Re: [lace] Re Museums and other places in South Devon

2015-04-09 Thread Diana Smith
I think you mean Alan Cole? He also did reports on the midlands lace industry. There was a nice little museum at Budleigh Salterton - Fairlynch. I believe it is still there but I'm not sure about lace displays. Also Sidmouth. Diana in Northamptonshire. Sent from Diana's iPad On 9 Apr 2015, at

Re: [lace] Re Museums and other places in South Devon

2015-04-09 Thread sueat
When we went across to Exeter from Dorset to hunt for my husbands family history the first person we found was a g g grandmother I think, we found that she was a lace maker at the time of their marriage as was her sister and then later her daughters. They lived in a village called Colyton

Re: [lace] Re Museums and other places in South Devon

2015-04-09 Thread Dmt11home
Dear Brian, Was it Take the Children, The Life of the Lace Girls Working in Honiton and the East Midlands Districts, from Evidence Given to John Edward White, M.A. for the 1862 Royal Commission, published by Alan Brown. I had forgotten about this book. I must reread it! Your trip sounds

RE: [lace] Re: Contemporary Lace Workshop

2015-04-05 Thread Noelene Lafferty
I looked up Laura Friesel, and found her website: Laura Friesel, http://laurafriesel.com/ Wonderful work, thanks for letting us know of her Tina. Noelene noel...@lafferty.com.au I recently had the opportunity to take a Contemporary Lace workshop with Laura Friesel. B Many of you may have

Re: [lace] Re: Cataloguing lace books

2015-02-27 Thread Tregellas Family
I too have this app on my Samsung phone and it is extremely handy when confronted with the numerous books we find on traders' stalls. I just have to remember to make a list of who I lend books to. Don't think this 'borrow list' can be entered into this app but maybe there is someone out

Re: [lace] re: RSN exhibition at Ely

2015-02-24 Thread nestalace . carol
Hi Louise et al, I would agree that the exhibition is wonderful - but I did have a rueful smile when I read the messages.     Umpteen years ago, my late husband and I went to Ely, and clambered right to the top, up some really winding and dark stairs, to the gallery where the most wonderful

Re: [lace] RE: Mathematics and lace

2015-02-05 Thread Nancy Neff
what she has done with what your program is producing. Nancy NeffConnecticut USA   From: Veronika Irvine v...@uvic.ca To: Arachne Lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [lace] RE: Mathematics and lace Hello Arachne readers, Thank you for your interest

Re: [lace] RE: Mathematics and lace

2015-02-05 Thread Veronika Irvine
Hello Arachne readers, Thank you for your interest in my research and experiments. Any feedback or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Feel free to post them here, email me directly or participate in the discussion on the laceioli site. This paper is part of my PhD thesis research in Computer

Re: [lace] RE: Mathematics and lace

2015-02-02 Thread Sharon Morrison
I've been making lace for only a few years, but I think many Torchon ground sample patterns from beginning books have the ground changing along the diagonal of a triangle or diamond shape. A triangle is a simple shape that makes it easy to see the differences between the ground patterns worked

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2015 #6

2015-01-27 Thread Sue Babbs
There have been a few messages - but not a huge number. Archives show 19 messages since January 16th inclusive http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/maillist.html Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Re: Book review information/ was Reprints

2015-01-13 Thread Bev Walker
Like I say, if the reviewer finds that the book merits a lot of negative comment, it would be unfair for the group to keep it in their library. On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:12 AM, Catherine Barley catherinebar...@btinternet.com wrote: not believe to be a true valuation. Thy are NOT given to

Re: [lace] Re: Book review information/ was Reprints

2015-01-13 Thread Catherine Barley
When I've sent review copies of my book I've always expected an 'honest' review in return! The book is not sent as a 'bribe' for a 'positive' review but it is hoped that it will be given to someone who is knowledgeable about the subject of the book and will therefore give an 'honest' and

