RE: [lace] Lace bobbins on Flog It! revisited

2006-06-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Initial Header --- but I like to see him do that with 60 pairs, or, indeed what does he think Honiton and Continental lacemakers do? LOL ... does he only know we use different bobbins ? ... LOL experts !! dominique from France - ALICE SECURITE

[lace] Lace bobbins on Flog It! revisited

2006-06-22 Thread Jean Nathan
I've just been eating tea while watching a rerun of the Flog It! programme in which the so-called expert Jethro Marle identified bone bobbins as ivory, and when this was pointed out to him through emails to the BBC, responded with I think I know ivory when I see it. I was obviously so aghast

RE: [lace] Lace bobbins on Flog It! revisited

2006-06-22 Thread C. Johnson
Jean, It has been a rather serious, busy morning. I stopped to read your email about the spangles/tracking threads and the chuckle relieved my tensions...in fact I Ha-Haed out loud. Thanks, I needed that. Susie Johnson Morris, Illinois Where the sun has finally come out to bless the day! Jean

Re: [lace] Lace bobbins on Flog It! revisited

2006-06-22 Thread Laceandbits
Don't worry Jean, one of my students spotted that at the first showing and wrote an indignant post, covering both the ivory/bone issue and this very false idea that a profeesional lacemaker would have either the need or the time to be looking at the spangles. She got a slightly less