Re: [lace] spanish lace pins

2016-06-16 Thread Linda Kukolich
When working point ground the "Ulrike" way, we are advised to use fat pins for honeycomb and picots and thin pins for the rest. Different heads would be nice, so I would know which is which during the work, and especially while sorting the pins afterwards. It doesn't help me follow, though. With

Re: [lace-chat] Amnerican meat: was lamb

2010-10-22 Thread Linda Kukolich
Unless the reason that the meat in the US is flavorless is that it is grain fed, and flavorless industrial grain at that. I know it makes a difference to the taste of milk based on what cows eat. I'm sure it also makes a difference in the taste of the meat. We might need the fat in the

[lace] Re: Arachne Heart

2004-02-17 Thread Linda Kukolich
Well, it is clearly time for me to get off my procrastinating couch and write about my Arachne Heart. I did a torchon heart pattern with a black ground and red workers, to match the black and red of the fabric. The worker was two threads, one plain and one metallic. I strung red beads on the

Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: English is hard to learn

2003-09-03 Thread Linda Kukolich
I realize that this was last discussed back in July and I'm several months behind on chat, but I didn't see the answer to this one that I know. Apparently, says my friend and fellow lacemaker Sue the Linguist, dove as the past tense of dive is a back-formation in American English. It sounds