Oh my, this is a classic:
And I will go and see about dinner, Reginald, remarks
Mrs. Owenson, settling her cap with a pleased simper at herself
in the glass, if you can spare me.
Spare you! What the devil good are you to any one
I should like to know! sitting there with your eternal
Clay,
It took a bit of head scratching, but I've got the gist of it. In
1660, with the end of the Protectorate and the Restoration of Charles
II, Virginia was once again seen as a source of income for the Crown.
As a result, the Governor and General Assembly had to knuckle down
and show
On Apr 10, 2010, at 10:02 AM, David C COLLYER wrote:
Personally I feel that the pricking would not buckle so much if it
was a thin Manilla-type card, but as mine are always paper with
Contact, this is often a problem. I feel it has something to do
with large areas of point ground, rather
Shirley,
Eureka -- googled special scissors and found cigar scissors -- aha,
that rings a bell! So I refined the search and found out that some
folks apparently pierce their cigar rather than clipping it.
Now why in the world was this cigar piercer in a needlework box? Did
the
Shirley,
Oh look, there's one just like yours on ebay: 350183137862
Su
On Sep 29, 2009, at 3:57 AM, Tregellas Family wrote:
Afternoon Everyone,
I'm wondering if someone can help me please. I've posted some
pics on the Arachne webshots page (thanks Liz L for your help)
under my
Likely this is already in the collection--the book has been out for a
few years--but I've only just gotten around to reading it and now
that I've recovered, dried my eyes, and picked myself up off the
floor beside the sofa, I just had to share:
What's the most expensive pin ever made
Clay,
Oh my, lovely!! What a wonderful find!!
How long are they?
Su
On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote:
I have just uploaded a couple of picture to my folder on the
Arachne2003 webshots. Tiny Url is *http://tinyurl.com/nwetd4***
http://tiny.cc/8CFvC
While out
HI Duchess, and all you other Arachnids out there, too!!
I'm here, though I do sort of have a modified identity ;-) Along
with my new e-mail, I've a new car, which obviously needed a new
license plate!!! So if you're in Virginia and see a silver Honda with
PTGRND honk and wave a bobbin!!!
But Jeri, why would they measure knitting yarn? Measuring yarn on the
weasel yields that all important Yards Per Pound (ypp) that weavers
need to plan the loom set up - it's the same ypp that informs our
lace thread sizes.
Su
On Aug 18, 2008, at 6:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From
On Aug 8, 2008, at 1:44 AM, Louise Hume wrote:
I prefer corn meal mush. It is prepared by cooking corn meal in
boiling water. It can be eaten then as porridge, or poured into a
bread pan and after it has cooled, slice and fry.
And serve with lots of warm maple syrup!! Oh my, that is a
Bingo!! Thank you Verla! I'm with you -- it's likely the twist.
Ann, you might try a 3-ply thread. Three-plies are supposed to be
more neutral.
It would be an interesting experiment.
Or try a different manufacturer of whatever size thread you
normally use.
Hmmm, sounds like the next edition
Oh Jane, thank you –
I did a bit of googling and found his portfolio!!! Some good
shots of the lace to study more closely once my eyes are fully open ;-)
http://www.tricikel.net/
The portfolios ( his and his partner) are at the bottom of the page.
AND!!! Did anyone notice the Nov/Dec 2007
Just to stir the brain cells a bit, let me point out that half (more
or less) the population of Virginia did not come equipped with an
English, or even a European background -- they were slaves, many of
them no more than a generation from their African roots. And then
there's the Native
Here's another interesting quote, but beware: she's very opinionated!
Although good Queen Adelaide had a pretty fancy for lace, she wore
little of it, and it was left to Queen Victoria to revive the glory
of wearing Brussels to any extent; and she, alas! was sufficiently
patriotic to
. Sorry if I sound too much like the Librarian that I am.
Annette in cold Wollongong Australia
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Hi all,
I chanced upon a lovely
Kemble, 1841
Su Carter, enjoying a lovely day in
Williamsburg, VA, USA
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Nifty! There's an exhibit on-line at his Presidential Library -
http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/collections/flour%20sacks/
What a treat - there's even a pair of bloomers ;-)
Su
Alice Howell wrote:
I just opened my paper and read about a display of flour sacks stitched for
Presiden
Elaine,
I'd be concerned about using plastic of any kind to store pillow or lace -
not just the off gassing, but also trapping moisture inside with the
possibility of mold, mildew, etc.
I've managed to save the carton my pillows came in or stumbled on one that
would work, so I can pretty much
Oh T, you're so right - box irons are wonderful. We have some reproduction
ones here at CW and the first time I used one I was hooked.
What did you iron on? We used a heavy woolen blanket with a heavy linen
sheet on top. That was another lesson for me - I promptly recovered my
ironing board with
Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
A folded (sometimes twice-folded) woolen blanket, which was used for
only that purpose, so it was very slick, with all the fuzz beaten down.
Yup, my ironing blanket is an old one I inherited from my great aunt.
PS When you use the box irons at Williamsburg, how do
Something finally came along that brought me out of my long lurk-mode.
On another list I subscribe to, one on 18c history, they've been discussing
toilet paper - as in what was used before the purpose made rolls of today.
This morning someone posted a link to an amazing collection of tp trivia,
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