Fw: Re: [lace] i'm doing BOBBIN LACE !!! grumble mumble
-- Forwarded Message -- I've met dozens of people when I've been demonstrating bobbin lace whose grannies did tatting just like you're doing. Evidently a universal problem: I agree. While demonstrating my bobbin lace at the Bristol Renaissance Faire, I will inevitably be asked if I'm tatting. Thankfully, an Elizbethan would have no understanding of the craft of tatting, since it has about (I think) another near 150 years to be invented. In character, I get rather offended and reply that I had just made this lace and it hath not the time and wear to become tatty.. Usually then the person asking the question apologises and then explains what tatting is and I say that I have never heard of it, it must be from the continent and what I am doing is called bobbin lace. If someone has the approximate date and place that tatting appeared in the threadcraft universe, can you let me know? Not that I will divulge it to my mistaken patrons (I cannot have foreknowledge of events to come...performance guilde rules) but for my own arsenal of information. Robin - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] i'm doing BOBBIN LACE !!! grumble mumble
Evidently a universal problem: yes, except in France it's embroidery In Spain it is crochet - the mothers, grandmothers aunts etc. always did the same thing I do at demos - but one person told me that they were better at it - only needed one of those things (crochet hook) instead of as many as I had on my pillow. Ah well - - Eva in Spain ___ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Country of Origin of Messages?
Dear Lacemakers, This is very much an international list. Please - add your country of origin to your messages so that we will not be confused as to where you are writing from. If you are a newbie and desire assistance, the inclusion of state or province or shire, and even city will help us to help you find other lacemakers. Often a newbie is close to another state and would be better served by crossing over to join a lace group or find someone helpful in an adjacent state. It is logical, and we do like to help. Many thanks, Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] i'm doing BOBBIN LACE !!! grumble mumble
Well, I just ran into that problem in a crochet magazine which was showing the history of crocheted lace and at the top it said all the methods shown below have one thing in common...they use fine thread and a hook to make their designs. (yes that included the bobbin lace they showed, and the needle lace) VERY misleading. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eva schaefer Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:37 PM To: romdom; lace Subject: Re: [lace] i'm doing BOBBIN LACE !!! grumble mumble Evidently a universal problem: yes, except in France it's embroidery In Spain it is crochet - the mothers, grandmothers aunts etc. always did the same thing I do at demos - but one person told me that they were better at it - only needed one of those things (crochet hook) instead of as many as I had on my pillow. Ah well - - Eva in Spain ___ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re Secret Pal
Hi secret Pal in New Zealand, Thank you for my parcel which arrived today, my bobbins are lovely now I will have to find some nice beads to go on them. I have never had a wooden bookmark before I love it. The tread I can use on a project I want to start, it is a flamingo, I am not sure what the wire is for, I thought it might be for spangling but it is the wrong type, you will have to tell me in July. I am glad you enjoyed the AGM, I went to a couple of Australian ones when they were in Melbourne. I haven't opened my June parcel as my DH has his eye on me and said I am to wait. ;-( Thanks again, Your secret Pal, Shirley. [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] The Cake
The cake Have you ever told a white lie? You are going to love thisespecially all of the ladies who bake for church events. Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church ladies' group bake sale in Tuscaloosa, but she forgot to do it until the last minute. She remembered it the morning of the bake sale and after rummaging through cabinets she found an angel food cake mix and quickly made it while drying her hair, dressing and helping her son Bryan pack up for Scout camp. But when Alice took the cake from the oven, the center had dropped flat and the cake was horribly disfigured. She said, Oh dear, there's no time to bake another cake. This was so important to Alice because she did so want to fit in at her new church, And in her new community of new friends. So, being inventive, she looked around the house for something to build up the center of the cake. Alice found it in the bathroom -- a roll of toilet paper. She plunked it in and then covered it with icing. Not only did the finished product look beautiful, it looked perfect! Before she left the house to drop the cake by the church and head for work, Alice woke her daughter Amanda and gave her some money and specific instructions to be at the bake sale the minute it opened at 9:30, and to buy that cake and bring it home. When the daughter arrived at the sale, she found that the attractive perfect cake had already been sold. Amanda grabbed her cell phone and called her Mom. Alice was horrified. She was beside herself. Everyone would know; What would they think? Oh, my she wailed! She would be ostracized, talked about, ridiculed. All night Alice lay awake in bed thinking about people pointing their fingers at her and talking about her behind her back. The next day, Alice promised herself that she would try not to think about the cake and she would attend the fancy luncheon/bridal shower at the home of a friend and try to have a good time. Alice did not really want to attend because the hostess was a snob who more than once had looked down her nose at the fact that Alice was a single parent and not from the founding families of Tuscaloosa, but having already RSVP'd she could not think of a believable excuse to stay home. The meal was elegant, the company was definitely upper crust old South and to Alice's horror, the CAKE in question was presented for dessert. Alice felt the blood drain from her body when she saw the cake, she started, out of her chair to rush to tell her hostess all about it, but before she could get to her feet, the Mayor's wife said, What a beautiful cake! Alice, who was still stunned, sat back in her chair when she heard the hostess ,who was a prominent church member, say Thank you, I baked it myself. Alice smiled and thought , GOD IS GOOD! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
