Hello everyone.
I have read over the various posts on the table ribbon contest. I don't
usually, post much, but I was concerned about some posts discouraging negative
comments. Several have talked about the negative comments, as well as the power
we have and how it influences. I believe there
Barbara Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Speaking of which, I had the pleasure of demonstrating bobbin lace at the
Evergreen State Fair in Washington today, my first experience demonstrating
bobbin lace.
My goodness, if I had a nickel for everyone who said I was tatting, it would
have paid for my
Tamara wrote:
You don't know the *half*... But you will; I told Debra to get *you* to
tighten up my longwinded re-write of the rules ... :)
I can see that the first rule of volunteer organizations is being applied
here, If you complain about something, you get the job of fixing it. I try
Hi Lynn,
You said:
We did the opposite, demonstrating mostly-tatting at the Michigan Fiber
Festival a week and a half ago, and we do occasionally get Oh, look,
bobbin lace! My grandmother had one of those 'tatting bobbins'.
I was at the Michigan Fiber Festival on Sunday and
I would never have the patience to do something like that.
This is one of the most common comments, in response to which I usually
either ask what their hobbies are (if they have any at all) or ask them if
they
knit. I then say I don't have the patience to do plain knitting (that's what
my
In a message dated 8/31/05 12:29:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Can someone find it for me, in full, pretty please? Date and source
(publication) gratefully accepted :)
Thanks for pointing me/us in this direction, Tamara...
Excerpt
The real good of a piece of
And then there is
I would never have the patience to do something like that.
My answer - You learn the patience when you learn the lace!
Liz Pass
(in Poole)
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In a message dated 8/30/05 10:01:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I've officially checked in with my employer (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
and at this time am told to hold where I am - eventually I'll get an
assignment. Doing something is better than sitting and
My answer is.. that you have to be curious and have lots of want-to.
BarbE
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From: Elizabeth Pass [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Lynn Carpenter' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:57 AM
Subject: RE: [lace] Re: Bobbin Lace - no, not
A few days late with a reply, but I'd like to thank Brenda for showing us
these sites. A lot of beautiful pieces there. One in particular caught my
eye.
On the first page of the Michael Kaprelian site there is a hexagonal shaped
doily that I'd like to get the pattern for (5th from the
At 07:57 AM 8/31/2005, you wrote:
And then there is
I would never have the patience to do something like that.
My answer - You learn the patience when you learn the lace!
My answer - You only need patience when you have to do things you don't
enjoy doing. I have to admit that I get some
Dear Anne,
I try to answer your questions but I myself haven't one. So I tell you
what I saw by other lace friends. Mostly this runner is placed
lengthwise in the middle of the table. Some let it lay during the meals
others take it away and let it there only for decoration of the table.
If the
Dear Beth,
I am happy that you are safe and I hope you will find your house
undamaged.
All my best wishes for all who are concerned in this catastrophe.
Greetings
Ilske
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Dear Beth,
I am happy that you are safe and I hope you will find your house
undamaged.
All my best wishes for all who are concerned in this catastrophe.
Greetings
Ilske
Amen to that! I hope (and
Sorry I think I send it to the private adr.
!
some remarks here in DK is its to difficult for me to learn I say it is
easy if you can count to four, you can learn it, I can't count to four I
say Then two, will do, so no exuse not to learn bobbin lace.
Dorte in Denmark
It grieves me to have to report that the Professor has been taken ill
in the last couple of weeks and has had to undergo surgery for cancer.
I am sure that you will all be as concerned as I am. He is still in
the hospital and unable to receive email, but I know that many of you
will want to
I don't do much lace, lately, but I've heard that particular,
disparaging comment for decades, and in reference to a variety of forms
of needlework (quilting, monochrome embroidery, spinning, knitting). My
mother was a great one for saying it (more in honest bewilderment than
anything), but
I am very distressed to hear that Professor Ralph Griswold, our Professor,
has been so seriously ill. Although we know him as the wizard who has given us
the Digital Archive of Documents Related to Lace and Weaving, those who have
read his biography at
I don't consider that comment disparaging, unless perhaps it is
self-depricating on the part of the speaker. When they say they think bobbin
lace takes patience, I take it as a compliment.
I do correct them, though, and let them know that (as Alice has already
pointed out), it only takes patience
In a message dated 8/31/2005 12:37:15 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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When they say they think bobbin
lace takes patience, I take it as a compliment.
