[lace] Lacemaking at the train station

2010-06-13 Thread Jane Partridge
In message 630796.79977...@web81701.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net writes Today I went downtown Chicago on the train along with a group of knitters. We worked on the train knitting, but I did needlelace. Totally unaware of the significance of the day, yesterday I had

Re: [lace] Re: International Knitting Day

2010-06-13 Thread Sue
For 15 years I haven't bothered to knit anything at all and more years than that since I knitted anything vaguely lacy but recently found some irrisistable colours on sale which I just had to buy, price excellent too:-) I have just finished knitting a cardigan with no lace but a tiny bit of

Re: [lace] Re: International Knitting Day

2010-06-13 Thread martina . dewille
Hello Sue, what a bad thing to have such a bad fall. I did one recently but got away with a few bruises on my face, hands and knees and scratched glasses. Everything is healed and repaired by now. I got into knitting and esp. knitting socks last year again. Finished 12 pairs last year and 1

Re: [lace] books on demand?

2010-06-13 Thread martina . dewille
Hello, DH has published his cook book via Books on Demand about 10 years ago and it is still selling. Martina in Bavaria, Gemany On 2 Jun 2010 at 13:32, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! While standing in line at Barnes Noble, I overheard a conversation regarding books on demand.

Re: [lace] Lacemaking at the train station

2010-06-13 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
Jane Partridge wrote: I'm now wondering whether there would be sufficient interest amongst the North Wales lacemakers to join me in a make lace on the train day at the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, Porthmadog on National Lacemaking Day (September 11th) - are any there Arachnes living in

Re: [lace] Re: Rescued Bobbin Lacer Picture

2010-06-13 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Robin and Devon, thank you for the explanation of the expression bar association. I thought on the other German word for bar so I couldn't understand. Now it is clear and make sense. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] Lace in Vietnam

2010-06-13 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello All, didn't we have a wonderful knitting day? We went out with the idea to find people knitting somewhere in the park. But the question was in which park shall I look for first. There are so many here in HH. Than it started raining, it was fresh and windy so we decided to go to one of our

lrb in Lancaster Pennsylvania [lace] Re: International Knitting Day

2010-06-13 Thread Sue
I must say that my imagination told me that these would be like gloves for toes, with separate toes:-) rather than just a different way of knitting socks. I did knit a couple of pairs but about 20 years ago but they are too small to wear with my plaster cast or my tubigrip, hense the borrowing

Re: lrb in Lancaster Pennsylvania [lace] Re: International Knitting Day

2010-06-13 Thread Clay Blackwell
Sue, there is a pattern for socks with toes! I'm trying to think where I saw it, and it seems to me it's in a book by a Japanese designer... and I think the socks were shown with the traditional Japanese sandal... sorry, I know that's not the right word for it. So keep looking - you may

Re: lrb in Lancaster Pennsylvania [lace] Re: International Knitting Day

2010-06-13 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
Clay Blackwell wrote: Sue, there is a pattern for socks with toes! Here's one http://www.unicornbooks.com/pattern_MWtoesocks-SQL3.asp Lesley in very rainy Cheshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write