my own transportation.
Thanks again gals.
Patsy A. Goodman
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From: Gail Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI Montreal (transportation)
Hello Patsy
There should also be a shuttle from the airport that will take you to the
Hyatt. The
price is usually
Dear Arachnes,
Sorry for taking so long to respond to this - I wasn't fully reading all of
the postings recently. I was very busy at the end of the school year and
then we went on a vacation to the west coast of Canada.
Kreink is selling off their supply of Au Ver A Soie through their
Much impressed by Au Ver à Soie in Paris - there was an email waiting
for me with details of UK suppliers when I got up at 8am this
morning! Now I just have to decide which of the many colours I want
to use...
Jean
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Beth wrote:
I don't have time to translate the whole book, but I have a coy of the
Fouriscot Salvador book, a working knowledge of French and the
International Lace Dictionary to help me with the specialist lace
vocabulary,
so if Dolores (or anyone else) wants a specific passage (or
Tamara and others,
For both of the silk threads you need for your class (Au Ver a Soie and
Ovale), I highly recommend Threadneedle Street in Issaquah, WA. When I lived
in Maryland, I ordered from her, and now I live 20 minutes from the shop.
Lucky me!
The owner is Denise Davis, and the shop is
On 11 Jun 2006, at 02:54, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
But that begs a question... Where do I get Alger Silk (1 strand/7)
(whatever that means... 7 waht? Cm? Inches? I'm supposed to have 2
skeins of 8 meters of that, to wind on 36 bobbins)? Also, what's a
good source of Ovale Silk 5 different
Cluny de Brioude was my first choice for Montreal too and that's what
I got (-: I've also been wondering where to get the silk so if
anyone finds a good source please let me know. The website
http://www.auverasoie.com/html/gb/clients.htm has addresses for
distributors in the USA (Texas),
I hope Chef Lo-Ré isn't going to be too upset when I choose the turf but
say that it has to come with no sauces, no dressings, just plain and simple.
Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital), Canada
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To: ARACHNE
I've bought threads from Threadneedle Street over the internet and found
them to be highly efficient and helpful - and speedy . So I second Barbara's
recommendation
Sue
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Tamara and others,
For both of the silk threads you
Second thought, my french lessons will be put to the test.
Don't worry, most classes will have someone there to translate. I'll be in
the lace ID class to make sure the francophones understand their
anglophone teacher (it goes both ways , you know, the need to understand
...). The organisers
I'm not sure about the larger pins, but your brass pins are waaay too big if
she wants 0 insect pins. These pins are very very fine. And they are
literally made to pin insect specimen to displays. So go to your usual
vendors to see if they have them, and if not, then order from a scientific
For point ground laces, Ulrike uses whopping great pins for the picots -
much bigger than in the rest of your lace. These produce beautiful round
picots
Sue
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Hello Janice,
I will be in the same class as you and be happy to keep you company.
Your Bucks Point pins will certainly be ok and the picot size pins
are used in the honeycomb like Ulrike has done in the butterfly. I
have very large pins bought many, many years ago in Bruges. Gail
Note to self - engage brain before replying to messages! (And do not try to
book a vacation on the internet and answer lace emails simultaneously)!
Last message should have said that Ulrike recommends whopping great pins
for honeycomb! These larger pins produce beautiful large honeycomb
I have some of those large pins, just have to remember where I put them. I
bought them for doing large picots in Russian but as they make such large holes
I have to watch which pillow I use them on.
Janice
Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Note to self - engage brain before replying to
congrats on getting the course you wanted.
The manufacturers of the threads are Au ver a soie .
See:
http://www.auverasoie.com/html/gb/sch_bou.htm
for d'algers, which is 7 stranded
and http://www.auverasoie.com/html/gb/p_soie.htm
for Ovale
So you will need to google for au ver a soie
Tamara,
Looks like we'll be in class together! I've managed to figure out that
Alger's silk is a french brand of silk embroidery floss. As to
availability in this country, I have feelers out for it. Will let you
know. As to your other questions, I had the same ones, but since I'm
pretty much a
I just got home and was going to send a happy dance e-mail. I got my first
choice Chantilly/Blonde.
Malvary in Ottawa
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From: Margot Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ARACHNE lace@arachne.com
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:31 PM
Subject: [lace] IOLI Montreal
I just
Hi,
Well for sometime, I was very Unhappy. My first two, and half of my third
choice was cancelled. I don't remember what was wrong with the forth
choice. I think it was a bobbin lace that I decided I didn't want because I
didn't want to carry a pillow plus a stand all the way from
On Monday, January 16, 2006, at 08:57 PM, Janice Blair wrote:
Margot wrote:
A hint to save a bit of money: I just checked with the Hyatt Regency
reservations centre. If you are of 'a certain age' (as the French say),
the Seniors' rate is about C$6 a night cheaper than the convention
rate,
I know that for those of you who were able to go to Denver it will still
be
fresh in your minds, but the post from Janice yesterday about the 2008
convention has made me stop and think that everything is very quiet about
Montreal.
I'm sure that they were being diplomatic and waiting for
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