[lace] It isn't a lace bobbin on ebay

This certainly isn't a lace bobbin - there's nowhere to wind the thread. I don't think it's a stilleto because the point's rather short and the taper's a bit steep. Thought there might be a stanhope (magnifying glass with tiny pictures of scenes of a town or village) in the blunt end, but the

[lace] Lacemakers around Perth, Australia

Hello all and especially lacemakers in Australia, My lace class started yesterday and we have new girl in class she will come for a few weeks. She hasn't made any bobbin lace before and is now learning the very basics in our class. She is an artist and she is off to Perth the first of November

Re: [lace] It isn't a lace bobbin on ebay

I think it's a stiletto. Take a look at this stiletto: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3241092100 the point is about the same size and shape. About the hole in the end - possibly for threading a ribbon through, to help you keep track of your stiletto? Maybe it went on a

[lace-chat] computers and firewalls

Technology- a love/hate relationship. I am in need of advice on firewalls. I use cable, windows XP with live updates and AOL. I was using Norton 2002 for viruses with automatic updates. When my subscription for updates expired I called Norton and they talked me into their Internet product

Re: [lace-chat] Philosophical Question

I'm looking for something light-hearted, but for which there is a definite right answer - ie not 'is Pepsi or Coke better'. Does anyone have any ideas for me? Heather How about That the earth is flat Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To

Re: [lace-chat] Philosophical Question

Thanks, Linda. I only have a page and a half in which to do my play. And it must be a play. Hopefully we will be marked on content not style. :) Heather At 09:17 PM 26/09/2003 +0100, Linda Walton wrote: Dear Heather, I suggest you model your play on one of the Socratic dialogues by Plato.

[lace-chat] Arachne Birthday List

Here are the most current birthday entries -- October 01 Blanche Krbechek [EMAIL PROTECTED] MN USA October 01 Cheryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] TX USA October 01 Debi Pennington [EMAIL PROTECTED] WA USA October 01 Stephen (Steve) Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Idiots

From: R.P. Number One Idiot of 2003 I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. A woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to

Re: [lace-chat] Arachne Birthday List

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are the most current birthday entries -- October 11 Betty Ann Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] VA USA Please note that my e-mail was changed sometime ago to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I posted the change to lace and lace-chat

[lace-chat] Interesting reading

Gentle Spiders, Had a wonderful haul from my last trip to the library... All fiction, as usual. The cream was Jeanette Turner Hospital -- Due Preparations for the Plague (W.W.Norton). Usually, I'm pretty sceptical when it comes to books centered around government conspiracies, but this one