Re: [lace] Re: Book review information/ was Reprints

2015-01-13 Thread Brenda Paternoster
When I've sent review copies of my book I've always expected an 'honest' review in return! That’s what I have always expected too. I send review/inspection copies to the traders whom I hope will stock the books and review copies to a few organisations who publish journals/magazines. Of

Re: [lace] Re: Book review information/ was Reprints

2015-01-13 Thread Sue Harvey
Thank you Brenda, I couldn't manage my stash of threads without your Threads for Lace book it has saved me so much money buying new threads for a project when I can find an alternative from those I already have. Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Re: Book reviews

2015-01-13 Thread Dmt11home
By the way, I'm quoting correspondence from several lace book authors and one major book publisher regarding writing a positive review in return for having their book(s) in the library. If the book has been given in return for writing a positive review, shouldn't there be a disclaimer? I

Re: [lace] Re: Book reviews

2015-01-13 Thread Bev Walker
I didn't say anything about the review books as donations - My remarks evidently are misunderstood. So sorry to have taken up everyone's time.. back to lacemaking On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 2:50 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west

Re: [lace] RE: What Christmas lace are you making?

2014-12-06 Thread Ruth Lyon
Hi, Robin. I'd love to see photos of your snowflakes and the TARDIS and the weeping Christmas angel. I don't even know what a TARDIS is! Maybe you could post them on Flickr. Ruth Lyon in sunny Dubuque, Iowa USA On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Robin D human.m...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying

Re: [lace] Re: digest

2014-11-23 Thread Clay Blackwell
I love this piece of Alex's! I was lucky enough to see the *second* version in person in Philadelphia, and learned the whole story! Alex wove such a fantastic story that I came home and wrote an article entitled, The Revenge of Venus, which was published in the IOLI Bulletin. (Sorry, can't

Re: [lace] re-Ypres Bobbin that Survived World War

2014-11-13 Thread Jean Eke
So sorry that a slip of the mouse muddled my original posting. Being rather diffident I asked a friend how I should word the post and cut and pasted in too much haste. The fault was all mine. Sadly that terrible war which caused so much devastation lasted until 11.11.1918. Hoping that the

Re: [lace] Re: Arachne at IOLI 2015 convention

2014-11-13 Thread Bill Linda Mitchell
Another museum with some lace is right there in CR is the Czech Museum. I was the there the Sept. after the flood and there was a small bit in a store front in a shopping mall with a few gorgeous costumes with some lace. I had heard that the original building was repaired and the Museum has

Re: [lace] RE: lace maps

2014-11-08 Thread Cindy Rusak
Hi All, Yes, there was a lace map made of Canada. Each province and territory was done by a different lacemaker. I did the province of Quebec. It was a Russian ground, and I wasn't really thinking when I started it and used Midlands bobbins. It was non-stop sewings, so now I'm very proficient

RE: [lace] re: some Michel Jourde patterns:

2014-09-01 Thread Manie Kriel
Or how do you order? Please help a non-french speaking person! Manie Kriel South Africa -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of laceviolins...@comcast.net Sent: 29 August 2014 21:47 To: Susan Vossier Cc: lace Subject: Re: [lace] re

Re: [lace] re: some Michel Jourde patterns:

2014-09-01 Thread Susan Vossier
Vossier Cc: lace Subject: Re: [lace] re: some Michel Jourde patterns: How do I get a catalogue? Becca in Utah, USA - 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: http

RE: [lace] re: some Michel Jourde patterns:

2014-09-01 Thread Noelene Lafferty
I used Google Translate to read the late Michael Jourde's blog site, and spend many happy times browsing through the gallery there of wonderful completed designs. There is a catalogue available, and as Sue from France says, his children are continuing the sale of his designs. I sent my

Re: [lace] re: some Michel Jourde patterns:

