Re: [lace] Ebay item #390300855726

2011-03-31 Thread lacelady
It looks to me like a fancy sewing stand...and the top section is a pincushion with a storage drawer. If I translated the size correctly (about 36), it's about right to stand beside a chair and hold supplies. The only other thing that comes to mind would be some type of finger braiding or

[lace] Cast Your Bets Ladies Gentlemen

2011-03-31 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Friends, I'm still making yards of fine point ground edging and as usual my pricking is a photocopy covered with thin green plastic film. The roller on the pillow is about 3 (7.5cm) in diameter. I wonder if you can guess how many times the roller rotated before I had to replace the

Re: [lace] Cast Your Bets Ladies Gentlemen

2011-03-31 Thread AGlez
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Re: [lace] Cast Your Bets Ladies Gentlemen

2011-03-31 Thread Agnes Boddington
So, the circumference of the roll is approx. 23.55cm. For each yard the roller has to go fully around almost 4 times. However, this does not tell me at what point youir pricking wore out. Agnes Boddington Dear Friends, I'm still making yards of fine point ground edging and as usual my

Re: [lace] Cast Your Bets Ladies Gentlemen

2011-03-31 Thread bertrans1
8 Sallie --Original Message-- From: David C COLLYER Sender: owner-l...@arachne.com To: arachne lacing ReplyTo: David C COLLYER Subject: [lace] Cast Your Bets Ladies Gentlemen Sent: Mar 31, 2011 07:47 Dear Friends, I'm still making yards of fine point ground edging and as usual my

Re: [lace] Cast Your Bets Ladies Gentlemen

2011-03-31 Thread Diane Williams
I'm guessing 4.  Diane Williams drswilli...@yahoo.com Galena Illinois USA My blog - http://dianelaces.wordpress.com/ From: David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 8:47:44 AM Subject: [lace] Cast Your Bets Ladies

Re: [lace] Cast Your Bets Ladies Gentlemen

2011-03-31 Thread lacelady
A photocopy covered with film sounds like no cardboard backing on the pricking. Just thin paper would not hold up, so I'll guess 2 times. With cardboard backing, you should be able to make at least a couple yards of edging, depending on the density of the pinholes. Put some backing on your

[lace] Re: Ebay item #390300855726

2011-03-31 Thread Susan Reishus
My guess would be, that it is a stand for making netting. Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003

[lace] Fwd: Lace mailing list - LaDearl (Dearl) Kniskern

2011-03-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Gentle Spiders, Apologies for forwarding to both lists, but I know that not everyone who knew (or knew, electronically) Dearl reads the Lace-chat. Dearl was a fellow Virginian and we have met -- though only once -- in real life, years ago, through Arachne. She didn't post all that often but

[lace-chat] Fwd: Lace mailing list - LaDearl (Dearl) Kniskern

2011-03-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Gentle Spiders, Apologies for forwarding to both lists, but I know that not everyone who knew (or knew, electronically) Dearl reads the Lace-chat. Dearl was a fellow Virginian and we have met -- though only once -- in real life, years ago, through Arachne. She didn't post all that often but