[lace] 2 week holiday

2003-10-18 Thread Jo Christodoulides
Hi folks, Just going to have to unsubscrible for a couple of weeks, as I'm going on holiday to England - Somerset and Devon (Honiton here I come!!). Just wanted to say - GO ENGLAND WORLD CUP RUGBY TEAM!!! I'll go back to lurking when I come back. Jo in still sunny Cyprus, but cooling down

[lace] Nov-Apr Secret Pal Exchange

2003-10-18 Thread alice howell
Greetings Arachnians, It is time for the next Secret Pal Round. Please send your application by Sat, Oct 25. The rules and procedures follow. If you have any questions, please contact me. If you choose to participate, please save this message. -

[lace] OT except for Australians - Angela's Romanian Point Lace book

2003-10-18 Thread Jay Ekers
I have just ordered a copy from Needlecraft Book Service. Their October catalogue also lists a couple of other lace books. Jay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Reflected messages

2003-10-18 Thread Darlene Mulholland
Sorry to tie up the list with mostly a *non lace* question but I'm about to go out of town and need to get my lace mail under control. I did write to the administration address without results. Alice, could you explain what a reflected message is? I wasn't receiving any lace messages at all so

[lace] Looking For A Pin Lifter

2003-10-18 Thread Pickles
Years ago I had a pin lifter that I loved. It was not the typical fork-type lifter but had a little piece of strong wire attached to the handle this wire made a little long loop. You would place the wider end of the loop over your pin, then slide the loop to the narrower end then lift up on

[lace] lace in Bennington,VT

2003-10-18 Thread Dmt11home
I was in Bennington, VT last weekend and stopped in at the Grandma Moses Museum. In addition to the Grandma Moses things the museum has a hodge podge of old curiosities on the second floor. Imagine my surprise to see an entire case full of lace related things. There was a pillow, a lacemaker's

Re: [lace] hobbit

2003-10-18 Thread Sue Babbs
From: Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] I designed a Torchon hobbit cloak, complete with leaf 'pin', to fit the wooden body found through Lee Valley tools. The lace is a rectangle, with the hood part almost as big as the cape part to fit the wooden shape. BEv I'd love to see the hobbit cloak.

[lace] Luton Patterns new book

2003-10-18 Thread Aurelia L. Loveman
I have tried and tried, but no luck, I keep getting URL not found messages. Do I have the wrong URL? http://www.gis.net/scbarry/online_catalog.html Help! -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

Re: [lace] lace in Bennington,VT

2003-10-18 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 10/18/03 1:04:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was in Bennington, VT last weekend and stopped in at the Grandma Moses Museum. In addition to the Grandma Moses things the museum has a hodge podge of old curiosities on the second floor. Imagine my

[lace] ? about spiral inscription bobbins

2003-10-18 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
My husband happened to notice one of my bobbins I had painted. I had put the words I use for one of my accounts on the internet. What I did was start the inscription from the bottom and you have to turn the bobbin to the left to read it. It is painted spirally up the bobbin with flowers

[lace] oops...inscription ? again

2003-10-18 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
Actually he said I would think you would turn the bobbin from left to right as you would read a book. Something for all of you to think about anywaysI would be interested in what you have to say about it. Sherry [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Do you Yahoo!? The

[lace] Re: lace angels with wooden bodies

2003-10-18 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Saturday, Oct 18, 2003, at 13:46 US/Eastern, Bev Walker wrote: I designed a Torchon hobbit cloak, complete with leaf 'pin', to fit the wooden body found through Lee Valley tools. The lace is a rectangle, with the hood part almost as big as the cape part to fit the wooden shape. If anyone

[lace] Book review request

2003-10-18 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I saw a book in Holly Van Sciver's catalogue that she was out of in Ithaca. It's called Lace and the Emerald Isle by Alan Brown who wrote Take the Children. Does anybody have this book? From the title it sounds like it covers the laces of Ireland but I'd love to hear more. Thanks for

Re: [lace] ? about spiral inscription bobbins

2003-10-18 Thread Ruth Budge
I have several bobbins, made by different bobbin-makers, with spiral inscriptions on them. They all start with the inscription at the bottom. All bar one are turned to the left in order to read the inscription. I sometimes give these bobbins to a non-lacemaker to read ('cos they have clever

[lace] Re: lace-digest V1 #3816

2003-10-18 Thread LACEELAIN
In a message dated 10/14/2003 3:35:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are there any other point ground laces that aren't too difficult? Of course, the net in all point ground lace is the same; apparent differences in overall design are small, and show mainly in the

[lace-chat] Hello All

2003-10-18 Thread nicky.h-townsend
Hi spiders I've missed you all this past fortnight, no idea where half my e.mail has gone but it hasn't all arrived here! We seem to have finally conquered the problems by our ISP changing its dial up connection, of which we were unaware until we couldn't get through. Hours of being on hold later

[lace-chat] Advice re. tatting class

2003-10-18 Thread Lindy Taylour
Dear Friends I have a problem! The Adult Education Organiser has had this wonderful idea that the long-term patients in the local mental hospital need classes to occupy them during a long and boring day. There used to be an occupational therapy dept where they could do crafts but due to lack of

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: when men lie...

2003-10-18 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
From: A.N. One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, Why are you crying? The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water, and he needed the axe to make his living. The Lord