Re: [lace] Shawl finished

2011-12-17 Thread Maureen Bromley
Hi The shawl is beautiful, even more beautiful when you see it in 'the flesh' so to speak She has made a very good job of it. Agnes brought it to my house on Thursday evening to show everyone it before she gives it to her daughter for Christmas. Maureen E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe

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2011-12-17 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I made myself a very large roller pillow to work large scale patterns on. I used a roll of the insulating stuff for putting underneath wallpaper, it's like a thin sheet of styrofoam. I think it was called Warmaline or something like that. It came from a DIY store. That was the roller and

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2011-12-16 Thread Janis Savage
What a beautiful shawl Agnes. It is amazing how exciting torchon can be when itis enlarged and made with colours and texture. Have a happy and restful Christmas. You deserve it. Janis in Honeydew, South Africa, where the weather is beautiful. Subject: [lace] Shawl finished Last night I

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2011-12-16 Thread Bob Ross
a beautiful shawl Agnes. It is amazing how exciting torchon can be when itis enlarged and made with colours and texture. Have a happy and restful Christmas. You deserve it. Janis in Honeydew, South Africa, where the weather is beautiful. Subject: [lace] Shawl finished Last night I finished a Torchon

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2011-12-16 Thread bev walker
Hi Nita and everyone The link is at the bottom of every message you see from Arachne, click on it (you will see it below, reading community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003) and find Agnes's album down the page a bit :) On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Bob Ross r...@shaw.ca wrote: I am having a

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2011-12-16 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Arachnids, Sorry, I have been looking at this web-site several times yesterday and today, but I cannot find Agnes's shawl either. Joepie, East Sussex, UK From: bev walker Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 4:56 PM Hi Nita and everyone The link is at the bottom of every message you see

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2011-12-16 Thread J D Hammett
Hi again, I FOUND IT Went back to the website and clicked on NEWEST FIRST. Up came Agnes’s name with a beautiful beds butterfly showing. Clicked on that and a set of photographs came up amongst them the lovely shawl. What a wonderful gift for your daughter. Happy lace making, Joepie, East

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2011-12-16 Thread Brenda Paternoster
I too was having a job to find Agnes's shawl in the Arachne Webshots - your instructions helped a lot but in my browser, Firefox8 for Mac, the butterfly appeard third from bottom on the right hand side! Lovely shawl and the colours are gorgeous. Brenda Scroll down the page until you get

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2011-12-16 Thread Jane Partridge
Another tip - at the top of the Album page, under my albums (80)you will see a box next to the words sort by - it will probably be set to owner selected. If you click on the down arrow, you can change the order the individual albums appear in by selecting newest first - this will then bring

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2011-12-16 Thread Lorelei Halley
Agnes Your shawl is beautiful. You chose really good colors for it, too. What I love even more is the Bedfordshire corner that is just before it in your album. That piece is marvelous. Lorelei Halley - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

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2011-12-16 Thread Angel Skubic
-Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Janis Savage Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 6:07 AM To: Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] Shawl finished What a beautiful shawl Agnes. It is amazing how exciting torchon can be when itis enlarged and made

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2011-12-16 Thread robinlace
Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk wrote: To see the photos of the shawl, which is absolutely lovely:- Thanks, Jean, for the instructions (for us Luddites). Agnes, the shawl is as beautiful as everyone has been raving! You said you used lace weight yarn, but what brand?

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2011-12-15 Thread Agnes Boddington
Last night I finished a Torchon shawl for my daughter for Christmas. When I started it 2 moths ago, I was not sure whether it would be for Christmas 2011 or 2012, but I did it, and am quite pleased with the result. The material was a mixture of alpaca wool, silk and rayon in lace weight. Not

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2011-12-15 Thread Sue
What a lovely gift, she is going to Love it. Thank you for the pictures:-) Sue T Dorset, UK, cold but sunny Last night I finished a Torchon shawl for my daughter for Christmas. When I started it 2 moths ago, I was not sure whether it would be for Christmas 2011 or 2012, but I did it, and am

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2011-12-15 Thread Clay Blackwell
Agnes, it's Beautiful!! Congratulations to you, and to your very lucky Daughter!! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg VA, USA On 12/15/2011 7:53 AM, Agnes Boddington wrote: Last night I finished a Torchon shawl for my daughter for Christmas. When I started it 2 moths ago, I was not sure whether

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2011-12-15 Thread Darlene Wainwright
Boddington Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:54 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Shawl finished Last night I finished a Torchon shawl for my daughter for Christmas. When I started it 2 moths ago, I was not sure whether it would be for Christmas 2011 or 2012, but I did it, and am quite

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2011-12-15 Thread Linda Walton
While I echo everyone's comments about the lace itself, I must add that you chose beautiful colours too! Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). On 15/12/2011 12:53, Agnes Boddington wrote: Last night I finished a Torchon shawl for my daughter for Christmas. When I started it 2

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2011-12-15 Thread Sue Duckles
Can we guess what Santa's giving Monique then?? LOL See you tonight (No praying for that slippery white stuff) Sue in East Yrks On 15 Dec 2011, at 12:53, Agnes Boddington wrote: Last night I finished a Torchon shawl for my daughter for Christmas. When I started it 2 moths ago, I was

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2011-12-15 Thread Janice Blair
Nice job Agnes, it is beautiful. Did you have much shrinkage when you released the yarn from the pins? I did a small scarf years ago and was disappointed with the tension. I think I was just using a fine wool, or maybe it had some acrylic in it. Janice Last night I finished a Torchon

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2011-12-15 Thread lynrbailey
Agnes Boddington said: Last night I finished a Torchon shawl for my daughter for Christmas. I have uploaded some photos on Webshots in the Arachne album. Go to : webshots; log in as Arachne 2003 and password is honiton. What a beautiful labor of love. Your daughter is one lucky girl. Lyn in