2014-08-29 Thread laceviolins_52
How do I get a catalogue? Becca in Utah, USA - Original Message - From: Susan Vossier susan.voss...@gmail.com To: lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 2:17:29 PM Subject: [lace] re: some Michel Jourde patterns: Mary, I have the Michel Jourde 2012 catalogue beside

RE: [lace] Re: Lace with and without an end use

2014-05-05 Thread Jeanette Fischer
This is the process vs. product argument again. I'm an unrepentant process-oriented person. I have no particular use for lace. I don't wear Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Ditto - I also love the process and couldn't care less about what happens to the lace but I

Re: [lace] Re: Lace with and without an end use

2014-05-05 Thread Sue
I did work some small samples of a type of piece, especially the complex bucks point which is in my folder, before I went on to make a full piece but as my teacher always gave me a corner of a pattern which I copied and using the computer got a square for beds hanky or square edging for photo

Re: [lace] Re: Lace with and without an end use

2014-05-05 Thread Clay Blackwell
I fall into the process group as well. I can't think when I've worn my lace, and I can count on one hand the pieces I've made as gifts. Like Robin, I love the process and the challenge. But beyond that, I am also rather obsessive, and I can't bear *not* to finish something - that feels like

Re: [lace] Re: Lace with and without an end use

2014-05-05 Thread David C COLLYER
Clay, I fall into the process group as well. I can't think when I've worn my lace, and I can count on one hand the pieces I've made as gifts. Like Robin, I love the process and the challenge. But beyond that, I am also rather obsessive, and I can't bear *not* to finish something - that

Re: [lace] Re: Care of fabrics - 1940s style

2014-04-10 Thread d2oneill
I recall some of those same things, and how we were affected by the shortage of nylons. Department Stores would send out cards to special customers occasionally, which entitled the recipient to buy one pair of nylons from a rare shipment. Since nylons were supposedly part of our school

Re: [lace] Re: Stunned

2014-02-13 Thread Sue
Some years ago my DH used one of my early pieces of Torchon Lace taken from Elizabeth Wades book to frame around a photo of my parents at their wedding which hung on her wall for some years afterwards. Last year she was very ill and we feared for her survival, but she is made of stronger stuff

Re: [lace] Re: 2015/Iowa/Czech-Slovak Museum

2014-01-15 Thread Dmt11home
The potentials for lace within the Czech Slovak Museum are really vast. For one thing, all areas of the Austro Hungarian empire seemed to be engaged in Art Nouveau lace. There was an exhibit about Alphonse Mucha at the Czech Slovak museum. I wonder if he designed any lace. Also, the

Re: [lace] Re: 2015/Iowa/Czech-Slovak Museum

2014-01-15 Thread Malvary Cole
Devon wrote: - There was an exhibit about Alphonse Mucha at the Czech Slovak museum. I wonder if he designed any lace. I have written to the Mucha Foundation to ask. I'll let you know if I hear anything. Malvary in Ottawa where it is gradually turning colder, snow forecast for Friday.

Re: [lace] Re: 2015 IOLI convention July 27 - Aug 2: Hoover Library

2014-01-13 Thread Kim Davis
If you are interested in the Flour Sacks, Stanford also has a number of them, which you could visit in California if you attend the Sacramento convention. It is about a two hour drive from Sacramento. A two year study would be a lot of fun! Kim On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:39 AM,

RE: [lace] Re: Chandler's Mat

2014-01-04 Thread Jean Nathan
Adele wrote: Hmmm. Not to start an international copyright war, or anything, but - suppose somebody did make that mat from the photo, without using the pricking that Ruth Bean published. Would they be able to, say, make a hi-resolution scan of the mat that they made, and then either sell it or

Re: [lace] Re: Miss Channer's Mat

2014-01-04 Thread The Lacebee
Sorry to resend this but I accidentally sent it to majordormo rather than the lace list ... I was being cleaver in cropping names out and it went pear shaped. Kind Regards Liz Baker On 4 Jan 2014, at 08:02, The Lacebee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: This question of working directly from a

