Re: [lace] Re: Tatting bikers

2010-05-10 Thread Celtic Dream Weaver
I know Karen has come from Nebraska ( I think ) to South Carolina twice to teach tatting at the huge Palmetto Tatting Event on her Motorcycle. I do have a picture of her with her motorcycle that I took. She has also designed a tatted motorcycle that looks just like a motorcycle. Sherry

[lace] Florence Nightingale

2010-05-10 Thread Sue
In Sunday's Express there was a really good article about Florence Nightingale who was a British nurse in the Crimean war. Born in 1820 to rich parents she defied them and trained as a nurse and went to the Crimean. The picture of her showed her wearing rather a lot of lace some I recognise as

Re: [lace] Florence Nightingale

2010-05-10 Thread Sue
I saw her being spoken about after her return from the war and they mentioned how she hated the celebrity status she was given and went off to live with family keeping out of sight a lot when photos were taken and being there in amongst some of the family ones. Sue T, Dorset UK In Sunday's

[lace] raffle Honiton grids

2010-05-10 Thread bev walker
Hi everyone Having had these since I won them in our one and only fundraising raffle on Arachne, lo these many years gone by (1997? or so), and only one of the grids used, that was just one time, to put a too-large pricking pin into one of the holes (I was horrified at myself), these are now up

Re: [lace] Florence Nightingale

2010-05-10 Thread Clive Betty Rice
This is in reply to Sue's posting about Florence Nightingale's wearing lace in the newspaper feature As I began my training as a professional nurse 55+ years ago, we were taught to emulate Florence Nightingale. All patient records were printed at that time, so probie students had to print the

[lace] Lace Magazine

2010-05-10 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
You lucky people! I think I must be the last person in Australia to get (or Not to get) my magazine. It has not turned up yet, and I know others both in Melbourne and Interstate have had theirs. I keep hoping, and looking out for the Postie...! Maybe tomorrow...! Regards from Liz in very