[lace] Lacefairy
Good wishes to Lori for a full recovery. With her elbow, mine (and others' knees), hips, false teeth, and other surgical replacements among us, sounds like we could make up a whole new lacemaker out of artificial parts. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Website Update
We've been updating the Lace Guild Website over the past week, and it now has quite a few new items: * The Young Lacemakers' page has a new item * There are a couple of new publications and a new set of lace notelets * The Christmas bobbin is now on sale * The events pages are now up-to-date * The Suppliers' pages (paid ads) have had their major 'renewal' revision * There was yet another update to the second-hand books list recently As always: The url is in the signature. Remember to reload/refresh your browsers if you get the old pages. Let us know of any typos or problems. Hope that's it for a while. David (webmaster) and Jean in Glasgow -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ironing question
HI All -- I have a question for those more experienced in working with fiber arts than I... I have a Rowenta iron that cannot use distilled water -- it uses hard water. I don't know if it filters the water or not, but when I have tried using distilled water, it just steams like mad and boils through in one big hurry. We have very hard water here, and I'm wondering if when I use it for ironing, it's putting hard water deposits into the fibers, and if so, if I should get another iron. I can check with the manufacturer, but I wondered if any of you have any knowledge or experience that would be helpful, since sometimes manufacturers tend to put the spin on their products. Regards, Ricki Utah - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lacefairy
Oh, I do wish her luck. 2 years ago DD2 (age 36) broke her elbow, went through 3 surgeries in 5 months, replacement was #2, and then several months of therapy. It was an ordeal but now most people would not know she has a problem, except for the scars. She did learn to be left-handed in the process. Was back to work in less than a year. My prayers are with Lori. Lorri Ferguson - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:13 PM Subject: [lace] Lacefairy Dear Arachnes, When last I gave a status of Lori's elbow, she had her elbow pinned in several places and bones in position and was wearing a brace. However, this solution presented some problems as time tried to knit the pieces together. It was determined this Fall that the elbow was too shattered. A couple weeks ago, her elbow was replaced, and she hopes this is the final touch to getting back full use of her right arm. Lori is unsubscribed. I have been forwarding messages that she can eventually read and act on to update the Lacefairy website. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lacefairy
Oh, I do wish her luck. 2 years ago DD2 (age 36) broke her elbow, went through 3 surgeries in 5 months, replacement was #2, and then several months of therapy. It was an ordeal but now most people would not know she has a problem, except for the scars. She did learn to be left-handed in the process. Was back to work in less than a year. My prayers are with Lori. Lorri Ferguson - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:13 PM Subject: [lace] Lacefairy Dear Arachnes, When last I gave a status of Lori's elbow, she had her elbow pinned in several places and bones in position and was wearing a brace. However, this solution presented some problems as time tried to knit the pieces together. It was determined this Fall that the elbow was too shattered. A couple weeks ago, her elbow was replaced, and she hopes this is the final touch to getting back full use of her right arm. Lori is unsubscribed. I have been forwarding messages that she can eventually read and act on to update the Lacefairy website. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] patterns in LDPB
Hi everyone and Tamara Great rainy day project, count the samples in the pattern book! Someone else with a copy might want to check my figures. I did a quick count. Interesting fact: there are 1,425 samples in the Lace Dealer's Pattern Book issued by the Luton Museum Service. This is a big format, 40 page, coil-bound picture book of lace samples, size A3 I think - approx. 12 inches by 16 inches, an uncommon size to North America - I had to clear my desk to do the tallying (well I have to clear my desk to look at the book anyway - and this was a good excuse to take it off its shelf - a narrow slot of my regular bookshelf where it can be stored flat). Tamara wrote: Treasury - another 50 (geometric) Bucks patterns reconstructed from the Lace Dealer's Pattern Book in the Luton Museum in UK. Talk about dedication; that makes 150 Bucks patterns; I didn't even know there were so many in that book The snippets range from less than an inch to several inches (4 + ) wide. Page 5 shows the most samples: 131 (all narrow of course!) Pages 19 and 27 have the least number, at 13 each. The average is about 35 samples per page. The samples are mostly Buckspoint, with a number of Bedfordshire laces - almost all are edgings or insertions. There are several that look like lappet ends. I bought my copy as a keepsake, after the fund-raising effort to restore the original sample book, and the participation on Arachne, some years ago now - to help raise money for it, we did a raffle by e-mail, an international, never-to-be-repeated scheme :))) The patterns are conventional because they were for the trade - some are fairly plain, others quite ambitious, or 'interesting.' I thought I might work some of them, on that illusive some day! Glad to hear that Sally is working on more of them. bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) and wishing Happy Thanksgiving weekend to Canadians everywhere - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lacefairy