Re: [lace] Re: Chandler's Mat

2014-01-04 Thread Jacquie Tinch
It would be perfectly legal to draft the pattern from scratch working from the photo of either the Ruth Bean version or the older pre Bean print runs. In the process some differences would creep in anyway. Particularly if the lacemaker freely acknowledged the original source material. But if

Re: [lace] Re: Chandler's Mat 2

2014-01-04 Thread Jacquie Tinch
I should have made clear I meant perfectly legal to use the photo in order to be able to make a pricking for your own use. Not to sell. And assuming you own or have a copy of the book all the time you are making the mat (see below). I seem to remember in an earlier Channer mat discussion some

Re: [lace] Re: Chandler's Mat

2014-01-03 Thread Adele Shaak
Hmmm. Not to start an international copyright war, or anything, but - suppose somebody did make that mat from the photo, without using the pricking that Ruth Bean published. Would they be able to, say, make a hi-resolution scan of the mat that they made, and then either sell it or provide it to

Re: [lace] Re: Chandler's Mat

2014-01-03 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Susie and everyone I can add that the scan at any resolution can only be as clear as the image itself being scanned but should be ok to work on, and the image would then be available in magnified view on-screen for reference :) On another note, for those searching and/or waiting to own a

Re: [lace] RE: Demonstrating

2013-12-18 Thread Clay Blackwell
You're a very clever girl, being able to speak lacemaking, knitting, binary... Now you have me thinking... What other languages can we discover? Sent from my iPad Some people look a little quizzical if they don't knit, but when I mention binary, and that it's like computers - 1's and 0's.

Re: [lace] Re: glazed cardboard

2013-11-20 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Barbara and everyone You might have another name for it in Australia, where the card is made very smooth by a coating in the milling/finishing process. I have some firm pricking card from a lace supplier in the UK, via card for UK electrical use. I don't know if that is also known as

RE: [lace] Re: glazed cardboard

2013-11-20 Thread Ruth Budge
] On Behalf Of Bev Walker Sent: Thursday, 21 November 2013 6:55 AM To: Barbara H Stokes Cc: Arachne arachne Subject: Re: [lace] Re: glazed cardboard Hello Barbara and everyone You might have another name for it in Australia, where the card is made very smooth by a coating in the milling/finishing process

[lace] Re: [lace] Re: Chemical lace

2013-11-09 Thread kloeppelki...@t-online.de
Let me add something. The handmade part of it is this: they can only make relative small pattern on these machines and to get bigger table clothes or curtains they seam up smaller pieces with a sewing machine. In Germany it is known as Plauener Spitze - lace from Plauen, a town in the Vogtland,

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Re: Chemical lace

2013-11-09 Thread Adele Shaak
Hi everybody: Gabriele wrote: In Germany it is known as Plauener Spitze - lace from Plauen, a town in the Vogtland, that claims to be the inventor of this technique. In Swizerland - which also claims to have invented the technique - it is called Guipure. And suddenly I thought - there

Re: [lace] Re: pricey lace books--another author's perspective

2013-11-07 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Karen and everyone For the exercise, I looked up your title at amazon-dot-ca to find one listed Used - Like New $24.51 with this comment: Book is in Fantastic Condition. Contains remainder mark on bottom outside edge. Some Shelf Wear. Prompt Service! Sure. POD and it is remaindered.Further,

Re: [lace] re Fan in Flanders lace

2013-08-24 Thread sally13nmex
Hi Jeanette, Sorry to post this to the entire list, but my emails to your personal address are returned to me as undeliverable - probably by your security system because of my email address. It is a valid address but, unfortunately, it is similar to those that scammers and hackers from

Re: [lace] Re: Honiton lace on royal shawl

2013-08-22 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Bev and fellow Arachnid. Some delightful pictures shown. Thank you for the link Bev. By the way, your tiny url worked fine for me. You just have to remember that if an web address shows black, like the rest of the message you have to copy and paste. If it shows blue or purple you can

