration. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [E

[lace] Fwd: europe lace tour

2008-06-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Alice's wish is my command :) Enjoy! Begin forwarded message: From: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: June 25, 2008 15:11:02 EDT To: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: europe lace tour Hi Tamara, and Arachne.  Tamara can send this on since I am unsubscribed

[lace] Re: Lace ID

2008-06-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e had the early laces on my mind so much recently, that everything loks to me like 16th century ) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace] Re: leaves and tallies

2008-06-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
transfer to another medium. Fine versus coarse makes less of a difference, so the advice Robin (I think it was) gave you -- to practice with thick thread -- is better. Unless, of course, you plan to concentrate on making lace in wire; in htat case, practicing leaves i wire makes sense. -

[lace] Gimps

2008-06-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
triumphant and leaves down-hearted" ie, "lift the right" when entering the cloth motif area but "lift the left" when leaving it. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) -- Tamara P Duva

Re: [lace] tallies and leaves

2008-06-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the workshop in Montreal but, unfortunately, I couldn't afford to have a chiropractor as a stand-by at all times :) The method does have certain advantages, though, as it allows you to use more than 3 passive threads (several on each side, a single in the middle) and keepi

Re: [lace] Lace pillow - Ren Faire

2008-06-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
linger, by Bodil Tornehave, which has the same engraving on its cover), I could send you a scan, off list. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

Fwd: [lace] Re: unpleasantly innacurate seller on eBay

2008-05-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
elligent group of women could be so catty as to write emails about another person who hasn't the chance to defend herself. You sound like a bunch of bitter women who have nothing to do but talk behind someones back. At least the seller you think has no class didn&#x

Re: [lace] Threads query

2008-05-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On May 23, 2008, at 13:23, Brenda Paternoster wrote: According to Madeira's website Cotona is only available in sizes 30 and 80 Oops. Apologies, then. I've had to replace their Tanne 80 with Cotona 80 and assumed that *all* their Tanne threads had been re-named. -- Tamar

Re: [lace] Threads query

2008-05-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
answered regarding replacements. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

Re: [lace] Wilder ground

2008-05-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
but the first one is "sponge". And I think that's right, because it does look like a sponge :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containin

[lace] Wilder ground

2008-05-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
kind of "lattice", with alternating short (CT) and long (CTCT) "planks", which are then reversed in the next row? Is there a worker which travels through all pairs at some point (either after every row or else after every two)? Is there a photo of the result somewhere?

[lace] Fwd: Variegated thread

2008-05-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
This came to me only, but I thought others would enjoy it also Begin forwarded message: From: "Mark, aka Tatman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 16, 2008 11:41:07 EDT To: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Variegated thread I seem to have no trouble at all

[lace] Re: Variegated thread

2008-05-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
chimed in on it. Hope that, between the two of us, you'll be able to glean enough info to be of use to you. PS Congratulations on breaking through the posting barrier; 'puters are like "the girl with a curl in the middle of her forhead"; when they're good, they're ve

[lace] Re: Rosalibre

2008-05-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
rying any of the patterns. Your loss. I'm sorry Cathy's copyright provisos put you off; I found them refreshingly straightforward and not unreasonable. Although, of course, none can be enforced. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia,

[lace] Re: Tamara's Rosalibre

2008-05-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
one* to expand on Cathy Belleville's original ideas. It is, afterall, the only lace (so far, anyway) which had been invented, "from scratch", in the 21st century. It is still fluid as to the "rules" and "traditions"; it's not yet reached the point where anyo

[lace] Rosalibre

2008-05-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
this might supply some ideas of what can be done, once one has worked trough the book. The URL is in my signature. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] what did you do before bobbin lace

2008-05-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
roic... All bean and pea soups with no ham bone in sight... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] what did you do before bobbin lace

2008-05-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
usic :) Very precise, very orderly, but nothing simple about it... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Thread Identification

2008-05-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e (silk) Quilters 20. Slightly finer (20wpc): DMC Cebelia 30; DMC Cordonnet 30; Altin Basak (Turkish cotton, often used for tatting) 50. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAI

[lace] Re: Pivot Pin

2008-04-27 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e fiddles are already included ), but then I'm "anal" about some things. If there's *no* other option -- however much more cumbersome/time consuming -- then I do my best to pretend it hadn't happened :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/

[lace] Re: Rosalibre

2008-04-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
er, because she took a full time, "grown up", job (I don't think that having to eat is a good excuse for stopping a lace revolution ) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send e

[lace] Re: An Old Newbie Lurker comes out of the woodwork!

