Yep, this message made it all the way to Australia as well. Some people
have nothing better to do than make trouble.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - heading for 42C in Adelaide, South Australia.
On 20-Nov-19 10:18 AM, lynrbai...@supernet.com wrote:
> I got a strange message from Alice, too, and I
Afternoon,
I have a student moving to Qatar for a few years and she's just started
bobbin lace. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any lace groups/teachers
in Qatar that I could put her in contact with please?
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia where its actually a lovely
Evening All,
That is a shock - Jacqui has been part of our lacemaking lives for a
very long time. Please pass on my condolences to Eric. He and Jacqui
used to import our aluminium bobbins for sale in the UK.
Vale Jacqui.
Regards,
Shirley T. - cold in Adelaide at the moment but we
Happy memories indeed Liz. I've never been to a Convention overseas but
relish my memories of any lace convention I've been to in Australia.
I believe next year, 2020, will be the 25th anniversary of Arachne on
the internet!! Wow, that's a long time for group on the web. Wonder how
many
My copy arrived yesterday - great publication and thank you to all
concerned for a fabulous lace magazine.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - summer visited on Thursday but now back to Spring thank
goodness, 36C this early in the season is a bit hard to take.
On 02-Nov-18 11:52 PM, Malvary Cole
Hi Nancy,
Well, taking photographs might deplete one's memory bank but I have to
say that family photos taken, before digital cameras were even thought
of, helped my Mum with her memory as she entered the dementia world.Â
She would sit for a few hours talking and remembering her life with a
Good morning ladies,
Thank you Sumac for remembering us for hookie aluminium bobbins and yes,
we are still in business and have some stock of these bobbins.
Nancy, if you e-mail me with your requirements I can get back to you
with postage charges.
The catalogue on the lacegumnuts site you
Afternoon ladies,
If Mimi in Snohomish is still a member of Arachne could you e-mail me
please? I'm looking for a contact near Duvall in Washington State, to
help a newbie get started in bobbin lace.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - in cold Adelaide, South Australia.
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To
I agree, habits of 50 odd years are very hard to break and I, for one,
will continue with double spacing no matter the software gurus.
Now I'll get down from my soapbox.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - wintery, damp Adelaide - great that we've had some rain
this last week.
>> Me too Jeri, I have been
Oh, what a wonderful giggle Jeri, that is wonderful humour. Happy
birthday to whoever it is.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - in bright sunshine Adelaide, South Australia but wishing
for much needed rain.
On 29-Apr-18 3:04 AM, Jeri Ames wrote:
> A very special member of our list - someone who devotes
Hi Jeri,
I only catalogue my craft books so I have a very easy system that I use
- more time to make lace. :-)
It's called 'Book Catalogue' - an app, the Android version on my phone
and tablet. It allows one to have various 'bookshelves' and sorting by
any category - Torchon, Beds,
On 15-Apr-18 12:09 AM, David C Collyer wrote:
I remember when I first discovered Arachne, exploring "lace" through an
internet searcher as Yahoo, it was back in 2000.
It was around that time I think. I wonder how many of us will never forget
Susan from Tennessee???
A blast from the past that
Hi,
Maybe I'm a tad tired after teaching bobbin lace all day but
. Umm, why would we want to move our wonderful list
somewhere else? We can always check out the wonderful lace posted to
flicker as the address is at the bottom of each and every e-mail sent to
Arachne. Liz and
I whole heartedly agree with everything Alice has said about Arachne,
especially Liz and Avital. I have made many friends around the globe
through this list as my husband makes aluminium bobbins though not on
such a large scale as he did before.
I was introduced to Arachne (after our son, who
Hi,
David wrote:
A couple of years earlier I'd bought Miss Tebbs' book and a reel of
very fine thread at a shop in Riversdale Road, Camberwell in Melbourne.
I'm sure many here will remember that shop.
Yes, I remember the shop David as it was in my local shopping centre
when I lived in
Afternoon Everyone,
Would Beth McCasland please contact me privately. Thanks.
Shirley T.
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Thank you so much Carol. I will persist in my needle work with victory
in sight. :-) Now to go read Barbara's missive on threads.
Cheers,
Shirley T.
