[lace] Tatting Questions

2003-07-25 Thread Ian Chelle Long
Gidday all, I came across a cute and easy tatted basket pattern a few days ago: http://www.ringoftatters.org.uk/patterns/jeborall/jeborall.html and have ambitiously (crazily?) decided to make enough of these for favours at my wedding in September! So, having decided this at the last minute I

[lace] Fw: VIRUS WARNING

2003-07-25 Thread Linda Fountain
- Original Message - From: Mary Wishart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:29 PM I received an email today from a friend about a virus and I had been infected so I pass on the information to you in the hope that you can eliminate it before it does any damage to your

[lace] Re: Visit to the Metropolitan Museum Part 3

2003-07-25 Thread Leonard Bazar
I had expressed an interest in Honiton and 3D laces, and Devon put out 8 carefully selected pieces for us to look at. Some are also in the IOL list, so I won't go on too much about them, but there are some aspects of them that can't be ignored. The wedding apron, obviously and understandably a

RE: [lace] Re: my favorite old lace/raised tallies

2003-07-25 Thread Panza, Robin
From: Tamara P. Duvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Since I make all my lace wrong side up (even the Russian which is traditionally worked right side up), that includes tallies -- both the plain raised (leaf overlay, as I tend to think of them) and the raised and rolled ones. I would think tallies

[lace] Victorian lace face screen on ebay

2003-07-25 Thread Jean Nathan
This was once a very attractive item. the lace is not the colour it used to be. is, I think, a bit of an understatement, but it's still an interesting piece. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2547044831category=120 8 or search for item 2547044831 Jean in Poole - To

[lace] lace 'tool' :)

2003-07-25 Thread Toni Hawryluk
Lace d'oyleys you can eat ! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2336376334category=121 Toni in Seattle . - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Fw: VIRUS WARNING

2003-07-25 Thread Sof
Hello, It's not a virus it's a hoax. jdbgmgr.exe is a window's programm. It use to correct you when you write javascript. Don't delete it Sof from France On 25 Jul 2003, at 12:48, Linda Fountain wrote: - Original Message - From: Mary Wishart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

[lace] [Lace] Chantilly

2003-07-25 Thread Sue Martin
I thought I would let you know that having read all the helpful comments about getting thread for Chantilly I contacted Bodil and Leif Christensen and they have been very helpful. Did you know that there is a range of beautiful colours in this thread - beautiful pastel blues, purple, green, red,

[lace] 'Bobbin Lace: Form by the Twisting of Cords' by Kaethe and Jules Kliot.

2003-07-25 Thread Jean Nathan
I noticed a copy of the above on ebay. There are also several secondhand copies available both in the US and UK, some extremely cheap. The cover looks interesting, but what's inside? The description on ebay says You'll be inspired to try your hand at wall hangings, lace blouses, belts, necklaces,

Re: [lace] Ulrike Lohr's 400 tricks book

2003-07-25 Thread Steph Peters
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:22:49 +0100, Jean wrote: Eva very kindly translated the main headings from Ulrike's 400 tricks books for me, snip 3. Die Kunst der Formschlage Kunst = art. Schlag = stitch, Schlaege = stitches ( If I wanted to really confuse you, I would tell you, that Schlaege also means a

[lace] Re: raised tallies

2003-07-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Friday, Jul 25, 2003, at 09:14 US/Eastern, Panza, Robin wrote: I would think tallies underneath would distort the half-stitch section over them. Instead of working flat on the pricking, there's a lump that the threads have to stretch over when running from pin to pin. Doesn't this show up

[lace-chat] :) a way with words

2003-07-25 Thread Bev Walker
(apologies if this has appeared on chat before - it is new to me) Mother Superior calls all the nuns together and says to them, I must tell you something. We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent. Thank God, says an elderly nun in the back. I am so tired of chardonnay. To unsubscribe send email

[lace-chat] RE: Onions

2003-07-25 Thread Ian Chelle Long
I envy any of you who can handle onions. I've tried all of the things so far mentioned except the freezer one, and I keep onions in the fridge, but I just can't get past the chopping off the roots and outer leaves without the tears just pouring out. Even doing them in the food processor for fine

[lace-chat] Fw: VIRUS WARNING

2003-07-25 Thread Linda Fountain
- Original Message - From: Mary Wishart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:29 PM I received an email today from a friend about a virus and I had been infected so I pass on the information to you in the hope that you can eliminate it before it does any damage to your

[lace-chat] are you/your family still employed ?

