[lace] graduate

2003-06-21 Thread Bobbinlacemaker
Hello again, This time just to thank all my fellow lacemakers from the list for their congratulations, I was overwhelmed with positive reactions, and this stimulates me to go on with the delicate fine laces such as Binche, Mechlin, and Valenciennes. It takes indeed a lifetime once you start

Re: [lace] looking for pattern...

2003-06-21 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Clay, I looked up/at 'A Snowy Spring Day in My Garden'. I don't know if there is a published pattern of it (if someone has one I would like a copy). I have a friend who is doing a similar piece called 'A Riverside' by Grace Jones. She has had the pattern for years (since The Lacemaker was is

[lace] Plaiting finger braids

2003-06-21 Thread A Thompson
Dear Spiders, Since I returned home and started to read the books I had bought in Pakistan, I found one item of interest that does qualify for includion in Lace. At first I was reluctant to buy a book on Karakorum Stitchery as it was written in German and I only know a very little German.

Re: [lace] looking for pattern...

2003-06-21 Thread Sue Babbs
'Riverside' has Cattails, No it doesn't - it has bulrushes in it! Sue (in Chicago - who still wants to know if American Bibles say that Moses was left in the cattails!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Plaiting finger braids

2003-06-21 Thread Adele Shaak
On Saturday, June 21, 2003, at 03:12 PM, A Thompson wrote: I can't help wondering if finger braiding is not such a basic technique, that it could have been invented in more than one World area at the same time, like weaving. I have no knowledge of the history of finger braiding, but there has

[lace-chat] Harry Potter

2003-06-21 Thread Jean Nathan
Harry Potter went on sale at midnight. People were queueing for more than 8 hours outside some bookshops. Waterstones in London had a Harry Potter party prior to midnight with stars such as Dame Judy Dench dressed as characters from the books. The Net Book Agreement which ensured that books from

[lace-chat] Went south

2003-06-21 Thread Jane Partridge
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Angel Skubic [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes When a business Goes out of Business it is sort of dead as a doornail too so it is sort of related to that side of the definition. However, when I think about it, when your boobs go south they are really on their last legs

[lace-chat] True Southerners...

2003-06-21 Thread Clay Blackwell
It must be the season for southerners... here's another: SOUTHERNERS KNOW 1.) Only a true Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't HAVE them, you PITCH them. 2.) Only a true Southerner knows how many fish, collard

Re: [lace-chat] Un-PC went South

2003-06-21 Thread Louise Hume
I'm wondering if the P.C. Northerners are associating this innocent phrase with sold down the river which may be Politically Incorrect as it refers to a practice in time of slavery in U.S. A. when rebellious slaves might be sold to brokers who supplied workers for plantations in the deep South.

[lace-chat] freedom ? what ? where ?

2003-06-21 Thread Toni Hawryluk
http://www.msnbc.com/news/928994.asp?0dm=3DN1CPN excerpt Intro : LAHORE, Pakistan, June 20 - At Punjab University last month, professors of English literature were flabbergasted when they learned that a top administrator had ordered their curriculum reviewed for un-Islamic texts. Among the

[lace-chat] Jacqueline Bowhey ?

2003-06-21 Thread Toni Hawryluk
I found your address again - finally, and would like to know if it's still the same ? Raffles, etc. ? When I find the 'other half' of the ICL equation, I'll send that along . . . Toni in Seattle PS : I'm sorry about the ? months/ years ? delay - if I find you I'll 'tell you all about it' . . .

Re: [lace-chat] Re: any sales on gas masks ?

2003-06-21 Thread Toni Hawryluk
http://www.msnbc.com/news/928609.asp?cp1=3D3D1 ...an upcoming state of the environment report will leave out a section on global warming due to differences between EPA and White House officials over the science and conclusions on climate change. According to yesterday's NY TImes,

Re: [lace-chat] Harry Potter trainers

2003-06-21 Thread Sue Babbs
Oh well! I carry on waiting! My son says he likes the UK covers better than the US ones and I guess those will still be different. Now what I want to know is are trainers and sneakers exactly the same thing? I have never been quite clear about shoe names here in the US. I know sneakers in the UK

[lace-chat] Sneakers/Trainers

2003-06-21 Thread Jean Nathan
I don't exactly know what sneakers are, but for children in the UK trainers have to be the right brand in fashion at the time whether Nike, Reebok, Adidas or whatever so long as they're very expensive. I only wear trainers. According to the hospital podiatrist they're the best thing invented for

[lace-chat] Re: True Southerners...

2003-06-21 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Saturday, Jun 21, 2003, at 07:20 US/Eastern, Clay Blackwell wrote: 13.) Only true Southerners make friends while standing in lines. We don't do queues, we do lines, and when we're in line, we talk to everybody! No wonder I fit so well g I do queues because we were taught Brit Eng in Poland,

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Uncooked Yeast Rolls

2003-06-21 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
I think this one has made the round here before but a day without a smile is a wasted one and, since little new material is showing up... From: D.K. We have a fox terrier by the name of Duke. He came to us in the summer of 2001 from the fox terrier rescue program. For those of you who are