On 12-Dec-17 11:03 AM, Carol wrote:
> Dear Shirley and others interested in threading a needle.
> The simplest way to know you are using the
Thank you Jeri for your very informative message below. Not being an
embroiderer, both my Mum and sister were excellent in that area, so I
had no need while growing up, I had no idea that a needle had a right
and wrong side for threading. That is one activity which always brings
out the
Hi,
We frequently are gifted by the estates of deceased Guild members where
we find small samples of lace in various techniques.
We have decided to incorporate these small pieces in the 'cut-out'
cards, three-fold I think they are called. The lace can either be
stitched or secured by other
Hi,
Here in Adelaide, South Australia we call these boards our 'voodoo'
boards - when the going gets tough, stick in a pin. :-)
Cheers,
Shirley T. - winter is still raging here and won't let Spring come
visit us just yet. :-(
Our thoughts and prayers are with those suffering the effects
BooHoo, I seem to always be the last to find my UK magazine in my letter
box.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - I think Spring must be on the way at long last. 19C
forecast for today.
On 09-Aug-17 1:28 PM, Elizabeth Ligeti. wrote:
My UK Lace magazine arrived yesterday. What an interesting, and pretty
Hi Jeri,
Thank you for painting a wonderful picture of this book in your eloquent
words. I'll be looking out for this book when our supplier returns from
her overseas travels.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia where winter has come in with a
bang and record breaking rains
What a wonderful picture you paint Peg, of yucky weather. Having spent
a couple of weeks in S E Asia last year I can totally relate to your
description. LOL
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia where we've had the driest June
(winter month Downunder) on record. Blue sky and a
And I'm sure the black lace tie won't take up much space in your case
when next you travel downunder Jean. I would certainly like to see it
'for real' having viewed it so many times on the web page. :-)
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia where winter has arrived but we
really need
Jeri, you can add Australia to the list below - only the quote marks
came through here.
Our thanks to Liz who has been our List mother, and her helper Avital
for the wonderful 21 years that I've been part of this group, such
wonderful camaraderie and support.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - we've
OIDFA in Finland was in 1996 'cos that's when I was queried about our
aluminium bobbins as someone won them in a raffle. We connected to the
internet in August of that year and also when I joined
Arachne. how time flies when one is having fun.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - still
See, you shouldn't send these URLs that we just have to check out -
over an hour has just passed while looking at those pages - some
wonderful pieces of lace.
The days go so quickly and I forgot to let you know that I posted your
bobbins last night on the way to our beach walk. I've got
Oh my It is some months since I've had a chance to check out our
Flicker pages - what a lot of exquisite lace I'm finding, such
talented lacemakers. BTW I had no problem accessing the page by
clicking on the 'flicker' information at the end of this message.
Cheers,
Shirley T. -
Hi Joseph,
As you know I live in Adelaide and we have an extremely dry climate with
quite low humidity. This is fatal when using linen threads in our
summer as they tend to just disintegrate very quickly. I refrain from
using linen threads during our summer months.
Cheers,
Shirley T. -
Sounds like the description of a tally to me.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia where Spring has "nearly" arrived.
On 28-Aug-16 10:58 AM, Susan wrote:
Hello All! I'm still working on the Sternchen-Ei egg in the Kirst book Gekloppelte
Ostereier. The Google translation is a bit
And Joan Sutherland, our Australian soprano, used to work on her cross
stitch while waiting in her dressing room.
Cheers,
Shirley T - who has quite a few cross stitch UFOs
On 23-Jul-16 3:12 AM, Vivienne Walton wrote:
I do know Julia Roberts knits. Some very fine knitting. I have seen a
Hear, hear, Liz. If it wasn't for Jeri some of us would be very naive
about how to care for our lace as such a lot of information is in the
heads of our talented lacemakers/collectors. I've just ordered some
Orvus as I read that this would be the ultimate cleaner for some lace I
need to
If one needs to cord four 'threads' (strands of wire) why not hammer a
nail into a wooden fence post in the garden, loop the wire around the
nail and insert the four cut ends into the chuck of a hand drill? The
drill can be wound very easily and with complete control. This seems to
work for
Hi,
About 20 years ago when I first attempted Point Ground my tutor at the
time, Karen Blum, taught us the multi-stranded technique of gimps. She
also taught us how to carry the unwanted threads to the next element via
the gimp strands. It is a very tidy solution to excess threads.
