Jean
I have that book, but it is not really a book to learn from. Kathe Kliot's
approach is wildly modern and contemporary, and far more freeform than even
Czech bobbin lace. Some pieces which are photographed, well, one can hardly
imagine why the artist bothered to use bobbin lace technique at
Hi Jeri -
Your link to the Sew Beautiful website brought me to a
picture of the smock - it's very nice! Although I don't
think I would choose to do my gardening in raw silk and
linen! And as for finding a use for our wonderful laces??
Takes 12 to 15 yards of insertion... So I don't think it'll
And as for finding a use for our wonderful laces??
Takes 12 to 15 yards of insertion...
Everyone always asks how I'm going to use up the 5 metres of lace that
I made for the 5-metre club, but if I made one of these hats I'd only
just be getting started:
While I was on vacation this year I
As a youngster my Saturday job involved preparing vegetables in the Uni
Halls of residence kitchens. Good pay, hard work but I got fed as well! As
we catered for 200+ students and covered two days of meals each Sat , onoins
meant by the the sackful! I wore hard contact lenses at the time and could
Dominique wrote:
because you have to relax every two hours or so if you don't want to end up
looking like a crooked 100 years old !!! ... VBG ... and that's when we
send our mails
Exactly what I do. Half to one hour on the computer four times a day, an
hour of chores and the rest crafts of
There is a piece in today's paper about bizarre complaints made by
tourists.
An airtours spokesman said genuine complaints are always taken seriously but
some were 'slightly strange'. He said 'We provide hilodaymakers with as much
information as possible about their trip, yet it seems that
there is an interesting book on ebay, my lace group has a complete copy and
I used one of the edgings to trim my spider heart from Pauline.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2336613163category=193
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jenny barron
Scotland
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As from midnight last night certain weapons of mass destruction were banned
in the UK (and, I think, other European countries).
Whoa !! Then the it in our White House is no
longer allowed entry to the UK or some of
the other European countries ? ...
The stupid thing is that the
Reminds me of a story that's at least twenty years older than I am.
(So don't ask for provenance!)
After the Great War (WWI), when there was a lot of war surplus
lying around, one little boy got his hands on a real, working gas mask
-- and for miles around, no housewife had to grate her own
Gidday Tamara and all,
Recently, a new word appeared on my horizon: mugwump
Within the lyrics of Creeque Alley by The Mamas The Papas, circa 19??, are
the lines.
When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
Called John and Zol and that was the Mugwumps
AND
Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps,
(snip)
It all Started with Adam and Eve (human history),
Tamara P Duvall
I pulled up the Seattle Library System
screens on my PC, only to discover that
*they* apparently do not *have* that
title by Armour, Richard whatever-his-
middle-initial was . . . sigh . . . so I'm
waiting now to see how
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96feb/wordimp/wordimp.htm
for an article that mentions mugwump etymology and a few other
interesting words.
Tamara
The bottom line ? (for that article)
The Man (usually capitalized) soon personified the System, especially as
conceived in neo-Marxist
Martha Stewart may soon have a new captive audience
http://www.ucomics.com/nonsequitur/
Pene Piip
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Formerly from Sydney, Australia.
Now residing in Groton, MA, USA.
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All right, I finally can't resist.
alice howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone ever tried wearing goggles while chopping?
I haven't, but I find I can chop onions tearlessly while wearing my
(rigid, gas-permeable) contact lenses. They make me cry when I wear just
glasses.
Lynn Carpenter
Laura Ingalls Wilder's books include occasional lace references, including
knitting lace. These Happy Golden Years refers to a triangular fichu, of
white silk lace, a pattern of lovely flowers and leaves, given to her as a
wedding present by a friend. Her works include:
The Little House books:
Apologies,
the later reference to Little House Sample should have read Laura's Album -
containing the history and photos of the Ingalls and Wilder Families.
Karen, In Coventry
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Martha Stewart may soon have a new captive audience
http://www.ucomics.com/nonsequitur/
Pene
Correction ?
. . . soon *be* a captive - - - audience ?
Thanks for the update, Pene, 'that girl'
upset me so much after I've been cheering
her on for being a 'real (business) role
model' - - that I
Hi all
For the record, Cleveland won in the 1884 reference to 'mugwumps.'
--
bye for now
Bev in summery Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada)
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Presumably/possible Mary Norton was a needle tatter.
I'm pretty sure I read The Borrowers before the advent of needle tatting.
More likely, she was vaguely aware that both netting and tatting involved
knots.
It seems curious for a
I have a *very vague* memory of seing this one before, but it must have
been a while...
From: L.C.
COURT DOCKET 12659 - CASE OF THE PREGNANT LADY
A lady about eight months pregnant got on a bus. She noticed the man
opposite her was smiling at her. She immediately moved to another seat.
This
And if you are ever in Springfield, Missouri, you can visit the house
she and her husband built, in which she spent the last decades of her
life. There's also a museum with many of the objects referred to in
the books: Pa's fiddle, and the little carved wall shelf. I can't
remember if the lace
Gentle Spiders,
I'm getting quite good about this faith thing; *I* haven't seen a
single message of my own posted to either list since previous Thursday
(10th day today), but they all seem to reach y'all, so I'm less
fashed about the fog now... :)
My routine at the library is fairly rigid (I
Tamara asked:
1) Are you familiar with the word (and how/from whom did you learn it)?
2) What does it mean to *you*?
3) Where are you in the US (or, where did your source come from)?
Have been familiar with the term since High School (Over 55 yrs ago) Amer.
History Course, with it's political
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