Re: [lace] Re: Honiton lace on royal shawl

2013-08-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
You also have to be careful not to copy any punctuation marks before or after the quoted URL This one included asterisks either end and without spaces and is probably why it showed as ordinary black text rather than as a coloured hyperlink. Brenda On 22 Aug 2013, at 07:34, J D Hammett wrote:

Re: Voodoo board (was RE: [lace] Re Fan in Flanders lace)

2013-08-18 Thread sally13nmex
Margery writes: My voodoo board (great name, never heard it called that before) I cannot lay claim to having named the voodoo board. The first time I heard it called thus was in an arachne email from an Australian lacemaker, whom I cannot now name. I didn't think to save the email. I

Re: [lace] Re Fan in Flanders lace

2013-08-16 Thread Jill Hawkins
Sorry for my ignorance, but what the heck is a voodoo board? Sally wrote: For the first third, I had to rely completely on a voodoo board. For the second third, I only had to put some of the pins in the voodoo board, and then I was able to throw the voodoo board in the trash. The last third I

Re: [lace] Re Fan in Flanders lace

2013-08-16 Thread Clay Blackwell
A voodoo board is a copy of the diagram pinned to a sheet of foam. Each time you put a pin in the lace you're working, you put one in the corresponding pinhole in the diagram. A lot of people use this technique to keep up with where they are in laces that have so many pins set so close

Voodoo board (was RE: [lace] Re Fan in Flanders lace)

2013-08-16 Thread Margery Allcock
-Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Clay Blackwell Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 12:29 PM To: Jill Hawkins Cc: Arachne, Lace Subject: Re: [lace] Re Fan in Flanders lace A voodoo board is a copy of the diagram pinned to a sheet of foam

Re: [lace] Re Fan in Flanders lace

2013-08-16 Thread Adele Shaak
Re voodoo boards, Clay wrote: A lot of people use this technique to keep up with where they are in laces that have so many pins set so close together. And some of us use it because we are so completely lost in a complicated pattern that we can't see where we are from stitch to stitch! I

Re: [lace] Re Fan in Flanders lace

2013-08-15 Thread sally13nmex
Hi Jeanette, I have two fan patterns in Binche, that I got from Anny Noben years ago. They both require hundreds of bobbins, and I have never seen them available anywhere. One of them I made, it turned out wonderfully, but it was a challenge. For the first third, I had to rely completely on

Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] Caring for needles

2013-07-22 Thread Lin Hudren
Vacuum pack air tight bags work well for this. Who says only food/frozen are to be used. I forget what unit is called but i use it for everything– even just to keep very small things from getting lost for being so small. On Jul 22, 2013 3:58 AM, Sue su...@talktalk.net wrote: Some of the needles

RE: [lace] Re: [lace] Will men wear skirts and lace?

2013-07-14 Thread Agnes Boddington
Interesting, I tried to access the link, but it told me that it is the international BBC-site, which is not accessible in the UK as it is not covered by the license fee! In other words all of us in the UK are subsidising this, but have NO access to the content. Agnes Boddington - hot and muggy

RE: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-25 Thread Angel Skubic
AM To: Ilske Thomsen Cc: kloeppelki...@t-online.de; Lace Subject: Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle Ilske, I have an iPad and there is a Kindle App for it. So I can read books from Amazon or Apple and other sources as well. Clay Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2013, at 7:31 AM, Ilske Thomsen

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2013 #261

2013-05-23 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Liz, Glad to see you are back home, safe and sound, David. Thanks - it's good to be back. Did you manage to get any of the silk thread you were looking for? I did go and spend 6 days in Bao Loc but unfortunately should have done more thorough research. It was a very restful time in

