Re: [lace] ebay's new listing categories - Tatting

2004-10-13 Thread Ruth Budge
Jeri, and other Tatters on the list - please do not become offended by this comment about "tat".in England, "tat" (as distinct from "tatting"!) means rubbish or scruffy articles. What this posting was referring to is all the other rubbishy bits and pieces which are advertised on e-bay as bein

Re: [lace] ebay's new listing categories - Tatting

2004-10-13 Thread Sue Babbs
Help! I lost a vital word in that last paragraph! It should, of course, have read: . I'm sure Rikki was NOT intending to offend tatters Sorry Sue Babbs (an Englishwoman living in America) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [lace] ebay's new listing categories - Tatting

2004-10-13 Thread Lacemania
In a message dated 10/13/2004 7:33:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tatters, you know what you are making, and many of us will continue to call it lace! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace & Embroidery Resource Center Well said! If I recall the publication by Mdme. Riego showed he

Re: [lace] ebay's new listing categories - Tatting

2004-10-13 Thread Sue Babbs
Jeri and others I suspect that Rikki was not intending to say anything at all about tatting - and not saying that tatting does not qualify as lacemaking, but rather was using an English slang word . It was an unfortunate choice in the context of the lace list :) "Tat" or "tut" (as I have heard

Re: [lace] ebay's new listing categories - Tatting

2004-10-13 Thread Amanda Richards
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/13/04 9:27:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Ebay (UK) has now altered their listings for craft items and has included a > > lacemaking category > http://home.listings.ebay.co.uk/Lacemaking_W0QQfromZR12QQsacategoryZ57201QQs

Re: [lace] ebay's new listing categories - Tatting

2004-10-13 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 10/13/04 9:27:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Ebay (UK) has now altered their listings for craft items and has included a > > lacemaking category > http://home.listings.ebay.co.uk/Lacemaking_W0QQfromZR12QQsacategoryZ57201QQso > cmdZListingItemList >