One of our lacemakers, here in South Australia, was taught the basic
bobbin lace stitches by Miss Channer in the UK. This lady is 80+++ and
is still making lace. No, don't think she has ever made 'the mat'.
My wish list teacher would be that our own Karen Blum would be able to
come back to
I have to agree with Beth - those of us without Facebook accounts will
miss out on seeing some exceptional lace by our members. Please don't
let it happen.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - in cold (max 14C today) Adelaide, well it is winter but
definitely no snow.
On 27-Jun-15 5:39 PM, Beth
Summer!! LOL
Sue in East Yorkshire where its cloudy, dull and COLD!!!
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I did send a message to Jeri but alas, I haven't seen it yet on this
list. My comments were basically the same as Janis' - our temp
forecast for 21st June is a max of 14C with rain.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia
On 19-Jun-15 12:32 AM, Janis wrote:
I have only just seen
Hi,
Okay, I'll come out of lurkdom to comment on this Jeri.
In Australia Mothers Day is always the second Sunday in May and Fathers
Day always the first Sunday in September. The northern hemisphere
summer is of course our winter and definitely not conducive to making
lace in the open,
On 17-Jun-15 1:49 PM, Amanda Babcock Furrow wrote:
Thank you Amanda for a very detailed run down on the e-mail problems
some of us have.
snip...
The reason why many of us can still see the emails from our yahoo.com
and aol.com lacemakers is simply that we are using mail providers
who are
Dear Liz,
Thank you for your thoughts on our ANZAC day celebrations tomorrow.
Fortunately one of the bigger services in Adelaide will be held just
round the corner from where we live. We will be going to the Youth
Vigil service at 8pm tonight then attend the dawn service in the
morning.
Dear Liz,
Thank you for your thoughts on our ANZAC day celebrations tomorrow.
Fortunately one of the bigger services in Adelaide will be held just
round the corner from where we live. We will be going to the Youth
Vigil service at 8pm tonight then attend the dawn service in the
morning.
Yay!! I found the section on where to record book loans on this app.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - cooling down to 28C today Jeri but sure could use some of
the wet stuff you have an abundance of.
On 02-Mar-15 9:52 AM, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
Dear Noelene,
A nice solution to a book collector's
I too have this app on my Samsung phone and it is extremely handy when
confronted with the numerous books we find on traders' stalls. I just
have to remember to make a list of who I lend books to. Don't think
this 'borrow list' can be entered into this app but maybe there is
someone out
Sounds like an Aladdin's Cave Jeri - I wonder, do they do mail order
via web page?
Happy New Year to all,
Shirley T. - enjoying the cooler, damp weather which has helped to
control the bush fires north of our city.
I suppose you thought such stores had all closed in America. However,
Hi,
I have Heather Billington's book 'Floral Emblems of Australia in Point
Ground Lace' sitting next to me so I offer a brief 'book review' on her
excellent publication.
It consists of 65 wonderful pages, spiral bound and in colour of superb
patterns, prickings, working diagrams and
Wow, one simple question and loads of answers with links to the web
page. Thank you ladies, you are a very helpful group.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia where we're heading for high
30s C this weekend.
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Let's hope that Noelene can find a reasonable freight cost for overseas
postage of her revised book. I do have her first book but this is so
much nicer to have - spiral bound so it doesn't tear past the staples
and some beautiful touches with the drawings. Thank you Noelene for
going to
But definitely NOT after eating chocolate been
there, done that, not a happy chap.. :-(
Cheers,
Shirley T. - almost in the swing of OIDFA now.