Re: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2013 #261

2013-05-23 Thread David C COLLYER
We did not make it to VietNam last year, but hope to next year. Please tell me the name of the village you reference from the YouTube video. Will save it and if we do get to go, will try to get there. Dear Friends, THE silk village in Vietnam is Van Phuc, Ha Dong, just on the south-west edge

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-20 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
On 20/05/2013 11:46, kloeppelki...@t-online.de wrote: Just a question on this thread because I wonder: Is Kindle a synonymous for any eBook reader or do you all really use Kindle? Mine's a Kindle. Lesley in Marple, UK, wondering whether summer will ever arrive. - To unsubscribe send email

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-20 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Gabriele, Kindle is a brandmark and is connected with amazon. And this is in my opinion a problem, you can bye e.books only from them. There excist several other e-readers like mine from Sony. Than you are free to bye where you want. The e.reader from Thalia are also connected with Thalia. And

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-20 Thread suebabbs385
I chose the Kindle (black white only) because I liked the non-reflective screen. It seems easier on my eyes 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] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-20 Thread Clay Blackwell
Ilske, I have an iPad and there is a Kindle App for it. So I can read books from Amazon or Apple and other sources as well. Clay Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2013, at 7:31 AM, Ilske Thomsen ilske.l.thom...@t-online.de wrote: And if you have a i-Pad or a i-Pad Mini your are bound on Apple.

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-20 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Thanks, Clay, that was what I forget to write. And there ia another fine thing, but perhaps only in Germany. With some e-readers one could lend e-books from an organization I can't find the name so quick. But for Sony doesn't exist an App yet. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-20 Thread The Lace Bee
I also meant to say that when I fall asleep and hit myself in the face with the iPad it hurts more than when I do that with even a hardback book. L Kind Regards Liz Baker - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-20 Thread J D Hammett
Mine is a Kindle. Joepie. -Original Message- From: kloeppelki...@t-online.de Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:46 AM To: Lace Subject: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle Just a question on this thread because I wonder: Is Kindle a synonymous for any eBook reader or do you all really

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] books vs kindle

2013-05-20 Thread The Lace Bee
I have an iPad and iBooks tend to be pdf in format for this reader. However, I was able to download a free kindle app from the AppStore to allow me to access kindle books. I think that amazon have realised that they need to make their ebooks available to other platforms so they opened up

Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Bobbin winder

2013-05-05 Thread Malvary Cole
Tammy wrote: It is in number 42, summer 1986 magazine. I checked that issue but it is a bobbin winder using an electric motor. I think it is more likely to be what is described in the index of Lace as a Handbag Bobbin Winder which is in issue 75. Of course, that issue is missing from all my

[lace] Re: [lace] Re: [lace] Bobbin winder

2013-05-05 Thread pad...@aol.com
You are correct, there is another one in issue 75, July 1994. Both look very interesting I may have to make one. Tammy Padilla Getting ready for my lace guild meeting. We are preparing for Fiber Arts Fiesta later this month. Sent from my HTC One™ S on T-Mobile. America’s First Nationwide

Re: [lace] RE: participation in Lace conferences - flights

2013-05-02 Thread robinlace
- Original Message - From: Witchy Woman wytchy...@sbcglobal.net Check out flights that have more than one stop, with one stop being your actual destination..  Sometimes you'll find that booking a 1 stop flight from Cleveland to San Francisco is a lot cheaper than a flight from Cleveland

Re: [lace] RE: participation in Lace conferences - flights

2013-05-02 Thread Anna Binnie
It would work if you only have only carry-on luggage. If you check a suitcase, it would not come off at the midway stop. Or you could mail your luggage ahead. I usually have too much stuff for a week of lace classes to fit in a carry-on. And... I have to allow room for the things I

Re: [lace] RE: participation in Lace conferences - flights

2013-05-01 Thread lacelady
- Original Message - From: Witchy Woman wytchy...@sbcglobal.net There have been a few posts about airfares and how expensive they can be. The New York Times ran an article on how to save money on fares. Check out flights that have more than one stop, with one stop being your actual