On Oct 9, 2005, at 3:18, Jean Nathan wrote: With her elbow, mine (and others' knees), hips, false teeth, and other surgical replacements among us, sounds like we could make up a whole new lacemaker out of artificial parts. Reminds me of a (science-fiction) short play - must have been by Stanislaw Lem or Karel Capek, since it was compulsory reading in highschool (and only Poles, or political allies or lng-dead authors rated) - about a court-case of man (car racer) who was being reposessed for non-payment of debts incurred while different parts were replaced by different providers. Some of the parts didn't work very well, which led to further accidents, further replacements and further indebtedness, so that, when he lost his case, he was taken apart entirely... All the best to Lori-the-lacefairy, and I agree with Lorri - a replacement elbow is likely to take care of her misery once and for all. But let's not talk of lacemakers made entirely of artificial parts... What was a hillarious and definitely fictional absurdity 40 yrs ago in Poland, is too close for comfort here and now. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: ironing question
On Oct 9, 2005, at 11:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ricki) wrote: I have a Rowenta iron that cannot use distilled water -- it uses hard water. I don't know if it filters the water or not, but when I have tried using distilled water, it just steams like mad and boils through in one big hurry. We have very hard water here, and I'm wondering if when I use it for ironing, it's putting hard water deposits into the fibers, and if so, if I should get another iron. Just killing time, before Jeri - who actually does know about those things - chimes in with a definitive answer... I expect hard water does deposit some minerals onto/into the fibers, so, of course, you'd want to avoid it. But since ironing - by itself - is not altogether healthy for fibers, presumably, you're avoiding it also :) So, how much bad stuff are you likely to feed into the fiber? As for getting a new iron... Wouldn't getting a re-fillable spray bottle, reserved for distilled water, be a cheaper solution? If your fiber is silk and you're worried about spraying (and making permanent stains), you could spray - till thoroughly wet - a piece of cotton or linen, wrap your silk project in it, and let it sit till uniformly damp, then iron - with an empty, dry iron - the steam will then be provided by the piece, not the iron. You don't have to fill the water container of the iron at all; the spray, wrap, wait method goes back to the times when irons weren't even electric, never mind having a steam reservoir provided within. For cotton and linen, we sprayed, liberally, the piece itself, then balled it up and let it sit for a while. That was after the irons ran off electricity, but before they had thermostats; you sprayed and balled up a whole lot of cotton and linen stuff, and ironed the (pre-wrapped) silk and maybe some wool, as the iron was heating. When it was hot, you ironed the linen, then pulled the plug, then, as it was cooling off, you ironed cotton, then wool, and finally back to silk... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ironing things
Reading Tamara's description sounds like what I do. Best iron I own is my greatgrandfather's, a GE with settings for rayon, silk, wool, cotton, and linen (catalogue number 119F23, 1000 watts, 115 volts). Has a flat bottom, and the cord is bound by threads, even some gold for sparkle. Heavy thing too. I never heat it more than wool and since I severely don't trust off I unplug it when I'm finished. Over the years of sewing, I've managed to break 3 or 4 modern irons, usually knocking them off the board, or the thermostat goes, but this one I can't kill. Old faithful. Beth in the suburbs of New Orleans, and more garbage was picked up off the street. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: ironing things
On Oct 9, 2005, at 23:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Beth) wrote: Reading Tamara's description sounds like what I do. Best iron I own is my greatgrandfather's, a GE with settings for rayon, silk, wool, cotton, and linen (catalogue number 119F23, 1000 watts, 115 volts). That tells me straight off the distance there is between us personally and culturally :) You may only be 30 or so years younger (I'll be 56 later this month) than I am _chronologically_, but you have to add at least another 50 yrs for post-war communist Poland... I never even saw an iron with a thermostat - something that your great-grandfather owned - until I came here in '73 (although they began to appear at about that time)... So, I could be your mother (maybe grandmother) at one level, but your great-great-grandmother at another