Re: [lace] Hello from Eatonville

Devon, Thanks for posting the link! We have just opened up the registration for both May and June. We do plan to continue offering classes like this after the pandemic has passed, but will adjust the frequency to meet needs. To date we have gotten 35 new bobbin lacemakers up and

Re: [lace] Hello from Eatonville

My stock answer to the question of how to learn lace is now "take an online beginner class from the Lace Museum." Karen Thompson teaches these. It is a small class, maybe only 5 people. There is a helper and a tech person on the zoom at the same time to help even the most timid with any technical

Re: [lace] Hello

Has anyone mentioned the LaceIOLI ning site, _http://laceioli.ning.com/_ (http://laceioli.ning.com/) There are beginners tutorials and you can get a lot of feed back on your work. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Hello

Hello Michelle Welcome to the world of bobbin lace. And the world it is, there are subscibers on this list from all around the world, ready to give advice and help. As to help: have you looked at this site? http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/ It is very good for beginners, from very basics, to

Re: [lace] Hello

Thank you for the welcome! I am in the denver area. So I will check out the resources mentioned. Thank you. I have checked out the http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/, site. It is very helpful but many of the beginner patterns have broken links. I love the gifs that sure how the stitchs.

Re: [lace] Hello

ok. Maybe needs a bit of time to load each page? Agnes - Original Message - From: Michelle Norton tirjas...@gmail.com To: Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Hello Thank you for the welcome! I am in the denver area. So I will check

Re: [lace] Hello

Michelle, Welcome to our world! I hope you will find that you enjoy making lace. I am rather surprised to hear that doing hand work can ease chronic pain. That's goood to know!Usually I only hear about the pain caused by all of our repetative work. I hope that as you begin to work on your

Re: [lace] Hello

Daphne, Yes, but I trashed it before opening it. I also got another one that had lace in it, but the sentence that I could see on the screen was gibberish. Think someone has been hacked again! Sallie in Wyoming Sent from my iPhone On Dec 14, 2011, at 3:40 AM, Daphne Martin

Re: [lace] Hello

Yes, Daphne, I too got this, but thrashed it immediatley. It does show the importance of signing your messages with your name (and where you live), so we know from whom the message has come. Agnes Boddington Elloughton UK Hello Everyone I have sent the message I now recieved

Re: [lace] Hello

On 14/12/2011 10:51, Agnes Boddington wrote: Yes, Daphne, I too got this, but thrashed it immediatley. Me, too. Although, as I use Thunderbird for my e-mail program, I looked at it first by View/Message Source, which confirmed my opinion that this was for the Junk folder. It does show the

RE: [lace] Hello

Yes, I got that too Daphne, and my computer said threat blocked so it went straight into the trash bin Sue - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

Re: [lace] Hello . h--y SPAM or Not

Yes Daphne it is spam Under no circumstances should anyone open the link!! My OH is viewing the source as we speak find out where it really came from!! Sue in EY On 22 Jun 2010, at 11:12, Daphne Martin wrote: Hello I`m forwarding this onto the list because I believe this is

RE: [lace] Hello . h--y SPAM or Not

Daphne, I got that one today as well did not open it although it supposedly came from arachne I was suspicious it could be spam Sue M Harvey - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

Re: [lace] Hello spiders

threads never break. Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Arachne.com lace@arachne.com Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Hello spiders On first glimpse, I wasn't sure if I had arrived at the correct website

Re: [lace] Hello spiders

Hi Carol - When I clicked on the picture of the girl, I got a terrible close-up which was so pixillated that I couldn't see anything. But Elizabeth (the original writer) encouraged me to try some of the other links, and on the shop link I was able to see them clearly. They are very

Re: [lace] Hello spiders

] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Hello spiders I'm not sure how to respond. The pictures I was able to get of a closer look were so pixellated that I could

Re: [lace] Hello spiders/nanduti necklace

Hello Elizabeth and everyone Thankyou for the link to see the necklace! The design is excellent. I hope they sell well. You could say hand-crafted necklace. On 10/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want you know Beauty of Nanduti Lace, a handicraft necklace (someone can tell

Re: [lace] Hello spiders

On first glimpse, I wasn't sure if I had arrived at the correct website the young woman, who was nearly loosing her pants, was entirely more significant in the picture than the lace she was wearing - which was difficult to see in the resolution presented on the site. I'd suggest selling

Re: [lace] Hello spiders

Ok, Clay. And about the lace? elizabeth horta corrêa www.nhandutideatibaia.com.br 55 xx11 4412 1082 ehcskype / [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Arachne.com Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Hello

Re: [lace] Hello - Find Lacemaers in Minnesota Other US States

In a message dated 1/26/07 8:31:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was introduced to bobbin lace making by my husband's aunt, who lives in England. She showed me how to do it, but unfortunately where I live don't seem to have much of a support base. I am still