2008-04-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
duction, with a butterfly field to fill in a 4-weeks' time! Children... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

Fwd: [lace] Happy Birthday to us

2008-04-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the net? I certainly wouldn't have guessed it back in 1995! Congratulations to all of us for bringing the old Renaissance art so successfully into the Information age. -Liz - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tamara P

[lace] Re: Lurkers

2008-04-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
nto new puzzles and learning new tricks. As Arachne membership has grown (when I joined, there were 50 of us; I think the number is in thousands now), so has the cumulative "pool of knowledge". The same question as asked 3 years ago, may elicit different answers today -- profit

[lace] Before BL

2008-04-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
; and make time that way, but since I have an obsessive personality anyway, focusing on just one thing (lace) might not be very healthy for me :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send emai

[lace] Re: Le Pompe 1559

2008-04-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
fit, since I bought it in US. By today's exchange rates, $19.95 translates to £9.99... How are the mighty fallen! . -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: silk thread - Malta

2008-04-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
up, it looks, "in spirit", very much like the coloured laces of the period that I *have* seen (in photos or in real life), so I'll be using it again. Possibly, even for all-white laces :) If your Maltese is made with about the same size thread, Soie Ovale might be s

[lace] Re: Lacemaker on Channel 7, Chicago USA

2008-04-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ds. The guys were blathering about patience, as expected, but the lady, with her "therapeutic" comment really did "get it", didn't she? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsu

[lace] Fwd: Laura Morellis The Genuine Article @ National Geographic Traveler

2008-03-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
amara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Fwd: IFF Crochet Coral Reef News

2008-03-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
al year. Margaret and Christine Wertheim Reef-wranglers-in-chief Institute For Figuring PO Box 50346 Los Angeles CA 90050 323.256.5641 www.theiff.org <../../../../> -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

[lace] Re: interesting book (category) on eBay... ; )

2008-02-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
g Kit from H***", but their other kits (like the Honiton Flower) were somewhat lacking as well. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: interesting book (category) on eBay... ; )

2008-02-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
g, which is also new to me and totally yummy at the same time, and which I have now filched. So, thanks for directing me to the site; the trip was worth more than just a giggle. T (always in search of interesting technical solutions) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.

[lace] Re: Lace makers census

2008-02-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
not every lacemaker belongs to the national group, so I guess the number of lacemakers in US is a bit bigger than the 1265. Though, how much bigger, I have no idea. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To u

[lace] Re: What do you do ....

2008-02-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
mas binder, dig up the pocket, remove it, and have all the materials next to my pilow as I work. Same's true about little gifts of wire earrings -- they're all housed in the Wireworks binder and easily accessible. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net

[lace] Re: Ipswich Lace on eBay?

2008-02-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ng someone bought in Europe? Cute little trimming, though. Wonder if one could still buy 4 yards of even machine-made cotton lace for that price. Or if one could even *find* cotton lace :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Former

[lace] Re: lacemaking helpers

2008-02-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
nd the tension is gone. Yours, still trying to figure out (8 weeks later) some lacy use for scissors with a semi-circle taken out of one blade... The doctor did some snipping with them and then said "here, want them? They'll only throw them away". So I took them, but still don'

[lace] Re: Question

2008-02-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
hind than ever... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: OIDFA Congress -- not

2008-02-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ed (all but the hotel, again ). I will not be there. When I went to OIDFA/Prague, in '04, I figured it would be my one-and-only OIDFA Congress; OIDFA/Groningen was to be an unexpected bonus. That it won't happen is not going to kill me. -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] OIDFA Congress -- not