level. I've always found it relatively easy to share experences with my MIL, who was born in 1897 :) I learnt to iron twice: once in Warsaw, where we had electricity. You controlled your iron by plugging, un-plugging and re-plugging. You judged when to unplug/re-plug for whichever fiber by spitting on your finger and touching it to the plate - the amount of hiss you got back was your thermostat The second time - when I was a bit older - was in the village, where they didn't have electricity until I was 14. They used a metal shell with a handle which had a hinged door at the back, and you heated up the metal soul (an iron-shaped metal slab) in the (coal/wood) stove, pulled it out red or white hot with pincers, slid it into the shell, closed the hinged back door and ironed until the soul was cold, while the other soul was heating. While I was permitted to handle an electric iron by the time I was 7, I was too much of a townie to be allowed to touch the soul iron until I was 11 at least; much too much risk involved :) Though, of course, my cousins were expected to be proficient at it much earlier. The only time I have ever felt superiour in US was when I visited the Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) House, here in Lexington, for the first time... Their irons were even more primitive - they didn't have a shell with hinged door for the insert - the whole thing was heated... And, the secondary reason to preen... I was the only person in the crowd of 15 or so who could even guess as to how the tool might have been used (they have a goffering iron in the collection) :) But, yes, all those irons (even the early electric ones) were much heavier than the ones we use now. I remember, during the last energy scare (Carter's presidency), some tailors in NY discovering the non-electric and early-electric irons and their comments - they actually _liked_ them, once they learnt to lift often, an and to glide more. Can't say I blame them - it took me a long time to learn to lift less and press a lot more :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: ironing question
On Oct 9, 2005, at 11:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ricki) wrote: We have very hard water here, and I'm wondering if when I use it for ironing, it's putting hard water deposits into the fibers, and if so, if I should get another iron. IF the iron is working properly, the only thing leaving the vents should be pure H2O vapor (steam). When water is heated to steam, it's the water molecules that go into the air as a gas, leaving the minerals behind. The reason so many (especially older) irons needed to have distilled water was because those minerals left behind can build up and clog the steam vents and channels. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Math Bell-curve
One of the best - and totally new to me - jokes I've heard in a long time. Like most of the good ones, it's beyond the limits of the ultimate PC game :) I learnt the wee bit of math (arithmetic, really) that managed to stick to my two grey-cells in the (late) 50ties. So, I too am likely to hand in the extra 8 cents to the hapless cashier, if I happen to have it. In fact, I might have given her $10.08, if I wanted a fiver back as well as two quarters... I trust her to be able to punch in the amount she received, and for the register to tell her exactly how much to give me back in change. But... I either give her all the money at once, or start with the small stuff; this way, I've never had a crying cashier to comfort :) Actually, I do it this way even when dealing with the self-checkout machines - just in case (don't trust the machines overmuch, either g) Once she's punched in the bigger - but sufficient to cover the bill - number, she's helpless; all she can do is give you back your 8 pennies and whatever other change the machine tells her to give you. Part of the problem, of course, is not just that she's straight out of the system which hasn't taught her to count (if it had, she wouldn't be working at the checkout, unless during the summer, getting a head start on her spending money for college) but that she's been plunked straight from a no demand environment (school) into a time is money reality. So, if she's handed enough, she'll plug it into the machine immediately, without waiting for the dribble of rounding-off pennies... From: J.O. Sending this to you just because I enjoy your reactions so much. Mine? Seems to be correct to me. Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $3.58. The counter girl took my $4.00 and was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried. Why do I tell you this? Because of the evolution in teaching math since the 1950s: Teaching Math In 1950 A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? Teaching Math In 1960 A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit? Teaching Math In 1970 A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit? Teaching Math In 1980 A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20 Your assignment: Underline the number 20. Teaching Math In 1990 A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers.) Teaching Math In 2005 Un hachero vende una carretada de madera para $100. El costo de la produccisn es $80. Cuantes tortillas se puede comprar? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
