[lace] antique bobbins spangles

2005-12-02 Thread Diana Smith
Hello Debbie I wonder if you remember the late Don Harrison of Rushden, Northamptonshire. When I attended my first lace day back c1980 Don's stand was the first one I saw with its piles of old bobbins and that was where my first antique bobbins came from, after that I always hoped that Don was

[lace] Re: Eire link

2005-12-02 Thread The Mouzons
Dorte said: must be somthing for an arachnie?! www.irishlace.org I must admit, I have never seen lovlier spiders! :) Debbie in Florida [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace] Painting with bobbin lacers in Amsterdam

2005-12-02 Thread Gon Homburg
Dear Arachnes, Last week an article was published in our newspaper about a painting of Cornelis de Vos. It was purchased by a museum in Amsterdam, called Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder. In English the museum is called Our Lord in the Attic. Originally it was a Roman Catholic church, called St.

[lace] Matching Thread Size and Pricking

2005-12-02 Thread Barbara Joyce
I know many of you are far ahead of me in your lacemaking knowledge, and this will be old hat to you. But I had a major epiphany today, and I wanted to share it, in case it might prompt other lacemakers to think this question through. I've had a copy of Threads for Lace by Brenda Paternoster for

[lace] looking for someone

2005-12-02 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
Sorry to post but Shirley McDaniel please write me, I tried to write you but it won't go through. Thank you Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Painting with bobbin lacers in Amsterdam

2005-12-02 Thread bevw
Hi Gon, and eveyrone on the list, Thank you for sharing this information with us, Gon. How interesting that de Vos thought it important to have lacemakers in his painting - that would have been in th 1600's.- I searched for the museum of Our Lord of the Attic, and there is a good site here:

[lace-chat] # 6

2005-12-02 Thread Carol Melton
Hi Tamera, # 6 - molestation nursery It has correct spelling. I assume you know what molest means. Merry Christmas... Carol Melton Litchfield Park Arizona, USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

[lace-chat] # 6

2005-12-02 Thread Carol Melton
Hi Tamera and all, Only excuse is it's 2 a.m. I should have gone to bed instead of reading more email. As for the real explanation of # 6 it really is naughty.but here goes gas heating becomes Gash eating... From that you can use your imagination Regards. Carol Melton

[lace-chat] :-) Jack's telephone number

2005-12-02 Thread Jean Nathan
Blonde Caller: Can you give me the telephone number for Jack? Operator: I'm sorry, I don't understand who you are talking about. Blond Caller: On page 1 section 5, of the user guide it clearly states that I need to unplug the fax machine from the AC wall socket and telephone Jack before

[lace-chat] looking for someone

2005-12-02 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
Sorry to post but Shirley McDaniel please write me, I tried to write you but it won't go through. Thank you Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Thanks for the explanations

2005-12-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Regarding #6 in the list of unfortunate, double-meaning URLs. As several people told me, it was quite refreshing to see that I managed to stay naive in at least one instance of dirty English... g I'd never heard that particular expression. Is it strictly American (all explanations came from

[lace-chat] License plates

2005-12-02 Thread Martha Krieg
And then there's LACEMAKR... LACEY In Michigan, you can make it up, but it can't be already in use, or come out to one of a set of banned words. I don't know where to find that list...they may just reject your submission. I keep a small list of cool plates, but alas much of the time when I

[lace-chat] Fwd: Thanks for the explanations/#6

2005-12-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
The following came from my son: Interestingly, #6 was the only one where I saw the intended meaning at first, and I had to puzzle out the dirty one. I still see the clean one first. Gash isn't a common word in my vocabulary for that, so I guess it just doesn't pop out, but I have heard it