Hi Brian
So you thought you would write a dictionary? I have that Tee shirt too. When
you have been fascinated by a subject and worked in it to the extent we have
you wish to share the enjoyment with others, hence you put it into a book. I
had the same wobbles when getting close to finishing mine
Hi Brian
As user of dictionaries and writer of one I know a dictionary is only as good
as the information within it. I am all for you asking so your dictionary will
be as complete as it can be and am happy to help where I can. You are welcome
to use any information in any of my books and material
My apologies, Alex. I just grabbed the book off the shelf - and Cassells is
written in Big letters, rather than your name. (Bad!).Memo to self, slow
down, and read the page properly first!!! BTW - I hope your wrist is fully
healed, now, from the Portland fall.
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz.
Gon Homburg wrote:
I could find the quotations on Arachne and I don't know exactly what kind
of lace dictionary you wrote.
Alex's dictionary is called Illustrated Dictionary of Lacemaking, which I
find is one of the most referred-to books I have.
Explanations are not that necessary for me
That's a good description of Alex's dictionary, Jean.
Talking of ridiculous prices - the opposite is looking up Rosemary Shepherds
book Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking at Amazon. It is available from her
direct at http://www.lacedaisypress.com.au/ for $A26.50 plus postage. All
Amazon has to
First of all - thank you for your original dictionary: I have owned my
copy for a long time, and it's condition certainly shows use. I will be
happy to buy a new edition any time you produce one.
Here is a suggestion for you to track down. It is a subject that I have
tried to track down my
Can we see a picture of this too please?
Karen in Malta
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Welcome, Alex, from Downunder.
I can assure you
Alex, have you thought about Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software
than can scan pages and turn them into documents that can be read by a
computer? I got a free program on a computer magazine disk 10 year ago
called 'Textbridge Pro 98', which still works fine on Windows XP. It can
scan
I have had so many replies. Thank you. The spread sheet sound good but too
complicated for me. I am reluctant to put it on CD. We all know people who
have copied whole books. That takes time and effort, copying a CD takes
seconds. Please come forward with suggestions for me to track down, I may
Hello and welcome Alex to Arachne
I do not have your dictionary at the moment, but would be very
interested in it when finished.
I know a few other lace makers who will want a copy.
Agnes Boddington - Ellougthon UK
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Jean, your suggestion that Alex start with OCR is excellent... But she doesn't
need to use an old program... My HP scanner/printer/copier has a setting in
the scanner operation which allows me to scan in OCR format. Once done, the
document can easily be modified.
So, for a large project
Dear Friends,
Jean, your suggestion that Alex start with OCR is excellent... But
she doesn't need to use an old program... My HP
scanner/printer/copier has a setting in the scanner operation which
allows me to scan in OCR format. Once done, the document can easily
be modified.
So, for a
Hello all,
I have been sitting here thinking the same think David. Unless the print is
collected very clear, lots of misspellings occur and you must read every
paragraph anyway. You might do a sample page and see what you
think...unfortunately, I have spent more time in editing that the
Hi
I'm Alex Stillwell. I have just joined Aracne and
was surprised and flattered to see that my
dictionary is being quoted. I am currently
transferring the dictionary onto my computer so that
I can produce it myself. I think it very unlikely
it will sell a 1000 copies and that is what I
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Subject: [lace] Dictionary
Hi
I'm Alex Stillwell. I have just joined Aracne and
was surprised and flattered to see that my
dictionary is being quoted. I am currently
transferring the dictionary onto my computer so that
I can produce it myself. I think it very unlikely
it will sell
Alex,
My guess is that it would not take long to sell 1000 copies, I believe there
are many more (maybe 5-7 times that many on Arachne.
I would like to see a section (a table/spread sheet, or ?) that would compare
and list the many terms that are used around the world for the same 'item,
motif,
Hello Alex,if yours will become a good cictionary I think 1000 copies
will not be enough. There are still lots of lacemakers around the
world and lots of them interested in such a dictionary. And than you
could make an article or an ad in the magazines of the different lace-
associations.
I
Hello Alex (and everyone)
well now, this is delightful to see you on Arachne, and that a revision is
underway to your excellent lace dictionary. I for one have used definitions
from it in messages to the lace list ;)
I would definitely buy the revised copy too.
Is it very cheeky/permissable
Dear Alex -- As I am one of your many admirers, and am greatly
looking forward to the new dictionary, I am going to allow myself
(cheeky! permissible! Arachne) and please note the __correct__
spelling of permissible and of Arachne) to suggest that you use
the services of a proofreader as you
Robyn said in part:
I have a suggestion--we recently had a discussion of the positive and
negative aspects of publishing a lace pattern book as a CD. Those who
objected to a CD pattern book seemed mostly interested in being able to
browse the pretty pictures somewhere other than at the
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Dear Antje and the list,
I have a book, paperbook, that I bought at a lace day here years ago
called International Lace Dictionary. It was pulished in Gent/Ghent in
1994. I have the address in the book
Hi Patsy and All, I'm sure Tamara will have something to say about this but
I happened to just be on line so I'll answer. I got the International Lace
Dictionary by Spee, van den Kieboom and Coene last year in Harrisburg, PA.
In the US, Holly Van Sciver, Lacy Susan and the Lacemaker all usually
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