On second thoughts it might not be that simple because the blood has dried,
but worth a go. It definitely works for fresh
Hi,
I have a friend who is visiting Scotland and the north of England
in late August/early September and also Malta during this time. Please,
are there any fairs, shops, organisations she must see while visiting
these places? She is of Scottish/Maltese extraction. Any help would be
Hi,
Elena Dickson of Armenian knotted lace fame has lately released her
third book. This URL will take you to the review by our lace guild
Librarian, Lydia.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9n5KdrUcZ4SdlBUQk5lTHJmbzNQbUFwcW8yUWt3ZHZ1WHBV/edit?usp=sharing
Elena can be contacted on
Sorry to post to the list but I've lost Bev Walker's e-mail
address. I would be grateful if someone could provide me with her
current e-addy.
Thanks in anticipation,
Shirley T. - Autumn is supposed to be cooler but 34C forecast for Tuesday.
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Afternoon Ladies and Gents,
Just a reminder that OIDFA 2014 is fast approaching here in
Adelaide, South Australia, in July this year.
The cut-off date for early bird registration is 28th February, more
expensive after this date, so if you haven't already registered then
it's time to
Good morning,
Sad news today as we say goodbye to our lacemaker friend Karen Blum
in Adelaide, South Australia, who passed away peacefully on Friday
after a long illness. She will be terribly missed by her friends for
her patience and skill in passing on her lace knowledge to us all,
Shh, we don't want the company to sell out as they are so
yummy. LOL
Happy New Year to all,
Shirley T. - 37C yesterday as we watched the fireworks at midnight.
On 1/01/2014 6:10 AM, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
I may have discovered a well-kept Australian secret. Who knew that
Hi Alice,
On 20/11/2013 6:42 AM, Noelene Lafferty wrote:
I have been using an App for my android mobile phone called Book Catalogue
by Evan Leybourn for some time.
I agree wholeheartedly with Noelene. I also have an android
mobile, Samsung, and use the Book Catalogue. Very handy when
Hi,
I've had a note from Elena letting me know that her Bibilla book
has just been published. For a preview check out this web page.
http://www.sallymilner.com.au/book_detail/book/337
Cheers,
Shirley T.
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Thank you Jeri for pointing us to Elizabeth's web page. Her lace
ID page is something I've been looking for for a long time. It's easy
to show students when in class (on a 'puter screen - rather than passing
around a book and someone missing out). I've bookmarked this page and
intend
Thank you Debora for posting the web page for your lace group.
Even though I'm not on Facebook I can access your page to view the many
wonderful photos of lacemakers in your group. Sadly I can't access the
pages that Lorelei sent as it requires me to 'log-in' so I miss out on
this
Which lacemaker was it that posted a while back a video of her
grandchildren learning bobbin lace while singing and dancing. The boy
emulating a trumpet player was hilarious.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Hot weather gone now and the cool nights of autumn are
with us but still no rain. :-(
By accessing the second page from the URL below I found these
wonderful bonnets/hats - such wonderful workmanship. As the language
is foreign to me maybe someone else can elaborate?
Cheers,
Shirley T. - 28C is not typical for our autumn weather.
we need rain.
There was
On 22/03/2013 7:16 AM, mary carey wrote:
snip
Cloth could be the easiest was to distribute and post something. I could
help, but creating designs is not my thing, perhaps someone could create the
design and even several geographically well placed persons do the stitching
and have some local
Now Sue, why don't you save up your pennies and join us in Adelaide
for the OIDFA Congress in July 2014??
Now there's a challenge for you. :-)
Cheers,
Shirley T. - thoroughly enjoying the Arachne messages. A wee bit
warmer today, 27C.
On 18/03/2013 3:16 AM, Sue Duckles
Nice to hear from you Tamara - don't believe you've posted for
such a long time. I used to enjoy your 'play on words' - made me stop
and do some research, other than lace. :-) Lorraine Hatcher was asking
after you the other day.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Adelaide, 27C today climbing
Even though I don't need more bobbins I would be interested in a
commemorative bobbin. I joined Arachne in 1996 when the OIDFA Congress
was happening in Finland. A lace panel could be donated to the Luton
Museum for all lacemakers to have access to - via the internet.
Cheers,
Shirley
If such a list is being compiled by someone, please add my name to
it. I'm happy to help any lacemaker with problems and my students know
that they can ring me to talk through a problem as well. Yes, the
smartphones are terrific in getting information to the 'puter which
seems to give
And here we are having had a forecasted temp of 40C now enjoying
about 37.9C with a storm brewing. But. our humidity level is
in the single figures, about 8%. Having lived in Melbourne for 25 years
you can keep all that humidity to yourself thanks Liz. :-)
Cheers,
Shirley T.