Re: [lace] Hello - Find Lacemaers in Minnesota Other US States

you so much again. Kathi From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Hello - Find Lacemaers in Minnesota Other US States Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:42:14 EST In a message dated 1/26/07 8:31:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I

Re: [lace] Hello

Hi Kathy, Welcome from lurkdom. We are all anxious to know, and it is one of the rules that you sign your name with an identifying residence i.e. at least country. Since some countries are so large, if we know where you live, we may know of someone who will contact you re lacemaking. Happy

Re: [lace] Hello

], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Hello Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:41:34 -0500 Hi Kathy, Welcome from lurkdom. We are all anxious to know, and it is one of the rules that you sign your name with an identifying residence i.e. at least country. Since some countries are so large, if we know

Re: [lace] Hello

Hello Daphne, Welcome to this fabulous resourse and friendship circle! I hope you enjoy the many varied topics and plethora of facts from all the members of the group. Nice to meet you. Rhiannon (SUNNY-finally, Dorset) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

RE: [lace] Hello

Hi Daphne, Welcome to Arachne on behalf from an Australian spider! I do hope you enjoy our chatter about lace subjects here. It's rather quiet at the moment, why not post a message about what type of lace you like to do. I'm teaching myself 's Gravensmoer from a book at the moment, and having

RE: [lace] Hello

Noelene, I was just visiting your website and love the tatted butterfly you did. What is the pattern source? Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Noelene Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Daphne, Welcome to Arachne on behalf from an Australian spider! I do hope you

Re: [lace] Hello to a newbie in Oz

Hi Jenny, Welcome to Arachne, you've found like minded and *very* helpful people. We all wish you good luck in your lacemaking endeavours. At 04:16 PM 28-02-05 +1100, you wrote: Trouble is, Tamara, as Jenny said in her message, she lives an 11- hour drive from Darwin - there is

Re: [lace] Hello to a newbie in Oz

M Harvey Norfolk UK Now happily lacing again now my arm is better. - Original Message - From: Jenny Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Hello to a newbie in Oz Pricking card Tamara said Any gift-box, dis

Re: [lace] Hello to a newbie in Oz

Pricking card Tamara said Any gift-box, dis-assembled and covered with transparent, coloured, plastic film will do just fine Jane said I teach my students to use proper pricking card (glazed manila) and a waterproof pen. I must admit to coming back to proper pricking card. The

Re: [lace] Hello from a newbie

Boy am I a newbie! Hello Jenny and welcome to Arachne! I hope you grow to love lacemaking as much as I do! There are many wonderful lacemakers on this list who know far more than I, but I will answer some of the questions you asked, with my opinions. And that is all they are, just my opinions.

Re: [lace] Hello from a newbie

I'm going to pick and choose a few questions to comment on, but first some gratuitous advice. I started lacemaking on my own from books. The best bit of advice I got was join the national guild immediately. Access to the library in the first year was worth the joining fee several times over,

Re: [lace] Hello from a newbie

Hi, I'm also new, although depending on how you feel like counting I've either been learning lace for a couple of months or for around 20 years ;-) From the leftie side of things, it's not a problem at all. As someone else has just commented, bobbin lace is a fairly ambidextrous sort of thing

Re: [lace] Hello from a newbie

Welcome, Jenny! I do hope you have as much fun with bobbin lace as I did when I started. Should I get a round, roller or travel cushion? This, and most of the other tools, depends in part on personal preference. I expect you'll get lots of different answers. Personally, I do not recommend

Re: [lace] Hello from a newbie (more)

Is there a do not buy list? Yes, most of the packaged kits for beginners. I'd like to clarify this. A number of lace suppliers put together nice beginner's kits. However, some general craft or needlework stores/dealers carry the horror kit I described in my longer post. A kit from a lace

Re: [lace] Hello to a newbie in Oz (very long)

Trouble is, Tamara, as Jenny said in her message, she lives an 11- hour drive from Darwin - there is nothing in between, and Darwin is the nearest lace group!!! Ruth (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: Tamara P. Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent:

Re: [lace] Hello to a newbie in Oz (very long)

I disagree with Tamara (not a rare thing, despite being good friends) on this. I didn't get a pricker till I'd been making lace for a few years. I used a large-headed pin, such as a corsage pin. Or I just used the pattern without pre-pricking. However, I admit a good, comfortable pricker

Re: [lace] Hello to a newbie in Oz (very long)

On Feb 28, 2005, at 0:16, Ruth Budge wrote: Trouble is, Tamara, as Jenny said in her message, she lives an 11- hour drive from Darwin - there is nothing in between, and Darwin is the nearest lace group!!! Can't blame you for not reading trough to the bitter end; it *was* a long message... :) But

Re: [lace] Hello from a cold Denmark

Hello Arne ! Yes, you are correct! The @ symbol was incorporated into a clever spider with the addition of some legs, and many who travel to big lace gatherings wear this easily identifiable symbol to show they are members of Arachne. Jacqui Southworth, in the UK, designed a brooch and posted