RE: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-18 Thread Angel Skubic
; Jenny Brandis; Lace Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years Dear Friends, As we have 2 years or so to go until the 20th anniversry, we have plenty of time to think about how to celebrate it. As mentioned, a commemorative bobbin is pne option. We could e.g. ask Stuart Johnson, as he does

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-15 Thread Hazel Smith
From: Avital spind...@gmail.com So we're still over 1000 on the Arachne lace list, And how many of those are just lurkers - close to 90% I'd say. Makes me feel very guilty - I only post very occasionally. My sincere thanks to all the regulars past and present. Hazel Smith (in Cricklade, UK) 

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-15 Thread David C COLLYER
Avital Arachne is probably the oldest, continuously running lace-focused list. It's certainly outlasted all those hundreds of family history Mail Lists which were so popular in the 90s. I'm wondering if it's not the oldest continually running List there is??? David in Ballarat, AUS -

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-15 Thread Dmt11home
It's certainly outlasted all those hundreds of family history Mail Lists which were so popular in the 90s. I'm wondering if it's not the oldest continually running List there is??? I was wondering that, myself. I am no expert on lists, but it seems like 20 years is a long time in internet

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-15 Thread Carolyn Salafia
I for one am very grateful for the list which had kept my hopes up over the years for getting back my life enough to do lace! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2013, at 8:58 AM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: It's certainly outlasted all those hundreds of family history Mail Lists which were so

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-14 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Agnes and everyone Interesting idea about a lace panel. Where would it go when finished? Early on we did commem. bobbin sales and other lace-at-arachne goodies kindly organized by one of the list members at the time. To Jenny, Avital can be reached at the moderator e-mail addy at the

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-14 Thread Agnes Boddington
Good questions/ Should have had my brain in gear. Agnes Boddington Hello Agnes and everyone Interesting idea about a lace panel. Where would it go when finished? Early on we did commem. bobbin sales and other lace-at-arachne goodies kindly organized by one of the list members at the time.

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-14 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Friends, As we have 2 years or so to go until the 20th anniversry, we have plenty of time to think about how to celebrate it. As mentioned, a commemorative bobbin is pne option. We could e.g. ask Stuart Johnson, as he does inscriptions, as does Mike Bester in South Africa and probably many

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-14 Thread Ilske Thomsen
The panel would be my preference. And to answer David's question we should give it to the lady who runs our list. And the person/s joining the panel make a good picture which each of us could download. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

RE: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-14 Thread Noelene Lafferty
I'll second that for doing a panel for our moderator Avital, Ilske . Good idea. And it would be wonderful to have a commemorative for our 20th birthday. I've got all the commemorative bobbins, and the outstanding ones for me came from Chris Parsons. He also supplies tatting shuttles made by

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-14 Thread Tregellas Family
Even though I don't need more bobbins I would be interested in a commemorative bobbin. I joined Arachne in 1996 when the OIDFA Congress was happening in Finland. A lace panel could be donated to the Luton Museum for all lacemakers to have access to - via the internet. Cheers, Shirley

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne 20 years

2013-03-14 Thread David C COLLYER
At 05:34 AM 15/03/2013, you wrote: The panel would be my preference. And to answer David's question we should give it to the lady who runs our list. And the person/s joining the panel make a good picture which each of us could download. That's a nice idea Ilske, but there are really 2 ladies: