[lace] Australian fires

2020-01-05 Thread Ruth Budge
I know that some of you are considering monetary contributions to help those affected by the fires in Australia. Please be warned that already some criminals are already setting up bogus relief funds. If you wish to donate money, please check that your chosen recipient is a registered charity,

RE: [lace] Design program

2018-09-19 Thread Ruth Budge
e metric option. The pre-programmed settings can be adjusted by clicking on up and down arrows, and the pre-set one below the shown 1mm is 0.50mm. However, that can be changed to 0.80mm by highlighting the number already in the box and typing in "0.8". Ruth Budge Alex said:

Re: [lace] Lace8

2015-11-20 Thread Ruth Budge
Hi Nancy, I heard from the programmer this evening - he told me that he'd found your emails to him.they had ended up in his spam box!!! However, as you've found the trick of selecting lines and I hope my explanations about editing smooth curves have helped, I don't think we need bother him

[lace] Lace 8 updates

2015-11-19 Thread Ruth Budge
answer and help you to get going again. I'm sorry for the problems this has caused you all. I realise reinstalling is a pest, but it is the easiest way of fixing the problem for most people. Once you get past these difficulties, it should all work OK. Ruth Budge - To unsubscribe send email

Re: [lace] Lace8

2015-11-19 Thread Ruth Budge
help at all? The program is unuseable for what I want to do if I > can't edit smooth curves and gimps. Does anybody know of a solution to my > problems with this program? > Thanks,Nancy >From: Ruth Budge <thelacema...@optusnet.com.au> > To: "'Lace@Arachne.Com'

[lace] Lace8

2015-11-18 Thread Ruth Budge
, so you're safer to stay on a previous version for the time being. I'm trying to contact the programmer to sort out the problem and I'll let you know when it is safe for you to upgrade. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

RE: [lace] Lace8

2015-11-18 Thread Ruth Budge
Sorry" to the explanation of what this upgrade doesand he has promised to me that he will not issue upgrades in future until he has the approval of "The Boss"!!! Now I can get on with what I was supposed to be doing today! Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Messag

Re: [lace] printing out patterns

2015-07-07 Thread Ruth Budge
Even the page orientation settings can affect the size of the printout! Organising workshops a few years ago, I was sent a file to print for students. The tutor's printer was set to use landscape paper. She assumed that was normal for everyone. However my settings use portrait by default.

RE: [lace] booking teachers

2015-07-01 Thread Ruth Budge
suitable for their purposes. And I'm certain that IOLI isn't just changing their dates to annoy you. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of laceviolins...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, 2 July 2015 12:11 PM

Re: [lace] Picot problems

2015-05-25 Thread Ruth Budge
is in position is what causes the two separate loops (known as split picots). Ruth Budge (Sydney Australia) On 26 May 2015, at 4:58 am, Susan hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Picots I have a rocky relationship yesterday was more of the same. What could be causing my failure to launch?? Armed

Re: [lace] Exeter Museum

2015-04-08 Thread Ruth Budge
. And that was all. I did ask the staff, so I did see all they had on display at the time. The museums in Honiton and Salisbury had much more lace on display. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) On 8 Apr 2015, at 10:28 pm, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: I am very interested in visiting the Exeter Museum

RE: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

2015-03-02 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, Noelene, that's all I received of Ruth's message too These bobbins aren't a new invention. They are illustrated in many of my history books, usually from European bobbin makers. The cover over the thread is designed to keep the thread clean. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia

Re: [lace] Traders in Australia

2015-01-30 Thread Ruth Budge
Hi Brenda, When I got out of bed this morning I checked my last couple of copies of the Australian Lace magazineMaureen is no longer advertising in that, so I assume she has either sold the business or closed it down. Ruth On 30 Jan 2015, at 10:52 pm, Brenda Paternoster

Re: [lace] Traders in Australia

2015-01-30 Thread Ruth Budge
Brenda, Gaye Beswick is still trading, but doesn't have a website...her contact details are unchanged. When I was Vice President of the Australian Guild about 18 months ago, Maureen was selling the businessso she may not still be trading. Ruth Budge On 30 Jan 2015, at 8:50 pm, Brenda

Re: [lace] Heather Billington - Point Ground Lace book

2014-12-05 Thread Ruth Budge
You'd have to contact Heather direct, Sue. I'll ring her tomorrow (she won't appreciate my phoning now - it's 4.30 am!) and double check, but last time we were talking, she handled the sales herself. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) the lacema...@optusnet.com.au On 6 Dec 2014, at 1:14 am, Sue

Re: [lace] Heather Billington - Point Ground Lace book

2014-12-05 Thread Ruth Budge
outlet. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) On 6 Dec 2014, at 2:00 am, jeria...@aol.com wrote: For our non-OIDFA members: This appears to be a book titled Floral Emblems of Australia in Point Ground Lace, by Heather Billington, though neither full title or author are mentioned in the inquiry

Re: [lace] Heather Billington - Point Ground Lace book

2014-12-05 Thread Ruth Budge
account and will quote on the postage costs if you ask her. Heather's email address is: heatherge...@bigpond.com Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) On 6 Dec 2014, at 1:14 am, Sue Babbs suebabbs...@gmail.com wrote: The flower design shown is beautiful. Does anyone know where I can buy a copy

Re: [lace] Kazaman Spam?

2014-11-08 Thread Ruth Budge
someone else's identity - could even be mine! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) On 9 Nov 2014, at 4:22 am, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: Maybe you should try changing your password to see if that has any impact. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

RE: [lace] survived the 1 day workshop

2014-10-22 Thread Ruth Budge
it all, and couldn't get onto the programmer either because he was away on a cruise somewhere! Hopefully our students accept us as human beings and don't hold a grudge! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) But I can honestly also recall a major gaffe of my own. I was supposed to give a lace

RE: [lace] Help from Australian Spiders, Please!

2014-10-21 Thread Ruth Budge
to the rest of you - these three were teasing me on my recent trip home to England that I found a different man to talk to every day of my travels.) Ruth Budge Sydney, Australia. -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of nestalace.ca

RE: [lace] Tern

2014-02-12 Thread Ruth Budge
The link is still active and the photo is still there - but it is necessary to copy and paste the entire link into your browser. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Diana Smith Sent: Thursday, 13

Re: [lace] Lace8 bummer

2014-01-04 Thread Ruth Budge
. Sorry. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) On 05/01/2014, at 3:18 AM, Robin D human.m...@gmail.com wrote: Well I was kind of excited to check out the Lace8 program. I don't design bobbin lace, but I was sure I could use it for Tatting... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

RE: [lace] Miss Channer's mat

2014-01-03 Thread Ruth Budge
Crowood are the people who bought the Ruth Bean company. I couldn't think of the name before, but recognised it as soon as I saw the link. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Noelene Lafferty Sent

RE: [lace] The beautiful Miss Channer's mat

2014-01-03 Thread Ruth Budge
, copyright etc., etc., etc. (VBG) Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Celtic Dream Weaver Sent: Saturday, 4 January 2014 9:03 AM To: arachne lacing Subject: [lace] The beautiful Miss Channer's mat

RE: [lace] Lace8 Demo

2014-01-03 Thread Ruth Budge
to take back all the nasty things I thought about him too (VBG) Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Angel Skubic Sent: Saturday, 4 January 2014 3:52 PM To: Lace Arachne Subject: [lace] Lace8 Demo Just

RE: [lace] Miss Channer's mat

2014-01-02 Thread Ruth Budge
is illegal and could lead to prosecution. Nigel Bean still has his ear to the ground as far as publishing is concerned and I know has recently taken legal action against someone who illegally published one of their books. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l

RE: [lace] Lace8 (2)

2014-01-01 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, Jean, that's right - demo version doesn't print or save. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Wednesday, 1 January 2014 7:51 PM To: Lace Subject: [lace] Lace8 (2) I'd add

Re: [lace] Lace8

2014-01-01 Thread Ruth Budge
Dear Sue, that was a nice compliment to wake up to this morning!I do enjoy the challenge involved in solving the computer problems, and, as my mother would've said it keeps me off the streets!Very big grin!! Regards, Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au On 02/01/2014, at 1:46 AM, Sue

RE: [lace] Lace8

2013-12-31 Thread Ruth Budge
, and they are already included in the motif library, with the ability to add more if you wish. I won't clog up the list with any more information, but I'm always available to help if needed. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l

RE: [lace] Freehand Lace with 6 pairs or less

2013-12-04 Thread Ruth Budge
I do agree with you, Robin.I've spent a day demonstrating with someone working a piece of tape, with half a dozen pairs of bobbins - it was so fiddly that the visitors just couldn't see what on earth the lacemaker was doing. On the other hand, I happened to have a piece of Bucks on the

Re: [lace] The Lace Place

2013-11-24 Thread Ruth Budge
The Lace Place is located in the Tourist Centre at Wave Rock, Hyden. Hyden is approx. 400 kms from Perth.The original collection belonged to one of the leading ladies in Perth many years ago and I believe the lace was taken to Hyden by a relative after her death. A couple of months ago,

RE: [lace] Re: glazed cardboard

2013-11-20 Thread Ruth Budge
Glazed pricking card is available in Australia from Joscolace - and, contrary to the rumours which have been flying around all year, Joanne is not closing her business!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com

RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-15 Thread Ruth Budge
thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: jo [mailto:yhgr@xs4all.nl] Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2013 4:51 PM To: 'Ruth Budge'; lace@arachne.com Subject: RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software Hello Ruth The website of Easy-lace seems still alive. I made some adjustments to http

RE: [lace] Pattern drawing software

2013-06-14 Thread Ruth Budge
point out that I cannot supply anyone out of Australia or New Zealand with copies of the programme anyway, due to licencing restrictions. If you decide Lace8 is for you, I don't benefit in any way! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

RE: [lace] Ruins of Lace, kindle edition

2013-05-17 Thread Ruth Budge
Still showing $1.99 on my screen - a saving of $13. And I refreshed the screen just to make sure. Ruth -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Sue Duckles Sent: Friday, 17 May 2013 7:38 PM To: Lyn Bailey Cc: lace@arachne.com

Re: [lace] Ruins of Lace, kindle edition

2013-05-17 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, I've never understood the different pricing structure! Ruth On 17/05/2013, at 10:00 PM, Sue Duckles s...@duckles.co.uk wrote: Hello Ruth Strange isn't it?? It says that it costs 13 dollars on mine, over £8 uk. Shame that they charge different countries different prices for what

RE: [lace] Graph Paper

2013-04-19 Thread Ruth Budge
to an inch, 12 to an inchand so on. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Clay Blackwell Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2013 8:46 AM To: John Mead Cc: lace Subject: Re: [lace] Graph Paper Thanks, John

Re: [lace] Lace Magazine

2013-02-02 Thread Ruth Budge
The first time in America, ClayThere have been many courses in Australia and in the UK ranging from 2 days to a week. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au On 03/02/2013, at 12:07 PM, Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net wrote: ..(This is in Virginia, USA.). This is the

RE: [lace] Two views of lives of lacemakers

2012-08-13 Thread Ruth Budge
My own view coincides with that of Jane and Lorelei ..parents even opposed the introduction of the Education Act in England because it required children to go to school and stopped them being productive to contribute to the family income. There has been research done on the subject.two

RE: [lace] condition of lacemakers

2012-08-13 Thread Ruth Budge
Allan Brown's two books are based on reports of an inquiry into the conditions of the lace industry conducted by Alan Cole. Ruth (Sydney, Australia) thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Lorelei Halley

RE: [lace] Lace Magazine

2012-07-12 Thread Ruth Budge
before Christmas from a friend in England .. it had inadvertently been sent to Thailand before being redirected onto Australia.We're well used to mail for Australia being sent to Austria, but Thailand is a first! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l

Re: [lace] Lace8

2012-07-01 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, Jacquie.just for you! And Undo no longer takes out the whole trail. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au On 02/07/2012, at 12:11 AM, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: Has the re-do button been re-instated? I understand this was in the first version but is missing from R-XP. - To

RE: [lace] Lace8

2012-07-01 Thread Ruth Budge
Jean, as you might imagine, that was one of the first things I tested. And I've just opened a couple of RXP files to try again, both of which work OK for me. I use the Item Select button all the time and don't have any trouble with selecting a particular dot with the Item Select button.

RE: [lace] New upgrade from Lace R-XP

2012-06-16 Thread Ruth Budge
Another very important thing with Lace8 is that you must be able to set your screen display to a minimum resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Otherwise you won't be able to get the buttons on the Drawing Tools Tab. This problem surfaced when I taught Lace8 in New Zealand in April. Ruth Budge

RE: [lace] New upgrade from Lace R-XP

2012-06-16 Thread Ruth Budge
And please accept my humble apologies for forgetting to trim my last post. Put it down to my brain being addled with too much testing/writing about Lace8. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Ruth

RE: [lace] lace photos

2012-06-02 Thread Ruth Budge
Thank you Joepie, for explaining that so clearly and nicely. Ruth (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of J D Hammett Sent: Saturday, 2 June 2012 6:04 PM To: Lorelei Halley; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace]

[lace] A question

2012-01-11 Thread Ruth Budge
I'm wondering if there are any Lace RXP owners out there who actually use two of the features in it - the Fillings Library and the Auto Grid Match function? If you use either of these, could you please send me a personal email and let me know which one you use please? Thanks a lot! Ruth Budge

RE: [lace] Lace2000 and Lace R-XP files

2011-12-31 Thread Ruth Budge
Or you can buy a disc of the motifs, already drawn up, neatly filed in folders which automatically installs into your RXP programme. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Brandis Sent:

RE: [lace] Binche

2011-11-02 Thread Ruth Budge
quickly. To deal with queries about Lace RXP from anyone on Comcast, I get them to write to my usual email address, then I use gmail or Yahoo to reply to them.Comcast will accept either of those servers. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com

RE: [lace] AGM Workshop

2011-11-02 Thread Ruth Budge
Thank you Faye! As organiser of the conference, I will say that all except one of the written feedback sheets received by the committee were most complimentary and enthusiastic about the class and the teacher. Ruth -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com

RE: [lace] Lace Groups on Ravelry

2011-10-31 Thread Ruth Budge
Devon, it may not be the search engine at faultwhen I started an Australian discussion list some years ago, I deliberately made it a private list and chose for it not to be shown in the list of groups available on the host system - it doesn't show up on an internet search either.We did

RE: [lace] Posting to lace/lace-digest

2011-06-22 Thread Ruth Budge
Jean, I'll second that - I've just read the same message three times, because it was addressed to lace, lace-chat and the digest. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Thursday, 23

[lace] Publishing lace books

2011-06-18 Thread Ruth Budge
I may live in Australia, but I am *not* Australian. And country of origin doesn't come into it - I reply to any person, regardless of their race, if I think I can help with their query. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au Dear Peg, The Australians have replied to an American, which was

RE: [lace] Weavers knot

2011-02-21 Thread Ruth Budge
Alexandra Stillwells Illustrated Dictionary of Lacemaking has a good illustration and description of a weavers' knotit's page 232 of the latest edition. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf

RE: [lace] Lace RXP

2011-02-01 Thread Ruth Budge
It's all right everyone, I'll write to Angela privately, rather than fill the list up with extra messages. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Angela Sent: Tuesday, 1 February 2011 9:45 PM To:

[lace] Lace RXP upgrade

2011-02-01 Thread Ruth Budge
I have received a private email suggesting that I should announce to Arachne what the problem is with Lace RXP and Windows 7, and how to fix it. To all those who have Lace RXP, I should assure you that it works perfectly on Windows 7.Hundreds of people across the world are using it on

RE: [lace] App for lace designers with Macs

2011-01-30 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, Brenda, you're right.Lace RXP does work with BootCamp.Not being a Mac user, I don't know the other programmes mentioned by Janice, but I do know that, provided you have the right programmes on your Mac operating system, it is possible to use Lace RXP and indeed, other Windows-based

RE: [lace] Terms

2011-01-12 Thread Ruth Budge
I have a relatively new lace student - and it's taken me weeks to stop her calling the footside footers!!!She's so used to putting footers on her computer documents!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com

RE: [lace] Kitty Mason, MBE

2010-12-31 Thread Ruth Budge
Rosemary Shepherd was awarded the Order of Australia many years ago for her services to lace. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Linda Walton Sent: Saturday, 1 January 2011 11:32 AM To: lace

RE: [lace] Errors

2010-12-25 Thread Ruth Budge
When I learnt my typing and shorthand skills at business college many, many years ago, the first thing we were told was that we should *never* proof read our own workwe see what we think we've typed, not what's actually on the page. Ruth (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From:

RE: [lace] Ethafoam

2010-07-27 Thread Ruth Budge
Mine, as I said previously, is known as ethafoam in America and Australia, where I live, even if it did come from England originally.it has had virtually constant use for at least 20 years and shows no sign of breaking down! On the other hand, I had a polystyrene pillow from an English

RE: [lace] Ethafoam ...

2010-07-25 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, Agnes...what I know as ethafoam is, as you say, like memory foam. Although the two pillows I own aren't soft at alljust not rock-hard like some of the polystyrene products. The material in my pillows is a bit like the stuff pool noodles are made of - just a little bit firmer. One of my

RE: [lace] RE: strange magazine

2010-07-02 Thread Ruth Budge
! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Helen Bell Sent: Saturday, 3 July 2010 2:12 PM To: l...@dont.panix.com Subject: [lace] RE: strange magazine The Australian Lace Guild does not publish a membership

RE: [lace] Lace on Airplanes

2010-05-22 Thread Ruth Budge
that the Australian Customs would be equally suspicious of any sort of bobbin in use on a pillow.The forms are quite explicit - you *must* declare any wood or plant items you might be carrying in your luggage. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l

RE: [lace] What's in your pillow?

2010-04-14 Thread Ruth Budge
than any sawdust filled pillow that I've handled. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Liz wrote: The pillow is stuffed with horse hair, and as I didn't make it, I've no idea whether it's cut up or not. Perhaps a Melbourne lace-maker could remind me of the name of the bloke who did make it. He lived

RE: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] Snapshot of my life

2010-04-14 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, the purple ones were a Fordigraph machine.I had purple fingers for years!! Thank goodness for photocopiers! Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Tregellas Family Sent: Thursday, 15 April

RE: [lace] mail warning

2010-03-30 Thread Ruth Budge
Tess, please be assured, your computer is probably *not* the problem. Spammers pick up email addresses from anyone's computer and then they make it appear as if the messages come from your address. They may never have been near your computer or your email address. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia

RE: [lace] Re: Breaking and Twist to Thread

2010-02-11 Thread Ruth Budge
Sue, my theory is that it happens to some threads and not others because of the way the threads travelthe leading bobbin of a pair travels diagonally all down a row of ground, making more twist movements than the other half of the pair as it does. If that thread then manoeuvres in such a way

RE: [lace] catch pins and nook pins

2010-01-25 Thread Ruth Budge
purpose - it is used, particularly in floral work, under the workers when the gimp indents into, for instance, a cloth stitch flower. The workers are passed through the gimp, twisted twice, then passed back through the gimp againthere is no stitch worked at a nook pin. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia

RE: [lace] Thank you to Ruth Budge - Lace RXP representative

2009-12-28 Thread Ruth Budge
Subject: Re: [lace] Thank you to Ruth Budge - Lace RXP representative What is the difference between Lace 2000 and Lace RXP? Marji - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com

RE: [lace] Thank you to Ruth Budge - Lace RXP representative

2009-12-26 Thread Ruth Budge
to Ruth Budge - Lace RXP representative This is an unsolicited and heartfelt thank you Thank you Ruth! Some time ago I bought Lace 2000 from Ruth and she suggested I save my Lace 2000 files in a folder in the My Documents rather than the default folder in the Programs area

[lace] Lace RXP upgrade

2009-11-29 Thread Ruth Budge
problems with the background display should use the bigger dots. The problem was that some of the newer video drivers can't process the smaller dots. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here

RE: [lace] correct link..

2009-10-27 Thread Ruth Budge
Why make something so easy look and sound so difficult? Ruth -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Clive Betty Rice Sent: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 3:55 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] correct link.. Good Lord! We

RE: [lace] Lace terminology

2009-09-30 Thread Ruth Budge
It just means to hang in/on the bobbins and start a new pattern. I've also seen it called setting up. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Debora Lustgarten Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2009 5:42

RE: [lace] Census label

2009-08-21 Thread Ruth Budge
A couple of years back, The Lace Guild asked lacemakers all around the world to make a small piece of lace and attach it to a luggage label, put their names and roughly where they came from on it. These are now held at The Hollies as a sort of census of lacemakers all over the world. Ruth

RE: [lace] Francis Bart's thread and convention

2009-08-13 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, I heard from Susan that she would be stocking these threads Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Janice Blair Sent: Friday, 14 August 2009 8:57 AM To: lace Subject: [lace] Francis Bart's

RE: [lace] Re: gasoline smell part 2

2009-08-07 Thread Ruth Budge
And a follow up question, Alice.Just *when* is the divorce??!! (VBG) Ruth -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Alice Howell Sent: Saturday, 8 August 2009 8:05 AM To: Brenda Paternoster Cc: Arachne; lace-c...@arachne.com

RE: [lace] re lace 2000

2009-07-18 Thread Ruth Budge
I'm really into Bucks - and frankly, I don't mark the picots at all. Probably because, unless the pattern is an insertion, the picots are always there - this is how the outside row of pinholes on the headside is always worked. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From:

RE: [lace] Anne is running out of thread... can anyone help, please?

2009-07-06 Thread Ruth Budge
Comcast don't seem to like all sorts of internet providersI can never get a reply from my normal email address to anyone on Comcast. I had to open a gmail account in order to reply. I can receive messages from Comcast, just have to use gmail to get the answer back to themmost

RE: [lace] Message for Ruth Budge

2009-07-01 Thread Ruth Budge
-Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Sue Babbs Sent: Thursday, 2 July 2009 5:45 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Message for Ruth Budge Ruth I sent you two messages on Sunday, but haven't received a reply. You usually write

RE: [lace] Re: April Lace magazine- and another dumb question

2009-05-27 Thread Ruth Budge
Given that The Lace Guild is already receiving renewals for the year 2009/10, I suspect that any new member subscribing now would be counted as joining for next year, not the year just ending. That's certainly the way the Australian Guild would handle it. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au But

RE: [lace]Langendorf site

2009-05-25 Thread Ruth Budge
https://www.langendorfkloeppel.de And I should clarify - VAT is still charged for customers who are members of the EUit is not payable for those living outside the EU. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com]

RE: [lace] speaking of bobbins

2009-05-24 Thread Ruth Budge
If you need a quantity of good, cheap bobbins, it is well worth checking out the websites of people like SMP Lace or Winslow Bobbins in the UK.there are several UK suppliers who sell beginners bobbins for a reasonable price if you buy a minimum of 50 bobbins at a time. Here in Australia, if

RE: [lace] cost/number of bobbins

2009-05-24 Thread Ruth Budge
Langendorf do not charge VAT to overseas customers. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Janice Blair Sent: Monday, 25 May 2009 9:42 AM To: lace Subject: Re: [lace] cost/number of bobbins Also I

RE: [lace] Odd request-value of lace bobbins

2009-05-21 Thread Ruth Budge
I love it!!!That's the best suggestion I've heard yet!! Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of J. Falkink Sent: Friday, 22 May 2009 4:25 AM To: dmt11h...@aol.com; lace@arachne.com;

RE: [lace] Lace R-XP query

2009-05-20 Thread Ruth Budge
Sorry, Jacquie, I'm afraid I don't remember to visit the forumwhat with dealing with enquiries privately, being a full time carer and still trying to make lace for myself, it just slips out of my mind. And to be fair to myself, I *did* tell Ian when he first mooted starting a forum, that I

