I went to arachne homepage to find the address to our moderator (not Liz)
but could not find it. Is it allowed to send chainletters to a list? I find
it very uneasy when people do so.
Yours
Ann-Marie
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http://community.webshots.com/user/annma1
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The chainletter seemed harmless enough, one of those warm-and-fuzzy things that people
don't take too seriously (compared to a potentially harmful one like Send this letter
to 10 of your friends and CC this address so that a school can track how many
Having finished the extension to my 22 inch round pillow, which works very
well (and having dropped it end-on on my foot), I'm now going back to the
Intermediate Torchon Assessment for the UK Lace Guild that I started last
year. I got a couple of samples done before it was interrupted by my
Dear Spiders,
I'm currently working my way through Mary Niven's Flanders Lace, and its
driving me mad! I don't really like working from diagrams, and find
Flanders ground very frustrating - 4 pairs and 6 (count 'em!) separate
stitches for one pinhole! I'm more used to Point ground, where you
I too am a great fan of the Fan Museum in Greenwich. They pulled out all
the stops last year with an exhibition of lace fans to mark the OIDFA visit.
Over now, alas, but there are some pictures on their website:
www.fan-museum.org
go to Temporary Exhibitions - Exhibition Archive.
The current
Anne-Marie brought something to my attention. The 1000 marbles message really belongs
on lace-chat, since it has nothing to do with lace. Please, folks, pay attention to
the address you're sending to and ask yourself, Is this message about lace? before
sending to the lace list. If it's not
Very slang. I think it might come
from What are you doing? because there's also Wotcher doin'? but I'm not
sure.
Or in Australia one might hear something like:
Wotcher gunna gedupda tomorra horra?
Suppose I'd better translate before I'm asked:
What are you going to get up to tomorrow, Horror?
In
I would like to apologize to Anne-Marie and the group as a whole, I did key
in the wrong address to send 1000 Marbles. I will watch and be more careful
in the future.
Lorri
hanging my head in shame
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From: Avital Pinnick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sunday, August 3, 2003 Bridget wrote:
However I must persevere, as I have booked for a Binche course in
February, and everybody says you need to grasp Flanders first.
Since everybody says this I guess I'm sticking my neck out here, but
here I go with my own personal opinion:
I think
While thumbing through all my torchon books to get different slants on
coronet fans, I noticed a picture of bobbin winders on page 23 in 'Torchon
Lacemaking' by Elizabeth Wade with the caption A reproduction bobbin winder
kindly lent by Iona Thomas, and a modern nylon bobbin winder. The bobbins
I too am a great fan of the Fan Museum in Greenwich. They pulled out all
the stops last year with an exhibition of lace fans to mark the OIDFA visit.
Over now, alas, but there are some pictures on their website:
www.fan-museum.org
Bridget, in Watford, England.
Thank you, Bridget, not only
On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 08:54:25 -0700, Adele wrote:
On Sunday, August 3, 2003 Bridget wrote:
However I must persevere, as I have booked for a Binche course in
February, and everybody says you need to grasp Flanders first.
Since everybody says this I guess I'm sticking my neck out here, but
On Sunday, August 3, 2003 Bridget wrote:
However I must persevere, as I have booked for a Binche course in
February, and everybody says you need to grasp Flanders first.
OK, Now you've really got me going!
Surely, in the past all these different laces, being regional variations on
a theme,
Hi Clay and all,
Sorry I forgot to sign off, but I realized 2 seconds after sending the
message and sent another.
Matthew and I live in South Wales in the UK. Matthew turns bobbins and I
pyrograph them and add sparklers to them. Also I design and sell patterns
which is why I mentioned Matthew
Annette
Don't get me going on this one - ok I will.
When I finally found a lace teacher she informed the class that before we
could make anything we had to make worm bandages - Ok, so she didn't call
them that but that is what they were - we spent 3 weeks just making long
thin lengths of whole
Jenny,
I (she says proudly) have a complete bunny collection from you guys.
I have a pair of midlands bobbins along with a needle case, round thing you
stick pins in (yoyo) and wax holder - the sparklies are the bunnies' tales.
They were a birthday pressie from my parents last year and I adore
To take part in workshops at the Conference Shirley referred to, it is
necessary to be a member of the Australian Lace Guild, which perhaps explains
why it has not been advertised in other publications or websites.
Shirley, thank you for the web site - I now have a picture of what I'm coming
Now that's what I call a *really* hot relationship!
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
barbara pierpont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Ooohhh, I am so reminded of the
lace/candlestick incident my DH and I experienced ---
We were just married and were given a beautiful set of candlesticks with tatted
what sweet reading to my civil servant's eyes ! a wee bit sad
though .. we seem to be an endangered species ... i often wonder if people
here who want fewer civil servants realize soldiers, cops, teachers,
nurses and firemen ARE civil servants ! ...VBG
dominique
David Collyer a
Dominique wrote:
i often wonder if people
here who want fewer civil servants realize soldiers, cops, teachers,
nurses and firemen ARE civil servants !
I was in public service for most of my working life: Civil Service (central
government), laboratory technician for Blood Transfusion Service,
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