Thank you Louise for this link - fascinating to watch. Computers
can't do everything ladies. :-)
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia with a max of 13C tomorrow
with hail br
On 12/07/2012 7:10 PM, Louise Bailey wrote:
Many Thanks for posting this,
On 29/05/2012 9:33 PM, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
Hello All! Is anyone suspicious of using aluminum bobbins in light of the way
that knitters are avoiding aluminum needles? It's probably an old wives' tale,
but there may be some anecdotal evidence to suggest health risk from
excessively
And I was taught (way back when, with Norma Turner, Hi Norma) to
use working cloths to support about 10 pairs at a time, stacking on top
of each other to either side. One can stack an awful lot of bobbins
that way.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - in wintry Adelaide, South Australia but I can curl
On 23/02/2012 12:17 AM, David C COLLYER wrote:
Based on what you just wrote I would be pronouncing it 'LARK-iss.
There is no way it could be lay as there is no magic e following
the c
David in Ballarat, AUS
And my pronunciation has always been lar-CEES as it suggests
french to me.
Hi,
I'm trying to get in touch with the lady who sends us the Lacenews
information but my e-mails keep bouncing. Can anyone help me please?
Thank you,
Shirley T. - 29C today, heading for 36 on Sunday - summer has
arrived at last. :-)
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Wow, what a fantastic response. Thank you to everyone for your
answers. I knew Laurie would be away but didn't think her e-addy would
be closed down for the week. Devon has kindly given me Laurie's other
e-addy so I'll try that one in just a minute.
Thanks again for all the help.
Cheers,
Having made bobbin lace for the last 20 years I always return to my
sawdust pillow for 'good' pieces of lace. I know, they are very heavy
to cart about but I've never had to add any more sawdust to it in all
this time. After finishing a piece of lace I just turn it upside down
on a cover
One of my beginner students had this same problem and we initially
thought that it was the bobbin itself. On retrolacing a piece I noticed
I had to take the thread off the bobbin and rewind. One of those 'Aha'
moments. After watching me put the slip knot on we worked out that she
had
On 5/01/2012 1:34 AM, Lyn Bailey wrote:
Dear All,
What a load of responses! Churches and libraries seem to head the list,
but coffee shops, restaurants, community centers, schools, which made me think
of our local state teacher’s college, art schools, quilting shops, LYS,
(local yarn
When I first learned bobbin lace (20 years ago) I was taught to use
a working cloth underneath the bobbins for a particular element. When
that element was finished I just lifted a working cloth with both hands,
keeping the bobbins flat and the cloth taught, and lifted it to the side
of my
Hi,
I've been following all the responses on comfortable positions for
making lace and am surprised that no one has come up with my solution.
I use my wheeled office chair with adjustable height, angle and back
support. With my feet firmly planted on the ground (I suffer from short
I've had problems receiving the last two issues of the mag so am
not too fussed at the moment. But a lacemaker about 5 hours drive north
east of me has received hers already. The wait just heightens the
excitement. :-)
Cheers,
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia, 20C today so I
My lace teacher/mentor of 20+ years, started her lace journey with
Honiton!!! I started with Torchon but one of my students wanted to make
lace pictures from the very beginning and she is only working in
Milanese. So, as Ilske said, it depends on what one wants to do in lace
and also
Thank you Jane for a wonderful precis of the last 16 years of
Arachne (15 for me :-)). You said it all in a nutshell.
Cheers,
long-in-the-tooth Shirley T.
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Hi,
I too have been with Arachne since the early days, August, 1996,
just after the OIDFA meeting in Finland. I lurk with occasional input
but would like to say a big thank you to those who give freely of their
time and knowledge to others especially Liz and Avital for their
continual
Hi,
Please can someone in New Zealand check to see if Erica McLeod is
okay? I don't have her e-mail address so Erica if you are reading this,
please check in with us and let us know that you are safe.
