On Monday, February 13, 2006, at 10:36 PM, Malvary J Cole wrote:
I think I read somewhere that you could use a lobster claw, so that
might give you an idea of size if no-one else has any better
suggestions.
A friend of mine got a cow's tooth from a butcher. A bit smaller,
smoother and
There is an article in today's Wall Street Journal about bobbin lacemaking
in India. I was consulted by the author during the preparation of the article,
although I don't think I was of much help.
Devon
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On 2/14/06, Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
them,so we hope to attract many future lacemakers, funnily enough it seems
to be more little boys than girls, I wonder why?.
Hi Sue and everyone
I think it's because they are 'tool users'! Whenever I would take my
spinning wheel for a public demo, who
Greetings from Oregon.
There have been some class changes in the Pacific
North West Lace Conference schedule. A couple
teachers had to cancel, so we have some teacher
changes, and took the opportunity to add two classes
to the previous list -- Needlelace and Lace
Identification. A mailer just
It's from 'Lace for Children of all Ages' by Christine Springett,
published way back in 1989.
Brenda
On 14 Feb 2006, at 00:11, Melinda Weasenforth wrote:
Gentle Spiders,
I have just been looking at Brenda's site and in it are some very
colorful
snakes. I have a grandson here looking with
Sorry to post this to the list but would Carol Adkinsoon please e-mail
privately with regard to the Wynmondham Lace Day.
Pat
Pat Hallam
Nottingham, UK
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Dear All -- Today's (Tuesday) Wall St. Journal has a front-page
article about needle lace being made at present in India. ...a
particularly difficult technique, following a fine pattern by pulling
needle and thread through layers of cloth. When the design is
finished, the pattern and cloth are
Dear Devon -- I sent an e-mail in to Arachne before I saw yours.
The article, obviously written by someone who is not a lacemaker, is
really not about bobbin lacemaking, but about what she calls needle
lace. But what she is describing isn't my idea of needle lace! Is
it yours? -- Aurelia
This is probably a description of what she thought was happening when she
saw needlelace being made.
It is a confusing article because it seems to include both needlelace and
bobbin lace, but perhaps this is explained by the fact that the entrepreneur,
Mrs. Seth, found lacemakers
Dear Liz
My aficot is three and a half inches long (9 cm) and the bulbous end is one
inch ( 2.5cm) wide. So it fits neatly into the palm of the hand.
Hope this helps!
Rosemary (in Sussex, UK)
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I just spoke with the author of the article, who called to thank me for my
help. She confirms that Mrs. Seth employs both needle and bobbin lacers.
Devon
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what is an aficot?
Dorte
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Dorte
Hi Dorte,
In needle lace, the finishing step is to use a smooth implement to make
the surface of the stitches smooth and uniform. Traditionally, this was
a lobster claw, but often was a tool made by a wood worker. It is
Thanks, I couldn't figure out what an Aficot was either.
Now I understand.
Susie Johnson, Morris, IL
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what is an aficot?
Dorte
Hi Dorte,
In needle lace, the finishing step is to
Hi All, Sorry for my tardiness! I just realized I was going to pick the
winners at 5:00pm and it's now almost 9:00pm. So, with no further ado, the
winner's of the US lace stamps are - ta da!!
Jeanette Fischer and Shell Wolski!!
Jeanette I need your address and thanks for including
My DH brought home the Wall Street Journal today and on the front page there is
an article about lacemaking in India. The article is about a lady called Aruna
Seth who has set up workshops for women to make lace. Lacemaking was brought to
the area by nuns who set up workshops for lacemaking
When teaching IT to 11-16 year year-olds, I used to have to go through the
custom dictionary (where you put words you want in the spell checker that
aren't already there) and remove all the wrong spelling. The students were
so convinced that their spelling was right that they put any word the
To my Secret Pal in Belgium!
What a lovely parcel that you sent me - and how exciting to have a Secret
Pal from Belgium! I did send this message yesterday but it didn't appear so
it must be somewhere in Cyber Space!!
I have to say the chocolates are long gone!! They were delicious! The
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little
more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:
* 29 have been accused of spousal abuse
* 7 have been arrested for fraud
* 19 have been accused of writing bad checks
* 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2
Tamara wrote:
People will use phrases like he was nice to my mother and I and it
flies right past the editor's eagle eye (I've been re-reading 25
years' worth of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine for the past couple
of months and gasping at some of the worst offences).
The rule I learned was
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:05:17 -0500, Martha wrote:
However, I do frequently run into a problem where two current
grammatical shibboleths occur at the same time:
1) The passive voice must be avoided at all times.
2) I must not overuse the first-person pronoun I, lest I appear to
be centered on
I know we have a number of lacemakers who are into math so I thought I would
ask a question about Soduku. My daily paper has been running a series next to
the crossword and I have become addicted to solving it before I start my day.
My breakfast time is growing longer and longer as the
Some puzzles are better constructed than others and have a unique solution
(eg The Times ones). If the ones in your paper fall into this category, then
you can solve them by logic and elimination. Listing the choices for each
box helps, and then you can see where there is a square that only one
If you have a Windows computer, you can download a program at
www.sudoku.com that will help you solve them. Otherwise, you can use
a pencil and put the potential numbers lightly in the corners of the
blank spots until you figure out which one really goes. I have a Mac,
so wasn't able to test
I decided I wanted to share the lovely poem that announced the
Valentines gift that my Dear, Dear DH gave me for Valentines Day. I
am such a lucky gal!.
Collards is green,
my dog's name is Blue
and I'm so lucky
to have a sweet thang like you.
Yore hair is like cornsilk
a-flapping in the
Hi All, Sorry for my tardiness! I just realized I was going to pick the
winners at 5:00pm and it's now almost 9:00pm. So, with no further ado, the
winner's of the US lace stamps are - ta da!!
Jeanette Fischer and Shell Wolski!!
Jeanette I need your address and thanks for including
On Feb 14, 2006, at 20:31, Martha Krieg wrote:
Avoiding the passive may be an American fad... but I remember being
taken to task for using it back in the mid-70s when writing my
dissertation.
Nope, it's *not* an American fad... :)
During my U years (5, starting with October 1967), passive
I would like to say that I received a parcel from the U.K. this morning,
and what a treat it was. Thank you so much! The spider is sitting up
on my computer desk by my printer.. I couldn't wait until Christmas to
display him, and I loved the little legend that you enclosed with him.
The bobbin
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