Re: [lace] RE: Convention

2013-04-24 Thread Rosemary Hemmett
Hi this maybe true but think of who will be doing all the work to put together 2 conventions - they don't just happen! two sets of venues, teachers, suppliers loss of economies of scale (if there are any) Also suppliers will hve a smaller audience would they want to go to 2 venues with

Re: [lace] RE: Convention

2013-04-24 Thread Jacquie Tinch
If you changed the bylaws like Clay suggested (all member vote instead of quoram) you could concievabley have two smaller conventions a year. If US non-profits are anything like UK charities then having the AGM and needing a quorum may not be a choice that IOLI made. Here it is the law imposed

Re: [lace] RE: IOLI Convention

2013-04-23 Thread Dmt11home
Alice has done a good job in answering your questions. One aspect of the organization of the Lace conventions is that a local group hosts the convention. This is a very charming thing, as the host group is always very gracious and eager to share the special things about their area with the

Re: [lace] RE: IOLI Convention

2013-04-22 Thread lynrbailey
Amber wrote: I thing what everyone is ignoring here is that for those of us in the US, or others near by, is the distance issue. ... Maybe what we need here is to split the convention into two conventions. . My other problem with the convention is the timing. For those of us (admittedly not

Re: [lace] RE: IOLI Convention

2013-04-22 Thread John Mead
I'm not familiar with how IOLI rotates the annual conference. In the science fiction fan community, Worldcon rotates between East Coast/Midwest/West Coast, with bids from elsewhere in the world acceptable at any time; Canada being considered part and parcel for the standard rotation. Anyway, every

Re: [lace] RE: wire on lace

2013-04-19 Thread Kim Davis
HI! I would just like to point out that those in England are likely using wire which is measured on the SWG, or Standard Wire Gauge. Those in the US are likely using wire which is measured on the AWG, or American Wire Gauge. If you look around online you can find a conversion chart. The

Re: [lace] Re: What Kind of Lace Is This?

2013-04-08 Thread Bronwen of Hindscroft
I have. On the flicker site, under Branwyn ni Druaidh, is a unicorn I did. It's a period piece, from the book SIngulier et nouveaux pourtraicts first published in 1587. It's supposed to be an edging, but I did it as a stand alone piece. I learned a lot on that lace -- such as the more detail,

Re: [lace] Re: What Kind of Lace Is This?

2013-04-08 Thread Adele Shaak
Hmm. I wonder if Alex will weigh in on this, but I don't recall ever having seen curved reticella. After all, it works on a base of threads removed from woven cloth, so unless the cloth was woven in a curve (nope, never seen that either) how would you do it? You could step the squares around a

Re: [lace] Re: What Kind of Lace Is This?

2013-04-08 Thread Susan Reishus
I have (worked a curved piece in Reticella). On the flicker site, under Branwyn ni Druaidh, is a unicorn I did.  It's a period piece, from the book Singulier et nouveaux pourtraicts first published in 1587 http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html I am happy to hear this!  I just

RE: [lace] Re: What Kind of Lace Is This?

2013-04-08 Thread Noelene Lafferty
Arizona lace books are listed in alphabetical order of author. A Google search reveals Singulier et nouveaux pourtraicts to be written by Vinciolo, Frederico, the search will also give you a direct link to the actual book on the Arizona site. Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au I am happy

Re: [lace] Re: What Kind of Lace Is This?

2013-04-08 Thread Bronwen of Hindscroft
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/vinciolo/ This is it in a different site. Bronwen, who wishes the weather change would just finally happen so the stupid headache would go away! On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.comwrote: I just can't find the book on the

Re: [lace] Re: What Kind of Lace Is This?