2008-02-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
njoy it a little bit more than you would have otherwise, for my sake; say, out of the 12 days, enjoy an hour extra for me. If everyone does it, I'll get my share, vicariously :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw,

[lace] Re: OIDFA Congress

2008-02-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
d you there (it's a *huge* affair and finding someone particular is not at all easy) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscr

[lace] Re: Interesting book on ebay

2008-01-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ill... The book was about copying and imitating Old Point Lace, not making it. Since it was tagged as "lace, crochet, doilies", and since it's hard to tell from the photo, it may still be crochet. There's always been quite a bit of crochet imitating v

[lace] Re: Interesting book on ebay

2008-01-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
be even for a dedicated crocheter. But, for someone who's "into" Binche with all her soul? I doubt it. http://tinyurl.com/32szp7 -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Re: pattern downloads

2008-01-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
d file them, for that "one day"... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Puritans and lace

2008-01-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
tendencies of the populace, not something that's announced on a whim, in a social vacuum... Thankfully, lace is a strong enough fabric to weave its way back into people's lives, one way or another, no matter how much stomping on it's subjected to :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Yellow lace (was: Brilliana Lady Harley)

2008-01-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
never heard of yellow lace before but these two -- possibly entwining -- stories are fascinating... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Brilliana Lady Harley

2008-01-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
er)? Yellow??? What "gives" here, does anyone know? Does Planche mean "gilt" (metallic), or yellowed linen? And, if linen, how come it was allowed to get yellow? This is the first time I've *ever* heard of yellow lace and here he seems to be suggesting it was commonplace..

[lace] Re:Lacing with the Dogs...

2008-01-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ant "sheds the first six months and the second six months of the year" :) In those days, all my lace, always, had some little "reminders" woven in, even though he stayed away from the pillow. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virgi

[lace] Re: Card Exchange

2008-01-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
not for, say, "Colombia", but for California... And off the letter went, on some crazy wild goose chase :) Come Christmas time, you never know where or when your missive is going to land. 8 times out of 10, the PO will deliver just fine. But, once in a while... -- Tamara P Duva

[lace] Re: 60/2 linen thread

2008-01-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
tch the thread you have on hand. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Steel lace

2007-12-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
An interesting article in NYT about an artist who cuts lacy designs into steel objects, rendering things like spades and wheelbarrows totally useless :) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/realestate/30habi.html? _r=1&ref=realestate&oref=slogin -- Tamara

Fwd: [lace] Re: Spangling bobbins

2007-12-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
: Jane O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: December 29, 2007 9:29:08 EST To: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Spangling bobbins Hi Tamara.   I found that if you do not have the stainless steel wire, it is very difficult to use the Winslow spangling method

[lace] Re: Spangling bobbins

2007-12-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ours with your wood colours, you can spend a bomb on the beads alone, since you'll need about 5 times as many beeds -- to choose from - as you'll ever put on your spangles :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Former

[lace] Re: Girl Scouts & Bobbin

2007-12-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ws and bobbins stored in your house on the understanding that, any time someone asked, you'd haul 12 of them to a PO to mail off or pay extra to have them come and collect the cargo? It's a nice idea but it doesn't strike me as being particularly practical. -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: Most recent update of card exchange patterns

2007-12-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ter at handling bobbins palms up on a bolster, even Vicodin-ed to the gills, so there's some progress there too )... Bah, Humbug! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAI

[lace] 'tis the Season

2007-12-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ulletin -- so you may want to skip looking and go back to your regular holiday schedule :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace] Re: More questions of terminology :)

2007-12-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
CT? Isn't it harder to fold accross the line of pinholes than having a "ridge" of CTCT on top of the fold? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: More questions of terminology :)

2007-12-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ithout any change, unless the linen used in the sample was *Bockens* 40/2, which has 23 wraps. That's why I was asking about the brand of linen which was likely to have been used. If the sample is made in Bockens, then I should probably photocopy the pricking at

[lace] More questions of terminology :)

