[lace] IOLI Convention

2014-08-18 Thread Valhalla Bee Farm
Good afternoon all - This was my third year attending convention. Once you go you will always want to go! I live in Lincoln, NE USA and I traveled to Sacramento, CA on Amtrak. It was a long trip but I enjoyed it thoroughly. I downloaded some audio books from the library onto my iPad so I co

Re: [lace] Roseground - PS

2014-08-18 Thread Bev Walker
Hello again everyone On second thought, rogue-ish could well be the desired effect :p I wrote: > My least favourite to work are the asymmetric type, rogues that they are. Even so, sometimes that is the effect one wants (asymmetric, not rogue-ish). bye for now Bev in Shirley BC, west of Sooke and

[lace] Volunteering Discussion

2014-08-18 Thread Jeriames
Dear Jill, Sorry if a sentence offended, Jill. However, I know that some other members of the group you are defending feel just as I do -- that senior members have a lot to communicate and share with others, but do not do so even within the privacy of the group. Individuals were not sin

Re: [lace] Roseground

2014-08-18 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Jane, Leonard and everyone Finally getting around to responding to this. Roseground and its endless variations is a new interest of mine. Whereas I used to be happy with CT the pairs to enter and exit, and CTCT closed pins (Jane's 1, 2, 3, 4), in working a project involving many Torchon fill

RE: [lace] About Jeri's Posts

2014-08-18 Thread Jill Hawkins
In my experience, life frequently follows the 80/20 rule, where 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people, and the same seems to apply to Arachne. There are prolific contributors, and some who lurk and never post, and others who post from time to time when there is something they feel they can c

[lace] Volunteering - For Discussion

2014-08-18 Thread Jeriames
I've changed the subject to Volunteering, so it will be properly filed in our archives.. Yes, how many times have a very few of us been brave enough to comment on this? Writing and researching is NOT something I had done professionally for 25 years, when I started to communicate on Ara

Re: [lace] About Jeri's posts

2014-08-18 Thread nestalace . carol
Hi Liz and Spiders, That reminds me of a time when someone was complaining that the Lace Day didn't have the suppliers she wanted.   'Well - I'll nominate you for the Committee, and then you;'ll have an input and, if you become the Events person, you can do it all yourself.'     Same reaction a