Regards,
Shirley T. - in warm Adelaide, 31C
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My grandkids bought me some square-cut beads at the markets in
Freemantle, West Australia and yes they do have the fine powder stuff
which you notice when beading with them.
Shirley T. - 33C today so not too hot and the Murray River is finding
its way to our city but not in flood
On 18/01/2011 2:04 AM, jeanette wrote:
If you have time on you hands or feel like a bit fun, go and look at this
ventriloquist. I made a tinyurl and hope it works!!
http://tinyurl.com/29pv5w3
Oh yes, it worked very well. I had to keep replaying it as I was
laughing so hard I kept
Hi Jean,
We have a system at our monthly meetings of the Aust. Lace Guild in
South Australia which works brilliantly. We donate books to the trading
table (organised by our Librarian) and we pay 50cents per book (fiction
novels). After reading them they are given back to the trading
Now I know what you've all been talking about my
copy of No. 140 arrived today. I believe it is the second one posted
just over a week ago by The Hollies - what a bumper issue.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - where we've gone back to cool weather, 20C. My thoughts
are with all
Oh dear, I do hope the overseas mags have not got lost as I haven't
received mine yet. Liz, has your's arrived yet?
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia - warmish today with storms
threatened by the weekend.
On 10/11/2010 2:04 AM, Carol wrote:
Hi All,
Yes - mine arrived this
On 9/11/2010 1:57 AM, Claire Allen wrote:
Still waiting for mine.
Claire
Kent,UK
So am I. :-)
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia
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The UK mag hasn't made my letter box yet, how about you Liz?
Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia where spring has agreed to pay
us a visit. :-)
No, I haven't had mine yet, and as my surname begins with A I often get
stuff first ...
Margery.
Australian Lacemakers are very fortunate to have Sandi attend our
AGM in Brisbane, Queensland where she conducted a full week of
workshops. She is also conducting a further week for the locals in
Brisbane this coming week. The unfortunate bit is that I can't make it
to Queensland for
Morning All,
I need to contact Sue Duckles - can you please reply privately
Sue? Thanks
Shirley T. - in Adelaide, Australia where most of our reservoirs are
95% full so it seems the drought has broken at long last,12 years is a
long time without sufficient water.
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And it will become even smaller in 2012 when we will be hosting the
international convention for the amateur radio group 2012 YL
International Meet and in 2014 when the international lace organisation
OIDFA conducts their convention and meets here in beautiful downunder
Adelaide, South
And here am I still working on my original sawdust pillow of 21
years. I've never had to refill it. I just turn it upside down on the
floor on a cover cloth and dance on the bottom to redistribute the
sawdust once in a while. Granted it is heavy to lug around but I
wouldn't be without
Afternoon All,
As Secretary of the ALG - South Australian Branch I concur with
everything Ruth has said - who was it that said Life wasn't meant to
be easy?
Cheers,
Shirley T. - in cold Adelaide, South Australia - still fighting with
Win7 and its desire to keep changing the font size
Hi,
It seems the Glad oven bags that we use in Australia have tiny holes
perforated in them and are made of the crinkly type of cellophane-like
substance. Our lace has been stored in these for 20 years as far as I
can ascertain with no problems at all.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - back to
jeria...@aol.com wrote:
Dear lace storers,
I have some problems with the oven bags recommendation described by Shirley
in Australia, and since the topic is moving right along, let me suggest:
Hi,
I've had a reply from our past Curator about my query which Jeri
brought to my notice and
jeria...@aol.com wrote:
David: All you have to remember is that (in English) weft rhymes with
left, and that left and right are horizontal.
It's all these little hints which make life so much easier. Thank
you Jeri for my new piece of knowledge today. A comment was made today
our
Mark Myers wrote:
You are welcome! Such good ideas!!! I thought about Milanese too ;) Would
like to see the results from anyone who tries out this design. Please let
me know of any snags in the pattern or a better way to go about it.
Teachers are welcome to share this pattern with their
If I remember correctly, it was called a Mimeograph machine. Not
pretty, but effective!
David C COLLYER wrote:
In Australia they were called by their German brand name - Gestetner.
The result was always a mauve colour.
David
I remember the Gestetner - a horrible mess if you made a typing
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