RE: [lace] Odd request: value of lace bobbins

2009-05-20 Thread Ruth Budge
No, John Pollard stopped making bobbins some years ago due to ill health. Ruth (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Cindy Rusak Sent: Thursday, 21 May 2009 9:56 AM To: salafi...@aol.com Cc:

RE: [lace] Sky Blue Pink

2009-05-15 Thread Ruth Budge
In much the same way as you joined the lace group, Lesley. Send an email to majord...@arachne.com and in the message type: Subscribe lace-chat@(your email address) Don't put anything else in (like Please and thank you) otherwise you confuse the computer-programme!! Ruth How do I join the

RE: [lace] Making a roller pillow.......help

2009-05-12 Thread Ruth Budge
Yes, the pool noodles are popular here in Australia as a basis for a roller pillow too. I note that Kenn van Diernan has real Ethafoam rollers for sale too - he says the size is 4 and makes a good replacement roller for the One and Only.. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original

[lace] Lace RXP

2009-05-01 Thread Ruth Budge
Would all of you who use Lace RXP update your programmes please.You'll find that Snap to Grid works a whole lot better now! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

RE: [lace] Schneeberger Lace

2009-04-22 Thread Ruth Budge
And don't forget the differences between the way Americans pronounce words and English/Australians..I'm not being nasty, just very aware of the differences after two years of listening to our church minister who came from America only 2 years ago. He often stops in the middle of the sermon

RE: [lace] Happy Birthday to Lace@Arachne.com

2009-04-13 Thread Ruth Budge
What a wonderful idea, Avital!! And there is a lady who used to be on the Australian list we could pair her up with - and have *twice* as much fun!!! (VBG and with tongue very firmly in cheek!) Ruth (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com

RE: [lace] Little crown fan

2009-04-05 Thread Ruth Budge
The layout of the pins is slightly different between the Little Crown Fan and the Coronet fan, Jean. At least in what the Australian Guild calls a Little Crown Fan. I sent Kenn a clear photo of one - may I send it to you too? Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From:

RE: [lace] Little crown fan

2009-04-05 Thread Ruth Budge
a prospective candidate about where to find a pattern. Ruth (Sydney, Australia) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Sunday, 5 April 2009 6:50 PM To: kenn van dieren; 'Lace'; Ruth Budge Subject: Re: [lace] Little

RE: [lace] a question, mostly for the designers

2009-04-04 Thread Ruth Budge
But you still have to watch the direction of the working lines on flipped pieces, Laura. Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of laura forrester Sent: Saturday, 4 April 2009 9:21 PM To: Sue Cc: spiders

RE: [lace] Lace teachers

2009-04-04 Thread Ruth Budge
Must admit Alex, I agree with you. I like to cover all the basic lacemaking techniques - and because I live in Australia, I use the Australian Guild's proficiency tests as a guide as to what to include. In my early years, I remember my years of floundering around, trying to work a pattern

RE: [lace] A help : what is bertha?

2009-04-04 Thread Ruth Budge
Elizabeth, a bertha is a type of collar.It is usually very wide, large, and fits right round a lower neckline. The one shown on the lady in the middle of the picture on the website you mentioned is very wide and big. That, to me, is a bertha.A collar which fits tightly round the top of

[lace] RE: Lace R-XP Forum

2009-03-28 Thread Ruth Budge
thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -Original Message- From: Jean Nathan [mailto:j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, 22 March 2009 8:14 PM To: Ruth Budge; Lace Subject: Lace R-XP Forum Haven't seen mention of the new Lace R-XP Forum here. A couple of weeks ago the Lace-R-XP forum web site

[lace] Winslows

2009-03-09 Thread Ruth Budge
, and help save them from any more angry phone calls from the poor chap who has their old phone number. Thanks a lot. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera

[lace] RXP forum

2009-03-07 Thread Ruth Budge
to an understanding of how the programme works.As I was the one who answered most operating queries anyway, and as most people write to me directly with their questions, is there any point in having a forum? Ruth Budge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

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