Re: [lace] Re: Catastrophy

2005-07-30 Thread Helen
Please ignore me :o) I was talking rubbish due to not having read enough of the earlier emails and have actually upturned a pillow that got knocked over with great success - although 16 pairs isn't that many, really. Helen At 19:18 30/07/2005, Helen wrote: Using gravity doesn't work! I tried

Re: [lace] Re: Catastrophy

2005-07-30 Thread Helen
Using gravity doesn't work! I tried it when some bobbins I was winding tied themselves in knots. The bobbins spin and the spangles tangle up and I think I actually made it worse :o) Helen At 15:49 30/07/2005, Carol Adkinson wrote: Hi Tamara and Andy, I also can sympathise!I can rememb

Re: [lace] Re: Catastrophy

2005-07-30 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hi Tamara and Andy, I also can sympathise!I can remember one Lace Day several years ago when one of our members had stopped the car quite suddenly, the pillow fell on the floor of the car, and we all took a turn at untangling the threads. And we didn't finish it either! One interesting thing

RE: [lace] Re: Catastrophy

2005-07-30 Thread Carolyn Hastings
I remember a story > David (Downunder) told us some years ago, about having his pillow > dumped upside down (at a demo? I think it was), with a Bucks (if I > remember a-right) pattern on it, and close to 100 pairs (and some of > the threads broke too, all in the same place)... I had something