2007-12-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
". Which "whole stitch" is it; the English (CTC), or the non-English (CTCT)? The French translation of the same bit says "toile". My French is non-existent but, doesn't "toile" mean "cloth stitch", ie CTC? Which would make it the "English

[lace] Re: Question of terminology

2007-12-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
TT, not 'half stitch and two twists'. But that's when I'm working on my pillow and counting to myself. When I talk to other people, I try to use the language they might be familiar with and many people do remember names better than sequences, especially *long* sequences

[lace] Question of terminology

2007-12-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
hless, then wordless... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Judging Criteria

2007-12-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
a springboard for other judges to adapt (I think Devon mentioned using it or some parts of it) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscrib

[lace] Re: judging

2007-12-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e much about getting ribbons or who are afraid that a formal judgment migh be hurtful (we try to be encouraging rather than critical in our comments, but different people have different sensibilities) but who still want to contribute to the general idea of popularising lacemaking as a craft. -

[lace] Re: Judging Criteria

2007-12-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
your goals and not your goals to your skills" (ie it's better to die trying something great than to achieve something small), but I've always been more of a pragmatist than a romantic :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace] Re: Hand or machine- emerging sensibilities?

2007-12-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
points other people -- who did bother to attach theirs -- lost to inexpert attachment, un-necessarily. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsub

Re: [lace] Bobbin Lace Survey

2007-12-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ipherals" to lacemaking -- can send me into avoidance deep enough to do housework instead, once I'm working on the pillow, there's nothing I dislike, even if I get bored by some things (repetitive actions) to the point where each ends up looking different. Yours, still too drug

[lace] Modern uses of lace?

2007-11-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
send a scan of the photo from the newspaper but, although it takes a lot of e-space, you still can't see any of the decoration on the caps -- only pixels. But the front insert is fairly clear, so, if anyone's interested... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-l

[lace] Re: Hair bobbin lace

2007-11-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
n we tend to do. I'm not sure that even the "long" (wig-length) strands he has access to would be quite long enough. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTE

[lace] Re: Cranford

2007-11-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Nov 19, 2007, at 6:31, Diana Smith wrote: [...] I'm not sure about the highly prized piece left to clean in buttermilk and eaten by the cat - later 'retrieved' !! Proof positive that lace is much stronger than it looks :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp

[lace] Fwd: Re: lacemaking tool

2007-11-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
I did make a comment on the subject, but I didn't originate the question. So, I think the answer -- no wilder than the others -- belongs on the list Begin forwarded message: From: "Patsy A. Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: November 16, 2007 20:38:30 EST To: &quo

[lace] Re: Londonderry linen thread

2007-11-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the book so far, but will put it in in all others as well) Thanks, Brenda (and thanks, Bev, who'd written me privately) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Londonderry linen thread

2007-11-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
name. I'm really terrible at this "wrap and count" business... Can't imagine how I ever managed to make any lace before Brenda sorted the threads out for me :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsa

[lace] Re:Fw: lacemaking tool

2007-11-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
to of the "thing" (and I have no idea what it might be ): http://tinyurl.com/33ba2s -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: u

[lace] IOLI winter issue -- oops

2007-11-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
'm sure most of you realized that, I thought I'd better make the formal correction. Yours, with January '09 very much on her mind (441 days) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

[lace] IOLI winter issue

2007-11-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ething "for the SCA" in every issue throughout '09. Enough to give you money's worth. T, who has finally given in to greed and used her b-day check to get her own copy of Levey's "Lace: A History", so that her future guesswork will be more educated. -- Ta

[lace] Re: Torchon Workbook by Cook opening bid $66.99

2007-10-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
found copies ranging from $142.50 to $497.75. The first one was new, the second one was used, in good-to-very good condition. Always worth digging a bit for a better deal. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) -

[lace] Re: Preference of book format

2007-10-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
wadays, always comes with a manual on a CD. My -- otherwise beloved -- HP Color Laser Jet multi-function came that way. I printed out ca 200 pages of it (table of contents and, based on those, the pages which were most likely to be needed, like changing an ink cartridge) and hope it'll

[lace] Re: Hello spiders -- Nanduti necklace

2007-10-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t supposed to do that to lace, but... it's not valuable lace and they look nice on the Christmas tree, so, why not? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace] Re: bobbins tied or wound loose

2007-10-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
teacher of Margaret Crocker's horror tale, I am *totally unable to cope* with bobbins wound "the wrong way" -- ie the way I'm not used to winding :) It's a good thing I do not teach... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virgi

[lace] Re: Hello spiders -- Nanduti necklace

2007-10-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
iguration. That *is*, to my un-tutored eye, a very modern interpretation of a traditional technique. Best [EMAIL PROTECTED], T (wondering how Friday's jump in oil prices and -- further -- drop in dollar's value vis euro, will affect her next year's plans for attending the OIDFA

[lace] Re: lace in prague or warsaw and krakow poland?

2007-10-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ple from Warsaw are supposed to hate Krakow and vice versa, but I fell in love with the cleaned up version of Krakow (it was pretty grim and un-enticing when I saw it before, in '59 and in '70) and would recommend exploration. But don't count on much of a lace-haul. That way, every bit

[lace] Re: Pricking size change help needed

2007-10-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Brenda's book) = 26 wraps If your pricking is scaled for perle 8, you need to copy it at 65% (17÷26), to use 80/3 linen. Hope this helps. And, being devoid of all but lace-related content, doesn't offend your sensibilities. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace

[lace] Re: tied bobbins etc

2007-10-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ith equal vigour, to other tidbits contained in various sign-offs. Me, I don't object to those -- I find them interesting... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTEC

[lace] Re: Vologda

2007-10-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e a train from any place to any place. Russians who landed in Warsaw never could get over the fact that they could go to Kraków by simply buying a ticket at the train station... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly

[lace] Re: bobbins tied or wound loose

2007-10-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
emonstrating, my floor is solid, I don't have cats who'd play ducks and drakes with my pillow during my absence, and I don't use glass bobbins. So, tying a knot at the start is more effort than it's worth to me. T, who -- just yesterday -- discovered tha

[lace] Re: FW: Pictures for Arachne

2007-10-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
hing like it. Clever. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Grids for patterns

2007-10-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
/graphpaper/ and http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/ -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

[lace] Re: Looking for ideas

2007-10-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
uld incorporate any symbols that are meaningful to you and your husband. "Special" in a different way, but still unique. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] IOLI -- erratum

2007-10-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ke up the pattern, you may change your mind some years down the road. Or you may lend the Bultetin to someone else... The *diagram*, BTW, correctly represents reality, not the messed-up text :) Yours, tearing out all those silver/blonde hairs out, one by one, -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: Lace Demos in New Mexico

2007-10-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t... Inspirational (if at first you don' succeed, try and try again)... *All* that jazz :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: uns

[lace] Re: Lace Demos in New Mexico

2007-10-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
seum in *their* vicinity to follow the trend... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: IOLI Membership

2007-10-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
row and so looking forward to it!! Hope you have a great time. I'd suggest you post a report on it when you come back, but it might clutter someone's inbox with "irrelevant", non-tech, "stuff". So, better not. -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace] Re: IOLI Membership Renewals

2007-10-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
someone's signature. But what I'd like even better is having regular, quarterly, updates of the IOLI *website* performed and announced on Arachne. Each with a reminder to subscribe or re-subscribe :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virgi

[lace] Re: Poppy pricking

2007-10-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
uying them in '03. I don't want any more veterans of foreign wars; particularly not of *misbegotten* foreign wars. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTE

[lace] Re: What is ceramic lace?

2007-10-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
it's done; much more interesting than just the pieces themselves. Thanks, Cherry. T (contemplating, with a greedy eye, a few more) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [

[lace] Re: pillow felt (was: Buddy map)

2007-09-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
it. Not easy to find, though... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Gothic German help needed

2007-09-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
could then check the dictionary... Of course, if you could actually *translate the word* for me, I'd be doubly grateful; like I said... my dictionary is very small... Yours, hoping, T -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Form

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