I do correct them, though, and let them know that (as Alice has already
pointed out), it only takes patience if you
I had the following comment at a demonstration this past July, My
grandmother tatted, but she used a different thingy to do it. I had a
shuttle and bit of tatting nearby to show her the difference. Then I got,
Yes, that is the bobbin she used, but I like the way you tat with so many
sticks.
Thanks, Bev, for this information. No one yet had replied to my query.
Pene
At 07:54 AM 8/31/2005, you wrote:
Hi Pene
I'm not sure if anyone has responded to your question - I understand the
websites will be up by December (I'm not even sure where I read this!
maybe in the announcement they
Tess, do you have a snail mail address for The Professor? That is a good
way for his wife to receive messages and cards for him. I really do like to
send cards by USPS. Thanks,
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA
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In a message dated 8/31/2005 1:08:46 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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had the following comment at a demonstration this past July, My
grandmother tatted, but she used a different thingy to do it. I had a
shuttle and bit of tatting nearby to show her the difference.
From: Barbara Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I do correct them, though, and let them know that (as Alice has
alreadypointed out), it only takes patience if you don't enjoy it.
One man yesterday was incredulous at that, and asked me flat out if I
could say I really *enjoy* making bobbin lace.
I
And then there is
I would never have the patience to do something like that.
My answer - You learn the patience when you learn the lace!
My answer is: It doesn't take patience to do something you enjoy!
Lorri
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Hmm... All this talking is starting to make me feel like trying this...
Can people who aren't actually at the convention submit entries? I'd
love to go, but I'm not sure I'll be able to, and it'd be pretty silly
to make a table ribbon and then realize I can't use it.
Weronika
On Wed, Aug 31,
On Aug 31, 2005, at 9:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacquie) wrote:
[...] one of the most unbelievable comments I ever heard was when I was
demonstrating solo, but with a steady stream of children working on
'the
snake'. A Mum came by with two little girls in the 6 to 9 age range,
who both wanted
I'm forwarding (without asking permission - Avital, please forgive
g), because I think this is a question that might exercise other
people as well. And it's in English (sometimes, I wonder what Weronika
and I are doing, writing/talking English to one another g)
From: Weronika Patena [EMAIL
I am another one why Might enter - if I can only get one of my many ideas to
work - drawing patterns is usually put in the too hard basket, as I cannot
draw to save my life!!
I plan to enter a piece - for the first time ever, - if I can just get my
idea down on paper!!
Up till now, I
It may not be the mom who's the problem. I've met a lot of kids who
can't focus on anything for more than a few moments unless it beeps and
whistles and changes colors. If it doesn't have the action of a video
game they won't pay attention. It may be the mom was just bitter,
knowing the kid
Tamara wrote:
g), and I know of at least one person who'd done macro Honiton,
when she was first teaching herself. Granted, I've never seen Honiton
(regular, micro or macro) made in more than one colour but the
advanced
people need a challenge too, no?
Take Debbie Beaver's class on
I've just seen the lunchtime news, here. I don't think the situation in New
Orleans and the other affected parts can be any worse than it is. There is a
forecast of 4 weeks to pump out the water, at least that long to repair the
clean water supply and possibly even longer for electric power
susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i don't know why i forgot that lacis is an american company. i'm sure
someone brought that up in an email a few days ago. they are the only
ones who carry a complete supply of knitting needles in the smaller
sizes.
I know of several US suppliers of the smaller
I grew up in the 40s/50s with practical parents. A mother, God love her,
who washed aluminium foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She
was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it. A father
who was happier getting old shoes fixed, than buying new ones.
Their marriage was
thanks for the really great websites, especially the purse websites.
i was just thinking i have a few bags of small beads from where i
wanted to try weaving belts. i never even got one finished before i
decided it wasn't for me. maybe some day, but not for a long while.
i could easily use
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As I am off to Boston (Mass) tomorrow I shall be unsubscribing after I send
this message. So I won't hear of Beth's futurer situation in New Orleans. I
hope all goes well for her - as much as circumstances allow, anyway.
Patricia in Wales
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OK; perhaps, *marginally* acceptable on chat... But we're all adults
here at the moment, no? And it's funny... which, to me, is a redeeming
feature above all others.
From: R.P.
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at the airport. It was after midnight.
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