2003-07-25 Thread Toni Hawryluk
While we make lace, things may change . . .. The House just passed the Singapore Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 2739) by a 272-155 vote. And it passed the Chile Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 2738) 270-156 just a little bit later. Republicans almost totally deserted the higher-skilled American worker

[lace-chat] Linda's virus warning

2003-07-25 Thread Jean Nathan
It's a hoax. I've written and told her so. Doesn't matter if you've deleted the file unless you're a Java developer, and there aren't too many programmers amongst us. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] what British 'reserve' ?? ; )

2003-07-25 Thread Toni Hawryluk
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s908482.htm Man drops trousers at royal garden party The Queen got an unexpected view of one of her subjects when a guest at one of her regular garden parties dropped his trousers and scampered off among the tea-drinking crowd. He was a young man, an invited

[lace-chat] anybody wanna sing ? ; )

2003-07-25 Thread Toni Hawryluk
http://home.golden.net/~dhobson/consongs.htm Toni in Seattle (I'm a lonely little petunia - in . . .) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Videos

2003-07-25 Thread Lynne Cumming
Can any of our American friends help me? I can't remember whether we were discussing different video formats on Lace or chat but for safety I'm putting this on chat! I have had 2 American ladies in our shop (in UK) his week wanting to buy a video which has been made locally about the town. It is

[lace-chat] :-) Anbody wanna sing?

2003-07-25 Thread Jean Nathan
Having looked at the web site Toni gave about gardening songs, I chose gardening books from the box at the bottom. Well worth looking at. I particularly liked these suggested book titles: How to weed thistles in the nude Nuclear Gardening -- Making Radiation Work for You . . . and the sequel

Re: [lace-chat] RE: Onions

2003-07-25 Thread Motherchaos
At least you can eat them! Ever since I got pregnant with my daughter (6 years ago) I have been unable to eat onionsand I have TRIED! I love how they flavor food, but the most I can stand now is the dried onion powder or dried flakes you can get in the spice isle. At least I don't have to

[lace-chat] Fw: Mugwumps! A response to your Lace Chat

2003-07-25 Thread Motherchaos
Hi, Tamara and other Spiders, My daughter sent your lace-chat (included below my note) about 'Mugwump', so I just had to reply. First, background. I'm 54, a math teacher living in North Pole, Alaska, but I come from solid Southern roots. My father was born and raised in Cotton Plant,

Re: [lace-chat] Summer Reading

2003-07-25 Thread Toni Hawryluk
I got so irritated with that soppy Bridget Jones and her daft ideas that I wanted to rip her arm off and beat her to death with the soggy end - Carol - in a wet and very windy East Anglia. Whoa ! Hold it ! you had better get some medication - I think whatever it is that the bloodthirsty it in

[lace-chat] Re: Joke definitions

2003-07-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Saturday, Jul 26, 2003, at 00:17 US/Eastern, Joy Beeson wrote: Defining Mugwump as mug on one side, wump on the other was a joke along the same lines as a liberal is liberal with other peoples money. And all of a sudden I can't think of any examples except obscure car jokes: FORD = found on

[lace-chat] Re: summer reading

2003-07-25 Thread Barbara Stokes
Dear List, With all this summer reading going on, Parkes NSW Australia is gearing up for it's Annual Birth-to-Kindergarten Reading Day. This year there is to be a 12 hour reading session in the park from 12midnight to 12 midday, 7th August. The whole town is involved in encouraging reading to

[lace-chat] car words

2003-07-25 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone Joy wrote: And all of a sudden I can't think of any examples except obscure car jokes: FORD = found on road dead and nova = no va. Bev thinks of: FORD - Fix or Repair Daily (but we also say 'Chev-ROT-let') -- bye for now Bev who used to own a Dodge Volare' [altogether now,