2013-04-08 Thread Adele Shaak
Hi Everybody: A little confusion is that the title Bronwen quotes (SIngulier et nouveaux pourtraicts ...) is not the title the book was published under when the facsimile copy that is on the Arizona website was made. You can find it under Vinciolo in the alphabetic author's listing, and the title

Re: [lace] Re: Cats (Sympathy Needed)

2013-04-07 Thread Lin Hudren
Great to know. Is there anything like that for dogs? Hugs, Lin and the Mali Overton, NV USA On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.comwrote: Cats hate the smell of grapefruit. (Not only is it a deterrent, but it is used in commercial cleaners for animals stains

Re: [lace] Re: Cats (Sympathy Needed)

2013-04-07 Thread Agnes Boddington
Mint (the plant) or mint (the sweets). Mine cannot stand either. Or onion (perhaps not near lace items). Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Great to know. Is there anything like that for dogs? Hugs, Lin and the Mali Overton, NV USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Re: Lace Days in Bruges

2013-04-02 Thread Clay Blackwell
How I would love to be there! And the LOKK always has such beautiful books... Surely there is one to commemorate this anniversary? Clay Sent from my iPad On Apr 2, 2013, at 4:27 AM, Gon Homburg gon.homb...@planet.nl wrote: In Deventer there will be a Lace Festival on the 25th and 26th

Re: [lace] Re: types of lace worked

2013-03-27 Thread Michelle Norton
I've learned to tat but still very much the beginner. So far with bobbin lace I've made a short tape of stitch practice before my move. I've knit plenty of lace like things, but nothing of actual lace. On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, J D Hammett wrote: Hi Shell and fellow Arachnids, Like many

Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] De not lurking/ French Chateau Lace

2013-03-22 Thread Catherine Barley
SORRY, Sorry, sorry! I'm one of those lurkers that we've all been talking about and post so seldom. I've just seen my post come through and am horrified and ashamed that I forgot to trim my post again! I have had my wrist slapped before for not doing this and I am truly sorry and will try to

Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] De not lurking/ French Chateau Lace

2013-03-22 Thread Dmt11home
Catherine wrote: I would prefer to spend what little free time I have available, to drooling over the most beautiful French Chateau needlelace pictures/article from Devon and Jeri. Much as I would like to take credit for this article, my involvement has been minimal. Jeri has gone to a

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-chat] Re: [lace] Re Susan of Tennessee

2013-03-18 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear T, I wonder what did become of Susan, I had forgotten all about her, is it that long ago David? Wasn't, really; David misremembers :)it had to have been *at least* 2003... Thanks for that correction. I knew it was a long time ago - fancy - only 10 years! David in Ballarat, AUS

Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re Susan of Tennessee

2013-03-18 Thread H Mmmm
Well, since Jeri has got so many of the lurkers out of hiding and some of my old friends are posting, I had better come out too. I'm Heather Muth and have been with Arachne almost since the beginning. I've lurked for many years now. Tamara, I'm so sorry to hear of your husband.Like Tamara,

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re Susan of Tennessee

2013-03-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Moving to Chat, since it's OT on Lace. On Mar 17, 2013, at 4:19 AM, Shirley Meier wrote: I wonder what did become of Susan, I had forgotten all about her, is it that long ago David? Shirley in Corio Oz. sme...@iinet.net Wasn't, really; David misremembers :) The last we heard from

Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re Susan of Tennessee

2013-03-17 Thread Tregellas Family
Nice to hear from you Tamara - don't believe you've posted for such a long time. I used to enjoy your 'play on words' - made me stop and do some research, other than lace. :-) Lorraine Hatcher was asking after you the other day. Cheers, Shirley T. - Adelaide, 27C today climbing

Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re Susan of Tennessee

2013-03-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Mar 18, 2013, at 12:49 AM, Tregellas Family wrote: Nice to hear from you Tamara - don't believe you've posted for such a long time. I used to enjoy your 'play on words' - made me stop and do some research, other than lace. :-) Lorraine Hatcher was asking after you the other

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

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